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A6 WHERE IT’S AT Drug bust Police say a man tried to sell heroin in Genoa, 2 charged / A3 LOCAL NEWS D-427 OKs cuts to staff, classes By ADAM POULISSE [email protected]SYCAMORE – Tammy Way- mire’s son is a fourth-grader at South Prairie Elementary School who has an individu- al education plan and has re- ceived extra help to excel in his classwork. So after the District 427 School Board on Wednesday approved $3.8 million in cuts across three years that in- cludes layoffs or class reduc- tions in several areas across the Sycamore-based district, including special education, English language learners and electives such as art beginning this fall, Waymire walked out. “I couldn’t take it anymore,” Waymire said Wednesday. “It was hard to even listen to.” The budget reductions will be phased in over the next three school years – $1.6 million worth of cuts beginning July 1, $1.5 million for next fiscal year, and $700,000 for the third – is intended to halt the district’s projected financial nosedive, in which it is expected to run out of its cash-on-hand fund next academic year, and deplete its total fund balance by the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018. It’s all according to next year’s enrollment, however, Superintendent Kathy Coun- tryman said. The layoffs do include a contingency plan, which states faculty can be called back to fill their previ- ous position or a similar one if there’s a demand. As of now, the plan calls for reducing 26 teachers’ aides and other education support workers, realigning schedules to eliminate 3.2 non-core po- sitions such as art, music and technology, realigning English language learner classrooms to eliminate all but three of those positions, and trimming other classes as student interest for classes dictate, but that infor- mation won’t be available until April, Countryman said. The cuts, since they are based on student enrollment and interest in classes, do not specify what classes will or won’t be offered, Countryman said. If demand is high for one class, then teachers will fill that role, which could mean re- hiring them. But a poorly attended class could result in that class being cut, Countryman said. “It’s not specific to electives; it’s across the whole gamut,” she said. Although personnel actions will be taken at the March 10 board meeting for next school year, teachers who are facing layoffs already know because the contract with the teach- ers’ union dictates they will be based on seniority, Country- man said. Meetings will be held to reassess staffing needs for future school years. The district’s current pre- dicament can be attributed to prorated state aid payments, which have dwindled from 100 percent of funding being re- ceived to about 85 or 90 percent, according to Nicole Stuckert, the district’s director of finan- cial services. “There’s also declining property values, as there is everywhere in the state,” she said. “That’s not special to Syc- amore. There’s also declining Rauner: Deal on budget close By KERRY LESTER The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD – New Re- publican Gov. Bruce Rauner denied Wednesday that he and Democratic legislative leaders have hit a roadblock in nego- tiations over whether to give him more authority to patch a multibillion-dollar hole in this year’s budget. Following a meeting with Cabinet members, he expressed confidence that an agreement is just “days away.” But on Tuesday, Rikeesha Phelon, a spokeswoman for Senate Pres- ident John Cullerton, said the two sides are “nowhere near a deal” and instead seem to be en- gaging in “a high-profile game of chicken.” Rauner wants to move mon- ey from what he calls “nones- sential” areas into critical state programs that have shortfalls, such as prisons and the child care program, which needs $300 million to operate through June. A fund for court report- ers is expected to run out of cash next month. The idea of giving the gover- nor more authority isn’t new. Lawmakers gave Rauner’s pre- decessor, Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn, expanded authority the first two years of his first term. But while Republicans de- cried the move at the time, Democrats had the advantage of controlling both the General Assembly and the governor’s office. Now, Democratic lead- ers, particularly Cullerton, are showing less incentive to grant the governor’s wishes, with both sides saying the other’s inaction is putting vulnerable residents at risk. Although the new divided government has created a far different dynamic, Democrat- ic House Speaker Michael Madigan also said last week he thought a deal might be im- minent. But his spokesman ac- knowledged Tuesday that while Photos by Monica Synett – [email protected]Four-year-old chocolate Labrador Mabel is reunited Tuesday with her owner Alysia Schmerbach (left) and Schmerbach’s mother, Tina Berg, in front of her home on Ninth Street in DeKalb. Mabel was missing overnight Monday and was found Tuesday morning by Amanda Welsand on Seventh Street. Keeping pets homeward bound DeKalb family reunited with lost dog; county mostly sees abandoned animals By ADAM POULISSE [email protected]DeKALB – She had only been missing overnight, but when Mabel was reunited with the Schmerbach family, it brought on tears. And slobber. And a wagging tail. And lots and lots of belly rubs. “Obviously I didn’t give birth to her, but she’s like one of my kids,” Alysia Schmer- bach said after DeKalb County Animal Control reunited her with Mabel, the 4-year-old choc- olate Labrador the family of five has cared for since the dog was 6 weeks old. Mabel isn’t alone in scurry- ing out of the house. Last year, Animal Control picked up 225 animals, mostly dogs, Ani- mal Warden Dan Berres said. There’s traditionally a 75 per- cent reclaim rate, he said. But the number of missing pets has dropped, thanks to stricter rules enforced by city landlords, and technological advances have made reuniting pets and owners easier. “We have actually seen the numbers diminish, especially from the college population,” Berres said. “People in rental situations going to college had dogs, then at the end of the se- mester, we’d have a very big spike in stray dogs. I think the landlords have been working hard, and that’s decreased quite a bit.” Miscommunication among family members about who let Mabel back in the Southeast DeKalb home Monday evening left the pooch roaming their neighborhood around Seventh Street in DeKalb until Amanda Welsand of Ninth Street found Mabel in her yard around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. She housed her until she came back home from work Tuesday. Schmerbach had already called several local pet agen- cies, including Malta Veteri- nary Hospital, TAILS Humane Society and DeKalb County An- imal Control, which took Ma- bel from Welsand’s place back to her home with the Schmer- bachs. When she was lost, Mabel was wearing her hunting col- lar, which doesn’t hold her usu- al information tag. When An- imal Control opened the back of their wagon, and revealed Mabel inside a crate, it was a doggone emotionally happy re- union. “I didn’t want to get my hopes up that it wasn’t her,” Schmerbach said. Animal Control, which op- erates in tandem with Malta Veterinary Clinic, charges $80 and includes a mandatory $25 spay or neuter fee, plus $17.50 a day for boarding fees for up to seven days for people claiming lost pets. After seven days, the Drop in state aid prompts $3.8M in budget reductions over 3 years Cullerton: 2 sides ‘nowhere near’ Protecting your pooch n A double set of doors that remain closed are harder for dogs to escape. n Make sure the collar fits snug around your dog so it doesn’t go missing. n Microchip implants are an easy way to always ensure your dog can be traced back to you – if you remember to update your information if you change addresses. n Make sure their vaccinations are up to date. Lost a pet? Found a pet? Call DeKalb County Animal Control, 815-758-6673. Have you ever lost your pet? Vote online at Daily-Chronicle.com. Voicing your opinion See DOGS, page A4 See BUDGET, page A4 See D-427, page A3
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SYCAMORE – Tammy Way-mire’s son is a fourth-graderat South Prairie ElementarySchool who has an individu-al education plan and has re-ceived extra help to excel in hisclasswork.
So after the District 427School Board on Wednesdayapproved $3.8 million in cutsacross three years that in-cludes layoffs or class reduc-tions in several areas acrossthe Sycamore-based district,
including special education,English language learners andelectives such as art beginningthis fall, Waymire walked out.
“I couldn’t take it anymore,”Waymire said Wednesday. “Itwas hard to even listen to.”
The budget reductions willbe phased in over the nextthree school years – $1.6 millionworth of cuts beginning July 1,$1.5 million for next fiscal year,and $700,000 for the third – isintended to halt the district’sprojected financial nosedive, inwhich it is expected to run outof its cash-on-hand fund next
academic year, and deplete itstotal fund balance by the fiscalyear beginning July 1, 2018.
It’s all according to nextyear’s enrollment, however,Superintendent Kathy Coun-tryman said. The layoffs doinclude a contingency plan,which states faculty can becalled back to fill their previ-ous position or a similar one ifthere’s a demand.
As of now, the plan callsfor reducing 26 teachers’ aidesand other education supportworkers, realigning schedulesto eliminate 3.2 non-core po-
sitions such as art, music andtechnology, realigning Englishlanguage learner classrooms toeliminate all but three of thosepositions, and trimming otherclasses as student interest forclasses dictate, but that infor-mation won’t be available untilApril, Countryman said.
The cuts, since they arebased on student enrollmentand interest in classes, do notspecify what classes will orwon’t be offered, Countrymansaid. If demand is high for oneclass, then teachers will fillthat role, which could mean re-
hiring them.But a poorly attended class
could result in that class beingcut, Countryman said.
“It’s not specific to electives;it’s across the whole gamut,”she said.
Although personnel actionswill be taken at the March 10board meeting for next schoolyear, teachers who are facinglayoffs already know becausethe contract with the teach-ers’ union dictates they will bebased on seniority, Country-man said. Meetings will be heldto reassess staffing needs for
future school years.The district’s current pre-
dicament can be attributed toprorated state aid payments,which have dwindled from 100percent of funding being re-ceived to about 85 or 90 percent,according to Nicole Stuckert,the district’s director of finan-cial services.
“There’s also decliningproperty values, as there iseverywhere in the state,” shesaid. “That’s not special to Syc-amore. There’s also declining
Rauner:Deal onbudgetclose
By KERRY LESTERThe Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD – New Re-publican Gov. Bruce Raunerdenied Wednesday that he andDemocratic legislative leadershave hit a roadblock in nego-tiations over whether to givehim more authority to patch amultibillion-dollar hole in thisyear’s budget.
Following a meeting withCabinet members, he expressedconfidence that an agreementis just “days away.” But onTuesday, Rikeesha Phelon, aspokeswoman for Senate Pres-ident John Cullerton, said thetwo sides are “nowhere near adeal” and instead seem to be en-gaging in “a high-profile gameof chicken.”
Rauner wants to move mon-ey from what he calls “nones-sential” areas into critical stateprograms that have shortfalls,such as prisons and the childcare program, which needs$300 million to operate throughJune. A fund for court report-ers is expected to run out ofcash next month.
The idea of giving the gover-nor more authority isn’t new.Lawmakers gave Rauner’s pre-decessor, Democratic Gov. PatQuinn, expanded authority thefirst two years of his first term.
But while Republicans de-cried the move at the time,Democrats had the advantageof controlling both the GeneralAssembly and the governor’soffice. Now, Democratic lead-ers, particularly Cullerton, areshowing less incentive to grantthe governor’s wishes, withboth sides saying the other’sinaction is putting vulnerableresidents at risk.
Although the new dividedgovernment has created a fardifferent dynamic, Democrat-ic House Speaker MichaelMadigan also said last weekhe thought a deal might be im-minent. But his spokesman ac-knowledged Tuesday that while
Four-year-old chocolate Labrador Mabel is reunited Tuesday with her owner Alysia Schmerbach (left) and Schmerbach’s mother, Tina Berg, in front of her home on Ninth Streetin DeKalb. Mabel was missing overnight Monday and was found Tuesday morning by Amanda Welsand on Seventh Street.
Keeping pets homeward boundDeKalb family reunited with lost dog; county mostly sees abandoned animals
DeKALB – She had onlybeen missing overnight, butwhen Mabel was reunitedwith the Schmerbach family, itbrought on tears.
And slobber. And a waggingtail. And lots and lots of bellyrubs.
“Obviously I didn’t givebirth to her, but she’s like oneof my kids,” Alysia Schmer-bach said after DeKalb CountyAnimal Control reunited herwith Mabel, the 4-year-old choc-olate Labrador the family offive has cared for since the dogwas 6 weeks old.
Mabel isn’t alone in scurry-ing out of the house. Last year,Animal Control picked up 225animals, mostly dogs, Ani-mal Warden Dan Berres said.There’s traditionally a 75 per-
cent reclaim rate, he said.But the number of missing
pets has dropped, thanks tostricter rules enforced by citylandlords, and technological
advances have made reunitingpets and owners easier.
“We have actually seen thenumbers diminish, especiallyfrom the college population,”
Berres said. “People in rentalsituations going to college haddogs, then at the end of the se-mester, we’d have a very bigspike in stray dogs. I think thelandlords have been workinghard, and that’s decreasedquite a bit.”
Miscommunication amongfamily members about who letMabel back in the SoutheastDeKalb home Monday eveningleft the pooch roaming theirneighborhood around SeventhStreet in DeKalb until AmandaWelsand of Ninth Street foundMabel in her yard around 4:30a.m. Tuesday morning. Shehoused her until she came backhome from work Tuesday.
Schmerbach had alreadycalled several local pet agen-cies, including Malta Veteri-nary Hospital, TAILS HumaneSociety and DeKalb County An-imal Control, which took Ma-
bel from Welsand’s place backto her home with the Schmer-bachs.
When she was lost, Mabelwas wearing her hunting col-lar, which doesn’t hold her usu-al information tag. When An-imal Control opened the backof their wagon, and revealedMabel inside a crate, it was adoggone emotionally happy re-union.
“I didn’t want to get myhopes up that it wasn’t her,”Schmerbach said.
Animal Control, which op-erates in tandem with MaltaVeterinary Clinic, charges $80and includes a mandatory $25spay or neuter fee, plus $17.50 aday for boarding fees for up toseven days for people claiminglost pets. After seven days, the
Drop in state aid prompts $3.8M in budget reductions over 3 years
Cullerton: 2 sides‘nowhere near’
Protecting your pooch
n A double set of doors that remain closed are harder for dogs toescape.nMake sure the collar fits snug around your dog so it doesn’t go
missing.nMicrochip implants are an easy way to always ensure your
dog can be traced back to you – if you remember to update yourinformation if you change addresses.nMake sure their vaccinations are up to date.
Lost a pet? Found a pet?
Call DeKalb County Animal Control, 815-758-6673.
Have you ever lost your pet? Vote online at Daily-Chronicle.com.
Voicing your opinion
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See D-427, page A3
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CEO sells programs to predict crimeBy RONNIE GREENE
and EILEEN SULLIVANThe Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY – TheCEO of a Utah company thathas emerged as a key playerin a national movement tooverhaul the justice system isa repeat offender himself.
Sean Hosman’s dual rolesas advocate for change andrepeat visitor at county jailsprovide a striking case studyin an expanding national ef-fort to use insurance industrymethods to help predict fu-ture crimes and steer defen-dants toward treatment.
His company, Assess-ments.com, has won 100 con-tracts with state and countygovernments from Florida toCalifornia. He has spoken atjustice forums in Texas, Ida-ho and Washington state.
At the same time, Hosman
has been ar-rested at leastn i n e t i m e ss i n c e 2 0 1 0 ,four for DUIand one forcocaine pos-session. Justlike tens ofthousands ofdefendants undergoing thisprocess known as risk assess-ment, he has been booked,assessed, jailed and sent torehab.
He said he has been cleansince July 5, 2012, the date ofhis last DUI.
“It has changed my per-spective on a number ofthings,” Hosman, 48, saidfrom Salt Lake City, wherehis company is based. “Butin some ways it has strength-ened my belief that the workI’ve been doing is even morenecessary than it was. If any-
thing it underscores the needfor individuals to be treatedlike individuals, and not likethe crime they committed.”
As he spun through thejustice system, his companykept winning governmentcontracts.
In six states alone – Cali-fornia, Florida, WashingtonState, Wyoming, Texas andDelaware – Assessments.comwon contracts worth morethan $10 million, The Asso-ciated Press found. Althougha significant goal is cost sav-ings, some saw the price rise,such as Florida, where thecontract eventually tripled incost over its initial estimates.
Some encountered prob-lems.
In California, a grand juryexamining conflict-of-inter-est questions in Yolo Countyreported that Hosman onceshowed up to a training ses-
sion bruised and smelling ofalcohol. In Wyoming, officialssaid they plan to handle somefunctions in-house once thecontract ends in June, savingthe state thousands of dollars.
Hosman’s company is partof a national effort that hasreceived little public atten-tion.
These assessments some-times include questionnaireswith more than 100 items,probing the defendants’ workhistory and family back-ground, circle of friends, howoften they moved and wheth-er their neighborhood iscrime-infested. The idea is tobuild a richer portrait to pre-dict whether the defendantwill commit future crimesand find the right treatment.Advocates say the programssave money by easing prisonovercrowding, and help de-fendants stay clean.
Sean B.Hosman
Representatives grill Kerry on nuclear talksBy DEB RIECHMANNand MATTHEW LEEThe Associated Press
WASHINGTON – Secretary
of State John Kerry played de-
fense Wednesday on Capitol
Hill, fielding dozens of ques-
tions from lawmakers worried
about what Iran could get in a
deal being negotiated to block
its ability to make an atomic
weapon.
California Republican Rep.
Ed Royce, chairman of the
House Foreign Affairs Com-
mittee, told Kerry at a hearing
that members of the panel have
serious concerns about the di-
rection of the more than 1-year-
old talks, which are at a criti-
cal juncture. Negotiators are
rushing to try to meet a March
31 deadline for a framework
agreement between Iran and
the U.S. and five other world
powers.
“I’m hearing less about dis-
mantlement and more about
the performance of Iran’s nu-
clear program,” Royce told
Kerry. “That’s particularly
disturbing when you consider
that international inspectors
report that Iran has still not re-vealed its past bomb work.”
New York Rep. Elliot Engel,the ranking Democrat on thecommittee, expressed skepti-cism too.
Engel noted news storiesclaiming that negotiators arewilling to ease limits on Iran’senrichment production duringthe later years of an accord inorder to bridge the differencesbetween the two sides over how
long an agreement should last.“We’re hearing troubling
reports on the scale and dura-tion of the program that Iranmay be allowed as part of adeal,” Engel said.
The secretary testified inthe House two days after re-turning to Washington fromthe latest round of talks in Ge-neva. U.S. and Iranian officialsreported progress on getting toa deal that would clamp down
on Tehran’s nuclear activities
for at least 10 years but would
then slowly ease restrictions.
Any comprehensive pact
could ease 35 years of U.S-Irani-
an enmity – and seems within
reach for the first time in more
than a decade of negotiations.
Royce said the U.N’s Inter-
national Atomic Energy Agen-
cy is worried about the scope
of Iranian military-related ac-
tivities, including its work in
designing a nuclear payload for
a missile.
“The IAEA inspectors
have amassed over 1,000 pages
which showed research, devel-
opment and testing activity on
technologies needed to develop
a nuclear weapon,” the con-
gressman said. “Of the 12 sets
of questions that the IAEA has
been seeking since 2011, Iran
has answered part of one of
them,” adding the Iranians are
withhold information on the
remaining set.
“They are legitimate and
the questions have to be an-
swered,” Kerry replied. “And
they will be if they [the Irani-
ans] want to have an agree-
ment.”
AP photo
Secretary of State John Kerry testifies Tuesday on Capitol Hill inWashington, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearingto review the State Department’s fiscal 2016 budget request.
2 appear in court on charges they sought to join IS groupBy COLLEEN LONGThe Associated Press
NEW YORK – Three men
were arrested Wednesday on
charges of plotting to travel to
Syria to join the Islamic State
group and wage war against
the U.S., and federal officials
said one of them spoke of
shooting President Barack
Obama or planting a bomb on
Coney Island.
Akhror Saidakhmetov was
arrested at Kennedy Airport,
where he was attempting
to board a flight to Istanbul,
authorities said. Abdurasul
Hasanovich Juraboev had
a ticket to travel to Istanbul
next month and was arrested
in Brooklyn, federal prosecu-
tors said. The two were held
without bail after a brief court
appearance in New York.
A third defendant, Abror
Habibov, is accused of helping
fund Saidakhmetov’s efforts
and was ordered held without
bail in Florida.
The three are charged with
attempt and conspiracy to
provide material support to a
terrorist organization. If con-
victed, each faces a maximum
of 15 years in prison.
“This is real,” said William
Bratton, commissioner of the
New York Police Department.
“This is the concern about
the lone wolf, inspired to act
without ever going to the Mid-
east.”
The Justice Department
has charged roughly 20 people
in the past year with planning
to travel to the Middle East
to fight alongside militants
like the Islamic State group.
Federal officials have been
concerned about Americans
going overseas to train with
these groups and returning
with plots to carry out attacks
at home.
Federal prosecutors say
Juraboev, 24, first came to the
attention of law enforcement
in August, when he posted on
an Uzbek-language website
that propagates the Islamic
State ideology.
“Greetings! We too want
to pledge our allegiance and
commit ourselves while not
present there,” he wrote, ac-
cording to federal authorities.
“Is it possible to commit our-
selves as dedicated martyrs
anyway while here?”
“What I’m saying is, to
shoot Obama and then get
shot ourselves, will it do? That
will strike fear in the hearts of
infidels.”
Officials said they believed
he planned to travel from Tur-
key to Syria to join the terror
group. Prosecutors say Saida-
khmetov, 19, also threatened
an attack in the U.S. if he
was unable to join the Islam-
ic State. Juraboev’s plans in-
cluded attacks against Obama
or planting a bomb on Coney
Island, officials said.
Federal officials say Ju-
raboev identified Saidakhme-
tov as a friend with a shared
ideology. The two exchanged
messages on how to get over-
seas, and Saidakhmetov and
an informant watched vid-
eos of Islamic State training
camps in Syria, according to
court papers.
Saidakhmetov told the in-
formant in September that he
wanted to travel to Syria for
jihad, or holy war, but that his
concerned mother confiscat-
ed his passport so he couldn’t
travel, the complaint said. He
said he would lie and tell her
he planned to go to Uzbekistan
to visit relatives. When he
called to ask for his passport
back, she hung up the phone.
“The flow of foreign fight-
ers to Syria represents an
evolving threat to our country
and to our allies,” said state
U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch,
who is Obama’s choice to be
U.S. attorney general.
AP photo
A Homeland Security police offi-cer shows his weapon as part ofenhanced security, during the ar-raignment of two men on terror-ism-related charges Wednesdayin Brooklyn, N.Y.
Harold Schmidt will behonored with an OpenHouse for his 80thBirthday on Sunday,March 1st from 1 pm -4pm at Trinity LutheranChurch, N. State Road,Genoa.
Harold was born February5, 1935. He is married toLynn, and has 4 children:David (Joyce) Schmidt,
Mark (MaryJo) Schmidt, Patrick (Brenda) Beach,Darrin(Kari) Schmidt; 8 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.
We request the presence of friends and family to celebratethis special day with him.
with leases lasting until thetax increment financing dis-trict expires in 2018. After that,nonprofits could renew theirleases, Moore said.
“They existed before theTIF and they will exist afterthe TIF,” Moore said. “Theycity is very excited we can pro-vide service to the communi-ty.”
City staff was prompted tosolicit proposals while explor-ing which tenants could fillthe space left vacant by ElderCare Services, which movedto a new location on LincolnHighway in fall 2014. Whencity staff decided to find a newtenant, they discovered thatthe city would have to solicitproposals from potential newtenants before executing a newlease because the building isin a tax increment financingdistrict.
City leaders also decided
DeKalb should enter into leas-
es with the current tenants,
which also required the city to
first solicit proposals.
Hulst’s comfort has some
reasoning behind it. DeKalb
aldermen said during a meet-
ing last month they wanted to
give preference to the agencies
currently located there.
VAC Executive Director
Tom Zucker plans to submit a
proposal by the March 16 dead-
line so he can maintain the
kitchen. He said VAC has been
at 330 Grove St. since it helped
the city acquire a grant to re-
model the building around
1969. The agency serves up to
80 seniors and their spouses
lunch out of that building dai-
ly, he said.
“We’re not particularly
concerned,” Zucker said.
David Miller, the executive
director of the Family Service
Agency, which runs the Senior
Service Center, has some dif-
ferent questions. His agency
has used the empty Elder Care
Services space for additional
programming since last fall, he
said.
He plans to submit an appli-
cation for both spaces.
“This came around as some-
thing of a surprise,” Miller
said. “We’re hoping we’re able
to continue using both spaces.”
What’s next?
Social service agencies with aproven track record of providingservices to DeKalb residents haveuntil March 16 to submit proposalsto the city. The available unit is1,400 square feet. The DeKalb CityCouncil will award leases on April27.
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Ollie’s celebrates opening day in Sycamore
ABOVE: Ollie’s co-owner JoeCranden scoops cashewsonto a sundae, while managerCourtney Olson (center) pumpshot fudge onto vanilla frozencustard, and employee Erin West(right) takes orders at Ollie’s Fro-zen Custard in Sycamore. Ollie’scelebrates 30 years this seasonand 15 years being owned byValerie and Joe Cranden. RIGHT:Ollie’s manager Courtney Olsonfinishes making a hot fudgesundae by placing a cherry.
grant funding for our Title Igrant and our IDEA, which isour special education grant.”
Without the budget cuts,this current school year thedistrict is operating with $10.2million in the fund balance.Without spending reductions,that number would drop to$6.8 million at the start of fis-cal 2016, $3.4 million for fiscal
2017, $254,373 for fiscal 2018and eventually be $3 millionin the red for fiscal 2019.
The cash-on-hand fundwas expected to be short by$506,382 come July, the start offiscal 2016.
But with the reductions inplace, the total fund balancewill stand at $8.7 million in2018, and the cash-on-handfund will be at $951,019 thissummer.
Waymire, feeling the stingof the cuts to special educa-
tion for her son, maintains thecuts to the special educationdepartment are “dispropor-tionate,” which she told theboard at Tuesday’s meeting,and said the district’s plansfor cuts “weren’t very trans-parent.”
“[My son] is our first con-cern, but also I’m concernedfor the great teachers,” Way-mire said. “They may notwant to provide the same levelof support with the lack of re-sources.”
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DeKALB – A Rockfordman who police say plannedto sell 10 bags of heroin in Ge-noa is scheduled to appear inDeKalb County Court on drugconspiracy charges on March2.
Martez L. Boose-Moore, 26,of the 3100 block of GladstoneAvenue, Rockford, was arrest-ed Friday after he came to the3000 block of Carolwood Drivein Genoa to sell the heroin for$280, according to court re-cords.
DeKalb County SheriffChief Deputy Gary Dumdiesaid police learned that Boose-Moore planned to come to theresidence in Genoa to makethe drug deal.
A b o u t a nh o u r a n d 4 5minutes afterthe initial call,pol ice saw avehicle driv -i n g t o w a r dthe home withBoose-Moore inthe passengerseat. Deputiesstopped the carand found mar-ijuana next toBoose -Moore ,a c c o r d i n g t ocourt records.
The driverof the vehicle,Davin L. Mc-Dowall, 29, of the 1100 blockof Shenandoah Avenue, Rock-ford, was found in possessionof a hypodermic syringe and
needles.Police say McDowall told
them that had he was givingBoose-Moore a ride in ex-change for a couple of bags ofheroin, court records show.
Boose-Moore was chargedwith criminal drug conspira-cy and possession of marijua-na. If convicted of the mostserious charge, drug conspir-acy, he could face betweenfour and 15 years in prison.
McDowall was chargedwith unlawful possession of ahypodermic syringe.
Boose-Moore’s bond wasset at $200,000 and he re-mained in DeKalb CountyJail on Wednesday. McDow-all’s bond was set at $10,000.He also remained in DeKalbCounty Jail on Wednesday.He is next due in court Feb. 27.
MartezL. Boose-Moore
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DORIS E. BECKBorn: Sept. 6, 1924; in Dallas, TXDied: Feb. 23, 2015; in Rochelle, IL
Doris E. Beck, died on Monday,February 23, 2015, at the RochelleCommunity Hospital. She was bornon September 6, 1924 in Dallas,Texas, the daughter of Beltonand Katherine McCullough Steed.She married Harold “Bill” Beck inRochelle in 1949, he preceded heron February 28, 1983.Doris worked as a teacher in the
Rochelle Elementary School District.She enjoyed traveling, includingtrips to Europe, British Isles, andAsia.She is a member of the First
Presbyterian Church, DAR, and pastpresident of the Rochelle Women’sClub.Doris is preceded in death by her
parents; husband; daughter andson-in-law Barbara and Dan Little-john; and sister, Pat Parnell.Survived by her daughter, Nancy
(John) Gleissner of Rochelle; 3grandchildren, Steve Gleissnerof Ferndale, Washington, JaimieGleissner of Stebbins, Alaska, andKerri Gleissner of Washington, IL;and a sister, Kay (William) Schafferof Georgetown, Kentucky.Memorial service will be held at
1:00 p.m., on Thursday, March 5,2015, at the Unger Horner FuneralHome, 400 N 6th St., Rochellewith the Rev. Dr. James A. Tilleyofficiating.In lieu of flowers, the family re-
quests that you smile and remem-ber Doris fondly.Guest book at www.UngerHorner.
com
IONE J. COREY
Ione June Corey, age 91, of Syca-more, died Tuesday, February 24,2015, in Wilmington, North Carolina.Arrangements are pending at the
Butala Funeral Home and Cremato-ry in Sycamore.For information, go to www.
ButalaFuneralHomes.com or call815-895-2833
LEON C. SINGLETONBorn: Oct. 17, 1927; in Harrisburg,AR
Died: Feb. 24, 2015; in DeKalb, IL
Leon CalvinSingleton, age 87,of DeKalb, went toHeaven to celebratewith Jesus Tuesday,February 24, 2015,at DeKalb CountyRehab & Nursing
Center, DeKalb.Born October 17, 1927, in Harris-
burg, Arkansas, the son of ThomasO. and Oma (Morris) Singleton.Leon married Pansy M. Summers onApril 3, 1964. They spent more than50 wonderful years together.After attending Sycamore High
School, Leon worked at AnacondaWire & Cable for 17 years andNorthern Illinois University for 26years.Leon was a lifelong member of
Cathedral of Praise, DeKalb. Heloved God with all of his heart andserved in many capacities in thechurch. Leon had a heart of a ser-vant and spent his life serving Godand loving others. He was a manwho loved knowledge and had acontagious laugh. He will be greatlymissed.He leaves his loving memories
to be cherished by his loving wife,Pansy Singleton of DeKalb; daugh-ters, Donna (Chuck) Jordan, Vicky(Mike) Carrier and Angela Irving;sons, Terry Singleton, Richard(Teresa) Summers, Tracy (Tami)Summers, Jack (Lisa) Summers,Timothy (Debbie) Summers andChuck Singleton; 24 grandchildren;30 great-grandchildren; and twogreat-great-grandchildren.He was preceded in death by his
beloved parents, three brothers,one sister, two grandsons and onegreat-granddaughter.The funeral service will be held at
11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 28,2015, at Cathedral of Praise, 1126South First Street, DeKalb, with theRev. Eric Wyzard officiating. Burialwill follow at Elmwood Cemetery,Sycamore. Visitation will be from10:00 a.m., Saturday at the church
until the time of service at 11:00a.m.In lieu of flowers, memorials can
be made to the Leon C. SingletonMemorial Fund, sent to the Sin-gleton Family in care of AndersonFuneral Home, P.O. Box 605, 2011South Fourth Street, DeKalb, IL60115.For information, visit www.
AndersonFuneralHomeLtd.com orcall 815-756-1022.
MARILYN J. SMITHBorn:May 9, 1929; in Pekin, ILDied: Feb. 21, 2015; in Green Valley,AZ
Marilyn J. Smithof Interlochen,Michigan, and previ-ously of Sycamore,passed away onSaturday, February21, 2015, in Green
Valley, Arizona. She was born onMay 9, 1929, to Helen NeddermanJansen and William D. Jansen inPekin, Illinois.Marilyn grew up in Pekin and at-
tended Illinois Wesleyan University.She transferred to NorthwesternUniversity and graduated in 1951,with a Bachelor of Science degree inNursing. While at IWU, Marilyn metDon L. Smith from Polo, Illinois. Theywere married on September 3, 1950.Marilyn held various nursing
positions throughout her life. Sheearned a Bachelor of Science degreein Education, at Aurora College in1975. She was a school nurse andteacher for many years at SycamoreHigh School. Marilyn loved nursingand teaching and was glad to haveexperience in both areas.After retiring to Interlochen, Mich-
igan, Marilyn worked as a nurse,and volunteer at Interlochen ArtsAcademy, through 2013. She lovedvolunteering, and was Volunteer ofthe Year at Interlochen Arts Acade-my for 5 years.In high school and college,
Marilyn was involved in manymusical events and productions.She enjoyed singing in church choirs
for over 70 years. The MethodistChurch of Sycamore and CentralMethodist Church in Traverse City,Michigan were the most notable.While wintering in Green Valley,
Arizona for the last 16 years,Marilyn enjoyed volunteering atDazee’s-Hands of a Friend and theCountry Fair White Elephant. Shealways enjoyed helping people.Marilyn is preceded in death by
her husband, Don L. Smith (1978);and her brother, Kenneth D. Jansenof Pekin, IL (2005)Marilyn is survived by her two
daughters, Cynthia (Timothy)Smith-Jans of Elmhurst, IL and JulieSmith of Green Valley, formerly ofTraverse City Michigan; her brother,William (Nora) Jansen of Las Vegas,NV; sister-in-law, Marcia Jansen ofPekin, IL; special cousin, VirginiaWoodrow Jensen of Green Valley,AZ; nieces, Lynn Ann Jansen (Brad)Curless of Pekin; and Lori Fabry(Andrew) Preston of Portland, OR;and nephews, Jeff Fabry (Teri) ofHonolulu, HI, Michael Jansen ofLongmont, CO, and Paul Jansen ofLaguna Hills, CA.A Celebration of Life will be held in
Michigan at a later date.Donations in Marilyn’s honor may
be given to the Marilyn J. SmithMemorial Scholarship at Interlo-chen Center for the Arts, P.O. Box199, Interlochen, MI 49643-0199;or www.interlochen.org, SoulisticHospice, P.O. Box 1990, Tubac, AZ85646-1990, or a charity of thedonor’s choice.
MARILYN R. WEINGARZBorn: Sept. 12, 1940; in Lincoln, ILDied: Feb. 23, 2015; in DeKalb, IL
Marilyn R. We-ingarz, age 74, ofDeKalb, formerly ofLincoln, died at 8:20p.m., February 23,2015, at OakcrestRetirement Home,
DeKalb, IL.Marilyn was born September
12, 1940, in Lincoln, Illinois, thedaughter of John and Vera Marie
Miller Yeates. She married JosephR. Weingarz, September 27, 1959,in Lincoln. He preceded her in deathFebruary 21, 2010.Marilyn is survived by two sons,
Jeff (Julie) Weingarz of Sycamore,Joseph Weingarz of Naperville; fivegrandchildren, Amelia, Kevin, Sean,Clare, and Maggie; one brother, JohnD. (Chris) Yeates; two sisters, Car-olyn (Steve) Schreiber and Joelyn(Tim) Kelly.She was preceded in death by her
parents; husband; and daughter-in-law, Judi Weingarz.Marilyn was a lifelong member
of Immanuel Lutheran Church ofLincoln, having served the Immanuelcommunity as a Church Councilmember, Sunday school teacher,choir member, in addition to servingmany years as the church secretary.She recently served the Central/Southern Illinois Synod of the Evan-gelical Lutheran Church in Americaas a Synodically Authorized Min-ister. She also worked many yearsas a loan processor with OlympicFederal and State Bank of Lincoln.Marilyn was an avid sports fan,
with a passion for Lincoln Railerfootball and basketball, the ChicagoCubs, and the Chicago Bears. Therole Marilyn enjoyed most wasthat of Grandmother, for her owngrandchildren and for those of hernieces and nephews. She lovedattending their many dance recitals,soccer games, football games,choral performances, theater perfor-mances, as well as birthday parties,confirmations, and graduations.Services for Marilyn will be at
10:00 a.m., Saturday, February28, 2015, at Immanuel LutheranChurch of Lincoln, with Rev. CandidaTurner and Rev. Andrew Nyrenofficiating. Visitation will be Fridayevening from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., atthe church. Burial will be at a laterdate in Abraham Lincoln NationalCemetery, Joliet, IL.Memorials may be given in her
honor, to Immanuel LutheranChurch or the Logan County FoodPantry.Services were entrusted to Fric-
ke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home,Lincoln.
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SycamoreRobert A. Edmunds, 43, of Genoa
was chargedMonday, Feb. 23,with drivingwith an expired regis-tration, no proof of insurance, andan expired driver’s license.Julia E. Semethy, 22, of the 1500
block of Stonehenge Drive, Syca-more, was charged Saturday, Feb.21, with unlawful possession ofmarijuana and drug paraphernalia.Paul A. Yates, 39, of Sycamore
was chargedWednesday, Feb. 18,with retail theft.
Officials seek more detailon Rauner’s budget plan• BUDGET
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animals are put up for adop-tion.As of Wednesday, there wasonly a stray German shep-herd that had been theresince Monday, plus a pit bullquarantined for biting some-one, Berres said.
Stray dogs in Illinoisare traditionally a problemin warmer weather, snow-storms or during the holi-day season, when dogs slinkthrough a door left open be-tween visitors coming in andout, or that get spooked andrun away from any loud nois-es made during New Year’s
celebrations, according toSusan Taney, director of LostDogs Illinois, a website thathas reunited 13,000 dogs withtheir owners in four years.
“This weather keeps dogsin, and we don’t have the[site traffic] we do in hol-idays and when it becomesspring,” Taney said. “This iskind of a downtime, but wealways get quite a few dogson the weekends.”
Similar sites are set up forWisconsin, Arizona, Minne-sota and Colorado.
It’s a different story at theDeKalb County Animal Shel-ter, which usually sees dogsthat have been abandonedrather than lost.
“Instead of doing the re-
sponsible thing, they justlet them go,” said RobertaShoaf, shelter executive di-rector. “If everyone tookresponsibility of their pets,that would solve the prob-lem. But how likely is that tohappen?”
In addition to having yourdog microchipped – a smallimplant that Animal Controland other organizations canscan for all of the pet owner’sinformation – “there’s a lotof little things you can do,”Berres said.
“Make sure you have adouble door, like a screendoor and a regular door, andthey’re both shut securely,”Berres said.
Or you can be as lucky as
Schmerbach, and have neigh-bors who posted on Facebookabout Mabel being missing,and searched the neighbor-hood for her, Schmerbachsaid.
For Welsand, who foundMabel and kept her in a cratein her home while she wasat work, helping the lost dogwas a no-brainer.
“I’m always looking out,”Welsand said.
For those who have lost adog, or who could one day doso, Schmerbach said the bestthing to do is call AnimalControl.
“There’s some misconcep-tions and negative connota-tions about them,” she said,“but they’re here to help.”
Weather, technology play key roles in keeping track of lost dogs• DOGS
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Program puts drug test inhands of Chicago policeSPRINGFIELD – A House
panel on Wednesday backeda proposed pilot program thatwould allow Chicago police touse a field test to determinewhether a recovered substanceis marijuana, cocaine or heroin.Chicago police Superinten-
dent Garry McCarthy would beresponsible for creating the pro-gram, under the bill that passed
the House Judiciary Committee15-0. Backers of the legislationsaid the test is easy to use andcould expand to other depart-ments if successful in Chicago.State Rep. John Anthony, a
Republican from Plainfield, whois a co-sponsor of the measure,called it a “much-needed tool”for officers.” He said the testhelp speeds up the time it takesfor testing drugs and gets adefendant in front of a judge
sooner.McCarthy, Cook County
State’s Attorney Anita Alvarezand the director of the CookCounty Department of Correc-tions also will be responsible tokeeping track of the number ofdays each defendant in custodyas part of the program andreport to the pilot program’sstudy committee, if the bill issigned into law.
– Wire report
there have been some discus-
sion at the staff level, no signif-
icant negotiations have taken
place between Rauner and the
Legislature.
Cullerton wants Rauner to
release a greater level of de-
tail about budget plans before
granting expanded authority
for the current year, Phelon
said. She also noted that Cul-
lerton wants next year’s budget
conversations to be “balanced,”
with discussions about new
revenues such as a potential tax
increases.
The Republican governor’s
proposed $32 billion budget for
fiscal year 2016, which begins in
July, would include deep cuts to
Medicaid, pensions and other
programs to bridge a roughly $6
billion budget gap without rais-
ing taxes. It raises no new reve-
nue and includes controversial
pension changes, which some
lawmakers argue may not pass
the Legislature, to account for
$2.2 billion of the savings.
“During Rauner’s cam-
paign, or certainly up until
this point, was a recognition
that new revenue needs to be
part of the budget mix,” Phelon
said. “But now ... it seems to be
absent from any conversation
about how we address structur-
al deficiencies.”
A $35.7 billion budget law-
makers passed last spring
didn’t allocate enough money
for expenses, while a decision
on extending Illinois’ income
tax increase went unaddressed,
in part due to the November
election. The tax increase rolled
back on Jan. 1, from 5 percent
to 3.75 percent for individuals,
and from 7 percent to 5.25 per-
cent for corporations, creating
a $1.6 billion hole.
“This is not a game,” Raun-
er’s spokesman, Catherine
Kelly, said in an emailed state-
ment. “Illinois is in a financial
crisis, and child care centers
and the safety of our prisons
are at risk. As far as the Raun-
er administration is concerned,
the deadline to find a responsi-
ble solution to the $1.6 billion
budget hole was yesterday. The
governor remains committed
to finding a responsible way
forward that manages our im-
mediate fiscal crisis without
raising taxes and without irre-
sponsible borrowing.”
It’s sad that diseases such as measles and whoop-
ing cough have emerged again as public health
concerns.
In order to protect its most vulnerable citizens,
Illinois should make it a priority to enforce existing
laws regarding immunization and make it harder for
people to skip them.
This year, there have been 15 confirmed cases
of measles in Illinois, most of them attributable to
an outbreak at a KinderCare facility in Palatine,
where many of the children who became sick were
too young to have received their first dose of measles
vaccine.
That is where the issue crosses the line from one
of personal choice into one of protecting the vulner-
able.
Unvaccinated people jeopardize the safety of those
who cannot be vaccinated, either because they’re too
young or they have compromised immune systems.
Those people rely on what health professionals call
“herd immunity” for protection.
Illinois law requires parents to prove that their
children have been immunized against 10 communi-
cable diseases before they can enroll in school.
State law allows parents to claim a religious
exemption from the rule by writing a statement
detailing how immunizations violate their religious
beliefs.
In a survey of Illinois schoolchildren by the
Illinois State Board of Education during the 2013-14
school year, about 98.3 percent of students reported
being vaccinated for measles.
More than 13,500 Illinois schoolchildren were
unprotected from the measles because of religious
exceptions, and another 13,800 simply went unvacci-
nated.
Their parents didn’t comply with the law, and
they were allowed to attend school anyway.
It’s relatively easy to formulate a religious exemp-
tion argument and very difficult to argue against
one. For those who don’t feel like taking the time
for write their own objection letter, form letters are
available online – they can just fill in the blanks.
A proposal filed Friday by State Sen. John
Mulroe, a Chicago Democrat, would make it more
difficult for people to claim religious exemptions by
adding paperwork – including a notarized statement
from a religious official – to the process.
This plan would make it more difficult for people
to claim religious exemptions and therefore could
discourage those who are not sincere religious objec-
tors.
Another option would be to eliminate all exemp-
tions except for medical ones. Two states – Missis-
sippi and West Virginia – take this stance. In those
states, vaccination rates top 99 percent and no cases
of measles have been reported since the 1990s.
Any rule that makes it more difficult for people
to skip protecting themselves as well as infants and
others with health conditions seems a step in the
right direction. However, if the state’s own records
are to be believed, the number of unvaccinated stu-
dents could be virtually halved if we enforced rules
that already exist.
If we truly want to eradicate measles again and
protect everyone, the only way to do so is to refuse to
allow people to skip immunizations.
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Enforce, tightenvaccination rules
White House aides are whispering that PresidentBarack Obama’s veto of the Keystone XL pipelineauthorization bill signals a new phase of his presi-dency, and we suppose they’re right.
He’ll finish out his tenure as a Howard Hughes-like penthouse recluse who is ever more withdrawnfrom the political and economic center.
The legislation to build the Keystone XL pipelinethat Obama rejected Tuesday enjoys a broad biparti-san consensus, including support from nine SenateDemocrats and 28 in the House.
Business, labor unions, most consumers, and allyand trading partner Canada also are in favor of this$8 billion infrastructure project, which will createjobs, strengthen North American energy securityand increase prosperity.
Obama is refusing these benefits to bow to theenvironmental-left fringe that opposes all carbonenergy.
The reason he gave in a quiet veto message toCongress – no speech, no cameras – was that the bill“cuts short thorough consideration of issues thatcould bear on our national interest.”
The Keystone has been in regulatory limbo forabout 2,300 days in perhaps the most extensive per-mitting review in the history of American govern-ment.
Aside from his green billionaire friends, we sus-pect Obama also wanted to frustrate what happens tobe an incidental Republican priority:
The House is 11 votes and the Senate merely fourvotes short of the two-thirds majority necessary foran override.
The Washington press corps is all but filing pro-files of Obama’s veto pen (a Cross Townsend roll-er-ball) and explaining that his wall of vetoes againstanything that comes out of Congress is his “strategy”for the next two years.
The better way of putting it is that Obama willleave office increasingly isolated, obstructionist andpartisan.
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Don’t blame liberal media for Giuliani gaffeBy JONATHAN BERNSTEIN
Bloomberg News
We’ve had a terrific demonstration overthe last week or so of why the belief inliberal media bias is so strong.
It isn’t because of actual liberal mediabias. Academic research finds plenty ofways the press gets things wrong, but anideological slant isn’t one of them.
Most bias has to do with the industry’snorms (stories involving the president getmore play than articles about governors,and so on). In some cases, the self-inter-est of the media plays a role, whetherit’s promoting freedom of the press, forexample, or building up anyone who mighttake on Hillary Clinton for the Democraticpresidential nomination as a way to buildinterest in that snooze fest.
What sustains the belief in liberal bias?It’s the go-to explanation among conserva-tives for almost everything that happens,and has been for at least four decades.Repeat something long enough, withoutstrong opposition, and people will accept it.
So the reaction to the Rudy Giulianistory, in which the former New York may-or claimed Barack Obama didn’t “love”America, invoked howls of media biasfrom conservatives.
Some said it wasn’t a story at all –
Giuliani hasn’t been in office for years, sowho cares what he says? Isn’t there realnews out there? Others were upset thatRepublican candidates were pressed toagree or disagree with Giuliani – look, theliberal media is trying to make conserva-tive politicians look stupid!
But we had an almost perfect parallel inthe coverage of Howard Dean’s complaintthat Republican Gov. Scott Walker of Wis-consin shouldn’t be president because hedidn’t graduate from college.
Giuliani left office in 2001, ran for pres-ident in 2008, has since been out of activepolitics but shows up on TV all the time.Dean left office a year after Giuliani did,ran for president in 2004, was DemocraticNational Committee chairman through2008, has since been out of active politicsbut shows up on TV all the time.
Republicans were forced to take a standon whether Obama loves America; Demo-crats were pressed to say if they thoughta college dropout was unqualified to bepresident.
The Giuliani story was bigger onlybecause attacking the president is a biggerdeal than attacking one of many Repub-lican presidential candidates, and NewYork (where much of the national media isbased) trumps Vermont.
Both accusations were pretty much
denounced by everyone; both sparkedpredictable partisan bashing and a fewinteresting reflections.
But liberals didn’t go crying aboutconservative media bias in the Dean-Walk-er case because they don’t see every newsstory as an example of prejudice againstthem. Conservatives do.
For example, they screamed that themedia ignored the scandal ending the ca-reer of Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber ofOregon, but as Philip Bump explained, thistoo was caused by ordinary press norms,not ideological bias.
Kitzhaber’s scandals were under-cov-ered (at least in the national media)compared with those of Republican ChrisChristie because Christie is running forpresident and he’s a governor in the NewYork area. Think about it. The press hard-ly ignored scandals costing DemocraticGov. Rod Blagojevich or Gov. Eliot Spitzertheir jobs. It’s just that Democrats neverinterpreted those firestorms as examples ofRepublican media bias.
There’s nothing wrong with pointingout when news coverage is wrong orwrong-headed. But ideology isn’t at theroot of those mistakes and biases.
• Jonathan Bernstein is a BloombergView columnist covering U.S. politics.
Obama veto leaves himisolated during this term
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ANOTHER VIEW
GOP unites to ignore immigration in ’16Immigration is supposed to
be a bitterly divisive topic forRepublicans. Yet a very narrowrange of opinion separates theparty’s leading presidentialcandidates, which is unfortu-nate for the country.
The last Republican presi-dential nominee, Mitt Romney,opposed giving legal status toillegal immigrants. But most ofthe candidates this time aroundfavor it.
Jeb Bush thinks manyillegal immigrants should beoffered legal status, and maybeeven citizenship. Scott Walkerhas taken the same view. Sohave Marco Rubio and BobbyJindal. Ted Cruz (for the re-cord, a friend of mine) opposescitizenship but favors offeringlegal status. That’s where RandPaul is, too.
None of them, understand,supports “amnesty”: That’swhat they call other people’splans. They just happen to sup-port policies that are identicalto what amnesty opponents saythey’re against.
And that’s not the onlypart of immigration policywhere the field has reacheda consensus. Paul and Bush
both explicitly favor expansiveguest-worker programs; noneof the other top-tier candidateshas spoken up against it. Every-one also seems to favor increas-ing legal immigration. Severalof them say so explicitly, whileothers’ views can be inferredfrom their comments and votes.
The outlier among Republi-can candidates is Rick Santo-rum, who has voted againstguest-worker programs andthinks legal immigration levelsshould be reduced. He’s “theonly one who’s trying to pushthe envelope in terms of what’sbeing debated,” says MarkKrikorian, who heads the Cen-ter for Immigration Studies, arestrictionist research group.
But Santorum’s view is nota fringe one. In the most recentGallup Poll on the topic, 39percent of Americans wantedless immigration and only 7percent wanted more. Youwouldn’t know it from watch-ing politicians. When Sen. Jeff
Sessions of Alabama offeredan amendment that would caplegal immigration over the nextdecade at a generous 33 million,he was the only one to vote forit. Seventeen of his JudiciaryCommittee colleagues (includ-ing Cruz) said no.
Krikorian argues that “thisis an elite versus the publicissue.” Business executives,religious leaders and editorialwriters at prominent publica-tions – along with the politi-cians who spend time withthem, court their approvaland seek their donations – aremuch more likely than otherAmericans to want increasedimmigration.
This elite consensus hassomething to recommend it,especially its sympathy for andrealism about the millions ofunauthorized immigrants whohave been living in the U.S. foryears. But granting them legalstatus may just encourage moreillegal immigration unless pol-iticians resolve to enforce thelaws more strictly – and muchof the public doesn’t trust themto do that, partly because theyknow that elites don’t representthem on this issue.
This zeal among Republicancandidates for higher levelsof immigration, as well as fora guest-worker program, alsoseem wrongheaded as a matterof policy. It stands to reasonthat immigrants would assim-ilate more quickly – and earnhigher wages – if the countrytook in fewer of them, anddidn’t consign many of them toa second-tier workforce withoutthe rights and responsibilitiesof citizenship. It would proba-bly also be better for Americansdoing low-wage work if theydidn’t have to compete withtemporary workers willing toput up with poor pay and laborconditions.
These are questions thatcould usefully be debated bypresidential candidates. Butthat would require candidateswho disagreed about them. Intheir absence, what we willprobably get instead of a realdebate are more word gamesabout “amnesty.”
• Ramesh Ponnuru, aBloomberg View columnist, isa senior editor for National Re-view and a visiting fellow at theAmerican Enterprise Institute.
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DeKALB – There would beno heartbreak at the buzzerthis time for the NorthernIllinois women’s basketballteam.
The Huskies got a mas-terful performance fromsophomore point guard AllyLehman and came up with acrucial run in the final min-utes to secure a 69-62 win overCentral Michigan on Wednes-
day at the NIU ConvocationCenter.
Lehman flirted with a tri-ple-double, finishing withnine points, eight reboundsand a career-high 10 assistsand provided strong defenseagainst Chippewas’ star play-er Crystal Bradford.
“I thought Ally did a greatjob on her,” Northern Illinoiscoach Kathi Bennett said
of Bradford, who scored 19
points on 7-of-15 shooting but
had to make several difficult
shots. “We played her as tight
as we possibly could. ... Since
I’ve been here, it’s the best
defensive job we’ve done on
her.”
“I knew that if Bradford
got the first step, I’d have my
teammates in the gap,” Leh-
man said. “I thought she did
a lot more shake-and-bake
and as long as you keep her
in front, it’s fine.”
Amanda Corral finished
with a game-high 25 points,
including 10 for 11 from the
free-throw line. She scored
eight points in the final 1:48,
including a fast-break layup
to put the game away.
Freshman Kelly Smith
added 16 points for the Hus-
kies, who had two of their
previous three losses come at
the buzzer.
“I’m really proud of the
way the team bounced back,”
Bennett said. “I thought they
showed great mental tough-
ness. I’m really proud of
them.”
It was the Huskies first
win over Central Michigan
since 2011.
“My first year we beat
them, then it’s been a little
bit of a drought since Crys-
tal’s joined them,” Bennett
said. “She’s done some dam-
age to us in the past.”
The victory could end up
being crucial for the Huskies,
who are now tied with Cen-
tral Michigan for the covet-
ed No. 8 seed – which hosts a
first-round game in the MAC
Tournament.
I don’t have all the an-swers, but that has neverstopped me from coming upwith one.
In the sad case of DerrickRose, I’m lost and can’t befound. There are no answers.There is nowhere to turnfor optimism, for reason tobelieve. There is no one leftto blame.
It will be impossible totrust his body anymore. Youcould use his knees of clay asskeet-shooting targets. Evenbefore Tuesday’s news of aplanned third surgery landedwith a mushroom cloud,whatever trust there mighthave been was hanging by afew strands of ligament andcartilage.
The very idea of DerrickRose, of a ridiculously explo-sive point guard, is finished.This is not a eulogy, justreality. That man is gone.He might work his way backto relative health, as he didafter his most recent surgeryfor a torn meniscus, but noone in his right mind thinksRose will ever be close to theplayer he once was for theBulls. He is the latter-dayversion of Gale Sayers, aburst of brilliance for theBears until his knees be-trayed him. And that hurts.
As Rose prepares forsurgery to repair a meniscustear in his right knee, onething is painfully clear: Hisbody wasn’t built for the wayhe plays the game of basket-ball.
Think about the crueltyin that.
He was blessed with adizzying amount of talentbut cursed with a body thatcan’t handle all the stresseshis talent demands. He’s acutting-edge airplane withlanding-gear design flaws.
We’ve spent years arguingabout anything and every-thing involved with Rose– his rehab, his courage, hishandlers, his minutes, hisdesire, his medical decisionsand his huge contracts withthe Bulls and with Adidas.From the perspective ofwhere he is now, leg elevatedand spirits sunk, it seemslike so much noise. It seemslike so much silliness.
Rose’s game was upsidedown this season.
He wanted to shoot3-pointers more than hewanted to drive to the basketwith reckless abandon, theway he used to in healthierdays.
Maybe he knew some-thing.
Maybe his knees werewhispering to him that theycouldn’t live life in the fastlane anymore.
For months, coach TomThibodeau had been harpingpublicly on the importance
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CHICAGO – Joakim Noah’semotions after he heard DerrickRose will have yet another kneesurgery could be summed up intwo words.
“Angry. Sad,” Noah said.The news that Rose is out
again hit the Bulls hard. Andthey didn’t get much relief fromthe Hornets.
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had18 points and 12 rebounds,Mo Williams scored 17 andCharlotte beat the Bulls, 98-86,Wednesday night.
Al Jefferson added 16 pointsto help the Hornets snap a five-game losing streak. But all thatwas overshadowed by the newsthat Rose needs another oper-ation.
“For them, I would thinkthat, mentally, there’s no ques-tion it will take a few gamesto get used to playing withouthim,” Charlotte coach SteveClifford said.
The Bulls revealed Tuesdaynight that their star point guardhas a torn meniscus in his rightknee, a big blow to the franchiseand its fan base. That fueledmore doubts about whether the2011 NBA MVP will ever be thesame, let alone lead the Bulls toits first championship since theMichael Jordan-Scottie Pippenera.
A similar injury limited Roseto 10 games last season and cutshort his long-awaited come-back.
He sat out the 2012-13 seasonrecuperating from a torn ACLin his left knee. It’s not clear ex-actly when he will have surgery
or how much time he will miss.“We all were affected by it,”
Pau Gasol said. “They mighthave been through this before,but it’s the third time it’s hap-pened.”
It’s an all-too-familiar feelingfor the Bulls, which droppedinto a tie with Cleveland forthe Central Division lead. TheBulls had won six of seven, butclearly, there was a hangoverfrom the news about their pointguard.
Gasol, who came to the Bullshoping to make a run at a cham-pionship after winning two withthe Lakers, led the Bulls with 25points and 13 rebounds for hisleague-leading 38th double-dou-ble. He also had four blocks.
Jimmy Butler scored 14. Aar-on Brooks, starting for Rose,was off target in a 12-point per-formance. He was 4 of 12 fromthe field, including 1 of 5 on3-pointers, and 3 for 8 at the freethrow line. The Bulls were 3 of17 from long range and 15 of 23at the foul line.
Kidd-Gilchrist capped a sev-en-point spurt with a pair ofdunks, making it 85-74 midwaythrough the fourth quarter. Jef-ferson scored six in an 8-0 runthat boosted the lead to 95-78with 2:25 left.
“We’ve got a good groupof guys,” Williams said. “Thecoaching staff has been great,and my teammates have beengreat. I enjoy playing with these
Wednesday’s ResultsCharlotte 98, Bulls 86Miami 93, Orlando 90 (OT)Atlanta 104, Dallas 87Boston 115, New York 94New Orleans 102, Brooklyn 96Milwaukee 104, Philadelphia 88Minnesota 97, Washington 77Houston 110, L.A. Clippers 105Phoenix 110, Denver 96L.A. Lakers 100, Utah 97Memphis at Sacramento (n)San Antonio at Portland (n)
Today’s GamesGolden State at Cleveland, 7 p.m.Oklahoma City at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m.
Friday’s GamesMinnesota at Bulls, 7 p.m.Washington at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.Cleveland at Indiana, 6 p.m.Orlando at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.Golden State at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.New York at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.Charlotte at Boston, 6:30 p.m.Miami at New Orleans, 7 p.m.Brooklyn at Houston, 7 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 7 p.m.Utah at Denver, 8 p.m.San Antonio at Sacramento, 9 p.m.Milwaukee at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.Oklahoma City at Portland, 9:30 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders 62 40 20 2 82 200 173N.Y. Rangers 59 37 16 6 80 186 145Pittsburgh 61 35 17 9 79 176 152Washington 62 33 19 10 76 184 156Philadelphia 61 26 24 11 63 162 178New Jersey 61 25 27 9 59 137 161Columbus 59 26 29 4 56 155 184Carolina 59 22 30 7 51 134 159Two points for a win, one point for OT loss
Wednesday’s Results
Calgary 3, New Jersey 1Pittsburgh 4, Washington 3Ottawa at Anaheim (n)
Today’s Games
Blackhawks at Florida, 6:30 p.m.Vancouver at Buffalo, 6 p.m.Arizona at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.Montreal at Columbus, 6 p.m.Philadelphia at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.St. Louis at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.Minnesota at Nashville, 7:30 p.m.Ottawa at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.Detroit at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Blackhawks at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.Boston at New Jersey, 6 p.m.Calgary at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.Washington at Carolina, 6 p.m.Colorado at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.Los Angeles at Anaheim, 9 p.m.
NHL
MEN’S TOP 25 SCHEDULE
Wednesday’s Results
No. 1 Kentucky 74, Mississippi St. 56
No. 2 Virginia 70, Wake Forest 34
No. 4 Duke 91, Virginia Tech 86 (OT)
No. 10 Northern Iowa 68, Evansville
57
No. 11 Wichita St. 63, Indiana St. 53
No. 19 Baylor 79, No. 12 Iowa St. 70
Richmond 67, No. 22 VCU 63 (2OT)
No. 23 Butler 73, Marquette 52
Today’s Games
No. 3 Gonzaga vs. San Diego, 10 p.m.
No. 7 Arizona at Colorado, 8 p.m.
No. 13 Utah vs. Arizona St., 9:30 p.m.
No. 21 SMU at Memphis, 8 p.m.
Friday
No games scheduled
Saturday’s Games
No. 1 Kentucky vs. No. 18 Arkansas,
3 p.m.
No. 2 Virginia vs. Virginia Tech, 3 p.m.
No. 3 Gonzaga vs. BYU, 9 p.m.
No. 4 Duke vs. Syracuse, 6 p.m.
No. 6 Villanova at Xavier, 1 p.m.
No. 7 Arizona at No. 13 Utah, 8 p.m.
No. 8 Kansas vs. Texas, 4 p.m.
No. 10 Northern Iowa at No. 11
Wichita St., 1 p.m.
No. 12 Iowa St. at Kansas St., 3 p.m.
No. 14 Maryland vs. Michigan, 11 a.m.
No. 15 North Carolina at Miami, 1 p.m.
No. 16 Oklahoma vs. TCU, 1 p.m.
No. 17 Louisville at Florida St., 11 a.m.
No. 19 Baylor vs. No. 20 West Virginia,
3 p.m.
No. 22 VCU vs. Dayton, 1 p.m.
No. 23 Butler at DePaul, 1 p.m.
No. 24 San Diego St. vs. Boise St.,
7 p.m.
NBA
NCAA BASKETBALL
LOCAL SCHEDULETODAY
Men’s basketballNJCAA Division II Playoffs:
Region IV quarterfinals, PrairieState at Kishwaukee College,7:15 p.m.
FRIDAYBoys swimming
State Championship, NewTrier Township High School,Winnetka
Boys basketballClass 1A Hinckley Regional:
Indian Creek vs. Ashton-Frank-lin Center, 7 p.m.DeKalb at Yorkville, 7 p.m.Sycamore at Morris, 7 p.m.Sterling at Kaneland, 7 p.m.Richmond-Burton at Ge-
Day named MAC trackathlete of weekClaudette Day of the North-
ern Illinois University wom-
en’s track and field team was
named Mid-American Con-
ference Track Athlete of the
Week, the league announced
Wednesday morning.
Day was honored after
breaking her own record in
the indoor 60-meter hurdles
last weekend at the Orange &
Blue Open in Urbana, finishing
in second place with a time
of 8.34 seconds – better than
her 8.43 that had set the NIU
record in January.
She also finished second in
the high jump (1.7 meters)
and took ninth in the 60 dash
(7.92 seconds) at the final
event of NIU’s indoor regular
season.
“It’s very exciting. This is
something that I’ve definitely
been working toward,” Day
said when she found out the
news. “I was very happy with
my time [in the 60-meter
hurdles], so it’s great [to be
recognized for that].”
– Staff report
HORNETS 98, BULLS 86
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Hornets beatBulls withRosemissing
AP photo
Charlotte Hornets guard Mo Williams shoots against Bulls forward PauGasol during the first half Wednesday at the United Center. The Hornetsbeat the Bulls, 98-86.
Rose’s contract has Bulls over a barrel
of Rose getting into the paint,and the Bulls were encour-aged of late by his willingnessto do so.
And now this. Was causeand effect involved? Even if itwere, I’m not sure what couldhave been done to protect hisknees. At some point, Rosewas going to have to fullypress down on the gas pedal.Whenever that happened, thisinjury was going to follow.
Would Rose the basketballplayer still be with us if Thi-bodeau knew how to pace hisplayers?
We will never know forsure, but, again, I think theanswer is clear. Nothing
would have made a differ-ence. No amount of coddlingor tough love would havechanged the future.
Rose rehabbed like a mad-man after his previous twosurgeries, one to repair theACL in his left knee in May2012, costing him the nextseason, the other to repair themeniscus in his right knee inlate 2013, limiting him to 10games last season. And noneof it could stop what happenedthis time.
I’m convinced of that pre-destination now. He was bornunder a bad sign: Can’t StayHealthy.
“It’s so unfair,” Thibodeausaid. “He’s been through somuch.”
What now? We know thedrill. At some point, Rose will
have a news conference to leteveryone know he’ll be backbetter than ever.
He’ll declare his unwav-ering belief in the idea thatthings happen for a reason.And many of us will feel awfulfor him. Those of you whobelieve that his many millionsof dollars will take away hispain don’t understand whatdrives him. He plays basket-ball. Period. If this happenedfor a reason, that reasonwas to deprive him of all heknows. And that stinks.
The Bulls are in a bad way.They gave Rose a five-year,$95 million contract extensionin 2012, and they’re on thehook for the next two seasonsat about $20 million per. Theyare hamstrung by that con-tract. No, they are kneecapped
by it. Whatever champion-ship window existed was justslammed on the fingers of vicepresident John Paxson andgeneral manager Gar Forman.
There will be plenty of timeto bemoan the Bulls’ situa-tion. We come together now tobemoan Rose’s terrible luck.This was the NBA’s MostValuable Player in 2010-11.This was a kid headed for adecade-plus of greatness. Andthen everything fell apart atwarp speed. Geez.
I don’t have all the an-swers, but I can usually con-jure up one. Not today. Maybenot ever on this topic.
• Rick Morrissey is a Chi-cago Sun-Times sports colum-nist. Write to him at [email protected].
• MORRISSEYContinued from page B1
BLACKHAWKS
Kane has surgery, maymiss 12 weeks
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1A Regional game. The Timberwolves beat the Royals, 57-43.
NIU pullsaway afterlead cut to 1• HUSKIESContinued from page B1
On Saturday, the Huskies(11-14 overall, 7-8 Mid-Amer-ican Conference West) playat Eastern Michigan (15-11,8-7) and the Chippewas (12-14, 7-8) play at Toledo (16-10,9-6).
“Coaches are aware of ita little bit,” Bennett said ofplayoff positioning. “But westay in the moment and ourfocus is on Eastern Mich-igan. They’re the hottestteam in our league rightnow.”
After building a 10-pointlead in the second half – ajumper by Smith made it 49-39 with 11:14 left – the Hus-kies allowed the Chippewasto cut it to 55-54 on a 3-point-er by Aleah Swary with 3:52left.
Then the Huskies madeone final push.
They went on a 7-0 run be-hind layups by Jenna Thorpand Smith and a three-pointplay by Corral, who keptCentral Michigan away bygoing 5 for 6 from the free-throw line the rest of thegame.
“I think we just had toweather the storm,” Smithsaid.
and Anthony Johnson hit anunbelievable game-winningshot.”
NIU led by three, 78-75,with less than three minutesto play, but Toledo scoredthe next six, all from JuliusBrown, to take an 81-78 leadwith just over a minute toplay.
Following a timeout, theHuskies missed their firstshot of the next possessionbut senior Jordan Threloffgrabbed one of his game-high10 rebounds to keep the pos-session alive for the Huskies.With a second chance on thepossession, Baker canned acorner triple to pull the Hus-kies back even, 81-81, with 55seconds to play.
Toledo earned a trip to thefoul line on its next posses-sion and Justin Drummondsplit a pair to put the Rocketsup, 82-81.
The Rockets went 27 of 31from the line in the contestwhile the Huskies were just7 of 8.
Trailing by one, Johnsonpulled up for his 3 with ahand in his face and buried itto give NIU an 84-82 lead with14 seconds to play.
Johnson finished withnine points and that was hislone three of the contest.
Toledo called a timeoutwith seven seconds left andBrown got the ball at the topof the key. The Huskie de-fense forced the Rocket guardto the sideline where hethrew up a desperation heaveat the buzzer that fell short asthe Huskies came away withthe two-point road win.
Five Rockets scored indouble figures, led by 20points from Brown.
Sycamore guard Bai-ley Gilbert was named theNorthern Illinois Big 12 EastMVP on Monday.
Spartan teammates Mad-elyne Johnson and LaurenGoff earned first team hon-ors, while Kaneland’s CamriConley and DeKalb’s AshleiLopez earned spots on thefirst team as well.
Sycamore’s Taiya Hop-kins, Kaneland’s BaileyCrimmins and DeKalb’sPaige Wogen were named tothe second team.
Galauner makes BNE team:Julie Galauner was the loneGenoa-Kingstobn represen-tive on the Big NorthernConference East All-Confer-ence team.
Genoa-Kingston’s JesiNay was an honorable men-tion.
LATE TUESDAYBOYS BASKETBALL
Hiawatha falls in playoffopener: Alex Flores hit sev-en 3-pointers and scored 36points, but Hiawatha fell toPecatonica, 73-62, in a Class1A Alden-Hebron Regionalquarterfinal.
Andrew Squires led Peca-tonica with 33 points.
G-K tops Harvard: TommyLucca scored 17 to lead Ge-noa-Kingston to a 71-40 winagainst Harvard.
GLENDALE, Ariz. – Not ev-erything about the 2014 WhiteSox’s bullpen was a disaster.When general manager RickHahn sifted through the rubbleof a relief corp that ranked 25thin baseball by FanGraphs, hesalvaged some usable pieces.
A hunk of this from ZachPutnam, a slab of that fromrookie Jake Petricka and ablock of that from Javy Guer-ra. And bits and chips fromhard-throwing rookie DanielWebb. When Hahn reeled in Da-vid Robertson for the hefty sumof $46 million for four years tobe his closer and filled in theleft-side duties with Zach Dukeand Dan Jennings, the burdenon the returnees was lighteneda bit. Their promise, buoyedby the experience gained un-der fire as late-inning guys in
a lost season, complements amachine rather nicely.
Now let’s see how well itruns.
In the dicey world of reliefpitchers’ up-and-down per-formance charts from year toyear, there’s no guarantee theSox’s pen will be better. Onpaper, it certainly should be iffor no other reason that Robert-son, who proved himself as thesuccessor to Mariano Rivera inNew York, is there.
“Having a guy like that onthe back end is a huge confi-dence boost for the whole staff,”Putnam said Wednesday. “Asfar as how my role and Petey’s[Petricka’s] role is we’re not re-ally sure yet but we know ourjob is to get from our starter toDavid.”
Petricka (2.96 ERA) had ateam-high 14 saves in his firstfull season in the majors, Put-nam (1.98) saved six and Guer-
ra (2.91), who saved 21 for theDodgers in 2011, chipped in onefor manager Robin Ventura,who mixed, matched, exper-imented and threw guys intothe fire because he had no oth-er choice. He also knew it couldpay off in their futures.
Now, Ventura knows theninth is covered.
“I like it,” Guerra said. “Itsolidifies the ninth inning forus, and given the team we hadlast year and the [good] thingswe are able to do, looking for-ward you’re seeing a youngteam that will compete for along time.
“Having [Robertson] givesRobin more clarity with whathe can do. We have a lot ofquality arms in the pen andhe’s really going to be doingthings that he couldn’t do be-fore. You’re seeing the game to-day, from the sixth inning youcan really affect it with your
bullpen. Given the guys whohad success last year and whatwe’ve added we can be one ofthose exceptional teams.”
A year ago, Putnam cameto camp recovering from armproblems. He survived almostevery cut and made it to the bigclub by mid-April.
“I needed to have a year likethat and springboard me backto being relevant again,” hesaid.
“I wish the team would
have had more success but I
think this year is our year. Last
year is over.”
Blown saves, lost leads and
late losses took wore that team
out.
Robertson, who said he
came to Chicago expecting to
play for a winner, is being paid
a bundle to change a lot of that.
“I’m hoping to step in and be
that guy that they need that is
dependable in the bullpen,” he
said.
WHITE SOX SPRING TRAINING
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The White Sox’s Chris Sale (left) bumps fists with David Robertsonduring a spring training workout Saturday in Glendale, Ariz.
MESA, Ariz. – It may not have adirect impact on Cubs baseball spend-ing anytime soon, but the Cubs haveraised close to half the cost of WrigleyField renovations through selling lim-ited ownership shares to six investorsin recent months – which could ulti-
mately lead to stadium revenues pro-viding a slight boost to payroll sooner.
“I think it was a really successfulprocess,” Cubs chairman Tom Rick-etts said Wednesday. “We brought insome really great investors. They’rereally going to help us fix the ballparkand get the team moving forward.”
The Rickettses won’t say howmuch was raised to apply toward the$375 million renovation project. Butsources say the total is in the $175 mil-lion range, making the average indi-vidual investment $25 million to $30million.
That more than offsets the poten-tial $150 million contribution fromthe city that was rescinded by May-
or Rahm Emanuel in 2012 after reve-lations of a racially tinged attack-adplan against President (and Emanuelpal) Barack Obama related to a SuperPAC with ties to the Ricketts family.
At least as significantly, the familyreached what is believed to be its in-vestment-level goal for the plan Rick-etts discussed with media before lastseason’s home opener, allowing thefranchise – still under a heavy load ofpurchase debt – to complete the reno-vations without potentially more cost-ly forms of paying for it.
“We had to finance it. There werea lot of different options,” said Rick-etts, whose family is doing the proj-ect without public financing beyond
a handful of tax breaks (and also withstadium-improvement considerationsthrough Major League Baseball). “Wechose the option of bringing in somelimited partners. The family’s puttingin more money also. So it’s a team ef-fort.”
The franchise was valued between$1.2 billion and $1.32 billion by busi-ness publications in the past year, butinternal valuations put the numbermuch higher, according to a CSNChi-cago.com report on the limited part-nerships – details of which ownershipsources did not dispute.
That could put the total non-con-trolling investments in the range of 10percent of those internal valuations.
Investors accountfor $175M towardrenovation plan
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Ramirez:He’s doneplaying
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MESA, Ariz. – On his firstday at spring training withthe Cubs, Manny Ramirez waslooking forward to his new jobas hitting consultant.
“I’m very blessed they haveconfidence in me,” Ramirezsaid Wednesday.
Suspended by Major LeagueBaseball in 2009 and 2011 forperformance-enhancing drugs,Ramirez was hired last summerby Cubs president of baseballoperations Theo Epstein as aplayer-coach for Triple-A Iowa.Epstein was Ramirez’s old bossin Boston.
Ramirez, 14th on the careerlist with 555 home runs, said hewill tell young players “the goodand the bad” of his career. Heshared his experience with mi-nor leaguers last year.
“You tell these young play-ers, ‘You don’t do this and youdon’t do that. This has conse-quences.’ That’s what I did,” hesaid.
A 12-time All-Star who lastappeared in the major leaguesduring the opening week ofthe 2011 season, the 42-year-oldRamirez played winter ball inthe Dominican Republic forAguilas Cibaenas and hit .409with six homers and 28 RBIs in147 at-bats.
Ramirez said he has no plansto manage or to try to playagain, and he is more concernedwith the development of playerssuch as Kris Bryant.
“I’m just happy to be a partof that,” Ramirez said. “The skyis the limit. I will keep workinghard in passing knowledge tothem.”
While Ramirez is workingfor the Cubs, former Cubs starSammy Sosa has not returnedto coach.
Traditional silhouette artists a rare breedBy JENNIFER FORKERThe Associated Press
The silhouette, an ancient form of portraiture, may bedying. Only a handful of artists have learned to cut theseprecision profiles – traditionally clipped from black paperand mounted on a white background – that were popular-ized in the 1800s in Europe and the United States.
In recent decades, the art form continued at amuse-ment parks and department stores, where parents wouldhave their children’s youth commemorated in profile.
Those options remain – and nonprofessionals cancraft children’s profiles using less intensive methods. Buttraditional silhouette artists, who create profile portraitsby eye, not tracing along the lines of shadows or photo-graphs, say their numbers are dwindling.
This worries Deborah O’Connor, a Westerly, RhodeIsland, silhouette artist.
“A lot of people don’t know what it’s about anymore,”O’Connor said. “To most people it looks very difficult.It really has dwindled down to maybe there’s a dozen –maybe fewer – in the United States who are out doing it.”
The pay can be good for those willing to pick up a
scissors and travel, said Erik Johnson of Charlotte, NorthCarolina, who learned the art form from his father whenhe was 10 and has been a professional silhouette artistfor nearly 20 years. But expenses can be high, and it’sphysically demanding.
Johnson often travels 50 weeks out of each year toply his trade, cutting profiles at children’s boutiques, toystores, museums, weddings and private parties.
“Silhouette artists have always been itinerant travel-ers,” said O’Connor, who chose a more sedentary careerwhen she opened the South County Artisan’s Loft at TheFantastic Umbrella Factory, an artists’ haven and shopsin Charlestown, Rhode Island. She’s been in the businessfor nearly 40 years, including thousands of practice hourscutting silhouette portraits at Disneyland in Japan in1999.
And that’s what this art form takes, say those doing it:artistic ability plus hours of practice.
“You have to be able to draw with scissors,” said CindiRose, a Houston-based silhouette artist for more than 40years. “You have to really look and measure the [sub-ject’s] features.”
In the 1800s, the silhouette was the poor man’s por-
trait, said Rose, and then it caught on among the wealthy.“It became a rage,” she said. “It became party enter-
tainment.”Today, a silhouette provides a charming countermea-
sure to the “selfie” and other techie portraiture.Clients are mesmerized by an artist’s ability to capture
profile features with a few scissor snips in minutes.“When it’s right, it’s really right,” O’Connor said about
capturing a profile. “People tell me, ‘It’s more real thanme.’ You feel as if the artist must have known that persondeeply, but that’s not the case. You’re following a lineand what comes out is this one person – nobody else.”
“The cutting isn’t even the amazing part,” O’Connorsaid. “What’s amazing is how well it works as a portrait.”
For those interested in learning the fine-art form,Rose shows how her work is done in “How to cut a papersilhouette” on YouTube.com. And O’Connor offers to trainany artist who wants to learn the silhouette-cutting craft.You just have to spend a week in her shop cutting outsilhouettes for passersby.
“I would be interested in teaching select people, andfrom different locations so they’re not in each other’sway,” O’Connor said. “That’d definitely revive the art.”
LOW PROFILE
The Beth Fowler DanceCompany and School ofDance of Genoa and St.Charles is teaming up withHall Associates Flying Effectsas it prepares for its springdance production of “Wizardof Oz” and “Swan Lake” to beperformed at DeKalb’s Egyp-tian Theatre, 135 N. SecondSt., DeKalb.
Show times are 7 p.m.March 6-7, and 2 p.m. March7-8. Each child’s ticket in-cludes a meet-and-greet withDorothy and her friends afterthe performance.
Hall Associates Flying Ef-fects has earned an excellentreputation nationally and in-ternationally with both largeand small productions. It hasroots in live theater produc-tions such as “Peter Pan” andincludes biblical dramas atthe Sight and Sound Theatersin Branson, Missouri, andLancaster, Pennsylvania.
The beloved classic “TheWizard of Oz” has been stagedand choreographed by BethFowler, featuring music fromthe 1939 movie. Hall Associ-ates Flying Effects has beenbrought in to work with thedancers and crew to featurethe flying witches and mon-keys, Glinda’s flying bubbleand other flying surprises,which Dorothy and her com-panions encounter on their
trip down the yellow brickroad in search of the Wizard.
Featured Oz dancers areLindsey Haugen, St. Charles,as Dorothy; Jenna Soldati,Geneva, as the Scarecrow;Hannah Whitten, Genoa, asthe Tin Man; Mary Rose Fair,Sycamore, as the CowardlyLion; Anna Raimondi, Genoa,and Brooke Fowler, Kingston,alternate as the Wicked Witchof the West; Haly Young,Genoa, and Rachel Olson,Genoa, alternate as Glindathe Good Witch.
The dance production
opens with excerpts of the19th century classical ballet“Swan Lake” performed tothe beautiful music of Tchai-kovsky.
Featured company dancersare Rachel Olson as the WhiteSwan and Haly Young as theBlack Swan.
Tickets for the productionare available online at www.egyptiantheatre.org or bycalling 815-758-1225. Early-bird discounts are availableuntil March 1. Tickets alsowill be available one hourbefore each performance.
ART
Environmental Exhibit: 7 to 9p.m. Fridays through Feb. 27,DeKalb Area Women’s Center,1021 State St., DeKalb. Displaysinclude DAWC projects; NIUInstitute for the Study ofEnvironment, Sustainability &Energy; NIU Feb. 14 Memorial;DeKalb County CommunityGardens; DeKalb County MasterGardeners; Historic Preserva-tion in DeKalb County; recycledbook art by Tammy Johnston;upcycled fiber art by MarilynHrymak; barnwood art by KenEhrhart; spoons by Rick Borret;landscape collage by LennyMack; and wheel-thrown pot-tery by Anna Marie Coveny.Free; many works for sale. Alsoavailable by appointment at815-758-1351.
Kishwaukee College Art Gallery
Faculty Show: Through March6, Kishwaukee College, Malta.Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.Monday through Thursday. Art-ists reception: Noon to 2 p.m.Feb. 26. Information: 815-825-2086, ext. 5610.
“In Retrospect,” silverpoint
drawings and prints by Robert
L. Bornhuetter: March 1 through28, The Art Box, 308 E. LincolnHighway, DeKalb. Openingreception: 2 to 4 p.m. March 1.
Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.Monday through Saturday. Infor-mation: 815-758-0313, [email protected] or dekalbgal-lery.com.
“Curated by DeKalb: 50 Years of
the Anthropology Museum”:
Through May, Cole Hall, North-ern Illinois University, DeKalb.Museum hours: 10 a.m. to 4p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Free.www.niu.edu/anthro_museum.
AUDITIONS
Stage Coach Players auditions:
1 to 5 p.m. Feb. 28 and March 1,2 to 9 p.m. March 2, ImmanuelLutheran Church, 511 RussellRoad, DeKalb. Auditions for the2015 season, which includes sixsummer shows (May throughOctober) and Reader’s Theater inApril. www.stagecoachers.com
EVENTS
“Rocky Horror Picture Show”: 8p.m. Feb. 27, Egyptian Theatre,135 N. Second St., DeKalb.Featuring the shadow cast of “APowerful and Irrational Mouth-wash.” For mature audiences.Doors open at 7 p.m. $10. Otherdates: March 27, April 24. www.egyptiantheatre.org.
Swing Dancing in DeKalb: 7 to10:30 p.m. March 3, O’Leary’sRestaurant & Pub (upstairs),260 E. Lincoln Highway,DeKalb. No partner needed.Casual dress, leather-soledshoes recommended. Cost: $5admission, with a $2 voucherfor future admission for new-comers. Water provided; foodand beverages available forpurchase. www.barbcityswing.com.
Kishwaukee Valley Art League: 7p.m. March 5, Hy-Vee Club Room,2700 DeKalb Ave., Sycamore.Sculptor Robert Coleman fea-tured. www.kval.us.
MUSIC
Casting Crowns: 7 p.m. Feb. 27,NIU Convocation Center, 1525W.Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. Doorsopen at 6 p.m. Tickets: $24 at theConvocation Center box office,Ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000. www.niuconvo.com.
Paulo Padilha and Group: 7 p.m.March 5, DeKalb High Schoolauditorium, 501 W. Dresser Road,DeKalb. Concert of Brazilianmusic is part of Arts MidwestWorld Fest program. Doors openat 6 p.m. Tickets: $10 adults; $5students with IDs; available atthe door.
Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra
concert: 7:30 p.m. March 7,Boutell Memorial Concert Hall,Music Building, NIU, DeKalb.Cncert will feature Nathan Mo,the 2015 winner of the Arthur D.Montzka Young Artists ConcertoCompetition. Tickets: $15 adults;$10 seniors and students; $5age 12 and younger. www.kishorchestra.org.
Rick Stanley & The Celtic Harp:
7:30 p.m. March 17, SandwichOpera House, 140 E. Railroad St.,Sandwich. Tickets: $20. www.sandwichoperahouse.org or 815-786-2555.
Retrospective – Simon and
Garfunkel Tribute Band:
8 p.m. March 21, SandwichOpera House, 140 E. Railroad St.,Sandwich. Tickets: $35. www.sandwichoperahouse.org or 815-786-2555.
Almost Elton John: 8 p.m. April 4,Sandwich Opera House, 140 E.Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets:$40. www.sandwichoperahouse.org or 815-786-2555.
AC Rock: 8 p.m. April 18, SandwichOpera House, 140 E. Railroad St.,Sandwich. A cappella quartetsings classic rock favorites fromthe 1950s and on. Tickets: $20.www.sandwichoperahouse.orgor 815-786-2555.
Tumbleweed – Eagles Tribute:
8 p.m. May 2, Sandwich OperaHouse, 140 E. Railroad St.,
Sandwich. Tickets: $25. www.sandwichoperahouse.org or 815-786-2555.
Rick Springfield: 7 p.m. May 15,NIU Convocation Center, 1525W.Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. Doorsopen at 6 p.m. Tickets: $25-$45at the Convocation Center boxoffice, Ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000. www.niuconvo.com.
Tropixplosion: 7 p.m. May 16, Sand-wich Opera House, 140 E. RailroadSt., Sandwich. Caribbean flavor.Tickets: $20. www.sandwichop-erahouse.org or 815-786-2555.
Shania Twain & Cher Tribute: 8p.m. June 6, Sandwich OperaHouse, 140 E. Railroad St.,Sandwich. Tickets: $35. www.sandwichoperahouse.org or 815-786-2555.
ONGOING
Northern Illinois University Com-
munity School of the Arts: NIUMusic Building, 400 Lucinda Ave.,DeKalb. Classes in music, art andtheater for children and adults.www.csa.niu.edu or 815-753-1450.
Bread & Roses women’s choral
group rehearsals: 5:45 to 8 p.m.Sundays, Westminster Presbyte-rian Church, Annie Glidden Road,DeKalb. www.breadandrosescho-rus.org.
Indian Valley Community Band: 6to 7:20 p.m. Mondays, SandwichMiddle School band room. Areamusicians who enjoy playing forfun invited; no auditions.
DeKalb Festival Chorus rehears-
als: 7:15 to 9:15 p.m. Mondaysduring the school year, NIU MusicBuilding. www.dekalbfestivalcho-rus.org. Contact conductor SethHouston at [email protected] or call 303-815-0648.
Kishwaukee Barbershop
Harmony Singers rehearsals:
7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays, FirstCongregational Church, 615 N.First St., DeKalb. Open to men ofall ages. Contacts: Dave at 815-895-5955 or Ed at 815-756-3004.
Prairie Echoes Chorus rehearsal:
7:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays, St.Paul’s Episcopal Church, 900Normal Road, DeKalb. Singing,food, friendship and fun.
Kishwaukee Concert Band re-
hearsals: 7:30 to 9 p.m. Wednes-days, band room at Door 16 ofHuntley Middle School, 1515 S.Fourth St., DeKalb. All-volunteerband for anyone age 18 or olderwho has played a wind or percus-sion instrument in the past. Noauditions needed. 815-899-4867or 815-825-2350.
“The Way” acoustic coffee
house: 6 to 8:30 p.m. first
Saturday each month, DeKalbChristian Church, 1107 S. FirstSt. 815-758-1833 or [email protected].
STAGE
NIU School of Theatre and
Dance’s “Awake and Sing!”:
7:30 p.m. Feb. 26-28 and 2 p.m.Feb. 28, Huntley Middle Schoolauditorium, 1515 S. Fourth St.,DeKalb. Tickets: $8-$16. www.niu.edu/theatre or 815-753-1600.
Beth Fowler Dance Company’s
“Wizard of Oz” and “Swan
Lake”: 7 p.m. March 6-7, 2 p.m.March 7-8, Egyptian Theatre,135 N. Second St., DeKalb.Tickets are available online atwww.egyptiantheatre.org or bycalling 815-758-1225. Tickets:$15-$20 before March 1; $17-$22 after March 1. Tickets avail-able at www.egyptiantheatre.org or one hour before eachperformance.
Stage Coach Players’ “9 to 5:
The Musical”: 7:30 p.m. March12-14 and March 19-21, 2 p.m.March 15 and 22, Stage CoachTheatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb.Tickets: $12-$15 at www.stage-coachers.com.
CCT’s “Peter Pan”: 7 p.m. March14, 20 and 21, 2 p.m. March 15and 22, Egyptian Theatre, 135N. Second St., DeKalb. Tickets:$8-$15 at www.egyptianthe-atre.org.
NIU School of Theatre and
Dance’s “The Comedy of Er-
rors”: 7:30 p.m. March 19-21, 2p.m. March 22, Holmes StudentCenter Diversions Lounge, NIU,DeKalb. Tickets: $6. www.niu.edu/theatre or 815-753-1600.
NIU School of Theatre and
Dance’s “Red Noses”: 7:30p.m. March 26-28 and April9-11, 2 p.m. March 29 andApril 11, Huntley Middle Schoolauditorium, 1515 S. Fourth St.,DeKalb. Tickets: $8-$16. www.niu.edu/theatre or 815-753-1600.
NIU School of Theatre and
Dance’s Senior Showcase
Festival: 7:30 p.m. April 16-18,2 p.m. April 19, Holmes StudentCenter Diversions Lounge, NIU,DeKalb. Free. www.niu.edu/theatre or 815-753-1600.
NIU School of Theatre and
Dance’s Spring 2015 Dance
Concert: 7:30 p.m. April 23-25,2 p.m. April 26, Huntley MiddleSchool auditorium, 1515 S.Fourth St., DeKalb. Tickets:$8-$16. www.niu.edu/theatreor 815-753-1600.
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A&E CALENDAR • Thursday, February 26, 2015 • Section C • Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com2
ONGOING
At the movies
The big movies opening this weekare “Focus,” (above) an R crime dramastarring Will Smith; “The LazarusEffect,” a PG-13 thriller starring OliviaWilde, Mark Duplass, Evan Peters andSarah Bolger; “Maps to the Stars,” anR drama starring Julianne Moore, MiaWasikowska, Robert Pattinson andJohn Cusack; and “Everly,” an R thrillerstarring Salma Hayek.
Start your engines
The NASCAR season started lastweek, and it was a wild, exciting firstrace. Don’t miss any of the action thisweekend, as the Sprint Cup Seriesmoves to Atlanta. TV coverage beginsat noon Sunday on Fox.
Sports talk
The NBA and NHL also are in action,and both seasons are nearing the pointwhere it will become clear who’s a con-tender and who’s a pretender. Checkyour local TV listings for broadcastinformation.
There’s an app for that
Read an E-Book Week starts Sunday.Don’t have a Kindle or a Nook? No prob-lem. These days you can download anapp to your phone or tablet to read ane-book. And you don’t necessarily haveto buy books, either: Many classics arefree, and your local library might offeran e-book loan service. Call for moreinformation.
Write ’em cowboy
Friday and Saturday are the annualTexas Cowboy Poetry Gathering. Ifyou’re not in Texas, no worries – youcan still write your own cowboy poetry.Get the kids involved and see who canwrite the most memorable poem. Youcan make Texas-themed backgroundsfor your poems as well.
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The Beth Fowler Dance Company and School of Dance of Genoa and St.Charles will perform its spring dance production of “Wizard of Oz” and“Swan Lake” on March 7-8 at DeKalb’s Egyptian Theatre.
Dance company readies spring show Bornhuetter’s work ondisplay at The Art Box
“In Retrospect,” an exhi-bition of silverpoint draw-ings, lithographs, etchingsand aquatints by Robert L.Bornhuetter, will be on dis-play at The Art Box, 308 E.Lincoln Highway, DeKalb,from March 1 through 28.
The opening reception isscheduled from 2 to 4 p.m.March 1.
Robert L. Bornhuetter isprofessor emeritus of print-making at Northern IllinoisUniversity.
His art is an accumula-tion of human experiencesas a student and a teacher.
Originally from Keno-sha, Wisconsin, Born-huetter studied print-making (intaglio, relief,lithography and serigra-phy) as an undergraduateat the University of Wiscon-sin-Madison, receiving aBachelor of Science degreein applied arts in 1957.In 1960, he completed aMaster of Fine Arts degreein printmaking at TulaneUniversity, where he was agraduate assistant.
He was employed byCalifornia College of Artsand Crafts in Oakland fora year.
Then he was offered aposition as chairman of theArt Department at Naza-reth College of Kentucky toaid accreditation and tran-sition to a four-year collegedegree.
After eight years offer-ing courses for the Bachelorof Fine Arts degree pro-gram, he was offered a posi-tion with the School of Artat Northern Illinois Univer-sity in DeKalb ,where he
specialized in drawing andprintmaking.
He instructed classesin lithography and inta-glio and was elected ascoordinator of the gradu-ate programs in art and aschairman of the studio areafor 10 years.
Bornhuetter retired inMay 1996.
Over the years, Born-huetter had been involvednationally and internation-ally in 30 states and severalcountries exhibiting in atotal of 116 shows and alsohad 22 solo exhibitions.
His work is included innumerous collections in Il-linois, Alabama, Louisiana,Wisconsin, Virginia, Min-nesota, New York, Ohio,Iowa, Colorado, Kansas,Oklahoma, Florida, NorthDakota, Australia andBrazil.
During his tenure atNIU, Bornhuetter had sab-batical leaves to visit Italy,
France, Austria, Germanyand Brazil.
In Milan, Italy, heworked in the Grafica UnoStudio of the international-ly known printmaker Gior-gio Upiglio and producedseveral editions of etchingsand lithographs.
Bornhuetter’s soloexhibition at the Galleritain Milan, Italy, paid hom-age to Italian Renaissanceart with a presentation ofsilverpoint drawings withwatercolor of abstractarchitectural forms andmythological subjects. Hissecond show in Milan wasat the Galleria l’Originaleshowing his Brazilian litho-graphs.
After his sabbatical inBrazil, Bornhuetter visitedSão Paulo 12 times, work-ing at the internationallyknown studio, Ymagos.He was influenced by theBrazilian culture and pref-erence for color, enhancinghis lifelong interests andexpanding his image aware-ness inspired by market-places, parks, the naturalSouth American environ-ment, and by visiting otherBrazilian cities.
From this experience,Bornhuetter also mayhave one of the largestcollections of Brazilianlithographs, intaglios andserigraphic prints in thecountry.
For information aboutthe exhibit, contact DanielGrych at 815-758-0313 [email protected] Art Box is open from11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondaythrough Saturday.
Silverpoint drawings and printsby Robert L. Bornhuetter will beon display in March at The ArtBox in DeKalb.
Robert Coleman to be speaker, featured artist at KVALSculpture artist and carver
Robert Coleman will be thefeatured speaker at the nextKishwaukee Valley Art Leaguemeeting at 7 p.m. March 5 inthe Club Room at Hy-Vee, 2700DeKalb Ave., Sycamore.
Coleman started makingwalking sticks in 2011. Work-ing in all kinds of wood andreclaimed objects, he has madeseveral works of art, includ-
ing carving faces in golf balls,softballs and pool balls. Hehas won several blue ribbonsand best in show in art showsaround the area.
He can pick up a piece ofwood, look at it and see a faceappear in the wood. He thencarves it out to see it comealive. Coleman only uses fallentrees and discarded wood of allkinds, considering himself an
environmentally green carver.KVAL meetings are open to
the public.Quality artists and crafters
are wanted for the NorthernIllinois Arts & Crafts Show onJune 6-7 at the DeKalb Countycourthouse lawn in Sycamore.Application deadline is March20. To apply, visit www.kval.usor www.facebook.com/kval.us,or call 815-895-9648.
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Dr. Wallace: My parents
were divorced when I was
10. They both remarried, and
I lived with my mother and
stepfather. But last year, my
mother and father divorced
their spouses and are plan-
ning to marry each other for
the second time. I’m thrilled
because I love both of them
very much, and soon we will
be a family again.
One problem exists – my
grandmother, Mom’s mom,
who lives with my mother
and me. She dislikes my fa-
ther and is trying to convince
my mother not to remarry
him. I believe it was my
grandmother who instigat-ed their divorce in the firstplace. I’ve talked to my mom,who said not to pay any atten-tion to my grandmother andthat she and my father aregoing to be married soon.
I’m afraid when theydo get married, my grand-mother will start troubleagain. I don’t want that tohappen. What can I do tomake sure it doesn’t? – Wor-ried, Cumberland, Maryland
Worried: Share the love
you have for your mother
and father, and tell them
as often as possible how
thrilled you are with the idea
of becoming a whole family
again. That will overpower
any negative vibes from your
grandmother.
If she becomes a disrup-
tive force in the family, it
might be wise for your moth-
er to suggest Grandmother
find another place to live.
Grandparents usually are
wonderful additions to the
immediate family, but they
should respect their role as
guests and live elsewhere if
they cannot do this.Dr.Wallace: I’m 16 and have
dated four different boys inmore than a year. My motherliked three of them a lot, butmy dad didn’t seem to like anyof them. What can I do to gethim to like a guy I’m dating?
Next week I’m going outwith a guy for the first time,and I think he’s the one I’vebeen waiting for all of mylife. This is the guy I reallywant my dad to like. Help! –Rita, El Paso, Texas
Rita: The better dear oldDad gets to know this boy,the greater the chance hewill like him. Invite yourfuture date over to meet with
your parents several daysbefore you actually go out.Make sure he talks about acouple of things your fatherhas an interest in. (You canfill him in before the meet-ing.) Then after the first date,if there is a second, makesure the boy has a chanceto see your parents againwhen he picks you up, andencourage him to say helloto them and mention whereyou will be going. It will takesome time, but eventuallyyour dad will accept the guydating his “little girl.”
mer top basketball playernicknamed The Big O, said,“Some players are morephysical than others, someplay with more finesse. Someare just really great all-around players. So you haveto change your game.”
At the bridge table, youmight have to change yourgame, in particular when thebidding helps you to place themissing key-cards. That is notrelevant in this deal, but howshould South plan the playin three no-trump after Westleads the spade queen?
South starts with seventop tricks: two spades, threehearts, one diamond and oneclub. He needs to take twomore diamond tricks to get upto nine – how?
This is not a finessingdeal. If one of declarer’sdiamond honors is captured(or covered) by the king, hewill need the suit to split 3-3,which is unlikely (a priori35.53 percent). Instead, Southshould lead twice toward thehand with the two honors. Heshould win the first trick withdummy’s spade king and callfor a low diamond. East willpresumably play low, so Southwill win with his queen. Hegoes back to the board by lead-ing his low heart to dummy’sjack. Then he plays a secondlow diamond toward his hand.
Suppose East wins with hisking and returns his secondspade. Declarer wins with hisace, cashes his diamond jack,overtakes his heart queenwith dummy’s king, cashesthe diamond ace and claims.
Lastly, note that it couldcost to duck the first trick. IfWest is a genius, he will shiftto the club queen. Then Southwould lose one spade, onediamond and three clubs.
Grandma undermines plans for parental reunion
Dear Abby: Help! Facebookis killing my social life. I amwondering if anyone else ishaving this experience.
I am a woman whose jobrequires me to be on the com-puter eight hours a day. Thelast thing I want after work isto go online. Before Facebooktook over my social circle, thiswasn’t a problem. But now allmy friends and family are onthe site and pressuring me todo likewise.
Gradually, Facebook con-tact seems to be replacing real,physical get-togethers. Thingsthat used to be done in personor over the phone are nowall done on Facebook, and werarely get together anymore.If I don’t check Facebook, I amout of the loop.
If I suggest getting together,everyone is “busy” – busy onFacebook, I guess. They aren’tmad at me or avoiding me,they just want contact on theirterms. Am I the only one hav-ing this problem? – Old-SchoolIn Champaign, Illinois
Dear Old-School: I’m sureyou’re not the only one. TheInternet is supposed to be atool to facilitate communi-cation, not a substitute forreal, flesh-and-blood relation-ships. If you can’t work out acompromise with your friendsand family – say, one in-person
visit a month – you may haveto cultivate some new relation-ships with other “old-school”people who also prefer face-to-face contact.
Dear Abby: My father recent-ly passed away. It was unex-pected. He was my sunshineand my heart. I am devastated.Because of this, I am no longersure I want to have a tradition-al wedding. It would be too sadto not share the day with Dad,as I had dreamed. My fiancéand I have discussed eloping,and it seems like the right idea.
The trouble with eloping,however, is we’d want ourparents and siblings thereas witnesses, and we’d like aparty for friends and extend-ed family after the nuptials.People are telling me that’s not
eloping, and they have beenlooking forward to attendingour wedding.
In the midst of my grief,I’m not sure how to respond totheir comments. What shouldI do? – Fatherless Bride InMississippi
Dear Fatherless Bride: If youwould prefer your nuptialsto be a small, intimate affair,that’s what they should be.Have a reception later. Wheth-er others were looking forwardto attending your wedding isbeside the point.
If you are challenged fornot wanting a big wedding, allyou need to say is your planschanged when your fatherdied. No one should be able toargue with that, because yourfeelings are understandable.
Dear Abby: I have a neigh-bor who is always asking toborrow things. The items comeback only if I go and collectthem – from food items suchas spices, to gasoline, cashand more. The situation isalmost comical, like Simpsonvs. Flanders. How can I makemy stuff less available withoutoutright saying no? – Flandersof “Springfield,” Maine
Dear Flanders: And what iswrong with just saying no?When someone’s generosity isabused, that’s the most logicalthing to do. And without beingnasty, you should tell yourneighbor the reason why.
• Write Dear Abby at www.dearabby.com or P.O. Box69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
Dear Dr. K: I have a terriblefear of heights, dogs and pub-lic speaking. My sister callsthem “phobias,” and says Ishould seek help. How do Iknow if my fears are normalor if I need treatment?
Dear Reader: We all havethings we worry about orare afraid of. And with mostof them, we’re right to befearful.
But in people with aphobia, the fear is persistent,excessive and unrealistic.As many as one in 10 peoplesuffer from phobias at sometime during their lives.
How can you distinguish ajustifiable fear from a phobia?In a phobia:
• There are fears that areirrational, given the realityof the situation. For example,anyone may be afraid of anunrestrained, menacing dog.
But most people do not runaway from a calm, quiet an-imal on a leash. People withdog phobias avoid all dogs.
• There is avoidance oftriggers. People with phobiasmay go to great lengths toavoid the things that triggertheir phobia. For example,they may walk up 10 flightsof stairs to avoid using anelevator.
• There are anxiety-relatedphysical symptoms. Thesecan include tremors, palpita-tions, sweating, shortness ofbreath, dizziness and nausea.
On my website, www.ask-doctork.com, I’ve put a chartthat lists many different pho-
bias. They range from fear ofsnakes to fear of heights andpublic places.
Why do people get pho-bias? A vulnerability togetting phobias can run infamilies. A child of a parentwith a specific type of phobiais more likely to have thatsame phobia than anotherchild. That could be due to ge-netic factors or to non-geneticfactors. Studies indicate bothare involved, but non-geneticfactors are more important.For example, if a parent hasa fear of heights, a child maybe more likely to developthe same phobia if the childwitnesses the parent beingterrified when near the top ofa tall building.
Phobias are a type ofanxiety disorder. A mentalhealth professional is bestqualified to diagnose them.
Tell him or her about anyexperience or trauma thatmay have set off the phobia.For example, maybe a dogattack led to your fear ofdogs. Discuss how you react– your thoughts, feelings andphysical symptoms – whenyou are confronted with thething you fear. Also, describewhat you do to avoid fearfulsituations. How does thephobia affect your daily life,including your job and per-sonal relationships?
Specific phobias are themost common. This is a fearof particular animals (dogs),people (clowns), environ-ments (thunderstorms) or sit-uations (riding in airplanes,getting into elevators).
A combination of medica-tion and “talk therapy” canhelp. For short-term treat-ment of phobias, your doctor
may prescribe an anti-anxietymedication.
The most commonly usedtalk therapy is cognitivebehavioral therapy (CBT),especially a technique calleddesensitization therapy orexposure therapy. Exposuretherapy involves graduallyincreasing your exposure tothe thing you fear. This isdone at your own pace, undercontrolled circumstances. Asyou are exposed to the thingyou fear, you master yourfear through anxiety-reduc-ing strategies.
Phobias can greatly inter-fere with a person’s life. Butwith proper treatment, theycan be conquered.
• Write to Dr. Komaroff atwww.askdoctork.com or AskDoctor K, 10 Shattuck St., Sec-ond Floor, Boston, MA 02115.
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Publisher's Notice: All real estateadvertising in this newspaper is sub-ject to the Fair Housing Act whichmakes it illegal to advertise "anypreference, limitation or discrimina-tion based on race, color, religion,sex, handicap, familial status or na-tional origin, or an intention, tomake any such preference, limita-tion of discrimination." Familial sta-tus includes children under the ageof 18 living with parents or legalcustodians, pregnant women andpeople securing custody of childrenunder 18.This newspaper will not knowinglyaccept any advertising for real es-tate which is in violation of the law.Our readers are hereby informedthat all dwellings advertised in thisnewspaper are available on anequal opportunity basis. To com-plain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. The toll-free telephone number for the hear-ing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.
(Published in the Daily Chroni-cle, February 24, 25, 26, 27,28, March 2, 3 & 4, 2015)
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ASSUMED NAMEPUBLICATION NOTICE
Public Notice is hereby giventhat on February 20, 2015 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 as:TAPESTRY VOICES located at 416Center Cross St., Sycamore, IL60178.
Dated February 20, 2015
/s/ Douglas J. JohnsonDeKalb County Clerk & Recorder
(Published in the Daily Chronicle,February 26, & March 5 & 12,2015.)
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Public Notice is hereby giventhat on February 11, 2015 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 as:KATHERINE M. PHOTOGRAPHY lo-cated at 607 Emmert Drive,Sycamore, IL 60178.
Dated February 11, 2015
/s/ Douglas J. JohnsonDeKalb County Clerk & Recorder
(Published in the Daily Chronicle,February 12, 19, 26, 2015.)
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Movie: ››› “The Verdict” (1982) Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling.Premiere. A lawyer’s career hinges on a controversial lawsuit.
(:15) Movie: ››› “Chariots of Fire” (1981, Drama) Ben Cross. Twomen compete to represent their country in the Olympics. (CC)
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Modern Family’ (CC)
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Modern Family’ (CC)
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(4:15) Movie ››› “Pacific Rim” (2013, Science Fic-tion) Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba. ’ ‘PG-13’ (CC)
The Jinx: TheLife and Deaths
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Mel Brooks Live at the Geffen’ (CC)
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(MAX)Movie ›› “Escape Plan” (2013, Action) Sylvester Stallone. A securityexpert must break out of a formidable prison. ’ ‘R’ (CC)
Movie ›› “47 Ronin” (2013, Adventure) Keanu Reeves. Outcast samu-rai seek revenge on a treacherous overlord. ’ ‘PG-13’ (CC)
Movie ››› “V for Vendetta” (2006, Action) Natalie Portman, HugoWeaving. A vigilante fights a fascist government. ’ ‘R’ (CC)
(:15) Life on Top Feature 4: Let’s Do It A compilationof episodes. ’ (CC)
(:45) “Eyes WideShut” ‘R’
(SHOW)The Making ofBoyhood
Movie ›› “Last Vegas” (2013, Comedy) MichaelDouglas, Robert De Niro. ’ ‘PG-13’ (CC)
(:15) Movie ›› “Step Up Revolution” (2012, Drama) Ryan Guzman. Ayoung woman strives to be a professional dancer in Miami. ‘PG-13’
Shameless “Crazy Love” Jimmy’sreturn sends Fiona into chaos. ’
Penn & Teller:Bulls...! (CC)
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(:35) Movie ›› “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” (2005) Curtis“50 Cent” Jackson. ’ ‘R’ (CC)
(TMC)(3:50) “TheImpossible”
(:45) Movie › “The Cold Light of Day” (2012) Henry Cavill. A youngbusiness consultant must save his kidnapped family. ’ ‘PG-13’ (CC)
(:20) Movie › “The Double” (2011, Action) RichardGere, Topher Grace. (Subtitled) ’ ‘PG-13’ (CC)
Movie ››› “Kill Bill: Vol. 2” (2004, Action) Uma Thurman, David Carradine, MichaelMadsen. An assassin confronts her former boss and his gang. ’ ‘R’ (CC)
Movie ››› “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints” (2013,Drama) Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck. ’ ‘R’ (CC)
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