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DeKALB – AldermanDave Baker believes the FirstAmendment allows him tohave a moving mannequinadvertising his store in pub-lic, and he’s hoping the CityCouncil sees it his way.

“If a person were to put asignboard around them or car-ry a sign, that’s free speech,”Baker said. “There shouldn’tbe anything they can touch onthat, that’s free speech.”

In its last meeting beforeTuesday’s election, the coun-cil will discuss changing thecity’s sign code so Baker, ofthe 6th Ward, can place an au-tomated mannequin outsideof his business. The meetingstarts at 6 p.m. today at CityHall, 200 S. Fourth St.

For a time, a mannequinnamed “Linda” advertisedbook buyback services out-side Copy Service at 1005 W.Lincoln Highway in DeKalb,which Baker owns. Bakerbelieves DeKalb’s sign code,which prohibits moving orrotating signs of any kind, isunconstitutional and unrea-sonable.

After the issue surfaced inJanuary, Baker turned off themotor that caused the sign torotate and said he’d pursue atemporary permit.

“She’s just standing thereholding a sign that goes intoa circular pattern, instead ofrandom jumping around,”said Baker, referring to busi-nesses that will sometimeshave employees dancing out-side with advertising signs.

City Manager Mark Bier-nacki said he believes danc-ing sign-holders also wouldbe considered illegal underthe city’s sign laws. Current-ly, the city staff is not recom-mending changing the rulesto account for moving signs ofany kind.

“I think there’s a publicpurpose served in prohib-iting moving signs becausethey do create a distraction,hence our recommendation,”Biernacki said. “If the councilfeels otherwise, we’ll attemptsome legislation.”

Both Baker and Biernackisaid Baker would not be ableto discuss the issue as an al-derman or vote on it. However,Baker said he would continueto use his rights as a citizen tokeep talking about it.

Baker does not have an op-ponent in Tuesday’s election.

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BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghan-istan – The United States acceptsthat a diminished but resilientTaliban is likely to remain a mil-itary threat in some parts of Af-ghanistan long after U.S. troopscomplete their combat missionnext year, the top U.S. military of-ficer said Sunday.

In an Associated Press inter-view at this airfield north of Ka-bul, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey,chairman of the Joint Chiefs ofStaff, said he is cautiously opti-mistic that the Afghan army willhold its own against the insurgen-cy as Western troops pull backand Afghans assume the lead com-bat role. He said that by May or

June, the Afghans will be in thelead throughout the country.

Asked whether some parts ofthe country will remain contestedby the Taliban, he replied, “Yes, ofcourse there will be.”

“And if we were having thisconversation 10 years from now, Isuspect there would [still] be con-tested areas because the historyof Afghanistan suggests that therewill always be contested areas,”

he said.He and other U.S. command-

ers have said that ultimately theAfghans must reach some sort ofpolitical accommodation with theinsurgents, and that a reconcili-ation process needs to be led byAfghans, not Americans. Thus theNo. 1 priority for the U.S. militaryin its final months of combat inAfghanistan is to do all that ispossible to boost the strength andconfidence of Afghan forces.

Shortly after Dempsey arrivedin Afghanistan on Saturday, theTaliban demonstrated its abilityto strike.

It claimed responsibility for asuicide car bombing that killedfive Americans – three soldiers

U.S. Gen.: Taliban likely to be long-term threat

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Gen. Martin Dempsey, U.S. Chair-man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,pins a Combat Infantrymen Badgeon a soldier at Forward OperatingBase Sharana in Afghanistan’s Pa-ktika province Sunday. See AFGHANISTAN, page A4

By JEFF [email protected]

DeKALB – Northern Illinois Uni-versity is accustomed to housingHuskies in the Convocation Cen-ter, but not the hundreds of terri-

ers, poodles, Newfoundlands, bull mastiffsand other breeds that pranced throughoutthe building.

The NIU Convocation Center hosted

more than 1,000 dogs during the annualKennel Club of Yorkville dog show onSaturday and Sunday. The two-day eventwas an all-breed show that featured com-petitions in seven different groups withthose winners advancing for a chance towin best in show and a reserved place inthe Westminster Kennel Club dog show inNew York.

Competitors came from around thecountry, but it was a short trip for Glen-

view resident Sue Larkin, who is nostranger to long trips to win competitions.

Larkin has been a professional handlerfor more than 30 years and was at the Con-vocation Center event to show the No. 2Great Dane in the country. She said theCrystal Lake family that owns the dog isone of many that hire her for handlingservices, which takes her from Kentucky

DeKalb goes to dogsKENNEL CLUB OF YORKVILLE DOG SHOW

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Lisa Bettis of Goshen, Ind., trots her Bichon-Frise known as “Vogel Flights, Honor to Pillow Talk” during the nonsporting group at the Kennel Club ofYorkville dog show Saturday at Northern Illinois University’s Convocation Center in DeKalb. Bettis won second place in the competition.

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A suicide bombing in Afghanistan

killed five Americans, including 25-year

old foreign service officer Anne Smed-

inghoff who grew up in River Forest.

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WASHINGTON – Airline passengersare getting grumpier, and it’s little won-der. Airlines keep shrinking the size ofseats to stuff more people onto planes,those empty middle seats that once pro-vided a little more room are now occu-pied and more people with tickets arebeing turned away because flights areoverbooked.

Private researchers who analyzedfederal data on airline performance alsosaid in a report being released today thatconsumer complaints to the Transporta-tion Department surged by one-fifth lastyear even though other measures suchas on-time arrivals and mishandled bag-gage show airlines are doing a better job.

“The way airlines have taken 130-seatairplanes and expanded them to 150 seatsto squeeze out more revenue I think is fi-nally catching up with them,” said DeanHeadley, a business professor at WichitaState University who has co-written theannual report for 23 years.

“People are saying, ‘Look, I don’t fithere. Do something about this.’ At somepoint airlines can’t keep shrinking seatsto put more people into the same tube,”he said.

The industry is even looking at waysto make today’s smaller-than-a-broomcloset toilets more compact in the hope ofsqueezing a few more seats onto planes.

“I can’t imagine the uproar that mak-ing toilets smaller might generate,” said

Headley, especially given that passen-gers increasingly weigh more than theyuse to. Nevertheless, “Will it keep themfrom flying? I doubt it would.”

In recent years, some airlines haveshifted to larger planes that can carrymore people, but that hasn’t been enoughto make up for an overall reduction inflights.

The rate at which passengers withtickets were denied seats because planeswere full rose to 0.97 denials per 10,000passengers last year, compared with 0.78in 2011.

It used to be in cases of overbookings

that airlines usually could find a pas-senger who would volunteer to give upa seat in exchange for cash, a free tick-et or some other compensation with theexpectation of catching another flightlater that day or the next morning. Notanymore.

“Since flights are so full, there are noseats on those next flights. So people say,‘No, not for $500, not for $1,000,’ ” saidairline industry analyst Robert W. MannJr.

Regional carrier SkyWest had thehighest involuntary denied boardingsrate last year, 2.32 per 10,000 passengers.

8DAILY PLANNER

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Big Book Study AA(C): 9:30 a.m.at 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Overeaters Anonymous: 10

a.m. at Senior Services Center, 330Grove 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.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. Allare 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

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lence support group: 815-756-5228; www.safepassagedv.org.DeKalb Chess Club: 6 to 8 p.m.

at First Congregational Church, 615N. First St., DeKalb. Free. All agesand skill levels are welcome. Equip-ment is provided but attendees arewelcome to bring their own. [email protected] or visit www.DeKalbChess.com.DeKalb Rotary Club: 6 p.m. at

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Union Congregational, 305 S. GageSt., Somonauk. 800-452-7990;www.dekalbalanoclub.com.DeKalb Festival Chorus: 7 to

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at Fox Valley Community Center,1406 Suydam Road, Sandwich.Cost is $4 for food and conversa-tion, along with 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.Oak Crest HEA: 9:30 a.m. at

Oak Crest DeKalb Area RetirementCenter, 2944 Greenwood AcresDrive. Part of the HomemakersEducation Association. Call MaryLu at 815-756-4390.Weight Watchers: 9:30 a.m.

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Airline passenger complaints surged in ’12Passengers travelthrough an airportSept. 27 in Miami. Pri-vate researchers, whohave analyzed federaldata on airline perfor-mance, say in a reportreleased today thatconsumer complaintsto the TransportationDepartment surgedby one-fifth last yeareven though othermeasures such ason-time arrivals andmishandled baggageshow airlines aredoing a better job.

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TODAYDeKalb-Sycamore Area Transportation

Study Technical Advisory Committee:1:15 p.m. at the DeKalb County HighwayDepartment, 1826 Barber Greene Road,DeKalb.DeKalb City Council: 6 p.m. in room 212

at the DeKalb Municipal Building, 200 S.Fourth St.DeKalb County Health and Human Ser-

vices: 5:30 p.m. at the Legislative Center,Gathertorium west side, 200 N. Main St.,Sycamore.Sycamore Township Board: 6 p.m.

at the Sycamore Township Office, 545Brickville Road.Cortland Township Board: 6:30 p.m.

at the Cortland Township Building, 14 S.Prairie St.Cortland Town Board: 7 p.m. at Cortland

Town Hall, 59 S. Somonauk Road.Genoa Township Board: 7 p.m. at the

Genoa Township office, 221 Railroad Ave.Hiawatha School District 426 Board: 7

p.m. at Hiawatha Middle School, 410 S.First St., Kirkland.Kaneland School District 302 Board:

7 p.m. at Kaneland High School, 47W326Keslinger Road, Maple Park.Kirkland Community Fire District: 7

p.m. at 3891 Route 72.Village of Lee: 7 p.m. at the fire station

at Lee Road and County Line/Viking VieRoad, northeast corner, in Lee. Park in therear of the building off County Line/VikingVie Road.Malta Fire Department: 7 p.m. at 308 E.

Jefferson St.Mayfield Township Board of Trustees:

7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 26925 ChurchRoad, Sycamore.Sandwich City Council: 7 p.m. at the

Sandwich City Hall Annex, 128 E. RailroadSt.Sandwich Township annual meeting:

7 p.m. at the Sandwich Township building,201 W. Center St.Sycamore Plan Commission: 7 p.m. at

the Sycamore Center, 308W. State St.Village of Hinckley Planning Commis-

sion: 7 p.m. at 720 James St.Hinckley Public Library District Board:

7:30 p.m. at the Hinckley Community Build-ing, 100 N. Maple St.

TUESDAYDeKalb County Natural Hazards Miti-

gation Committee: 11 a.m. at the DeKalbCounty Legislative Center, 200 N. Main St.,Sycamore.Sycamore Public Library Board: 5:30

p.m. in the board room at the library, 103 E.State St.Genoa-Kingston School District 424

Board Committee of the Whole: 6:30p.m. at Genoa-Kingston High School, 980Park Ave., Genoa.DeKalb County Board Executive Com-

mittee: 7 p.m. at Administration Building,110 E. Sycamore St., Sycamore.Genoa Tree Board: 7 p.m. at Genoa City

Hall Council Chambers, 333 E. First St.Kingston Township Cemetery Com-

mittee: 7 p.m. at the Kingston TownshipBuilding, 301 Railroad St., Kingston.Kishwaukee College Board: 7 p.m. in

Room B-201 at the college, 21193 MaltaRoad, Malta.Malta Township Public Library Board: 7

p.m. at the library at 203 E. Adams St.Sandwich District Library Board: 7 p.m.

at the library at 107 E. Center St., Sandwich.Squaw Grove Township: 7 p.m. at Hinck-

ley Community Building, 120 Maple St.,Hinckley. Annual meeting is Wednesday.Sycamore School District 427 Board: 7

p.m. at Sycamore High School.Afton Township Board: 7 p.m. at Elva

Hall, 16029Walker Drive, DeKalb.Kirkland Public Library Board: 7:15 p.m.

at the library, 513 W. Main St.Genoa-Kingston Fire Protection

District Board of Trustees: 7:30 p.m. atGenoa-Kingston Station 1, 317 E. RailroadAve., Genoa.Sandwich Plan Commission: 7:30 p.m.

at City Hall Annex Council Chambers, 128 E.Railroad St.Waterman Village Board: 7:30 p.m. at

Waterman Village Hall, 214 W. Adams St.

WEDNESDAYDeKalb Township Board: 4:30 p.m. at

2323 S. Fourth St., DeKalb. Annual meetingat 7 p.m.Maple Park & Countryside Fire Protec-

tion District: 5 p.m. at 305 S. County LineRoad.

Hampshire Fire Protection District: 6p.m. at 202Washington Ave.Milan Township Board annual meeting:

6:30 p.m. in Lee.Somonauk Village Board: 6:30 p.m. at

the Somonauk Village Hall, 131 S. Depot St.DeKalb County Watershed Steering

Committee: 7 p.m. at the DeKalb Coun-ty Farm Bureau, 1350W. Prairie Drive,Sycamore.DeKalb County Board Economic

Development Committee: 7 p.m. at theLegislative Center’s Freedom Room, 200 N.Main St., Sycamore.DeKalb Planning and Zoning Commis-

sion: 7 p.m. in council chambers at theDeKalb Municipal Building, 200 S. FourthSt.DeKalb Public Library Board: 7 p.m. in

the meeting room at 309 Oak St.Franklin Township Board: 7 p.m. at the

Road District Building, Route 72 and IreneRoad, Kirkland.Malta Village Board: 7 p.m. at Malta

Municipal Building, 115 S. Third St.Hinckley-Big Rock School District 429

Board Committee of the Whole: 6:30p.m. in the Hinckley-Big Rock High SchoolLibrary, 700 E. Lincoln Highway, Hinckley.Sandwich Community Fire Protection

District: 7 p.m. at the Sandwich Commu-nity Fire Protection District station, 310 E.Railroad St., Sandwich.Cortland Fire Protection District: 7:30

p.m. at Cortland Fire Station, 50W. North St.

THURSDAYDeKalb Design Review Committee:

4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Large ConferenceRoom at the DeKalb City Hall Annex, 223 S.Fourth St.Sandwich Park District: 6:30 p.m. at the

Sandwich Park District Office Building, 1001N. Latham St.DeKalb Park District Board: 7 p.m., fol-

lowing a study session at 6 p.m., at HopkinsPark, 1403 Sycamore Road.Genoa Plan Commission: 7 p.m. at

Genoa City Hall Council Chambers, 333 E.First St.Malta Plan Commission: 7 p.m. at 115 S.

Third St.Shabbona Township Board: 7 p.m. at

the township garage, 204 S. Pontiac St.,Shabbona.Paw Paw Township Board: 7 p.m. at

Paw Paw Township Town Hall in Rollo,2266 Suydam Road, Earlville.

8STATE BRIEF

Quinn: Slain U.S. diplomatwas brave and selflessCHICAGO – Gov. Pat Quinn said

a U.S. diplomat killed in Afghan-istan was brave and devotedto protecting American andimproving the lives of others.Anne Smedinghoff was a

25-year-old foreign service offi-cer from River Forest. She diedSaturday when the group shewas traveling with was struckby an explosion. They were enroute to donate textbooks tostudents.She is the first American diplo-

mat to die on the job since lastyear’s attack on the U.S. diplo-matic installation in Benghazi,Libya. Federal officials haven’treleased the names of the fourothers killed.Smedinghoff grew up in River

Forest. She attended FenwickHigh School, which is also thegovernor’s alma mater.

– Wire report

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GENOA – Clashes withcity officials, contract dis-putes with food service andtransportation employeesand declining state fundingwill not deter Dale Pelley.

Pelley, the chairman of theGenoa-Kingston School Dis-trict 424 board, is the only in-cumbent seeking re-electionin a race that will seat at leastthree new members with fivecandidates competing forfour spots.

The 16-year board veteranknows incumbency may notbe to his advantage after alawsuit with the city that costresidents tax dollars in legalfees for both sides, a conten-tious contract negotiationwith bus drivers and lunchproviders and last month’sdecision to cut 14 teachers,personnel staff and programsincluding freshman sports.

But at a time where thestate is failing to adequatelyfund school districts, Pelleysaid he believes the correctdecisions were made to avoida roughly $1 million deficitthis coming year.

Pelley noted some deci-sions, such as casting thedeciding vote that kept busdrivers and lunch staff inthe district, should assist hisre-election bid.

“I’m hoping the worst isbehind the district,” Pelleysaid. “I think it’s helpful tohave the history to know whywe are in the position we aretoday.”

Challenger Heather Ed-wards said after attendingboard meetings for the pasttwo years, she became con-cerned with the nature of cutsbeing made. While she under-stands cuts are necessary, shesaid programs such as musicand art should be spared andequitable reductions need tobe pursued.

She said when teachers

are cut, administrators andstaff such as maintenanceemployees should not be ex-cluded.

“Cuts, when they aremade, have to be made equal-ly across the board,” Ed-wards said. “You will nevermake everybody happy ... butthe community should knowit’s not just the teachers be-ing cut.”

Taunya Fischer, treasurerfor Kingston, said her expe-rience in government givesher a inside perspective thatcould help the board.

Fischer said one of hermain goals is to improve thetransparency and communi-cation of the board with res-idents and to inform thoseresidents that changes theywant often take time becauseof how government operates.

“There are ways that theboard or the school districtcould better express what isgoing on and what their in-tentions are,” Fischer said.“It is going to be difficult;however, I do think there is away that everyone can worktogether and we can all findsolutions that are equitable.”

Candidates Kerri Sos-nowski and Kristin Bryn-teson could not be reached forcomment over the weekend,but they did offer responsesto the Daily Chronicle’s Elec-tion Central questions.

Sosnowski said she under-stood staffing cuts are nec-essary but urged the futureboard to aggressively pursuealternative revenue sourcessuch as grants to enhance pro-grams and educational oppor-tunities, especially throughadditional technology.

“I would rather cut posi-tions now and save our dis-trict from having to pay inter-est to a bank which will onlyfurther our debt,” Sosnowskisaid. “I guess it’s the lesser oftwo evils.”

Brynteson is highly in-volved in education as assis-tant director of Northern Il-linois University’s Center forP-20 Engagement. The centersupports mutually beneficialpartnerships related to edu-cation and training at all lev-els from preschool throughgraduate studies in schools,workplaces and communitysettings.

She said pursuing inno-vative teaching strategiesthrough technology and me-dia would be important inpreparing students for thefuture.

“As a past graduate of Ge-noa-Kingston, I am pleasedwith how the district pre-pared me for my future,” shesaid. “It is the responsibilityof the school board to inves-tigate creative solutions thatare in the best interest of ourstudents.”

Fresh faces coming to D-424

Election Central

For completecoverage of localraces, visit elec-tions.daily-chronicle.com.

Only 1 incumbent running for 4 open seats

Dale PelleyIncumbent

KristinBryntesonChallenger

KerriSosnowskiChallenger

HeatherEdwards *Challenger

TaunyaFischer *Challenger

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By ANDREA [email protected]

SYCAMORE – Wine con-noisseurs often swirl a drinkaround in a cup, smell it,take a sip and think.

That’s what Sycamoreresident Fernando Bourgedid at Lundeen’s wine-tast-ing event in Blumen Gardenson Saturday.

Bourge’s friend, DaveSimone, called him an “ex-pert” at tasting wine.

Bourge tasted one of thepriciest wines there, calledRobert Craig Affinity, thatcosts $49.99 at Lundeen’s Dis-count Liquors, 1099 W. Hill-crest Drive in DeKalb.

“It’s not bad,” Bourgesaid. “It’s a little dry for me,but it’s not that bad.”

Rachel O’Boyle, who buyswines for Lundeen’s, saidthere were more white winesSaturday because they aremore available in spring.Lundeen’s gets differentwines each year to keep theevent fresh, O’Boyle said.

“We try to make surethere’s something for ev-eryone,” she said. “You’dbe hard-pressed to not findsomething you’d like here.”

More than 200 people wereat the event, which is held inthe spring and fall. Twentyvendors attended, includingthe St. James Winery in Mis-souri.

St. James Winery fea-tured fruit wines concen-trated from blueberries,strawberries, blackberries,raspberries and peaches.

“[Our location] is localenough where you can drivethere,” said Aja Carr, a St.James wine hostess. “[Visit-ing] is something you can dowithout much expense.”

Bartlett residents EricFuller and fiancée StephanieSmrz drove almost an hourto attend the wine-tasting.Fuller said he has been toa lot of wine-tasting eventsbefore, but this one was thenicest one yet.

“Most people know eachother here,” Fuller said. “Be-

ing from a more metropoli-tan area, it’s not like this atall.”

Smrz agreed.“Everybody’s kind of

snobbish at the other ones,”she said. “This one’s differ-ent.”

Wine-taster Rebecca Wei-lbaker of Sycamore was witha group of friends. She saidthe event was an opportuni-ty to socialize and discusstastes. Weilbaker’s father-in-law makes wine in his base-ment in California.

“I’m kind of picky,” Weil-baker said. “I’ve been blessedto try a lot of fabulous wines,so I know what regions I re-ally like.”

Tapa La Luna made freshsushi for the wine-tasters,and Tom and Jerry’s cateredthe event.

While the flowers wereblooming in the rainy weath-er outside, people weredrinking wine inside of Blu-men Gardens.

“It’s a great way to startspring,” Fuller said.

Andrea Azzo for Shaw Media

Steve Faivre of Sycamore and Stephanie Smrz of Bartlett sample wine during Lundeen’s Discount Li-quors tasting event Saturday at Blumen Gardens in Sycamore.

Sycamore gets a taste of wine

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CAROLINE ‘JEAN’EICHLERBorn: Nov. 29, 1948, in Minot, N.D.

Died: April 6, 2013, in Winfield, Ill.

WINFIELD –

Caroline “Jean”

Eichler, 64, of

DeKalb, Ill., died

unexpectedly

Saturday, April 6,

2013, at Central

DuPage Hospital in Winfield.

Born Nov. 29, 1948, in Minot,

N.D., she was the daughter of

Lloyd and Orline June Hill.

Jean graduated from Minot High

School in North Dakota, Class of

1966. She married John “Jack”

Eichler on Feb. 27, 1971, in Park

Ridge. They lived in Elmhurst

before moving to DeKalb in 2001.

In the early 1990s, Jean was

co-owner of Air Excellence, an

air ambulance service. She was a

member of the DeKalb Elks Lodge

No. 765. She enjoyed reading,

listening to music, taking care of

her cats, and she loved spending

time with her family.

She is survived by her mother,

Orline June Hill of Minot; one

daughter, Kristen Eichler of DeKalb;

five grandchildren, Sarah Eichler of

DeKalb, Marissa, Jason, John Willis

Eichler II, and Joey Eichler, all of

Palm Bay, Fla.; her siblings, Marelyn

(Butch) Gross of Greensburg, Pa.,

Barbara Kapple of Bismarck, N.D.,

Alan (Cleo) Hill of Minot, Marla

(Bill) Dykhoff of Minot and Robert

(Terri) Hill of Rock Hill, S.C; and one

daughter-in-law, Danielle (Wolff)

Eichler of Palm Bay.

She was preceded in death by

her father, Lloyd; her husband,

Jack; a daughter, Tracy Rodgers;

a son, Douglas Eichler; and a

brother, Michael Hill.

A visitation will be held on

Tuesday, April 9, 2013, from 4

to 8 p.m. at Ronan-Moore-Finch

Funeral Home, 310 Oak St.,

DeKalb. A funeral service will be

held Wednesday, April 10, 2013,

at 11 a.m. at Ronan-Moore-Finch

Funeral Home.

Cremation will take place at

Finch Crematory after the service.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can

be made to the family to be es-

tablished at a later date. To send

an online condolence, visit www.

ronanmoorefinch.com.

Arrangements were entrusted to

Ronan-Moore-Finch Funeral Home,

310 Oak St., DeKalb, IL 60115. For

more information, call the funeral

home at 815-758-3841.

To sign the online guest book,

visit www.legacy.com/dai-

ly-chronicle.com.

CHARLES A. HADERER

LELAND – Charles A. Haderer,

91, formerly of Leland, Ill., passed

away Feb. 26, 2013, at the DeKalb

County Rehab & Nursing Center.

Please join family and friends in

celebrating Charles’ life Saturday,

April 13. Graveside services will

be held at Leland Cemetery at 11

a.m. with lunch to follow at Leland

United Methodist Church.

LARRY P. JOHNSONBorn: June 10, 1936, in Bridgeport,

Ill.

Died: April 5, 2013, in Rockford, Ill.

DeKALB – Larry P. Johnson, 76,

of DeKalb, Ill., died unexpectedly

Friday, April 5, 2013, at OSF Saint

Anthony MedicalCenter, Rockford.Born June

10, 1936, inBridgeport, hewas the son ofLewis and Audrey(Jamison) Johnson. Larry marriedJean A. Hardt on Dec. 18, 1954, inShabbona.Larry was employed by Swift &

Company for more than 30 yearsand after retirement by CreativeCalligraphy in DeKalb. He enjoyedgolf, playing cards and shootingpool. He was a handyman andtook great pride in doing thingsfor family and friends. He was amember of the DeKalb Moose andformer member of First BaptistChurch in Shabbona.He is survived by his children,

Debra (Bill) Perian of DeKalband Michael (Tami) Johnson ofMalta; five grandchildren, Greg(Melissa) Perian of Malta, Katie(Zach) Coulter of DeKalb, Laura(Chris) Walters of DeKalb, Sara(Andy) Lyons of Sycamore andHeidi Johnson of Chicago; onegreat-grandchild, Hallie Perian;three brothers, Don (Flo) Johnsonof DeKalb, Bill (Bev) Johnson ofCortland and Rick (Terri) Johnsonof Somonauk; special companion,Cheryl Feinberg; and severalnieces and nephews.He was preceded in death by his

wife, Jean, in 1989 and his parents.The funeral service will be held

at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 10, atAnderson Funeral Home in DeKalbwith the Rev. David Marquardt ofUnited Church of Christ in Rolloofficiating. Burial will follow atLily Lake Cemetery in Lily Lake.Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m.Tuesday, April 9, at Anderson

Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can

be made to the Larry P. Johnson

Memorial Fund, sent in care of

Anderson Funeral Home, P.O.

Box 605, 2011 South Fourth St.,

DeKalb, IL 60115.

For information, visit www.

andersonfuneralhomeltd.com or

call 815-756-1022.

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MARIAN S. WALLBorn: July 2, 1933, in Detroit, Mich.

Died: April 5, 2013, in Sycamore,

Ill.

SYCAMORE –

Marian S. Wall, 79,

of Sycamore, Ill.,

died Friday, April

5, 2013, at her

home.

Born July 2,

1933, in Detroit, Mich., she was

the daughter of Bernard and Kath-

erine (Brummel) Jungels. Marian

graduated from Madonna Girls

Catholic High School in 1951. She

married George John Wall on Jan.

5, 1952, in Batavia.

Marian was happiest in the com-

pany of family and friends. She

loved dancing with her husband,

all kinds of music, gardening, quiet

time with family in her puzzle

room and walks to her favorite

paradise she called “the pond”

near her home. She had a special

love for her cat, Mittens. She

provided home child care, worked

for Auto Meter in Sycamore and

Sycamore schools.

She is survived by her husband,

George J. Wall of Sycamore; all

eight children, Steven G. (Blanche)Wall of Sycamore, Barbara S. Baieof DeKalb, Michael D. (Barb) Wallof Sycamore, Diane M. (Wayne)Bergman of DeKalb, Kenneth J.(Laura) Wall of Sycamore, JulieK. Chesser of Sycamore, MarjorieA. (Steven) Holliday of Sycamoreand Richard A. Wall of Sycamore;12 grandchildren, Steffiene Butts,Stacey Somich, Sara Brown, Jenni-fer Guyman, Adam Baie, NicholasWall, Rachel Christ, JeremyChesser, Josh Chesser, Justin Hol-liday, Matthew Holliday and PaigeHolliday; 10 great-grandchildren;two sisters, Elaine Paulette of St.Charles and Sharon (Rex) Brownof Tennessee; one brother, Erwin(Rosanne) Jungels of Earlville;and several nieces, nephews,great-nieces and -nephews.She is preceded in death by her

parents; great-grandchildren, Jai-me Lynn Wall, Tracy Ann Wall andJoey M. Byrnes; and sisters- andbrothers-in-law, Jean and ForrestWoodworth, Carol and JerryKoenen, Betty and Eugene Newerand Fred Paulette.The funeral service will be

held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday,April 9, 2013, at Olson Funeral &Cremation Services, Ltd., QuiramSycamore Chapel, 1245 SomonaukSt., Sycamore, with the ReverendDr. Janet H. Hunt officiating.Interment will be in ElmwoodCemetery in Sycamore.A visitation will be held from 4 to

7 p.m. on Monday, April 8, at thefuneral chapel. For information orto leave a message of condolence,visit www.olsonfh.com or call815-895-6589.To sign the online guest book,

visit www.legacy.com/dai-ly-chronicle.com.

8OBITUARIES

and two civilians, includingAnne Smedinghoff, a foreignservice officer and the firstAmerican diplomat killedoverseas since the terroristattack Sept. 11 in Benghazi,Libya.

A fierce battle betweenU.S.-backed Afghan forces andTaliban militants in a remotecorner of eastern Afghanistanleft nearly 20 people dead, in-cluding 11 Afghan childrenkilled in an airstrike, Afghanofficials said Sunday.

There are now about 66,000U.S. troops in Afghanistan.That number is to drop toabout 32,000 by February andthe combat mission is to end inDecember 2014. Whether somenumbers remain into 2015 asmilitary trainers and counter-insurgents is yet to be decided.

Dempsey spent two daystalking to senior Afghan offi-cials, including his counter-part, Gen. Sher MohammadKarimi, as well as top U.S. andallied commanders.

He also visited a U.S. base inthe volatile eastern provinceof Paktika for an update onhow U.S. troops are balancingthe twin missions of advisingAfghan forces and withdraw-ing tons of U.S. equipment asthe war effort winds down.

Paktika is an example of asector of Afghanistan that islikely to face Taliban resis-tance for years. Bordering ar-eas of Pakistan that providehaven for the Taliban and itsaffiliated Haqqani network,Paktika has been among themore important insurgent ave-nues into the Afghan interior.

While the province has afunctioning government, Tal-iban influence remains signif-icant in rural areas, as it hassince U.S. forces first invadedthe country 11 years ago.

“There will be contested ar-eas, and it will be the Afghans’choice whether to allow thosecontested areas to persist, or,when necessary, take actionto exert themselves into thosecontested area,” he said.

Dempsey is encouragedby the recent development ofcoordination centers where awide range of Afghan govern-ment agencies work togetheron security issues. He called ita “quilt” of government struc-tures that links Kabul, thecapital, to ordinary Afghans indistant villages.

• AFGHANISTANContinued from page A1

to North Carolina on any giv-en weekend.

“I love doing it, and you re-ally need to love doing it be-cause it’s a lot of hard work,”Larkin said of her schedule.

As a handler, Larkin runsthe dog around the showring and trains it to main-tain posture during judges’inspections. It’s one of manyresponsibilities that go intopreparing a dog for competi-tion – a process that usuallyrequires three people.

From breeding, handlingand grooming, costs can addup quickly for competitors.Wisconsin resident LindaHattrem contributes in allthree areas but also receivedhelp from three other peoplewhile showing Digger the

American water spaniel Sun-day.

Hattrem, who led Diggerto become the all-time win-

ning American water span-iel, said top-level championdogs can cost up to $60,000 ayear when costs such as trav-el are included.

“The day I don’t get hap-py and excited to compete isthe day I quit,” Hattrem said.“It’s a passion.”

That passion has spread toa younger generation. Manycompetitors spend much oftheir lives in the competitioncircuit.

Nick Waters, a 23-year-oldfrom Cary, became involvedwith dog shows after takinghis first family dog to a six-week obedience course. Sincethen, Waters has emerged asone of the top-ranked groom-ers in Groom Team USA andhas started to learn the art ofhandling.

On Sunday, he was prep-ping a Doberman pinscher,Newfoundland, terrier and

others for competition.“Learning the different

grooming techniques fordifferent breeds is a lifelongprocess,” he said. “You neverstop learning when it comesto dogs.”

While the love of dogskeeps most competitors com-ing back, 40-year veteranBryna Comsky said com-petitors soon realize its thepeople they meet and friendsthey make that are the mostrewarding.

Comsky, who served aschief ring steward, said peo-ple’s common love for dogsbreaks down language bar-riers and differences andunites those from all walksof life.

“I enjoy getting to rub el-bows with people from alldifferent cultures,” she said.“It’s really a wonderful worldto be a part of.”

• SHOWContinued from page A1

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Sharon Kauzlarich of Farmington preps her 2-year-old Nova Scotiaduck tolling retriever known as “GCH Princess Cut Diamond BeeKauz,JH CD RNWC TDI” on Saturday during the Kennel Club of Yorkville dogshow at Northern Illinois University’s Convocation Center in DeKalb.

From breeding, handling and grooming, costs can add up

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Note to readers: Informationin Police Reports is obtainedfrom the DeKalb CountySheriff’s Office and city policedepartments. Individuals listedin Police Reports who havebeen charged with a crime havenot been proven guilty in court

DeKalb cityBrandon M. Graves, 20, of the

3200 block of Meadow TrailEast in DeKalb, was chargedThursday, April 4, with disorder-ly conduct.Phillip N. Bagley, 20, of the

100 block of North CampbellAvenue in Chicago, was chargedFriday, April 5, with two countsof domestic battery.James Brewer, 24, of the

5400 block of South PrincetonAvenue in Chicago, was chargedFriday, April 5, with criminal

trespass to property.Camilla Samuel-Randolph, 24,

of the 1000 block of Crane Drivein DeKalb, was charged Friday,April 5, with possession of drugparaphernalia.Rudolph P. Echeverria, 19,

of the 4400 block of NorthCicero Avenue in Chicago, wascharged Saturday, April 6, withconsumption of alcohol by aminor.Steven A. Reyes, 19, of the

5700 block of West CullomAvenue in Chicago, was chargedSaturday, April 6, with con-sumption of alcohol by a minor.John M. Kobylak, 20, of the

6300 block of West 64th Streetin Chicago, was charged Satur-day, April 6, with consumptionof alcohol by a minor.James R. Sheneman, 26, of

the 200 block of Anne Street in

DeKalb, was charged Saturday,April 6, with domestic battery.Haley A. Hluchy, 21, of the 700

block of Fotis Drive in DeKalb,was charged Saturday, April 6,with domestic battery.Demetric D. Starling, 26,

of the 13000 block of SouthEggleston Avenue in Riverdale,was arrested Saturday, April 6,on failure-to-appear warrantsfor possession of marijuana andtrespass and charged with crim-inal trespass to property.Eduardo Valor, 30, of the 1100

block of State Street in DeKalb,was charged Saturday, April 6,with driving under the influenceof alcohol.Thomas J. Wolff, 22, of the

600 block of North Eddy Streetin Sandwich, was chargedSaturday, April 6, with drivingunder the influence of alcohol.

Scott L. Baker, 25, of the 2400block of North 7000 West Roadin Bonefield, was arrested Sat-urday, April 6, on a warrant forharassment by telephone.Mathew D. Brown, 29, of the

1300 block of Pleasant Street inDeKalb, was charged Saturday,April 6, with driving under theinfluence of alcohol and posses-sion of marijuana.Stacie D. Miller, of the 400

block of Linden Avenue in Wil-mette, was charged Saturday,April 6, with retail theft.Channeka A. Gatson, of the

1000 block of Draper Avenue inJoliet, was charged Saturday,April 6, with retail theft.Ciara D. Gant, of the 600 block

of Patterson Road in Joliet, wascharged Saturday, April 6, withretail theft.Wesley R. Richter, 18, of the

2500 block of Winfield Lane inBelvidere, was charged Sunday,April 7, with possession ofalcohol by a minor.Sergio Portillo, 24, of the

200 block of Wildwood Drivein North Aurora, was chargedSunday, April 7, with fightingwithin the city.Jesus G. Gutierrez, 24, of the

300 block of Blackhawk Streetin Aurora, was charged Sunday,April 7, with fighting within thecity.Jose F. Vargas, 24, of the 100

block of Acorn Drive in NorthAurora, was charged Sunday,April 7, with fighting within thecity.Edgar Portillo, 26, of the

200 block of Wildwood Drivein North Aurora, was chargedSunday, April 7, with fightingwithin the city.

Ryan P. Burns, 22, of the 9700block of South Tulley Avenue inOak Lawn, was charged Sunday,April 7, with criminal trespassto property.Gabriela Velasquez, 21, of the

1000 block of Boxwood Drive inMt. Prospect, was charged Sun-day, April 7, with driving underthe influence of alcohol.Marc L. Gentile, 21, of the

1200 block of Rushmore Drivein DeKalb, was charged Sunday,April 7, with battery.Jacob W. Ackert, 21, of the

500 block of Wolverine Lanein Dixon, was charged Sunday,April 7, with battery and unlaw-ful use of a weapon.Josh W. Seany, 33, of the 1000

block of South First Street inDeKalb, was charged Sunday,April 7, with driving under theinfluence of alcohol.

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Although death and taxes are inevitabilities,among the newly married, the odds of divorce can bemore of a coin flip.

According to U.S. census data, about 45 percent ofDeKalb County residents older than 15 are in mar-ried relationships, a little more than 8 percent aredivorced. Including people so young in the numbersmight skew the data some, but that’s how the CensusBureau does it.

Does that mean a large portion of couples in thecounty will wind up indivorce court at some point?Actually, Illinois had one ofthe country’s lowest divorcerates in 2011, when therewere 2.6 divorces for every1,000 people, according tothe Centers for Disease Con-trol and Prevention.

Although marriage is akey family institution, di-vorce is a reality for many.

And when it comes todivorce, whether the legalissues are about dividingmarital assets or child cus-tody, they can be difficult tonavigate, contentious andexpensive.

Part of that is because di-vorce is more emotionally charged than a lot of otherlegal matters.

Two bills, House Bill 1029 and Senate Bill 31, aretrying to establish the Uniform Collaborative Law Actto help resolve divorce disputes through collaborationoutside of the courtroom.

We think the ideas behind the legislation makesense.

We encourage thoughtful approaches to resolvingsuch disputes.

Any approach that would move divorce mattersalong more efficiently and with fewer court appear-ances is of benefit to all parties involved.

Litigation is costly both for the individual partiesand the public, not to mention time-consuming andaggravating.

When children are at the center of disputes, theprocess also can be damaging for the entire family.

Other states have passed similar laws, includingHawaii, Nevada, Ohio, Texas and Utah.

No one gets married planning for a divorce, andfew anticipate the level of acrimony that can follow abreakup.

But everyone deserves a reasonable resolution,which is what this legislation hopes to provide.

Ill. bills aimingto ease divorceprocess helpful

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Support United DeKalbparty in DeKalb TownshipTo the Editor:

On April 9, voters in DeKalb

Township face a choice in

candidates, and many of them

are unaware of the importance of

township government in Illinois.

When I worked in a city govern-

ment in LaSalle County, I soon

found that the best organization

for helping those truly in need

was the local township. The

county government and the local

nonprofit organizations often were

not as effective in this area as the

township.

Here in DeKalb, I have needed

help from DeKalb Township a

number of times. When Alzhei-

mer’s disease left me no choice

but to put my mother in the coun-

ty nursing home, the township

supervisor was most helpful and

gave me some excellent advice.

When I approached them, the

township assessor and his staff

have always been friendly and

courteous. When my friends and

neighbors challenged their assess-

ments, they reported the same

sort of treatment. This in an office

where the staff normally deals

with upset property owners.

This sort of professionalism is

the rule and not the exception in

our township. The township roads

are in excellent condition. In short,

DeKalb Township is exceptionally

well-run, and does all of this on a

tight budget.

Our Midwestern townships were

designed by the genius of Thomas

Jefferson in the Land Ordinance of

1785. They are the only govern-

ments in Illinois where citizens

can directly legislate. They provide

essential services with efficiency

and effectiveness.

But like other governments in

our state, they are being forced

by the ongoing fiscal downturn

to provide more services with a

declining revenue base. Con-

sequently, it is imperative that

we retain our current township

officials, who are running as the

United DeKalb party.

Their experience and expertise

is far more important than would

be the case were the times not so

trying. We simply cannot afford to

elect people who lack the neces-

sary experience and understand-

ing of township operations.

Steve BergDeKalb

Amesquita is right forDeKalb Township clerkTo the Editor:

I’ve known Ric Amesquita since

we both came to Northern Illinois

University as English instructors

33 years ago, and I’m pleased to

support him in his race to become

DeKalb Township clerk.

Ric is a gifted writer who’s pub-

lished two collections of poems;

he’s a thoughtful teacher, counsel-

or and active citizen, too. He has a

special rapport with people whose

voices are often ignored, dating

back to his work as a legal aide for

the Illinois Migrant Council.

Ric has been a contract special-

ist, negotiating with companies

that supply all the equipment to

Hines Veterans Hospital. That ex-

acting work, requiring attention to

details, has prepared him to carry

out his duties as clerk.

I urge readers to vote for Ric

Amesquita and his fellow mem-

bers of the independent slate of

DeKalb Township candidates on

Tuesday.

Joseph M. GastigerDeKalb

Write in Johnson forCortland Twp. supervisorTo the Editor:

Unlike Las Vegas, what happens

in Cortland Township doesn’t stay

there. As a DeKalb resident, I have

a vested interest in what happens

in Cortland Township government.

DeKalb and Cortland share

school and sanitary districts. The

proposed Waste Management

landfill expansion is of importance

to all of us.

Vital issues such as these require

elected officials who are experi-

enced and knowledgeable about

township government.

Lydia Johnson is a write-in

candidate for Cortland Township

supervisor. She previously held

this position for eight years. During

her time as supervisor, Lydia led

the Township Board in a “no” vote

against the garbage dump expan-

sion. She provided vital servicesincluding expanded office hours,delivery of Meals on Wheels toconstituents, assisting residents ofnursing homes and general duties.Please vote on Tuesday, and sup-

port Lydia Johnson as the write-incandidate for Cortland Township

supervisor.

Jane LindsayDeKalb

John Rey’s involvementmakes him best candidateTo The Editor:

I am writing in support of John

Rey’s candidacy for mayor of

DeKalb. In my role on the board of

Conexión Comunidad, I saw John

in action in his various community

involvements.

I have to admit it crossed my

mind on occasion, why does

someone like John get involved in

the community – he’s not running

for office, he’s not getting paid.

The answer: He is someone who

cares about the future of DeKalb

and has long committed himself to

play a positive role in that future. A

look at his history of involvement

in the community is an impressive

testament to this fact.

Well, now he is running for

mayor, and I am delighted to be

able to vote for him on Tuesday. I

believe he will bring independence,

experience and trusted leadership

to the challenges facing all of us.

Dana YarakDeKalb

Dear vendors, stop asking, ‘How did you like ...’I’m shopping for a sweater online, and

as so often happens, up pops a “tell us whatyou think” box. Or I’m on social media,and another social media company hijacksthe screen, trying to sell me another prod-uct. Then there’s:

“How did you like the app?”“Tweet about us.”“Leave a review.”This does three things: It diverts my at-

tention from the task at hand, it steals mytime, and it annoys the heck out of me.

Go away. Stop harassing me. You’repanhandling for information.

I often use the Open Table app to make arestaurant reservation. The morning after,my inbox will inevitably hold a demand/request that I review the restaurant: “Howdid you like the meal?”

My first childlike response is to wonderwhy I’m being asked. If I liked the meal, I’llgo back. If I didn’t, I won’t.

Now I understand what is wanted. I’mbeing asked to enhance the site’s valuewithout being paid for my labor.

This is the business model underlyingthe Yelp-y world of amateur reviews. Andit’s not always a nice business. Very busypeople don’t review a restaurant unlessthey’re very busy owning it or very busyrunning a competing establishment.

(To outsiders giving your honest all:Why do you do it?)

In olden days, a professional restau-rant reviewer – and some still exist – hada name and reputation attached to theopinion. I might disagree with a reviewer’spriorities, but I knew where that personwas coming from. And I could reasonablyassume he had no economic interest in thebusiness being measured.

Moving on, don’t you marvel at beingasked why you unsubscribed from an emaillist? That happened after I unsubscribedfrom Fandango’s “FanMail.” The reason,which I’ll share only with you, is that Fan-dango kept sending messages about moviesI would not see if lightning destroyed mycable box and Netflix burned down.

In truth, I don’t recall signing up forFanMail, although chances are that I didso in an inattentive moment. Anyhow,after clicking “unsubscribe,” up came,“Help us improve your FanMail.” Yeah, inmy next life.

I once used Teleflora to send Mother’sDay flowers and got trapped in some exot-ically crafted email dungeon. Some siteskeep you permanently imprisoned unlessyou redo your email preferences.

I tried this on Teleflora, but to no avail.Small print on the bottom of the pestmessage: “This is a one time only emailmessage to thank you for your business,so there’s no unsubscribe option.” Forgivemy presumption.

Perhaps after a glass too many, I hadasked to receive “special offers.” If so, Iaccept my punishment. But, your honor, Idid not deserve a life sentence.

Teleflora recently sent an email withthis subject: “Get 25 percent off when youwrite a review.” If I do, please lock me up.

Some of you may be thinking: What’sher problem? Doesn’t she know how tofilter email messages? To answer, she doesknow how, but that’s not the point.

The point is that these are vendors I’vesort of invited into my life. I’ve createdaccounts with them. They should respectmy time and intelligence and not bombardme with phony-friendly social-media talkabout wanting to know what I think aboutthis or that.

Some computer wants to know so thatits human master can monetize my free la-bor and use the proceeds to buy a vineyardin Sonoma. I respect that aspiration. Butas they say, time is money and some of usdon’t work for free.

• Froma Harrop is a member of the Prov-idence Journal editorial board.

8 LEGISLATIVE DIRECTORY

8SKETCH VIEW 8OUR VIEW

8LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Opinions Daily Chronicle • www.daily-chronicle.com • Page A7 • Monday, April 8, 2013

FromaHarrop

VIEWS

State Sen. Tim Bivins

R-45, Dixon

629 N. Galena Ave.

Dixon, IL 61021

Phone: 815-284-0045

Fax: 815-284-0207

Email: [email protected]

State Sen. Dave Syverson

R-35, Rockford

200 S. Wyman St.

Suite 302

Rockford, IL 61101

Phone: 815-987-7555

Fax: 815-987-7563

Email:

[email protected]

State Rep. Tom Demmer

R-90, Dixon

1221 Currency Court

Rochelle, IL 61068

Phone: 815-561-3690


Website: www.tomdemmer.com

State Rep. Robert Pritchard

R-70, Hinckley

2600 DeKalb Ave., Suite C

Sycamore, IL 60178

815-748-3494

Fax: 815-748-4630

Email:

[email protected]

Website:

www.pritchardstaterep.com

DeKalb County Board

Chairman

Jeffery L. Metzger, Sr.

Legislative Center

200 N. Main St.

Sycamore, IL 60178

Phone: 815-895-7189

Fax: 815-895-7284

Email:

[email protected]

Website: www.dekalbcounty.org

Gov. Pat Quinn

D-Chicago

207 Statehouse

Springfield, IL 62706

Phone: 800-642-3112


Website: www.illinois.gov

U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren

R-14, Winfield

1797 State Street, Suite A

Geneva, IL 60134

Phone: 630-232-7104

Fax: 630-232-7174

427 Cannon House Office Building

Washington, D.C., 20515

Phone: 202-225-2976

Fax: 202-225-0697

Website: hultgren.house.gov

U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger

R-16, Manteno

628 Columbus Street, Ste. 507

Ottawa, IL 61350

Phone: 815-431-9271

Fax: 815-431-9383

Washington, D.C., office:

1218 Longworth HOB

Washington, D.C. 20515

Phone: 202-225-3635

Fax: 202-225-3521

Website:

www.kinzinger.house.gov

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin

D-Illinois

309 Hart Senate Building


Phone: 202-224-2152

Fax: 202-228-0400

Website: www.durbin.senate.gov

U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk

R-Illinois

387 Russell Senate Office Building


Phone: 202-224-2854

Fax: 202-228-4611

Website: www.kirk.senate.gov

President Barack Obama

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW


202-456-1111

Website: www.whitehouse.gov

For the record

Although marriage is a

key family institution, di-

vorce is a reality for many.

And when it comes to

divorce, whether the legal

issues are about dividing

marital assets or child cus-

tody, they can be difficult

to navigate, contentious

and expensive.

Part of that is because

divorce is more emotionally

charged than a lot of other

legal matters.

2700 Dekalb Ave. • SYCAMORE

815-756-6174

Lisa Brandt, RD, LDNHy-Vee Dietitian

HEALTHTips

If you are looking for adelicious, nutritious andconvenient snack to survivebusiness travel or vacation,walnuts are the perfect choice.

Walnuts have a unique fatprofile when compared toother nuts. Walnuts are mostlycomprised of heart-healthypolyunsaturated fats, includingthe essential alpha-linolenicomega-3 fatty acid. Just anounce of walnuts provides2.5 grams of alpha-linolenicacids, meeting the dailyrecommendation. This high-fat,high-energy food is also a goodsource of protein, potassium,phosphorus and magnesium.

Walnuts for

On-the-Go

Wellness

Uses:

• Make a yogurt parfait with choppedwalnuts and fresh berries.

• Sprinkle walnut halves on oatmeal.• Coat fish or poultry with chopped

walnuts and herbs.• Top pasta dishes with walnuts.

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Free vision and hearingscreening offered

Free vision and hearingscreening tests, provided bythe Lions Club and the Lionsof Illinois Foundation, will beavailable from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.Wednesday in a mobile screen-ing unit that will be parked atthe dining room entrance onthe east side of the Fox ValleyOlder Adult Services buildinglocated at 1406 Suydam Road inSandwich.The quality of life for people

with vision or hearing loss isdramatically impacted. Sinceearly detection of hearing lossis critical, people are encour-aged to take advantage of thisfree screening. The hearingtest takes only a few minutes,and participants are given theresults immediately.To find out more about

FVOAS, call 815-786-9404.

Pilot’s Bill of Rightsto be discussed

Brandt Madsen, with the lawfirm of Smith Andersen, willbe at DeKalb Taylor MunicipalAirport tonight to discuss the“Pilot’s Bill of Rights” withall pilots and mechanics. TheDeKalb area EAA Chapter 241will host this event at 6:30 p.m.for light refreshments and thepresentation will start promptly

at 7 p.m.Brandt will provide a pre-

sentation on the “Pilot’s Billof Rights” exploring what it is,why it is necessary, and howit applies to every certificateholder. The legislation is a firststep toward leveling the playingfield for airmen and mechanicsthat find themselves on thewrong side of an FAA investi-gation.The meeting will be in the

DeKalb Taylor Municipal AirportFBO building, Fly America (east)hangar at 3232 Pleasant St.,DeKalb. All pilots, mechanics,flight instructors and studentpilots should plan to attend thisinformative presentation.More information is available

at www.eaa241.org.

NIU Showcase of StudentWriting is Wednesday

The Northern Illinois Universi-ty Showcase of Student Writingwill take place from 3 to 5 p.m.Wednesday in the Duke Elling-ton Ballroom of the HolmesStudent Center.Sponsored by the English De-

partment’s First-Year Compo-sition Committee, this event isfree and open to the public.The Showcase provides a fo-

rum for hundreds of students invarious English classes to sharetheir research with a public au-

dience. Students present theirprojects through a combinationof visual and written material,often including a participatoryelement for audience mem-bers, such as games, polls andquizzes.Showcase judges will choose

the top three projects display-ing exceptional research, criti-cal thinking, delivery, and visualrhetoric. Attendees also willvote for an audience favorite.The winners will be announcedat the end of the Showcaseand will be awarded monetaryprizes.

People with a disablilitycan try scuba diving

Freedom Divers InternationalFoundation and Northern IllinoisUniversity’s Department ofKinesiology will partner onceagain to offer a Try Scubacourse for disabled veteransand persons with disabilitiesand their families.This Try Scuba course is free,

and will allow participants theopportunity to submerge andexplore the freedom they maynever have thought possible.

Instructors work to developan outlet for family bonding, by

providing the opportunity for

everyone to enjoy the weight-

lessness of the underwater

world, and the freedom this

allows those with disabilities

to interact with others in a

way they may have never had

otherwise.

The foundation has offered

these courses for many years,

and has worked closely with

Walter Reed Army Hospital,

Bethesda Naval Hospital and

Ft. Campbell, Ky., as well as

Edward Hines VA Hospital

in Chicago with wounded

veterans since 2003. More than

200 soldiers and their family

members participate in the

Upper Keys Warrior Dives held

semi-annually in Key Largo, Fla.

The program will begin at

10:30 a.m. Saturday. Each

participant will be allotteda 30-minute session. A timewill be given upon registeringfor the program. Try Scubastudents will need a medicalrelease from their physician toparticipate.For more information or

to sign up for a session, call815-528-7753 or email [email protected].

Events celebratelibrary centennial

The Hinckley Public LibraryDistrict has come a long wayfrom its start in April 1913.For the first 50 years, the

library was supported entirelyby donations and two bakesales per year. In 1963, voterspassed a referendum to makethe library tax supported. It hasprogressed through two namechanges, seven directors since1964, two relocations and arecent renovation. The libraryexpanded its usable space byannexing the adjoining meetingroom, tearing down a wall andturning it into a children’s room.Work was completed just in

time for National Library Weekand the 100th Birthday Cele-bration, which kicks off at 6:30p.m. Friday with Game Night forGrown-Ups, for anyone 16 andolder.To celebrate a century of

service to the community thelibrary is holding an open house

from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. April15, with birthday cupcakes,coffee and punch.Free one-on-one computer

instruction will be offeredthroughout National LibraryWeek (April 15-20). Registrationis available at the desk.Tom Riley will give a presenta-

tion on Lasagna Gardening andBeyond at 6 p.m. April 17.On April 18 South Moon BBQ

will donate 10 percent of theday’s total sales to the libraryto help purchase a communitytable.

According to the UCLA Higher Education

Institute, youth who volunteer are more likely to

do well in school, graduate, vote and be philan-

thropic. Young people who volunteer just one hour

a week are 50 percent less likely to abuse drugs,

alcohol or tobacco or to engage in destructive be-

havior, according to the Search Institute.

DeKalb County KEYS (Keep Encouraging Youth

to Succeed) and Kishwaukee United Way are host-

ing the second annual Care or Be Square Youth &

Family Volunteer Fair for DeKalb County middle

and high school youth from 6 to 8 p.m. April 16 at

the Hopkins Park Community Center, 1403 Syca-

more Road in DeKalb.

“Not long ago, our research found only 22

percent of DeKalb and Sycamore youth report

they are given useful roles in the community,”

said Mary Hess, asset specialist at DeKalb County

KEYS Initiative and Ben Gordon prevention and

education program, said in a news release. “The

youth and family volunteer fair is one way we can

let our kids know that they can make a valuable

contribution in the communities where they live.”

The Care to Be Square Youth & Family Vol-

unteer Fair is free and open to students from all

DeKalb County middle and high schools. It is

designed to facilitate volunteer connections and

help ignite the volunteer spirit that has shaped

our community. Organizers hope to provide young

people and their families with myriad opportuni-

ties that will complement both their interests and

schedules.

Twenty or more local organizations will be on

hand to talk to youth about volunteer opportuni-

ties. Fair visitors will receive a booklet to help

them navigate the fair and learn about additional

opportunities. Information about community

service-based scholarships will also be available.

Thanks to the DeKalb Township Committee on

Youth, all fair visitors can enter their name into a

drawing to win an iPod touch.

For more information, call Mary Hess at 815-

756-8501, ext 111.

Event givesyouth waysto volunteer

A Genoa author writing under the nameKerri Cullen will conduct a program andbook signing at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday atGenoa Public Library.

In Cullen’s debut young adult novel,“The Mystery of Marek Manor,” readerswill meet Katie Hartley, a 13-year-old girlwho moves to Wisconsin and discovers atiny door in a closet of her old farmhouse.She can’t help but find out what’s on theother side. Her curious quest leads to

uncovering truths about the disappearanceof the manor’s first owner, as well as long-held secrets some prefer remained in thepast.

Cullen will read an excerpt from thebook and discuss the rest of her upcomingtrilogy. She will share insights about cre-ating the stories, generating ideas and theperils/benefits of self-publishing. Signedbooks will be available for $8 each.

In related news, inspired authors and

local writers are invited to join Genoa Li-brary’s Adult Writer’s Group. The kick-offprogram is at 6:30 p.m. May 8. The initialmeeting will establish ground rules for thegroup, the frequency of follow-up gather-ings and other goals. The library also plansto launch a Young Author’s Group begin-ning next school year.

Contact [email protected] or call815-784-2627 for more information aboutCullen’s visit as well as the writer’s group.

Local author visits Genoa library Wednesday

Wheelchair basketball at NIUThe Rockford Chariots will square off against the

Chicago Hornets in a wheelchair basketball gamescheduled to tip off at 7 p.m. Thursday at the NorthernIllinois University Convocation Center. Admissionand parking are free.

The event marks the third consecutive year thata wheelchair basketball game has been sponsoredby NIU’s Presidential Commission on Persons withDisabilities.

“This is our third year hosting the event,” saidGreg Long, chair of the commission. “One of the mostsurprising insights for most spectators is how com-petitively these teams play. They are there to win.It’s not unusual for players to run into each other,see someone throw a pass behind their back or sink athree-point shot. The players’ approach to the game isinvaluable in helping fans see disability as only oneaspect of a person.”

Both the Rockford Chariots and Chicago Hornetsare affiliated with the National Wheelchair BasketballAssociation, which is comprised of more than 200 bas-ketball teams in 22 conferences and seven divisions.It was founded in 1948 and today consists of men’s,women’s, intercollegiate and youth teams throughoutthe United States and Canada.

Long added, “I encourage everyone to come out tothis game. It’s a family friendly activity and provides anew experience for most people. Perhaps most im-portantly, the game provides an opportunity to dispelmyths about people with disabilities. We are all, firstand foremost, people.”

The event will also feature free-throw contests anda raffle drawing.

For more information contact Sheila Milan at [email protected] or 815-753-9714, or Greg Long at [email protected] or 815-753-6508.

Shaw Media file photo

A Rockford Chariots player takes a shot. at last year’s event.

8BRIEFS

AROUND THE COMMUNITY Monday, April 8, 2013 • Page A9Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com

Monday

Big Book Study AA(C): 9:30 a.m.at 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Overeaters Anonymous: 10 a.m. at

Senior Services Center, 330 Grove St.in DeKalb; 815-758-4718.Job & Career Support Group: 2 to

4 p.m. in the Sycamore Public Libraryboard room, 103 E. State St. Job seek-ers can network with others, comparenotes, learn about job resources andwork on their résumés and coverletters.Take Off Pounds Sensibly: 5:45

p.m. weigh-in and 6:30 p.m. meetings,St. John’s Lutheran Church, 13N535French Road in Burlington. 847-833-6908.Safe Passage Domestic Violence

support group: 815-756-5228; www.safepassagedv.org.12 & 12 AA(C): 6 p.m. at Sycamore

Lutheran Church, 1145 DeKalb Ave.,Sycamore. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Group Hope: 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the

private dining room at Rochelle Com-munity Hospital. 815-398-9628.“Journey” adult grief support

group: 6:30 to 8 p.m. at DeKalbCounty Hospice, 2727 Sycamore Road,DeKalb. This free ongoing group isopen to attendees of a previous groupwho feel the need for continued sup-port for all losses – death of a spouse,parent, sibling, friend. Offered are griefeducation, validation and a connectionwith others on similar paths. Contact:Sue Rankin, DeKalb County Hospice,815-756-3000. www.dekalbcounty-hospice.org.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.ADD/ADHD adult support group:

7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Family ServiceAgency, 14 Health Services Drive inDeKalb. For diagnosed adults andparents of diagnosed children; regis-tration required – call Family ServiceAgency, 815-758-8616.Expect A Miracle AA: 8 p.m. open

meeting at United Methodist, Thirdand South streets, Kirkland. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.We Are Not Saints AA(C): 8 p.m.

at 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Tuesday

Family Caregiver Support Group:9 to 11 a.m. at Visiting Angels, 630Plaza Drive, Suite 1, Sycamore. Forinformation or reservations, call 815-895-0200.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. meeting at WeightWatchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road,(near Aldi) DeKalb.Healing Expressions: 10 a.m. to

noon at the Cancer Center at Kishwau-kee Community Hospital, 10 HealthServices Drive, DeKalb. Cancer pa-tients, caregivers and family memberscan express feelings and thoughtsabout the cancer experience throughstructured visual art activities, guidedimagery and writing. Registration isrequired; call 815-748-2958 or visitwww.kishhospital.org/programs.Men and Women Impacted by

Cancer Networking Group: 10 to 11a.m. in the Valley West Medical OfficeBuilding, 11 E. Pleasant Ave., Sand-wich. Registration is required for thisprogram and closes three days beforethe program date. A minimum numberof participants also is required. Call815-748-2958 or visit www.valley-west.org/programs.Caring Through Food: 10:30 to

11:30 a.m. at the Cancer Center atKishwaukee Community Hospital.Becky Sisler, registered dietitian,will teach tips, strategies and simplerecipes that nourish and care for thosewith cancer. Caretakers and patientsare welcome. This group is free andregistration is required. For moreinformation, visit www.kishhospital.org/programs or call 815-748-2958.Safe Passage Sexual Assault

adults’ support group: 815-756-5228; www.safepassagedv.org.Genoa Taking Off Pounds Sen-

sibly: 6 p.m. weigh-in and 6:30 p.m.meetings at CrossWind CommunityChurch, 13100 Cherry Road. 815-784-3612.Hinckley Big Book Study AA(C): 6

p.m. at United Methodist Church, 801N. Sycamore St. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Women’s “Rule #62 Group”: 6

p.m. at Federated Church, 612 W.State St., Sycamore. For information,

call Kathy at 815-756-6655. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Better Off Sober AA(C): 6:30 p.m.

at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Tay-lor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Alcoholics Anonymous Tuesday

Night Fellowship Group(C): 7 p.m.at The Church of St. Mary, 244 Water-man 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 accessi-ble entrance is on N. Third St. Parkingavailable in lot located on northwestcorner of Third and Pine streets. Con-tact Mary Ann at 815-895-8119.Sexaholics Anonymous: 7 p.m.

at 512 Normal Road, DeKalb (behindchurch in brick building). 815-508-0280.Veterans Peer Support Group:

7 to 8 p.m. at Ben Gordon Center, 12Health Services Drive in DeKalb; www.bengordoncenter.org. For information,call 815-756-4875 or 815-793-6972.Smoky Mirror AA(C): 7:30 p.m.

at Trinity Lutheran Church. 33930 N.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): 8p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990;www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Wednesday

Caregiver Networking Group: 8 to9 a.m. at the Kishwaukee CommunityHospital Roberts Conference Center.Open to spouses and other caregiversof individuals with cancer. No registra-tion required. www.kishhospital.org;815-748-8962.Fresh Beginnings AA(C): 9:30

a.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312E. 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 Newman Center, 521Normal Road, DeKalb. 800-452-7990;www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Weight Watchers: 5 p.m. weigh-in,

5:30 p.m. meeting at Weight WatchersStore, 2583 Sycamore Road, (nearAldi) DeKalb.Safe Passage Domestic Violence

support group; 815-756-5228; www.

safepassagedv.org.Came to Believe AA(C): 6 p.m. at

DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. TaylorSt., 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.Narcotics Anonymous: 7 p.m. at

United Church of Christ, 615 N. FirstSt. 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.dekalba-lanoclub.com.

Thursday

Safe Passage Domestic Violencesupport group: 815-756-5228; www.safepassagedv.org.Back To Basics AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at

DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. TaylorSt., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Breastfeeding Group: 10 to 11:30

a.m. at Kishwaukee CommunityHospital Roberts Conference Center,1 Hospital Drive, DeKalb. Mothersand babies are welcome at this free,drop-in group. www.kishhospital.org;815-748-8962.Take Off Pounds Sensibly: 4:30

to 5:30 p.m. weigh-in and 5:30-6:30p.m. meeting at Sycamore UnitedMethodist Church, 160 Johnson Ave.Call Lydia Johnson, chapter leader,815-895-4618.Keep It Simple AA(C): 6 p.m. at

DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. TaylorSt., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.One Day Café AA(C): 6 p.m. at Wa-

terman United Methodist Church, 210W Garfield St. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Weight Watchers: 6 p.m. weigh-in,

6:30 p.m. meeting at Weight Watch-ers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road, (nearAldi) DeKalb.Grieving Parent Support Group:

7 p.m. in Room 10 of the Elburn Com-munity Center, 525 N. Main St. CallConley Outreach at 630-365-2880 fordirections and monthly topics.Sandwich Steppers AA(C): 7 p.m.

at Fox Valley Community Center, 1406Suydam Road. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.A Friend Of Bill’s AA(C): 8 p.m.

at Trinity Lutheran Church, 33930

N. 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.Closed Discussion AA: 8 p.m. at

DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. TaylorSt., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Friday

Sexaholics Anonymous-DeKalb:6:30 to 7:30 a.m. at Christ CommunityChurch, 1600 E. Lincoln Highway,DeKalb. This 12-step recovery programis 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. TaylorSt., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Beacon Counseling Support

Group: 10 a.m. at 113 N. Genoa St.,Suita A, Genoa. Walk-ins also willbe available for everyone beginningFriday, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call815-784-2362 for an appointment atother times.There is a Solution Too AA: 12:05

p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990;www.dekalbalanoclub.com.B.Y.O.B. Big Book – 12 & 12 Dis-

cussion AA(C): 6 p.m. at DeKalb AreaAlano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb,800-452-7990; www.dekalbalano-club.com.Big Book Discussion AA(C): 7 p.m.

at Newman Catholic Student Center,521 Normal Road, DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Nursing moms’ network: 7:15 to

9 p.m. at Valley West CommunityHospital. Topics of the free meetingsof La Leche of Sandwich include theadvantages of breastfeeding, arrival ofthe newborn, nutrition and weaning.Call Connie, 815-498-3431.Fox Valley AA(C): 7:30 p.m. at

Salem Lutheran Church, 1022 N. MainSt., 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.dekalbalanoclub.com.One Day At A Time AA(C): 8 p.m. at

DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. TaylorSt., DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

There is a Solution AA(C): 8 p.m. atKingston Friendship Center, 120 MainSt. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalano-club.com.Day PAA(C): 9 p.m. at DeKalb Area

Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb,800-452-7990; www.dekalbalano-club.com.

Saturday

Overeaters Anonymous: 8 a.m. inthe Youth Room at Federated Church,612 W. State St., Sycamore. www.oa.org; Contact: Marilyn at 815-751-4822.It Is What It Is AA(C): 9 a.m. at St.

Catherine’s Church, 340 S. Stott St.,Genoa. 800-452-7990; www.dekalba-lanoclub.com.As Bill Sees It AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at

DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. TaylorSt., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Learning to Live Al-Anon group:9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at NewmanCatholic Center annex, Normal Road inDeKalb; [email protected] Anonymous: 10 to 11

a.m. at United Church of Christ, 615 N.First St. in DeKalb; www.rragsna.org;815-964-5959.Back to Basics AA: 6:30 p.m. at

Cortland United Methodist Church,45 Chestnut Ave., Cortland. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.AA Speaker Open Meeting: 8

p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990;www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Saturday Night AA(C): 10 p.m. at

312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Sunday

24 Hours a Day AA(C): 9:30 a.m. atDeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. TaylorSt., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Steps And Traditions AA(C): 6

p.m. at Masonic Hall, Route 23, Genoa.800-452-7990; www.dekalbalano-club.com.No Longer Hopeless AA(C): 7:30

p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E.Taylor, DeKalb. 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.

8SUPPORT GROUPS For information about Alcoholics Anonymous closed meetings, call 800-452-7990 or visit www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

DeKalb County Salvation Army foodpantry: 9 a.m. to noon Monday throughThursday; 5 to 6:45 p.m. Thursday at Ninthand Grove Streets in DeKalb. For DeKalbCounty residents only. Call 815-756-4308 oremail [email protected] Food Pantry: Noon to 4 p.m.

Monday at Sycamore United MethodistChurch, 160 Johnson Ave. 815-895-9113.Feed’Em Soup Community Project Free

Community Meals: 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesdaysat 122 S. First St., DeKalb. These meals are

free to anyone in need. People wishing tovolunteer can visit www.FeedEmSoup.organd fill out a short contact form to receiveupdates about volunteer needs. Groupswishing to volunteer or spearhead events,such as food drives, for Feed ’Em SoupCommunity Project, can send email to [email protected] Historical Museum

annual Pancake and Sausage supper: 4:30to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Shabbona Fire Barn,103 E. Navaho, Shabbona. Tickets: $6, adults;

$2, children younger than 6. Tickets can bepurchased at the door.NIU Knights of Columbus 5572 fish

dinners: 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the NewmanCenter, 512 Normal Road, DeKalb. Theentrees are fish, Louisiana shrimp, fish andshrimp, grilled cheese and fries and macaroniand cheese. Salad, bread, vegetable medley,mashed potato, twice baked potato, bakedpotato, homemade desserts and coffee arealso served with each entree. Beer, wine andpop are also available. $8 – fish, $8 – shrimp,

$10 – fish and shrimp, $5 – grilled cheeseand fries and $5 – macaroni and cheese.Monthly community breakfast: 7 to 11

a.m. Saturday at Kingston Friendship Center,120 S. Main St. Donation is $7 for all-you-can-eat eggs cooked to order, pancakes,waffles, biscuits & gravy, corned beef hash,bacon & sausage, fruit cups, English muffins,drink. Contact: Kingston Friendship Center at815-784-3921.Knights’ Saturday Burgers and More: 11

a.m. to 2 p.m. at DeKalb Knights of Columbus

Hall, 1336 E. Lincoln Highway. Open to public.Burger buffet: Noon to 2 p.m. Saturdays

at Genoa Veterans Home, 311 S. Washing-ton St. Different groups host the publicweekly event, which features burgers grilledoutdoors. The buffet includes potato salad,macaroni salad and beans. Proceeds helpfund community projects and scholarships.Knights’ Sunday breakfast: 8 a.m. to

noon at DeKalb Knights of Columbus Club:1336 E. Lincoln Highway. Cost is $4 for chil-dren and $6 for adults. Open to the public.

8COMMUNITY SERVINGS

Monday

Mom’s Time Out: 9 a.m. to noonMondays, Wednesdays and Fridays atSouth Prairie School, Sycamore. Agesrange from 10 months to 7 years old.Cost for residents is $9, non-residentscost $10 per day. 815-895-3202.Free blood pressure clinics: no

registration required.• 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Mondays inthe Kishwaukee Community HospitalRoberts Conference Center, DeKalb.815-748-8962 or visit www.kishhospital.org/programs.• 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays at ValleyWest Community Hospital, 11 E. Pleas-ant Ave., Sandwich. 815-786-3962 orwww.valleywest.org.• 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays at KishHealthFamily & Specialty Care in Genoa.• 9 to 11 a.m. Thursdays KishHealth Fam-ily & Specialty Care in Waterman.Story Time at Panera Bread: 9:30

a.m. at 2476 Sycamore Road, DeKalb.For preschool age children. Regis-tration required; call the Youth Deskat 815-756-9568, ext. 250, or [email protected] Weavers - Rapunzel: 4 to 5

p.m. at Sycamore Public Library, 103 E.State St. Snack, craft and discussion.No registration required. 815-895-2500, ext. 28.Kiwanis Club of DeKalb: 5:30 p.m. at

the Elks DeKalb Ldoge BPOE 765 at 209S. Annie Glidden Road in DeKalb. Clubpresident is Tarryn Thaden. Contact:[email protected]. 815-756-6912. www.dekalbkiwanis.org.DeKalb Chess Club: 6 to 8 p.m.

at First Congregational Church, 615N. First St., DeKalb. Free, open chessgame play, all ages and skill levelsare welcome. Equipment providedbut attendees can bring their [email protected] or visit www.DeKalbChess.com.DeKalb Rotary Club dinner and

business meeting/program: 6 p.m.Mondays at Ellwood House Museum,509 N. First St. in DeKalb. Contact: JimAllen at 815-787-0800.New Yoga Classes in DeKalb: 6:30

to 8 p.m. Monday and Wednesday; 10to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at DeKalb AreaWomen’s Center (men welcome), 1021State St. in DeKalb. Beginner to ad-vanced. $12 per class for drop-in or 10classes for $100 if you buy a class pack.Bring a yoga mat. bodyfirstmfr.com.Bedtime Stories: 6:30 p.m. in the

Youth Services Department at DeKalbPublic Library, 309 Oak St. ContactYouth Services at 815-756-9568, ext.250, or email [email protected] Wars Character Rings: 7 p.m.

in the Youth Services Department atDeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Con-tact Youth Services at 815-756-9568,ext. 250, or email [email protected] Aircraft Association

Chapter 241: 7:30 p.m. in the DeKalbTaylor Municipal Airport corporatehangers. www.EAA241.org. Contact:Rose Ellen May at 815-375-1772.

Tuesday

Kishwaukee Sunrise Rotary: 7 a.m.at Kishwaukee Community Hospital, 1Kish Hospital Drive in DeKalb. Contact:Becky Beck Ryan, president, 815-758-3800.Tales for Twos: 9:30 a.m. in the

Youth Services Department at DeKalbPublic Library, 309 Oak St. ContactYouth Services at 815-756-9568, ext.250, or email [email protected]: 10 a.m. at Sycamore Pub-

lic Library, 103 E. State St. Toddler timefor ages 18 month to 3 with a caregiverdirectly participating and helping child.Colorful Branch Craft: 10 a.m. today

or 11 a.m. Wednesday in the YouthServices Department at DeKalb PublicLibrary, 309 Oak St. Contact YouthServices at 815-756-9568, ext. 250, oremail [email protected] City Business Network Inter-

national: 11:30 a.m. at Fatty’s Pub andGrille 1312 W. Lincoln Highway DeKalb.Opportunity to share ideas, contactsand business referrals. Contact: JoanProtano at 815-739-4329.April Story Time: 12:45 to 1:30 p.m.

at Hinckley Public Library. Sign up atthe desk. 815-286-3220.Lego Group: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at

Hinckley Public Library. All Legos sup-plied. All ages welcome. 815-286-3220.Teacher in the Library: 4 to 5:15

p.m. today and Wednesday in theYouth Services Department at DeKalbPublic Library, 309 Oak St. For childrenin the DeKalb School District in grades3-5 to receive assistance with home-work. Limit 5 students. Register atYouth Services at 815-756-9568, ext.250, or email [email protected] Classes: 5 p.m. Tuesdays,

7 p.m. Thursdays, 7:45 a.m. Saturdaysat DeKalb Park District Sports and RecBuilding, 1765 S. Fourth St. Hosted byJill Farris, certified Zumba instructor.Call 815-756-8560.Free Homework Help Nights: 6:30

to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and most Thurs-days at Neighbors’ House, a nonprofit,faith-based, community-developmentorganization, at the corner of Fifthand Pine streets in DeKalb. No-costhomework help provided for DeKalbCounty students, grade 4 through highschool. [email protected] 815-787-0600.DeKalb Area Toastmasters: 7

p.m. Check the website calendar formeeting location. For adults who wantto practice public and extemporaneousspeaking, networking, leadership andmentoring. www.dekalbtoastmasters.org, or call Larry at 815-756-2867.Magic Muffins Discuss a Book!:

6:30 p.m. in the Youth Services De-partment at DeKalb Public Library, 309Oak St. Limit of 12 tweens (ages 10-14).Sign-up ends at 8 a.m. the morning ofthe program. Register in person, online,by emailing [email protected], or bycalling 815-756-9568, ext. 250.Muslim Journeys: 7 to 8:30 p.m. in

the Meeting Room at DeKalb PublicLibrary, 309 Oak St. Maham Khan, fromthe Interfaith Youth Core, will speakabout bridging cultural divides andcreating positive and engaging cooper-ative relationships. 815-756-9568, ext.280, or email [email protected] Connect Gathering

Group: 7 to 8 p.m. at Allergies, Aches& Pains Chiropractic & AcupunctureCenter, Ltd., 130 N. Fair St., Sycamore.This fun and nurturing group, led byDr. Teresa Melton, supports, educatesand empowers parents to meet theirchildren’s needs. To RSVP, email [email protected] or call 815-895-2059.www.pathwaystofamilywellness.orgKishwaukee Valley Barbershop

Chorus rehearsals: 7:30 p.m. at FirstCongregational United Church ofChrist, 615 N. First St. in DeKalb. Con-tact: 815-895-5955 or 815-756-3004.Male singers of all ages are invited tolearn to sing in harmony.

Wednesday

Master Networkers Chapter, Syca-more Business Network International:8 to 9:30 a.m. at Midwest Museumof Natural History, 425 W. State St.,Sycamore. Opportunity to share ideas,contacts and business referrals. ontact:Jon Bockman, president, at 815-793-1832.April Story Time: 9:45 to 10:30 a.m.

at Hinckley Public Library. Sign up atthe desk. 815-286-3220.Sycamore High School Class of

1944 reunion over coffee: 10 a.m. atTowne Square Restaurant, 351 N. MainSt. in Sycamore.Storytime: 10 a.m. at Sycamore

Public Library, 103 E. State St. For3- to 5-year-olds able to participate inthe activity room without caregiverassistance.Toddler Time: 10:30 a.m. in the

Youth Services Department at DeKalbPublic Library, 309 Oak St. ContactYouth Services at 815-756-9568, ext.250, or email [email protected] Kiwanis: 11:45 a.m.

to 1 p.m. at Hopkins Park CommunityRoom in DeKalb. www.KishKiwanis.org.Contact: Amy Polzin at [email protected] Rotary Club: Noon at

Mitchel Lounge, 355 W. State St. inSycamore. www.sycamorerotary.org.Contact: Brian Adams at 815-762-5946.DeKalb Noon Lions Club: Noon in the

Blackhawk East Cafeteria at NorthernIllinois University, DeKalb. Members

welcome all interested people.Memories of DeKalb Ag: 2 to 4 p.m.

Wednesdays and Sundays at NehringGallery, Suite 204, 111 S. Second St.,DeKalb. Free admission and open to all.815-756-8737, [email protected] Movie Day: 4 to 5:30 p.m. at

Hinckley Public Library. Showing of“Rise of the Guardians.” 815-286-3220.Rock Painting, Bilingual: 4 p.m.

in the Youth Services Department atDeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Con-tact Youth Services at 815-756-9568,ext. 250, or email [email protected] Game Play: 6 to 8 p.m. at

Sycamore Public Library, 103 E. StateSt., Sycamore. Free, open chess gameplay, all ages and skill levels arewelcome. [email protected] orvisit www.DeKalbChess.com.Library Board of Trustees Meeting:

7 to 8:30 p.m. in the meeting room atDeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. 815-756-9568, ext. 220, or email [email protected] Lions Club: 7 p.m. at

MVP’s Regale Center, 124 1/2 S.California St., for service-minded menand women interested in improvingtheir community. Information can befound at www.sycamorelions.org orcall Jerome at 815-501-0101.Kishwaukee Amateur Radio Club:

7 to 9 p.m. at Community of ChristChurch, 1200 S. Malta Road, DeKalb.KARC meets the second Wednesdayeach month. www.kish-club.org/vetesting.html.Fox Valley Bicycle and Ski Club:

7 p.m. at Batavia Public Library, 10 S.Batavia Ave. The club invites DeKalbCounty cyclists to attend its rides,programs and other events throughoutthe year. [email protected] of the White Shrine of Jeru-

salem DeKalb Shrine 47: 7:30 p.m. atDeKalb Masonic Temple, Fairview Driveand Fourth Street.Bingo nights: 7:15 p.m. at Sycamore

Memorial Veterans Home, 121 S. Cali-fornia St. Contact: Robert Fleetwood at815-895-2679. The public is invited.Greater Kishwaukee Area Band

rehearsal: 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the bandroom at Huntley Middle School inDeKalb. Contacts are Sue at 815-899-4867 or John at 815-825-2350.

Thursday

Storytime: 10 a.m. at SycamorePublic Library, 103 E. State St. For3- to 5-year-olds able to participate inthe activity room without caregiverassistance.Bilingual Story Time: 11 a.m. in the

Youth Services Department at DeKalbPublic Library, 309 Oak St. ContactYouth Services at 815-756-9568, ext.250, or email [email protected] Branch Craft, Bilingual:

11:30 a.m. in the Youth Services

Department at DeKalb Public Library,309 Oak St. Contact Youth Servicesat 815-756-9568, ext. 250, or [email protected] Niche Club: 5 to 6 p.m. in the

meeting room at DeKalb Public Library,309 Oak St. Bring your own suppliessuch as yarn and crochet hooks. Nosign-up necessary. Contact Emilyat 815-756-9568, ext. 265, or [email protected]: Star Wars Origami: 6:30

p.m. in the meeting room at DeKalbPublic Library, 309 Oak St. Program forDeKalb area teens only. Call 815-756-9568, ext. 280, or email [email protected]: 7 p.m. at Sycamore

Public Library, 103 E. State St. For3- to 5-year-olds able to participate inthe activity room without caregiverassistance.Sycamore American Legion Post

99 member meeting: 7 to 8 p.m. atSycamore Veterans Memorial Home,121 S. California St., Sycamore. Formore information, call 815-895-2931,email [email protected] or visit www.sycamorevetsclub.org/americanlegion.htm.DeKalb Area Garden Club: 7 p.m.

in the Vista Room at Oak Crest DeKalbArea Retirement Center, DeKalb. Con-tact: Tom Riley at 815-756-6686.

Friday

Bunco!: 12:15 p.m. in the seniorlounge at Fox Valley Older Adult Ser-vices, 1406 Suydam Road, Sandwich.Come experience the many greatbenefits to laughter. Cost to play is $1.Computer Help! Lab: 1 to 3 p.m. in

the meeting room at DeKalb PublicLibrary, 309 Oak St. Practice your newcomputer skills. No sign-up required.815-756-9568, ext. 220, or [email protected] Intro: 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the

meeting room at DeKalb Public Library,309 Oak St. Sign-up by calling 815-756-9568, ext. 220, or emailing [email protected] vigil: 5 to 6 p.m. at Memorial

Park at First Street and Lincoln High-way in DeKalb. The DeKalb InterfaithNetwork for Peace and Justice PeaceCircle follows at 6 p.m. 815-758-0796.Troop support rally: 5:30 to 6:30

p.m. Fridays at First Street and LincolnHighway in DeKalb, across fromMemorial Park.Game Night for Grownups: 6:30

p.m. at Hinckley Public Library. 815-286-3220.DAWC activities and gallery view-

ings: 7 to 9 p.m. at DeKalb Area Wom-en’s Center, 1021 State St. in DeKalb.Contact: 815-758-1351 or [email protected]. All are invited to events; anentrance with an accessible lift is nearthe alley north of the building. Free

parking is located at 415 N. 11th St., ahalf block south of the center.Elburn Lions Club Bingo: Doors

open at 5 p.m. at 500 Filmore St.Early Bird Bingo starts at 6:30 p.m.,followed by the first of four progressiveraffles. Food and drink are available forpurchase. 630-365-6315. Bingo licenseB-04001.Nooks and Crannies: The Library

Tour: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the AdultServices Department t DeKalb PublicLibrary, 309 Oak St. No sign-up. Free.Email [email protected] or call 815-756-9568, ext. 220.

Saturday

AARP Tax-Aide Free Tax Help: 9:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the meeting roomat DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St.Bring photo ID, all tax documents andlast year’s return. No sign-up required.815-756-9568, ext. 220, or [email protected] de los Ninos Celebration: 11

a.m. to 2 p.m. at Sycamore PublicLibrary, 103 E. State St. Webster familywill perform a traditional Philippinedance, the Tinickling at 11 a.m. Rayitosdel Sol, traditional Mexican dancerssponsored by Conexion Comunidad,will perform at 2 p.m. Cookies andpunch served in the Children’s ActivityRoom.Computer Basics: 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

in the meeting room at DeKalb PublicLibrary, 309 Oak St. Sign up online or atthe Reference Desk or call 815-756-9568, ext. 220.Saving and Finding Your Computer

Files: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the meetingroom at DeKalb Public Library, 309 OakSt. Sign up online or at the ReferenceDesk or call 815-756-9568, ext. 220.

Sunday

Computer Class – MS Word I:1:30 to 3 p.m. in the meeting room atDeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Signup online or at the Reference Desk orcall 815-756-9568, ext. 220.Kishwaukee Valley Heritage Mu-

seum: 2 to 4 p.m. and by appointmentat 622 Park Ave. in Genoa. Contact:815-784-5559, for appointments otherdays.Computer Class – MS Word II: 3

to 4:30 p.m. in the meeting room atDeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Signup online or at the Reference Desk orcall 815-756-9568, ext. 220.Society for Creative Anachronism

events. Visit www.carraigban.org/ orcall 815-739-5788 or 815-986-5403 forother information. Middle Ages-Renais-sance history re-enactors and thoseinterested in “stepping into the past”are welcome.• Armored fighting practice: 6 p.m.Sundays in Room 213, Anderson Hall atNorthern Illinois University in DeKalb.

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101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups, 151-200 Unhealthy

201-300 Very Unhealthy, 301-500 Hazardous

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greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low; 3-5

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morning. It will be humid with highs

in the 60s north of Kankakee and 70s

south of Kankake. Unsettled weather

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turbances pass each day with rain and

storms. Highs will fall to the 50s Tuesday

and the 40s Thursday-Friday.

Forecasts and graphics, exceptWFLD forecasts, provided by

AccuWeather, Inc. ©2013

Today Tomorrow

Atlanta 75 58 s 80 61 pc

Atlantic City 64 54 pc 69 56 pc

Baltimore 74 56 pc 78 57 pc

Boston 61 45 pc 69 48 sh

Bufalo 60 47 r 63 47 sh

Charleston, SC 77 60 s 80 60 s

Charlotte 76 54 s 81 58 s

Chicago 63 50 t 60 50 r

Today Tomorrow

Cincinnati 72 57 pc 75 57 c

Dallas 80 67 pc 80 60 pc

Denver 60 25 t 26 12 sn

Houston 81 69 pc 82 68 pc

Indianapolis 72 57 c 74 59 c

Kansas City 74 61 t 71 49 r

Las Vegas 67 56 pc 68 58 pc

Los Angeles 67 52 pc 72 55 s

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Louisville 75 60 pc 78 61 pc

Miami 81 71 s 83 73 pc

Minneapolis 52 39 r 45 30 r

New Orleans 76 68 pc 81 68 pc

NewYork City 69 56 pc 78 60 sh

Philadelphia 72 58 pc 79 59 pc

Seattle 54 42 pc 56 48 r

Wash., DC 75 58 pc 81 62 pc

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High ............................................................. 57°

Low .............................................................. 40°

Normal high ............................................. 55°

Normal low ............................................... 35°

Record high .............................. 78° in 2005

Record low ................................... 8° in 1982

24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. ......... 0.06”

Month to date ....................................... 0.06”

Normal month to date ....................... 0.70”

Year to date ............................................ 7.35”

Normal year to date ............................ 5.99”

DeKalb through 4 p.m. yesterday

Sunrise today ................................ 6:26 a.m.

Sunset tonight ............................. 7:28 p.m.

Moonrise today ............................ 5:18 a.m.

Moonset today ............................ 6:03 p.m.

Sunrise tomorrow ........................ 6:24 a.m.

Sunset tomorrow ........................ 7:29 p.m.

Moonrise tomorrow ................... 5:47 a.m.

Moonset tomorrow ................... 7:06 p.m.

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In the middle of the nation on April 8,

1963,Williston, N.D., had 5 inches of

snow, while Laredo, Texas, had a record

high of 104 degrees.

Today Tomorrow

Aurora 68 54 t 60 48 r

Belleville 75 60 c 76 64 c

Beloit 65 53 t 54 43 r

Belvidere 65 53 t 57 45 r

Champaign 75 60 t 74 60 t

Elgin 64 53 t 60 47 r

Joliet 70 56 t 62 50 r

Kankakee 69 57 t 67 53 t

Mendota 71 57 t 64 49 r

Michigan City 63 54 t 64 51 r

Moline 72 58 t 66 50 r

Morris 71 58 t 64 50 r

Naperville 66 54 t 61 49 r

Ottawa 72 58 t 66 50 r

Princeton 72 57 t 65 50 r

Quincy 73 58 t 72 57 r

Racine 54 45 t 47 40 r

Rochelle 69 53 t 59 46 r

Rockford 66 54 t 57 45 r

Springield 74 62 t 75 62 t

Sterling 71 55 t 62 48 r

Wheaton 65 53 t 60 48 r

Waukegan 57 47 t 49 42 r

Woodstock 62 50 t 55 44 r

Yorkville 69 55 t 62 49 r

Belvidere 1.97 9.0 +0.03

Perryville 6.24 12.0 -0.07

DeKalb 3.07 10.0 +0.04

Main ofender ................................................... N.A.

66/57

63/50

POLLEN INDEX

Source: National Allergy Bureau

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Men’s basketball tourneyMichigan vs. Louisville,8 p.m., CBSThe Wol-

verines (31-7)are hoping toescape theshadow of Fab Five as theytake on the Cardinals (34-5) in

the NCAA championship.

Also on TV...Pro baseball

Milwaukee at Cubs,1:10 p.m., WGNRegional coverage, Cincinna-

ti at St. Louis or N.Y. Yankeesat Cleveland, 3 p.m., MLBN.Y. Mets at Philadelphia,

6 p.m., ESPNSoccer

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The Detroit Pistons snap an

18-game losing streak with a 99-85

victory over the Bulls in

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NIU FOOTBALL

Source: FBI eyes possibleextortion at RutgersThe FBI is investigating

whether a former Rutgersbasketball employee tried toextort the university before hemade videos that showed ex-coach Mike Rice shoving andkicking players and beratingthemwith gay slurs.A person familiar with the

situation told The AssociatedPress on Sunday that inves-tigators are interested in EricMurdock (pictured), who lefthis job as the men’s basketball

program’s player developmentdirector last year and laterprovided the video to universi-ty officials and ESPN.The person spoke on con-

dition of anonymity becausethe inquiry has not beenannounced. The investigationwas first reported last week byESPN and The New York Times.A spokeswoman for the FBI’s

Newark office said the agencywould not say whether thereis an investigation. Murdock’slawyer did not return a call tothe AP on Sunday. A Rutgersspokesman referred questionsto the FBI.A December letter from

Murdock’s lawyer to a lawyerrepresenting Rutgers request-ed $950,000 to settle employ-ment issues and said that ifthe university did not agree byJan. 4, Murdock was preparedto file a lawsuit. The letter wasobtained last week by the APand other media outlets.No settlement has been

made. The video becamepublic last week, and Murdockon Friday filed a lawsuit againstthe university, contending hewas fired because he was awhistleblower trying to bringto light Rice’s behavior.The video’s release last week

set off a chain reaction that ledto Rice’s firing and the resig-nations of athletic director TimPernetti, the university’s top in-house lawyer and an assistantbasketball coach. Some criticswant the university’s presi-dent, Robert Barchi, to resign.

– Wire report

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Northern Illinois safety Jimmie Ward (center) participates in a drill March 27 during practice at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb.

Huskies return with Orange Bowl chip on their shouldersBy STEVE NITZ

[email protected]

DeKALB – After Northern Illi-nois’ 31-10 loss to Florida State inthe Orange Bowl, Huskies safetyJimmie Ward went back to hishometown of Mobile, Ala. to spendsome time with his family.

After finshing a season that re-

sulted in NIU’s first BCS appear-ance, it was a greeting Ward wasn’tnecessarily used to. He also had tosign some extra autographs.

“A lot of people wanted to seeme,” Ward said. “A lot of peoplewanted autographs, like my fam-ily. The people I see on a daily ba-sis wanted me to sign autographs,stuff like that.”

The Orange Bowl is an experi-ence that forever will be a stapleof the program, which won’t belooked at the same.

Now, the Huskies are back at0-0, preparing for the start of a newseason that could bring expecta-tions NIU never has seen.

Sycamore one of the area’s luckier teams

Sox haven’t shown patience early on

Decision timefor Blackhawks

By ANTHONY [email protected]

SYCAMORE – Those in-door practices became repet-itive for the Sycamore base-ball team.

Baseball isn’t meant to beplayed in a fieldhouse or agym, but inclement weatherkept the Spartans inside foralmost all of March. Hittingin indoor batting cages andplaying catch in a confinedarea became boring after a

few months.So as the Spartans sat in

the dugout at Founders Fieldon Saturday during a double-

header with Ottawa, relyingon a large heater in the dug-out for warmth from a chillywind blowing in from rightfield, they weren’t worriedabout the weather.

The strong wind slowedSycamore’s bats in Satur-day’s first game against thePirates, and they couldn’trecover from a five-runfirst-inning deficit in a 5-1loss. The Spartans bouncedback to win the second game,5-3. Mark Barron pitched the

first four innings and pickedup the win.

“Inside, it was getting soboring,” junior Nate Haackersaid. “Baseball’s an outsidesport.”

The Spartans are oneof the area’s lucky teams.Founders Field, where theDeKalb County Liners playedfrom 2010 up until last sea-son, is particularly condu-cive to playing after badweather. The sand base of thefield is covered by material

that soaks up water from thegrass that lies above.

Because of the quality ofthe field, the Spartans wereable to play earlier than anyteam in the area this season,and three games into the firsttwo weeks of the season werechanged from away games tohome games. Still, the Spar-tans only had one practiceoutside before their firstgame.

CHICAGO – White Sox outfielderDayan Viciedo desperately wantedto get on base.

Viciedo, mirred in an ugly2-for-18 hitting slump, let the firsttwo pitches from Seattle Marinersreliever Kameron Loe sail byfor balls. However, the next pitch,an 87-mph sinker over the heartof the plate, was too good to take.

With one swing, Viciedo partial-ly atoned for the rough start. Hiswalk-off home run, the first of hiscareer, gave the Sox a 4-3 win in 10innings against the Mariners.

“I’m going to take it one day ata time,” Viciedo said through atranslator. “I started a little slow,but I feel real good mentally. I feelprepared and ready to go.”

The Sox (4-2) didn’t displaymuch patience against Seattlestarter Hisashi Iwakuma, whichis a problem not limited to Sunday’sgame. The right-hander only needed

89 pitches to get through eightinnings, and he certainly wasn’tblowing them past Sox hitters, fea-turing a fastball that topped

out at 92 mph. At one point, Iwaku-ma retired 16 consecutive hittersafter allowing Adam Dunn’s two-run, game-tying homer in thefirst.

“[Iwakuma] wasn’t overpow-ering by any stretch of the imagi-nation, but you don’t have to be,”Dunn said. “All you have to do ismiss the barrel of the bat. For themost part, he did that.”

Going forward, Sox hitters needto take more pitches and grind outat-bats. More than half (18 of 33) oftheir at-bats against Iwakuma last-ed three pitches or less, and the Soxdidn’t draw a walk in the win.

“Once you start getting intothe season, the walks will come,”Dunn said. “I hate to blame stuff onweather, but you try to get in, get apitch and get out. I think that has alot to do with it.

“We’ve got a lot of guys that arevery aggressive hitters. There’snot a lot of guys that do walk onthe team. Everything will even out.When the weather heats up, usuallyeveryone else does, too.”

CHICAGO – It’s Monday, whichprobably means that you have to turnon your brain.

Here’s a multiple-choice quiz to getsome cells moving around in that oldcranium of yours.

Name the source and context forthis comment: “All that stuff will getresolved.”

A.) Dennis Rodman discussing thetensions with North Korea. B.) TheoEpstein on how much longer Cubs fansmust watch Carlos Marmol pitch. C.)Cats everywhere on when to overtakehumans for world domination. D.)Joel Quenneville on the Blackhawks’two-headed goaltending situation.

If you guessed “D,” give yourself apat on the back. Try to be subtle about it.You might look a bit goofy patting your-self on the back, especially on a day whenyou’re expected to turn on your brain.

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See HUSKIES, page B3

See SPARTANS, page B3

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TomMusick

VIEWS

By JAY COHENThe Associated Press

CHICAGO – The Cubs areon their second closer, and theseason is only a week old. TheMilwaukee Brewers are miss-ing two key sluggers, and athird is struggling with a neckissue.

This should be quite theopener at Wrigley Field.

The Cubs and Milwaukeeare dealing with some earlychallenges heading into thefirst game of the season at theCubs’ longtime home today.

Cubs managerDale Sveum an-nounced Sundaythat Kyuji Fujik-awa would takeover as closerafter Carlos Mar-mol blew a saveopportunity inSaturday night’s6-5 loss in Atlan-ta. Fujikawa fin-ished a 3-1 victoryover Pittsburgh

on Opening Day, but the Cubshad only one other victory onthe six-game road trip.

The Cubs lost 5-1 to the

Braves in the series finale

after Jeff Samardzija set a ca-

reer high with 13 strikeouts,

but gave up four runs and four

walks in 5 2/3 innings.

“We’re a better team at

home,” said Sveum, looking

forward to the first game at the

cozy neighborhood ballpark.

“Most teams are better teams

at home. We proved it last

year. Even with a tough year,

we were only a couple of games

under .500 at home last year.

You’re more comfortable.”

The Brewers’ opening

homestand was so bad they

were looking forward to get-

ting away for a while.

Ryan Braun has missed

three consecutive games be-

cause of spasms on the right

side of his neck, and shortstop

Jean Segura was pulled from

Sunday’s 8-7 loss to Arizona

because of a bruised left quad-

riceps. Third baseman Aramis

Ramirez went on the disabled

list Saturday with a sprained

left knee, and first baseman

Corey Hart is expected to miss

the first month of the season

recovering from right knee

surgery.

“To start a season, this

is tough,” manager Ron Roe-

nicke said. “You don’t expect

to have this many injuries ear-

ly. And when you do, it is hard

to figure out how you cover ev-

erything.”

Milwaukee has dropped five

in a row since it beat Colorado,

5-4, in 10 innings on Opening

Day. The starting rotation has

struggled, and Roenicke has

his own problems at closer.

John Axford surrendered

a long two-run homer to Eric

Hinske in the 11th inning Sun-

day. The right-hander has al-

lowed six runs and eight hits

over 2 2/3 innings covering his

first three appearances.

“Ax isn’t happy the way he

is throwing,” Roenicke said.

“He knows he is better thanwhat he is doing.”

But Braun and Segura bothcould play against the Cubs,and the Brewers remain con-fident after beginning the sea-son with high hopes for con-tending in the division andreturning to the playoffs.

Right-hander Marco Estra-da, set to start for Milwaukeeagainst Edwin Jackson today,said there were “a lot of pos-itives” in the Brewers’ latestloss.

“Try to build off of them andbring it into tomorrow’s game.We know we have a tough roadtrip ahead of us. We are goingto take it the same, one gameat a time, try to win that firstgame and then try to win theseries,” he said.

If Braun returns to the line-up, it would be his first roadgame since his name surfacedin records from the now-de-funct Biogenesis of AmericaLLC clinic that allegedly pro-vided banned substances toseveral players.

After his name was connect-ed to the clinic, Braun issued astatement in which he said he

used the clinic’s operator, An-thony Bosch, as a consultantin appealing his previous pos-itive test that was overturned.

He could receive an icy wel-come when he is introduced atWrigley Field today, but he isthe best player on one of theCubs’ division rivals so it mayjust be more of the same.

“The good thing is it doesn’tfaze him at all,” Estrada said.“He was good last year and hehad probably an even betteryear than 2011. So he’s a greathitter, goes about the game theright way.”

While the Cubs are comingoff another lackluster roadtrip, there could be a bit of pos-itive news to announce as theyreturn to iconic home.

The city of Chicago and theRicketts family that owns theteam appear to be close to anagreement for a $500 millionoverhaul of Wrigley Field. It’sexpected to be completed byMonday.

That long-awaited dealcould add another element towhat’s sure to be a festive at-mosphere for the home open-er.

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UConn beats Notre Dameto reach NCAA finalNEW ORLEANS – Breanna

Stewart scored 29 points to helpUConn beat Notre Dame, 83-65,on Sunday night to advance tothe NCAA championship game.The Huskies will face Louisville

in the title game Tuesday nightin an all-Big East final. The Car-dinals rallied to beat California64-57, in the earlier semifinal.UConn will be going for itseighth national championship tomatch Tennessee for the most inwomen’s basketball history.

Louisville beats Californiato reach title gameNEWORLEANS – Antonita

Slaughter scored 18 points on six3-pointers and Louisville clawedback from a 10-point halftimedeficit to defeat California, 64-57,in thewomen’s national semifinalsSunday night.

Santos scores twice tolead Fire over Red BullsBRIDGEVIEW – Maicon Santos

scored twice and Daniel Paladinihad a goal and two assists tolead the Fire to a 3-1 victoryover the New York Red Bulls onSunday.

Djokovic lifts Serbia pastU.S. in Davis CupBOISE, Idaho – Even an ankle

injury couldn’t stop world No. 1Novak Djokovic from dominatingSam Querrey, 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-1,6-0, to give Serbia an insur-mountable 3-1 lead in this DavisCup quarterfinal at the Taco BellArena on Sunday.

Williams wins 2nd straightFamily Circle CupSerenaWilliams defeated Jelena

Jankovic 3-6, 6-0, 6-2, on Sundayfor her second consecutive FamilyCircle Cup title. Williams becamethe first women to capture threetitles since the Family Circlemoved fromHilton Head Island toCharleston in 2001.

– Wire reports

TODAY

BaseballIndian Creek at Earlville, 4:30 p.m.Genoa-Kingston at Harvard,

4:30 p.m.Kaneland at Rochelle, 4:30 p.m.DeKalb vs. Sycamore at NIU,

4:30 p.m.Hinckley-Big Rock at Somonauk,

4:30 p.m.Softball

Paw Paw at Hiawatha, 4:30 p.m.West Aurora at Kaneland,

4:30 p.m.Harvard at Genoa-Kingston,

4:30 p.m.Indian Creek at Earlville, 4:30 p.m.

Girls SoccerGenoa-Kingston at Richmond-Bur-

ton, 4:30 p.m.Hersher at Hinckley-Big Rock,

4:30 p.m.Sycamore at Rockford Boylan,

4:30 p.m.

TUESDAY

BaseballEarlville at Indian Creek, 4:30 p.m.Somonauk at Hinckley-Big Rock,

4:30 p.m.Burlington Central at Ge-

noa-Kingston, 4:30 p.m.Rochelle at Kaneland, 4:30 p.m.DeKalb at Sycamore, 4:30 p.m.

SoftballDeKalb at Rochelle, 4:30 p.m.Yorkville at Kaneland, 4:30 p.m.Morris at Sycamore, 4:30 p.m.Genoa-Kingston at Burlington

Central, 4:30 p.m.Earlville at Indian Creek, 4:30 p.m.

Girls SoccerHiawatha at Keith Country Day,

4:30 p.m.Indian Creek at Rockford Christian

Life, 4:30 p.m.Rochelle at Sycamore, 4:30 p.m.Kaneland at Morris, 4:30 p.m.Rockford Christian at

Genoa-Kingston, 4:30 p.m.Yorkville at DeKalb, 6 p.m.

Boys TrackHinckley-Big Rock at Sandwich

(with five teams), 4:30 p.m.Kaneland at Sycamore, 4:30 p.m.

Girls TrackHinckley-Big Rock at Sandwich

(with five teams), 4:30 p.m.Kaneland at Sycamore, 4:30 p.m.

Boys TennisLaSalle-Peru at DeKalb, 4:30 p.m.

CUBS

Cubs return toWrigley Field for opener

AP file photo

People walk outside Wrigley Field on Aril 4, 2012 in Chicago. Two people with knowledge of the negotiationsbetween the Ricketts family that owns the Cubs and the city say the two are near an agreement on a $500million project at Wrigley Field.

AP photo

Bulls guard Jimmy Butler shoots against Detroit Pistons forwardKhris Middleton in the first half Sunday in Auburn Hills, Mich.

Pistons end losingstreak to Bulls

The ASSOCIATED PRESS

AUBURN HILLS, Mich.

– Brandon Knight scored 20

points Sunday night to help

the Detroit Pistons snap an

18-game losing streak against

the Bulls with a 99-85 victory

Sunday night.Jonas Jerebko added 17

points and a season-high ninerebounds for the Pistons, whoended an eight-game homeskid.

The Bulls led by as manyas 11 points in the first quar-ter but Detroit graduallycaught up and took the lead inthe second after starting theperiod on a 12-4 run.

Carlos Boozer had 21points and 10 rebounds forthe postseason-bound Bulls,who are fighting to securethe fourth seed in the EasternConference. Nate Robinsonadded 18 points and JimmyButler scored 14 as the Bulls/two-game winning streak end-ed.

The Pistons took a 50-46 lead to intermission and

pushed it to as many as 10in the third quarter. Knightscored a dozen points in theperiod. Detroit scored the firstfour points of the fourth andnever let the Bulls get closerthan 10 points the rest of thenight.

Rodney Stuckey had 14points and rookie AndreDrummond added 10 re-bounds for Detroit.

Luol Deng, the Bulls’ lead-ing scorer and the NBA’sleader in minutes per game,missed the game with a sorehip. Coach Tom Thibodeausaid the decision to bench himwas “precautionary.”

The Bulls’ Joakim Noah,who missed eight games withan injured right foot, and Mar-co Belinelli, who was out sev-en with an abdominal strain,each returned Sunday night.

The Bulls were aiming tomatch the franchise recordfor consecutive victories overan opponent, which also wasagainst the Pistons. MichaelJordan’s 1990s teams won 19in a row against Detroit.

PISTONS 99, BULLS 85

A tougher question iswhich player should be theHawks’ No. 1 goaltenderheading into the playoffs.

The answer remainedmurky after the Hawks’5-3 win Sunday against theNashville Predators in frontof 22,044 fans at the UnitedCenter. The Hawks (29-5-4)clinched a playoff berthwith the win, although thathas seemed inevitable sinceGroundhog Day or so.

Now, without fear ofcausing the world’s biggestjinx, we can discuss theHawks’ playoff goaltender.

All season, Corey Craw-ford and Ray Emery haveserved as goaltenders “1A”and “1B,” in that order.Those types of timeshareshave become commonfor plenty of NHL teamsduring the regular season,but the playoffs are a timefor goaltender decisive-ness, not flip-floppiness orwishy-washiness.

Or maybe it’s OK to beundecided.

No, never mind, it can’tbe.

Well … maybe this is anexception to the rule.

See how annoying that is?Quenneville knows that

he has a big decision tomake regarding Crawfordand Emery. The coachinggraybeard (gray ’stache, atleast) also knows he has alittle bit more time to makethat decision.

Ten games remain inthe regular season for theHawks, who hold a slightedge on the Anaheim Ducksfor the No. 1 seed in theWestern Conference play-offs. The Hawks will travelnorth to play the MinnesotaWild on Tuesday beforereturning home to hostthe Detroit Red Wings onFriday.

I’ll leave it up to Quenne-ville to rotate his goalten-ders for a few more gamesbefore taking a stand.

But in case he’s solicit-ing advice – don’t worry,he’s not – I’d give Emeryfirst dibs on winning thejob. Emery has been Mr.Consistency compared withthe up-and-down Crawford,who seems equally capableof a dominant shutout or afive-goal disaster headinginto every game.

With as much firepoweras the Hawks have, why notgo with the safer pick innet?

To be fair, Emery did nothave his best game Sunday,although he didn’t receivea great deal of help fromhis teammates in front ofhim. A turnover by JohnnyOduya led to the Preda-tors’ first goal, while a lostfaceoff by Michael Frolikpreceded the Predators’second goal on a laser shotby Shea Weber.

Still, Emery did enoughto preserve a one-goal winagainst the same team heshut out one day earlier. Heimproved to 14-1-0 this sea-son with a 2.02 goals-againstaverage and a .920 savepercentage, which screams“backup goaltender” aboutas much as my wardrobescreams “high fashion.”

Those who campaignfor Crawford as the Hawks’playoff starter have a strongcase, too. Crawford is 15-4-4with a 2.01 goals-againstaverage and a .922 savepercentage, and enteringSunday he was fifth amongall NHL goaltenders ingoals-against average, 11thin save percentage and 12thin wins.

It’s the kind of “goodproblem” that coaches in allsports appreciate when itcomes to playing time.

But it will be up to Quen-neville to determine the bestsolution.

No wishy-washinessallowed.

• Northwest Herald sportscolumnist Tom Musick canbe reached at [email protected] and onTwitter @tcmusick.

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AMERICAN LEAGUECentral Division

W L Pct GBWhite Sox 4 2 .667 —Minnesota 4 2 .667 —Cleveland 3 3 .500 1Detroit 3 3 .500 1Kansas City 3 3 .500 1

East DivisionW L Pct GB

Boston 4 2 .667 —Baltimore 3 3 .500 1Tampa Bay 3 3 .500 1New York 2 4 .333 2Toronto 2 4 .333 2

West DivisionW L Pct GB

Oakland 5 2 .714 —Texas 3 2 .600 1Seattle 3 4 .429 2Los Angeles 2 3 .400 2Houston 1 5 .167 3½

Sunday’s ResultsWhite Sox 4, Seattle 3, 10 inningsN.Y. Yankees 7, Detroit 0Boston 13, Toronto 0Kansas City 9, Philadelphia 8Minnesota 4, Baltimore 3Cleveland 13, Tampa Bay 0Oakland 9, Houston 3L.A. Angels at Texas (n)

Today’s GamesBaltimore (W.Chen 0-0) at Boston (Buch-

holz 1-0), 1:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 0-1) at Cleveland

(Jimenez 0-0), 3:05 p.m.Minnesota (Correia 0-0) at Kansas City

(E.Santana 0-1), 3:10 p.m.Tampa Bay (Hellickson 0-0) at Texas

(Ogando 1-0), 7:05 p.m.Houston (Humber 0-1) at Seattle (J.Saun-

ders 0-1), 9:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUECentral Division

W L Pct GBCincinnati 4 2 .667 —St. Louis 3 3 .500 1Cubs 2 4 .333 2Milwaukee 1 5 .167 3Pittsburgh 1 5 .167 3

East DivisionW L Pct GB

Atlanta 5 1 .833 —New York 4 2 .667 1Washington 4 2 .667 1Philadelphia 2 4 .333 3Miami 1 5 .167 4

West DivisionW L Pct GB

Arizona 5 1 .833 —Colorado 5 1 .833 —Los Angeles 4 2 .667 1San Francisco 3 3 .500 2San Diego 1 5 .167 4

Sunday’s ResultsAtlanta 5, Cubs 1N.Y. Mets 4, Miami 3Cincinnati 6, Washington 3Kansas City 9, Philadelphia 8Arizona 8, Milwaukee 7, (11 innings)L.A. Dodgers 6, Pittsburgh 2Colorado 9, San Diego 1St. Louis 14, San Francisco 3

Today’s GamesMilwaukee (Estrada 0-0) at Cubs (E.Jack-

son 0-1), 1:20 p.m.Cincinnati (Latos 0-0) at St. Louis (J.Gar-

cia 1-0), 3:15 p.m.N.Y. Mets (Harvey 1-0) at Philadelphia

(Halladay 0-1), 6:05 p.m.Atlanta (Maholm 1-0) at Miami (Slowey

0-1), 6:10 p.m.Pittsburgh (W.Rodriguez 1-0) at Arizona

(Cahill 0-1), 8:40 p.m.Colorado (De La Rosa 0-0) at San Francis-

co (Bumgarner 1-0), 9:15 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCEGP W L OT Pts GF GA

x-Blackhawks38 29 5 4 62 128 83d-Anaheim 38 25 8 5 55 117 95d-Vancouver 38 21 11 6 48 103 95Los Angeles 38 22 13 3 47 111 92San Jose 38 20 11 7 47 98 94Minnesota 38 22 14 2 46 103 97St. Louis 37 21 14 2 44 106 98Detroit 39 19 15 5 43 99 101-------------------------------------------------------Phoenix 38 17 15 6 40 105 104Dallas 38 18 17 3 39 104 117Edmonton 38 16 15 7 39 100106Columbus 39 16 16 7 39 91 104Nashville 40 15 17 8 38 96 109Calgary 37 13 20 4 30 99 133Colorado 38 12 21 5 29 89 121

EASTERN CONFERENCEGP W L OT Pts GF GA

d-Pittsburgh 39 29 10 0 58 127 95d-Montreal 38 25 8 5 55 120 91d-Washington 39 20 17 2 42 117 110Boston 37 24 9 4 52 102 79Toronto 38 21 13 4 46 117 106Ottawa 38 19 13 6 44 94 85N.Y. Rangers 38 19 15 4 42 93 90N.Y. Islanders 39 19 16 4 42 113 119-------------------------------------------------------New Jersey 39 15 14 10 40 92 106Winnipeg 40 19 19 2 40 98 120Buffalo 39 16 17 6 38 105 118Philadelphia 38 17 18 3 37 106 118Carolina 37 16 19 2 34 97 115Tampa Bay 38 16 20 2 34 121 114Florida 39 13 20 6 32 96 132

d-division leaderx-clinched playoff spot

Two points for a win, one point for OT loss

Sunday’s ResultsBlackhawks 5, Nashville 3Dallas 5, San Jose 4, (SO)Buffalo 3, New Jersey 2, (SO)St. Louis 1, Detroit 0Florida 2, Ottawa 1Minnesota 3, Columbus 0Washington 4, Tampa Bay 2Los Angeles at Anaheim (n)

Today’s GamesCarolina at Boston, 6 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Toronto, 6 p.m.Calgary at Colorado, 8 p.m.Phoenix at Vancouver, 9 p.m.Edmonton at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCEW L Pct GB

z-Miami 60 16 .789 —x-New York 50 26 .658 10y-Indiana 48 29 .623 12½x-Brooklyn 44 32 .579 16x-Bulls 42 34 .553 18x-Atlanta 42 36 .538 19x-Boston 40 37 .519 20½x-Milwaukee 37 39 .487 23--------------------------------------------------------Philadelphia 31 45 .408 29Toronto 29 48 .377 31½Washington 29 48 .377 31½Detroit 26 52 .333 35Cleveland 24 52 .316 36Orlando 19 59 .244 42Charlotte 18 59 .234 42½

WESTERN CONFERENCEW L Pct GB

x-San Antonio 57 20 .740 —x-Oklahoma City 56 21 .727 1x-Denver 53 24 .688 4y-L.A. Clippers 51 26 .662 6x-Memphis 52 25 .675 5Golden State 44 33 .571 13Houston 43 34 .558 14Utah 41 37 .526 16½-------------------------------------------------------L.A. Lakers 40 37 .519 17Dallas 37 39 .487 19½Portland 33 43 .434 23½Minnesota 29 47 .382 27½Sacramento 27 50 .351 30New Orleans 26 50 .342 30½Phoenix 23 53 .303 33½

x-clinched playoff spoty-clinched division

z-clinched conference

Saturday's ResultsWashington 104, Indiana 85Brooklyn 105, Charlotte 96Miami 106, Philadelphia 87Minnesota 107, Detroit 101San Antonio 99, Atlanta 97Milwaukee 100, Toronto 83Denver 132, Houston 114

Sunday's ResultsDetroit 99, Bulls 85New York 125, Oklahoma City 120L.A. Clippers 109, L.A. Lakers 95Memphis 89, Sacramento 87Boston 107, Washington 96Cleveland 91, Orlando 85Utah 97, Golden State 90New Orleans at Phoenix, 9 p.m.Dallas at Portland, 9 p.m.

Today’s GamesNo games scheduled

The Sox’s inability todraw walks isn’t a one-gameanomaly. Their 10 walks thisseason are tied for 28th in themajors with the Cubs. Onlythe offensively inept Hous-ton Astros have fewer (nine)while 10 teams have at record-ed at least 20 walks. Gettingmen on base also will pay offif the Sox continue hittinghome runs at their currentrate. Of the 11 home runs theyhave hit, seven have comewith nobody on base.

“Everyone’s fresh and ev-eryone pretty much has theirbest stuff of the year at thispoint,” said catcher TylerFlowers, who is one of onlytwo Sox with more than onewalk. “The important thing

is when you’re selective andyou get that pitch, don’t missit. Take advantage of those –get your hits, get on base forthe next guy. It’s early so ev-eryone’s seeing how they’rebeing pitched to and makingadjustments.”

Manager Robin Venturaisn’t overly concerned aboutthe early season offensivestruggles. That’s good newsfor four Sox starters – Alejan-dro De Aza, Paul Konerko,Jeff Keppinger and Viciedo –all of whom are batting under

170 through six games,hitting a combined 10 for84. Ventura had held offoverreacting to a smallsample size when there stillare 156 games left on theschedule. But Keppinger (1for 21) became the first to getbenched for his slump, par-tially because backup Conor

Gillaspie has played well inhis limited opportunities.Even with the lack of con-tributions from key players,the Sox begin a 10-game roadtrip confident the offensecan develop consistency.

“[Slumps] are never goodor fun to go through, but Ithink if it happens early andyou get out of it, it goes away,”Ventura said. “When ithappens in the middle [of theyear], you kind of have some-thing to base it on. You wereswinging it good before.”

• Meghan Montemurrocovers the White Sox andCubs for Shaw Media. Writeto her at [email protected]. Read theSox Insider and Inside theCubs blogs at NWHerald.comand on Twitter @Sox_Insiderand @InsideTheCubs.

SPORTS Monday, April 8, 2013 • Page B3Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com

The school’s Orange Bowlexperience has come and gonebut there still are remind-ers of it at spring practice,whether it’s a player wearinga sweatshirt that features theOrange Bowl logo under hisjersey, or someone wearing ahat with the same logo.

At Saturday’s annualspring game, NIU will unveilthe Orange Bowl banner andthe players will receive theirbowl rings.

The month leading up tothe BCS game was a heck ofa month for NIU coach RodCarey, who got the job the

day the Huskies’ were offi-cially in the game. He said itwas an even busier time afterthe game with recruiting andputting together a coachingstaff.

Things have gotten moreback to normal since signingday for Carey and his staff.

“Since then we’ve kindof gotten into a little bit of arhythm and things have kindof moved a long,” he said.

To Ward, this spring hasseen a different atomspherearound the program. None ofthese players ever will forgetthe 2012 season, which culmi-nated in the historic BCS ap-pearance.

Still, the loss to the Sem-inoles left a sour taste in ev-

eryone’s mouth. To Ward,that’s showed this spring.

“I feel like we’ve got a chipon our shoulder, just com-ing off that loss last season,”Ward said. “And the coacheshave a chip on their shoulderbecause they’re coaching dif-ferent, everybody’s playingdifferent, everybody’s moreaggressive [in practice] ... andwhen you come out to prac-tice, everybody’s taking it se-rious, there’s no jokes.”

“Chip on our shoulder”was a phrase receiver Tom-mylee Lewis used as well.

“Nobody wants to lose, es-pecially in a game like that,”he said. “It definitley put anextra chip on our shoulder tocome out and do better.”

Players to receive bowl rings at spring game• HUSKIESContinued from page B1

Manager Ventura not overly concernedwith the early season offensive struggles• SOXContinued from page B1

“It’s hard to get back intoit sitting out,” Haacker said.“It’s kind of weird, we’re notreally used to that.”

“In this kind of weather,you’ve got to hit balls on theground, and you’ve got to hitballs on the right side,” Syca-more coach Jason Cavanaughsaid after the first game. “Wehit every ball in the air or tothe third baseman.”

Next week, the Spartansstart their conference season,

so there really isn’t muchtime to make up the weeks ofgames that were postponed. Inbaseball, the only open daysare rain out days for crucialconference games.

Cavanaugh said the Spar-tans would be lucky to play30 games, when they usuallyplay at least 35.

“You’re playing everyday,” Cavanaugh said. “Wehave five games a week. Threeconference games and then aweekend doubleheader, sowhere are you going to put[the postponed games]?”

But as the wind whippedaround during the double-header, making it difficult foroutfielders to stay warm andalmost impossible for fly ballsto drop, the Spartans werejust happy that, finally, theirspring is back to normal, evenif this April is a little colderthan most.

“Practicing inside is theworst,” Sycamore sophomoreBrett Weaver said. “Baseballis the most fun sport to playoutside. … Inside, it’s nothinglike baseball. It’s like a totallydifferent world inside.”

Spartans happy spring is back to normal• SPARTANSContinued from page B1

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The wind was unforgivingat the DeKalb High Schoolbaseball field for the Barbs intheir matchup against Streatoron Saturday.

If you asked a Bulldog,DeKalb’s bats also were unfor-giving, as the Barbs hit theirway to a 16-6 victory.

“ I t h o u g h t o v e r a l loffensively we took a betterapproach at the plate [Sat-urday]. We have been strug-gling with situational hit-ting, whether that’s puttingthe ball in play with twostrikes, moving runners, get-ting the big hit,” DeKalb coachJake Howells said. “[Saturday]we did those things. We elim-inated the strikeout, wereable to move runners and alsogot some big hits. It was goodto see that offensively.”

Leadoff hitter Jared John-son hit three doubles andhelped advance runners witha sacrifice fly for DeKalb (4-5) .Howells said his contributionswere huge because it sets thetone for his team when the firstcouple of batters are gettinghits as soon as the game begins.

The Barbs’ Ryan Metsercame to the mound for the lastthree innings, and Howellssaid he pitched exceptionallyfor a team that already had asizable lead. He threw strikesthe Bulldog hitters couldn’t hitin any attempt of a comeback.

DeKalb sophomore LoganHerring had a three-run homerun.

G-K gets first win: Mendo-ta got an 8-7 win over Ge-noa-Kingston in Game 1 of adoubleheader Saturday, butthe Cogs responded with a 4-3win in Game 2 for their firstwin of the season. G-K is now1-4.

Jake Langford went 1 for 3with a walk and a stolen basein Game 1, and Danny Hansenwas 1 for 3 with a walk.

Tommy Hansen was theCogs’ starting pitcher in Game2, throwing 6 2/3 innings with-out giving up an earned runwhile striking out eight. AdamPrice pitched the final on-thirdof an inning to pick up the win.

Bobby Treadwell was 2 for2 with a double and two runsscored, and Eric Tucker went 1for 3 with two stolen bases.

Kaneland 1, Sterling 0: At Ma-ple Park, Curtis Thorson threwa complete-game shutout asKaneland (3-6) won the North-ern Illinois Big 12 crossover.Josh Cohrs had the Knights’lone hit and RBI.

Indian Creek drops nonconfer-ence game: Indian Creek lost,11-3, to St. Edward on the road.

Hinckley-Big Rock drops non-conference game: Hinckley-BigRock lost, 7-5, to Aurora Chris-tian.

SOFTBALLSpartans split DH: West Chi-

cago beat Sycamore, 11-8, inGame 1 of a doubleheader, butthe Spartans got a 12-11 win inGame 2.

In Game 1, Sycamore’s BritHuber went 3 for 4 with a homerun, double and three RBIs,while Jasmyne Taylor was 2for 4 with a home run, doubleand an RBI. Taylor Jones fin-ished 2 for 3 with a double andtwo RBIs.

The Spartans’ JordynShultz went 4 for 5 with fourRBIs in Game 2, and had thewinning hit in the bottom ofthe seventh. Abby Foulk went2 for 3 with a home run and twoRBIs, while Taylor went 2 for 5with an RBI.

Taylor Zak was the winningpitcher for Sycamore, whichimproved to 3-4.

“This was definitely a dayfor the offense. Each team haddouble-digits in hits for eachgame. I thought we kept com-ing at them in both games andit finally paid off in Game 2,”Sycamore coach Jill Carpen-ter said. “To be down two runsgoing into the bottom of theseventh and come away with awin is a testament to our kids’ability to keep playing until thefinal pitch.”

Kaneland 17, Batavia 1 (5inn.): At Batavia, Kanelandscored 11 runs in the firstinning to dominate the noncon-ference win. Winning pitcherElissa Eckert and Paige Kue-fler were among numerousplayers to have big offensivedays for the Knights (5-1).

GIRLS SOCCERH-BR gets win: Hinckley-Big

Rock beat Stillman Valley, 2-1.The Royals got two goals fromJacqueline Madden and assistsfrom Lauren Paver and An-drea Binkley.

H-BR is now 3-0-1.Kaneland 1, Rosary 1: At the

West Aurora tournament, Ro-sary and Kaneland tied at 1.Lizzie Kelley scored on a Mol-ly Piech assist for the Royals(3-1-2). Kiandra Powell scoredthe first goal of the season forKaneland (0-2-1).

Sycamore loses: Sycamorelost, 6-0, to Metea Valley at thePepsi Showdown.

BOYS TRACKRoyals 7th at the Mendota:

Hinckley-Big Rock took sev-enth place in the Don GoodenInvitational. The Royals’ BillyWeissinger won the high jump

with a mark of 6-feet 3-inches,while Christian Johnsen tookfirst in the long jump (19-7). Mi-chael Bayler had a third-placefinish in the triple jump (39-8),and Mack Carls was third inthe discus at 133-9.

H-BR’s 1,600-meter realay ofBayler, Johnsen, Weissingerand Jared Madden took thirdat 3:45.85.

Kaneland wins United Town-ship Kiwanis Invitational: Kane-land won the 12-team event,paced by a 4x100 relay triumphfor the Knights’ Brandon Bish-op, Brandon Cottier, DylanNauert and Ben Barnes in43.85 seconds. Conor Johnsonwon the 800 meter run for theKnights in 2:02.58.

Genoa-Kingston finishesfourth: Genoa-Kingston’s TimBenvenuti won the triple jump(39-1) for the Cogs at the Geb-hardt-Worley Invite in Oregon.G-K took fourth as a team with74 points.

GIRLS TRACKBrown has record-setting day

at Holmes Invite: DeKalb seniorJasmine Brown finished witha mark of 37-8.25 in the triplejump at the Holmes Invitation-al, which set a meet record.

The Barbs took second asa team with a score of 103.5.Kaneland was first at 126.5 andSycamore took sixth with 60points.

Brown added another first-place finish in the long jumpwith a mark of 17-2.25, whileteammate Kelsey Schraderwas first in the 1,600-meter run(5:27.06) and 3,200-meter run(11:45.74). The Barbs’ team ofKara Alvarez, Stephanie Mil-roy, Courtney Patrick and Dia-ja Robinson won the 800 relayat 1:54.54.

Sycamore’s Sarah Granttook first in the shot put (32-7.5).

Kaneland’s Elle Tattoniwon the discus (101-4) and Lau-ren Zick tok first in the 400-me-ter dash (59.8). The Knightsalso had wins in the 400 and3,200-meter relays.

Clark with two top-five finish-es forH-BR:Hinckley-Big Rock’sKristen Clark finished fourthin the 800 at the Don Gooden In-vitational in Mendota, comingin with a mark of 2:43.93. Shewas fifth in the 1,600 (6:22.25).

Kramer leads G-K to 5th-placefinish: Genoa-Kingston’s Bri-anna Kramer took second inboth the 100 (17.46) and 300 hur-dles (53.55) for the Cogs at theGebhardt-Worley Invite. G-Ktook fifth as a team with 30points.

• Brandon LaChance con-tributed to this report

DeKalb baseball battleswind, trounces Streator

PREP ROUNDUP NIU SCRIMMAGE NOTES

Running the ball not a problemBy STEVE NITZ

[email protected]

DeKALB – On Saturday,Northern Illinois’ annualspring football game will takeplace at Huskie Stadium. Theweek after, it’s the first-everHuskie Bowl.

NIU held the first con-trolled scrimmage of thespring. Huskies coach RodCarey thought his team com-peted well, and one thing thatstood out was how well theHuskies ran the ball.

Players such as GiorgioBowers and Cameron Stingi-ly have gotten more reps thisspring with Akeem Danielsand Keith Harris Jr. bangedup. Both backs broke offsome nice runs Saturday,

and Carey said they’ve takenadvantage of the extra reps.

“They had a pretty goodday today,” Carey said. “Ithink they’re lowering theirpads and running prettywell.”

Other notes from Saturday’sscrimmage:

• Linebackers Bobby Win-kel and Michael Santacater-ina didn’t practice Saturdaybecause of what Carey de-scribed as minor injuries.

O n e l i n e b a c k e r w h omoved into Santacaterina’sspot and took first-team repswas true freshman Sean Fol-liard. Folliard graduatedhigh school in December andis on campus a semester ear-ly.

Carey said Folliard is real-ly taking advantage of beingin DeKalb for spring football.

“It’s a trade-off. You losethat last half of your senioryear which is going to bea special time in your life,”Carey said. “But from thefootball aspect, there’s beenno doubt he’s going to benefitfrom [graduating early].”

• There was an officiatingcrew present Saturday, andCarey said his team has a lotto clean up penalty-wise, butthat it’s normal for the firstscrimmage.

“We had a couple key pen-alties. We were fortunate of-fensively to overcome them,”he said. “Defensively, wecan’t let an offense recoverfrom that.”

ADVICE & PUZZLES Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.comPage B4 • Monday, April 8, 2013

Teens: The teen years area time to venture out into theworld, to test your indepen-dence and make decisionswithout the help of yourparents. Yes, it’s a time toexperiment, and experimentsinvolve trial and error –making honest mistakes.

But some experiments arenot worth it, especially thoseinvolving alcohol and drugs.It’s not enough to be told,“Just say no.” Teens feel in-destructible and rarely thinkof the long-range danger ofbecoming addicted to a chem-ical substance. But gettinghigh can exact a stiff price.

Of the 1.7 million menand women currently behind

bars in the United States, 80percent of them are there atleast partly because of drugsor alcohol. That’s a stagger-ing statistic.

A study by ColumbiaUniversity’s National Centeron Addiction and SubstanceAbuse found that almost 1.4million offenders in stateand federal prisons and localjails had violated drug oralcohol laws. They eitherstole property to purchasedrugs or alcohol, were high

on drugs when they commit-ted a crime or had a historyof abuse and addiction. Formany of the inmates, allthree were the case.

Furthermore, many hun-dreds of thousands of theseinmates would be law-abid-ing, working, tax-paying citi-zens and responsible parentsif they had lived sober lives.Substance abuse was the solefactor behind their criminalconviction.

The leading sub-stance-abuse crime in theUnited States is drunkdriving, accounting for over1.4 million arrests yearly,at a cost to the legal systemof $5.2 billion. Alcohol is

also more closely associatedwith violent crime than anyother drug, followed by crackcocaine, powder cocaine andheroin.

Teens, I know that someof you will experiment withalcohol and drugs with thephilosophy that, “I’m going totry it just to see what it’s like.I don’t plan to get hooked.”

Just remember that manyof those now behind barshad the same philosophy. Bewise. Stay drug- and alco-hol-free! Someday you’ll beglad that you did.

Dr. Wallace: My buddiesand I rate girls one to 10 ontheir looks. A girl who is asix asked me to the prom,

and I said yes because shehas a nine body.

Now my buddies aremaking fun of me becausethey think, for a guy, that I’ma nine. I told this girl I wouldbe her prom escort, but nowI don’t want to go with her.What’s a good way to get outof this predicament honor-ably? – Nameless, Atlanta, Ga.

Nameless: The only nineon you is the size of your in-flated head. Go to the dance,treat your date with respectand have a good time. But ifyour ego hinders you fromhaving fun – fake it!

• Email Dr. Robert Wallaceat [email protected].

Childhood abuse casts shadow on intimacy

ADHD needs structure and accountability

In the lastseat, threecalls change

Please be wise and stay drug- and alcohol-free

Dear Abby: I have been ina relationship with the manof my dreams for five years.Everything is great betweenus except for one huge thing –we are no longer intimate.

I have recently come tothe realization that this isn’tthe first time I have had thisproblem. I always thought itwas an issue with the rela-tionship, but now I suspectit may be linked to molesta-tion I suffered when I was achild. At that time I was told“people who love you don’ttouch you like that.” Logi-cally I know this is different,but my partner tells me Ijust freeze up when we aretogether.

I think I need professionalhelp, but I’m embarrassedand don’t know where tostart. Do I need a therapist?

How do I locate a good one inmy area? – Reaching out inCleveland

Dear Reaching Out: Pleaseaccept my sympathy. Con-sidering your history, whatyou’re experiencing is under-standable, and yes, you needto talk to a therapist. Thetherapy should have startedat the time you were molest-ed. To find a “good one,” askyour physician to refer youto several so you can find aperson you feel comfortabletalking with.

Please do not be embar-rassed to be frank, becausemost therapists have heard

everything. It isn’t their jobto judge you, only to help you.None of this was your fault,and your problem is fixable.

Dear Abby: My husband,kids and I moved out of stateseven years ago, leavingbehind our extended families.Now, whenever we plan a va-cation in our home state, weencounter the same issues.The first is trying to accom-modate everyone’s scheduleinto our own. The second isdividing our time betweenmy family and my husband’s.(His family is smaller thanmine.)

Is it fair to divide the timein half – half for his familyand half for mine – eventhough I have so many morerelatives on my list? Orshould we divide our timeby the number of households

we need to see? These issuescause my husband and meto argue, and it makes whatis supposed to be a vacationvery unpleasant. I alreadyfeel like canceling the trip. –Vacation Issues

Dear Vacation Issues: Asolution would be to havetwo large family get-togeth-ers – one for your family andanother for his – during yourvisit. Then, if you want to vis-it with the relatives from thetwo branches of the familiesindividually, you can “divideand conquer.” He can spendas much time as he wisheswith his relatives, and youcan spend time with yours.

Dear Abby: Every year myworkplace sponsors a commu-nity blood drive. I am invari-ably asked by co-workers if Iam going to donate. Because

I am HIV-positive, I answerno. Then the person asks mewhy.

Abby, it is no one’s busi-ness. There could be manyreasons – ranging from healthto religious to personal. Or aperson may simply not wantto donate.

I would give if I could.Please ask your readers not toquestion others about wheth-er they will donate blood.Have you any suggestionsabout how I should respond? –On the Job in Idaho

Dear on the Job: A politedeflection would be to makelight of it by saying, “I justdon’t.”

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

Dear Dr. K: I am a man in my20s and was just diagnosedwith ADHD. Is it possibleto be successful with thiscondition?

Dear Reader: My colleaguesDr. Craig Surman and Dr.Timothy Bilkey, with KarenWeintraub, have just writtena wonderful new book on thistopic. It’s called “Fast Minds:How to Thrive if You HaveADHD (or Think You Might).”(You can learn more aboutthis book at AskDoctorK.com.)

They point out that ADHD– attention deficit hyperactiv-ity disorder – afflicts not justchildren. Plenty of adults, likeyou, have it. And you abso-lutely can build a successfullife. The key to success is tofind – or create – an environ-

ment that complements yourstrengths and challenges. Theadvice they give for peoplelike you falls into severaldifferent categories:

• Create structure. Manypeople with ADHD thrive inenvironments where theirtime and tasks are highlyregimented. For others withADHD, being a member of ateam, in which each memberis responsible for certainaccomplishments and regu-larly accountable for thoseaccomplishments to otherteam members, allows them

to function better than if theywere in more independentand solitary roles.

• Reward yourself of-ten. Everyone needs to feelrewarded for a job well doneor a task completed. WithADHD, you may need theserewards more often.

• Install accountability.Asking colleagues to regu-larly remind you about yourdeadlines is a more powerfulstimulus than just a reminderon your calendar. Also, keepreminding yourself aboutwhy the work you’re doingwill be important to others: Ithelps you to meet your dead-lines and to do a good job.

• Make a new path. I had apatient who was good aboutfollowing certain routines and

bad about following others.He brushed his teeth twicea day without fail. But hiswife complained that he keptletting the mail pile up. Thedefault path for someone withADHD is often the path ofleast resistance, such as open-ing the mail later. Recognizeyour default path. Then, cre-ate a way to work around it.

For example, a lot of mypatient’s mail – as with mostpeople – was advertising fromvarious organizations. He andhis wife sat down and decidedwhat organizations didn’t in-terest them. Whenever a pieceof mail arrived from one ofthose organizations, they justchucked it without opening it.That left a smaller pile of mailto open and attend to. Simple,

perhaps – but such simpleroutines can help someonewith ADHD function better.

• Use peripheral brains.This is something outsideyourself that can help youwith everyday functioning.Set an alarm reminder, put anote on your calendar, makea to-do list. For anyone, butparticularly for anyone withADHD, going to the grocerystore without a to-do list is abad idea.

• Remind yourself what ismeaningful to you. Keeping alarger goal in mind can makea dramatic difference in yourmotivation, patience anddetermination.

• 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 – Based upon a recent experience, your attitude is likely

to undergo a positive revision in the year ahead. This new

dynamic outlook will enable you to emphasize the personal

qualities that serve you best.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – It isn’t likely that you’ll tolerate

anything that inhibits your mobility and independence. Loose

chitchat poses a distraction you will find especially annoying.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – You’ll be more self-assured at the

onset of an undertaking than you will be as matters progress.

Don’t allow self-doubts to distort your positive outlook.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – It’s OK if your instincts urge you to

take on more than is expected of you, as long as you don’t step

on anyone’s toes in the process.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – The possibilities for you achieving

all of your objectives today look to be pretty good, as long as

you make a game plan first and don’t try to alter them along

the way.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – The secret to achieving what you want

is to not put any limitations on your thinking. You need to be

free to use the entire scope of your smarts and imagination.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – The perceptions of some of your

associates might be keener than yours. Just because you fail to

see as they do, don’t belittle their hunches.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Someone you like might require ex-

tra compassion. Don’t try to reach this person through reason;

he or she needs emotional help, not logic.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – One of the worst things you can

do at this point is goof off. If you fail to keep up with your

responsibilities, a hard rain is going to fall.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – There are times when it is

wise to allow your heart to rule your head, and this might be

one of them. Make a point to go out of your way to be nice to

someone who needs some kindness.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – This can be a very productive

day if you dedicate yourself to your undertakings. Make it a

rule not to begin anything you have no intention of completing

in a timely fashion.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – If you go out gallivanting, leave

word as to how you can be reached. Someone is going to be

very anxious to get in touch with you, and you won’t want to

miss him or her.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – When dickering over a commer-

cial matter, you should be firm about your terms. It will cost

you both money and the advantage if you let yourself seem

weak.

8CROSSWORD8ASTROGRAPH 8SUDOKU

John Locke, an Englishphilosopher and physicianknown as the Father of Clas-sical Liberalism who died in1704, said, “An excellent man,like precious metal, is in ev-ery way invariable. A villain,like the beams of a balance, isalways varying, upwards anddownwards.”

At the bridge table, whenthe dealer’s opening bid of oneof a suit is followed by twopasses, the fourth player isin the balancing seat. Threeof his actions have differentmeanings from those in thesecond position -- two upwardand one downward.

Over the next three days,let’s look at these calls. First,an overcall of one no-trump.

After West opened oneheart, if North had overcalledone no-trump, it would haveshown some 15.5 to 17.5 points(about half a point more thanthe strength promised by aone-no-trump opening bid). Butin the balancing (or pass-out)position, it is a weak no-trump,indicating only 11 to 15 points --like the South hand in this deal.

North, with nine points,would have raised opposite asecond-seat one-no-trump over-call, but now has an easy pass.

West leads the heart queen.South sees only four toptricks: two hearts and twodiamonds. The spade suit willgenerate one more trick, but itis better to attack clubs. Andsince West surely holds theace, declarer should win thesecond (or first) heart trickin his hand with the king andlead a low club to the queen.After it wins, he returns aclub and plays low from hishand. When the ace comestumbling down, the contractis home.

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