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ON THE COVERPlainfield farmer Herman Fritz looks at the DuPageRiver from the bank he built and reinforcedwith con-struction waste to protect his farmland from beingwashed away by major flood events. Fritz said healso dumped the waste to protect old trees that hegrew up with from being washed away.See story on page 3.

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David Belden is a history teacher atMinooka Community High School andcurrently is publishing local postcardbooks with Arcadia Publishing in hisLocal History classes.He and his students are looking for

old Joliet photos and postcards, andimages from Joliet’s parks, for a newpublication.Photographer Christine O’Brien is

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Looking east across themillrace from Alden’s Island,in the Then photograph, thebrick building to the left is theWilmington Light and PowerCompany. Located on the westside of the millrace, the hydro-electric turbines of the powercompany harnessed riverpower to provide the town ofWilmington with electricity.

In the 1870s, the KankakeeNavigation Company builta series of dams and locks tohelp navigate and create waterpower. In the distance, directlybehind the Eagle Hotel, Dam 2still is visible.

The Now photograph showsa similar view across the millrace, and while Dam 2 has longbeen removed, the old EagleHotel still can be seen.

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ByVIKAAS [email protected]

PLAINFIELD – A Plainfieldfarmer recently in the newsfor allegations of illegal dump-ing said he was able to savefarmland from erosion withconstruction and metal debrisdropped along a DuPage Riverbank.

Records show the IllinoisEnvironmental ProtectionAgency has been inspectingthe site for 14 years. The ArmyCorps of Engineers receivedcomplaints as far back as 1998.But authorities only moved tostop the dumping after a TVnews report in November.

Herman Fritz said he had agood reason for allowing con-struction waste to be broughtto the bank of the DuPage Riverbordering his farm.

“I did it to save the farm,”said Fritz, 78.

Fritz said the debris wasused to prevent floods fromsweeping away his land.He also said he burned treebranches and other waste thatwas deposited on his land inflooding over the past severaldecades.

Documents from several in-spections, which were done bycounty officials on behalf of theIEPA, during the past 14 yearsdetail several violations of theIllinois Environmental Protec-tion Act.

When a CBS Channel 2 re-port on the alleged dumping ofconstruction, garbage and oth-er waste aired Nov. 20, author-ities moved quickly to stop it.On the same day, Will CountyState’s Attorney officials filedan emergency injunction tostop Fritz from dumping orallowing anyone else to dumpwaste along the DuPage River.

The Will County LandUse Department conductedan inspection on the farm forthe state EPA on Dec. 5. Andthe state’s attorney’s office isconsidering criminal chargesas the injunction remains inplace.

Fritz said he has stoppeddumping anything on the riv-erbank and won’t dump in thefuture.

“I’m absolutely done withit,” he said.

Saving the farmFritz said he saved his land

over the years by building upthe river bank.

He said he has been dump-ing construction materials andmetal wastes along the riverfor the past 60 years to shore upthe bank and prevent the riv-er’s flooding from wiping outthe farm.

The farm is located acrossthe river from the Joliet ParkDistrict’s Wedgewood GolfCourse, west of Route 59.

Fritz talked about a flood in1954, which, he said, destroyedcrops on his family farm andswept land into the river. Dirtand sandbags placed along thebank were swept out and didn’t

stop the river from breakingapart the land as flood watersreceded.

So Fritz said he starteddumping heavy constructionwaste, such as cement slabsand twisted metal beams, along

the bank to reinforce flood con-trol measures already in place.

During the next six de-cades, Fritz said, he continuedshoring up the bank on hisside of the river. He said healso dumped some of his own

items, such as bed springs andold scrap metal. He said he al-lowed a construction companyto dump waste along the bankfor a fee.

Fritz estimates that he savedseven to nine acres of farm landover the years by shoring upthe bank.

During a tour of the farmFritz gave to The Herald-News,he highlighted where the westriverbank was 4 to 5 feet high-er than the ground level. Overthe years, he built up the bank,starting at the western edgeand moving downstream to thesouthern border of the farmuntil he was forced to stop inNovember.

He also showed examplesalong the bank of how the riv-er has widened and taken outfarm land and old trees.

“I used to play on the otherside of the trees,” he said. “Nowit’s all the river. I can’t even gothere no more.”

Along the riverbank, land-fill waste such as plastic bagsand garbage can be seen buriedunderneath piles of dirt, grav-el and cement waste. But Fritzdenied dumping garbage alongthe DuPage River, saying heonly dumped heavy construc-tion waste.

Inspection historyIllinois Environmental Pro-

tection Agency records showthat seven inspections wereconducted on the farm since2001 by the Will County LandUse Department, which con-ducts inspections for the stateagency.

The records don’t includethe latest inspection on Dec.5, which is a part of the state’sattorney’s investigation.

In six of those inspections,investigators discovered 10or more violations relating toland and water pollution, opendumping and burning and fail-ure to operate a proper land-fill.

Plainfield man says construction debris was used to prevent floodingFARMER DEFENDS DUMPING

Vikaas Shanker – [email protected]

This south view of the west bend of the DuPage River along Plainfield farmer Herman Fritz’s farm showswhat he said was a visual of the river washing away his land. Fritz said the eroded soil used to be his landand the slanted tree was bent from the river washing away the ground underneath it.

Lathan Goumas – [email protected]

Investigators from the Environmental Protection Agency are seen atthe Fritz Farm on Dec. 5 in Plainfield.

See FARMER, page 7

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Three more election petitionchallenges filed in Will County

By LAUREN LEONE–[email protected]

WILL COUNTY – Threemore April election petitionchallenges were submitted lastweek to the Will County Clerk’soffice.

The latest objections werefiled against: Amy Wen-dell-Blish, a candidate for theJoliet Park District Board; Le-onel “Leo” Venegas, candidatefor the Valley View Commu-nity Unit School District 365USchool Board; and Anne Bur-ley, a candidate for Fountain-dale Public Library DistrictBoard,

Wendell-Blish’s petitionswere challenged by JamesLofky, a park district resident,

who alleges Wendell-Blishfell short of the signatures re-quired to get on the ballot andsubmitted incomplete peti-tions. Wendell-Blish’s petitiononly had 225 signatures – fewerthan the 421 required, the ob-jection states.

Venegas’ petitions werechallenged by Mir Ali, ofBolingbrook, who alleges hispetitions lacked signatures andhad names of people not regis-tered in the school district.

Dennis Raga, of Boling-brook, challenged Burley’spetition, alleging she is not aregistered voter in the librarydistrict and did not have a suf-ficient number of signatures.Another challenge was filedagainst Burley earlier in the

week but that individual laterwithdrew.

Two other challenges toelection petitions were report-ed last week.

In Joliet, City Councilwom-an Bettye Gavin’s election peti-tions were challenged by one ofher opponents, James Foster,who alleges she broke federallaw by collecting signatures atthe nonprofit agency where sheserves as executive director.

Gavin has denied the allega-tions.

Lockport Township FireProtection District candidateGrant Spooner’s election peti-tions were challenged by JimPelc, a Lockport resident, whoalleges Spooner made changesto his petition post-filing.

By SANDY ILLIAN BOSCHShaw Media correspondent

Surrounded by a roomfull of family, friends, fellowBoy Scouts and supporters,Joshua Hudson of Plainfieldexpressed his thanks Sundayfor those who helped him toachieve the rank of EagleScout.

“I thank the members ofthe Armed Forces, those whoare here and those who arenot,” he said. “Without them,we wouldn’t be here.”

Joshua became PlainfieldTroop 19’s newest Eagle Scouton Sunday. Like all Scoutswho reach the organization’shighest level of membership,Joshua planned, organizedand carried out a project ashis final step toward the Ea-gle Scout rank.

“I wanted to support thetroops,” said Joshua, whoset out to collect supplies tofill 150 care packages for Op-eration Care Package. The

organization sends packagesto active service membersthroughout the world. Joshuacollected items at 10 locationsthroughout the Plainfieldarea. After about a month, hehad collected enough socks,beef jerky, protein bars andfoam footballs, along withother items, to fill 180 box-es. He also collected $1,800 tohelp Operation Care Package.

“I grew up in a patrioticfamily,” Joshua, son of Tim-othy and Julie Hudson, saidof the motivation behind hisproject.

Family friend Sgt. MajorDan Miller of the U.S. Ma-rine Corps was one of severalmembers of the military topersonally thank Joshua forhis work Sunday. Miller toldthe crowd Sunday of a pack-age that he received from theHudson family during his sec-ond tour of duty in the MiddleEast. He had received pack-ages before, but this one, con-taining tiny American flags,

is one he has never forgotten.“They became a good luck

charm,” he said, and a con-stant reminder to him andhis fellow soldiers that theyhad the support of folks backhome.

Miller honored Joshua

with a salute.Representatives of the Air

Force and the Coast GuardAuxiliary also were on handSunday to thank Joshua forhis support of the troops.Tech Sgt. David Lis of the U.S.Air Force presented Joshua

with a plaque containing aportion of a flag that accom-panied him and the rest of the746th Expeditionary AirliftSquadron on a trip into Bagh-dad and over other parts ofthe Middle East as part of Op-eration Enduring Freedom.Joshua also received a certif-icate of appreciation from theU.S. Coast Guard AuxiliaryNational Commodore.

Scoutmaster Adrian Mc-Clelland congratulated Josh-ua on achieving his EagleScout rank, but remindedhim that Sunday’s ceremonywas just the beginning of alife committed to the obliga-tions of the Eagle Scout rank– honor, loyalty, courage, re-sponsibility and service.

Fire spreads quicklyin Lockport house

By BRIAN [email protected]

LOCKPORT TOWNSHIP– An apparent chimney firecaused heavy damage to aranch-style home Sunday.

Lockport Township Bat-talion Chief Ed Rossetto saidfirefighters were called at2:25 p.m. to the 15900 blockof Ranken Drive after a res-ident reported the fire.

“He’d been home and toldthe first crew the fire hadstarted near the chimneyfireplace area,” Rossetto

said.While the man was able to

get out safely, the fire spreadto the attic and the rest of thehouse. Rossetto said it tookabout 30 minutes to extin-guish the fire.

“With the wind [Sunday]it spread quickly once it gotup into the attic. The wholehouse is heavily damaged,”he said.

Fire investigators were atthe scene Sunday evening.The Red Cross was arrang-ing shelter for the couplethat lives there.

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Tech Sgt. David Lis of the U.S. Air Force presented Joshuawith a plaquedisplaying a flag that accompanied him on a flight while serving theUnited States during Operation Enduring Freedom.

“I wanted to supportthe troops.”

Joshua HudsonPlainfield Eagle Scout

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Keep military in ourprayers in the new year

In last week’s columnI wrote about organiza-tions doing great thingsfor people and thought I’dhave a follow-up to that. Butsometimes things pop up inmy mailbox that need specialattention and this subject isone of them.

Bob Stapleton of Jolietwrote to say his son, Tech-nical Sgt. Nick Stapleton ofMinooka, was deployed onWednesday. This is Nick’sfifth combat mission and sev-enth overall deployment asan Air Force Reservist sincehe enlisted in early 2001.

I’ve written about severalyoung men being deployed,and I first wrote aboutNick back in 2011. The lateHerald-News columnist JohnWhiteside wrote about Nickfollowing his first deploy-ment after the Sept. 11 terror-ist attacks in 2001.

We read about local menand women being deployed,celebrate them when theyreturn and grieve for themand their families when weread about their passing.

But in the middle of itall are the families backhome praying for their safereturn. Parents such as BobStapleton, who has seenhis son leave seven times.Children like Nick’s – Rylie,7, McKenna, 6, and Brady,3 – who count on Skype to seetheir dad as they wait for hisreturn.

War takes its toll on thefamilies back home, Bob said.

Nick has been home forthree years. He returned

from his previous missionjust before Brady was born.The last time he was gone,his young children didn’treally understand what wasgoing on.

“They know exactly thistime,” Bob said.

As a parent, Bob is proudof his son for having suchrespect for his country andbeing willing to serve. Buteach time he is called to ac-tive duty, it gets harder andharder.

“It was really difficult tosee him go this time, withthree little kids,” he said.

Nick’s employer, Mastec, atelecommunications provid-er, has been very supportiveof the time Nick takes off fortraining and deployment.Bob can’t say enough aboutemployers who support ourservicemen in this way.

Nick is training in Ger-many and will be deployedto Ali Al Salem Air Base inKuwait.

There are 30,000 militarypersonnel stationed at thatbase, Bob said. In Germany,there are 13,000 servicemenand women.

Even with the officialorder to end combat in Af-ghanistan, 12,000 troops willremain as part of OperationResolute Support to adviseAfghan forces in the fightagainst the Taliban, ac-

cording to New York Timesreporter Dave Phillips.

In his Wednesday story,Phillips said Americansare shipping out to trainAfghan troops and protectplaces where Americansremain, “leaving behindspouses and children as thedivide between military andcivilian life in America keepsgrowing.”

As we go about our newyear, let us all keep ourservice men and women inour prayers, along with thefamilies left waiting for themwith heavy hearts.

In Joliet, Bob frequentlynotices the Army and Marinereservist facilities.

“They are everydaysoldiers who work alongsideus in regular jobs,” Bob said.“One day they get their or-ders to be deployed for eightmonths.”

Nick’s homecoming isscheduled for July 28. Rightnow, he has 14 years in thereserves and it’s importantfor him to reach 20 years, hetold his dad.

Those who joined themilitary before 9/11 had noidea what they might be infor, Bob said.

“But these kids, theyknow exactly what they arevolunteering for,” he said.“That’s why we have to givethem all the support we can.”

• Kris Stadalsky writesabout people and issues inareas southwest of Joliet.Reach her at [email protected].

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The first inspection oc-curred on May 1, 2001, when10 violations were document-ed. After a cease and desistletter was sent to Fritz, a fol-low up inspection on Nov. 19,2001, concluded that Fritz hadcomplied with the order andcleaned up the farm.

However, in five inspec-tions dating June 12 and Oct.20 in 2008, June 23 and Aug. 20in 2013, and Nov. 14, 2014, 13to 15 violations were found ineach inspection.

Several cease and desistletters weren’t answered byFritz during that time period.

“I wasn’t ever fined,” Fritzsaid, adding that he under-stood that the IEPA had or-dered him to stop dumping inthe past, but he didn’t becausethe bank was working to savehis farm from floods.

However, after the state’sattorney issued the injunc-tion against him, he decidedto stop.

Fritz said that he wasworking to respond to anoth-er cease and desist letter dat-ed Dec. 5 from the U.S. ArmyCorps of Engineers relating tothe case, stating that a Dec. 2investigation from the orga-nization revealed there was“a discharge of dredged or fillmaterial into waters of theUnited States.”

Army Corps spokeswomanLynne Whelan said the agen-cy received a response fromFritz’s lawyer, Randall Mill-er, but would not discuss it.Miller could not be reachedfor comment.

Whelan said the ArmyCorps investigated com-plaints concerning possibleDuPage river pollution at

Fritz’s Farm in 2008 and 2014.The agency also received com-plaints in 1998 and 2012 re-garding dumping on the bank,but did not investigate those

because the Army Corps juris-diction is limited to the river.

Fritz’s next scheduledcourt date for case manage-ment is Feb. 18.

Fritz has decided to stop; injuction issued

POLICE REPORTSNote to readers: Information in

Police Reports is obtained fromlocal police departments andthe Will County Sheriff’s Office.Individuals listed in Police Reportswho have been charged with acrime have not been proven guiltyin court.

• Jose N. Lopez-Gonzalez, 32, ofthe 2100 block of WilliamsburgDrive in Palatine, was arrested by

Lockport police Sunday on chargesof drug possession, aggravateddriving under the influence ofalcohol, driving with a suspend-ed license and driving withoutinsurance.• Devon L. Wallace, 24, of the

0 to 100 block of Raven Courtin Bolingbrook, was arrested bystate police Sunday on chargesof aggravated driving under theinfluence of alcohol, driving with

a suspended license and drivingwithout insurance.• Gaylord Fisher, 48, of the 1200

block of State Street in Joliet, wasarrested by Joliet police Mondayon a charge of aggravated drivingunder the influence of alcohol.• Keith M. Gray, 18, of the 1300

block of Ryehill Drive in Joliet, andZachery L. Tiller, 19, of the 1900block of Burry Circle Drive in CrestHill, were arrested by Shorewood

police Monday on charges ofdelivery of marijuana, marijuanapossession and possession of drugparaphernalia.

• Luis Hernandez-Mayren, 19, ofthe 200 block of Iowa Avenue inJoliet, was arrested by Joliet policeMonday on a charge of shoplifting.

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Nine years ago today I had tosay goodbye.My faith in God and memoriesof you help the long days go by.You will never be far from me,you’re always in my heart.My love for you is forever,even though we are apart.

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LORRAINE G.BURKHARDT

Lorraine G. Burkhardt, nee Witt,age 89, of Romeoville, IL. Belovedwife of Robert; loving mother ofCarol Jorgenson and Patricia Man-koff; fond grandmother of Carolyn,Kathryn, Michael and David; andgreat grandmother of Annabelle;dear sister of Dr. Wayne and Don(Shirlee) Witt; many nieces andnephews.Visitation Tuesday, January 6,

2015, from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. atthe Anderson Memorial Chapel,606 Townhall Dr., Romeoville, ILand also Wednesday morning from9:00 a.m. until the time of serviceat the United Presbyterian Church,funeral service Wednesday, January7, 2015, 10:00 a.m. at the UnitedPresbyterian Church, 2 Belmont Dr.,Romeoville, IL. Interment ChapelHill Gardens South Cemetery, OakLawn, IL.For info 815-886-2323. www.

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MARJORIE A. GRAHAM

Marjorie A. Gra-ham (nee Tynon),age 85, joined theangels after a battlewith cancer onThursday, January1, 2015.

Survived by her husband, Charles;son, Kevin; and nieces, Sara (Sally)Niedrich, Jean Bagel and Jane Crn-kovic.Preceded in death by her father,

James Tynon; mother, MadelineFeaser Tynon; stepmother, Jose-phine Tynon; and sisters, Mary JaneCrnkovic and Helen Niedrich.Marge’s first job was as a secretary

at the Joliet Arsenal followed byappointment as secretary to the firstthree Joliet city managers. Duringthis ten year period, she cared foran ailingmother. At about this timeshe had a blind date with Chuckwithwhom shewouldmarry in 1960, andin 1969, son Kevin arrived.She was a columnist for the

Herald News, a teacher’s assistantat Parks School and narrator forChuck’s travel films shown onChannel 6. Her travels includedheli-hiking in Canada and a tour ofthe Orient (Japan, Taiwan, HongKong, Singapore and Malaya).

There were cruises to Alaska (herfavorite), the Bahamas, Cabo SanLucas and a cruise that includeda submarine dive off the Yucatancoast. There were rail tours of theCopper Canyon, a mule ride downthe Grand Canyon, a hot air balloonride over Albuquerque and a ridein a sailplane. Besides many toursin the U.S., she booked tours toIreland, the U.K., France, Italy, Swit-zerland, Austria, Spain, Moroccoand Yugoslavia.Among her more memorable trips

was in the U.K. three days afterPrincess Diana died. Another was anaudience (along with 5,000 others)with Pope John Paul. An introduc-tion of special guests included onefor St. Raymond’s choir from Joliet.She had no prior knowledge of theirpresence there.Marge enjoyed getting together

with her many friends. She belongedto several clubs, a den mother forthe cub scouts, president of thePaulites church seniors group anda Eucharistic Minister. Later in life,she brought Holy Communion tothe sick and was active at St. Paulthe Apostle Church. And now shewill add to her bucket list by soaringwith the angels. According to herIrish heritage, we should cry at thebirth of a baby and celebrate a lifewell-lived.Funeral Services for Marjorie A.

Grahamwill be held on Tuesday,January 6, 2015, at 9:15 a.m. fromthe Fred C. Dames Funeral Home,3200 Black at Essington Rds., Jolietto St. Paul the Apostle CatholicChurch for a Mass of ChristianBurial to be celebrated at 10:00 a.m.Interment Abraham Lincoln NationalCemetery. Visitation Monday, 3:00to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.For more information: 815-741-

5500 or visit her Book of Memoriesat www.fredcdames.com

AMY LYNN GUCABorn: Feb. 16, 1973Died: Jan. 1, 2015

Amy LynnGuca,NeeMontella, atpeacewith the Lordon January 1, 2015.Born February 16,1973, in ChicagoHeights.

She graduated fromMarian CatholicHigh School andWestern IllinoisUniversity. She received twodegreesandworked as a special educationteacher before opening Families Firstwhere sheworked independently as apediatric developmental therapist.Survived by her husband,Matthew

Guca; 2 sons, Jacob (17) andNicholas(13); parents, Alan and Judy (Jarecki)Montella; 1 brother, Robert (Suzanne)Montella; and twonephews, Evan andNolanMontella.Shewas amember of the Cathedral

of St. Raymond. Amydedicated herlife to serving families of childrenwithspecial needs.Funeral from the Blackburn-Gieg-

erich-Sonntag Funeral HomeMonday,January 5, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. tothe Cathedral of St. Raymond for aMass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m.Visitationwill be held from2:00 p.m.until 8:00 p.m. on Sunday. Privateintermentwill be held.

JOANNE LAPENDA

Joanne FogltonLapenda, neeMar-chet, age 87, passedaway on Thursday,January, 1st, 2015, inNew Lenox.Belovedwife of

JamesM. Lapenda; lovingmother ofMichael (Kimberlee) Foglton andDa-vid Foglton; cherished grandmother ofJames, Nicholas, andCaroline Foglton;dear aunt of Darlene (Chip) Clem-inson, andGail (Cliff) Darnton; andgreat-aunt of Dr.MoniqueCleminson.Joannewas preceded in death by

her first husband, Steven P. Foglton;her parents, Joseph and LucyMarchet; and sister, Irma (Frank)Osadzienski.Joanne enjoyed spending timewith

her family and friends, and could lightup the roomwith her joy and laugh-ter. Shewas a devotedwife, mother,grandmother, and friendwhowill besorelymissed.The familywill receive friends

at KurtzMemorial Chapel, 102 E.Francis Rd., New Lenox, IL., 60451on Tuesday, January 6, 2015, from4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Funeral serviceWednesday, January 7, 2015, withchapel prayers at 9:15 a.m. to St.Mary Church, 19515 115th Ave,Moke-na, IL 60448 for a 10:00 a.m.Mass ofChristian Burial. Interment Resurrec-tion Cemetery, Justice, IL.In lieu of flowers, donations toMake

YourMark Foundation, 21005 RonLee Dr., Shorewood, IL 60404 or VitasHospice, 3033 Jefferson St., Suite204, Joliet, IL 60435would be greatlyappreciated.Infowww.kurtzmemorialchapel.

comor 815-485-3200.

JANET C. LARSONBorn: Oct. 18, 1930; in Gary, INDied: Jan. 1, 2015; in Joliet, IL

Janet C. Larson,of Shorewood,was born October18, 1930, to Arnetand Hazel Carlsonin Gary, Indiana.She passed away

surrounded by family on January1st at Provena Hospital in Joliet, atthe age of 84.Janet is survived by Donald, her

loving husband of 62 years; andthree daughters, Sheryl Larson(Hank Kinzie), Renee Kemph(Tom) and Jana Smith (Brian). Sheis also survived by eight grand-children, five great-grandchildren;sister, Ruth Strom, and numerouscousins.Janet was a secretary for the

Will County superintendent ofschools for five years and theJoliet grade schools for 16 years.She was the lead in a SweetAdeline’s quartet, which won theregional championship in the early70’s. She was also a volunteer forvarious organizations and honedher bridge skills over severaldecades.As per her wishes, Janet was

cremated. A memorial service willbe held at Our Savior LutheranChurch in Joliet, Illinois at 11:00a.m. Saturday, January 17th.In lieu of flowers, memorials to

Our Savior Lutheran Church, theJoliet area Hospice, or charity ofyour choice, would be appreci-ated.Janet was a loving wife, mother,

grandmother and friend to many.She will be greatly missed.

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LESLIE SORENSENBorn:May 5, 1924; inWesley Twp., ILDied: Jan. 2, 2015; inMinooka, IL

Leslie “Les” Sorensen, age 90, ofWilmington, and a longtime resi-dent of Leesburg, Florida, passedaway Friday evening, January 2,2015, at the home of his daughterin Minooka.Born May 5, 1924, in Wesley

Twp., Les was a son of the lateArthur and Josephine Shenk-So-rensen. He was raised and edu-cated in Wesley Township, and onAugust 8, 1947, Les married Shir-ley Ragain in Kankakee. He was afarmer in Wesley Twp., but alsoheld employment with the JolietArsenal and owned and operatedSorensen Trucking. Farming andtrucking were Les’ true passion,but he also enjoyed fishing in hisspare time.Survivors include his four

children, Kathleen (Jerry) Klein of

Minooka, Janet (Robert) Travis ofEustis, FL, Gary (Pat) Sorensen ofGroveland, FL and Al Sorensen ofWilmington; five grandchildren,Todd (Lisa) Holmes of Wilming-ton, Kari (Kenneth) Baker of Joliet,Ciara and Skylar Sorensen ofGroveland, FL and Traci (Cur-tis) Creech of Eustis, FL; eightgreat-grandchildren, Jack andAbby Holmes, Kelsea, Kannon andKadi Baker, and Cayden, Taylorand Candace Creech; one brother,Eugene Sorensen of Bourbon-nais; brothers and sisters-in-law,Margaret Ragain, Larry (Sharon)Ragain, Richard (Mary Ellen)Ragain and George (Doris) Ragain,all of Wilmington; and numerousnieces and nephews; as well ashis faithful canine companionTeddy.Les was preceded by his parents,

wife, Shirley; grandson, NicklosTravis; brothers, Calvin (Josephine)Sorensen and Joseph (Alice)Sorensen; mother and father-in-law, Miskel and Margie Ragain;brother-in-law, Gerald Ragain; andnephew, Donald Ragain.

Visitation and video tribute willbe held Tuesday, January 6th from9:00 a.m. until the time of service12:00 p.m. at Baskerville FuneralHome, 700 East Kahler Roadin Wilmington. Burial will be inOakwood Cemetery in Wilmingtonwhere Les will be laid to rest withhis wife, Shirley.Preferred memorials may be

made as gifts in Les’ memory tothe American Cancer Society orthe American Heart Association.Friends may sign the online

guest book or send private con-dolences to the family by loggingonto: www.BaskervilleFuneral.comFuneral services and arrange-

ments have been made under thedirection and care of BaskervilleFuneral Home in Wilmington (815-476-2181).

THOMAS WEINHOLDBorn: Nov. 22, 1942Died: Dec. 30, 2014

ThomasWeinhold,resident of Kimber-ling City, Missourisince 1995 andformer longtimeresident of Plainfield,Illinois, died peace-

fully on Tuesday, December 30, 2014,at the age of 72.Tomwas the son of Robert R. and

Ruth DayWeinhold. Hewas born onNovember 22, 1942, growing up in thePlainfield area, and attended LockportWest High School. Heworked on thefamily farm andwas part owner ofthe R&HChoppersmotorcycle shopin Plainfield. Tom could build choppermotorcycles from scratch. Tomwasalso a lifelong avid fisherman and carenthusiast. His retirement yearswerefilledwith fishing on Tablerock Lakeandworking on old cars.He is preceded in death by his

parents.He is survived by hiswife of 45

years, PhyllisMichalovic; his twochildren, Kenn Hirschberg of Fairfax,California and Karyn HirschbergBowman (Dale) of St. Anne, Illinois;four grandchildren, Joshua ThomasClothier of Chicago, David Bowman,Sara Bowman, and Samuel Bowman,all of St. Anne; numerous cousins intheWeinhold and Day families; andcountless friends.Cremation rites have been

accorded. Family and Friends areinvited to remember and celebrateTom’s life onWednesday, January 7,from 2:00 p.m. till 6:00 p.m. at theOverman-Jones Funeral Home andCremation Services in Plainfield.Memorialsmay bemade in Tom’s

name to an organization of a person’schoosing.For info please call 815/436-9221 or

visit www.overman-jones.com

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1Quinn’s last week:Prospects uncertainfor special session

CHICAGO – Gov. Pat Quinnenters his final days in officewith a last speech and speciallegislative session on the agen-da, but it’s unclear whetherfellow Democratic leaders willwork with him on his proposalfor a 2016 comptroller electionor other issues he might raise.The Chicago Democrat has

kept a lower profile since losingNov. 4, aside from a weekendflurry of public stops. Politicalexperts and lawmakers say hisdwindling influence means littlehope for a full commitment fromlegislators on his desire for anelection to replace late Comp-troller Judy Baar Topinka, or anylast push to increase Illinois’minimumwage. Aides alsoacknowledge the lower-key exit,saying he’s focused on sloggingthrough clemency petitionsand the transition of power to

Republican Gov.-elect BruceRauner.Quinn addresses the City Club

of Chicago’s business and civicleaders for a Tuesday luncheon– a setting where he’s previouslyfloated new ideas but this weekcould also talk about his legacyor future plans.He’s called lawmakers to

Springfield two days later toconsider the special election andtold reporters Sunday he hopeslawmakers also use Thursday toconsider succession of state-wide officeholders on a widerscale. With days left, though,lawmakers said there had beenlittle talk of plans to take up theissue.House Majority Leader Barbara

Flynn Currie acknowledged theopportunity for tackling othermatters, but said she hadn’t spo-ken with House Speaker MichaelMadigan about the electionproposal.

2Van crashes intostore, thieves makeoff with merchandise

CHICAGO – Chicago policesay thieves using a minivan asa battering ram crashed into aBest Buy store in Chicago and

made off with several items.Police say the minivan crashed

into the front window of thestore in Chicago’s Lincoln Parkneighborhood just before 5 a.m.Sunday.Authorities say several people

jumped out of the van, grabbeditems and left the van behind asthey ran away.Police did not immediately

have any information on whetherthe van had been stolen as weresome of the other vehicles usedin so-called “crash-and-grab”burglaries in the city in recentmonths.No arrests have been made,

and police did not say if theysuspect the thieves were tied tothe string of similar burglaries inand around the city.

3Man dies afterbeing hit by Chicagocommuter train

CHICAGO – Chicago police saya man was killed when he washit by a commuter train.Chicago Transit Authority

spokeswoman Tammy Chasetold the Chicago Sun-Times thatthe northbound Red Line trainstruck the man about 3 a.m. at astation.

Police said the victim later waspronounced dead at a hospital.The man’s identity was not

immediately released.The CTA says train traffic re-

sumed about 5:30 a.m. Sunday.

4Frerichs marksswearing-in withcommunity project

CHAMPAIGN – Incoming statetreasurer Mike Frerichs willcelebrate his inauguration byhelping on a community-serviceproject and hosting receptions.The Champaign News-Gazette

reported the Democrat willsponsor an event Sunday on aHabitat for Humanity projectin Springfield before his Jan. 12swearing-in.Spokesman Dave Clarkin said

Frerichs chose Habitat becauseof its work in rebuilding Gifford.That’s the northeast ChampaignCounty town where Frerichsgrew up and which was struckby a 2013 tornado.Other events include recep-

tions Saturday at Big GroveTavern in Champaign andSunday at the Abraham LincolnPresidential Library and Muse-um in the capital.Both events are free but reser-

vations are required.Frerichs replaces Republican

Dan Rutherford, who lost aprimary election for governor.

5$26M set aside tobuy land for parksin Illinois

OAK PARK – An investmentof $26 million by taxpayerswill allow communities acrossIllinois to buy land for parks andimprove recreation.Gov. Pat Quinn announced

the grants Saturday as part ofa plan he said will increase rec-reational opportunities, createjobs and help the economy.The money comes from the

state’s Open Space LandsAcquisition and Developmentprogram. It will provide $24million to support 75 projects in28 counties throughout Illinois.Another $2 million comes fromthe federal Land and WaterConservation Fund. The moneywill provide up to half of eachproject’s cost.The program is funded by a

portion of the state real estatetransfer tax. Since 1987, it hasprovided $391 million to 1,700local parks.

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In search of a Boston juryto try marathon suspectBOSTON – His accusers bran-

dish a confession scribbled insidea boat during an intensiveman-hunt and a video they say showshim placing a backpackwitha bomb a few feet from a littleboywho diedwhen it explodedseconds later.His defenders bank on the story

of a difficult childhood in a formerSoviet republic and his radicaliza-tion at the hands of an influentialolder brother who could havepressured him into participatingin the deadly attack.Jury selection for the trial of

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, accused inthe BostonMarathon attacks,beginsMonday. Those chosenfrom a pool of about 1,200willdecide whether Tsarnaev plannedand carried out the twin bomb-ings that killed three people andinjuredmore than 260 near thefinish line of the race on April 15,2013. If they find him guilty, theywill decide whether he should beput to death.It’s perhaps the most closely

watched federal death penaltycase since Timothy McVeighwas convicted and executed forthe 1995 Oklahoma City bomb-ing. Tsarnaev’s lawyers tried invain for months to get the trialmoved, arguing the Boston jurypool was tainted because of thenumber of locals with connec-tions to the race and drawingparallels to the McVeigh case,which was moved to Denver forsimilar reasons. But U.S. DistrictJudge George O’Toole Jr. hasbeen unmoved.

Wild ride for Arizonabobcat stuck in car grilleSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – An Arizona

bobcatmay have used up oneof its nine lives after it survivedgetting stuck inside an oncomingcar.Arizona Game and Fish De-

partment spokeswoman LyndaLambert said that the bobcatappears to have escaped anyserious injuries and is awaitingevaluation by a veterinarian atan animal sanctuary in Scotts-dale.Officials say a couple driving in

Scottsdale on Friday night hit thebobcat after it darted into theirpath.Upon reaching their destination,

theman inspected hisMazdasedan and saw the verymuchalive animal trapped in the plasticgrille.Game and Fish employees

sedated the 7-pound animal andremoved it.

Iran’s president: Nucleartalks a matter of heartTEHRAN, Iran – Iranian Presi-

dent Hassan Rouhani said Sundaythat ongoing nuclear negotiationswith world powers are amatterof “heart,” not just centrifugesahead of talks next week inGeneva.Speaking to an economic

conference in Tehran, Rouhaniboth countered hard-line criticsworried Iranwill give up toomuchwhile also attempting to signalhis administration remains opento negotiation with the six-nationgroup leading the talks.

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Some police officers turn their backs as Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks Sunday during the funeral of NewYork Police Department Officer Wenjian Liu at Aievoli Funeral Home in the Brooklyn borough of NewYork. Liu and his partner, officer Rafael Ramos, were killed Dec. 20 as they sat in their patrol car on aBrooklyn street. The shooter, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, later killed himself.

Mayor eulogizes officer ascops outside turn backs

By JONATHAN LEMIREand MIKE BALSAMOThe Associated Press

NEW YORK – Thousandsof police turned their backsSunday as Mayor Bill de Bla-sio eulogized an officer shotdead with his partner, re-peating a stinging display ofscorn for the mayor despiteentreaties to put anger aside.

The show of disrespectcame outside the funeralhome where officer WenjianLiu was remembered as anincarnation of the Ameri-can dream: a man who hademigrated from China atage 12 and devoted himselfto helping others in his ad-opted country. The gestureamong officers watching themayor’s speech on a screenadded to tensions betweenthe mayor and rank-and-filepolice even as he sought toquiet them.

“Let us move forward bystrengthening the bonds thatunite us, and let us work to-gether to attain peace,” de

Blasio said at the funeral.Liu, 32, had served as a po-

liceman for seven years andwas married just two monthswhen he was killed with hispartner, officer Rafael Ra-mos, on Dec. 20. Liu’s long-time aspiration to become apolice officer deepened afterthe Sept. 11 terror attacks,his father, Wei Tang Liu, saidthrough tears.

And as he finished his dai-ly work, the only child wouldcall to say: “I’m coming hometoday. You can stop worry-ing now,” the father recalledduring a service that blendedpolice tradition with refer-ences to Buddha’s teachings.

Dignitaries including FBIDirector James Comey andmembers of Congress joinedpolice officers from aroundthe country in a throng ofmore than 10,000 mourners.

“When one of us loses ourlives, we have to come togeth-er,” said officer Lucas Grantof the Richmond CountySheriff’s Office in Augusta,Georgia.

After hundreds of officersturned their backs to a screenwhere de Blasio’s remarksplayed during Ramos’ funer-al last week, Police Commis-sioner William Bratton sent amemo urging respect, declar-ing “a hero’s funeral is aboutgrieving, not grievance.”

But some officers and po-lice retirees said they stillfelt compelled to spurn themayor. Police union leadershave said he contributed toan environment that allowedthe officers’ slayings by sup-porting protests followingthe police killings of EricGarner on Staten Island andMichael Brown in Ferguson,Missouri.

“The mayor has no respectfor us. Why should we haverespect for him?” said retiredNew York Police DepartmentDetective Camille Sanfilippo,who was among those whoturned their backs Sunday.Retired NYPD Sgt. LaurieCarson called the action “ouronly way to show our displea-sure with the mayor.”

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12 Plane crash survivormay help probeBy TIMOTHY D. EASLEY

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EDDYVILLE, Ky. – SailorGutzler, the 7-year-old girlwho survived a plane crash,walked a mile through thecold, dark woods to safety andthen helped authorities locatethe wreckage and remains ofher family, may not be donehelping investigators.

National TransportationSafety Board investigator Hei-di Moats said Sunday that Sail-or is “one remarkable younglady,” and she might be ableto assist them in determiningwhat brought the plane down.It is rare for someone to sur-vive a small plane crash andMoats said they want to talk toSailor about it.

“Having someone that is awitness [is] always helpful inthe investigation, it gives uskind of a story line,” Moatssaid.

It’s not clear when inves-tigators might talk to Sailor,who despite being bloodiedand suffering a broken wrist,pulled herself from the wreck-age and walked to the nearesthome.

She was dressed for Flor-ida, where her family hadbeen visiting, and was wear-ing shorts, a short-sleeve shirtand only one sock when she

found a home about a milefrom the crash site. Authori-ties said she walked throughthick woods and briar patches

in near-freezing temperatures.“She absolutely went to the

nearest house that she couldhave,” Kentucky State Police

Lt. Brent White said. “But itwas still a considerable feat forher to do that.”

The remains of the Piper

PA-34 plane were moved Sun-day so officials with the NTSBcan inspect it. They haven’tdiscussed any possibilities ofwhat brought the plane downor how Sailor survived thecrash.

The agency will issue apreliminary report in about10 days, Moats said at a newsconference in Eddyville.

Sailor was treated at a hos-pital and released to a relativeSaturday.

After the Friday nightcrash, Sailor trekked to thehome of 71-year-old LarryWilkins, who answered herknock at the door and calledpolice. Wilkins said the girlwas crying and covered inblood.

“She told me that her momand dad were dead, and shehad been in a plane crash, andthe plane was upside down,”Wilkins said.

Sailor was alert and able topoint emergency workers look-ing for the plane in the rightdirection, said Lyon CountyJudge executive Wade White,who arrived at the crash site.

The crash killed Sailor’sparents, Marty Gutzler, 48; andhis wife, Kimberly Gutzler, 46;Sailor’s sister, Piper Gutzler,9; and a cousin, Sierra Wilder,14. All were from Nashville, Il-linois.

N. Korea blasts U.S. forsanctions over Sony attack

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SEOUL, South Korea –North Korea on Sunday crit-icized the United States forslapping sanctions on Pyong-yang officials and organiza-tions for a cyberattack onSony Pictures – the latest fall-out from a Hollywood moviedepicting the fictional assassi-nation of North Korean leaderKim Jong Un.

An unnamed spokesmanfor North Korea’s ForeignMinistry denied any role inthe breach of tens of thou-sands of confidential Sonyemails and business files andaccused the United States of

“groundlessly” stirring uphostility toward Pyongyang.The spokesman said the newsanctions would not weakenthe country’s military.

The spokesman toldthe North’s official mediamouthpiece, the Korean Cen-tral News Agency, that thesanctions show America’s“inveterate repugnancy andhostility toward the DPRK,”referring to the North’s of-ficial name, the DemocraticPeople’s Republic of Korea.

“The policy persistentlypursued by the U.S. to stiflethe DPRK, groundlessly stir-ring up bad blood toward it,would only harden its will and

resolution to defend the sov-ereignty of the country,” thespokesman said.

The United States on Fri-day sanctioned 10 North Ko-rean government officialsand three organizations,including Pyongyang’s pri-mary intelligence agencyand state-run arms dealer,in what the White House de-scribed as an opening movein the response toward theSony cyberattack.

The sanctions might haveonly a limited effect, as NorthKorea already is under toughU.S. and international sanc-tions over its nuclear and mis-sile programs.

Pope picks 15 cardinalsreflecting diversity

By FRANCES D’EMILIOThe Associated Press

VATICAN CITY – PopeFrancis named 15 new cardi-nals Sunday, selecting themfrom 14 nations including far-flung corners of the world suchas Tonga, New Zealand, CapeVerde and Myanmar to reflectthe diversity of the church andits growth in places like Asiaand Africa compared to afflu-ent regions.

Other cardinals hail fromEthiopia, Thailand and Viet-nam.

None came from the UnitedStates and only three Europeannations received new cardinals– Portugal and Spain in addi-

tion to Italy. Cape Verde, Tongaand Myanmar gained cardinalsfor the first time.

Francis told faithful in St.Peter’s Square that the newbatch of cardinals “shows theinseparable tie with the churchof Rome to churches in theworld.”

With his picks, the Argen-tine-born Francis, the first pon-tiff from Latin America, madeever clearer that he is layingout a new vision of the church’sidentity, including of its hier-archy. He looked beyond tra-ditional metropolitan area forthe “princes of the church” whowill help advise him as goes for-ward with church reforms. Car-dinals also elect his successor.

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Salvage workers bring out part of a Piper PA-34’s fuselage, wing and landing gear from a crash site Sundayin Kuttawa, Ky. Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board arrived at the crash site Sunday inKentucky in which a 7-year-old girl survived and four of her family members were killed. Authorities saidthe child, dressed in a short-sleeve shirt, shorts and one sock, walked about a mile in near-freezing tem-peratures through thick briar patches and woods before finding a home where she sought help. The planewent down in a deeply wooded area and required special machinery to remove.

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Joliet Central’sKewon Waredrives to the

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hook shot in frontof Joliet West’s

D’Anthony Wrightduring Saturday’s

game at JolietCentral. Central

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In typical fashion, the twoboys basketball teams congrat-ulated each other Saturdayafternoon after Joliet Central’s67-39 victory over Joliet West.

However, West coach NickDiForti took an extra momentto talk with Central’s 5-foot-6 senior point guard, JerryGillespie.

“I told him he should playlike that every game,” DiFortisaid. “We applied pressure tohim, but he handled it.”

And, he scored.Gillespie finished with 26

points on 9-of-14 shooting. Heused his quickness to score onnice drives into the lane andhis outside-shooting ability tohit 3 of 5 from 3-point range.West sophomore Trevian Bellfinished with 12 points, andnobody else on either sidereached double figures.

“The big thing aboutJerry is that he makes gooddecisions on the offensiveend,” Steelmen coach JeffCorcoran said. “He’s extraquick and can score. We needhim to have the basketballin his hands. The thing he isworking on, sometimes whenthe game gets really quick, heout-thinks himself.”

Gillespie and his team-mates struggled through aDecember they rather wouldforget.

After going 4-0 in winningthe WJOL Thanksgiving Clas-sic, the Steelmen (8-5) were 3-5in December. That includeda 1-3 mark and a consola-tion-bracket sixth-place finishin the McDipper ChristmasTournament.

The Central team thatshowed up Saturday againstcrosstown rival West – whichalso entered the game 7-5overall and was coming off apositive showing at the Ponti-ac Holiday Tournament – wasmore like the one we saw atThanksgiving.

“At the McDipper, I thinkwe underestimated someteams, and they beat us,”Gillespie said. “We came topractice every day this week,and the coaches were pushingus to get where we need tobe.”

“I wanted to give thema day off, but to the kids’credit, they asked to practiceall three days [Wednesday,Thursday and Friday],”Corcoran said.

The Steelmen, with nostarter taller than 6-foot-1 andnobody in the regular rotationtaller than 6-foot-2, are 3-1in the SouthWest Suburban

Blue, where they certainlycan be a factor the rest of theseason. On the other hand, theleague is unforgiving.

“Our league is alwaysrough,” Corcoran said. “Butwe know who we are. We hada bad December and a poortournament in the McDipper.I told the guys, ‘Let’s turn thecalendar to January. Decem-

ber is in the past. We can playwith people if we play the waywe did [against West].’ ”

That Steelmen held theTigers to 22.2 percent shootingand were so dominant theybuilt a 32-point lead at 49-17 bylate in the third quarter. All ofthat was accomplished with-out one of their top players,guard Taquan Sims, who wasout for disciplinary reasons.

Even without the full com-plement, however, if Gillespieruns the game and scoressomething like he did Sat-urday, Central will be heardfrom.

“Coach [Corcoran] want-

ed somebody to be a vocalleader and control the team,”Gillespie said. “I have to dothat. [Fellow guard] TernellJordan did a good job helpingout on that, too. We playedhard. Malik [Fuller], Kenyon[Woodfork], Kewon [Ware],they all stepped up.”

Gillespie, who also had26 points against Seton inCentral’s only victory at theMcDipper tournament, enjoysscoring points himself. Whatkid doesn’t? But he under-stands it is important he scorewithin the flow of the offense.

“We get out of controlsometimes,” he said. “Wehave to make a slower pushsometimes. I have to get betterat making sure we do that,and our team will be better.

“We have to take this gameand learn from it. We have toget better every day.”

Gillespie knows his role inthe process, and he wants tomake it work. Perhaps thatbummer of a December can re-main in the rear-view mirror.

• Dick Goss can be reachedat [email protected].

Photos by Larry W. Kane for Shaw Media

Joliet Central’s Jerry Gillespie drives to the basket in front of Joliet West’s Malcohm Hill (left) during Saturday’s game at Joliet Central. Centralwon, 67-39.

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Joliet Central’s Ternell Jordan drives to the basket around Joliet West’sTeyvion Kirk during Saturday’s game.

“I told the guys, ‘Let’sturn the calendar to Jan-uary. December is in thepast. We can play withpeople if we play the waywe did [against West].’ ”

Jeff CorcoranJoliet Central boys basketball coach

Depending on whose analysis ofBrandon Marshall’s contract youbelieve, Marshall may be a lot lessexpensive than Jay Cutler to get ridof and his departure would servethe Bears a great deal better thanCutler’s.

Cutler certainly is overpaid andoverrated as a quarterback, and henever will be voted Mr. Congenial-ity by his teammates. But he doeshave his supporters, and he’s not aproblem in the locker room.

I’m sure there are Bears playerswho are envious or jealous or bothof Cutler for his contract and A-listlifestyle.

But Cutler actually avoids thespotlight rather than hogging it,and there doesn’t seem to be anypocket of dissent or dislike amongteammates who would just as soonsee him gone.

On the other hand, when itcomes to Marshall, more than a fewof his teammates gladly would kick

in for his bus ticket out of town.How will we know if the Bears

get it right in their hires of a newgeneral manager and head coach?

If one of their first official movesisn’t a trade or the release of Mar-shall, you can assume the Bears arein trouble again.

Marshall is one of the three orfour best receivers in football – noquestion about that.

So how come in nine seasonsand with five Pro Bowl selections,Marshall never has appeared in aplayoff game, and both the Broncosand Dolphins couldn’t wait to gethim out of their huddles and lockerrooms?

The answer is because he is anightmare off the field who spendsalmost all of his time making surethe spotlight is on him and no oneelse.

One Bears veteran describedMarshall’s presence as exhausting.

Another player told me he didn’tthink the locker room problemswere as serious as the mediapainted them but did think coachMarc Trestman’s and his coaches’biggest mistake in getting controlof the room was they were afraid of

trying to handle Marshall.How are you supposed to coach

a player or trust a teammate whenyou never know what he’s going tosay or do next?

Then there’s the question ofproduction.

Marshall will be 31 in March ashe heads into his 10th NFL season,but he is a phenomenal athlete whoalways seems to keep himself in topshape.

Before 2014 – his worst seasonsince his rookie campaign, with 61catches for 721 yards – Marshal nev-er had missed more than two gamesin a seasons, and he had a string of65 consecutive starts before missingthe last three games of the season.A gimpy ankle in at least three orfour other games he did play in alsolimited Marshall.

It is reasonable to assumeMarshall still is capable of bounc-ing back physically for another bigseason or two.

But is all the selfishness and dis-traction he brings with him worthit for a team desperate for a newstart and a breath of fresh air in thelocker room?

Overthecap.com is one of several

reputable websites that track NFLplayer contracts, and it describesthe extension Marshall receivedfrom Phil Emery last April as a$30 million deal with a $7.5 millionsigning bonus and the 2014 and 2015base salaries guaranteed at $7.3 mil-lion and $7.5 million.

But it says Marshall’s 2015 salaryis guaranteed only if he’s still onthe roster on March 13, 2015.

Should the Bears release Mar-shal before March 13, they will owehim nothing but will take a $5.625million cap hit.

Certainly, the Bears could at-tempt to trade Marshall, but what

they’ll find is a bare market not atall to their liking.

Knowing what Marshall’s reignof narcissism has just done to Trest-man and Emery, what NFL exec inhis right mind is going to deal forhim?

The biggest question facing thenext GM and head coach of theBears won’t be how they can affordto cut Marshall. It will be – how canthey afford to keep him?

• Chicago Football editorHub Arkush can be reached [email protected] oron Twitter @Hub_Arkush.

That football czaryou’ve been clamoring forthe Bears to hire? The oneI’ve been clamoring for,too? The one with broadpowers to transform thefranchise?

Yeah, well, about him:His name is Phil Emery.And Jerry Angelo. Thepast two general managerswere football czars withall kinds of autonomy.The problem was that theyweren’t especially good atit.

It’s the choosing of GMsthat has been the issue, soBears fans won’t have anypeace of mind knowingthat the same people whohired Emery – chairmanGeorge McCaskey andpresident Ted Phillips – arein the process of hiring hisreplacement.

Oh, the franchise hasbrought in former GiantsGM Ernie Accorsi as aconsultant in the selec-tion of a GM and a coach,and he is drawing up a listof what appears to be theobvious suspects. HiringAccorsi was McCaskey’snod to those of you whodon’t think he and hishenchman, Phillips, have

any knowledge of whathas come to be known as“football.”

But to many savvyobservers of this franchise,all of it appears to be moreof the same.

Remember, the Bearshired Angelo as their GMin 2001 only after his nameshowed up on a list pro-vided by a search firm.

At the time, Angelo wasin deep disguise as the di-rector of player personnelfor the Buccaneers, thena member of the Bears’division.

If Accorsi announceshe “discovered” Emery’sreplacement standing bya Packers water cooler, noone should be surprised.

Yes, the Bears need afootball overlord with vastexperience and successwho can make all the im-portant decisions regard-ing the roster. Here’s theproblem: Unless there’sa way that such a mancan materialize spontane-

ously, without the stampof approval of McCaskeyand Phillips, then there’s agood chance this opportu-nity is doomed.

The Bears need an Ac-corsi to be their GM – fullyformed, created indepen-dently of Halas Hall, withno taint of this sad orga-nization on him. Someonewho can have a separateentrance to the buildinguntil such time it becomesclear he can’t be contami-nated. Someone who hasbeen a GM before.

What they don’t needis an Angelo trading twofirst-round picks and KyleOrton to the Broncos forJay Cutler. They don’t needan Emery compoundingthe mistake by signing Cut-ler to a two-ton contract.

Is that hindsight? Sure.So is saying, “I wish I hadnoticed the stoplight hadturned red.”

In the days leading upto the firings of Emeryand coach Marc Trestman,there were reports theBears might change to aCubs-like power structure.They would hire their ver-sion of Theo Epstein, whohas complete control over

baseball operations on theNorth Side, and “allow”Phillips to concentrate onthe business side. The meatof those reports was thepart where Phillips wouldbe moved as far away fromfootball decisions as pos-sible. To Moline, say.

Alas, those reports ranup against the great wallof intractability that is theBears.

When it was announcedPhillips would join McCas-key at the news conferenceto address the firings, itmeant Phillips was goingto be heavily involved infinding replacements forthe not-so-dearly-departedEmery and Trestman.

It meant the cycle wouldcontinue. And so it has,with people on the Bears’list of GM candidates moresuited to the franchise’sspeed – not former GMs,but scouting directors, as-sistant GMs and the like.

You tend to trust peoplewho have been successfulin the same job before, notrelative unknowns such asEmery and Trestman. TheBears appear to be head-ing in that vague directionagain. If your neck hurts,

it’s probably from shakingyour head so often.

There’s a huge lack oftrust toward the Bears intown, as there should be.Epstein hasn’t won muchin Chicago yet, but he hasbuilt up a farm system ofhigh draft picks. Whetherthey turn into big-leagueproducers remains to beseen, but fans trust himbecause he won two WorldSeries with the Red Sox,because his plan makessense to them and becausehe seems to know what he’sdoing.

Yeah, that kind of powerstructure, please.

There is an incrediblebuzz around the Cubsheading into 2015 becausethey hired a manager, JoeMaddon, who had been suc-cessful as a real, live man-ager before. And Maddon’spresence helped in luringbig-time pitcher Jon Lesterthrough free agency.

Yeah, that kind of buzz,please.

• Rick Morrissey is aChicago Sun-Times sportscolumnist who can bereached by email at [email protected].

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Reed-Custer piling up points, winsBy CURT HERRON

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BRAIDWOOD – After drop-ping some close, low-scoringgames in 2012, Reed-Custerboys basketball coach MarkPorter decided a different ap-proach was necessary.

So the Comets startedto implement a fast-paced,up-tempo game with an em-phasis on 3-point shooting totake advantage of the skills ofplayers in their program.

While it has been a workin progress, the dividendsfinally seem to be paying offin a big way for Reed-Custer,which has won 12 of its first 15games this season.

In a day when most squadsare pleased to score 60 pointsin a game, the Comets areaveraging 90 points. Reed-Custer already has gone overthe century mark on three oc-casions.

After closing out 2014 byrallying for a 101-96 overtimewin over Dwight to capturethe Marseilles Holiday Tour-nament title, Reed-Custer be-gan 2015 by scoring 60 pointsin the opening half of Friday’s103-74 victory over CliftonCentral.

“It all started a few seasonsago when we came off of aseason where we averaged 40points a game,” Porter said.“We just seemed like we werebeating our heads against thewall, so we decided that weneeded to do something differ-ent for our kids. We had to dosomething to break out and,even if we didn’t win, we’dgive ourselves an opportuni-ty.

“We struggled a little thatfirst year and went 9-21 buthad some success at the low-er levels. Last year, we went19-12 and won a regional andplayed in the sectional finals.

We went from averaging 40points a game to 64 to 77, andnow we’re around 90. Eachyear, we’ve played a little fast-er but under control, and thekids think that it’s a fun wayto play.”

Playing at such a frenziedpace doesn’t come by accident– it requires a lot of work. Por-ter and his staff make sure theComets maximize their timein practice.

“We set a great pace inpractice in order to make surethat there’s no wasted time,”Porter said. “We go from onething to the other quickly be-cause that’s the way we wantthe kids to play. Things needto be high-paced in practice sothat we’re able to accomplishthat in games. The kids havedone a great job, and we still

have a lot of games in front ofus.”

The Comets hope to im-prove on last year’s showingin the playoffs, when they wononly their second regional ti-tle since 1977 and advancedto the sectional finals, wherethey fell to Paris, 60-55.

Reed-Custer never haswon back-to-back regionalsand last captured a sectionalchampionship in 1963, so thissquad would like to establishsome history.

“We like getting the ball out– and just going and chuckingup some 3s. It’s fun,” said Ma-son Dransfeldt. “When we’reon, the points are really pour-ing in. We have a lot of goodathletes and a lot of leaders onthe team who step up when weneed it.

“I like the overall attitudeof our team. We’re all positiveand know that we can alwayscome back. We set some teamsgoals at the beginning of theyear and are ready to get itdone.”

Sign of the timesReed-Custer has a sign on

the wall of its gym boasting ofthe number of 3s it has madethis season. After hitting 11against Central, that total sitsat 205, or 13.7 a game.

But when teams try to lim-it the long-range threat, theComets are content to adjusttheir game. When Centralattempted to stop the 3s, theComets responded with plen-ty of layups.

“It’s great playing with theunselfish players who are on

this team,” said Travis Schoo-nover, a junior who broke aMarseilles Tourney recordby scoring 47 points againstDwight. “It’s great playingwith this offense and system.We’re really talented and un-selfish and play together.

“Hopefully, we get the No. 1seed in the regional so that wedon’t have to play both Cliftonand Mac (Bishop McNamara).This is absolutely a perfectteam. We know that we can’tlive and die with the 3-ball –we have to help on defenseand go to the basket.”

Schoonover is averaging21.5 points, 4.2 assists and 4.3steals; fellow junior BrentHeadrick is scoring 17.8points while averaging 6.3 re-bounds and 2.8 blocks.

Senior Austin Hauck (11.3points), senior Dransfeldt (10.3points, 5.7 rebounds), juniorTommy Shaw (7.8 points), se-nior Zach Zoltani (5.1 points)and junior Neil O’Donnell (4.4assists) are other top contrib-utors for the team.

While last year’s squadstarted slowly and endedstrong, this season’s Cometshope their early success leadsto an even better finish.

“We like to get everyoneinvolved, and we realizewho’s hot and who our shoot-ers are and try to get them,”said Headrick, who was theMVP of the Marseilles Tour-nament. “When they’re guard-ing our 3s, we try to take whatthey give us and make the bestof it.

“We all have certain jobs,and if one guy is off, the restof the team is going to pickhim up. It’s like a big family.We’re off to a good start thisyear. One goal was to win theChristmas tournament, andwe did that. We have big goalsto try to match and improveon last year.”

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Reed-Custer team members pose at the Marseilles Holiday Tournament. They are (front row, left to right)Zach Zoltani, manager Austin West, Vince Damiano, Justin Weitzel, Austin Hauck, Nick Urban, Matt Buteraand Tommy Shaw. And (back row, left to right) head coach Mark Porter, assistant coach Gavin Johnston,AJ Simonelli, Mason Dransfeldt, Jordan Walden, Steven Podkulski, Robert McGregor, Brent Headrick, NeilO’Donnell, David Seward, Travis Schoonover, Zach Edgar, assistant coach Adam Wenger and assistantcoach Tyler Schoonover.

“It all started a few seasons ago when we came off of a season where we averaged 40 points a game. We just seemed like wewere beating our heads against the wall, so we decided that we needed to do something different for our kids. We had to do

something to break out and, even if we didn’t win, we’d give ourselves an opportunity.”

Mark PorterReed-Custer boys basketball head coach

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NFC WILD-CARD PLAYOFF: COWBOYS 24, LIONS 20

Cursed Bengalssuccumb to Luck,Colts in playoffs

By MICHAEL MAROTThe Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS – WhenAndrew Luck was under pres-sure Sunday, he stood tall andmaintained his poise.

Andy Dalton and the Ben-gals simply collapsed. Again.

L u c k d e l i v e r e d agame-changing touchdownpass as he was headed to theturf, and Indianapolis’ de-fense dominated the rest of thegame as the Colts roared pastCincinnati, 26-10, and into thedivisional playoff round.

“The one magical playwas when Andrew was at hisfinest,” said coach Chuck Pa-gano, whose team heads toDenver next Sunday. “He’s amaestro. He’s unbelievableback there.”

For Cincinnati, a bedevil-ing postseason curse contin-ued.

The Bengals (10-6-1) be-came the first team in NFLhistory to lose four consecu-tive opening-round games.Dalton tied Warren Moon forthe most consecutive open-ing-round playoff losses by aquarterback, dropping to 0-4all-time.

Coach Marvin Lewis tiedMarty Schottenheimer, JimMora and Steven Owen formost consecutive playoff loss-es (six) by a coach. Lewis alsotied Mora, the former Coltscoach, for most consecutiveplayoff losses to start a career,and tied Owen for most con-secutive playoff losses withone team.

They haven’t won a playoffgame since January 1991.

“It’s kind of like missinga field goal that you shouldhave hit,” Cincinnati kickerMike Nugent said after settinga franchise record late in thefirst half with a 57-yard fieldgoal that got the Bengals with-in 13-10.

But the glaring differencebetween the postseason suc-cess for Luck and the Colts

(12-5), and the postseason fail-ures for Dalton and the Ben-gals never was more apparentthan on two big plays in thethird quarter.

On second-and-10 from theBengals 36, Luck floated aperfect pass to the corner ofthe end zone as Carlos Dun-lap started to take him to theturf. Rookie receiver DonteMoncrief sprinted across thefield and cradled the ball forthe score that gave Indy a 20-10 lead.

“I sort of stepped up in acrease there, saw Donte run-ning his butt off and tried toput it in a spot where only hecould get it,” Luck said. “Hedoes such a great job of run-ning underneath those balls,and we had the touch.”

On the next Bengals’ plays,Dalton had Brandon Tateopen deep down the middleon a flea-flicker. But insteadof scoring, Colts cornerbackGreg Toler raced over andbroke up the under-thrownpass. Three plays later, theBengals punted. They neverseriously challenged again.

“I thought he (Dalton)hung in there,” Lewis said. “Ithought he made plays withhis feet. I thought he madeplays throwing the football,and I thought he played a goodfootball game.”

Dalton, whose two top re-ceivers were inactive, fin-ished 18 of 35 with 155 yardsand lost a fumble on a day theBengals managed only 98 totalyards and five first downs inthe second half.

The Colts were much moreproficient.

Luck went 31 of 44 for 376yards, and he couldn’t be goinginto the next game under bet-ter circumstances. For the firsttime in four tries, Luck finisheda playoff game without a turn-over. He also joined Dan Fouts,Jim Kelly, Warren Moon andDrew Brees as the only NFLplayers with three straight 300-yard games in the postseason.

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Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo throws a pass during the first half Sunday against the Lions in Arling-ton, Texas.

Romo, Cowboys rally pastLions, prepare for Packers

By SCHUYLER DIXONThe Associated Press

ARLINGTON, Texas –Tony Romo has a stirringplayoff comeback to go withall the late-season disappoint-ments.

Romo threw two touch-down passes to TerranceWilliams, the second for thelead late in the fourth quar-ter, and the Dallas Cowboysrallied for a 24-20 wild-cardwin over Detroit on Sundayin their first playoff game infive years.

The Cowboys (12-5) wipedout an early two-touchdowndeficit to earn a trip to GreenBay, their first postseasonvisit there since a heart-breaking loss to the Packersin the Ice Bowl in 1967.

“You just have to stay inthe moment and understandthe game,” Romo said. “Itdoesn’t end after the firstquarter, second quarter. Youjust have to keep calm. I’veplayed enough games to un-derstand that. Maybe I didn’tdo that as well when I wasyounger.”

The Lions (11-6) went 99yards for one of two first-quar-ter touchdowns, but MatthewStafford couldn’t get them inthe end zone again. He fell to

0-2 in the playoffs three yearsafter losing a wild-card gameto New Orleans.

Detroit was driving witha 20-17 lead midway throughthe fourth quarter when ref-eree Pete Morelli announceda pass interference penaltyagainst Anthony Hitchens ona third-down pass to BrandonPettigrew. But officials re-versed the call without expla-nation, and Sam Martin hada 10-yard punt after the Lionstried to draw Dallas offsideon fourth-and-1.

Lions coach Jim Caldwellsaid he got an explanation,but didn’t like it. “Not goodenough,” he said.

Romo took the Cowboys59 yards in 11 plays, includ-ing a 21-yard pass to JasonWitten on fourth-and-6. Thewinner to Williams was an8-yarder after Romo had sev-eral seconds to throw behindan offensive line among theleague’s best because Dallashas drafted linemen in thefirst round three of the pastfour years.

The Cowboys had to wait alittle longer to celebrate afterrookie DeMarcus Lawrencegave the Lions the ball backwith a fumble after AnthonySpencer’s sack that knockedthe ball loose from Stafford.

Lawrence redeemed him-self on the clincher, sackingStafford on fourth down nearmidfield in the final minute.

The Lions have not wona playoff game since the 1991season, when they beat Dal-las.

Dallas rode quick starts toa 4-0 December that carriedit to the NFC East title, but asluggish first quarter put theCowboys in a hole.

Golden Tate bounced upfrom a flattening hit by C.J.Spillman on a punt returnand beat Barry Church on a51-yard pass to open the scor-ing. Church called out Tateon his radio show earlier inthe week, saying the Cow-boys were going to pay himback for a blindside block onlinebacker Sean Lee that gotTate fined three years agowhen he was with Seattle.

The Lions went up, 14-0, ona drive that amounted to 99!yards. After Dekoda Watsonran into Martin to keep thedrive alive, the 14-play driveended with Reggie Bush bad-ly faking Orlando Scandrickon an 18-yard scoring run.

Williams (three catchesfor 92 yards) pulled the Cow-boys within seven when hetook a short pass from Romo76 yards to the end zone.

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JJCmen, women capture tourney titlesSUBMITTED REPORTS

APPLETON, Wis. – TheJoliet Junior College men’sbasketball team beat Fox Val-ley Technical, 85-57, in thesemifinals and Wisconsin-FoxValley, 64-59, in the champi-onship game of the Fox ValleyTechnical Tournament overthe weekend.

The Wolves (14-2) openedthe semifinal on a 19-0 run.Darious Randolph finishedwith 20 points and 10 re-bounds; Daymeann Stewartscored 17; and Matt Hundadded 10 points, 10 boards andfour blocked shots.

“Obviously, we really likedthe start of the game,” coachJoe Kuhn said. “We came outaggressive on both ends of thefloor and put the game awaywith that 19-0 run.”

Wisconsin-Fox Valley en-tered the title game with a 9-2record. Randolph led JJC with

19 points and eight rebounds,and Hund had eight points,15 rebounds and six blockedshots. Stewart scored 11 andDarius Wells 10. The Wolvesheld their foe’s leading scorer,Jon Braeger, to seven points.

“We had a hard time find-ing any rhythm on offense,which made this a difficultgame, but the defense weplayed on Braeger was out-standing,” Kuhn said.

MEN’S BASKETBALLLewis 74, Truman State 64:

At Kirksville, Missouri, No.23 Lewis held off a late surgeby Truman State to claim theGreat Lakes Valley Confer-ence victory. The Flyers (10-1, 2-0) extended their winningstreak to seven and won theirfirst two GLVC road contestsfor the first time since the2003-04 season.

Lewis senior guard RyanJackson topped all scorers

with 22 points on 8-for-13shooting, while backcourtmate Jeff Jarosz added 14points and seven rebounds.Freshman guard Max Struschipped in 12 points, eight re-bounds and a team-high fourassists and two blocks. JulianLewis tied a team season highwith 11 rebounds.

Lewis outrebounded Tru-man State, 42-30. The Flyersled, 52-26, with 15:44 remain-ing before the Bulldogs (9-4,1-2) went on a 38-16 run overthe next 14:11 to get within68-64 with 1:33 left. That, how-ever, was as close as the Bull-dogs would get.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLJJC 66, Wisconsin-Fox Valley

60: JJC (11-5) got 42 pointsfrom its bench in winning thechampionship of the Fox Val-ley Technical Tournament inAppleton, Wisconsin.

Bernasia Fox led a balancedWolves attack with 13 points.Cortesha Bailey scored 12, Ni-kisha Williams 11, Hilary Di-etahin eight, Jautece McNearseven and Chavon Banks 6.Brittany McWaine grabbed 14rebounds, Dietahin 11, Fox sixand McNear five.

JJC led, 32-28, at halftime.Lewis 93, Truman State 57:

At Kirksville, Missouri, No.2-ranked Lewis matched thelongest winning streak inprogram history with its 13thstraight as juniors JamieJohnson and Mariyah Brawn-er-Henley each passed 1,000career points at the same placeFlyers coach Lisa Carlsenplayed her college basketball.

The Flyers (13-0, 3-0 in theGLVC) never trailed – scoringthe first six points – and theyled, 51-27, at the half. Johnsonfinished with 18 points and sixassists. Brawner-Henley re-corded 27 points, 21 rebounds,four assists, four steals, ablock and no turnovers.

“Mariyah and Jamie arearguably the best post/guardcombo in the league,” Carlsensaid. “It’s a great accomplish-ment for both, but they havetheir sights set on biggerthings as leaders of this team.”

Truman State is 8-3 overalland 2-1 in the GLVC.

MONDAY’S EVENTSGirls BasketballPeotone at Momence, 6 p.m.Wilmington at Illinois Lutheran,

7:15 p.m.Seneca at Marquette, 7:30 p.m.Boys BowlingPlainfield Central at Joliet West,

4 p.m.Rich South at Joliet Central, 4:30 p.m.Men’s BasketballIndiana University Northwest at St.

Francis, 7 p.m.Men’s VolleyballLewis at UC Irvine, 7 p.m.

NFL AFC WILD-CARD GAME: RAVENS 30, STEELERS 17

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Ravens eye Patriots after dismissing SteelersBy DAVID GINSBURGThe Associated Press

The Baltimore Ravens hadjust knocked off their despisedrivals, the Pittsburgh Steelers,and it was time to distributegame balls.

One of the stars of the 30-17 wild-card victory Saturdaynight was linebacker TerrellSuggs, whose zany, between-the-legs interception virtuallysealed a trip to New Englandfor Round 2 of the AFC play-offs.

“We just gave him the gameball for the greatest catch inthe history of football,” coachJohn Harbaugh said. “I toss itto him. What happened, do youthink? He dropped it. He caughtthe one that mattered. Clutch.”

Clutch, indeed. Just like theRavens, who sputtered into thepostseason as the No. 6 seedbefore playing their best gameof the year at a time when itcounted most.

“We were on top of ourgame,” quarterback Joe Flaccosaid.

It didn’t matter that the Ra-vens lost, 43-23, in Pittsburgh inNovember, or that they need-ed a 17-point fourth quarter inthe finale against Cleveland –along with a San Diego loss inKansas City – just to qualify forthe postseason.

Facing the AFC Northchampions on the road as un-

derdogs, Baltimore opened theplayoffs with a victory for thesixth time in six tries underHarbaugh. The Ravens are 7-4on the road in the postseasonsince Harbaugh took over in2008.

“We’ve been on the road alot in the playoffs,” Harbaughsaid. “Maybe that’s it.”

Playing in Pittsburgh was amere inconvenience comparedto what the Ravens have en-dured this year. The suspen-sion and subsequent releaseof running back Ray Rice, thefour-game suspension of Halo-ti Ngata, and injuries to a slewof cornerbacks merely primedthe team for a postseason run.

“You don’t let adversity getyou down. When things go thewrong way, you stick togetherand come out and keep fight-ing,” Harbaugh said. “Ourguys have done that all year.You know over time that paysoff.”

Flacco, the revamped sec-ondary and a shuffled offensiveline all came up big against theSteelers. So did Suggs, a 12-yearveteran of this rivalry who nev-er before experienced the thrillof beating Pittsburgh in Janu-ary.

With the Ravens clinging toa 23-15 lead in the fourth quar-ter, Suggs was tumbling to theground when he got his handson a deflected pass thrown byBen Roethlisberger. The ball

slipped from his grasp, butSuggs secured it between hislegs while rolling on the turf.

“Big-time play from a big-time guy,” Baltimore lineback-er Pernell McPhee said.

“Whenever my time is doneon the field, they could say Inever beat the Steelers in theplayoffs. They can’t say thatnow,” Suggs declared. “It wasa great achievement, but it’sshort-lived. We all know whowe’re dealing with next.”

The Ravens have no fearabout facing top-seeded NewEngland on Saturday. Balti-more is 2-1 against the Patriotson the road in the playoffs, in-cluding a 28-13 triumph in Jan-uary 2013 that preceded a 34-31victory over San Francisco inthe Super Bowl.

“They’re a very well -coached team, a very talentedteam, so we just have to pre-pare hard for it,” said lineback-er Elvis Dumervil, who hadtwo sacks. “It’s going to be atough challenge, and we knowthat. But we’re looking forwardto that challenge.”

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NHLWESTERN CONFERENCE

Central DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

Nashville 38 25 9 4 54 116 88Blackhawks 39 26 11 2 54 124 85St. Louis 39 23 13 3 49 118 99Winnipeg 39 20 12 7 47 101 93Dallas 38 18 14 6 42 119 124Minnesota 37 18 15 4 40 104 106Colorado 39 15 16 8 38 101 117

Pacific DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

Anaheim 41 26 9 6 58 115 110Vancouver 37 22 12 3 47 109 98Los Angeles 40 19 12 9 47 112 103San Jose 39 20 14 5 45 106 103Calgary 40 21 16 3 45 115 105Arizona 38 15 19 4 34 92 124Edmonton 39 8 22 9 25 83 133

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

Montreal 39 26 11 2 54 108 89Tampa Bay 41 25 12 4 54 134 108Detroit 39 20 10 9 49 109 99Toronto 40 21 16 3 45 130 122Boston 40 19 15 6 44 104 108Florida 37 17 11 9 43 87 97Ottawa 38 16 15 7 39 102 105Buffalo 40 14 23 3 31 77 136

Metropolitan DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

N.Y. Islanders 38 26 11 1 53 119 104Pittsburgh 39 24 10 5 53 118 94Washington 38 20 11 7 47 112 99N.Y. Rangers 36 21 11 4 46 113 90Columbus 37 17 17 3 37 96 119Philadelphia 39 14 18 7 35 106 120New Jersey 41 14 20 7 35 90 117Carolina 39 12 23 4 28 77 102NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for

overtime loss.Sunday’s Results

Blackhawks 5, Dallas 4, OTCarolina 2, Boston 1, SOWashington 4, Florida 3Tampa Bay 4, Ottawa 2Columbus 4, Colorado 3Anaheim 4, Nashville 3, SON.Y. Islanders at Edmonton (n)

Monday’s GameSan Jose at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCECentral DivisionW L Pct GB

Bulls 24 10 .706 —Cleveland 19 15 .559 5Milwaukee 18 17 .514 6!Indiana 13 21 .382 11Detroit 10 23 .303 13!

Atlantic DivisionW L Pct GB

Toronto 24 10 .706 —Brooklyn 16 17 .485 7!Boston 11 20 .355 11!New York 5 31 .139 20Philadelphia 4 28 .125 19

Southeast DivisionW L Pct GB

Atlanta 25 8 .758 —Washington 22 11 .667 3Miami 15 20 .429 11Orlando 13 24 .351 14Charlotte 11 24 .314 15

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest DivisionW L Pct GB

Memphis 24 9 .727 —Dallas 25 10 .714 —Houston 23 10 .697 1San Antonio 21 14 .600 4New Orleans 17 16 .515 7

Northwest DivisionW L Pct GB

Portland 26 8 .765 —Oklahoma City 17 17 .500 9Denver 14 20 .412 12Utah 12 22 .353 14Minnesota 5 27 .156 20

Pacific DivisionW L Pct GB

Golden State 26 5 .839 —L.A. Clippers 23 11 .676 4!Phoenix 20 16 .556 8!Sacramento 14 20 .412 13!L.A. Lakers 10 23 .303 17

Sunday’s ResultsDallas 109, Cleveland 90Miami 88, Brooklyn 84Detroit 114, Sacramento 95Milwaukee 95, New York 82Phoenix 125, Toronto 109Indiana at L.A. Lakers (n)

Monday’s GamesHouston at Bulls, 7 p.m.Cleveland at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.Charlotte at Boston, 6:30 p.m.Dallas at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.Washington at New Orleans, 7 p.m.New York at Memphis, 7 p.m.Denver at Minnesota, 7 p.m.Indiana at Utah, 8 p.m.L.A. Lakers at Portland, 9 p.m.Atlanta at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.Oklahoma City at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

NBA

Pro basketballHouston at Bulls,

7 p.m., CSNThe 23-10 Rockets head to theUnited Center to face the 24-10Bulls. The Bulls havewon theirpast two games, including a109-104 overtime conquest ofthe Boston Celtics on Satur-day. The Rockets beatMiami,

115-79, on Saturday for theirbiggest win of the season.Also on TV...

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BLACKHAWKS 5, STARS 4 (OT)

Blackhawks come backfrom 4 one-goal deficits

Longtime ESPN sportscasterScott dies after cancer battle


CHICAGO – Patrick Sharpscored 1:17 into overtime togive the Blackhawks a 5-4 winover Dallas on Sunday nightand snap the Stars’ four-gamewinning streak.

Sharp drove past Jason Spez-za down the slot, took DuncanKeith’s feed from the left pointand beat Kari Lehtonen with ashot that slipped between thegoalie’s body and his blocker.

The Hawks’ Brad Richardsfooled Lehtonen with an im-

probable sharp-angle shot with3:57 left in the third period to tieit at 4 and set up overtime. Rich-ards whipped the puck from thegoal line at the left boards, andit slipped between Lehtonen’selbow and the goalpost.

Brandon Saad, Patrick Kaneand Bryan Bickell scored forthe Hawks, who came backfrom four one-goal deficits towin.

Erik Cole had two goals andan assist for the Stars. JamieBenn and his brother, Jordie,also scored for Dallas.


Stuart Scott was in his el-ement, working a “MondayNight Football” game, when hewas forced to leave for an ap-pendix operation.

Doctors discovered a tumorduring surgery and Scott wasdiagnosed with cancer. But hemade a point of continuing tolive his life – at work and out-side of it.

“You beat cancer by howyou live,” he would later say.“So live. Live. Fight like hell.”

That fight ended Sundaywhen Scott, the longtime“SportsCenter” anchor andESPN personality known forhis enthusiasm and ubiquity,died at age 49.

Scott remained dedicatedto his craft even as he sufferedthrough chemotherapy, radia-tion and surgery.

ESPN President John Skip-

per said in astatement thatScott was “atrue friend and auniquely inspi-rational figure”and that his“energetic andunwavering de-

votion to his family and to hiswork while fighting the battleof his life left us in awe, and heleaves a void that can never bereplaced.”

Skipper also marveled atScott’s dedication to keep fight-ing – literally.

“Who engages in mixedmartial arts training in themidst of chemotherapy treat-ments?” he said. “Who leavesa hospital procedure to returnto the set?”

Fans and players at gamesaround the U.S. on Sundaystopped to observe moments ofsilence.

Stuart Scott

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PUZZLES

At the end of last week, I describeda couple of deals featuring juniorplayers, for which the age limit is 26 atthe moment. In November, I watcheda game including Sam Hanser of SaintLouis, who is only 13 years old. In thisdeal, Hanser handled the ending nicely,overcoming the bad trump break.

Given the adverse vulnerability andthe unimpressive long suit, openingtwo spades was sensible.

West led a low diamond.Hanser ruffed East’s 10 and led hisclub six. Although second hand low isright most of the time, here South wasmarked with some club length, givenhis diamond void. So West should havewon with her ace, but she ducked.

After winning with dummy’s king,declarer (not best) played anotherclub. East should have discarded aheart, but she threw a diamond. Westwon with her ace and gave her partnera club ruff. East now pushed througha trump, South’s nine losing to West’sking.

South ruffed West’s diamond exitand led a low trump, getting the badnews. But declarer ruffed the next dia-mond and played a heart to dummy’squeen, bringing everyone down to fourcards.

Dummy had the ace-seven ofhearts and two high clubs. East heldthe ace-jack of spades and two dia-monds. South retained the queen-eightof spades and king-five of hearts.

Declarer led a winning club. If Easthad ruffed low, South would haveoverruffed and played winners. WhenEast discarded on dummy’s last twoclubs, at trick 12 declarer led a heartthrough East’s ace-jack of spadestoward his queen-eight. South lost onlyfour spades and one club.

A junior for manyyears to come

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Dear Doctor K: I am a50-year-old woman witha history of depression.I recently developed anuncontrollable cravingfor sweets, which hasincreased my weight. Isit my depression or mymedicine?

Dear Reader: You areright to wonder about thecause of your craving.It could be triggered byyour depression or by themedicine you are takingto manage it. Or by some-thing else entirely.

Let’s start with depres-sion. Changes in appetiteand weight are commonsymptoms. Weight can goup or down. Some peoplelose their appetite com-pletely, along with allinterest in food. Otherswith depression expe-rience the opposite andcan’t stop eating.

Increased appetiteand weight gain aremore common in sometypes of depression thanothers. Seasonal affectivedisorder (SAD) is oneexample. SAD is a type ofdepression that seems tobe triggered by reducedexposure to daylight.It typically comes onduring the fall or wintermonths and subsides inthe spring.

But there are nohard-and-fast rules aboutdepression and appetite.Any type of depressioncan be accompanied byweight gain or loss.

Some medicines canalso induce cravings andweight gain, includingthose that are used long-term to treat depression,psychosis, epilepsy anddiabetes (except met-formin).

You mentioned thatyour craving for sweetsintensified recently.Have you started a newmedication? Did yourdose increase or de-crease? A higher dosecould have increasedside effects, includingcravings. On the flip side,a decreased dose mayhave led to the return ofdepression symptoms,including increased

appetite. Or perhapssomething else going onin your life caused yourdepression to get worse.

Your cravings couldalso be unrelated to yourdepression. If you neverhad cravings or weightgain when you weredepressed before, it’s notvery likely that depres-sion is causing themnow.

Taking your age intoconsideration, it’s possi-ble that perimenopauseor menopause is re-sponsible. Some womenexperience an increasein cravings and appetiteduring that time. Or may-be your activity level haschanged.

Finally, a medicalproblem may be causinga shift in your eatingpattern. Among the morecommon are hypothy-roidism (underactivethyroid), polycystic ova-ry syndrome, Cushing’sdisease or syndrome, andrare diseases of a partof the brain called thehypothalamus. Some peo-ple with fibromyalgia orchronic fatigue syndromereport periodic cravingof food (not just sweets).The craving can be sosevere that until they eat,they really don’t thinkthey can function.

Your craving forsweets is a new experi-ence for you. Also, youare likely on medicinesthat can trigger appetitein some people. For thosereasons, you should askyour doctor if your medi-cines (or a change in thedose) could explain yoursudden craving. A gen-eral health review mayprovide more clues andhelp you get the problemunder control.

• Contact Doctor K ataskdoctork.com, or write:Ask Doctor K, 10 Shat-tuck St., Second Floor,Boston, MA 02115.

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Dear Abby: I am engagedto the father of my son.We have been togetherfor five years. He’s in awheelchair and has beensince he was a child. Ilove him very much andam ready to be his wife.

Every time I would tellmy mother we plannedto be married, she’d giveme a thousand reasonswhy marrying the manI love would be stupid.We are now at a point inour lives where we arefinancially stable and arefinally ready. When I toldMom, she called me self-ish and said she won’t bethere. I am heartbroken.

Am I a horrible personfor marrying the man Ilove despite the fact thatmy family can’t accepthis disability? They keepasking if I understand theresponsibility that comeswith being with a personin a wheelchair. I knowI can’t change other peo-ple’s minds, but do peoplereally think it’s bad for awalking person to marrya person in a wheelchair?– Engaged in Michigan

Dear Engaged: You’renot a “horrible person,”and yes, some people doharbor this prejudice.You appear to be a youngwoman with her head onstraight, and I hope youwon’t allow your moth-er’s refusal to attend yourwedding to stand in theway of your happiness.

While there are somethings people in wheel-chairs can’t do, there aremany things at whichthey excel.

Many people withdisabilities earn a com-fortable living using themuscle between theirears in careers such aslaw, counseling, teach-ing, Internet technologyand more, and some havebecome fine craftsmenbecause of their manualdexterity.

Perhaps if your familywere to concentrate lesson what your fiance can’tdo and more on the thingshe can, they’d be moreaccepting.

Dear Abby: I am a25-year-old woman. Myparents divorced when Iwas young. I kept in con-tact with my father untilhe dropped out of my lifewhen I was around 11.

I came across Dadagain on Facebook recent-ly. He’s now in a domesticpartnership with anotherman. It wasn’t a shockbecause Mom had told mesome time ago she hadsuspected he was gay.

What upset me wereseveral posts he madeabout wanting a happyfamily with his partner. Iknow the family he madewith Mom may not havebeen his ideal, but my sis-ter and I ARE his family.I feel like we were tossedaside for this idea of anew family, which seemscold and callous. I haven’tmentioned it to my sisterbecause I think she’d findit upsetting.

I want to confront Dad,but also think it might bebest to just leave it alone.Any advice? – Uncountedin California

Dear Uncounted: I thinkyou should contact yourfather, start a dialoguewith him and ask why hedropped out of your life.His reason may be that hewas made to feel that hispresence in your life wasunwelcome, or a fear thatyou would not be able toaccept his sexual orien-tation.

It seems strange to methat he would leave hisdaughters behind for noreason.

If you would like tore-establish a relation-ship, tell him so. He mayneed to hear it from youbefore he can move for-ward and reconnect withyou and your sister.

• Write Dear Abby atwww.dearabby.com orP.O. Box 69440, Los Ange-les, CA 90069.

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PUBLIC NOTICEIN THE UNITED STATES

DISTRICT COURT FOR THENORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

EASTERN DIVISIONHSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSO-CIATION, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEEFOR PEOPLE S CHOICE HOMELOAN SECURITIES TRUST SERIES2005-2

Plaintiff,-v.-REHULINA REJEKI, et alDefendantJUDGE MANISH S. SHAH

1 : 12 CV 3915NOTICE OF SPECIAL

COMMISSIONER'S SALEPUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-

EN that pursuant to a Judgment ofForeclosure and Sale entered in theabove cause on October 27, 2014,an agent for The Judicial Sales Cor-poration, Special Commissionerappointed herein,will at 9:30 AMon January 28, 2015, at the officeof Attorneys' Title Guaranty FundInc., One Old Frankfort Way, Suite9, FRANKFORT, IL, 60423, sell atpublic auction to the highest bid-der, as set forth below, the follow-ing described real estate:

Commonly known as 2315WARM SPRINGS COURT,Naperville, IL 60564

Property Index No. 07-01-03-408-011-0000.

The real estate is improved witha single family residence.

The judgment amount was$310,570.57.

Sale terms: 10% down of thehighest bid by certified funds at theclose of the sale payable to The Ju-dicial Sales Corporation. No thirdparty checks will be accepted. Thebalance in certified funds/or wiretransfer, is due within twenty-four(24) hours. The subject property issubject to general real estate taxes,special assessments, or special tax-es levied against said real estateand is offered for sale without anyrepresentation as to quality orquantity of title and without re-course to Plaintiff and in AS IScondition. The sale is further subjectto confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of theamount bid, the purchaser will re-ceive a Certificate of Sale that willentitle the purchaser to a deed tothe real estate after confirmation ofthe sale. The property will NOT beopen for inspection and plaintiffmakes no representation as to thecondition of the property. Prospec-tive bidders are admonished tocheck the court file to verify all in-formation. If this property is a con-dominium unit, the purchaser ofthe unit at the foreclosure sale, oth-er than a mortgagee, shall pay theassessments and the legal fees re-quired by The Condominium Prop-erty Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1)and (g)(4). If this property is acondominium unit which is part ofa common interest community, thepurchaser of the unit at the foreclo-sure sale other than a mortgageeshall pay the assessments requiredby The Condominium Property Act,765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THERIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSIONFOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF ANORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC-CORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORT-GAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

You will need a photo identifica-tion issued by a government agen-cy (driver's license, passport, etc.)in order to gain entry into ourbuilding and the foreclosure saleroom in Cook County and the sameidentification for sales held at othercounty venues where The JudicialSales Corporation conducts foreclo-sure sales.

For information, contact Plain-tiff's attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSO-CIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSONBLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL60606, (312) 263-0003 Pleaserefer to file number C14-96143.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA-TION One South Wacker Drive,24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You canalso visit The Judicial Sales Corpo-ration at www.tjsc.com for a 7 daystatus report of pending sales.POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C.223 WEST JACKSON BLVD,STE 610Chicago, IL 60606(312) 263-0003Attorney File No. C14-96143Case Number: 1 : 12 CV 3915TJSC#: 34-18980

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair DebtCollection Practices Act, you areadvised that Plaintiff s attorney isdeemed to be a debt collector at-tempting to collect a debt and anyinformation obtained will be usedfor that purpose.(Published in the Herald-NewsDecember 22, 29, 2014, January5, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICEIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 12TH JUDICIAL COURT

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOISSTANDARD BANK AND TRUSTCOMPANYPlaintiff,-v.-STANDARD BANK AND TRUSTCOMPANY, AS TRUSTEE UNDERTRUST AGREEMENT DATED APRIL14, 2003 AND KNOWN AS TRUSTNUMBER 20-5144 A/K/A STAN-DARD BANK AND TRUST COMPA-NY, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BYMERGER WITH BANKCHICAGO, ASTRUSTEE UNDER TRUST AGREE-MENT DATED APRIL 14, 2003AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER5144, IBRAHIM AMRO, NADIAAMRO, HUNT CLUB MEADOWSHOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION,MARK YUNKER, UNKNOWN OWN-ERS AND NON-RECORDCLAIMANTSDefendant

13 CH 2244NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-EN that pursuant to a Judgment ofForeclosure and Sale entered in theabove cause on December 15,2014, an agent for The JudicialSales Corporation, will at 9:30 AMon February 6, 2015, at the officeof Attorneys' Title Guaranty FundInc., One Old Frankfort Way, Suite9, FRANKFORT, IL, 60423, sell atpublic auction to the highest bid-der, as set forth below, the follow-ing described real estate:

Commonly known as 18375,18425 AND 18439 SOUTHPINEPRAIRIE DRIVE, Homer Glen,IL 60491

Property Index No. 15-08-02-209-002, 15-08-02-209-003,15-08-02-209-005.

The real estate is improved withvacant lots.


Sale terms: 10% down of thehighest bid by certified funds at theclose of the sale payable to The Ju-dicial Sales Corporation. No thirdparty checks will be accepted. Thebalance, in certified funds/or wiretransfer, is due within twenty-four(24) hours. The subject property issubject to general real estate taxes,special assessments, or special tax-es levied against said real estateand is offered for sale without anyrepresentation as to quality orquantity of title and without re-course to Plaintiff and in “AS IS”condition. The sale is further subjectto confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the

amount bid, the purchaser will re-ceive a Certificate of Sale that willentitle the purchaser to a deed tothe real estate after confirmation ofthe sale. The property will NOT beopen for inspection and plaintiffmakes no representation as to thecondition of the property. Prospec-tive bidders are admonished tocheck the court file to verify all in-formation. If this property is a con-dominium unit, the purchaser ofthe unit at the foreclosure sale, oth-er than a mortgagee, shall pay theassessments and the legal fees re-quired by The Condominium Prop-erty Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1)and (g)(4). If this property is acondominium unit which is part ofa common interest community, thepurchaser of the unit at the foreclo-sure sale other than a mortgageeshall pay the assessments requiredby The Condominium Property Act,765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THERIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSIONFOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF ANORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC-CORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORT-GAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. Youwill need a photo identification is-sued by a government agency(driver's license, passport, etc.) inorder to gain entry into our buildingand the foreclosure sale room inCook County and the same identifi-cation for sales held at other countyvenues where The Judicial SalesCorporation conducts foreclosuresales.

For information, contact Plain-tiff's attorney: ROETZEL & AN-DRESS, LPA, 20 SOUTH CLARKSTREET, SUITE 300, Chicago, IL60603, (312) 580-1200

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA-TION One South Wacker Drive,24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You canalso visit The Judicial Sales Corpo-ration at www.tjsc.com for a 7 daystatus report of pending sales.ROETZEL & ANDRESS, LPA20 SOUTH CLARK STREET, SUITE300Chicago, IL 60603(312) 580-1200Case Number: 13 CH 2244TJSC#: 34-21952

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair DebtCollection Practices Act, you areadvised that Plaintiff's attorney isdeemed to be a debt collector at-tempting to collect a debt and anyinformation obtained will be usedfor that purpose.(Published in the Herald-NewsJanuary 5, 12, 19, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICEIN THE UNITED STATES

DISTRICT COURT FOR THENORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

EASTERN DIVISIONHSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSO-CIATION, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEEFOR PEOPLE S CHOICE HOMELOAN SECURITIES TRUST SERIES2005-2Plaintiff,-v.-

REHULINA REJEKI, et alDefendantJUDGE MANISH S. SHAH

1 : 12 CV 3915NOTICE OF SPECIAL

COMMISSIONER'S SALEPUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-

EN that pursuant to a Judgment ofForeclosure and Sale entered in theabove cause on October 27, 2014,an agent for The Judicial Sales Cor-poration, Special Commissionerappointed herein,will at 9:30 AMon January 28, 2015, at the officeof Attorneys' Title Guaranty FundInc., One Old Frankfort Way, Suite9, FRANKFORT, IL, 60423, sell atpublic auction to the highest bid-der, as set forth below, the follow-ing described real estate:

LOT 48 IN WOODLAKE UNIT 1,BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OFTHE SOUTH 1/2 OF SECTION 3,TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH RANGE 9EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPALMERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THEPLAT THEREOF RECORDED OCTO-BER 10, 1995, AS DOCUMENTNUMBER R 95-76556, IN WILLCOUNTY, ILLINOIS

Commonly known as 2315WARM SPRINGS COURT,Naperville, IL 60564

Property Index No. 07-01-03-408-011-0000.

The real estate is improved witha single family residence.


Sale terms: 10% down of thehighest bid by certified funds at theclose of the sale payable to The Ju-dicial Sales Corporation. No thirdparty checks will be accepted. Thebalance in certified funds/or wiretransfer, is due within twenty-four(24) hours. The subject property issubject to general real estate taxes,special assessments, or special tax-es levied against said real estateand is offered for sale without anyrepresentation as to quality orquantity of title and without re-course to Plaintiff and in AS IScondition. The sale is further subjectto confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of theamount bid, the purchaser will re-ceive a Certificate of Sale that willentitle the purchaser to a deed tothe real estate after confirmation ofthe sale. The property will NOT beopen for inspection and plaintiffmakes no representation as to thecondition of the property. Prospec-tive bidders are admonished tocheck the court file to verify all in-

formation. If this property is a con-dominium unit, the purchaser ofthe unit at the foreclosure sale, oth-er than a mortgagee, shall pay theassessments and the legal fees re-quired by The Condominium Prop-erty Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1)and (g)(4). If this property is acondominium unit which is part ofa common interest community, thepurchaser of the unit at the foreclo-sure sale other than a mortgageeshall pay the assessments requiredby The Condominium Property Act,765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THERIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSIONFOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF ANORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC-CORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORT-GAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

You will need a photo identifica-tion issued by a government agen-cy (driver's license, passport, etc.)in order to gain entry into ourbuilding and the foreclosure saleroom in Cook County and the sameidentification for sales held at othercounty venues where The JudicialSales Corporation conducts foreclo-sure sales.

For information, contact Plain-tiff's attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSO-CIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSONBLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL60606, (312) 263-0003 Pleaserefer to file number C14-96143.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA-TION One South Wacker Drive,24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You canalso visit The Judicial Sales Corpo-ration at www.tjsc.com for a 7 daystatus report of pending sales.POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C.223 WEST JACKSON BLVD,STE 610Chicago, IL 60606(312) 263-0003Attorney File No. C14-96143Case Number: 1 : 12 CV 3915TJSC#: 34-18980

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair DebtCollection Practices Act, you areadvised that Plaintiff s attorney isdeemed to be a debt collector at-tempting to collect a debt and anyinformation obtained will be usedfor that purpose.(Published in the Herald-NewsDecember 22, 29, 2014, January5, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICEIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OFTHE 12TH JUDICIAL COURT

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOISSTANDARD BANK AND TRUSTCOMPANYPlaintiff,-v.-STANDARD BANK AND TRUSTCOMPANY, AS TRUSTEE UNDERTRUST AGREEMENT DATED APRIL14, 2003 AND KNOWN AS TRUSTNUMBER 20-5144 A/K/A STAN-DARD BANK AND TRUST COMPA-NY, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BYMERGER WITH BANKCHICAGO, ASTRUSTEE UNDER TRUST AGREE-MENT DATED APRIL 14, 2003AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER5144, IBRAHIM AMRO, NADIAAMRO, HUNT CLUB MEADOWSHOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION,MARK YUNKER, UNKNOWN OWN-ERS AND NON-RECORDCLAIMANTSDefendant

13 CH 2244NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-EN that pursuant to a Judgment ofForeclosure and Sale entered in theabove cause on December 15,2014, an agent for The JudicialSales Corporation, will at 9:30 AMon February 6, 2015, at the officeof Attorneys' Title Guaranty FundInc., One Old Frankfort Way, Suite9, FRANKFORT, IL, 60423, sell atpublic auction to the highest bid-der, as set forth below, the follow-ing described real estate:

LOTS 30, 32 & 33 IN HUNTCLUB MEADOWS, BEING A SUBDI-VISION OF PART OF THE EAST 1/2OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SEC-TION 2, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH,RANGE 11, EAST OF THE THIRDPRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDINGTO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDEDJULY 6, 2005 AS DOCUMENTNUMBER R2005-111937, IN WILLCOUNTY, ILLINOIS.

Commonly known as 18375,18425 AND 18439 SOUTHPINEPRAIRIE DRIVE, Homer Glen,

IL 60491Property Index No. 15-08-02-

209-002, 15-08-02-209-003,15-08-02-209-005.

The real estate is improved withvacant lots.


Sale terms: 10% down of thehighest bid by certified funds at theclose of the sale payable to The Ju-dicial Sales Corporation. No thirdparty checks will be accepted. Thebalance, in certified funds/or wiretransfer, is due within twenty-four(24) hours. The subject property issubject to general real estate taxes,special assessments, or special tax-es levied against said real estateand is offered for sale without anyrepresentation as to quality orquantity of title and without re-course to Plaintiff and in “AS IS”condition. The sale is further subjectto confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of theamount bid, the purchaser will re-ceive a Certificate of Sale that willentitle the purchaser to a deed tothe real estate after confirmation ofthe sale. The property will NOT beopen for inspection and plaintiffmakes no representation as to thecondition of the property. Prospec-tive bidders are admonished tocheck the court file to verify all in-formation. If this property is a con-dominium unit, the purchaser ofthe unit at the foreclosure sale, oth-er than a mortgagee, shall pay theassessments and the legal fees re-quired by The Condominium Prop-erty Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1)and (g)(4). If this property is acondominium unit which is part ofa common interest community, thepurchaser of the unit at the foreclo-sure sale other than a mortgageeshall pay the assessments requiredby The Condominium Property Act,765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THERIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSIONFOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF ANORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC-CORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Certificate of Change and/orAddition Notice

Certificate #24176Filed December 29, 2014

On January 28, 2009 an origi-nal certificate of ownership was

filed in the office of the County Clerkfor: Estilos Hair Salon, 903 W.Jefferson St., Joliet, IL 60435.

Assumed Business Change(s)and/or Addition: Business Address.

Previous Address: 903 W. Jeffer-son St., Joliet, IL 60435 (815)661-1924.

New Address: 1113 PlainfieldRd., Joliet, IL 60435 (815) 661-1924.

Nancy Schultz VootsWill County Clerk

(Published in the Herald-NewsJanuary 5, 12, 19, 2015.HN1550)

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF

PERSONAL PROPERTYNotice is hereby given that the

undersigned will sell, to satisfy lienof the owner, at public sale bycompetitive bidding on Tuesday,January 13, 2015 at 10:30AM atthe Extra Space Storage facility lo-cated at:

3481 Mall Loop DriveJoliet, IL. 60431# 815-254-4283

The personal goods stored thereinby the following may include, butare not limited to general house-hold, furniture, boxes, clothes, andappliances.- Unit 282, Alisha K. Ware- Unit 536, Jeremiah Pearce

- Unit 186, Theresa Kocik- Unit 324, Darlene Knapp- Unit 402, James Gutierrez- Unit 595, Francisco Garcia Jr.Purchases must be made with cashonly and paid at the time of sale.All goods are sold as is and mustbe removed at the time of pur-chase. Extra Space Storage reservesthe right to refuse any bid. Sale issubject to adjournment.(Published in the Herald-News De-cember 29, 2014, January 5,2015. HN1539)

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF

PERSONAL PROPERTY

Notice is hereby given that theundersigned will sell, to satisfy lienof the owner, at public sale bycompetitive bidding on Tuesday,J 13th 2015 at 10:30 AM

January 13th, 2015 at 10:30 AMat the Extra Space Storage facilitylocated at:

1812 N. Larkin Ave.Crest Hill, IL 60403815-725-0116

The personal goods stored thereinby the following may include, butare not limited to general house-hold, furniture, boxes, clothes, andappliances.Unit 56 Lynn ChaneyUnit 542 Shaheeda AusbyUnit 485 Jeannette McDonaldUnit 388 Annie BandzoumounaUnit 368 Alice martinUnit 632 Kevin MartinUnit 528 Jose GuzmanUnit 409 Erin TanUnit 427 Je Taun VerdunUnit 323 Sharon TuckerUnit 84 Deanna GroggPurchases must be made with cashonly and paid at the time of sale.All goods are sold as is and mustbe removed at the time of pur-chase. Extra Space Storage reserves

Sal

the right to refuse any bid. Sale issubject to adjournment.

(Published in the Herald-News De-cember 29, 2014, January 5,2015. HN1540)

PUBLIC NOTICEAmerican Towers LLC is propos-

ing to increase the ground spacefor an existing telecommunicationstower compound by 18.5' x 20'along with a 30ft buffer surround-ing the current and proposed leasearea, at 16700 South Dranden Rdin Plainfield, Will County, Illinois.American Towers LLC seeks com-ments from all interested personson any potential significant impactthe proposed action could have onthe quality of the human environ-ment pursuant to 47 C.F.R. Section1.1307, including potential im-pacts to historic or cultural re-sources that are listed or eligible forlisting in the National Register ofHistoric Places.

Interested persons may comment orraise concerns about the proposed

ti by ubmitting il to

action by submitting an e-mail toenviro.services@

americantower.com.Paper comments can be sent to:American Towers LLC, Attn: Envi-ronmental Compliance, 10 Presi-dential Way, Woburn, MA 01801.Requests or comments should belimited to environmental and his-toric/cultural resource impact con-cerns, and must be received on orbefore January 29, 2015. This in-vitation to comment is separatefrom any local planning/zoningprocess that may apply to thisproject.

(Published in the Herald-News De-cember 31, 2014, January 5, 7,2015. HN1545)

PUBLIC NOTICEIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF

WILL COUNTY, ILLINOISReverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc.PLAINTIFFVSJames E. Shifflett (Deceased);Jonathan D. Nusgart, solely as spe-cial representative for James E.Shifflett (Deceased); James E. Shif-flett (Deceased), as Trustee of theJames E. Shifflett Revocable Trustdated March 26, 2005; GloriaMcGhee; Janice Miller; UnknownHeirs and Legatees of James E.Shifflett; Unknown Owners andNon-Record Claimants,DEFENDANT(S)

14 CH 1691NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU:James E. Shifflett (Deceased);Jonathan D. Nusgart, solely as spe-cial representative for James E.Shifflett (Deceased); James E. Shif-flett (Deceased), as Trustee of theJames E. Shifflett Revocable Trustdated March 26, 2005; GloriaMcGhee; Janice Miller; UNKNOWNHEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JAMESE. SHIFFLETT; UNKNOWN OWNERSAND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS;defendants, that this case has beencommenced in this Court against

you and other defendants, askingfor the foreclosure of a certain Mort-gage conveying the premises de-scribed as follows, to wit:

The East 1/2 of Lot 2 and all ofLot 3, in Block 2, in Allen`s Addi-tion to Wilmington, Being a Subdi-vision of part of the Southwest 1/4of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 25and a part of the Northwest 1/4 ofthe Northeast 1/4 of Section 36, inTownship 33 North, Range 9 Eastof the Third Principal Meridian, ac-cording to the Plat thereof recordedMay 1, 1882, as Document No.123808, in Will County, Illinois

Commonly known as: 437 RiverStreet, Wilmington, IL 60481

and which said mortgage wasmade by, James E. Shifflett, asTrustee of the James E. Shifflett Re-vocable Trust, Dated March 26,2005; Mortgagor(s), to MortgageElectronic Registration Systems, Inc.As Nominee For Urban FinancialGroup; Mortgagee, and recorded inthe Office of the Recorder of Deedsof Will County, Illinois, as Docu-ment No. R2009080043; and forother relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer orotherwise file your appearance inthis case in the Office of the Clerk ofthis County, 14 W. Jefferson St.,Ste. 212, Joliet, IL 60432 on orbefore JANUARY 26, 2015A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DE-FAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINSTYOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED INTHE COMPLAINT.RANDALL S. MILLER &ASSOCIATES, LLCAttorneys for Plaintiff120 North LaSalle Street,Suite 1140,Chicago, IL 60602Phone: (312) 239-3432Fax: (312) 284-4820Attorney No: 6314883File No: 14IL00251-1

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair DebtCollection Practices Act you are ad-vised that this firm may be deemedto be a debt collector attempting tocollect a debt and any informationobtained may be used for that pur-pose. YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TOSAVE YOUR HOME. DO NOT IG-NORE THIS DOCUMENT.

By order of the Chief Judge ofthe Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judi-cial Circuit Court, this case is set forMandatory Mediation on Septem-ber 25, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at theWill County Court, Annex 3rd Floor(Arbitration Center) 57 N. OttawaStreet, Joliet, Illinois. A lender repre-sentative will be present along witha court appointed mediator to dis-cuss options that you may haveand to pre-screen you for a poten-tial mortgage modification.

YOU MUST APPEAR ON THE ME-

DIATION DATE GIVEN OR YOURMEDIATON WILL BE TERMINATED.(Published in the Herald-News De-cember 22, 29, 2014, January 5,2015)

1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORT-GAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. Youwill need a photo identification is-sued by a government agency(driver's license, passport, etc.) inorder to gain entry into our buildingand the foreclosure sale room inCook County and the same identifi-cation for sales held at other countyvenues where The Judicial SalesCorporation conducts foreclosuresales.

For information, contact Plain-tiff's attorney: ROETZEL & AN-DRESS, LPA, 20 SOUTH CLARKSTREET, SUITE 300, Chicago, IL60603, (312) 580-1200

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA-TION One South Wacker Drive,24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You canalso visit The Judicial Sales Corpo-ration at www.tjsc.com for a 7 daystatus report of pending sales.ROETZEL & ANDRESS, LPA20 SOUTH CLARK STREET, SUITE300Chicago, IL 60603(312) 580-1200Case Number: 13 CH 2244TJSC#: 34-21952

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair DebtCollection Practices Act, you areadvised that Plaintiff's attorney isdeemed to be a debt collector at-tempting to collect a debt and anyinformation obtained will be usedfor that purpose.(Published in the Herald-NewsJanuary 5, 12, 19, 2015)

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