By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKIjduchnowski@shawmedia.com

DeKALB – A new panel hasbeen established to restorevegetation ComEd contractorscut along the Prairie Trail inDeKalb late last year.

The panel, which will meetfor the first time Jan. 29, in-cludes two DeKalb Park Dis-trict Board commissioners,park district staff, ComEdrepresentatives and two orthree members of the public.ComEd crews removed vegeta-tion, including invasive spe-cies, along the 1.3-mile path inlate November and December,drawing the ire of nearby resi-dents and walkers.

ComEd representativespromised last month to helprestore the areas and recentlypresented the park districtwith a letter affirming theircommitment, which was readat Wednesday’s board meet-ing. Utility company leadershave met with district stafftwice in recent weeks to dis-cuss the trail.

“We will work with thepanel to create a long-term

By ERICA WERNERThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON – Vice Presi-dent Joe Biden on Wednesdayvowed urgent action against gunviolence in America, pledgingsteps by the Obama adminis-tration that he said could “takethousands of people out of harm’sway” and improve the safety ofmillions more.

But a day ahead of a meetingwith the National Rifle Associa-tion, which has blunted past guncontrol efforts and is opposingany new ones, Biden signaledthat the administration is mind-ful of political realities that

could imperil sweeping gun con-trol legislation, and is willing tosettle for something less. He saidthe administration is consider-ing its own executive action aswell as measuresby Congress, buthe didn’t offer spe-cifics.

“I want to makeit clear that weare not going toget caught up inthe notion thatunless we can doeverything, we’re going to donothing,” Biden told an arrayof gun control advocates, crimevictims and others at the White

House. “It’s critically importantwe act.”

Shortly after last month’sslaughter of schoolchildren atNewtown, Conn., President Ba-rack Obama tasked Biden withheading a commission to comeup with recommendations ongun policy by the end of thismonth. Obama supports steps in-cluding reinstating a ban on as-sault weapons and high-capacityammunition magazines and clos-ing loopholes that allow manygun buyers to avoid backgroundchecks.

The Brady Campaign to Pre-vent Gun Violence says thatabout 40 percent of gun sales

are made without backgroundchecks, such as at gun shows andover the Internet.

The tragedy in Newtown, inwhich 20 young children and sixadults were gunned down by aman with a military-style semi-automatic rifle, has prodded theadministration to act. Obama hadremained largely silent on guncontrol after the 2011 shootingsin Tucson, Ariz., that killed sixpeople and wounded 12 others, in-cluding then-Rep. Gabrielle Gif-fords, and the Colorado movie the-ater killing of a dozen people andwounding of many more in July.

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Children walk to their homes Wednesday in Evergreen Village Mobile Home Park after getting off the school bus. More than 50 kids living in Ever-green Village attend the Sycamore School District 427. ABOVE: The entrance to Evergreen Village Mobile Home park in Sycamore is seen.

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County ready to start Evergreen relocation planningBy JEFF ENGELHARDT

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SYCAMORE – DeKalbCounty is ready to startthe potential two-year

process of relocating mobile-home park residents who livein a flood plain.

County officials recently re-ceived the $4.2 million federalgrant announced six monthsago, paving the way for meet-ings with grant consultantsand a chance to craft a roughtimeline for relocating the peo-ple who live in the 129-unit Ev-ergreen Village Mobile HomePark, 955 E. State St., said GaryHanson, DeKalb County admin-istrator. The park sits on Syca-more’s east side across fromthe Sycamore Golf Course.

Hanson said while thecounty is eager to act quicklyto move residents before ma-

jor flooding that occurred in2007 and 2008 happens again,officials cannot afford a mis-step in the process because itwould mean the loss of federaldollars.

“When the federal govern-ment gives you money, theyput in all kind of stipulations,and we have to make sure wefully understand those beforewe start,” Hanson said. “Wehave to be very methodical.”

The mobile-home park is lo-cated in a flood plain that has

flooded severely twice in thepast six years, requiring emer-gency federal assistance bothtimes. The Illinois Departmentof Commerce and EconomicOpportunity will provide theadditional $1.4 million to com-plete the $5 million relocationproject.

A LONG ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSCounty officials will meet

with grant consultants andrepresentatives from the Fed-eral Emergency Management

Agency this month to reviewthe plethora of mandates andstipulations attached to thegrant.

The process, which is ex-pected to take anywhere from18 months to two years, will in-clude public hearings, individ-ual meetings with homeownersin the park and property valueupdates. It also will includepartnerships with the DeKalbCounty Housing Authority andSycamore School District 427to help with the residents’ tran-sitions.

Steering the project will bePaul Miller and his small staffof four in the county’s planningand zoning department. Millerfirst wants to make sure he un-derstands the process, becausethe county has never executeda mitigation project of this

“When the federal government gives you money, theyput in all kind of stipulations, and we have to makesure we fully understand those before we start. We

have to be very methodical.”

Gary HansonDeKalb County administrator

See EVERGREEN, page A3

See GUN CONTROL, page A3

By JEFF ENGELHARDTjengelhardt@shawmedia.com

DeKALB – A potential in-junction against Waste Man-agement could present thelatest delay in landfill and jailexpansions for a DeKalb Coun-ty Board that is not as unitedbehind the projects as it hadbeen.

The county will not face alawsuit from Cortland Town-ship, which instead couldseek an emergency injunctionagainst Waste Management,said Frankie Benson, organiz-er of the Cortland Townshiplegal fight. A judge would beasked to interpret a statutethat could give townshipsmore authority over countygovernments in landfill deci-sions, Benson said.

The township voted againstthe landfill expansion beforethe county approved it.

Although the county wouldnot be sued, the potential legalmaneuver – pending a votefrom Cortland Township resi-dents – would still delay a proj-ect many board members ex-pected to be finished by now.

Ruth Anne Tobias, D-DeKa-lb, said the new legal threat

Landfillexpansionfoes pondernext tactic

At aglance

The CortlandTownship

voted againstthe landfillexpansionbefore the

DeKalb countyapproved it.Although thecounty wouldnot be sued,a possibleemergencyinjunction

– pending avote from Cor-tland Town-

ship residents– would

still delay aproject manyCounty Board

membersexpected to

be finished bynow.

What’snext?

A new panelon DeKalb’sPrairie Trailwill hold itsfirst meetingJan. 29 andwill includepark districtstaff, ComEdrepresenta-tives and

members ofthe public.

See LANDFILL, page A3

See PANEL, page A3

Biden pledges urgent action on gun violence

Joe Biden

1 option against projectsis asking for injunction

Panel created torestore PrairieTrail in DeKalb

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Libraries evolve to stay relevant

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By CHRISTINE ARMARIOThe Associated Press

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. –Maxi Gonzalez and his fami-ly settled into a dinner of sir-loin strip steaks and saladsat the Maya Tapas and Grillalong Miami Beach’s famedLincoln Road. It was the firstnight of their weeklong va-cation from Argentina, andat a restaurant they plannedto frequent nearly every day.The reason: Here they couldpay in Argentine pesos.

Currency controls im-posed by the Argentine gov-ernment in November 2011and tightened further lastyear have made it increas-ingly difficult for touristslike Gonzalez to gain ac-cess to foreign cash neededto travel. The measures areaimed at shoring up a weak-ening Argentine currencyand keep capital from leav-ing the South Americancountry.

Gonzalez was only ableto convert the equivalent of$2,000 from Argentine pesosinto U.S. dollars.

“That’s not nearly enoughfor a large family like mine,”said Gonzalez, a commercialtextile entrepreneur with sixchildren.

In the city some affection-ately refer to as the capital ofLatin America, the measuresdesigned to keep dollars inArgentina and elevate theArgentine peso’s sliding val-ue are having a ripple effect.

Seeing a way to help somecustomersandattractothers,Alejandro Maya, co-owner ofMaya Tapas and Grill, decid-ed to conduct an experiment:Accept payment in pesos atthe official exchange rate.

“We saw a niche, a need,and we thought that the cus-tomers could benefit from

this action,” said Maya,whose restaurant caters totourists from around LatinAmerica and the world.

It’s an unusual step, butMaya’s family-run businessis not the only one to havetaken it.

Some apartment rentalsin Miami Beach are accept-ing pesos now as well. That’smuch to the relief of Argen-tine travelers like Gonzalez,who runs a farm near Bue-nos Aires and was recentlyin Miami with his wife andtwo daughters.

“It’s not difficult; it’s im-possible,” Gustavo Gonza-lez, 49, said of his efforts tobuy dollars in Argentina.

The city is a populardestination for both middleclass Latin Americans andthe rich and famous. About375,000 Argentinians visitedMiami in 2011, making themthe fifth largest group of in-ternational visitors. Theyvisit the beaches, clubs andrestaurants, and even “LittleBuenos Aires” along a stripof Miami Beach filled withArgentinian eateries andbusinesses that cater to thecommunity.

But now this world is be-coming harder to reach formany Argentines.

Maria Isabel Seufferheldworks at a travel agency inMendoza, Argentina, andsays she’s seen more clientsopting to stay within thecountry during their vaca-tions. When they do travelabroad, they spend fewerdays away.

Seufferheld herself re-cently visited her son in Mi-ami and tried to convert $800worth of pesos for the trip.She was only approved for$100 for her 15-day stay.

“I’m only using creditcards,” she said.

Argentine currency controls have ripple effect

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Yesterday’s most-commented stories:

1. Support for suing county ahead of Cortland Township vote2.Moving mannequin sign challenged in DeKalb3. Cortland residentsmull lawsuit to halt landfill expansion

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1. Six charged in ‘coffee fund’ probe back at work2.Moving mannequin sign challenged in DeKalb3. Support for suing county ahead of Cortland Township vote

Yesterday’s Reader Poll results:

Will you attend this week’s Northern IllinoisFarm Show?

Yes: 15 percentNo: 85 percent

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Technology is infiltrating deep intoour daily lives. It has rendered manythings less necessary than they usedto be.

Land-line phones are one example.With a cellphone in nearly everyone’spocket, that old-fashioned cordless isa lot less crucial. Email has eradicat-ed the need for a postage stamp whencorresponding.

Even some buildings are becomingless necessary. A lot of people nowwork from home instead of at an of-fice, connected wirelessly to their co-workers. Others get degrees throughthe Internet, never setting foot in aclassroom.

Are library buildings doomedto the same fate? Books, magazinesand newspapers are now availableelectronically. Hardbound and pa-perback novels have been replacedwith downloads on iPads, Kindles andother tablets.

Personal computers, tablets andsmartphones are becoming morecommonplace. Technology is gener-ally making people more capable ofreceiving services remotely, and thatincludes materials typically providedby libraries.

Despite these technological shifts,library districts in DeKalb County are

confident in the necessity of the brick-and-mortar building.

The Daily Chronicle reported Tues-day that Sandwich is the latest of fourcounty communities to plan facilityexpansions. Millions of local and statedollars are being spent to redevelop,expand and maintain communitylibraries.

Some might argue that librariesare a waste of precious tax dollars andgrant money.

That might be true if libraries’only function was to provide commu-nity reading material.

Instead, let’s acknowledge (and em-brace) the shift libraries are makingto become community centers.

Libraries now provide meetingspace for various groups. They offerclasses, and staff members can pro-vide information and assistance.

Libraries provide valuable Internetaccess to infrequent users and low-income residents. Parents who mightbring their children to a park in thesummer can bring them to the library

when it is cold. Similar to a YMCA,libraries give community members aplace to be.

Some library functions are beingreplicated by new technology. Fewerbooks may be checked out, but thereis not a shortage of operations. Thereis also no replacement for the com-munity meeting area, the quiet andcalm workspace, the safe after-schoolhaven.

It is important to acknowledge theflexibility and adaptation of local li-braries. They are embracing technol-ogy to better serve the communities.

They allow patrons to “rent”materials to be used electronically.They provide computers, high-speedInternet and other technological com-modities as quickly as they can affordthem.

Libraries aren’t becoming obsolete;their purpose is changing. Ratherthan associating libraries with justbooks, we should consider them com-munity mainstays.

• Lauren Stott is a Maple Park na-tive and a graduate student at North-ern Illinois University in the masterof public administration program.She can be reached at lauren_stott@yahoo.com.

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Argentine pesos are shown at the Maya and Tapas Grill restaurantin Miami Beach, Fla. At the Maya restaurant along Miami Beach’sfamed Lincoln Road, clients can pay in Argentine pesos at the of-ficial exchange rate.

By BRETT ZONGKERThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON – The WashingtonNational Cathedral had been ready toembrace same-sex marriage for sometime, though it took a series of recentevents and a new leader for the promi-nent, 106-year-old church to announceWednesday that it would begin hostingsuch nuptials.

The key development came in Julywhen the Episcopal Church approveda ceremony for same-sex unions at itsGeneral Convention in Indianapolis,then came the legalization of gay mar-riage in Maryland, which joined the Dis-trict of Columbia. The national churchmade a special allowance for marriageceremonies in states where gay mar-riage is legal.

Longtime same-sex marriage advo-cate the Very Rev. Gary Hall took over

as the cathedral’s dean in October. Con-versations began even before he arrivedto clear the way for the ceremonies atthe church that so often serves as a sym-bolic house of prayer for national cel-ebrations and tragedies.

The Episcopal bishop of Washington,the Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, au-thorized use of the new marriage ritein December. Each priest then decideswhether to marry same-sex couples.

The cathedral’s congregation andleadership include many gays and les-bians.

“This was something that was brew-ing in the cathedral. We were reallywaiting for him,” Budde told The As-sociated Press. “It would have beeninconceivable for the Cathedral to callsomebody who was not in favor of fullequality for gay and lesbian people.”

Hall, a former rector at churches inMichigan, Pennsylvania and California

and a seminary dean in Chicago, hadbeen a leader in developing liturgicalrites for same-sex blessings in the Epis-copal Church. Budde said Hall was acatalyst for change in the church’s mar-riage tradition.

Cathedral officials said the churchwill be among the first Episcopal con-gregations to implement a new rite ofmarriage adapted from the blessing cere-mony for gay and lesbian couples thatwas approved last year by the EpiscopalChurch’s national governing body.

Official Episcopal law still definesmarriage as between a man and a wom-an, so the cathedral says it will be per-forming weddings that combine civilmarriage ceremonies under local lawwith a blessing from the church. Theywill use the new language approved forsame-sex couples instead of the mar-riage ceremony from the Book of Com-mon Prayer.

Famous church’s bells to ring for same-sex couples

Prostate CancerAwareness Night setGENOA – Genoa-Kingston High

School boys basketball gameswill feature a prostate cancerawareness night Friday.Four gift baskets will be

raffled, and a silent auction ofBears memorabilia will benefitthe Prostate Cancer Foundation,according to a news release. Thegames start at 5:45 p.m. and7:15 p.m., with the raffle takingplace during halftime of thesecond game.The high school is at 980 Park

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Connecticut is movingcautiously on gun control,but Gov. Andrew Cuomo inneighboring New York pro-posed a wide-ranging packageof restrictions on Wednesday.He called for loopholes to beclosed in a New York ban onassault weapons and ammu-nition magazines that carrymore than 10 bullets.

The Democrat also wantsto require holders of hand-gun licenses to undergo fol-low-ups to make sure theyare still qualified to possess aweapon, and he is calling forincreased sentences for cer-tain gun crimes.

Biden, referring to theNewtown shootings, said atthe White House: “Everyonce in a while, there’s some-thing that awakens the con-science of the country, andthat tragic event did it in away like nothing I’ve seen inmy career.

“The president and I aredetermined to take action. ...We can affect the well-beingof millions of Americans andtake thousands of people outof harm’s way if we act re-sponsibly.”

Biden said that the ad-ministration is weighing ex-ecutive action in addition torecommending legislation byCongress.

Recommendations to theBiden group include makinggun-trafficking a felony, get-ting the Justice Departmentto prosecute people caught ly-ing on gun background-checkforms and ordering federalagencies to send data to theNational Gun BackgroundCheck Database.

Some of those pieces couldhappen by executive action,but congressional say-sowould be needed for more far-reaching changes such as re-instating the ban on assaultweapons and high-capacity

ammunition magazines.Congress let the ban expirein 2004 under heavy pressurefrom the NRA. Democratsblamed a backlash againstsome lawmakers who votedfor its enactment 10 yearsearlier for steep election loss-es that year.

Since then Democratshave been wary of legislat-ing on guns, and efforts havefizzled in Congress. Alreadythere are signs any new legis-lative effort by Obama couldface tough going.

Some pro-gun Democratshave voiced doubts, and theSenate’s top Republican haswarned it could be spring be-fore Congress begins consid-ering any gun legislation.

Obama has said that hisefforts on guns can be suc-cessful only if he has thesupport of the public, andadvocates who attendedWednesday’s Biden meetingsaid part of the White Housemessage was for participantsto spread the word and keepup pressure on Washington.

“They have made clearthat they’re in this for thelong haul and they want us tobe in this for the long haul,”said Dan Gross, president ofthe Brady Campaign to Pre-vent Gun Violence.

AdvocatesparticipatinginWednesday’s meeting, someof whom have been critical ofObama’s silence on guns inthe past, said they were opti-

mistic that the president andBiden are committed to theeffort this time around.

“I think it’s for real,” saidShira Goodman, executivedirector of CeaseFirePA.

Biden also held a call withWednesday with more than30 governors, mayors andother state and local officialsto get their input on ways tocurb gun violence.

For Biden, today will bringa tougher audience when theNRA joins a meeting at theWhite House along with othergun-owner groups and retail-ers including Wal-Mart. NRAofficials didn’t return messag-es for comment Wednesdaybut the group’s executive vicepresident, Wayne LaPierre,has dismissed the assaultweapons ban as “a phonypiece of legislation” and hasrecommended putting armedguards in all schools as a wayto stop another school shoot-ing.

combined with the Stop theMega-Dump lawsuit at the Illi-nois Supreme Court level hasbeen frustrating. She said it isespeciallydamagingtothepro-posed jail expansion, whichalready has designs approvedby the board.

The board had planned touse $27 million in tipping feesassociated with the landfillexpansion to fund the jail ex-pansion.

“We could have been start-ed already with the jail expan-sion, but we need the funds,”Tobias said. “It is very frus-trating people find the landfillexpansion so problematic.”

But since the landfill ex-pansion was approved in 2010,some supporters have left of-fice, while people who find the

project problematic have beenelected to the County Board.

Mark Pietrowski Jr., D-Cortland, is the only CountyBoard member from Cortlandand has opposed the expansionsince it was first proposed. Hesaid that because the countywould not be sued, he wouldconsider voting in favor ofseeking an injunction at theCortland Township meetingthat has yet to be set.

Pietrowski said he believedthe board decided to expandthe landfill with only the jailexpansion in mind and withno thought to potential en-vironmental hazards. It alsoseemed like a backdoor meth-od for a jail expansion sincevoters denied referendumsfor a new jail multiple times,he said.

“I’m not keen on taking ingarbage from 17 counties,” hesaid. “Overwhelmingly, the

people I have talked to are notfor it.”

For some new board mem-bers, the issue remains un-clear. The board still has to of-ficially vote on the tipping feerevenue as the funding sourcefor the jail expansion but can-not do so until the landfill ex-pansion occurs.

When and if that votecomes, Misty Haji-Sheikh, D-DeKalb, said these next fewmonths of researching andspeaking with people wouldhelp shape her opinion.

“My first duty is to learnas much as I can about it,” shesaid. “We all want to do whatis best for the county and thecitizens.”

The county has been pursu-ing a jail expansion to addressovercrowding issues. Morethan $1 million a year is spenton transporting and housinginmates to other county jails.

size. Then, he’ll reach outto park residents with in-formation, likely in March,Hanson said.

“It would be prematureto send out information be-fore we even know what tosend out,” Miller said. “Iknow people out there areeager, but this is not the sortof thing that is going to hap-pen in a matter of weeks. Wehave to make sure we meetthe requirements under thelaw.”

AN EyE oN thE rESidENtSOne of the eager individu-

als is DeKalb County Boardmember Ken Andersen, R-Sycamore, who representsresidents of the park. An-dersen said he would haveliked to see residents movedfrom the location “yester-day,” and is still hopefulthe relocation can begin inJune.

“I ’m very concernedwith how it’s going to takeus so long to get to mov-ing people,” he said. “Wecould very well be floodedout again and have to gothrough all that. We justwant to get those people out

of harms way and get themsome decent housing.”

When the move does hap-pen for residents, MichellePerkins said her organiza-tion would do everything itcould to place people in af-fordable and nearby hous-ing.

Perkins, executive direc-tor of the DeKalb CountyHousing Authority, saidthat while Section 8 andlow-income housing waitlists are full, preference isgiven to those who are in-voluntarily displaced.

“There is only a certainamount of time for thoseresidents to transition, butwe are going to try every-thing we can,” she said.

Jeremiah Moore, wholives in the park and worksthere as the maintenanceman, said the relocationproject has made residentsanxious.

It has been talked aboutfor years without any actiontaking place. He said whileit is a stressful situation, hehopes it becomes a reality.

“If we ever get boughtout, I’ll be out of a job, butwhat’s right is right andthese people deserve to besafe,” he said. “Once you gothrough one flood, you’vegone through enough.”

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Lisa Monge, manager at the newly opened Raven’s Husky Haven and Rescue, takes inventory Monday ofdonations received by the kennel.

By DAVID THOMASdthomas@shawmedia.com

SYCAMORE – An animalshelter dedicated to the needsof huskies is now open andready to serve.

Raven’s Husky Haven andRescue, 27779 Five PointsRoad, northwest of Sycamore,just received its letter of oc-cupancy from DeKalb Countyand license from the IllinoisDepartment of Agriculture,shelter President Kelly Lam-bert said.

“We think DeKalb Countyis a great place for huskiesbecause it’s the mascot of[Northern Illinois Universi-ty],” said Lambert, a gradu-ate of the university’s lawschool.

Raven’s Husky Havenand Rescue will host an openhouse from 1 to 5 p.m. Feb. 10

Unlike other animal shel-ters, Husky Haven is tailoredto the needs of Huskies.

They are high-energy dogsthat need space for exercise.This large, open space wouldbe lost in a traditional rescueenvironment, Lambert said.

“We want them to spendtime with the trainer who

lives at the site, trainingthem and giving them plentyof exercise, so they’re moresustainable,” Lambert said.

The center was named forLambert’s first husky, whichshe adopted from a shelter inIndiana in 2008.

A lawyer by trade, Lam-bert said running an animaladoption center was going tobe different, but she said alot of huskies out there needhelp.

Lisa Monge, the center’smanager and on-site trainer,said she will be able to havethe dogs run drills designedfor huskies. Once they haveburned off some energy, thedogs are easier to train, shesaid.

“We love the training as-pect, because it’s so nice toadopt because they know the

basics,” Monge said. “It’s anice thing for the potentialadopters.”

Despite the large facility– Monge estimated the playyard is half an acre – Lambertsaid the shelter will only take12 huskies at a time, and thatthe center’s hours are by ap-pointment only.

“We’re not trying to do amajor undertaking,” Lambertsaid. “We’re trying to keepit small so it keeps with ourconcept of training them, andhave a good adoption rate sothey’re sustainable. We willspend time monitoring howthat dog is.”

Beth Drake, the executivedirector of TAILS HumaneSociety, 2250 Barber GreeneRoad in DeKalb, said the shel-ter will direct some peoplewho come in with huskies toHusky Haven.

“We’re happy to have awell-thought-out husky res-cue in the area,” Drake said.

Like Lambert and Monge,Drake said some huskies canbe difficult for first-time dogowners to handle.

“They can be,” Drake said.“Not all huskies are thatway.”

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A trailer window displays a for sale sign Wednesday at EvergreenVillage Mobile Home Park in Sycamore.

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sustainable plan for the trailthat will consider methods ofvegetation management alongthe entire trail that are com-patible with the high voltageelectrical lines and erosioncontrol, while at the same timepromoting the wildlife habitatandaesthetics,”FidelMarquez,ComEd’s chief governmentaland community relations offi-cer, wrote in the letter.

The standing-room-onlycrowd at Wednesday’s meetingseemed suspicious of ComEdand its motives, but applaud-ed park board Secretary PhilYoung, who said he was trou-bled when he walked along the

trail a couple of weeks ago.Young also suggested a le-

gal review of the park district’srights in these situations andexploring a local ordinancethat requires entities to planta new tree for every tree theycut down.

In addition, Young wantsto explore how the districtleaders can use volunteerism,nursery and other local busi-ness sponsors, prairie restora-tion and native vegetation asthey address vegetation alongthe Prairie Trail.

He promised to do what hecould to rectify the situation.

“I’m sorry that under mywatch this occurred,” Youngsaid, which drew applausefrom the crowd.

Angela Bollinger, whose

parents live near the trail,handed park board membersa petition with more than 700signatures. The petition askedlocal leaders to create regula-tions to prevent similar clear-ing in the future and to makesure ComEd replaced the veg-etation with trees that willgrow between 15 and 35 feethigh. The trees, as well as newnative plantings, should createthe “protected corridor the Na-ture Trail once had,” the peti-tion stated.

Former DeKalb Mayor Bes-sie Chronopolous emphasizedthat ComEd’s letter did not in-clude a financial commitment.

“I don’t want that finan-cial burden to come back onthe taxpayers,” Chronopoloussaid.

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IRENE I. COTTONBorn:May 5, 1922, in Galesburg, Ill.Died: Jan. 8, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill.

SYCAMORE – Irene I. Cotton, 90,of Sycamore, Ill., died Tuesday,Jan. 8, 2013, at Pine Acres Rehab &Living Center, DeKalb.She was born May 5, 1922, in

Galesburg, the daughter of Harryand Jenny (Johnson) Lagerstrom.She was married to Dale Cotton.Irene was a member of Salem

Lutheran Church of Sycamore. Shewill be dearly missed by her lovingfamily and dear friends.Irene is survived by two daugh-

ters, Julie (Dennis) Cutshaw andJennifer (Fred) Thumm, all ofSycamore; and four grandchil-dren, Jamison (Grace) Thumm,Jillian Cutshaw, Elizabeth (Daniel)McGlothlin and Emilee Thumm.She was preceded in death by

her parents; and her husband, Dale.A memorial service will be at

11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 11, at SalemLutheran Church, 1145 DeKalb Ave.,Sycamore.A memorial has been established

for Salem Lutheran Church in careof Butala Funeral Home and Crema-tory, 1405 DeKalb Ave., Sycamore,

IL 60178.For information or to sign the

online guest book, visit www.ButalaFuneralHomes.com or call815-895-2833.To sign the online guest book,

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DOROTHY (HALLGREN)COREYBorn: July 19, 1921, in DeKalb, Ill.Died: Jan. 7, 2013, in DiamondHead, Miss.

HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. – Dorothynée Hallgren (Mrs. Charles “Bud”)Corey, 91, passed away Monday,Jan. 7, 2013, in Diamond Head,Miss.Born July 19, 1921, in DeKalb,

daughter of Thure and EstherHallgren (Hallgren Lumber Co.),she lived in DeKalb for the first40 years of her life. She movedwith “Bud” to Holly Springs, Miss.,to open a new Wurlitzer pianofactory. They were married for 55years when “Bud” passed away.She is survived by four sons,

Charles and Tom, living in Dia-mond Head, Mark and his wife,Debbie, along with Dan living

in Greeneville, Tenn. She also issurvived by nine grandchildren; 11great-grandchildren; and two sis-ters, Carolynn (Mrs. Jack) Cooperof Atlanta, Ga., and Linda (Mrs.Cecil) Chalfant of Jackson, Mich.She was preceded in death by

one granddaughter, Allison; broth-ers, Conrad and Kenny Hallgren,and sister, Marjorie Crowder, all ofDeKalb; and Phyllis (Mrs. Robert)Miller of Somonauk.The visitation will be at 9

a.m. Friday, Jan. 11, and funeralservices will follow at 10 a.m. atHolly Springs Funeral Home, Hol-ly Springs, Miss.To sign the online guest book,

visit www.legacy.com/daily-chronicle.

PATSY L. ‘PAT’HAEFFNERBorn: Aug. 19, 1933, in Summers-ville, Mo.

Died: Jan. 8, 2013, in Malta, Ill.

MALTA – Patsy Lea Haeffner, 79, ofMalta, Ill., passed away Tuesday, Jan.8, 2013, at home surrounded by herloving familyBorn Aug. 19, 1933, in Summers-

ville, Mo., the daughter of Ivan G.

andMaryMagdline(Carter) House, Patmarried Donald L.Haeffner on July 3,1951, in MountainHome, Ark.Pat worked for

more than 40 years at SpauldingComposites andwas amemberof Victory Baptist Church, both ofDeKalb. She loved gardening and be-ing outdoors. Most of all, Pat adoredher family.She is survived by her husband of

61 years, Don; sons, Jeff (Jodi) Haef-fner of Sycamore and Jerry (Tonia)Haeffner of Sterling; granddaughters,Danille Haeffner of Rock Falls andKelcie Haeffner of Sterling; grandson,Ryan Haeffner, serving atMoody AirForce Base, Valdosta, Ga.; step-grandchildren, Sarah (Rich) Roachand Daniel (Jenny) Lieving; threegreat-grandchildren, Hanah, Jeffreyand Ellie; sister, Bonnie Rogers ofSummersville; and several nieces andnephews.Shewas preceded in death by her

parents; brother, Marvin House; andsister, Peggy Pyatt.The funeral service will be at 1

p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at AndersonFuneral Home, DeKalb, with the Rev.Eric Mangek officiating. Burial will

follow in Elmwood Cemetery, Syca-more. The visitation will be from 11a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at AndersonFuneral Home.In lieu of flowers, memorials may

bemade to the Patsy L. “Pat” Haef-fner Memorial Fund, sent in care ofAnderson Funeral Home, P.O. Box605, 2011 S. Fourth St., DeKalb, IL60115.For information, visit www.An-

dersonFuneralHomeLtd.com or call815-756-1022.To sign the online guest book, visit

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PATRICIA K. MITCHELLPatricia K. Mitchell, 47, of Syca-

more, Ill., died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013,at Kindred Hospital in Sycamore.Arrangements are pending at

Butala Funeral Home and Crematoryin Sycamore. For information, visitwww.ButalaFuneralHomes.com orcall 815-895-2833.Visit www.legacy.com/daily-

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KAREN SUNDERLAGEBorn: Oct. 16, 1949, in Aurora, Ill.Died: Jan. 7, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill.

GENOA – Karen Sunderlage,

63, of Genoa, Ill., passed awaysurrounded by the love of herfamily Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, atKishwaukee Community Hospital,DeKalb, after a long fought battlewith cancer.She is survived by her four

children, Brett Lucas, ZacharySunderlage, Hailey Sunderlage andKelsey Sunderlage; five grandchil-dren, Brooklynn, Makenna, Kash,Braedyn and Daemon; mother,Marilyn Strobert; five brothers andsisters, Vickie (Mark) Rupprecht,Barbara (Peter) Schafer, David(Andrea) Strobert, Denise Brownand Richard Strobert; and manynieces and nephews.She was preceded in death by

her father, Harley Strobert.The family will host a private

memorial service at a later date.A memorial has been established

in their name to benefit The Ameri-can Cancer Society – checks maybe made to the “American CancerSociety” and mailed in care of P.O.Box 66, Elburn, IL 60119. Tributesalso can be forwarded to the sameaddress or at www.conleycare.com.To sign the online guest book,

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Chantel Blunk (left) is escorted by a victims assistant as she arrives for the third day of a preliminary hearing for Aurora theater shootingsuspect James Holmes at the courthouse Wednesday in Centennial, Colo. Chantel’s husband Jon was killed in the shooting.

By DAN ELLIOTTThe Associated Press

CENTENNIAL, Colo. –The photos were chilling andenigmatic, just like their sub-ject. In the pictures, taken onhis iPhone hours before theAurora movie theater massa-cre, accused gunman JamesHolmes mugs for the camera,sticks out his tongue andsmiles as he holds a Glockunder his face and displayshis arsenal arrayed on hisbed.

Prosecutors who dis-played the pictures at a hear-ing that ended Wednesdayargued the photos display“identity, deliberation andextreme indifference.”

Holmes’ attorneys – whohave been setting up an in-sanity defense and said theymight present testimonyabout the defendant’s mentalhealth – decided not to callany witnesses.

A judge is due to rule byFriday whether prosecutorspresented enough evidenceto justify Holmes standingtrial for more than 160 felonycounts stemming from theJuly 20 attack, which killed12 people and injured 70.

Holmes, 25, may enter aformal plea that day.

The three-day hearing oc-curred as the nation still re-covers from the shock of lastmonth’s shooting at a Con-

necticut elementary schoolthat killed 20 children and sixadults. It wrapped up just asthe Colorado Legislature be-gan its session and pledged totackle gun violence, and VicePresident Joe Biden met withfamilies of victims as part ofthe White House’s own guncontrol push.

Prosecutors presented themost detailed description ofthe attack and Holmes’ al-leged months of preparation.But they never addressedthe mystery ofwhy Holmesopened firesix weeks af-ter leaving aneurosciencegraduate pro-gram.

Legal ex-perts say evi-dence against Holmes is sostrong that the case may endin a plea deal. That wouldmake the hearing the onlydetailed presentation of theevidence that victims, theirfamilies and the public willhear.

Holmes sat impassivelythrough much of the proceed-ings, watching intently as asurveillance video showedhim entering the theaterlobby.

Family members, whohad a better view of Holmes’face than the media did in thepacked courtroom, said he

smiled multiple times, espe-cially when the photos wereshown.

“He’s not crazy, he’s evil,”said Tom Teves, whose 24-year-old son Alex was killedin the attack. “He’s an ani-mal.”

Prosecutor Karen Pear-son argued that Holmesmeticulously planned theattack, starting with the on-line purchase of two tear gascanisters May 10, followed bybuying online 6,295 roundsof ammunition, and body ar-mor, as well as going to localsporting goods stores to pur-chase an assault rifle, shot-gun and two Glock pistols.

He bought his ticket foropening night of “The DarkKnight Returns” nearly twoweeks before the attack andvisited the theater early, pho-tographing the layout.

He rigged an elaboratebooby-trap system in hisapartment with three differ-ent triggers, hoping the deto-nation would distract policefrom the carnage he planneda few miles away, investiga-tors testified. The trap wasnever sprung.

About six hours before theattack, Holmes took a seriesof photos on his phone. In onehe wears black contact lens-es and a black stocking cap,with two tufts of his dyed-red hair sticking out like apair of horns. In another he

holds a pistol beneath hisface, twisted into a grin. In athird, much of his arsenal –the assault rifle and shotgun,magazines for ammunition,tactical gear and bags to car-ry rounds – is displayed on ared sheet on his bed.

When Holmes burst intothe theater and opened firejust after midnight July 20there were as many as 1,500people crowded into the seatsand in the auditorium nextdoor, prosecutors said. Someof Holmes’ bullets piercedthe wall and injured peoplein the adjacent theater. Hol-mes fired about 70 rounds,many of which apparentlyhit multiple people, and wasonly prevented from shoot-ing more because his riflejammed, prosecutors said.

“He didn’t care who hekilled or how many he killed,because he wanted to killall of them,” Pearson saidWednesday.

The hearing is a legalformality to establish theprosecution’s case. Defenseattorneys rarely mount afull-blown case during suchhearings, preferring to savetheir witnesses for the trial.Brady asked whether anyColorado law prevented “aseverely mentally ill person”from buying the ammuni-tion, body armor and hand-cuffs that Holmes purchasedonline. The answer: No.

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Holmes had self portraits on phonePhotos show gunman posing with arsenal arrayed on bed

Wife says poisoned lottowinner had no enemiesCHICAGO – Thewife of a Chi-

cago lottery winner whowas poi-sonedwith cyanide said Tuesdayshewas devastated by his deathand cannot believe her husbandcould have had enemies.Shabana Ansari spoke to The

Associated Press a day afternews emerged that 46-year-oldUrooj Khan’s death in July was theresult of cyanide poisoning andnot natural causes, as authoritiesinitially concluded. Prosecutors,Chicago police and the CookCountyMedical Examiner’s Officeare investigating Khan’s deathas a homicide, but they have notgiven any details, announced anysuspects or said whether theybelieved the lottery win couldhave presented amotive.

Maday convicted ofcharges in 2009 escapeCHICAGO – A bank robber

was convicted Wednesday ofoverpowering county officerstransporting him to a courthousein 2009, snatching their gunsand forcing one guard to handover his pants before going on adaylong crime spree in Chicago’ssuburbs.Federal jurors in Chicago

convicted Robert Maday on allfive counts, including escape,aggravated bank robbery andbrandishing a weapon during theescape and bank heist. Maday,42, of Elk Grove Village, facesa mandatory minimum prisonterm of almost 50 years.Maday’s escape from the two

guards, who were driving him toa Rolling Meadows courthouseto be sentenced for an earlierrobbery conviction, sparked apursuit that included carjackingsand a bank robbery. It endedwith his capture after a high-speed chase and crash.

Newest state legislaturehas 3 charged lawmakersSPRINGFIELD– When a new

General Assembly took the oathof officeWednesday, its ranksincluded three lawmakers facingcriminal charges.Former state Rep. Derrick

Smith was back in Springfield.The Democrat was arrested onbribery charges and expelled lastyear, but voters put him back inoffice.Sen. Donne Trotter faces gun

charges for allegedly bringing aweapon to an airport. And Rep. LaShawn Ford is accused of federalbank fraud charges.Illinois has a reputation for an

intersection of politics and crime.Still, historians say it’s beendecades since somany sittinglawmakers were facing charges.

–Wire reports

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SPRINGFIELD – New veto-proof Democratic majoritieswere sworn into office in bothchambers of the Illinois Gen-eral Assembly on Wednesday,and leaders vowed to keep try-ing to solve the state’s worst-in-the-nation pension problemafter talks collapsed at the endof the lame-duck session.

House Speaker MichaelMadigan and Senate President

John Cul -lerton werer e - e l e c t e das leaders oftheir respec-tive cham-bers. Cul -lerton willo v e r s e e a40-19 major-ity, the mostDemocratselected inthe Illinois

Senate in at least 120 years.“There is greatness within

and around all of you in thischamber, and we’re going toneed it,” Cullerton said afterbeing sworn in for his thirdterm as president. “My adviceis to enjoy today and celebratewith your families, but youmust know that tough deci-sions and votes await us in theweeks and months ahead.”

After accepting his re-elec-tion as speaker, Madigan saidthe state’s ballooning $96 bil-lion pension deficit remainsthe most serious problem thatlawmakers face and vowed tocontinue negotiations to solveit. He called it a “terribly con-tentious” issue because anyreform would be a change towhat workers had been prom-ised.

But he also stressed the im-portance of addressing what’sknown as the “cost-shift,” aproposal in which the expenseof teacher retirements wouldbe transferred from the stateback to downstate and subur-ban school districts. That issuewas a major sticking point inthe failed compromise talksbecause Republicans fearedit would lead to higher prop-erty taxes, but Madigan calledthe current situation a “freelunch” for schools that needsto be addressed.

Madigan said he was will-ing to set the issue aside tempo-rarily to accomplish some pen-sion overhaul, and it is boundto return to negotiations in thenew Legislature.

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The best thing that can be said about the lame-ducksession of the Illinois General Assembly is that law-makers, at least, did no further harm.

They didn’t do anything to fix Illinois’ sinkingpublic pension systems or dire fiscal situation, sadly.But the way things went down during the last lame-duck session two years ago – when Gov. Pat Quinn andDemocratic legislators rammed through a massive,last-minute tax increase – we might just chalk up “do-ing no harm” as a win.

Or a tie, anyway. And that says pretty mucheverything that needs to besaid about the sad state ofgoverning in the Land ofLincoln.

Kidding aside, pensionreform must be the toppriority for the new GeneralAssembly that was swornin Wednesday. Illinois’ fivepublic pension systems areunderfunded by more than$96 billion. It was less than ayear ago when that number was $83 billion.

With every day of inaction, it will climb.While it was far from perfect, we actually liked

some elements of a pension reform bill that was beingdebated earlier this week.

The bill was an amended version of one proposed byRep. Elaine Nekritz, D-Northbrook. It seems like a goodstarting point for the new General Assembly.

Among other things, the bill would push back theage that retirees can get their automatic 3 percentcost-of-living increases to 67 years. It also would be ap-plied only to the first $25,000 of a retiree’s pension. Theannual increase actually should be less than 3 percentand should kick in even later, but the proposal is betterthan what we have now.

The bill would increase employee contributionsto their own pensions by 2 percent of salary, with thefirst 1 percent kicking in the first year and the secondin year two. We’re not sure if this is enough, but someincrease is absolutely necessary.

The biggest problem with the bill is that it did littleto address the current underfunded liability.

Some lawmakers argued the bill is unconstitutionalas written and the state risks a court challenge if itpassed. The Illinois Constitution says pension ben-efits cannot be diminished, but it’s better to meet thatchallenge head on than to keep putting off meaningfulreform and risk insolvency.

When it was clear Nekritz’s bill didn’t have enoughvotes, Quinn presented a bizarre, last-minute proposalthat would have lawmakers turn over responsibilityfor fixing pensions to an unelected supercommittee.

We’re not sure what to make of this desperate ideaother than to say it’s further evidence that Quinn is inover his head.

Here’s where we stand: For the new General As-sembly, pension reform must be the top priority. Thethreat of a court challenge and more bad ideas fromQuinn can’t get in the way.

Don’t wait until the end of this new session. Get itdone right. And get it done now.

State bumblesfixes to pensionsystems again

For the record

Illinois’ five public pen-sion systems are under-funded by more than $96billion. It was less than ayear ago when that numberwas $83 billion.

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Critics of the Obama administration’s expandeduse of pilotless drone aircraft to kill alleged terroristsabroad have been assured that the strikes are justi-fied and legal. Yet, when The New York Times and theAmerican Civil Liberties Union asked for detailed evi-dence of the government’s legal arguments, they weretold that is a national security secret.

Recently, a federal judge ruled in the administra-tion’s favor, although even she expressed exasperation.

“I can find no way around the thicket of laws andprecedents that effectively allow the executive branch ofour government to proclaim as perfectly lawful certainactions that seem on their face incompatible with ourConstitution and laws, while keeping the reasons fortheir conclusions a secret.”

This is hard to take from a president who promisedto do a better job than the previous occupant of theWhite House in making important government informa-tion available to the American people.

The federal FOI Act is shot through with loopholes,and the administration didn’t have to do much heavylifting to slip through several of them in this case. Be-sides, federal courts are typically deferential to presi-dential claims of national security to justify keepinginformation from the public.

The question is why the administration insists onkeeping secret legal opinions that spell out the argu-ments for the legality and constitutionality of thesedrone strikes. Why would they keep confidential the for-mal arguments in favor of drone killings? The presidentobviously believes the attacks are morally and legallyjustified.

He should release all legal justifications produced byhis administration or explain to the American peoplewhy that cannot be shared with them.

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Why debt-ceiling fight is good for U.S.Watch what he did, not what he says.

President Barack Obama says he won’tagree to spending cuts in return for Repub-licans’ raising the debt ceiling. Yet he didexactly that in 2011. And he should do itagain.

The debt ceiling ought to be raisedbecause nobody has a plan to eliminate thedeficit immediately, and there is no popularsupport for doing what that would take.A congressman who isn’t presenting andsupporting a zero-deficit-now plan has anobligation to give the federal governmentthe additional borrowing authority thatcontinued deficits make necessary.

For liberals, that’s the end of the matter.The debt ceiling should be raised withoutany spending cuts attached, and ideally itshould be raised to infinity. One commonargument goes like this: Since Congress setsspending and tax levels, no good purpose isserved by holding a separate vote making itpossible for the government to follow Con-gress’s original instructions.

That argument would have more forceif the federal budget were the result of adeliberate policy. Instead, more and moreof our spending rises on autopilot becauseof decisions made long ago, and nobodyis forced to take responsibility for the gapbetween revenue and commitments. Bills toraise the debt ceiling are the only occasionswhen congressmen and the president comeclose to doing so.

They are thus appropriate moments toattack the trends that are driving our risingdebt.

Raising the debt limit requires Repub-lican cooperation, and there is no obviousreason why Republicans should refrain onprinciple from saying that they will go alongso long as spending is cut. For Democrats tosay that no conditions should be attached to

the bill is to attach a condition.There are, of course, risks to the econ-

omy from a protracted fight over what theconditions will be, and it would behoove theparties to come to terms quickly.

Four steps would reduce those risks.First, Republicans should make the condi-tions reasonable, rather than, say, trying touse the leverage the debt-ceiling bill givesthem to transform the welfare state. Second,Democrats should accede to reasonable re-quests rather than attacking them as thoughthey amounted to terrorism.

Third, the Federal Reserve should pledgeto hold nominal-income growth steady,since that would counteract any shock toconsumer confidence. Fourth, and most im-portant, all parties should pass a law stipu-lating that if the debt ceiling is breached theTreasury will still be allowed to make debt-service payments in full. Painful spendingcuts would result, but not default.

A reasonable deal would involve spend-ing cuts that are acceptable to both parties– cuts, in other words, that Democrats canaccept without violating their core convic-tions or their campaign promises.

Jerry Brown, the Democratic governorof California, is no conservative; he justprevailed in raising taxes in his state. Buthe also thinks that Medicaid spending perperson ought to be capped, which couldgenerate significant savings for the federalgovernment. Tom Daschle, the formerleader of the Senate Democrats and Obama’sfirst choice for secretary of Health and Hu-man Services, also supports the idea.

John Cogan, an economist at StanfordUniversity, argues that Medicare shouldraise its co-payments. The savings wouldn’tcome from the higher fees that beneficiariespay – that money could be sent back to themin the form of lower premiums so that se-niors are held harmless – but in the reduceduse of medical services. Higher co-pays,Cogan points out, haven’t been associatedwith worse health outcomes in studies.

Increasing the use of means testing inMedicare would also save money withoutundermining care for the neediest. Theprogram should offer fewer benefits to thosewith the highest lifetime incomes.

Democrats insist that any future deficitreduction be “balanced,” with tax increasesas well as spending cuts. They see lastweek’s fiscal-cliff deal, in which Republicansagreed to let some tax increases take effect,as a precedent. Around the world, though,most successful deficit-reduction effortsin the past three decades have been unbal-anced, tilting toward spending cuts ratherthan tax increases.

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., voted for thefiscal-cliff deal but denies it’s a precedent forfuture tax increases. With taxes having justrisen, he told me in an interview, Repub-licans aren’t going to accept any furtherincrease. “Tax increases are off the table,”he said. Instead, significant spending cutsare necessary, he argued, and they need tobegin immediately.

So raise the debt limit, sure. But startbringing the debt under control at the sametime. That’s a sensible position, and one thatRepublicans should have no trouble defend-ing to voters.

• Ramesh Ponnuru is a Bloomberg Viewcolumnist and a senior editor at NationalReview.

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‘Fiscal cliff’ talks produce loser of a tax dealBy HARold MEyERSon

Bloomberg View

How much do the newly enacted taxhikes on the wealthiest Americans actuallyaffect them? Hardly at all.

Almost all of the debate that convulsedCapitol Hill in December concerned thereinstatement of the highest marginal taxrate on earned income – that is, on wagesand salaries. But as F. Scott Fitzgerald said,the rich are different from you and me, andone of the primary ways they’re different isthat they don’t get their income from wagesand salaries.

In 2006, the bottom four-fifths of U.S.tax filers got 82 percent of their incomefrom wages and salaries, a CongressionalResearch Office study found. The richest 1percent, however, got just 26 percent of theirincome that way; for the richest one-tenth of1 percent, the figure is just 18.6 percent.

The study also looked at dividends andcapital gains. The bottom four-fifths got just0.7 percent of their income from those sourc-es. (Those who believe we’ve become an

“ownership society,” please take note.) Thewealthiest 1 percent, however, realized 38.2percent of their income from investments,and the wealthiest one-tenth of 1 percentrealized more than half: 51.9 percent.

The tax deal Congress passed last weekraised the top rate on wages and salariesfrom 35 percent to 39.6 percent. The rate onincome from capital gains and dividends,however, was raised to only 20 percent from15 percent. There has been no rending ofgarments nor gnashing of teeth from oursuper-rich compatriots; they got one sweetdeal.

The intellectual foundations of this dealare even more dubious than the deal itself.Taxing investment income at a lower ratethan labor income presumably fosters moreinvestment in the U.S. economy. But say youbuy a share of General Electric. The moneyyou pay for your stock will be invested bothat home and abroad, because GE, like virtu-ally every major U.S. corporation, is a globalcompany that retains a U.S. headquarters.

Now suppose you’re an assembly workerat a GE aircraft engine parts plant in Day-

ton, Ohio. All your work takes place in theUnited States, and most of your spending islocal, even though many of the products youbuy are made abroad. Yet our GE employeemay be taxed at a higher rate than our GEinvestor. We reward the investor for, in ef-fect, sending money abroad, while the work-er who produces wealth entirely within ourborders gets no such reward. Globalizationhas completely changed the investment pat-terns of American corporations, but our taxbreaks for investments chug placidly alongas though U.S. companies still confinedtheir work inside our borders.

Moreover, taxing wages and salaries at ahigher rate than investment income meansthat the tax code is taking a bigger bite outof a steadily shrinking share of Americans’income. Pay from work just ain’t what itused to be. As the St. Louis Federal Reservehas documented, income from wages andsalaries as of July 2012 constitutes the small-est share of gross domestic product sinceWorld War II. The earned-income share ofGDP peaked in 1969 at 53.5 percent. In 2012,it was 43.5 percent.

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Random thoughts to ponderafter Northern Illinois’ histor-ic appearance in the DiscoverOrange Bowl:

Thought No. 1: Let me getthis straight, ESPN imme-diately apologizes for BrentMusburger’s harmless andflattering on-air commentsabout Alabama quarterbackA.J. McCarron’s girlfriend– the former Miss Alabama,Katherine Webb – during theBCS title game Monday night.

If that’s the Twilight Zonecase, I imagine our ESPN bud-dy Kirk Herbstreit must havereceived a pay raise for all hisHuskie invectives on the Bowl

Selection Show last month.What a world we live in.

Thought No. 2: This is nosecret. Joe Novak’s reputationseems to grow better each day.With his former NorthernIllinois assistants Scott Shafer(new Syracuse football coach)and Mike Priefer (candidatefor the Bears’ top spot) in thenews, I pulled out a vintageNIU media guide to reminisceabout the good old days.

Check out Novak’s 2001Huskie coaching staff: Offen-sive coordinator Dan Roushar(now Michigan State offen-sive coordinator), defensivecoordinator Shafer, quarter-backs coach Matt Canada(now North Carolina StateOC), tight ends coach FrankKurth (now athletic directorat Elkhart, Ind., MemorialHigh School), wide receiv-ers coach George McDonald(now Arkansas wide receiverscoach), linebacker coach PatNarduzzi (now Michigan Statedefensive coordinator), defen-sive interior coach Priefer,running backs coach DeAndre

Smith (now New Mexico RBcoach), defensive end coach/recruiting coordinator MikeSabock (interim NIU aidefor Orange Bowl), plus gradassistants Mike Uremovich(now North Carolina State

offensive line coach) and GregBower (now Wisconsin-RiverFalls health and performancefaculty). Impressive list.

Thought No. 3: Hate thisrole-playing Northern Illinois“bully” shtick, but I can’t helpit sometimes. For the mostpart, I thought ESPN play-by-play man Joe Tessitoreand analyst Matt Millen werefairly objective (at least forESPN) on the Orange Bowltelecast.

Except, and there’s alwaysan “except,” in the first quar-ter.

SportsSports editor Ross Jacobson • rjacobson@shawmedia.com

The Northern Illinois men’sbasketball team snaps a 13-game

road losing streak an 11-point victoryover Miami (Ohio). PAGE B2

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AP Sources: Investorseeking to buy KingsSEATTLE – People with

knowledge of the situationsaid Wednesday that investorChris Hansen has contactedthe Maloof family about buy-ing the Sacramento Kings.The people spoke on the con-

dition of anonymity becauseno deal has been reached.One person says the Kings

could sell for more than $500million. The Kings’ future inSacramento has been uncer-tain because the Maloofs andthe city haven’t been able tocome up with a long-termarena solution.Yahoo! Sports first reported

the discussions between theKings and Hansen. Yahoo!reported a possible sale couldland the Kings in Seattle forthe 2013-14 season.“I know as much as you do,”

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinnsaid when asked about thesituation. “If it’s true, ain’t itcool?”Hansen reached agreement

with local governments inSeattle in October on plansto build a $490 million arenanear the city’s other stadiums:CenturyLink Field and SafecoField. As part of the agree-ment, no construction willbegin until all environmentalreviews are completed and ateam has been secured.Hansen’s group is expected

to pitch in $290 million inprivate investment towardthe arena, along with helpingto pay for transportation im-provements in the area aroundthe stadiums. The plans alsocall for the arena to be able tohandle a future NHL franchise.

– Wire report

Pro basketballNew York at Indiana,7 p.m., TNTTwo of the top teams inthe Eastern Conference col-lide as the Atlantic Division-leading Knicks head toIndiana to face the CentralDivision-leading Pacers.

Also on TV...Pro basketball

Miami at Portland, 9:30 p.m.,TNTMen’s college basketballMiami at North Carolina,

6 p.m., ESPNMichigan State at Iowa,

6 p.m., ESPN2Old Dominion at George

Mason, 6 p.m., NBCSNKentucky at Vanderbilt,

8 p.m., ESPNArizona at Oregon, 8 p.m.,

ESPN2Saint Mary’s at Gonzaga,

10 p.m., ESPN2Golf

PGA Tour, Sony Open, firstround, at Honolulu, 6 p.m.,TGC

Auto racingDakar Rally, stage 6, Arica to

Calama, Chile, 1 a.m., NBCSN(delayed tape)

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Surpassing expectations

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The San Francisco Giants’ Barry Bonds waits on the dug-out steps to bat in the eighth inning with bases loadedJuly 28, 2006 against the Pittsburgh Pirates. With thecloud of steroids shrouding many candidacies, baseballwriters failed for the only the second time in more thanfour decades to elect anyone to the Hall.

Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com

DeKalb/Sycamore co-op’s Daniel Hein looks at his time after the 100-yard freestyle in the team’s meet against Ottawa on Monday at Huntley Middle School in DeKalb.

Barbs’ Hein enjoying early success as freshmanBy ANTHONY ZILIS

sports@daily-chronicle.com

DeKALB – Finishing second day-after-day to a freshman isn’talways easy for veterans on the

DeKalb-Sycamore co-op swim team.But with freshman Daniel Hein on

the team, they’ve had to learn to takethe beatings in stride.

“He’s an amazing athlete,” senior

Marc Dubrick said.Hein has been a sensation for the

Barbs this season, winning most of hisraces. In some dual meets, coach LeahEames puts him against opponents’best swimmer because she knows he’llhave a legitimate shot to win.

“He’s just put in a ton of effort, andI think that’s why he’s been droppinghis times so much,” Eames said.

Hein was by no means an un-

known entity coming into the season– several of the swimmers knew of hisability from club swimming.

“It was hard last year to watch himwhen he was only in eighth grade,thinking, ‘We could really use him onour team,’” junior Ryan Schultz said.“I was expecting him to do really wellthis year.”

BASEBALL HALL OF FAME

No go for Sosa, Bonds, ClemensBy RONALD BLUMThe Associated Press

NEW YORK – No one was electedto the Hall of Fame this year. Whenvoters closed the doors to BarryBonds, Roger Clemens and SammySosa, they shut out everybody else.

For only the second time in fourdecades, baseball writers failed togive any player the 75 percent re-quired for induction to Cooperstown,sending a powerful signal that starsof the Steroids Era will be held to adifferent standard.

All the awards and accomplish-ments collected over long careersby Bonds, Clemens and Sosa couldnot offset suspicions those feats wereboosted by performance-enhancingdrugs.

Voters also denied entry Wednes-day to fellow newcomers Craig Big-gio, Mike Piazza and Curt Schilling,along with holdovers Jack Morris,Jeff Bagwell and Lee Smith.

Among the most honored playersof their generation, these standoutswon’t find their images among the300 bronze plaques on the oak wallsin Cooperstown, where – at least fornow – the doors appear to be boltedshut on anyone tainted by PEDs.

“After what has been written andsaid over the last few years I’m notoverly surprised,” Clemens said in astatement he posted on Twitter.

Bonds, Clemens and Sosa retiredafter the 2007 season. They were eli-gible for the Hall for the first time andhave up to 14 more years on the writ-ers’ ballot.

Hall of Fame voting

569 votes cast, 427 needed

Player Votes PercentageCraig Biggio 388 68.2%Jack Morris 385 67.7%Jeff Bagwell 339 59.6%Mike Piazza 329 57.8%Tim Raines 297 52.2%Lee Smith 272 47.8%Curt Schilling 221 38.8%Roger Clemens 214 37.6%Barry Bonds 206 36.2%Edgar Martinez 204 35.9%Alan Trammell 191 33.6%Larry Walker 123 21.6%Fred McGriff 118 20.7%Dale Murphy 106 18.6%Mark McGwire 96 16.9%Don Mattingly 75 13.2%Sammy Sosa 71 12.5%Rafael Palmeiro 50 8.8%

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Daily Chronicle sports editor RossJacobson believes Mike Piazza and JeffBagwell deserve to be in the Hall of Fame.Page B3.

See HALL OF FAME, page B3

See HEIN, page B4

CHICAGO – The Bearslooked kind of funny Wednes-day.

For one thing, none of themwore a helmet. They sportedsneakers instead of cleats. Andwhy did only five of them lineup for the opening kickoff?

Ohhh.It’s basketball season. For-

give me for being late.Now that another Bears’ sea-

son is in the books (and generalmanager Phil Emery is busyinterviewing approximately217 head-coaching candidates),I headed to the United Center tosee what I’ve been missing.

There, I joined a selloutcrowd of 21,570 to see the Bullshost the Milwaukee Bucks. TheBulls squandered a 15-pointlead to lose, 104-96, but at leastDerrick Rose inched anotherday closer to his return.

Eight months had passedsince the last time I watched theBulls play on their home court.On that day, the Bulls hostedthe Philadelphia 76ers in Game5 of the Eastern Conferencequarterfinals, only four gamesafter Rose drove to the basketand crumpled to the courtclutching his left knee.

That moment changedeverything.

The Bulls lost their open-ing playoff series in six games.More importantly, they lostRose for 257 days and count-ing. They also lost several keymembers of their “Bench Mob”– Omer Asik went to Houston,Kyle Korver to Atlanta, C.J.Watson to Brooklyn, Ronnie

Brewer to New York, and so on.Knowing that Rose would

miss much of the season, theBulls filled their bench withlower-priced veterans. Themessage seemed clear: Keep theseats warm until Rose returns.

In came journeymen such asMarco Belinelli, Nate Robinsonand Nazr Mohammed. KirkHinrich returned, albeit twoyears older and several stepsslower.

Yet the Bulls kept winning,spare parts and all.

At 19-14, Tom Thibodeau’steam is in good position fora playoff berth. One gameseparates the Bulls from thefirst-place Indiana Pacers in theCentral Division, and a divisiontitle would mean a top threeplayoff seed.

I could try to tell you moreabout the new-look Bulls.

Instead, I asked some peoplewho have been paying muchcloser attention.

Stadium usher Giselle Lopezhas worked (and watched)all but two home games this

season. The 19-year-old fromChicago worked Wednesday’sgame between Sections 324 and325 in the upper deck.

It’s not a bad view. From herperch, Lopez has seen the Bullsimprove after a rocky start.

“At the beginning, it waskind of like, ‘Oh, they don’tknow how to play with eachother,’ ” Lopez said. “But nowthey’re more comfortable witheach other.”

Eight-year-old Alex Prairieof Bourbonnais arrived early towatch players such as JoakimNoah and Taj Gibson practicejump shots before the game.His dad, Gregg, has tickets foranother game in April.

“I like to watch them prac-tice,” said Alex Prairie, whowatches almost every game onTV.

It’s an easy team to watch forfans such as Pete Overholt andhis son, Max, who celebratedhis 23rd birthday Wednesday.The season-ticket holders fromWilmette have watched abouta half-dozen games this season

from their seats behind thebasket in Section 116.

As players warmed upbefore the game, they chattedabout how much better CarlosBoozer has played in the pastmonth and how the new benchhas developed into a productiveunit.

Of course, the impendingreturn of Rose never strayed farfrom the conversation. For theOverholts, watching the Bullsplay without their MVP pointguard remained strange.

“It’s a little weird,” MaxOverholt said. “But given whata lot of talking heads were say-ing – how they were not goingto be quite as good without Rose– overall, I’d say they’ve donepretty well.”

Really well.“They have so far exceeded

what I thought they would orcould do without Rose,” PeteOverholt said. “I’ve enjoyedthis season. I really have. It’sbeen fun.”

Before long, it will be a lotmore fun.

Maybe Rose will return ina month? Maybe six weeks?Whatever the date, it’s gettingcloser.

“Now, everybody’s gettingso pumped up,” Lopez said witha big smile. “D-Rose is comingback.”

• Shaw Media sportswriterTom Musick can be contactedat tmusick@shawmedia.com.

The ASSOCIATED PRESS

OXFORD, Ohio – AkselBolin came off the bench for11 points and Northern Il-linois snapped a five-gamelosing streak, beating Mi-ami (Ohio) 72-61 Wednesdaynight in the Mid-AmericanConference opener for bothteams.

Darrell Bowie and AbdelSprings added 10 apiece forNorthern Illinois, whichsnapped a 13-game road los-ing streak against Miami.

D e s p i t e o u t s h o o t i n gNorthern Illinois 52.4 per-cent (11 of 21) to 37.5 percent(9 of 24), Miami (5-8) enteredhalftime tied with the Hus-kies, 28-all.

The second half openedwith three ties and four leadchanges before Northern Il-linois (3-10) jumped aheadfor good on a Mike Davisjumper. The Huskies builttheir lead to as many as 15,66-51, and led by at least 10points throughout the final5 minutes.

Cent. Michigan 73, BowlingGreen 67: At Mount Pleasant,Mich., Kyle Randall pouredIn 31 points, going 13 for 13from the free-throw line, andCentral Michigan held on tobeat Bowling Green.

The Chippewas (8-6) wenton a 13-0 run in the first halfand led 37-20 at halftime. Butthe Falcons (5-9) came back,shooting 59 percent afterhalftime, and finally tyingthe game at 60 when JordonCrawford made a pair of freethrows with 3:25 to go.

Ball State 60, Eastern Michi-gan 58: At Ypsilanti, Mich.,Chris Bond made two freethrows with 1 second left,lifting Ball State to a overEastern Michigan.

Bond, who scored 18 pointson 8-of-8 shooting for the Car-dinals (7-6), was fouled byDa’Shonte Riley and sankboth foul shots. EasternMichigan couldn’t get off an-other shot before the buzzer.

Toledo 70, Kent State 58:At Kent, Ohio, Rian Pearsonscored 27 points with nine

rebounds as Toledo pulledaway early in the second halfto defeat Kent State.

Leading 28-25 at the break,the Rockets (5-7) opened thesecond half with a 15-4 burstthat featured back-to-back3-pointers by DominiqueBuckley.

Akron 65, Western Michi-gan 43: At Akron, Ohio, NickHarney led Akron with 15points as the Zips defeatedWestern Michigan.

Alex Abreu, Pat Forsytheand Brian Walsh each added12 points for Akron (10-4),while Demetrius Treadwellled the Zips with eight re-bounds.

Ohio 86, Buffalo 68: AtAthens, Ohio, D.J. Cooperscored 21 points and ReggieKeely added 19 to help Ohiobeat Buffalo.

Cooper made 7 of 9 shotsfrom the field, including aseason-high five 3-pointers,and dished out seven assistsfor Ohio, which is averaging25 assists over its past fivegames.

SPORTS Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.comPage B2 • Thursday, January 10, 2013

MAC MEN’S BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

NIU snaps 13-game road losing skid

TomMusick

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Bulls forward Carlos Boozer (center) celebrates with center Joakim Noah (left) and guard Nate Robinson after scoring during the first half of theBulls’ 104-96 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday at the United Center.

BUCKS 104, BULLS 96

Bulls fans stay positive with Rose outNext for the Bulls

Bulls at NewYork, 7 p.m.Friday, CSN,AM-1000

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Bulls guard Richard Hamilton (left) posts up against Milwaukee Bucksguard Monta Ellis during the first half.

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TODAY

Boys BasketballHiawatha at Rockford ChristianLife, 7 p.m.Rochelle at Kaneland, 7 p.m.

Girls BasketballHiawatha at Somonauk, 6:45 p.m.Paw Paw at Indian Creek, 6:45 p.m.H-BR at Serena, 7 p.m.

WrestlingDeKalb at Sycamore, 5:30 p.m.Kaneland at Morris, 5:30 p.m.

Boys BowlingStreator at DeKalb, 4 p.m.

Girls BowlingStreator at DeKalb, 4 p.m.Ottawa at Kaneland, 4 p.m.Sterling at Sycamore, 4 p.m.

FRIDAY

Boys BasketballPaw Paw at Hiawatha, 6:45 p.m.LaMoille at Indian Creek, 6:45 p.m.Newark at H-BR, 7 p.m.Burlington Central at Sycamore,7 p.m.Richmond-Burton at G-K, 7 p.m.

Girls BasketballSycamore at Genoa-Kingston,7:15 p.m.

SATURDAY

Boys BasketballMorris at DeKalb, 6:30 p.m.Indian Creek at Rockford Christian,7 p.m.

Girls BasketballKaneland at Ottawa, 2:30 p.m.Sycamore at Dixon, 6 p.m.

Boys SwimmingDeKalb at Rockford JeffersonInvite, 11 a.m.

WrestlingSycamore at Carl Sandburg Duals,9 a.m.DeKalb hosts DeKalb Quad, 10 a.m.Kaneland hosts Margaret FlottMemorial Invite, 9 a.m.

Girls BowlingSycamore at Fenton Invitational(Wood Dale Bowl), 9 a.m.DeKalb at IMSA Invite at MardiGras Lanes, 8:30 a.m.

DeKalb-Sycamoreswimming still perfectThe DeKalb-Sycamore boys

swim co-op stayed undefeatedin dual meets with a 124-46 winover Woodstock co-op at homeon Wednesday.“The majority of that was be-

cause of our depth,” coach LeahEames said. “They definitelyhad some top-notch guys, butour guys just got in there andraced.”For the first time all season,

the DeKalb-Sycamore co-op (9-0) had winners in all 11 events.Ryan Schultz (200-yard

individual medley, 100 breast-stroke), Daniel Hein (50freestyle, 100 butterfly) andMarc Dubrick (100 free, 100backstroke) all won two eventswhile Jacob Bjork was first in the500 free and Dylan Powers wonthe 200 free.Dubrick, Schultz, Hein and Josh

Page combined to win the 200medley relay. Dylan Powers,Holden Mackey, Ryan Lindseyand Page were first in the 200free relay, and Hein, Powers,Bjork and Dubrick won the 400free relay.

KYSO accepting springsoccer registrationsThe Kaneland Youth Soccer

Organization (KYSO) is takingregistrations for its spring soc-cer season through Jan. 30 onits website at www.kanelandy-outhsoccer.com.The spring season includes

six games from April 13 throughMay 18. All games and practicesare held at the KYSO soccerfields, next to Kaneland HighSchool in Maple Park.Registration is open to boys

and girls ages 4-17. Registrationsfees are $85 for the first child,$65 for each additional child andinclude a soccer jersey, shorts,socks, end-of-season trophiesand certified referees for eachgame.

NHL owners approve newlabor deal; players to voteNEW YORK – NHL’s board of

governors met in a Manhat-tan hotel Wednesday andoverwhelmingly approved theagreement that was reachedearly Sunday on the 113th day ofthe lockout.

– Staff, wire reports

NFL

PLAYOFF GLANCE

WILD-CARD PLAYOFFSSaturday’s Results

Houston 19, Cincinnati 13Green Bay 24, Minnesota 10

Sunday’s ResultsBaltimore 24, Indianapolis 9Seattle 24, Washington 14

DIvISIONAL PLAYOFFSSaturday

Baltimore at Denver, 3:30 p.m. (CBS)Green Bay at San Francisco, 7 p.m.

(FOX)Sunday

Seattle at Atlanta, noon (FOX)Houston at New England, 3:30 p.m.

(CBS)

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPSJan. 20

AFC, TBA, CBSNFC, TBA, FOX

PRO BOWLJan. 27

At HonoluluAFC vs. NFC, 7 p.m., NBC

SUPER BOWLFeb. 3

At New OrleansAFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6

p.m., CBS

NBA

EASTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

W L Pct GBIndiana 21 14 .600 —Bulls 19 14 .576 1Milwaukee 18 16 .529 2½Detroit 13 23 .361 8½Cleveland 9 28 .243 13

Atlantic DivisionW L Pct GB

New York 23 11 .676 —Brooklyn 20 15 .571 3½Boston 18 17 .514 5½Philadelphia 15 22 .405 9½Toronto 13 22 .371 10½

Southeast DivisionW L Pct GB

Miami 23 10 .697 —Atlanta 20 14 .588 3½Orlando 12 22 .353 11½Charlotte 9 25 .265 14½Washington 5 28 .152 18

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBSan Antonio 28 10 .737 —Memphis 22 10 .688 3Houston 21 15 .583 6Dallas 13 22 .371 13½New Orleans 10 25 .286 16½

Northwest DivisionW L Pct GB

Oklahoma City 27 8 .771 —Portland 19 15 .559 7½Denver 20 16 .556 7½Utah 19 18 .514 9Minnesota 16 16 .500 9½

Pacific DivisionW L Pct GB

L.A. Clippers 27 8 .771 —Golden State 22 11 .667 4L.A. Lakers 15 20 .429 12Sacramento 13 22 .371 14Phoenix 12 25 .324 16

Wednesday’s ResultsMilwaukee 104, Bulls 96Cleveland 99, Atlanta 83Utah 112, Charlotte 102Toronto 90, Philadelphia 72Boston 87, Phoenix 79New Orleans 88, Houston 79Oklahoma City 106, Minnesota 84San Antonio 108, L.A. Lakers 105Orlando at Denver (n)Memphis at Golden State (n)Dallas at L.A. Clippers (n)

Today’s GamesNew York at Indiana, 7 p.m.Dallas at Sacramento, 9 p.m.Miami at Portland, 9:30 p.m.

Friday’s GamesCharlotte at Toronto, 6 p.m.Houston at Boston, 6:30 p.m.Utah at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.Phoenix at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.San Antonio at Memphis, 7 p.m.Minnesota at New Orleans, 7 p.m.Bulls at New York, 7 p.m.Detroit at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m.Cleveland at Denver, 8 p.m.Portland at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s ResultsBrooklyn 109, Philadelphia 89Indiana 87, Miami 77Houston 125, L.A. Lakers 112Minnesota 108, Atlanta 103Milwaukee 108, Phoenix 99

Agent says Ariansout of hospitalINDIANAPOLIS – The

agent for Colts offensivecoordinator Bruce Arianssaid Wednesday nightthat his client has beenreleased from an India-napolis hospital and thatthey are finalizing detailsto begin interviewing forhead coaching jobs.Earlier in the day, a

league source familiarwith the situation toldThe Associated Pressthat doctors were stilltrying to determinethe extent of a healthproblem that forced oneinterview to be pushedback.

– Wire report

Love out 8-10 weekswith broken handMINNEAPOLIS – If the

Minnesota Timberwolvesare going to chase downtheir first playoff berthsince 2004, they’re goingto have to do most of thework without Kevin Love.Unfortunately for this

hard-luck franchise, theyknow what it feels liketo play without their All-Star and Olympian.Love will miss the next

eight to 10 weeks afterneeding surgery to repaira right hand that is bro-ken for the second timethis season, the team an-nounced on Wednesday.The timeframewould

put Love back on thecourt possibly aroundmid-March, about amonthbefore the playoffs begin.

– The Associated Press

MAC standings

West DivisionConf. OverallW L W L

Central Michigan 1 0 9 6Ball State 1 0 7 6Toledo 1 0 6 7Northern Illinois 1 0 3 10Western Michigan 0 1 8 6Eastern Michigan 0 1 7 8

East DivisionConf. OverallW L W L

Akron 1 0 10 4Ohio 1 0 10 5Kent State 0 1 9 6Buffalo 0 1 6 9Miami 0 1 5 8Bowling Green 0 1 5 9

Saturday’s GamesKent State at Ball State, 1 p.m.Ohio at Western Michigan, 1 p.m.Akron at Northern Illinois, 3 p.m.EasternMichigan at Bowling Green, 5 p.m.Miami at Buffalo, 6 p.m.Central Michigan at Toledo, 6 p.m.

SPORTS Thursday, January 10, 2013 • Page B3Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com

The most controversialBaseball Hall of Fame vote inrecent history ended in a pre-dictable result Wednesday.

For the first time since1996, the Baseball Writers’ As-sociation of America electedno players to Cooperstown.

Among those deniedentrance was a player possess-ing undoubtedly the greatestoffensive statistics in historyfor his position. A perennialNational League All-Starduring the 1990s, the onlyachievement missing from hisbaseball resume is a WorldSeries title.

No, I’m not talking aboutBarry Bonds, although he cer-tainly fits the above descrip-tion. The player in question,for me, is Mike Piazza.

With a .308 average, 427home runs and 1,335 RBIs,Piazza is the greatest offensivecatcher in baseball history,yet received only 57.8 percentof the vote, far short of the 75percent required for entry intoCooperstown.

For many, the next few Hallof Fame votes will be about

Bonds, Roger Clemens, RafaelPalmeiro and Mark McGwire,all-time greats from the “Ste-roid Era” who were connectedto performance-enhancingdrugs.

In my mind, they will saymore about what the votershave decided about theircontemporaries – those whoare apparently being punishedonly because they played dur-ing the same drug-infused eraand are merely suspected ofsteroid use.

Piazza and former HoustonAstros first baseman Jeff Bag-well are obvious Hall of Fam-ers. Their numbers put eachof them among the all-timegreats at their position. Butbecause they played during aperiod of 20-plus years wherebaseball failed to deal with theproblem of performance-en-hancing drugs, enough writersdecided they weren’t worthy

of entry into Cooperstown.Neither of them were

named in the famed MitchellReport in 2007. And neither ofthem failed a drug test. Takeit for what it’s worth, butneither was named in any ofJose Canseco’s books. Therehas only been suspicion.

This isn’t to say that Piazzaand Bagwell were definitivelydrug-free. More than likely wewill never know exactly whichplayers used steroids and theextent to which drugs wererampant during the SteroidEra.

But how can some votersclaim to be consistent and fairif, in future years, they votefor other players from thesame era in similar situations.Greg Maddux, Frank Thomas,Mike Mussina and TomGlavine are all players whoare perceived to have goodchances of getting into theHall of Fame in 2014 becausethey have never been suspect-ed of steroid use.

How do Bagwell and FrankThomas compare? Accordingto baseball-reference.com,

Bagwell is the No. 1 most simi-lar player to the Big Hurt inbaseball history. The two havealmost identical career battingaverages, runs scored, doublesand slugging percentages.They even won MVP awardsin the same season (1994).

Yet because Bagwell is per-ceived as a potential steroiduser, Thomas will likely be theonly one of the two heading toCooperstown next year.

The issue of how votershandle the legacies of allplayers from the 1990s andearly 2000s is not going awayanytime soon. The voters havetwo choices. Consider everyplayer in the era and vote offtheir numbers, or vote fornobody at all. But arbitrarilydeciding which players did ordid not use steroids should notbe an option.

• Ross Jacobson is thesports editor of the DailyChronicle. He can be reachedvia e-mail at rjacobson@shawmedia.com and youcan follow him on Twitter@RossJacobson.

Conference needs tore-evaluate schedules

Tessitore made a cutesyreference to NIU grad DanCastellaneta, i.e., the voice ofTV’s famous Homer (“doh”)Simpson.

Tessitore, are we just in-forming the ESPN viewers ormaking wry comment on myalma mater’s football academ-ics (nationally ranked APRand graduation rates, hint,hint) which, by the way, madeFlorida State resemble ajunior college by comparison?Speaker of the House (DennyHastert) not good enough foryou? Just curious.

Thought No. 4: More classdiscrimination from theinebriated Orange Bowl repwho dissed the Huskies at anofficial function (“You guysdon’t deserve to be here. Wedidn’t even want you here”).Anybody see the record TVratings in Chicago for ESPN’scoverage that night?

I also read how some of theFSU players could not locateDeKalb on a map during bowlweek. Maybe some of theadults in Florida need geogra-phy lessons, too. Chicago? Na-tion’s No. 3 media market andpopulation center. Where’sthat?

Question No. 1: I’m curi-ous. How many NorthernIllinois fans actually wereamong the announced 72,073attendance figure in Sun LifeStadium on Jan. 1? ColumnistBarry Rozner of the ArlingtonHeights Daily Herald said35,000. Some friends who wentto Miami estimated between15,000 and 20,000. Either way,there seemed to be a lot ofcardinal red in the stands onTV. Awesome. And, if that’sthe case, why can’t NIU dupli-cate those standing-room onlyHuskie Stadium crowds from2002-04?

Question No. 2: Bar bettime. Guess how many differ-ent football programs haveplayed in the Orange Bowlsince the first one in 1935to the present? The answer:Fifty-one schools.

Over the decades in theebb-and-flow of college athlet-ics and football, there’s somepresent-day surprises on theOrange Bowl participationlist – Bucknell (Pa.) (1935),Catholic (1936), Duquesne(1937), Georgetown (1941),Holy Cross (1946), and SantaClara (1950). FYI to Mr. Herb-streit: NIU and your OhioState alma mater are tiedwith one Orange Bowl appear-ance apiece. Just a reminder.

Thought No. 5: Somebodyon campus got it. Finally.During Orange Bowl week,new Northern Illinois footballcoach Rod Carey put this Boi-se State-envy in the program’srearview mirror. Perma-nently, I hope. To paraphrase,the 41-year-old Carey astutelyobserved that the Huskies arenot Boise State or TCU, butrather “the new NIU.”

Okay, maybe NorthernIllinois did not pull the viralupset, ala underdog BoiseState over Oklahoma in the2007 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl,against FSU in the OrangeBowl. There’s no doubt the“hard way” Huskies validatedtheir initial BCS experiencewith integrity, grit, tenacity,and fight unlike others thisbowl season (I won’t mentionNotre Dame, promise).

To reiterate, most of uswouldn’t trade this lastNorthern Illinois decade foranything TCU or Boise Statehas done in a similar timeframe. Honest. Back-to-backMid-American Conference

titles, seven bowls, an historicBCS postseason, a first-everTop 25 team ranking(s),Heisman Trophy candidates,national TV appearances, on-field and classroom All-Amer-ica picks, NCAA statisticalrecords and landmarks, plusnumerous team academic ac-complishments.

The first step in any hier-archy is identifying who youare. Carey knows. Right now,there are some fledging mid-majors thinking about beingthe “next Northern Illinois”– particularly in light of theCardinal and Black’s ascentfrom the depths of ultimatedespair (1-10, 0-11, and 2-9 in1996-98).

Thought No. 6: The mostcompelling graphic or com-ment during the Orange Bowltelecast didn’t pop up untilthe fourth quarter with NIU’s2012 schedule ranking No. 120out of 124 nationally in theFBS. Not flattering, but true.

There are two MACs – thestrong, competitive one andthe weaker version. I read thepress notes about the recordseven MAC bowl teams(which went 2-5), etc. I usedto write those. It’s difficult tohide the weak sisters in thisleague sometimes.

With eight of NIU’s 14 op-ponents this season finishingbelow .500 (a combined 19-77),no wonder naysayers such asHerbstreit howled on BowlSelection Sunday. Instead ofventing last month, Kirk, youmight have mentioned theMid-Am scheduling issue.

Overall, the 2012 Huskiegrid opposition went 74-99.This is nothing new for themajor MAC sports. To berelevant in the BCS realm,the league athletic directorsand presidents need to evaul-ate their schools’ schedulesand national perception infootball and both basketballprograms and make that animmediate priority.

Thought No. 7: Perspectivetime. In the Northern Illinoiseuphoria over the OrangeBowl and a 12-win season, it’seasy to dismiss the past. I un-derstand. Looking at the finalpolls from 2003, there werethree Mid-Am programs inboth Top 30s – Miami (10th inAP and 12th in USA Today),Bowling Green (23rd in both),and NIU (26th in USA Todayand 29th in AP).

That’s not the case today.C-USA types Marshall andCentral Florida were still inthe Mid-Am. Future All-ProsMichael “The Burner” Turnerand Ben Roethlisberger werethe showcase performers.

Consider the Huskies’significant nonconference tri-umphs that same year – Top25 Maryland and Alabama,plus Iowa State. You cannotput NIU’s 2003 and 2012 sched-ules in the same sentence, inmy opinion. Somebody mightreact and say: Whose side areyou on, Mike?

If you’ve read this col-umn the last five years, youshould know by now: TheHuskie side. Many of us havewitnessed Northern Illinoisreach the football apex in1983, 1989, 2003, 2011, andnow 2012. Then seen it go thewrong way too many times.

With the new ChessickCenter, the IHSA footballplayoffs, the stadium improve-ments in 2013, it’s the perfecttime for NIU to build on thisunprecedented success.

• Mike Korcek is a formerNorthern Illinois Universitysports information director.His historical perspective onNIU athletics appears periodi-cally in the Daily Chronicle.

• KORCEKContinued from page B1

8NORTHERN ILLINOIS BRIEF

NIU football’s 2013 MACopponents releasedNorthern Illinois’ 2013 sched-

ule isn’t quite set in stone, butthe Huskies know every oppo-nent they will be playing.The Mid-American Conference

released each team’s confer-ence opponents for the 2013season on Wednesday.Northern Illinois will have

home games against Ball St.,Eastern Michigan, WesternMichigan and Akron.The Huskies will go on the

road to face Central Michigan,Toledo, Kent State and Massa-chusetts.The dates for these games

have not been set.NIU’s nonconference games

had already been scheduled.The Huskies play at Iowa in theopener before a bye week. NIUthen goes on the road to Idaho,hosts Eastern Illinois and travelsto Purdue before starting MACplay.

– Staff report

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AP file photo

Oakland Athletics’ Mike Piazza singles in a run against the Seattle Mariners in the first inning on July 26, 2007, in Seattle.

Bagwell, Piazza deserveHall nod

BASEBALL HALL OFFAME REACTION

HOFershappy fordenials

By MIKE FITZPATRICKThe Associated Press

NEW YORK – Keep all thecheaters out of our club.

That was the prevailingsentiment from several base-ball Hall of Famers who werehappy to see Barry Bonds,Roger Clemens and SammySosa excluded from the Coo-perstown fraternity Wednes-day.

“I’m kind of glad that no-body got in this year,” formerDetroit Tigers outfielder AlKaline said. “I feel honoredto be in the Hall of Fame. AndI would’ve felt a little uneasysitting up there on the stage,listening to some of these newguys talk about how greatthey were.”

Goose Gossage went evenfurther – he often does.

“I think the steroids guysthat are under suspicion gottoo many votes,” he said. “Idon’t know why they’re mak-ing this such a question andwhy there’s so much debate.To me, they cheated. Are wegoing to reward these guys?”

Not this year, at least.Baseball writers pitched

a Hall of Fame shutout for2013, failing to elect anyonefor only the second time in 42years.

Among those rejectedwere a trio of steroid-taintedstars in Bonds, Clemens andSosa, all eligible for the firsttime.

“Wow! Baseball writersmake a statement,” Hall ofFame reliever Dennis Ecker-sley wrote on Twitter. “Feelsright.”

AP file photo

Sammy Sosawas among thosewho tested positive inMLB’s 2003 anonymous survey. He didn’t receiveenough votes, along with Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds and the rest of the Hall of Fame candidates inWednesday’s voting.

Eighth time BBWAA failed to elect any players

“Curt Schilling made agood point, everyone wasguilty. Either you usedPEDs, or you did nothingto stop their use,” Hall ofFamer Mike Schmidt saidin an email to The Associ-ated Press after this year’svote was announced. “Thisgeneration got rich. Seemsthere was a price to pay.”

Biggio, 20th on the ca-reer list with 3,060 hits, ap-peared on 68.2 percent of the569 ballots, the highest totalbut 39 votes shy. The threenewcomers with the highestprofiles failed to come closeto even majority support,with Clemens at 37.6 per-cent, Bonds at 36.2 and Sosaat 12.5.

Other top vote-getterswere Morris (67.7), Jeff Bag-well (59.6), Piazza (57.8), Tim

Raines (52.2), Lee Smith(47.8) and Schilling (38.8).

“I’m kind of glad that no-body got in this year,” Hallof Famer Al Kaline said. “Ifeel honored to be in the Hallof Fame. And I would’ve felta little uneasy sitting upthere on the stage, listeningto some of these new guystalk about how great theywere. ... I don’t know howgreat some of these play-ers up for election would’vebeen without drugs. But tome, it’s cheating.”

At ceremonies in Cooper-stown on July 28, the onlyinductees will be three menwho died more than 70 yearsago: Yankees owner Ja-cob Ruppert, umpire HankO’Day and barehandedcatcher Deacon White. Theywere chosen last month bythe 16-member panel consid-ering individuals from theera before integration in1947.

“It is a dark day,” saidJose Canseco, the former ALMVP who was among thefirst players to admit usingsteroids. “I think the playersshould organize some typeof lawsuit against majorleague baseball or the writ-ers. It’s ridiculous. Most ofthese players really haveno evidence against them.They’ve never tested posi-tive or they’ve cleared them-selves like Roger Clemens.”

It was the eighth time theBBWAA failed to elect anyplayers. There were fourfewer votes than last yearand five members submittedblank ballots.

There have been calls forthe voting to be taken awayfrom the writers and be giv-en to a more diverse elector-ate that would include play-ers and broadcasters. TheHall says it is content withthe process, which began in1936.

• HALL OF FAMEContinued from page B1

PREPS Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.comPage B4 • Thursday, January 10, 2013

By ROSS JACOBSONrjacobson@shawmedia.com

After a quick start to the season, somelate-game issues plagued Sycamore over theholiday break.

The Spartans lost three of their past fourgames despite holding fourth-quarter leads ineach contest. Sycamore coach Andrew Stacysaid opponents’ pressure defense have giventhe Spartans trouble in the final eight minutes.

“The biggest thing has just been we’rejust making bad passes and getting a little bitrushed, going a little bit faster than we wantto in certain situations,” Stacy said. “A lot ofthem are unforced errors. We’re panicking alittle bit and not executing as well as we can.

“For the most part we’ve done really wellwhen teams have pressed us, the last couplegames we’ve struggled.”

With only one game – Friday againstBurlington Central – in a stretch of 13 days,Sycamore will have plenty of time to fix theissues before resuming Northern Illinois Big 12East play.

“We’re doing a lot of good things,” Stacysaid. “We feel that we have let some gamesslip through our fingers. It’s a matter of goingthrough these learning processes and roadblocks along the way.

Royals preaching defenseHinckley-Big Rock coach Bill Sambrookes

has been emphasizing defense lately, having his

Royals go hard on the defensive end in practice.One thing he’s preaching is movement.

Sambrookes doesn’t want his team standingflat-footed when it comes to help defense.

“A lot of times the help-side, and this isnot just my team, but the help-side sometimeswhen you’re three passes away has the tenden-

cy to stand straight up, put the arms straightdown and go flat-footed,” Sambrookes saidafter his team’s 51-40 win over Genoa-Kingsotnon Tuesday. “And then you’ve got to reactbefore you can move. So we’ve been workinghard on that help-side stuff.”

• Steve Nitz contributed to this report.

Zach MichelsSenior forward, Hinckley-Big Rock

Michels often gets lost in theshuffle because of the Royals’exceptional guard tandem inJared Madden and Bernie Con-ley. But the senior forward camethrough with 11 big points inH-BR’s win over Genoa-Kingstonon Tuesday.

sPOTliGhT ON ...

Insider

WhaT TO WaTch FORRochelle at Kaneland, 7 p.m., tonight

Kaneland is fresh off a promising fourth-placeshowing at the Plano Christmas Classic. Can theKnights carry that momentum into the secondhalf of conference play?

Burlington Central at Sycamore,7 p.m., Friday

The Spartans come off a couple of disappoint-ing losses in close games. Burlington provides atough non-conference opponent and a win couldset Sycamore back in the right direction.

POWeR RaNKiNGs1. hinckley-Big Rock (13-3, 2-0 little Ten)Huge win on the road over Genoa-Kingston.

2. Kaneland (8-6, 3-1 Northern illinoisBig 12 east)Knights starting to find stride since Drew

David’s return.3. sycamore (9-7, 2-2 Ni Big 12 east)Fourth-quarter woes cost Spartans couple

games recently.4. Genoa-Kingston (10-6, 2-2 Big Northernconference east)Cogs won three straight before loss to Royals.

5. indian creek (9-6, 3-0 lTc)Timberwolves have gone through rough stretch

since winter break started.6. DeKalb (4-12, 2-3 Ni Big 12 east)Barbs beat Rochelle then fell to Dixon at home.

7. hiawatha (3-10, 1-1 lTc)Nice win over Milledgeville on Monday.

NOTEBOOK

Spartans look to fix late-game issuesThe

A closer look at the boys basketball scene

What to look forward to in 2nd half of seasonWe’re about halfway through

the season with holiday tourna-ments distinctly behind us andthe back half of conference playgetting started.

A number of storylines for theyear have already developed sohere are five things to look for inthe upcoming weeks:

can DeKalb turn it around?: Ithasn’t been the easiest couplemonths for DeKalb, which justlost another close game to Dixonat home on Tuesday. The Barbshave the talent to be the best teamin the Northern Illinois Big 12, butcan’t seem to play with consis-tency.

If they get things figured outquickly, DeKalb could still be inthe hunt for another conferencecrown.

Where do sycamore, Kanelandstand in the Ni Big 12?: Sycamoresurprised many with a quick startto the 2012-13 season. Sparked bysome improved depth, the Spar-tans handed the Knights theironly conference loss of the year.

Meanwhile, Kaneland has beenplaying well since the return ofpoint guard Drew David and sitsatop the NI Big 12 standings witha 3-1 record.

Will hinckley-Big Rock winanother little Ten title?: With theirsenior core returning for anotherseason, the Royals were the pre-

season favorites to win the confer-ence again, and they’ve backed upthe hype with a stellar first half.

Coach Bill Sambrookes calledTuesday’s win over Genoa-Kings-ton the biggest of the season. I willdisagree and point to the Royals’victory over Mooseheart, butnonetheless, H-BR looks poised toonce again come out on top of theLittle Ten.

Will the real indian creek pleasestand up?: The Timberwolvesstarted off the season playing solidbasketball and recorded some niceresults in the early going. How-ever, an 0-4 showing at the PlanoChristmas Classic may have somedoubting whether Indian Creek isa legitimate contender.

Indian Creek is still 3-0 in theLittle Ten and a showdown with

H-BR looms next week.Will anyone stand out as the

area’s POY?: At the midway point,the race for the Daily ChroniclePlayer of the Year is wide open.And a lot of it has to do with thedepth and balance of many of thearea’s teams.

Much of it could come downto which teams find ways to pullout conference victories in thesecond half of the season, but Iwouldn’t discount a handful ofbreakout performances happen-ing sometime between now andthe postseason.

• Ross Jacobson is the sportseditor of the Daily Chronicle.He can be reached via e-mail atrjacobson@shawmedia.com andyou can follow him on Twitter @RossJacobson

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“I’m very pleased with what I’ve done so far. I really don’t know whatto expect. I’m just expecting a pretty decent time drop. That’ll just set me

up for the coming years to see what I can taper down to.”

Daniel heinDeKalb freshman swimmer

Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com

DeKalb/Sycamore co-op’s Daniel Hein jokes around with teammates after finishing all his races in theteam’s meet against Ottawa on Monday at Huntley Middle School in DeKalb.

Next 2 months to set bar forrest of Hein’s high school career

But the speed at whichhe’s succeeded has surpassedexpectations, swimmingstate qualifying times in the100-yard backstroke and 100butterfly and breaking themeet record at the Pretzel In-vite early in the season as apart of the 800 freestyle relayteam.

Even with all of his indi-vidual accomplishments this

season, Hein pointed to thatrecord-breaking relay as thehighlight of his season thusfar.

“That got me fired up forthe season,” he said. “I wasnot expecting to go some ofthe times I have gone … It’sreally surprised me and hasboosted my confidence.”

Hein knows he’ll dropthose times even more as thesectional meet nears.

The Barbs still have to ta-per, which will happen in theweeks leading up to the mid-

February postseason meet.He doesn’t really know

what to expect out of histimes at that point, but Heindoes know that what he ac-complishes over the next twomonths will set the bar for therest of his high school career.

“I’m very pleased withwhat I’ve done so far,” Heinsaid. “I really don’t knowwhat to expect. I’m just ex-pecting a pretty decent timedrop. That’ll just set me upfor the coming years to seewhat I can taper down to.”

• HEINContinued from page B1

Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com

Morris’ Ben Ortiz (34) pressures Sycamore’s Devin Mottet (right) late during the fourth quarter in theSpartans’ 41-39 loss Friday in Sycamore.

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SECTION CThursday, January 10, 2013

Daily Chronicle

By FRAZIER MOOREAP Television Writer

here once the post-holiday schedule wasa blizzard of chillyreruns, January isaburst with premieresand finales.

Already, the much-adored Britishminiseries “Downton Abbey” has madeits much-awaited season return Sundayson PBS.

On IFC on Fridays, the hilarious“Portlandia” is back for its third seasonof sketch comedy poking fun at the pecu-liarities of Portland, Ore., starring FredArmisen and Carrie Brownstein.

And NBC’s mystery melodrama“Deception” has arrived on Mondays.Megan Good stars as a detective goingundercover at the home of a rich familywith whom she was once friendly, toinvestigate a murder within the clan.

On Tuesday, PBS’ “American Experi-ence” begins a three-week documentaryminiseries, “The Abolitionists,” spot-lighting Frederick Douglass, WilliamLloyd Garrison, Harriet Beecher Stowe,John Brown and Angelina Grimke.

Also on Tuesday, the FX drama “Jus-tified” is returning for its fourth seasonof Kentucky hill-country crime-fightingled by Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Giv-ens (series star Timothy Olyphant).

On Thursday, comedic action centersat the White House with the premiereof NBC’s “1600 Penn.” Josh Gad (“TheBook of Mormon”) stars as the goofballson of the incumbent U.S. president(played by Bill Pullman) who keeps thefirst family in a stir, yet manages tomake everything turn out all right bythe final fade-out.

The Gallaghers of “Shameless” are amuch different family. In this dark com-edy, William H. Macy stars as the boozysingle father of a brood of kids who

manage their ragtag Chicago homesteadin spite of Dad’s overindulgences. Alsostarring Emmy Rossum, it returns Jan.13 for its third season on Showtime.

Also on Jan. 13, HBO’s comedy“Girls” returns for a second season sureto be at least as ballyhooed, discussedand argued about as the first. Lena Dun-ham (who also writes, produces, directsand created the series) stars as one of aquartet of twentysomething gal pals inNew York.

Right after “Girls,” HBO launches thesecond season of “Enlightened,” an af-fecting comedy starring Laura Dern as a

confused New Age-y activist who’s benton changing the world.

What was Carrie Bradshaw likebefore Sarah Jessica Parker and “Sexand the City”? Find out on “The CarrieDiaries,” which debuts on the CW onJan. 14. AnnaSophia Robb stars as thehigh-school era Carrie in this likableprequel.

“American Idol” returns on Jan. 16on Fox. Veteran judge Randy Jacksonwill be joined by Mariah Carey, NickiMinaj and Keith Urban. Ryan Seacrest,as always, is the affable host.

After five seasons, Fox’s lovably

inscrutable sci-fi series “Fringe” con-cludes its head-scratching run on Jan.18. Stars include Anna Torv, JoshuaJackson and John Noble.

Fox’s bloody suspense drama “TheFollowing” premieres Jan. 21. Kevin Ba-con stars as a former FBI agent draftedback into service to chase a serial mur-derer and his vicious disciples.

My, how Spartacus’ army has grown!Commanding thousands of freed slaves,Spartacus is primed to bring down theentire Roman Republic as the finalseason begins for “Spartacus: War of theDamned,” Jan. 25 on Starz. Liam McIn-tyre plays the rebel leader.

The world of “Dallas” will be rockedduring its second season with thedeath of arch-villain oilman J.R. Ewing(played, of course, by Larry Hagman,who passed away in November whilethe series was in production). Alsostarring Patrick Duffy and Linda Gray,this rebooted (so to speak) version ofthe long-running CBS prime-time soapreturns on TNT on Jan. 28.

FX weighs in with an edgy new dra-ma “The Americans” on Jan. 30. It starsMatthew Rhys and Keri Russell as twoKGB agents posing as the heads of a nor-mal American household in the 1980s, asthey work tirelessly to bring down theU.S. on behalf of Mother Russia.

On Jan. 31, NBC unveils a newmedical drama “Do No Harm.” StevePasquale (“Rescue Me”) stars as a neu-rosurgeon with a great bedside mannerwho inconveniently shares a body withhis sociopathic alter ego.

The same night, NBC closes the bookon the brilliant mockery of “30 Rock.”This Tina Fey comedy wraps sevenseasons of making fun of pop culture,modern life and especially its own real-life broadcast network – which, likethe rest of the TV universe, has evenmore midseason goodies in store comeFebruary.

‘Downton,’ ‘Girls,’ ‘Idol’ and more this January

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This publicity photo provided by PBS showsMaggie Smith as the Dowager Countess (left) andShirley MacLaine as Martha Levinson from the TV series, “Downton Abbey.” Where once thepost-holiday schedule was a blizzard of chilly reruns, January is aburst with premieres andfinales. Already, the much-adored British miniseries “Downton Abbey” has made its much-awaited season return Sundays on PBS. On IFC on Fridays, the hilarious “Portlandia” is backfor its third season of sketch comedy poking fun at the peculiarities of Portland, Ore., starringFred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein. And NBC’s mystery melodrama “Deception” has arrivedon Mondays.

midseasonTREATSTREATSWW

STAGE

Annex/Dreamers Theatre Group:“The Lion, the Witch and theWardrobe”: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 11and 12, 2 p.m. Jan. 12 and 13,Corner Theatre, Stevens Build-ing, Northern Illinois University,DeKalb. Tickets: $5, studentsand children; $8, adults; avail-able at the door one hour beforecurtain. www.dreamersthe-atregroup.org.

The Spensers: Theatre of Illlu-sion: 8 p.m. Feb. 23, SandwichOpera House, 140 E. RailroadSt., Sandwich. Tickets: $25;$20, seniors 65 and older; $15,students. 815-786-2555. www.sandwichoperahouse.org.

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

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

Stage Coach Players’ “The RobinHood Capers”: 7:30 p.m. May2 to 4 and May 9 to 11, 2 p.m.May 12, Stage Coach Theatre,126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www.stagecoachers.com.

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

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

Stage Coach Players’ “Com-pany”: 7:30 p.m. Aug. 8 to 10and Aug. 15 to 17, 2 p.m. Aug.11 and 18, Stage Coach Theatre,126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www.stagecoachers.com.

Stage Coach Players’ “The Lionin Winter”: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 12to 14 and Sept. 19 to 21, 2 p.m.Sept. 22, Stage Coach Theatre,126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www.stagecoachers.com.

Stage Coach Players’ “Rope”:7:30 p.m. Oct. 10 to 12 and Oct.17 to 19, 2 p.m. Oct. 20, StageCoach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St.,DeKalb. www.stagecoachers.com.

Stage Coach Players’ “Annie”:7:30 p.m. Nov. 7 to 9 and Nov.14 to 16, 2 p.m. Nov. 10 and 17,Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. FifthSt., DeKalb. www.stagecoachers.com.

ART

“Vice + Virtue,” exhibition at NIUArt Museum: Through Feb. 23in all four galleries of the NIUArt Museum. Public reception:4:30 to 6 p.m. Jan. 24. Exploringthe dynamics of the “deadlysins” and “heavenly virtues”with juxtaposed interpreta-tions from a vast array of visualartists. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to5 p.m. Tuesday through Fridayand noon to 4 p.m. Saturday.Recommended for matureaudiences only. www.niu.edu/artmuseum.

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

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

org. 815-895-5762History/memories of DeKalbAg: 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesdaysand Sundays or by appoint-ment, Nehring Gallery, 111 S.Second St., Suite 204, DeKalb.Free. www.dekalbalumni.org,815-757-5959, 815-757-0462 or815-758-3635.

COMEDY

Lewis Black - The Rant is Due: 8p.m. March 2, Egyptian Theatre,135 N. Second St., DeKalb. Formature audiences. Tickets:$39.75 to $49.75. www.egyptiantheatre.org or 815-758-1225.

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

AUDITIONS

PR Productions’ “Annie” and“All Shook Up”: 2 to 5 p.m.Jan. 13, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Jan. 14,Sandwich Opera House, 140 E.Railroad St., Sandwich. “Annie”auditions open to anyone olderthan 7. Roles available for youngfemales, adult men and women,and a small mixed ensemble.“All Shook Up” will feature morethan 20 actors and actressesolder than 14. Roles includeparts for men and women of allages. www.wewantpr.com

EVENTS

Swing Dancing in DeKalb: 7 to 11p.m. Jan. 15, The House Cafe,263 E. Lincoln Highway. Nopartner needed; casual dress,leather-soled shoes recom-mended. $5 admission includeslesson. Food and beer/wineavailable for purchase. Seewww.BarbCitySwing.com for

coming dates and look for thegroup on Facebook.

Sycamore Music Boosters’ “ANote to Remember”: 7 to 11p.m. Feb. 9, Blumen Gardens,Sycamore. Adults-only eventincludes live music, horsd’oeuvres, coffee bar, cashbar, silent auction and raffles.Tickets: $20. Proceeds benefitDistrict 427 music programs.815-757-5688. www.sycamore-musicboosters.com.

ALPHA: Friends of AntiquityLecture Series: 7:30 p.m., JackArends Visual Arts Building,Room 102, NIU, DeKalb. Freeand open to the public. Seriesschedule:• March 7: “Tradition Trans-formed in Late Antiquity: TheShift From the Late Roman to aByzantine Aesthetic,” ChristinaNielsen, assistant curator forLate Antique, Early Christian andByzantine Art, Art Institute ofChicago• April 18: “To Whom Do Antiqui-ties Belong? The Legal andIllegal Trafficking of AntiqueArt Objects,” Professor RalphBurin, Department of Art History,Harper College, Palatine

MUSIC

DeKalb School District 428 Fac-ulty Showcase Recital: 7 p.m.Jan. 17, DeKalb High SchoolAuditorium, 501 W. DresserRoad. Tickets: $5, adults;free for children age 18 andyounger. Fundraiser for DeKalbK-12 Music Department.

The Siegel-Schwall Band: 8 p.m.Jan. 19, Sandwich Opera House,140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich.Tickets: $25; $20, seniors 65and older; $15, students. 815-786-2555. www.sandwichop-erahouse.org.

Jimmy and the Swingers: 8 p.m.Feb. 2, Sandwich Opera House,140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich.Tickets: $25; $20, seniors 65and older; $15, students. 815-786-2555. www.sandwichopera-

house.org.Miranda Lambert and DierksBentley: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14, NIUConvocation Center, DeKalb.Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tick-ets: $27 and $51.75 at ConvoCenter box office, Ticketmasteroutlets, Livenation.com or at800-745-3000.

Gaelic Storm: 7:30 p.m. Feb.16, Egyptian Theatre, 135 N.Second St., DeKalb. Doors openat 6:30 p.m. Tickets: $30 to$37. www.egyptiantheatre.orgor 815-758-1225.

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

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

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

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

The Diamonds: 8 p.m. May 11,Sandwich Opera House, 140 E.Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets:$25; $20, seniors 65 and older;$15, students.

ONGOING

Art Attack – School of Art inSycamore: 215 W. Elm St.Classes for children and adults.www.sycamoreartattack.org or815-899-9440.

Northern Illinois University Com-munity School of the Arts: NIUMusic Building, 400 Lucinda

Ave., DeKalb. Classes in music,art and theater for children andadults. www.csa.niu.edu or 815-753-1450.

Bread & Roses women’s choralgroup rehearsals: 5:45 to 8p.m. Sundays, WestminsterPresbyterian Church, AnnieGlidden Road, DeKalb. www.breadandroseschorus.org.

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

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

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

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

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

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

“The Way” acoustic coffeehouse: 6 to 8:30 p.m. firstSaturday each month, DeKalbChristian Church, 1107 S. FirstSt. 815-758-1833 or tomndcc@aol.com.

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By CHRISTY LEMIREAP Movie Critic

“Gangster Squad,” a pulpy,violent tale of cops and mobsters in1949 Los Angeles, rides an uncom-fortable line between outlandish-ness and outright parody, and it’sdifficult to tell which is directorRuben Fleischer’s intention. Whichis a problem.

While the film wallows in perioddetail and has some sporadic mo-ments of amusing banter, it’s mostlyflashy, empty and cacophonous, andit woefully wastes a strong cast ledby Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling andEmma Stone in barely developed,one-note roles.

At its center is a performancefrom Sean Penn as mob king MickeyCohen in which he doesn’t just chewup the scenery, he rolls it around inhis mouth like a handful of marbles,then spits it back out again and blowsit to bits with a Tommy gun for goodmeasure. With his mashed-up boxer’smug, thick Brooklyn accent and vola-tile bursts of anger, he’s as cartoonyas a Dick Tracy villain. While “Gang-ster Squad” certainly has its intendedmoments of humor, the laughs Penn’sperformance prompts might not havebeen part of the plan. Or maybe theywere – who knows?

The script from former Los An-geles police homicide detective WillBeall, based on the book “GangsterSquad” by ex-Los Angeles Timeswriter and editor Paul Lieberman,focuses on a time of flux in the cityafter World War II. Gang controlof crime, cops and politicians hadspread to the West Coast from placeslike New York and Chicago. Cohenhad everyone of importance in hispocket and was on the verge of ex-panding his reach even further witha power play that would give him apiece of every wire bet placed in theWestern half of the United States.

The gruff and grizzled policechief (a gruff and grizzled NickNolte) realizes the only way toconquer Cohen is to fight by hisrules – that is, by no rules at all. Sohe asks Sgt. John O’Mara (Brolin),a principled, heroic war veteran, toput together a band of outsiders todestroy his empire without servingwarrants or making arrests.

His sidekick is the initially re-luctant Sgt. Jerry Wooters (Gosling,chain smoking and speaking in aweird, whispery voice), who prefersbooze and women to trouble. Nev-ertheless, he makes the mistake ofgetting involved with Mickey’s moll,

the classy, wannabe-star Grace.Stone is gorgeous with her wavy redlocks, glam makeup and sexy gowns,but there’s not much to her besideslooking good, which is a huge wasteof Stone’s vibrant presence (not tomention the “Crazy Stupid Love”reunion she shares with Gosling).

The rest of the team consists oftried-and-true types, each of whomgets a one-liner here or there: thefolksy, old-school gunslinger (RobertPatrick), the nerdy tech guru (Gio-vanni Ribisi) and – most dismay-ingly – the token black and Hispanicmembers, played by Anthony Mack-ie and Michael Pena, respectively.

Seriously, that’s all they’re given towork with, and these are charismat-ic actors ordinarily capable of greatcommand. (If you want to see Penain a far superior movie about LApolice officers, check out last year’s“End of Watch.”)

“Gangster Squad” was supposedto have come out last year, as well,featuring a climactic shootout inwhich gangsters fire automaticweapons from behind a moviescreen at Hollywood’s historicGrauman’s Chinese Theatre. Afterthe July shooting at a showing of“The Dark Knight Rises” that left 12people dead in Aurora. Colo., that

scene clearly had to be removed,which required extensive reshootsand a release-date change from Sep-tember until now.

Still, you shouldn’t expect akinder, gentler film. “GangsterSquad” is brutal, with a barrageof gunfire that becomes deafeningand, ultimately, boring. The sheervolume of these gun battles, oftendepicted in stylized slo-mo or withquick blasts of light, underminesthe significance of who’s goingdown and what’s at stake.

In the end, who lives and whodies doesn’t really matter. It’s all justnoise disguised as entertainment.

Review: ‘Gangster Squad’ is a numbing barrage

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This film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows (from left) Giovanni Ribisi as Officer Conwell Keeler, Josh Brolin as Sgt. John O’Mara, Ryan Gosling as Sgt. JerryWooters, Anthony Mackie as Officer Coleman Harris, Michael Pena as Officer Navidad Ramirez and Robert Patrick as Officer Max Kennard in “Gangster Squad.”

By MAE ANDERSONThe Associated Press

NEW YORK – The gig is almost up for oneof the eight Monopoly tokens. But which willit be? Iron? Thimble? Top Hat?

Or another of their board game buddies?Hasbro is holding a Facebook contest to

eliminate one of the eight tokens that identifythe players and introduce a new one. Pos-sible new tokens include a cat, diamond ring,guitar, toy robot and helicopter

It’s the latest effort by the toymaker tojazz up the game which debuted almost eightdecades ago.

In recent years Hasbro introduced a ver-sion that replaces paper money with an elec-tronic bank and another that incorporates aniPad. There is an app-only version of the gamefor smartphones and tablets.

Monopoly’s tokens have actually changedquite a lot over the years. The original versionalso included a lantern, purse, cannon and arocking horse. A horse and rider token wasused in the 1950s. During World War II, metaltokens were replaced by wooden ones.

But this time, users have a say.So if you are tired of the iron token and

would rather be represented by a robot, here’syour chance to make those wishes known.

Beginning Tuesday, Facebook fans of monop-oly can vote on which piece to eliminate andwhich one to add. The voting ends Feb. 5.

Up for elimination: all eight current tokensincluding a battleship, iron, racecar, Scottiedog, shoe, thimble, top hat and wheelbarrow.Most tokens were introduced with the firstParker Brothers iteration of the game in 1935,and the Scottie dog and wheelbarrow wereadded in the early 1950s.

Eric Nyman, global brand leader for Has-bro gaming, said the impetus for the contestcame from chatter on Facebook, where Mo-nopoly has more than 10 million fans.

“We’re constantly interacting with those

fans and we’re always getting suggestionsfrom fans about what tokens they would loveto see,” Nyman said. They took five of the topsuggestions from Facebook for the contest.

A special $17.99 limited edition of the gamecalled Golden Ticket will be available inTarget stores beginning Feb. 15 with goldenversions of both the old and new tokens. Itwill be the last time all of the classic tokenswill be available with the game.

Versions of Monopoly with the new tokenwill come out later this year.

Monopoly’s tokens originated when gamecreator Charles Darrow’s niece suggested us-ing charms from a charm bracelet for tokens.

Hasbro aims to jazz up Monopoly game with new token

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Music classes foryoung children

Start your child’s musicaladventure with one of threeearly childhood music classesoffered by the NorthernIllinois University Commu-nity School of the Arts. Theclasses meet on Tuesdays andSaturdays.

Prelude Class is for chil-dren ages 1 to 3 and gives veryyoung children an introduc-tion to musical conceptswith a wide variety of songs,dances, rhythm and musicgames, and nature sounds.The class meets on 12 Sat-urdays from 10 to 10:30 a.m.beginning Jan. 19.

Development Class is forchildren ages 3 to 5 and of-fers more advanced musicalgames and activities and isgood preparation for privatelessons. The class meets on 12Saturdays from 10:35 to 11:10a.m. beginning Jan. 19.

A parent or guardian par-ticipates in the class with hisor her child at both Preludeand Development. The classesare taught by Laurie Rodri-guez, an accomplished musiceducator, chamber musician

and violin teacher. Rodriguezhas taught classes and lessonsfor the community school formany years.

Piano Starter is a groupclass for beginning pianoplayers ages 5 to 7 and meetson 12 Tuesdays from 4 to 4:40p.m. beginning Feb. 5. Chil-dren learn basic notes and po-sition of keys and play simpletunes. The class is limited tofour students and is a goodway to learn if your child isready for private lessons.

The class is taught bylong-time piano teacher andmusic educator Barbara Wirz-Ellsworth. She has master’sdegrees in music from Ger-many and NIU and has taughtfor the community school formany years.

These and many otherclasses, lessons and ensem-bles for all ages are offered atthe NIU Community Schoolof the Arts this spring. Theoffice is located on campus inRoom 132 of the Music Build-ing. For more information,call 815-753-1450 or visit www.csa.niu.edu.

DeKalb music facultyto perform recitalMusic staff from DeKalb

School District 428 will presenta Faculty Showcase Recital at 7p.m. Jan. 17 in the DeKalb HighSchool Auditorium.Music educators from across

the district will perform a vari-ety of vocal and instrumentalpieces from several differentmusical genres.Tickets cost $5 for adults and

are free for children age 18 andyounger. Proceeds will benefitthe DeKalb K-12 Music Depart-ment. A 50/50 raffle also willbe held to raise money for pur-chasing recording microphonesfor the DHS Auditorium.The community is welcome

to attend this district event.

Theatre Boot Campoffered for kidsBack by popular demand is

the Theatre Boot Camp, a feastof theater experiences forchildren ages 7 to 13. The classwill meet for three Saturdaysfrom 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. inthe Northern Illinois UniversityMusic Building and beginsSaturday.Children stretch their

imaginations in dramaticplay, learning how to createcharacters and to tell greatstories. Each week’s classbegins with theater games,warm-up exercises and impro-visation. This is a great classfor children with lots of energyand creativity. Children bringa packed lunch to class eachweek and take a half-hourbreak at noon.Teacher Amanda Long is a

graduate student at NIU whereshe is working on a master’sof fine arts degree from theSchool of Theatre and Dance.She has worked as an actressand teaching artist in theChicago area. Originally fromOregon, she has toured withthe Oregon Children’s The-atre and Tears of Joy PuppetTheatre. She was an instructorat the NIU Theatre Arts Campsin 2012.This and many other arts

classes and ensembles for allages are offered at the NIUCommunity School of theArts this spring. The office islocated on campus in Room 132of the Music Building. For moreinformation, call 815-753-1450or visit www.csa.niu.edu.

PR Productions setsauditions for musicalsLittle Orphan Annie, Miss

Hannigan, Daddy Warbucks,more than 30 orphans, andan Elvis Presley style musicalwill soon appear on the OperaHouse stage in Sandwich.PR Productions will hold open

auditions for two upcomingmusicals, to be performed inSandwich. Auditions for “An-nie” and “All Shook Up” will beheld from 2 to 5 p.m. Sundayand 6:30 to 9 p.m. Monday. Allauditions will be held at theSandwich Opera House, 140 E.Railroad St. in Sandwich.Auditions for “Annie” are

open to any individual olderthan 7. Roles are available foryoung females, adult men andwomen, and a small mixedensemble of various roles. “An-nie” will be performed March21 to 24 at the Sandwich

Opera House. Rehearsals willbe determined based on castavailability.“All Shook Up” will feature

more than 20 actors andactresses older than 14. Rolesinclude parts for men andwomen of all ages. Perfor-mances will be held June 7 to9 and 14 to 16 at the SandwichOpera House. Rehearsals willbe determined based on castavailability.Those who wish to audi-

tion can arrive at any timewithin the designated auditionperiod and should prepare 32measures of a song that bestdisplays their vocal ability.Thespians also will participatein an acting audition.“Annie” made its Broadway

debut in 1977 and playednearly 2,500 performancesbefore closing in 1983. Theshow won seven Tony Awards.This heart-warming musicalis the rags-to-riches story ofyoung Annie’s journey from thehard-knock New York orphan-age to the luxurious home of a

billionaire.An uproarious new musical

comedy featuring the unforget-table hits of Elvis Presley, “AllShook Up” is loosely based onWilliam Shakespeare’s “TwelfthNight,” and tells the story of aguitar-playing roustabout whorides into a struggling Midwesttown and changes it foreverwith the power of love androck ‘n’ roll.To find out more about audi-

tions, visit www.wewantpr.com or find “PR Productions”on Facebook. Questions canbe emailed to auditions@wewantpr.com.

NIU offers auditionworkshop for teensYouth can learn how to get

the part of their dreams at theAudition Workshop, a three-session class for ages 13 to 17.The class will meet for threeSaturdays from 3 to 5 p.m. inthe Northern Illinois UniversityMusic Building and beginsSaturday.Participants gain invaluable

experienced in this fast-pacedpracticum that offers advice onall aspects of the audition pro-cess, including how to preparea monologue for auditions andmovement techniques for theactor.Teacher Amanda Long is a

graduate student at NIU whereshe is working on a master’sof fine arts degree from theSchool of Theatre and Dance.She has worked as an actressand teaching artist in theChicago area. Originally fromOregon, she has toured withthe Oregon Children’s The-atre and Tears of Joy PuppetTheatre. She was an instructorat the NIU Theatre Arts Campsin 2012.This and many other arts

classes, music lessons, andensembles for all ages areoffered at the NIU CommunitySchool of the Arts this spring.The office is located on campusin Room 132 of the Music Build-ing. For more information, call815-753-1450 or visit www.csa.niu.edu.

Mystery and mayhem on themenu at IVT Dinner Theatre

Indian Valley Theatre is preparingfor its annual dinner theater in Febru-ary. This year the group will presentKen Ludwig’s murder-mystery “Post-mortem.”

“Postmortem” is a classic exampleof the whodunit genre. It has all theelements we’ve come to love and expect:devious characters, witty dialogue,brain-teasing plot twisters, glamour,dark secrets, a little bit of romance, alittle bit of scandal and a whole lot ofsuspense. It is based on the somewhat

strange life of William Gillette, one ofthe most popular American actors ofthe early 20th century, who pioneeredthe role of Sherlock Holmes on thestage. The story takes place at the famedGillette Castle in Connecticut.

William Gillette will be playedby Tom Merkel of Sandwich, BobbyCarlyle is played by Chuck Gebbiaof Sandwich, May Dison is played byKristy Lehner of Lake Holiday, Mar-ian Barrett is played by Deb Merkel ofSandwich, Leo Barrett is played by Matt

Frantzen of Sandwich, Gina Palmerwill play Louise Parradine and MicheleWade will play Lilly Warner.

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dr. Wallace: I’m almost 20and have, for the past year,been dating a super guy whois 21. He treats me like aqueen and keeps saying hewants to marry me. I wouldhave said yes months ago,but he has a drinking prob-lem and doesn’t seem to real-ize it. He has been arrestedtwice in the past year fordriving under the influence.The last time he had to spend10 days in jail and had hisdriver’s license suspended.Unfortunately, he continuesto drive and, of course, hashis share of alcohol.

My family is terribly up-set that I’m dating this guy.My mom keeps telling me

never to ride with him, evenif he only had one drink. Sofar, I haven’t taken Mom’sadvice. His parents like meand keep telling me that I’ma good influence on theirson, and they believe that, intime, he will stop drinking.

My own mother wantsme to stop seeing this guy,but his mother is encourag-ing me to stay with him so Ican help him. What’s youradvice? – Nameless, Tupelo,Miss.

Nameless: The only motheryou need to listen to is yourown. The only person whocan help him stop drinkingis himself. You have been“encouraging” him to stopconsuming alcohol in theyear you have been datinghim. What makes you thinkthings will change later?

When you tell him fare-well, make sure you give himthe telephone number of thenearest Alcoholics Anony-mous group. Tell him to callyou after he has enrolled andis no longer drinking.

dr. Wallace: I’m 16, a goodstudent, and basically afine young lady. Bret is myboyfriend, and we’ve been to-

gether for three months. Wemet at church, and we bothfeel that we’re made for eachother. I like Bret very much.My life is much happier andbrighter since we met, butI’ve got a weird situation athome. I am allowed to havea boyfriend, and we can betogether at my house, butwe are not allowed to go ona date! Bret is 17 and has hisown car, but I’m not allowedto ride in it under any cir-cumstances.

I’ve tried to get my parentsto be reasonable and allow usto go out for a bite to eat. Theanswer is yes, as long as myparents tag along. When youwere a teen, would you enjoy

having your parents accom-pany you and your girlfriendfor a snack at a restaurant?I seriously doubt it. I realizethat what you say is not goingto change my parents’ mindsif you agree with me, but Iwould enjoy hearing whatyou think of my weird situa-tion. – Nameless, Tulsa, Okla.

Nameless: I’m on your side.A 16-year-old who is a goodstudent and trustworthydaughter, who is permittedto have a boyfriend, shouldbe allowed to spend timewith him occasionally with-out parental supervision.

• Email Dr. Robert Wallaceat rwallace@galesburg.net.

Readers urge wife to work through problems

Cognitive behavioral therapy can help kids

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His mother thinks I can help him stop drinking

dear Abby: This is in re-sponse to “Had It in Hartford”(Oct. 6), who has been unhap-pily married to her husbandfor 20 years. She said shemarried him for all the wrongreasons and “has never lovedhim the way a woman shouldlove a man.”

After I had been marriedfor seven years, I went tomy pastor concerned thatthe grass on the other sidewas looking greener thanmine. As we spoke, I beganto realize the extent of theinvestment I had put into mymarriage and that I didn’twant to start over again on anew one.

My mom always told me,“Marriage is not easy. Youwill always have to work onit. There will be times whenyou won’t feel that you like

him or love him.” I have beenmarried for 36 years now. DoI notice handsome men, orappreciate a man who treatsme kindly? Of course. I’m notblind or dead.

Love isn’t just a feeling,but a choice and a commit-ment. I’m committed to myhusband not because I’m“supposed” to be, but becauseI CHOOSE to be. It seems tome that “Had It” never madethat choice or worked towardit, but expected it to just hap-pen eventually.

She has a foundation oftrust and friendship thathelps a marriage through the

rough times. Many marriagesthat end in divorce rely onsexual attraction and pas-sion to carry them instead offriendship.

We’re told that marriage is50-50. That’s not true. It’s 100-100. I’m responsible for my100 percent, and my spouse isresponsible for his.

“Had It” should take an-other look at what she’s aboutto lose and tally up the coststo her family. Is she reallytrapped? Or has she just beenunwilling to choose to love?– Barbara in Mount Vernon,Wash.

dear Barbara: Thank you forwriting. I advised “Had It” tothink long and hard beforeleaving her husband, butthat if she truly cannot lovehim the way he deserves, sheshould move on. My readers’

comments:dear Abby: “Had It” doesn’t

feel love toward her husbandbecause she spends her timeand energy ruminating abouta “mistake” she thinks shemade 20 years ago. She sayshe is doing everything rightand they get along fine. If shetried something positive, likereminding herself about thequalities she likes about him,and doing things she knowsmake him happy instead offantasizing about other men,she might find the love shecraves in her marriage.

Loving feelings come fromloving behavior, not the otherway around. The sooner sherealizes this, the sooner she’llsee that what she really wantsis right there at home withher family. And it has beenthere all along. – Dr. Peggy B.

dear Abby: I have this mes-sage for “Had It”: I felt likeyou and acted on my feelings.Don’t do it! Wait until yourkids are older. As much asyou want a more intimate re-lationship, you cannot beginto imagine the impact stray-ing will have on your kids.

I deeply regret what I didand I wish someone wouldhave told me what I’m tellingyou. Pull yourself together.Think about your children,extended family and friends.You are connected to othersthrough your husband, andonce you pull your marriageapart, everything else fallsaway, too. – Regretting It inNew York

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

dear dr. K: I believe mysecond-grader suffers fromanxiety. How is anxietytreated in children?

dear Reader: Many kidshave anxiety disorders. Thereare several different kinds,and most are suffered bothby kids and adults, such asgeneralized anxiety disorder,social phobias, panic disorderand post-traumatic stressdisorder. Some anxiety disor-ders affect only children. Theprime example is separationanxiety – an extreme diffi-culty being away from homeor loved ones.

Before your child isdiagnosed with an anxietydisorder, however, considerthis: Some children who areanxious have good reasonto be afraid. For example,

your child may be a victim ofabuse by a relative or a class-room bully. Try to find out ifthis is the case.

If your child is diagnosedwith an anxiety disorder, thetreatment options are:

• Cognitive behavioraltherapy (CBT). CBT is thebest-confirmed treatment foranxiety disorders in children.

A common CBT method iscalled graduated exposure. Inthis method, young childrenwith phobias, for example,are placed near the feared ob-ject while doing something re-assuring and enjoyable. Older

children can learn how touse deep breathing or musclerelaxation, or they can betaught to talk themselves outof fear-provoking thoughts.Another technique is model-ing. This involves asking theanxious child to emulate thetherapist or another childwho shows no fear.

• Drug therapy. The FDAhas not approved any drugsfor childhood anxiety disor-ders. (The only exception isthe use of selective serotoninreuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)for obsessive-compulsivedisorder.) But some SSRIs areeffective and approved for thetreatment of anxiety disor-ders in adults. As a result,many doctors prescribe theseantidepressants for anxiouschildren.

• Combination treatment.

Among children and teensespecially, combining CBTand drug therapy is often suc-cessful.

You and other familymembers can also help yourchild. For example, learntechniques for managingyour child’s anxiety. Providemodels of self-confidence andproblem-solving, and give re-wards for overcoming fears.

Sometimes a familyproblem is the source of thechild’s anxiety, or an anxiouschild may think he or she isthe cause of any trouble inthe family. In that case, jointfamily therapy may be a goodidea.

Many years ago, a patientof mine was having trouble inhis marriage. He and his wifewere very different personali-ties. With some marriages,

people of like mind find eachother. With other marriages,opposites attract.

That was their marriage.He was meticulous, cautious,a man of few words who rare-ly expressed emotion. Shewas a volcano – always on thego, talked a blue streak, andemotional every minute ofher life except when she wasasleep. They grew apart.

Their 12-year-old daughter,who had been a confident andindependent child, becamefearful and insecure. Therapyrevealed that she blamedherself for breaking up theirmarriage. Sessions with herparents finally absolved herof that guilt – and of her suf-focating anxiety.

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Visual arts, theater and instru-mental jazz are on the summercamp agenda at Northern IllinoisUniversity this summer. Thesesix-day residential camps for juniorand senior high school students arescheduled in July. Campers workwith faculty, alumni and studentsand gain a greater appreciation forthe life of an artist.

Theatre Arts Camp Junior, forthespians in grades 6 through 8, isscheduled for July 7 to 12. TheatreArts Camp Senior, for performersin grades 9 through 12, is scheduledfor July 14 to 19. In both camps,students spend the week in rehears-als, classes, individual coaching ses-sions and theater games. Workshopchoices include auditioning, acting,musical theater, stage combat,makeup and lighting and set design.The camps are under the direc-tion of Melanie Parks, who teachesfor the NIU School of Theatre andDance.

Also scheduled the week of July14 to 19 is NIU Jazz Camp, for instru-mentalists in grades 8 through 12who want to take their jazz playingto the next level. Campers rehearseand perform in a big band, combo orthe Latin Jazz Combo. Master class-es, concerts, jazz theory, improvisa-tion, jam sessions, sectionals and

optional private lessons are part ofthe daily curriculum. The camp isunder the direction of Ron Carter,director of jazz studies at NIU.

The same week, artists in grades8 through 12 can experience VisualArts Camp. Campers enjoy twodaily in-depth studio sessions intheir choice of a wide variety two-dimensional and three-dimensionalclasses. The day also includes talksby professional artists and openstudio time. This camp is directedby Lynn Stockton, NIU alumna andaward-winning art teacher at Jeffer-son High School in Rockford.

Campers sleep and eat in newlyrefurbished residential halls oncampus and enjoy a variety ofevening recreational activities thatinclude bowling, basketball andmovies.

General camp fees are $505 beforeJune 1 and $565 after June 1. VisualArts Camp has an additional sup-plies fee. Discounts are available toreturning campers and to childrenand grandchildren of NIU faculty,staff and students. Camp scholar-ships are available; applications aredue by May 1.

These camps fill quickly, so earlyregistration is advised. For more in-formation, call 815-753-1450 or visitwww.artscamps.niu.edu.

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‘Twilight’ finaleleads Razzies list

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LOS ANGELES – The“Twilight” finale had betterreviews than the franchise’sprevious four movies, butyou’d never know it from theRazzie nominations singlingout Hollywood’s worst of theyear.

“The Twilight Saga:Breaking Dawn – Part 2” ledthe Razzies lineup late Tues-day with 11 nominations,including worst picture,lead-acting slots for KristenStewart and Robert Pattin-son, and supporting-actingnominations for TaylorLautner and Ashley Greene.

Other worst-picture nom-inees are the naval actiontale “Battleship,” the familyflick “The Oogieloves in theBig Balloon Adventure,”Adam Sandler’s raunchydud “That’s My Boy” andEddie Murphy’s comedy flop“A Thousand Words.”

A spoof of the Acad-emy Awards, the Razziesannouncement came alittle more than a day beforeThursday’s Oscar nomina-tions. Winners for the 33rdannual Razzies will be an-nounced Feb. 23, the nightbefore the Oscar show.

The final installment

in the supernatural ro-mance involving vampires,werewolves and a moodyschoolgirl, “Breaking Dawn– Part 2” also had nomina-tions for worst director forBill Condon, plus worstsequel, screenplay andscreen ensemble. It pickedup two nominations forworst screen couple – forStewart and Pattinson andfor Lautner and child co-starMackenzie Foy.

Stewart’s worst-actressnomination came for twoperformances in 2012, herBella Swan of “Twilight”and the title role in “SnowWhite and the Huntsman.”

Earlier “Twilight” movieshave been regular nomineesfor the Razzies but have notcome away with any keyworst-of awards. But the fina-le seems to be the one Razziesvoters have been waiting for,the way Oscar voters werewaiting for the last “Lord ofthe Rings” film, the one thatfinally won the big prize.

“That’s the analogywe’re making, that this isthe Razzies’ flipside,” saidRazzies founder John Wil-son. “This is our equivalentto ‘The Lord of the Rings.’It’s our members’ lastchance to razz ‘Twilight.’”

By MESFIN FEKADUAP Music Writer

NEW YORK – When a teen-age Nas opted out of streethustling to chase his musicaldream, those around himfound it amusing.

“When I chose to get inrap, my friends chose todo other things and not allgreat things. They chose tobe in the streets and kind oflaughed at me in a way abouttaking rap so seriously,” saidthe rapper, who hails fromthe New York City boroughof Queens. “I’m glad I stuckwith it because I believed in itfrom day one.”

No one laughs aboutNas now. Considered oneof music’s most celebratedlyricists, he’s a top contenderat next month’s GrammyAwards with four nomina-tions. The 39-year-old rap vet-eran reached new heights lastyear with the release of hisalbum “Life Is Good,” whichmade several critics’ end-of-the-year lists. It is nominatedfor best rap album, competingwith records by Drake, RickRoss, The Roots, Lupe Fiascoand 2 Chainz.

“The album was justsuch a piece that really toldyou about my life, about mydivorce without doing toomuch, without telling toomuch,” said Nas, whose splitwith singer Kelis was final-ized in 2010.

Nas also gets personalon his album about anotherwoman: his daughter. Thesong “Daughters,” about thestruggles of parenting a girl,is up for best rap song andbest rap performance; his jamwith the late Amy Wine-house, “Cherry Wine,” isnominated for best rap/sungcollaboration.

He talked about his career,the nominations, his recenttour partner Lauryn Hill andmore in a recent interview.

AP: “Daughters” isn’t atypical contemporary rap song.How’s it feel to see that one gar-ner attention at the Grammys?

Nas: I’m really proud ofthat song. Just writing it,I’m like, “I’m going throughsomething in my life with meand my family,” and I don’tthink about who’s going tohear it at that point becauseit’s that personal. ... The factthat it made the final cut ofthe album; the fact that itbecame a single was greatenough for me. Like, wow.And then to be acknowledgedby the Grammys is mind-blowing.

What does your daughterthink of the song?

I don’t know. She neverreally told me. It was just athing. She’s used to me mak-ing music and she’s used tome doing things, doing songsthat are personal. Never(songs) about her that are sopersonal, but I think part ofher just knows that this wassomething that was weigh-ing heavy on my heart and Ithink she gave me a pass forthat. I don’t think she wasalways too happy about it. It’sdifferent. It’s not like she’s a

fan of it. She’s my daughter,so it’s a different relation-ship; a little touchy.

You’ve been releasingalbums since 1991. How areyou finding new things to writeabout?

Rule No. 1 is you can’tbe fake. If you’re fake, youbecome a gimmick andyou’re selling a gimmick; alittle gimmick is cool, this isentertainment. But when youbase your stuff on mostly realstuff, you never run out of itbecause every day is a differ-ent adventure.

You recently toured withLauryn Hill. What was that like?

She’s almost like some-one from a different era. ...She possesses this aura ofsomeone like Roberta Flack,Nina Simone – it’s almost likeyou’re with them, on tourwith that person. And some-times it’s even more advancedfor the audience; the audi-ence is used to dealing withmicrowave music, so to havesomeone like Ms. LaurynHill onstage, they might notunderstand, they haven’t seenartists like that before, andI feel like I’m with someonethat’s like, beyond me.

Which albums are the standouts of 2012?

No disrespect to nobodyelse in rap music, but Kend-rick Lamar. I’m really happyabout his record. I neededthat. His record reaches you.It gives you hope. ... Also,Meek Mill. His energy isamazing.

What’s it like when youreturn to your hometown ofQueens?

You get lost out theresometimes. You out there inHollywood, Sunset (Blvd),Rodeo (Drive), Miami, SouthBeach, London – when I’m inQueens I realize I can alwayscome back to where it allstarted, where I was raisedthat and the place that gaveme the first, most excitingtimes of my life.

Are you working on newmusic now?

Yes. It has started. I musttell you. I can’t stop now. I’min a great zone.

Rapper Nas aims for Grammy gold

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American rapper and actor Nas, born Nasir Jones, posing in New York. Nas is nominated for four Grammys, including best rap album for “LifeIs Good,” best rap song and best rap performance for “Daughters,” and best rap/sung collaboration for “Cherry Wine,” which features the lateAmy Winehouse. The Grammy Awards will air live Feb. 10.

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 2013Starting at 9:30 am Lunch Available Comfort StationsAUCTIONEERS NOTE: After 52 years of farming Jon & Judy have decided to retire from farming andsell the machinery herein listed. Nearly all the machinery is one owner. The tractors and equipment hasbeen shedded and meticulously maintained. Will be field ready.

CASE IH TRACTORS ~ TILLAGE ~ GRAIN HANDLING EQUIPMPENT: 1977 IH 1086, Less Than 3000hrs. on Rebuilt IH Eng., 1200 hrs. Me-chanical Diode Torque Amplifier & Clutch, 18.4x38 Duals, NewFrt Rubber, 7,751 hrs, Super Sharp!; 1996 Case IH 7220 MFWD, 3 Remote Weights, 2921 hrs. 18.4x42165 h.p.; 1954 International Super MTA, 2003 Fully Restored, One Owner; Steel Buggy Wheels; StockRack, Fits 1950’s Truck; 17’ Aluminum Canoe; Misc. Implement & Tractor Parts; Tractor Mirrors; 10 TonBottle Jack; Heavy Log Chain; Crow Bar; Platform Scale; Livestock Watering Tank; Single Wash Tub;Split Fuel Tank; Air Compressor; 100 Gal. Poly Tank; Greeser’s; Barb Wire; Several Steel Fence Posts;Implement Tires; Fence Panels; Electric Motors; Dual Clamps; Chain Hoist; Metal Planter Plates; Cop-per Boiler w/Lid; Lightening Rods; Wood Sled; Cream Can; Sharpening Stone Frame; Funnel Oil Can;Several Chicken Waters & Feeders; Chicken Nest & Crates; Barn Rope; Block Pulleys; Flying Jet Bike;Red Ryder Sled; Ladies Bike; Implement Arm; IH & JD Hyd Cylinders; Sickles; Reel Mowers; Hay Knife;Barn Sash; Tank Heater; MPlaines Livestock Oiler; Many Other Items too Numerous to MentionCONSIGNED BY NEIGHBOR: 1974 GMC Tandem Grain Truck w/427 Gas, Allison Automatic TransAirbrake, 18’ Aluminum Grain Box; 2003 Progressive 6200 Strip Till Fertilizer Tool Bar, 40’ 16R 30”;1500 gal Pull Between Fertilizer Trailer on 30.5-32 Tires; 10 Ton Fertilizer Tender Box; 20’ DonahueHeader Trailer; (2) DMI 312, 400 bu. Center Dump Gravity Wagons, New Tires, Brakes/Lights, Sharp!MISCELLANEOUS & USEFULL FARM RELATED ITEMS: 1972 IH 234 Picker w/Super Snout, Nice!;Brillion Soil Commander; Disc Ripper 5 Shank, New Points; IH 4500 22’ Hyd Fold Cultivator w/NewShovels; Kewanee 1020 21’ Disk, Hyd Fold, Blades, Good, 9” Spacing; 24’ McFarlane Drag & Cart,Hyd Fold, Sharp!; IH 720 5 - 18 Plow w/Mtd Drag; 5 New Plow Shears; Brillion 15’ Culti-mulcher; IH 55,7 Shank Chisel Plow; IH 37 Wheel Disk w/Cylinder; IH 183 8R, 38” wide Rear Mount, 3 pt. Cultivator;JD 400 Rotary Hoe; 2001 Brent 544 Gravity Wagon; Spare Tire for Brent 544 Wagon; (4) Kilbros 350Gravity Wagons: (2) on 1065 JD Gears, (2) on Kilbros HD Gears, 2 new spares on rims and 2 spareswith tubes; JD 7000 8 Row 38” Planter, Monitor Precision Planting Units, Row Cleaners, Kinze BeanUnits, Hyd Fold; 2010 8’ Woods RB 990 - 2 Rear Blade w/2 Hyd. Cylinders; Lundell 3 pt. Snow Blower;New Idea 100 E-Flow Seeder w/Grass Seed Attachment; JD Stalk Chopper; Feterl 34’, 10” Auger,Hardly Used; IH Barge Wagon on IH Gear; Pull Type Sprayer, 300 Gal w/Pump; New Idea ManureSpreader, PTO, Good Floor; Hay Rack; IH Sickle Mower; Snow Co Auger WagonTERMS: Cash, Good Check or MasterCard/Visa. Registration requires proper ID. No property removed untilsettled for. Not responsible for items or accidents once sold. (Loader tractor available day of sale only!)

JON & JUDY ERIKSSON, OWNERAUCTIONEERS:

Chris Wegener - Sandwich, IL - 815-451-2820 (IL Lic. #440.000267)Joe Wegener - Rochelle, IL - 815-766-0756 (IL Lic. #440.000375)

CLERK: D. Gudmunson CASHIERS: Coultripswww.go2wegenerauctions.com

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CHILDCARE IN GENOAFull time openings for childcarein my Genoa home starting in

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Jack Russell Terrier Mix“Chevy”

Female, micro-chipped, haspink collar on with a Yorkville

older address. White with blackspotson body. Last seen near

6th St and Fairview in DeKalb onThurs, Nov 15, around 4:30pm.

REWARD!815-603-5815815-603-5813

Lost men's wedding ring Jan 4,possibly at Yen Ching, maybewhile shopping. Crinkly yellowgold with vertical white goldstripes holding diamonds. Call(708) 369-4068

ROLEX WATCHOn back is company name MISCO,

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standard test gear skills. Oscillo-scopes and multimeters. CallUpstaging at: 815-899-9888

JANITORIAL SUPERVISORin DeKalb. Janitorial & supervisorexperience a must! Mid Day Shift

$15/hr. Call 708-385-3575to speak with HR Dept.

Accountant I25-30 hrs/wk. $10-12/hr. Genledg, bank rec, acct payable/receivable 2 yrs payable exp.

Fax resume by 1/14/13815-756-1679

mail before 1/11/13 to:120 N. Annie Glidden Rd.

DeKalb IL 60115

Dryer. Maytag. Gas. White.Great condition. $325.

630-973-3528

ELECTRIC STOVE - Smooth cooktop, almond color in excellent con-dition. $125, pick up in DeKalb.815-970-3671MICROWAVE FOR OVER THE STOVE

Kenmore, almond color. $25.815-970-3671

REFRIGERATOR - Maytag 19.8 cu-bic ft, freezer on top, almond color.Pick up in DeKalb for $150.

815-970-3671

Baby Swing: like new condition.Runs on batteries, and plays music.mobile attached (Teddy Bears).Brown with sea foam green accents.$30. 815-762-7584

Pack and play/bassinet. Dark blue.Has changing station. Excellentcondition. $40. 815-762-7584

STROLLER - one single and onedouble. Good condition $20 each.815-762-7584

KITCHEN CABINETS – Oak. 5 up-pers, 5 lowers. good cond. $175.815-477-0655

LADDER RACK - Heavy duty ladderrack, for installation on full sizeChevrolet or GMC truck. in excellentcondition. Tube type rack. Askingprice $400.00 (Firm). ContactSteve at 331-442- 3507

Precious Moments Dated 1987Club Figurine, "Love Is The Best GiftOf All", Great Condition, No box,$8, DeKalb Area. 815-739-1953.

Precious Moments Wedding Fig-urine "The Lord Bless & Keep You"E-3114. Great Condition, No Box,$8, DeKalb. 815-739-1953.

China Cabinet. Excellent cond. Sol-id oak, leaded glass, mirrored back$325. Call 815-895-5166

LOVE SEAT - Newer, excellent con-dition! Only asking $50. Please call815-758-7498

OFFICE DESK CHAIR on WheelsWith Arm Rests, Dark Green &

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Wood Stand (Not Particle Board)With One Shelf Across Top And OneAcross Bottom,Great For Any Room,$12, DeKalb Area. 815-739-1953.

JEWELRY BOX - Hanging JewelryBox With Door To Display PhotosIn, Espresso Finish, New, $20.815-895-5373. Sycamore.

MIRROR - Jewel Case Lighted3-Drawer Mirror With 1X and 5XMagnification Mirror, New, $15.

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PARTY SUPPLIES - Huge Lot, SpeedRacer Including Invites, Thank yous,Decorations, Party Favors, Plus,$15, DeKalb. 815-739-1953.

Stove To Go, Prepare Meals On TheRoad, 12V Convenience for TheRoad, Max Burton By Athena, New,$18. 815-895-5373. Sycamore.

GOOD HOME NEEDEDGood home wanted for two yearold black and white female kitty.FIV+. Spayed and vaccinated.She is a stray that I rescued butcannot keep her. I may have toput her back out if I don't find ahome for her. Coyotes in thearea. Please help.

815-784-4603

Bowling ball. 14lb. good for begin-ner ball. $15. 815-762-7584

Boys Ice skates. Only used once.Black, size 7. $20. 815-762-7584

DARTBOARD - Sportcraft ElectronicDartboard. 25 Games With 176Variations - LCD Scoring - 6 Soft TipDarts With 12 Additional Tips, New,$12. 815-895-5373. Sycamore.

Fisher Price Ocean WondersKick & Crawl Gym For Ages

Birth On Up, New, $15.815-895-5373. Sycamore.

Thomas & Friends Shining TimeStation Knapford Station,Wellsworth Station & Turntable &Shed Plastic Connect A Sets, RARE& Long Retired, $45, DeKalb.

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1994 ChryslerTown & Country121K miles, leather seats.

New tires, trailer hitch. All thebells and whistles for that year!

Not much to look at buta great runner! $1000/obo.

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1998 FORD RANGER - excellentcondition, new brakes, rotors, reartires, recent tune-up. Runs like new.174K. $2900. 630-659-5450

1999 Dodge Dakota, 72k miles,2WD, PS, PB, Good Condition,$3100 obo. 815-501-5683

2005 CHEVROLET TAHOE LTLeather, DVD, 3rd row seats andall the toys. 194k highway miles.

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DeKalb. Custom Ranch “was“$250K Now $169,900!!!

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PUBLIC NOTICEC10040111 CHOH

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

DEKALB COUNTY-SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NationalAssociation successor by merger toChase Home Finance LLC

Plaintiff,vs.Gary L. Lambes; Rhonda S.Lambes; Harris, N.A.; UnknownOwners and Non-Record Claimants

Defendants.10 CH 289

Property Address:321 North Sycamore Street,

Hinckley, Illinois 60520NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE

Public notice is hereby given thatin pursuance of a judgment of saidCourt entered in the above-entitledcause on October 25, 2012, I,Sheriff, Roger Scott of DekalbCounty, Illinois, will hold a sale onFebruary 14, 2013 , commencingat 1:00pm, at the Dekalb PublicSafety Building, 150 N. Main St,Sycamore, IL 60178, to sell to the

Syhighest bidder or bidders the fol-lowing described real estate, or somuch thereof as may be sufficientto satisfy said decree, to-wit:

Commonly known as: 321North Sycamore Street, Hinckley,Illinois 60520

P.I.N.: 15-15-281-012First Lien Position; Single-Family

Residence; Judgment Amount$288,809.14

IN ACCORDANCE WITH 735ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) AND(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5),AND 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1),YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THATTHE PURCHASER OF THE PROPER-TY, OTHER THAN A MORTGAGEE,SHALL PAY THE ASSESSMENTSAND LEGAL FEES REQUIRED BYSUBSECTIONS (g)(1) AND (g)(4)OF SECTION 9 AND THE ASSESS-MENTS REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION(g-1) OF SECTION 18.5 OF THEILLINOIS CONDOMINIUM PROPER-TY ACT.

Terms of Sale: CASH - 10%down at the time of sale and thebalance due within 24 hours of thesale. All payments fo the amountbid shall be in certified fundspayable to the Sheriff of DekalbCounty.

The property will not be open forinspection.

The person to contact for infor-mation regarding this property is:

Anthony Porto at FREEDMANANSELMO LINDBERG LLC 1807West Diehl Road, Naperville, IL(866)402-8661. For bidding in-structions, call 630-453-6713 25hours prior to sale.

This communication is an at-tempt to collect a debt and any in-formation obtained will be used forthat purpose.

FREEDMAN ANSELMO LIND-BERG LLC1807 W. Diehl Rd., Ste 333Naperville, IL 60563EMAIL: foreclosurenotice@fal-illi-nois.com630-983-0770 866-402-8661630-428-4620 (fax)I495612(Published in the Daily Chronicle,January 3, 10 & 17, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICEIN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE

23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUITDEKALB COUNTY -

SYCAMORE, ILLINOISPNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIA-TION,Plaintiff,vs.ERIC F. ATEN and DIANA M. ATEN,Defendants.

12-CH-162Property Address:407 Short Street,DeKalb, IL 60115NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby giventhat pursuant to the Judgment ofthe above Court entered on Novem-ber 8, 2012 in the above-entitledcause, the following described realestate, to wit:

Permanent Index Number: 08-23-127-006

Commonly known as: 407 ShortSt., DeKalb, IL 60115

will be offered for sale and soldat public vendue on the 14th dayof February, 2013, at 1:00 p.m.,at the Public Safety Building, 150North Main, Sycamore, Illinois.

The Judgment amount is$127,092.91.

The real estate is improved witha single family residence.

Sale terms: The bid amount, in-cluding the Judicial sale fee forAbandoned Residential PropertyMunicipality Relief Fund, which iscalculated at the rate of $1 for each$1,000 or fraction thereof of theamount paid by the purchaser notto exceed $300, shall be paid incertified funds immediately by thehighest and best bidder at the con-clusion of the sale. The subject

ubjproperty is subject to general realestate taxes, special assessments orspecial taxes levied against saidreal estate, and is offered for salewithout any representation as toquality or quantity of title and with-out recourse to the Plaintiff. TheSale is further subject to confirma-tion by the Court.

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 openfor inspection. Prospective biddersare admonished to check the Courtfile to verify all information.

For information, contact thePlaintiff's Attorney: Heavner, Scott,Beyers & Mihlar, LLC, 111 E. MainSt., Decatur, Illinois 62523 (217)422-1719.

The purchaser of a condomini-um unit at a judicial foreclosuresale, other than a mortgage, whotakes possession of a condomini-um unit pursuant to a court orderor a purchase who acquires titlefrom a mortgage shall have theduty to pay the proportionate share,if any, of the common expenses forthe unit which would have becomedue in the absence of any assess-ment acceleration during the 6months immediately preceding in-stitution of an action to enforce thecollection of assessments, andwhich remain unpaid by the ownerduring whose possession the as-sessments accrued. If the outstand-ing assessments are paid at anytime during any action to enforcethe collection of assessments, thepurchaser shall have no obligationto pay any assessments which ac-crued before he or she acquired ti-tle. If this property is a condomini-um unit which is part of a commoninterest community, the purchaserof the unit at the foreclosure saleother than a mortgagee shall paythe assessments required by theCondominium Property Act, 765ILCS 605/18.5 (g-l)

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THERIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSIONFOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF ANORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC-CORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORT-GAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

Note: Pursuant to the Fair DebtCollection Practices Act you are ad-vised that the Law Firm of Heavner,Scott, Beyers & Mihlar, LLC, isdeemed to be a debt collector at-tempting to collect a debt, and anyinformation obtained will be usedfor that purpose.

James A. CoaleAttorney for Heavner, Scott, Beyers& Mihlar, LLCI495630(Published in the Daily Chronicle,January 3, 10 & 17, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICEF12050055 WELLS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

DEKALB COUNTY-SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS

Wells Fargo Bank, NAPlaintiff,

vs.Vicente Martinez; Maricela Mendez;Unknown Owners and Non-RecordClaimants

Defendants.12 CH 293

Property Address: 231 NinthStreet, Dekalb, Illinois 60115

NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALEPublic notice is hereby given that

in pursuance of a judgment of saidCourt entered in the above-entitledcause on November 8, 2012, I,Sheriff, Roger Scott of DekalbCounty, Illinois, will hold a sale onFebruary 14, 2013 , commencingat 1pm, at the Dekalb Public Safe-ty Building, 150 N. Main St,

ty ngSycamore, IL 60178, to sell to thehighest bidder or bidders the fol-lowing described real estate, or somuch thereof as may be sufficientto satisfy said decree, to-wit:

Commonly known as: 231Ninth Street, Dekalb, Illinois 60115

P.I.N.: 08-23-339-013First Lien Position; Single-Family

Residence; Judgment Amount$88,157.03

IN ACCORDANCE WITH 735ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) AND(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5),AND 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1),YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THATTHE PURCHASER OF THE PROPER-TY, OTHER THAN A MORTGAGEE,SHALL PAY THE ASSESSMENTSAND LEGAL FEES REQUIRED BYSUBSECTIONS (g)(1) AND (g)(4)OF SECTION 9 AND THE ASSESS-MENTS REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION(g-1) OF SECTION 18.5 OF THEILLINOIS CONDOMINIUM PROPER-TY ACT.

The property will not be open forinspection.

Terms of Sale: CASH - 10%down at the time of sale and thebalance due within 24 hours of thesale. All payments fo the amountbid shall be in certified fundspayable to the Sheriff of DekalbCounty.

The person to contact for infor-mation regarding this property is:Anthony Porto at FREEDMANANSELMO LINDBERG LLC 1807West Diehl Road, Naperville, IL(866)402-8661. For bidding in-structions, call 630-453-6713 25hours prior to sale.

This communication is an at-tempt to collect a debt and any in-formation obtained will be used forthat purpose.FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERGLLC1807 W. Diehl Rd., Ste 333Naperville, IL 60563EMAIL:foreclosurenotice@fal-illinois.com630-983-0770 866-402-8661630-428-4620 (fax)I495775(Published in the Daily Chronicle,January 3, 10 & 17, 2013.)

BIG ROCK, 29 ACRE FARMHouse, barn & outbuildings

on Jones Rd., 60541.Absolutely priced to sell, $395,000

Mike, 630-918-1795.

DEKALB 1 BEDROOMAvailable Immediatley! Close

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

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BIG APARTMENTS, LESS MONEY!Rochelle: 15 minutes from DeKalb!

Small studios @ $4201 BR @ $555

2BR, 1BA @ $630Recently updated!

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DeKalb - 1 BR, Newer Apt., W/D,Wood Floors, No Pets, 1st/last/dep.$685/mo. 815-761-0047

DeKalb - Large Quiet 2BRNewly remodeled, near NIU.

Parking/heat/water incl, W/D, C/A.815-238-0118

DEKALB - WON'T LAST LONGBeautiful 3 bedroom, 1 bath, 900sq ft, hardwood upper, quiet, beau-tiful screen porch, ac, garage, $700+ heat, electric, security, petsmaybe. W/D, Mark 815-739-3740

DeKalb 4 blocks from Downtown1BR, newly remodeled, heat &

water incl, $499/mo + lst, last sec.No smkg/pets. 815-739-9055

DeKalb Female Roommate NeededNice, new carpet, 5BR home ingreat neighborhood. Walk to

campus, $400. 309-236-2353

DeKalb Large 1BRCarport, laundry on site.

Quiet, mature living. $595/mo.815-758-0600

DeKalb Large 2BRStove, fridge, D/W, W/D hookupA/C, quiet bldg. Sec entrance.No dogs. 815-758-0079

DEKALB LARGE STUDIOAll utilities included. 5 miles

from campus, great for graduatestudent. $600/mo. 815-758-2588

DeKalb Quiet Studio,1 & 2BRLease, deposit, ref. No pets.

815-739-5589 ~ 815-758-6439

DEKALB Small 2BR Upper Petsokay. Quiet location, new carpet,fresh paint, W/D. $600/mo utils.

Incl, call/text 630-880-1666

DeKalb Upper 1BR w/Sm Office/BROlder home. D/W, W/D avail, ceil-ing fans, claw foot tub. Off st prk-ing. $595/mo. 815-756-2064

DEKALB ~ 2BR, LARGE BAW/D in unit. Hrdwd flrs, close toNIU & downtown. $725/mo incl

water & garbage. 224-238-8587

DEKALB: 2BR's $625-$725 mo.Utilities Included.

Nice Neighborhood.Call: 815-756-1424

DeKalb: Nice 3BR upper apt. scrporch, yard, bsmt, gar, W/D.$750+ util, water/garbage incl.1st/last/sec. No pets or smoking.815-766-0750 https://sites.-google.com/site/wfprentals

Free Month Rent in WatermanLower 2 bedroom, $625/month

+ security deposit.815-970-2533

GENOA -1 BR1 BR apt, references required,in town, first floor. $450/mo.

815-784-2232

GENOAWell maintained 2BR with centralair, no pets + laundry facilities.

$675/mo + dep. 815-600-4955

Genoa~Country View AptsNow leasing 1 & 2 Bedroom

All remodeled, new appl, carpet.Large Apts, Country Lifestyle.

815-784-4606 ~ 815-758-6580

Kirkland. 2BR. Newly remodeled.Ground floor. Available now. Nosmoking or pets. $625/mo+utils.

815-761-0374Malta 2BR- Appliances furnished,air, laundry, some utilities included.No pets, $595/mo 815-751-0480

Rochelle - 2 Bedroom$500/mo + 1st mo & deposit req.Parking in back, you pay electric

and gas. 779-368-0224

ROCHELLE 1 & 2BRAvailable now. Clean, quiet

remodeled, $425-550.815-758-6580 ~ 815-901-3346

Sandwich. Well maintained 1BR,in quiet, comfortable living

community. $525/moSorry, no dogs. Cats are OK.

Contact Carol: 708-663-0435

Shabbona. Newly remodeled 2BRW/D hook-up. Quiet neighborhood.

No smoking or dogs. $625/mo+sec dep. 847-738-2334

Education

Sycamore Child Care isseeking a Full Time

Assistant Teacher for2 year olds.

Must have experience in a childcare setting. College a plus.EOE. Call Lorna or Katie at

815-895-2484

2000 Landscape Trailer, 3000lb,6x12, excellent condition, stored

inside, motorcycle chocks,BEST OFFER 815-761-7015

DEKALB 1BR & 2BRAvailable now, variety of locations.

Appliances, clean and quiet.815-758-6580

DEKALB ~ 227 N. 1st

Large 2BR, carport, a/c, laundry.Clean, quiet and secure. $750/mo.

J&A RE. 815-970-0679

Rochelle ~ Spacious 2BR THNew carpet, fresh paint, W/D

hook-up. $595/mo,1 year lease.815-751-4440

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Stone Prairie2BR, 2BA APT.

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exercise center.Cat friendly. Privatefishing. $760/mo.Laing Mgmt.815-758-1100

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SYCAMORE - 2 BR, close toschools! Off St. parking, W/D onsite. No pets. 1066 S. Cross St.$600/mo. 815-739-7288.

SYCAMORE 2 BEDRM - MatureLifestyle. Nice, Quiet & sunny. Off Stparking, no smoking/dogs. On-site

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Sycamore 321 S. Walnut St.TWO 1BR apts, $575/mo., incl.all utils., w/ patio, OR $650/mo.,

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Sycamore Quiet 1 Bedroom$550/mo, includes stove,

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Sycamore Upstairs 2BR, 1BA2900 DeKalb Ave. Laundry, non-smoking, all util except electrical.$675/mo. 815-758-2911

Sycamore: Clean 2BR,1BA, full sizewasher/dryer, dishwasher, garbagedisposal, next to park and school.

$695/mo. You pay utilities.No dogs. 815-970-4640 Eric

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

Off-Street Parking.$695 Incl. Water & Garbage.

J&A Real Estate 815-970-0679

DEKALB 2BR, 1.5BA THEnclave Sub. 2 car attachedgarage. $885/mo+sec dep.

630-654-9756

SYCAMORE - 3 bedroom 1 bathcondo for rent. Available February1st. $1200 per month plus utilities.Smokers and pets welcome. 1stand deposit due at signing, call269-436-4488 day or night.

SYCAMORE2 BR, 2 bath. 1 or 2 car gar,

quartz granite cntrs, SS appl, FP.From $950-$1350. Non-Smoking.

1 MONTH FREE RENT! CallSharon Sperling, Century 21 Elsner

815-793-3030

SYCAMORE 3BR, 2.5BAFox Brier Townhouse available.

$1150/mo + utilities, pets?Barry 815-757-9040

SYCAMORE ~ MCCLAREN CT.Spacious 3 Bedroom Condo.

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PUBLIC NOTICEC10040111 CHOH

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

DEKALB COUNTY-SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NationalAssociation successor by merger toChase Home Finance LLC

Plaintiff,vs.Gary L. Lambes; Rhonda S.Lambes; Harris, N.A.; UnknownOwners and Non-Record Claimants

Defendants.10 CH 289

Property Address:321 North Sycamore Street,

Hinckley, Illinois 60520NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE

Public notice is hereby given thatin pursuance of a judgment of saidCourt entered in the above-entitledcause on October 25, 2012, I,Sheriff, Roger Scott of DekalbCounty, Illinois, will hold a sale onFebruary 14, 2013 , commencingat 1:00pm, at the Dekalb PublicSafety Building, 150 N. Main St,Sycamore, IL 60178, to sell to thehighest bidder or bidders the fol-lowing described real estate, or somuch thereof as may be sufficientto satisfy said decree, to-wit:

LOT 1 (EXCEPT THE WEST 110FEET THEREOF) IN BLOCK 1 INWAGNER AND MILLER'S ADDITIONTO THE VILLAGE OF HINCKLEY, AC-CORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOFRECORDED ON MARCH 29TH,1882, IN BOOK "B", PAGE 47, SIT-UATED IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLI-NOIS.

Commonly known as: 321North Sycamore Street, Hinckley,Illinois 60520

P.I.N.: 15-15-281-012First Lien Position; Single-Family

Residence; Judgment Amount$288,809.14

IN ACCORDANCE WITH 735ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) AND(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5),AND 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1),YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THATTHE PURCHASER OF THE PROPER-TY, OTHER THAN A MORTGAGEE,SHALL PAY THE ASSESSMENTSAND LEGAL FEES REQUIRED BYSUBSECTIONS (g)(1) AND (g)(4)OF SECTION 9 AND THE ASSESS-MENTS REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION(g-1) OF SECTION 18.5 OF THEILLINOIS CONDOMINIUM PROPER-TY ACT.

Terms of Sale: CASH - 10%down at the time of sale and thebalance due within 24 hours of thesale. All payments fo the amountbid shall be in certified fundspayable to the Sheriff of DekalbCounty.

The property will not be open forinspection.

The person to contact for infor-mation regarding this property is:

Anthony Porto at FREEDMANANSELMO LINDBERG LLC 1807West Diehl Road, Naperville, IL(866)402-8661. For bidding in-structions, call 630-453-6713 25hours prior to sale.

This communication is an at-tempt to collect a debt and any in-formation obtained will be used forthat purpose.

FREEDMAN ANSELMO LIND-BERG LLC1807 W. Diehl Rd., Ste 333Naperville, IL 60563EMAIL: foreclosurenotice@fal-illi-nois.com630-983-0770 866-402-8661630-428-4620 (fax)I495612(Published in the Daily Chronicle,January 3, 10 & 17, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICEIN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE

23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUITDEKALB COUNTY -

SYCAMORE, ILLINOISPNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIA-TION,Plaintiff,vs.ERIC F. ATEN and DIANA M. ATEN,Defendants.

12-CH-162Property Address:407 Short Street,

DeKalb, IL 60115NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby giventhat pursuant to the Judgment ofthe above Court entered on Novem-ber 8, 2012 in the above-entitledcause, the following described realestate, to wit:

The East 62.25 feet of Lot 5 inBlock 2 in W.B. King's Addition tothe City of DeKalb, as per Platthereof recorded in Book "B" ofPlats, Page 46, situated in DeKalbCounty, Illinois.

Permanent Index Number: 08-23-127-006

Commonly known as: 407 ShortSt., DeKalb, IL 60115

will be offered for sale and soldat public vendue on the 14th dayof February, 2013, at 1:00 p.m.,at the Public Safety Building, 150North Main, Sycamore, Illinois.

The Judgment amount is$127,092.91.

The real estate is improved witha single family residence.

Sale terms: The bid amount, in-cluding the Judicial sale fee forAbandoned Residential PropertyMunicipality Relief Fund, which iscalculated at the rate of $1 for each$1,000 or fraction thereof of theamount paid by the purchaser notto exceed $300, shall be paid incertified funds immediately by thehighest and best bidder at the con-clusion of the sale. The subjectproperty is subject to general realestate taxes, special assessments orspecial taxes levied against saidreal estate, and is offered for salewithout any representation as toquality or quantity of title and with-out recourse to the Plaintiff. TheSale is further subject to confirma-tion by the Court.

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 openfor inspection. Prospective biddersare admonished to check the Courtfile to verify all information.

For information, contact thePlaintiff's Attorney: Heavner, Scott,Beyers & Mihlar, LLC, 111 E. MainSt., Decatur, Illinois 62523 (217)422-1719.

The purchaser of a condomini-um unit at a judicial foreclosuresale, other than a mortgage, whotakes possession of a condomini-um unit pursuant to a court orderor a purchase who acquires titlefrom a mortgage shall have theduty to pay the proportionate share,if any, of the common expenses forthe unit which would have becomedue in the absence of any assess-ment acceleration during the 6months immediately preceding in-stitution of an action to enforce thecollection of assessments, andwhich remain unpaid by the ownerduring whose possession the as-sessments accrued. If the outstand-ing assessments are paid at anytime during any action to enforcethe collection of assessments, thepurchaser shall have no obligationto pay any assessments which ac-crued before he or she acquired ti-tle. If this property is a condomini-um unit which is part of a commoninterest community, the purchaserof the unit at the foreclosure saleother than a mortgagee shall paythe assessments required by theCondominium Property Act, 765ILCS 605/18.5 (g-l)

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THERIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSIONFOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF ANORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC-CORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORT-GAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

Note: Pursuant to the Fair DebtCollection Practices Act you are ad-vised that the Law Firm of Heavner,Scott, Beyers & Mihlar, LLC, isdeemed to be a debt collector at-tempting to collect a debt, and anyinformation obtained will be usedfor that purpose.

James A. CoaleAttorney for Heavner, Scott, Beyers& Mihlar, LLCI495630(Published in the Daily Chronicle,January 3, 10 & 17, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICEF12050055 WELLS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

DEKALB COUNTY-SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS

Wells Fargo Bank, NAPlaintiff,

vs.Vicente Martinez; Maricela Mendez;Unknown Owners and Non-RecordClaimants

Defendants.12 CH 293

Property Address: 231 NinthStreet, Dekalb, Illinois 60115

NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALEPublic notice is hereby given that

in pursuance of a judgment of saidCourt entered in the above-entitledcause on November 8, 2012, I,Sheriff, Roger Scott of DekalbCounty, Illinois, will hold a sale onFebruary 14, 2013 , commencingat 1pm, at the Dekalb Public Safe-ty Building, 150 N. Main St,Sycamore, IL 60178, to sell to thehighest bidder or bidders the fol-lowing described real estate, or somuch thereof as may be sufficientto satisfy said decree, to-wit:

THE SOUTH 1/2 OF LOT 6 INBLOCK 49 OF JONES ADDITION TOTHE ORIGINAL TOWN (NOW CITY)

( )OF DEKALB, ACCORDING TO THEPLAT THEREOF RECORDED JAN-UARY 24, 1856, IN BOOK "A" OFPLATS, PAGE 8, SITUATED INDEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

Commonly known as: 231Ninth Street, Dekalb, Illinois 60115

P.I.N.: 08-23-339-013First Lien Position; Single-Family

Residence; Judgment Amount$88,157.03

IN ACCORDANCE WITH 735ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) AND(H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5),AND 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1),YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THATTHE PURCHASER OF THE PROPER-TY, OTHER THAN A MORTGAGEE,SHALL PAY THE ASSESSMENTSAND LEGAL FEES REQUIRED BYSUBSECTIONS (g)(1) AND (g)(4)OF SECTION 9 AND THE ASSESS-MENTS REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION(g-1) OF SECTION 18.5 OF THEILLINOIS CONDOMINIUM PROPER-TY ACT.

The property will not be open forinspection.

Terms of Sale: CASH - 10%down at the time of sale and thebalance due within 24 hours of thesale. All payments fo the amountbid shall be in certified fundspayable to the Sheriff of DekalbCounty.

The person to contact for infor-mation regarding this property is:Anthony Porto at FREEDMANANSELMO LINDBERG LLC 1807West Diehl Road, Naperville, IL(866)402-8661. For bidding in-structions, call 630-453-6713 25hours prior to sale.

This communication is an at-tempt to collect a debt and any in-formation obtained will be used forthat purpose.FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERGLLC1807 W. Diehl Rd., Ste 333Naperville, IL 60563EMAIL:foreclosurenotice@fal-illinois.com630-983-0770 866-402-8661630-428-4620 (fax)I495775(Published in the Daily Chronicle,January 3, 10 & 17, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICEIN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALBCOUNTY - SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as suc-cessor-by-merger to LaSalle BankNational Association,

Plaintiff,v.

CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COM-PANY, a Corporation of Illinois, asSuccessor Trustee of LaSalle Bank,National Association, as SuccessorTrustee of American National Bankand Trust Company of Chicago, asTrustee Under the Provisions of aCertain Trust Agreement Dated Oc-tober 1, 1995, and Known as TrustNo. 120938-03; OCAMPODEKALB, L.L.C.; J.B. SULLIVAN,INC.; UNKNOWN OWNERS; andUNKNOWN AND NON-RECORDCLAIMANTS,

Defendants.12-CH-666

Common Address: 1401 South4th Street, DeKalb, Illinois 60115

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE(FOR PUBLICATION)

The undersigned, pursuant to Ill.Rev. Stat., ch. 110, -15-1503,certifies and states as follows:

1. Plaintiff filed the above-cap-tioned mortgage foreclosure actionon December 11, 2012, and theaction is currently pending.

2. Names of parties to be servedby publication:

(A) Unknown Owners; and(B) Unknown and Non-Record

Claimants.3. All parties and the case num-

ber are identified in the captionabove.

4. The court in which the actionwas brought is identified in the cap-tion above.

5. The title holder of record isChicago Title Land Trust Company,a Corporation of Illinois, as Succes-sor Trustee of LaSalle Bank, Nation-al Association, as Successor Trusteeof American National Bank andTrust Company of Chicago, asTrustee Under the Provisions of aCertain Trust Agreement Dated Oc-tober 1, 1995, and Known as TrustNo. 120938-03.

6. Legal DescriptionPARCEL 1: LOT 1 OF

PARDRIDGE PLACE UNIT NO. 3BEING A RESUBDIVISION OF LOT 3OF PARDRIDGE PLACE UNIT NO. 2,BEING PART OF THE EAST 1/2 OFSECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 40NORTH, RANGE 4, EAST OF THETHIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AC-CORDING TO THE PLAT OF SAIDRESUBDIVISION RECORDED ONNOVEMBER 19, 1987 IN BOOK "T"OF PLATS, PAGE 57, AS DOCU-MENT 87010024, AFFIDAVITRECORDED AS DOCUMENT NO,87010414 AND CERTIFICATE OFCORRECTION RECORDED AS DOC-UMENT NO. 88000099

(EXCEPTING THEREFROM THATPART DEEDED TO THE STATE OFILLINOIS FOR HIGHWAY PURPOS-ES BY DOCUMENT NO. 86 08325,DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: A PAR-CEL OF LAND IN LOT 3 OFPARDRIDGE PLACE UNIT NO. 2, ASUBDIVISION RECORDED IN BOOK"T" OF PLATS, ON PAGE 9 ON AU-GUST 29, 1985, AS DOCUMENT85 05065 IN THE DEKALB COUN-TY RECORDER'S OFFICE, SAIDSUBDIVISION BEING SITUATED INTHE EAST 1/2 OF SECTION 27,TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 4,EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL

MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOL-LOWS: COMMENCING AT THEPOINT OF INTERSECTION OF THENORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINEOF BARB BOULEVARD AS SHOWNON THE PLAT OF PUBLIC STREETDEDICATION RECORDED IN BOOK"O" OF PLATS, PAGE 68, IN SAIDRECORDER'S OFFICE, WITH THESOUTHERLY EXTENSION OF THEWESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OFA PUBLIC HIGHWAY DESIGNEDF.A. ROUTE 68 (EAST LINE OF SAIDLOT 3); THENCE NORTHERLY ONSAID WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAYLINE (EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 3)AND THE SOUTHERLY EXTENSIONTHEREOF, SAID LINE HAVING ABEARING OF NORTH 0 DEGREES00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST,A DISTANCE OF 241.15 FEET TO APOINT, SAID POINT BEING THEPOINT OF BEGINNING OF THEHEREINAFTER DESCRIBED PARCELOF LAND; THENCE CONTINUINGNORTHERLY ON THE LAST DE-SCRIBED COURSE, A DISTANCE OF135.00 FEET TO A POINT; THENCESOUTHWESTERLY ON A LINE HAV-ING A BEARING OF SOUTH 22 DE-GREES 22 MINUTES 48 SECONDSWEST, A DISTANCE OF 18.38 FEETTO A POINT; THENCE SOUTHERLYON A LINE HAVING A BEARING OFSOUTH 0 DEGREES 00 MINUTES00 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCEOF 118.00 FEET TO A POINT;THENCE EASTERLY ON A LINEHAVING A BEARING OF NORTH 90DEGREES 00 MINUTES 00 SEC-ONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 7.00FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGIN-NING,)

ALL SITUATED IN DEKALBCOUNTY, ILLINOIS.

PARCEL 2: LOT 4 INPARDRIDGE PLACE UNIT NO, 2, ARESUBDIVISION OF LOTS 7 AND 8OF PARDRIDGE PLACE UNIT NO. 1,LOT 2 OF P & T RESUBDIVISION,AND PART OF THE EAST 1/2 OFSECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 40NORTH, RANGE 4, EAST OF THETHIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AC-CORDING TO THE PLAT OF SAIDRESUBDIVISION RECORDED INBOOK "T" OF PLATS, PAGE 9 ONAUGUST 29, 1985 AS DOCUMENTNO. 85 05065, IN DEKALB COUN-TY, ILLINOIS.

COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1401South 4th Street, DeKalb, Illinois60115

TAX IDENTIFICATION NOS.: 08-27-427-013 and 08-27-429-011.

8. An identification of the mort-gage sought to be foreclosed is asfollows:

(A) Date of Mortgage: April 13,2005.

(B) Name of Mortgagor: Chica-go Title Land Trust Company, aCorporation of Illinois, as SuccessorTrustee of LaSalle Bank, NationalAssociation, as Successor Trustee ofAmerican National Bank and TrustCompany of Chicago, as TrusteeUnder the Provisions of a CertainTrust Agreement Dated October 1,1995, and Known as Trust No.120938-03.

(C) Name of Mortgagee: Bankof America, N.A., successor-by-merger to LaSalle Bank NationalAssociation.

(D) Date, Place and Identifica-

(D) Dtion of Recording: The Mortgagewas recorded with the DeKalbCounty Recorder of Deeds on May2, 2005, as Document No.200500786.

9. Unless all Unknown Ownersand Non-Record Claimants file theiranswers therein, in the Circuit Courtof DeKalb County, Chancery Divi-sion, 133 W. State Street,Sycamore, Illinois 60178, on orbefore January 28, 2013, defaultmay be entered against you at anytime after that day and a judgmentfor foreclosure entered in accor-dance with the prayer of the Com-plaint for Foreclosure.

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as suc-cessor-by-merger to LaSalle BankNational AssociationBRYAN CAVE LLPLeslie Allen Bayles (ARDC #6271855)Donald A. Cole (ARDC #6299318)161 North Clark Street, Suite 4300Chicago, IL 60601-3315(312) 602-5000 (tel)(312) 602-5050 (fax)I495742

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,December 27, 2012, January 3 &10, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICEThe Audit of the Sycamore Town-

ship (April 1, 2011 through March31, 2012) is complete and avail-able for review during businesshours at the Sycamore TownshipSupervisor's Office, 545 BrickvilleRoad, Sycamore, Illinois.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,January 10, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

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PUBLIC NOTICE2013 NOTICE OF

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

To All Owners and Occupiers ofLands Lying Within the Bound-aries of the DeKalb County Soiland Water Conservation District:

Notice is hereby given that anelection will be held on the 22ndday of January, 2013 at 7:00a.m. - 6:30 p.m. at the DeKalbCounty Soil and Water Conserva-tion District Office, 1350 WestPrairie Drive, Sycamore Illinois.Two Directors will be elected to

serve the DeKalb County Soil andWater Conservation District of theState of Illinois.

All persons, firms or corporationswho hold legal title or are in legalpossession of any land lying withinthe boundaries of the said districtare eligible to vote at said election,whether as lessee, renter, tenant orotherwise. Only such persons,firms or corporations are eligible tovote.

John BegunChairman

DeKalb County Soil and WaterConservation District

DATE: 20th day of December,2012.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,January 3 & 10, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF INTENTION OF COM-MUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICTNUMBER 427 DEKALB AND KANE

COUNTIES, ILLINOIS TO ISSUE$3,900,000 WORKING CASH

FUND BONDS

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby giventhat on the 8th day of January,2013, the Board of Education (the"Board") of Community Unit SchoolDistrict Number 427, DeKalb andKane Counties, Illinois (the"District"), adopted a resolutiondeclaring its intention and determi-nation to issue bonds in the aggre-gate amount of $3,900,000 forthe purpose of increasing the Work-ing Cash Fund of the District, and itis the intention of the Board to availof the provisions of Article 20 of theSchool Code of the State of Illinois,and all laws amendatory thereofand supplementary thereto, and toissue said bonds for the purpose ofincreasing said Working CashFund. Said Working Cash Fund isto be maintained in accordancewith the provisions of said Articleand shall be used for the purposeof enabling the District to have in itstreasury at all time sufficient moneyto meet demands thereon for ex-penditures for corporate purposes.

A petition may be filed with theSecretary of the Board (the "Secre-tary") within thirty (30) days afterthe date of publication of this no-tice, signed by not less than 1,382voters of the District, said number ofvoters being equal to ten percent(10%) of the registered voters ofthe District, requesting that theproposition to issue said bonds asauthorized by the provisions of saidArticle 20 be submitted to the votersof the District. If such petition is filedwith the Secretary within thirty (30)days after the date of publication ofthis notice, an election on theproposition to issue said bondsshall be held on the 18th day ofMarch, 2014. The Circuit Courtmay declare that an emergency ref-erendum should be held prior tosaid election date pursuant to theprovisions of Section 2A-1.4 of theElection Code of the State of Illinois,as amended. If no such petition isfiled within said thirty (30) day pe-

ty (30) y period, then the District shall thereafterbe authorized to issue said bondsfor the purpose hereinabove provid-ed.

By order of the Board of Educa-tion of Community Unit School Dis-trict Number 427, DeKalb andKane Counties, Illinois.

DATED this 8th day of January,2013.

Donald ClaybergSecretary, Board of Education,Community Unit School DistrictNumber 427, DeKalb and KaneCounties, Illinois

Jim DombekPresident, Board of Education,Community Unit School District

Number 427, DeKalb and KaneCounties, Illinois

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,January 10, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICEASSUMED NAME

PUBLICATION NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby giventhat on January 2, 2013 a certifi-cate was filed in the Office of theCounty Clerk of DeKalb County, Illi-nois, setting forth the names andpost office addresses of all of thepersons owning, conducting andtransacting the business known asQUALITY HOME SERVICES locatedat 26 Primrose Lane, Sycamore, IL60178.

Dated January 2, 2013

/s/ John AcardoDekalb County Clerk & Recorder

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,January 3, 10 & 17, 2013.)

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