Lottery A2 Local news A3-4, A6 Obituaries A4 National and world news A2, A6 Opinions A7 Sports B1-2, B8 Advice B4 Comics B5 Classified B6-7 Inside today’s Daily Chronicle Weather High: Low: 40 20 75 cents Breaking news at Daily-Chronicle.com Serving DeKalb County since 1879 Tuesday, April 2, 2013 Sycamore retailer channels high-end boutique service Sycamore graduate staying healthy, getting more chances SHOP IN STYLE • MARKETPLACE, A5 NIU FOOTBALL • SPORTS, B1 Center of attention NIU sees large number of freshman applications By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI [email protected]SYCAMORE – A plea agreement is being discussed for the DeKalb man accused of murder in the death of Northern Illinois University fresh- man Antinette “Toni” Keller, whose burned remains were found in a local park. With William “Billy” Curl’s tri- al date only a week away, lawyers are discussing a plea agreement for the 36-year-old man. If convicted of murdering the 18-year-old Plainfield woman, he faces between 20 and 60 years in prison. Neither DeKalb County State’s Attor- ney Richard Schmack nor DeKalb County Public Defender Tom McCulloch would specify the terms of the potential agree- ment Monday night. Schmack refuted some Internet reports claiming a murder plea agreement of 32 years in pris- on had been reached. Schmack said current discussions involved a stiffer sentence. Both Schmack and McCulloch confirmed that attorneys plan to meet in Presiding Judge Robbin Stuckert’s chambers today to discuss it. These special pretrial confer- ences, referred to by lawyers as “402 conferences,” typically discuss tri- al management and potential plea agreements. They do not guarantee an agreement will be finalized, but do allow the attorneys to discuss the charges, the evidence involved and potential sentences. A judge can privately indicate whether they will concur with the proposed agreement before any ac- tion is taken in open court. Curl is accused of murder, con- cealing a homicidal death, arson and criminal sexual assault in connection with Keller’s death. Keller, an art stu- dent, was last seen Oct. 14, 2010, when she told friends she was going for a walk in Prairie Park to work on an art project. Her burned remains was found in the park two days later. Curl was indicted in January 2011 and is scheduled to stand trial April 11. Prosecutors talked with Keller’s father about the plea negotiations Monday, Schmack said. Keller family spokeswoman Mary Tarling, Keller’s cousin, said the family preferred to wait until an agreement had been fi- nalized to comment. Curl’s sister, Moria Curl, was un- aware of the potential deal Monday night but maintained her brother’s innocence. “He has been completely innocent throughout this whole case,” she said. Lawyers negotiating possible plea deal in Curl murder trial Photos by Rob Winner – [email protected]Sarah Cole (left), 17, and her mother, Doris Cole, of Aurora look around the Northern Illinois University campus outside the Holmes Student Center in DeKalb during an open house visit Friday. Doris Cole is a NIU alumna. By JEFF ENGELHARDT [email protected]DeKALB – Northern Illinois University might have faced some controversy in the past year, but student interest has never been higher. More than 18,000 potential freshmen have applied to NIU for the 2013 fall semester – an 11 percent increase in the number of applications received at this time last year. The volume of applica- tions is the most the university has ever received by this time. Marc Strauss, who serves on the NIU Board of Trustees, said it would be “extremely important” to convert as many of those appli- cations as possible into enrolled students. He praised university staff for focusing on student re- cruitment and blocking out exter- nal factors. Strauss said outside factors whether good – such as the football team’s run to the Orange Bowl – or bad – such as the FBI sweep of uni- versity police records – should not affect NIU’s Vision 2020 Initiative goals. “We have to continue to do the best job we can with the things that are in our control,” Strauss said. “We have our Vision 2020 target and we’d like to continue to make progress in that direction.” Vision 2020 aims to increase freshman enrollment from 2,800 to 3,393 students by 2020 while also increasing academic standards. The hope is to raise the average ACT score of incoming freshmen from 21 to 23 and have a higher percentage of students who fin- ished in the top 25 percent of their high school class attend NIU. NIU spokesman Paul Palian said the goals are attainable if fac- ulty and staff continue to execute the programs and strategies they already have implemented. Palian said more professors are involved with potential students in the re- cruitment process to make the ex- perience more personalized, and events such as Transfer Tuesdays and Virtual Decision Day have made the application process eas- ier. Virtual Decision Day guaran- tees applicants who participate an acceptance decision within an hour. “The most important aspect of increasing applications is the strong collaborative effort across campus,” Palian said. “Professors are taking a more hands-on role.” Palian also said improve- ments to residence halls and the construction of an outdoor rec- reation sports complex make the living-learning environment more attractive. Cherilyn Murer, chairwoman for the NIU Board of Trustees, said the increase in applications shows the issues the university has faced in the past year have not caused the public’s faith in the university as a strong educational institution to waver. “Obviously, we’re delight- ed with this influx of interest in NIU,” Murer said. “I think this is reflective of the support and con- fidence that parents and students have in the quality of education being provided at NIU.” By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI [email protected]DeKALB – You can meet North- ern Illinois University’s next presi- dent today. University officials have not an- nounced who the Board of Trustees is expected to hire as NIU’s 12th pres- ident at a special meeting. But all community members, faculty, staff and students are invited to a welcome ceremony immediately afterward. The new leader has been expected to start July 1; NIU President John Peters announced Oct. 12 that he will retire June 30. Peters, who was ap- pointed president in June 2000, shepherded the university com- munity through the aftermath of the 2008 campus shootings and into the Na- tional Association of State Univer- sities and Land-Grant Colleges and the highest possible Carnegie rank- ing for research universities. More recently, the university has weath- ered an FBI search of its police sta- tion, misconduct allegations against high-ranking officials, and an im- proper scrap metal recycling oper- ation involving university-owned materials. The business meeting will be at 1 p.m. today in Room 315 of Altgeld Hall, while the reception will be in the auditorium. The ceremony will be from 1:45 to 3:30 p.m.; the new president’s remarks begin at 2 p.m. Altgeld Hall is located near the inter- section of Castle Drive and College Avenue. NIU to appoint its next leader Marckie Hayes If you go n What: Welcome reception for NIU’s new president n When: 1:45 to 3:30 p.m today n Where: Altgeld Hall auditorium, near the intersection of Castle Drive and Col- lege Avenue For more coverage Check www.Daily-Chron- icle.com today for videos and updates on this story. Stories and photographs also will be in Wednesday’s print edition. See NIU, page A6 Northern Illinois University representative Jonitiana Kelly (left) speaks with Dana Ingle and her stepson, Grayson Ingle (right), 17, of Springfield about housing arrangements on campus. Voice your opinion What Northern Illinois University enrollment target do you think is most important? Vote online at Daily-Chron- icle.com. John Peters Reception for new president set today William “Billy” Curl
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SYCAMORE – A plea agreementis being discussed for the DeKalbman accused of murder in the deathof Northern Illinois University fresh-man Antinette “Toni” Keller, whoseburned remains were found in a localpark.
With William “Billy” Curl’s tri-al date only a week away, lawyersare discussing a plea agreement forthe 36-year-old man. If convicted ofmurdering the 18-year-old Plainfield
woman, he faces between 20 and 60years in prison.
Neither DeKalbCounty State’s Attor-ney Richard Schmacknor DeKalb CountyPublic Defender TomM c C u l l o c h w o u l dspecify the terms ofthe potential agree-ment Monday night.Schmack refuted some
Internet reports claiming a murderplea agreement of 32 years in pris-on had been reached. Schmack said
current discussions involved a stiffersentence.
Both Schmack and McCullochconfirmed that attorneys plan to meetin Presiding Judge Robbin Stuckert’schambers today to discuss it.
These special pretrial confer-ences, referred to by lawyers as “402conferences,” typically discuss tri-al management and potential pleaagreements. They do not guaranteean agreement will be finalized, butdo allow the attorneys to discuss thecharges, the evidence involved andpotential sentences.
A judge can privately indicatewhether they will concur with theproposed agreement before any ac-tion is taken in open court.
Curl is accused of murder, con-cealing a homicidal death, arson andcriminal sexual assault in connectionwith Keller’s death. Keller, an art stu-dent, was last seen Oct. 14, 2010, whenshe told friends she was going for awalk in Prairie Park to work on anart project. Her burned remains wasfound in the park two days later.
Curl was indicted in January2011 and is scheduled to stand trial
April 11.Prosecutors talked with Keller’s
father about the plea negotiationsMonday, Schmack said. Keller familyspokeswoman Mary Tarling, Keller’scousin, said the family preferred towait until an agreement had been fi-nalized to comment.
Curl’s sister, Moria Curl, was un-aware of the potential deal Mondaynight but maintained her brother’sinnocence.
“He has been completely innocentthroughout this whole case,” shesaid.
Lawyers negotiating possible plea deal in Curl murder trial
Sarah Cole (left), 17, and her mother, Doris Cole, of Aurora look around the Northern Illinois University campus outside the Holmes Student Center in DeKalbduring an open house visit Friday. Doris Cole is a NIU alumna.
DeKALB – Northern IllinoisUniversity might have faced somecontroversy in the past year, butstudent interest has never beenhigher.
More than 18,000 potentialfreshmen have applied to NIUfor the 2013 fall semester – an 11percent increase in the number ofapplications received at this timelast year. The volume of applica-tions is the most the universityhas ever received by this time.
Marc Strauss, who serves onthe NIU Board of Trustees, said itwould be “extremely important”to convert as many of those appli-cations as possible into enrolledstudents. He praised universitystaff for focusing on student re-cruitment and blocking out exter-nal factors.
Strauss said outside factorswhether good – such as the footballteam’s run to the Orange Bowl – orbad – such as the FBI sweep of uni-versity police records – should notaffect NIU’s Vision 2020 Initiativegoals.
“We have to continue to do thebest job we can with the thingsthat are in our control,” Strausssaid. “We have our Vision 2020
target and we’d like to continue tomake progress in that direction.”
Vision 2020 aims to increasefreshman enrollment from 2,800 to3,393 students by 2020 while alsoincreasing academic standards.The hope is to raise the averageACT score of incoming freshmenfrom 21 to 23 and have a higherpercentage of students who fin-ished in the top 25 percent of theirhigh school class attend NIU.
NIU spokesman Paul Paliansaid the goals are attainable if fac-
ulty and staff continue to executethe programs and strategies theyalready have implemented. Paliansaid more professors are involvedwith potential students in the re-cruitment process to make the ex-perience more personalized, andevents such as Transfer Tuesdaysand Virtual Decision Day havemade the application process eas-ier.
Virtual Decision Day guaran-tees applicants who participatean acceptance decision within an
hour.“The most important aspect
of increasing applications is thestrong collaborative effort acrosscampus,” Palian said. “Professorsare taking a more hands-on role.”
Palian also said improve-ments to residence halls and theconstruction of an outdoor rec-reation sports complex make theliving-learning environment moreattractive.
Cherilyn Murer, chairwomanfor the NIU Board of Trustees, saidthe increase in applications showsthe issues the university has facedin the past year have not causedthe public’s faith in the universityas a strong educational institutionto waver.
“Obviously, we’re delight-ed with this influx of interest inNIU,” Murer said. “I think this isreflective of the support and con-fidence that parents and studentshave in the quality of educationbeing provided at NIU.”
DeKALB – You can meet North-ern Illinois University’s next presi-dent today.
University officials have not an-nounced who the Board of Trusteesis expected to hire as NIU’s 12th pres-ident at a special meeting. But allcommunity members, faculty, staffand students are invited to a welcomeceremony immediately afterward.
The new leader has been expectedto start July 1; NIU President JohnPeters announced Oct.12 that he will retireJune 30.
Peters, who was ap-pointed president inJune 2000, shepherdedthe university com-munity through theaftermath of the 2008campus shootings and into the Na-tional Association of State Univer-sities and Land-Grant Colleges andthe highest possible Carnegie rank-ing for research universities. Morerecently, the university has weath-ered an FBI search of its police sta-tion, misconduct allegations againsthigh-ranking officials, and an im-proper scrap metal recycling oper-ation involving university-ownedmaterials.
The business meeting will be at1 p.m. today in Room 315 of AltgeldHall, while the reception will be inthe auditorium. The ceremony willbe from 1:45 to 3:30 p.m.; the newpresident’s remarks begin at 2 p.m.Altgeld Hall is located near the inter-section of Castle Drive and CollegeAvenue.
NIU toappointits nextleader
MarckieHayes
If you go
nWhat:Welcome reception for NIU’s newpresident
n When: 1:45 to 3:30 p.m today
n Where: Altgeld Hall auditorium, nearthe intersection of Castle Drive and Col-
lege Avenue
For more coverage
Checkwww.Daily-Chron-icle.com today for videos
and updates on this story.
Stories and photographs also
will be in Wednesday’s print edition.
See NIU, page A6Northern Illinois University representative Jonitiana Kelly (left) speaks withDana Ingle and her stepson, Grayson Ingle (right), 17, of Springfield abouthousing arrangements on campus.
Kishwaukee Sunrise Rotary:7 a.m. at Kishwaukee CommunityHospital, 1 Kish Hospital Drive,DeKalb. Call Becky Beck Ryan,president, 815-758-3800.Kirkland Chamber of Com-
merce: 7:30 a.m. at KirklandFamily Restaurant, 507 W. Main St.Weekly Men’s Breakfast: 8 a.m.
at Fox Valley Community Center,1406 Suydam Road, Sandwich. Costis $4 for food, conversation and bot-tomless cups of coffee or tea.Easy Does It AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at
312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Weight Watchers: 9:30 a.m.
weigh-in, 10 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and5:30 p.m. meetings at WeightWatchers Store, 2583 SycamoreRoad (near Aldi), DeKalb.Open Closet: 12:30 to 3:30
p.m. at 300 E. Taylor St., DeKalb.Clothes and shoes for men, womenand children. 815-758-1388.Safe Passage Sexual Assault
adults’ support group: 815-756-5228; www.safepassagedv.org.Hinckley Big Book Study AA(C):
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8:30 p.m. at First CongregationalUnited Church of Christ, 615 N.First St., DeKalb. Contact JoanWatson-Protano at 815-739-4329or [email protected] Kiwanis: 6 p.m. at
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to 6:30 p.m. weigh-in, 6:30 p.m.meeting at CrossWind CommunityChurch in Genoa. 815-784-3612.Women’s “Rule No. 62 Group”:
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p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club,312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Free Fit Club: 6:30 to 8 p.m. at
International Montessori Acad-emy, 1815 Mediterranean Drive,Sycamore. For information, call815-901-4474 or 815-566-3580.Green Party: 6:30 p.m. at Amer-
ican National Bank, Sycamore andBethany roads in DeKalb. Meetingsare open to all. Call John at 815-593-0105.Homework Help Nights: 6:30 to
8 p.m. at Neighbors’ House, Fifthand Pine streets, DeKalb. Free helpfor DeKalb fourth- to [email protected] or 815-787-0600.Alcoholics Anonymous Tues-
day Night Fellowship Group(C):7 p.m. at The Church of St. Mary,244 Waterman St., Sycamore. 815-739-1950.Bingo: 7 p.m. at Genoa Veter-
ans Club, 311 S. Washington St.Must be 18 or older to play. www.genoavetshome.us. Contact Cindyat [email protected] or 815-751-1509.Fellowship group AA(C): 7 p.m.
at St. Mary’s Memorial Hall, 322Waterman St., Sycamore. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Good Vibes Al-Anon group: 7
to 8 p.m. at First Lutheran Church,324 N. Third St., DeKalb. Wheel-chair accessible entrance is onNorth Third Street. Parking avail-able in lot located on northwestcorner of Third and Pine streets.Call Mary Ann at 815-895-8119.Northern Illinois Walleye
Club: 7 p.m. at Pizza Pros, 1205W. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. Forinformation, call Terry Parkhouseat 815-895-6864 or 815-901-6265.Sexaholics Anonymous: 7
p.m. at 512 Normal Road, DeKalb(behind church in brick building).815-508-0280.Willard Aves Post 1010 Amer-
ican Legion: 7 to 8 p.m. at theKingston Friendship Center, 120 S.Main St. Email Daniel W. Gallagherat [email protected] Echoes women’s cho-
rus: 7:15 to 10 p.m. at St. Paul’sEpiscopal Church, 900 NormalRoad, DeKalb. 877-300-SING(7464); [email protected]; www.PrairieEchoes.com.Prairie Dames HEA: 7:30 p.m.
Part of the Homemakers EducationAssociation. For meeting location,call Kay at 815-756-4085 or Ellenat 630-262-9093.Smoky Mirror AA(C): 7:30 p.m.
at Trinity Lutheran Church. 33930N. State Road, Genoa. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Narcotics Anonymous: 8 p.m. at
1201 Twombly Road, DeKalb. www.rragsna.org; 815-964-5959.Program of Recovery AA(C):
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Officials: March homicide rate down significantly in Chicago
8 TODAY’S TALKER
By NANCY BENACThe Associated Press
WASHINGTON – A photo ofthe Obamas hugging that was re-leased on Election Day 2012 has be-come the world’s most popular tweeton Twitter. A dressed-up version ofBarack Obama’s State of the Unionspeech, packed with charts and graphs,is huge on YouTube. A playful pictureof the president cavorting with a 3-year-old in a Spiderman costume is a favoriteonline.
It’s all courtesy of the Obama im-age machine, serving up a stream ofwords, images and videos that invari-ably cast the president as commanding,compassionate and on the ball. In thisworld, Obama’s family is always pho-togenic, first dog Bo is always well-be-haved and the vegetables in the SouthLawn kitchen garden always seem suc-culent.
You’ll have to look elsewhere forbloopers, bobbles or contrary points ofview.
Capitalizing on the possibilities ofthe digital age, the Obama White Houseis generating its own content like nopresident before, and refining its media
strategies in the second term in hopesof telling a more compelling story thanin the first.
At the same time, it is limiting pressaccess in ways that past administrationswouldn’t have dared, and the presidentis answering to the public in more con-trolled settings than his predecessors.It’s raising new questions about what’slost when the White House tries to makean end run around the media, function-ing, in effect, as its own news agency.
Mike McCurry, who served as presssecretary to President Bill Clinton, seesan inclination by the Obama WhiteHouse to “self-publish,” coupled withtactics “I never would have dreamed ofin terms of restricting access” for inde-pendent news organizations.
“What gets lost are those revealingmoments when the president’s held ac-countable by the representatives of thepublic who are there in the form of themedia,” says McCurry.
Obama himself took note of com-plaints about limited access in his jokeslast month at the Gridiron dinner, anannual event where political leaders,journalists and media executives pokefun at one another.
“Some of you have said that I’m ig-
noring the Washington press corps,that we’re too controlling,” Obama said.“You know what, you were right. I waswrong and I want to apologize – in a vid-eo you can watch exclusively at white-house.gov.”
Three days later, it was no laugh-ing matter when the White House live-streamed on the Internet Obama’s meet-ing with his export council and allowedjust one reporter in the room.
Still, the White House rejects thenotion that it is turning to new mediait can control at the expense of the old,instead describing an all-of-the-abovestrategy.
“From press conferences to inter-views with national, regional and con-stituency press, to new social mediaplatforms, we have worked to both ex-pand the scope of communication andalso deepen the level of engagementbetween the American people and thework of the White House,” says JamieSmith, deputy press secretary.
Statistics compiled by Martha Ku-mar, a political science professor atTowson University in Maryland whostudies presidential communication,show how Obama’s strategy has differedfrom his predecessors’.
Obama imagemachine bypasses press
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By DON BABWINThe Associated Press
CHICAGO – Almost exactly a yearafter Chicago’s surging homiciderate caught the nation’s attention,Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Su-perintendent Garry McCarthy rolledout statistics Monday that showed adramatic drop in the number of kill-ings. At the same time, they tried toallay safety concerns in the wake ofa weekend fight involving more thana dozen young people on the Magnif-icent Mile.
Emanuel and McCarthy – appear-ing together at a news conferenceand then in separate interviews withThe Associated Press – suggestedthat an array of police initiativeshave helped reduce the number ofhomicides from 120 for the first three
months of 2012 to 70 for the first threemonths of this year.
“This is a good sign,” Emanuelsaid in a telephone interview, point-ing to statistics that show this firstquarter tied the same time period of2009 for the fewest homicides in morethan a half-century. “We are clearlyhaving an impact on the homicides.”
McCarthy agreed, saying statis-tics that show a 28 percent drop in
the number of homicides in the pastsix months is more encouraging.
“I feel good about the direction weare going in,” he said. “The fact thatnow we’ve got a six-month trend,that’s significant.”
It is also welcome news for acity that has been mired in gang vi-olence and witness to a number ofrecent high-profile slayings, includ-ing a 15-year-honor student whowas gunned down about a mile fromPresident Barack Obama’s SouthSide home in January and a 6-month-old girl who was shot to death lastmonth.
Emanuel and McCarthy also field-ed questions Monday about weekendtroubles in downtown Chicago, whena group of young women attacked an-other woman on a train and severalyoung people – in full view of shop-
pers and tourists – jostled passers-byand fought each other on the Magnif-icent Mile.
More than two-dozen young peo-ple were arrested.
Emanuel said police have in-creased their presence there, partic-ularly at night and on the weekends,and that he did not believe what hap-pened over the weekend would affecttourism.
“We have a big [police] presenceon Michigan Avenue and the mo-ment something happened the policewere on it and people got arrested,”the mayor told the AP.
Emanuel also voiced his contin-ued support for a police initiative,launched in February after the dead-liest January in more than a decade,that has put hundreds of officers,working overtime, on the streets.
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“I feel good about the directionwe are going in. The fact thatnow we’ve got a six-monthtrend, that’s signiicant.”
Garry McCarthyPolice superintendent
Bastian will be remembered in film
When we returned to our roots herein 2006, we met a couple from Hinck-ley who knew my parents and we hadlunch. Wilbur Bastian and his wife,Jane, were very hospitable and took usto the Hinckley Café. It was then thatWilbur told me he was a milk tester inthe 1930s and ’40s and visited my folkson the dairy farm south of Watermanknown as KirkLand (named after theowners Harry and Beebe Kirk).
He recalled staying at the farmovernight, how good my mother’scooking was and how my father usedto give me rides atop the milk cartwhen I was just a tyke. I found a photoin our family album that confirmedhis recollection. So we had good timesreminiscing about mutual acquain-tances and life on the farm back then.We became fast friends.
But when Wilbur died in March2012, we lost a friend. Wilbur and Janehad moved to the Oak Crest DeKalbArea Retirement Center by then so Igot to visit him during his final weeks.He was thrilled to have been chosento be in a motion picture in 2011 beingfilmed in DeKalb County starring Den-nis Quaid and Zac Efron. I promisedhim I would write about that when themovie was to be released.
The movie will be released laterthis month with the title “At AnyPrice.” His wife, Jane, and other fami-ly have already seen it. The movie was
previewed at a film festival in Torontoin September, and they went to thepreview and were reunited with Quaidand Efron. Then in March, the moviewas aired at a film festival in Austin,Texas, and Jane’s granddaughters,who attend the University of Texas,went there as well.
Sorry to say that Wilbur’s speakingpart was left on the cutting room floor,but he does appear twice in the movie,once on the Kevin Herrmann farmnear Leland, and close to the conclu-sion, at a farm appreciation picnic onanother Herrmann farm on BastianRoad near Hinckley. Jane is hopefulthat director Ramin Bahrini will per-mit a special showing at a theater inDeKalb County. That is being pursued
with the film’s promoters at this time.People will be able to identify
friends who are extras and variousparts of the county in the movie,including the Sycamore Speedwaynear Maple Park, a Shabbona ceme-tery, a church, and some businessesin DeKalb. But no one will be morethrilled to see it than Jane and herfamily, and Wilbur will be remem-bered for a long time, both on film andfrom his 90 years of real life. I can’twait to see it.
• Barry Schrader can be reachedvia email at [email protected] orat P.O. Box 851, DeKalb, IL 60115. Hiscolumn appears the first Tuesday ofeach month.
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Jane and Wilbur Bastian pose with movie star Dennis Quaid (in center) during the filmingof “At Any Price” on the two Kevin Herrmann farms in the summer of 2011.
BarrySchrader
DeKALBCOUNTY LIFE
LOCAL & STATE Tuesday, April 2, 2013 • Page A3Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com
SYCAMORE – DeKalbCounty State’s Attorney Rich-ard Schmack has droppedcharges against a third per-son who was charged inconnection with the “coffeefund” investigation at North-ern Illinois University.
NIU Controller Keith Jack-son, 56, had been chargedwith official misconduct andviolation of the State Proper-ty Control Act in connectionwith alleged scrap metal recy-cling activities. Jackson, 56,
of Hinckley, was also chargedwith obstructing justice forallegedly putting the moneyfrom the coffee fund account
into anotheraccount he con-trolled.
Gary John-son, attorneyfor Jackson,said his cl i -ent moved themoney to a dif-ferent account
because he did not know whoit belonged to and wantedit under university control.Johnson said Jackson noti-
fied officials before transfer-ring the funds.
“The state’s attorney re-alized [Jackson] did nothingwrong,” Johnson said. “Hewas just doing his job and do-ing the right thing.”
Johnson and eight oth-ers were charged last yearby Schmack’s predecessor,Clay Campbell, who lost toSchmack in the Novemberelection. Since taking office,Schmack has dropped threeof the nine cases and sup-ported a plea agreement in afourth.
The coffee fund was an off-
the-books repository for pro-ceeds from the sale of NIU-owned scrap metal and othermaterials. The account accu-mulated at least $13,000 since2005 and held $2,187 when itwas closed in August. Themoney was used for office re-tirement parties and similarexpenses, NIU officials havesaid.
Schmack said that Jack-son was not aware of the cof-fee fund account, and whenhe discovered it, he took con-trol of the funds and deposit-ed them into another univer-sity account properly under
his control.“He did not do that for the
purpose of obstructing jus-tice,” Schmack said of the fi-nancial transfer.
Charges of theft and of-ficial misconduct againstNIU employees Susan Zahmand Keenon Darlinger weredropped in March.
Robert Albanese, formerassociate vice president ofthe Division of Finance andFacilities at NIU, pleadedguilty in March to violatingthe State Property ControlAct and was sentenced to 18months of court supervision
and fined $825. If he success-fully completes court super-vision, a conviction will notenter on his record and hecan ask to have the case ex-punged.
Five cases remain pendingin connection with the coffeefund investigation. Four arerelated to the coffee fund it-self.
Unrelated to the fund, butas part of the same investi-gation, Joseph Alberti, 56,of DeKalb was charged withtheft for allegedly taking un-authorized control of an NIUcomputer monitor.
State’s attorney drops 3rdNIU ‘coffee fund’ case
KeithJackson
D-428 school boardcandidate forum tonightDeKALB – Candidates for
DeKalb School District 428board will appear at a forumtonight at Feed’em Soup Com-munity Project, 122 S. First St.,DeKalb.Five candidates are vying
for three seats in the April 9election. They are: Vickie A.Hernan-Faivre, Marilyn D. Park-er, Victoria Newport, George“Joe” Mitchell and Mary Hess.Audience members are
invited to submit questionsfor the candidates at the door,according to a news release.The doors open at 6 p.m. andthe forum begins at 6:30 p.m.
Walk with Waterfundraiser ThursdayDeKALB – You might see
several people walking laps onthe MLK Commons at NorthernIllinois University carrying fivegallons of water Thursday.Those people will be walking
in shoes on flat terrain andcarrying clean water, butit’s meant to replicate achore many girls in Tanzaniacomplete daily, according to anews release.Girls in the southeast African
country walk along the roadcarrying yellow containerscalled jerrycans to a water-hole, which often has contami-nated water.The event will raise money
for Tanzania DevelopmentSupport, a DeKalb-basednonprofit organization thatprovides service trips to
Tanzania. The next trip will bethis summer, and participantswill lay the foundation for alibrary that will serve both theprimary and secondary schoolsin the village.For more information and
applications,go to TanzaniaDevelopment Support’s web-site at tdsnfp.org.
D-428 kindergartenroundup this monthDeKALB – Children planning
to start kindergarten in DeKalbSchool District 428 this fallshould register April 23 and 24.The kindergarten roundup
will be from 3 to 7 p.m. bothdays at Huntley Middle School,1515 S. Fourth St., DeKalb,according to a news release.Registration packets are avail-able at all District 428 schoolsand the Education Center,901 S. Fourth St. They alsoare available online at www.dist428.org.The following documents
also are required: The child’scertified birth certificateissued by the county of theirbirth, proof of residency,completed kindergarten ques-tionnaire and other documentsincluded in the registrationpacket.Incoming kindergarten stu-
dents must be 5 years old onor before Sept. 1.Registration allows the
district to schedule classesand arrange transportation.For more information, call thedistrict office at 815-754-2350.
– Daily Chronicle
Cook County beginsto charge $25 gun taxCHICAGO – Cook County is
now charging a controversial$25 tax on every gun pur-chased in the county.The tax, which took effect
Monday, is expected to raiseabout $600,000 this year.Cook County Board President
Toni Preckwinkle proposed thelevy as part her $2.9 billionbudget, saying it’d be a way tomake up some of the costs ofgun violence.But the extra tax, which only
applies to guns bought outsidethe city of Chicago, isn’t with-out controversy.A group of Chicago-area gun
shops and gun owners suedlast month, saying the newtax violates the right to beararms.
Rochelle looks to solarpower for energy needsROCHELLE – The utility com-
pany in Rochelle is looking toadd solar power to its electrici-ty sources.Rochelle owns the Rochelle
Municipal Utility. But WNIJradio in DeKalb reported thatgrowth in manufacturing andother businesses has meantthe city has had to buy extraelectricity from elsewhere.Rochelle’s business and
financial analyst Dan Westinsaid that can be expensive.Instead, Westin said solar
power could be a small butsignificant part of the city’senergy supply.
DeKALB – A 22-year-olddriver with a learner’s per-mit mistook the gas pedal forthe brake when she crashedthrough the Alpha Sigma Al-pha sorority house about 6:50p.m. Sunday, police said.
Saileela Puppala was driv-ing west about a block fromher home in the 900 block ofRidge Drive when she crashedinto the house at 1019 RidgeDrive, DeKalb Police Cmdr.John Petragallo said.
“When she hit the gaspedal, it caused her to leavethe roadway and strike thehouse,” Petragallo said.
Puppala was driving a Toy-ota Solara when it crashedthrough the front of the houseand struck a back wall, com-ing to rest inside the building.Authorities found tire tracksacross the inside flooring,indicating the wheels wereturning and her foot was onthe gas pedal after the car en-tered the house, Petragallosaid.
No one was injured, includ-ing Puppala and her passen-ger, who had a valid driver’slicense, Petragallo said. Noneof the residents at the soror-ity were displaced, althoughfire officials spent a few hourschecking the structure andhelping board it up, DeKalbFire Chief Eric Hicks said.
Most of the residents wereaway celebrating Easter when
the crash happened, Hickssaid.
Puppala was ticketed forimproper lane use, Petragallosaid.
A car sits in the Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority house Sunday in DeKalb.According to police, a driver with a learner’s permit mistook the gaspedal for the brake when she crashed through the house.
SYCAMORE – Brian BemisAuto World is one step closerto adding a 1,700-square-footshowroom for imported ve-hicles to its location at 1875DeKalb Ave. in Sycamore.
The Sycamore City Coun-cil voted to move a utilityeasement to the north of theproperty, allowing Bemis tocontinue with the expansionplans.
The easement serves thecity’s storm sewer and lies
along the current building’slocation from east to west.
Sycamore City ManagerBrian Gregory said this par-ticular easement situationwas relatively standard.
Gregory said the city’sBuilding and EngineeringDepartment has contactedthe other utility companiesfor permission to relocatethe easement, and all but onehave responded. Once all theutilities consent to the re-location, the city will followthrough with the request.
Sycamore Mayor Ken
Mundy said it’s always goodto hear when a local businessis expanding.
“We always welcome that,”he said.
Mundy also cited theplanned additions to TheSuter Company at 258 MaySt. and the construction of anew Casey’s General Storenear Route 23 and Plank Roadas positive developments forSycamore.
“We have a couple of thoseexpansions going on,” he said.“There’s some good thingshappening.”
Sycamore car dealership to expand
By DAVID MERCERand SARA BURNETTThe Associated Press
C H I C A G O – A n e w ,wide-ranging group of Illi-nois-based businesses, politi-cians and others said Mondaythat they hope to recruit 300CEOs and 1,000 small busi-nesses in the state to push for“common sense” bipartisanimmigration reform.
The Illinois Business Im-migration Coalition includesleaders from Peoria-based Cat-erpillar Inc. as well as Motoro-la Solutions Inc., the Universi-ty of Illinois, trade groups andimmigration-rights advocates.Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanu-el backs the coalition.
The group’s push comesas Congress gets ready tohammer out the details of apotential immigration lawoverhaul. Business and laborleaders last week agreed on abroad outline.
Caterpillar CEO DouglasOberhelman spoke Monday
at a kickoff event in Chicago,and said the manufacturer hastrouble filling both high- andlower-skill jobs and that immi-gration reform could help. Thecompany, he said, regularlyputs interns from abroad andwho are working on degreesat U.S. universities in high-er-skill positions.
“They want to stay andmake a real contribution toour company and our coun-try,” he said. “But it’s not easy.The process is tedious. SomeCaterpillar employees fromChina and India have beenwaiting more than eight yearsfor a green card that wouldgive them permanent residen-cy. These are valued employ-ees, and we lose them.”
Emanuel said the groupneeds to be a large, statewideand bipartisan coalition,something strong enough forlawmakers in Washingtonwho are facing what they maysee as “a tough vote” to knowthey have support back home.
“There’s a lot of forces that
don’t want to see this hap-pen,” Emanuel said. “This isa huge opportunity for us andwe should not let it get squan-dered because of politics.”
The coalition also includesformer Gov. Jim Edgar; repre-sentatives from DePaul Uni-versity and the University ofChicago; trade organizationsrepresenting the state’s man-ufacturers, hotels, restaurantsand hospitals; the Illinois Coa-lition for Immigrant and Refu-gee Rights; and others.
The push for nationwideimmigration reform gainedmomentum over the weekendwhen business and labor lead-ers agreed to a plan for a newvisa program that would allowforeign workers into the coun-try, eventually capping thefigure at 200,000 a year. Otherprovisions expected in legisla-tion that could be introducednext week are more visas forhigh-tech workers, new farm-worker visas and a faster pathto citizenship for immigrantsalready in the U.S.
Ill. businesses push immigration reform
ROBERT ALLENANDERSONBorn: June 6, 1928, in Sandwich, Ill.Died:March 30, 2013, in Rockford,Ill.
ROCKFORD– Robert AllenAnderson, 84,of Somonauk,Ill. passed awayMarch 30, 2013 atOSF St. AnthonyMedical Center in Rockford.Bob was born June 6, 1928, in
Sandwich, the son of Marvin andEdna (Klotz) Anderson. He grew upnear Somonauk on the family farmwhere he lived his entire life andgraduated from Somonauk HighSchool in 1946. He married BeverlyDenman at Plano United MethodistChurch on Dec. 1, 1951.Bob enjoyed being a dairy and
grain farmer with his brother,Reed, retiring from active farmingin 2011. He was a veteran of theKorean War, serving in Okinawafrom 1952 to 1954. For many years,he clerked for auctioneers in thearea. He was a member of theUnion Congregational Church inSomonauk where he served on theBoard of Trustees and the Endow-ment Committee.Bob loved all sports and never
gave up on the Cubs. He was partof the “Sweet Sixteen” Somonaukbasketball team that went to statein 1945, played softball with theDeKalb Hybrids traveling team,bowled for many years and wasinducted into the Somonauk HighSchool Hall of Fame.Throughout their 61 years of
marriage, Bob and Bev enjoyedtraveling, playing bridge, dancingand eating out. A favorite yearlytrip was to South Padre Island,Texas. Many of Bob’s friends calledhim by the nickname “Trigger.” Heliked having his children, grandchil-dren and great-grandchildren livingnear by.He is survived by his wife Bever-
ly, of Somonauk; three daughters,Valerie (Gary) Chase, of Wheaton,Vanessa (Rick) McInturf, Linda(Carl) Wilson, both of Sandwich;one son, Brad Anderson, of Plano;seven grandchildren, Carlynn (Jim)Rowan, Amanda Anderson, JennaWilson, Emily Chase (Graham)Farnsworth, Travis Anderson,Rebecca Chase, Taylor Anderson;five great-grandchildren, Jimmy,Devin, Joey and Aiden Rowan,and Alicia Anderson; two broth-ers, Reed (Norma) Anderson andRonald (Joan) Anderson, both ofSomonauk.He was preceded in death by his
parents.Funeral services will be at 10 a.m.
Friday, April 5, at the Union Con-gregational Church in Somonaukwith Pastor Michelle PrenticeLeslie officiating. Burial will followin Oakridge Cemetery in Sandwich.Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m.Thursday, April 4, at Turner-EighnerFuneral Home, 13160 West Route34, Somonauk.Memorials may be directed to
Union Congregational Church inSomonauk, or the charity of one’schoice. For more information or to
sign the online guest book, go towww.EighnerFuneralHomes.comor call 815-498-2363.To sign the online guest book,
visit www.legacy.com/daily-chron-icle.
DAVID BLITZBLAUBorn: Nov. 20, 1952, in DeKalb, Ill.Died:March 18, 2013, in Raleigh,N.C.
RALEIGH, N.C.– David Blitzblau,a DeKalb, Ill.,native, passedaway March 18,2013, at his homein Raleigh, N.C.,suffering from cancer.He was born Nov. 20, 1952, the
son of Frank and Grace (Hay)Blitzblau, born at the GliddenHospital. He attended all localschools, the University of Illinois inUrbana-Champaign, received a six-year scholarship as supervisor forIllinois highways, and received aBachelor of Science in accountingat Northern Illinois University.On Oct. 27, 1978, he married
Martha Balch. There were severalbusinesses he owned in DeKalb.David bought and renovated theDeKalb Theater at 145 N. ThirdSt. It became Box Office Breweryand Restaurant. The building laterbecame a landmark.His father Frank preceded him in
death in 1981, and a niece, Rebec-ca, preceded him in death in 1970.Survivors are his wife, Martha,
of Raleigh; his mother Grace, ofDeKalb; his brother William, neph-ews Matthew and Benjamin, andgreat niece Hailey, of Rockford; hischildren, Megan, Jennifer, Jaclyn,Margaret and spouses; grandchil-dren Evan, Elizabeth, Matthew,Adleigh and Ella; also unclesWilliam and John Hay, cousins andmany friends.All final arrangements took place
in Raleigh. Memorials are going tothe Cancer Center at KishwaukeeCommunity Hospital, One KishHospital Drive, DeKalb, IL 60115.To sign the online guest book,
visit www.legacy.com/daily-chron-icle.
DORALEE VIVIANCREWSBorn: Aug. 22, 1925, in Zion, Ill.Died:March 30, 2013, in Syca-more, Ill.
DeKALB –Doralee VivianCrews, 87, ofDeKalb, Ill.,passed away ather residence atLincolnshire Placein Sycamore on March 30, 2013.Doralee was born in Zion on Aug.
22, 1925, to Roy L. and Ethel M.(Kinsman) Cant. After graduatingfrom Waukegan Township HighSchool in 1943, she attendedNorthern Illinois State TeachersCollege, where she met and mar-ried Joseph B. Crews, of DeKalb.They were married in 1944 andremained longtime residents ofDeKalb.In 1963, Doralee opened the
Mode O’ Day women’s apparelstore in Sycamore. After sellingthe store in 1969, she worked as acomptroller for the Wurlitzer Co. inDeKalb. She became a real estatebroker in 1971 and was presidentof Homefinders Real Estate inSycamore. She also worked at theDepartment of Motor Vehiclesbefore ending her working careerat Registration and Records forNorthern Illinois University, retiringin 1987.Doralee served 12 years on the
DeKalb Township Board of Trusteesand was a member for 20 yearswith the League of Woman Voters.She was active in the KishwaukeeHospital Auxiliary, Primetimers ofDeKalb County Farm Bureau, thePremier “50” of First of AmericaBank and an investment club. Shewas a longtime member of theFirst United Methodist Church ofDeKalb.She is survived by her husband
of 68 years; son Rich (Barbara)Crews, of Maumelle, Ark.; daughterConnie (Sam) Weller, of Clarksville,Tenn.; daughter Cindy (Roger)Smith, of Newbury Park, Calif.; andson Jeff (Gloria) Crews of DeKalb.She is also survived by seven
grandchildren, Bryan, Jenny,
Steven, Matt, Lauren, Ryan, andRachel; and seven great-grand-children, Ethan and Isabelle, Libby,Ava, and Joseph, Emma and Lily;and three step-greatgrandchildren,Angelica, Brandon and Crystal.She was preceded in death by herparents and two brothers, Donaldand Roy.The family would like to thank
Lincolnshire Place for caring forDoralee these past eight monthsand Passages Hospice Care forbeing there when we needed you.Funeral service will be at 11 a.m.
Saturday, April 13, at Ronan-Moore-Finch Funeral Home with Pastor Bri-an Gilbert of First United MethodistChurch of DeKalb officiating. Burialwill be immediately after the serviceat Fairview Park Cemetery. Visi-tation will be held Saturday, April13, from 10 a.m. until the time ofservice at the funeral home.In lieu of flowers, memorials
can be made to the Alzheimer’sAssociation. To send an onlinecondolence please visit: www.ronanmoorefinch.com. Arrange-ments were entrusted to Ronan-Moore-Finch Funeral Home, 310Oak St., DeKalb, 815-758-3841.To sign the online guest book, visit
www.legacy.com/daily-chronicle.
DARREL LUVENE LYNCHBorn: Feb. 6, 1921, in Dewey, Okla.Died:March 28, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill.
1921, in Dewey,Okla., the son ofHomer D. andDella (Elam) Lynch, Darrel marriedDorothy Eileen Banner on Jan. 22,1949, in Champaign.A veteran of the U.S. Army,
having served during World WarII, Darrel received his bachelor’sdegree from the University ofMissouri, his master’s from theUniversity of Illinois, and hisdoctorate from the University ofDelaware. He taught from 1962 to
1983 as professor of microbiolo-gy in the biology department atNorthern Illinois University.Dr. Lynch retired from NIU after a
distinguished academic career. Adevoted teacher and dedicated re-searcher, he formed strong bondswith his graduate students, whoappreciated his generous adviceand quirky sense of humor.He was a former member of
Cathedral of Praise, DeKalb.He is survived by his wife, Doro-
thy; sons, Francis (Mary Jo) Lynch,of Evanston, Ill., and Alan Lynch, ofColorado Springs, Colo.; daughters,Alice Williams, of DeKalb, andMargaret (Lawrence) Kitanga, ofSycamore, Ill.; nine grandchildren;two great-grandchildren; andsister, Jean, of Florida.He was preceded in death by his
grandson, Matthew; two brothers,Wayne and Homer; and sister,Cleta Morehead.The memorial service will be at
2 p.m. Friday, April 5, at Cathedralof Praise, 1126 S. First St., DeKalb,with Pastor Eric Wyzard officiating.In lieu of flowers, memorials can
be made to the Darrel L. LynchMemorial Fund, sent in care ofAnderson Funeral Home, P.O. Box605, 2011 S. Fourth St., DeKalb, IL60115.For information, visit www.
AndersonFuneralHomeLtd.com orcall 815-756-1022.To sign the online guest book, visit
www.legacy.com/daily-chronicle.
MARLYNMONTGOMERYKIRKLAND – Marlyn A. Mont-
gomery, 86, of Kirkland, Ill.,died Monday, April 1, 2013, atNorthwoods Care Centre inBelvidere. Arrangements arepending with Olson Funeral &Cremation Services, Ltd., QuiramKirkland Chapel. For information,go to www.olsonfh.com or call815-522-3563.Visit www.legacy.com/dai-
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RUTH H. SMOLITCHDeKALB – Ruth H. Smoltich, 99,
of DeKalb, Ill., died Monday, April1, 2013, in the DeKalb CountyRehab & Nursing Center in DeKalb.Arrangements are pending atRonan-Moore-Finch Funeral Home,310 Oak St. DeKalb, 815-758-3841.Visit www.legacy.com/dai-
ly-chronicle.
RUTH EVELYNROBERTS WIELERTSHABBONA – Ruth Evelyn
Roberts Wielert, 82, of Shabbona,Ill., passed away at her home April1, 2013. A complete obituary willfollow in a later edition. Arrange-ments by Nelson Funeral Homes &Crematory, www.NelsonFuneral-Homes.com or 815-264-3362.Visit www.legacy.com/dai-
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Note to readers: Informationin Police Reports is obtainedfrom the DeKalb County Sheriff’sOffice and city police depart-ments. Individuals listed inPolice Reports who have beencharged with a crime have notbeen proven guilty in court.
DeKalb cityRachel D. Craft, 30, transient,
was charged Monday, April 1,
with criminal trespass to realproperty.Jarrell T. Haynes, 28, of the
7200 block of South MorganStreet in Chicago, was chargedSunday, March 31, with criminaltrespass to real property.Aurelio B. Beltran Jr., 25, of the
100 block of Silveroaks Drive inRound Lake Beach, was chargedSunday, March 31, with posses-sion of marijuana.
SYCAMORE – Sycamoreresidents may have noticed asignificant amount of smokeMonday coming from thegrounds of Old Mill Park.
The smoke and flameswere a result of a controlledburn implemented by theSycamore Park District.
About five acres of thepark at 50 Mount HungerRoad in Sycamore wereburned as part of a replen-ishment process for the land.
Samantha Melton, anecological consultant atENCAP, Inc., the companyat 1709 Afton Road in Syca-more that worked with thepark district to conduct theburn, said burning the deadvegetation benefits the landby fostering new growth andseed germination.
“Hopefully, it will bringback more native flowersand the area will be more en-joyable,” she said.
Sycamore Assistant FireChief Art Zern said Mon-day’s weather was ideal forthe burn, which is a commonevent around the area thistime of year.
“[Monday] was a nice,calm day, so it was a good
choice for them [to burn],”he said.
Zern said the SycamoreFire Department inspect-ed the site before issuing aburning permit, which is re-quired within the city limits.
To be approved, the pro-posed burning must be morethan 50 feet away from build-ings, power lines, trees oranything else that could bedamaged in the process, hesaid.
Safely burning land in acontrolled setting is a sci-ence that Melton doesn’t takelightly.
Before starting the headfire, Melton said they first
test the area’s conditions.“Typically, you’ll go into
a downwind area and starta starter fire with a lighterto see how fast everything isburning,” she said.
Whether or not to burnMonday also depended onseveral factors, with thewind’s speed and directionbeing the most important,she said.
With houses locatednortheast of the site, Meltonsaid the wind was blowingnorthwest, which was ide-al for keeping embers fromdrifting toward the struc-tures.
Other favorable weather
conditions included warm-er temperatures and sunnyskies to keep the land dry.The humidity also was ide-al, allowing the land couldburn at just the right pace,she said.
Zern said the fire from theburning is fairly manage-able.
“It doesn’t get out of con-trol, but it does move prettyquickly,” he said.
Melton said the strategyfor keeping a fire under con-trol is to create a black-linebarrier with fire breaks – ar-eas that are burned ahead oftime where the fire will ex-tinguish itself when it reach-es them.
But Melton said they stilltake all the necessary pre-cautions.
“[The fire is] designedto go out on its own, but wehave people who are outthere to make sure that itdoes,” she said.
On the Web
To see video ofMonday’s prairieburn at Old MillPark, visitwww.
A member of the fire crew keeps an eye on the controlled burn Mon-
day conducted by the Sycamore Park District at Old Mill Park.
Quinn launches cybersecurity contestCHICAGO – Gov. Pat Quinn is
launching a statewide competi-tion to identify and train Illinoisresidents for jobs in cybersecurity.Quinn announced the Illinois
Cyber Challenge on Monday.The competition is free andopen to anyone, but the gov-ernor says it will specificallytarget veterans, many of whomalready have training in thefield.The challenge will involve
three online tests, each with apre-test tutorial.The top scorers in the online
exams will be invited to a
championship competition.
Court upholds convictionof ex-police commanderCHICAGO – A federal appellate
court Monday upheld the 2010conviction of a former Chicagopolice commander – whosename became synonymous inthe city with out-of-control po-lice – for lying about the tortureof suspects.Jurors at Jon Burge’s trial
“heard overwhelming evidence”he lied about officers shockingand suffocating detainees inthe ’70s and ’80s to secureconfessions, the 7th U.S. CircuitCourt of Appeals said.
– Wire reports
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SYCAMORE – Michelle Gowerlikes the exclusivity and bou-tique-like atmosphere of her store,Shop In Style.
Unlike many clothing stores,Shop In Style is open by appoint-ment only. And with roughly 400square feet of space available,Gower likened the store to beingsomeone’s personal closet.
“It’s kind of like our closet thatwe’re offering to you,” Gower said.“We like the small, boutique flair.”
The store, which opened inOctober at 308 W. State St., is ownedby two sets of sisters: Gower andMelissa Lovell, and Shelley Rhoadesand Christy Cook. Gower describedthem as being like family throughfriendship.
“Having two sets of sisters
involved, you have four styles, fourdifferent opinions,” Gower said. “Soit brings a wide variety and a justunique flair that other places don’toffer.”
To emphasize the sister connec-tion, Gower pointed to the initials ofthe store, SIS, which is prominentin the store’s logo.
Gower said she and her col-leagues owned a traveling clothingboutique. Customers would callthem and invite them to their home,in which Gower and her colleagueswould “turn their house into aboutique.”
“Then the demand got a littleoverwhelming,” Gower said. “Wehad so much merchandise. ... Andjust through God’s timing, every-thing kind of fell into place.”
The lack of defined store hoursis a matter of practicality; all of thestore owners work full-time else-where. Gower said she is an elemen-tary school teacher in Glen Ellyn.At this point, she said she’s not sureif that will change.
“I know in my heart that I stilllove teaching,” Gower said. “Ev-eryone else loves their jobs, too. Welove that this is kind of like a hobby.
It’s something that is fun. We do itwhen it works out for the commu-nity, when ladies want to come andshop.”
Their goal is to have everywoman feel good after walking outof the store, and as such, they haveclothing and accessories for allshapes and ages, Gower said. Sheadded that it is rare for downtownareas like Sycamore to have cloth-ing boutiques.
“It’s nice because we have somany great restaurants and localthings, and they didn’t offer anytype of clothing,” Gower said.
Sycamore boutique offers personal touch
Valley West in Sandwichnamed to Top 100 list
Valley West Community
Hospital in Sandwich, part
of KishHealth System, was
recently named one of the Top
100 Critical Access Hospitals in
the United States by iVantage
Health Analytics, a privately
held healthcare business
intelligence and technology
company.
As part of the selection
process, iVantage measured 56
performance metrics based on
publicly available data for the
country’s 1,267 critical access
hospitals.
Valley West’s highest scores
were in financial stability and
quality. The hospital also scored
well in patient perspectives and
market size and growth.
The study was conducted in
collaboration with the National
Rural Health Association to shed
light on high performing critical
access hospitals as policymak-
ers look to make decisions on
how critical access hospitals
will be reimbursed in the future.
Brad Copple, president of
Valley West and Kishwaukee
Community Hospitals, said
pressure is mounting from pub-
lic and private health insurance
payers to cut reimbursement
for critical access hospitals
especially if they do not meet
performance standards.
“The study demonstrates that
Valley West is a top performer
and underscores its important
contribution to KishHealth
System, which supports Valley
West as it makes investments
in facility improvements, new
technology and training that
continually improve quality and
the patient experience,” Copple
said in a news release.
“Being recognized as one
of the top 100 critical access
hospitals in the country is a tes-
tament to the patient-centered
care Valley West provides,”
David Proulx, assistant vice
president, Valley West Opera-
tions and KishHealth System
Facilities, said according to
the release. “It honors the skill
and dedication of our physi-
cians and staff as well as the
guidance provided by our Board
of Directors.”
Local therapists instructthoracic spine course
Ken Olson and Aaron Nevdal,
physical therapists and partners
with Northern Rehab Physical
Therapy Specialists, recently
taught a course on Thoracic
Spine Examination and Treat-
ment for the Illinois Physical
Therapy Association that was
held in Rockford.
This one-day seminar focused
on instruction of manual thera-
py examination and treatment
techniques to treat mid-back,
neck, and shoulder pain
conditions. Physical therapists
throughout Illinois participated
in the course.
Olson and Nevdal are both
certified orthopaedic physical
therapy specialists and also
co-teach a course on examina-
tion and treatment of the spine
as part of the Northern Illinois
University Doctorate in Physical
Therapy program. Olson’s book,
“Manual Physical Therapy of the
Spine,” is the required textbook
for this course. Olson prac-
tices at the DeKalb Resource
Parkway location and Nevdal
practices at both the DeKalb
and the Rochelle locations of
Northern Rehab Physical Thera-
py Specialists.
For more information about
Northern Rehab, visit www.
NorthernRehabPT.com or call
815-758-8524.
A&P Grain recognizedfor sales and service
Mathews Company has
named A&P Grain Systems Inc.
of Maple Park the 2012 Silver
Sales Award and the Mark of
Excellence Dealer Award. The
awards were presented in Jan-
uary at the Mathews Company
Annual Sales Conference &
Awards Banquet held in Fort
Myers Beach, Fla.
“A&P Grain is a model dealer
for Mathews Company – they
work closely with their cus-
tomers, listen carefully to their
needs, and provide superior
service and support all year
long,” Mark Larson, Mathews
Company regional sales man-
ager, said in a news release.
“To Dave Altepeter and Melissa
Brady, a father-daughter-owned
business, it is more than just
selling their customer a grain
dryer. Many of their customers
have been with them for years.
“Dave, Melissa and their team
are focused on helping custom-
ers obtain only the best quality
products on the market, they
follow that up with providing
the expertise and personalized
local service that is so import-
ant to their customers,” Larson
said in the release.
In addition to the Silver Sales
Award, A&P Grain Systems also
earned M-C’s newest dealer
designation, The Mark of Excel-
lence Award. Dealers earning
this accreditation have met a
stringent list of criteria that in-
clude attending M-C University
for Technical Training, have in-
depth product knowledge, are
focused on providing parts and
service, and have committed to
a high level of customer service
and satisfaction promoting the
M-C brand.
When people refer to theweather in the Midwest,one comment you’ll oftenhere is if you don’t like theweather, just wait a fewminutes and it will change.Well, you won’t need towait long for changes tohappen in DeKalb.
Over the past year therehave been a number ofchanges that have takenplace in some key positionsthroughout DeKalb. A newpolice chief (Gene Low-ery), a new fire chief (EricHicks), a new high schoolprincipal (Tamra Ropeter),new editor of the DailyChronicle (Eric Olson),and plenty of changes atNorthern Illinois Univer-sity including a new headfootball coach (Rod Carey)and a new athletic directorcoming with the departureof Jeff Compher. Still morechanges are coming fastwith a new mayor and citycouncil members after theupcoming election nextweek, a new city managerwith Mark Biernacki re-tiring and a new presidentof Northern Illinois Uni-versity with John Petersretiring.
Changes are not exclu-
sive to positions but also
to events with Corn Fest
moving weekends and loca-
tions with a move to Labor
Day weekend and heading
back to downtown DeKalb.
The police will move into a
new headquarters when the
police station is completed.Most people today have
ideas about changes thatwould make DeKalb betterand there is no better timeto do that then now. Somefear change because not
all change is good, but allchange does provide anopportunity for somethinggreat to happen. No matter
what your opinion on any
of the changes mentioned or
those not included, change
is here and opportunity is
knocking. Be sure that you
take a positive look at any
change that involves you
and take the opportunity
to make the change that
moves you forward insteadof one that has you lookingback.
One suggestion is to bepart of the solution whenit comes to change. Beingpart of the solution beginsnext week by getting outto vote April 9. No matterwhat your thoughts areor who you vote for, it’simportant to cast your voteand let your voice be heard.To find out more about thecandidates, check out theaudio of the CandidatesNight held last month atthe chamber’s website atwww.dekalb.org or visitthe Daily Chronicle website(www.daily-chronicle.com)for more election coverage.Voting is where change be-gins and once the votes arecounted (regardless of theoutcome), everyone needsto be on board with the de-cision. Use your knowledgeto make the change positivebecause change is upon us.
• Matt Duffy is execu-tive director of the DeKalbChamber of Commerce.
Know more
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Make the best ofchange – it’s here
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Sweet Magnolia Bakery of Sandwich, known for its customized cakes, cupcakes and baked goods, wasrecently showcased on “Chicago’s Best” on WGN-TV. Host Brittney Payton spent the day with the SweetMagnolia team learning about the business and making a batch of the bakery’s featured item, Sweet Mag-nolia Cinnamon Rolls. Sweet Magnolia was a viewer’s choice selection and voted on to the show by areacustomers. Pictured (from left) are Charles Molleur, Bonnie Consodine, owner Ann Tiseth, Brittney Payton,John Tiseth, Steven Klinsky, Jorie Loss, Jessica Mitchell and Ben Riddle.
Genoa chamber rolls out website, logosThe Genoa Area Chamber of Com-
merce recently announced a new website,but just in the past month has launched anew branch of the Genoa Area Chambercalled Explore Genoa, whose mission is to
“Promote and Educate the Community,”
to Think Local, Shop Local First.
With the new branch, the Genoa
Chamber also has launched two new
logos, including a new chamber logo.
With the help of Mike Milinac of Genoa,
the chamber has created a new look to
further promote membership and en-
hance community. The chamber thanksMilinac for sharing his marketing talentand creating such wonderful new logo
designs for Explore Genoa, as well asthe Genoa Area Chamber of Commerce.Both designs capture the essence of thecommunity as chamber members.
The Explore Genoa logo supportsthe local community, by continuing toincorporate the COG design, and the newchamber logo includes acknowledgementof being a Tree City, USA, as well as the
beautiful Kishwaukee River.The new website was created by Morn-
ing Star Media and is hosted by ArmorTechnologies.
For more information about the GenoaArea Chamber of Commerce membershipand community events, call 815-784-2212or visit www.genoacc.com or email [email protected].
Heather Ferguson is the Coordinator of Recruitment and Orientation at Kishwaukee College, a position she began in 2010. In her professional capacity,
Heather assists new students and families with their transition to college through presentations, orientation programs, high school visits, tours, and other
on- and off-campus events. Heather has assisted with the creation or update of several events including revamping summer orientation, developing the
Collegeʼs Open House program, and adopting the organization of Kishwaukeeʼs annual College Night event. She is also passionate about developing
student leaders and enjoys working with Kishwaukee College Student Ambassadors and the occasional NIU graduate intern.
Heather received her bachelorʼs degree in English and Journalism from Northern Illinois University, where her position as an undergraduate Orientation
Leader sparked her love for the field of higher education. After spending a year working in the publication industry after college, she returned to school
to earn her masterʼs degree in College Student Personnel from Western Illinois University. At the graduate level, she completed internships in orientation,
career services, recruitment, and the Womenʼs Center before settling on orientation as her favorite student services area.
When she is not working, Heather enjoys traveling with her husband Jon; some of their recent excursions have included St. Louis, Green Bay, Memphis,
and the Dominican Republic. Locally, she enjoys attending exercise classes at the YMCA, working on projects for her graphics class, and attending local
festivals and events.
HEATHER FERGUSONKishwaukee College
Decision comes
a week after
trustees met
with finalists
The decision comes abouta week after NIU trustees metfour finalists off campus in aclosed meeting March 22.
On March 23, small groupsof faculty, staff, alumni andfoundation board members,as well as community leaders,met with the final four. Thosemeetings also were closed,with participants signing con-fidentiality agreements.
The finalists were select-ed from 10 people who met inclosed session last week withthe presidential search advi-sory committee at the HyattRegency O’Hare in Rosemont.The 28-member search com-mittee spent about 90 minutesinterviewing the 10 finalists,who were selected from 48candidates.
• NIUContinued from page A1
By MICHAEL TARMThe Associated Press
CHICAGO – Mexican drugcartels whose operatives oncerarely ventured beyond theU.S. border are dispatchingsome of their most trustedagents to live and work deepinside the United States – anemboldened presence that ex-perts believe is meant to tight-en their grip on the world’smost lucrative narcotics mar-ket and maximize profits.
If left unchecked, author-ities say, the cartels’ moveinto the American interiorcould render the syndicatesharder than ever to dislodgeand pave the way for them toexpand into other criminalenterprises such as prostitu-tion, kidnapping-and-extor-tion rackets and money laun-dering.
Cartel activity in the U.S.is certainly not new. Startingin the 1990s, the ruthless syn-dicates became the nation’sNo. 1 supplier of illegal drugs,using unaffiliated middlemento smuggle cocaine, marijua-na and heroin beyond the bor-der or even to grow pot here.
But a wide-ranging Asso-ciated Press review of federalcourt cases and government
drug-enforcement data, plusinterviews with many top lawenforcement officials, indi-cate the groups have begundeploying agents from theirinner circles to the U.S.
Cartel operatives are sus-pected of running drug-dis-tribution networks in at leastnine nonborder states, oftenin middle-class suburbs in theMidwest, South and North-east.
“It’s probably the most se-rious threat the United States
has faced from organizedcrime,” said Jack Riley, headof the Drug Enforcement Ad-ministration’s Chicago office.
The cartel threat loomsso large that one of Mexico’smost notorious drug kingpins– a man who has never setfoot in Chicago – was recentlynamed the city’s Public Ene-my No. 1, the same notoriouslabel once assigned to Al Ca-pone.
The Chicago Crime Com-mission, a nongovernment
agency that tracks crimetrends in the region, said itconsiders Joaquin “El Chapo”Guzman even more menacingthan Capone because Guzmanleads the deadly Sinaloa car-tel, which supplies most of thenarcotics sold in Chicago andin many cities across the U.S.
Border states from Texasto California have long grap-pled with a cartel presence.But cases involving cartelmembers have now emergedin the suburbs of Chicago andAtlanta, as well as Columbus,Ohio, Louisville, Ky., and ru-ral North Carolina. Suspectshave also surfaced in Indiana,Michigan, Minnesota andPennsylvania.
Mexican drug cartels “aretaking over our neighbor-hoods,” Pennsylvania Attor-ney General Kathleen Kanewarned a legislative commit-tee in February. State PoliceCommissioner Frank Noonandisputed her claim, sayingcartels are primarily drugsuppliers, not the ones traf-ficking drugs on the ground.
Others are skeptical aboutclaims cartels are expandingtheir presence, saying law-en-forcement agencies are proneto exaggerating threats to jus-tify bigger budgets.
Cartels send agents deep inside U.S.
AP photo
Art Bilek, executive vice president of the Chicago Crime Commission(left), announces that Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, a drug kingpin inMexico, has been named Chicago’s Public Enemy No. 1, during a newsconference Feb. 14 in Chicago.
SOMONAUK – For many ofthe Somonauk School District432 board candidates, passinga referendum that could gen-erate $900,000 for the districtis crucial.
“It’s the most importantissue there could be possiblybe right now,” candidate Mi-chael Short said.
The referendum that wouldallow the school board to raiseits education fund tax rate to 4percent has been touted as alifeline for the district. Schoolboard President Tom Nielsen,who is not up for re-election,said in February the districtwould cut three teachers anda host of extracurricular pro-grams if the referendum fails.
LaSalle County is not a tax-capped county, which meansthat to raise revenue, the dis-trict needs voter permission
April 9 to raise tax rates. Eventhough it extends into DeKalbCounty, the majority of thedistrict is in LaSalle.
Voters also will chooseamong six candidates – Short,Corey Britt, Bradley Casner,Roger Duffield, Amy Wieg-man and Matthew Wilson –who are vying for four spotson the board. Britt and Duff-ield are the only incumbentsseeking re-election.
For Wiegman, failure isnot an option when it comesto the passing the referen-dum.
“I don’t really want to
think what will happen if itfails,” Wiegman said.
She first got involved withthe school district in 2012when her husband, Jay, ledthe pro-referendum commit-tee. It was an eye-opening ex-perience, she said.
“We really became moreand more aware of problemsof communication betweenthe schools, the businessesand the community,” Wieg-man said.
With her background asa social media manager at apublishing company, Wieg-man said she would use herskills to open up more linesof communication among thethree entities.
Wiegman and Short havechildren in the first grade. Ifelected, Short said he wouldnot micromanage the admin-istrators or teachers.
“I’m willing to listen andtake input when it’s time to
make a decision,” Wiegmansaid.
Wilson taught agricultureand general science in thedistrict for 33 years, and he’shoping to bring his apprecia-tion for the education systemto the board.
“I know how to livethrough tough decisions andtough times, and I hope tomake a difference,” Wilsonsaid.
Regardless of the outcomeof the referendum, the boardshould begin planning forwhatever direction it wantsto take in the future, Duffieldsaid. With a background ininsurance and risk manage-ment, Duffield said he be-lieved he excels at long-termplanning.
“We’re going to have to fig-ure out what’s important forcitizens,” Duffield said, “andit just can’t be in a time of cri-sis.”
ROGER DUFFIELD
n Affiliation:Independentn Age: 48n Town: So-monaukn Career: In-surance and risk
n Affiliation:Independentn Age: 55n Town: So-monaukn Career: TurfSpecialist /re-
tired teacher, Young and Youngern Children: Christopher S.Wilson, 32, James M. Wilson, 28,Laura L. Carpenter, 27
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KAUFMAN, Texas – Twodays after a Texas districtattorney and his wife werefound shot to death in theirhome, authorities have saidlittle about their investiga-tion or any potential sus-pects.
But suspicion in the slay-ings shifted to a white su-premacist gang with a longhistory of violence and ret-ribution that was also thefocus of a December law en-forcement bulletin warningthat its members might try toattack police or prosecutors.
Four top leaders of theAryan Brotherhood of Texaswere indicted in October forcrimes ranging from mur-der to drug trafficking. Twomonths later, authoritiesissued the bulletin warningthat the gang might try toretaliate against law enforce-ment for the investigationthat led to the arrests of 34of its members on federalcharges.
Kaufman County DistrictAttorney Mike McLellandand his wife were found deadSaturday in their East Tex-as home. The killings wereespecially jarring becausethey happened just a coupleof months after one of thecounty’s assistant districtattorneys, Mark Hasse, waskilled in a parking lot nearhis courthouse office.
McLelland was part of amulti-agency task force thattook part in the investigationof the Aryan Brotherhood.The task force also includedthe FBI, the Drug Enforce-ment Administration as wellas police departments inHouston and Fort Worth.
Investigators have de-clined to say if the group isthe focus of their efforts, butthe state Department of Pub-lic Safety bulletin warnedthat the Aryan Brotherhoodof Texas is “involved in is-suing orders to inflict ‘masscasualties or death’ to law en-forcement officials involvedin the recent case.”
Suspicion in TexasDA death shifts towhite supremacists
Some Republican lawmakers in Iowa resorted tobullying tactics when attempting to shut down ananti-bullying conference.
That is as ironic as it is disappointing.Gov. Tom Vilsack started the Iowa Governor’s Con-
ference on LGBTQ Youth. The nonprofit group IowaSafe Schools organizes the conference, the goal ofwhich is to combat bullying of students who are lesbi-an, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning.
A group of conservative state lawmakers Thursdaythreatened to withhold funding for Des Moines AreaCommunity College, which hosts the event. Sixteenlegislators agreed to propose amendments to the stateeducation budget blocking funding for DMACC, stat-ing the event uses taxpayer dollars to encourage dan-gerous behaviors that distort Bible teachings.
Last time we checked, bullying wasn’t somethingthe Bible promoted.
The conference, expected to draw about 700 studentsand educators, isn’t a how-to session on homosexuali-ty, if that’s what the conservatives fear when they sug-gest it promotes “evil propaganda.” It’s a day devotedto looking for ways to keep all students safe from bully-ing – no matter what their sexual orientation.
Surely, these lawmakers aren’t so far removed fromhigh school to have forgotten what it is like. They shouldknow that students who are considered “different” arefrequent targets for bullies. And gay teens fall into thattargeted group. Bullying actions are not always some-thing teachers see, nor are they always equipped to dealwith inappropriate behavior when they do observe it.Hence, the conference serves an important purpose.
Last year, there was a report that Gov. Terry Bran-stad intended to remove the word “Governor’s” fromthe conference name. That turned out to be false. In-stead, Branstad – a Republican, let’s remember – spokeup in support of the conference.
“I believe in treating everybody with respect anddignity, and certainly we want to make sure that no-body is bullied,” Branstad said at the time.
It’s hard to imagine even these 16 conservative law-makers disagreeing with the governor’s statement.Yet, here they are, claiming the conference is an im-proper use of taxpayer money. The legislators havehigh hopes the Republican majority in the House willuse its clout and pass the measure cutting DMACC’sfunding. It would be a travesty if that happened.
Institutions of higher education have long been ha-vens for public discourse and the exchange of ideas. Tosuggest that a college should lose its funding by support-ing an event designed to make students feel safe and em-powered at school is a backward way of thinking.
For eight years, this conference has enjoyed bipar-tisan support of its goal to make Iowa schools welcom-ing and safe. The conservative lawmakers’ threat towithhold funding from DMACC only underscores thereality that too many people still see bullying as an ac-ceptable way to get what you want.
Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, Iowa)
Don’t bully theanti-bullying
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishmentof religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; orabridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or theright of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petitionthe Government for a redress of grievances.
We welcome original letters on public issues. Letters must include theauthor’s full name, address and day and evening phone numbers. We limitletters to 400 words. We accept one letter per person every 15 days. All lettersare subject to editing for length and clarity. Email: [email protected]: Daily Chronicle, Letters to the Editor, 1586 Barber Greene Road, DeKalb, IL60115. Fax: 815-758-5059.
The United States continues to work its way out ofthe Great Recession. Stock market averages are at ornear their record highs of 2008. Housing and manu-facturing are rebounding. People are spending moneyagain, and President Barack Obama has declared that“an economic recovery has begun.”
Despite the good news and optimistic pronounce-ments, however, thus far the upturn has been anemicat best. The U.S. economy is producing far below itscapacity, and nowhere is this felt more keenly than inthe ranks of the unemployed.
Mortimer Zuckerman, editor in chief of U.S. News& World Report, points out that since World War II ithas typically taken no more than two years to recoverall jobs lost in a recession. Today, five years after em-ployment’s previous high, we are still down 3.2 millionjobs. At the current rate, he says, it will be seven yearsbefore the jobs lost in the Great Recession are restored.
One reason for the tepid recovery and slowness ofjob recovery was the economic excesses that were builtup during the 1990s. People and businesses borrowedand built as if the sky was the limit. When realitycame, as it always does, the fall was very, very hard.Thus, recovery was a particular challenge.
A more important reason, however, is that whilethe federal government was effective in preventing acatastrophic financial meltdown in 2008, it has beenremarkably ineffective in creating policies that en-courage economic recovery. Indeed, despite trillions ofdollars spent on stimulus programs, many argue thatgovernment policies actually are hindering recovery,rather than helping it.
Instead of streamlining regulations to promote busi-ness activity and job creation, the government has beencreating new regulations at a record pace. Environmen-tal permits, new safety regulations, new health rulesand other federal requirements are causing bottlenecksfor business expansion. They may be promoted as bene-ficial for the public, but they are resulting in fewer fulltime jobs and wage stagnation. The way to prosperity isprivate business expansion. The United States becamethe economic engine of the world because it followedthis formula. It is time we focused on it again.
The Grand Island (Neb.) Independent
Verbic will be responsiveleader for DeKalbTo the Editor:
We are writing to encourage
voters in the city of DeKalb to elect
Mike Verbic as our next mayor.
We have knownMike for many
years and have always been
impressed with his passion and
interest in our community. His
service on the school board has
demonstrated his ability to lead a
government body in a diverse city
such as ours.
Mike is always interested in
hearing all sides of an issue in a
respectful and courteous manner
and has proven himself to be an ef-
fective leader and skillful communi-
cator. There are many issues in our
community that will be addressed
in the near future and Mike Verbic
has the experience and interest
to lead the city council to the best
course of action.
At a time when finances are
limited, Mike is very aware that the
money the city spends belongs to
the taxpayers of this community,
and the city government is respon-
sible to those taxpayers to invest
wisely. Mike has the expertise to
move the city of DeKalb forward
for future generations.
Please join us in electing
Mike Verbic as the next mayor of
DeKalb on April 9, 2013.
Michael and Robin RothamerDeKalb
Hess will maximize DeKalbschools’ performanceTo the Editor:
As a lifelong member of this
community, I have never been
compelled to write a letter to the
editor until now. The candidacy of
Mary Hess for the School District
428 board of education is the
reason I am inspired to do so at
this time.
I have had the pleasure of work-
ing with Mary in different capac-
ities over the years, and I have
observed a consistent competency
that defines her quality. Her many
years of advocacy for the youth of
our area and participation in the
services available to our youth will
bring an expertise to our school
district that is extremely valuable.
Mary is an advocate for high
standards and expectations for
all components of education,
from students to administrators.
Significant budget challenges will
have to be addressed in the next
few years, and holding the admin-
istration to high standards and
accountable for their execution,
will be essential if the district is to
maximize what it can deliver to our
students and community.
Mary has the ability and demean-
or to make informed, objective and
rational decisions when faced with
the difficult issues that are a very
real part of education in Illinois
today.
As a champion for youth in our
area, Mary is working toward
improving the environments our
youth are exposed to. Collabora-
tion between organizations like
the DeKalb County Youth Service
Providers, which Mary chaired
from 2010-12, and District 428,
are essential to providing the best
climate possible for our students in
and out of school.
Enhanced curriculum, paired
with enhanced environments, lead
to maximized student achieve-
ment. Mary has the knowledge
and experience to bolster those
collaborations, so that all involved
are more efficient and effective.
This has to occur for our school
district to perform at the highest
level possible.
Mary and her family have been
actively involved in this communi-
ty since moving here 13 years ago.
It is the right time for the District
428 communities to utilize the
energy and talents that Mary has
to offer. Please join me in support-
ing Mary Hess for the District 428
Board of Education in the upcom-
ing election.
Tracy WilliamsDeKalb
Freight rail pays; passenger trains flunkForty years ago, American railroads
were in trouble. The Penn Central, the larg-est railroad, had recently gone bankrupt.
American freight rail was technologi-cally obsolescent and hamstrung by unionrules and government rate regulation.American passenger rail was unprofitableand unreliable.
Freight rail was losing business to truck-ing firms. Passenger rail was losing out tocars on the new interstate highways andairplanes on long routes.
The past 40 years have seen a laboratoryexperiment on how to revive railroads. Gov-ernment has gotten out of freight rail, whilepassenger rail has become largely a publicsector function.
We’ve had a chance to see which worksbetter and to understand why.
It took a while for the government toget out of the freight rail business. In 1973,Congress created Conrail, which took overthe lines of the Penn Central and otherNortheast railroads. Despite rosy projec-tions, Conrail racked up big losses, with thefederal government picking up the tab.
Fortunately, the idea of transportationderegulation – pushed by Ralph Nader aswell as market-oriented think tanks – waspicking up steam.
In 1980, Congress passed and JimmyCarter signed the Staggers Act, ending therigid rate regulation by the 1887-vintageInterstate Commerce Commission. Conrailbegan making profits and was sold to pri-vate investors in 1987.
The following quarter-century has seena renaissance of American freight rail. As aMarch 27 Wall Street Journal story relates,rail companies have been investing in railyards, refueling stations and new tracks.
They are building new bridges, wideningmountain tunnels and “turning their net-works into double-lane steel freeways.” TheAssociation of American Railroads says it
will invest $14 billion this year, up from $6billion in 2003.
But doesn’t this mean higher costs? No,freight rail rates are less than half whatthey were in the early 1980s. That’s becausefreight rail faces aggressive competitionfrom trucking, which was also deregulatedin 1980.
Each mode has its advantages. Freightrail is cheaper per mile over long hauls.Trucks can deliver goods to the door.Train-truck and rail-rail competition hassqueezed out huge amounts of cost. Thatmeans cheaper goods and services for con-sumers. And a bottom line that promptedsuper-investor Warren Buffett to pay $44billion to acquire BNSF (formerly Burling-ton Northern Santa Fe).
Passenger rail is a different story. It wasa big money-loser for railroad companiesunder the old regulatory regime, and theywere happy to slough it off to the govern-ment-created Amtrak in 1971.
Amtrak was supposed to be a profit-mak-ing enterprise but would receive govern-ment subsidies temporarily. It’s still gettingthem 42 years later. One reason is thatCongress insists on passenger service in 46of the 50 states
The long lines are huge money-losers,but if Amtrak cuts off service to Havre,Mont., someone will complain – and getloads of publicity from the passenger-trainlobby. Amtrak is also saddled with unionrestrictions and procurement rules thatmean that it loses money when it chargescaptive customers $15 for a hamburger.
Amtrak claims to make money on threelines in the Northeast, where population
densities and travel distances make pas-senger trains a natural. But, curiously, itcounts maintenance as a capital expendi-ture, not an operating cost.
Amtrak has been attracting Washing-ton-to-New York passengers who used totake airplane shuttles. But it’s losing cus-tomers to private sector buses with muchlower fares and better Wi-Fi.
Barack Obama and 36-year Amtrakpassenger Joe Biden want government todouble down and build high-speed rail linesacross the country.
“Imagine boarding a train in the centerof a city,” Obama said in April 2009. “Imag-ine whisking through towns at speeds over100 miles an hour, walking only a few stepsto public transportation and ending up justblocks from your destination.”
The problem is most Americans livein suburbs, not central cities, and mostdestinations are not just blocks from publictransportation.The Obama administration is pumpingmoney into California’s lunatic high-speedrail project, whose estimated cost hasjumped from $40 billion to $100 billion – fora line between the metropolises of Fresnoand Bakersfield.That’s nutty. And so may be the privateinvestors who are trying to build Hous-ton-Dallas and Miami-Orlando high-speedlines.
But they’re betting their own money,with strong incentives to meet competitionand squeeze out cost.
Just like the people who made freightrail work.
• Michael Barone, senior politicalanalyst for The Washington Examiner, is aresident fellow at the American EnterpriseInstitute, a Fox News Channel contributorand a co-author of The Almanac of Ameri-can Politics.
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AP All-America men’shoops team announcedDoug McDermott made
Creighton history last seasonwhen he was selected as theschool’s first player on the APAll-America team. Now he’sdone it again.The 6-foot-8 junior forward,
the second-leading scorer inDivision I, was a repeat selec-tion Monday, the 51st playerto earn the honor in consecu-tive seasons.“It’s pretty crazy. I couldn’t
expect to have as good a yearas I did,” said McDermott,who averaged 23.1 points and7.5 rebounds while shooting56.1 percent from the fieldand 49.7 percent from 3-pointrange.Trey Burke (above) of
Michigan and Otto Porter Jr.of Georgetown tied as theleading vote-getters for firstteam, while Victor Oladipo ofIndiana and Kelly Olynyk ofGonzaga were the other play-ers selected.McDermott, who led the
Bluejays to the Missouri ValleyConference championshipwith a title-game win overWichita State, wasn’t shockedthat he was the second repeatselection in as many years,following Jared Sullinger ofOhio State. But the honor wassatisfying.
– Associated Press
BaseballBaltimore at Tampa Bay,
2 p.m., MLBRegional coverage, St. Louis
at Arizona, 8:30 p.m., MLBCollege softball
Indiana State at Indiana,5 p.m., BTNMen’s college basketballNIT, semifinal, BYU vs.
Baylor, at New York, 6 p.m.,ESPN2NIT, semifinal, Maryland vs.
Iowa, at New York, 8 p.m.,ESPN2
Pro basketballBulls at Washington, 6 p.m.,
CSNNew York at Miami, 7 p.m.,
TNTDallas at L.A. Lakers,
9:30 p.m., TNTPro hockey
Buffalo at Pittsburgh,6:30 p.m., NBCSN
SoccerUEFA Champions League,
quarterfinals, Juventus atBayern Munich, 1:30 p.m.,FSNWomen’s college basketballNCAA Division I tournament,
regional final, Notre Dame vs.Duke, at Norfolk, Va., 6 p.m.,ESPNNCAA Division I tournament,
regional final, Tennessee vs.Louisville, at Oklahoma City,8 p.m., ESPN
PITTSBURGH – For twodays, Jeff Samardzija did hisbest to keep his emotions incheck, fearing that if too muchexcitement carried over toMonday’s Opening Day start,there could be trouble.
He spent Easter Sundayrelaxing and sat in the Cubs’clubhouse Monday morningwith music blaring throughearbuds as he reviewed videoclips of his last start againstthe Pirates on an iPad as team-
mates sat next to him on aleather couch leisurely flip-ping through newspapers.
If there was any concernsover making his debut as theCubs’ ace, they quickly disap-peared – even after a shaky firstinning when he walked the firstbatter he faced and done in by a
Brent Lillibridge error.Heck, even the weather
didn’t faze Samardzija, whoplayed high school baseball atValparaiso High School beforetransitioning over to footballat Notre Dame.
“I remember being in highschool and pitching in thesnow and stuff,” he said afterthe Cubs’ 3-1 win over the Pi-rates. “It wasn’t that bad. Thesnow cleared up and the suncame out. It was a beautifulday to play baseball.”
AP photo
Cubs startinger Jeff Samardzija pitches during the second inningagainst Pittsburgh on Monday in Pittsburgh. Samardzija picked up thewin as the Cubs won, 3-1, in their first game of the season. See GEM, page B2
Northern Illinois cornerback Marckie Hayes participates in a tackling drill during practice Friday at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb. Hayes is a 2010 Sycamore graduate.
Sycamore graduate moving up the depth charts, receiving more practice reps
DeKALB – Last season waspretty special for MarckieHayes.
The Northern Illinois play-er and 2010 Sycamore HighSchool graduate was a partof arguably the best seasonin NIU history, for starters.Hayes saw the field on specialteams and got into the Hus-kies’ defensive rotation moreas the season went on.
Hayes came to NIU as awalk-on in 2010, but a fewweeks into last season, he wasawarded a full scholarship.Former coach Dave Doeren an-nounced Hayes’ scholarship ina meeting, and after the wordscame out of Doeren’s mouth therest of the room jumped up andcheered, according to Hayes.
“It’s been a dream cometrue, just being the local kidaround here, always wantingto be a Division I scholarshipplayer,” Hayes said. “Not onlyjust that, but be a Division Ischolarship Northern IllinoisHuskie.”
Hayes finished the 2012 sea-son with 17 tackles.
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BASEBALL: HINCKLEY-BIG ROCK 8, SERENA 7
Royals start off conference season with a come-from-behind win
BIG ROCK – It’s alwaysnice to get off to a good startwhen the conference baseballseason rolls around.
Hinckley-Big Rock andfirst-year coach Brad Ungerdid that on a chilly Monday af-ternoon. The Royals, behind acombined solid pitching effortfrom freshman Jacob Morschand senior Luke Winkle, plus
clutch hitting from seniorMitch Ruh, earned a come-from-behind 8-7 Little TenConference victory over Ser-ena at Kenny Field.
“We didn’t play a clean gameby any means, but any kind ofwin is important,” said Unger.“We made a lot of mistakes andran ourselves out of innings onthe bases, but it’s early. Morschgot out of a few jams and madesome good pitches when heneeded to, then Winkle came in
and closed it down – that washuge.”
Trailing 7-6 in the bottom ofthe sixth inning, H-BR pinch-hitter Dylan Youhanaie drew awalk to start. Hunter Seierstadre-entered the game and stolesecond, but after two outs Ruhsmacked a two-strike pitch tocenter field to plate Seierstadand tie the game. Winkle fol-lowed with a walk, then Ruhscored on a throwing error forwhat proved to be the game-
winning run. Ruh finishedthe game 3-for-4 with 2 RBI forH-BR (2-1, 1-0 LTC).
“He is the backbone of ourteam and that showed againtoday,” Unger said of Ruh. “[Inthe fourth] he got down in thecount, was patient and hit alaser beam to right, then againin the sixth with two-strikes todrive in the tying run.”
Before Ruh’s at-bat, Ser-ena coach Chad Baker made amound visit to his relief pitch-
er Cal Mason.“I told him to keep the ball
down to [Ruh] and he did thefirst two strikes, but he leftthe third one up just enoughthat he could get a hold ofit,” Baker said. “It wouldhave been nice to beat a teamlike H-BR because we knowthey’re tough. We just made acouple of mistakes in that in-ning.”
4:30 p.m.Earlville at Hiawatha, 4:30 p.m.LaMoille at Indian Creek,
4:30 p.m.Hinckley-Big Rock at Serena,
4:30 p.m.Sandwich at Kaneland, 4:30 p.m.West Aurora at DeKalb, 4:30 p.m.Genoa-Kingston at Belvidere,
4:30 p.m.Softball
Earlville at Hiawatha, 4:30 p.m.LaMoille at Indian Creek, 4:30 p.m.Sycamore at Rochelle, 4:30 p.m.
Girls SoccerHinckley-Big Rock at Plano,
4:30 p.m.Byron at Indian Creek, 4:30 p.m.DeKalb at Kaneland, 4:30 p.m.Genoa-Kingston at Marengo,
4:30 p.m.Boys Track
DeKalb at Rochelle Title IX Meet,4 p.m.Hinckley-Big Rock at Lisle quad,
4 p.m.Girls Track
Hinckley-Big Rock at Lisle quad,4 p.m.Genoa-Kingston hosts triangular
(w/ Marengo, Richmond-Burton),4:15 p.m.DeKalb at Rochelle Title IX Meet,
4 p.m.Kaneland at Burlington Central
triangular (w/ Oregon), 4:30 p.m.Boys Tennis
DeKalb at Dixon, 4:30 p.m.
CHICAGO – White Soxpitcher Chris Sale walked tohis locker room stall beforeMonday’s game, trying toprepare for his start as if it wasany other.
But while he sat in his blackleather chair anxiously waitingfor the clock to strike 3:10 p.m.,Sale’s knee bounced in antici-pation and the nerves started tosettle in. Sale took the moundon a cool, though sunny dayat U.S. Cellular Field againstthe Kansas City Royals for thefirst of what should be manyOpening Day starts.
With a five-year, $32.5million contract signed, the24-year-old lefty, the Sox’sfifth-youngest Opening Daystarter, pitched 7 2/3 scorelessinnings in a 1-0 win.
Sale (1-0) became the firstSox pitcher to win his firstOpening Day start since MarkBuehrle in 2002.
“It was everything I thought
it would be and more,” Salesaid. “I thought I did a realgood job of kind of collectingmyself and not getting tooamped up too early or too lateand it ended up being a prettygood day.”
The Royals (0-1) haven’tbeen easy outs for Sale thepast three seasons. EnteringMonday’s game, Sale owned a3-3 record and 3.12 ERA againstKansas City. However, a moremature and complete versionwas on the mound for theseason opener. He scatteredseven hits and struck out sevenRoyals while issuing only onewalk.
But more importantly, Salepitched effectively using 104pitches (72 strikes) over 7 2/3
innings. The Sox (1-0) providedSale just enough offense, cour-tesy of catcher Tyler Flowers’fifth inning home run off JamesShields (0-1), and Addison Reedpicked up his first save.
“There’s a lot of hypearound this [Opening Daystart] and sometimes if you gettoo hyped up or get too manythoughts going in your mind,it can get derailed on you realquick,” Sale said.
Sale’s change-up was asimpressive as it has been sincehe joined the Sox in 2010. Aver-aging 10 mph slower than thefastballs Kansas City hittersfaced, Sale kept the Royals offbalance using a pitch that wasrarely his first choice in keysituations last season.
Of the 21 change-ups hethrew, 16 were strikes and theonly one hit into play cameagainst the last batter he faced,Alcides Escobar, in the eighth.The pitch complements his 94
mph fastball and one of the bestsliders in the game.
“I was trying to calm himdown because I could see itstarting to happen,” Flowerssaid of Sale. “He was gettingquicker in between pitches, hiswindup gets quicker and thenhe starts leaving stuff overthe plate. I was calming himdown – he made good pitches,Escobar made a good piece ofhitting on that ball.”
Jake Peavy, who has takento mentoring Sale, said hisyoung teammate is “handsdown” the No. 1 pitcher on theSox’s staff, saying “We’re goingto lean on Chris and we needhim to have a big year if we’regoing to be who we want to be.”
• Meghan Montemurrocovers the White Sox forShaw Media. Write to her [email protected]. Follow her on Twitter @Sox_Insider.
After emerging from thefirst inning unscathed, Sa-mardzija settled in, pitchingwhat manager Dale Sveumconsidered the best he hasthrown as a starter. The finalnumbers backed Sveum’s eval-uation: 8 innings pitched, noruns, two hits, one walk andnine strikeouts.
Certainly, Anthony Rizzo’stwo-run home run providedSamardzija some room for er-ror. But clearly Monday, hedidn’t need it, especially froma couple of solid defensive
plays from second basemanLillibridge and shortstop Star-lin Castro.
“I just had to trust mystuff,” he said. “I thought itwas probably one of the bestpitched games I’ve thrown.I didn’t have the best stuffthat I’ve had, but I thought Iworked both sides of the plateup and down and really at-tacked their hitters with ourgame plan.
“It was just nice to havethat confidence.”
Samardzija was effectivewith a two-seam fastball andgained more control of his off-speed pitches as the day pro-gressed. His best three innings
may have come during thethird, fourth and fifth inningswhen Samardzija retired ninestraight batters and struck outfive. Samardzija finished theday with 110 pitches beforehanding the ball to the Cubsbullpen to finish the job.
Sveum said he never con-sidered sending Samardzijaback in to attempt a completegame, saying he pitched “aheck of a game” and that therewas no reason to send himback in after striking out twoof the three Pittsburgh hittershe faced in the eighth.
Samardzija, who pitched acomplete game at PNC Parkin his final start last year,
said closer Carlos Marmol’sninth-inning struggles didn’tconcern him, referring to theCubs’ bullpen as “strong”,saying he’s got “tons of confi-dence” in the relievers.
After Monday’s outing, theconfidence level around Sa-mardzija skyrocketed. Afterfinishing 9-13 last season inhis first year as a starter, Sa-mardzija is ready to prove he’sready to take the next step.
Monday was a good start.“Samardzija pitched his
butt off,” Rizzo said. “That’sjust him being him. He’s ahorse and whenever he pitch-es, that’s what we can expectfrom him.”
nered two more Mid-AmericanConference weekly awards asjunior pitcher Eli Anderson wasnamed the MACWest Pitcherof the Week while junior AlexKlonowski was honored as thePlayer of the Week.Anderson earned his third win
of the season Saturday againstAkron, pitching a complete gamewith six strikeouts in the Huskies’2-1 victory.Klonowski went 9 for 12 during
the weekend with two RBIs, threeruns and a stolen base.He also pitched five innings
and struck out eight to earn histhird win of the season, helpingNIU to a weekend sweep of theZips.
Report: Blackhawksacquire HandzusThe Blackhawks have acquired
veteran center Michael Handzusfrom the San Jose Sharks inexchange for a fourth-round draftpick, according to TSN.Handzus, 36, has notched two
points (1 G, 1 A) in 28 gameswith the Sharks this season buthas been a productive centersince he entered the NHL in1998.He has 461 points in 939 ca-
reer games, which has includedstints with St. Louis, Phoenix,Philadelphia, Los Angeles andSan Jose.Handzus also appeared in
eight games with the Hawksduring the 2006-07 season. Heregistered eight points and sixpenalty minutes during thatstretch.
Former Toledo hoopscoach Nichols dies at 82TOLEDO, Ohio – The Mid-Amer-
ican Conference record holderfor men’s basketball coachingvictories has died.Former Toledo coach Bob
Nichols was 82.Toledo University’s athletic
department said Nichols diedSaturday.A cause of death was not
released.Nichols led the Rockets to
three NCAA Tournament appear-ances and won 376 games in22 seasons at Toledo from 1965through 1987.He also won five Mid-American
Conference titles at Toledo,where he played basketball inthe early 1950s.The basketball floor at the
school’s arena is named in hishonor.A funeral will be held Friday in
Toledo.– Staff, wire reports
WESTERN CONFERENCECentral DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA
Winnipeg 37 18 17 2 38 91 110Carolina 34 16 16 2 34 93 101Washington 35 16 17 2 34 102 101Tampa Bay 34 15 18 1 31 110 103Florida 36 11 19 6 28 88 125Two points for a win, one point for OT loss.
Monday’s ResultsBlackhawks 3, Nashville 2, SON.Y. Islanders 3, New Jersey 1N.Y. Rangers 4, Winnipeg 2Montreal 4, Carolina 1Detroit 3, Colorado 2St. Louis 4, Minnesota 1Anaheim 4, Dallas 0Calgary at Edmonton, (n)Vancouver at San Jose, (n)
Today’s GamesOttawa at Boston, 6 p.m.Winnipeg at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.Washington at Carolina, 6 p.m.Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m.Florida at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.Colorado at Nashville, 7 p.m.Los Angeles at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Monday’s ResultsDetroit 108, Toronto 98Atlanta 102, Cleveland 94Houston 111, Orlando 103Memphis 92, San Antonio 90Minnesota 110, Boston 100Milwaukee 131, Charlotte 102Utah 112, Portland 102Indiana at L.A. Clippers, (n)
Today’s GamesBulls at Washington, 6 p.m.New York at Miami, 7 p.m.Dallas at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.
AMERICAN LEAGUECentral Division
W L Pct GBWhite Sox 1 0 1.000 —Detroit 1 0 1.000 —Cleveland 0 0 .000 ½Kansas City 0 1 .000 1Minnesota 0 1 .000 1
East DivisionW L Pct GB
Boston 1 0 1.000 —Baltimore 0 0 .000 ½Tampa Bay 0 0 .000 ½Toronto 0 0 .000 ½New York 0 1 .000 1
Indian Creek baseball defeat-ed LaMoille, 15-1, in five inningsMonday.
Tim Sommerfeld was perfectat the plate, going 5 for 5 withthree doubles.
Jake Weiseler pitched fourinnings, allowing only two hitsand striking out eight battersto get the win for the Timber-wolves (1-1).
SOFTBALLIndian Creek wins opener: The
Timberwolves dominated LaMoil-le for a 17-2 win in six innings onthe road in their season opener.
Freshman Jordyn Bergstrand(1-0) struck out eight battersand allowed only one hit whileKhloe Gordon was 4 for 5 at theplate with four runs scored andthree stolen bases. Junior KaylaKauffman was 3 for 3 with fourRBIs and three runs scored andtwo stolen bases.
He came to NIU after beingrecruited by Jerry Kill, know-ing he had the possibility ofeventually earning a scholar-ship through hard work.
Hayes is just one exampleof Huskies walk-ons who havegone to become scholarshipplayers.
Former NIU defensive endSean Progar wasn’t on scholar-ship when he came to DeKalb.Neither was another Sycamoreproduct, former tight end Ja-son Schepler. Junior outside
linebacker Michael Santaca-terina was a walk-on comingout of Geneva High School, butreceived a scholarship in fallcamp.
One player Hayes took a lotof advice from was a fellow cor-ner, Rashaan Melvin, who ledthe Mid-American Conferencewith 17 pass breakups last yearand has a good shot at beingselected in this month’s NFLDraft.
Melvin was another playerwho was overlooked in highschool, coming to NIU as awalk-on in 2008. In the springof 2010, Melvin was awarded ascholarship.
Hayes said Melvin reallytook him under his wing, astheir situations were similar.
“The biggest thing hehelped me with was just keep-ing my head in it. Just makingsure I kept striving for it, thatI wouldn’t get discouraged,”Hayes said. “Just because I’mnot getting the same financialsupport as other people on theteam, I can still be an impact,be a leader, and be just as valu-able for the team.”
This spring, Hayes is receiv-ing more practice reps, and islisted second at one of NIU’scornerback slots behind seniorSean Evans.
Third-year NIU defensivecoordinator Jay Niemannsaid Hayes is finally healthy.He dealt with minor injuriesin 2012 and missed some timeduring the spring as well.
“He’s more healthy, that’sfor sure. Last year it wasn’tlike a lot of his injuries andthings were out there, thatpeople knew about, but he wasnicked up and dinged up and Idon’t think was ever healthy inthe course of the season,” Nie-mann said. “Now I think he’splaying at 100 percent. ... Youcan see him drive on the routesbetter and a lot of those kindsof things.”
Hayes finally healthy, second behind Evans• MARQUEEContinued from page B1
MeghanMontemmuro
SOX INSIDER
Sale puts away Kansas City demons, picks up winANALYSIS: WHITE SOX 1, ROYALS 0
BLACKHAWKS 3, NASHVILLE 2 (SO)
Blackhawks survive Predators in shootout
Royals sophomore lead-offhitter Baily McQueen, whohad three stolen bases, and atwo-run single in the secondas the hosts held a 4-0 lead.Serena (1-5, 0-1 LTC) pushedacross six runs in the thirdand another in the fourth tomake it 7-4 before the Royalsscored twice in their half.
Winkle picked up the win,striking out three of the fivebatters he faced. Morsch
gave up five earned runs,walked three and fanned fivein five-and-a-third innings onthe mound. The Royals hadeight hits, drew six walks,and as a team stole 10 bases.
“Offensively we foundways to get on base,” Ungersaid. “We want to be aggres-sive. We are going for extrabases until the opponentforces us to stop and the guysdid a great job today in thatregard. We were able to takeadvantage of their mistakes,get them on, get them overand get them in.”
• ROYALSContinued from page B1
Royals’ McQueen has threestolen bases in LTC opener
AP photo
The Blackhawks’ Brandon Saad (center) celebrates with teammates Jonathan Toews (left) and Niklas Hjalmarsson after Saad’s goal against Nash-ville during the first period Monday at the United Center. The Hawks won, 3-2 in a shootout. Go to Daily-Chronicle.com for a full story.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 • Page B3Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com
Checkered FlagChallenge UpdateCheckered Flag Checkered Flag
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A deal to loan Mark Martin to Joe Gibbs Racing as areplacement driver for injured Denny Hamlin fell apart Friday, when Michael WaltripRacing said Martin will fulfill his commitment to its team.
When the dust settled for both teams, BrianVickers wound up as Hamlin’s replacementdriver for at least four races. He was already scheduled to drive Martin’s car for MWRat Martinsville next week and will keep that commitment, with Martin driving Hamlin’scar.
Then Martin will go back to MWR,andVickers will drive Hamlin’s car until he’s medicallycleared to return from a fractured vertebra in his lower back.
The about-face came down from MWR roughly 24 hours after JGR said Martin will takeover the No. 11 Toyota until Hamlin returns. He’s out at least five races.
“We were a bit premature in determining Mark’s status past Martinsville,” J.D. Gibbs,president of Joe Gibbs Racing, said in a Friday night statement.
MWR said Martin will return to his regular car after Martinsville and “resume hispreviously scheduled run of events with MWR” for the rest of the season.
“I think it is great that a driver of Mark’s caliber is available to support our fellow Toyotateam during this difficult time for them. We wish Denny a speedy recovery” said MWRfounder and co-owner Michael Waltrip.“Mark is a big part of our organization and iscommitted to our sponsors, especially Aaron’s and Toyota. We have a lot of goals yetto reach this year and we are very focused on accomplishing them.”
It’s believed a deal between the teams to swap Martin for Vickers in the Sprint CupSeries races had been completed, but JGR prematurely announced it before MWRsponsor Aaron’s had given its approval. No reason has been given why Aaron’s didn’tapprove the swap.
MWR has been eyeing Vickers as a potential replacement for Martin in the No. 55Toyota, and Vickers is scheduled to run nine races for Martin this year. Because Vickersis seen as an option for that ride, MWR was in favor of loaning Martin to the Gibbscamp to get an extended look at Vickers in its equipment.
Instead, JGR turned to a Plan B, which is Vickers, a day after Gibbs said the teamwanted to use just one driver for consistency sake.
Vickers had the commitment to MWR for the first race, and Elliott Sadler, the seconddriver in JGR’s Nationwide Series camp, already has commitments to drive the Cupraces at Kansas and Talladega in a fourth car for JGR.
“Obviously, having to find someone to fill in for Denny is not an ideal situation tohave to be in, and when you start a process like this you obviously begin to look atthe drivers that are not only available but also able to drive for your race team andmanufacturer,” Gibbs said. “We’re real happy to have the opportunity to get Brian inour Cup cars and with him driving Nationwide for us we think we have some continuitythere that is beneficial.
“We really appreciate everyone at Michael Waltrip Racing and Toyota for workingwith us through this process. The good thing for us is that we have drivers the caliberof Mark and Brian to help fill in until Denny comes back.”
Deal forMartin to replaceHamlin blows up
AP Auto Racing WriterJENNA FRYER (AP)
Sunday, April 7th • Martinsville
In this March 22, 2013, file photo, Denny Hamlin stands in the garage area after taking the poleposition in his FedEx Express Toyota for the NASCAR Sprint Cup series Auto Club 400 auto race inFontana, Calif. NASCAR is not penalizing Tony Stewart for scuffling with Joey Logano on pit roadat California, and viewed the crash between Logano and Denny Hamlin as a racing incident. APPhoto/Reed Saxon, File)
Dr. Wallace: I’ve been toldby my family and friendsthat I have the physical at-tributes to become a fashionmodel. This has caused me tobelieve that I could becomerich and famous by wearingthe latest fashions with ev-eryone looking at me. I knowthat becoming a glamorousmodel would take a lot ofhard work and then I’d haveto be lucky enough to be“discovered.” I’m sure I cando the hard work, but howcan I be “discovered”? I don’tlive in New York City or LosAngeles. – Nameless, KansasCity, Mo.
Nameless: The career youwant may not be as glamor-ous as you think. In real-ity, modeling is a tough anddemanding profession, andyoung women who aspire tobe models should know the
facts about the business.“High times in front of
the camera, followed by bignights out on the town arenot really what modeling isall about,” says SeventeenMagazine writer CathrynJakobson. “It is hard on thebody and the face – and muchtougher on the ego.”
The business can beespecially rigorous in NewYork City, a destinationfor many would-be modelswho hope to be signed by anagency. However, top model-ing agencies rarely find freshmodeling prospects waitingin their reception area. Inmost instances, new models
are found through the mail.Young women who want to bemodels should send agenciesa head shot and body shot ofthemselves, along with theirmeasurements, height, weightand hair and eye color.
“Any agents worth theirsalt can tell all they need toknow from a good, clear snap-shot.” Jakobson notes. And ifthese agencies like what theysee, they can bring the girl toNew York for a closer look.
One word of caution: If oneof the well-respected agen-cies won’t sign you, then it isprobably best to give up. Sign-ing with an unknown agencyis unwise and may even bedangerous.
But even if a girl is signedby a major agency, that doesnot necessarily mean shewill be flooded with work.Agencies send their modelson interviews with clients
and editors on what is called“go-sees,” and many timesthese models are not chosenfor a job.
As one young model noted,“You have to rememberthat if you get rejected, youstill exist. The world hasn’tended.”
Another common fal-lacy young women may haveabout modeling is the notionthat their faces will be splat-tered across a magazine’sfashion pages, Jakobsonsays. In truth, the majority ofmodels find work filling thepages of mail-order catalogs,and others do runway work
or television commercials.
No one would argue that
the career of a model is last-
ing either. Agencies like to
sign models who are as youngas 15, and they are quick todecide that a girl is looking
old. By the time a young wom-an is 25, her life as a modelprobably will be finished.
Most models do not evensurvive the first year in NewYork. While some girls viewtheir short time in the Big Ap-ple as a good experience thenhead back home, others maybe overcome with disappoint-ment at failing to make it.
These young women
should not be disheartened.
As one young model pointed
out, “All models have to find
something else eventually.”
Does this mean you shouldgive up your dream to becomea fashion model? Absolutelynot! If you meet all the qualifi-cations and have dedication,desire, diligence and drive– go for it!
For some women, lumpectomy is effectiveIf a loser,don’t ruffat first
William Lyon Phelps was apopular columnist and publicspeaker who taught the firstAmerican university course onthe modern novel. He said, “Ifat first you don’t succeed, findout if the loser gets anything.”
At the bridge table, a loserusually gives a trick to theopponents. Sometimes, though,taking that trick can be costly.In today’s deal, what should bethe result in four spades afterWest leads the club king?
Note East’s balancing one-no-trump overcall. This showsonly 11 to 15 points. With anormal strong no-trump, Eastdoubles and rebids in no-trump.
South’s three-heart rebidand North’s jump to fourspades were aggressive butreasonable. North liked histhree-card spade support, aruffing value in South’s secondsuit and an ace.
South wins the first trickwith dummy’s ace, plays aheart to his queen, cashes theheart ace, and leads anotherheart. Should West ruff withhis spade 10 or pitch a minor-suit card?
In general, if declarer isabout to ruff a loser, the de-fender should discard.
Here, if West ruffs, thecontract can be made. Southtrumps the (say) club continua-tion, ruffs a heart on the board(bringing down East’s king),and plays a spade to his nine.He continues with a high trumpand loses only two spades andone diamond.
If West correctly discardsat trick four, the play getsinteresting. South ruffs, trumpsa club in his hand and leadsanother heart. Now West mustruff! He then leads a minor,and South cannot avoid losinganother two spades and one dia-mond to East.
Amodeling career may not be that glamorous
Dear Abby: My hair fallsnearly to my waist, and I goto great lengths to maintain itand keep it free of split ends.
Many of my friends, bothmale and female, have grownout their hair over the yearsand donated it to cancercharities. While I think it’s abeautiful act of selflessness, Ihave never felt the calling todonate my hair.
I have recently beencriticized for wanting to keepmy long hair for myself andhave been called selfish and ahypocrite. Abby, cancer runsin my family. I donate moneyand volunteer for my local
Relay for Life every year.When I explain this to my“attackers” – some of themgood friends – they look theother way and say I’m “hor-rible” because I won’t cut myhair and give it to those inneed.
I cut my hair very short10 years ago and regretted it.Now I’m feeling pressuredto do it again. How do I getmy message across to these
people without sounding de-fensive or snobby? – Rapunzelin Michigan
Dear Rapunzel: I think Idetect a twinge of jealousyin the “good friends” whoimply you are being selfish orhypocritical for not donatingyour lovely locks. It would beneither defensive nor snobbyto smile and reply: “We allmust decide for ourselveshow we will support thecharities that are importantto us. I have chosen to donatein other ways.”
Dear Abby: I have been withmy boyfriend, “Keoni,” forfive years. We have a healthy
relationship. However, whenwe go out to the grocery store,the doctor’s office or the mall,women constantly questionhis ethnicity, which is Hawai-ian. Then, without fail, they’llproceed to tell him (and me)how handsome, beautiful orgorgeous he is.
Keoni does nothing tomake me feel less than prettymyself, but these frequentcomments from strangershave started to make mefeel insecure about my ownappearance. How do I acceptthese compliments withoutresentment? – Keoni’s Girl-friend in Florida
Dear Girlfriend: What maybe upsetting you is that thesewomen ask your boyfriendinappropriate questionsand appear to be coming onto him. Face it, your boy-friend is exotic. If you werein Hawaii, he wouldn’t beexotic – YOU might be. Thenext time this happens andsomeone raves about his goodlooks, remember that Keoni’swith you, not her. But if she’spushy, “suggest” she move toHawaii and get “lei-ed.”
• Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
Dear Dr. K: I was recentlydiagnosed with early-stagebreast cancer. My doctorwants me to consider alumpectomy plus radiation.But wouldn’t a mastectomybe more effective?
Dear Reader: In a lumpecto-my, just the cancer and tissueimmediately around it are re-moved, and radiation therapyis used to kill any nearbycancer cells that might nothave been removed. In amastectomy, the whole breastis removed. Since sometimesbreast cancer cells (invisibleto the eye of the surgeon) canspread into the surroundingbreast, it’s plausible to thinkthat a mastectomy mighthave a better cure rate thanjust a lumpectomy.
However, recent results
from a large study add toevidence in support of a moreconservative approach. Thatwould be lumpectomy fol-lowed by radiation therapy.
The study included morethan 112,000 women treatedfor early-stage breast cancer
(cancer that has not spread
beyond the breast or the un-
derarm lymph nodes). Fifty-
five percent of these women
underwent lumpectomy andradiation, while 45 percenthad mastectomy. Researchersfollowed the women for aboutnine years.
The study found that
women who chose lumpec-tomy plus radiation were lesslikely to die of breast canceror from any other cause thanwomen who chose mastec-tomy.
Still, we should take theseresults with a small grain ofsalt. This was not a random-ized trial, the gold standardof medical research. Womenwere not randomly assignedto one treatment or the other.Instead, each woman andher doctor decided on thetreatment. It’s possible thatwomen who chose mastecto-my were less healthy to beginwith, or at higher risk foraggressive cancer. Perhapsthat’s why women who choselumpectomy plus radiationdid better.
Nevertheless, previously
published major randomizedtrials suggest that women likeyou will do equally well witheither lumpectomy and radia-tion or simple mastectomy.
Also, bear in mind thatlumpectomy plus radia-tion therapy isn’t the bestchoice for all women withearly-stage breast cancer. Ingeneral, mastectomy maybe better for women withlarge tumors, or with morethan one tumor in a breast.Mastectomy may also be bet-ter for women who were athigher risk for breast cancer,such as those who have closerelatives with breast canceror know they have a “breastcancer gene.”
If your doctor has saida lumpectomy is a reason-able choice, I’m assuming
that the type of mastectomybeing considered is a simplemastectomy: Just the breastwould be removed, not tissuesbetween your breast and arm-pit. Based on what you say,a larger operation would notusually be necessary.
For a woman newly di-agnosed with breast cancer,it pays to carefully thinkthrough your options. Talkwith your doctor and trustedfriends and family to find thetreatment strategy that’s bestfor you. The good news is thatthere is now solid scientificevidence that many womenwith breast cancer do notrequire mastectomy.
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"THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TOCOLLECT A DEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BEUSED FOR THAT PURPOSE"
W12-2080IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
23RD JUDICIAL DISTRICTDEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS
COUNTY DEPARTMENT,CHANCERY DIVISION
Bank of America, N.A.;Plaintiff,
VS.Steven M. Chadra; MeghanChadra;
Defendants.12 CH 514
Judge PresidingNOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE OF
REAL ESTATEMORTGAGE FORECLOSURE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, thatpursuant to a judgment heretoforeentered by the said court occurredin the above entitled cause, SheriffRoger Scott, Sheriff of DeKalb, Illi-nois, will on April 25, 2013, at thehour of 01:00 PM at DeKalbCounty Sheriff`s Office, 150 NorthMain Street, Sycamore, IL 60178 ,sell at public auction to the highestbidder for cash, all and singular,the following described real estatein the said judgment mentioned,situated in the County of DeKalb,State of Illinois, or so much thereofas shall be sufficient to satisfy suchjudgment to wit:
C/K/A: 101 Orchard Lane,Dekalb, IL 60115
PIN: 08-14-327-008The person to contact regarding
information regarding this propertyis: Sales Dept., The Wirbicki LawGroup, 33 W. Monroe St., Suite1140, Chicago, IL 60603. Anyquestions regarding this saleshould refer to file number W12-2080. The terms of the sale areCash. 10% at time of sale, withthe balance due within 24 hours.The property is improved by: SFH.The Property is not open for inspec-tion prior to sale.
The real estate, together with allbuildings and improvements there-on, and tenements, hereditamentand appurtenances thereunto be-longing shall be sold under suchterms.Russell C. Wirbicki (6186310)The Wirbicki Law Group LLCAttorney for Plaintiff33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140Chicago, IL 60603Phone: 312-360-9455Fax: [email protected]
(Published in the Daily Chronicle,March 19, 26 & April 2, 2013.)
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PUBLIC NOTICE
"THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TOCOLLECT A DEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BEUSED FOR THAT PURPOSE"
W12-2080IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
23RD JUDICIAL DISTRICTDEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS
COUNTY DEPARTMENT,CHANCERY DIVISION
Bank of America, N.A.;Plaintiff,
VS.Steven M. Chadra; MeghanChadra;
Defendants.12 CH 514
Judge PresidingNOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE OF
REAL ESTATEMORTGAGE FORECLOSURE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, thatpursuant to a judgment heretoforeentered by the said court occurredin the above entitled cause, SheriffRoger Scott, Sheriff of DeKalb, Illi-nois, will on April 25, 2013, at thehour of 01:00 PM at DeKalbCounty Sheriff`s Office, 150 NorthMain Street, Sycamore, IL 60178 ,sell at public auction to the highestbidder for cash, all and singular,the following described real estatein the said judgment mentioned,situated in the County of DeKalb,State of Illinois, or so much thereofas shall be sufficient to satisfy suchjudgment to wit:
LOT 12 IN BLOCK 3 IN JOHN W.TILTON`S SUBDIVISION, ACCORD-ING TO THE PLAT THEREOFRECORDED OCTOBER 29, 1951,AS DOCUMENT NO. 245560, INPLAT BOOK "G", PAGE 180, BEINGA SUBDIVISION OF BLOCKS 2 AND3 IN TILTON PARK, A SUBDIVISIONOF A PART OF SECTION 14,TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 4,EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPALMERIDIAN, IN DEKALB COUNTY,ILLINOIS.
C/K/A: 101 Orchard Lane,Dekalb, IL 60115
PIN: 08-14-327-008The person to contact regarding
information regarding this propertyis: Sales Dept., The Wirbicki LawGroup, 33 W. Monroe St., Suite1140, Chicago, IL 60603. Anyquestions regarding this saleshould refer to file number W12-2080. The terms of the sale areCash. 10% at time of sale, withthe balance due within 24 hours.The property is improved by: SFH.The Property is not open for inspec-tion prior to sale.
The real estate, together with allbuildings and improvements there-on, and tenements, hereditamentand appurtenances thereunto be-longing shall be sold under suchterms.Russell C. Wirbicki (6186310)The Wirbicki Law Group LLCAttorney for Plaintiff
ey33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140Chicago, IL 60603Phone: 312-360-9455Fax: [email protected]
(Published in the Daily Chronicle,March 19, 26 & April 2, 2013.)
PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
DeKALB COUNTY-SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONPLAINTIFF
VSSCOTT W. BAUER; IRINA D. ES-QUIVEL; UNKNOWN OWNERS ANDNON RECORD CLAIMANTS;
DEFENDANTS12 CH 620
254 WENDY STREETSYCAMORE, IL 60178
NOTICE BY PUBLICATIONNOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, UN-
KNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS ; LANDAHLNORTH POND ASSOCIATION, INC.;defendants, that this case has beencommenced in this Court againstyou and other defendants, askingfor the foreclosure of a certain Mort-gage conveying the premises de-scribed as follows, to wit:
LOT 99 IN LANDAHL NORTHPHASE 3, A SUBDIVISION OF PARTOF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SEC-TION 28, AND THE NORTHEAST1/4 OF SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP41 NORTH, RANGE 5 EAST OF THETHIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, CITYOF SYCAMORE, ACCORDING TOTHE PLAT THEREOF RECORDEDDECEMBER 24, 1998 IN BOOK 7OF PLATS, PAGE 401 AS DOCU-MENT NO. 98022173 AND CER-TIFICATE OF CORRECTIONRECORDED AS DOCUMENT NO.99013178, IN DEKALB COUNTY,ILLINOIS.
Commonly known as: 254WENDY STREET, SYCAMORE, IL60178
and which said Mortgage wasmade by, SCOTT W. BAUER; IRINAD. ESQUIVEL; Mortgagor (s), toM.E.R.S., INC. AS NOMINEE FORSOURCE 1 MORTGAGE, Mortgagee,and recorded in the Office of theRecorder of Deeds of DEKALBCounty, Illinois, as Document No.2010014198; and for other relief.
UNLESS YOU file your answer orotherwise file your appearance inthis case in the Office of the Clerk ofthis County,
Maureen A. JoshDeKalb Cnty Circuit Clerk
133 W. State StreetSycamore, Illinois 60178
on or before April 18, 2013, AJUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DE-FAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINSTYOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED INTHE COMPLAINT.PIERCE & ASSOCIATESAttorneys for PlaintiffThirteenth Floor1 North DearbornChicago, Illinois 60602Tel. (312) 346-9088Fax (312) 346-1557Email: [email protected] 1219178I517528
(Published in the Daily Chronicle,March 19, 26 & April 2, 2013.)
PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DeKALB
COUNTY-SYCAMORE, ILLINOISCOLONIAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE,A DIVISION OF COLONIAL SAV-INGS, F.A.
PLAINTIFFVS
RANDY HUGHES A/K/A RANDY A.HUGHES; KELLY HUGHES; THELAW OFFICE OF CHRISTINE TAY-LOR; KANE COUNTY TEACHERSCREDIT UNION; TOWNSEND PONDASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWN-ERS AND NON RECORDCLAIMANTS ;
DEFENDANTS13 CH 119
1154 ARNEITA STREETSYCAMORE, IL 60178
NOTICE BY PUBLICATIONNOTICE IS GIVEN YOU,
TOWNSEND POND ASSOCIATION;UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS ; defendants,that this case has been com-menced in this Court against youand other defendants, asking forthe foreclosure of a certain Mort-gage conveying the premises de-scribed as follows, to wit:
LOT 181 IN TOWNSENDWOODS, P.U.D. PHASE ONE, UNITFOUR, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OFTHE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OFSECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 41NORTH, RANGE 5, EAST OF THETHIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, INTHE CITY OF SYCAMORE, ACCORD-ING TO THE PLAT THEREOFRECORDED APRIL 14, 2003, INPLAT CABINET #9 AT SLIDE #57-A,AS DOCUMENT NO. 2003009962,IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
Commonly known as: 1154ARNEITA STREET, SYCAMORE, IL60178
and which said Mortgage wasmade by, RANDY HUGHES A/K/ARANDY A. HUGHES; KELLY HUGH-ES; Mortgagor (s), to M.E.R.S.,INC. AS NOMINEE FOR COLONIAL
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NATIONAL MORTGAGE, A DIVISIONOF * Mortgagee, and recorded inthe Office of the Recorder of Deedsof DEKALB County, Illinois, as Doc-ument No. 2007009985; and forother relief.
UNLESS YOU file your answer orotherwise file your appearance inthis case in the Office of the Clerk ofthis County,
Maureen A. JoshDeKalb Cnty Circuit Clerk
133 W. State StreetSycamore, Illinois 60178
on or before April 25, 2013, AJUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DE-FAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINSTYOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED INTHE COMPLAINT.PIERCE & ASSOCIATESAttorneys for PlaintiffThirteenth Floor1 North DearbornChicago, Illinois 60602Tel. (312) 346-9088Fax (312) 346-1557PA 1302308I519362
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PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice of Public Hearing
DeKalb County Government
RE: State of Illinois Section 5311Rural/Downstate Operating Assis-tance Combined Application.
Notice is hereby given that apublic hearing will be held by:DeKalb County Government.
On: April 17, 2013Time: 7:30 pmWhere: Legislative Center-
Sycamore Campus, 200 NorthMain Street, Sycamore, IL 60178
I. For the purpose of consideringa project for which financial assis-tance is being sought from the Illi-nois Department of Transportationfor State of Illinois public trans-portation operating assistancegrants from the FY 14 Section5311 and Downstate Operating As-sistance Program, pursuant to theIllinois Department of Transporta-tion's general authority to makesuch grants, and which is generallydescribed as follows:
A. Description of Project: Appli-cation is being made for federaland state financial assistance fundsfor demand response public trans-portation services in the non-urban-ized areas of DeKalb County, Illi-nois. The hours of operation willbe Monday through Friday, 7:00am to 11:00 pm.
B. Relocation: Relocation As-sistance will not be required.
C. Environment: Thisproject is being implemented tominimize environmental impact.
D. Comprehensive Planning:This project is in conformance withcomprehensive transportation plan-ning in the area.
II. At the hearing DeKalb CountyGovernment will afford an opportu-nity for interested persons or agen-cies to be heard with respect to thesocial, economic and environmen-tal aspects of the project. Interestedpersons may submit orally or inwriting, evidence and recommen-dations with respect to said project.
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III. A copy of the application fora state grant for the proposedproject for the intended service areawill be made available for publicinspection at:
Voluntary Action CenterTom Zucker, Executive Director
1606 Bethany Rd.Sycamore, IL 60178
(815) 758-3932
(Published in the Daily Chronicle,April 2, 2013.)
PUBLIC NOTICE
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
To the legal voters, residents ofCortland Township in the County ofDeKalb and State of Illinois, that theAnnual Town Meeting of said Townwill take place on
Tuesday, April 16, 2013at the hour of 6:30 pm atThe Cortland Township Hall
14 S. Prairie St.,Cortland Illinois 60112
for the transaction of the miscella-neous business of the said town;and after a Moderator having beenelected, will proceed to hear andconsider reports of officers, and de-cide on such measures as may, inpursuance of law, come before themeeting; and especially to considerand decide the following.
Meeting called to order by clerkPledge of AllegianceClerk requests nominations for
ModeratorClerk gives Moderator Oath of
OfficeModerator takes charge of
meetingIntroduction of Township OfficialsMotion to approve minutes of
Annual MeetingReading of the Annual Financial
StatementResponse from public limited to
3 minutesOld BusinessMotion to hold next year's Annual
Township Meeting Tuesday April 8,2014
Motion to adjourn
(Published in the Daily Chronicle,April 2, 2013.)
PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURTFOR THE TWENTY-THIRD
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALBCOUNTY, ILLINOIS
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITIONOF: DEBORAH E STARKSFOR CHANGE OF NAME
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby giventhat on May 22, 2013, at 9:00A.M., at the DeKalb County Court-house, 133 West State Street,Sycamore, Illinois, 60178 in thecourtroom occupied by the presid-ing judge, Deborah E Starks will filehis/her petition requesting thathis/her name be changed fromDEBORAH E STARKS to KATINAGIOVANNIA CAMONI pursuant tothe statute in such case made andprovided. Any persons interested insaid request for change of namemay appear at said time andplace, if they so desire.
plac they
Deborah E Starks639 South Inverness StreetMaple Park, IL 60151
(Published in the Daily Chronicle,March 26, April 2 & 9, 2013.)
PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURTFOR THE TWENTY-THIRD
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALBCOUNTY, ILLINOIS
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITIONOF: SARIYAH NEKOLE KIRKSEYFOR CHANGE OF NAME
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby giventhat on May 13, 2013, at 9:00A.M., at the DeKalb County Court-house, 133 West State Street,Sycamore, Illinois, 60178 in thecourtroom occupied by the presid-ing judge, Telisha L. Moyer will filehis/her petition requesting thathis/her child's name be changedfrom SARIYAH NEKOLE KIRKSEYto SARIYAH NEKOLE MOYER pur-suant to the statute in such casemade and provided. Any personsinterested in said request forchange of name may appear atsaid time and place, if they so de-sire.
Telisha L. Moyer110 E. Lincoln Ave., Unit 6Hinckley, IL 60520
(Published in the Daily Chronicle,March 26, April 2 & 9, 2013.)
PUBLIC NOTICE
ASSUMED NAMEPUBLICATION NOTICE
Public Notice is hereby giventhat on March 22, 2013 a certifi-cate was filed in the Office of theCounty Clerk of DeKalb County, Illi-nois, setting forth the names andpost office addresses of all of thepersons owning, conducting andtransacting the business known asDC DOOR located at 1012 GardenRd, DeKalb, IL 60115.
Dated March 22, 2013
/s/ John AcardoDeKalb County Clerk & Recorder
(Published in the Daily Chronicle,March 26, April 2 & 9, 2013.)
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If DeKalb is going to overtakeSycamore for the conference titlethis year, Kelli Cardine’s playwill probably be a big reasonwhy.
Cardine scored 20 goals out ofcentral midfield last season, andshe’s even better coming into hersenior year, DeKalb coach PhilRouse said.
“Kelli’s been playing well.She’s been every bit as dominantas she was last year,” Rousesaid. “She’s hands-down one ofthe highest-skilled players thatwe’ve had in a long time. Shecan do everything with her rightfoot, with her left foot. That’swhat I’ve seen this year, morethan anything, is an improve-ment on the left side.”
But Cardine doesn’t have todo it all by herself. If she’s heav-ily-marked, Rouse is sure otherplayers will pick up the slack.
“I just want her to stay withinherself,” Rouse said. “The nicething about this team is thatthe scoring comes from a lot ofdifferent areas. There’s no oneplayer that if you stop them, youstop DeKalb.”
Big shoes to fill at SycamoreThree all-area seniors bol-
stered Sycamore’s NorthernIllinois Big 12 championshipteam last year.
Fortunately, sweeper SarahPapini was surrounded by threedefenders who return this sea-son, so defensively, coach Dave
Lichamer isn’t too worried.“Although we’re training a
new sweeper, the other girls thatare out there know what’s goingon, so that’s helpful,” Lichamersaid.
On the offensive side, EmmaNorris and Michelle Doran weredominant, scoring a combined36 goals and notching 19 assists.That production will be missed.
Junior Amy Schroeder cameoff the bench to relieve the se-nior duo last year, but Lichamerisn’t sure who will be starters bythe end of the season beside her.
“Beyond Amy Schroeder,
we have some other people whohave played the spot,” Licham-er said. “But we’re going to trysome different looks and decidewho works out there.”
Cogs getting players backGenoa-Kingston doesn’t have
high numbers this year, but theCogs do have a couple of keyplayers who weren’t on the teamlast year.
Senior Julia Mendoza andsophomore Nicole Hebel eachtore an ACL last season, andboth should be starters when theCogs start the season this week.
“They’ll be pretty importantplayers for us,” coach RandyTate said. “[Nicole] is fully re-covered. … Julia took the winteroff. She didn’t want to push ittoo much, but she seems to bedoing pretty well in practice.I’m hoping she’s in good condi-tion and can last through all ofthe games we’re going to have
this month.”
Expect a sloppy start to theseason for most area soccerteams.
In soccer, implementingtactics is absolutely crucial tosuccess, but few area teams havebeen able to practice on a fullfield in the weeks leading up tothe season.
Genoa-Kingston, for instance,first took shots on an actual goallate last week.
“I think we’re probably goingto come out a little unorganizedbecause we haven’t been able towork on positioning or any-thing,” coach Randy Tate said.“It’s going to take a little while
to figure out where everybody’sgoing to settle in.”
It’s going to take the Cogs andmost other teams in the areasome time to implement game-plans this year.
DeKalb is one of the luckyteams. With a turf field, theBarbs don’t have to deal with themelting snow turning their fieldsinto a muddy mess.
But even they have hadtrouble practicing outside thisseason, and coach Phil Rouse isseeing the effects early.
“It’s just prevented us fromdoing a lot of soccer work, soyou’re seeing a lot of sloppyplay” Rouse said.
Teams with most of their corein tact from previous years willbenefit this year.
Teams like Sycamore, whoare trying to replace a few im-portant pieces from last season,will have the most difficult timeto start the year.
“I’ve done this for manyyears, and I’ve never had a
season like this. This is crazy,”Sycamore coach Dave Licha-mer said. “The team that has aveteran squad who knows theirsystem, knows where they’resupposed to be, going out intothat first game, you won’t haveto worry about the finer pointsof things. The teams that have ayoung group or an inexperiencedgroup, it’s really going to hurtknowing where they’re supposedto be or what their job is.”
Anthony Zilis is a contributorto the Daily Chronicle. He canbe reached via email at [email protected].
