ddc-6-25-2014

22
$1.00 Breaking news at Daily-Chronicle.com Serving DeKalb County since 1879 Wednesday, June 25, 2014 Going crazy for a chocolate spread DeKalb’s seniors aim to finish on high note NUTELLA • FOOD, C1 PREP FOOTBALL • SPORTS, B1 Lottery A2 Local news A3-5 Obituaries A4 National and world news A2 Opinions A7 Sports B1-4 Advice C5 Comics C6 Classified C8-10 Inside today’s Daily Chronicle Weather High: Low: 74 55 Jonathan Vega DISAPPEARING MONARCHS By KATIE DAHLSTROM [email protected] The thought that her grandchil- dren might never see a monarch but- terfly terrifies Mary Kowalski. So Kowalski is nurturing five monarch caterpillars she found on the milkweed plants outside her DeKalb home in hopes they will transform into the iconic orange and black winged insects. Kowalski’s fears aren’t far- fetched, some local experts say. Monarch butterflies make a re- markable journey from the upper Midwest to Mexico every year, but the number of monarchs measured in Mexico has declined by 97 percent since its peak less than 20 years ago, say scientists with the World Wild- life Fund that measures the popula- tion annually. The decline has prompted local conservationists and residents to bolster supplies of milkweed, the plant crucial to monarch survival that also has been disappearing. But it’s not just what’s happen- ing to monarchs that has them con- cerned. “I’m concerned about our world,” Kowalski said. “They used to send a canary into a coal mine and if it died, they knew there was poison gas. Is this our canary in a coal mine?” Local residents try to help butterfly species Danielle Guerra – [email protected] DeKalb resident Mary Kowalski points out a large section of the milkweed leaf that the monarch caterpillar has eaten while on her front porch on Monday. Kowalski found several monarch caterpillars on the milkweed in her rain garden and brought them in for protection from birds. One of them is currently a chrysalis, the last stage in the transformation to a monarch. Photo provided A photo of a monarch, Danaus plexippus, taken by Pat Miller, conservation specialist with Monarch Watch, an educational outreach program based at the University of Kansas that engages citizen scientists in large-scale research projects. See BUTTERFLY, page A5 AP photo Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani (right) listens to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry during a meeting at the presidential palace Tuesday in Irbil, Iraq. Kerry arrived in Iraq’s Kurdish region in a U.S. diplomatic drive aimed at preventing the country from splitting apart in the face of militants pushing toward Baghdad. Kurdish leader cites ‘new reality’ in Iraq The ASSOCIATED PRESS IRBIL, Iraq – Iraq’s top Kurdish leader warned visiting Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday that a rapid Sunni insurgent advance has already created “a new reality and a new Iraq,” signaling that the U.S. faces major difficulties in its efforts to promote unity among the coun- try’s divided factions. The U.N., meanwhile, said more than 1,000 people, most civilians, have been killed in Iraq so far this month, the highest death toll since the U.S. military withdrew from the country in December 2011. Massoud Barzani, whose pow- erful minority bloc has long func- tioned as kingmaker in Iraqi poli- tics, did not directly mention Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who is facing the strongest challenge to his rule since he assumed power in 2006. But al-Maliki has made little effort beyond rhetoric to win the trust of his critics, who are led by disaffected Sunnis, Kurds and even several for- mer Shiite allies. Instead the Kurds have deployed their own well-trained security forc- es known as peshmerga and seized long-coveted ground of their own in the name of defending it from the al-Qaida breakaway group and oth- er Sunni insurgents who have swept through the north. The Kurds are unlikely to give up that territory, including the disput- ed oil-rich city of Kirkuk, regardless of the status of the fighting. Al-Maliki, meanwhile, has been entirely focused on the security sit- uation, spending hours each day in the main military command center, rather than politics, officials close to his inner circle say, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to release such details. Despite the attention, Iraq’s mainly Shiite security forces have failed to wage any successful coun- teroffensives against the insur- gents. See IRAQ, page A6 Ring, sentence hang in balance By ANDREA AZZO [email protected] SYCAMORE – A woman whose wedding ring was held as evidence for an armed robbery trial will have to wait even longer before she can get it back. The ring was key evidence against Demond Hunt, a 22-year-old Matteson man con- victed April 16 of armed robbery and aggravated battery for taking a cell- phone and purse containing the ring from two Univer- sity Heights office employees in November. A DeKalb County Jail officer found the ring inside Hunt’s cargo pants after he was arrested Dec. 5. Prosecutors asked for DeKalb County Associate Judge John Ad- ams’ permission to return the ring to the woman, who wanted it back after the six months or so it has been held in evidence. Prosecutors offered to take a photograph of the ring to use as ev- idence instead. But McAdams ruled Tuesday that the ring will continue to be kept as evidence until after the sen- tencing hearing and through any appeals that are filed. Hunt faces between 21 and 75 years in prison when he is sentenced Aug. 6. “This woman certainly deserves to have her ring. There’s no ques- tion of that,” McAdams said. “The safest route is to keep it in evi- dence. It favors the state to keep it in evidence.” Demond Hunt See EVIDENCE, page A6 Jewelry is part of evidence against convicted robber

Upload: shaw-media

Post on 30-Mar-2016

225 views

Category:

Documents


3 download

DESCRIPTION

 

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: DDC-6-25-2014

$1.00

Breaking news at Daily-Chronicle.com Serving DeKalb County since 1879 Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Going crazy for achocolate spread

DeKalb’s seniors aimto finish on high note

NUTELLA • FOOD, C1PREP FOOTBALL • SPORTS, B1

Lottery A2

Local news A3-5

Obituaries A4

National and world news A2

Opinions A7

Sports B1-4

Advice C5

Comics C6

Classified C8-10

Inside today’s Daily Chronicle WeatherHigh: Low:

74 55

JonathanVega

DISAPPEARING MONARCHS

By KATIE [email protected]

The thought that her grandchil-dren might never see a monarch but-terfly terrifies Mary Kowalski.

So Kowalski is nurturing fivemonarch caterpillars she found onthe milkweed plants outside herDeKalb home in hopes they willtransform into the iconic orange andblack winged insects.

Kowalski’s fears aren’t far-fetched, some local experts say.

Monarch butterflies make a re-markable journey from the upperMidwest to Mexico every year, butthe number of monarchs measuredin Mexico has declined by 97 percent

since its peak less than 20 years ago,say scientists with the World Wild-life Fund that measures the popula-tion annually.

The decline has prompted localconservationists and residents tobolster supplies of milkweed, theplant crucial to monarch survivalthat also has been disappearing.

But it’s not just what’s happen-ing to monarchs that has them con-cerned.

“I’m concerned about our world,”Kowalski said. “They used to send acanary into a coal mine and if it died,they knew there was poison gas. Isthis our canary in a coal mine?”

Local residents try to help butterfly species

Danielle Guerra – [email protected]

DeKalb resident Mary Kowalski points out a large section of the milkweed leaf that the monarch caterpillar has eaten while on her front porch on Monday. Kowalski foundseveral monarch caterpillars on the milkweed in her rain garden and brought them in for protection from birds. One of them is currently a chrysalis, the last stage in thetransformation to a monarch.

Photo provided

A photo of a monarch, Danaus plexippus, taken by Pat Miller, conservation specialistwith Monarch Watch, an educational outreach program based at the University ofKansas that engages citizen scientists in large-scale research projects.See BUTTERFLY, page A5

AP photo

Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani (right) listens to U.S. Secretary of StateJohn Kerry during a meeting at the presidential palace Tuesday in Irbil, Iraq. Kerryarrived in Iraq’s Kurdish region in a U.S. diplomatic drive aimed at preventing thecountry from splitting apart in the face of militants pushing toward Baghdad.

Kurdish leader cites ‘new reality’ in IraqThe ASSOCIATED PRESS

IRBIL, Iraq – Iraq’s top Kurdishleader warned visiting Secretary ofState John Kerry on Tuesday that arapid Sunni insurgent advance hasalready created “a new reality anda new Iraq,” signaling that the U.S.faces major difficulties in its effortsto promote unity among the coun-try’s divided factions.

The U.N., meanwhile, said morethan 1,000 people, most civilians,have been killed in Iraq so far thismonth, the highest death toll sincethe U.S. military withdrew from thecountry in December 2011.

Massoud Barzani, whose pow-erful minority bloc has long func-

tioned as kingmaker in Iraqi poli-tics, did not directly mention PrimeMinister Nouri al-Maliki, who isfacing the strongest challenge to hisrule since he assumed power in 2006.But al-Maliki has made little effortbeyond rhetoric to win the trust ofhis critics, who are led by disaffectedSunnis, Kurds and even several for-mer Shiite allies.

Instead the Kurds have deployedtheir own well-trained security forc-es known as peshmerga and seizedlong-coveted ground of their own inthe name of defending it from theal-Qaida breakaway group and oth-er Sunni insurgents who have sweptthrough the north.

The Kurds are unlikely to give up

that territory, including the disput-ed oil-rich city of Kirkuk, regardlessof the status of the fighting.

Al-Maliki, meanwhile, has beenentirely focused on the security sit-uation, spending hours each day inthe main military command center,rather than politics, officials closeto his inner circle say, speaking onthe condition of anonymity becausethey weren’t authorized to releasesuch details.

Despite the attention, Iraq’smainly Shiite security forces havefailed to wage any successful coun-teroffensives against the insur-gents.

See IRAQ, page A6

Ring,sentencehang inbalance

By ANDREA [email protected]

SYCAMORE – A woman whosewedding ring was held as evidencefor an armed robbery trial willhave to wait even longer before shecan get it back.

The ring was key evidenceagainst DemondHunt, a 22-year-oldMatteson man con-victed April 16 ofarmed robbery andaggravated batteryfor taking a cell-phone and pursecontaining the ringfrom two Univer-sity Heights office employees inNovember. A DeKalb County Jailofficer found the ring inside Hunt’scargo pants after he was arrestedDec. 5.

Prosecutors asked for DeKalbCounty Associate Judge John Ad-ams’ permission to return the ringto the woman, who wanted it backafter the six months or so it hasbeen held in evidence.

Prosecutors offered to take aphotograph of the ring to use as ev-idence instead.

But McAdams ruled Tuesdaythat the ring will continue to bekept as evidence until after the sen-tencing hearing and through anyappeals that are filed. Hunt facesbetween 21 and 75 years in prisonwhen he is sentenced Aug. 6.

“This woman certainly deservesto have her ring. There’s no ques-tion of that,” McAdams said. “Thesafest route is to keep it in evi-dence. It favors the state to keep itin evidence.”

Demond Hunt

See EVIDENCE, page A6

Jewelry is part ofevidence againstconvicted robber

Page 2: DDC-6-25-2014

The ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK – A draft of one of themost popular songs of all time, BobDylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone,” soldTuesday for $2 million, which the auc-tion house called a world record for apopular music manuscript.

A working draft of the finished songin Dylan’s own hand went to an uniden-tified bidder at Sotheby’s. The sellingprice, $2.045 million, included a buyer’spremium.

The manuscript is “the only knownsurviving draft of the final lyrics forthis transformative rock anthem,” So-theby’s said.

The draft is written in pencil on foursheets of hotel letterhead stationerywith revisions, additions, notes anddoodles: a hat, a bird, an animal withantlers. The stationery comes from theRoger Smith Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Dylan was 24 when he recorded thesong in 1965 about a debutante who be-comes a loner when she’s cast from up-per-class social circles.

“How does it feel To be on your own”it says in his handwriting. “No direc-tion home Like a complete unknownLike a rolling stone.”

Scrawls seem to reflect the artist’sexperimentation with rhymes.

The name “Al Capone” is scrawled

in the margin, with a line leading to thelyrics “Like a complete unknown.”

Another note says: “...dry vermouth,you’ll tell the truth...”

Sotheby’s described the seller asa longtime fan from California “whomet his hero in a non-rock context andbought directly from Dylan.” He was notidentified.

The manuscript was offered as partof Sotheby’s rock and pop music sale.

In 2010, John Lennon’s handwrittenlyrics for “A Day in the Life,” the finaltrack on the Beatles’ classic 1967 al-bum “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts ClubBand,” sold for $1.2 million, the recordfor such a sale.

MORNING READ Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.comPage A2 • Wednesday, June 25, 2014

8DAILY PLANNER

Today

Business Networking Interna-tional: 8 a.m. at 920 W. Prairie Dr.,#M, Sycamore (Ecosteam).Free Blood Pressure Clinic: 9 to

11 a.m. at Valley West CommunityHospital, 11 E. Pleasant Ave., Sand-wich. No appointment necessary.815-786-3962 or www.valleywest.org.Fresh Beginnings AA(C): 9:30

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

at 120 Main St., Kingston. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Kishwaukee Kiwanis: 11:45 a.m.

to 1 p.m. at Hopkins Park Commu-nity Room in DeKalb. www.KishKi-wanis.org; contact Amy Polzin [email protected] Club of DeKalb/Syca-

more: Noon to 1 p.m. at Lincoln Inn,DeKalb. Guests are welcome. CallJohn Hughes at 815-991-5387.Sycamore Rotary Club: Noon at

Blumen Gardens, 403 Edward St.,Sycamore.24 Hour A Day Brown Bag

AA(C): 12:05 p.m. at NewmanCenter, 512 Normal Road, DeKalb,800-452-7990; www.dekalbalano-club.com.Kishwaukee Valley Heritage

Museum: 1 to 5 p.m. at 622 ParkAve. in Genoa. Call 815-784-5559for appointments other days.Memories of DeKalb Ag: 2 to

4 p.m. at Nehring Gallery, Suite204, 111 S. Second St., DeKalb. Freeadmission and open to all. www.dekalbalumni.org.Consumer Advocacy Council of

DeKalb County: 3:45 p.m. at Reali-ty House, 631 S. First St. in DeKalb.All consumers of mental healthservices and the public welcome atCACDC meetings.Weight Watchers: 5 p.m. weigh-

in, 5:30 p.m. meeting at WeightWatchers Store, 2583 SycamoreRoad, (near Aldi) DeKalb.Safe Passage Domestic Vio-

lence support group: 815-756-5228; www.safepassagedv.org.Came to Believe AA(C): 6 p.m.

at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E.Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-452-7990;www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Chess Game Play: 6 to 8 p.m.

at Sycamore Public Library, 103E. State St., Sycamore. Free, openchess game play, all ages andskill levels are welcome. [email protected] or visit www.DeKalbChess.com.Northern Illinois Reiki Share:

6 to 7 p.m. at Center for Integra-tive BodyWork, 130 N. Fair St. inSycamore. RSVP appreciated, notrequired; www.yourcfib.com, 815-899-6000 or [email protected] 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.Cortland Lions Club: 7 p.m. at

Lions Shelter House at CortlandCommunity Park. Visitors andprospective members are welcome.815-756-4000.Narcotics Anonymous: 7 to 8

p.m. at United Church of Christ, 615N. First St. in DeKalb. 815-964-5959.www.rragsna.org.Society of Children’s Book

Writers and Illustrators: 7 p.m. inthe lower level conference room atDeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St.Visitors are welcome at these freemonthly meetings. Send email [email protected] Lions Club: 7 p.m.

at MVP’s Regale Center, 124 1/2S. California St., Sycamore. Forservice-minded men and women.www.sycamorelions.org; contactJerome Perez at [email protected] or 815-501-0101.Bingo Night: 7:15 p.m. at

Sycamore Veterans Club, 121 S.California St. 815-895-2679.Celebration Chorale practices:

8 p.m. Wednesdays at First UnitedMethodist Church, 321 Oak St.,DeKalb. Singers are invited. Formore information, call Sally at 815-739-6087.Hopefuls AA(C): 8 p.m. at DeKalb

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

Thursday

Safe Passage Domestic Vio-lence support group: 815-756-5228; www.safepassagedv.org.Weekly Ladies’ Brunch: 8 a.m.

at Fox Valley Community Center,1406 Suydam Road, Sandwich.Cost for these women-only eventsis $4 for food and conversation,along with bottomless cups ofcoffee or tea.Back To Basics AA(C): 9:30 a.m.

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

Fallen Illinois soldier laid to rest

8TODAY’S TALKER

Dylan’s ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ draft sells for $2M

Lathan Goumas – [email protected]

An American flag is presented Tuesday to Pamela Toppen during the funeral of her son, U.S. Army Pfc. Aaron Toppen, in Mokena. Toppen wasone of five American soldiers killed recently by friendly fire in Afghanistan.

8WHAT’S HAPPENING AT DAILY-CHRONICLE.COM?

Yesterday’s Reader Poll results:

Have you noticed meat becomingmore expensive recently?

Yes, a lot: 54 percentYes, a little: 25 percentNo: 14 percentI don’t eat meat: 7 percent

Total votes: 272

Today’s Reader Poll question:

What’s your favorite spread?

• Butter/margarine• Peanut butter• Nutella• Cream cheese• Jelly

Vote online at Daily-Chronicle.com

By LAUREN [email protected]

ORLAND PARK – Some people walkthrough life wearing a cloak of fear.

Army Pfc. Aaron Toppen did not.The fallen soldier’s courage was

remembered Tuesdayat his funeral by U.S.Army Maj. General Jef-frey Snow. Toppen, 19,a Mokena resident, waskilled earlier this monthin Afghanistan.

“Did Aaron knowfear? Of course he did.We all do. But he did not

wear it,” Snow said.Snow said Toppen – who joined the

U.S. Army just two months shy of grad-uating from high school in 2013 – rep-resents “the best of men and womenwho serve, who answer our nation’scall.”

Hundreds attended the young man’sfuneral at Parkview Christian Churchin Orland Park. Thousands of otherslined the route of the funeral proces-sion as Toppen was taken to St. John’sCemetery in Mokena.

Toppen was among five Americantroops who died June 9 in southern Af-ghanistan from an airstrike in one ofthe deadliest friendly-fire incidents inthe war’s history. Military officials be-lieve the airstrike was called in afterthe Taliban ambushed Toppen’s unit.

The teen knew from an early age hewanted to be in the Army, Senior Pas-tor Tim Harlow said to Toppen’s familyand friends at the funeral service.

“There was a patriotism born deepin his soul from his earliest days,” hesaid.

Harlow recalled Toppen as a youngboy riding his bike up and down thestreets of Mokena as he belted out lyr-ics to the popular country song “ProudTo Be An American.”

Family and friends who spoke atthe service described Toppen as an“All-American boy” who loved base-ball, fishing and country music, and

was proud to serve his nation.Outside the church, Dustin Cam-

mack, spokesman for the Illinois Na-tional Guard, said several retired andcurrent military personnel attendedthe funeral to honor Toppen for his ser-vice.

“In the military, we’re a brother-hood, and when one of our own falls,we give them the respect that they de-serve,” Cammack said.

Cammack said he’s been in the mil-itary for as long as Toppen has beenalive. Toppen was just 6 years old whenthe war in Afghanistan first began.

“Today makes me reflect personallyon what I do as a service member andhow dangerous what we do really is,”he said. “This young man didn’t havemuch time on this Earth and unfortu-nately he paid the ultimate price. We’rehere to honor his service and what hehas given to us.”

After the service, Toppen’s flag-draped casket was carried to St. John’sCemetery by a black horse-drawn fu-

neral caisson. Members of the IllinoisPatriot Guard Riders, along with policeand military vehicles, led the funeralprocession from the church.

At the cemetery, Toppen’s moth-er, Pam Toppen, was honored with anAmerican flag folded by members ofthe armed forces – a custom in militaryfunerals – after it was lifted from herson’s casket.

This year has proven to be an excep-tionally difficult time for the Toppenfamily. Toppen’s father, Ronald, diedin February. The young soldier wasscheduled for deployment that samemonth, but stayed behind long enoughto attend his father’s funeral.

Toppen was buried beside his fatherTuesday.

Harlow said Toppen got a tattooinked across his chest before he wasdeployed overseas – a cross with twodog tags representing both of his grand-fathers’ service. The words “For those Ilove I sacrifice” accompany the tattoo,he said.

Accuracy is important to the Daily

Chronicle, and we want to correct

mistakes promptly. Please call

errors to our attention by phone,

815-756-4841, ext. 2257; email,

[email protected]; or fax,

815-758-5059.

8CORRECTIONS

8LOTTERY

Daily-Chronicle.com

OFFICE1586 Barber Greene Road,

DeKalb, IL 60115815-756-4841

Fax: 815-748-41308:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday

NEWSROOM815-756-4841, ext 2257Fax: 815-758-5059

[email protected]

CUSTOMER SERVICE800-589-9363

[email protected] a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday7 to 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday

Missed your paper? Callby 10 a.m. for same-day redelivery

SUBSCRIPTIONSMonday-Friday: $1.00 / issue

Weekend: $1.50 / issueBasic weekly rate: $5.25Basic annual rate: $273

To subscribe, make a payment or discussyour delivery, contact Customer Service.

CLASSIFIED SALES800-589-8237

[email protected]

LEGAL NOTICESLinda Siebolds

[email protected] (2527)Fax: 630-368-8809

RETAIL ADVERTISING815-756-4841, ext. 2217

OBITUARIES815-756-4841, ext. [email protected]

PublisherKaren Pletsch

Ext. [email protected]

EditorEric OlsonExt. 2257

[email protected]

News EditorJillian Duchnowski

Ext. [email protected]

Daily Chronicle andDaily-Chronicle.com are a division

of Shaw Media.

All rights reserved.Copyright 2014

Vol. 136 No. 151

• Relevant information• Marketing Solutions• Community Advocates

facebook.com/dailychronicle

@dailychronicle

Your

CommunityNews Source.

Subscribe today,

and stay in the

local loop.

800-589-9363

Illinois LotteryTuesday

Pick 3-Midday: 8-4-4

Pick 3-Evening: 1-9-5

Pick 4-Midday: 2-8-9-9

Pick 4-Evening: 9-2-3-0

Lucky Day Lotto-Midday:

14-18-20-29-36

Lucky Day Lotto-Evening:

8-21-22-34-39

Lotto jackpot: $10 million

Mega MillionsNumbers not available by press

time

Mega jackpot: $25 million

PowerballPowerball jackpot: $70 million

Rob Winner – [email protected]

The body of Army Pfc. Aaron Toppen is taken Tuesday from Parkview Christian Church in Or-land Park to St. John’s Cemetery on a horse-drawn carriage. The 19-year-old Mokena nativewas among the five American soldiers killed June 9 in a friendly-fire incident in Afghanistan.

Aaron Toppen

Page 3: DDC-6-25-2014

LOCAL Wednesday, June 25, 2014 • Page A3Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com

MDWK

MDWK MDWK

NEW START TIMES FOR SATURDAY NIGHT RACES

T

:

ime Trials at 6:30PM - Racing at 7:30PM

VALID THRU SEPTEMBER 27, 2014 - LIMIT ONE PER CUSTOMEC

RANNOT BE - COPIED, USED ON JULY 5TH OR WITH ANOTHER OFFER

VALID THRU SEPTEMBER 27, 2014 - LIMIT ONE PER CUSTOMEC

RANNOT BE - COPIED, USED ON JULY 5TH OR WITH ANOTHER OFFER

or [email protected]

adno=0274313

Sycamore105 Plank Rd

(815) 895-0016

ad

no

=0

27

99

96

Dance Classes for Ages 3 and Up

• Ballet • Jazz • Storybook Ballet •

• Contemporary • Tumbling •

• Aerial Silks • Pilates •

815-901-7653 • 504 N. Main St., Sycamore, IL 60178

Making Children Smile and Motivating Minds!

• Age Appropriate Music, Movement &

Costumes

• Highly Qualified Instructors

• Multiple Class & Family Discounts

ENROLL YOUR CHILD TODAY!adno=0274528

By JESSI [email protected]

SYCAMORE – Many North-

ern Illinois University ath-

letes came to Sycamore for the

first time Tuesday night.

“Some of the student-ath-

letes tell me they’ve never

been here before,” said Mayor

Ken Mundy. “It’s nice to have

some town-gown relation-

ships over here, too.”

Discover Sycamore held a

Tuesdays on the Town event

in downtown Sycamore. The

theme was NIU Night, the sec-

ond year for the event, and

NIU athletes were on hand

to play games with children

from Sycamore. The events

are usually held on the second

Tuesday of the month, but this

week’s event was a resched-

uled NIU Night because the

original event was canceled

for rain.

However, it worked out

better for NIU Athletics.

“We’re here now for work-

outs,” said Ally Lehman, a

member of the women’s bas-

ketball team. “We wouldn’t

have been here for the first

event. But we’re having fun

and it looks like [the kids] are

having fun.”

Children could play in a

bounce house, listen to a DJ

and play basketball alongside

both men’s and women’s team

players.

Mundy said it’s important

for NIU and Sycamore to have

a connection to each other.

“Northern and Sycamore

have a lot in common,” Mun-

dy said. “We’re both growing

and trying to be best at what

we do. It’s good to work to-

gether and show NIU students

the communities they can be

involved in.”

Robert Biarnesen of Syca-

more brought his son, Leland,

7, to see what the event was all

about. Leland enjoyed play-

ing basketball alongside some

of NIU’s players.

“You put the defense on

them, didn’t you,” Biarnesen

said to his son.

Laura Gregory of Syca-

more is an NIU alum and

brought her daughters out to

the event. She said they en-

joyed meeting the cheerlead-

ers. Football, basketball and

volleyball were also repre-

sented at the event.

NIU cheerleader Kacie

Patterson participated in the

event for a second year.

‘”It’s fun signing auto-

graphs for the little kids,”

Patterson said. “It’s like they

think we’re famous.”

The event was also a

chance for NIU to introduce

The Yard, a new tailgating

concept that will begin this

fall at home football games.

Katie Berry, NIU Athletics as-

sistant director of marketing,

said a fan tailgating section

will be available on the west

side of the stadium. It will be

open admission and feature

live music, a beer garden, a

kids zone and more for each

home game.

Katelyn Fogle, Sycamore

Chamber of Commerce events

and marketing assistant, said

Tuesday’s event had one of

the series’ best turnouts, and

she said the partnership with

NIU is something she looks

forward to continuing.

“It’s fun and it’s nice that

the hoops are low enough to

dunk,” said Cassidy Glenn, a

member of the women’s bas-

ketball team.

By JILLIAN [email protected]

SYCAMORE – A 20-year-old Sycamore man accusedof raping his teenage girl-friend remained in DeKalbCounty Jail on Tuesday on$500,000 bond.

Officials at Delnor Hospi-tal in Geneva notified policeFriday after the girl soughtmedical attention, Sycamorepolice said in a news release.

Marcus C. Young, of the400 block of Stark Avenue,was arrested Saturday on

c h a r g e s o fa g g r a v a t e dcriminal sex-ual assault,a g g r a v a t e ddomestic bat-tery and ag-gravated bat-tery.

I f c o n -victed of the most seriouscharge, aggravated criminalsexual assault, he would besentenced to between six and30 years in prison.

He is next due in courtJuly 8.

DeKalb fast-tracks university bus projectBy KATIE DAHLSTROM

[email protected]

DeKALB – Without know-ing the full details of theproject, DeKalb City Councilmembers gave Northern Illi-nois University a green lightto create a bus-staging areaalong Normal Road.

The decision means NIUwill be able to skip a processthat would normally takeseveral months and involvemore input from the CityCouncil. Instead, City Man-ager Anne Marie Gaura willissue NIU a permit and work

with university officials asthey design and construct abus-staging area in front ofthe Holmes Student Center.

University officials wantthe area to be ready for thefall semester, a timeline thetypical city approval processwould not accommodate.

City Attorney Dean Frie-ders explained to aldermenthey were voting on whetherthey supported the concept,but that areas such as safetyconcerns and impact on pub-lic utilities in the area wouldbe worked out between uni-versity and city staff.

“We’re trying to be flex-ible and work with a veryimportant local business,”Frieders said.

Bill Nicklas, NIU’s vicepresident of community rela-

tions and pub-lic safety, saidt h e c h a n g ewould shift allHuskie busesfrom the westto the east sideof the HolmesStudent Cen-ter. The area

would be big enough foreight buses to load and un-

load students under a cano-py. Buses would then headsouth on Normal Road.

Pushing the buses fromthe west to the east sidewould allow students to walkacross Carroll Avenue fromthe Holmes Student Centerto Neptune halls withoutworrying about bus traffic,Nicklas said, adding thechange would be evaluatedin a year.

“The idea is to start grad-ually using that area less fortransportation and more forstudent purposes, to makethat a more comfortable

walking area, for pedestri-ans and bicycles,” Nicklassaid. “So there is a changeand there is a shift to meetthe market.”

The plan drew some irefrom aldermen, with 3rdWard Alderwoman Kris-ten Lash and 5th Ward Al-derman Ron Naylor votingagainst the motion becausethey opposed NIU moving soquickly.

Lash raised concernsabout pedestrians crossingNormal Road. She noted safe-ty could become more of anissue if the university staged

buses on a road that alreadysees some speeding drivers.

“I hate to kill a plan, butthere’s a number of big pub-lic safety concerns,” Lashsaid. “I don’t know if I’d becomfortable passing theplans without seeing thoseaddressed.”

Nicklas contended Lash’sconcerns about people speed-ing along Normal Roadwould be present with orwithout moving the bus stag-ing area. He also pointed outthe road has several speedbumps and is monitored bycampus police.

Bill Nicklas

Police say locals stole pot,phones from DeKalb home

By ANDREA [email protected]

DeKALB – When two men

broke into a DeKalb home

early Monday, one of them

showed the victims the bul-

lets in his gun to illustrate

the seriousness of the situa-

tion, authorities said.

Police say Tyler J. Mejia,

21, of the 5500 block of South

Peace Road, Sycamore, and

Genaro Flores, 19, of the 1100

block of South Sixth Street,

DeKalb, entered the home at

the 300 block of Ash Court

about 2:49 a.m. Monday

armed with handguns. They

threatened to shoot those in

the house, and during the

robbery, hit one of the vic-

tims in the mouth so hard

the wound required stitches.

Both Flores and Mejia

were charged with home in-

vasion and armed robbery,

which typically are punish-

able by between six and 30

years in prison. If the men

are found guilty of using a

firearm in the crime, they

would face at least 21 years

in prison.

The victims told police

three men entered the home

and stole cellphones, mari-

juana and cash from them.

They recognized Flores, who

stored several of the stolen

items in his bedroom, court

records show.

DeKalb police Detective

Lt. Bob Redel said the vic-

tims and suspects had been

feuding. Flores used to be

friends with the victims.

“Obviously, it escalated

and got out of control,” Redel

said.

Charges also are pending

against a 15-year-old boy, Re-

del said.

Flores told police Mejia

also participated in the rob-

bery, but Mejia told police

that he was in Elgin at the

time. However, police later

found text messages stating

Mejia was in DeKalb at the

time of the robbery and was

at Flores’ home after the

robbery, according to court

records.

Both men were arrested

Monday at Flores’ home and

remained in jail Tuesday.

Mejia’s bond was set Tues-

day at $500,000. Flores’ bond

was set at $150,000.

Mejia is next due in court

on July 8, while Flores is

next due in court July 1.

Genaro Flores Tyler J. Mejia

Sycamore man jailed oncharge of raping girlfriend

Marcus C.Young

www.salvationarmyusa.orgMeeting human needs through Christ

815-756-4308

Photos by Danielle Guerra – [email protected]

Northern Illinois University basketball player Aaron “Juice” Armstead is triple-teamed by (from left) Kai Spears, 10, Joey Gregory, 9, and JakobKakkuri, 11, on Tuesday, during Sycamore’s Tuesdays on the Town NIU athletic event in downtown Sycamore. The next Tuesdays on the Townevent will be “A Night on the Farm” on July 8. See more photos at Daily-Chronicle.com.

NIU athletes visit SycamorePart of Tuesdayson the Town event

Northern Illinois University fan John Garman (left) of Sycamore talks toNIU linebacker Bobby Jones.

“It’s fun signing

autographs for the

little kids.”

Kacie PattersonNorthern Illinois University

cheerleader

Page 4: DDC-6-25-2014

LOCAL Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.comPage A4 • Wednesday, June 25, 2014

INBODEN’SMEAT MARKET1106 N. 1st, DeKalb

756-5852Hours: Mon–Sat 8am–7pm; Closed Sun

June 26th, 27th & 28th

- BAKERY/DELI -

- PRODUCE -

RED GRAPES

BABY SPINACH

APPLE & CHERRYFRITTERS

99¢LB

AMERICA’S CUTPORK CHOPS

$389LB

HERBED PORKPATTIES

$369LB

- WINE ROOM -

PINEAPPLE UPSIDEDOWN CAKE

BLACK BEANEDEMAME

SMOKEDDELI HAM

$259

$198

$149$399

EA

LB

LB

LB

BABY CARROTS

South African Summer Whites

GEWURZTRAMINER

RUSTENBERGSAUVIGNON BLANC

PAUL CLUVERCHARDONNAY

$1399

$1299

$1899

49¢EA

CHICKEN CURRYWURST

$399LB

MARINATEDBOURBON SIRLOIN

STEAKS

$799LB

$399LB

PULL-APARTBREADS

$279EA- Jalapeno & Cheddar -

- Bacon & Cheddar -- Pepperoni & Asiago cheese -

LARGE EGGS 99¢

89¢

DOZ

LB

Visit Us At

WWW.MEATPLACE.COM

TEXT MEATPLACE TO

36000 FOR VALUABLE

COUPONS DIRECT TO

YOUR PHONE

ad

no

=0

27

47

80

For Valuable Coupons~Hillside Restaurant~121 N. 2nd St., DeKalb • 756-4749

• Rhubarb Pie

• Morocan Chicken Kabobs

New Summer Menu

adno=0274716

Hot Summer Styles!

112 W. Main Street • Plano, Illinois 60545

www.cooperhomefurnishings.com

Cooper’s Home Furnishings

(630) 552-8288

adno=0274757

Monday & Friday 9am-9pm | Tuesday, Wednesday & Saturday 9am-6pm

Thursday 9am-noon | Sunday Closed

8OBITUARIES

Sign andread he onlineguet books atwww.legacy.com/Daily-Chronicle

View a complete list of

Daily Chronicle obituaries

by clicking on the calendar dates

Send flowers, gifts

and charitable

contributions

ALBERT Q. EBEL IIBorn: Jan. 3, 1918, in Algonquin,Illinois

Died: June 22, 2014, in DeKalb,Illinois

DeKALB –Albert Q. Ebel II,96, of DeKalb,Illinois, wentto be with hisLord on Sunday,June 22, 2014,at KishwaukeeHospital, DeKalb,after a shortillness.Born Jan.

3, 1918, the seventh child outof eight to Albert Q. and Jenny(Larson) Ebel of Algonquin,Albert married the love of his life,Elwanda Marie Pilcher, on Aug. 29,1942, at the Pastor’s Parsonageof the Baptist Church in Kahoka,Missouri.Albert is survived by his wife

of 71 years, Elwanda; their threechildren, son Albert Q. (Linda-kay) Ebel III of Kingston andLake Tomahawk, Wisconsin, andchildren, Robert, Greg and Pamela,daughter Dorene (Milan) Reimerof Leoiti and children Tanis,Duane, Janee’, Justin and Kirk, anddaughter Carla (Richard) Walter ofRockford and sons Richard Jr., An-drew and Scott; 20 great-grand-children; a sister, Eunice Andres ofMcHenry; as well as many nieces,nephews and special friends.He was preceded in death by

his parents; two sisters; and fourbrothers.Albert attended first through

eighth grade at Ford School inAlgonquin (now being restored),and graduated from Dundee HighSchool. He enlisted in the U.S.Navy on Dec. 8, 1941, the day afterPearl Harbor, and was one of theseven out of 700 who went toWashington, D.C., for six monthsto study fire control for advancefire control. He graduated withhigh honors and with the rank ofpetty officer third class, and wasthen assigned to the USS Iowa,BB 61, on Feb. 22, 1943, where heserved his country, firing the firstshell and 1,999 shells until histransfer to the switchboard. Hewas discharged in August 1945, atthe end of World War II.

Through the years, Albert

farmed in the Fox River Grove and

Marengo areas, and farmed with

his son, Albert Q. Ebel III, in the

Genoa area until his retirement in

2009.

Albert was very active on the

school board of District 17, Exec-

utive Committee of Farm Home

Administration, Master of Maren-

go Grange and McHenry County

Pomona Grange and Executive

Committee of Marengo Grange as

well as serving as secretary of the

McHenry County Pomona Grange.

Albert also served as trustee

and moderator at the First Baptist

Church of Marengo, where he was

a lifetime member; and served on

the advisory board of Production

Credit Association and advisory

board of Federal Land Bank, and

in 1984 he reorganized the Cook

Creek drainage district.

Albert served as commander

of Marengo VFW from 1978 to

1980 and served on the executive

committee of the Marengo VFW.

He also was a life member of Post

337 in Genoa.

The visitation will be from 9:30

a.m. Thursday, June 26, until

the time of service at 11 a.m. at

Windridge Funeral Home, 104 High

Road (just west of Route 14 and

Main Street), Cary.

Burial will be at Windridge

Memorial Park, Cary.

In lieu of flowers, memorials

may be given to the Veterans

Association of the USS Iowa,

24307 Magic Mountain Parkway

#342, Valencia, CA 91355, (please

indicate that your donation is in

memory of Albert Q. Ebel II) or to

the American Heart Association.

For more information, visit

www.WindridgeFuneralHome.

com or call the funeral home at

847-639-2191.

To sign the online guest book,

visit www.legacy.com/dai-

ly-chronicle.

JACOB W. SCHNEIDERJR.Born: April 10, 1927, in West Bend,

Wisconsin

Died: June 20, 2014, in Galesburg,

Illinois

Jacob Schneider, 87, of Gales-

burg, Illinois, passed away on

Friday, June20, 2014, atSeminary Manorin Galesburg.Jake was born

April 10, 1927, in West Bend,Wisconsin, the oldest son ofJacob and Frieda (née Walde)Schneider.He attended grade school and

high school in West Bend. Ayear after high school, he left forCarthage College in the centralwestern part of Illinois.During college, he enlisted

in the U.S. Army. He spent twoyears in Germany attached to theEuropean Command InspectingGenerals office. Jake spent hisspare time as a Scoutmasterfor a scout troop for militarydependents at Mannheim,Germany. Following his dischargefrom the U.S. Army, he returnedto Carthage College in order tocomplete a major in businessadministration.With college behind him, he at-

tended Schiff Scout Reservationin Mandham, New Jersey. Thiswas the next step toward full-time employment with the BoyScouts of America. He enteredfull-time employment with theBoy Scouts of America in June1955. Jake was very active withPack 21, which had 193 Cubs,and Troop 23, which had 39Scouts, both in West Bend.He was employed by Prairie

Council and transferred to ChiefShabbona Council in St. Charles.In 1958, he started employmentwith Sac-Fox Council in Moline.From there, Jake went to OakPlain Council in Waukegan. Hiswork took in all of the GreatLakes Naval Installation.In February 1971, he trans-

ferred to the national staff of theBoy Scouts of America, workingout of Melrose Park. During thenext 10 years, he covered eightMidwest states for the BSA salesfor their supply division. In May1990, he retired after 35 years ofemployment.He is survived by his sis-

ter, Wilma Jean of Park Falls,Wisconsin; two nieces and onenephew, Gail Patricia Cassaferof San Francisco, California, KarlFrederick of New Berlin, Wiscon-sin and Stephanie Ann (Jona-

than) Richter of Hales Corners,Wisconsin; one sister-in-law,Marilyn Schneider of Franklin,Wisconsin; one great-niece,Rebecca Marie Richter of HalesCorners; other relatives andfriends.In addition to his parents, Jake

was preceded in death by twobrothers, Stephen Ray and War-ren Robert; and one aunt, HelenKonoske.Funeral services will be at

10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 25,at the chapel at WashingtonCounty Memorial Park. Gravesideservices will follow with militaryhonors.The family has requested

memorials to the Boy Scouts ofAmerica – ATTN: Boy Scouts ofAmerica, in care of Schmidt Fu-neral Home, 629 Cedar St., WestBend, WI 53095.The Schmidt Funeral Home of

West Bend is serving the family.Online guest book and condo-lences are available at www.schmidtfuneralhome.com.To sign the online guest book,

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

8POLICE REPORTS

Note to readers: Informationin Police Reports is obtainedfrom the DeKalb County Sheriff’sOffice and city police depart-ments. Individuals listed inPolice Reports who have beencharged with a crime have notbeen proven guilty in court.

Northern IllinoisUniversityAlberto G. Lopez, 19, of the

600 block of Leonard Avenue,DeKalb, was charged Saturday,June 21, with DUI and posses-sion of marijuana.Jerrell D. Ross, 21, of the 3500

block of 190th Place, Lansing,was charged on Sunday, June22, with DUI.

DeKalb CountyDennis Judge, 49, of the 100

block of Nichols Drive, Syca-more, was charged Saturday,June 21 with violating an orderof protection.Dontrell Mandley, 20, of the

21200 block of Bridle Path Drive,Matteson, was charged Monday,June 23, with possession ofdrug paraphernalia, possessionof marijuana and driving with asuspended license.

Elburn supporting theVAC’s bus depot plan

By ERIC [email protected]

ELBURN – Elburn officialsare supporting a project thatwould provide daily shuttlebus service from DeKalb to theMetra station in Elburn.

Elburn Village PresidentDave Anderson recently senta letter to U.S. Department ofTransportation Secretary An-thony Foxx stating his supportfor the Voluntary Action Cen-ter’s plan for a $15.7 millionbus depot. The center, whichoperates the bus service, isrequesting $11.4 million infederal funds, which wouldbe matched by $3.5 million instate funds and $750,000 in lo-cal funding.

State funding already hasbeen secured and DeKalbCounty has already committeda $750,000 land donation to theproject. The bus depot wouldbe built on 10 acres on BarberGreene Road near Peace Roadin DeKalb, and would replacethe depot at Peace and Bethanyroads.

“It gives people a chanceto come to Elburn,” Andersonsaid. “We’ve got plenty of posi-tive things going on.”

The project would providepark-and-ride shuttle servicefrom the new depot to the El-burn Metra station. About 100parking spots would be avail-able for commuters to take ashuttle bus to the Metra sta-tion in Elburn, Zucker said.Although officials have yet towork out the exact details, theyexpect to run the service to thestation daily, with the nearly19-mile one-way bus trip cost-ing about $5.

A bus service shuttlingriders from Northern IllinoisUniversity to the Elburn Me-tra station operates on Fridaysand Sundays, he said.

“This would add to it,” An-derson said.

He also pointed out the en-vironmental benefits of pro-viding additional public trans-portation.

“It helps to minimize ex-haust fumes from automo-biles,” Anderson said.

Police: Kingston man leftfrog carcasses on a porch

By JILLIAN [email protected]

KINGSTON – A 21-year-old

Kingston man faces a misde-

meanor charge for allegedly

dumping 15 to 20 frog carcasses

on his neighbor’s porch Mon-

day.

Jay J. Behles, of the 300

block of Willow Street, re-

mained in DeKalb County Jail

on Tuesday afternoon, un-

able to post $500 bail. He was

charged with criminal damage

to property, as the frog carcass-

es damaged the mat or carpet-

ing on the porch, DeKalb Coun-

ty Sheriff Chief Deputy Gary

Dumdie said.

Behles had been hunting

frogs Monday with two other

people, Dumdie said.

“When they got back to his

place, after he cleaned them, he

took all of the

remains and

dumped them

on the neigh-

bor’s porch,”

said Dumdie,

adding police

did not believe

Behles had any

intent beyond

bothering the neighbor.

The woman found the car-

casses about 9 p.m. Monday

when she returned from work.

Behles was sentenced Feb.

20 to two years of probation

for retail theft. He also was

ordered to serve two months

in jail, complete 100 hours of

community service, and finish

drug addiction treatment.

Jay J. Behles

Page 5: DDC-6-25-2014

LOCAL & STATE Wednesday, June 25, 2014 • Page A5Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com

Spring Rebate April 1st to June 13thUp to $100 in Rebates*

*See store for details

FLOOR TO CEILING2439 Bethany Rd., Sycamore

(815) 756-8575floortoceiling.com/sycamore

Free Cabinet Glaze!*

*Through July 13, 2014. See store for details.

ad

no

=02

74

40

8

adno=0238633

KNEE PAIN

920 West Prairie DriveSuite J,Sycamore, IL

(815) 895-3354 • SycamoreIntegratedHealth.com

Arthritis, overuse and tears may lead to stiffness,

pain and restricted activity. Eventually the pain

may be severe enough that you are told you

need knee replacement surgery or daily medica-

tion to control the pain. In this workshop you’ll

learn why it occurs, what options exist and how

you can be helped. Don’t make any decisions

you’ll regret until you’ve heard this information.

ENDARTHRITIS KNEE PAIN TODAY AND

AVOIDKNEE REPLACEMENT

• FDA ApprovedNon-Surgical solutions

• 86% Success Rate• Medicare Approved.

FREE WORKSHOPLuncheon or Dinner

Come to our complimentary lunch or dinner informational

workshop and learn about the options available to those

with chronic knee pain.

LUNCH - Thursday, June 26 • NOON

DINNER - Thursday, June 26 • 6 p.m.

LOCATION - Mitchel Lounge inside the Jane FargoHotel in Downtown Sycamore

SEATING IS LIMITED - RSVP BY:Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Don’t Wait in Pain any Longer!

adno=0274584

For Peggy Doty, an environ-mental and energy steward-ship educator with Universityof Illinois Extension, the scarypart about the monarchs’ de-cline is what it means for otherpollinators and insects.

“I think the monarch is aneasy poster child,” Doty said.“But this is happening to a lotof other pollinators. No polli-nators, no food.”

Disappearing foodPat Miller spends her days

educating people in northernIllinois about conservationissues, such as the decliningpopulation of monarch butter-flies, the state insect that ap-pears in Illinois from May toSeptember. She’s a conserva-tion specialist with MonarchWatch, a nationwide organiza-tion based out of the Universi-ty of Kansas.

“I think the average personshould care about monarchsbecause it’s an indicator,”Miller said. “What’s happen-ing to monarchs is happeningto other insects. We just can’ttrack them.”

Scientists measure the mon-arch population by observinghow much area they cover inoverwintering sites in Mexico.According to Monarch Watch,when measured this winter,monarchs covered 1.65 acres, adismal figure compared to the51.8 acres they covered at theirpeak in the winter of 1997.

“We don’t think they’ll everachieve the numbers theyonce had,” Miller said. “Thegood thing, though, about in-sects is they can produce atrapid rates.”

Monarchs exclusively laytheir eggs on milkweed, be-cause it provides all the nu-trients the black, white andyellow banded caterpillarsneed. After they mature intobutterflies, they will migratethousands of miles to Mexico,Miller said.

However, Miller explained,milkweed plants are disap-pearing because of things suchas modern farming practices.

Milkweed previously thrived

along fence rows or among

corn and soybean fields. But

milkweed has been a victim of

advancements in herbicides

and disappearing fencerows,

Miller said.

Ensuring milkweed sur-

vives so monarchs can thrive

is far from farmers’ minds,

said Russ Higgins, an educator

at the University of Illinois Ex-

tension farm in Waterman. Al-

lowing milkweed can decrease

a farmer’s crop yield with very

little payoff, he said.

While beautiful, monarchs

are not prolific pollinators.

Even if they were, corn and

soybeans don’t require polli-

nation.

“What does the farmer get

out of it other than supporting

the monarch population?” Hig-

gins asked. “As management

plans are made currently, it’s

not something high on the ra-

dar. I don’t think producers

are intentionally trying to

harm the monarch population,

but clearly farmers have to

make a living.”

Higgins also pointed to

places outside farm fields that

used to host bountiful milk-

weed, such as well-manicured

yards. He suggested homeown-

ers find a place for milkweed

in their gardens, a task that

some local homeowners have

already undertaken.

Supporting monarchsCustomers flock to mon-

arch-attracting plants like

butterfly or swamp milkweed

and nectar-rich flowers at Blu-

men Gardens in Sycamore,

said co-owner Joel Barczak.

Barczak made it a personal

mission to foster the monarch

population about a dozen years

ago after he traveled to the fir

forests in Mexico during Jan-

uary.

“There had been a cold snap

and there had to have been one

feet deep of dead or dormant

monarchs,” Barczak said.

He recommended creating

a 5-by-5-foot area in a yard

with milkweed and nectar-pro-

ducing flowers as a means to

offer monarchs a place to eat

and lay eggs.

Kowalski has yet to see a mon-

arch this year, but she knows at

least one was in the milkweed

she purposely planted three

years ago outside her home.

About a week ago she dis-

covered four caterpillars no

bigger than the space between

lines on a sheet of notebook

paper and one slightly bigger.

She took them inside her home

and placed them in a tupper-

ware container with plenty of

milkweed for them to eat.

The larger caterpillar has

already progressed through

the five stages of skin shed-

ding, known as instars. The

transforming insect now

hangs in a chrysalis from a

butterfly pavilion, a mesh tube

that looks like it could double

as a laundry basket. She ex-

pects it will emerge as a butter-

fly in five days, at which point

she’ll release it.

“I’ll feel happy,” Kowalski

said. “And I’ll feel hope.”

• BUTTERFLYContinued from page A1

Milkweed key to monarch survival

Danielle Guerra – [email protected]

Two monarch caterpillars sit on milkweed leaves on DeKalb resident Mary Kowalski’s front porch on Mon-day. Kowalski found five caterpillars on milkweed leaves in her rain garden and plans on releasing themafter they transform into monarchs.

About monarchs

Millions of monarch butterfliesmigrate each year to overwinter inthe fir forests in central Mexico, ajourney that is 1,500 linear miles onaverage. The migration is greaterthan that of any other insect andstarts in late August. Most of themonarchs that migrate each fall arethree to four generations removedfrom the monarchs that migratedthe previous year.

Source: Monarch Watch

Bond still set at $50Kin cosmetics theft case

By ANDREA [email protected]

DeKALB – A judge de-

clined to reduce bond Tues-

day for three people accused

of stealing about $950 worth

of perfume, lipstick and co-

logne from Ulta in DeKalb.

Derick L. Levy, 23, of Dav-

enport, Iowa; Anetta Grice,

56, of East Moline; and Sawn-

ya Clark, 33, of East Moline,

were charged with two counts

of burglary and four counts of

retail theft. They also are ac-

cused of stealing a camcorder

from the DeKalb Best Buy on

the same day, June 14, court

records show.

DeKalb County Presiding

Judge Robbin Stuckert de-

clined to reduce their $50,000

bond because they all had

previous convictions for theft

and had no

connections

to the DeKalb

County area.

I f c o n -

victed of the

more serious

charge, bur-

glary, they

would face be-

tween three and seven years

in prison.

Clark is next due in court

Thursday, while Levy and

Grice are next due in court on

July 10.

8BRIEFS

16th District candidateplans meet-and-greetKIRKLAND – Randall Olsen, a

Democrat who is running for the16th District of Congress, willhost a meet and greet Thursday.The eventwill be from5 to 7

p.m. at the Kirkland Fire Depart-ment, 3891 Route 72. The public iswelcome tomeetwith the candi-date,who is a 20-year veteran ofthe Air Force. For information, visitelectrandallolsen.com.

– Jessi Haish

Lawmaker signs mostsubpoenas for Ill. programCHICAGO– Five former state

officials under Gov. Pat Quinn’sadministrationwill be subpoe-naed to testify about a troubled2010 anti-violence program nextmonth, but the rejection of twoother subpoenas by a key Dem-ocratic lawmaker on Tuesdayreignited claims of election-yearpolitics.The subpoenas for officials

including Quinn’s former chief of

staff and a deputy chief neededthe signature of state Rep. FrankMautino after a Legislative AuditCommission subcommitteevoted for themMonday.Mautino,of Spring Valley, said Tuesdaythat he didn’t agreewith twoothers because their dutieswereoutside the scope of an auditthat highlighted problemswithQuinn’s Neighborhood RecoveryInitiative. The bipartisan commis-sion reviews and approves stateaudits.But afterMautino’s decision, his

co-chair, state Sen. Jason Barick-man, a Bloomington Republican,accused Democrats of thwartingthe fact-finding process.“It’s extremely disappointing

to think that the Democratsare trying to distance someindividuals from this program andinhibit our ability to get answersto individuals that we agreedupon,” he said. “These are theunfortunate games that wewereconcerned about.”

–Wire report

Anetta Grice

Sawnya Clark

Derick L. Levy

Page 6: DDC-6-25-2014

FROM PAGE 1 Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.comPage A6 • Wednesday, June 25, 2014

1 Offer valid through 7-7-2014. Cannot be combined with any other promotional offer or Groupon. See store for details. Photos for illustration purposes only. 2 Excludes doorbusters. 3 The Back To Bed credit card is issued by Wells Fargo Financial National Bank. Special terms for 5 years from date ofpurchase apply to qualifying purchases charged with approved credit. The special terms APR will continue to apply until all qualifying purchases are paid in full. The monthly payment for this purchase will be the amount that will pay for the purchase in full in equal payments during the promotional (specialterms) period. The APR for Purchases will apply to certain fees such as a late payment fee or if you use the card for other transactions. For newly opened accounts, the APR for Purchases is 27.99%. This APR may vary with the market based on the U.S. Prime Rate and is given as of 7-1-2013. If you arecharged interest in any billing cycle, the minimum interest charge will be $1.00. Offer expires 7-7-2014. 4 See store for details. 5 Based on comparable innerspring or memory foam mattress or mattress set prices. See store for details. Excludes Doorbusters and Free Boxspring offer.

NOCREDITREQUIRED4

5YEARS

3

0%for up toAPR

OR

2395 SYCAMORE RD. (AT BARBER GREENE RD.) IN DEKALB • 815-768-2476

FOR THE LOCATION NEAREST YOU, CALL 888-254-1611 OR VISIT www.backtobed.comOPEN MONDAY-THURSDAY 10-8:30 • FRIDAY 10-8 • SATURDAY 10-6 • SUNDAY 11-5:30

50 CHICAGOLAND STORES • FOR THE SLEEP YOU DREAM ABOUT!®

BACK BEDTO

BRING INANYONE’SADANDWEWILLBEATTHEIR PRICE BY10%

5

The most highly recommended bed in America.™

THE ONLY PLACE TOBUY

SAVE50%2

ONALL BEAUTYREST MATTRESSES

Exclusively at Back To Bed, our new Beautyrest mattresses are customizedwith better materials so they feel better, perform better and last longer.

ONLY BACK TO BED HAS THEBEST MATTRESSES!

TWIN................$339 ............... $899FULL ................$389 ............... $999KING................$639 .............$1,499

NOW ONLY LIST PRICETWIN................$254 ............... $889FULL ................$299 ............... $999KING................$509 .............$1,529

NOW ONLY LIST PRICE

$309NOWONLY $399NOW

ONLYLIST PRICE $1,029 LIST PRICE $1,019

TWIN................$109 ............... $339FULL ................$149 ............... $499KING................$289 ............... $779

$189NOW ONLY LIST PRICE

NOWONLYLIST PRICE $579

Rest byDesign ®

QUEEN MATTRESSWITH 6” OF MEMORY FOAM

QUEEN PLUSH MATTRESS QUEEN LUXURY FIRMMATTRESS

BACK BEDTO

Make yourself comfortable.www.backtobed.com

LOCALLY-OWNED & OPERATEDSALE!1

NOW THRU JULY 4TH WEEKEND!OPEN JULY 4TH 9AM-6PM

4TH OF JULY

DOORBUSTER!DOORBUSTER!DOORBUSTER!

ONLY DURING OUR 4TH OF JULY SALE!

ONEYEARCOMFORTGUARANTEE!

If you don’t love your mattress, you have one full year to exchange it.No fine print. No questions. No hassle.

adno=0270669

adno=0268638Visit WWW.MEATPLACE.COM For Valuable Coupons

1106 N. 1st, DeKalb • 756-5852

INBODEN’S MARKETButcher, Baker, Fresh Greens & Gourmet

2014Grand

ChampionBratwurst

andOther AwardWinning Sausages

GRILL ‘EM

ON THE 4TH

OF JULY!

ad

no

=0274783

A weeklong fight for controlof Iraq’s largest oil refinerystretched continued Tuesdaywith helicopter gunships at-tacking what appeared to beformations of Sunni militantspreparing for another assaulton the facility in Beiji, a topmilitary official said.

Chief military spokesmanLt. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawihas denied reports that the fa-cility has fallen to the rebels.

Government air forces alsoreportedly bombed the town ofQaim near the Syrian borderon Tuesday, days after it wasseized by Islamic extremists inAnbar province, west of Bagh-dad. Provincial governmentspokesman Dhari al-Rishawisaid 17 civilians were killed.

Kerry traveled to Irbil, thecapital of the self-rule Kurdishregion on Tuesday, a day after

meeting with al-Maliki and oth-er Iraqi officials in Baghdad,where he pushed for them toadopt new policies that wouldgive more authority to Iraq’sminority Sunnis and Kurds.

Kerry said after the Bagh-dad meetings that all the lead-ers agreed to start the processof seating a new parliamentby July 1, which will advancea constitutionally requiredtimetable for naming a presi-dent, prime minister and a newCabinet. Al-Maliki’s politicalbloc won the most seats in par-liamentary elections in Aprilbut must assemble a majoritycoalition in the legislature inorder to secure a third term forthe Shiite leader.

Kerry has repeatedly saidthat it’s up to Iraqis – not theU.S. or other nations – to selecttheir leaders. But he also hasnoted bitterness and growingimpatience among all of Iraq’smajor sects and ethnic groupswith al-Maliki’s government.

Barzani’s support will becrucial for resolving the po-litical impasse because Kurdsrepresent about 20 percent ofIraq’s population and usuallyvote as a unified bloc.

He told Kerry that Kurdsare seeking “a solution for thecrisis that we have witnessed.”But, he said, “we are facing anew reality and a new Iraq.”

Barzani did not elaborate,but he was apparently refer-ring to the Kurds now con-trolling Kirkuk and other areasin northern Iraq that they havelong sought to incorporate intotheir region.

Kerry said at the start ofan hour-long meeting that theKurdish security forces havebeen “really critical” in help-ing restrain the insurgents.

“This is a very critical timefor Iraq, and the governmentformation challenge is the cen-tral challenge that we face,”Kerry said. He said Iraqi lead-ers must “produce the broad-

based, inclusive governmentthat all the Iraqis I have talkedto are demanding.”

The U.S. believes a newpower-sharing agreement inBaghdad would soothe angerdirected at the majority Shi-ite government, a rage that isthought to have fueled the on-going insurgency. Iraq’s popu-lation is about 60 percent ShiiteMuslim, whose leaders rose topower with U.S. help after the2003 fall of former PresidentSaddam Hussein and his Sun-ni-dominated regime.

Two senior State Depart-ment officials who attended themeeting said Kerry pre-emp-tively brought up the issue ofthe Kurdish region’s “self-de-termination” – its yearslongdesire to create an independentstate – and told Barzani thatIraq will remain stronger if itis united. They spoke on thecondition of anonymity in ex-change for releasing the detailsof the private meeting.

• IRAQContinued from page A1

Kerry says it’s up to Iraqis to select leaders

Keeping the ring as evi-

dence allows prosecutors to

point to its small size to pro-

vide a reason for why officers

may have not found the ring

when first searching Hunt,

McAdams said. Testimony

during Hunt’s two-day jury

trial revealed police searched

Hunt multiple times before

they found the ring in his car-

go pants pocket. One of the

women who were robbed iden-

tified the ring as hers.

Authorities said Hunt

pointed a gun at the two wom-

en while wearing a mask and

demanded money from the

safe. When they told him they

didn’t have access to the safe,

he hit one across the face and

stole a cellphone and a purse.

Police found the stolen cell-

phone in Hunt’s girlfriend’s

University Heights apart-

ment, along with a loaded gun

and Hunt’s wallet.

Both on Tuesday and

during the trial, defense at-

torney Chip Criswell empha-

sized that Hunt’s girlfriend’s

testimony was the only thing

connecting Hunt to the crime

– until police discovered the

ring after they interrogated

and arrested Hunt.

His girlfriend, Mariah

Romero, 22, of University

Park, received a plea deal that

allowed her to avoid prison

time in exchange for testify-

ing against him. Prosecutors

promised to drop the armed

robbery charge against her,

as well as an unrelated retail

theft charge, and allow her

to plead guilty to obstructing

justice and serve a year of

conditional discharge, which

is a type of nonreporting pro-

bation. The plea deal has not

been entered before a judge

yet.

DeKalb County Assistant

State’s Attorney Duke Har-

ris said Criswell’s defense

implied that police somehow

placed the ring in Hunt’s

pocket.

“You can sugarcoat it any

way you want, but that’s what

he suggested,” Harris said.

Criswell denied that he

ever pointed at DeKalb police

detective Paul Mott as plac-

ing the ring in Hunt’s pocket,

saying other people were in-

volved in the search.

Hunt was scheduled to be

sentenced Tuesday, but the

sentencing was postponed be-

cause Hunt did not participate

in a pre-sentencing investiga-

tive report that includes his

prior criminal history.

• EVIDENCEContinued from page A1

Sentencing postponed

Page 7: DDC-6-25-2014

If the goal is to bring moremanufacturing and industrial jobsto DeKalb County, creating a newenterprise zone here is a good idea.

But it will require a committedeffort from local officials, and eventhen, there are no guarantees ofsuccess.

The DeKalb County Board hasbeen through this process once be-fore on a more limited scale. In 2009,County Board members voted toexpand an existing zone in Mendotato include the Monsanto operationin Waterman. That effort came at acost of an estimated $25,000 a yearin state utility taxes for eight years,but also spurred Monsanto to invest$20 million to update and expand itsoperation.

The contentious debate at thetime was thought to have been less

about enterprise zones and moreabout hard feelings toward Monsan-to.

There are almost 100 enterprisezones in Illinois, but aside from theisland that serves Monsanto, there isnot one in DeKalb County.

That means that there are severalareas around the state that have acompetitive edge on our area whenit comes to attracting new industry,or encouraging businesses to expandtheir operations. Enterprise zonesare designated by the state of Illinoisin collaboration with local govern-ments. They make new and existingbusinesses eligible for tax incentivesthat encourage creation of new jobsand retention of existing jobs.

Some criticize the use of thesezones as another form of corporatewelfare, facilitating more give-

backs to big business. Illinois’ fiscaldisaster is well documented, andsome would say that there’s no needto extend even more tax breaks tobusinesses.

The response is that governmentshould see payback in the form of jobcreation and retention and more sta-ble, healthier communities. That’s atrade-off worth accepting.

To put DeKalb County on a levelplaying field with competing com-munities around the state and the

country, local economic developmentofficials plan this year to create anapplication for a new local enterprisezone. They have hired a consultingfirm to help in the development ofa plan and representatives of localgovernments will meet today withDeKalb County Economic Develop-ment Corp. officials to talk aboutwhat a proposal might look like.

Creating zone boundaries willbe a challenge. Communities fromKingston to Sandwich no doubtwould like a shot at benefiting fromthe incentive program. There willhave to be cooperation and collabora-tion on drawing boundaries that arenot only fair but also will pass therequirements of state regulators.

There are many vacant industrialsites available in DeKalb County.The critical question is, which areas

should be targeted to benefit thecounty’s workforce as a whole?

Applications for new enterprisezones are due by Dec. 31. After that,they will be reviewed by the Illi-nois Department of Commerce andEconomic Opportunity, and thenselections will be made by a panelappointed by the governor.

If DeKalb County is awarded anew enterprise zone, it will have toappoint someone to manage it andkeep records, so that the public cansee the results over time.

There are no guarantees of ap-proval or of new development.

Bringing new jobs to the areashould be the goal of people at everylevel of government, however, andthey should work collaboratively onthis project, which could further thatgoal.

New enterprise zone needed for countyFor the record

If DeKalb County is awarded a new enter-prise zone, it will have to appoint someoneto manage it and keep records, so that thepublic can see the results over time.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishmentof religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; orabridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or theright of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petitionthe Government for a redress of grievances.

– U.S. Bill of Rights, First Amendment

KarenPletsch–GeneralManager

[email protected]

Dana Herra – MidWeek Editor

[email protected]

Inger Koch – Features Editor

[email protected]

Eric Olson – [email protected]

JillianDuchnowski –NewsEditor

[email protected]

Letters to the Editor

We welcome original letters on public issues. Letters must include theauthor’s full name, address and day and evening phone numbers. We limitletters to 400 words. We accept one letter per person every 15 days. All lettersare subject to editing for length and clarity. Email: [email protected]: Daily Chronicle, Letters to the Editor, 1586 Barber Greene Road, DeKalb, IL60115. Fax: 815-758-5059.

Unless you are preternaturally geographicallyattuned, you are probably unaware that Baker, Jarvisand Howland islands, Johnston and Palmyra atollsand Kingman Reef are part of the United States – ter-ritories actually.

You may have heard of Wake Island because of itsgallant, but ultimately unsuccessful defense againstthe Japanese during World War II. According tothe CIA’s handbook, it alone of that Pacific group isinhabited – by a rotating group of about 150 militaryand civilians who maintain its airfield.

And, oh yes, during the 1950s we conducted nucle-ar tests in the vicinity. But other than those inci-dents, the territories are largely forgotten. Yet thesetiny specks of land are in one of the remotest partsof the Pacific and, as such, have become an almostunrivaled haven for a rich variety of marine life fromsea birds to fish to marine mammals to coral reefs, alegacy of nature that is being endangered elsewhereby overfishing, dredging, and mineral, oil and naturalgas exploration.

Last week, President Barack Obama used hisexecutive authority to expand the marine sanctuarysurrounding the island and atolls to 782,000 squaremiles and was immediately denounced by congressio-nal Republicans for arrogant, unilateral and “imperi-al” abuse of executive authority, although, in fact, hehas that power under a 1906 law.

Showing its persistent problem with short-termmemory loss, the GOP seemed to have forgotten thatthe Pacific Remote Islands Marine Sanctuary wascreated by President George W. Bush in one of hisfiner moments shortly before leaving office in 2009.The original Bush sanctuary, now greatly expandedby Obama, was 87,000 square miles.

House Natural Resources Committee ChairmanDoc Hastings, who used the word “imperial” todescribe Obama’s entirely legal action, said if marinesanctuaries are to be created, they should go throughCongress, dooming their designations to inaction inthe current political climate.

Asked by NBC’s Chuck Todd if he had objected toBush’s executive designation of the marine sanctu-ary, Hastings lamely replied that he hadn’t been amember of the committee at the time.

Rather than having acted imperially, Obama mayhave acted in timely fashion. The major nations areincreasingly asserting aggressive claims to fishingand mineral rights in the world’s oceans – in theArctic, where the melting of the ice cap has mademore of that ocean accessible and, most especially,in the South China Sea where conflicting claims tosuch obscure outcroppings as the Spratly Islandshave come close to a military flashpoint betweenChina and rivals like Japan, Vietnam and the Phil-ippines.

Bush and Obama, whatever their other failings,will likely be remembered favorably by history fortheir foresight in protecting that obscure, remote andecologically important marine paradise.

Evansville (Indiana) Courier & Press

Beware unimaginable; stakes always highThe signs were all there.This is what jumps out at you in pe-

rusing postmortems of the two greatestsurprise attacks in American history. Inthe days and weeks leading up to Dec. 7,1941 and Sept. 11, 2001, there were numer-ous clues that seem neon in hindsight, butwhich no one pursued.

Or, as then-CIA Director George Tenetfamously said of 9/11: “The system wasblinking red.”

In response to each attack, exhaustiveprobes were launched to determine whoseincompetence allowed the disaster tohappen. While there’s obvious value insifting through tragedies past in hopes ofpreventing tragedies future, it has alwaysseemed to me the ultimate failure in thosecalamities was not of competence but,rather, imagination. Those in charge didnot guard against what happened becausewhat happened was literally beyond theirability to conceive.

That lesson of security and militaryunreadiness has chilling application to ourunreadiness on another front:

Writing in this space a few days back,I criticized the GOP for pretending thereis some debate over whether humanactivity is raising the temperature of theplanet when “that finding is accepted by 97percent of climate scientists” – a figure Igot from the American Association for theAdvancement of Science, the world’s larg-est general science group. After 20 yearswriting this column, I am not often sur-

prised by reader reaction. I know a certainsegment of my audience will go ballistic ifI argue some controversial point – like thatracism exists or Muslims are human.

But I admit, I was very surprised atthe amount of emails – and anger– thatsentence engendered. There is not nearlyenough space here to get into the weeds ofevery objection, but they boiled down tothis: The statistic comes from a flawed orskewed study.

I checked this with the AAAS’s Dr.Marshall Shepherd, who is the director ofthe Atmospheric Sciences Program at theUniversity of Georgia and in 2013 servedas president of the American Meteorolog-ical Society. His response: The 97 percentfigure is consistent across “numerous stud-ies, not just one or two, so there is consil-ience” – a convergence of different streamsof knowledge into a consensus.

Even so, my critics have a point whenthey say the 97 percent figure quoted hereand numerous other places is misleadingin one sense. Turns out it is not 97 percentof climate scientists who believe humanactivity is causing global warming, but97 percent of those who have expressedan opinion. Sixty-six percent of studiesby climate scientists actually express no

opinion, according to one source. It’s animportant distinction.

On the other hand, 97 percent is 97percent, even if it’s just 97 percent ofthose who have an opinion. Virtually noscientist (0.7 percent) rejects the idea ofhuman-caused global warming outright.Moreover, the price we pay if the 97percent are right and we do nothing is in-finitely greater than the one we pay if theyare wrong and we take action.

All that said, I tend to believe the resis-tance here – at least among politicians andlay persons – has less to do with a failureof science than with an all-too familiarfailure of imagination. If it was impossibleto conceive of terrorists using airplanes asmissiles or the Japanese striking a Pacificfortress, how difficult is it to conceive theapocalyptic future climate change scienceis predicting – rising oceans, routine superstorms, hellish droughts?

On those two awful mornings, Ameri-cans slept in the blithe assurance of whatcould never happen only to awaken to theawful reality of what already had. We hadseen the signs.

We simply convinced ourselves they didnot mean what they did.

Well, the stakes now are vastly higher.And once again, the system is blinking red.

• Leonard Pitts is a columnist for TheMiami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Miami,Florida, 33132. Readers may contact himvia email at [email protected].

8ANOTHER VIEW

8OUR VIEW

Opinions Daily Chronicle • www.daily-chronicle.com • Page A7 • Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Bush, Obama showingvision to protect paradise

LeonardPitts

VIEWS

8SKETCH VIEW

AP photo

Secretary of State John Kerry talks with Republic of PalauPresident Tommy Remengesau on June 17 in the State De-partment’s “Our Ocean” conference at the State Depart-ment in Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama createdthe largest marine preserve in the world by protecting amassive stretch of the Pacific Ocean from drilling, fishingand other actions that could threaten wildlife, the WhiteHouse said.

Page 8: DDC-6-25-2014

T-storms Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice

Cold Front Warm Front Stationary Front

-10s

-0s

0s

10s

20s

30s

40s

50s

60s

70s

80s

90s

100s

110s

Janesville Kenosha

Waukegan

Lake Geneva

Rockford

Dixon

DeKalb

Arlington

Heights

La Salle

Aurora

PontiacPeoriaWatseka

Kankakee

Chicago

Joliet

Hammond

Gary

Evanston

Streator

Temperatures are

today’s highs and

tonight’s lows.

REGIONALWEATHER

7-DAY FORECAST

RIVER LEVELS

REGIONAL CITIES

NATIONALWEATHER DRAWTHEWEATHER

ALMANAC

SUN andMOON

AIR QUALITYTODAY

WEATHER HISTORY

UV INDEX

Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.

City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W

Legend: W-weather, s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow lurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

Winds: Winds:Winds:Winds: Winds: Winds: Winds:

Temperature

Precipitation

8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m.

Source: Environmental Protection Agency

0-50 Good, 51-100Moderate,

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

201-300 Very Unhealthy, 301-500 Hazardous

The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ number, the

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

Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme.

7 a.m. Flood 24-hrLocation yest. stage chg

Kishwaukee

City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W

82/62

70/56

72/57

78/57

81/59

82/6185/65 83/62

79/56

81/62

73/5674/55

81/60

80/60

73/53

69/53

78/58 70/52

Prevailing windsWednesday will be

north and northeast. Areas by the lake

will be in the upper 60s with mid-70s

inland. Patchy fog will be along the lake

and partly sunny skies inland with iso-

lated showers. Thursday will be pleasant

and dry with a chance of storms at

night. Heat and humidity will return

Friday through Monday with periods of

rain and gusty storms.

Forecasts and graphics, exceptWFLD forecasts, provided by

AccuWeather, Inc. ©2014

Today Tomorrow

Atlanta 88 69 pc 91 70 t

Atlantic City 77 71 t 84 69 pc

Baltimore 88 68 t 88 65 pc

Boston 84 68 t 80 64 t

Bufalo 74 63 t 76 60 pc

Charleston, SC 93 74 t 95 75 t

Charlotte 88 66 t 92 67 t

Chicago 75 56 pc 76 60 t

Today Tomorrow

Cincinnati 84 63 t 84 66 pc

Dallas 92 74 t 91 75 pc

Denver 88 59 t 92 63 pc

Houston 90 74 t 89 75 t

Indianapolis 83 63 pc 83 65 pc

Kansas City 84 67 t 86 70 t

Las Vegas 102 82 s 103 82 s

Los Angeles 79 63 pc 77 63 pc

Today Tomorrow

Louisville 86 68 pc 88 69 pc

Miami 91 75 pc 90 77 pc

Minneapolis 74 60 pc 76 67 t

New Orleans 89 76 t 88 74 t

NewYork City 84 70 t 84 68 pc

Philadelphia 86 70 t 87 69 pc

Seattle 74 57 pc 69 54 sh

Wash., DC 89 72 t 88 71 pc

TODAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAYTOMORROW MONDAY TUESDAY

Partly sunny,

warmer,

scattered storms

Hazy, hot

and humid,

scattered storms

Partly sunny,

humid,

scattered storms

Partly sunny,

cooler, isolated

showers

Partly sunny,

isolated storms

Hot, humid,

periods of gusty

storms

Partly sunny,

cooler, scattered

storms

55

74

66

82

71

85

70

88

61

77

64

90

58

78

S 10-15 mph SSW 10-15 mphSSW 10-15 mphNNE 5-10 mph SSE 10-15 mph SSW 10-15 mph WNW 10-15 mph

High ............................................................. 81°

Low .............................................................. 67°

Normal high ............................................. 82°

Normal low ............................................... 62°

Record high .............................. 95° in 2009

Record low ................................ 45° in 1979

24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. ......... 0.00”

Month to date ....................................... 5.11”

Normal month to date ....................... 3.36”

Year to date ......................................... 14.05”

Normal year to date ......................... 16.49”

DeKalb through 4 p.m. yesterday

Sunrise today ................................ 5:21 a.m.

Sunset tonight ............................. 8:34 p.m.

Moonrise today ............................ 4:13 a.m.

Moonset today ............................ 7:04 p.m.

Sunrise tomorrow ........................ 5:21 a.m.

Sunset tomorrow ........................ 8:34 p.m.

Moonrise tomorrow ................... 5:01 a.m.

Moonset tomorrow ................... 7:53 p.m.

New First Full Last

Jul 18Jul 12Jul 5Jun 27

On June 25, 1988, extreme heat baked

the Ohio Valley and lower Great Lakes

region. Cleveland, Ohio, hit 104 degrees,

and Ft. Wayne, Ind., rose to 106 degrees.

Today Tomorrow

Aurora 79 56 pc 78 60 t

Belleville 86 66 pc 85 68 t

Beloit 78 58 pc 78 60 t

Belvidere 79 59 pc 78 60 t

Champaign 83 63 pc 83 66 t

Elgin 76 56 pc 76 59 t

Joliet 78 57 pc 77 61 t

Kankakee 81 59 pc 81 63 t

Mendota 80 60 pc 79 64 t

Michigan City 72 55 pc 74 58 t

Moline 84 64 t 82 66 t

Morris 80 58 pc 78 63 t

Naperville 77 56 pc 76 60 t

Ottawa 81 60 pc 79 64 t

Princeton 82 62 pc 80 65 t

Quincy 86 66 t 84 68 t

Racine 67 53 pc 68 56 t

Rochelle 79 58 pc 78 62 t

Rockford 80 60 pc 79 62 t

Springield 84 64 pc 84 67 t

Sterling 83 61 pc 81 65 t

Wheaton 77 56 pc 76 60 t

Waukegan 69 53 pc 69 56 t

Woodstock 75 55 pc 74 56 t

Yorkville 79 57 pc 78 61 t

Belvidere 3.72 9.0 +0.01

Perryville 9.33 12.0 -0.61

DeKalb 4.61 10.0 -0.53

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

71/56

75/56

POLLEN INDEX

Source: National Allergy Bureau

WEATHER Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.comPage A8 • Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Windy, thunderstormsMichael, Crossroads Christian Academy

Mail your weather drawings to: Geoff Wells, 1586 Barber Greene Road, DeKalb, IL 60115

Now

Offering

Boarding!

FIND

US ON:

Sheri Askew, DVM

815-748-8040

Scheduleyour petʻs

appointmenttoday!

adno=0274381

13669 East Route 38, DeKalb(0.2 miles east of Somonauk Rd.)

blb

“We treat your petlike our own!”

www.cortlandvet.com

Page 9: DDC-6-25-2014

SportsTiger Woods says he’s

ahead of schedule

after back surgery and

without pain. PAGE B4

SECTION BWednesday, June 25, 2014

Daily Chronicle

8MORNING KICKOFF

8KEEP UP ONLINE

8WHAT TO WATCH

LeBron tells Heat he willbecome a free agentMIAMI – LeBron James deliv-

ered his message loud andclear, without actually sayinga word.He’s willing to leave Miami,

if that’s what it will take towin more championships. Andwhat happens next likely willbe up to not just the Heat, butDwyane Wade and Chris Boshas well.Through his agent, James

informed the Heat on Tuesdaythat he has decided to opt outof the final two years of hiscontract, a move that meanshe becomes a free agent July1. He will be able to sign withany team, including Miami,and Heat President Pat Rileysaid he “fully expected” Jamesto take advantage of his earlytermination option.“We look forward to sitting

down with LeBron and his rep-resentatives and talking aboutour future together,” Riley said.

– Wire report

World CupNigeria vs. Argentina,10:30 a.m., ESPNArgentina already has quali-

fied for the second round butneeds at least a draw againstNigeria to win Group F. CoachAlejandro Sabella didn’t offerdetails when asked Tuesdaywhether he would rest someof his key players.“We will almost certainly

play with a 4-3-3 formationbut I don’t have the startersbecause I want to await therecovery of a few players,” theArgentina coach said. “Thereis always a risk of a problem,someone feeling pain at thelast moment, there’s always arisk of a player being in doubt.”Argentina didn’t play well

in its opening two games,winning 2-1 over Bosnia-Her-zegovina and 1-0 against Iran.Lionel Messi scored the winneragainst Iran in injury time.

Also on TV...Pro baseball

Washington at Milwaukee, 1p.m., or St. Louis at Colorado,2 p.m., MLBWhite Sox at Baltimore,

6 p.m., CSNCincinnati at Cubs, 7 p.m.,

WGNDetroit at Texas, 7 p.m.,

ESPN2World Cup soccer

Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Iran,Group F, 10:30 a.m., ESPN2Ecuador vs. France, 2:30 p.m.,

ESPNHonduras vs. Switzerland,

Group E, 2:30 p.m., ESPN2Tennis

Wimbledon, second round,6 a.m. ESPN; 10:30 a.m.,ESPNEWS; 1 p.m. ESPN2College baseball World SeriesVirginia vs. Vanderbilt, final,

7 p.m., ESPN (if necessary)Golf

PGA of America, ProfessionalNational Championship, finalround, 1 p.m., TGC

AP file photo

Follow us on Facebookand TwitterWant the latest from the

area’s prep sports scene?Follow our coverage onFacebook by searching forDC Preps or on Twitter attwitter.com/dc_preps.Follow our NIU athletics

coverage on Facebookby searching for HuskieWire or on Twitter attwitter.com/HuskieWire.

PREP BASEBALL

Coaches relieved to end baseball rivalryCavanaugh had8-4 edge coachingagainst Howells

By JAMES [email protected]

There were three games ev-

ery year that Sycamore base-

ball coach Jason Cavanaugh

and DeKalb coach Jake How-

ells hated: When their teams

played each other in a confer-ence series.

The coaching colleaguesweren’t caught up in the fer-vor fans have created in thecrosstown rivalry. Instead,as close friends, neither tookjoy when the other’s teamlost.

T h o s e h e a d - t o - h e a dmatchups will be a thing ofthe past, however, with How-ells resignation as the Barbs’baseball coach at the end ofthe season. Howells plans to

marry his fiancée, Molly Le-verty, in August and moveto the Minneapolis-St. Paularea.

“Whether it is golf, cards

or Ping-Pong, Jason and I arevery competitive,” said How-ells, a 2000 Sycamore gradwhose Barbs teams were 69-65-1 in his four seasons as coach.“I never really liked coachingagainst him, but by the endof the day we were still greatfriends. We play 35 (baseball)games a year. But the threeagainst each other, we justwanted them to be over with.

“If we could have called theseries a 1-1 tie, we would havedone it.”

Cavanaugh has been theSpartans baseball coach forthe past 17 seasons. As he pre-pared to play golf with How-ells at Sycamore Golf Clubthis week, he said he lookedforward to competing againstHowells, who he coached forthree years at Sycamore. Out-side the dugout, Howells andCavanaugh have competedagainst each other in golf andbasketball for 19 years.

JasonCavanaugh

Jake Howells

See COACHES, page B4

DEKALB FOOTBALL

BARBS’SENIORSAIMHIGHDanielle Guerra – [email protected]

DeKalb senior running back Dre Brown tries to pick off a pass against Guil-ford during a 7-on-7 football tournament Tuesday at DeKalb High School.

Danielle Guerra – [email protected]

DeKalb seniors Robert Searls (from left), Jonathan Vega, Jake Kuykendall and Allen Lettere listen to defensive coordinator Dan Smaha and linebackers coach TyroneWilliams during a 7-on-7 football tournament Tuesday at DeKalb High School.

Class of 2015 looks to build on program’s success last yearBy TRAVIS ZUELLIG

[email protected]

The incoming seniors on DeKalb’sfootball team are primed to end theirprep playing careers with a bang thisfall.

The seniors, led by running backDre Brown, receiver Rudy Lopez Jr.and middle linebacker Jake Kuyken-dall, were a big part of last year’s 5-5campaign that saw the Barbs return

to the playoffs (Class 6A), and theyare expecting better in their last sea-son.

“This is the most exciting seasonthat I have been a part of,” Brownsaid. “We have been talking aboutour senior season since eighth grade,so it is a pretty big deal.”

For this upcoming season to bea success, the Barbs will need a bigyear out of Illini commit Brown.Brown, who announced Tuesday he

will enroll at the University of Illi-nois after this fall semester, was aDaily Chronicle all-area selectionafter scoring 20 touchdowns in hisjunior year.

Last season also was Matt Weck-ler’s first as DeKalb’s football coach.Weckler said this year’s seniors havethe talent and dedication to build onlast year’s success.

More online

For all your prep sports coverage– stories, features, scores, photos,videos and more – log on toDaily-Chronicle.com/dcpreps.

See BARBS, page B4

AP photo

Bears defensive ends Jared Allen (left) and Trevor Scott watchteammates during minicamp May 27 in Lake Forest.

BEARS

Scott ‘fortunate’ to land with BearsBy ARTHUR ARKUSH

[email protected]

LAKE FOREST – Trivia time.What Bears defensive end notnamed Jared Allen has recordedseven sacks in a single season?

Need a clue? He’s new to theteam this year and began his ca-reer with the Oakland Raiders.

One more hint: His 40-yard dashtime ranks as the highest amongany Bears defensive lineman.

Chances are Trevor Scottwasn’t the first name that came tomind, but he’s the correct answer.

Scott, 29, was signed to a one-

year contract a week before thebeginning of free agency, whenthe prospect of the Bears landingLamarr Houston, Willie Youngand Jared Allen to fortify theiredges merely was a pipe dream.He might have been your second

or third thought now that thatdream is reality, but Scott isn’tthinking twice about his deci-sion to sign with the Bears.

“We are deep on the defensiveline, but that’s what makes forgreat competition,” Scott toldChicago Football last Thursday,the final day of the Bears’ off-season program before a month-long break before training camp.“The top will rise.”

A fast rise accurately de-scribes the start of Scott’s NFLcareer.

More online

Visit ChicagoFootball.com for thelatest Bears and NFL news.

See BEARS, page B2

Page 10: DDC-6-25-2014

SPORTS Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.comPage B2 • Wednesday, June 25, 2014

8SPORTS BRIEFS

Big Ten advocates4-year scholarshipsThe Big Ten said Tuesday that

it supports guaranteed four-yearscholarships and improved med-ical coverage for its athletes.The league announced in a

statement signed Tuesday by its14 presidents that it proposesworking within the NCAA struc-ture to provide greater academ-ic security for its athletes byguaranteeing scholarships forfour years, even if an athlete nolonger can compete or has leftfor a professional career.The Big Ten also said the NCAA

must do “whatever it takes” tocompensate athletes for the fullcost of their college educationas defined by the federal govern-ment – rather than just tuition,fees and room and board.The conference also said it

would like to review the NCAArules on medical insuranceand provide more consistentcoverage.

Obama hosts PresidentsCup golfers atWhite HouseWASHINGTON – President

Barack Obama and his most fa-mous golf partner, Tiger Woods,got together again Tuesday, butat the White House instead of onthe course.Obama honored a team of

American golfers who last yeardefeated an international teamto win their fifth straight Pres-idents Cup, a victory that wasclinched by Woods.“Now last year was the

second time I’ve been honorarychairman of the Presidents Cup.The United States won bothtimes. I’m just saying,” Obamaquipped during the East Roomceremony as he stood in front ofthree rows of golfers from bothteams, including Phil Mickelsonand Ernie Els. All were unusuallydressed in suits and ties.“I’m not used to seeing these

guys in suits,” Obama cracked.

Chargers agree to dealwith CB FlowersSAN DIEGO – The San Diego

Chargers have agreed to a dealwith former Kansas City Chiefscornerback Brandon Flowers.The team announced the

deal Tuesday. Terms weren’tdisclosed.Kansas City released Flowers

this month after three weeksof voluntary workouts duringwhich the former starter wasconspicuously absent. Flowerswas due to make $5.25 millionthis season with the Chiefs, andhe carried a salary cap numberof $10.5 million.

Former ref Mike Careyto announce NFL gamesNEW YORK – Former NFL refer-

ee Mike Carey has been addedto the telecasts of Thursdaynight and Sunday football gamesas a rules expert.Carey was hired Tuesday

by CBS. He will provide rulesanalysis, interpretation andexplanations.Carey worked for 24 years as

an NFL official, including 19 asa referee. He was the secondAfrican-American referee in NFLhistory, and the first to work aSuper Bowl (2008).Fox already uses former direc-

tor of NFL officials Mike Pereiraon its telecasts.

Delle Donne, Moore leadWNBA All-Star ballotingNEW YORK – Elena Delle Donne

and Maya Moore are the earlyvote leaders for the WNBA All-Star Game.Delle Donne, who last year

became the first ever rookie tolead all vote-getters, once againis topping the ballot releasedTuesday.The Sky forward is joined in

the Eastern Conference front-court by Tamika Catchings ofthe Indiana Fever and Angel Mc-Coughtry of the Atlanta Dream.McCoughtry’s teammate, rookieShoni Schimmel, leads the Eastguards with Ivory Latta second.The starters will be announced

on July 8. The All-Star game isJuly 19 in Phoenix.

– Wire reports

AMERICAN LEAGUECentral Division

W L Pct GBDetroit 40 32 .556 —Kansas City 40 36 .526 2Cleveland 37 39 .487 5Minnesota 36 38 .486 5White Sox 36 42 .462 7

East DivisionW L Pct GB

Toronto 44 35 .557 —Baltimore 40 36 .526 2½New York 39 37 .513 3½Boston 35 42 .455 8Tampa Bay 31 48 .392 13

West DivisionW L Pct GB

Oakland 47 30 .610 —Los Angeles 41 33 .554 4½Seattle 41 36 .532 6Texas 35 40 .467 11Houston 33 44 .429 14

Tuesday’s ResultsWhite Sox 4, Baltimore 2Toronto 7, N.Y. Yankees 6N.Y. Mets 10, Oakland 1Pittsburgh 6, Tampa Bay 5Detroit at Texas (n)Atlanta at Houston (n)L.A. Dodgers at Kansas City (n)Cleveland at Arizona (n)Minnesota at L.A. Angels (n)Boston at Seattle (n)

Today’s GamesWhite Sox (Noesi 2-5) at Baltimore

(U.Jimenez 2-8), 6:05 p.m.Pittsburgh (Morton 4-8) at Tampa Bay

(Price 5-7), 11:10 a.m.N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 4-5) at Toronto

(Hutchison 5-5), 6:07 p.m.Oakland (Mills 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Z.

Wheeler 3-7), 6:10 p.m.Detroit (A.Sanchez 4-2) at Texas (J.

Saunders 0-3), 7:05 p.m.Atlanta (A.Wood 5-6) at Houston

(McHugh 4-5), 7:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Haren 7-4) at Kansas

City (Shields 8-3), 7:10 p.m.Cleveland (Kluber 6-5) at Arizona

(C.Anderson 5-2), 8:40 p.m.Minnesota (Pino 0-0) at L.A. Angels

(Richards 7-2), 9:05 p.m.Boston (Doubront 2-4) at Seattle (Iwa-

kuma 5-3), 9:10 p.m.Thursday’s Games

White Sox at Toronto, 6:07 p.m.Atlanta at Houston, 1:10 p.m.Minnesota at L.A. Angels, 2:35 p.m.Detroit at Texas, 7:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUECentral Division

W L Pct GBMilwaukee 47 31 .603 —St. Louis 42 35 .545 4½Cincinnati 38 37 .507 7½Pittsburgh 39 38 .506 7½Cubs 31 43 .419 14

East DivisionW L Pct GB

Washington 40 35 .533 —Atlanta 38 37 .507 2Miami 38 39 .494 3New York 36 41 .468 5Philadelphia 35 41 .461 5½

West DivisionW L Pct GB

San Francisco 45 31 .592 —Los Angeles 42 36 .538 4Colorado 34 42 .447 11San Diego 33 44 .429 12½Arizona 32 47 .405 14½

Tuesday’s ResultsCincinnati at Cubs (n)Philadelphia 7, Miami 4N.Y. Mets 10, Oakland 1Pittsburgh 6, Tampa Bay 5Atlanta at Houston (n)L.A. Dodgers at Kansas City (n)Washington at Milwaukee (n)St. Louis at Colorado (n)Cleveland at Arizona (n)San Diego at San Francisco (n)

Today’s GamesCincinnati (Latos 0-0) at Cubs (E.Jack-

son 5-7), 6:05 p.m.Pittsburgh (Morton 4-8) at Tampa Bay

(Price 5-7), 11:10 a.m.Washington (Strasburg 6-5) at Milwau-

kee (Estrada 6-4), 1:10 p.m.St. Louis (Gonzales 0-0) at Colorado

(Bergman 0-2), 2:10 p.m.San Diego (Kennedy 5-8) at San Fran-

cisco (Lincecum 5-5), 2:45 p.m.Miami (H.Alvarez 4-3) at Philadelphia

(A.Burnett 5-6), 6:05 p.m.Oakland (Mills 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Z.

Wheeler 3-7), 6:10 p.m.Atlanta (A.Wood 5-6) at Houston

(McHugh 4-5), 7:10 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Haren 7-4) at Kansas

City (Shields 8-3), 7:10 p.m.Cleveland (Kluber 6-5) at Arizona

(C.Anderson 5-2), 8:40 p.m.Thursday’s Games

Washington at Cubs, 7:05 p.m.Atlanta at Houston, 1:10 p.m.Miami at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.Colorado at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m.Cincinnati at San Francisco, 9:15 p.m.

MLB

NBA DRAFT

Thursday At Barclays Center,Brooklyn, N.Y.First Round

1. Cleveland2. Milwaukee3. Philadelphia4. Orlando5. Utah6. Boston7. L.A. Lakers8. Sacramento9. Charlotte (from Detroit)10. Philadelphia (from New Orleans)11. Denver12. Orlando (from New York via Denver)13. Minnesota14. Phoenix15. Atlanta16. Bulls (from Charlotte)17. Boston (from Brooklyn)18. Phoenix (from Washington)19. Bulls20. Toronto21. Oklahoma City (from Dallas via

Houston and L.A. Lakers)22. Memphis23. Utah (from Golden State)24. Charlotte (from Portland)25. Houston26. Miami27. Phoenix (from Indiana)28. L.A. Clippers29. Oklahoma City30. San Antonio

Second Round31. Milwaukee32. Philadelphia33. Cleveland (from Orlando)34. Dallas (from Boston)35. Utah36. Milwaukee (from L.A. Lakers via

Minnesota and Phoenix)37. Toronto (from Sacramento)38. Detroit39. Philadelphia (from Cleveland)40. Minnesota (from New Orleans)41. Denver42. Houston (from New York)43. Atlanta44. Minnesota45. Charlotte46. Washington47. Philadelphia (from Brooklyn via

Dallas and Boston)48.Milwaukee (fromToronto via Phoenix)49. Bulls50. Phoenix51. Dallas52. Philadelphia (from Memphis via

Cleveland)53. Minnesota (from Golden State)54. Philadelphia (from Houston via

Milwaukee)55. Miami56. Denver (from Portland)57. Indiana58. San Antonio (from L.A. Clippers via

New Orleans)59. Toronto (from Oklahoma City via

New York)60. San Antonio

NBA

AP file photo

Veteran safety Ryan Mundy wants to improve his coverage against tight ends in his first season with theBears.

By NATE [email protected]

When the final huddle ofminicamp broke, Ryan Mundyretreated to his locker, wherehis Bears pads lay on the floorin an unzipped bag.

The gray plastic glim-mered a bit under the HalasHall lights. It’s been his sincehe signed a contract with theBears, but after OTAs andminicamp without pads, ithas yet to receive a Mundyscratch. Does the sixth-yearsafety feel an itch?

“Right now? No,” he said.“Maybe in a few weeks.”

He’s referring to trainingcamp, which will start July25 in Bourbonnais. He’ll laceup with the pads tight on hisframe, and he’ll finally showthe team what he’d promisedhe’d bring with him from hisdays in Pittsburgh and NewYork. In a few weeks, Mundywill hit people.

But Thursday, as he stuffedclothing into travel bags andreadied to leave, Mundy stoodcontrary to the archaic view ofNFL safeties. He’d just spentthe final practice in shorts,where hitting wasn’t allowed.Instead, he performed drillsin which he ran backward at a45-degree angle until the quar-terback threw the ball on anout pattern, which is the mo-ment he’d break on the routefor an interception.

Hitting might not be ev-erything for an NFL safety,but timing is, and the start ofa five-week vacation beforeminicamp is Mundy’s time tomove. He’d spend the next dayand a half stuffing more equip-ment into travel bags andboxes to transport to his firsthouse in Chicago.

The only thing separatinghis pads from the items he hasyet to pack is that he knows ex-actly where those need to go.

This part is as important asany other. Mundy isn’t join-ing just any NFL defense. He’snot moving to any old town todo it, either. He’s joining theBears, a unit that struggled tostop anybody a year ago in atown where fourth-and-long issupposed to be both an open-ing and closing act.

“Anytime you think of theChicago Bears, you think oftoughness, particularly on de-

fense,” Mundy said.Toughness. It’s the senti-

ment that has echoed throughthe Halas Hall walls all week.Coach Marc Trestman saidit particularly was lackinglast year, his first in Chicago,when the Bears went 8-8 andfinished 30th in the league indefense.

In no game was it moreevident than the last, the onethat mattered most, when onfourth-and-8, Aaron Rodgersdropped back and scrambledto his left before heaving theball to the end zone. It felt likeit soared forever until it fellinto the arms of Randall Cobbfor what would be the divi-sion-winning score.

Nobody was back thereto cover Cobb. Chris Contemissed his assignment.

So the Bears went out andgot Mundy, who switchedoff with Antrel Rolle at thetwo safety spots in New Yorklast season. They also signedprized defensive ends JaredAllen and Lamarr Houstonand drafted two players – cor-nerback Kyle Fuller and safetyBrock Vereen – who have beenworking with the first teamthroughout OTAs and mini-camp.

It became painfully obvioushow Rodgers’ final heave witha hurt collarbone gripped theorganization during the offsea-son, when the Bears would gosix months with it being thelast memory of football theyhad. It’s why they have Mundyand the other defensive backsrunning so many interceptiondrills. They need turnovers.

And in that sense, they’ll beasking Mundy to tweak a bit ofwho he is. In six seasons – onlylast year as a starter – Mundyhas only two interceptions.

It’s a part of him he needs toadd to the house.

“I came in here as an openbook, as a sponge, learninghow the Chicago Bears, Coach(Mel) Tucker, Coach (Jon)Hoke and (assistant) ChrisHarris want me to play safe-ty,” Mundy said.

But the Bears are look-ing for answers as well, onesthey couldn’t find during lastyear’s forgettable defensivepossessions. They used freeagency to acquire establishedstarters such as Mundy, Al-len and Houston in addition

to what they added throughthe draft. Whereas some start-ers are rookies they’ll morphand shape into their model ofa Bears defender, others theyare trusting to bring their ownbrand of defensive instincts.

“You don’t have to reinventyourself because obviously,I did something right to gethere,” Mundy said. “They likesomething that I did before, soyou have to hold onto that a lit-tle bit.”

Hoke admitted as much thisweek.

“You can tell he’s played,”Hoke said. “He’s a veteran,and he really doesn’t get toopanicked. He understandsfootball, he’s been playing a lotof pro football so it’s been goodfrom that standpoint.”

Mundy hails from Pitts-burgh, where in the city, hegrew up playing safety anddreaming like all the other kidsto one day play for the vaunt-ed Steelers defense. When the2008 NFL Draft came, Mundygot that chance. The Steelerstook him in the sixth round.They later cut him, signed himto the practice squad and thensigned him to a long-term dealto work with acclaimed safe-ties Troy Polamalu and RyanClark. Mundy said he loved it.

But eventually he had tomove from there, too. He cameto New York, leaving the No.1 defense for one ranked 31st,but one where he could start.

As he settles into his thirdNFL locker room and a defenselooking to flip the page, Mun-dy introduces himself to team-mates and residents who havelived in Chicago for years. Hetells them about where he’scome from as well as wherehe’s moving to. Along the way,he reminds them that yourpast isn’t all you can be in thisworld.

“Look around this lockerroom,” Mundy said. “We’vegot guys like Jared Allen,Lance Briggs coming back,Charles Tillman. We have alot of talent. Lamarr Houston.We’ve just got to go out thereand do our jobs. We’ve takenenough criticism throughoutthe offseason and there’s a lotof question marks surround-ing us, but the time will comewhen we have to go out thereand prove it, and we’ll beready for that.”

Timing is everythingfor safetyMundy

POINTS STANDINGS

SUPER LATE MODELSPlace Car No. Name Town Points1. 13 Jeff Kerley Elgin 1002. 11 Roger Markham Virgil 903. 28 Charlie Olson Kingston 864. 02 Jim Klingel Aurora 845. 15 Jay Brendle Kirkland 816. 03 Dan White Villa Park 717. 23x Danny Deutsch Marseilles 508. 615 Matt Fabrizius DeKalb 458. 14 Victor Benedetto Marengo 459. 01 Greg Cantrell DeKalb 3810. 133 Johnny Heath Kingston 3011. 33 Don Fowler Elgin 1412. 00 Cliff Garcia DeKalb 1312. 26 Silvestre Garcia Sycamore 1313. 23 Brian Albus Big Rock 1213. 23 Brian Albus Big Rock 12

LATE MODELSPlace Car No. Name Town Points1. 10 Jordan Jackowiak DeKalb 1122. 02 Matt McCain Aurora 893. 54 Cory McKay St. Charles 834. 50d John Dietrich Carol Stream 805. 37 DJ Sparks Belvidere 726. 83 Mike Karels Pingree Grove 637. 59 Joe Sadoski Marengo 598. 00 Danny Markham Marengo 579. 55 Frank Stubitsch Virgil 3610. 71 Austin Runge Lake Zurich 2811. 38 Greg Hancock Gilberts 2312. 52 Kyle Smith South Elgin 1613. 80 Steve Cornett Lake in theHills 1514. 84 Rich Heilbrun Lee 1415. 46 Ricky Weaver Elgin 7

SPECTATORPlace Car No. Name Town Points1. 29 Mike Brancecum St. Charles 412. 92j Mallory Jackson St. Charles 92. 56c Scott Vetter Union 63. 33 Jeremy Colley Aurora 74. 66j Joe Jackson Jr. St. Charles 7

POWDER PUFFPlace Car No. Name Town Points1. 73j Linda Sparks Belvidere 432. 55r Rebecca Stubitsch Virgil 273. 10 Mickee Runge Lake Zurich 254. 34c Starr Roach Genoa 235. 42 Amy Memoli Carol Stream 21

COMPACTPlace Car No. Name Town Points1. 56c Scott Vetter Union 382. 95 Tony Doherty Aurora 333. 11x Mike Cunz Cortland 284. 18c Lloyd Kozak Huntley 165. 92 Eddie Brown Sandwich 115. 32c Johnny Lovett DeKalb 11

FULL SIZE DEMO1. 36x Ed Hendrickson Ingleside 42. 66x Jerry Decker Palatine 33. 68x RJ Hendrickson Wauconda 3

COMPACT DEMO1. 03x Dale Markham Maple Park 32. 92 Eddie Brown Sandwich 33. 54 Austin Stombre St. Charles 2

FRIDAY’S RACE RESULTS

SPECTATOR

Race Car No. Name TownFast Time 53t Matt Schuch St. Charles

Trophy Dash1. 56c Scott Vetter Union2. 92j Mallory Jackson St. Charles3. 26x Dan Robbins Wheaton

1st 25 lap1. 29 Mike Brancecum St. Charles2. 39x Brian Payne Warrenville3. 34c Jerry Roach Kingston4. 56c Scott Vetter Union5. 71c Michael Lindsay Aurora

6 Lap Feature A1. 71c Michael Lindsay Aurora

Compact Figure 81. 92 Eddie Brown Sandwich2. 63 Joe Labombarbe Aurora3. 47 Mitch Maloney Lake Zurich

Compact Demolition Derby1. 92 Eddie Brown Sandwich2. 54 Austin Stombres St. Charles

MODIFIED COMPACTSRace Car No. Name TownFast Time 11x Mike Cunz CortlandTrophy Dash 97 John Peterson Villa Park

Heat 11. 97 John Peterson Villa Park

Feature1. 97 John Peterson Villa Park2. k1 Allen Provenzano Ottawa3. 95 Tony Doherty Aurora

POWDER PUFFRace Car No. Name TownFast Time 42 Amy Memoli Carol Stream

Trophy Dash1. 73j Linda Sparks Belvidere2. 43c Stacy Doris Genoa

3. 34c Starr Roach KingstonHeat 2

1. 43c Stacy Roach Genoa2. 55r Rebecca Virgil3. 34c Starr Roach Kingston4. 7x Caitlyn Maloney Lake Zurich

Feature1. 73j Linda Sparks Belvidere2. 55r Rebecca Virgil3. 10 Mickee Runge Lake Zurich4. 42 Amy Memoli Carol Stream5. 7x Caitlin Maloney Lake Zurich

COMPACTRace Car No. Name TownFast Time 56c Scott Vetter Union

Trophy Dash1. 24 Jeff Hooker Cortland2. 32c Johnny Lovett DeKalb3. 92 Eddie Brown Sandwich

Heat 11. 63 Joe Labombarbe Aurora2. 18c Lloyd Kozak Huntley3. 19 Brian Mrazuk Aurora

Heat 21. 95 Tony Doherty Aurora2. 11x Mike Cunz Cortland3. 24 Jeff Hooker Cortland4. 92 Eddie Brown Sandwich

Feature 11. 95 Tony Doherty Aurora2. 11x Mike Cunz Cortland3. 56c Scott Vetter Union4. 24 Jeff Hooker Cortland5. 02 Jake Klingel Batavia

Feature 21. 63 Joe Labombarbe Aurora2. 10 Mickey Runge Lake Zurich3. 18x Nick Braun Carol Stream

SYCAMORE SPEEDWAY

BEARS

WHITE SOX 4, ORIOLES 2

Sox end5-gameslide

By DAVID GINSBURGThe Associated Press

BALTIMORE – Jose Quin-tana allowed one run in sev-en innings, Gordon Beckhamhomered and the White Soxbeat the Baltimore Orioles, 4-2,Tuesday night to end a five-game losing streak.

Alexei Ramirez had twohits and scoredtwice for the last-place Sox, whohad lost nine of 11overall and eightstraight on theroad.

Quintana (4-7)gave up six hits,struck out eighta n d w a l k e dthree. The left-hander was 0-3 infour starts sinceMay 26.

One night after blowing aninth-inning lead in the seriesopener, Sox closer Ronald Belis-ario entered in the ninth withno outs and a runner on first.He allowed a pinch-hit RBI sin-gle to Delmon Young before get-ting pinch-hitter Ryan Flahertyto bounce into a double play.

Belisario’s eighth savesealed a much-needed win forthe Sox, whose five-game skiddropped them a season-highseven games under .500.

Next

at Baltimore,6:05 p.m.today, CSN,AM-670

Injury haltsDE’s ascent

The Raiders’ sixth-rounddraft pick out of Buffalo in2008, the converted collegetight end, with only two yearsof defense under his belt atthe time, had 12 combinedsacks while appearing in all32 games at both end and line-backer in his first two seasons.His performance earned Scotta starting job in 2010 before atorn ACL suffered in Week 11halted his quick ascent.

The timing couldn’t havebeen worse. Scott’s comebackattempt was marred by theNFL lockout, an offseason inwhich injured players wereleft twisting in the wind – with-out the benefit of supervisionby team trainers – and Scottfell out of the rotation in 2011,his final year in Oakland.

“It was just my path in theleague,” he recalls. Scott land-ed with the New England Pa-triots in 2012, recording threesacks while working mostlyin a rotation, before signing inTampa before the third presea-son game last year.

It’s been a circuitous NFLroute for Scott, one that hasgiven him a fresh perspectiveon his latest opportunity withthe Bears.

“I was very fortunate theBears called in the offseason,”he said. “Everything has gonepretty smooth. It was nice toget into an offseason programthis year, just learning aboutwhat ‘The Bear Way’ is.”

• BEARSContinued from page B1

Page 11: DDC-6-25-2014

WORLD CUP Wednesday, June 25, 2014 • Page B3Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com

ad

no

=0

23

25

54

WORLD CUP

FIRST ROUNDGROUP AW L T GF GA Pts

x-Brazil 2 0 1 7 2 7x-Mexico 2 0 1 4 1 7Croatia 1 2 0 6 6 3Cameroon 0 3 0 1 9 0

x-advanced to second round

Thursday, June 12At Sao Paulo

Brazil 3, Croatia 1Friday, June 13At Natal, Brazil

Mexico 1, Cameroon 0Tuesday, June 17At Fortaleza, Brazil

Brazil 0, Mexico 0Wednesday, June 18At Manaus, Brazil

Croatia 4, Cameroon 0Monday

At Brasilia, BrazilBrazil 4, Cameroon 1

At Recife, BrazilMexico 3, Croatia 1

GROUP BW L T GF GA Pts

x-Netherlands 3 0 0 10 3 9x-Chile 2 1 0 5 3 6Spain 1 2 0 4 7 3Australia 0 3 0 3 9 0

x-advanced to second round

Friday, June 13At Salvador, Brazil

Netherlands 5, Spain 1At Cuiaba, Brazil

Chile 3, Australia 1Wednesday, June 18At Porto Alegre, Brazil

Netherlands 3, Australia 2At Rio de Janeiro

Chile 2, Spain 0Monday

At Curitiba, BrazilSpain 3, Australia 0

At Sao PauloNetherlands 2, Chile 0

GROUP CW L T GF GA Pts

x-Colombia 3 0 0 9 2 9x-Greece 1 1 1 2 4 4Ivory Coast 1 2 0 4 5 3Japan 0 2 1 2 6 1

x-advanced to second round

Saturday, June 14At Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Colombia 3, Greece 0At Recife, Brazil

Ivory Coast 2, Japan 1Thursday

At Brasilia, BrazilColombia 2, Ivory Coast 1

At Natal, BrazilGreece 0, Japan 0

TuesdayAt Cuiaba, Brazil

Colombia 4, Japan 1At Fortaleza, Brazil

Greece 2, Ivory Coast 1

GROUP DW L T GF GA Pts

x-Costa Rica 2 0 1 4 1 7x-Uruguay 2 1 0 4 4 6Italy 1 2 0 2 3 3England 0 2 1 2 4 1

x-advanced to second round

Saturday, June 14At Fortaleza, Brazil

Costa Rica 3, Uruguay 1At Manaus, Brazil

Italy 2, England 1ThursdayAt Sao Paulo

Uruguay 2, England 1Friday

At Recife, BrazilCosta Rica 1, Italy 0

TuesdayAt Natal, Brazil

Uruguay 1, Italy 0At Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Costa Rica 0, England 0

GROUP EW L T GF GA Pts

France 2 0 0 8 2 6Ecuador 1 1 0 3 3 3Switzerland 1 1 0 4 6 3Honduras 0 2 0 1 5 0

Sunday, June 15At Brasilia, Brazil

Switzerland 2, Ecuador 1At Porto Alegre, Brazil

France 3, Honduras 0Friday

At Salvador, BrazilFrance 5, Switzerland 2

At Curitiba, BrazilEcuador 2, Honduras 1

TodayAt Manaus, Brazil

Switzerland vs. Honduras, 3 p.m.At Rio de Janeiro

Ecuador vs. France, 3 p.m.

GROUP FW L T GF GA Pts

x-Argentina 2 0 0 3 1 6Nigeria 1 0 1 1 0 4Iran 0 1 1 0 1 1Bosnia-Herz. 0 2 0 1 3 0

x-advanced to second round

Sunday, June 15At Rio de Janeiro

Argentina 2, Bosnia-Herzegovina 1Monday, June 16At Curitiba, Brazil

Iran 0, Nigeria 0Saturday

At Belo Horizonte, BrazilArgentina 1, Iran 0

At Cuiaba, BrazilNigeria 1, Bosnia-Herzegovina 0

TodayAt Porto Alegre, Brazil

Argentina vs. Nigeria, 11 a.m.At Salvador, Brazil

Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Iran, 11 a.m.

GROUP GW L T GF GA Pts

Germany 1 0 1 6 2 4United States 1 0 1 4 3 4Ghana 0 1 1 3 4 1Portugal 0 1 1 2 6 1

Monday, June 16At Natal, Brazil

United States 2, Ghana 1At Salvador, Brazil

Germany 4, Portugal 0Saturday

At Fortaleza, BrazilGermany 2, Ghana 2

SundayAt Manaus, Brazil

Portugal 2, United States 2Thursday

At Recife, BrazilGermany vs. United States, 11 a.m.

At Brasilia, BrazilPortugal vs. Ghana, 11 a.m.

GROUP HW L T GF GA Pts

x-Belgium 2 0 0 3 1 6Algeria 1 1 0 5 4 3Russia 0 1 1 1 2 1South Korea 0 1 1 3 5 1

x-advanced to second round

Tuesday, June 17At Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Belgium 2, Algeria 1At Cuiaba, Brazil

Russia 1, South Korea 1Sunday

At Rio de JaneiroBelgium 1, Russia 0

At Porto Alegre, BrazilAlgeria 4, South Korea 2

ThursdayAt Sao Paulo

Belgium vs. South Korea, 3 p.m.At Curitiba, Brazil

Algeria vs. Russia, 3 p.m.

ROUNDUP

Ugliness reigns asUruguay edges Italy

The ASSOCIATED PRESS

NATAL, Brazil – Captain Di-

ego Godin scored in the 81st min-

ute as Uruguay edged 10-man

Italy, 1-0, Tuesday to reach the

second round of the World Cup,

a victory overshadowed by a bit-

ing incident involving Luis Su-

arez.

Godin rose above a crowd of

defenders to meet a corner with

his left shoulder and veteran

goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon had

no chance.

Moments earlier, replays

showed Suarez apparently bite

the shoulder of Italy defender Gi-

orgio Chiellini as the pair clashed

in the Italian penalty area.

Suarez already was sanc-

tioned with a heavy ban for bit-

ing Chelsea defender Branislav

Ivanovic in the English Premier

League in 2013 and FIFA can

sanction players for biting with

bans of up to two years.

Chiellini said Suarez should

have been sent off and that the

red card for Italy midfielder

Claudio Marchisio never should

have been given.

“The red for Marchisio and

not sending off Suarez were ri-

diculous,” Chiellini said. “It was

absolutely clear. There’s even a

mark,” Chiellini said of the bite.

It was only one of many ugly

incidents in a highly physical “in

or out” match at the Arena das

Dunas.

Marchisio was shown a di-

rect red card for putting his boot

into Egidio Arevalo’s knee in

the 59th. Also, Mario Balotelli

picked up his second yellow card

in two matches for a dangerous

foul during the first half, and was

benched for the second period.

Four-time champion Italy is

heading home after the group

phase for the second straight

World Cup.

Costa Rica 0, England 0: At Belo

Horizonte, Brazil, Costa Rica

finished first in what many con-

sidered the World Cup’s tough-

est group after a dour, scoreless

draw against England.

Costa Rica only needed a draw

to top Group D and played that

way, setting up in a defensive 5-3-

2 formation.

The result gives Costa Rica

its best World Cup performance,

winning a group that contained

former three world champions.

“We will have to keep fight-

ing,” Costa Rica coach Jorge

Luis Pinto said. “Whatever hap-

pens, we are willing to fight.”

England lost its first two

matches to Italy and Uruguay,

while Costa Rica surprisingly

won its first two. Uruguay also

advanced from the group after

beating Italy, 1-0.

Greece 2, Ivory Coast 1: At For-

taleza, Brazil, Georgios Samaras

scored an injury-time penalty

to send Greece into the second

round for the first time, eliminat-

ing Ivory Coast in the process.

Samaras was adjudged to

have been tripped in the area

by substitute Giovanni Sio, and

calmly slotted in the spot kick for

the win. Ivory Coast would have

advanced with a draw.

“This means so much to me,

to us. ... Tonight we had energy,”

Samaras said, dedicating the win

to Greeks suffering through fi-

nancial crisis. “We really hope

we can make the people happy

back home. We are a team. A

team – that’s it.”

Colombia 4, Japan 1: At Cuiaba,

Brazil, James Rodriguez scored

a brilliant goal and set up two

more for Jackson Martinez as

Colombia routed Japan 4-1 on

Tuesday to confirm top spot in

Group C and eliminate the Asian

champions from the World Cup.

Already assured of advanc-

ing, Colombia guaranteed first

place with its third straight win,

setting up a second-round match

against Uruguay. Japan finished

with a draw and two losses in a

disappointing campaign.

The Colombians started with

a virtual second-string line-

up but still went in front when

Juan Cuadrado – one of the few

regular starters – drilled in a

17th-minute penalty.

AP photo

The United States’ Michael Bradley (4) reacts after his shot on an open goal was blocked by Portugal’s RicardoCosta (right) during a Group G World Cup match Sunday at the Arena da Amazonia in Manaus, Brazil.

USA VS. GERMANY, 11 A.M. THURSDAY, ESPN

Bradley faces highexpectations in Brazil

By RONALD BLUMThe Associated Press

SAO PAULO – Michael Brad-ley stuck out his right foot tomeet Fabian Johnson’s pass,ready to slot the ball into theempty net from 6 yards out.Surely this would be a goal.

Then the ball struck Portu-guese defender Ricardo Costa ona knee in front of the goal lineand ricocheted away. Bradleystopped at a post, put a hand oneach cheek and closed his eyes inshock, as if he had seen a ghost.

It’s been that type of WorldCup for the U.S midfielder.

His night would get evenworse when he was stripped ofthe ball late in stoppage time,leading to Portugal’s tying goalin Sunday night’s 2-2 draw.

“In the game there’s a mil-lion of these kind of plays,” the26-year-old Bradley said after-ward in the bowels of Arena daAmazonia.

The U.S. may need at least atie Thursday against three-timechampion Germany to reach theknockout stage of consecutiveWorld Cups for the first timeand keep the record number offans tuned in back home. Team-mates count on Bradley’s end-to-end play both to drive theattack and stiffen their defense.

Bradley ran 13,922 yardsagainst Ghana and 13,346 ver-sus Portugal, according to FIFA.Among players with two games,only Australia’s Matt McKaycovered more.

Much has been expected ofBradley ever since he trainedwith the national team for thefirst time before the 2006 WorldCup, when coach Bruce Arenagave the then-18-year-old his na-tional team debut against Ven-ezuela.

He became a regular duringthe next four-year cycle whenhis dad, Bob Bradley, took overas coach. And by the 2010 World

Cup in South Africa, he hadtransformed into one of the topAmerican players, part of thespine along with Landon Don-ovan, Clint Dempsey and TimHoward. He scored the tyinggoal against Slovenia, helpingthe Americans reach the secondround.

But in this year’s openeragainst Ghana, he had littleimpact in the match when com-pared with his past performanc-es. That was despite completing42 of 56 passes, both team highs.

“I’m certainly honest enoughand hard enough with myself toknow that it wasn’t my sharpestnight, but unfortunately they’renot all going to be,” he said. “Ithink as a team we realized at acertain point that it wasn’t goingto be a night making a millionpasses or necessarily playingthe most beautiful soccer, but itwas about running and tacklingand closing down and makingthe game hard on Ghana.”

URUGUAY 1, ITALY 0

Soccer’s bad boybites opponent

By JIM VERTUNOThe Associated Press

NATAL, Brazil – Biting op-ponents, racist comments – allthat looked to be behind LuisSuarez, as soccer’s bad boywas maturing into a star forhis club and country. Then,the old habit that most peopleleave behind in nursery schoolcropped up again in front of anaudience of millions.

Faced with a smotheringand frustrating Italian de-fense in a must-win WorldCup game Tuesday, the Uru-guayan superstar respondedwith his front teeth.

It came about the 80th min-ute when Suarez and Italiandefender Giorgio Chiellini gottangled up in front of the Ita-ly goal. The apparent chomphappened in an instant, butcaught by TV cameras, it be-came a worldwide sensationand could lead to Suarez beingkicked out of the World Cup.

The referee didn’t see a bite,and no foul was called despiteChiellini pleading and pullingdown his jersey to show a redmark on his shoulder.

About a minute later, Uru-guay scored the winning goalin a 1-0 match that sent Italyhome.

Uruguay will continueplaying, but the federationthat runs the World Cup willinvestigate and might suspendSuarez, who has twice beforebeen disciplined for biting op-ponents in league games.

Suarez didn’t confirm ordeny the bite, but said hewas angry that Chiellini –one of the best defenders inthe world and known for hisphysical play – had hit him inthe eye during the game.

“These are things thathappen on the pitch, we wereboth in the area, he thrusthis shoulder into me,” Su-arez said in Spanish. “Thesethings happen on the pitch,

and we don’t have to givethem so much [importance].”

Suarez, 27, should be cel-ebrating a career year. Afterasking to be sold before theseason, he stayed with Liver-pool, won the scoring title andwas named English PremierLeague’s player of the year.

Now, he’ll have to try tostart rehabbing his reputa-tion again.

Uruguay coach Oscar Taba-rez and Suarez’s teammates im-mediately defended their star.

“I want to say that if he’sattacked, as it has begun inthis press conference, we’llalso defend him, because thisis a football World Cup, not ofcheap morality,” said Tabarez,who said he didn’t see a bite.

AP photo

Uruguay’s Luis Suarez holdshis teeth after running into Ita-ly’s Giorgio Chiellini’s shoulderduring a Group D match Tues-dayat the Arena das Dunas inNatal, Brazil.

Page 12: DDC-6-25-2014

SPORTS Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.comPage B4 • Wednesday, June 25, 2014

815-895-2545223 W. State Street • Sycamore, IL 60178

Authentic Mexican Cuisine

Visit us at taxcorestaurant.comor Planit DeKalbCounty

Come join us for great food,great margaritas and a lot of fun!

Featuring the largest selection

of Tequilla in Illinois

Featuring the largest selection

of Tequila in Illinois

adno=0274532

Sycamore PilatesChallenge Your Mind, Challenge Your Body

Call now to book an appointment!815•901•7653

Jodi RileyCertified Pilates Instructor

• Fully equipped Pilates studio(Reformer, Cadillac, Chair & Ladder Barrel)

• Barre-Pilates Classes

• Aerial Silks Privates

• Private, Semi-Private and

Trio Sessions Available

Spring & Summer Specials!

adno=0274530

They have played on the

same basketball team for the

past seven years at the DeKalb

Park District, and have played

thousands of intense one-on-

one basketball games against

each other.

“I hated every baseball

game we played against Jake,”

said Cavanaugh, whose Syca-

more teams went 8-4 against

DeKalb the past four seasons.

“I hated every minute of it be-

cause one of us had to win and

one of us had to lose.“Off the field, we make up

games to play just like kids do.He’s a better golfer. I’m a bet-ter basketball player. But wecompete in everything we do.It’s just fun for us.”

Although Howells is unsureif he will continue the baseballcareer he started at Sycamoreand continued as a player atKishwaukee, Waubonsee Val-ley and Hillsdale colleges,Cavanaugh said he hopes hisfriend continues to coach.

“We might compete endless-ly as friends,” Cavanaugh saidof Howells, who also was an

assistant coach at CaliforniaBaptist University and a play-er development intern for theLos Angeles Dodgers. “But heprovided baseball therapy forme and I will miss that. Aftera tough game we could alwaysshare details. We knew whatthe other was going through.

“I hope he gets to coachbaseball because he is some-one that is way overqualifiedto coach high school baseball.He could coach anywhere. Theplayers really benefit from hisknowledge. He treats themthe right way and cares aboutthem as people.”

Although he posted awinning record as coach,Howells said he was moreconcerned with helping hisathletes develop character, atrait he believes will aid intheir continued developmenton the field.

“In four years, I think I’vehelped build upon a solid foun-dation to do what was right forthe DeKalb baseball game interms of preparation on andoff the field,” Howells said. “Ifeel good that I’ve taught thegame the right way and left theDeKalb baseball program in agood position.”

“We are excited. Each andevery year we come into a sea-son as a coaching staff and asplayers, you have to be excit-ed,” Weckler said. “With thisgroup, who has had success inthe past at DeKalb and the waythey have stuck together, it isjust a positive thing.”

A senior-laden offensiveline led by Devonte Thomp-son and Caleb Deweese will besetting the tone. On defense,Kuykendall, an all-area sec-ond-team selection in 2013,will lead the defense.

One of the best things aboutthis senior class, outside of thededication and work ethic, ishow close they are with eachother, Brown said.

“I would describe us as

hard-working, smart, and we

know each other very well,”

Brown said. “We have a lot of

good camaraderie.”

To go along with how close

this class is, they also are ex-

tremely competitive. Brown

said how much the players

compete with one another at

practice helps make each oth-

er better.

The Barbs have been work-

ing out in the summer. DeKalb

had workouts at Northern Illi-

nois University so far, as well

as early morning workouts.

“They hang out on and off

the field. They compete with

each other in everything,”

Weckler said. “It’s not just in

football and basketball, but it

is video games and any little

thing they have that they can

get a one-up on each other,

they do it.”

• COACHESContinued from page B1

• BARBSContinued from page B1

Cavanaugh, Howells ‘hated’ matching baseball wits

Danielle Guerra – [email protected]

DeKalb senior Robert Searls wraps up a running back during a 7-on-7football tournament Tuesday at DeKalb High School.

DeKalb’s offensive line heavy on seniors

Court AppointedSpecial Advocate

(815) 895-2052for children

Woods ahead of scheduleSays he’s painfreeafter March 31back surgery

By DOUG FERGUSONThe Associated Press

BETHESDA, Md. – Abouttwo dozen photographerslined up in a row on the rangeTuesday at Congressional, areminder that golf is differentwhen Tiger Woods is around.

And that was before Woodseven arrived to hit balls for 35minutes.

He was last seen wearinggolf shoes March 9, when hewalked gingerly off the golfcourse at Doral with back painthat had been bothering himoff and on since August 2012and finally reached a pointthat he chose surgery overplaying two majors.

Woods returns at theQuicken Loans National withbig hopes and realistic expec-tations – and with no pain.

Asked for an opening com-ment on where he is with hisrecovery, Woods smiled andsaid, “I’m right here.”

“It’s been an interestingroad,” Woods said. “This hasbeen quite a tedious little pro-cess, but been one where I gotto a point where I can playcompetitive golf again. Andit’s pretty exciting.”

Dressed in black, with shoesthe company colors of his newendorsement deal (Muscle-Pharm), Woods turned theroutine into news. After eachbooming tee shot, he casuallywalked forward a few paces,stooped to pick up his tee andto reload for the next shot.

Woods, who had back sur-

gery March 31, said the Brit-

ish Open was his target all

along. He was candid in saying

he might not be playing the

Quicken Loans National – this

is the first year for a new title

sponsor – if it did not benefit

his foundation.

That’s not to suggest he is

coming back too early. Woods

said he has been in constant

contact with doctors and train-

ers as he slowly expanded his

swing from chipping and put-

ting to irons to wedges, all the

way through the bag until hestarted swinging the driver afew weeks ago. He tried to add10 yards of distance every cou-ple of days, taking a break andgetting treatment on days itdidn’t feel quite right.

When he started putting,he would fill the holes on hispractice green with sand tokeep from bending over topluck the ball out of the cup.When he felt strong enoughto play, he said he would ridewhile standing on the back ofthe cart to avoid too much sit-ting.

Woods always has said hedoesn’t play if he doesn’t thinkhe can win. That’s still the ob-jective, sprinkled with somereality.

It will have been 109 dayswithout PGA Tour competi-tion when he tees it up Thurs-day morning with Jordan Spi-eth and Jason Day.

“ E x p e c t a t i o n s d o n ’ tchange,” Woods said. “That’sthe ultimate goal. It’s just thatit’s going to be a little bit hard-er this time. I just haven’t hadthe amount of prep and repsthat I would like. But I’m goodenough to play, and I’m goingto give it a go.”

The British Open is July 17to 20 at Royal Liverpool, whereWoods won in 2006 after miss-ing the cut in a major for thefirst time at the U.S. Open. Italso was his first major sincehis father died. Woods collect-ed his 14th major two years lat-er while playing on a shatteredleft leg at Torrey Pines.

He hasn’t won anothersince then, leaving him fourshort of the standard set byJack Nicklaus.

He can’t win if he doesn’tplay, so this would be an im-portant first step.

“I think there’s always afascination in terms of watch-ing Tiger play golf and the runthat he’s been on throughouthis career and what he stillhas to achieve in terms ofhis goals,” Justin Rose said.“I think golf will get reallyexciting if he starts winninga couple more majors and therace to 18 becomes incrediblyon again. I think that’s incred-ibly exciting for the game ofgolf and will draw a lot moreinterest in the game onceagain.”

AP photo

Tiger Woods smiles on the driving range Tuesday at Congressionalduring practice for the Quicken Loans National in Bethesda, Md.

Nadal ends hisgrass-court skid

By HOWARD FENDRICHThe Associated Press

LONDON – Chasing a shotto his right, Rafael Nadalslipped and tumbled to theCentre Court turf. He poppedup, raced across the baselineto get back into the point, andlater capped the 14-stroke ex-change with a backhand pass-ing winner.

The reason for the two-time Wimbledon champion’srecent inability to play wellon grass remains somethingof a mystery. As far as Nad-al was concerned Tuesday,all that mattered was that hedusted himself off and even-tually ended a three-match –and seven-set – losing streakon the slick surface.

Overcoming a deficitagainst a flat-hitting oppo-nent who kept finding linesearly, Nadal beat 51st-rankedMartin Klizan of Slovakia, 4-6,6-3, 6-3, 6-3, to reach the secondround. Nadal’s reaction after-ward – pumping fists, raisingarms aloft, tossing souvenirsto the crowd – was ratherover-the-top for a guy whoowns 14 Grand Slam titles.

“So happy for the victory.In the end, the match was dif-ficult. After the first set, [it]was even more difficult,” saidthe Spaniard, who is rankedNo. 1 and seeded No. 2 but ap-proached this opening-roundencounter with some trepida-tion. “When you go on courtand you lost last year in thefirst round, the year before inthe second round ... [‘m not]going to lie ... it stays in yourmind.”

Next for Nadal is a matchagainst the man who beat himin 2012’s second round, LukasRosol of the Czech Republic.

“He is a very dangerousplayer; very strong, verypowerful at the baseline,” Na-dal said.

Other past champions inaction on Day 2 advanced,too, including Roger Federer,Serena Williams and MariaSharapova, all in straightsets. Last year, when every-thing around these parts wasturned upside down by sur-prise after surprise, that triojoined Nadal with early exits;Williams was the last of thegroup standing, and she de-parted in the fourth round.

Williams needed to castaside four break pointsduring a 10-minute first gameTuesday, but after getting

that out of the way, breezedto a 6-1, 6-2 win against AnnaTatishvili. Sharapova lost allof one game against Britishwild-card entry SamanthaMurray.

Tuesday in London

LONDON – A look at Wimbledonon Tuesday:Men’s seeded winners: No. 2

Rafael Nadal, No. 4 Roger Federer,No. 5 Stan Wawrinka, No. 8 MilosRaonic, No. 9 John Isner, No. 10 KeiNishikori, No. 13 Richard Gasquet,No. 14 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 15Jerzy Janowicz, No. 19 FelicianoLopez, No 22 Philipp Kohlschreiber,No. 23 Tommy Robredo, No. 24 GaelMonfils, No. 30 Marcel Granollers.Men’s seeded losers: No. 28

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, No 29. IvoKarlovic, No. 32 Dmitry Tursunov.Women’s seeded winners: No.

1 Serena Williams, No. 3 SimonaHalep, No. 4 Agnieszka Radwans-ka, No. 5 Maria Sharapova, No.9 Angelique Kerber, No. 11 AnaIvanovic, No 13. Eugenie Bouchard,No. 15 Carla Suarez Navarro, No. 16Caroline Wozniacki, No. 19 SabineLisicki, No. 20 Andrea Petkovic,No. 24 Kirsten Flipkens, No. 25 Al-ize Cornet, No. 31, Klara Koukalova.Women’s seeded losers: No. 7

Jelena Jankovic, No. 14 Sara Errani,No. 21 Roberta Vinci, No. 26 Anasta-sia Pavlyuchenkova, No. 28 SvetlanaKuznetsova, No. 29 Sorana Cirstea.On court today: No. 1 Novak

Djokovic vs. Radek Stepanek, No.3 Andy Murray vs. Blaz Rola, No. 6Tomas Berdych vs. Bernard Tomic;No. 2 Li Na vs. Yvonne Meusburg-er, No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanskavs. Casey Dellacqua, No. 6 PetraKvitova vs. Mona Barthel.

– The Associated Press

AP photo

Rafael Nadal plays a return toMartin Klizan during their first-round match Tuesday in Wim-bledon, London. Nadal won, 4-6,6-3, 6-3, 6-3.

WIMBLEDON

PGA TOUR: QUICKEN LOANS NATIONAL

NHL AWARDS

Crosby namedMVP for 2nd timeBlackhawks’ Keithwins Norris Trophy

By GREG BEACHAMThe Associated Press

Pittsburgh Penguins cap-tain Sidney Crosby won hissecond Hart Trophy as theNHL’s most valuable playerTuesday night at the league’spostseason awards ceremonyin Las Vegas.

Crosby also collected theArt Ross Trophy as the league

scoring champion and the Ted

Lindsay Award as the players’

choice for the NHL’s most out-

standing play-

er.

Boston goal-

ie Tuukka Rask

won the Vezina

Trophy, and

Bruins team-

mate Patrice

Bergeron won

his second Selke Trophy as the

NHL’s best defensive forward.

The Blackhawks’ Duncan

Keith won his second Norris

Trophy as the league’s top de-

fenseman.

Colorado coach Patrick

Roy won the Adams Award,

while Avalanche forward Na-

than MacKinnon became the

youngest player to win the

Calder Trophy as the NHL’s

top rookie.

Crosby cleaned up at the

NHL’s awards show after a

fruitful season that included

a gold medal as Canada’s cap-

tain at the Sochi Olympics. He

led the league with 104 points,

including 68 assists in his fifth

career 100-point season. Cros-

by scored in 60 of his 80 games,

never going more than two

games without a point for the

Metropolitan Division cham-

pion Penguins.

Crosby hadn’t won the Hart

Trophy since 2007, but the

26-year-old center handily beat

out Anaheim captain Ryan

Getzlaf and Philadelphia cap-

tain Claude Giroux. Crosby re-

ceived 128 of the 137 first-place

votes from a panel of hockey

writers, while Getzlaf finished

second in the balloting.

Duncan Keith

Page 13: DDC-6-25-2014

FoodFeatures editor Inger Koch • [email protected]

SECTION CWednesday, June 25, 2014

Daily Chronicle

Whether domestic, imported or homemade,hazelnut spread has been adored for 50 years

NUTSFOR

NUTELLA

Pastry chef Alex Levin’s recipe brings the flavor of the hazelnuts to the foreground. Use it as a sandwich spread, try it with sliced fruit ormelt some in the microwave and serve it over vanilla gelato as a more interesting alternative to hot fudge sauce. Once this spread cools, itstexture is similar to that of Nutella. For a looser version, add more milk. For a sweeter version, add more honey.

Hazelnut Chocolate SpreadWashington Post photo

Ever since I heard about Nutella, the chocolate-hazelnutspread that originated in between-World Wars Italy, I’vebeen a fan. In mid-1980s America, it was hard to find. Notevery supermarket carried it. Obtaining it was a quest,and luck helped. I had to ration it. And no one can provethat I used to hide it when visitors came over.

A lot of foods have cult followings, and demand forNutella has resulted in its becoming nearly ubiquitous.As it celebrates the spread’s 50th year, maker FerreroRocher reportedly sells about a half-billion pounds across

more than 70 countries.There’s no more rationing, though there probably should be, because, frank-

ly, my teeth have started to hurt. But maybe there’s a way I can avoid cuttingback: Just as I start to accept that my advancing age and persistent sweet toothhave taken their toll on my dental health, a friend tells me there is an importedversion of Nutella, and it’s less sweet.

Soon enough, though, I learn that like any good cult, this onecomes with a heaping spoonful of mythology.

In 2014, obtaining the version of Nutella imported fromItaly is not really a task worthy of the term “quest.” Alot of gourmet markets carry it, and you can find itat any serious Italian market or deli. You’ll paya premium, but that’s just anotherindication that we’re talkingabout a cult, right?

“Customers tell meall the time they don’tcare what ours costs,”said Robert Tramonte,the owner of the Ital-ian Store in Arlington,Virginia, where you canbuy an 11-pound vat of

the Italian version. “They’ve tried the other ones. They prefer the imported.”And they have various opinions on what differentiates the imported and

domestic versions.The prevailing theory is that the domestic version is indeed sweeter, but

some fans suggest that the Italian product uses more hazelnuts (which couldsimply be a different way of stating the same theory). Or that the American ver-sion has more salt. Or that the Italian version has a better “mouth feel.”

No one ever seems to be available to field questions about just what makesthe two Nutellas different.

Now we have a quest.

By JIM WEBSTER • The Washington Post

See NUTELLA, page C2

Hazelnut Chocolate Spread24 servings (makes 3 cups)

1 1/4 cups (about 6 ounces) skinned hazelnuts6 ounces dark chocolate, such as Valrhona Man-jari 64 percent, broken into pieces

5 ounces milk chocolate, such as Valrhona Jivara40 percent, broken into pieces

1 cup whole milk2/3 cup nonfat powdered milk2 1/2 tablespoons honeyPinch kosher salt

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spread the ha-zelnuts on a rimmed baking sheet. Toast until goldenbrown, about 10 minutes.While the nuts are still hot, transfer them to a food

processor. Grind until they turn into a paste, about 5minutes. (You might need to stop and scrape downthe sides of the work bowl a few times.)

Heat a couple inches of water in a saucepan overmedium heat. Combine the dark and milk chocolatein a heatproof bowl; place over the saucepan to meltthe chocolate. Stir to make sure it has completelymelted. Remove from the heat.Combine the whole milk, powdered milk, honey and

salt in a medium saucepan over medium heat, whisk-ing until well incorporated and warmed through.Add the melted chocolate to the pureed hazelnuts

in the food processor. Pulse to incorporate, thenadd the milk mixture. Pulse to form a homogenousspread.Transfer to a container with a tight-fitting lid.

Refrigerate for at least 1 hour, until the spread firmsup, before using.

Nutrition per 2-tablespoon serving: 140 calories, 4g protein, 12 g carbohydrates, 10 g fat, 4 g saturatedfat, 0 mg cholesterol, 40 mg sodium, 1 g dietaryfiber, 10 g sugar.

SKIN YOUR OWN HAZELNUTS:Bring 3 cups of water to a boil in alarge saucepan over medium-highheat. Add 3 tablespoons of bakingsoda. Add the hazelnuts and cookfor 2 minutes. Meanwhile, preparea bowl of ice and water. After 2minutes, remove one nut and drop itinto the ice water. If the skin can beeasily removed, drain the nuts andadd them all to the ice water. If not,test one nut every minute until theskin comes off easily.Preheat the oven to its lowest set-

ting. Slip off and discard the hazelnutskins, then dry the nuts and spreadthem in a single layer on a rimmedbaking sheet. Warm in the oven untilthey’re completely dry, which couldtake 15 to 60 minutes.

MAKE YOUR OWN

OR BUY ITBut which one? These days, it’s practically impos-

sible to walk into a grocery store and not find otherbrands vying for attention with classic Nutella. Tosee whether Nutella is holding its own, the Wash-ington Post conducted a blind taste test. See theresults of 12 different varieties on PAGE C2.

Page 14: DDC-6-25-2014

CLASSIFIED Daily Chronicle / daily-chronicle.comPage C10 • Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Call to advertise 877-264-2527

AT YOUR

SERVICEIn print daily • Online 24/7

DECKSUNLIMITED

Over 1,000 Built29 Years Experience

CUSTOM DECKSPORCHES,PERGOLAS,DOORSSTAIRS, SWIMMING POOLS

WHEELCHAIR RAMPSCOMPLETE TEARDOWNS

POWER WASHING/STAINING

“Let Me Deck You”Michael

815-393-3514

Tree SaleNursery direct prices

A variety of beautiful treesPlanted on your spot!

Call for afree estimate

815-544-2770choicetrees.com

!!!

!!!

ILLINOIS CONCEALEDCARRY

Illinois Concealed Carry Classesheld at

Maple Park American Legion.

www.pureamerican.us

Need Help Rebuilding,Repairing or Replanting?

Check out the

At Your ServiceDirectory

in the back of today's Classified

You Want It?We've Got It!

Classified hasGREAT VARIETY!

877-264-2527Daily-Chronicle.com

Find !t here!PlanitDeKalbCounty.com

TEXT ALERTS

Sign up for TextAlertsto receive up-to-date

news, weather, prep sports,coupons and more sent

directly to your cell phone!

Register FREE today at

Daily-Chronicle.com

FREE Money!FREE Classified Ad!Sell any household item priced under $400.

Visit Daily-Chronicle.com/PlaceAnAdor use this handy form.

Ad will run one week in the Daily Chronicle and on Daily-Chronicle.com. One item per ad. Offer excludes real estate, businesses & pets,other restrictions may apply. We reserve the right to decline or edit the ad.

✁Headline:___________________________________________

Description:_________________________________________

__________________________________________________

__________________________________________________

Asking Price (required):________________________________

Best Time To Call:____________________________________

Phone:_____________________________________________

NAME:_____________________________________________

ADDRESS:__________________________________________

CITY__________________________STATE_____ZIP________

DAYTIME PHONE:____________________________________

E-Mail:_____________________________________________

! Add Bold $5! Add A Photo $5! Add an Attention Getter $5

! ! !

! Sell an item pricedover $400 - $26

Mail to:Free Ads

P.O. Box 250Crystal Lake, IL 60039-0250

Email:[email protected]

Upgrade Your Ad

Page 15: DDC-6-25-2014

FOOD Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.comPage C2 • Wednesday, June 25, 2014

A gooey clueArmed with 825 grams – “Formato

Famiglia” – of the imported versionin a glass jar and 750 grams of theCanadian-made version in plastic, Ihead to Osteria Morini on Washing-ton’s Southeast waterfront and sitdown with Alex Levin, director ofthe pastry program there. If anyonecan get to the bottom of this, it has tobe a pastry chef at an Italian restau-rant, right?

I tell Levin that I expect we’llspend a good portion of the after-noon translating and convertingnutritional information so we canmake comparisons. He tells me hestudied applied mathematics at Yale.I got an A-minus on a particularlychallenging trig test in 11th grade.We were born to do this.

First, the taste test. The two jars,glass and plastic, have been sittingside by side for about 18 hours, sothey are similarly acclimated.

We remove the identical gold-foilseals and notice an obvious differ-ence in the texture of the two. Theimported has a firmer consistency;when we scoop some out, it retainsthe track of the spoon. When wescoop out some of the domestic, itslowly starts to sloop back to fill thevoid.

This is a clue, Levin says beforewe even taste. But we’ll get back tothat.

The flavor of the two is similar,and the immediate sensation issweetness. A quick look at the nutri-tional chart on the domestic jar cluesus in: A serving size is listed as 37grams, about 2 1/2 tablespoons. Eachserving includes 21 grams of sugar.

For all the hazelnuts, milk andchocolate this spread is billed for,

that makes it 56.76 percent sugar.Even if you didn’t study appliedmathematics at Yale, you knowthat’s more than half.

We look at the Italian jar. Theserving sizes are different, but in Eu-rope, they’ve already done the math,and the number is almost startling:Each serving is, well, 56.7 percentsugar.

That doesn’t necessarily meanthat the two taste the same, or eventhat they are equally sweet. Thereare other variables to look at first.But it does mean equal amounts ofthe two versions have exactly thesame amount of sugar. And it’s a lot.

“If I was having some of this inItaly, then came home and had somehere, I might assume they were thesame thing,” Levin said. “But tast-ing them side by side, you can tellthere’s a difference.” The hazelnutflavor in the imported version seemsslightly more pronounced.

He decides that, most likely, thedifference is either the number of ha-zelnuts used or the kind of fat used.The domestic jar lists palm oil; theimported says vegetable oil, whichtechnically could be the same oil. Wedon’t know.

Uh-oh. Trans fats?Initially, comparing the hazelnuts

seems impossible. The imported jarquantifies the hazelnuts as 13 per-cent. There is no percentage listedon the domestic. But then we see it:The front of the jar, in big letters,proclaims that it contains 97 hazel-nuts. Levin grabs a handful of hazel-nuts from his kitchen. He weighs 20of them: They total 20 grams. Usingour combined math powers and notthe calculators on our phones, weextrapolate that 97 hazelnuts wouldweigh 97 grams. We know the jarholds 750 grams of Nutella. Now wepull out the calculators and findthe percentage of hazelnuts in thedomestic version is . . .

Thirteen percent (12.93, to beprecise).

Huh. That keeps happening.Protein: The same. Carbohy-

drates: Equal. Total fat. Saturatedfat. Ditto. Ditto.

We know the percentages of skimmilk (6.6) and cocoa (7.4) in the Ital-ian spread but can’t compare themwith the American because it doesn’tnote percentages. Maybe the Italianversion uses less of those things andmore oil? Probably not, because thenutritional information all matches,which probably indicates no greatdifferences in the percentages of keyingredients.

But they taste different. How?Why?

Levin notes that the two spreads“feel” different. (Mouth feel wasone of the theories!) The importedversion sticks to your mouth a littlemore. It could just seem to havemore intense flavor because it lin-gers on the palate longer.

Levin suspects that if we melted –or refrigerated – both versions, we’dtaste no difference between the twoat all.

Is the glass keeping the importedversion cooler, therefore firmer? Ibreak out a thermometer, and thedomestic registers 72.1 degrees.

In keeping with the theme, Itake the temperature of the Italianversion in Celsius and get 21.2. ThenI use my math skills to convert it,multiply by 9/5ths (I think), then add(or maybe subtract?) 32 and . . . oh,just hit the Fahrenheit button. It’s71.9 degrees. So that isn’t it.

On the back of the domesticspread, we notice it says there arezero grams of trans fat, the hydroge-nated fat that the American HeartAssociation says raises bad choles-terol levels, lowers good cholesteroland is associated with problemsincluding heart disease, stroke andType 2 diabetes. It also helps foods

retain a more solid texture at highertemperatures.

Uh-oh.With trepidation, we look at the

back of the imported jar. There is nomention of trans fat.

The FDA has required trans fatsto be listed in nutritional analysessince 2006. The European Union doesnot.

“My guess,” Levin says, “is that

before they had to put it on the label,there was no ‘U.S.’ version, that theysold the same spread everywhere.”

There are still a lot of variableswe can’t cover. So we can’t, anddon’t, claim to have solved anything.But we started with mythology, andattacked it with mathology. Fromthe available evidence, we suspectthat the difference isn’t in the fla-vors, but in the delivery.

HAZELNUTS

SUGAR

COCOA

SKIM MILK

12.93%

DOMESTIC IMPORTED

13%

56.7%

7.4%

6.6%

56.76%

?

?

BY THE NUMBERSThe chocolate hazelnut spread made in Canada has a legion of fans,

but many people say the Italian-made version tastes superior. What’s thedifference? Surprise: The Italian-made spread closely matches the domestic.Cocoa and milk percentages aren’t listed on both jars, but extrapolation ispossible.

• NUTELLAContinued from page C1

Washington Post graphic

Domestic, imported Nutellas share much in common

Best

Azienda Agricola Nocciole d’Elite Crema di Nocciola: 4.4.This Italian import was the uncontested winner – and by far the most

expensive of the competitors. Although its consistency was thinner/runni-er than most of us would have liked, it earned praise for its “pure hazelnutflavor,” prompting one judge to rejoice, “ding ding ding.” The mellowchocolate favor imparted by cocoa powder is a bit subdued, so chocohol-ics, keep that in mind. $21 for 8.8 ounces, or $2.39 per ounce.Peccati di Ciacco Gianduia Chocolate Hazelnut Spread: 3.4.Tasters detected hints of caramel and vanilla. Overall, “pretty sweet but

good.” $10.99 for 7.76 ounces, or $1.42 per ounce.Ferrero brand Nutella (Italian label): 3.2.The European Nutella prompted opposing opinions on a variety of

counts, from “canned chocolate frosting flavor, with little hazelnuts” to“nice nutty beginning; not too sweet, really good.” $15.99 for 35 ounces,or 46 cents per ounce.Safeway Select Hazelnut Spread: 3.This store brand delivered a respectable bang for the buck. “Pretty clas-

sic,” “pudding,” “balanced but not distinctive” and “the nut taste is freshand good.” $3.79 for 13 ounces, or 29 cents per ounce.

Acceptable

Ferrero brand Nutella (domestic label): 2.6.At least one taster correctly identified this as “what I grew up

eating.” Another panned it as “way too sweet, teeth-achingly.” Othermiddle-of-the-road sentiments: “inoffensive,” “more chocolate thanhazelnut; not too sweet but not delicious.” $4.99 for 13 ounces, or 38cents per ounce.Rapunzel brand Organic Chocolate Hazelnut Butter: 2.4.This one inspired wide-ranging reactions. Among them: “very nutty, dark,

but did find a little grit”; “leaves a bad, bitter aftertaste”; “greasy mouthfeel.” $7.49 for 8.8 ounces, or 85 cents per ounce.Rigoni di Asiago Nocciolata: 2.4.Tasters mostly found the hazelnut flavor lacking in this Italian spread.

Also: “Consistency’s winning, an aftertaste that’s bad”; “nicely balanced”;“more cocoa than chocolate.” $4.99 for 9.52 ounces, or 52 cents per ounce.Jif brand Chocolate Flavored Hazelnut Spread : 2.Maybe Jif should stick with peanut butter? “Harsh and sweet” and

“distinctly lacking in hazelnut”; one praised “a rich chocolate flavor.” $4.19for 13 ounces, or 32 cents per ounce.

Not recommended

Giant brand Hazelnut Spread With Cocoa: 1.6.Part of a four-way tie for last. “Cloyingly sweet,” “bad chocolate,

just nasty” and the nail in the coffin: “Detect practically zero hazelnut,right?” A few judges commented on an unpleasant aftertaste. $3.69for 13 ounces, or 28 cents per ounce.

Natural Nectar ChocoDream Hazelnut Cocoa Spread: 1.6.One tester compared this to “a bad doughnut glaze.” “Blech” and

“too sweet.” An outlier observed a “stronger nut flavor.” $5.99 for 12.3ounces, or 49 cents per ounce.

Hershey’s Spreads, Chocolate With Hazelnut: 1.6.“Fake chocolate tasting”; “where’s the hazelnut?”; “thick as paste.”

$3.99 for 13 ounces, or 31 cents per ounce.

Merenda: 1.6.A Greek spread with disappointments that included “lackluster choc-

olate” and “faint” hazelnut flavor. One judge awarded it a 3, calling it“creamy, sweet, nutty, thin in texture, milk chocolate-like.” $9.95 for35 ounces, or 28 cents per ounce.

Taste test: 12 chocolate hazelnut spreadsNutella needs no introduction. There are probably enough Italophiles, college students and hazelnut lovers to lobby for classifying the chocolate-hazelnut spread as its own food group. These days, though, it’s

practically impossible to walk into a grocery store and not find other brands vying for attention. To see whether Nutella – which turns 50 this year – is holding its own, we conducted a blind taste test. Compet-itors included store brands, familiar labels such as Hershey’s and Jif, and domestic and imported products labeled spreads or butters and sold at supermarkets and specialty shops. Post Food section stafferslicked many small plastic spoons. Here are the results, listed in order of preference, including an averaged rating (on a scale of 1 to 5):

Banana pudding upgraded to parfaitsBy STEPHANIE WITT SEDGWICK

The Washington Post

The Nilla wafers are stillhere in these banana puddingparfaits, but the pudding is aclassic cornstarch-thickenedmilk version with no eggs,and flavored with vanilla twoways. If you’re a cookie lover,feel free to add up to twice asmany wafers.

Instead of being toppedwith whipped cream, the pud-ding is bruleed with a littlebrown sugar. If you don’t havea small kitchen torch, there’sa broiler option.

You’ll need four 8-ounceparfait or sundae glasses.

Banana Pudding Parfaits4 servings

1/3 cup granulated sugar2½ tablespoons cornstarch1/8 teaspoon salt1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwisein half

2 cups low-fat milk (2 percent)2 teaspoons vanilla extract16 Nilla wafers (about 2 ouncestotal)

1 large or 2 small bananas, plusmore for alternate garnish

Light brown sugar, for garnish

Combine the granulated sugar,cornstarch and salt in a heavy-bot-tomed, medium pot. Use a smallknife to scrape the seeds out of thevanilla bean halves. Add the scrap-

ings to the sugar mixture, usingyour fingers to blend them in. Pourin 1/3 cup of the milk, mixing toform a runny paste. Slowly add theremaining 1 2/3 cups milk, whiskingto incorporate. Drop in the scrapedvanilla bean halves.Place the pot over medium heat;

cook, stirring, until the mixturestarts to thicken, 4 to 5 minutes.Reduce the heat to medium-low;cook, stirring, until the mixturestarts to boil; let boil for 1 minute.Remove from the heat.Remove the vanilla bean halves;

discard them or reserve for anotheruse. Add the vanilla extract andwhisk to combine. Steep/cool for 10minutes.To build the parfaits, place a few

wafers in each glass – one flat onthe bottom and a few standing uparound the inside of the glass cup.Gently spoon a few tablespoonsof pudding over the bottom wafer.Place a few slices of banana overthe pudding, then top with a fewwafers. Cover them with pudding,add a few more slices of bananaand cover with pudding. You shouldhave about 1/2 cup of pudding ineach parfait; make sure to cover thebanana slices completely so theydon’t discolor. Cover with plasticwrap and refrigerate for at least 5hours.When ready to serve, remove

from the refrigerator and let theparfaits sit at room temperature for30 minutes.To garnish, either top with an

additional slice of banana, or bruleethe top by sprinkling the surfaceslightly with brown sugar and heat-ing until bubbling and browned witha kitchen torch, taking care to avoid

heating the glass. Alternatively,place a few banana slices on an alu-minum foil-lined baking sheet. Topeach slice with brown sugar andeither heat with a kitchen torch or

run under the broiler until the sugaris bubbly and browned in places.Serve within 30 minutes of

bruleeing, or the sugar will start todissolve and turn into a syrup.

Nutrition per serving: 250calories, 5 g protein, 46 g carbohy-drates, 5 g fat, 3 g saturated fat, 10mg cholesterol, 190 mg sodium, 0 gdietary fiber, 27 g sugar

Washington Post photo

Banana Pudding Parfaits

Page 16: DDC-6-25-2014

LEARNING Wednesday, June 25, 2014 • Page C3Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com

Dakota Howe of DeKalbHigh School was recently pre-sented the school’s highest ag-ricultural honor, the DeKalbAgricultural AccomplishmentAward, sponsored by Monsan-to Company.

Howe, the son of GeneHowe and Karshone Penn,received the award for excel-lence in academics, leadershipand agricultural work expe-rience. Howe’s experienceshave included competing atthe State Ag Mechanics CDEafter qualifying in Ag Power.He also is the FFA presidentfor the DeKalb chapter. SarahPeterson is Howe’s agricul-tural education instructor atDeKalb High School.

This year the DeKalbAgricultural AccomplishmentAward celebrates is 67th anni-versary. Over these 67 yearsmore than 168,000 high schoolseniors from across the coun-try have received the award,which has become a symbolfor excellence and the school’shighest agricultural honor.

As the winner of the 2014

award, Howe’s name will be

recorded on a permanent

plaque displayed at DHS.

Monsanto, a longtime

supporter of agricultural

education, FFA, 4-H and other

farm youth organizations

and initiatives, sponsors the

DeKalb Agricultural Accom-

plishment Award.

adno=0274578

5&.",'% 5#',#0 -+ 42%#)21 $&'%-)!"""300/(3-)*

Enjoy an afternoon of music, food, games, live reptiles, and family fun,benefiting the Midwest Museum of Natural History.

Location: Corner of Elm and Somonauk St. in SycamoreRain location is at the Museum, 425 W. State Street.

Admission $5/person (ages 2+) includes all games, animal visits. crafts andactivities. Music by Jazz in Progress, Davenport Project and Garage Orchestra.

Sponsored by: Castle Bank, Bethany Animal Hospital, & Sycamore Antiqueswith special thanks to Chicago Hematological Society, Michael's - DeKalb,Culver's Sycamore and ROCKIN' RIIPPI MUSIC LIMITED!

12 NOON - 5:00 PM

Somonauk students win StockMarket GameAfter picking stocks that pro-

pelled them to the front of the class,students from Somonauk took firstin the year-long version of The StockMarket Game program’s onlineportfolio simulation. The winningstudent team competed at highschool level in their geographicregion, beating out more than 225other teams.

The winning student team includ-ed Marcus Alstadt, Josh Schmittand Scott Thomas. Teacher KrisHumes and her winning team wererecognized with medals and awardcertificates.

Humes’ students increased theiroriginal $100,000 cash to a finalportfolio equity of $136,368. Theyoutperformed the S & P 500 for thesame period by 27 percent.

The Stock Market Game programis used in thousands of classroomsnationwide to help teach coreacademic subjects while empha-sizing the importance of long-termsaving and investing. Studentswork together in teams to conductresearch, invest their hypothetical$100,000 cash account and managetheir portfolio over time. Throughtheir participation, student teams

gain practical knowledge about themarkets, learning such concepts asrisk and diversification. While thestudents think they’re playing agame, their teachers know they’relearning real-life economic andfinancial skills that will benefit themfor years to come.

Teachers use the SMG program’sonline educational resource libraryas a tool to enhance student engage-ment with math, language arts,social studies, business and technol-ogy, while integrating investmentconcepts into their existing curric-ulum. The cross-curricular lessons

and materials support both Illinoisand national Common Core StateStandards.

Senior Marcus Alstadt said hereally enjoyed playing the StockMarket Game, and he has already be-gun investing his own money. SeniorScott Thomas said the team lookedfor very volatile stocks in order totry to make a quick profit.

“Our biggest winner was a Cana-dian solar company,” junior JoshSchmitt, said in a news release.

The SMG program, designed forgrade 4 through 12 teachers andtheir students, is offered to Illinois

teachers by Econ Illinois, a divisionof NIU Outreach, Engagement &Regional Development. Since itsinception in Illinois in 1988, the SMGprogram has enrolled more than610,000 Illinois students. Participa-tion is offered without financial costthrough numerous sponsorships.Nationally, the SMG is provided bythe Securities Industry and Finan-cial Markets Association.

For more information, call Illi-nois Stock Market Game coordinatorDebbie Kerman at Econ Illinois, 815-753-0356, or visit the website at www.econed-il.org.

Provided photo

G-K FFA member Travis Hughes received the Vegetable ProductionState Proficiency Award. He is pictured with his FFA adviser, AnnicaHulstedt (left), and his parents, Mollie and Todd Hughes of Genoa.

G-K, H-BR FFAmembers honored

DeKalb studentreceives school’shighest ag award

Dakota Howe

More than 3,500 Illinois FFA high

school students – including members of

the Genoa-Kingston and Hinckley-Big

Rock FFA chapters – participated in the

2014 Illinois State FFA Convention at

the Prairie Capital Convention Center

in Springfield.

The 86th annual convention featured

a “Planting Your Potential” theme

inspired by the 2013-2014 Illinois State

FFA Officer team. The three-day event

celebrates the organization’s annual

successes and includes motivational

speakers, recognition of individual and

chapter achievement, addresses from

retiring officers and election of a new

state officer team.

G-K FFA member Travis Hughes

received the Vegetable Production State

Proficiency Award. Hughes grows 25

different varieties of pumpkins on 5

acres of land. His business exposure

and growth didn’t only come from word

of mouth; he created a Facebook page.

His profits increased 10 fold since the

inception of the business. The Vegetable

Production Award is sponsored through

the National FFA Foundation by Trac-

tor Supply Company and Wilbur-Ellis

Company.

H-BR chapter member Elena Halver-

son was the Heritage Activities Section

Winner. The Heritage Activities Award

program encourages FFA chapters to

inform people about their rights and

responsibilities as citizens. Award-win-

ning chapters demonstrate a commit-

ment to increasing citizen involvement

in local, state, and federal issues and

inspiring individuals to bring their

voice – as is granted under the state and

federal constitution – to the legislative

process. Section winners receive a trip

to Washington, D.C., in late June spon-

sored by the Illinois Farm Bureau.

The Illinois Association FFA is

part of the National FFA Organiza-

tion, formerly known as the Future

Farmers of America. More than 17,500

students are in enrolled 326 different

FFA chapters in the state of Illinois.

FFA is a national youth organization

of 557,318 student members – all pre-

paring for leadership and careers in

the science, business and technology

of agriculture. Visit www.illinoisffa.

org for more information.

Provided photo

Hinckley-Big Rock chapter member Elena Halverson was the HeritageActivities Section Winner at the 2014 Illinois State FFA Convention.

Page 17: DDC-6-25-2014

LEARNING Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.comPage C4 • Wednesday, June 25, 2014

The Abraham LincolnPresidential Library’s OralHistory Program will releasea new collection of interviewstelling the story of an import-ant and often-overlooked partof Illinois’ education system:community colleges.

“Education is Key – Com-munity Colleges” features62 interviews with faculty,administrators and legislatorswho helped build a networkof colleges serving nearly onemillion students each year.The interviews cover the cre-ation of the community collegesystem 50 years ago and touchon a multitude of issues, in-cluding its role in civil rights,educating women and servingolder students. Included in“Education is Key – Commu-nity Colleges” are interviewswith Bob Johnson, currentchairman of the KishwaukeeCollege Board of Trustees, andTerry Martin, retired biologyfaculty and one of the college’soriginal faculty memberswhen Kishwaukee opened itsdoors in 1968.

Volunteer Philip Pogue,former superintendent of theGreenville School District,conducted the interviewsin 2013 and early 2014. Hetraveled the entire state andvisited every communitycollege district, including theKishwaukee College district.

“Phil has done a greatservice for the people of Illi-nois,” Mark DePue, directorof the presidential library’sOral History Program, saidin a news release. “His hardwork preserves the voices

and memories of those whosaw the need for colleges thatwould provide an affordableeducation and enrich theircommunities.”

Illinois has 39 communitycollege districts operating48 individual colleges andone consortium. The collegesensure a quality education isavailable to Illinois residentsthroughout the state. In fact,more students are enrolledin community colleges thanin the state’s many four-yearinstitutions.

Community collegesperform many functionsbeyond preparing students fortraditional four-year institu-tions. These include workerretraining, adult education,and certification programs.They are a point of pride for

communities across the state.“As we prepare to recog-

nize our 50-year anniversaryas a system in 2015, we wantthe people of Illinois to recog-nize the value of our excellentcommunity colleges,” KarenAnderson, executive directorof the Illinois Community Col-lege Board, said in the release.“Illinois community collegestouch the lives of almostone million students eachyear. We are fortunate to havethe best community collegesystem in the world right herein Illinois.”

The Abraham Lincoln Pres-idential Library’s Oral HistoryProgram can be found at www.oralhistory.illinois.gov. Thecommunity college interviewsare at http://tinyurl.com/Col-legeOralHistory.

1855 N. Sta te St . , Be lv idere815-544-3406

www.Jack-Wol f .netYOUR LOCAL GM SERVICE CENTER

SE HABLA ESPAÑOL

#C13026A

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

NEW 2014CADILLACATS 2.5LSEDAN

$397.59*/Mo.*39 Month Ally SmartLease, 10,000 MilesPer Year. Tax, Title, License & Doc FeesAdditional. Subject To Credit Approval.See Dealership For Complete ProgramDetails.

MSRP $37,640

NEW 2014 GMCSIERRA 15004WD DOUBLECAB SLE

MSRP $41,015

$349.51*/Mo.*39 Month Ally SmartLease, 10,000 MilesPer Year. Tax, Title, License & Doc FeesAdditional. Subject To Credit Approval.See Dealership For Complete ProgramDetails.

$0 Down Payment

$0 Security Deposit

$0 First Month’s Payment*(*Subject to availability thru 6/16/14

$0 Down Payment

$0 Security Deposit

$0 First Month’s Payment*

2013 BuickLaCrosse

4 Dr., 7,000 Miles, Leather!

$29,996*

2006Cadillac DTS4 Dr., 52,641 Miles, Loaded!

$15,990*

READY FOR SUMMER?AIR CONDITIONING TUNE-UPWITH GM CERTIFIED SERVICE

$8995

• UP TO 1 LB. R134A REFRIGERANT• CHECK HOSES, BELTS & CONNECTIONS• 27 PT. VEHICLE INSPECTION

Most domestic cars and LD trucks. May not becombined with any other offers or specials. Must

present coupon when order is written. Exp. 6-30-14.

Service

2013 GMCYukon Denali4WD, Exec. Driven, Loaded!

$50,996*

#H13041

2012 GMCTerrain SLT2

AWD, Leather, Sunroof!

$27,990*

#H13042A

#C14025A #G14109A

(*Subject to availability thru 6/16/14

#C14013#G14097

adno=0274553

School thanks volunteers

Provided photo

Woodbury Elementary School in Sandwich hosted a volunteer appreciation ice cream social for 38 of theschool’s loyal volunteers. Sixteen of the volunteers participated in ice cream and music by third-gradestudents. Pictured are Angie Wills, Jill Grey, Darren Young, Nikki Ashley, Heather Lissman, Dawn Good-bred, Bonnie Talty, Sheila Barbey, Donna Childs, CindyMatteson, Doris Carpenter, Bob Dell, Janiece Bollie,Shannan Reyes, Stacy Skillin and Rachel French.

Studentslearn golfbasics

Alex White takesa practice swingduring a golf unitin his physicaleducation class.Students atPrairie View andWoodbury ele-mentary schoolsin Sandwichlearned to putt,chip, pitch andswing with equip-ment borrowedthrough the KidsGolf Foundation inSugar Grove.

Provided photo

NIU-created online IllinoisReport Card earns praise

The Northern Illinois University team thatcreates illinoisreportcard.com is celebratingnational recognition for the online, interactiveIllinois report card as one of the best in thenation.

Education Commission of the States an-nounced last month that the Illinois ReportCard was the “only one in the nation to makethe top picks for both parents and researchers,who applauded its online report card for beingeasy to find, easy to navigate, and easy tounderstand.”

Harvey Smith, director of the Illinois Re-port Card, credited the talented interdisciplin-ary NIU team that developed the new reportcard last year.

“Our programmers, database specialists,graphics artist and writers are all first-rate.This team has worked together for severalyears and was deeply invested in the existingIllinois Interactive Report Card. Now, theyhave completely redesigned the report cardand reoriented it toward an audience of par-ents and general public,” Smith said in a newsrelease.

“The agility and speed they displayed inpivoting to development of a new design hasbeen outstanding. Along the way, we also heldfocus groups with educators in professionalorganizations and school districts around thestate, and their feedback was invaluable.”

“This project takes bench strength,” MuqeetMohammed Abdul, the senior programmer forthe report card, said in the release.

“We have an integrated group of specialistswho design screens, program the interactiv-ity, manage huge state databases, test newfeatures, research audience preferences, andwrite explanations that lay people can under-stand. And we also benefited from workingclosely with a high-stakes, real-world client.This has been quite a learning experiencefor us and for the NIU grad students and the

undergrads who also work on our team.”A state level committee met for more than

a year to plan the new, parent-friendly reportcard, following a legislative mandate in 2012.The Illinois State Board of Education turnedto NIU, which has produced an online reportcard for ISBE since 2004, to develop the newonline service. The NIU team completely over-hauled the existing design in about six monthsand met the state-mandated October 31, 2013,deadline for the new report card.

Graphics artist Brian Walk, who designedthe data displays and developed the user in-terface for IllinoisReportCard.com, echoed theEducation Commission of the States’ reportthat the new design represents cutting-edgepractices in visualizing data.

“We applied the newest thinking and bestnational examples for making data meaningfuland useful. Colorful, interactive screens helpusers understand school data. The hope is thatparents will take the data to school and workwith educators on behalf of their kids,” Walksaid in the release.

Smith said some advanced features fromthe old edition of IIRC are still being rede-signed and enhanced for the new IRC. Theseinclude web tools that educators, researchersand parents routinely utilize to help driveinstructional decisions and assist individuallearners.

In particular, the NIU team is developingupdated versions of such popular features asAchievement Gap, Financial Trends, CohortAnalyses and Compare Schools data displaysfor the new report card.

“The response to the new report card fromboth parents and educators has been extraordi-narily positive. The report card gets an averageof 80,000 online visitors each month, a clearmeasure of its usefulness,” Smith said in therelease. “This national recognition validateswhat we have been hearing across the state.”

Kish College featured in LincolnPresidential Library program

Jessica Janice HawsAge 14, June 23

Daniel Lawson HawsAge 9, May 12

Hometown: Lake Worth,TexasParents:Mark Haws of Lake

Worth, Texas, and Melissa Hawsof Saginaw, TexasGrandmother: Janice Haws of

DeKalb

8BIRTHDAY CLUB

Page 18: DDC-6-25-2014

Dr. Wallace: My husbandand I are both 20. We havebeen married for over ayear and are the parents ofa 2-year-old daughter. Bothmy husband and I have beensmoking for over four yearsand are totally addicted. Butwe are aware of the dangersof secondhand smoke so wekeep our house smoke-free.

We have talked severaltimes about quitting tobac-co, but we have not yet putout that last cigarette. If bychance we don’t quit smok-ing, is it possible that thiswill encourage our childrento “light up,” or even if wedo smoke, but encourageour children to never startsmoking, will it be the sameas if we were not smoking? –

Mother, York, Pennsylvania

Mother: The best way toinsure that your childrenwill not become addictedsmokers is for you and yourhusband to stop smoking andto encourage your childrento never start.

According to the booklet,“Peer Pressure and Smok-ing,” created by Phillip Mor-ris USA, 13.7 percent of the 11to 17-year-olds who reportedsmoking a cigarette at leastonce in the past month hadparents who were smokers,compared to 5.7 percent who

reported smoking in the pastmonth, but had parents whodon’t smoke. This is a signifi-cant difference!

Dr. Wallace: Please helpme! I’m 14 and have a strongfear that someone is goingto physically harm me. Eventhough my dog sleeps in mybedroom, I’m afraid of beingattacked. I can never havea leg or an arm hang out ofmy bed covers because I’mafraid someone will grab it.Once when I was babysit-ting and the children wereasleep, a storm hit and I wasso frightened I couldn’t moveeven though rain was comingin through an open window.I live in a small town and Irealize that I’m safer thanliving in a huge city, but still,

I’m frightened.I’ve hinted to my par-

ents that I’m afraid of beingattacked, but they just laughit off. Please don’t print myname or location. – Name-less, Louisiana.

Nameless: When yourparents see your letter inthe newspaper, they willtake note of it and stop “justlaughing it off.” They willrealize that it is not just aproblem for you, but thatothers may have the sameconcerns, and they will lookinto getting professional helpfor you.

Please contact me againin a few weeks and let meknow what progress you aremaking.

Dr. Wallace: I know that

you were a former Englishteacher and a varsity basket-ball coach at Hiawatha HighSchool in Kirkland, Illinois,because you coached myuncle and taught my mom.What did you enjoy more,coaching or teaching? – Erin,Rockford, Illinois

Erin: Your email broughtback pleasant memories ofmy teaching and coachingdays. Hiawatha was my firstteaching and coaching expe-rience, and I truly enjoyedboth teaching and coachingequally.

• Email Dr. Robert Wallaceat [email protected] will answer as manyletters as possible in thiscolumn.

Woman puzzled by guy who won’t get naked

Prevention key to avoid developing dementia

A secondtrip to cardplacing

James Carville, a politicalcommentator, said, “The besttime to plant an oak tree was25 years ago. The second besttime is today.”

In yesterday’s deal, Eastused the bidding and earlyplay to place the missing highcards and to work out the bestdefense against four hearts.

Here is a second deal alongthe same lines. South is infour hearts. West leads thespade queen. South wins withhis ace and plays a trump todummy’s queen. What shouldEast do?

South rebid three no-trumpbecause North might haveraised hearts with only three-card support if he had a min-imum opening bid with, forexample, 1-3-5-4 distribution.Here, though, North correctedto the heart game because hehad two unstopped suits andfour strong hearts.

East should wonder whichfour tricks his side might win.Since West’s opening leadmarks South with the spadeace and king, there are nospade winners available. Easthas one heart trick. There areno diamond winners, becauseeven if South is missing theking, the finesse is working.So the defenders need threeclub tricks, or two clubs and aclub ruff.

This should make East’spath clear. He must win withhis heart ace and shift to theclub five.

Now the spotlight falls onSouth. If he rises with hisclub king, he will make thecontract (with an overtrick ifhe draws trumps, cashes hisspade and diamond winners,and endplays West with hisclub queen). But if Southfinesses his jack, West winswith his queen, returns theclub two and receives a clubruff for down one.

We have talked about quitting tobacco, but ...

Dear Abby: I met a guy fourmonths ago. Our relationshipis new and pretty casual forthe most part. We like eachother’s company and spendnights together, but whenwe’re intimate, he keeps hisclothes on – boxers and all.He is only 26, but he has toldme about past relationships,so I know he has had experi-ence.

Over the past two years hehas lost almost 100 pounds.He looks great now – healthyand toned. I have seen himget in and out of the show-er. (I noticed a little excessskin on his stomach, but notmuch.) It’s really weird. Idon’t feel comfortable taking

my own clothes off when hedoesn’t.

This isn’t exactly a dealbreaker for me, as I obvi-ously am attracted to him.I just would like him to becomfortable with me. ShouldI address this with him, andif so, how? Or should I justleave it be for now? – Awk-ward Situation in Georgia

Dear Awkward: It’s apparentthat he still has body issueshaving to do with his extremeweight loss. If you know him

well enough to spend nightsat his house, you should beable to communicate withhim about sex on a maturelevel and tell him the experi-ence would be more satisfy-ing for you if there was lessbetween you when you are inhis arms.

Dear Abby: My fiancee and Iwork full time. We are tryingto save for our wedding and adeposit for a house. The trou-ble is, after paying rent, billsand day-to-day expenses, weare left with next to nothing.

I played poker when I wasin college, which generateda nice income during mylate teens and early 20s. Afew months back, I decided

to pick it up again and founda group of people who liketo play. Since then, I havebeen playing four hours twoor three nights a week, andit has generated an extramonthly income of $1,000 to$1,500. Our finances haveimproved a lot.

There are nights my fian-cee wants me to stay home.She says if I had a part-timejob, she would understandwhy I couldn’t stay home onthe days she asked. But to me,poker IS a part-time job, andit pays more than anythingelse I could find in this area.I play the same set scheduleevery week, so she shouldknow what nights I need to

go in to “work.” What do yousay? – All-In in Virginia

Dear All-In: You appear tobe a skillful card player ora very lucky one. Assumingthat the games in which youare participating are legal, Isee nothing wrong with whatyou’re doing. Because yourfiancee feels lonely whenyou’re not with her, suggestthat she do something withfriends or take up a hobby.After all, you’re doing this forthe both of you, aren’t you?And this “part-time job” isn’tgoing to be forever.

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

Dear Dr. K: What is vasculardementia? Can it be prevent-ed?

Dear Reader: The term “de-mentia” describes a seriousimpairment of mental func-tion. It may include memoryloss, confusion, personalitychanges and the dwindlingability to perform every-day activities. Alzheimer’sdisease is the most commontype of dementia. The secondmost common is vasculardementia.

Vascular dementia resultswhen blood vessels don’tdeliver enough oxygen to thebrain. There may be athero-sclerosis in the arteries thatblock blood flow. High bloodpressure may cause the ar-teries to narrow and increasethe amount of atherosclero-sis. Sometimes this leads to a

major stroke. Such strokescan cause a person to sud-denly lose the ability to movea part of their body, to talk,to understand speech, to feelor to see. After such a majorstroke, dementia can occur.

Multiple smaller strokescan occur, as well. They canbe so small, and producesuch mild symptoms, thata person is not even awarethey happened. Slowly, theycan degrade mental functionand cause dementia. Multiplesmall strokes sometimes arediscovered by brain scans(such as CT and MRI scans)performed to diagnose the

cause of mental impairment.Symptoms of vascular

dementia can look just likeAlzheimer’s disease. Theperson may get confused.Speech may slur. Thinkingmay become less sharp. Butsymptoms do vary. Depend-ing on what area of the brainis affected, memory may noteven be impaired. Instead,other problems may appear,such as difficulties calculat-ing numbers.

Once vascular dementiadevelops, treatment optionsare limited. Doctors some-times prescribe drugs usedfor Alzheimer’s disease, butthey are less effective in peo-ple with vascular dementia.

That’s why prevention iskey. What’s bad for the heartis also bad for the brain.The same steps you take to

prevent heart attacks also re-duce your risk of strokes andvascular dementia. They evenreduce your risk of Alzhei-mer’s disease. (And severalforms of cancer, but that’s foranother column.)

So you won’t be surprisedto learn that the following canbe profoundly beneficial inprotecting your brain fromboth vascular dementia andAlzheimer’s disease:

• Control blood pressure,cholesterol and blood sugar.

• If you smoke, quit.• Adopt a heart-healthy

diet rich in vegetables, fruits,whole grains, oily fish andunsaturated fats.

• Exercise regularly.• Drink alcohol in moder-

ation.And there are other things

you can do that are specific

to preventing dementia andmemory loss:

• Spend time with familyand friends.

• Keep your mind activewith education, volunteeringand hobbies.

• Identify and treat depres-sion.

Like all of us, I neverwant to develop a seriousillness. But if I had to rankall the serious illnesses thatI might get, dementia is theone I want most to avoid. Lifesometimes has other plansfor you, but don’t think thatdeveloping dementia is justan act of fate, something youcannot influence. You reallycan protect yourself againstdeveloping dementia.

• Visit www.AskDoctorK.com to read more.

PhillipAlder

BRIDGE

JeannePhillips

DEAR ABBY

RobertWallace

’TWEEN12 & 20

Anthony L.Komaroff

ASK DR. K

ADVICE & PUZZLES Wednesday, June 25, 2014 • Page C5Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com

By EUGENIA LASTNewspaper Enterprise Association

TODAY – You’ll be faced with a fast pace this year, making itimportant not to take on too much. Leave time to rethinkyour agenda so that you don’t wear yourself out. With carefulplanning, you will have the endurance to get ahead and reachyour destination.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – If you are in search of some infor-mation, get at least two points of view. You could lose out onan opportunity if you are too quick to accept the first opinionthat comes along.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – You have great ideas, but you may findyour estimates way off target. Before you do any spending,make a realistic outline to determine what your budget canwithstand.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Your ideas will not go over wellwith everyone. Be prepared to defend your actions and proveyour methods to all opponents. Don’t hesitate, or you will bequestioned.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Travel and learning experiences willgo hand-in-hand today. Life-altering changes can be made ifyou are open to new and untraditional concepts, informationand philosophies.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Get serious about your financialsituation. You can make the most of your future by building asolid base. Go back to the drawing board and find new ways tobring in more cash.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Don’t use past problems asan excuse for current difficulties. What’s done is done, so facethe facts and deal with whatever is holding you back.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – You will have to protect yourreputation and your assets. Be wary of someone who tries totake advantage of your good will. Charity begins at home.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – It’s a great day to spice up yourlife. Spend time shopping for something that will make you feeland look good. A little confidence can go a long way.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Problems with a personal orprofessional partner will escalate if left to fester. Make thefirst move by being honest and direct about your feelings orconcerns.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Love and romance should highlightyour day. You will receive some compelling new informationthat will help you make an important, life-changing decision.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Don’t spend a lot of money onover-the-counter enhancement products. A confident air anda pleasing disposition will get you further ahead than anythingyou can buy.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – If you don’t have a full grasp ofwhat is going on, ask someone who does. Trying to guess yourway into or out of a situation will get you nowhere.

8ASTROGRAPH 8CROSSWORD8SUDOKU

Page 19: DDC-6-25-2014

Pickles Brian Crane Pearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis

For Better or For Worse Lynn Johnston Crankshaft Tom Batiuk & Chuck Hayes

Non Sequitur Wiley The Duplex Glenn McCoy

Beetle Bailey Mort Walker Blondie Dean Young & Denis LeBrun

Frank & Ernest Bob Thaves Dilbert Scott Adams

Monty Jim Meddick Hi and Lois Brian & Greg Walker

Rose is Rose Pat Brady & Don Wimmer Arlo & Janis Jimmy Johnson

Soup to Nutz Rick Stromoski Big Nate Lincoln Peirce

Stone Soup Jan Eliot

Grizzwells Bill Schorr

The Family Circus Bill Keane The Argyle Sweater Scott Hilburn

COMICS Northwest herald / nwherald.comPage XX • Day, Date, 2012

Zits Jim Borgman and Jerry Scott

COMICS Daily Chronicle / daily-chronicle.comPage C6 •Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Page 20: DDC-6-25-2014

LEARNING Wednesday, June 25, 2014 • Page C7Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com

Northern Illinois Universitynames spring 2014 dean’s list

The following local students were named

to the dean’s list at Northern Illinois Univer-

sity for the spring 2014 semester.

Cortland

Mallory Anselme, Paul Gumienny, Samu-

el Hawkins, Jessica Lesniak, Erika Medina,

Nina Pardridge

DeKalb

Ibrahim Adelekan, Kyla Akers, HajerAlhamdan, Abdulaziz Alhenaki, SalehAlhjji, Jacinta Allen, Danielle Alsup, JosephAntonius, Daniel Austin, Abiodun Ayoade,Jenna Bacchi, Abraham Baker, Eliya Bak-er, Kallol Barai, Justin Barney, MatthewBirtell, Lauren Boddy, Jessie Bollinger,Joseph Bourassa, Frederic Cadieux, PaulCalhoun, Emily Cann, Bradley Carrera,Joseph Catalano, Nelson Caudillo, TingFung Choy, Rachael Clark-McCarthy, MeganCorneille, Stacy Covington, Amanda Cox,Daniel Crum, Terry Cyplick, Katrina Davis,Alex Dawson, Tracy Diehl, Jennifer Dorland,Holly Dybas, Corban Ege, Thomas Fair,Jenny Marie Farmer, Rachel Farrell, EkoueFolly, Myia Franklin, Allison Frazier, EricaFuentes, Jossue Garcia Garcia, Janet Gatz,Craig Genteman, Elizabeth Goebel, MatthewGoldman, Lakennya Gordon, JacquelineGray, Vicky Greene, Jermaine Hall, AndrewHansen, Cody Happ, David Hardison, EmilyHartwig, Danna Hayman, Elyse Heimann,Vincent Helmus, Brandon Herring, MaxHiatt, Onetha Hill, Danielle Hoeppner, JohnHood, Aaron Howe, Elizabeth Hughes, Fran-cesco Incandela, Joshua Inderhees, AngelaIsom, Anthony Isom, Christopher Jackson,Yifan Jiang, Jacob Johnsen, Ashley Johnson,Lauren Johnson, Jonathan Kellogg, JacobKelzer, Peter Kern, William Kidd, ArianneKielb, Megan King, Warren Komis, JosephKvasnicka, Katelyn Lee, Jinwuk Lee, ShawnLee, Alexander Lemke, Ronald Leonhardt,Michael Lofthouse, Paula Lorenty, AdamLotito, Katlyn Luebke, Edwin Martinez, CaraMaxon, Jason McCune, Stephanie McDon-ald, Monica Medina, Roxana Moraga, NicoleMullen, Michaela Murphy, Logan Nelson,Dezirae Ninow, Erik Noriega Carrillo, SergioNoriega Carrillo, Alexander Nunnally, TimOlson, Ilse Pacheco, James Parkhurst, SaulParra Rodriguez, Christine Pelikan, JasonPorter, Janell Ray, Maria Rozo, MatthewRynberg, Chlorissa Saint Arbor, HailieSalazar, Julio Sanchez, Erin Sanders, RobertSchlotta, Roberta Schwarz, Jacalyn Segura,Grace Shanks, Osama Shayeb, Emily Silver,Colleena Smith, Ryan Stadel, Steven Stein,Melissa Steinborn, Stoney Stone, Sarah Stue-bing, Daniel Tamayo, Brandi Taylor, KevinTony, Ken Tsui, Steven Uhren, Hamza Uth-man, Paul Vogt, Aaron Wendorf, Matthew

Wienecke, Haley Wilke, Ashley Woodson,

Qijing Yu, Anton Zanker, Zachary Zehme,

Zhen Zhao, Yujie Zhou, Ling Zhu

Esmond

Scott Arnold

Genoa

Robert Durham, Sharon Hanson, Tyler

Hayes, Jessica Jacober, Dana Timmermann

Hinckley

Alyssa Baunach, Brittany Herrmann, Lee

Klein, Kira Ryan, Nicholas Sanders

Kingston

Brittany Ekena, Kyle McNamara, Patrick

Price, Ray Puckett

Kirkland

Donald Giebel, Trucker Harber

Lee

Seger Larson

Malta

Gretchen Ahrens, Anna Miner, Brittany

Seldal

Maple Park

Meghan Dienst, Kellly Kofsky, Samantha

Sierra, Troy Swanson

Shabbona

Frederick Assell, Kalia Foster, Anna

Ostrander

Sycamore

Grace Anati, Courtney Bozman, Jessica

Brinson, Thomas Brown, Kelsey Brown,

Andrew Bruns, Nicasio Cambel, Fernanda

Castro, Brandon Corder, Kyle Corn, Alli-

son Corr, Michael Devito, Stephen Dolder,

Kellly Drought, Aaron Edwards, Alexander

Ekstrom, Trevor Fildes, Amber Fleetwood,

Katherine Frank, Meagan Gordon, Anya

Helm, Micah Huff, William Iwans, Terrence

Jackson, Brittany Kingren, Kendal Klein,

Jessica Kunde, Mollie Lanzer, Brandon Lars-

en, Krystal Leifheit, Dewayne Logan, Rachael

Martin, Lindsey Maurer, Kelly McLaughlin,

Lauren Miller, Therese Millet, Erin Moll,

Lydia Moore, Jacquelynn Morgan, Ryan

Moudy, Brandon Nicklaus, Bridget Oprins,

Hannah Paul, Alexis Pleasant, Asad Quddus,

Dustin Sardelli, Shannon Schmidt, Nicholas

Schofield, Abby Schroeder, Derek Snow, Phil-

ip Wittmer, Rachel Wizniak, David Ziliak

Waterman

Alyssa Barnes, Han Byoel Kim

Altrusa Scholarship awarded

Provided photo

Each year, Altrusa International awards the Returning Women Scholarship to a non-traditional student atKishwaukee College. This year, Altrusa selected student Meghan Chadra, Sycamore, as the 2014 recipientof the Returning Women Scholarship. Chadra is a horticulture student at KC. In addition to the scholarship,Altrusa also gave her a copy of the book “I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shotby the Taliban,” by Malala Yousafzai. Altrusa International of DeKalb/Sycamore is a service club whosemembers include women from various professions. Pictured are Kristine Adzovic, coordinator of Adult Stu-dent Connections; Meghan Chadra; and Joanne Kantner, Altrusa member and Dean of Adult Education andTransition Programs at Kish College.

Students awarded Kiwanis scholarships

Provided photo

Sycamore Kiwanis congratulate the following Sycamore High School students on earning the $500 Bill Fitz-patrick Memorial Scholarships. Bill Fitzpatrick was an outstanding Kiwanis member who strongly support-ed the youth of Sycamore. Fitzpatrick was the driving force in founding the Sycamore Key Club and stressedservice to the youth of Sycamore. The scholarship committee was impressed by their devotion to the idealsof Key Club, devotion to Sycamore Key Club service projects, and they are excellent representatives ofSycamore Key Club. Shown above are: Sonal Patel, Greg Akers (Kiwanis President), Christina Dailey, JohnCrofoot, Trent Englum, Shannon Maher and Kathy Dombeck (Key Club Advisor). Not shown is Erin DeWitt.

Your heart needs exercise, just like all of theother muscles in your body. The faster youmove, the faster your heart beats. Exercisingfor a while every day is good for the heart.

Place two fingers on the inner sideof your left wrist. Do you feel a littlejump? This is the blood from yourheart going to your hand. Youcan feel that jump every timeyour heart beats. This is calledyour pulse.

Jump up and down10 times. Is yourpulse faster or

ou have a treasure chestwith you every day.

Inside your chest, there is atreasure that keeps you alive.It is your heart.Your heart is in the middle

of your chest, a little to theleft. Put your hand on yourchest and be very still. Canyou feel your heart beating?Your heart is actually a

muscle, a very strong muscle.

It pumps blood to all parts ofyour body. It works all thetime, even when you’resleeping.Think about how you

would make other muscles inyour body strong, such asyour arm or leg muscles.Exercise, followed by restand good eating habits, is thekey to a strong muscle and ahealthy treasure chest.

Real hearts don’t look much likeValentine hearts. Inside the treasurechest is a picture of a real heart. Thetubes that stick out from the heartare the arteries and veins that carryblood to and from all parts of yourbody. Arteries carry blood fromyour heart to your body, todeliver oxygen. Veins carrythe blood, minus oxygen,back to your heart.

To find out the size ofyour heart, make a fistwith one hand. This isabout the size of your heart.

To find it, read each food item at right and pick the one thatis lowest in saturated fat. Then color the letter of that choiceon the grid and discover the hidden treasure!

Foods high in saturated fat addcholesterol to your blood. Toomuch cholesterol can be badfor your heart. It can causethe arteries that bring bloodto your heart to clog up.

Make a HeartSmart poster.Draw a big heart.Look through thenewspaper forpictures of heartsmart exercisesor foods. Gluethem onto the

heart.

W: whole milk, N: skim milk,

G: low-fat milk

P: baked fish, Q: fried chicken

E: muffin, S: doughnut, R: bagel

U: 2 tsp. of margarine, K: 2 tsp. of

butter, A: 2 tsp. of cream cheese

X: baked potato, B: French fries,

O: a slice of pepperoni pizza,

D: a slice of cheese pizza

T: quarter pound cheeseburger,

I: plain roast beef (3 oz) sandwich,

J: fried fish sandwich

F: mayonnaise, C: mustard,

V: low-calorie mayonnaise

L: ice cream,M: apple pie,

H: low-fat frozen yogurt

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

slower?

© 2014 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 30, No. 28Which animal hasthe fastest heart rate?To find out, draw aline to match theheart parts. Thenumber inside thematched parts tellshowmany times thatanimal’s heart beatsin one minute.

TREASURE

CHEST

SATURATED

ARTERIES

PULSE

VEINS

HEART

BLOOD

CLOG

RATE

EXERCISE

WRIST

BEATS

BAGEL

FIST

E

E

S

L

U

P

E

T

S

H

Y

R

E

E

I

E

A

N

A

E

T

U

R

G

T

K

I

L

A

A

E

S

U

A

E

E

R

D

T

R

R

A

A

B

V

T

R

O

A

T

S

E

H

C

A

H

T

O

T

S

I

R

W

H

E

G

O

L

C

I

Y

T

D

S

T

A

E

B

R

F

S

H

E

X

E

R

C

I

S

E

Find the words in the puzzle,then in this week’s Kid Scoop

stories and activities.

Look through the newspaper for pictures orletters that make rhymes. Find 10 or morerhyming pairs. Glue each word or picture ontoa 3 by 5 card to make a deck of word cards.Play a game ofGo Fish!with your cards.

What do you like to do toexercise your heart?

.

Jumping rope is fun and it isgood exercise. It is a workoutfor your legs, your arms andyour cardiovascular system(your heart and lungs)!

Jumping rope is a sport youcan do almost anywhere!Try it – you’ll LOVE it!

Kid Scoop Sponsored By

DOWNTOWN SYCAMORE

Page 21: DDC-6-25-2014

Daily-Chronicle.com/myphotos�to�

Classified.

Go

�Chronicle�Daily�in

�print�in�appear�to�eligible�are�Photos�My�on�

post!

Photos

�photo�community�County’s�DeKalb

�–�Photos�My�on�photos�your�Upload

“Tobias GoldeneyeWhitefoot”

Wednesday,June 25, 2014

PIERCE HARLEY DAVIDSON

MEMORABILIA AUCTIONTHE FOLLOWING ITEMS WERE USED AND DISPLAYED AT THE PIERCE

HARLEY DAVIDSON DEALERSHIP. MANY ITEMS ARE ONE OF A KIND AND

WILL BE SOLD AT AUCTION WITH NO RESERVE. COME AND BID TO OWN A

PIECE OF PIERCE HARLEY DAVIDSON HISTORY! AUCTION WILL BE HELD AT

220 SOUTH CALIFORNIA STREET, SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS. WATCH FOR VIDEO

AND PICTURES ON OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.ALMBURGAUCTIONS.COM

SUNDAY JUNE 29TH

STARTING AT 10:30A.M.* HARLEY SCOOTER* HARLEY TOYS* HARLEY MEMORABILIA*

*1964 HARLEY DAVIDSON TOPPER SCOOTER! VERY RARE COMPLETELY

RESTORED, FIBERGLASS BODY PANELS, 2 STROKE 9HP. SELLS AT NO RESERVE!

*1955 HARLEY DAVIDSON HUMMER 125CC MOTORCYCLE COMPLETELY

RESTORED! SELLS AT NO RESERVE! *WAYNE “PAPPY” PIERCE SPORTSTER

ENDURO MOTORCYCLE THE FAMOUS BIKE THAT WON THE JACK-PINE RACE,

TWICE! ALSO WITH PROTOTYPE SIDE CAR! SELLS AT NO RESERVE! **AFTER

THE PIERCE BIKES THIS ONE ITEM ONLY WILL BE SOLD AT NO RESERVE

FROM THE ESTATE OF LARRY HINTZ: 2003 HARLEY DAVIDSON DYNA WIDE

GLIDE 100TH ANNIVERSARY, SCREAMING EAGLE MUFFLERS, QUICK DETACH

WINDSHIELD, SOFT PACK, BIKE COVER AND ONLY 510 MILES! TOYS SEVERAL

ALL NEW IN THE BOX TOYS FROM: HARLEY G.I. JOE’S TO NUMEROUS DIE

CAST BIKES, TO HARLEY TRUCKS. WE WILL HAVE MANY TABLES OF THESE

TOYS CHECK WEBSITE FOR ALL PICTURES. HARLEY DAVIDSON DECORATIONS,

HARLEY DAVIDSON DAYTONA BEER. MEMORABILIA DISPLAY CASES FROM

PAPPY’S ORIGINAL DEALERSHIP, SHOP TOOLS AND WORK BENCHES FROM

OLD SHOP. HARLEY DAVIDSON PRINTS AND COLLECTOR MANUALS, PINS,

POSTERS, ADVERTISEMENTS, MANY OF UNIQUE VINTAGE ITEMS THAT WOULD

MAKE GREAT ADDITIONS TO YOUR HARLEY COLLECTION! APPAREL & HELMETS

BRAND NEW OPEN FACE HELMETS FROM THE LATE 70S. SOME WITH THEIR

ORIGINAL BOX! LOTS OF HARLEY JACKETS, AND T-SHIRTS. 100’S AND 100’S

OF HARLEY DAVIDSON PROMOTIONAL POSTERS AND MANY MORE ITEMS OF

INTEREST. AUCTIONEERS NOTE: THIS WILL BE A ONE OF A KIND ABSOLUTE

AUCTION. MANY OF THESE ITEMS WERE FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF

“PAPPY” AND “WHIZ” PIERCE. NOW WILL BE YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO BID ON

AND OWN ITEMS FROM THE ORIGINAL PIERCE HARLEY DAVIDSON SHOP AND

MUSEUM. SOMETHING FOR EVERY TASTE AND WANT. AUCTION WILL BE HELD

INSIDE LARGE WAREHOUSE WITH PRE- AUCTION VIEWING ON SATURDAY JUNE

28TH FROM 12 NOON TILL 7:00 P.M. MAKE YOUR PLANS NOW TO ATTEND.

BRING YOUR SIDE CAR, PICK-UP TRUCK AND TRAILERS. TERMS: CASH, CHECK,

CREDIT CARDS. 5% BUYERS PREMIUM CHARGED ON ALL ITEMS. NOTHING

REMOVED UNTIL SETTLED FOR. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS, INJURY

OR THEFT. ALL ITEMS REMOVED FORM AUCTION ON SALE DAY UNLESS OTHER

ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE WITH AUCTIONEERS. CALL ANDREW ALMBURG

WITH AN QUESTIONS AT 815-739-3773. ALMBURG AUCTIONEERING, MALTA,

ILLINOIS. LUNCH BY MIDWEST WOMEN RIDERS CLUB.

LIVE TO RIDE...RIDE TO LIVE.. TO THIS

PIERCE HARLEY DAVIDSON MEMORABILIA NO RESERVEWWW.ALMBURGAUCTIONS.COM STEVE, ANDREW, ERIC & ADAM ALMBURG.

All our auctions with pictures are advertised worldwide @ www.almburgauctions.com

AppraisalsReal EstateLiquidators

815-825-2727

Malta, IL

ad

no

=949119

WATERMANWarehouse

June 26, 27, 28

Thursday & Friday8am – 3pm

Saturday 8am - 1pm

360 E. Rt. 30Christmas items, candles,toys, You do not want to

miss this sale !

SANDWICHMulti - Family

JUNE 27, 28, 29Friday, Saturday

& Sunday8am – 4pm

421 N. Eddy Street5th & Eddy

EVERYTHING MUST GO!

1995 Harley Davidson SoftailRecent tires, brakes and battery.

22.8 mi, cover, tender 95% orig.$5,500. 815-766-0338 10a-10p

Hinckley ~ Rimsnider RoadBecherer Farm, approx 80 acres.76.6 tillable acres with 2 storyfarm house and ranch house.

$1,725,600. 859-630-5920

HVACTECHNICIANS

Heating & A/C company inSycamore is looking for experi-enced (5 years +) HVAC InstallTechnician & HVAC ServiceTechnicians to join our compa-ny in a full time position. Weoffer: Sign on Bonus, CompanyVan, Holiday Pay and VacationPay. Commission based salesprogram. Salary is based onexperience. Please email yourresume & salary requirements to:

[email protected]

Baby Crib Set - Winnie The Pooh,6 items, including wall paper

border, $28.50 Nancy,815-895-4659

Garage Door OpenerGenie wireless keyless, uses

INTELLICODE. New - never used,$25. Don 815-895-4659

Unique utility table 30" x 46" x 31"High, 2 glass panels 20" x25",

$55Lg. bathroom mirror, white

decorative frame 36" x 60" $55815-895-4659

RockerExtra large Teak wood. Mint

condition, w/matching cushions.Restored with teak wood oil.

$40 firm.815-899-3166 until 5 p.m.

A-1 AUTO

Will BUYUR

USEDCAR, TRUCK, SUV,

MOST CASHWILL BEAT ANYQUOTE GIVEN!!$400 - $2000

“don't wait....call 2day”!!

815-575-5153

SYCAMORELONGABERGER SALE

EXTENDED1029 Janet St.

8 am to 2 pmSATURDAY ONLY 6/28

Prices REDUCED on LOTS ofItems and there are still hundreds

of products to choose from...more than we want to pack-up

and store.

LEE, IL West Kirk GateSpacious 6BR, 2.5BA, 2584 sq ft.Detached 3 car gar, lease or cash.Call for details. 877-553-5348

DEKALB

FRI & SATJUNE 27 & 288AM - 4PM

THE KNOLLS SUB.

1378 Schade Ln.

Furniture, householditems, women's clothing

& SO MUCH MORE!

Sycamore

1559 John St.Thu., 4 pm – 8 pm

Fri., 8:30 am – 4:30 pmSat., 9 am – 12 pm

*** MEGA SALE ***You name it, we got it!

Too much to list.

DEKALBEDEN'S GARDEN

FRI & SATJUNE 27 & 288AM - DUSK

Annie Glidden Rdto Twombly Rd.

A Wide Varietyof Items

SOMETHINGFOR EVERYONE!

1990 Chevy Lumina, 3.1, 6 cylin-der, 87,180 miles, run/looks good,

grandma is in nursing home,must sell $1750 815-522-6607

Ecological ConsultantEcological Consultant wanted.Candidate must be well-organized,motivated, and possess strong tech.writing skills. A min. of 1 yr exp. inwetland delineation methodology,wetland hydrology, functional val-ue, and wetland regulations is re-quired. Native landscape designexp. is beneficial. Education req's:B.S. / M.S. environmental science,wetland biology, botany, wildlifestudies or related field.

Send resumes to:[email protected]

Gun CabinetHomak Home Security, holds6 guns, $80. 815-758-6834

MECHANICMust have experience, changingOil, Lights, Tires on Trucks, Trail-ers and Skid Loaders. Salarybased on experienced. Musthave Service/Repair knowledge.

Apply in person:Fence Sales1851 Coltonville

Sycamore, IL.

DEKALB - 521 Lucerne LaneThis Friday and Saturday

8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.mTV's, baby crib and dresser, toys,bikes, books, baby items, couch,dresser, motor cycle, and muchmuch more! Come on downand check it out!

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

FIRSTMERIT BANK, N.A., f/k/a MID-WEST BANK AND TRUST COMPA-NY,

Plaintiff,vs.

HICKEY HOLDINGS II, LLC; KEVINC. HICKEY, as personal guarantor;PROPERTY OWNER¡ÇS ASSOCIA-TION, if any; UNKNOWN OWNERSand NON-RECORD LIENCLAIMANTS,

Defendants

No. 12 CH 274NOTICE OF SHERIFF'SFORECLOSURE SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thatpursuant to a Judgment for Fore-closure herein entered, the Sheriff ofDeKalb County, Sycamore, Illinois,or his deputy, will on Thursday the24th day of July, 2014 at the hourof 1:00 p.m., DeKalb County Pub-lic Safety Building, 150 N MainStreet, Sycamore, DeKalb County,Illinois, sell at public auction to thehighest and best bidder, propertycommonly known as: 10228 MillerRoad, Waterman, Illinois 60556.

This property is residential prop-erty. Terms of Sale: This propertywill not be open for inspection.This real estate is being sold in an"As Is Condition" for cash and thesuccessful bidder is required to de-posit 10% of the bid amount at thetime of the sale with the DeKalbCounty Sheriff and the balance tobe paid within twenty-four (24)hours of the sale.

ROGER SCOTTSheriff of DeKalb County

FRANKS, GERKIN & McKENNA,P.C., P.O. Box 5, Marengo, IL60152, 815-923-2107

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,June 18, 25 & July 2, 2014.)

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

I BUYCARS,

TRUCKS,VANS &SUVs

1990 & Newer

Will beat anyone'sprice by

$300.

Will pay extra forHonda, Toyota & Nissan

815-814-1964or

815-814-1224

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Bicycle small size (6 to 8 yearsold), red, made by Next. Excellentcondition. $25. 815-517-7919.

DeKalb Golf Villas CondosMulti-Neighborhood

Garage Sales

South side of Bethany & FairwayOaks Dr. West of the YMCA.

Thursday, June 26, 8 AM – 5 PMFriday, June 27, 8 AM – 5 PM

Saturday, June 28, 8 AM – Noon

Kids & adult books, lots of clothes,youth, women's (teen, small, medi-um, large), Men's (medium, large,x-large) & suits (great namebrands on all stuff). Shoes, purses& more. 4 kitchen chairs, fireplacegrate, movie screen, couch, an-tiques, Chicos clothes sz 2 & 3,bedspreads & much more.CRYSTAL LAKE

HIS N' HERS YARD SALEJune 26, 27, 28 8-4

6103 E. Hillside Rd.Crystal Lake 60012

Tools, Corvette Go-cart,1/4 scale Model T, Harley Seat,

16HP WOODCHIPPER,3 TON PRESS, household items,Bell & Howell Movie Projector,

clothes, knick knacksANTIQUES:

CAR PARTS, Furniture, House-wares, Cecilian Victrola

Advertise here for asuccessful garage sale!Call 815-455-4800

Publisher's Notice: All real estateadvertising in this newspaper is sub-ject to the Fair Housing Act whichmakes it illegal to advertise "anypreference, limitation or discrimina-tion based on race, color, religion,sex, handicap, familial status or na-tional origin, or an intention, tomake any such preference, limita-tion of discrimination." Familial sta-tus includes children under the ageof 18 living with parents or legalcustodians, pregnant women andpeople securing custody of childrenunder 18.This newspaper will not knowinglyaccept any advertising for real es-tate which is in violation of the law.Our readers are hereby informedthat all dwellings advertised in thisnewspaper are available on anequal opportunity basis. To com-plain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. The toll-free telephone number for the hear-ing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

1979 Lincoln Mark VCollector Series, garage kept.Runs and looks great! $6500.

815-758-2855

DEKALBMulti-Family YARD SALE!

639 Yorkshire Dr.

Friday 9-3. Saturday 9-12.

Brand-name clothing.School uniforms. Bikes.Children's toys & books.

Radio Flyer wagon. Smallfurniture items, inc. antiquekids desk. Christian books.Household items & MORE!

SIGNS - Metal Beer Signs. $20each. Huntley area.

847-515-8012

SYCAMORE

THURS & FRI, 6/26 & 27, 8-5SAT, 6/28, 8-12

933 FOXPOINT DR.Household items, bicycle,

4 needlepoint chairs.

SycamoreOld School Condo450, 466 & 468East Exchange St.

Thursday & Friday 9am – 5pmSaturday 9am – 12

FurnitureClothes (boys- infant to 4T)

Kitchen itemsChristmas Decorations

Sycamore - Townhouse for sale.Location, Location, Location. Walkhistoric Somonauk Street to down-town Sycamore. Approx 1900sq ft,2 BR, 3 ½BA, includes Loft, fin-ished bsmt / 3rd BR plus 2 car gar.1135 Arbor Ln. Call 815-895-8361 9am – 7pm for appoint-ment with owner. $159,900

CORTLAND

STORAGE UNIT ESTATE SALEThur 6/26-Fri 6/27/14 9a-2p

190 W. Stephenie DriveCortland, IL - Unit #560

Edison Victrola, Antique Sewing,Carved Organ, Crocks.

Framed Art - Autographed CartoonCell - Hanna/Barbera - CharactersOn Parade" Documented, MintCondition $400 - MovingSycamore 815-762-0382

MILK CRATESOld Wood Milk Crates - AssortedDairies & Dates, Good Condition,5 Available, $25 each, Sycamore.815-762-0382

DESK - 52" x 24" Steel Desk ,Lt beige color, wood grain topw/ small left side return, Includes:chair & lamp. Great shape, Excel-lent crafting center, moving $95.Sycamore 815-762-0382

SHELVING UNITS8 Metal Shelving Units & ToolStands - Light To Medium Duty,most on casters - Assorted SizesMoving $15 to $45 Each.Sycamore. 815-762-0382

STEP LADDERS - 3 wood stepladders, Type lll, 200 lb rating,very good condition, 4 to 5 FThigh, $15 each, moving, Sycamore815-762-0382

WORK GLOVES - 180 pair,New, White, Adult Size, Washable,$60 for all, Will Separate, Moving,Sycamore 815-762-0382

Ladies Watch Rings (6)New, Colored Glass Insert, SilverTone Case, Make Great Gifts!$7.50 each OBO. 815-762-0382

Band Saw- Central Machenery 12inch Band Saw, Model 1629, .5 hpMotor, 45/8 x 12 Inch Capacity, 62Inch Blade, with manual, acces-sories, and 2 new blades, $150. -with stand, $100.- without stand.815-762-0382

WONDER LAKE

ESTATE / YARD SALE!!3217 Eastwood Drive

(Easy to find: Across street fromWonder Lake water tower!)

Friday, June 27 (8a-3p)Saturday, June 28 (8a – noon)

Furniture, woodworking powerand hand tools, kitchen items,holiday decorations, snow blow-er, lawn equipment, coats andmuch much more!

Full Propane Tank$30 630-365-5888

SYCAMORE

HUGE - SALEJUNE 26 & 27

THURSDAY & FRIDAY8AM – 3PM

434 S. California St.furniture, doll collection,

Christmas items, jewelery,toys, clothes, and more !

COUCH8.5'L, brown leaf pattern, $75.

2 Easy Chairs, beautifulfloral design, $40/ea.

Iron Day Bed with trundle,white, $50. 815-824-2577

BIKE - Radio Flyer Red Scoot AboutRide On Kids Toddler Bike w/Bell &Seat That Adjusts As Child Grows

Best for 1-2 Year Old, $18, DeKalb,815-739-1953

HELMET - Child Bike Helmet w/BlueStrap, White In Color & Has Picture

Of Kangaroo On Front & SaysKangaroo, $5, DeKalb

815-739-1953

Sony Trinitron Color TV 27" with re-mote and cable ready. Extra portsfor games. Works great. $15. OBO815-895 6621.

DRILL - Milwaukee 4"Right Angle - $190,

Sycamore, 815-895-5373

BAG - New Fiskars Blue CanvasZippered Bag w/ Handle & Inside

Compartments for IndividualStorage. Great For Crafting,

Scrapbooking or Other, $15,815-895-5373 Sycamore.

Leap Frog Leapster HandheldLearning Game System,

Green & Gray In Color With19 Games, $50, DeKalb.

815-739-1953.

Little Tikes Large Outdoor SquareLarge Climber Cube w/ Platform &Slide, Primary Colors, Has Slots To

Climb On & Areas To ClimbThrough. There Is Also A PlatformFor Child To Hide Under Or Climb

On To Go Down Slide. Each SquareSide, 51" x 48" - $200. DeKalb.

815-739-1953.

10” Mini Rototillerw/ optional wheel kit & additional

sidewalk edger kit, 2-cycle gasengine. All seem to work good!

$80. 630-365-6650

2006 HONDA CR-VLIKE NEW! 90K

$13,000 with only 90K miles!Dark Blue, AWD, Sunroof, 6 CD

Changer. 815-899-3731

Power Wheel ChairRascal new batteryexcellent condition. $395.Call 815-786-4449 anytime.

DEKALBBIG ESTATE SALELOOK FOR SANTA

10 estates GREAT DEALS insideand out of warehouse.

333 Dietz Ave.

FOLLOW THE PINK SIGNSFriday and Saturday. 10-5

GOLF CLUBS:Taylormade R7 Draw,Graphite, Right Hand, Regular Flex.

4-PW, AW (8 pieces), like newcondition! Bag included, $150/all.

815-970-2653

2007 VW EOSHardtop Convertible

44K miles, turbo, loaded, 3 yearwarranty included, $14,500.

815-970-2653

1997 Pontiac Grand AM, CleanCar, Strong Engine, Dependablewinter starter. $1200.

815-784-2792

Production SupervisorDeKalb Manufacturer is lookingfor a full time production super-visor. Prior supervisory experi-ence, strong communication,leadership, math and computerskills are required. Cable andwire experience a plus.

Send resume to :Human Resources

P.O. Box 965DeKalb, IL 60115

SYCAMORE

June 26 & 27Thursday 8am – 4pm

Friday 8am – 1pm

167 Alfred DriveClean grandmas attic !collectibles, something

for everyone !

KITCHEN TABLE SET4 leaves, expands from 42 in.round to 92 in., includes 6 chairswith padded seats. Need a truck.$100. 224-587-9335

RECLINERBig brown recliner, $30 firm.224-587-9335

PUBLIC NOTICE

"THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TOCOLLECT A DEBT AND ANY

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BEUSED FOR THAT PURPOSE"

W13-3154IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE

23RD JUDICIAL DISTRICTDEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

COUNTY DEPARTMENT,CHANCERY DIVISION

Bank of America, N.A.;Plaintiff,

VS.James Sipp; Amber Sipp; HSBCBank Nevada, N.A. f/k/a HouseholdBank;

Defendants.13 CH 429

NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALEOF REAL ESTATE

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that

pursuant to a judgment heretoforeentered by the said court occurredin the above entitled cause, SheriffRoger Scott, Sheriff of DeKalb, Illi-nois, will on July 10, 2014, at thehour of 01:00 PM at DeKalbCounty Sheriff`s Office, 150 NorthMain Street, Sycamore, IL 60178 ,sell at public auction to the highestbidder for cash, all and singular,the following described real estatein the said judgment mentioned,situated in the County of DeKalb,State of Illinois, or so much thereofas shall be sufficient to satisfy suchjudgment to wit:

C/K/A: 205 North ShabbonaRoad, Shabbona, IL 60550

PIN: 13-15-176-014The person to contact regarding

information regarding this propertyis: Sales Dept., The Wirbicki LawGroup, 33 W. Monroe St., Suite1140, Chicago, IL 60603. Anyquestions regarding this saleshould refer to file number W13-3154. The terms of the sale areCash. 10% at time of sale, withthe balance due within 24 hours.The property is improved by: SFH.The Property is not open for inspec-tion prior to sale.

The real estate, together with allbuildings and improvements there-on, and tenements, hereditamentand appurtenances thereunto be-longing shall be sold under suchterms.Russell C. Wirbicki (6186310)The Wirbicki Law Group LLCAttorney for Plaintiff33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140Chicago, IL 60603Phone: 312-360-9455Fax: [email protected]

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,June 11, 18 & 25, 2014.)

DEKALB1973 Pebblecreek Ct

06/27 - 06/28 8 am - 4 pmHuge Garage Sale

Furniture, Toys, Living room set,Diaper changing table, Clothing

and much more.

DEKALB531 Colonial Dr.

Saturday only 9-4pm.Home decor, plus size women's

clothes, girls clothes 0-9months, and more.

MOBILE HOME -Countryside Estates, Sandwich

14 x 64' on lot 65 x 110'2 bedrooms, 1 bath, newappliances and upgrades,

garage, warranted home roof,beautiful wood panel interior,bright and spacious rooms,

owner selling $25,000815-498-2067

DEKALBFri. and Sat. June 27 and 28

9 a.m. to 5 p.m.301 Joanne Ln

Antique walnut rocker, woodenswivel chair, chest of drawers,tools, vintage beer bottle collec-tion, filing cabinet, wrought ironwine cabinet, books (many sci-ence fiction), auto ramps, gar-dening items, much more.

DEKALB

TUES & WEDS EVENINGJUNE 24 & 25, 3-7 PM

1260 BELLEVUE

Lots of good art, Sectional sofa,Glass-top dining room table,

end tables & sofa tables, Wickerbed frame & dressers, Kitchenset, Iron bed, Lamps, Home

décor, and much more!Pictures on EstateSales.net.

Conducted by Triple S.Numbers 1/2 hour before start.

630-707-7189.

DEKALB

FRI, JUNE 27, 8-4SAT, JUNE 28, 8-12

639 WOOD ST.Toys, kids' clothes, tools,

china dishes, small furniture,lots of other items!

WANTED:Old Bottles, Old Stoneware JugsAnd Crocks. 815-501-6820

CAT – LOSTSouth DeKalb County. Largeneutered male, mostly whitewith big brown patches and

brown Maine Coon tail. May stillhave red collar. If seen, pleasecall at 815-501-9724. Reward

for safe return. We miss him.Have you seen or know what

happened to him?

Full & Part openings in my countrydaycare home, for pre-school

children, Genoa schools bus routecall 847-683-2236

1960 Corvette - Dream Car, Red,White Coves w/Red interior, 283

Engine w/3 spd. Auto trans., Neverout in bad Chicago weather,$45,000. 815-459-7744

HEAD/FOOT BOARDQueen size with 2 wooden slabsand metal braces and boxspring,

$125/all, you PU.815-901-5503 Lv Msg

GENEVA

315 OAKWOOD DR.

Thursday 6/26 4-7Friday 6/27 8-4Saturday 6/28 8-12

Antiques, vintage, coolgarden stuff, books and art.Push mower, hammock,trellis, tools and more....

SYCAMORE - 1929 El Fran DriveFriday 9-5, Saturday 9-2.

Everything for the house.Lovely women's clothing and

accessories. Much more!

Screen PrinterResponsible for a variety offunctions in production, primari-ly screen printing. Must havecomplete knowledge of entirescreen printing process start tofinish.* 5+ years of experience screen

printing apparelPlease respond bysubmitting resume:

[email protected]

Storm DoorAthens 37000802 w/ window

midview, In original packaging –never opened, white, 36 x 80-81

$75. 815-751-0115

WANTED TO BUYClass A or Class C Motorhome.

Need badly, will accept fixer-upper,will pay cash. 847-704-0181

Very Nice Fishing Boat847-683-3546

Primitive Potting BenchWhite, $100

815-766-0782 after 2pm

JACK LaLANN'S POWER JUICERLike New - $45.815-739-4279

COMPUTER DESK & PRINTERVery nice wood computer desk,

Excellent Condition - $55.Canon Photo Printer PIXMA ip2600

Series - $30. 815-739-4270

HINCKLEYRETIREMENT

HOARDERS SALE

FRI & SATJUNE 27 & 28

8AM - 4PM

15555 McGirr Rd.

Many different sizes &kinds of tables, antiques,

chairs & glasswareStill Emptyingout Building!

WE PAY THE BEST!For Junk Cars, Trucks & Vans

with or without titles.630-817-3577 or 219-697-3833

PUPPIES - 3 Male, 1 Female Huskypuppies, $700. AKC registrationpossible. 1st shots and dewormed.Puppies located in Ottawa, IL. Call740-360-7497 for appointment.

GENOA

THURS & FRI, 6/26 & 27, 8-6SAT, 6/28, 8-2

204 RIVERBEND DR.In Riverbend Subdivision

All funds go to CompassionInternational Mission Trip

to El Salvador!Furniture, baby items, clothes

(babies' to 1x women's), tread-mill, toys, household items.

1971 Orange VW Bug.Needs work but all parts are

there. $4000.00 or best offer.Call 815-953-8734

Need Help Rebuilding,Repairing or Replanting?

Check out the

At Your ServiceDirectory

in the back of today's Classified

Send your ClassifiedAdvertising 24/7 to:

Email: [email protected]

Fax: 815-477-8898

or online at:www.daily-chronicle.com

Send your ClassifiedAdvertising 24/7 to:

Email:[email protected]

Fax: 815-477-8898

or online at:www.daily-chronicle.com

Daily Chronicle Classified877-264-2527

www.Daily-Chronicle.com

DON'T NEED IT?SELL IT FAST!

Daily Chronicle Classified

Call 877-264-2527

Page 22: DDC-6-25-2014

CLASSIFIED Wednesday, June 25, 2014 • Page C9Daily Chronicle / daily-chronicle.com

FOR SALE: BRICK RANCHOPEN HOUSE – TUESDAY 6/24/14

5PM TO 7PM

1200 Loren, DeKalb, IL3 large bedrms, 2 full bathrms, stone fireplace, full

basement, huge garage. $155,000

CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR815-739-9997

JUST LISTED FOR SALE

2200 sq. ft. of finished living area3 bedrm, 2 full bathrm, fireplace, huge kitchen(stainless steel appliances), finished basementplus huge workshop/storage area. fenced yard.

CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR815-739-9997

PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice of Intent to Issue Bonds and Right to File Petition

Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Ordinance No. 07-2014 (the"Ordinance"), adopted by the Board of Park Commissioners of theSycamore Park District, DeKalb County, Illinois (the "District"), on the24th day of June, 2014, the District intends to issue alternate bonds(the "Bonds"), in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed$9,000,000, for the payment of land condemned or purchased forparks, for the building, maintaining, improving and protecting of thesame and the existing land and facilities of the District, including butnot limited to the construction of items identified in the District's Vision2020 Plan, and for the payment of the expenses incident thereto. Therevenue sources that will be pledged to the payment of the principal ofand interest on the Bonds will be the lawfully available moneys in theDistrict's Corporate and Recreation Funds, and such other funds of theDistrict as may be necessary and on hand from time to time and lawful-ly available for such payment. The District will also levy ad valoremproperty taxes upon all taxable property in the District without limitationas to rate or amount to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds.A complete copy of the Ordinance follows this notice.

Notice is hereby further given that if a petition signed by 919 or moreelectors of the District is submitted to the Secretary of the Board of ParkCommissioners of the District (the "Secretary") within thirty (30) daysafter the date of publication of this notice and the Ordinance, an elec-tion on the proposition to issue said bonds shall be held on the 4th dayof November, 2014. The Circuit Court may declare that an emergencyreferendum should be held prior to said election date pursuant to theprovisions of Section 2A-1.4 of the Election Code of the State of Illinois,as amended. If no such petition is filed with the Secretary within said30-day period, the Bonds shall be authorized to be issued.

Dated this 24th day of June, 2014.

/s/ Daniel GibbleSecretary, Board of Park Commissioners,

Sycamore Park District,DeKalb County, Illinois

Ordinance No. 07-2014An Ordinance authorizing the issuance of General Obligation Park

Bonds (Alternate Revenue Source) of the Sycamore Park District,DeKalb County, Illinois, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed$9,000,000 for the purpose of the payment of land condemned orpurchased for parks, for the building, maintaining, improving and pro-tecting of the same and the existing land and facilities of the District, in-cluding but not limited to the construction of items identified in the Dis-trict's Vision 2020 Plan, and for the payment of the expenses incidentthereto.

* * *Whereas, the Sycamore Park District, DeKalb County, Illinois (the

"District"), is a duly organized and existing Park District created underthe provisions of the laws of the State of Illinois, and is now operatingunder the provisions of the Park District Code of the State of Illinois, assupplemented and amended; and

Whereas, the Board of Park Commissioners of the District (the"Board") has determined that it is advisable, necessary and in the bestinterests of the District to issue the hereinafter described bonds for thepayment of land condemned or purchased for parks, for the building,maintaining, improving and protecting of the same and the existingland and facilities of the District, including but not limited to the con-struction of items identified in the District's Vision 2020 Plan, and forthe payment of the expenses incident thereto (the "Project"); and

Whereas, the estimated cost of the Project, including legal, financial,bond discount, printing and publication costs and other expenses, willbe not more than $9,000,000, and there are insufficient funds onhand and lawfully available to pay such costs; and

Whereas, such costs are expected to be paid for from the proceeds ofalternate bonds authorized to be issued at this time pursuant to the Lo-cal Government Debt Reform Act of the State of Illinois, as amended(the "Act"); and

Whereas, it is necessary and for the best interests of the District thatthe District proceed with the Project, and in order to raise the funds re-quired therefor it will be necessary for the District to borrow an amountnot to exceed $9,000,000 and in evidence thereof to issue alternatebonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $9,000,000,all in accordance with the Act; and

Whereas, the revenue sources that will be pledged to the payment ofthe principal of and interest on the alternate bonds will be the lawfullyavailable moneys in the District's Corporate and Recreation Funds, andsuch other funds of the District as may be necessary and on hand fromtime to time and lawfully available for such payment; and

Whereas, if the above-mentioned revenue sources are insufficient topay said alternate bonds, ad valorem property taxes upon all taxableproperty in the District without limitation as to rate or amount are autho-rized to be extended to pay the principal of and interest on said alter-nate bonds:

Now, Therefore, Be It Ordained by the Board of Park Commissionersof the Sycamore Park District, DeKalb County, Illinois, as follows:

Section 1. Incorporation of Preambles. The Board hereby finds thatall of the recitals contained in the preambles to this Ordinance are full,true and correct and does incorporate them into this Ordinance by thisreference.

Section 2. Determination to Issue Bonds. It is necessary and in thebest interests of the District to proceed with the Project in accordancewith the preliminary plans and estimate of cost as described, and thatfor such purpose alternate bonds of the District are hereby authorized tobe issued and sold from time to time in an aggregate principal amountnot to exceed $9,000,000, known as "General Obligation Park Bonds(Alternate Revenue Source)" of the District and bearing such series des-ignation or designations as may be appropriate (the "Bonds").

Section 3. Publication. This Ordinance, together with a notice in thestatutory form, shall be published in The Daily Chronicle, the same be-ing a newspaper of general circulation in the District, and if no petition,signed by 919 electors, the same being equal to 7.5% of the registeredvoters in the District, asking that the issuance of the Bonds be submittedto referendum, is filed with the Secretary of the Board within thirty (30)days after the date of the publication of this Ordinance and said notice,then the Bonds shall be authorized to be issued.

Section 4. Additional Ordinances. If no petition meeting the require-ments of applicable law is filed during the petition period hereinabovereferred to, then the Board may adopt additional ordinances or pro-ceedings supplementing or amending this Ordinance providing for theissuance and sale of the Bonds and prescribing all the details of theBonds, so long as the maximum amount of the Bonds as set forth inthis Ordinance is not exceeded and there is no material change in theProject described herein. Such additional ordinances or proceedingsshall in all instances become effective immediately without publicationor posting or any further act or requirement. This Ordinance, togetherwith such additional ordinances or proceedings, shall constitute com-plete authority for the issuance of the Bonds under applicable law.

Section 5. Severability. If any section, paragraph, clause or provisionof this Ordinance shall be held invalid or unenforceable, the invalidityor unenforceability of such section, paragraph, clause or provision shallnot affect any of the other provisions of this Ordinance.

Section 6. Repealer. All ordinances, resolutions or orders, or partsthereof, in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are to the extentof such conflict hereby repealed.

Adopted June 24, 2014.

Ted StrackPresident, Board of Park Commissioners

Attest:Daniel GibbleSecretary, Board of Park Commissioners

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, June 25, 2014.)

DeKalb/Syc/Cortland. Office/Shop/Warehouse. Price & Size vary!

Adolph Miller RE 815-756-7845

Sycamore – 1 BR, 1st Flr, kit. appli-ances, Bsmt storage, quiet neigh-borhood, off-street parking, $875.Util. inc. 1st+last. 815-761-4364

ELECTRIC PARK3 bedroom, finished basement, at-tached garage. Appliances fur-nished. Washer/dryer hookup.$900/mo. includes water/sewer.1st, last, security. 815-953-7646.

DeKalb - Beautiful, clean 3 BRTownhome, 2.5 BA end unit. Largekit. w/ walk-in pantry & laundry,dining area, huge living room,family room/office and attached 2-car gar. Close to Brooks Elemen-tary, DHS, NIU, and Kish Hosp.Easy access to the tollway andshopping. Tenant pays all utilities.No smoking/ pets. Lawn care andsnow removal provided. AvailableAugust. $1350 / mo. + deposit.815-757-5707

SYCAMORE 3 BR / 2.5 BA July 1st.Fence, basement, fireplace, pets ok,

2 car garage. $1700/mo630-841-6868

GENOA LARGE 1 BEDROOMAppl, W/D, garbage, off St parking.No pets. $570/mo + security dep.

815-761-1975

Shabbona 2 BedroomAppliances, W/D, A/C, nice yard.

No pets, garage, $685/mo + dep.815-508-1636

PUBLIC NOTICE

City of DeKalbLegal Notice

Invitation for Bid

The City of DeKalb, IL will acceptsealed bids for Tree Trimming andRemovals

Specifications and all ContractDocuments are available on-lineon the City of DeKalb's web pageat www.cityofdekalb.com . Theymay also be obtained from the Cityof DeKalb City Manager's Office,Room 219, 200 S. Fourth Street,DeKalb, IL 60115. Bids will be re-ceived by a Deputy City Clerk, inthe City Manager's Office, Room219 at the above address until July8, 2014 at 3:00 a.m. All bids willbe publicly opened immediatelythereafter in the City Council Cham-bers at 200 So. Fourth St.

Pat KleinCity of DeKalb Street Division

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,June 25, 2014.)

DEKALBNEWER TOWNHOME

FOR RENT- 3 BR 2 1/2 Baths 2 CarGar. New appliances W/D VaultedCeilings Basement Storage$1,200.00 month. 630-217-7061

PUBLIC NOTICE

ASSUMED NAMEPUBLICATION NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby giventhat on June 23, 2014 a certificatewas filed in the Office of the CountyClerk of DeKalb County, Illinois,setting forth the names and post of-fice addresses of all of the personsowning, conducting and transact-ing the business known asBLUE RUBY located at 127 S.Sacramento St., Sycamore, IL60178.

Dated June 23, 2014

/s/ Douglas J. JohnsonDeKalb County Clerk & Recorder

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,June 25, July 2 & 9, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

ASSUMED NAMEPUBLICATION NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby giventhat on June 11, 2014 a certificatewas filed in the Office of the CountyClerk of DeKalb County, Illinois,setting forth the names and post of-fice addresses of all of the personsowning, conducting and transact-ing the business known asBroScapes Lawn Care located at526 Jasmine St., DeKalb, IL60115.

Dated June 11, 2014

/s/ Douglas J. JohnsonDeKalb County Clerk & Recorder

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,June 25, July 2 & 9, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

ASSUMED NAMEPUBLICATION NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby giventhat on June 6, 2014 a certificatewas filed in the Office of the CountyClerk of DeKalb County, Illinois,setting forth the names and post of-fice addresses of all of the personsowning, conducting and transact-ing the business known as D & JDENT REMOVAL located at 100 E.Oak Knoll Dr., Hinckley, IL 60520.

Dated June 6, 2014

/s/ Douglas J. JohnsonDeKalb County Clerk & Recorder

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,June 11, 18 & 25, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

ASSUMED NAMEPUBLICATION NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby giventhat on June 12, 2014 a certificatewas filed in the Office of the CountyClerk of DeKalb County, Illinois,setting forth the names and post of-fice addresses of all of the personsowning, conducting and transact-ing the business known asMASTER ENTERPRISES located at1562 Wright Dr., Sandwich, IL60548.

Dated June 12, 2014

/s/ Douglas J. JohnsonDeKalb County Clerk & Recorder

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,June 25, July 2 & 9, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

FIRSTMERIT BANK, N.A., f/k/a MID-WEST BANK AND TRUST COMPA-NY,

Plaintiff,vs.

HICKEY HOLDINGS II, LLC; KEVINC. HICKEY, as personal guarantor;PROPERTY OWNER¡ÇS ASSOCIA-TION, if any; UNKNOWN OWNERSand NON-RECORD LIENCLAIMANTS,

Defendants

No. 12 CH 274NOTICE OF SHERIFF'SFORECLOSURE SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that inpursuance of a judgment heretoforeentered by said Court in the aboveentitled cause, Roger Scott, Sheriffof DeKalb County, Illinois will onThursday the 24th day of July,2014, at the hour of 1:00 p.m., atthe DeKalb County Public SafetyBuilding, 150 N. Main Street,Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinoissell at public auction to the highestand best bidder for cash and allsingular, the following describedpremises and real estate in saidjudgment mentioned, situated inthe County and State of Illinois, orso much thereof as shall be suffi-cient to satisfy said judgment to wit:

That part of Government Lots 1and 2 of the Northwest 1/4 of Sec-tion 2, Township 38 North, Range4 East of the Third Principal Meridi-an, described as follows: Com-mencing at the Northeast corner ofsaid Northwest 1/4; thence Westerlyalong the North line of said North-west 1/4, 1130.00 feet to the pointof beginning; thence continuingWesterly along said North line,660.00 feet; thence Southerly at

yright angle to said North line 660feet; thence Easterly at right angleto the last described course,660.00 feet; thence Northerly atright angle to the last describedcourse, 660.00 feet to the point ofbeginning, all in Clinton Township,DeKalb County, Illinois.

PIN: 14-02-100-003

Together with all buildings andimprovements thereon, and the ten-ements, hereditaments and appur-tenances thereunto belonging. Thisproperty is commonly known as10228 Miller Road, Waterman, Illi-nois 60556, DeKalb County, Illi-nois and is residential property.Terms of Sale: This property will notbe open for inspection. This realestate is being sold in an "As IsCondition" for cash and the suc-cessful bidder is required to deposit10% of the bid amount at the timeof the sale with the DeKalb CountySheriff and the balance to be paidwithin twenty-four (24) hours of thesale.

FRANKS, GERKIN & McKENNA,P.C.Attorney for Plaintiff19333 E. Grant HighwayMarengo, Illinois 60152(815) 923-2107

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,June 18, 25 & July 2, 2014.)

Dekalb: Lovely, totally remodeled 2bdrm, 1 bath home with finishedbasement and sunroom in TiltonPark. All appliances, CA, garage,beautiful yard, available July 15.No smoking, pets nego., $875/mo.Call 708-878-9912

Sycamore ~ Great 2 BedroomBright & Sunny! On-site laundry.Off St. parking. No pets/smoking.

815-501-1872

Kirkland – 414 W. Main St. (72)Approx 3000sf. parking lot,

lease/option to buy. Five Star Realty847-658-6556 ask for Marty

Sycamore Upper 2BR Duplex1.5BA, W/D in common area.No pets/smoking, $700/mo +

1st last security. 815-501-1378

DeKalb Quiet Studio 1, 2, 3BRLease, deposit, ref, no pets.815-739-5589 ~ 815-758-6439

Sycamore Near North School2 bed, gar, bsmt, all appliancesno pets/smkg $800/mo+1st.last,sec. 815-517-1018 leave msg.

DeKalb - 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 cargarage, in Golf Course Community

$1100/mo. 815-761-8639www.dekalb-rental.com

DeKalb - 323 S 11th, 3BR, 1BA,wash/dry, AC, $695/mo, 1st + sec,available 7/1. 847-845-4021

DeKalb-308 Hickory, 5BR, 2BA,1.5 garage, avail 7/1, $1095/mo,1st + sec, 847-845-4021

DeKalb 1BR $550, 2BR $650Hillcrest Place Apts.

220 E. Hillcrest. 815-758-0600hillcrestplaceaptsdekalb.com

AIRLINE JOBS START HERE-GET TRAINED AS FAA CERTIFIED

AVIATION TECHNICIAN.FINANCIAL AID FOR QUALIFIEDSTUDENTS. HOUSING AND JOB

PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE.CALL AVIATION INSTITUTE OF

MAINTENANCE 844-210-3935

Attention: VIAGRA andCIALIS USERS!

A cheaper alternative tohigh drugstore prices!50 Pill Special - $99

FREE Shipping!100 Percent Guaranteed.

CALL NOW: 1-800-813-6130

AUCTIONWrigley Rooftops Chicago

Cubs Games & Wrigley Concerts!Includes Bar, Food & Admission

ONLY $79-$139Concerts Zac Brown Band,Blake Shelton & Billy Joel

45+ Cubs Games remaining...312-273-3196

www.Wrigley-Rooftops-Chicago.-com

DISH TV RetailerStarting $19.99/month(for 12 mos.) Find Out

How to SAVE Up to 50%Today! Ask About

SAME DAY Installation!CALL 1-800-593-2595

DEKALB ~ 227 N. 1st

Large 2BR, carport, A/C, laundry.Clean, quiet and secure. $750/mo.

J&A RE. 815-970-0679

SYCAMORE: NEWER 2BR Upper.CA. DW. W/D on Site. Off-Street

Prkg. No pets/smoking. $695 Incl.Wtr/Grbg J&A RE 815-970-0679

Sycamore. 22X29' Shop/Storage9' overhead door.

$400/mo. Heat & Electric incl.J&A RE 815-970-0679

MALTA, 1 BR, Upper$575/mo. + Electric.Call: 815-762-0678

Sandwich on Lake Holiday3 bedroom ranch, 2 bath, bsmt.

Attached garage, no pets/smoking.$1200/mo. 815-263-1828

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FORTWENTY THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

ILLINOIS COMMUNITY CREDITUNION

Plaintiff,vs.

PETER H. BAKKEN, JR., DENISE A.BAKKEN, UNITED STATES OFAMERICA, VILLAGE OF SHABBONA,UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS

Defendants.

CASE NO. 14 CH 140PUBLICATION NOTICE

NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION

The requisite affidavit for publica-tion having been filed, notice is giv-en to you, UNKNOWN OWNERS &NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defen-dants, in the above entitled suit,that the said suit has been com-menced in the Twenty Third Judi-cial Circuit Court of DeKalb County,Illinois, by the Plaintiff against youand other Defendants, praying forthe foreclosure of a certain Mort-gage(s) recorded against thepremises as follows to wit:

LOTS 6 AND 7 IN BLOCK 7 INTHE ORIGINAL VILLAGE OF SHAB-BONA ACCORDING TO THE PLATTHEREOF RECORDED APRIL 19,1873 IN BOOK "A" OF PLATS PAGE69 SITUATED IN DEKALB COUNTY,ILLINOIS.

PIN: 13-15-252-008

COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 304W. NAVAHO STREET, SHABBONA,IL 60550

and which said Mortgage wasexecuted by PETER H. BAKKEN,

byDENISE A. BAKKEN and recordedin the office of the Recorder ofDeeds of DeKalb County, Illinois, asDocument No. 2009006004.That summons was duly issued outof the said Twenty Third JudicialCircuit Court against you as provid-ed by law, and that the said suit isnow pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESSYOU, Defendants, UNKNOWNOWNERS & NONRECORDCLAIMANTS file your answer to thecomplaint in said suit or otherwisemake your appearance therein, inthe office of the Clerk of the TwentyThird Judicial Circuit Court, at 133West State Street, in the City ofSycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois,on or before the 15TH day of July,2014, default may be enteredagainst you at any time after thatday and a judgment entered in ac-cordance with the prayer of saidcomplaint.

Dated: June 6, 2014

/s/ Maureen A. JoshClerk of the Circuit Court

Prepared by:JEFFREY L. LEWIS #06275559Klein, Stoddard, Buck & Lewis, LLC2045 Aberdeen CourtSycamore, IL 60178(815) 748-0380mailto:[email protected]

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,June 11, 18 & 25, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALBCOUNTY SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS

U.S. Bank National AssociationPlaintiff,

vs.Unknown Owners and NonrecordClaimants; Ryan Wilkerson: CrystalWilkerson; Unknown Heirs andLegatees of Tammy G. Wilkerson;Richard Kuhn, as Special Repre-sentative for Tammy G. Wilkerson(deceased)

Defendants.

Case No. 14 CH 00053Notice to Heirs and Legatees.

Notice is hereby given to you, theUnknown Heirs and UnknownLegatees of the decedent, TammyG. Wilkerson, that on May 29,2014, an order was entered by theCourt, naming Richard W. Kuhn,552 S. Washington Street, Suite100, Naperville, Illinois 60540,Tel. No. (630) 420-8228, as theSpecial Representative of the abovenamed decedent under 735 ILCS13-1209 (Death of a Party). Thecause of action for the Foreclosureof a certain Mortgage upon thepremises commonly known as:409 S. 10th Street, DeKalb, IL60115.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,June 11, 18 & 25, 2014.)

Stone Prairie2BR, 2BA APT.

Washer & dryer,central air, fireplace,

exercise center.Cat friendly. Privatefishing. $765/mo.Laing Mgmt.815-758-1100

or 815-895-8600

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FORTHE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUITDEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFDENNIS J. DULIN

DECEASED.

NO: 14 P 57CLAIM NOTICE

INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION

NOTICE is given of the death ofDennis J. Dulin of Spring Hill, Flori-da. Letters of office were issued onMay 28, 2014, to Karyn Dulin of1625 Mayflower Drive, DeKalb, Illi-nois, 60115, Kathleen Kuschmanof 1508 John Street, Sycamore,Illinois, 60178, and ColleenSchloemann of 2001 West HerrinStreet, Herrin, Illinois, 62948, Inde-pendent Administrators, whose at-torney is Russell E. Burns, 1500 E.Lincoln Highway, Suite 1-B,DeKalb, Illinois 60115.

Claims against the estate may befiled in the office of the Clerk of theCourt at the DeKalb County Court-house, 133 West State Street,Sycamore, Illinois 60178, or withthe representative, or both, within 6months from the date of first publi-cation of this notice and any claimnot filed within that period isbarred. Copies of a claim filed withthe Clerk must be mailed or deliv-ered to the representative and to theattorney within 10 days after it hasbeen filed.

The estate will be administeredwithout Court supervision unless aninterested party terminates indepen-dent supervision administration byfiling a petition to terminate underArticle XXVIII 5/28-4 of probate Act(755 ILCS 5/28-4).

/s/ Maureen Josh(Clerk of the Circuit Court)

PREPARED BY:Russell E. Burns1500 E. Lincoln HighwaySuite 1-BDeKalb, IL 60115(815)754-5410

(Published in the Daily ChronicleJune 18, 25 & July 2, 2014.)

Shabbona Spotless 2 BedroomW/D hook-up, stove, fridge, A/C,yard, deck, quiet area, avail 7/1.

847-738-2334

SYCAMORE CLEAN 2BR,1BAW/D, D/W, next to park & schools.

$720/mo, you pay utilities.NO DOGS. 815-970-4640

DEKALB - SUMMIT ENCLAVE 2 Br,1.5 Ba, 2 Car Gar. Lndry.$1150/mo + Sec. 847-697-0194 or 847-220-3275

DEKALB – near downtownNorth 2nd Street, 800+ sq. ft.ideal for office, retail, salon,call for details, agent owned.

815-756-2359 or815-758-6712

Malta Quiet, Upper 2 BedroomAppl, a/c, laundry, water/garbage

included + extra storage.815-751-0480

DeKalb - Large 2 Bdrm,stove, fridge, D/W, W/D, A/C,

security entrance, quiet bldg, nodogs 815-758-0079

DEKALB 1 BEDROOMWith study, stove, refrig, C/A.Garage, available August.

815-758-0079

The KnollsHot new deluxe

townhomes.2 & 3 Bedrooms.

Garage, C/A,Basement. Pets?

Starting at $645815-757-1907

PUBLIC NOTICE

"THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TOCOLLECT A DEBT AND ANY

INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BEUSED FOR THAT PURPOSE"

W13-3154IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE

23RD JUDICIAL DISTRICTDEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

COUNTY DEPARTMENT,CHANCERY DIVISION

Bank of America, N.A.;Plaintiff,

VS.James Sipp; Amber Sipp; HSBCBank Nevada, N.A. f/k/a HouseholdBank;

Defendants.13 CH 429

NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALEOF REAL ESTATE

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that

pursuant to a judgment heretoforeentered by the said court occurredin the above entitled cause, SheriffRoger Scott, Sheriff of DeKalb, Illi-nois, will on July 10, 2014, at thehour of 01:00 PM at DeKalbCounty Sheriff`s Office, 150 NorthMain Street, Sycamore, IL 60178 ,sell at public auction to the highestbidder for cash, all and singular,the following described real estatein the said judgment mentioned,situated in the County of DeKalb,State of Illinois, or so much thereofas shall be sufficient to satisfy suchjudgment to wit:

LOTS 1 AND 2 IN BLOCK 1 (EX-CEPTING THEREFROM THE SOUTH70 FEET OF SAID LOTS 1 AND 2)IN OLESON`S ADDITION TO SHAB-BONA, ACCORDING TO THE PLATTHEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK "C"OF PLATS, PAGE 67, ON OCTOBER2, 1905, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLI-NOIS.

C/K/A: 205 North ShabbonaRoad, Shabbona, IL 60550

PIN: 13-15-176-014The person to contact regarding

information regarding this propertyis: Sales Dept., The Wirbicki LawGroup, 33 W. Monroe St., Suite1140, Chicago, IL 60603. Anyquestions regarding this saleshould refer to file number W13-3154. The terms of the sale areCash. 10% at time of sale, withthe balance due within 24 hours.The property is improved by: SFH.The Property is not open for inspec-tion prior to sale.

The real estate, together with allbuildings and improvements there-on, and tenements, hereditamentand appurtenances thereunto be-longing shall be sold under suchterms.Russell C. Wirbicki (6186310)The Wirbicki Law Group LLCAttorney for Plaintiff33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140Chicago, IL 60603Phone: 312-360-9455Fax: [email protected]

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,June 11, 18 & 25, 2014.)

DeKalb – 1 BR + Study. Refrig +Stove furnished. Water/Garbage in-cluded. Lease. No pets/smoking.$550 plus util. 815-758-2632.

DEKALB ADULT, QUIET, REFINEDBuilding. 2 Bedroom Apt with

homey environment. Car port. Formature living. Excellent Location!

No pets/smoking. Agent Owned.815-758-6712

Dekalb ~ Clean, Quiet 1BR2nd flr on So 1st St. Heat and waterincl. No pets/smoking. Lease/Sec.

$535/mo. 815-761-4598

Maple Park – 2 bedroom, 1 bath,A/C, garage, full basement,

$775/mo+dep. No pets/smkng815-405-3367

GENOA 1 & 2 BEDROOM1 bath, remodeled, appl. Counrtysetting, close to downtown Genoa.815-784-4606 ~ 815-901-3346

ROCHELLE 1 & 2 BEDROOMRemodeled, clean and quiet.

Available now. 815-758-6580or 815-739-5806

Genoa - Quiet & Clean,2BR, 1BA, C/A, appliances, W/D,1 car garage, no pets/smoking.$825/mo. 815-784-3411

Sycamore E. State St.AVAILABLE NOW!

Newly remodeled 2 BedroomCALL FOR DETAILS

815-245-6098 ~ 815-923-2521

Sycamore TH Like New 2BRGreat location! 2BA, 2 car garage,skylights, appl, W/D, C/A, $935.No pets. 815-758-0123

CORTLAND- 4BR 2.5bath Condow/appl. & 2 car gar. 1350/mo,

renter pays util. 1st+last due at sign.No smoking/pets. 815-501-5217

SYCAMORE - PRIME LOCATION2 Bedroom, Full Kitchen

Close to everything !1711 DeKalb Ave, Sycamore$790/mo. 815-501-9748

DEKALB - SPACIOUSMARKET APARTMENTS

Starting @ $599, 2 Bedroom$683, 3 Bedroom

Near the heart of NIU. Incl gas andforced air heat. Off street parking,

lush grounds, on site laundryroom. Outdoor pool, tennis andbasketball courts, patios and

balconies. Cats OK.University Village Apts.

722 N. Annie Glidden Rd.815-758-7859

DEKALB ~ 1 BEDROOMAvailable July/Aug. Close

to NIU, Free heat & water, quietlifestyle. Varsity Square Apts.

815-756-9554www.glencoproperties.com

Sycamore – upper 1 bedroom,off street parking, laundry on site,storage available, no pets, $650/+630-365-5944 – 630-373-4096

Hinckley ~ 3 Bedroom1.5 bath, W/D hook-up, gar, fridge

stove, D/W, C/A, no pets/smkg.$935/mo + sec. 815-739-1250

Sycamore & DeKalb – Checkout properties at tv-realty.comor call Tom 815-378-7962

Dekalb - 622 Fisk Ave, Availafter Aug 1st- $1,200 per mo

+ gas & elec 2-3-Bed/1-Bath-Jacuzzi tub; Living, Din-ning, Rec, & Office. Laundry,Storage Area, Central-Air, 1Car Garage, on St. Park-

Call: 608.658.3858

Sycamore- 2BR, 1BA DuplexFull basement, CA, 1 car garage,appl + DW & W/D.No pets/smoking. $855/mo + sec.815-895-6747

BIG APARTMENTS, LESS MONEY!Rochelle: 15 minutes from DeKalb

1 BR & 2BRStarting at $530Recently updated!Affordable heat.Walk to shops!

(815) 562-6425www.whiteoakapartments.net

Now accepting Visa, M/C, Discover

Cortland – 2 BR DuplexCA, 2 ½ car garage.No pets. $800/moCall 815-895-2626

DEKALB 1 BEDROOMClean, quiet, 1 bath, appliances

included, available now.815-758-6580

DeKalb Spacious Lower 2BRLaundry, lrg yard, storage, garageavail. $750/mo. utilities not incl

Avail 8-1 815-751-2937

PlanitDeKalbCounty.comYour online destination for all

things DeKalb County

Pictures increaseattention to your ad!

Be sure to include a photoof your pet, home, auto

or merchandise.

Call to advertise800-589-8237

Or place your ad onlinedaily-chronicle.com/

placeanad

Need customers?

We've got them.

Advertise in print andonline for one low price.

Call yourclassified advertisingrepresentative today!

800-589-8237

NOTICEPUBLICATION POLICIES

This publication reserves theright to edit or reject any adswithout comment. This publica-tion is careful to review all ad-vertising but the burden of truth-ful content belongs to the adver-tiser. We use standard abbrevia-tions and we reserve the right toproperly classify your ad. All adsare subject to credit approval.We reserve the right to requireprepayment. We accept cash,check, Visa, Mastercard andDiscover.

CHECK YOUR ADPlease check your ad the firstday it is published. If you see anerror, call us immediately and itwill be corrected for the nextavailable publication date. Ourliability is for only one publica-tion date and shall not exceedthe total cost of the first day ofpublication.

JOBS, JOBS andMORE JOBS!

No Resume? No Problem!Monster Match assigns a

professional to hand-match eachjob seeker with each employer!

This is a FREE service!

Simply create your profile onlineand, for the next 90-days,our professionals will match

your profile to employerswho are hiring right now!

CREATE YOUR PROFILENOW FREE!

Daily-Chronicle.com/jobs

No Resume Needed!

Use our convenient online formtoday so our professionals canget started matching you with

employers that are hiring - NOW!

DAILYCHRONICLECLASSIFIED

www.Daily-Chronicle.com