Lottery A2 Local news A2-4 Obituaries A4 National and world news A4 Opinions A7 Sports B1-3 Advice B4 Comics B5 Classified B6-8 Inside today’s Daily Chronicle Weather High: Low: 77 60 75 cents Breaking news at Daily-Chronicle.com Serving DeKalb County since 1879 Monday, July 1, 2013 Community turns out for Shabbona parade Professional offers tips to improve golf game Sports, B1 SUMMER GOLF SERIES: PART 1 HOMETOWN FESTIVAL • LOCAL, A3 Sadie Jimenez Felix Sarver – [email protected]Andrew Spyratos, a parishioner of St. George Greek Orthodox Church, cooks lamb Sunday during the 2013 Greek Fest at St. Mary Catholic Church in DeKalb. By FELIX SARVER [email protected]DeKALB – The new loca- tion for this year’s Greek Fest was a blessing in disguise. While the St. George Greek Orthodox Church had to relo- cate the weekendlong festival from Hopkins Park to St. Mary Catholic Church in DeKalb, the new location protected the festival from the heavy rain Saturday, said Greek Fest Chairman Bill Vassilogam- bros. “If we had been at Hopkins Park, we would have been washed out,” Vassilogambros said. The Greek Fest is a way of bringing Greek culture, food and music to DeKalb. The fes- tival showcases Greek hospi- tality and warmth, said Steve Lekkas, parish council presi- dent for St. George Greek Or- thodox Church. Traditional Greek food such as lamb, sa- ganaki and gyros were served along with desserts such as koulouria, which are braided butter cookies. This year’s Greek Fest didn’t have the opportunity to invite special guests from the community such as the North- ern Illinois University men’s basketball team, Lekkas said. The volunteers were more fo- cused on serving the food. “That’s always the first pri- ority,” Lekkas said. “No mat- ter what, that’s why everyone comes here.” Most people are not aware of the church, but Greek Fest raises the church’s profile in the community, Vassilogam- bros said. The festival also is the church’s main fundraiser of the year. The festival started about 45 years ago as a church picnic and grew after parish- ioners brought their relatives, friends and neighbors, he said. Greek Fest featured a Greek grocery store for visitors in- terested in buying Greek rice, pasta and olive oil. The grocery store also offered merchandise such as a fisherman’s cap and scarves. Dorothea Bilder, pa- rishioner for St. George Greek Orthodox Church, said Greek grocery stores are a rarity in the DeKalb area. “In a lot of malls in the west- ern suburbs, you’ll find a lot of ethnic stores,” Bilder said. “We don’t have that here.” Bob and Eleanor Resch traveled more than 25 miles from Paw Paw to attend Greek Fest for the first time. Bob Resch said he liked Greek food and music. “It was something differ- ent,” he said. Greek Fest volunteer Yiota Spyratos said some people like the old location and some like the new one. No matter where they hold the festival, people will come. “As soon as they hear Greek food, they find us,” Spyratos said. Food remains draw as church’s Greek Fest switches locations By FRANK JORDANS and LARA JAKES The Associated Press WASHINGTON – The Obama administration faced a breakdown in confidence Sunday from key foreign allies who threatened in- vestigations and sanctions against the U.S. over secret surveillance programs that reportedly installed covert listening devices in Europe- an Union offices. U.S. intelligence officials said they will directly discuss with EU officials the new alle- gations, reported in Sunday’s editions of the German news weekly Der Spiegel. But the former head of the CIA and National Security Agency urged the White House to make the spy programs more transparent to calm public fears about the American government’s snooping. It was the latest backlash in a nearly monthlong glob- al debate over the reach of U.S. surveillance that aims to prevent terror attacks. The two programs, both run by the NSA, pick up millions of telephone and Internet re- cords that are routed through American networks each day. They have raised sharp concerns about whether they violate public privacy rights at home and abroad. Several European officials – including in Germany, Ita- ly, France, Luxembourg and the EU government itself – said the new revelations could scuttle ongoing nego- tiations on a trans-Atlantic trade treaty that, ultimate- ly, seeks to create jobs and boost commerce by billions annually in what would be the world’s largest free trade area. “Partners do not spy on each other,” said EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Red- ing. “We cannot negotiate over a big trans-Atlantic mar- ket if there is the slightest doubt that our partners are See NSA, page A4 New report on NSA riles EU allies Spying allegations lead to threats of sanctions “Partners do not spy on each other. We cannot negotiate over a big trans-At- lantic market if there is the slightest doubt that our part- ners are carrying out spying activities on the offices of our negoti- ators.” Viviane Reding EU justice commissioner Rob Winner – [email protected]DeKalb police officer Jared Burke heads to his vehicle parked in front of his home before the start of his shift Thursday in DeKalb. Burke, who lives on North 11th Street with his family, is taking part in DeKalb’s resident officer program. By DAVID THOMAS [email protected]DeKALB – It’s only happened a handful of times, but Jared Burke is used to having people knock on his door at 3 a.m. As the sole participant in the DeKalb police’s new resident offi- cer program, Burke has become the go-to person for both police and res- idents in the Pleasant Street neigh- borhood he moved into in October. The city spent about $135,000 in spe- cial economic development funds from a tax increment financing dis- trict to buy the house and renovate it from a duplex to a single-family house. If a crime occurs in the neighbor- hood, Burke learns about it and fol- lows up if necessary. When neigh- bors have an issue, they will go to Burke’s home on North 11th Street so they can be heard. The resident officer program aims to bridge the gap between resi- dents and police by placing an officer in a community. This program is de- signed to improve the quality of life in the area, but Burke said there’s no guidebook on how to do that. “It might be successful in this community; it may not be success- ful in another community,” Burke said. “Maybe one officer has better success than the other. But the pro- gram itself has many hats to it. “You might be mentoring one day at the school, the other day you might be at the Hispanic center dig- ging a garden.” The success of the program will be hard to measure. Police Chief Gene Lowery said police will com- pare the crime rate in the area to the previous year without Burke, although the key benefits of the pro- gram are intangible. “Despite the reality of crime, the most significant thing a citizen can experience is their perception of safety, so perception is huge,” Low- ery said. Burke expressed similar senti- ments. “There’s no criteria that says you’re successful,” Burke said. “You can’t say when crime rates drop you’ve been successful. ... You can’t put numbers on something like this ... to gauge success and failure. The goal is to leave it better than you found it.” DeKALB RESIDENT OFFICER SETTLING IN TO MULTIPLE ROLES Voice your opinion Would you feel safer knowing a police officer lived in your neighborhood? 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Community turns outfor Shabbona parade
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SUMMER GOLF SERIES: PART 1 HOMETOWN FESTIVAL • LOCAL, A3
DeKALB – The new loca-tion for this year’s Greek Festwas a blessing in disguise.
While the St. George GreekOrthodox Church had to relo-cate the weekendlong festivalfrom Hopkins Park to St. MaryCatholic Church in DeKalb,the new location protected thefestival from the heavy rainSaturday, said Greek FestChairman Bill Vassilogam-bros.
“If we had been at HopkinsPark, we would have beenwashed out,” Vassilogambrossaid.
The Greek Fest is a way ofbringing Greek culture, food
and music to DeKalb. The fes-tival showcases Greek hospi-tality and warmth, said SteveLekkas, parish council presi-dent for St. George Greek Or-thodox Church. TraditionalGreek food such as lamb, sa-ganaki and gyros were servedalong with desserts such askoulouria, which are braidedbutter cookies.
This year’s Greek Festdidn’t have the opportunity toinvite special guests from thecommunity such as the North-ern Illinois University men’sbasketball team, Lekkas said.The volunteers were more fo-cused on serving the food.
“That’s always the first pri-ority,” Lekkas said. “No mat-ter what, that’s why everyone
comes here.”Most people are not aware
of the church, but Greek Festraises the church’s profile inthe community, Vassilogam-bros said. The festival also isthe church’s main fundraiserof the year. The festival startedabout 45 years ago as a churchpicnic and grew after parish-ioners brought their relatives,friends and neighbors, he said.
Greek Fest featured a Greekgrocery store for visitors in-terested in buying Greek rice,pasta and olive oil. The grocerystore also offered merchandisesuch as a fisherman’s cap andscarves. Dorothea Bilder, pa-rishioner for St. George GreekOrthodox Church, said Greekgrocery stores are a rarity in
the DeKalb area.“In a lot of malls in the west-
ern suburbs, you’ll find a lotof ethnic stores,” Bilder said.“We don’t have that here.”
Bob and Eleanor Reschtraveled more than 25 milesfrom Paw Paw to attend GreekFest for the first time. BobResch said he liked Greek foodand music.
“It was something differ-ent,” he said.
Greek Fest volunteer YiotaSpyratos said some people likethe old location and some likethe new one. No matter wherethey hold the festival, peoplewill come.
“As soon as they hear Greekfood, they find us,” Spyratossaid.
Food remains draw as church’s Greek Fest switches locations
By FRANK JORDANSand LARA JAKESThe Associated Press
WASHINGTON – TheObama administration faceda breakdown in confidenceSunday from key foreignallies who threatened in-vestigations and sanctionsagainst the U.S. over secretsurveillance programs thatreportedly installed covertlistening devices in Europe-an Union offices.
U.S. intelligence officialssaid they will directly discusswith EU officials the new alle-gations, reported in Sunday’seditions of the German newsweekly Der Spiegel. But theformer head of the CIA andNational Security Agencyurged the White House tomake the spy programs moretransparent to calm publicfears about the Americangovernment’s snooping.
It was the latest backlashin a nearly monthlong glob-al debate over the reach ofU.S. surveillance that aimsto prevent terror attacks.The two programs, both runby the NSA, pick up millionsof telephone and Internet re-cords that are routed throughAmerican networks eachday. They have raised sharpconcerns about whether theyviolate public privacy rightsat home and abroad.
Several European officials– including in Germany, Ita-ly, France, Luxembourg andthe EU government itself– said the new revelationscould scuttle ongoing nego-tiations on a trans-Atlantictrade treaty that, ultimate-ly, seeks to create jobs andboost commerce by billionsannually in what would bethe world’s largest free tradearea.
“Partners do not spy oneach other,” said EU JusticeCommissioner Viviane Red-ing. “We cannot negotiateover a big trans-Atlantic mar-ket if there is the slightestdoubt that our partners are
See NSA, page A4
New reporton NSA rilesEU alliesSpying allegations leadto threats of sanctions
DeKalb police officer Jared Burke heads to his vehicle parked in front of his home before the start of his shift Thursday in DeKalb. Burke, who liveson North 11th Street with his family, is taking part in DeKalb’s resident officer program.
DeKALB – It’s only happened ahandful of times, but Jared Burke isused to having people knock on hisdoor at 3 a.m.
As the sole participant in theDeKalb police’s new resident offi-cer program, Burke has become thego-to person for both police and res-idents in the Pleasant Street neigh-borhood he moved into in October.The city spent about $135,000 in spe-cial economic development fundsfrom a tax increment financing dis-trict to buy the house and renovateit from a duplex to a single-familyhouse.
If a crime occurs in the neighbor-hood, Burke learns about it and fol-lows up if necessary. When neigh-
bors have an issue, they will go toBurke’s home on North 11th Streetso they can be heard.
The resident officer programaims to bridge the gap between resi-dents and police by placing an officerin a community. This program is de-signed to improve the quality of lifein the area, but Burke said there’s noguidebook on how to do that.
“It might be successful in thiscommunity; it may not be success-ful in another community,” Burkesaid. “Maybe one officer has bettersuccess than the other. But the pro-gram itself has many hats to it.
“You might be mentoring oneday at the school, the other day youmight be at the Hispanic center dig-ging a garden.”
The success of the program willbe hard to measure. Police Chief
Gene Lowery said police will com-pare the crime rate in the area tothe previous year without Burke,although the key benefits of the pro-gram are intangible.
“Despite the reality of crime, themost significant thing a citizen canexperience is their perception ofsafety, so perception is huge,” Low-ery said.
Burke expressed similar senti-ments.
“There’s no criteria that saysyou’re successful,” Burke said.“You can’t say when crime ratesdrop you’ve been successful. ... Youcan’t put numbers on somethinglike this ... to gauge success andfailure. The goal is to leave it betterthan you found it.”
DeKALB RESIDENT OFFICER SETTLING IN TO MULTIPLE ROLES
Big Book Study AA(C): 9:30a.m. at 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb.800-452-7990; www.dekalbala-noclub.com.Overeaters Anonymous: 10
a.m. at Senior Services Center,330 Grove St., DeKalb; 815-758-4718.Free blood pressure clinic:
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Kish-waukee Community Hospital, 1Kish Hospital Drive, DeKalb. www.kishhospital.org/programs; 815-748-8962.DeKalb High School Class of
1959 lunchtime reunions: 11 a.m.to 1 p.m. at Junction Eating Place,816 W. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb.Spouses, partners and friends alsoare invited.Sycamore Food Pantry: Noon
to 4 p.m. at Sycamore UnitedMethodist Church, 160 JohnsonAve. 815-895-9113.Feed My Sheep Food Pantry: 3
to 5 p.m. at Bethlehem LutheranChurch, 1915 N. First St., DeKalb.All are welcome.New Hope Baptist Church
Food Pantry: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. atthe church, 1201 Twombly Road,DeKalb. 815-756-7706.Kiwanis Club of DeKalb: 5:30
p.m. at the DeKalb Elks Lodge, 209S. Annie Glidden Road. Email TarrynThaden at [email protected];815-751-4719; dekalbkiwanis.org.Take Off Pounds Sensibly: 5:45
p.m. weigh-in and 6:30 p.m. meet-ings, St. John’s Lutheran Church,13N535 French Road, Burlington.847-833-6908Safe Passage Domestic Vio-
lence support group: 815-756-5228; www.safepassagedv.org.DeKalb Chess Club: 6 to 8 p.m.
at First Congregational Church,615 N. First St., DeKalb. Free, openchess game play, all ages and skilllevels are welcome. Equipmentis provided but attendees arewelcome to bring their own. [email protected] or visit www.DeKalbChess.com.DeKalb Rotary Club: 6 p.m. at
Ellwood House Museum. 815-756-5677.12 & 12 AA(C): 6 p.m. at Salem
6:30 p.m. at First United Method-ist Church, 321 Oak St., DeKalb.www.firstumc.net.DeKalb Evening Lions Club:
6:30 p.m. at Junction Eating Place,816 W. Lincoln Highway. Newmembers welcome. Call RobertConrad at 815-756-1098. www.dekalbeveninglions.info/.Back to Basics AA(C): 7 p.m. at
Union Congregational, 305 S. GageSt., Somonauk. 800-452-7990;www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Northern Illinois Contempo-
rary Fiber Artists: 7 to 9 p.m. atDeKalb Public Library, 309 OakSt. Monthly meetings are held toshare fiber-art ideas, projects andevents. Contact Diane at [email protected] or 815-758-6259.Expect A Miracle AA: 8 p.m.
open meeting, United Methodist,Third and South streets, Kirkland.800-452-7990; www.dekalbala-noclub.com.We Are Not Saints AA(C): 8
p.m. at 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb.800-452-7990; www.dekalbala-noclub.com.
Tuesday
Kishwaukee Sunrise Rotary:7 a.m. at Kishwaukee CommunityHospital, 1 Kish Hospital Drive,DeKalb. Call Becky Beck Ryan at815-758-3800.Kirkland Chamber of Com-
merce: 7:30 a.m. at KirklandFamily Restaurant, 507 W. MainSt. New members are welcome.Weekly Men’s Breakfast: 8
a.m. at Fox Valley CommunityCenter, 1406 Suydam Road,Sandwich. Cost is $4 for food,conversation and bottomless cupsof 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, wom-en and children. 815-758-1388.Safe Passage Sexual Assault
adults’ support group: 815-756-5228; www.safepassagedv.org.ESL and GED Classes: 6 to
8 p.m. at Esperanza en Unidad(Hope in Unity), 2225 GatewayDrive, Suite A. To register and forinformation, call George Gutierrezat 815-970-3265.
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TODAYSycamore School District 427
Board CCC: 3:30 p.m. at the SycamoreSchool District Administration Building,245 W. Exchange St.Clinton Township Library Board: 7
p.m. at Clinton Township Library, 110 S.Elm St., Waterman.DeKalb County Board Health and
Human Services Committee: 6:30p.m. at DeKalb County AdministrationBuilding, 110 E. Sycamore St., Syca-more.DeKalb County Local Emergency
Planning Committee: 6:30 p.m. at1826 Barber Greene Road, DeKalb. All
meetings are open to the public; theOctober meeting is designated forpublic comments. Organizations andpeople who make plans for or wouldrespond to a chemical emergency intheir local area should send a represen-tative.Genoa Park Board: 6:30 p.m. at
Genoa City Hall, 333 E. First St.Cortland Planning Commission:
7 p.m. at Cortland Town Hall, 59 S.Somonauk Road.Genoa Public Library District Board:
7 p.m. at the library, 232 W. Main St.,Genoa.Hinckley Village Board: 7 p.m. at
Hinckley Village Hall, 720 James St.Kingston Village Board: 7 p.m. at
the Kingston Village Building, 101 E.Railroad St.Kirkland Village Board: 7 p.m. at
the Kirkland Municipal Building, 511 W.Main St. Any Village Board committeemay meet at 6:30 p.m. on a regular
meeting date without further notice.Sandwich Council-As-A-Whole
Committee: 7 p.m. at the SandwichCity Hall Annex, 128 E. Railroad St.Sycamore City Council: 7 p.m. at the
Sycamore Center, 308 W. State St.
TUESDAYDeKalb County Public Building
Commission: 8:30 a.m. at the DeKalbCounty Administration Building, 110 E.Sycamore St., Sycamore.DeKalb Human Relations Commis-
sion: 6:30 p.m. at the DeKalb MunicipalBuilding, 200 S. Fourth St.Genoa City Council: 6:30 p.m. at
Genoa City Hall Council Chambers, 333E. First St.Kaneville Public Library Board:
6:30 p.m. at the Kaneville CommunityCenter, 2S101 Harter Road.Maple Park Village Board of Trust-
ees: 7 p.m. at the Maple Park CivicCenter, 302 Willow St.
Maple Park Public Library Board: 7p.m. at the library at 302 Willow St.Somonauk Fire District: 7 p.m. at
145 W. DeKalb St.
WEDNESDAYKingston Planning Commission: 7
p.m. at the Kingston Village Building,101 E. Railroad St.DeKalb Citizens Environmental
Commission: 4:30 p.m. in the LargeConference Room of the City Annex,223 S. Fourth St.Somonauk Village Board Com-
mittee of the Whole: 6 p.m. at theSomonauk Village Hall, 131 S. Depot St.Sandwich Police Commission: 6:30
p.m. at the Sandwich Police Depart-ment, 308 E. College St.DeKalb County Soil and Water
Conservation District: 7 p.m. at theDeKalb County Farm Bureau Centerfor Agricultre, 1350 W. Prairie Drive,Sycamore.
Chad McNett, community relations officer and training coordinator with the DeKalb Police Department, is seen outside the DeKalb Mu-nicipal Building in DeKalb.
DeKALB – Chad McNett became theDeKalb Police Department’s first com-munity relations officer and trainingcoordinator in February, but he’s notnew to DeKalb police. He started as aDeKalb patrol officer in fall 1995 andthen started picking up administrativeduties seven years ago.
DeKalb Police Chief Gene Lowerycreated a new position to help the de-partment become more proactive anddevelop better relationships with cityresidents. Daily Chronicle reporterDavid Thomas recently discussed thenew duties with McNett.
Thomas: What is a community rela-tions officer?
McNett: The community relationsside is where I basically reach out todifferent groups in the community, orif they contact the police department.We work together, try to coordinateevents. Basically, we’re trying to cre-ate positive contacts with the police,instead of the typical, always serviceor responding to a crisis. ... Just a newapproach, to pretty much have oneguy be the liaison to basically anyonecommunitywide.
Thomas: And the training supervisor?
McNett: The training, over theyears, has been handled by differentlieutenants and things like that. ...One of the main goals is to develop anin-house academy where we have acore curriculum that all officers in thepolice department will be able to takethese different courses. Just to try andeven out the training ... rather thanhalf the department may have a cer-tain training and half the departmentmight not have. That has the potentialto affect how two different guys mighthandle a similar call. We’re lookingto do things like that, and increasetraining for recruits that come out ofthe academy.
Thomas: Are you excited to be movinginto the new police station later thisyear?
McNett: We are very excited. It’sbeen awhile. We started talking aboutthis, I think, over 10 years ago. Wehave outgrown our building. Just thethought of moving to a bigger buildingis enticing in its own right. But to abrand-new, bigger building to move tois even better. It’ll have all of the latestfor technology. It’s a great location.
Thomas: Is there a particular facet
or thing about the new building you’reexcited about?
McNett: The way we have it set upnow, if you’re looking at the prisoner/arresting side of things is not ideal,and not as safe as it should be. Be-cause our processing area is the backof the building, our records area is inthe middle and release is at the front.We have to basically walk prisonersthrough our records area ... that’s notgood. The new building is going tohave a dedicated booking area, one foradults and one for juveniles. ... That’sgoing to eliminate some of the safetyconcerns a lot of civilian workershave. They don’t want to necessarilybe exposed to the arresting side ofpolice work.
... We have a lot of shared, crampedoffices now. We have a lot of peoplethat are in not even an office but arepurposed closet. Maybe with a deskput into it. The room will be good.We’ll have our workout facility [that]is going to be much better. We have alittle room in the basement that hasfour pieces of equipment. We’re look-ing to upgrade that and get multiplepieces ... We’re going to promote avoluntary fitness program. The newfitness center will be great for that.
8STATE BRIEF
NewMiss Illinois is from ElmhurstMARION – Brittany Smith of Elmhurst
is the new Miss Illinois. The suburbanChicago woman was crowned Saturdaynight at a pageant in Marion. She was
previously Miss Northern Suburbs. Smithwill compete in the Miss America pag-eant this September in Atlantic City, N.J.Smith was chosen for the title from 32contestants. She performed Irish dancing
in the talent competition. First runner-upwas Savannah Teegarden of Chicago.Smith takes over from Megan Ervin ofRushville, who was Miss Quincy.
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CORTLAND – It took al-most a week, but a youngred-tailed hawk blown out ofits nest and across a streetin the June 12 storm made itback home.
A family of hawks have anest on top of the grain dryeron Somonauk Road in down-town Cortland, said Heath-er Black, assistant directorof the Cortland CommunityLibrary, which is across thestreet from the grain dryer.A young hawk, apparentlyblown out of the nest, wasfound after the storm on theroof of Town Hall, next doorto the library.
Christy Gerbitz, OakenAcres Wildlife Center op-erations manager, said thehawk was not injured, al-though it was too young tofly back to the nest.
“He had just been fedwhen we saw him, so he wasin good shape with mom anddad,” she said.
Black said the library’syoung patrons were particu-larly interested in watchingthe hawk because they couldget so close. In its attemptsto fly back to its nest, it firstflew from the roof to a near-by lamp post. After severaldays, it was back with its
family on the grain dryer.Gerbitz said the wild-
life center gets a lot of callsabout young birds afterstorms. Most of the time,those birds can be success-fully returned to their nests.Anyone who finds orphanedor injured wildlife is encour-aged to call Oaken Acres at815-895-9666 before makinga rescue attempt. More in-formation can be found atwww.oakenacres.org.
Photo provided
A juvenile red-tailed hawkblown out of its nest last monthwas stuck on top of CortlandTown Hall for several days be-fore making it back home. Babybirds are often blown out oftheir nests during storms. Theycan usually be successfully re-turned to the nest.
Young hawk makesit back to the nest
By SOPHIA TAREENThe Associated Press
CHICAGO – Energizedby recent U.S. SupremeCourt rulings, massive rain-bow-covered crowds gath-ered Sunday for Chicago’sannual pride parade withattendees, advocates and pol-iticians vowing to continuethe fight for gay marriage inIllinois.
Crowd estimates were notimmediately available fromeither organizers or police,but organizers expected thenumber would rival lastyear’s estimated 850,000 peo-ple.
Engaged couple MichaelPence, 53, and John Moehn-ke, 46, attended for the firsttime, saying they werethrilled about the SupremeCourt’s decisions last week tostrike down part of the feder-al Defense of Marriage Act.The ruling means that legallymarried gay couples shouldhave the same rights as het-erosexual couples.
The couple from NorthCarolina planned to marry inNew York in the fall, but wantto see gay marriage extendedto other states including Illi-nois, where they attended the
parade with a church group.“We have such a long way
to go, but we’re ready for thefight,” Moehnke said.
T h e t h e m e r i p p l e dthroughout the parade withscores of political signs in-cluding ones that read “Sup-port Marriage Equality.”
Illinois allowed civilunions in 2011 but efforts tolegalize gay marriage in Il-linois have been halted, butadvocates have vowed to re-vive the issue. Activists be-gan with intense momentumand received backing fromPresident Barack Obama andIllinois’ top political leaders.The measure cleared the Il-linois Senate on Valentine’sDay, but bill sponsor Demo-cratic state Rep. Greg Harrisdecided not to call a vote inthe House because he said hedidn’t have enough votes.
Harris was one of sever-al politicians at the paradeSunday. He said he will bringback the issue in the fall, andthe Supreme Court’s rulingshave resonated with his col-leagues in the Illinois House.
“Illinois is in a truly sec-ond-class status until we passmarriage equality and treatall families equally,” Harrissaid.
Harris, along with otherlawmakers, received criti-cism after deciding not to callthe bill for a vote at the endof the session in May. Therewere initial efforts to bar pol-iticians from the parade be-cause of it. But none of thattension was visible Sundayas Harris walked along theparade route, waved to enthu-siastic crowds and receivedhearty cheers along the way.Several attendees called himover as he walked along forhugs, kisses and pats on theback.
He and others includingstate Rep. Lou Lang, stateSen. Kwame Raoul and stateSen. Tom Cullerton, all Dem-ocrats, wore T-shirts thatread “I’m a Yes for MarriageEquality.”
Earlier this year the mea-sure was met with fierceopposition, particularlyfrom some prominent blackmegachurches and Catholicgroups. They vowed to fightit again, saying marriageshould remain between aman and a woman. But pro-testers were sparse Sundayat the parade that resembledsomething between an expan-sive rock party and a carni-val.
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Participants in the gay pride parade react to the spectators Sunday in Chicago.
Court win boosts spirits atChicago gay pride parade
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Chicago man charged inbrother’s shooting deathCHICAGO – Bail has been set
at $1 million for a 19-year-oldChicago man who is charged
with shooting his 16-year-old
brother to death.The Chicago Sun-Times re-
ported Michael D. Whitney’s bailwas set Sunday. He was charged
Saturday with involuntary man-slaughter of a family member in
the death of high school student
MalcolmWhitney. MichaelWhitney also is charged with
unlawful use of a weapon.Malcolm Whitney attended
Hyde Park Academy and played
basketball. Coach Antonne
Samuels said the boy was a“model student-athlete.”MalcolmWhitney was shot in
the head Friday and pronounceddead at a hospital in Oak Lawn.
The Cook County medical exam-iner ruled the death a homicide.
Divers recover body ofUrbana man from lakeCHAMPAIGN – Divers have
found the body of a central Illi-nois man in a Champaign lake.
Champaign County Coroner
Duane Northrup identified the
man as 26-year-old Muzhi Liu of
Urbana. An autopsy is planned
but police said the death ap-pears to be an accident.Champaign County sheriff’s
Sgt. Keith Cunningham said
officers were called Saturdayto Maynard Lake to respond to
reports of a man underwater forseveral minutes. Cornbelt FireProtection District divers found
Liu, who was pronounced dead
at an Urbana hospital. Cun-ningham said it doesn’t appear
alcohol was a factor.
Backhoe operatoruncovers Ill. cemeteryPRAIRIETOWN – An historical
cemetery was uncovered insouthern Illinois during work to
build a new water line.A backhoe operator was
digging a trench for the water
line when the gravestones were
uncovered just off Route 159
near Prairietown last week. The
Telegraph in Alton reported that
Fosterburg Water District offi-cials called project engineers,
who notified the Illinois HistoricPreservation Agency.
Anthropologist Dawn Cobb in-vestigated. She said there was
a cemetery in the area in 1873and a church in 1892. Cobb saidthe backhoe uncovered brokenand fallen markers covered withhoneysuckle and poison ivy.She said the gravestones had
Editor’s note: Information inPolice Briefs is obtained fromthe DeKalb County Sheriff’sOffice and city police depart-ments. Individuals listed inPolice Briefs who have beencharged with a crime have notbeen proven guilty in court.
DeKalb cityFahd T. Kayani, 20, of the
1300 block of Adam’s Way,DeKalb, was arrested Friday,June 28, on a warrant fordomestic battery.Clyde E. Pointer, 22, of the
800 block of Edgebrook Drive,DeKalb, was charged Saturday,June 29, with possession ofmarijuana.Keenan R. Jarrett, 22, of the
1100 block of North SpringfieldAvenue, Chicago, was chargedFriday, June 28, with aggra-vated battery and criminaldamage to property.
Benjamin Evans, 27, of the6110 block of South King Drive,Chicago, was charged Friday,June 28, with domestic battery.
DeKalb CountyRyan E. Raga, 21, of the 400
block of East Railroad Street,Sandwich, was charged Thurs-day, June 27, with possessionof marijuana and possessionof marijuana with intent todeliver.George D. Thomas, 39, of the
1300 block of Ridge Avenue,Rockford, was arrested on Sun-day, June 30, on a failure-to-ap-pear warrant for driving underthe influence.Bobby Ward, 37, of the 600
block of South Third Street,DeKalb, was charged Saturday,June 29, with driving underthe influence and driving whilelicense suspended.Mark J. Carlson, 46, of Route
31 in St. Charles, was chargedSaturday, June 29, with drivingunder the influence, illegaltransportation of alcohol andimproper parking on a road-way.Kaleb D. Hamby, 18, of the
first block of West PrairiefieldAvenue, Cortland, was chargedSaturday, June 29, with bur-glary to a motor vehicle.Skylar Brown, 19, of the 900
block of North 11th Street, Ro-chelle, was charged Saturday,June 29, with burglary to amotor vehicle.
SandwichStormy L. Pirofalo, 41, of the
300 block of Wilshire Drive,Sandwich, was arrested Friday,June 28, on a failure-to-appearwarrant and charged withunlawful possession of mari-juana, drug paraphernalia anddelivery of marijuana.
KENT MACKLINBorn: Aug. 27, 1949, in DeKalb,Ill.
Died: June 28, 2013, in Steward,Ill.
STEWARD –Kent CliffordMacklin, 63, ofSteward, Ill.,died Friday,June 28, 2013,at his home.Macklin was born Aug. 27,
1949, in DeKalb. He was the sonof Clifford and Clarice (Oleson)Macklin of Steward.He was a lifelong resident of
Steward and a member of theSteward Boy Scout Troop grow-ing up. He was active in the FirstEvangelical Lutheran Church ofLee. He graduated from RochelleTownship High School in 1967and participated in farming oper-ations as an adult. His interestswere in electronics, trains andgardening.His family and friends will re-
member him as a kind, thought-ful, intelligent person who liveda life of multiple disabilities withgrace, humor and dignity.He is survived by his sister,
Kathleen Macklin; brother-in-law, Thomas Johnson; niece,Clare Johnson; and manycousins.Macklin was preceded in death
by his parents; and his beloveddog, Sandy.Macklin’s family thanks the
many caring people who madehis life easier.Visitation will be at 10 a.m.
Wednesday at the First Evangel-ical Lutheran Church of Lee, 240West Hardanger Gate in Lee.Funeral services will follow at11 a.m. at the church. The Rev.Christopher Heller will officiate.Donations in memory of
Macklin may be made to TAILSHumane Society, 2250 BarberGreene Road, DeKalb, or the ALSAssociation Greater ChicagoChapter, 220West Huron St.,Chicago.Arrangements were complet-
ed by Jacobson Funeral Home inShabbona.To sign the online guest book,
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RICHARD S. PEARSONBorn: July 23, 1928, inSycamore, Ill.
Died: June 28, 2013, in ElkGrove Village, Ill.
ELK GROVEVILLAGE –Richard S.Pearson, 84,died peacefully at his home Fri-day, June 28, 2013, in Elk GroveVillage, Ill.Pearson was born July 23,
1928, in Sycamore. He was aresident of Elk Grove Village inCook County for 40 years. Pear-son was the beloved husbandof Mary Ann (Gray) Pearson for53 years.Pearson had six loving
children. He was the cherishedgrandfather of 11 grandchildrenand the great-grandfather oftwo great-grandchildren. Hewas the dear brother of the lateWarren Pearson and his latesister Mila (Pearson) Olson.Pearson was also the retired
owner and founder of PearsonT.V. of Oak Park, which heoperated for 46 years. He was aU.S. Army veteran who served inJapan after World War II.Visitations will be from 5 to 9
p.m. Monday at Grove Memo-rial Chapel, 1199 S. ArlingtonHeights Road, Elk Grove Village.A funeral Mass will be celebrat-ed at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St.Mary Church, 244Waterman St.,Sycamore.In lieu of flowers, donations to
Catholic Charities would be ap-preciated. For more information,call 847-640-0566 or visit www.grovememorialchapel.com.To sign the online guest book,
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CAIRO – Hundreds of thou-sands thronged the streets ofCairo and cities around thecountry Sunday and marchedon the presidential palace, fill-ing a broad avenue for blocks,in an attempt to force out theIslamist president with themost massive protests Egypthas seen in 2½ years of tur-moil.
In a sign of the explosivevolatility of the country’s di-visions, young protestersmainly from the surroundingneighborhood pelted the mainheadquarters of PresidentMohammed Morsi’s MuslimBrotherhood with stones andfirebombs, and at one point afire erupted at the gates of thewalled villa. During clashes,Brotherhood supporters barri-caded inside opened fire on theattackers, and activists saidat least five protesters werekilled.
At least five more anti-Mor-si protesters were killed Sun-day in clashes and shootingsin southern Egypt.
Fears were widespread thatthe collisions between the twosides could grow more violentin coming days. Morsi madeclear through a spokesmanthat he would not step downand his Islamist supportersvowed not to allow protestersto remove one of their own,brought to office in a legiti-mate vote. During the day Sun-
day, thousands of Islamistsmassed not far from the pres-idential palace in support ofMorsi, some of them preparedfor a fight with makeshift ar-mor and sticks.
The protesters aimed toshow by sheer numbers thatthe country has irrevoca-bly turned against Morsi, ayear to the day after he wasinaugurated as Egypt’s firstfreely elected president. Butthroughout the day and evenup to midnight at the main ral-
lying sites, fears of rampantviolence did not materialize.
Instead the mood was large-ly festive as protesters at giantanti-Morsi rallies in Cairo’scentral Tahrir Square andoutside the Ittihadiya palacespilled into side streets andacross boulevards, wavingflags, blowing whistles andchanting.
Fireworks went off over-head. Men and women, somewith small children on theirshoulders, beat drums, danced
and sang, “By hook or bycrook, we will bring Morsidown.” Residents in nearbyhomes showered water onmarchers below – some car-rying tents in preparation tocamp outside the palace – tocool them in the summer heat,and blew whistles and wavedflags in support.
“Mubarak took only 18 daysalthough he had behind himthe security, intelligence anda large sector of Egyptians,”said Amr Tawfeeq, an oil com-
pany employee marching to-ward Ittihadiya with a Chris-tian friend. Morsi “won’t takelong. We want him out and weare ready to pay the price.”
The massive outpouringagainst Morsi raises the ques-tion of what is next. Protest-ers have vowed to stay on thestreets until he steps down,and organizers called for wide-spread labor strikes startingMonday. The president, inturn, appears to be hoping pro-tests wane.
For weeks, Morsi’s sup-porters have depicted theplanned protest as a plot byMubarak loyalists. But theirclaims were undermined bythe extent of Sunday’s rallies.In Cairo and a string of citiesin the Nile Delta and on theMediterranean coast, the pro-tests topped even the biggestprotests of the 2011’s 18-dayuprising, including the dayMubarak quit, Feb. 11, whengiant crowds marched on Itti-hadiya.
It is unclear whether theopposition, which for monthshas demanded Morsi form anational unity government,would now accept any con-cessions short of his remov-al. The anticipated deadlockraises the question of wheth-er the army, already deployedon the outskirts of cities, willintervene. Protesters believethe military would throw itsweight behind them, tippingthe balance against Morsi.
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An Egyptian protester waves a national flag as Egyptians gather in Tahrir Square during a demonstrationSunday against President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo.
Protests in Egypt push forMorsi’s removal
carrying out spying activitieson the offices of our negotia-tors. The American authori-ties should eliminate any suchdoubt swiftly.”
European ParliamentPresident Martin Schulz saidhe was “deeply worried andshocked about the allegationsof U.S. authorities spying onEU offices.” And LuxembourgForeign Minister and DeputyPrime Minister Jean Assel-born said he had no reason todoubt the Der Spiegel reportand rejected the notion secu-rity concerns trump the broadU.S. surveillance authorities.
“We have to re-establishimmediately confidence on thehighest level of the EuropeanUnion and the United States,”Asselborn told The AssociatedPress.
According to Der Spie-gel, the NSA planted bugs inthe EU’s diplomatic offices inWashington and infiltrated thebuilding’s computer network.Similar measures were tak-en at the EU’s mission to theUnited Nations in New York,the magazine said. It also re-ported the NSA used secure fa-cilities at NATO headquartersin Brussels to dial into tele-phone maintenance systemsthat would have allowed it tointercept senior officials’ callsand Internet traffic at a key EUoffice nearby.
The Spiegel report citedclassified U.S. documents tak-en by NSA leaker and formercontractor Edward Snowdenthat the magazine said it hadpartly seen. It did not publishthe alleged NSA documents itcited nor say how it obtainedaccess to them. But one ofthe report’s authors is LauraPoitras, an award-winningdocumentary filmmaker whointerviewed Snowden while hewas holed up in Hong Kong.
Britain’s The Guardian
newspaper also published anarticle Sunday alleging NSAsurveillance of the EU offices,citing classified documentsprovided by Snowden. TheGuardian said one documentlists 38 NSA “targets,” includ-ing embassies and missions ofU.S. allies like France, Italy,Greece, Japan, Mexico, SouthKorea, India and Turkey.
In Washington, a statementfrom the national intelligencedirector’s office said U.S. of-ficials planned to respond tothe concerns with their EUcounterparts and through dip-lomatic channels with specificnations.
However, “as a matter ofpolicy, we have made clearthat the United States gathersforeign intelligence of the typegathered by all nations,” thestatement concluded. It did notprovide further details.
NSA Director Keith Alex-ander last week said the gov-ernment stopped gatheringU.S. citizens’ Internet data in2011. But the NSA programsthat sweep up foreigners’data through U.S. servers topin down potential threats toAmericans from abroad con-tinue.
Speaking on CBS’ “Facethe Nation,” former NSA andCIA Director Michael Haydendownplayed the Europeanoutrage over the programs,saying they “should look firstand find out what their owngovernments are doing.” ButHayden said the Obama ad-ministration should try tohead off public criticism bybeing more open about thetop-secret programs so “peopleknow exactly what it is we aredoing in this balance betweenprivacy and security.”
“The more they know, themore comfortable they willfeel,” Hayden said. “Frankly,I think we ought to be doing abit more to explain what it iswe’re doing, why, and the verytight safeguards under whichwe’re operating.”
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DeKalb police met withtheir counterparts from El-gin, who have operated a res-ident officer program since1991. Like Burke, Elgin res-ident officer Eric Echevar-ria said he takes on differentroles in his neighborhood.
“It’s one of those posi-tions where you have towear different hats becauseyou have to engage yourcommunity in many differ-ent areas,” Echevarria said.“You have to be able to knowhow to deal with all of thosethings, and where you needto call.”
Echevarria has been aresident officer for nineyears and in three differentcommunities. He acknowl-edged that patrol officersmake up the backbone of po-lice work, but as a residentofficer, he is able to tackleproblems at the source.
“A resident officer re-moves that Band-Aid, andwe do the surgical work,”Echevarria said, describinghow he has worked withlandlords to remove prob-lem tenants or advised pub-lic works officials on whereto install better lighting.
For Echevarria, successis measured by communityawareness.
“A resident officer shouldbe known to the majority ofhis community,” he said.“The kids should know whoyou are.”
The area of Burke’s spe-cialized beat in DeKalb isbounded by the train tracks
to the south, Sycamore Roadto the north, Fourth Streetto the west and 14th Streetto the east. So far, Burkesaid he has visited nearbyschools and helped establisha neighborhood watch groupbetween Fourth and Seventhstreets.
Burke’s wife, Kara, alsoplays a role. When Burke isaway from the house, KaraBurke will take calls orhouse visits from local res-idents.
“I don’t mind doing thatat all,” she said. “That’s partof his job. ... He has said thathe wants the neighborhoodto be a great place to raisekids.”
Despite his presence,crimes still occur. In June,Dianatha Hardesty, 50, ofthe 900 block of North 14thStreet, was placed on proba-tion after accepting a pleaagreement for her role inwhat police said was a crack
cocaine ring operating inDeKalb County.
Lowery said it’s not theproximity of the crime to theofficer that counts, but therelationship between the of-ficer and the neighborhood.
“Everywhere we live,there’s going to be people do-ing things they shouldn’t,”Lowery said. “... By openinglines of communication andestablishing relationships,we will get the informationwe need to target residenc-es and individuals who arecommitting criminal activ-ity.”
Burke said naturally he isbothered when crime occursin his neighborhood.
“I will take it personal-ly, a little bit,” Burke said.“This is my neighborhood. Ipatrol it, I should be familiarwith it. If there’s no resolu-tion to it, yeah, that wouldbe something I would takepersonally.”
DeKalb police officer Jared Burke removes a shrub Thursday fromhis front yard ahead of some landscape work at his home on North11th Street. Burke is taking part in DeKalb’s resident officer program.
For some, program’s success measured by awareness
Report: U.S. buggedEU diplomatic offices
AP photo
A demonstrator with a poster protests the NSA on Saturday in Ha-nover, Germany. Germany’s top justice official says reports that U.S.intelligence bugged European Union offices remind her of “the meth-ods used by enemies during the Cold War.”
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After having quadrupled in the 1990s, and more thantripled in the 2000s, the budget of the U.S. Border Patrolis apparently regarded by Republicans in Congressas a pathetic shell in need of a vast infusion of dollars.To buy GOP votes for immigration reform, Democratshave acceded to dumping billions of dollars to fortify theSouthwest border, which is already more secure than ithas been in decades.
The amendment, offered by Republican Sens. RobertCorker of Tennessee and John Hoeven of North Dakota,is a case study in how budgetary decisions can be drivenby overblown political rhetoric, not national interests.
The amendment would spend $38 billion – in addi-tion to the $8 billion that was embedded in the originalSenate proposal – on personnel and technology alongthe border. That is the political price that a handful ofSenate Republicans have extracted to propel the bill – in-cluding legalization and a path to citizenship for 11 mil-lion undocumented residents – out of the upper chamberwith enough momentum to give it a fighting chance inthe reform-averse House. In this case, the ends do justifythe means – even if the means are wildly profligate.
About 18,500 agents patrol the Southwestern border,up from 8,600 in 2000. That massive buildup has leftsome sectors of the border overstaffed. Nonetheless,the Corker-Hoeven amendment would add 20,000 moreagents. With demographic, economic and social trendsalready dampening the supply of illegal immigrants,what in the world would all those agents do to fill theirtime?
The border is nearly 2,000 miles long and, in manyareas, all but uncrossable because of deep river canyonsand pitiless terrain. It can never be hermetically sealed,as some Republicans would have people believe. None-theless, the border is less porous today than at any timesince the 1970s, thanks to a massive infusion of resourc-es and technology begun under the Bush administrationand continued by the Obama administration.
Last year, the beefed-up Border Patrol arrested just365,000 illegal crossers, down from nearly 1.7 millionin 2000. The economic downturn explains some of thediminished activity but not all; in fact, illegal crossings(as measured by apprehensions) had been cut in half inthe eight years before the crash of 2008. Domestic factorsin Mexico, including a decline in birth rates and bettereducational and economic opportunities, have contrib-uted.
The refreshingly candid Corker admitted that hisamendment is “almost overkill.” Massive overkill ismore like it; in adding drones, hundreds of miles of fenc-ing and high-tech gimmickry, it will turn the border intoa frontier akin to the DMZ separating the two Koreas.
Is it worth it? As a means of ending the nation’sirrational, self-defeating marginalization of 11 millionundocumented immigrants, the answer is yes.
But make no mistake: If the Senate bill becomes law,the profligate spending it would mandate is, in the end,the cost the nation would pay for years of alarmist andxenophobic Republican rhetoric about border security.
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About those who abuse their healthIn addition to being a fine actor, James
Gandolfini was smart and rich. He couldafford the best medical care the West has tooffer and understand the stakes of being sooverweight and stressed.
Yet he let his weight balloon in an orgyof careless eating and drinking. Did hethink himself invincible or assume that hehad time to deal with health issues later,his age being only 51? Surely a doctorsomewhere read him the riot act, so whydidn’t he make health a priority?
This is something I’d like to know.We’ve seen highly educated people fully
aware of the facts nonetheless abuse theirbodies through obesity, alcoholism orsmoking. Sometimes their lack of self careis so extraordinary that we wonder wheth-er they are suicidal. But then, when diag-nosed with the predictable dread disease,they undergo any expense and gruesometreatment to stay alive.
The writer Christopher Hitchens wasbrilliant in many ways, but he died at62 of esophageal cancer tied to his chainsmoking. Asked about his smoking habitin a 1995 interview, Hitchens dismissedthe concern with his trademark bravado,saying, “I don’t want to live forever.”
But from his first race to an emergen-cy room to his death 18 months later, hesubjected himself to every awful treatmentoffered at the most cutting-edge facility.
The American Medical Associationrecently classified obesity as a disease,
although many within the doctors organi-zation disagree. It’s not entirely clear whatconstitutes a disease or obesity. The bodymass index used to define it is considered aprimitive tool.
The question arises, though: If obesity isa disease – as some consider addictions toalcohol or cigarettes – what kind of diseaseis it? Is it chiefly biomedical or psycho-logical? No doubt some have a biologicaltendency to put on weight, but it is clearthat obesity is related to low education andlow income.
That’s why obesity and the attendantdiabetes run rampant in poor populations.Here patients often ignore all dietaryadvice. They may not take their blood-pres-sure medicine. They might not see a doctorat a community clinic if it means waiting afew weeks.
Even though the Affordable Care Actwill generously subsidize health coveragefor low-income Americans, some doctorsfear many won’t seek medical care if thatmeans paying the smallest of copayments.Preventive medicine has little meaningin some communities, where health risksthat could be minimized with simple selfcare end up as catastrophes in emergency
rooms.The health care reforms will give the
community clinics treating the poor$11 billion over five years to meet the grow-ing demands. But suppose their medicalproviders can’t get through to the pas-sively sick, despite the greater resources.Dealing with a chronic condition requireslots of follow-up and dedication on thepatient’s part.
In states that participate in the Medic-aid expansion, the poorest will get virtual-ly free medical care and drugs, but mighthave to shell out for a few items. Somehealth care professionals worry, based ontheir experience, that many low-incomepatients won’t spend even a small sum fortheir medical care.
This seems so far from the other Amer-ica, land of the organized and the superfit.Here the citizens sweat, they meditate,they do yoga. If a fingernail cracks, theytake a dietary supplement.
But what to do about the smokers, theheavy drinkers, the overeaters and thestress machines unwilling to slow the trainspeeding toward their demise? Providingmedical advice and psychological counsel-ing is a worthy effort, but – and this is apessimistic ending – perhaps some peoplecan’t be helped.
• Froma Harrop is a member of theProvidence Journal editorial board. Followher on Twitter @fromaharrop.
4 myths about 1814 burning of WashingtonBy STEVE VOGELThe Washington Post
On Independence Day 199years ago, there was littlecause for revelry in Wash-ington. With America on thebrink of defeat in the War of1812, some feared it would bethe nation’s last Fourth of Julycelebration. The British forcesthreatening to dismember theunion would bring their ownfireworks – setting the WhiteHouse, the Capitol and otherpublic buildings ablaze inAugust 1814.
The burning of Washing-ton has become the subject ofmuch myth.
1. The British burned Wash-ington to avenge the Americanburning of York (modern-dayToronto).
The British were alreadytorching towns in the Ches-apeake region when newsarrived that American troopshad burned the capital ofUpper Canada, a British col-ony, in April 1813. Rear Adm.George Cockburn, command-ing a Royal Navy squadronin the Chesapeake, pressedto attack Washington not inresponse to York, which wasbarely noted at the time, but asthe logical continuance of hiscampaign of terror, hoping to
force the U.S. government tomake peace on British terms.
The British general whocaptured Washington, RobertRoss, did not mention retalia-tion in his reports to Englandbut instead described it as anAmerican humiliation thatwould soon end the war.
2. First lady Dolley Madisonbravely carried the portrait ofGeorge Washington from theWhite House while her husbandfled in terror.
Dolley Madison deservescredit for ordering that theGilbert Stuart portrait besaved, recognizing its symbolicimportance. But her role hasbeen embellished.
After receiving word of theAmerican defeat at Bladens-burg outside Washington onAug. 24, the first lady directedservants, including Paul Jen-nings, the Madisons’ 15-year-old house slave, to take downthe portrait – no easy task be-cause the frame was screwed tothe dining room wall. Madisonlater claimed that she stayed“until it was done.” But otherspresent agree that she left be-fore the portrait was down.
James Madison’s perfor-mance as commander in chief,particularly his indecisivenessin the weeks before Wash-ington’s capture, left much
to be desired. But he showedcourage during the attack, andhis determined actions in theensuing days were among thefinest moments of his presi-dency.
As the British approached,Madison rushed to Bladens-burg, straying past Americanlines and later coming underBritish rocket fire. Not onlywas Madison the first sittingpresident to arrive on a battle-field – and the only one, saveAbraham Lincoln during theCivil War – he nearly was thefirst to be captured or killed.
3. A storm saved Washington.On the afternoon of Aug. 25,
the day after the British begantorching the capital, Washing-ton was hit from the northwestby a line of severe thunder-storms that may have spawnedone or more destructivetornadoes. But the storm didn’tsave the District – it actuallyfurther damaged the city.
While the British hadlargely spared private proper-ty in Washington, the stormsdid not. In some parts of town,every house was damaged.Trees were uprooted, chimneyscollapsed, roofs were ripped offand homes were flattened. Thepatent office, the only govern-ment building untouched bythe British, lost part of its roof.
The hot walls of the Capitoland the White House crackedwhen doused by the cold rain.
“This is a special interpo-sition of Providence to driveour enemies from our city,” awoman allegedly called out toCockburn.
“Not so, Madam,” Cockburnretorted. “It is rather to aidyour enemies in the destruc-tion of your city.”
4. The White House got itsname after it was painted whiteto cover scorch marks.
When the mansion reopenedto the public on New Year’sDay 1818, white lead paint hidthe black burns and crackedstone. Generations of visitorsto Washington have been toldthat this is why the building iswhite.
But the tan-colored sand-stone exterior had beenwhitewashed even before themansion became home to thepresidents in 1800, making itstand out from most Washing-ton houses, which were brickor wood frame. Some residentswere calling it the “WhiteHouse” at least as early as 1810.
• Vogel, a WashingtonPost reporter, is the author of“Through the Perilous Fight:Six Weeks That Saved theNation.”
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Kirkland-Hiawatha open house July 4
The Kirkland-Hiawatha All-School Open House2013 will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday.The open house will be held for one day only.
As some people requested, it will start earlierand have a shorter duration than past years.This year’s open house will be in a new
location: the new Elementary Learning ResourceCenter, or library.The eighth open house is a chance for alumni
and for current and former faculty and staff toconnect with old classmates and rememberthe past by looking at year books, scrapbooks,photos and displays.
Free outdoor movie in Sycamore
Downtown Sycamore is the place to be on July9, as the city and Discover Sycamore presentTuesdays on the Town and Summer on State.
From 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., there will be a Salute
to America on California Street between State
and Elm streets. Local veteran organizations will
participate and the Sons of Union Veterans of
the Civil War Dutton Camp 49 will have a display
of Civil War memorabilia.
There will be free activities for children, and
visitors are encouraged to wear red, white and
blue. From 5:30 to 7 p.m., Jazz in Progress will
play patriotic and World War II-era songs.
At 9 p.m., activities move to the corner of
Somonauk and Elm streets for Summer on State.
Discover Sycamore will host a free outdoor mov-
ie, “Surf’s Up,” in the lot, and concessions will be
available to purchase by donation.
The final Summer on State movie viewing will
be July 26. The movie will be “Wreck-It Ralph.”
Visit www.discoversycamore.com for more
information.
Over the past 14 years,
about 5,200 riders have
participated in Biking with
Beanzie at least once; some
ride every year. The 15th an-
nual recreational bike ride
will take place July 14.
The sponsorship of
Kishwaukee Community
Hospital has allowed the
Kishwaukee Kiwanis to con-
tinue the community/family
ride introduced last year.
Through a partnership with
the Live Healthy DeKalb
County initiative, partici-
pants also can buy food from
an expanded group of local
vendors during and after the
ride.
Biking with Beanzie
starts and ends at DeKalb
High School, 501 W. Dresser
Road. Riders can choose
from routes that are approx-
imately 25, 46, 62, 80 or 101
miles and cater to a variety
of skill levels. The routes
take cyclists through the city
of DeKalb and rural areas
in DeKalb, Lee and LaSalle
counties. The countryside is
generally flat with some roll-
ing terrain. All routes are
well-paved, lightly traveled
and posted with fun signs
and ride information. There
are rest and refreshment
stops along all routes, plus
SAG wagon and motorcycle
support. Upon returning to
the high school at the end
of the ride, they will find
fruit, drinks and local food
vendors, plus access to the
school’s showers.
The Community/Family
Ride also starts at the high
school with three routes.
The three-mile route heads
west; the five-mile route
heads east then goes north
to the Kishwaukee Kiwanis
Nature Trail and follows this
trail through Hopkins Park
and quiet neighborhoods;
and a new eight-mile option
combines both routes.
Registration is available
online or by mail for both
the long-distance and the
Community/Family Ride.
Registration for the long-dis-
tance ride costs $22 before
July 8 and $30 after July 8.
Day-of registration is open
from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. Riders
taking the 80- and 101-mile
routes should be riding out
by 8 a.m. and all other riders
should leave by 10 a.m.
Registration for the Commu-
nity/Family Ride costs $10
for adults and children, age
14 and older, and will take
place from 9:45 to 11:45 a.m.
the day of the ride. All ride
events end at 3:30 p.m.
BikingWith Beanzieregistration open
8BRIEFS
HCELEBRATING THE FOURTHDeKALB
Fireworks
Thursday: The Independence Daycelebration starts with vendorsopening at 2 p.m. and ends withfireworks at dusk at Hopkins Park.Bring chairs, blankets, games andappetites for an afternoon and eve-ning with family and friends. Foodbooths from many local caterers,grills and vendors will be on sightin the early afternoon. The DeKalbMunicipal Band will perform in theband shell before and during thefireworks. Fireworks are co-spon-sored by the DeKalb Park Districtand city of DeKalb.
KIRKLAND
Fourth of July CelebrationThe Kirkland Lions Club will hold
its 65th consecutive 4th of JulyCelebration Wednesday throughSaturday. This is the oldest contin-uous Independence Day celebra-tion in Illinois. All proceeds fromthe event are used for charitablework throughout the year. Eventswil take place at Franklin TownshipPark, 290 South St.The schedule follows:Wednesday: Opens at 5 p.m.
including the lunch stand, fleamarket and carnival. Unlimited ridewristband night will run from 6 to10 p.m. Karaoke by Jamie from 6 to10 p.m. At 7 p.m., the crowning ofMs. 4th of July will take place. Thebeer garden will Shuvlhed playingfrom 8 p.m. to midnight.Thursday: Pancake breakfast
in the park from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m.Parade starts at 11 a.m., followedby pork chop barbecue served inthe park. Hiawatha Schools willhold an open house from 1 to 5 p.m.Pedal Pulls for the youngsters at 4p.m. in the middle of the park. Freeentertainment on the park stagestarts at 1 p.m. with a scienceshow; Summerfield Zoo will givean animal presentation at 2 p.m.;and ventriloquist Sandi Sylver willfollow at 3 p.m. The Kirkland FireDepartment water fights start at2 p.m. A baggo tourney begins at
3 p.m. in the beer garden. Beergarden entertainment starts atnoon with the Babin Brothers,followed by Funktional Family from6 to 10 p.m.Friday: Bingo starts at 2 p.m. and
the rest of the festival opens at 5p.m. A second wrist band night willbe offered. Music will be providedfrom 6 to 8 p.m. by Cover StoryBand. Back Country Roads will playin the beer garden from 8 p.m. tomidnight.Saturday: Kirkland Methodist
Church will hold a communitybreakfast from 7 to 10:30 a.m.Car and truck show registrationbegins at 8 a.m. with trophies to beawarded at 4 p.m. The tractor showruns from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thefestival and beer garden will openat noon. Free entertainment on thepark stage starts at 1 p.m. with theKirkland Police Department’s FatalVision and K-9 unit demonstrations.Bellydancing by Daryea will beon stage 2 p.m. At 3 p.m. will bethe Arthur Murray Dance Studio,followed at 4 p.m. by Lewis DanceProgressions. The Magic of BrianHolt can be seen at 5 p.m. and theHiawatha Jazz Band will perform at6 p.m. Another baggo yourney willbe held in the beer garden at 2 p.m.The Kirkland Lions will offer hearingscreenings from 4 to 6 p.m. Me-nagerie will play in the beer gardenfrom 5 to 9 p.m. The celebrationwill end with the fireworks displayat 9:30 p.m. Winners of the raffledrawing will be announced in thepark after the fireworks.
SANDWICH
Fourth of July Celebration
Saturday: The festival paradewill be held at 10 a.m. Saturday.Entries will assemble at the Sand-wich Fairgrounds between 8:30 to9 a.m. Entries will be judged in thefollowing categories: Best Business/ Political, Best Family and BestNonprofit. A form and $20 fee isrequired for each entry and will beaccepted the day of the parade.Candy may be handed out, butnot thrown from a vehicle or float.
Super soakers and hoses are notpermitted. Residents are asked notto use hoses to cool off any paradeparticipants. The Sandwich FireDepartment will host Water Fightsfor children, ages 3 to 13, beginningat 5 p.m. Community fire depart-ments will compete in water fightsbeginning at 7 p.m. The waterfights will take place in front of theSandwich Fire Department.Sunday: The 30th annual Tot
Trot, 1 Mile Fun Run, 5K Race willbegin at James Knights Park, 1001N. Latham St. The 1-mile fun run/walk will step off at 8 a.m. and5K race at 8:30 a.m. Registrationforms are available at the David A.Francis Center, in Knights Park oronline at www.sandwichparkdis-trict.org. Sandwich Cub Scout Pack345 will host a pancake breakfastat the Sandwich Fire Departmentfrom 7 a.m. to noon. The HistoricalSociety will present “Walk DownMemory Lane” at 1 p.m. in theFire Department Meeting room.Somonauk Blue Stocking will havea vintage baseball game begin-ning at 5:30 p.m. at the SandwichFairgrounds. The ‘80s rock tributeband, Epic, will play from 6:30to 9 p.m. near the grandstand.Fireworks will be held at dusk. Themain gate for the fireworks willopen at 5 p.m. The Lisbon Streetgate will be open for walk-ins.Suggested donation is $5 per car-load. Donations help to defray thecost. Food vendors will be availablenear the grandstand.
SHABBONA
Barbecue and fireworks
Thursday: The Shabbona Lionswill hold its annual Fourth of JulyPork Chop Barbecue from 4:30 to7 p.m. at the Train Depot locatedat the base of the Water Towerin Shabbona. The cost is $8 for asingle chop and $10 for two. Drive-through pick-up will be available.Fireworks will be displayed overthe lake at dusk Thursday at Shab-bona Lake State Park. Recommend-ed donation is $10 per car, but nocar will be turned away.
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AROUND THE COMMUNITY Monday, July 1, 2013 • Page A9Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com
Monday
Buck-a-Bag Book Sale: ThroughSunday in the lower level hallwayat DeKalb Public Library, 309 OakSt. 815-756-9568, ext. 220.Free blood pressure clinics: no
registration required.• 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mon-
days in the Kishwaukee Commu-nity Hospital Roberts ConferenceCenter, DeKalb. 815-748-8962or visit www.kishhospital.org/programs.• 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays at Val-
ley West Community Hospital, 11 E.Pleasant Ave., Sandwich. 815-786-3962 or www.valleywest.org.• 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays at
KishHealth Family & Specialty Carein Genoa.• 9 to 11 a.m. Thursdays Kish-
Health Family & Specialty Care inWaterman.Mom’s Time Out: 9 a.m. to
noon Mondays, Wednesdays andFridays at South Prairie School,Sycamore. This recreationalprogram provides children with asafe and structured place to playand socialize with other children.The ages range from 10 months to7 years old. Cost for residents is$9, non-residents cost $10 per day.Call the Sycamore Park District at815-895-3202.Lego Group: 10 to 11 a.m. at
Hinckley Public Library, 100Maple St. For any school-age child.Contact the library to participate.815-286-3220, www.hinckley.lib.il.us.Friends of the DeKalb Public
Library Meeting: 5 p.m. in themeeting room at DeKalb PublicLibrary, 309 Oak St. 815-756-9568,ext. 260. [email protected] Chess Club: 6 to 8 p.m.
at First Congregational Church,615 N. First St., DeKalb. Free, openchess game play, all ages and skilllevels are welcome. Equipment
is provided but attendees arewelcome to bring their own. [email protected] or visit www.DeKalbChess.com.Bedtime Story Time: 6:30 p.m.
in the Youth Services Departmentat DeKalb Public Library, 309 OakSt. Participants can wear pajamas.Call Youth Services at 815-756-9568, ext. 250, or email [email protected] Evening Lions Club:
6:30 p.m. at Junction Eating Place,816 W. Lincoln Highway. Contact:[email protected] orcall Erica Kelley at 815-758-6706.For men and women interested inimproving their community. Visitus on Facebook.Yoga Classes in DeKalb: 6:30
to 8 p.m. Monday and Wednes-day; 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday atDeKalb Area Women’s Center (menwelcome), 1021 State St., DeKalb.All classes are appropriate for alllevels, beginner to advanced. Price:$12 per class for drop-in or 10classes for $100 if you buy a classpack. Bring a yoga mat. body-firstmfr.com.Jump Ski Craft: 7 p.m. in the
Youth Services Department atDeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St.815-756-9568, ext. 250, or [email protected].
Tuesday
Kishwaukee Sunrise Rotary:7 a.m. at Kishwaukee CommunityHospital, 1 Kish Hospital Drive inDeKalb. Contact: Becky Beck Ryan,president, 815-758-3800.Tales for Twos: 9:30 a.m. in
the Youth Services Department atDeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St.Program lasts 20 to 25 minutes.Call 815-756-9568, ext. 250, oremail [email protected] Stick Airplane: 10 a.m.
today, 10 and 11 a.m. Wednesday inthe Youth Services Department atDeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St.
to 1 p.m. at the DeKalb CountyHealth Facility in the Multi-PurposeRoom, left side, at 2550 N. AnnieGlidden Road, DeKalb. 815-758-8149, ext. 230, or [email protected] Help! Lab: 1 to 9 p.m. to-
day and Wednesday in the meetingroom at DeKalb Public Library, 309Oak St. Download e-books to youre-book readers or mobile devices.No sign-up required. 815-756-9568,ext. 220, or email [email protected] Woman’s Club: 1:30
p.m. at Sycamore Public Library,103 E. State St. Guests are wel-come. 815-787-4897.Fun with Duct Tape: 2 p.m.
at Hinckley Public Library, 100Maple St. Contact the library toparticipate. 815-286-3220, www.hinckley.lib.il.us.Fox Valley Carving Club: 6 to
9 p.m. at Fox Valley Older AdultsServices, 1406 Suydam Road,Sandwich. Novices and visitorsalways welcome to attend monthlyevening meetings; classes andlessons are available. The groupalso meets at 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesdaysat the center. 815-786-1890.Green Party: 6:30 p.m. at Amer-
ican National Bank, Sycamore andBethany roads in DeKalb. Meetingsare open to all. Contact: John Reichat 815-593-0105.Barb City Swing Connection
Tuesday dances: 7 to 11 p.m. atThe House Cafe, 263 E. LincolnHighway. Meals, beer and winecan be purchased. Admission costs$5 for a lesson followed by socialdancing. No partner needed; casualwear and leather-soled shoes rec-ommended. www.BarbCitySwing.com; connect on Facebook fornotices and announcements.
Northern Illinois WalleyeClub: 7 p.m. at Pizza Pros, 1205W. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. Forinformation, call Terry Parkhouseat 815-895-6864 or 815-901-6265.Kishwaukee Valley Barbershop
Chorus rehearsals: 7:30 p.m. atFirst Congregational United Churchof Christ, 615 N. First St. in DeKalb.Contact: 815-895-5955 or 815-756-3004. Male singers of all ages areinvited to learn to sing in harmony.
Wednesday
Master Networkers Chapter,Sycamore Business NetworkInternational: 8 to 9:30 a.m.at Midwest Museum of NaturalHistory, 425 W. State St., Syca-more. Opportunity to share ideas,contacts and business referrals.New members and visitors arewelcome. Contact: Jon Bockman,president, at 815-793-1832.Toddler Time: 9:30 and 10:30
a.m. in the Youth Services Depart-ment at DeKalb Public Library, 309Oak St. No sign-up necessary andwalk-ins are welcome. ContactYouth Services at 815-756-9568,ext. 250, or email [email protected] Story Time: 9:45
to 10:30 a.m. at Hinckley PublicLibrary, 100 Maple St. Free. Forchildren ages 2 to 5 and theirparent or guardian. 815-286-3220,www.hinckley.lib.il.us.Kishwaukee Kiwanis: 11:45 a.m.
to 1 p.m. at Hopkins Park Com-munity Room in DeKalb. www.Kish-Kiwanis.org. Contact: Amy Polzinat [email protected] Rotary Club: Noon at
Mitchel Lounge, 355 W. State St. inSycamore. www.sycamorerotary.org. Contact: Brian Adams at 815-762-5946.Fourth of July Star Man Craft,
Spanish – Bilingual: 4 p.m. inthe Youth Services Departmentat DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak
St. Call 815-756-9568, ext. 250, oremail [email protected] Event, sponsored
by DeKalb County Young Repub-licans: 5:30 to 7 p.m. at MugzziesPizzeria/Big Shots Spirits & Sports,2030 Baron Drive, Sycamore. Emailto [email protected] or visitwww.dekalbyrs.com.Chess Game Play: 6 to 8 p.m.
at Sycamore Public Library, 103E. State St., Sycamore. Free, openchess game play, all ages andskill levels are welcome. [email protected] or visit www.DeKalbChess.com.Destination Wonder Book Club
– “God’s War” by Kameron Hur-ley: 7 p.m. in the Conference roomat DeKalb Public Library, 309 OakSt. Copies of the book are availableat the library, and refreshmentsare provided. This discussion isfor adults and mature teens. Call815-756-9568, ext. 280, or [email protected] nights: 7:15 p.m. at Syc-
amore Memorial Veterans Home,121 S. California St. Contact: RobertFleetwood at 815-895-2679. Thepublic is invited.
Friday
Game Days: During library hourstoday and Saturday in the YouthServices Department at DeKalbPublic Library, 309 Oak St. Boardand card games will be available.For information, email [email protected], or call 815-756-9568, ext.250.Line Dancing: 9:30 a.m. at Fox
Valley Older Adult Services, 1406Suydam Road, Sandwich. Cost is$3 per class.Young Writer’s and Illustrator’s
Club: 4:30 to 6 p.m. at SomonaukPublic Library, 700 E. LaSalle St.www.somonauklibrary.org or 815-498-2440.Peace vigil: 5 to 6 p.m. at Memo-
rial Park at First Street and Lincoln
Highway in DeKalb. The DeKalbInterfaith Network for Peace andJustice Peace Circle follows at 6p.m. 815-758-0796.Troop support rally: 5:30 to
6:30 p.m. at First Street andLincoln Highway in DeKalb, acrossfrom Memorial Park.DAWC activities and gallery
viewings – Arrowhead Exhibit: 7to 9 p.m. at DeKalb Area Women’sCenter, 1021 State St. in DeKalb.Contact: 815-758-1351 or [email protected]. All are invited to events;an entrance with an accessiblelift is near the alley north of thebuilding. Free parking is located at415 N. 11th St., a half block south ofthe center.
Saturday
“The Way” acoustic coffee
house: 6 to 8:30 p.m. at DeKalbChristian Church, 1107 S. First St.Contact: 815-758-1833 or [email protected]. Open mic settingfor individuals and groups to playmusic, sing, recite poetry or verse.Board games and refreshmentsalso are planned.
Sunday
Sandwich Swings!: 4 to 6 p.m.at Plano American Legion Post 395,510 E. Dearborn St., Plano. Singleswelcome. Casual dress. Cash baravailable. Admission costs $5 perperson. 815-570-9004.Society for Creative Anach-
ronism events: Visit www.carraigban.org/ or call 815-739-5788 or 815-986-5403 for otherinformation. Middle Ages-Renais-sance history re-enactors andthose interested in “stepping intothe past” are welcome.• Armored fighting practice:
4:30 p.m. behind Stevenson Northat Northern Illinois University inDeKalb.
8COMMUNITY SERVINGS
DeKalb County Salvation Army foodpantry: 9 a.m. to noon Monday to Thurs-day; 5 to 6:45 p.m. Thursday at Ninthand Grove Streets in DeKalb. For DeKalbCounty residents only. Call 815-756-4308or email [email protected] Food Pantry: Noon to 4 p.m.
Monday at Sycamore United MethodistChurch, 160 Johnson Ave. 815-895-9113.Feed my Sheep Pantry: 3 to 5 p.m.
Monday and 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday
at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1915 N.First St. in DeKalb. 815-758-3203. All arewelcome.Feed’Em Soup Community Project
Free Community Meals: 5 to 8 p.m.Wednesdays at 122 S. First St., DeKalb.These meals are free to anyone in need.People wishing to volunteer can visitwww.FeedEmSoup.org and fill out ashort contact form to receive updatesabout volunteer needs. Groups wishing tovolunteer or spearhead events, such as
food drives, for Feed ’Em Soup Commu-nity Project, can send email to [email protected] fry: 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Genoa
Veterans Home, 311 S. Washington St.Sons of the American Legion hosts this all-you-can-eat fish fry. Cost is $10 for adults,$8 for seniors and $7 for children youngerthan 12.NICE pantry: 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturdays
and by appointment other days at 346 S.County Line Road in Lee. Contact: 815-824-
2228.Knights’ Saturday Burgers and More:
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at DeKalb Knights ofColumbus Hall, 1336 E. Lincoln Highway.Open to the public.Burger buffet: Noon to 2 p.m. Saturday
at Genoa Veterans Home, 311 S. Wash-ington St. Hamburger or cheeseburgerwith chips are available or sandwich andbuffet. The buffet includes potato salad,macaroni salad and beans. Proceeds helpfund community projects and scholar-
ships.Annual Pork Chop/Chicken Dinner:
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at First Congre-gational United Church of Christ, 615 N.First St., DeKalb. Cost: $12; children’s hotdog meal, $5. Menu: chicken or pork chopgrilled by 5B’s, baked beans, cole slaw, ap-plesauce and beverage. Inside seating, ordrive through pick-up. Carryouts available.All proceeds benefit local and regionalsocial service agencies. Extra donationsaccepted.
8SUPPORT GROUPS For information about Alcoholics Anonymous closed meetings, call 800-452-7990 or visit www.dekalbalanoclub.com.
Monday
Big Book Study AA(C): 9:30 a.m.at 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Mommy & Me Breastfeeding
Group: 10 a.m. to noon at ValleyWest Community Hospital inSandwich. Facilitated by a certifiedlactation consultant, this free,drop-in group provides support andassistance. 815-786-3962 or www.valleywest.org.Overeaters Anonymous: 10
a.m. at Senior Services Center, 330Grove St. in DeKalb; 815-758-4718.Job & Career Support Group: 2
to 4 p.m. in the Sycamore PublicLibrary board room, 103 E. StateSt. Job seekers can network withothers, compare notes, learn aboutjob resources and work on theirrésumés and cover letters. Thelibrary provides books and com-puters to help with job searches.The support group organizers alsoarrange for speakers to addressa variety of topics to aid in jobsearching. Funding for the JCSGis provided by a grant from theSycamore Charities.Take Off Pounds Sensibly: 5:45
p.m. weigh-in and 6:30 p.m. meet-ings, St. John’s Lutheran Church,13N535 French Road in Burlington.847-833-6908.Safe Passage Domestic Vio-
lence support group: 815-756-5228; www.safepassagedv.org.12 & 12 AA(C): 6 p.m. at
Sycamore Lutheran Church, 1145DeKalb Ave., Sycamore. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Group Hope: 6:30 to 8 p.m. in
the private dining room at RochelleCommunity Hospital. 815-398-9628.12 Step & 12 Traditions AA(C):
6:30 p.m. at First United MethodistChurch, 321 Oak St. in DeKalb;www.firstumc.net.Back to Basics AA(C): 7 p.m. at
Union Congregational, 305 S. GageSt., Somonauk. 800-452-7990;www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Expect A Miracle AA: 8 p.m.
open meeting at United Methodist,Third and South streets, Kirkland.800-452-7990; www.dekalbalano-club.com.
We Are Not Saints AA(C): 8 p.m.at 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.
Tuesday
Easy Does It AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Weight Watchers: 9:30 a.m.
noon at the Cancer Center at Kish-waukee Community Hospital, 10Health Services Drive, DeKalb. Can-cer patients, caregivers and familymembers can express feelings andthoughts about the cancer expe-rience through structured visualart activities, guided imagery andwriting. Registration is required;call 815-748-2958 or visit www.kishhospital.org/programs.Safe Passage Sexual Assault
adults’ support group: 815-756-5228; www.safepassagedv.org.Genoa Taking Off Pounds
Sensibly: 6 p.m. weigh-in and6:30 p.m. meetings at CrossWindCommunity Church, 13100 CherryRoad. 815-784-3612.Hinckley Big Book Study AA(C):
6 p.m. at United Methodist Church,801 N. Sycamore St. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Reiki Share Group: 6 to 8:30
p.m. at First CongregationalChurch, 615 N. First St. in DeKalb.815-739-4329 or [email protected] or 815-758-0691. Allare welcome.Sandwich Multiple Sclerosis
and Family & Friends Caregiversupport groups: 6 to 8 p.m. atSandwich Park District Building,1001 N. Latham St. 815-786-2434or [email protected]’s “Rule #62 Group”: 6
p.m. at Federated Church, 612 W.State St., Sycamore. For informa-tion, call Kathy at 815-756-6655.800-452-7990; www.dekalbalano-club.com.Better Off Sober AA(C): 6:30
p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club,312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Alcoholics Anonymous Tues-
day Night Fellowship Group(C):7 p.m. at The Church of St. Mary,244 Waterman St. in Sycamore.815-739-1950.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.Contact Mary Ann at 815-895-8119.Sexaholics Anonymous: 7
p.m. at 512 Normal Road, DeKalb(behind church in brick building).815-508-0280.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 in DeKalb;www.rragsna.org; 815-964-5959.Program of Recovery AA(C):
8 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club,312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.
Wednesday
Men and Caregivers Network-ing Breakfast: 9 to 10 a.m. atThe Cancer Center at KishwaukeeCommunity Hospital. Oncologypatients and caregivers can giveand receive support, and shareinformation. The free group isopen to all those with cancer fordiscussion over breakfast; noregistration is required. Visit www.kishhospital.org/programs or call815-748-2958.Fresh Beginnings AA(C): 9:30
a.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club,312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.New Beginnings AA(C): 10 a.m.
at 120 Main St., Kingston. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.24-Hour-A-Day Brown Bag
AA(C): 12:05 p.m. at NewmanCenter, 521 Normal Road, DeKalb.800-452-7990; www.dekalbalano-club.com.Caregivers’ Network: Noon to
1:30 p.m. at the Family ServiceAgency’s Senior Services Center,330 Grove St. in DeKalb; 815-758-4718. This free support groupoffers help for caregivers of older
adult family members or friends.Attendees are invited to shareideas and experiences.Weight Watchers: 5 p.m. weigh-
in, 5:30 p.m. meeting at WeightWatchers Store, 2583 SycamoreRoad, (near Aldi) DeKalb.Safe Passage Domestic Vio-
lence support group; 815-756-5228; www.safepassagedv.org.Came to Believe AA(C): 6 p.m.
at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E.Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990;www.dekalbalanoclub.com.North Avenue Pass It On AA(C):
6:30 p.m. at North Ave. BaptistChurch, 301 North Ave., Sycamore.800-452-7990; www.dekalbalano-club.com.Foster Parent Support Group:
7 p.m. Foster and adoptive parentswho have used state or privateagencies can join. For locationinformation, call Marcia, 815-756-8679 or Judy, 815-786-2329.Narcotics Anonymous: 7 p.m.
at United Church of Christ, 615 N.First St. in DeKalb; www.rragsna.org; 815-964-5959.Hopefuls AA(C): 8 p.m. at
DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E.Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990;www.dekalbalanoclub.com.
Thursday
Back To Basics AA(C): 9:30 a.m.at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E.Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990;www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Keep It Simple AA(C): 6 p.m.
at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E.Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990;www.dekalbalanoclub.com.One Day Café AA(C): 6 p.m.
at Waterman United MethodistChurch, 210 W. Garfield St. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Sandwich Steppers AA(C): 7
p.m. at Fox Valley Community Cen-ter, 1406 Suydam Road. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.A Friend Of Bill’s AA(C): 8 p.m.
at Trinity Lutheran Church, 33930N. State St., Genoa, 800-452-7990;www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Any Lengths AA(C): 8 p.m. at
Federated Church, 612 W. State St.,Sycamore. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.
Sexaholics Anonymous-DeKalb:6:30 to 7:30 a.m. at Christ Commu-nity Church, 1600 E. Lincoln High-way, DeKalb. This 12-step recoveryprogram is for Internet addiction.Contact: 815-508-0280. SA.org.Pass It On AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at
DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E.Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990;www.dekalbalanoclub.com.There is a Solution Too AA:
12:05 p.m. at DeKalb Area AlanoClub, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb.800-452-7990; www.dekalbalano-club.com.B.Y.O.B. Big Book – 12 & 12 Dis-
cussion AA(C): 6 p.m. at DeKalbArea Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St.,DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Big Book Discussion AA(C): 7
p.m. at Newman Catholic StudentCenter, 521 Normal Road, DeKalb.800-452-7990; www.dekalbalano-club.com.Fox Valley AA(C): 7:30 p.m.
at Salem Lutheran Church, 1022N. Main St., Sandwich. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.County Line Group Big Book
AA(C): 8 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church,121 N. Sycamore St., Maple Park.800-452-7990; www.dekalbalano-club.com.One Day At A Time AA(C): 8
p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club,312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.There is a Solution AA(C): 8
p.m. at Kingston Friendship Center,120 Main St. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Day PAA(C): 9 p.m. at DeKalb
Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St.,DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.
Saturday
Overeaters Anonymous Walk-and-Talk meeting: 8 to 9 a.m.at the Northern Illinois UniversityLagoon, meeting at the NIU LincolnHighway parking lot. www.oa.org;Contact: Marilyn at 815-751-4822.It Is What It Is AA(C): 9 a.m. at
SEATTLE – It didn’t matterthat the Cubs nearly blew asix-run lead against the SeattleMariners on Sunday.
As far as starting pitcherEdwin Jackson is concerned,the only important part wasthat the Cubs hung on for a 7-6victory.
“An ugly win is better thana pretty loss any day,” Jack-son said. “We were fortunateenough that we had a lot ofruns so when they did comeback and score there we werestill winning. That’s the mostimportant thing, when youcome out of the inning thatyou’re still winning, regard-less of how they came back.”
The Cubs led 7-1 after fourinnings. The Mariners come-back started against Jack-son (4-10), who pitched into
the seventh inning, allowingthree runs and seven hits andstriking out six. But it reallygot going once the game wasturned over to the Cubs’ bull-pen, which has blown 16 savechances this season and gaveup three runs in the eighthagainst Seattle.
“It looked real easy for awhile, but we all know that’swhy we play nine innings,”Cubs manager Dale Sveumsaid.
It was jokingly suggested toSveum the Cubs might preferonly playing seven innings tocut out the late-inning issues
with the bullpen.“No kidding,” Sveum said,
laughing. “If we go back to Lit-tle League days, we’d be OK.”
The Cubs tied a season highby hitting six doubles, includ-
ing two each by Alfonso Soria-no and Darwin Barney. Antho-ny Rizzo drove in two runs forthe Cubs, which took two outof three in the series againstSeattle.
Kevin Gregg pitched a hit-less ninth for his 13th save, aday after blowing his first savechance of the season.
“I want to pitch every day,”Gregg said. “Coming off ablown save yesterday, I wantto get right back out there. Idon’t want to sit on it at all.”
Seattle starter JeremyBonderman (1-2) was chasedafter giving up six runs – fourearned – and six hits in 31/3 in-nings. It was his shortest startsince going 21/3 innings on July29, 2007 with Detroit.
The loss was the first forBonderman since being calledup June 2 and making his firstmajor league appearance since2010. That time out, he gave upseven runs in 42/3 innings, butsince he had been on a roll, giv-ing up a total of four runs inthe four starts before Sunday.
American swimmersready for changesINDIANAPOLIS – Even before
the Americans’ world cham-pionship swimming rosterwas complete Saturday night,Natalie Coughlin and NathanAdrian (above right) lookedaround and realized thingswere going to be different inBarcelona.Cullen Jones and Allison
Schmitt didn’t make the team.Rebecca Soni is taking a yearoff. Michael Phelps has retired,and some of last summer’sOlympic gold medalists whoare competing, such as RyanLochte and Matt Grevers, arenot back to world-class shape.So the next generation of
swimming stars took advan-tage to make a splash at thisweek’s U.S. national champion-ships, changing the face of theAmerican team.“It’s crazy talking with a lot
of the other swimmers andseeing so many new faces,”said Coughlin, a three-timeOlympian who will swim the50-meter freestyle in Barcelo-na. “That’s great for the sport,but you miss some of yourfriends. I’m looking forward toseeing some new faces.”There are plenty of new ones
and young ones, though notnecessarily both.The women will be led by two
teenage stars who dominatedthe headlines in Indianapolis:18-year-old Missy Franklin and16-year-old Katie Ledecky.In London, the enthusiastic
Franklin became a breakoutwinner, taking home five med-als, four of them gold. Ledecky,the Americans’ top distanceswimmer, has expanded herrepertoire and is now posi-tioned to improve on the onegold medal she won in London.While neither has yet started
college, each clearly is be-coming a cornerstone for theAmericans’ future.Franklin qualified in four indi-
vidual events in Indy – the 100and 200 free and the 100 and200 backstroke – by postingtimes that ranked among thisyear’s top five in the world ineach event.Ledecky’s ambitious schedule
at nationals included the 200,400, 800 and 1,500 free. Shequalified in all four, potentiallysetting up a head-to-headshowdown with Franklin inthe 200 free. The two also arelikely to form the nucleus ofmultiple U.S. relay teams.
–Wire report
CyclingTour de France, Stage 3,
Ajaccio to Calvi, Corsica,5:30 a.m., NBCSN
Pro baseballDetroit at Toronto, noon,
MLBSan Francisco at Cincinnati,
6 p.m., ESPNTennis
The Wimbledon Champion-ships, round of 16, at London,6 a.m., ESPNThe Wimbledon Champion-
ships, round of 16, at London,7 a.m., ESPN
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ABOVE: Mickey Johnson of DeKalb tees off Wednesday at the 14th hole at Kishwaukee Country Club.RIGHT: Gary Smith putts on the green of the 16th hole.
INDIANS 4, WHITE SOX 0
CUBS 7, MARINERS 6
Kishwaukee CountryClub’s head pro David
Paeglow a proponent offollowing a program
on the course
Sale strikes out 10, White Sox fall to Indians
Cubs hold off lateMariners comeback
The ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO – Chris Sale justcan’t seem to catch a break.
Sale delivered anotherstrong performance, strikingout 10 while allowing threeruns in eight innings. TheWhite Sox still fell short, losingto 4-0 to Cleveland on Sundayas the Indians completed theirfirst four-game sweep in Chica-go since 1948.
“Just another tough one,”Sale said. “Just got to keep yourhead up, keep plugging along,keep chugging and try to putthis one behind us.”
Sale (5-7) was perfectthrough the first three in-
nings before Drew Stubbs ledoff the fourth with a bunt sin-gle. Stubbs scored on RyanRaburn’s two-out double andthe Indians tacked on one morein the inning on Carlos Santa-na’s RBI single.
The Indians added anotherrun off Sale in the fifth when Mi-chael Brantley began the inningwith a single and later scored onLonnie Chisenhall’s groundout.
Sox manager Robin Ventura
said the Indians just seemed tocome up with the big hit againstSale when they needed it.
“They were efficient andwhen they got a hit, it seemedlike it put them ahead,” Ven-tura said. “It’s tough luck, butyou see the stretch [Sale’s] beenon with the strikeouts and get-ting to eight innings. It’s toughluck.”
Sale went 0-5 with a 3.19ERA, 53 strikeouts and ninewalks in June – the Sox scored atotal of nine runs during his sixstarts in the month. He hasn’twon since May 17 against theLos Angeles Angels.
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Cubs starter Edwin Jackson pitches during the second inning Sundayagainst the Seattle Mariners in Seattle.
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White Sox starter Chris Sale pitches during the first inning Sundayagainst the Cleveland Indians at U.S. Cellular Field.
Havea plan
Instruction
The offseason is the best time for golf instruc-tion.“Players taking lessons can become a prisoner
of their ball flight,” David Paeglow said. “They justcan’t deal with the result of where the ball goes.Especially if they are working on something newwhere there’s a new path to the ball and it’s notyet moving how they want. Over the winter youaren’t concerned with with ball flight, because youare indoors and hitting into a much smaller area.It’s all about body position and video breakdown.That’s the time to make swing changes or adjust-ments.”
• Visit the golf tab at kishwaukeecc.org oremail Paeglow at [email protected] for moreinformation on winter golf instruction at Tour Edgein Batavia, a facility he called a “winter golf oasis.”
Park wins U.S. Women’sOpen for 3rd straightmajorSOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. – Inbee
Park set many golfing goals.
Etching her name alongside
Babe Zaharias was never one
of them.
Yet now they’re the only two
players to win the first three
majors of the year. Park became
the first to accomplish the feat
in themodern era Sundaywith
her second U.S. Women’s Open
title.
Theworld’s top-ranked player
finished at 8-under-par to win by
four strokes. Her 2-over 74 in the
final roundwasmore than enough,
with Sebonack’s trying conditions
keeping any rivals frommaking a
run. Only three players were under
par for the tournament.
Fellow South Korean I.K. Kim also
shot 74 for her second runner-up
finish at amajor.
Rosbergwins controversialBritish Grand PrixSILVERSTONE, England – Nico
Rosbergwon the British Grand
Prix on Sunday after four drivers,
including early leader Lewis Hamil-
ton, had to deal with exploding
tires and three-time champion
Sebastian Vettel quit with 10 laps
remaining because of mechanical
problems.
With Vettel’s Red Bull teammate
MarkWebber closing fast, Ros-
bergmanaged towin his second
race of the year and third of his
career by 0.7 seconds in a nail-bit-
ing finish – then had to survive a
stewards inquiry.
Haas pulls away towin at CongressionalBETHESDA, Md. – Bill Haas
made the long walk across a
makeshift bridge and under
the grandstands to the 18th
green for the trophy presenta-
tion, high-fiving kids along the
railing and raising his cap to
thousands of fans who cheered
as they saw him coming.
Haas pulled away from a
crowd of contenders with
three straight birdies, two
good pars and one good hop.
It led to a 5-under 66, giving
him a three-shot win at Con-
gressional over Roberto Castro
and putting him into distin-
guished company on
two levels.
Perry captures 1st majortitle at Senior PlayersPITTSBURGH – Kenny Perry
tried not to get ahead of him-
self Sunday on the 18th tee
at the Senior Players Cham-
pionship. He knew all too
well how quickly fortunes
can change on golf’s biggest
stages.
After tap-in birdies at Nos.
16 and 17 gave him a two-
shot lead over Fred Couples,
Perry made par on the No. 18
to close a spectacular week-
end at Fox Chapel. His bo-
gey-free 6-under 64 left him at
19-under 261, two shots ahead
of Fred Couples and Duffy
Waldorf.
Darkness forcesMondayplayoff onWeb.com TourNEWBURGH, Ind. – Billy Hur-
ley III, Joe Affrunti, Ashley
Hall and Ben Martin were tied
at 11 under after regulation
Sunday when darkness sus-
pended play in the Web.com
Tour’s United Leasing Champi-
onship.
They will return to Victoria
National today for a sud-
den-death playoff.
Hurley and Affrunti were
tied for the lead at 13 under
with two holes to play, but
dropped back with double
bogeys on the par-4 17th.
Affrunti four-putted the hole.
Hurley, the third-round
leader, finished with an even-
par 72 in the round that was
delayed because of rain. Hall,
from Australia, closed with
a 66, Martin shot 67, and
Affrunti had a 70.
Canada’s Adam Hadwin
finished fifth at 9 under after
a 71.
– Wire reports
MLB
Once again, Sale’s team-mates had no solution forJustin Masterson, who gaveup six hits, struck out eightand walked one, blanking theSox for the second time thisyear.
After Masterson (10-6)began the ninth with twostrikeouts, he allowed a sin-gle to Alejandro De Aza andhit Alexei Ramirez with apitch. Masterson then struckout Alex Rios looking to wrapup his major league-leadingthird shutout of the season.
“I think that’s what youhope for every time,” Master-son said.
Masterson faced the min-imum 18 batters through sixinnings thanks to two doubleplays and a pickoff. The Indi-ans turned four double playsoverall.
Sox catcher Tyler Flowerssaid Masterson dominatedwith a combination of pitch-es.
“He was throwing vari-ations of sliders, changing
speeds on it and obviouslyhis sinker,” Flowers said.“Whenever we got runnerson base he seemed to let ushit that one just enough togive him a nice double play.”
The win moved Clevelandinto a virtual tie with Detroitatop the AL Central, whilethe Sox fell to a season-worst15 games under .500. Despitethe frustrations that comewith losing 23 of 31, Sale washopeful that the Sox still hadsomething to play for.
“It’s frustrating losing forany team,” Sale said. “Anytime you start losing a fewin a row, you’re going to befrustrated. But that’s in anysport, any team. But our fo-cus is on turning this aroundand heading in the right di-rection.”
Notes: Sox GM Rick Hahnsaid he hopes the team getson a roll. If not, changes couldoccur as the July 31 tradedeadline approaches. Hahnsaid his staff has been receiv-ing “a pretty healthy pace” ofcalls from other teams overthe last few weeks. He indi-cated no player is untouch-able for a possible deal.
Sox fall to season-worst15 games under .500• SOXContinued from page B1
Bonderman’s trouble
against the Cubs started in
the second inning when the
Cubs doubled four times,
leading to three runs. Sori-
ano and Rizzo led off the in-
ning with doubles, and with
one out Brian Bogusevic
and Barney hit consecutive
RBI doubles.
“Doubles are good. Runs
are better,” Barney said.
“Once something good hap-
pens, good things start go-
ing through your mind, and
that’s the whole battle in
this game.”
In the fourth, Barney led
off with another double and
scored when Wellington
Castillo’s grounder to third
went through Kyle Seager’s
legs for a two-base error.
Starlin Castro’s run-scor-
ing single marked the end
for Bonderman.
Reliever Blake Beavan
gave up an RBI double to
Soriano and another run on
Rizzo’s single as the Cubs
took their 7-1 lead. That was
the end of the offense for the
Cubs, which managed only
one hit over the final five
innings.
“At this level you can’t
ever assume,” Barney said.
“Once you start assuming,
you start laying down a
little bit. That’s just not a
luxury we have – or anyone
has.”
The Mariners’ comeback
got going in the fifth when
Nick Franklin’s single
drove in a run. Bay’s lead-
off homer in the seventh cut
the lead to 7-3.
Raul Ibanez led off the
eighth with his 19th homer
of the season against reliev-
er Shawn Camp. Kendrys
Morales singled and Sea-
ger broke an 0-for-19 slump
with a deep home run down
the right-field line to bring
the Mariners within a run
before reliever Hector Ron-
don and Gregg shut down
the rally.
“We had our opportuni-
ties, fought back and got
close,” Seattle manager
Eric Wedge said. “But that’s
not good enough.”
Cubs’ second-inning doubles
cause trouble for Mariners• CUBSContinued from page B1
E.Jackson pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.HBP–by Bonderman (Schierholtz).WP–E.Jackson, H.Rondon.Umpires–Home, Laz Diaz; First, Tim Timmons;Second, Mike Winters; Third, Mark Wegner.T–3:11. A–24,701 (47,476).
CHICAGO – West Dundeewunderkind Ryan Hartman isheading home.
So is Toronto-area talentDave Bolland.
Michael Frolik apparentlymissed out on the narrativeduring Sunday’s flurry ofBlackhawks transactions. IsWinnipeg, Manitoba, on theway to the Czech Republic?
It says here that Bryan Bic-kell is from Ontario, but withapologies to Ozzie Guillen, the6-foot-4, 233-pound forward em-bodies the meaning of “Chicagotough.”
It’s OK, Hawks. You’veearned the right to keep hog-ging all of the headlines.
Although it took longer than17 seconds – barely – generalmanager Stan Bowman andthe Hawks addressed several oftheir most important offseasonpriorities during the course ofSunday’s NHL draft at the Pru-dential Center in Newark, N.J.
Here’s a timeline of theHawks’ busiest day since, um,two days earlier:
5:06 p.m.The Hawks selected Hart-
man with the final pick of thefirst round (No. 30 overall).Hartman, who grew up playinghockey at Leafs Ice Centre inWest Dundee and attended Fre-md High School, is a small butfeisty forward who has drawncomparisons to the Hawks’ An-drew Shaw and Boston’s BradMarchand. The 18-year-oldlast played for the Plymouth
(Mich.) Whalers of the Ontario
Hockey League.
5:46 p.m.The Hawks traded Bol-
land to the Toronto Maple
Leafs for three draft picks,
including second- and fourth-
round selections Sunday
and a fourth-rounder in 2014.
Although Bolland won two
Stanley Cups with the Hawks
and punched in the goal that
capped off a dream season, the
money-saving move was not
a big surprise. Here’s hoping
for great things for Bolland, a
likeable 27-year-old forward
who was born in Toronto and
scored 70 goals in parts of seven
seasons with the Hawks.
6:10 p.m.The Hawks selected Swed-
ish defenseman Carl Dahl-
strom in the second round (No.
51 overall) with one of the picks
they received in exchange for
Bolland. Naturally, Dahlstrom
will not generate the same sort
of buzz as top pick Hartman.
But the Hawks have fared well
in the second round with picks
such as Brandon Saad (2011),
Bolland (2004), Bickell (2004),
Corey Crawford (2003) and
Duncan Keith (2002).
6:17 p.m.The Hawks traded Frolik
to the Winnipeg Jets for two
picks – a third-rounder and
a fifth-rounder – in Sunday’s
draft. Frolik, 25, developed
into a prolific penalty killer
and tallied 34 points (11 G, 23
A) in two-plus seasons with
the Hawks. He likely will have
a bigger role with the Jets,
where he will join a pair of 2010
Hawks champions in Dustin
Byfuglien and Andrew Ladd.
By trading Frolik, the Hawks
shaved $2.33 million off next
season’s payroll. More on that
later.
6:49 p.m.The Hawks used their
third-round pick from the
Frolik trade to select 18-year-
old forward John Hayden, who
was born in Chicago but grewup in Greenwich, Conn. Someexperts projected that Haydencould be selected toward theend of the first round, so theHawks did well to grab him inRound 3. Hayden has commit-ted to play at Yale this winter,and the Hawks have no need torush him through the system.
7:01 p.m.After finding other teams
to pay Bolland ($3.375 million)and Frolik ($2.33 million) fornext season, the Hawks clearedup money to re-sign unre-stricted free-agent Bickell to afour-year contract. Accordingto ESPN’s Pierre LeBrun,the deal includes a $1 millionbonus plus a $2 million salaryfor 2013-14 along with paymentsof $4 million in 2014-15 and $4.5million in each of the final twoseasons. Bickell earned theraise with a terrific postseasonin which he scored nine goalswith eight assists as the perfectcomplement to JonathanToews and Patrick Kane on thetop line.
Although some workremains – restricted free-agents Nick Leddy and MarcusKruger will require new deals– Bowman completed his heavylifting only two days after theHawks hoisted the Stanley Cupin front of millions of exu-berant Hawks fans who linedWashington Street and packedGrant Park.
One of these days, Bowmancan settle down for a nap.
• Shaw Media sports col-umnist Tom Musick can bereached at [email protected] and on Twitter @tcmusick.
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Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville (left) and Hawks center Dave Bol-land celebrate the Stanley Cup championship after the Hawks beat theBoston Bruins in Game 6 on June 24 in Boston.
TomMusick
VIEWS
Hawks draft West Dundee native HartmanBy JEFF ARNOLD
Ryan Hartman planned tospend Friday in Chicago cele-brating the Blackhawks Stan-ley Cup championship beforeheading to New Jersey forSunday’s NHL Draft.
The 18-year-old neverdreamed that by the end ofthe weekend, he’d be wearingthe same sweater of the teamhe grew up in West Dundeecheering for.
Hartman, a right wingerwho played center for the On-tario Hockey League’s Plym-outh (Mich.) Whalers thisseason, was selected by theHawks in the first round ofthe draft with the 30th overallpick.
Hartman, who did not re-turn a message left on his cellphone Sunday night, said inan interview on Hawks’ web-site that playing for the home-town Hawks was a dreamcome true.
“My heart was racing,”Hartman said of his emotionsleading up to the Hawks’ pick.“I was like, ‘This could hap-
pen,’ and sure enough, I heardmy name being called. I don’tthink you can top that feel-ing.”
H a r t m a nscored 23 goalsand registered37 assists andpiled up 120penalty min-utes in 56 reg-u l a r - s e a s o ng a m e s w i t h
the Whalers this season. The5-foot-11, 185-pound forwardspent the previous two sea-sons with the United StatesNational Team Developmentin Ann Arbor, Mich., wherehe proved himself as a tough-nosed player whose offensecame as an added bonus.
Hartman told reportersSunday night in Newark, N.J.,he plans to return to Plymouthnext season, but believes theedge and tenacity he competeswith will one day be a good fitwith the Hawks. He said hehopes to make the jump to theNHL as quickly as possible.
“I think they’ll like [mystyle] a lot,” Hartman said.“All the Chicago fans, a guy
like Andrew Shaw – they lovethose type of players and Ithink I can bring that to theBlackhawks.”
In his first year with theWhalers, Hartman’s play-mak-ing ability may have beenwhat surprised people most.
“I expected him to be that in-your-face, hard player to playagainst,” Plymouth coach andgeneral manager Mike Velluc-ci told the Detroit Free Presslast week. “Sacrifice yourbody, blocking shots. What heexceeded in was his offense.His offense didn’t surprise mebecause when I scouted him Isaw him play and score fourgoals in one game, but I thinkhis vision is a lot better thanpeople give him credit for andhis offensive ability may havesurprised some people.”
Heading into the draft,Hartman – who played forseveral local clubs, includingthe Crystal Lake Leafs beforemoving to Michigan – wasranked as the 16th top NorthAmerican skater by CentralScouting. Hartman was alsopart of the United States U-20team that won a gold medal
at this year’s InternationalIce Hockey Federation worldchampionships.
Hartman called playing onthe championship team thehighlight of his year – otherthan being drafted on Sun-day – a moment that becamehighly emotional for his par-ents, who were in attendanceat the draft. Hartman said hedealt with some sweaty palmsduring his nearly three-hourwait to hear his name called,but that being selected by hishometown team made the waitworth it.
“My mom started cryingand dad teared up a little bit,”Hartman said. “But the familywas real emotional – everyonewas real happy for me andkind of in disbelief a little bit.”
Hartman, who called hisdraft experience “unbeliev-able” made no secret about hisexcitment on his Twitter feedSunday night.
“So excited to have the @NHLBlackhawks jersey on,”Hartman tweeted. “The bestjersey in sports, and also com-ing back to my home town.#gohawks”
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Leaders are newspaper readers .
“Whether a player is in aclub championship or a U.S.Open, there’s some pressure todeal with. It’s important to focuson your breathing and thingsyou’ve done for success in thepast. Whether that’s shots hit onthe range or rounds played withfriends, you’ve got to find some-thingthat helps yourelax andbetaken away from the moment.It’s not a football game whereyou need to be all pumped up. Ingolf, take deep breaths and slowdown your thoughts.”
A PGA professional since1992, Paeglow set the Kishwau-kee course record in 2004 whenhe fired off a 62. On the tight,tree-lined fairways at Kishthere is a premium on accura-cy. Driver might not be the bestplay off every tee.
“If you play from the fair-way the game is just a lot lessstressful,” Paeglow said. “Youcan’t just get up to the first teein a tournament and wail away.That’s where planning out yourshots in a practice round is soimportant. Think about the pro-cess of each shot and the clubselection.”
While scouting a courseduring a practice round, Pae-glow also said a positive, win-ning mind frame is of para-mount importance. Rather thansay “play to win” to studentsevery time he’s in a lesson, hehas shortened the phrase intoan easily repeated acronym:P.T.W.
It’s heard so often around thePaeglow house he joked his chil-dren have adopted it and willprovide good-natured ribbing ifit gets over used.
But, players who put theball in the fairway have a bet-
ter chance to win a tournament.Even a friendly weekend gamewith friends can turn on theprecise placement of a tee shotin the fairway where distancecan be controlled and maxi-mum spin can be placed on thegolf ball with a solid descendingblow.
“From the short grass youcan control the ball flight,”Paeglow said. “From the roughthere will be contact with grassbefore the face of the blade. Youcan catch a flyer, where the balljumps without spin off the clubface and you can’t control dis-tance.”
As a teacher who still com-petes, the rush never gets old forPaeglow.
“Playing in a tournament isa great feeling,” Paeglow said.“I love the adrenaline rush. Thenerves and excitement. When Ican control all that and then ex-ecute a shot, it’s very fulfilling.”
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drives a golfcart on thegreen of the
12th holeWednesdayat Kishwau-kee CountryClub. This
RIO DE JANEIRO – Fred scored twogoals, Neymar added another and host Bra-zil defeated world champion Spain 3-0 to winthe Confederations Cup on Sunday night asprotesters clashed with riot police outsideMaracana Stadium.
Brazil, a five-time world champion, beatthe reigning world and European championand ended Spain’s 29-game, three-year win-ning streak in competitive matches.
Fred put Brazil ahead in the second min-ute, Neymar doubled the lead in the 44thwith his fourth goal of the tournament andFred added his fifth in the 47th.
Brazil, which won its third straight Con-federations Cup, has not lost a competitivehome match since 1975.
Spain, which had not lost a competitivegame since its 2010 World Cup opener againstSwitzerland, had a miserable night. Sergio Ra-mos sent a penalty kick wide in the 55th anddefender Gerard Pique was ejected by Dutchreferee Bjorn Kuipers with a straight red cardfor fouling Neymar in the 68th.
Elminated in the quarterfinals of the pasttwo World Cups, the Selecao was hoping fora boost as it prepares to host the World Cupnext year for the first time since 1950. Hav-ing not played a competitive match sincethe 2011 Copa America, Brazil had slippedto 22nd in the FIFA ranking, between Ghanaand Mali.
Spain, ranked first for the past 20 months,is the most accomplished national team ofthe 21st century, winning its first World Cupin 2010 between titles in the 2008 and 2012European Championships.
But in the stadium that will host theWorld Cup final on July 14 next year, Brazildominated La Furia Roja.
AP photo
Brazil’s Neymar celebrates scoring his side’s sec-ond goal Sunday during the Confederations Cupfinal against Spain at the Maracana stadium in Riode Janeiro, Brazil.
SOCCER: CONFEDERATIONS CUP
Kenseth wins Sprint Cup race at KentuckyBy GARY GRAVESThe Associated Press
SPARTA, Ky. – Matt Kenseth
has raced long enough to know
that rough starts can still have
good outcomes.
Especially when his crew chief
takes chances.
Case in point was Kenseth’s
fuel-only pit stop gamble that
helped him beat Jimmie Johnson
late to win the rescheduled 400-
mile NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
race Sunday at Kentucky Speed-
way.
A race that was Johnson’s to
lose ultimately became Kenseth’s
series-high fourth victory of the
season – and third on a 1.5-mile
track – after crew chief Jason Rat-
cliff passed on putting new tires
on the No. 20 Toyota following the
race’s ninth caution.
“I thought he was slightly
crazy when that happened,” said
Kenseth, who widened his lead
when the field went four-wide af-
ter the restart on lap 246 and saw
Johnson’s No. 48 Chevy spin from
second place on a day he led three
times for 182 of 267 laps.
“I didn’t think there was any
way that we were going to hold
on for that win. He made the right
call at the right time and those
guys got it done.”
Kenseth led twice for 38 laps,
including the final 23. Johnson,
the five-time champion and series
points leader, finished ninth and
leads Carl Edwards by 38.The restart bothered Johnson,
who accused Kenseth of breakingthe pace car speed. But Johnsontook solace in salvaging his 11thtop-10 despite between sand-wiched in the logjam that couldhave been worse.
“We were kind of in an awk-ward situation in that restartthere,” he said. “We were likethree- and four-wide going in thecorner, then something happenedwith the air and just kind ofturned me around. Unfortunate,
but at least we rallied back for agood finish.”
Second was Jamie McMurrayin a Chevy, followed by ClintBowyer (Toyota), Joey Logano(Ford) and Kyle Busch (Toyota).
Rain Saturday night forcedNASCAR officials to postpone therace to a daytime start.
The event was red-flagged for18 minutes following a seven-carwreck involving defending raceand Sprint Cup winner Brad Ke-selowski, who returned to finish33rd. It was the biggest incident of
10 cautions for 42 laps, but things
were clean after Johnson brought
out the final yellow flag.
The checkered flag crowned
Kentucky’s third different cham-
pion in as many events though
Kenseth, like Johnson, was due
for a breakthrough on the 1.5-mile
oval.
He finished seventh here last
year and sixth in the 2011 inau-
gural race. However, victory
didn’t seem likely for the 2003
Cup champion after qualifying
16th and running outside the top
20 during the first quarter of the
event.
“I thought our first run, we
were all right and I guess prob-
ably after the second run, we
were able to move forward pret-
ty good,” Kenseth said. “I felt
pretty good about what we had. I
thought we need to get it better.”
From then on, the first-year
Joe Gibbs Racing driver was a pe-
rennial top-five contender. Trou-
ble was, he and other hopefuls
seemed to need Johnson to suf-
fer misfortune to have any shot
of catching him. The way he was
running, that appeared unlikely.
Turns out, Kenseth needed to
rely on the left-side tires Ratcliff
ordered the previous stop. Taking
fuel only the final time allowed
him to gain the lead coming off pit
road, and the rubber held up on
the rough, bumpy track, both on
the restart and through the final
laps.
AP photo
Matt Kenseth celebrates with his crew members in the winner’s circle aftercapturing the Sprint Cup race Sunday at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Ky.
NASCAR: KENTUCKY
New names alongside Djokovic, Murray atWimbledonBy HOWARD FENDRICH
The Associated Press
LONDON – Get ready forsome unfamiliar names at Wim-bledon.
With Roger Federer and Ra-fael Nadal long gone, and MariaSharapova out, too, after a hav-oc-filled Week 1 at the All En-gland Club, Week 2 begins todaywith a schedule that includesparticipants such as Kenny deSchepper and Adrian Mannari-no, Ivan Dodig and Jerzy Jano-wicz, Karin Knapp and MonicaPuig.
None of that group has playedin a fourth-round match at anyGrand Slam tournament.
Members of the usual castof characters are still around,of course, such as Serena Wil-liams, Novak Djokovic andAndy Murray. None of that triohas dropped so much as a sin-gle set yet; all are expected to bearound by next weekend.
Still, Djokovic likes the ideaof some players getting a chanceto introduce themselves to a
wider audience.“It’s interesting ... to see new
faces – for the crowd, for [the]tennis world, in general,” saidDjokovic, who might not feelquite the same way if he wereamong the 11 men and womenseeded in the top 10 who no lon-ger are playing.
Truth is, there hasn’t beenmuch variety of late at GrandSlam tournaments, especiallyat the very end: Federer, Nadaland Djokovic have won 31 of thepast 33 titles.
“It’s good [to have] change,in a way, because it’s alwaysexpected, obviously, from topplayers to reach the final stagesof major events. When it doesn’thappen, it’s a big surprise,”said the top-seeded Djokovic,whose six Grand Slam titles in-clude Wimbledon in 2011. “It’sa bit [of a] strange feeling notto have Federer or Nadal at thesecond week of a major. In thelast 10 years, it was always oneof them.”
Over a shorter stretch, it’salso always been Djokovic, who
meets 35-year-old Tommy Haastoday. Djokovic has played in16 consecutive Grand Slamquarterfinals – the longest ac-tive streak, now that Federer’s36-major run is done. At the past10 Slams, Djokovic has reachedthe semifinals every time, pick-ing up five trophies and threerunner-up finishes.
Murray, meanwhile, hasbeen a finalist at the past threemajor tournaments he enteredand won the U.S. Open in Sep-tember, only increasing the ex-pectation among the locals thathe can deliver Britain’s firstmale champion at Wimbledonin 77 years.
Nothing is guaranteed rightnow, though.
“Second week of a GrandSlam is a new start, especiallyhere, where you have (time)off,” said 15th-seeded MarionBartoli, the 2007 Wimbledonrunner-up who faces the 104th-ranked Knapp, an Italian mak-ing her first appearance in a ma-jor’s fourth round. “It’s really anew tournament starting.”
AP photo
Jerzy Janowicz reacts after defeating Nico-las Almagro in their Men’s singles matchFriday at the All England Lawn Tennis Cham-pionships in Wimbledon, London.
Dr. Wallace: My grand-mother is going to celebrateher 100th birthday in Sep-tember, and our relatives areplanning a special celebra-tion in Baton Rouge.
A friend told me that thepresident will send a person-al letter to anyone who turns100 years old. If this is true?How do I make this happen?It would be thrilling for herto receive it and a real hit forthe party. Our grandmotheris a remarkable lady and wellloved by all of us who will doanything to make her happy.– Faith, Baton Rouge, La.
Faith: Presidential greet-ings are sent to people whoreach certain milestones.Couples celebrating their
50th wedding anniversariesand individuals celebratingtheir 80th to 99th birthdaysare eligible to receive presi-dential greeting cards. Per-sonal presidential letters aresent to couples celebratingtheir 60th anniversary andindividuals on their 100thbirthday.
Your request should besent six weeks in advance to:The Greeting Office, Room39, The White House, Wash-ington, D.C. 20500. A greetingwill be sent out about 14 days
before the very importantdate.
Dr. Wallace: I’m on sum-mer vacation from school,and I plan to spend a lot oftime at the beach. I’m a bitoverweight, so I want to loseweight this summer so I’lllook better at the beach andalso be a trim young ladywhen I return to school inthe fall. I’m not in favor ofa “crash” diet to lose theseextra pounds, so that’s whyI’m writing to you. Will youplease tell me the best andsafest way to lose weight byeating a healthy diet andgetting lots of exercise at thebeach? Thanks. – Sara, SanDiego, Calif.
Sara: The best and health-
iest approach is to safelylose about one pound a weekthrough a combination of avaried, well-balanced dietand moderate exercise. Ittakes burning 3,500 caloriesto lose one pound of bodyweight, which translates tocutting back about 500 calo-ries per day. The best way tolose that pound is to eat 250fewer calories a day whileyou step up your exerciseprogram to burn an addition-al 250 calories.
Always begin yourwell-balanced diet with a nu-trition-filled breakfast to getthe energy you need. Enjoy anutritious low-calorie lunchand dinner, always includ-ing your favorite vegetables
and fruits (which also makegreat snacks). It takes 18calories per day to maintainone pound of weight. Let’ssay that your desired weightwill be 125 pounds. Once youreach that weight, you shouldconsume 2,250 daily caloriesto maintain 125 pounds.Consume more than 2,250daily calories, and you willstart to slowly gain weight.Consume less than 2,250 dailycalories, and your body willslowly lose weight. The key isto reach your desired weight,multiply it by 18, and con-sume that daily amount withdelicious, nutritious foods!
Dear Abby: My problem ismy mother-in-law and herabundant use of perfume.The last time she visited, itwas so bad we had to openour windows to air out therooms. (This was in Januaryin Minnesota.)
My husband addressed theproblem with her when I waspregnant, but now that thebaby is here she’s back to herold habits.
We are all sensitive toperfumes and get headacheswhen exposed to it. Whenshe visits, we can’t get awayfrom the smell. I don’t wearperfume, but was alwaystold that “perfume is to be dis-covered, never announced.”
However, when I say that
around her, she dismisses it.
What’s the proper eti-
quette in addressing the
perfume cloud that surroundsher? – The Nose Knows
Dear Nose: I receivecomplaints about perfumesalmost daily. Perfume “inabundance” can cause seriousallergic reactions in peoplewho are sensitive to it. Andwhen they are exposed to itin enclosed places (elevators,airplanes, houses with stormwindows, gymnasiums, etc.),it can cause real problems.
Your mother-in-law shouldbe reminded again that herperfume is causing headachesand asked to please not use itaround you. Depending uponhow old she is and her sense
of smell, she may not realizeshe is using as much as she is.
Women’s perfumes andmen’s after-shave lotions andcolognes can also cause prob-lems at the gym. When peoplewho are exercising begin tosweat, the smell can becomeoverpowering and a nuisanceto others. Scents that were ap-plied the day before can turnrancid, so a shower beforeworking out would be consid-erate if this could be you.
Dear Abby: I have a son,“Billy,” who will be 9 soon.He was conceived throughrape by a man who wasphysically, emotionally and
sexually abusive, as well as
controlling and manipulative.
He threatened to kill me and
Billy, but I eventually got
free. I have a criminal no-con-
tact order on him, and he has
no legal rights to Billy.I have raised my son with-
out any knowledge of his fa-ther. I feel it would be cruel totell him how he came into theworld. My mother disagrees.She thinks it will backfire ifand when Billy finds out. Shepoints out that Billy has twohalf-sisters he doesn’t knowabout. I don’t like to keep thatfrom him.
I need to protect my son,no matter what. But am Idoing the right thing? I some-times question what is in myson’s best interest and that ofour relationship. Please giveme some advice. – Living inThe Present
Dear Living In The Present:I’m surprised your son
hasn’t already asked about
his father, because surely
he must have questions.
When Billy asks, he shouldbe told some of the truth inan age-appropriate way. Hedoes not need to know aboutthe rape, but he should knowthat his father was violent,so for your safety and his, thecourts decided Billy’s fathershould not be in contact withthe two of you. Billy shouldalso be told that until he is anadult it will have to remainthat way.
When he’s older, hecan be told that there arehalf-siblings. (I agree withyour mother on that.) While
you can’t protect your son
forever, you can keep him
safe until he’s old enough to
process the information.
• Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
Dear Dr. K: I’m a rational
person, but I have a deep fear
of the dentist that I just can’t
overcome. Any suggestions?
Dear Reader: I don’t know
too many people who enjoy
a trip to the dentist. But the
health of our teeth and gums
are an important part of
maintaining our dental and
overall wellness. So we do it.
Some of my patients have
such a fear of dentists that
they avoid making dental
appointments at all, or cancel
appointments they do make.Almost to a person, they tellme they’ve “always” beenafraid of dentists. Almostsurely the fear began with avisit to the dentist – maybetheir first – when they were
a child.
Regardless of why you
have this fear, there are sev-
eral things you can try to get
yourself into a dentist’s chair.
Medications such as diaze-
pam (Valium) and lorazepam
(Ativan) may help reduce
anxiety. But they are best
used in combination with
the following cognitive and
behavioral strategies:
• Breathing techniques.
Physical tension and emo-
tional stress can make pain
feel worse. Deep breathing
can counter physical and
mental tension. Breathe in
slowly and count to five. Then
exhale to another count of
five.
• Muscle relaxation. Pro-
gressive muscle relaxation
involves tensing and then
releasing one group of mus-
cles at a time. It can help to
slow heart rate and promote
calmness. Just a few min-
utes of progressive muscle
relaxation may help during
an appointment.
• Desensitization. This
approach combines deep
breathing and relaxation
with gradual exposure to the
thing that triggers your fear.
If you’re afraid of needles,
for example, you may look at
pictures of a dentist’s needle
in a safe environment such
as at home, while practicing
relaxation and breathing
techniques. The goal is to
help you learn to relax while
confronting a trigger of your
fear.
• Distraction. Focusing
your mind elsewhere is
another way to lessen anxiety
and pain. The more compli-
cated the task, the better.
Listening to music may help.
But counting tiles on the ceil-
ing or slats on a window blind
may be even more effective.
I know that this all may
sound silly. If you’re tilted
back in a dental chair, and
a person wearing a mask is
approaching your molars
with a drill, is counting the
tiles on the ceiling really
going to make you relax? Yes:
A combination of multiple
relaxation techniques really
can help. I’ve seen it happen,
repeatedly.
Relaxation techniques
have been used by people in
Asia for thousands of years.
On occasion, true nonsense
can be perpetuated for thou-
sands of years, but usually
things that have lasted that
long have proven their value.
Recent research at Harvard
Medical School has even
shown that relaxation tech-
niques literally change body
chemistry. They alter which
genes are turned on and off.
So consider this approach
to your fear of the dentist. It
really could work.
• Visit www.AskDoctorK.com to read more.
PhillipAlder
BRIDGE
JeannePhillips
DEAR ABBY
RobertWallace
’TWEEN12 & 20
Anthony L.Komaroff
ASK DR. K
By BERNICE BEDE OSOLNewspaper Enterprise Association
TODAY – You’ll have several opportunities to make some nota-ble improvements in your financial circumstances in the yearahead. However, there are also indications that you could becareless in the management of your resources.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Diplomacy will definitely be calledfor when making a deal with someone who always takes anunyielding position. Try to compromise and find a way for bothparties to benefit.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – As long as you don’t take on more thanyou can handle, this can be a very productive day for you. Youwouldn’t be at your best operating under pressure, so why putyourself under the gun?
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Be prepared for a social arrange-ment to have its ups and downs. There is a strong chance thatsomeone whom you dislike could be included in the plannedactivities.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – An old, unresolved issue could rearits ugly head and become the focal point in a family discussion.Keep your cool and put a stop to it the moment someone triesto bring it up.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Know when to stop pushingsomething if your prospect has obvious doubts. Trying toohard to make a sale would only make matters worse.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – It behooves you to beextremely careful in handling financial matters, especially ifyou’re doing so for someone else. If things don’t work out,you’ll be held accountable.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – When negotiating an importantmatter, you should be sure to have all the details down. Thingscould unravel quickly over even a trivial dispute.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – To achieve personal gain, you’llhave to work unusually hard. This is especially so if you feelthat you can’t trust a vital colleague.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Unless you are socially aware atall times, you could unintentionally slight an old friend in favorof more recent acquaintances. Be careful, because excuseswon’t be readily accepted.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Don’t depend on others to help youachieve a personal objective. Although it might be of personalsignificance, it’s not on anyone else’s radar.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – If a friend or colleague adamantlyopposes an issue that you feel strongly about, don’t let it upsetthe relationship. Turn the other cheek.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – When making a sizable purchase,you should be sure to hang on to your receipt. There’s a decentchance that something could be wrong with the merchandise.
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Pickles Brian Crane Pearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis
For Better or For Worse Lynn Johnston Crankshaft Tom Batiuk & Chuck Hayes
Non Sequitur Wiley The Duplex Glenn McCoy
Beetle Bailey Mort Walker Blondie Dean Young & Denis LeBrun
Frank & Ernest Bob Thaves Dilbert Scott Adams
Monty Jim Meddick Hi and Lois Brian & Greg Walker
Rose is Rose Pat Brady & Don Wimmer Arlo & Janis Jimmy Johnson
Soup to Nutz Rick Stromoski Big Nate Lincoln Pierce
Stone Soup Jan Eliot
Grizzwells Bill Schorr
The Family Circus Bill Keane The Argyle Sweater Scott Hilburn
