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tects has given tens of thousands of dollarsto City Council members who hold near-total power to determine whether theirprojects get built, a Tribune investigationhas found. Architects even have hostedfundraisers for aldermen.
In some cases, donations are made whilea project’s future hangs in the balance. Inothers, aldermen reported receiving thecontributions not long after the proposalswere approved.
The timing of the donations begs thequestion of whether the architects arecomplying with the American Institute ofArchitects’ ethics code, which forbidscontributions that seek to sway officials’
Chicago architects have long beenviewed as more high-minded than devel-opers, who are seen as plying the city’saldermen with campaign cash to get theirprojects off the ground.
But that image of political purity bearslittle relation to reality.
A virtual who’s who of Chicago archi-
judgments. The code, however, allowspolitical donations to candidates, openingthe door for architects to say they arefollowing the rules.
Still, campaign finance watchdogs worrythat the contributions give architects anadvantage over ordinary residents whooppose projects but may not have theiralderman’s attention.
The Tribune’s findings raise “seriousquestions” about the influence of thedonations, said Alisa Kaplan, policy directorfor Reform for Illinois, a nonpartisanorganization that studies the role of money
Beyond designing, architects donateMoney goes to aldermen whohold keys to what gets built
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Armed with thousands of yards ofnetting, the fleet set course for a cove atSheehan Island where they suspected ahorde of silver and bighead carp, themost abundant and worrisome species ofinvasive Asian carp, were holed up for
the winter.Within a half-hour, the fishermen
transformed the inlet, which is bigenough to hold Millennium Park, into anenormous booby trap, layering nettingfrom the shores to the mouth of the bay.
Once they were finished, the stillness ofthe muted winter morning was brokenby the fishermen collectively revvingtheir motors, driving frenzied Asian carpinto the nets.
While state and federal officials debatecostly preventive measures, unreliableelectrical barriers near Romeoville serveas the last rampart blocking these Asiancarp from entering the Great Lakes. Inthe meantime, the Illinois Department ofNatural Resources has been testing
Guy Price, standing, sorts Asian carp that was caught in an inlet of the Illinois River near Starved Rock on Tuesday.
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‘LIKE A CATTLEDRIVE IN THE WATER’‘Carp cowboys’ round up invasive fish as Illinois, federal officials
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Another round of air monitoring nearSterigenics detected alarming levels ofcancer-causing ethylene oxide near thewest suburban facility, but federal offi-cials cautioned Friday that they needmore information before deciding ifneighboring communities are still at risk.
Spikes of the highly toxic chemicalwere detected in samples collectedduring three days in mid-November atWillowbrook Village Hall and a U.S.Environmental Protection Agency ware-house, according to results posted onlineby the EPA. Both monitors are close to apair of buildings off Illinois Route 83 andInterstate 55 where Sterigenics usesethylene oxide to sterilize medical equip-ment, pharmaceutical drugs and food.
The highest average level of ethyleneoxide detected during a 24-hour period
Health risksfrom Sterigenicsstill unresolved
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WASHINGTON — President DonaldTrump announced Saturday that WhiteHouse chief of staff John Kelly wouldexit his post by the end of the year,capping the retired Marine general’srocky tenure as the presi-dent’s top aide and por-tending a major person-nel shake-up as Trumpprepares to navigate adivided Congress and fo-cuses on his re-electioncampaign.
White House officialssaid the two men had aprivate discussion Friday after monthsof mounting frustration on the part ofthe president about his chief of staff andnonstop speculation about Kelly’s fu-ture.
Kelly is likely to be replaced by NickAyers, Vice President Mike Pence’s chiefof staff and an experienced campaignoperative who possesses the politicalskills and network that Trump felt Kellylacked.
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The last thing I needed after aweek of stressful politics was morestress, like the big Christmas dinnerham drama, glazed with dysfunc-tional Kass family holiday “issues” ofmy own stupid making.
And I’m now in full ham panic, andit’s all so embarrassing.
“Just tell your readers the truth,”said my editor who went all “AskAmy” on me. “You’re not doing stand-ing rib of beef for Christmas becauseyour brother didn’t praise your beef asmuch as you wanted last year, becauseyou’re extremely thin-skinned aboutyour cooking. In a fit, you’ve decidedto serve ham, but they want beef. Andnow you complicated it all by passive-aggressively insulting your sister-in-law with a ham video.”
Yes. It’s all my fault. The familyissues. The ham thing. I admit it. AndI’ll never tell him anything again.
It’s all true: My brother Peter didn’teffusively praise last year’s Christmasstanding rib roast from Casey’s Marketto my liking. I cooked it low and slow, atechnique taught to me by Chicagopitmaster Gary Wiviott — not to men-tion the gravy and the veal demi-glace— and there was also my French onionsoup that took three days to make. Andit was all perfect. Just perfect. I ex-pected high praise. All I heard was thesound of chewing. Pride is evil.
Then, on Thanksgiving, my sister-in-law Georgia served a perfectly fineham alongside her juicy brined tur-key. Yet for some idiotic reason Istupidly emailed her a “How to CookHam” video the next day.
Betty wanted to kill me, saying I’dbeen rude. “No,” Georgia said. “Youwere just being your usual graciousself, and you can quote me.” Ouch.
Then my brother Nick weighed inwith a long-distance burn: “What!?John’s not doing prime rib?!?”
I’m making ham, dammit, andyou’ll all going to love it or else! MerryChristmas!
What did you expect, a Hallmarkcard? This is a real family with warts,and I’m the wart hog this year.
And now I must pull off the perfectham dinner, with homemade glaze,biscuits, escalloped potatoes, beans,several fine bottles of good wine, anddessert.
Or do I have the sides all wrong?I’ve lost the essential main ingredient:confidence.
I might go with a good local Peerham. The last time I tried one it wasdelicious, perfect.
But then I thought, foolishly as ismy wont, that there might be otherhams out there with a larger wowfactor. So, I asked for ham recom-mendations on Facebook. And im-mediately, I was overwhelmed withham info. People telling me to go toWisconsin, Indiana, Kentucky. Virgin-ia, Tennessee. Telling me to fly toSpain, or go to this Chicago packing-house or that one.
Or to Elburn or Seward in Illinois.Several readers told me to call
Slagel Family Farm, and I did, butthey left me on hold forever — like 15minutes — and with full ham panicbuilding I just gave up.
There’s just too much ham infor-mation out there and I can’t process itall.
“I’ll save you the trouble,” offered
reader Kevin Kokaska, renowned insome circles as an expert in fine bev-erages. “Go to Kentucky, but not formeat, rather a grain-based distillate,golden amber in color. It will changeyour life. You will have no need forham after that.”
Kevin, I’d just love to go to Ken-tucky and drink fine bourbon withSen. Rand Paul and listen to what hethinks will happen to the Republicansafter Trump. But I need ham ideas,man, not booze ideas!
“The best ham for Christmas isprime rib, hands down,” said TomJorstad.
Yeah great, Tom, did my brotherNick tell you to write that?
“Ham BALLS!!” said Sandy Prizy.“It’s a recipe from my preciousGrams, made from ground ham andground turkey and people always askfor the recipe!”
Thanks Sandy, I’d love a platter ofGram’s Ham BALLS right now, soplease send me the recipe, but I needreal ham for Christmas dinner andHam BALLS won’t do.
My friend and famous Michelinstar chef Carrie Nahabedian — whocooked the finest meal I’ve ever eatenin my life at her Chicago restaurantBrindille — said, “Trust me.”
“Contact Joel Lezak and L & LMeats in Chicago. Tell him you wantthe bone in ham that I always use forfamily functions. Then, the best hamglaze is from Saveur Magazine, ‘Mon-
ty’s Ham.’ Use your own spin. Theham from Joel is so damn good you’llnever think twice about doubtingyour ham choice,” said Carrie.
But I do doubt myself. I have noconfidence in the ham world.
Wiviott, the pitmaster who taughtme how to barbecue, said that I wouldprobably be overwhelmed.
“As you are well aware, there is adizzying array of ham types,” Wiviottwrote. “My suggestion for yourChristmas dinner is an uncooked,aged, bone-in country ham from aquality producer, seldom seen Northof the Mason Dim Sum Line.”
But that would require unfamiliartechniques involving vinegar, soaking,simmering. And I don’t have time topractice!
My brother Peter just announcedto everyone that I should get a largeuncooked ham and smoke it in thebackyard.
“I will eat it in a house, with amouse, I will eat it in a box, I will eat itwith a fox,” said Peter. “No pressure.No pressure at all.”
Yeah, no pressure, bro.Ham is a pain in the butt.
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“You gotta see these shoes,” SisterStephanie Baliga said.
In the frigid afternoon on Friday,she maneuvered past the bags of toysthat crowded the old schoolroom. Shereached into a big, brown box andpulled out a sneaker decorated inpink, blue, green and orange frogs.
“They’re psychedelic girls’ shoesthat if I weren’t a nun I’d be wearingmyself,” she said.
As it was, Sister Stephanie, who is30, was wearing sandals, with socks,under her long brown clerical robe.The psychedelic shoes were gifts forthe girls who would attend Saturday’sChristmas party here at Mission ofOur Lady of the Angels in Chicago.
The mission sits on what SisterStephanie and her community call“hallowed ground,” though if youwere to stand out front on West IowaStreet and look across North AversAvenue — toward a boarded-up build-ing and a vacant lot — you wouldn’teasily guess why.
It was here that on a December day60 years ago a fire broke out in OurLady of the Angels School. Ninety-two students and three nuns died.
It was here that almost half a cen-tury later, a priest named Father BobLombardo arrived to establish a mis-sion on the garbage-strewn site in aneighborhood that had known bettertimes.
There are now 10 Franciscans inthe community he founded, eightwomen and two men. A friend ofmine who has met some of the sistersdescribes them as a “bunch of young,funny, hard-charging nuns kickingass.”
Sister Stephanie, as she’s known,laughs at the description. What’s dead
raise money for the mission. But shehurt her foot in college, whichchanged her life.
“Being a professional runner isn’tgoing to work out,” she recalls think-ing. “So what is my life going to be?”
She said this as we walked into theschool that had been built to replacethe school that burned down. Nolonger a school, it’s under renovationas part of the mission’s compound. Inrecent days, it has been the storagespace for the Christmas party.
Sister Stephanie pointed to amound of new sheet sets, noting thatbedding is a popular gift.
“There are a lot of bed bug prob-lems in the neighborhood,” she said.
Not all the gifts were so practical.There were dolls and basketballs,games of many kinds, something forall ages and tastes.
On Saturday, 400 party volunteerswould show up. Among them wouldbe at least a couple of survivors of the1958 fire.
“As Catholics we live at the inter-section of the past, the present andthe future,” Sister Stephanie said.
It’s a belief she would carry any-where, but this hallowed ground onChicago’s West Side makes thethought more profound.
All over the city this time of year,people extend themselves a littlemore than usual for other people. Theparty at Mission of Our Lady of theAngels is just one example. I askedSister Stephanie what she’d like forreaders of this story to walk away andthink about.
Standing on the hallowed land, shecrossed her arms and reflected for amoment. Then she said:
“A lot of people are looking to otherpeople for solutions to the crazyworld we live in, pointing fingers. Butwe’ve all been called to do somethingfor others. Everyone needs to prayabout what to do. And to do it.”
serious is the fact that little by little,through the generosity of donors, thislittle band of Franciscans has restoredthe old church and surroundingbuildings, creating a social-serviceoasis in a neighborhood short oneverything.
Kids come for tutoring. Seniorcitizens come for exercise and com-puter classes. A thousand families amonth are fed by the food pantry.
And every Christmas for the pastdecade, people come for a party. Ahundred came to the first one. A thou-sand were expected this year.
“It is the craziest day of the year forus,” said Sister Stephanie, who inaddition to her duties as the mission’smaintenance manager is the chiefparty wrangler.
On the day after Thanksgiving,neighbors lined up early to get ticketsfor the event. It didn’t matter that themission is Catholic and most of theneighbors are Baptist. Christmas isChristmas, and for at least a few party-goers, it’s the most Christmas they get.
Sister Stephanie remembers aprevious party when she saw a 5-year-old boy race into the toy room insearch of a football.
“In this crazy world we live in,” shesaid, “all he wanted was a football.”
Watching him, she knew she wasdoing what she ought to be doingwith her life.
As a student at the University ofIllinois, Stephanie Baliga had been anaccomplished long-distance runner.She still runs. She and another sisterran this year’s Chicago Marathon to
Sister Stephanie Baliga, of the Mission of Our Lady of the Angels, stands in a roomful of Christmas presents on Friday.
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A band of nuns, a Christmas partyand rebuilding of a neighborhood
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Every Christmas forthe past decade, peoplecome for a party. Ahundred came to thefirst one. A thousandwere expected this year.
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Observers of the water-shed trial alleging a cover-up in the Laquan McDonaldshooting could be forgivenfor feeling a touch of dejavu.
Attorneys defending thethree current and formerChicago cops againstcharges they collaborated toprotect Officer Jason VanDyke struck many of thesame chords as Van Dyke’slawyers in his murder trialearlier this year, paintingMcDonald as an out-of-control teen who posed agenuine threat to publicsafety.
That angle, in turn, pro-voked similar criticismsthat McDonald himself wasunfairly being put on trialfour years after his death.
It’s an argument that 12Cook County jurors re-jected in October when theyconvicted Van Dyke of sec-ond-degree murder and 16counts of aggravated bat-tery. But defense attorneyshope that Associate JudgeDomenica Stephenson, aformer prosecutor who issolely responsible for deter-mining the three officers’fates, will find it more per-suasive.
Ex-Detective DavidMarch, former Officer Jo-seph Walsh and OfficerThomas Gaffney all facecharges they filed false po-lice reports to exaggeratethe threat posed by McDon-ald to Van Dyke. Thoseactions amount to a severebreach of public trust, pros-ecutors said repeatedly overthe course of the five-daytrial.
Defense attorneys vehe-mently disagreed.
“This case isn’t aboutviolating public trust. It’sabout McDonald violatingthe laws. It’s about law andorder,” March’s lawyer,James McKay, said in clos-ing arguments Thursday.
Prosecutors dismissedthe argument as a smoke-screen, urging Stephensonto remember that McDon-ald was not the one on trial.And that’s unfortunate, as-sistant special prosecutorRonald Safer said, because ifthe police had conductedthemselves properly thatnight, then McDonaldwould be alive and able toanswer for his own actions.
“What the law requiredwas that he be brought tojustice, not that he be mur-dered on the street, and notthat these officers cover itup,” Safer told the judge.“They are trying the wrongcase, your honor. They aretrying the Van Dyke case.”
Both trials stemmed fromVan Dyke’s fatal on-dutyshooting of McDonald inOctober 2014. As revealedmore than a year later by thecourt-ordered release of po-lice dashboard camera vi-deo, the 17-year-old waswalking down Pulaski Roadwith a small knife in hishand. Van Dyke and Walsh,partnered up that night for
only the second time, exitedtheir squad car as McDon-ald appeared to walk awayfrom them; Van Dykeopened fire within secondsand continued to shoot afterthe teen fell to the pave-ment.
But officers includingVan Dyke and Walsh saidMcDonald was acting ag-gressively, approachingthem while swinging theknife as if he were about toattack, and that Van Dykefired his weapon in self-defense. March, the leadinvestigator in the case, de-clared it a justifiable homi-cide, saying the dashcamvideo of the shooting wasconsistent with those wit-nesses’ reports.
Prosecutors say the threeofficers filed false reports aspart of a wider conspiracyto shield Van Dyke fromscrutiny in the shooting.Stephenson is slated to an-nounce her ruling later thismonth on the charges ofofficial misconduct, ob-structing justice and con-spiracy.
While March, Walsh andGaffney may be the oneswho faced trial, defenseattorneys often acted as ifthey were prosecutingMcDonald. Walsh’s attor-ney Todd Pugh acknowl-edged as much when he
asked Stephenson to imag-ine if McDonald had sur-vived the shooting andprosecutors had chargedhim with aggravated as-sault. If the judge believesthose charges would havebeen brought in good faith,Pugh argued, Stephensonmust acquit Walsh, whosubmitted paperwork stat-ing the teen had assaultedand battered him.
It makes sense for thedefense to dedicate a sig-nificant amount of time tojustifying the shooting, de-fense attorney Steve Green-berg told the Tribune. Ifthey can convince the judgethat Van Dyke shot anaggressive, menacing teenin order to protect himselfand the public, then theofficers’ reports appear fac-tual.
“In order to win this case,the prosecution has toprove that the reports con-tain absolute falsities andit’s not subjective state-ments,” Greenberg said.“That’s why the defense istrying to get across to thejudge that Laquan McDon-ald was a danger to thepublic that night. They aretrying to point out that thereports have a ring of truthto it.”
There are some aspectsof March’s paperwork,
however, that won’t be aseasy to dismiss. In ruling it ajustified shooting, the de-tective wrote that the on-scene officers’ statementswere consistent with thedashcam video. His reportdoes not mention severalglaring discrepancies, in-cluding claims that McDon-ald moved as if to attack VanDyke, that McDonald triedto get up after being shotand that Van Dyke backped-aled when the recording
clearly shows him steppingforward.
“That has always beenthe problem, hasn’t it?”Greenberg said. “No matterhow many explanations yougive, the video does notback up the officers’ versionof events. That’s why Marchhas the toughest of the threecases to defend.”
In the Van Dyke trial,defense attorneys pointedthe spotlight even moresquarely on McDonald. Topresent jurors with evi-dence of his allegedly vi-olent character and history,they called witnesses whoencountered him during histime in custody and juvenilecourtrooms; they presenteda pharmacology expert totestify that the amount ofPCP in McDonald’s systemwould have made himprone to aggression andhallucinations; and theycharacterized the hours be-fore he was shot as a “wildrampage” through the city.
During closing argu-ments, Van Dyke’s attorney,Daniel Herbert, made onejuror bristle when he sug-gested the shooting couldhave been avoided if theteen had been wearing aBoy Scout uniform. Shetook the remark as raciallysuggestive. “They wanted toact like (McDonald) wassome menace to society,”Charlene Cooke told theTribune after the trial. “Hewas a 17-year-old kid thatdid stupid things.”
In the conspiracy trial,witnesses rarely disparagedMcDonald on the stand.Instead, the defense attor-neys hammered away athim, particularly McKay —who repeatedly expressedsurprise that anyone couldbelieve the teen didn’t posea threat to Van Dyke.McKay dedicated part of hisopening statement to listingall the crimes he contendsMcDonald committed thatnight, including battery, ag-gravated assault, destruc-tion of government proper-ty and even jaywalking.
“This case is about lawand order,” McKay said.“It’s about Laquan McDon-
ald not following any lawsthat night. There must besome individual responsi-bility attached to McDon-ald.”
The only defense attor-ney to lament McDonald’sdeath during the conspiracytrial was Thomas Breen,who also representedWalsh. While giving a clos-ing argument focused onthe “human element” atplay in this case, Breenacknowledged how manylives were irrevocablychanged that night.
“When he went home tohis family that day, he wasthrough with this case,”Breen said of Walsh. “Therewas no more paperwork, nomore reports. His job wasdone. … Life didn’t go on forLaquan McDonald. I’m ac-tually sorry about that.”
But the teen still posed agenuine threat and Walshdid not have the benefit ofhindsight in that moment,Breen argued. Walsh filledout his paperwork to thebest of his ability afterwitnessing a traumaticevent.
Prosecutors shot back,saying the officers on trialdid, in fact, have the benefitof hindsight — unlike VanDyke, who made a split-second decision. The offi-cers wrote their reportshours after the incident,after they had a chance towatch the video and talkabout it as a group.
“There were no heartspounding when thesecrimes were committed.There was no adrenalineflowing,” Safer said. “Thiscase is not about the deci-sion to shoot. This case isabout what these defend-ants did in the calm, cool,reflective atmosphere oftheir offices and how theygot their stories togetherand conspired to obstructjustice.”
That makes any talk ofthe threat posed by McDon-ald largely irrelevant, saidattorney Jeffrey Urdangen,director of the Center forCriminal Defense at theBluhm Legal Clinic atNorthwestern University.
“It’s hard for me to be-lieve that a judge who takestheir job seriously wouldgive any weight to thatargument,” he said. “It baf-fled me that the defensewould spend so much timeon an approach that wasn’trelevant. It goes back to thefantasy the defense tried toconstruct in the Van Dyketrial. Most judges wouldgive no credit to the argu-ment.”
Ultimately, McDonalddeserved better than theway police treated him,special prosecutor PatriciaBrown Holmes said Thurs-day in closing arguments.
“Laquan McDonald wasa human being,” she said.“He deserved due processin the law and not to havepolice officers write falsereports and shape a falsenarrative. … It’s not hon-orable. It’s a violation of thepublic trust. It’s a violationof their oath of office.”
Cops’ defense paints McDonald as villainCover-up case inteen’s killing hasfamiliar themesBy Megan Crepeauand Stacy St. ClairChicago Tribune
Police Officer Thomas Gaffney, left, and ex-Officer Joseph Walsh sit behind defense attorney Thomas Breen in court Thursday.
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Former Detective David March listens to closing arguments by his attorney James McKay at
his trial at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on Thursday.
“This case isabout law andorder. It’s aboutLaquan McDonald notfollowing anylaws that night.There must besome individualresponsibility attached toMcDonald.”— James McKay, attorneyfor ex-Detective DavidMarch
A former security guardand south suburban policeofficer has been stripped ofhis law enforcement cre-dentials in Illinois as part ofa plea deal, according to theCook County state’s attor-ney’s office.
Adrian Santos III, 35,pleaded guilty Thursday toa misdemeanor charge ofattempting to impersonatea peace officer, said TandraSimonton, a spokeswomanfor the state’s attorney’soffice. Cook County JudgeNicholas Ford then enteredthe order decertifying San-tos as a law enforcementofficer.
Santos, a former guardwith Monterrey Security,was indicted on felonycharges of impersonation of
a peace officer, court re-cords show. The Tribunewrote about Santos inMarch after a shopliftingsuspect died shortly afterbeing in his custody.
Eric Bell, an attorney forSantos, said the chargesstem from statements thatSantos made to police. Hewould not provide details.“I think it’s a fair and justresolution. … Hopefully he’llbe able to put this behindhim and move on with hislife,” Bell said Friday.
In July 2017, a 23-year-old man died after beingdetained by Santos forshoplifting from a Walmartin Chicago’s Hermosaneighborhood on theNorthwest Side.
Santos, who had beenfired by the Lake County,Ind., sheriff’s office after hewas arrested on charges of
domestic battery,took Donnell Burnsinto custody in thestore parking lot, re-cords show. ThoughSantos had notworked as a deputyin two years, he waswearing a vest withthe word “Sheriff” on it,according to a police report.
While Burns was on theground, Santos pressed hisknee on Burns’ neck asanother security officerheld him down, accordingto video of the encountertaken by witnesses.
Burns, who was high onPCP at the time, later dieddue to physiologic stressand asphyxia during re-straint, according to theCook County medical ex-aminer’s office. His deathwas ruled a homicide.
Santos also told Chicago
police officers whoarrived on the scenethat he was a deputywith the LakeCounty sheriff’s of-fice, according to apolice report.
Monterrey Secu-rity said it was not
aware that Santos had beenterminated from the sher-iff’s office until after Burns’death. The company saidSantos provided documentsindicating that he was apolice officer.
“Monterrey takes greatpride in the exceptionalservice it provides to all ofits clients … but like allsecurity companies, therewill occasionally be badapples,” a company spokes-woman said Friday. “Whenwe find them, we takeimmediate action to removethem.”
Monterrey fired Santosin December 2017. The nextmonth, Santos joined thePolice Department in southsuburban Phoenix, accord-ing to state law enforcementrecords. He resigned inMarch after the Tribunepublished its story onBurns’ death.
Also on Thursday, Santoswas sentenced to 18 monthsof conditional discharge, ac-cording to Simonton. Hewas also fined $414, courtrecords show.
Since Burns’ death, Wal-mart has terminated fourChicago-area contractswith Monterrey, accordingto Tara Aston, a companyspokeswoman. She wouldnot provide a reason for thesplit, saying the companydoes not discuss the detailsof its vendor relationships.
Following the Tribune
story, Santos’ previous em-ployer in Indiana banned itsdeputies from working forMonterrey, according to amemo issued by the depart-ment March 13.
The Lake County sher-iff’s office memo revokedthe off-duty employmentcertifications for 18 depu-ties listed as working forMonterrey.
“This unfortunate situa-tion is due to circumstancesthat have surfaced in theinvestigation of a homicidethat occurred at a Wal-Martstore in 2017,” the memosaid.
“Monterrey Security wasin possession of fraudulentLake County Sheriff’s De-partment letterhead statingthat an ex-officer was ingood standing.”
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Now that it has clearedlegal obstacles in annexingmore than 1,400 acres ofpreviously unincorporatedland to its west, Palos Park isworking on plans to guidefuture development there.
A golf course resort witha water park and confer-ence center, upscale retailand high-end homes areamong the ideas being con-sidered, with officials hop-ing to have a master devel-opment plan in place some-time during the first quarterof next year.
The master plan is “onestep in the process,” and“development is years off,”Mayor John Mahoney said.
The village held an openhouse to give residents theopportunity to look oversome of the tentative plansfor the land, which includesthe Gleneagles CountryClub and Cog Hill Golf &Country Club.
A year ago, Palos Parkdeclared victory in a courtbattle with neighboringLemont stemming from Pa-los Park’s annexation ofthose and other properties.
For the last several
months, a Chicago-basedplanning company, HousealLavigne, has conductedstudies to determine “whatthe market would absorbover the next couple ofdecades,” such as new hous-ing development or com-mercial uses, John Houseal,the firm’s principal, said.
He said his company hasbeen working with theproperty owners, whowould ultimately bring de-velopment proposals to thevillage for consideration.
At an open house atVillage Hall on Tuesday,residents looked over largediagrams outlining poten-tial redevelopment, such asa golf resort at Cog Hill thatcould include features suchas a water park, spa andfitness center and a bou-tique hotel. The owners ofthe course have said theywant to enhance the prop-erty, in part to make it moreattractive to major golf tour-naments.
In talking with Cog Hill’sowners, “we have a sense ofsome of the things theywould like to achieve overtime,” Houseal said duringthe open house. He toldvisitors Cog Hill could betransformed into “an inter-national golf resort destina-tion,” with families takingadvantage of amenities suchas the water park andrestaurants on the property.
Proposals so far don’tenvision large expanses ofretail big-box stores, butone suggestion describes asan “excellent site” for com-mercial development the46-acre Mid Iron golf rangenorth of 131st Street andwest of Bell Road.
Housing developmentcould include a mix ofhigh-end rental propertiesand owner-occupied single-family detached homes, andwhile Houseal said it’s tooearly in the process to esti-mate how many homescould ultimately be built,rough proposals suggestthere’s room for severalhundred.
Annexation agreementswith Palos Park require thatany single-family homes bebuilt on lots of at least oneacre, and a potential re-development of the 232-acre Gleneagles CountryClub, south of McCarthyRoad and west of Bell, forresidential use could ac-commodate in the neigh-borhood of 200 high-endhomes, according to oneproposal.
School-age children livingin any of the new housingwould attend Lemontschools, and Mahoney saidPalos Park is “keeping them(Lemont districts) involvedin the planning process.”
As residents attendingthe open house looked over
tentative plans and askedquestions, Houseal empha-sized that no developmentplans have been finalized,and what they were seeingrepresents only conceptsfor now.
He and Mahoney saidthat a master plan for futuredevelopment would under-go public hearings beforethe village’s Plan Commis-sion, with the Village Coun-cil also having to approve it.
One longtime Palos Parkresident, Vanetta Wiegman,said after seeing the propos-als that she likes what hasbeen presented, and thatpotential retail devel-opment could bring higher-end stores not currently inthe village.
Mahoney said one con-cern he’s heard from resi-dents is that any new devel-opment needs to be com-patible with what existscurrently in Palos Park.Wiegman, who has lived inthe village for more than 30years, said the consultants“have a long history” withthe village, which gives herconfidence that compatibil-ity will be a priority.Houseal said he has workedin various capacities as aplanning consultant to Pa-los Park for 20 years.
Wiegman said she wouldencourage all village resi-dents to weigh in as theprocess moves forward.
“It’s important for any-body who drives by (theproperty) or lives in thevillage to give their ideasand be forthright in whatwe want our town to growinto,” she said.
In January 2016, PalosPark annexed Mid-Iron andGleneagles, and the follow-ing month annexed CogHill and the Ludwig familyproperty. The Cog Hillproperty, at more than 1,000acres, is west of Bell andnorth of McCarthy, whilethe 111-acre Ludwig proper-ty is northwest of 131stStreet and Bell.
Lemont officials had ar-gued that the propertieswere much closer to thatcommunity and were partof Lemont’s long-range de-velopment plans. Lemonthad described Palos Park’sefforts as a “land grab” thatwould establish an “islandcommunity,” while Lemontschool officials said devel-opment on the land wouldseverely impact their dis-tricts and potentially lead tolarger class sizes or buildingadditional schools to ac-commodate new students.
The families owning theannexed properties hadpreviously said they begantalks with Palos Park aboutannexing to the village sev-eral years ago, and hadpreferred becoming part ofPalos Park over annexing to
Lemont. They said annex-ing to Palos Park would givethem access to Lake Michi-gan water, which in turnwould make their proper-ties more valuable for futureredevelopment.
A significant roadblockstanding in the way ofannexing all that land, how-ever, was the fact that noneof it was contiguous to PalosPark.
In 2015, following a bitterdispute that would quicklycarry over into CookCounty Circuit Court, PalosPark won Cook County’sapproval to annex about200 acres of Cook CountyForest Preserve Districtland near Mid-Iron. PalosPark, in exchange, wouldprovide Lake Michigan wa-ter at no charge to a forestpreserve district police sta-tion there and relinquishany zoning rights back tothe district. That gave PalosPark the much-needed linkto then annex the otherproperties.
Lemont challenged thelegal validity of Palos Park’sannexations, with the mat-ter coming to a close, at leastin the courts, when a stateappeals court last Decem-ber upheld a lower courtruling that had favored Pa-los Park.
Palos Park plots its westward expansionGolf course resort,upscale retail amongideas for 1,400 acres
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was 6.62 micrograms percubic meter of air, morethan three times greaterthan the amount that fed-eral officials relied on earlierthis year to calculate poten-tial cancer risks in the area.
However, six other moni-tors — located at schools andin nearby residential areas —did not register measurableamounts of ethylene oxideduring the same testing pe-riod, the EPA reported.
The latest results are thefirst posted since the com-pany installed new equip-ment intended to reduce theamount of ethylene oxideleaking from its sterilizationchambers. EPA officials saidthey won’t be able to deter-mine if neighbors are indanger until the agency hascompleted three months ofcommunity air monitoringand plugs the results into itscomputer modeling of pol-lution emitted by Sterigen-ics.
Though the new resultsaren’t conclusive, theyundercut the company’s at-tempts to discredit the on-going EPA investigation.
“For months, we’ve beentold that Sterigenics waslowering emissions to levelsso low they would be unde-tectable,” the Stop Sterigen-ics community group said ina Facebook post. “That isclearly untrue.”
EPA officials began tak-ing a closer look at Ster-igenics in late 2017 afterdetermining that Willow-brook and surrounding
communities are amongjust a few dozen nation-wide with unacceptablecancer risks from breathingtoxic air pollution. Basedon the amount of ethyleneoxide the company re-ported it released in 2014,the EPA estimated the riskof cancer in one censustract near the facility ismore than nine times thenational average.
In May, three monthsbefore the EPA informedcommunity leaders aboutthe pollution problems, theagency collected its first airsamples near the steriliza-tion facility. The results sug-gested the health dangers
could be exponentiallyworse than initially esti-mated — more than 6 casesof cancer for every 1,000people exposed.
Amid public outrage andunder intense pressurefrom local and statewideofficials, the EPA droppedanother potential bomb-shell the day beforeThanksgiving: It mighthave overestimated theamount of ethylene oxidein its May air samples byfailing to discern a relatedchemical in its analysis.
“EPA disclosure … clearlyreveals report was based onflawed data,” Sterigenicssaid in a news release posted
on its website and promotedin Google searches.
The latest air sampleswere analyzed using amethod that ensures theEPA is properly measuringethylene oxide, also knownas EtO.
Sterigenics said it is stillreviewing the results. In astatement on Friday, thecompany noted that levelsof ethylene oxide detectednear its facility in Novemberwere lower than levels de-tected in May. “We willcontinue to work with theEPA to understand the re-sults and will continue tocooperate fully,” the com-pany said in its statement.
At least one public officialsaid the results show whythe government needs totake more aggressive actionagainst the company.
“We now have confirma-tion that despite Sterigenics’efforts to limit and scrubEtO emissions, the danger-ous toxin remains a publichealth risk for the citizens ofWillowbrook and surround-ing communities,” said U.S.Sen. Tammy Duckworth,one of several IllinoisDemocrats in Congress whois pushing for more strin-gent regulations and an in-dependent investigation ofthe EPA’s response to thepollution problems.
What happens next is animportant test for theTrump EPA, where politicalappointees are focused onthe president’s campaignpledge to eliminate anti-pollution regulations.
William Wehrum, the ad-ministration’s top air offi-cial, told a community fo-rum in Willowbrook lastweek that the agency plansto overhaul its rules forcommercial sterilization fa-cilities, which haven’t beenupdated since 1994. But thetiming and details remainunclear.
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in politics. “Even the per-ception of a quid pro quoundermines the politicalsystem,” she said.
Chicago architect LindaSearl, a member of theChicago Plan Commission,which reviews major devel-opments, also had concerns.
The problem is the tim-ing of some contributions,said Searl, who chaired thecommission from 2003 to2012. “If (the architects are)doing it relative to when aproject is getting approved,that’s quite suspicious.”
To be sure, architects donot only give to aldermenwhen their projects areunder review or after theproposals win approval. Buttimely donations are part ofan overall pattern of givingthat is widely acceptedamong the city’s tight-knitarchitecture communityand is little-known to thepublic.
The bulk of the moneyflows to City Council mem-bers in Chicago’s fast-grow-ing wards. The architectsand their developer clientshave reason to stay on goodterms with aldermen, whohold the power to advance aproject, send it back to thedrawing board or kill it.
From the start of thecurrent building boom in2010 through mid-Novem-ber of this year, those withan occupation listed as“architect” have given morethan $180,000 to aldermen,their ward organizations,and other city politicians,including Mayor RahmEmanuel, Illinois campaignfinance records show.
The architects’ firmshave donated even more,bringing the total haul forpoliticians to well over$350,000.
Among the biggestdonors are three large firmswhose residential high-rises have remade the faceof such areas as Streeter-ville, Lincoln Park and theWest Loop: Antunovich As-sociates, Solomon CordwellBuenz and bKL Archi-tecture.
Firms with a bigger glob-al presence, like Skidmore,Owings & Merrill, designersof the towers planned forthe former Chicago Spiresite, and Studio Gang, archi-tects of the Aqua Tower,also give to aldermen,though far less frequentlyand in smaller amounts.
The biggest recipients ofarchitects’ money includeAld. Brendan Reilly, 42nd,whose downtown ward is ahive of construction activity,and Ald. Daniel Solis, 25th,the longtime chairman ofthe City Council’s powerfulzoning committee. Solis an-nounced last month that hewill not seek re-electionnext year.
Records analyzed by theTribune suggest a pattern oftargeted, timely donationsby architects that precedeand follow aldermen’sstamps of approval.
Architects, however, de-scribe their campaign con-tributions as a way to buildrelationships, not buy influ-ence. They portray them-selves as supporting smart,civic-minded aldermenwho share their vision ofthe city’s future.
“If someone wanted tosay there was a quid proquo, people who know me,know absolutely not,” archi-tect Joseph Antunovich,namesake of his firm, said inan interview. “I give consis-tently to these great publicservants who have comealong with us.”
In the last five years,Antunovich and his firmhave given more than$43,000 to Solis’ 25th WardRegular Democratic Or-ganization — a heftyamount even by developers’standards.
During that time, Solishas supported several An-tunovich-designed projects,most notably the zoningcommittee’s 2013 approvalof an ultimately unsuccess-ful plan for three towersaround the city’s old mainpost office.
The contributions arepart of a process that ben-efits both architects andaldermen: When a high-riseapartment project goes for-ward, an architect will typi-cally reap hundreds of thou-sands of dollars in fees,according to interviewswith architects and devel-opers. When an alderman’scampaign funds grow byformidable amounts, it canscare off potential challeng-
ers.For example, members of
several major architecturalfirms hosted an Oct. 29fundraiser for Reilly at theLuxbar in the city’s GoldCoast. In mid-November,Reilly reported contrib-utions of $13,400 from theco-hosts. Also at that time,Reilly reported receiving$5,000 from other archi-tects.
The alderman, who hasamassed a campaign fund ofmore than $1 million, isrunning unopposed for re-election.
Like the architects, Reillyand Solis reject any notionthe contributions influencethem.
“This idea that support-ing my campaign is going toget (architects) a leg up isunfounded,” Reilly said.
“It’s simply not how I op-erate.”
Regarding Antunovich’scontributions to his wardorganization, Solis said: “Joeis one of the better archi-tects in the city. I welcomehis support.”
The same political sys-
tem that spurs developersto lavish campaign cash onaldermen may encouragearchitects to give. Somearchitects who asked not tobe identified for fear ofalienating their clients saidthat members of the devel-opment firms had encour-aged them to contribute tospecific aldermen.
Unlike their counterpartsin other U.S. cities, Chi-cago’s 50 aldermen havevirtually unchallenged au-thority over what gets builtin their wards — an unwrit-ten practice known as “al-dermanic privilege” and “al-dermanic prerogative.” Al-dermen have defended thecustom, arguing that they,and not some faceless CityHall bureaucrat, knowwhat’s best for their wards.
But having near-absolutepower over developmentoften has led to corruption.Nearly half of the 29 alder-men convicted since 1972supported zoning, permit orlicense approvals in ex-change for cash, home im-provements or campaigndonations.
While the architects’ do-nations are smaller thanwhat developers typicallygive, they are not incon-sequential, as revealed bythe giving habits of threearchitects.
Antunovich’s old mainpost office plan, designedfor eccentric British multi-millionaire Bill Davies andunveiled in 2013, envisionedan audacious remake of thesprawling structure. Itwould have wrapped thehistoric 1932 building in aflashy, $1.5 billion mixed-use complex with threeskyscrapers, including onethat would have been thenation’s tallest.
Antunovich made twocontributions of $2,500 toSolis’ ward organization in2013 — one Solis reportedreceiving in March of thatyear, the other in Septem-ber. Solis’ committee ap-proved a rezoning for thepost office in July 2013.
Though the project nevergot off ground, the rezoninghelped raise the property’svalue to $130 million fromthe $24 million Davies paidfor it. (Davies died in 2016.Another developer is nowturning the old post officeinto modern office space.)
Antunovich has madecontributions to other al-dermen who control thefate of his projects.
Since 2013, the architectand his firm have given$12,000 to the campaignfund and ward organizationof Ald. Tom Tunney, 44th.
Tunney reported receiv-ing a $1,500 Antunovichdonation in May 2016,about three months beforethe alderman told the Chi-cago Plan Commission thata proposed, Antunovich-designed high-rise in the400 block of West BelmontAvenue was a “bold, newproject.”
Now under construction,the 18-story apartmenttower is being sandwichedbetween two lower build-ings. One is a courtyardcomplex of two- and three-story residential unitswhere Kelly King-Taylorlives with her husband anddaughter.
“We’re not thrilled at all.You’re just packing morepeople into an already-dense area,” said King-Tay-lor, standing in the doorwayof her home, talking overthe din of constructionnoise. She expressed con-cern about additional trafficcongestion on Belmont, aswell as surprise that Chi-cago architects were mak-ing contributions to alder-men.
Tunney said An-tunovich’s donations playedno role in his decision toback the project, and that
the donations do not givearchitects an advantageover citizens’ groups whooppose proposals.
“We just put these (archi-tects and developers)through the wringer,” Tun-ney said. “In our neighbor-hood, it’s a very rigorousprocess.”
John Lahey, chairman ofthe firm Solomon CordwellBuenz, is another frequentdonor. Since 2010, Laheyhas given more than$20,000 to aldermen in thecity’s booming wards.
Nearly three-quarters ofthat amount — $14,500 —went to the campaign fundof Reilly, whose ward ishome to several high-risesdesigned by Lahey’s firm.
The donations included a$1,500 contribution thatReilly reported receivingJune 30, five days afterSolomon Cordwell Buenzunveiled its plan to place amodern seven-story apart-ment addition on top ofhistoric Union Station.
Following widespreadcriticism that the designwould produce an eyesore,Reilly rejected the plan. Thefirm on Sept. 11 unveiledanother design that elimi-nated the controversial ad-dition.
During the next threeweeks, Lahey and anothermember of his firm gaveReilly a total of $1,250. ThePlan Commission approvedthe revised proposal on Oct.18 with Reilly’s support.
Lahey declined a requestto be interviewed. In anemail, he wrote that hereceives electronic invita-tions to Reilly’s fundraisersrather than being person-ally solicited by the alder-man. “My contributions co-incide with these events,”he wrote. “They are notmeant to influence the ap-proval of particular proj-ects.”
Reilly also said there wasnothing improper about do-nations to him from Laheyand other architects.
“I can assure you I main-tain an extremely thick fire-wall between my govern-ment operation and fund-raising team (I outsourcethat work), so neitherknows what the other isdoing any given day,” Reillywrote in an email.
A third active donor isthe firm bKL Architecture.The firm and its founder,Tom Kerwin, have givenmore than $11,000 to alder-men and other Chicagoofficials since 2010.
In June 2017, Reilly re-ported that the firm and twoof its directors gave him atotal of $2,500. A monthlater, the alderman held apublic meeting at whichbKL unveiled plans forthree residential high-risesin the next phase of the28-acre Lakeshore East de-velopment. Reilly rejectedthat plan, citing concernsover traffic and other issues.
The donations contin-ued, both before and afterthe firm unveiled a reviseddesign at a communitymeeting hosted by Reilly inAugust 2018.
In March 2018, Reillyreported receiving $500from bKL. In September2018, the alderman re-ported getting another$500 contribution from thefirm. The donation pre-ceded an Oct. 18 ChicagoPlan Commission meetingat which the commissionapproved the project withReilly’s support.
Eleven days after thecommission’s vote, Kerwinco-hosted the Oct. 29 fund-raiser for Reilly at Luxbar,according to an email aboutthe event obtained by theTribune.
In the email, sent toarchitects co-hosting theevent, Kerwin wrote:“Thanks very much foreveryone’s support. Most ofyou have already made yourdonation on-line...You canalso bring a check on Mon-day, and I will send thosedetails to those who havenot made the online con-tribution.”
Kerwin declined to com-ment on the fundraiser orthe email.
An architect will oftenassist in putting togethersuch events, sending emailsand making phone calls tocolleagues, several archi-tects said.
Architects from severalother prominent firms —Adrian Smith + Gordon GillArchitecture, GoettschPartners, Pappageorge
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alternative approaches.Kevin Irons, the manager
for the aquatic nuisancespecies program at the Illi-nois DNR, has traveled tothe Asian carp’s nativeChina three times, mostrecently in October. There,he learned how teams offishermen methodicallycaptured the fish each yearby strategically casting theirnets to divide waterwaysand scoop up carp sector bysector in multiday cam-paigns.
Irons has shared thistechnique with commercialfishermen contracted byIllinois who have addedtheir own twist. In China,they fish quietly, but Illinois’“carp cowboys” are exploit-ing the species’ fear of loudnoises using golf clubs, base-ball bats and even plungersto bang on the sides of theirboats, essentially herdingthe fish into their nets —often tens of thousands ofpounds at a time.
“Our fishermen didn’tquite have the patience. It’skind of like a cattle drive inthe water,” he said.
But similar to the Chi-nese, local fishermen areemploying a common strat-egy and working togetherover an extended period oftime.
“They want to harvest thewhole lake. We want toharvest the whole river toremove them, so now we’reworking together like asmall strike team,” Ironssaid.
Coincidentally, Chineseresearchers studying con-servation have also traveledto Illinois, in part to studywhy carp are thriving in theMidwest.
The populations of silverand bighead carp are declin-ing in China, where it is acommon food source, andbecoming threatened due toa combination of overfish-ing, pollution and the con-struction of a colossal hy-droelectric dam. The prob-lem has gotten so dire thatChinese officials plan toimplement a year-roundban on commercial fishingin the Yangtze River by2020, Irons said.
A gantlet ofdeterrents
In Illinois, current strate-gies have successfully re-duced the leading edge ofthe Asian carp populationby 93 percent since 2012,according to sonar scans. Byremoving more than 1 mil-lion pounds of carp annuallyin the past several years, thestate has contained the adultpopulation to the DresdenIsland Pool, 47 miles awayfrom Lake Michigan, nearMinooka, Ill.
But computer modelingsuggests it’s not enough. Torepel Asian carp, about fourtimes that amount needs tobe removed from down-stream.
In February, the stateplans to roll out a new pilotprogram to incentivizemore commercial fisher-men to sign up to catchAsian carp in the LowerIllinois River near Peoria.Because Asian carp only sellfor about 10 cents at marketcompared to as much as 50cents for more popular fish,few fishermen can makeends meet catching carpalone.
But under this new pro-gram, the state would payfishermen an extra 10 centsper pound for Asian carpthey take to processors andfish markets. A recent week-long haul by contracted fish-ermen in the Upper IllinoisRiver yielded about 60,000pounds. The ambitious pro-gram, which eventuallyaims to remove 20 to 50million pounds of Asiancarp from Illinois water-ways annually, also hopes torebrand the domesticallyunpopular fish, widely es-tablishing a fledgling de-mand for “silverfin” filletsand fish cakes.
The Army Corps of Engi-neers last week released afinal version of its plan toinstall a gantlet of deter-rents, including an electricfence, a bubble barrier and
underwater speakers atBrandon Road Lock andDam in Joliet that theagency believes will wardoff adult fish as well as fisheggs. But the controversialproject has almost tripled inprice to $778 million.
Even if construction be-gan without a hitch, thedevelopment wouldn’t befinished until 2025 at theearliest.
Without the infrastruc-ture, there’s a 29 percentprobability that Asian carpcould establish in the GreatLakes by 2071, according toa report by the Army Corps.The fate of the project,which has been supportedby environmental groupsand Great Lakes fishingorganizations, is ultimatelyin the hands of Congress.
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s ad-ministration and the IllinoisDNR have argued this figureisn’t a true risk assessmentand misrepresents thethreat posed by Asian carp.
And at least one well-known, local fisherman be-lieves not all solutions needto be expensive. Don Dubin,81, of Lincolnwood, a mem-ber of Chicago’s fishing ad-visory board, has suggestedfishery managers look intocutting off the Asian carp’sfood source.
“How does a fish get thatbig eating microscopicplankton?” Dubin asked.“I’ll tell you why. On bothsides of the river, there’s lotsof farmland. Every time itrains, fertilizer from thefield gets into the river, andit creates plankton (thatmake up algae blooms). Ifyou want to control Asiancarp, don’t plant crops nearriver’s edge. If you don’thave food, you will elimi-nate the Asian carp.”
In the 1960s and 1970s,when government agenciesbecame more mindful of thedangers of using pesticidesand chemicals, introducingAsian carp was viewed as amore eco-friendly ap-proach. Filter-feeding big-head and silver carp werestocked into small pondswhere farmers raised cat-fish to control algae blooms.
Though the carp offeredsome benefits in closedquarters, fishery managershad no idea the havoc theywould wreak when flood-waters washed the fish intothe open waters of theMississippi River basin.
The bighead and silvercarp, species that can con-sume 20 to 120 percent oftheir body weight a day inmicroscopic plankton, havebeen proved able to grow upto 100 pounds while nativefish have grown leaner. Fe-males can lay up to 1.9million eggs a year. Theeasily frightened fish arealso known to jump as highas 10 feet out of the water,posing a threat to recre-ational boaters.
By 1986, Asian carp had
stormed into the IllinoisRiver, which researchers sayhas the highest concentra-tion of silver carp on theplanet. As populations ofsilver and bighead carp trav-eled farther upstream, theirskyrocketing population hasagitated fears that Asiancarp could become the nextdisastrous invader to estab-lish itself in the Great Lakes.
“We started to do themental math and saying,‘We’ve got this fish, they’vegot pretty good numbers inthe Illinois River — oh myGod, they might get intoLake Michigan,’” Irons said.
Turning the tideOn Tuesday, near the
banks of Sheehan Islandwhere Asian carp like totake refuge, state-con-tracted fisherman ShawnPrice gunned the engine ofhis boat while his father hita wooden stick on the side.Minutes later, Shawn Pricebegan pulling in nets chock-full of Asian carp.
Price has been fishingsince high school when hecould afford to buy his firstgill nets. While he grew upnetting catfish, buffalo andgizzard shad, for the pasteight years he’s been help-ing the state get a handle onAsian carp.
“They are an interestingcreature,” Price said, tossingcarp in the middle hold ofhis boat. “They are a fish alltheir own. They don’t followthe same rules most (fish)follow. When they want tobe fast, it’s hard to get a netaround them. And they’resuper-smart. You can see onsonar the fish in the net, butsome fish are jumping inbetween nets. But when wecatch them, their weightadds up way faster becausethere’s way more of them.”
And the progress on theUpper Illinois River is evi-dent, Price said.
Asian carp are muchsmaller than they oncewere. So much so that Pricehas had to decrease themesh size of his net. Thisweek, most of the silver carphe wrangled were 5 to 7pounds, much smaller thanthe behemoth 78-poundershe’s netted in the Missis-sippi River as a part of aseparate program.
“Three hundred to 400used to fill the boat. Now itbarely makes the boat lookgood,” he said with a laugh.
With the state fishingprogram ending for the sea-son this month, Price said hemay be lured to work theremainder of the winter inKentucky where the stateprovides a 5-cent-per-pound incentive for Asiancarp. While subsidy pro-grams are good in theory,Price said state officialsneed to keep an eye on themarket prices to ensure fishmarkets aren’t taking ad-vantage of the situation.
Price said fish marketswill pay less and pocket alarger profit if they know thestate is subsidizing thecatch.
“The fish market is goingto get its cut regardless,”Price said. “And that’s al-ready happened in Ken-tucky. Instead of paying the18 cents they were paying,now they are only paying 13cents, because the subsidywas a nickel.”
What to do withall this fish
Since 2010, much of theAsian carp caught in Illinoishas become fertilizer, fishmeal for livestock or petfood. Some of it has alsobeen dumped into landfillsor exported abroad. But thedomestic demand for Asiancarp at restaurants and mar-kets has remained thin.
That’s due, in part, to thefact that the fish is bony. Butexperts say the stigma be-hind the term “carp” hasalso unfairly lumped Asiancarp with bottom-feedingcommon carp, a species thatis widely considered “trashfish.”
Bighead and silver carp,however, feed on planktonand have a sterling reputa-tion in China where they arein high demand.
With a new focus onsustainable seafood, “inva-sivory” — the practice ofeating invasive species — isbecoming a niche area forsome, including Louisianachef Philippe Parola, whohas attempted to rebrandAsian carp as “silverfin.”
The University of Illinoisat Urbana-Champaign hasbecome an early adopter ofthe practice. After hearingonly negative rumblingsabout the fish, Kit Smith,Illinois’ assistant director ofdining procurement, said hewas coaxed by a local fishmarket and tried it out of“morbid curiosity.” Smith, achef by training, was sur-prised by how much heenjoyed the silverfin fillets,which he said have a tasteand texture similar to cod.
Fortunately, he said, thestudents have been moreopen-minded. Since fall2017, the university hasturned more than 50,000pounds of Illinois-caughtAsian carp into silverfinfillets and fish cakes for itsdining halls, and it hasreceived no complaints,Smith said.
“The college-aged stu-dents now, which is prettymuch Gen Z, their approachto food is different thanprevious generations, evenmillennials,” Smith said.“They’re more open to dif-ferent food experiences andtrying something different.They’re not so much hungup on — oh just becausesomeone said somethingwas bad, they are more likelyto try it for themselves.
“That helps out a lot. Itopens up what food can be,especially in the Midwest. Itdoesn’t always have to bemeatloaf and mashed po-tatoes all the time.”
Little CalumetRiver scare
On June 22, 2017, a lonesilver carp was found in theLittle Calumet River, 9 milesfrom Lake Michigan, a scarethat sparked a two-weekdragnet operation calledOperation Silver Bullet.
Though no other Asiancarp were found in theChicago-area waterway, theepisode put public officialson high alert and galvanized
supporters of a federal proj-ect to install infrastructureat the Brandon Road Lockand Dam to prevent Asiancarp from moving into theGreat Lakes.
The projected construc-tion costs now have climbedto $778 million, which wouldbe split between the federalgovernment and the state ofIllinois, casting some uncer-tainty on whether stickershock might cause somepublic officials to withdrawtheir support. Even whenthe project was pegged at$275 million, Rauner’s ad-ministration had been hesi-tant to support the construc-tion, citing millions of dollarsworth of operating costs thatwould be shouldered by Illi-nois taxpayers.
Earlier this year, Michi-gan Gov. Rick Snyder of-fered to take on much of theoperating costs, leaving Illi-nois to pay a much smallertab. With a little more than amonth left in office, Raunerappears to have essentiallytabled the proposal.
Molly Flanagan, vicepresident of policy at thenonprofit Alliance for theGreat Lakes, traveled toWashington, D.C., this weekto meet with federal law-makers. But she said co-operation with legislators inSpringfield will be pa-ramount if the project is tomove forward.
“Gov. Rauner’s adminis-tration has largely been anobstacle to progress at Bran-don Road, downplaying therisks of Asian carp gettinginto the Great Lakes andquestioning the need foradditional protection be-yond nonstructural mea-sures,” Flanagan said. “Gov.-elect Pritzker and his ad-ministration will have achance to establish Illinoisas a leader in efforts to blockAsian carp. He can reallytake Illinois from obstacle tochampion.”
Rauner’s successor, J.B.Pritzker, who will take officein January, has yet to take astance on the project.
“JB understands the im-portance of protecting theGreat Lakes’ marine hab-itat,” Pritzker spokeswomanJordan Abudayyeh said in astatement. “That’s whymembers of his PoweringIllinois’ Future transitioncommittee are discussingsolutions for a variety ofenergy and environmentalissues facing Illinois, includ-ing Asian carp.”
Illinois U.S. Sen. TammyDuckworth, a member ofthe Committee on the Envi-ronment and Public Works,which oversees issues re-lated to the nation’s water-ways and infrastructure, haspledged to back the project.
“Invasive species likeAsian Carp are a growingthreat to the Great Lakesand its vibrant $7 billionfishing industry, which sup-ports thousands of jobs andfamilies across our region,”Duckworth said in a state-ment Wednesday. “We needto do what we can to protectthese families’ livelihoodsand preserve our nativespecies, which is why I havebeen working to supportefforts like the BrandonRoad project and ensure weare using the best availablescience in the most effectiveway possible.”
Becoming a choreSome experts have
speculated that even if Asiancarp breach Lake Michigan,they won’t have enoughplankton to survive becauseinvasive zebra and quaggamussels have depleted theplankton. Others argue theycould simply hover aroundthe shoreline where plank-ton is abundant, possiblyspreading to rivers in neigh-boring states.
So far, the removal effortsby a small band of commer-cial fishermen have beenextremely encouraging, es-pecially considering how farthey’ve come since initia-tives to remove Asian carpfirst started.
“In those eight years,we’ve come a long way,”Irons said. “We have a highconfidence knowing wherethese population of fish are,and we should be able to fishfrom realistic, logical strate-gies to fight carp now. Weshouldn’t be fearful. Weunderstand their behavior.
“Now, that’s not to saybecause of progress we canjust stop. I tell people it’s likecutting the grass, because ifyou don’t do it regularly, thefish will come back.”
Fishermen and biologists with the state Department of Natural Resources prepare to round up Asian carp in the Illinois River.
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Seth Love, a fisheries biologist with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, sorts
Asian carp in the Illinois River near Starved Rock on Tuesday.
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The Illinois Departmentof Natural Resources wantsmore people to join in thefight to keep Asian carp outof the Great Lakes, and theonly tools required are afork and knife.
For more than 30 years,the hyperfertile and glut-tonous Asian carp specieshas been wending its wayup the Illinois River, raisingfears that the fish mightmake their way into theGreat Lakes.
Now, the Illinois DNR isattempting to establish adomestic food market forAsian carp in hopes thatrising demand could en-courage more commercialfishermen to sign up toremove them out of Illinoiswaterways.
Rebranded as “silverfin,”Asian carp dishes have al-ready been featured at theTaste of Chicago, the Illi-nois State Fair and, startinglast fall, at dining halls onthe campus of the Uni-versity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
But Asian carp aren’t theonly invasive species thathas been featured on themenu. With more attentiongiven to sustainable fish-ing, “invasivory” — thepractice of eating invasivespecies — might become anew thing.
At least, 25 aquatic inva-sive species have breachedthe Great Lakes since the1800s, according to the U.S.Environmental ProtectionAgency.
Kevin Irons, manager ofthe Illinois Department ofNatural Resources’ aquaticnuisance species program,weighs in on which you caneat and which you shouldavoid:
Zebra and quagga mus-sels: No These musselspecies, native to the Blackand Caspian seas, arrived inthe Great Lakes by stowingaway in the ballast tanks ofocean-faring ships. In amatter of decades, trillionsupon trillions of these mus-
sels colonized the bottom ofLake Michigan.
While there are plenty ofmussel species that are ed-ible, zebra and quagga mus-sels aren’t among them.Because of their ability tofilter water, they also take ina lot of pollutants.
“They’re very high inPCBs and contaminants,”Irons said. “They sit thereand filter the water all thetime.”
Round goby: Not recom-mended Round gobies alsohail from the Eurasia re-gion. Their diet consistsheavily of zebra and quaggamussels, meaning theylikely accumulate higher-than-average contaminants,Irons said. For this reason,they should probably bekept off the menu.
Ruffe: Yes The small bot-tom-dwelling fish often ismistaken for native perch orwalleye. So chances are,fishermen lacking a keeneye for its spiny fin couldhave eaten a ruffe. Lucky forthem, it’s palatable.
“I’ve eaten ruffe,” Ironssaid. “I’ve caught probablyone of the ones out of LakeSuperior. I caught one(around 1986), and Imisidentified it. I had neverseen one before. I was just astudent, and I thought itwas sauger or something.They didn’t document it inthe area until a year later.
“It was fine.”
Sea lamprey: Yes Perhapsone of the most terrifyinginvasive species in appear-ance, the sea lamprey isessentially the vampire ofthe Great Lakes. The eel-like, parasitic fish has amouth resembling a suctioncup, fixed with dozens ofhornlike teeth, which it usesto clamp onto native fishand suck their blood.
As intimidating as theysound, they are edible. Infact, serving sea lamprey piefor English royalty has beena long-standing traditionthat is carried on by QueenElizabeth II. Becausethey’re protected in theUnited Kingdom, thequeen’s pie contains lam-prey imported from Cana-da, the BBC reports.
While Irons said therehad been discussion of cap-turing Great Lakes sea lam-prey for human consump-tion, it was ultimately deter-mined not to be the mosteffective way to control thepopulation.
Lamprey pie, anyone? Whichinvasive species can you eat?By Tony BriscoeChicago Tribune
A silver carp, top, and big-
head carp, bottom.
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Zebra mussels.
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The bottom-dwelling ruffe.
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Sea lamprey.
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Prepare to regain asliver of your faith in hu-manity.
On Monday, I an-nounced an utterly ridicu-lous idea: An online fooddrive that would let thosewho dislike my columnsdonate money to theGreater Chicago FoodDepository under theappropriately derogatoryteam name “RexStinks.”
Being an equitable fel-low, I told readers whoinexplicably enjoy myword barfings they coulddonate under the teamname “RexRocks.” Eitherway, the money would goto the Food Depository,which serves hundreds ofthousands of people inCook County who wrestlewith food insecurity.
That was what we in thecolumn writing biz call “arisky play.” There was areasonable chance the ideawould fall flat, donationswould be minuscule and Iwould look like even more
of a fool than usual.But something wonder-
ful happened. As of Fridayevening, the Insult-A-Columnist Holiday FoodDrive had brought in morethan $28,500. With theFood Depository’s abilityto purchase food at pen-nies on the dollar, thattranslates to more than105,000 meals.
And the good news isthe food drive isn’t over.Not even close. It runsthrough Dec. 14.
While the donationsalready are overwhelming,there is one small problem:the RexRocks crowd iswinning in a landslide. It’snot even close.
People who naivelythink I rock have donatedmore than $27,000. Thesmart ones who recognizeme for the doofus I amhave only chipped in alittle under $1,500.
I have no clue how orwhy this is happening. Ihave ample email evidencethat shows I am a detest-able left-wing moron, anenemy of the people and agenerally annoying twerp.
So I must ask: Why arethose who recognize mymany failings not jumpingat the opportunity to publi-cly denounce me?
In Monday’s column, Imade it clear that if theRexStinks team donates themost money, I will write afollow-up column criticiz-ing myself mercilessly. Itwill be a spectacle of writ-ten self-flagellation, and I’llbe lucky if walk away with ashred of dignity.
On the flip side, if theRexRocks team wins, I willwrite a column extollingmy good looks and innu-merable virtues.
It seems any self-re-specting person who de-spises my columns andpoints of view would ponyup serious cash to preventme from showering myselfin plaudits. And sincemany of my detractors areavid supporters of Presi-dent Donald Trump, I haveto assume they are flushwith cash, as they’re con-stantly praising the Trumptax cuts and telling me theeconomy is booming andAmerica is finally greatand prosperous again.
Why not dole out a littleof that Trump-inducedlargesse to a good causewhile simultaneouslycastigating a “fake news”-spewing, brainwashedliberal snoot who’s tryingto destroy America withhis nonsense?
Opportunities like thisdon’t come around often.
Perhaps a taste of what’sto come will help loosenthe online pocket books.
This is what you canexpect if the RexRocksteam prevails: “Once in ageneration, a journalist likeme comes along, onewhose elegant way withwords is matched only byhis Hollywood-handsomeface and rugged devotionto humanity. Many saythey have never seen bet-ter. All others are simplyblinded by envy.”
Disgusting, right?Now if the RexStinks
team gets its donation acttogether, the follow-upcolumn will go somethinglike this: “I am as loath-some as the fetid Floridaswamp from which Ioozed. Motivated by ma-lice, I have spent yearshurling bilious words in alldirections, hoping some-one might choke on aclump of my mind filth.The drivel I call “columns”are almost as repellent asmy foul stench. I am awretch, a worthless fop-doodle, the Gollum ofjournalism.”
That’s the good stuffright there. And you canhave an entire column of it,
sentences and paragraphsthat you can quote and useagainst me for years tocome!
And all you have to do isvisit this web address:https://myfooddrive.org/#Rex. Follow the direc-tions, make a donation of$5 or more and make sureyou select “RexStinks”where it says “Direct dona-tion to this team.”
All donations will helpthe Food Depository buynutritious food for peoplein our communities. (Thisdrive is not a part of the2018 Chicago TribuneHoliday Campaign but, toavoid confusion, I want topoint out that the FoodDepository is one of sixcharities that will benefitfrom that effort.)
So please, if you rollyour eyes when you see mycolumn, if you read it justto feel the adrenaline rushof outrage, if you spendyour free time sending me1,000-word emails detail-ing my disreputableness,take a moment and con-tribute to the Insult-A-Columnist Holiday FoodDrive.
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Two Catholic Jesuitpriests with ties to theChicago area have beennamed on a published list ofministry leaders with cred-ible allegations of sexualabuse, some of which aredecades old. The list waspublished Friday by theJesuits U.S. Central andSouthern Province, whichis based in St. Louis andcovers 13 states, Puerto Ricoand Belize. The list includes42 priests who had at leastone credible claim of sexualabuse that involved a childor vulnerable adult.
Most of the men on thelist are dead, and others areno longer Jesuits. The prov-ince says four still are mem-bers of the province but arenot active in ministry andlive in supervised housing.
At least two of the men onthe list had previously beenunder the jurisdiction of theChicago Province of theJesuits, which last year be-came the Midwest Prov-ince. Two others were as-signed to Marquette Uni-versity in Milwaukee.
One sexual abuse allega-tion dating to the 1960s wasmade against the Rev. JamesA. Condon, who had exten-sive ties to Chicago. He wasa priest and teacher at St.Ignatius College Prep for 24years, according to an obitu-ary published in the Trib-une. He also worked atLoyola Academy at the timeit moved from Chicago toWilmette. Condon also wasinvolved during the early1960s in a summer programcalled Catholic Action thatan estimated 3,000 highschool students in Chicagoattended, according to theobituary.
The U.S. Central andSouthern Province’s web-site did not specify wherepriests were assigned at thetime of the abuse allega-tions. Condon, who hadbeen a priest since 1939 anddied in 1993 at age 86, alsoserved as a pastor at theQueen’s Work in St. Louis,according to the website.
In a statement, St. Igna-tius College Prep said theschool has never receivedany allegations regardingCondon during his time as apriest and teacher there.Loyola Academy did notrespond to requests forcomment Friday.
Bernard P. Knoth, wholeft the priesthood in 2009,also was named on the listpublished Friday. He be-came a priest in 1977 andwas removed from ministryin 2003 by the ChicagoProvince, now the MidwestProvince, according to theCentral and Southern Prov-ince’s website.
Knoth at one pointworked at Loyola Uni-versity Chicago, The Asso-ciated Press previously re-ported. He was the presi-dent of Loyola University inNew Orleans but resignedin 2003 when the allegationof sexual abuse surfaced.The allegation, which datesto the 1980s, involved astudent at a Jesuit school inIndianapolis, The India-napolis Star reported.
The Midwest Province,which is based in Chicagoand covers much of Illinoisoutside the St. Louis areaand 11 other states, is ex-pected to announce a list ofcredible allegations Dec. 17,according to a statementfrom the Midwest Province.
A province that coversseveral states, Jesuits West,released a similar list of 111men credibly accused ofmisconduct Friday.
The Associated Press con-tributed.
List ofaccusedpriestsnames 42Credible allegationsof abuse apply to 2 with Chicago tiesBy Elvia MalagonChicago Tribune
In 1944, 21-year-old To-kichi Shimizu, a Japanesesoldier stationed on theMarshall Islands in thecentral Pacific, headed intobattle. The young mancarried with him a Japa-nese flag from his familyand neighbors, inscribedwith their names and goodluck wishes.
Shimizu, the eldest offive children, died in thatbattle. His family did nothave a body over which tomourn.
Seventy-one years later,during 2015 constructionwork at New Trier HighSchool, a maintenanceworker discovered theworn flag behind the wallsof a basement archive roomdestined for demolition. Itwas glued to chip-board;attached were the tatteredremnants of a newspaperclipping showing only aphoto of four soldiers andthe headline “To the con-querors.”
Today, thanks in part toNew Trier’s Japanese lan-guage students and mem-bers of its Japanese CultureClub, as well as socialstudies students, TokichiShimizu’s survivingbrother has the flag toremember him by.
New Trier studentshelped translate messageson the flag and solve the
mystery of its provenance.They wrote 45 letters inJapanese to Teruo Shimizu,delivered to him this yearwith the flag. This fall, theywere surprised and movedwhen the 90-year-old far-mer from Yamanashi Pre-fecture responded, thankingthem with a heartfelt letterof his own.
“Realizing that what wedid really did have such animpact on him was reallysurprising,” Wilmette sen-ior Tyler Shinohara said.
Sending the flag fromNew Trier to Shimizu’sfamily was a long process,started by faculty membersSusan Holderread and Gar-diner Funo O’Kain, thenfurthered by Suzuki andher students.
In the fall of 2015, stu-dents translated some ofthe names on the flag, andsome of the messages,which included admoni-tions that told the elderbrother to continue fight-ing for his country, “even ifyou die nine times” whiledoing so.
They learned the flagwas a type called a yosegakihinomaru, usually given asa good luck gift to soldiersby family and community.They deciphered Shimizu’sname and realized he wasthe likely owner of the flag.
They were never able todetermine how the flagmade it to New Trier. Theirbest guess was that one of
the four soldiers in thepicture was a graduate, andbrought it to the school.
Funo O’Kain contactedthe OBON Society, an Ore-gon-based group dedicatedto reconciliation betweenAmericans and Japanesecitizens by repatriatingJapanese memorabilia tak-en by U.S. soldiers duringthe war.
The flag was briefly dis-played at New Trier beforeFuno-O’Kain sent it, alongwith all the students’ clues,to the society in November2015, Suzuki said. The soci-ety then spent almost threeyears tracking downShimizu’s family.
Suzuki had a new crop ofstudents in her classes andthe club when OBON rep-resentatives contactedNew Trier this August. Thegroup was about to sendthe flag to Japan, and saidschool representativescould send letters to TeruoShimizu if they wanted.
Shizuki turned to heradvanced language classesand the club. Despite thechallenge of using theirnew-won skills with atleast some Japanese, theywrote letters.
“In a way, not knowing alot of Japanese allows youto focus on what’s reallyimportant to say,” Shino-hara said.
Suzuki advised studentsto write about themselvesand what they liked aboutJapanese culture. Theydidn’t need to attemptmore sophisticated con-cepts or refer to the history
of the war.“When I joined the Jap-
anese program and startedcoming to the club, I real-ized that what we have isalmost a family. We’re try-ing to learn about a cul-ture,” Glenview senior SamPomerantz said. “I wantedhim to know that, so that’swhat I tried to write about.”
Suzuki said studentsthought it would be cool ifShimizu were to respond,but didn’t really expect it ofthe older gentleman. But inSeptember, they got hisletter, hand-written in Jap-anese. Suzuki helped themtranslate it.
Like some of the mes-sages on the flag, Shimizu’slanguage was occasionallyhard to understand be-cause of his old-fashionedstyle of writing. But makingthe effort was more thanworth it, students said.
He told them about hisbrother’s one-year stint inthe army, where Tokichidied, and how grateful he,
Teruo, was to receive theflag for himself and for hisremaining younger sister,now 87.
Even more so, he wrote,he was grateful for theletters.
“During the 90 years ofmy life, I have never re-ceived letters that movedme so much,” he wrote,adding later, “I pray for thefurther development ofNew Trier High School. Ialso pray for the goodhealth and development/growth of New Trier HighSchool students.”
From Yamanashi Prefec-ture to the Marshall Is-lands. From there to NewTrier High School andthence, years later, re-turned to Yamanashi Pre-fecture.
“We didn’t know itwould take this long,” Su-zuki said. “It was quite ajourney.”
New Trier senior Sam Pomerantz keeps a photo of the
letter sent by 90-year-old Teruo Shimizu.
KATHY ROUTLIFFE/PIONEER PRESS
‘It was quite a journey’Students return a wartime Japanese flagto surviving brother of original owner
By Kathy RoutliffePioneer Press
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Lewis University inRomeoville has resched-uled its winter commence-ment activities because of amumps outbreak, school of-ficials said.
Commencement activ-ities have been moved toMay 17-19 from Dec. 15-16,officials said.
“This decision was nottaken lightly and we under-stand that this will createhardships for our graduatesand their loved ones,” theschool said in a statement.“This decision is consistentwith our cancellation orrescheduling of all publicevents occurring on campusbefore December 28, 2018, adecision designed to miti-gate the further transmis-sion of the mumps.”
According to the univer-sity’s website, the resched-uling of commencementwon’t delay the traditionaltimeline for graduates toreceive their diplomas andhave access to transcripts.
After the university certi-fies degrees, diplomas willbe mailed to graduatessometime around Feb. 19,according to Lewis.
One confirmed case ofthe mumps and nine prob-able cases have been re-ported at Lewis University
in Romeoville, according toofficials.
There also was one pos-sible case at LockportTownship High School, of-ficials said.
Probable cases can indi-cate symptomatic swellingfor two or more days, ac-cording to the Will CountyHealth Department.
The university steppedup its cleaning measures,and beginning Monday, allLewis students, faculty andstaff who have not submit-ted evidence of immunityare restricted from campusuntil at least Dec. 28. Severaluniversity events have beencanceled out of concern forpublic health and safety.Information about resched-uling will be posted on theschool’s website,www.lewisu.edu.
Courses, including ex-ams, will continue as sched-uled for the remainder ofthe semester, officials said.
Will County Health De-partment EpidemiologistAlpesh Patel says a mumpsoutbreak among college stu-dents can be a sign of mumpsstrains having evolved overthe years to “elude theimmune response triggeredby the vaccine, or protectionfrom the vaccine simplywanes over time.”
Lewis University changescommencement dateBy Susan DeMarLaffertyDaily Southtown
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Ditka’s, a restaurant adja-cent to Arlington Interna-tional Racecourse that’snamed after former Bearsplayer and coach MikeDitka, is expected to close inthe coming weeks, an Ar-lington Heights village offi-cial said Friday.
Michael Mertes, the vil-lage’s business devel-opment coordinator, saidthe company that operatesthe restaurant confirmed itwould be closing the Arling-ton Heights location byyear’s end. The company
did not offer a reason for thedecision to cease opera-tions, Mertes said.
There are two otherrestaurants in the Chicagoarea operated by the com-pany and named for Ditka.The company also runs arestaurant called the 89Grille in Westmont. Ditkawore number 89 in hisplaying days.
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Clifford Ward is a freelancereporter.
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Today we will talk aboutLena Dunham’s apology (aword I’m applying ex-tremely loosely), and then Ihope we will return to theproper amount of talkingabout Lena Dunham,which is never.
A year ago, Dunham liedin order to discredit a wom-an who had just gone to thepolice to report a sexualassault.
On Wednesday, shepenned a rambling, preten-tious opus about women inHollywood (“Heroineshave emerged. We arecracking open windowsand beating down doors.The air is circulating andthe light is pouring in,”) andsneaked a whiny, half-hearted mea culpa into theninth paragraph.
We’re so used to Dun-
ham apologizing at thispoint (Lena Dunham Apol-ogizes is an actual Twitterhandle) that we went aheadand lumped this garbageonto her giant apology pile.
But before we toss themaside, her words are worthexamining, if only as areminder that when wescrew up, which all of usdo, we should apologizedirectly, authentically andhumbly.
Dunham did nothing ofthe sort.
First, let’s back up: InNovember 2017, actressAurora Perrineau filed apolice report accusing“Girls” writer and execu-tive producer MurrayMiller of raping her in 2012,when she was 17 years old.(“Girls” was Dunham’sHBO show.) Miller saidPerrineau was making thewhole thing up and ac-cused her of trying to ex-tract money from him.
Dunham sent a state-ment to The HollywoodReporter, co-written with“Girls” showrunner JenniKonner, saying, “While ourfirst instinct is to listen to
every woman’s story, ourinsider knowledge of Mur-ray’s situation makes usconfident that sadly thisaccusation is one of the 3percent of assault cases thatare misreported every year.... It is a true shame to addto that number, as outsideof Hollywood women stillstruggle to be believed. Westand by Murray and this isall we’ll be saying about thisissue.”
Until Wednesday, whenshe admitted the “insiderknowledge” thing was abunch of baloney.
“And so I made a terriblemistake,” Dunham wrote inWednesday’s piece, aftertalking about Harvey Wein-stein, wage equality, sys-temic bias, “layers of crino-line and repressed rage,” anop-ed she wrote last yearand disguising her ownpain with medication andchronic overwork.
“When someone I knew,someone I had loved as abrother, was accused, I didsomething inexcusable: Ipublicly spoke up in hisdefense,” she continued.“There are few acts I could
ever regret more in this life.I didn’t have the ‘insiderinformation’ I claimed butrather blind faith in a storythat kept slipping andchanging and revealed itselfto mean nothing at all.”
(Should have been herfirst paragraph.)
“I wanted to feel myworkplace and my worldwere safe, untouched bythe outside world,” shecontinued.
(Who doesn’t?)“… and I claimed that
safety at cost to someoneelse, someone very special.”
(Claimed that safety? Try“lied.” “Lied” is clearer.)
(Also: She didn’t addressthe worst line of all in heroriginal defense of Miller,“It is a true shame to add tothat number.” A trueshame? The shame is Dun-ham’s and Dunham’s alone,for turning Perrineau into astatistic, for scolding her,for changing the subject tofalse accusations, when theconversation belonged onthe accusation at hand.)
Next, Dunham ad-dressed Perrineau directly.(But, like, in a magazine, so
we can all follow along.)“To Aurora: You have
been on my mind and in myheart every day this year. Ilove you. I will always loveyou. I will always work toright that wrong. In thatway, you have made me abetter woman and a betterfeminist.”
(Is she turning anotherwoman’s assault into herown teaching moment?)
“You shouldn’t have beengiven that job in addition toyour other burdens ...”
(THEN DON’T GIVE ITTO HER.)
“... but here we are, andhere I am asking: How dowe move forward? Not justyou and I but all of us, liv-ing in the gray space be-tween admission and vindi-cation.”
(I don’t know what thatmeans.)
“It’s painful to realizethat, while I thought I wasself-aware, I had actuallyinternalized the dominantmale agenda that asks us todefend it no matter what,protect it no matter what,baby it no matter what,”Dunham wrote. “Some-
thing in me still feels com-pelled to do that job: toplease, to tidy up, to shop-keep. My job now is toexcavate that part of myselfand to create a new caverninside me where a candlestays lit, always safely lit,and illuminates the wallbehind it where thesewords are written: I see you,Aurora. I hear you, Aurora. Ibelieve you, Aurora.”
At this point, Dunham’sapology is little more thanperformance art. The latestepisode of her favoriteshow: Project Lena.
The more we watch, thedeeper she digs into herown not-that-fascinatingpsyche, tuning out the livedexperiences and thoughtsand pain of other people,except as they relate tohers.
Enough. I can’t watchanymore. I feel complicit inher marginalization ofliterally every personwhose orbit she enters.Farewell, Lena Dunham.Please get better soon.
board’s actions “part of acustom of cronyism andpublic corruption that ex-ists in District 152 wherethe Board protects its ownand punishes anyone whodares to speak againstthem.”
Over the next severalweeks, Adams claims theboard initiated a series of“sham disciplinary pro-ceedings” and ultimatelyissued a “Notice of Reme-dy” that said her perform-ance as superintendent was“improper, inappropriate,and/or unsatisfactory,” ac-cording to an amendedcomplaint she filed.
That December, theboard voted not to renewher employment contract,which ran through June2016, and proceeded to “en-gage in a campaign of har-assment aimed at humili-ating (her) and interferingwith her ability to run theday-to-day operations of theDistrict,” until her tenurewith the district concluded,her suit claimed.
A former Harvey schoolssuperintendent whoclaimed she was threat-ened, harassed and puni-shed by the school boardafter requesting a forensicaudit of district financeswas awarded $400,000 lastmonth following a five-dayjury trial.
Denean Adams, whoserved as the superintend-ent of Harvey School Dis-trict 152 from 2013 to 2016,filed suit against her then-employer in 2015 allegingthat board members retali-ated against her when sheexpressed “serious con-cerns regarding possible fi-nancial irregularities withthe way that state and fed-eral funds were being used.”
Rather than supportingAdams’ efforts to examinedistrict spending, sheclaimed one of the boardmembers “became en-
raged” and threatened herwith physical violence, ac-cording to her suit.
After she reported thethreat to police, her suitclaims, the board rescindeda one-year contract exten-sion it had approved a fewmonths earlier.
On Nov. 6, a jury foundthe school board had retali-ated against Adams when itrescinded her contract ex-tension and awarded her$400,000 in compensatorydamages, court recordsshow.
“We’re pleased with theverdict,” Adams’ attorneyJerome Davis said. “Theevidence was overwhelm-ing that Dr. Adams was agood worker who deliveredsignificant results for thepeople of that communityand when she had thetemerity to ask for an auditand challenge finances, shewas threatened.”
Christopher Petrarca, anattorney for the district,declined comment on theverdict, but said he plannedto appeal the case. He filed amotion this week arguingthat the verdict should be
overturned for a va-riety of reasons.
Adams replacedHarvey Mayor EricKellogg as District152 superintendentin July 2013. At thetime, the elementa-ry school districtoperated eight schools forabout 2,100 students.
The school board ap-proved a one-year exten-sion for Adams in February2015, after it deemed her tobe performing “good-verygood” in every categorymeasured in a performanceevaluation that year, hersuit claims.
Three months later, Ad-ams came to the board withconcerns about district fi-nances after “uncovering$500,000 in annual pay-ments to a contractor forservices that were notclearly identified, overpay-ment of salary to an em-ployee who was terminatedby the District, thousandsof dollars of improper pay-ments for the District’ssummer school program,and many other question-able expenditures,” accord-
ing to her suit.When she sent
the board a draft ofher proposal to hirea forensic auditor toexamine the ex-penditures, boardmember TyroneRogers called her
and told her she was “itch-ing for an ass-kicking,” hersuit alleges.
Adams attempted to filea complaint against Rogerswith the Harvey police, butthey would not take herreport, according to hersuit.
She alleges that at theboard’s next meeting shewas summoned into closedsession and informed thatthe board had several issueswith her job performanceand was considering re-scinding her contract ex-tension.
A month later, at itsAugust 2015 meeting, theboard voted to rescind herextension and issued a writ-ten resolution stating thatAdams had failed to meetthe board’s expectations.
Retaliation suit wasagainst District 152,her former employer
By Zak KoeskeDaily Southtown
Dockless bike-share,which was recently tested ina pilot program on the SouthSide, is more popular thanbike-share that uses a dock-ing station, such as Divvy,according to a city survey.
The online survey foundthat 69 percent of respond-ents preferred docklessbike-share, while just 8 per-cent said they preferredprograms that used dockingstations.
The city’s Department ofTransportation tested dock-less bikes for six months,ending in October, on partsof the city’s South Side notserved by Divvy. UnlikeDivvy, dockless bikes arelocated using a phone app,can be left anywhere withina program’s geographicalboundaries, and do not haveto be returned to a dockingstation. Dockless companiesoffered cheaper single-riderentals than Divvy. Manybikes in the dockless pro-gram also were electric-assist, meaning they pro-vided an extra boost toriders, which helps withheadwinds and hills.
Respondents to the citysurvey said that access tobikes was very important,and some complained thatthey were not able to use thebikes because they could notfind one. The most commonreason given for using thebikes was recreation andexercise, followed by gettingto CTA or Metra stations.
One user commented: “Imiss these bikes so much.Just bring them backplease.”
“We absolutely want tobe back,” said Nico Probst,manager of Midwest strate-gic development for Lime-Bike, which participated inthe pilot program. He saidLime hopes the city willexpand the program. “Weneed way more bikes,”Probst said.
Lime complained aboutbeing limited to just 50 bikesbecause it used wheel locksto secure bikes after riderswere done with them — thecity wanted bikes that couldbe locked to stationary ob-jects.
The “lock-to” require-ment was intended to avoidthe problem seen in othercities, where dockless bikeshave been vandalized or leftblocking sidewalks. But thecity survey found that re-spondents preferred wheel-lock to “lock-to” bikes.
Chicago Department ofTransportation spokesmanMichael Claffey said the citycontinues to analyze thepilot to decide how to pro-ceed next year. The unscien-tific survey was conductedbetween Oct. 29 and Nov. 21,according to the city.
Survey:Docklessbike-sharea favoriteOnline respondentsliked it better thanDivvy-style program
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PERSPECTIVE
OP-ART JOE FOURNIER
One crucial test of leadership isknowing when to leave well enoughalone. Fixing things that are goingbadly can be hard. What is easy is notscrewing up things that are doing finewithout your help.
These are among the many presi-dential lessons that Donald Trumpdidn’t learn before taking office andhas ignored ever since. The virtues ofsilence and restraint are lost on him.
Barack Obama arrived in the depthsof the Great Recession and was forcedto confront a raft of crises, from risingunemployment to the instability of thefinancial system to the collapse of theauto industry. Trump came alongwhen those problems were out of theway, and he had the luxury of riding aneconomic expansion that was well intoits eighth year.
Thanks in part to the tax cuts hesigned last year, which provided a joltof fiscal stimulus, economic growthwas up significantly the past twoquarters. Inflation is low, exports arerising and unemployment is lower
than it’s been since 1970. As the U.S.Chamber of Commerce said in May,“America’s economy has found thesweet spot.”
But lately, sour notes have beenheard. The Dow Jones IndustrialAverage and the S&P 500 have erasedvirtually all of this year’s gains and arein the midst of their worst quartersince 2011.
“Investors’ worries run deep, tak-ing into account not just the negativeimpact of a trade war but fading fiscalstimulus, rising short-term interestrates and declining bond buying bythe world’s central banks,” The WallStreet Journal reported Thursday.
Friday’s jobs report came in belowexpectations. A new forecast from theUCLA Anderson School of Manage-ment predicts that growth in realgross domestic product will declinefrom 3 percent this year to 2 percentnext year to 1 percent in 2020.
Some events are beyond the controlof the president, but much of theanxiety is the product of his policies.He claimed to have won major tradeconcessions from Chinese PresidentXi Jinping, but the Chinese have yetto confirm that, and Trump hasthreatened to inflict higher tariffs if hedoesn’t get what he wants.
tainty Index — maintained by econo-mists Scott Baker (Northwestern),Nick Bloom (Stanford) and StevenDavis (University of Chicago) — hasrun consistently higher since Trumpwas elected than in the previous twoyears. Uncertainty makes it hard forbusinesspeople to gauge what theycan expect to sell and what it will costto make.
Trump’s tariffs on steel have hurtU.S. companies that use steel. Priceshave risen 19 percent since Trumptook office, making them higher thanthey are almost anywhere else in theworld. That means soybean growers,who have seen their sales to Chinadry up, are also facing higher pricesfor their machinery, squeezing themfrom two directions.
As a candidate, Trump promisedthat the U.S. auto industry wouldthrive under him. But General Motorsjust announced it will close five NorthAmerican factories and lay off 15percent of its employees. Ford is end-ing U.S. production of sedans and isexpected to make big cuts in its work-force.
After his meeting with Xi, Trumpcrowed that China would removetariffs on American cars. But theWhite House later admitted therewas no such agreement.
When it comes to his central goalof reducing the trade deficit, the pres-
ident has completely whiffed. The gaphas been growing, and in October itwas the biggest since 2008 — and thelargest ever with China.
The oil industry, which was boom-ing when crude went for $80 a barrel,has seen prices plunge — somethingTrump credits to his cozy relationswith Saudi Arabia. He has urged theSaudis to boost production to cutprices still more. But The New YorkTimes notes, “The United States be-came the world’s largest oil producerthis year, and a collapse in prices couldhurt scores of businesses and hun-dreds of thousands of workers in theenergy and manufacturing industries.”
The economy would be strongerand the outlook would be brighter ifTrump had simply taken the credit forthe good times and done nothing todisrupt them. But he can’t resist med-dling.
The wisdom of Calvin Coolidgewould have served him well. “Don’tyou know,” he once asked, “that four-fifths of all our troubles in this lifewould disappear if we would just sitdown and keep still?”
Steve Chapman, a member of theTribune Editorial Board, blogs atwww.chicagotribune.com/chapman.
China’s President Xi Jinping, left, and President Donald Trump join talks Dec. 1 in Argentina. Among the casualties of Trump’s trade moves have been Midwest farmers.
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Trump’s meddling is bad for the economy
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CHANGE OF SUBJECTBy Eric Zorn
26 Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Sunday, December 9, 2018 B
I decided to try to take thePedway back to the office.
It wasn’t particularly cold orsnowy last Monday, but since theweather is only going to getcolder and snowier in the nextfew months I thought I shouldlearn the subterranean route from303 E. Upper Wacker Drive — thestudios of WGN-AM 720 where Igo several times a week to blovi-ate — to the Tribune’s offices at160 N. Stetson Ave. in PrudentialPlaza, roughly three blocks away.
Chicago’s Pedway is a beautifulnetwork in theory — a 5-mile webof mostly indoor, largely under-ground walkways connectingmore than 50 buildings to com-muter train stations and otheramenities in and near the Loop, ahaven from traffic and the el-ements.
In reality, though, it’s an uglylabyrinth — a thicket of confusingsigns, dead ends and frustratingchoices.
So “try” is the operative wordin my opening sentence. I wasgoing to try to take the Pedwayback to the office.
I plunged down the escalatorapprehensively. Two minuteslater I wandered into a hotellobby having mistakenly followedwhat I thought was the properarrow. Five minutes later I foundmyself opening a door onto aMetra platform. I tried to retracemy steps and, three minutes afterthat, I was clomping around thedank recesses of Lower MichiganAvenue dodging water runofffrom the street above.
Earlier this year, after we va-cated Tribune Tower, I had simi-larly frustrating misadventures inmy first few attempts to take thePedway from the Washingtonstop on the CTA Blue Line toPrudential Plaza. The first time Isomehow ended up on LowerRandolph Street and had to back-track through the Aon Center.The second time I had to doubleback when I reached the bowelsof the Harris Theater.
“It’s laughable,” said HowardLearner, executive director of theChicago-based EnvironmentalLaw and Policy Center, the or-ganization that’s leading efforts to
improve the Pedway. “The sign-age directing you from the Metrastation to the Pru is easy to missand sophomoric. One has a lettermissing. If you don’t walk thatroute everyday, you’ll get lost.”
“You are here” maps are scarce,difficult to decipher and toosmall. Directional signs are incon-sistent, stingy with addresses andinsufficient in number. Theyassume a knowledge of the rela-tive position of major buildings,fail to include far-off destinationsor distances and, as a final insult,feature a compass logo that in noway serves as a compass.
I’ve often felt that the worsteffort to produce helpful Pedwaysigns by the laziest student in aGraphic Design 101 class couldn’tpossibly be as bad as what’s nowposted there.
“It’s very difficult to find yourway around if you’re not downthere a lot,” said Lorie Wester-man, a Chicago ArchitecturalCenter docent who designed andleads Pedway tours.
ing around pigeon poop in thedark every time I’ve tried to reacha new destination via the Pedway.
“It’s ironic that cities spendtens of millions of dollars on theirinfrastructure, and then a pit-tance on helping people to inter-pret it, use it and engage with it,”Rawlinson said. He describedwayfinding as an effort to orientpedestrians, passengers and mo-torists that is “part anthropology,part psychology, part geographyand part architecture.”
Wayfinding starts with big,clear, numerous signs, of course,but also includes lighting, land-scaping and other visual cues thatcan provide subliminal clues, aswell as digital information readilyavailable on smartphones.
The considerable promise ofthe Pedway will never be realizedwithout it.
Learner said the Environmen-tal Law and Policy Center is inregular meetings with businessgroups and city officials in aneffort to “upgrade and vitalizethis underutilized city asset” thatwill include, yes, improved sign-age.
I never made it back to workthat day — just staggered in defeatto the CTA station over citystreets.
May my piteous story shame allPedway stakeholders into action.
Re: TweetsThe winner of this week’s
online reader poll for funniesttweet is “Me: ‘It’s sweet how mycat sits on my chest to comfort mewhen I’m sick in bed.’ Cat: ‘I thinkI’ll eat the eyes first.’ ” by @John-LyonTweets.
If you subscribe to Change of Sub-ject’s free weekly newsletter atchicagotribune.com/newsletters,you will get an email alert wheneach week’s poll goes live. Ideallyyou’ll then be inspired to buy adigital or home-delivery subscrip-tion to the Tribune or to give suchsubscription as a perfect holidaygift.
and easy to know exactly whereyou are and how to get to whereyou want to go.”
It’s not even obvious how toenter the Pedway from a citysidewalk, as many potential en-trance points aren’t labeled.
To my mind, the entire citysuffers from a mild case of Ped-way Syndrome. Our directionalsignage — on train platforms, atkey intersections and at othermajor locations — is so skimpy asto feel almost grudging. “If youdon’t know that ‘west’ means‘north’ as you get onto the Ken-nedy, or that ‘Forest Park’ means‘take this train downtown’ atNorthwest Side CTA Blue Linestations, then you don’t belonghere, stranger.”
Last year I interviewed MikeRawlinson, a founding director ofCity ID, a design company withoffices in New York and the U.K.,about “wayfinding,” an emergingconcept in urban planning aimedat minimizing just the sort ofconfusion that has left me tiptoe-
Chicago Loop Alliance associ-ate director Laura Jones referredto Pedway signage as “a night-mare.”
Tribune architecture criticBlair Kamin has written of thePedway, “It’s as though the sys-tem is for insiders only. “
The basic problem is that thePedway is owned and managedby numerous private entitiesalong its route and by the ChicagoDepartment of Transportation,which oversees the public seg-ments. This explains why por-tions of it are bright and spruceand others dingy and drab; whycertain doors and hallways arelocked at certain times and whywe’ve yet to see a coordinatedeffort to make the Pedway trulyvisitor- and tourist-friendly.
“There is no Pedway Commis-sion,” said Learner. “The Pedwayis still just a lot of pieces splicedtogether instead of a coherentwhole. Even after all these years”— the first passages were desig-nated in 1951 — “it’s not obvious
Pedway odysseys point the way to clearer future
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The Fourth National Climate Assess-ment — the work of 13 federal agenciesand more than 350 scientists, includingme — is clear: Earth is warming fasterthan at any time in human history, andwe’re the ones causing it. Climate changeis already affecting people, and the morecarbon we produce, the more dangerousthe effects over the coming century.Nevertheless, many people continue tobelieve and propagate some misleadingmyths. Here are the five I hear most fre-quently.
MYTH NO. 1
Climate scientists are in it forthe money.
When the second volume of the Na-tional Climate Assessment was releasedlast month, Rick Santorum, a Republicanformer senator from Pennsylvania, took toCNN to proclaim that climate scientists“are driven by the money that they re-ceive.” Former House Majority LeaderTom DeLay, R-Texas, appeared on thenetwork the next day declaring the reportto be “made by scientists that get paid tofurther the politics of global warming.”
I was one of the report’s authors. Howmuch did I earn for the hundreds of hoursI spent on it? Nothing. Nearly every day,climate scientists are accused of venality.Our other purported sins include fabricat-ing data, selling out to “big green” —which supposedly tethers our grant mon-ey to doom-and-gloom findings — andfanning the flames of hysteria to furtherour nefarious agenda.
The reality is that nearly every climatescientist could make at least the sameamount of money — and often much more— in a different field, including the oilindustry. And the money we do receive ingrants doesn’t go into our pockets. A $1.1million grant from the National ScienceFoundation provided me with a mere$37,000 a year, all of which went to payingfor the proposed work, including a gradu-ate researcher, a computer and publica-tion fees. (In summer, I do some climate-focused consulting with cities and waterdistricts to cover my salary when I’m notteaching.) Santorum, meanwhile, receivesa substantial income from serving as aconsultant to Consol Energy, a coal com-pany.
MYTH NO. 2
The climate has changed be-fore. It’s just a natural cycle.
Last fall, when the first volume of theNational Climate Assessment was re-leased, White House spokesman Raj Shahresponded that “the climate has changedand is always changing.” President DonaldTrump himself has embraced this posi-tion, claiming that the climate “willchange back again.” This line is a popularone with people who dismiss climatechange by maintaining that we’ve had iceages before, as well as warm periods, andso the warming we’re seeing now is justwhat Earth has always done.
But we can look at the natural factorsthat affect the climate. First, over the pastfew decades, energy from the sun hasbeen going down, not up, so if changes inthe sun’s energy drove our temperature,we should be getting cooler, not warmer.
Others argue that we’re getting warmerbecause we’re recovering from the last iceage. But ice ages — and the warm periodsin between — are caused by Earth’s orbitalcycles, and according to those cycles, thenext event on our geologic calendar isanother ice age, not more warming.
We can also rule out volcanoes, whichdo produce heat-trapping gases, but lessthan 1 percent of the CO2 that humansproduce. And big eruptions, when theyhappen, cool the planet instead of warm-ing it. In other words, the climate changewe’re experiencing now definitely isn’tnatural.
MYTH NO. 3
Climate scientists are split onwhether it’s real.
We often hear that climate scientistsare split 50-50 when it comes to whetherglobal warming is occurring. “Each sidehas their scientists,” Senate MajorityLeader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., toldPolitico in 2014. Trump echoed that rhet-oric on “60 Minutes” this October, tellingLesley Stahl, “We have scientists thatdisagree” with human-caused globalwarming.
In reality, more than 97 percent ofclimate scientists agree that global warm-ing is happening and that humans arecausing it. At least 18 scientific societies inthe United States, from the AmericanGeophysical Union to the American Med-ical Association, have issued official state-
ments on climate change. And it’s beenmore than 50 years since U.S. scientistsfirst raised the alarm about the dangers ofclimate change with the president — atthe time, Lyndon Johnson. The publicconfusion has been manufactured byindustry interests and ideologues tomuddy the waters.
MYTH NO. 4
Change won’t affect me.
We often think the most widespreadmyth is that the science isn’t real. Butaccording to public opinion polls by theYale Program on Climate Change Com-munication, the most prevalent miscon-ception — one that the majority of peoplehave bought into — is that climate changejust doesn’t matter. While 70 percent ofAmerican adults agree that climatechange is happening, only 40 percent ofthose surveyed believe it will harm thempersonally. Sure, it’ll hurt polar bears, andmaybe people who live on low-lying is-lands in the South Pacific. But the worldhas warmed by just 1 degree Celsius, or 1.8degrees Fahrenheit, since 1900. What’sthe big deal?
Climate change is a threat multiplierthat touches everything, from our healthto our economy to our coasts to our infra-structure. It makes heat waves stronger,heavy precipitation events more frequentand hurricanes more intense, and itnearly doubles the area burned by wild-fires. It supercharges natural disasterslike Hurricane Harvey and the CampFire, as those suffering the effects ofthese events know firsthand. Climatechange is no longer a distant issue inspace or time: It’s affecting us, today, inthe places where we live.
MYTH NO. 5It’s cold outside — globalwarming can’t be real.
Whenever a cold snap brings out ourwinter parkas, there’s a politician or pun-dit saying, “Global warming? Global cool-ing, more like!” Trump has done so re-peatedly, tweeting just before Thanksgiv-ing, “Brutal and Extended Cold Blastcould shatter ALL RECORDS — Whatev-er happened to Global Warming?” In2015, Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., broughta snowball to the Senate floor in an at-tempt to reject the reality of climatechange.
But cold weather doesn’t rebut the datathat shows the planet is warming overclimate time scales.
Think of it this way: Weather is likeyour mood, and climate is like your per-sonality. Weather is what occurs in a cer-tain place at a certain time. Climate is thelong-term average of weather over dec-ades. The fact it was cold and snowy oneday last week? That’s weather. Globalwarming or not, cold days still occur,particularly in winter. But since 2000,we’re seeing far more new hot-tempera-ture records than cold ones. In fact, in2017, we saw more than 10,000 cold-tem-perature records broken at weather sta-tions across the United States. And morethan 36,000 high-temperature recordswere broken the same year.
The Washington Post
Katharine Hayhoe is a professor and direc-tor of the Climate Science Center at TexasTech University. She is a lead author onVolumes 1 and 2 of the fourth nationalclimate assessment.
Smokestacks and cooling towers at a coal-fired power plant near Bergheim, Germany. President Donald Trump has contended that the climate “will change back again.”
WOLFGANG VON BRAUCHITSCH/BLOOMBERG
5 MYTHS ABOUTCLIMATE CHANGE
By Katharine Hayhoe
Protesters march last week in Brussels to call attention to climate change. Scientific consensus is overwhelming that Earth is warming.
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PERSPECTIVE
28 Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Sunday, December 9, 2018 B
SCOTT STANTIS
Founded June 10, 1847
R. Bruce Dold Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
John P. McCormick, Editorial Page EditorMarie C. Dillon, Deputy Editorial Page Editor
Margaret Holt, Standards Editor
Peter Kendall, Managing EditorChristine W. Taylor, Managing Editor
directors of contentJonathon Berlin, Amy Carr, Phil Jurik,
Todd Panagopoulos, George Papajohn,
Mary Ellen Podmolik, Elizabeth Wolfe
EDITORIALS
Ten years ago this Sunday, the 9th ofDecember broke rainy and gray, with RodBlagojevich decked out in jogging togs andFBI handcuffs. Beyond the terrible importof his crimes and punishment, he unwit-tingly would help create a trivia question:Which state has seen four of its last 10governors frog-marched to federal prisons?
Blagojevich’s betrayals of 12 million-plusIllinoisans qualified him for a sentence of30 years to life. Instead he got 14 years. U.S.Bureau of Prisons inmate 40892-424 isscheduled for release on Thursday, May 23,2024 — the eve of Memorial Day weekend.He’ll be approaching his 68th birthday.
A vivid epiphanyWhy observe the 10-year anniversary of
a takedown? Because none of us in Illinoisshould let such a vivid epiphany fade fromour memories. Since that morning in late2008, the defrocked governor has givenIllinoisans expert instruction about achronic disease in our body politic.
Often the candidates in a race aren’tdistinguishable by their integrity, trustwor-thiness or other ethical concerns. Butwhen candidates are distinguishable, eachof us is obliged to vote for the better candi-date, not the candidate with whom wemost agree. When the name Blagojevichstared up at them from the ballot in 2006, amajority of Illinois voters didn’t do that.
There’s no wisdom in railing at thosevoters for bad choices. All of us should,though, expect to learn from our mistakes.The questions that forever will confrontIllinoisans: Have we voters absorbed themandate that Blagojevich has given us? Dowe pledge always to vote for the betterperson?
Six-year crime spree“He was corrupt when he took the oath
of office,” a prosecutor famously said ofBlagojevich. “He was corrupt until the dayhe was arrested.”
The paradox, recall, was that anothergovernor’s corruption put Blagojevich inoffice. Dogged by scandal and isolated bythe convictions of his cronies, incumbentGeorge Ryan in 2002 didn’t run for a sec-ond term. Blagojevich played the reformerwho would end the sinning. Benefitingfrom voter confusion over too many Ryans,he defeated Attorney General Jim Ryanwith a modest 52 percent of the vote; yearsafterward, Wikipedia still wrongly identi-fied Jim Ryan as George Ryan’s son.
The stench of corruptionRather than cleaning up Springfield,
Blagojevich further defiled it. Yet runningfor re-election in 2006, his TV ads slimedincorruptible opponent Judy Baar Topinkaas if she were the crook in the race. Wewere writing that the scent of scandalaround him signified more than smoke — itwas a five-alarm fire. The fatal, let’s-never-repeat mistake was that in order to re-electBlagojevich, Illinoisans had to look past allof this:■ A 24-count federal corruption indict-ment accusing Blagojevich adviser andfundraiser Antoin “Tony” Rezko of a kick-
back scheme designed to put $1.5 millioninto the governor’s campaign fund. U.S.Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald characterizedthe scheme as “pay to play on steroids”;through Blagojevich, Rezko had placedassociates on several state boards andagencies.■ A guilty plea by political insider StuartLevine, whom Blagojevich had reap-pointed to the state teacher pension andhospital oversight boards, to extensivepublic corruption; Levine was cooperatingwith a federal investigation of Blagojevich’sadministration.■ An accusation by the governor’s firstinspector general that efforts by Blagoje-vich’s office to subvert state hiring lawsreflected “not merely an ignorance of the
law, but complete and utter contempt forthe law.”■ A state investigation into the awarding ofadvertising contracts at the state lottery.■ A federal investigation into a statepower-washing contract awarded to arelative of an administration insider.■ A federal investigation into contracts atstate Tollway oases connected to Blagoje-vich insiders.■ A mysterious $1,500 check made out tothe governor’s 7-year-old daughter from aclose friend whose wife had just landed astate job. The woman had failed a statehiring exam, but the exam wasn’t recordedby the state.■ Scathing audits by the state auditorgeneral that found troubling contract
award procedures, improper expendituresand mismanagement in state agenciesunder Blagojevich’s control.■ A letter from U.S. Attorney Fitzgerald toAttorney General Lisa Madigan disclosingthat prosecutors were probing “very seri-ous allegations of endemic hiring fraud”and “have implicated multiple state agen-cies and departments” in the Blagojevichadministration.
Flimsy responses, foretoldMeeting with the Tribune Editorial
Board before the general election, Blagojevich insulted the people of Illinoisby offering no better explanation for thescandals enveloping him than he wouldoffer years later as a criminal defendant:He didn’t know, he couldn’t recall, he wasthe victim ...
Wrong. The victims were all the honestindividuals cheated out of governmentcareers or state contracts because in Blago-jevich’s lawless realm, the fix was in.
He tried to bamboozle voters withpromises — universal health care for Illi-nois! — that a state with unbalancedbudgets, exorbitant debts and billions inunpaid bills couldn’t begin to afford. Mean-while Blagojevich’s fellow Democrat,Comptroller Dan Hynes, was soundingsirens: “State pension, Medicaid and debtobligations will absorb virtually all likelynew economic revenue growth over thenext few years,” Hynes warned, “allowinglittle opportunity for growth in other stateprograms.”
A few days before the vote, a statewidepoll put Blagojevich’s unfavorable rating at57 percent. Only 37 percent of respondentsbelieved his claim that he hadn’t knownabout Rezko’s crimes. Yet Blagojevich wasleading Topinka by 9 points. “They’rebasically calling him a liar, but they’re stillgoing to vote for him,” Research 2000pollster Del Ali told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Blagojevich was gambling that manyIllinoisans would hear what they liked andignore what they didn’t. He won the betand the election. He had license to commitmore crimes — until Dec. 9, 2008.
Trump has this thing and it’s golden
So the felon sits in prison, apart from thewife and daughters he selfishly humiliated.In April, justices of the U.S. Supreme Courtflicked off his last appeal the way they flicklint off black robes.
His hope now is that President DonaldTrump uses his executive power to reduceBlagojevich’s sentence. That would be onemore insult, one more injustice, to theserially abused people of Illinois.
The place where they can prevent thelying, the cheating and the corruptioncrime sprees isn’t in the halls of power. It’sat the polling place.
Blagojevich has spent 10 years teachingthis mandate: All of us have a responsibilityas voters to elect ethical leaders. Agreeingwith them is nice but not necessary.
May we the people of Illinois neverdishonor Rod Blagojevich by forgettingwhat he’s taught us.
The Blagojevich mandate to Illinois voters
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December marks the 20th anniversary of Bill Clinton’s
impeachment. … If he’d told the truth, even accompanied
by a moving public apology, the toll would have been enor-
mous. … He would have been an object of loathing and
ridicule — the goat in the White House, a laughingstock.
Members of his party would have come down on him like a
ton of bricks. Newt Gingrich and the Republicans would
have gleefully rubbed his face in it every day. There would
have been calls for impeachment.
It would have lasted many months. And he would have
survived and his presidency continued.
Much more important — here is why it is a tragedy — it
wouldn’t have dragged America through the mud. It only
would have dragged him through the mud. His full admis-
sion of culpability would have averted the false testimony
in a criminal investigation that became the basis for the
Starr report and the two articles of impeachment the
House approved. ...
If he had chosen the path of honesty, Americans
wouldn’t have backed impeaching him, because they are
adults and have also made mistakes and committed sins.
They would have been more like the grand jury member
who spoke comfortingly to Monica Lewinsky as she wept
near the end of her testimony: “Monica, none of us in this
room are perfect. We all fall and we all fall several times a
day. The only difference between my age and when I was
your age is I get up faster.”
Peggy Noonan, The Wall Street Journal
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
29B Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Sunday, December 9, 2018
Person of the Year:Donald Trump
It’s the time for Time magazineand other media outlets to selecttheir person of the year. I suggestthat but for one person we wouldnever have had a reliable andhonest investigation into the mostconflicted U.S. president in mod-ern times.
President Donald Trump hasrepeatedly expressed displeasurethat his attorney general, JeffSessions, outsourced the investi-gation of Trump’s political andfinancial entanglements. Trumpsimply refused to disclose hiscomplex financial dealings whilerunning for the presidency. How-ever, he neglected to make surethat Sessions would steer clear ofoverturning rocks and lookingbehind the curtain to view hiscomplicated business dealings.
For that reason, I believe thisyear’s person of the year should beDonald J. Trump, who acciden-
tally put special counsel RobertMueller on his tail. Most believeMueller’s report will detailTrump’s relationship to Russianoligarchs and Russian PresidentVladimir Putin.
— Sheldon I. Saitlin, Chicago
Battling climatechange
The federal government’scomprehensive and well-sourcedreport on climate change paintsan alarming picture that needs astrong response at every level ofgovernment and in every Ameri-can’s decision-making. PresidentDonald Trump and his science-denying know-nothings willscream “fake news” or try to burythis pressing issue through obfus-cation. What’s crystal-clear now isthat if this country, and indeed theworld, doesn’t get this issue right,then literally nothing else willmatter.
— Mary F. Warren, Wheaton
Let’s make a dealAny proposed amendment to
the Illinois Constitution allowingfor urgently needed reforms topublic pensions should be pack-aged with another allowing for aprogressive income tax to makethese amendments more palatableto competing constituencies.(Even pension loopholes areprotected? Then amend the Illi-nois Constitution, Dec. 6) Amend-ments providing for legislativeterm limits, apolitical redistrictingand permanent property taxreform might also be added to thepackage to reverse generations ofgovernment by the politicians forthe politicians.
— Hall Adams III, Chicago
Why ridership is down
You published an article aboutCTA ridership significantly drop-ping (“Fewer residents takingpublic transportation,” Dec. 1). It isnot surprising considering thestench of urine on trains and instations, the homeless peoplesetting up residence on the trains,the ubiquitous presence of pan-
handlers and the riotous behaviorof high school children.
The CTA has been negligent bynot putting a halt to these behav-iors. Tolerance of these people hasended. I see this in myself andothers.
— Neil Spun, Chicago
Build that wallMuch of our border has very
poor fencing, or even no fence atall. Next to the border at OrganPipe Cactus National Monument,there is only an iron bar about 2feet high above the ground, andmany illegal immigrants comeright into the park and look forwater in the campground.
A wall doesn’t look much worsethan a good fence, but there areplaces that a wall is needed toprevent entrance. A wall is expen-sive, but it would save a lot ofmoney to not need three shifts ofborder control guards over 2,000miles of southern border.
Our country has enough popu-lation. The farmland we have leftis losing topsoil. We are also losingbadly needed aquifers from over-use, and they will soon be de-pleted. We do not need many
more immigrants from anywhere.— Norma Friedemann, Evanston
Politically correctChristmas
The latest victim of politicalcorrectness and the #MeToomovement is the song “Baby It’sCold Outside.” In the court of thehighly critical, I guess there’s noslack given to a song that is nearly75 years old?
What’s next, “Deck the Halls”because of a reference to gayapparel? Or maybe “Here ComesSanta Claus” for its threat of puni-tive action to children who don’twatch out?
Speaking of Mr. Claus, is itwrong by today’s standards forkids to honor the image of a whitemale who is grossly overweightand not above heisting milk andcookies from hardworking fam-ilies?
It can’t be easy anymore to be agrade school teacher caught up inthe holiday spirit. For one thingthey face the wrath of religiousfanatics for not promoting thebirth of Christ.
— Bob Ory, Elgin
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When former President George W.Bush broke down and briefly criednear the end of his eulogy to his fa-ther, former President George H.W.Bush, I felt more than sorrow for him.I felt connected.
I was reminded of when I got up todeliver a eulogy at my own father’sfuneral. “Keep it together, keep ittogether, keep it together …” I silentlycoached myself. Alas, I did not getnearly as far as “W” did.
Standing before an audience offamily and friends in the church inthe southern Ohio town where Igrew up, I heard my dad’s voice wellup out of my memory, telling me to“stand tall like a man,” and my throatchoked up and the tears burst forthlike Chicago’s Buckingham Foun-tain.
No shame in that, I told myself.Some tragedies are worth cryingabout. So are certain moments ofgreat joy. When John Boehner wasspeaker of the House, he famouslycried at moments as varied as a papalvisit, a commencement speech, inau-gurations and a “60 Minutes” inter-view.
When friends who knew that I
grew up in Boehner’s reliably Repub-lican southern Ohio district asked meabout his tears, I explained, “It’s aMiami Valley thing.”
Displays of honest feelings, eventhose that betray one’s outer veneerof machismo, seemed to have a spe-cial significance at the services for thenation’s 41st president. His amazinglife of courage, service and humilitynaturally invited com-parisons to the currentpresident, DonaldTrump, without anyspeaker mentioningTrump by name.
It is one of the moreintriguing and possiblydangerous aspects oftoday’s political conver-sations that Trump’saggressive language andswagger are equated sooften with manliness ashis rivals are demeanedas wimps. Kanye Westpraised Trump’s “maleenergy” for giving himinner strength. WhenAndrea Tantaros was a Fox Newsanchor, she called Trump the “lasthope” of blue-collar voters “to gettheir masculinity back.”
The elder Bush, by contrast, wastagged by an October 1987 Newsweekcover story headline: “Fighting theWimp Factor.” Then-editor EvanThomas, who penciled in the word“wimp” over the objection of thestory’s reporter, Margaret Garrard
Warner, apologized for that in anessay last December.
Good. Bush’s life was anything butwimpy. He enlisted in the Navy at age18. He was shot down over the Pacificand rescued by a submarine crewafter floating in hostile waters forfour hours. He led the nation in thewar to push Iraq’s Saddam Husseinout of Kuwait, yet was prudent
enough to refrain fromexpanding the war intothe disastrous invasionthat would comeunder his son’s admin-istration.
He managed theU.S. reaction to the fallof the Soviet Unionwithout triggering acatastrophe. In anextraordinary displayof political couragethat probably cost hima second term, hebroke his own “no newtaxes” pledge to reacha compromise withDemocrats to reduce
the deficit that had been run upunder President Ronald Reagan.
The elder Bush was no wimp,writes the conservative NationalReview’s David French, a veteran ofOperation Iraqi Freedom. “No, hewas a man in full,” French writes.“Decency requires strength. Theconservative movement (and ournation) would do well to rememberthat vital truth.”
So would liberals and others on theleft and right. Both sides need toremember that theatrical displays oftoughness and strength cannot sub-stitute for core values that pursuepeace, cooperation and national unityin our very diverse society.
Of course, savvy politicians don’twant to project images of weaknesseither. The memory of Bush’s 1988Democratic opponent Michael Du-kakis, an Army veteran like me, ridinga tank but looking like Snoopy in afailed campaign ad, still hauntsDemocrats.
There’s a proper time and place foreverything, my dad used to say. Apresident’s primary job is to run thegovernment and command our na-tional defenses. But presidents alsoset a tone that shapes a national cul-ture.
If the unbridled and brutish side ofmasculinity takes over, the culturebreeds more brutes. The elder Bushinvited both praise and satire whenhe insisted that some bold, yet risky,moves “wouldn’t be prudent.” Butprudence has its place when it re-minds us to consider the serious andoften unforeseen consequences ofour theatrics. That doesn’t make uswimps. It means we’re smart.
Clarence Page, a member of the Trib-une Editorial Board, blogs at www.chicagotribune.com/pagespage.
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PHILADELPHIA — At atime when immigration is ahot-button issue, theAmerican health care sys-tem is highly dependent onprofessionals born in othercountries, an analysis of U.S.census data shows.
In 2016, roughly 17 per-cent of professionals in 24medical fields — from op-tometrists to chiropractorsto veterinarians — wereforeign-born, and almost 5percent of them were notU.S. citizens, according tothe analysis published thisweek in the Journal of theAmerican Medical Associ-ation. The analysis couldnot distinguish betweenprofessionals trained intheir country of origin andthose trained in the UnitedStates.
The rates were evenhigher for the most educat-ed providers.
About 1 in 5 pharmacists,1 in 4 dentists, and 29percent of physicians —approaching 1 in 3 — wereforeign-born.
Among one of the biggestoccupational groups — psy-chiatric, nursing and home
health aides — 23 percentwere foreign-born.
“We rely very heavily inhealth care on those whowere born abroad,” said leadauthor Anupam B. Jena, aneconomist and physician atHarvard Medical School.“That tells you what wouldhappen if we had a policythat restricted skilled immi-gration.”
Controversy has sur-rounded the Trump admin-istration’s policies aimed atcurbing illegal immigrationfrom Mexico, and his ban ontravel from six predomi-nantly Muslim countries.But changes that are lesswell known have chippedaway at legal immigration,including new compliancerules, documentation re-quirements and visa restric-tions for skilled workersand college students.
Jena’s interest in the in-tended and unintendedconsequences of immigra-tion policy is partly person-al.
He was born in Chicago,but his parents — a physi-cian and a physicist — emi-grated from India.
“People like my momwho are able to make it tothis country and performprofessionally, these are
generally very skilled, verymotivated people,” Jenasaid.
Yet doctors trained out-side the U.S. are so oftenperceived as less qualifiedor less competent that Jenaand his colleagues did astudy to evaluate the qualityof the care they provide.The study found that hospi-talized Medicare patientswho were treated by inter-national medical schoolgraduates had lower mor-
tality rates than patientstreated by U.S. medicalgraduates.
For another study, Jenalooked at the scientific con-tributions of foreign medi-cal graduates by countingtheir journal publications,federal research grants, andclinical trials. The conclu-sion: Physicians educatedabroad but working in theU.S. account for nearly afifth of U.S. biomedical re-search scholarship.
Jena led the new analysis— which used data from anannual household surveyconducted by the CensusBureau — to look broadly atthe health care workforce.While studies over the pastdecade have reported thatabout a quarter of doctorsworking in the U.S. wereborn abroad, most otherhealth care professionshaven’t been examined.
The fields with the small-est percentages of foreign-
born professionals wereaudiologists (5.9 percent),veterinarians (7.3), nurse-anesthetists (8.4) and psy-chologists (9.5).
About 16 percent ofnurses, optometrists, dieti-tians and dental assistantswere born abroad.
Asia was the most com-mon region of birth, ac-counting for 6.4 percent ofall U.S. health care profes-sionals. Mexico and theCaribbean were next, ac-counting for nearly 5 per-cent.
“As the U.S. populationages, there will be an in-creased need for manyhealth care professionals,particularly those who pro-vide personal care likehome health care aides, alarge proportion of whomare currently non-U.S.born,” the researchers con-cluded.
Jena speculated that cur-rent anti-immigration poli-cies and sentiment maydiscourage skilled workersfrom coming here, even if amove would mean bettereconomic prospects.
“Skilled immigrationisn’t going to stop,” he said.“But at the margins, thereare always people on thefence. That’s true for any-thing in life. Do we wantthem on the fence whenthey are contributing to theAmerican health system?”
U.S. importing important medical jobs Nearly 1 in 3 physicians here are from othercountries, underscoring immigration’s role
By MarieMcCulloughThe Philadelphia Inquirer
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BEIJING — Chinalaunched a ground-break-ing mission Saturday to landa spacecraft on the unex-plored far side of the moon,demonstrating its growingambitions as a space powerto rival Russia, the Europe-an Union and the U.S.
A Long March 3B rocketcarrying a lunar probeblasted off at 2:23 a.m. fromthe Xichang SatelliteLaunch Center in Sichuan
Province in southwesternChina, the official XinhuaNews Agency said.
With its Chang’e 4 mis-sion, China hopes to be thefirst country to make a softlanding, which is a landingof a spacecraft duringwhich no serious damage isincurred. The moon’s farside is also known as thedark side because it facesaway from Earth and re-mains comparatively un-known. It has a differentcomposition than sites onthe near side, where previ-ous missions have landed.
If successful, the missionwould propel the Chinesespace program to a leadingposition in one of the mostimportant areas of lunarexploration.
China landed its Yutu, or“Jade Rabbit,” rover on themoon five years ago andplans to send its Chang’e 5probe there next year andhave it return with samples— the first time that willhave been done since 1976.A crewed lunar mission isalso under consideration.
Chang’e 4 is also a lander-rover combination and will
explore both above andbelow the lunar surfaceafter arriving at the SouthPole-Aitken basin’s VonKarman crater following a27-day journey.
It will also perform ra-dio-astronomical studiesthat, because the far sidealways faces away fromEarth, will be “free frominterference from our plan-et’s ionosphere, human-made radio frequencies andauroral radiation noise,”space industry expert Leon-ard David wrote on thewebsite Space.com.
Chang’e 4 lunar probe launches Saturday from the Xichang
Satellite Launch Center in China’s Sichuan Province.
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China to shed light on dark side of moonBy ChristopherBodeenAssociated Press
WASHINGTON — Themore that special counselRobert Mueller and federalprosecutors reveal, thedarker grow the legal cloudsover President DonaldTrump.
Trump’s own Justice De-partment has now impli-cated him in a crime, accus-ing him of directing illegalhush-money payments towomen during his 2016presidential campaign.Mueller keeps finding newinstances of Trump associ-ates lying about their con-tacts with Russia during anelection the Kremlinworked to sway in theRepublican’s favor.
The president hasn’tbeen charged with anycrimes. He may never be.Whether a president can beprosecuted while in officeremains a matter of legaldispute.
But Trump also hasn’tbeen cleared of wrong-doing. Each new legal filingunderscores that the presi-dent is a central figure ininvestigations that havebrought down several whoworked closely with himand remain a threat toothers in Trump’s orbit.
Even if the president isnever charged with illegalactivity, the months of in-vestigations and legal wran-gling have cast a pall overhis administration and ex-posed the culture of lyingthat has surroundedTrump, both in and out ofoffice.
Trump’s moniker insome of the filings: “Indi-vidual-1.”
Trump allies argue that ifMueller had informationthat Trump broke the law,the special counsel wouldhave made his case againsthim by now. To the presi-dent and his supporters, thefact that the special counselhas been working for wellover a year without makinga direct accusation againstTrump means the investiga-tion is an effort to damagethe president politically.
“AFTER TWO YEARSAND MILLIONS OFPAGES OF DOCUMENTS(and a cost of over$30,000,000), NO COLLU-SION!” Trump tweeted
early Saturday. Despite Trump’s declara-
tions, Mueller hasn’t ruledout the prospect of electionseason coordination be-tween Moscow and theTrump campaign, and onlyrecently received writtenanswers from the presidentabout possible Russian in-terference. Mueller also isstill pursuing whetherTrump obstructed justicewhile in office.
Yet the most precariouslegal situation for Trumpappears to be separate fromMueller’s inquiry: an as-sertion by federal prose-cutors in New York thatTrump directed his formerlawyer, Michael Cohen, tomake illegal payments dur-
ing the campaign to silencewomen alleging extramar-ital affairs.
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who will oversee theHouse intelligence commit-tee next year, said that anew court filing Friday “im-plicates the president verydirectly” in a crime.
“It puts the issue squarelybefore the Justice Depart-ment whether a sittingpresident should be in-dicted or whether the Jus-tice Department has to waituntil he’s out of office,”Schiff said.
Federal law requires thatany payments made “for thepurposes of influencing” anelection must be reported incampaign finance disclo-
sures. The court filing Fri-day makes clear that thepayments to porn actressStormy Daniels and Playboymodel Karen McDougalwere made to benefitTrump politically.
Trump’s only defense?Cohen, he says, is a liar.
After going publiclysilent in the run-up to themidterm elections, Muellerhas roared back with aseries of legal moves thatsuggest he is actively pursu-ing the central question ofwhether Trump’s campaignillegally coordinated withRussia during the election.
In a filing released Friday,Mueller revealed that aRussian national claimingclose ties to the Kremlin
reached out to Cohen topropose government-level“political synergy” duringthe election. The November2015 outreach — whichMueller says Cohen did notpursue — appears to be theearliest known effort byRussia to build ties with theTrump campaign.
Cohen has admitted tolying to Congress aboutefforts by Trump’s real es-tate company to build aproject in Moscow as late asthe summer of 2016, afterTrump became the Repub-lican nominee for president.
Mueller has not allegedthat the president knewabout these interactionswith Russia. Even so, someTrump supporters now be-lieve the president is un-likely to emerge from theinvestigations unscathed.
Alan Dershowitz, a Har-vard law professor and fre-quent defender of Trump,said Mueller appears poisedto issue a report that will behighly critical of the presi-dent, though Dershowitzbelieves it will deal “morewith political sin than afederal crime.”
Of course, political sincould still put Trump in adangerous position, nowthat Democrats are withinweeks of taking over theHouse. The new Demo-cratic majority will havebroad subpoena power.Party leaders will be underpressure from some mem-bers to pursue impeach-ment, if Mueller’s reportmakes direct accusations ofthe president.
Schiff, who will overseesome of the congressionalprobes into Trump, said theswirl of investigations “teststhe proposition that no oneis above the law.”
ANALYSIS
Legal clouds darken over Trump
Special counsel Robert Mueller hasn’t ruled out the idea of election coordination between Russia and Trump campaign.
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But president hasnot been chargedwith any crimesBy Julie PaceAssociated Press
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ODENTON, Md. — Gun-rights advocates like to say,“The only way to stop a badguy with a gun is with agood guy with a gun.”
Some black gun owners,though, are not so sure it’s awise idea for them to try tobe the good guy and pullout a weapon in public.
Twice in the span of 11days last month, a blackman who drew a gun inresponse to a crime wasshot to death by a whitepolice officer after appar-ently being mistaken forthe bad guy.
Some African-Ameri-cans who are licensed tocarry weapons say caseslike those make them hesi-tant to step in to protectothers.
“I’m not an advocate ofopen-carry if you’re black,”said the Rev. Kenn Blan-chard, a Second Amend-ment activist and host ofthe YouTube program“Black Man With a GunTV,” a gun advocacy show.“We still have racism. Westill scare people. The psy-chology of fear, it’s biggerthan the Second Amend-ment.”
The recent shootings ofJemel Roberson andEmantic Bradford Jr. am-plified long-held fears thatbad things can happenwhen a black man is seenwith a gun.
Roberson was workingsecurity at a Robbins, Ill.,bar when he was killedNov. 11 while holding atgunpoint a man involved ina shooting. Witnesses saidthe officer ordered the 26-year-old Roberson to drophis gun before opening fire.
But witnesses also re-portedly shouted thatRoberson, who had a fire-arms permit, was a guard.
And a fellow guard saidRoberson was wearing aknit hat and sweatshirt onwhich was emblazoned“Security.”
Bradford, 21, was killedThanksgiving night by anofficer responding to a re-port of gunfire at a shop-ping mall in Hoover, Ala.Police initially identifiedBradford as the gunmanbut later backtracked andarrested another suspect.
Ben Crump, a lawyer forthe dead man’s family, saidwitnesses claimed Brad-ford was trying to wavepeople away from theshooting.
Crump said Bradfordwas licensed to carry aweapon but was presum-ably seen as a threat be-cause he was a black man.
The two shootings havebrought up some of thesame questions about racistassumptions and subcon-scious fears that were askedafter the killings of MichaelBrown in Ferguson, Mo.,and Trayvon Martin in San-ford, Fla.
In some other cases in-volving black men killed bypolice: Philando Castilewas shot in a car in 2016 inMinnesota, seconds afterinforming the officer hehad a gun. The officer was
acquitted of manslaughter.And John Crawford III wasshot in a Walmart in Ohioin 2014 while holding a BBgun he had picked up in thesporting goods section. Se-curity footage showed henever pointed it at anyone.
According to the advo-cacy group Mapping PoliceViolence, 1,147 people werekilled by police in 2017, 92percent of them in shoot-ings. While blacks made up13 percent of the U.S. popu-lation, they accounted for27 percent of those killedby police, 35 percent ofthose killed by police whileunarmed, and 34 percent ofthose killed while unarmedand not attacking, the or-ganization said.
Andre Blount ofTomball, Texas, oncepulled out his shotgun tohelp a neighbor who wasbeing attacked by an armedwhite man.
The police eventually ar-rived and defused the situa-tion, he said.
“For me, being a legallyregistered owner and hav-ing a concealed weaponpermit, I feel like I have tobe more careful than thenext person,” Blount said.“Because if not, the onlything anyone sees is a blackman with a gun.”
Fatal police shootingschill black gun owners Many still fear beingtaken for bad guysbecause of racism
By Jesse J. HollandAssociated Press
April Pipkins holds a photograph of her son, Emantic “EJ”
Bradford Jr., slain by Alabama police Thanksgiving night.
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A growing number ofhoney bees die each yeardue to pesticides, vanishinghabitats, poor nutrition andclimate change, with poten-tially disastrous conse-quences for agriculture andnatural diversity.
Now, scientists at theUniversity of Helsinki, hop-ing to save at least some ofthe pollinators, have devel-oped the first edible vaccineagainst microbial infec-tions.
“We might be right nowat a tipping point, withouteven realizing it,” DalialFreitak, the lead scientist onthe project, said in an inter-view. “We’ve been takingthe pollination services forgranted for so long. Theseinsects are not there, theyare disappearing.”
The first vaccine inocu-lates bees against Americanfoulbrood, a globally spreaddisease that can kill entirecolonies and whose sporescan remain viable for morethan 50 years. The technol-ogy may someday be used to
The vaccine is adminis-tered via an edible sugarpatty that is suspended inthe hive for the queen toconsume over seven to 10days. After she ingests thepathogens, she is able tospark an immune responsein her offspring, eventuallygenerating an inoculatedhive.
The vaccine still needs alot of work before it canbecome commercially avail-able. Scientists must ensureit’s safe for the environ-
ment, the bees themselvesand humans who consumethe honey. Regulatory hur-dles will take years to clear.It’s also too early to estimatehow much beekeepers willhave to shell out to buyinoculated hives, Freitaksaid.
While yields for potatoes,rice, wheat, and other cropsthat don’t need pollinationmay also benefit from morebees, vitamin-rich fruitssuch as apples, tomatoesand citruses won’t deliver acrop without them, Freitaksaid.
Scientists develop first honey bee vaccineBy Kati PohjanpaloBloomberg News
An edible vaccine for American foulbrood, which can kill
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But the departure ofKelly, a four-star generalwith battlefield experienceand deep governmentknow-how, deprives theWest Wing of a seasonedleader who was seen byallies as a check on some ofthe president’s more reck-less impulses.
The selection of Ayerswas not final Saturday as thepresident attended theArmy-Navy football game inPhiladelphia, and the twomen remained in negotia-tions about the amount oftime Ayers would committo serve, according to WhiteHouse officials.
As he departed the WhiteHouse on Saturday, Trumptold reporters that he wouldname a replacement incoming days, and that it maybe on an interim basis.
“John Kelly will be leav-ing — I don’t know if I cansay ‘retiring.’ But, he’s agreat guy,” Trump said onthe South Lawn of theWhite House as he pre-pared to board the MarineOne presidential helicopter.“John Kelly will be leavingtoward the end of the year,at the end of the year.”
Earlier Saturday, Trumppicked an Army general,Mark Milley, to be his nexttop military adviser.
If confirmed by the Sen-ate, Gen. Milley, who hasbeen chief of the Army sinceAugust 2015, would succeed
Marine Gen. Joseph Dun-ford as chairman of theJoint Chiefs of Staff. Dun-ford’s term doesn’t end untilOct. 1.
Milley commandedtroops during several toursin Iraq and Afghanistan.
Kelly’s tenure in theWhite House came with itssuccesses and failures andunderscored a bigger ques-
tion: How much differencecan any White House chiefof staff make with the head-strong and mercurial presi-dent, who often governs byimpulse and tweet, is unin-terested in reading lengthydocuments and is happiestat his raucous rallies?
Current and former aidessay Kelly brought much-needed discipline to a dys-
functional West Wing bylimiting the number of visi-tors to the Oval Office,curbing erroneous informa-tion from the president’sdesk and limiting attend-ance at meetings to peoplewho needed to be present.He often talked the presi-dent out of his worst im-pulses, removed some of thepresident’s most con-
tentious aides, includingOmarosa Manigault New-man, Sebastian Gorka andStephen Bannon, and pro-vided the president neces-sary lessons in national se-curity matters.
Among Republicans inCongress and military offi-cials, Kelly was seen as anessential steadying hand.
“He was a force for order,
clarity and good sense,” saidHouse Speaker Paul Ryan,R-Wis. “He is departingwhat is often a thanklessjob, but John Kelly has myeternal gratitude.”
Though Trump loyalistssaid Kelly tried to changethe president too much,Kelly also drew derisioninternally for supportingthe president’s rhetoric af-ter last year’s deadly white-nationalist rally in Char-lottesville, Va., and mishan-dling the case of former staffsecretary Rob Porter.
In one of his most memo-rable episodes, Kelly falselyattacked Rep. FredericaWilson, a Florida Democratwho criticized the presi-dent.
Kelly’s departure is anti-climactic, after months ofthe president’s musingabout replacing him andcomplaining about his chiefof staff to some adviserseven discussing possiblesuccessors. Still, currentand former officials saidTrump continues to respectKelly, no matter how oftenthe two men clashed.
Trump and Kelly hadagreed that the chief of staffwould announce the moveMonday.
But the president an-nounced it Saturday amid aflurry of headlines hewanted to change, adviserssaid.
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Army Gen. Mark Milley, the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, chats with the president at the Army-Navy game.
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PARIS — The rumble ofarmored police trucks andthe hiss of tear gas filledcentral Paris on Saturday, asFrench riot police fought tocontain thousands of yel-low-vested protesters vent-ing their anger against thegovernment in a movementthat has grown more vi-olent by the week.
A ring of steel sur-rounded the president’s El-ysee Palace — a key destina-tion for the protesters — aspolice stationed trucks andreinforced metal barriers inthe neighborhood.
Stores along the elegantChamps-Elysees Avenueand the posh Avenue Mon-taigne boarded up win-dows as if bracing for ahurricane, but the stormstruck anyway, this time atthe height of the holidayshopping season.
Protesters ripped off theplywood protecting thewindows and threw flaresand other projectiles.
Riot police repeatedlyrepelled them with tear gasand water cannon.
Saturday’s yellow vestcrowd was overwhelm-ingly male, a mix of thosebringing their financialgrievances to Paris — thecenter of France’s govern-ment, economy and culture— along with groups ofexperienced vandals whotore through some of thewealthiest neighborhoods,smashing and burning.
Police and protestersalso clashed in otherFrench cities, notably Mar-seille, Toulouse and Bor-deaux, and in neighboringBelgium. Some protesterstook aim at the Frenchborder with Italy, creating ahuge traffic backup nearthe town of Ventimiglia.
The French govern-ment’s plan was to preventa repeat of the Dec. 2rioting that damaged theArc de Triomphe, devas-tated central Paris andtarnished the country’sglobal image. It did notsucceed, even though it wasbetter prepared.
Although Saturday’sprotest in the French capi-tal started quietly, tear gaschoked the Champs-Ely-sees Avenue by evening.
Interior Minister
Christophe Castaner saidthat 135 had been injuredand 974 taken into custodyamid protests around thenation. Paris police head-quarters counted 71 in-juries in the capital, sevenof them police officers.
An estimated 125,000demonstrated aroundFrance while 10,000 tooktheir anger to the streets ofParis, double the number inthe capital last week, theinterior minister said.
Toughening security tac-tics, authorities deployed8,000 security officers inthe capital alone, amongthe 89,000 who fanned outaround the country.
A Starbucks near theChamps-Elysees wassmashed open and peoplewere seen stepping overbroken glass and servingthemselves to beverages.The window of a nearbybank was smashed in with awrought-iron decorationused to encircle city trees.
All of the city’s top tour-ist attractions — includingthe Eiffel Tower and theLouvre museum — shut forthe day, fearing the kind ofdamage that hit the Arc deTriomphe a week ago.
Some 10,000 protesters, mostly from the yellow-vested movement, took their anger to
the streets of Paris, double the number in the capital last week, the interior minister said.
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71 hurt as rioting engulfsParis over French taxesBy Elaine Ganley and John LeicesterAssociated Press
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The U.S. soldier wasready to deploy across theworld at a moment’s notice,but when the orders camedown weeks ago to mobilizeon the southern border, itsparked a flash of concern.
He knew the mission wasin support of border agentscombing harsh borderlandterrain to arrest anyoneunlawfully in the country.
People like him.“I’m an illegal immi-
grant,” the Chinese-bornsoldier said.
His duties do not oftenintersect with Customs andBorder Protection agents,he said, but he has avoidedthem out of fear they willlearn one of 5,400 troops intheir orbit is in violation ofimmigration law.
That has placed him inthe unusual situation ofserving a nation that has notrecognized him as a citizen,despite promises from thePentagon to quickly natu-ralize skilled immigrants inexchange for service, as ithad done for thousands oftroops since 2009.
The Post is withholdingthe soldier’s name and cer-tain details, including hisduty location, because hefears discipline for speakingto the press.
The soldier, now in hislate 20s, began his path tothe United States nearly adecade ago after highschool.
His home in southeast-ern China is beautiful, hesaid, the region dotted withlakes and towering lime-stone karst formations. Butit is also stifling. He felttrapped by family expecta-tions, and a passion forengineering could only takehim so far there.
There were better oppor-tunities in America, he be-lieved.
He joined his sister inCalifornia on a student visa
and enrolled in college. Themilitary seemed like a placeto further his career, he said,and the Pentagon’s immi-grant recruit program guar-anteed something morethan job security: “A senseof pride,” he said.
His enlistment wouldalso harness something thatmakes him especially valu-able to the military — hisvoice. He speaks severaldialects, including Man-darin Chinese, which isamong several languagesthe Pentagon has deemedstrategically vital but inshort supply among U.S.-born troops.
And as the Pentagon hasincreasingly worried aboutChina’s military ambitions,it seemed like the perfecttime, then, for the Chinese-born soldier to offer hisskills.
He was scheduled to be-gin training in August 2016,according to documents.
That’s about when every-thing started to go verywrong. The Pentagon pro-gram he enlisted through,Military Accessions Vital tothe National Interest, wasbeginning its yearlong im-plosion.
Immigrant recruits com-monly timed their enlist-ment so their student andvisitor visas could carrythem through with enoughtime to legally protect them.
But the Pentagon’s secu-rity screening was so slowthat “some number of 4,300MAVNI applicants” hadfallen out of lawful status asthey waited, according to an
internal agency memodated Sept. 30, 2016.
The agency later said thenumber crested at 1,000recruits. That number in-cluded the Chinese soldier,whose enlistment date slidback amid the chaos. Manyrecruits waited months, oryears, to move forward.
The Chinese soldier didnot have even weeks.
In September 2016, thePentagon introduced vastlymore complicated securitychecks amid fears of foreigninfiltrators.
Weeks later, in October,his legal status expired,making him an unlawful
immigrant.He picked up fares as a
Lyft driver while he waitedfor his enlistment to moveforward, he said, and tookpains to avoid the borderwhen he ventured to SanDiego. He wouldn’t riskflying, either.
In August 2017, after ninegrueling months underthreat of deportation, hewas granted deferred actionby Citizenship and Immi-gration Service (USCIS),but that already expired, hesaid, putting him back intothe crosshairs of immigra-tion enforcement.
The MAVNI programwas shuttered last fall,crushed by its own bureau-cratic inertia, and remain-ing applicants in the systemtrickled through enlist-ment. Military naturaliza-tions plummeted just as theChinese soldier readied fortraining.
USCIS closed its offices
at three basic training sitesin January 2018, BuzzFeedreported, despite laws thatmandate faster naturaliza-tions established after a U.S.soldier from Trinidad waskilled in Iraq on his way togather paperwork for hiscitizenship. A Pentagonspokeswoman did not im-mediately return commenton how and why immigranttroops may arrive at theirunits without being natural-ized.
Soon after the Januaryclosures, the Chinese sol-dier made it to basic train-ing.
His drill sergeants toldhim he would not be natu-ralized during basic trainingin Missouri, he said.
He then moved to ad-vanced training in Texas.He said he was told the basewas not set up for natural-izations, either.
And then, soon after hearrived at his home station,he was mobilized for theborder deployment.
In China, his parentshave worried about his stat-us and his safety after seeingimages of Central Americanmigrants fleeing tear gas.
He feels sympathetic tofellow immigrants, he said,who like him left theirhome to pursue opportuni-ties elsewhere.
“At the same time,” hesaid, “a massive group rush-ing in wasn’t the best way todo so, I think.”
At his new unit, paper-work for his naturalizationwas underway, he said, butthe border deployment haspaused the process while heis gone.
Troops on the borderwere scheduled to leave byDec. 15.
But last week, the Penta-gon extended forces thereto the end of January.
He has kept busy in hisdown time by working out,reading and studying forcertification tests, he said.
Sometimes he will catcha sunset of brilliant orangeand pink.
It’s wondrous out there,he said, in the big, beautifulcountry not quite his home.
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For 8 years, mom in dark about son
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras— Haydee Posadas had waitedeight years for her son to comehome. On the last night of her longvigil, she was too agitated to sleep.
Her son had fled Honduras forthe U.S. in 2010 in part because ofgang threats, just as thousands aredoing today in the migrant cara-vans headed north, including menfrom the same neighborhood.
But en route in Mexico, againlike so many others, Wilmer Ger-ardo Nunez disappeared into thevortex of drug violence that hewas trying to escape in the firstplace. Left in limbo, his anguishedmother prayed for an answer.
“I am between a rock and a hardplace,” she begged God throughthe years. “I know nothing aboutmy son, whether he’s dead oralive.”
Nunez’s story is part of thehidden toll of migration to the U.S.through Mexico: In the last fouryears alone, almost 4,000 mi-grants have died or gone missingalong that route, The AssociatedPress has found. That’s 1,573 morethan the previously known num-ber, calculated by the UnitedNations.
And even the AP’s number islikely low — bodies may be lost inthe desert, and families may notreport missing loved ones whowere migrating illegally.
These Latin American migrantsare among 56,800 worldwide whodied or disappeared over the sameperiod, the AP found.
While migrants everywhereface risks, the Mexico route holdsthe added danger of drug traffick-ing and gang violence. More than37,000 people have gone missingthroughout Mexico because ofthis violence, with the highestnumber in the border state ofTamaulipas, through which manymigrants cross.
The sheer numbers of thedisappeared, along with crushingbureaucracy and the fear of gangs,makes it difficult for families totrack what happened to theirloved ones — as Posadas foundout.
Ciudad Planeta in San PedroSula looks like an ordinary work-ing-class neighborhood, with one-story concrete houses with metalroofs. Only the bars that hem innearly every porch let on that it isone of the most dangerous neigh-borhoods in one of the world’smost dangerous countries.
This is the neighborhoodNunez left for the first time in the1990s to go to the United States at16, when his mother lost herfactory job.
“He did not say anything to me.One day he simply left,” saidPosadas, a diminutive 73-year-oldgrandmother known in the neigh-borhood as “Mama Haydee.”
Nunez was not the oldest of the10 children in the family, but hewas the one who looked out forthe others. He sent money home,some of which Posadas used tobuild metal bars around the porch.And he called his mother almostevery day.
Nunez was deported twice butreturned to the U.S. each time. In2007, he fell in love with aMexican woman, Maria EstherLozano, now 38, and they had achild, Dachell. When Lozano wasabout to give birth to anotherchild, in July 2010, Nunez wasdeported a third time.
Posadas was happy to have himback home. He would make lunchwith her, stewing meat, kneadingtortilla flour and frying up ripebananas.
“He cooked better than a wom-an,” Posadas said, her face lightingup at the memory.
But the neighborhood hadgrown more dangerous, with or-ganized crime moving in andfrequent bloody raids. All of Po-sadas’ children left except for one
who stayed and one who died ofillness.
Once Posadas’ daughter washandcuffed to the bars of thehouse, while men who said theywere police went inside and shother grandson because they sus-pected his involvement withgangs. Other nights there wereshootouts in the streets. Some-times Posadas awoke to the thun-der of footsteps from someonefleeing across the metal sheetroofs of houses.
Posadas has a mantra for sur-vival in Planeta: “If you saw it, youdidn’t see it. If you heard it, youdidn’t hear it. And everyone keepsquiet.”
The third time Nunez wasdeported, in 2010, things were sobad he barely went outside thehome.
“He seemed very pensive,” Po-sadas said. “ ‘I’m afraid,’ he toldme.”
He was also anxious to get backto California and meet his newdaughter. After just a few days inSan Pedro Sula and an apparentthreat from gang members, he leftearlier than planned.
“I have to get out of here now,”he told Lozano, without furtherexplanation.
Nunez, his nephew, Joao Ad-olfo, and two neighbors hoppedon a midnight bus that takesdozens of migrants daily to theGuatemalan border.
In the past, Nunez had crossedthe U.S. border in California. Butthis time he hurt his ankle whilefleeing from the Zetas gang inVeracruz state, Lozano said. So hestruck out for the border withTexas, a shorter but more danger-ous route.
He called Lozano every day,sometimes from the phone of thesmuggler taking them across theborder. He liked the guide butworried that the group was toobig, with dozens of migrants intwo trucks.
About a week after he leftHonduras, he spoke to his motherfor the last time, telling her to praythat everything would turn outwell.
A day later, he spoke to Lozano,for nearly an hour. Rula — Nunez’snickname — seemed relaxed,making jokes, she said.
They were in Piedras Negras,across from Eagle Pass in Texas.Lozano was supposed to wait for acall to pay the smuggler half themoney, about $3,000. Then sheneeded another call from Nunez’ssister to confirm his safe arrivalbefore paying the remaining$3,000.
The calls never came. Lozanonever heard from Nunez. Shetalked to the smuggler a couple oftimes, who told her they were stillwaiting to cross. Then the phonewent unanswered.
At first Posadas and Lozanoweren’t too worried. They wereused to losing contact with Nunez,then 35, for a few days during histrips, for example when his cell-phone failed.
But about two weeks after heleft, when Posadas turned on thetelevision news, fear suddenly
seized her. Authorities had found72 corpses of migrants on a ranchin San Fernando, Tamaulipas,across the border from Texas, thereport said.
“I started to weep like a crazyperson. There were no names, butI was shaken,” said Posadas.
It turned out that gang mem-bers in vehicles marked with theletter Z — the calling card of thefeared Zetas drug cartel — hadstopped two tractor-trailers withdozens of migrants in northernMexico. They were taken to theranch and asked to join the cartel.Only one agreed.
The rest were blindfolded, tiedup on the floor and shot dead. AnEcuadorian managed to escapeand alerted the navy.
A list of victims released daysafter the massacre included thenames of Posadas’ grandson andthe two neighbors who had beentraveling with them. But there wasno trace of Nunez, and authoritiestold Posadas that if he was notamong the dead, he could be alive.
Posadas asked local prose-cutors, the Honduran foreignministry and Mexican authoritiesabout her son, but no one hadinformation for her. Her ex-hus-band, Nunez’s father, offered aDNA sample to be compared withthe cadavers that had not yet beenidentified. Photos of those cadav-ers did not include Nunez.
Hoping against hope, Posadasand Lozano worked to findNunez. They tried jails, detentioncenters and hospitals. Nothing.Lozano gave the Honduran con-sulate names, photos and descrip-tions of Nunez’s tattoos, includingone of Dachell and another of thenumber 8. She went there everyday.
Still nothing. Then they heard that the Ecua-
dorian survivor said another man— a Honduran — also had escapedthe massacre and helped him getaway from the ranch. Honduranand Mexican authorities refusedto give Lozano any more informa-tion because the man was underprotection. They would not evenconfirm whether it was Nunez.
There was no luck with theEcuadorian embassy, either, whenLozano asked to convey a photo ofNunez to the Ecuadorian survivor.
“I didn’t want to see him, oreven talk to him, just for him tolook at the photo and tell me if itwas the same person who helpedhim,” Lozano sobbed.
In Honduras, Posadas also ran
up against hurdles. She went tothe capital, Tegucigalpa, to consultwith Honduran and Mexican offi-cials, but nobody could say whathad happened with her ex-hus-band’s DNA sample. She calledand called for a year, until finallythey stopped answering.
The only thing left was to go toMexico. But how could a sick oldwoman do that? Lozano was in nobetter position to do so, with fivechildren depending on her and nolegal residence in the U.S.
Lozano hired a lawyer to helprelatives search prisons inTamaulipas. That’s when theythought they had a breakthrough:The lawyer said he saw a manresembling Nunez in one of theprisons. Posadas asked herself,“Has God heard my pleas?”
But that lead also vanished.They heard nothing more fromthe lawyer, and Lozano’s brothershad to abandon the search be-cause of threats from the Zetas.
Posadas told herself that if herson were alive, he would havecalled her. Yet without informa-tion or a body, she still held on tohope.
After three years of searching,that began to diminish. She spentnights awake in her small livingroom, decorated with knick-knacks and photos, including oneof Nunez as a teenager. Days werejust as desperate.
“I felt like I was falling into aterrible depression,” Posadas said.“I would walk down the street,and people would see I wassmiling, but it was on the outsidenobody knew how I was on theinside.”
Posadas had no way to know,but she could have had her answerdays after the mass killing.
The official report on the mas-sacre stated that body No. 63 was amale with tattoos, including“Dachell” and the number 8.Documents note the finding of aHonduran driver’s license in thename of Wilmer Gerardo NunezPosadas, with a photo of a manwith a moustache and beard.
Yet nobody made that informa-tion public, and body No. 63 wasburied in a common grave.
In September 2013, the Argen-tine Forensic Anthropology Teamand other groups reached anagreement with Mexican prose-cutors to identify more than 200bodies from three massacres, in-cluding the one at San Fernando.All the bodies in the commongrave were exhumed for newautopsies. In March 2015, Mexi-co’s attorney general’s office sent aletter to the Honduran SupremeCourt asking for help locating therelatives of two men, includingNunez.
When the Argentine teamfound out about Nunez’s ID, theytried to track down the family, butdid not want to set foot in Planeta.
“I made it clear that I could notenter that area,” said Allang Rodri-guez, a psychologist with theCommittee of Relatives of Disap-peared Migrants of El Progreso, agroup working with the Argen-tines.
The Catholic church helped in
the search, and talked to nuns whoworked with migrants. One wom-an, Geraldina Garay, knew a taxidriver who lived in Planeta. Heoffered to leave a scrap of paperwith a phone number that Po-sadas could call in one of theneighborhood’s oldest stores, be-hind her home.
A neighbor saw the messageand brought it to Posadas late lastyear. Confused, she called thenumber. The voice on the otherend wanted to meet to talk abouther disappeared son.
“Today I finally have hope,” shethought.
When they met, the forensicexperts told her about the driver’slicense and the tattoos. Theyarranged for DNA tests for her andfor Wilmer Turcios Sarmiento, 18,who was thought to be Nunez’sson from a teenage relationshipbefore he left for the U.S.
In May, Posadas learned theDNA tests had come back positive— one of 183 matches for deadmigrants found with help of theArgentine team since 2010.
“My heart hurt so much most ofall because of the death he suf-fered, not even knowing whokilled him, with his eyes blind-folded, hands tied ” Posadas said,her voice trailing off, tears in hereyes.
The DNA tests also provedNunez was Turcios’ father. It waslike finding and losing a father atthe same time, he told his grand-mother.
One question continued to rat-tle around in Posadas’ mind, and itwas what pained her the most:“Why? Why, having the proof, didthey hide it so long?”
The report she was given spokeof errors and inconsistencies inthe handling of the case, andcalled for an investigation into thedelay. To date, nobody has beenconvicted for the killings, and ninepeople are still unidentified. Mexi-can officials did not comment.
On Oct. 31, Wilmer GerardoNunez came home to Honduras.
The coffin arrived at the airportin San Pedro Sula, packaged incardboard with a thin black rib-bon and Nunez’s name, and wastransported to the morgue. Whenit was opened, the odor of deathfilled the room, softened bychemical products.
Posadas, holding a small redtowel to wipe away tears andsweat, approached with her hus-band, her sister and a psycholo-gist. A forensic worker un-wrapped the cadaver. By now thehead was just a skull, but on thearms some of the skin remained,along with tattoos. Posadas didn’tneed to see any more.
About 20 people came to thebrief wake at the house in Planeta,where the coffin took up most ofthe living room in the baking sun.After eight years, the final good-bye lasted about two hours. Po-sadas feared that if it went anylonger, the gangsters who controlthe neighborhood would show up.
Then a bus from the PlanetaBaptist Church took the family toa small cemetery with a motleycollection of unkempt tombs.
“I am finally sure. It is him. It ishim. I give thanks to God,” Po-sadas sobbed before collapsingnext to the coffin.
Several mourners took cell-phone video for relatives in theUnited States to see, but Nunez’schildren in Los Angeles still don’tknow he is dead. His youngerdaughter, Sulek Haydee, now 8,talks more and more to hergrandmother online, and oftenasks: “Where is my daddy? Whydoesn’t he come to see us?”
“He can’t, mamita,” Posadasanswers with a knot in her throat.“He’s working.”
Nunez’s son in Hondurasdreams of going to the U.S. to seeka better life. “Anything is betterthan this,” Turcios said.
Eight years and three monthsafter the last hug from her son,Posadas says she feels peace forthe first time, although she stillwants justice.
In her prayers now, she asks forher grandson not to migrate.
MOISES CASTILLO/AP PHOTOS
Honduran HaydeePosadas’ son had fledviolence for the U.S.
Relatives attend the burial of Wilmer Gerardo Nunez in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. An official report of the
2010 San Fernando ranch massacre stated that body No. 63 was a male with tattoos, one reading “Dachell.”
Wilmer Gerardo Nunez as a young
adult, at his mother’s home in the
Ciudad Planeta neighborhood of
San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
By Maria VerzaAssociated Press
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WASHINGTON —Chuck Wexler talks to po-lice chiefs frequently, ashead of the Police ExecutiveResearch Forum think tankin Washington. Recently, heasked a roomful of chiefs toraise their hands if theywanted their children tofollow them into a lawenforcement career.
Not one hand went up, hesaid.
Across the country, inter-est in becoming a policeofficer is down dramati-cally.
In Nashville, Tenn., jobapplications dropped from4,700 in 2010 to 1,900 lastyear. In Seattle, applicationshave declined by nearly 50percent, in a departmentwhere the starting salary is$79,000. Even the FBI saw asharp drop, from 21,000applications per year to13,000 last year, before anew marketing campaignbrought an upswing.
And retaining officersonce they’ve joined is get-ting harder too.
In a PERF survey ofnearly 400 police depart-ments about voluntary res-ignations, 29 percent ofthose who left their policejob voluntarily had been onthe force less than a year,and an additional 40 per-cent had been on the jobless than five years.
At a PERF gathering ofpolice chiefs and com-manders from across thecountry in Washington lastweek, many attributed theirdeclining numbers to a di-minished perception of po-lice after the 2014 shootingand unrest in Ferguson,Mo., and an increase inpublic and media scrutinyof police made possible bytechnology and social me-dia.
“There’s an increased po-tential for officers to be
criminally liable for makinga good faith mistake,” saidTerry Sult, the Hampton,Va., police chief.
“We’re seeing a lot moremedia coverage of officersbeing prosecuted, and thatweighs heavily on a lot ofofficers’ hearts. ... That’s astressor on whether I wantto stay in this position ornot.”
Russ Hamill, an assistantchief of the MontgomeryCounty, Md., police, said hewould prefer his kids enteranother profession — “evenlawyers,” he said, to biglaughs.
It wasn’t all gloom anddoom in the gathering of250 law enforcement exe-cutives in Washington.
The police commanders
traded ideas on how torecruit, and retain, qualitypolice officers, includinglowering the requirementof a college degree, relaxingrules on prior drug use andeasing tattoo policies.
Making departmentsmore welcoming to minor-ities and women, in part byproviding them with men-tors and physical traininghelp, has enabled Tempe,Ariz., to maintain its re-cruitment numbers, ChiefSylvia Moir said.
The videos of police mis-conduct, or fatal shootings,have damaged the percep-tion of American policeofficers, but not irrevocably,said Antoinette Archer, di-rector of human relationsfor the Richmond, Va., po-
lice. For many people,
“they’re taken aback by thebrutality, not by the profes-sion,” Archer said. “If wecan be inclusive” of womenand people of color, “thoseindividuals who can see apart of their fabric in thedepartment will come for-ward. ... If the environmentis not inclusive, you’re goingto lose them.”
When Wexler asked theroom if anyone had prob-lems recruiting for diversity,every hand went up.
The trend toward fewerpolice officers per capitahas been steady for 20 years,according to findings fromthe Bureau of Justice Stat-istics. While the U.S. popu-lation has risen from 267
million in 1997 to 323 mil-lion in 2016, the number offull-time sworn officers per1,000 U.S. residents hasdropped from 2.42 in 1997to 2.17 officers per 1,000residents in 2016.
The raw number ofsworn officers peaked atnearly 725,000 in 2013, andis now down to just morethan 701,000. Houston As-sistant Chief Lori Bendersaid Houston should have2,000 more officers to effi-ciently handle its popula-tion.
Wexler theorized thatsome decline may be fromthe gradual retirements ofthe 100,000 officers hirednationwide as part of aninitiative by President BillClinton in the 1990s.
But whatever the reasonfor officers leaving, theprocess of replacing themhas gotten tougher. Nearly66 percent of the nearly 400police departments sur-veyed said their number ofapplicants had decreased.Hiring in a healthy econo-my is one problem, policeofficials said, because pri-vate industry can offer bet-ter salaries.
Still, pay isn’t the mainreason many pass policingby, Deputy Seattle ChiefMarc Garth Green said.
“Number one is val-idation,” Green said. “Thevalidation that they’reputting their life on the line.There’s no respect for that,”and he blamed the newsmedia for undermining re-spect for police authority.
A recent survey of 800college students majoring incriminal justice found thatthey didn’t have the misgiv-ings often cited by veterancops, criminal justice pro-fessor Charles Scheer of theUniversity of Southern Mis-sissippi said.
“This generation expectssocial media and scrutiny,”Scheer said. “They’re notafraid of the perception ofpolice.”
He said African-Ameri-can students were oftendeterred by family mem-bers who were “not too hoton the idea” of a relativebecoming a cop and a mis-understanding of how oftenofficer-involved shootingsoccur. Scheer suggested acollege football-style re-cruiting approach where anapplicant’s whole family iswooed.
Wexler had a number ofnew officers present to offertheir views. Clario Samp-son, a young officer inNewark, N.J., said he gladlydonned a body camera ev-ery day to demonstrate anddefend his policing.
“For the older officers,it’s an adjustment,” Samp-son said. “I do believe thatbecause of the cameras andhow the media looks at it,we have to do more train-ing.”
Fewer want to join cities’ finestJob applications tobe police officersplummet across U.S.
By Tom JackmanThe Washington Post
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CORINALDO, Italy — Astampede at a rap concertin an overcrowded Italiandisco killed five teenagers— three girls and two boys— early Saturday alongwith a woman who hadbrought her daughter tothe event, authorities said.
Fifty-three people werereported injured, including13 in serious condition.
Video broadcast on stateTV RaiNews24 showedteenagers rushing out of adoor and surging toward alow wall near an exit of theBlue Lantern disco in thecentral Italian town ofCorinaldo, near Ancona onthe Adriatic coast. The bar-rier then appeared to giveway and a cascade of teen-agers tumbled over it.
The bodies of the tram-pled victims were all foundnear a low wall, AnconaFirefighters Cmdr. DinoPoggiali told Sky TG24News. The dead teenagers’ages ranged from 14 to 16and the mother who waskilled was 39, said Col.Cristian Carrozza, com-mander of the Anconaprovince Carabinieri para-military police.
The dead woman hadaccompanied her 8-year-old daughter to the concertand was the mother of fourchildren, Italian daily IlMessaggero reported.
Italian rapper SferaEbbasta, who is popularwith teenagers, was to per-form at the venue.
Ancona Chief Prose-
cutor Monica Garulli toldreporters that 1,400 ticketswere sold, but the disco hasthe capacity to hold about870 people. Later, PremierGiuseppe Conte said thedisco had three rooms butonly used one of them, witha capacity of 469 people, forthe concert.
The stampede occurredshortly after 1 a.m., lessthan 30 minutes before theconcert was to start. Italianmedia quoted concertgoersas saying that someone hadsprayed an irritant, whichtriggered the panic.
Italian President SergioMattarella demanded thata “full light be shone onwhat happened, ascertain-ing any responsibility andnegligence.”
Ex-convict charged in death ofNorth Carolina teen, FBI says
LUMBERTON, N.C. —Police have arrested andcharged a man with killinga 13-year-old girl who waskidnapped last monthfrom a North Carolinamobile home park.
The FBI said Saturdaythat Michael Ray McLel-lan has been charged inconnection with the kid-napping and murder ofHania Noelia Aguilar.
McLellan, 34, faces firstdegree murder, rape andeight other felony charges.He’d been released from
prison in June and wasstill on parole from a 2017felony breaking and enter-ing conviction, the News& Observer of Raleighreported. He was previ-ously convicted in 2007 ofassault with a deadlyweapon and was releasedon parole in 2016, thenewspaper reported.
He is being held with-out bond in the RobesonCounty Detention Center.He will appear in court atthe Robeson CountyCourthouse on Monday.
Thousands take part in protestat U.N. climate talks in Poland
KATOWICE, Poland —Thousands of people fromaround the worldmarched Saturdaythrough the Polish citythat’s hosting this year’sU.N. climate talks, de-manding that govern-ments take tougher actionto curb global warming.
The “March for Cli-mate” protesters includedfarmers from LatinAmerica, students fromthe U.S. and families fromEurope.
Inside the U.N. meeting,negotiators were conclud-ing the first week of talks,which are focused on fi-nalizing the Paris rule-book that determines howsignatories to the 2015deal report greenhousegas emissions. In a recentreport, the Intergovern-mental Panel on ClimateChange said drastic actionis needed to achieve theaccord’s target of keepingglobal warming below 2.7degrees Fahrenheit.
Rebel delegates report someprogress at Yemen peace talks
RIMBO, Sweden —Yemeni rebel delegates attalks underway in Swedento try end their country’sruinous civil war reportedprogress Saturday on thekey issues of reopeningthe airport at the capital,Sanaa, and the implemen-tation of an agreementreached earlier in theweek on the exchange ofprisoners.
U.N. special envoy toYemen, Martin Griffiths,struck a positive note, say-
ing that the two sides weredemonstrating a “positivespirit” in the talks.
Yemen’s four-year con-flict, which has pushedthe country to the brink offamine, pits the country’sShiite rebels, known asHouthis, against Yemen’sinternationally recog-nized government sup-ported by a Saudi-led co-alition. The U.N. has led apush to resolve the con-flict, but past attemptshave failed.
Official: Russian human rights pioneer dies at 91 MOSCOW — Lyudmila
Alexeyeva, a human rightspioneer and dissident whochallenged the Soviet andRussian regimes for dec-ades, demanding that theyfree political prisoners andestablish democratic rights,died Saturday in a Moscowhospital, a Russian officialsaid. She was 91.
The activist was bornunder dictator Josef Stal-in’s regime. She risked herown freedom to protest theplight of political prisonersin the Soviet Union in the1960s and 1970s and co-founded the Moscow Hel-sinki Group, Russia’s oldesthuman rights organization,in 1976.
Alexeyeva was forcedinto exile in 1977.
She returned to Russia in1993 after the 1991 collapseof the Soviet Union andcontinued her work, butsuspicion of non-govern-mental organizationsunder President VladimirPutin’s rule increasinglyimpeded her activities.
Monks killedin Algeria’scivil war of’90s beatified
ALGIERS, Algeria — Acardinal dispatched by theVatican to Algeria held anunusual beatification cer-emony on Saturday for 19monks, nuns and otherCatholics who were killedduring Algeria’s civil warin the 1990s.
It was the first suchceremony in the Muslimworld, according to Al-geria’s religious affairsminister. It came afterPope Francis recognizedall 19 as martyrs in Janu-ary, paving the way forSaturday’s ceremony inthe western Algerian cityof Oran. Beatification is astep in the process ofbeing declared a saint.
Those honored in-cluded seven FrenchTrappist monks who wereabducted from the monas-tery of Tibhirine, south ofAlgiers, in 1996, and be-headed. A radical groupwas blamed, but someobservers have suggestedAlgeria’s military was re-sponsible.
In Israel: Israeli forcessaid Saturday they foundanother Hezbollah tunneldug from Lebanon, anannouncement that cameshortly after troops firedat suspected members ofthe Lebanese militantgroup who approachedthe site. It’s the secondcross-border tunnel foundsince Israel began an oper-ation last week.
In Kashmir: At least 12people were killed and 18others injured Saturdayafter a bus fell into a rockygorge along a mountain-ous road in Indian-con-trolled Kashmir, officialssaid. The bus plunged off aHimalayan mountain roadas its driver negotiated acurve near southernPoonch town and fell intoa 200-foot-deep gorge.
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OBITUARIES
In 1608 poet John Miltonwas born in London.
In 1854 Alfred, LordTennyson’s famous poem“The Charge of the LightBrigade” was published inEngland.
In 1886 Clarence Birdseye,developer of frozen foods,was born in New York.
In 1929 actor and film-maker John Cassavetes wasborn in New York.
In 1940 British troopsopened their first majoroffensive in North Africaduring World War II.
In 1941 China declared waron Japan, Germany andItaly.
In 1942 the Aram Khacha-turian ballet “Gayane,” fea-turing the surging “SaberDance,” was first per-formed by the Kirov Ballet.
In 1958 the anti-Commu-nist John Birch Society wasformed in Indianapolis.
In 1965 Nikolai Podgornyreplaced Anastas Mikoyanas president of the Presidi-um of the Supreme Soviet.
In 1975 President GeraldFord signed a $2.3 billionseasonal loan authorizationto prevent New York Cityfrom having to default.
In 1984 the 5-day-old hi-jacking of a Kuwaiti jetlinerthat claimed the lives oftwo Americans ended asIranian security menseized control of the plane,which was parked atTehran airport.
In 1990 Solidarity founderLech Walesa won Poland’spresidential runoff in alandslide.
In 1992 Britain’s PrinceCharles and Princess Dianaannounced their separa-tion.
In 1993 the Air Force de-stroyed the first of 500Minuteman II missile silosmarked for eliminationunder an arms controltreaty.
In 1994 representatives ofthe Irish Republican Armyand the British governmentopened peace talks inNorthern Ireland. Also in
1994 President Bill Clintonfired Surgeon GeneralJoycelyn Elders after learn-ing she had told a confer-ence that masturbationshould be discussed inschool as a part of humansexuality.
In 1995 U.S. Rep. KweisiMfume, D-Md., was chosento become the new head ofthe NAACP.
In 2000 the U.S. SupremeCourt ordered a temporaryhalt in the Florida votecount on which Al Gorepinned his best hopes ofwinning the White House.Also in 2000 Israeli PrimeMinister Ehud Barak an-nounced he would resignand call a special election.Also in 2000 Florida Statequarterback Chris Weinkewon the Heisman Trophy.
In 2002 United Airlinesfiled the biggest bank-ruptcy in aviation historyafter losing $4 billion in theprevious two years.
In 2003 the owners of aRhode Island nightcluband the tour manager forthe rock band Great Whitewere indicted on chargesrelated to a fire the previ-ous February that killed100 people. Also in 2003
former Sen. Paul Simondied in Springfield; he was75.
In 2004 Canada’sSupreme Court ruled thatsame-sex marriage wasconstitutional.
In 2008 Illinois Gov. RodBlagojevich was arrestedon allegations of wide-spread political corruption.
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Pat Somers Cronincrafted advertising copyand wrote stories for theChicago Daily News duringa lifetime of writing thatalso included 20 years as acolumnist for the BeverlyReview on the SouthwestSide.
The mother of 10, shewas staunchly anti-abor-tion and wrote book re-views and commentary forthe Catholic Press andother publications. Sheoften described herself asbeing “addicted to theprinted word,” said herdaughter Sheila Cronin, anovelist.
A graduate of what isnow Dominican Universityin River Forest, Cronin washonored in 2003 with theschool’s Caritas VeritasAward, for a life reflectingthe school’s motto: Asearch for truth throughcharity or service.
“Pat Cronin was smartand forthright, a feminist,with a graceful disposi-tion,” university PresidentDonna M. Carroll said in anemail. “She was a greatobserver of people andsituations and, as a journal-ist, she had the ability toweave a story with accu-racy, empathy and goodhumor while remainingcommitted to the integrityof her words.”
Cronin, 91, died of natu-ral causes Nov. 14 in SmithVillage in the Beverlyneighborhood of Chicago,according to her sonMichael. Cronin moved toSmith Village four or fiveyears ago from the Beverlyhome where she lived for50 years, but if asked wouldalways say she was fromSouth Shore, the neighbor-hood where she was born
and grew up.After attending the
since-closed St. XavierAcademy in Chicago forhigh school, the former PatSomers went to RosaryCollege, now Dominican.In a summer high schoolprogram in Quebec, shelearned to speak fluentFrench, a skill she neverlost.
She later received a mas-ter’s degree in English lan-guage and literature fromthe University of Chicago,“amazingly, while raising10 children,” her son said.
After finishing college,she worked as a copywriterfor companies includingMarshall Field’s and Sears,and also for the advertisingagency then known asYoung and Rubicam. It wasduring this time that shealso wrote for the DailyNews, according to herfamily.
In 1957, she marriedJames Cronin Sr., a widow-er with four children. Laterin her life, she played a rolein raising the children ofher daughter Ellyn RoseCronin, who died of cancerin 2004.
Sheila Cronin said hermother went into marriagenot knowing how to cook.
But she attacked cookingand baking as she did thelearning of other skills.“She conquered both,” herdaughter said, adding thather mother’s parties werelegendary not only for thefun but for the food.
She continued to writeand publish after her mar-riage.
“A story of hers critical ofCatholic grade schools waspublished in America mag-azine in 1957 and wentnational that summerwhen Time magazine re-printed it,” her daughtersaid in an email. “It causedquite a stir.”
Her non-fiction story oflosing a baby shortly afterbirth, “God Knows Best,”was published in a 1960anthology, her family said.
Cronin was also a col-umnist for the Beverly Re-view for about 20 years,writing “The View fromthe Hill” beginning in thelate 1970s, according to BobOlszewski, the paper’s gen-eral manager. The columnhighlighted local eventsand people, Olszewski said.After the column ended,Cronin continued to dofreelance features for thepaper and submitted lettersand opinion pieces.
“She was just so intelli-gent, articulate and gra-cious,” Olszewski said. “Shebrightened up the office …everybody loved her.”
Her husband died in1990.
Survivors include threeother daughters PatriciaSnead, Emily Chaveriat andMary Ann; four other sonsJohn, Walter, Joseph andJames Jr.; 33 grandchil-dren; and 15 great-grand-children.
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NAIROBI, Kenya —Morris Kaberia was onKenya’s death row and feel-ing suicidal when he cameacross a program that even-tually set him free.
The former police offi-cer had been imprisonedfor violent robbery, and hisprotests that he had beenframed went unanswered.Then he heard about theAfrican Prisons Project,which is turning even illit-erate prisoners into theirown legal advocates incountries where such as-sistance is desperately rare.
In September, the 47-year-old was released afterrepresenting himself incourt. He is now pursuing alaw degree from the Uni-versity of London. “Joiningthe program is actually thething which gave me mylife back,” he said. “I sawthat there is a possibility of
thinking big that the wallscannot limit me.”
Eight hundred prisonershave been freed this yearalone as of October, projectspokeswoman Peggy Nya-hera said.
The project in Kenya andneighboring Uganda wasfounded in 2007 by then-British law student Alexan-der McLean, who was vol-unteering in Uganda whenhe witnessed the sorry stateof inmates. Many are illiter-ate and poor, with littleresources to representthemselves.
Under the project, in-mates who need it aremastering basic literacyand then encouraged tostudy law. Project staffersand inmates role-play inmock court situationswhile law students act asjudges.
“Last examination wedid in May, we had adistinction from this pris-on. We had somebody whohad a 72 pass mark grade,which is a distinctionunder the grading of theUniversity of London,” saidHamisi Mzari, a legal aidofficer with the project
who works with inmates ata prison in Kenya.
The experience cantransform inmates andchange how others treatthem, Mzari said. “Peopleare now seeing that thepeople whom we took intoprison, whom we had con-sidered that they are thelitter and the garbage ofsociety, they are now com-ing out as polished gold.”
The prisoner with thehigh score in May, GeorgeKaraba, 45, had beencharged with murder andsentenced to death. He sayshe had lost hope. Now he’sapplying for a presidentialpardon and has become atrustee, with a leadershiprole among his peers.
Currently 60 prisonersare studying for Universityof London Law degrees viacorrespondence from 30prisons in Kenya andUganda, the African Pris-ons Project said. The workis supported by the QueensCommonwealth Trust.
The project also helpsformer prisoners into posi-tions where they can workto revise what they callunjust laws.
The African Prisons Project helps poor, illiterate inmates learn to read and study the law
so they can advocate for themselves in court.
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African prisoners findeducation can be freeingProgram teachesliteracy and thelaw to inmatesBy Desmond Tiro
and Josphat Kasire
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Sen-ate Majority Leader MitchMcConnell’s reluctance tohold a vote on a popularcriminal justice bill hasangered top Republicansenators and created anunusual rift with a long-time GOP ally, Sen. ChuckGrassley of Iowa.
On Friday, it also broughta tweet from PresidentDonald Trump.
“Hopefully Mitch Mc-Connell will ask for a VOTEon Criminal Justice Re-form,” Trump tweeted. “Itis extremely popular andhas strong bipartisan sup-port. It will also help a lot ofpeople, save taxpayer dol-lars, and keep our commu-nities safe. Go for it Mitch!”
Minutes later Grassleytweeted that he and thepresident had spoken about“the growing support” forthe legislation.
“Pres Trump told me hewants it done THIS CON-GRESS,” Grassley tweeted.
Grassley has spent yearsworking to build a coalitionaround the bill and is push-ing for a year-end vote.
Grassley says more thantwo-thirds of the Senatesupports it.
But McConnell declinesto bring the legislation for-ward in a standoff that’sdividing the Republicanmajority and puttingTrump on the spot.
For Grassley, the 85-year-old chairman of theJudiciary Committee, thisis not the way the Senate issupposed to operate.
Grassley was expectingsome deference from Mc-Connell after delivering onTrump’s judicial nominees— including two now onthe Supreme Court. De-spite Trump’s support forthe measure, McConnellsays it’s divisive. His reluc-tance to take up Grassley’s
priority shows the limits ofthe Senate’s old-fashionedcustoms in an era of height-ened partisan politics.
“I think I ought to havesome consideration for de-livering on tough SupremeCourt nominees, and a lotof tough circuit court nomi-nees and maybe even oncein a while you get a toughdistrict court nominee,”Grassley went on.
Sen. Lindsey Graham,R-S.C., intervened Friday,talking directly to Trumpabout attaching the crimi-nal justice legislation to themust-pass year-end spend-ing bill, which is alreadytangled in a separate fightover funds for the borderwall with Mexico.
“Just talked with Presi-dent,” Graham tweeted.“He strongly believes crim-inal justice reform bill mustpass now. He also indicatedhe supports putting crimi-nal justice reform bill onyear-end spending billwhich must include MOREwall funding.”
Trump has called sena-tors about the bill andspoke about it Friday at anevent on safe neighbor-hoods in Kansas City.
The bill is a project ofTrump’s son-in-law, WhiteHouse adviser Jared Kush-ner, and would be thebiggest sentencing over-haul in decades. It wouldreduce mandatory prison
terms for certain drugcrimes and give judges insome cases more discretionon punishments. It wouldallow about 2,600 federalprisoners sentenced forcrack cocaine offenses be-fore August 2010 the op-portunity to petition for areduced penalty.
It also includes provi-sions to encourage educa-tion and workforce trainingin prisons.
Roughly 90 percent ofprison inmates are held instate facilities and wouldnot be affected by thelegislation.
While Kushner has beenmeeting with senators onCapitol Hill, Trump is alsohearing from allies who areagainst the legislation.Chief among them is Sen.Tom Cotton, R-Ark., who iswarning senators that Re-publicans will be blamed ifcriminals are released andcommit new crimes.
“Only thing worse thanearly release from prison ofthousands of serious, vi-olent, & repeat felons is todo that in a spending billwith no debate or amend-ments, forcing senators toeither shut down govern-ment or let felons out ofprison,” Cotton tweetedFriday.
The spending bill willneed approval by Dec. 21 toavoid a funding lapse daysbefore Christmas.
Trump prods McConnellon sentencing legislation
Senate leader Mitch McConnell’s reluctance to bring the
sentencing bill forward is dividing the GOP majority.
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Senate leaderreluctant on bill,thinks it’s divisive By Lisa Mascaro
and Kevin Freking
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Dr. Sidney J Blair, 94, a resident of Oak Park for 57years, died peacefully, sur-rounded by loved ones, atWellington Terrace in WestChester Pa. on November24, 2018. Born on December15, 1923 in Chicago to thelate Kate and Harry Blair,he attended Sullivan HighSchool and graduated fromWashington University in St.Louis and received his M.D.
from the Stritch School of Medicine,Loyola University, in 1948. He servedhis internship at Cook County Hospitaland his residency at Hines VA hospital
and the Shriners Hospital in Chicago. He later didpost-graduate study in hand surgery with AdrianFlatt, M.D. at the University of Iowa in IowaCity. In 1986, Dr. Blair was appointed Chairmanof Loyola’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgeryand Rehabilitation and the Dr. William M. SchollProfessorial Chair. Dr. Blair held those appoint-ments until 1991. He then continued to serve asProfessor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Chief of theHand Section where he was recognized nationallyas an expert in trauma, arthritis, peripheral nerveproblems, congenital deformities of the hand andprevention of industrial hand injuries. He retiredin 1994 and was appointed Emeritus Professor,predicated on a distinguished lifetime career ofhealing, teaching, mentoring and guiding. Dr. Blairwas a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons,American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, theAmerican Society for Surgery of the Hand and nu-merous other professional organizations. In 1995,the Sidney J. Blair, M.D. Lecture in Hand Surgery wasestablished by generous contributions of numer-ous Loyola faculty, alumni, staff, and friends of theDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery and continuesto the present time. In the company of his belovedwife LaMoyne, he traveled extensively throughoutthe world, where he lectured/consulted at medicalfacilities in countries such as Japan and Sweden.He also never stopped educating himself by tak-ing courses, traveling and reading, with a specialinterest in environmental issues in the Mideast.At the age of 90, he published a book The DoctorsBeck of Chicago a biography of three brothers whomade significant contributions to modern medicinein the late 1800s and early 1900s. Dr. Blair was anenlisted member of the US Army during WWII andan Officer in the US Navy during the Korean Conflict,serving as the Chief Medical Officer aboard the USSJoseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Destroyer Escort. Dr. Blair wasHonorably Discharged from the Naval Reserves in1961. He was a long-time member of West SuburbanTemple Har Zion in River Forest; the Oak Park - RiverForest Rotary Club; the Off the Street Gang of OPRFand many other local organizations. His loving,devoted wife of 65 years, LaMoyne Blair, prede-ceased him as did his brother, Marshall (Shirley)Blair. He is survived by his sons Brian (Cathy) Blairand David (Marcia) Blair; his grandchildren, Shawn(Kristen) Blair, and Brandon, Eryn and Hannah Blairand his great-grandchildren, Liam and Addison Blair.Visitation Thursday, December 13th from 3:00 p.m.until time of service 7:00 p.m. at Drechsler, Brown &
Williams Funeral Home, 203 S. Marion St., Oak Park.Interment Friday, December 14 12 noon, at FloralHill Cemetery, Hoopeston, Illinois. Memorials aresuggested to Neot Kedumin Park in Israel (www.n-k.org.il) or Compassus Living Foundation (www.compassuslivingfoundation.org/give/). Funeral info:708-383-3191 or www.drechslerbrownwilliams.com.
Blair M.D., Sidney J.
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Evlyn Doreen Betar (“Evie”) passed away peace-fully on Saturday, December 1st surrounded by her loved ones. She was born to Suava and John May on December 21, 1933 in Winnipeg, Canada and settled in Grayslake. She started work immediatelyafter high school as a lab technician working for Dr. Oglesby Paul. There she met Dr. William Phelanand they married in Grayslake in January 1958 and raised John (Anne Lee deceased), Bill (Meg) Phelan, Tom (Suzy) Phelan, Julie (Ron) Thauer and Elizabeth Phelan (deceased). She remarried to Sam Betar in 1978 and helped raise the extended Betar/Phelan 11 kids until Sam’s death in 1999. She was fiercelydevoted to her 13 grandchildren. Funeral Mass will be held Friday, December 21, 2018 at 3:30 p.m. Church of St. Mary, 175 E Illinois Rd, Lake Forest. For full obituary notice please visit Libertyvillefuneralhome.com McMurrough Funeral
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Doris H. Barrett; beloved wife of the late William J. Barrett; loving mother of Helene (the late PatrickFumo) Barrett, William J. (Dee) Barrett, Jr., Denise (the late Joseph) Reicher, Maureen Barrett, & Joseph Barrett; dear grandmother of Michael, David, Katie,Carrie, Annie, & Meghan; proud great-grandmother of 9. Visitation 8:30 to 9:30 am on Tuesday, December 11 at St. John of the Cross Church, Western Springs. Mass at 9:45 am. Interment HolySepulchre Cemetery, Alsip. Arrangements entrusted to Hallowell & James Funeral Home, Countryside. Funeral info: (708) 352-6500 or hjfunerals.com
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Jean R. Bachmann, nee Vietch. Age 101. Belovedwife of the late Ralph L. Loving mother of Ralph(June) and Bruce (Laurie). Devoted grandmother of7 and great-grandmother of 8. Dear sister of thelate Roy Vietch, Jr. Also survived by many lovingnieces and nephews. Visitation Tuesday, Dec. 11, 4-8p.m. at Ryan-Parke Funeral Home, 120 S. NorthwestHwy., Park Ridge. Funeral Service Wednesday, 10:30a.m. at the First United Methodist Church of ParkRidge, 418 Touhy Ave., Park Ridge. Interment Townof Maine Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials tothe First United Methodist Church of Park Ridge orRainbow Hospice appreciated. Funeral Information,www.ryan-parke.com.
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Ruth Cogler, nee Juodaitis, age 92. Beloved wife ofthe late Rudolph. Dear mother of Sharon (Steve)Rosenbaum. Loving grandmother of Kathryn andSteve (Fiancée Kathleen Ginty) Rosenbaum. Dearsister of the late Olga (the late Mike) Martin. Fondaunt of Billie (the late Jimmy) Hosey, Bobbye (thelate Tony) Pichen and great aunt of many nieces andnephews. Resting at Beverly Ridge Funeral Home;10415 S. Kedzie Ave where services will be heldMonday 11:00 a.m. Interment Lithuanian NationalCemetery. In lieu of flowers memorials to St.Germaine School; 9735 S. Kolin, Oak Lawn, IL 60453.The Rosenbaum Family would like to thank the Staffof Lexington Chicago Ridge, Mary Baker and Dr.Paul Omastiak for their dedicated care and service.Visitation Sunday 3:00 – 8:00 p.m. 773-779-4411
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Marilyn Chapman, 89, of Chicago. Cherisheddaughter of the late Maurice and AnneChapman; beloved sister of the lateMyron Chapman and Adrienne (lateRichard) Goldberg; loving aunt of Susanand Donna Goldberg. Funeral services
will be held 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 11, 2018at Weinstein & Piser Funeral Home, 111 SkokieBlvd., Wilmette, IL 60091. Interment Memorial ParkCemetery. In lieu of flowers contributions to yourfavorite charity appreciated. Funeral information847-256-5700.
Chapman, Marilyn
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Pamela Platt Carlson, 64, passed away Sunday,November 18, 2018. She wasthe beloved wife of LoyalCarlson, Jr; devoted motherof Jessica Carlson; cherishedsister of Kathy (Bruce) Recherand John (Kathryn) Platt III;fond aunt of Jeffrey and MarkRecher and William Platt. Shewas preceded in death by herfather John H. Platt Jr. and hermother Katherine Platt, nee
Steed. Pamela attended Sunset Ridge Elementaryin Northfield, IL and went on to graduate from NewTrier High School in 1972. She earned a paralegaldegree from Mallinckrodt College in 1982 andgraduated from the College of Lake County in 2007.Pamela shared her love of reading and her libraryscience expertise for many years on the staff of theDeerfield Public Library. Later in life, Pamela earneda cum laude Bachelor of General Studies from NorthPark University. While attending, she became amember of the National Omicron PSI Society, andthey awarded her an academic honors certificateon April 26, 2013. Pamela will be deeply missedby all who knew her. A memorial service will beheld Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, 11 AM, at NorthfieldCommunity Church, 400 Wagner Rd, NorthfieldIL 60093. Interment will be private. In lieu of flow-ers, memorial contributions may be made to theVasculitis Foundation, www.vasculitisfoundation.org. For info: 847-251-8200.
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William C. “Bill” Buckley, at rest December 4, 2018.Beloved husband of the late Dottie.Loving father of Scott (Julie), Jill (Frank)Fishella and the late Rusty Buckley.Father-in-law of Paula. Grandfatherof Russell, Samantha, Sabrina (Scot)
Schottenhamel, Salena and Lauren (James)Shepherd. Great-grandfather of Zachary, Jonah andZoe Dench. Visitation is Sunday, December 9, 2018from 12 noon until 4:00 pm at Adolf Funeral Home,Ltd., 7000 S. Madison St., Willowbrook. All servicesconclude after the visitation. Info at 630-325-2300or www.adolfservices.com
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Margery Cross Buckingham, age 92, of LaGrangePark, formerly a long-time resident of Oak Park and River Forest, passed away peacefully on December6, 2018. She was the beloved wife of the late Dr.William Brice Buckingham; loving mother of Cathlin(Albert) Poronsky, Megan (Mike) Hardy, Gillian,William B., Jr, Peter, Michael (late Paulette), John(Patti), Maura (Tom Norton), Mark (Ann), David(Nancy) and Deirdre Buckingham; cherished grand-mother of 20, and great grandmother of 8. VisitationMonday 3 to 8 p.m. at Drechsler Brown & Williams Funeral Home, 203 S Marion St, Oak Park. Friends and family will meet at St. Giles Church, 1045 Columbian Ave., Oak Park on Tuesday for Mass of Christian Burial at 10 am. Private interment, Queenof Heaven Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memori-als to Sinsinawa Dominicans (Sinsinawa.org) orMisericordia Home (Misericordia.org) are appreciat-ed. Funeral info: 708-383-3191 or drechslerbrown-williams.com
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It is with great sadness that the family of RonaldS. Bowman announces his passing on Tuesday, December 4th, 2018, at the age of 79 years. Ron was the devoted and loving son of Harriette, and nephew to Mildred Berchtold, Anne & Frank Richardiand Al Adomaitis. Ron is lovingly remembered by his sisters and their spouses: Sandra & Donald Norwick and Carole & James Campbell. Ron is also fondly remembered by his nephews and nieces: Michael, Jeffrey, Mark, Patricia, Laurie, Matthew, Peggy, and Robert.In keeping with Ron’s wishes, no funeral or memo-rial services will be scheduled. Memorial donations in Ron’s memory may be made to St. Jude Children’sResearch Hospital in Memphis, TN.
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Ernest was born June 25, 1935 in Chicago. Hepassed away December 6, 2018 athis home.He is survived by his wifeof 53 years, Mary; children, Roberta(Dale) Kisten, Peter (Helena) Faith, andMatthew (Carol) Faith; grandchildren,
Rachael and Alexandra Kisten; Sam, Patrick, andJulia Faith; and Charlie, Catelin, and Madison Faith;and brother, Dennis (Judy) Faith. Ernest was pre-ceded in death by his parents, Ernest S. and LillianFaith; and brothers, Ronald and Douglas.Visitationwill be 3-8pm Tuesday, December 11 at Davenport
Family Funeral Home, 149 W. Main St. (Lake CookRoad), Barrington.Mass of Christian Burial will beheld at 10am Wednesday, December 12 at St. AnneCatholic Church, 120 N. Ela Street, Barrington.There will be visitation at the church for one hourprior to mass. Burial will follow in St. Michael theArchangel Cemetery, Palatine. In lieu of flowersmemorial donations may be made to the WoundedWarrior Project, www.woundedwarriorproject.org.Please visit www.davenportfamily.com to sendcondolences.
Faith, Ernest Peter, DDS
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William J. Elliott, age 84, of Westchester, formerlyof Oak Brook, passed awaypeacefully in his home onNovember 23, surroundedby his loving family. Belovedhusband of Sharon, neeMitty; loving Father of Julie(Pat) Nolan, Deirdre (Stephen)Morcos, William “B.J.”Elliott, Kelly (Jeff) Preussner,Michelle (Branden) Lynes,and Kristen Elliott; proud
grandfather of Patrick, Matthew, Jacob,Joseph, Ben, Jack, Liam, Kaitlin, Anna,Sophia, Kiley, Elliott, and Luke; cherishedson of the late Walter and Marie Elliott;
dear brother of the late Walter (Dorothy) Elliott andthe late Suzanne (Eugene) Kunkel. Bill was an avidgolfer and all around sports fan. Bill grew up in OakPark, IL. Prior to attending Marquette University, Billserved in the United States Army as a paratrooper.He then went on to begin what would be his suc-cessful career in sales, as founder and owner ofElliott Graphics, Oak Brook based printing company,just one of Bill’s many accomplishments in life. Billfaced and fought a valiant battle with a myriadof health issues, in most recent years, repeatedlyproving his monumental strength. We love him andwill miss him deeply. He will be remembered forhis kindness, compassion, generosity, loyalty, integ-rity, perseverance, courage, and strength. Serviceswith a Memorial Visitation and Mass, will be heldon Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at St. FrancisXavier Church, 124 N. Spring Rd., La Grange from10:00 a.m. until time of funeral mass 12:00 noon.Interment private. In lieu of flowers, donations in hismemory may be sent to St. Jude Children’s ResearchHospital, P.O. Box 1000 Dept. 142, Memphis, TN38148-0142 (www.stjude.org). For further info708-F-U-N-E-R-A-L.
Elliott, William J.
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Robert (Bob) L. Downs of Eugene Oregon was bornFebruary 18, 1946 in New York City to George and Agnes (Peebles) Downs. He passed away November 13, 2018. He is survived by his wife Janet Gajewski-Downs and son Rheece, of Eugene OR, daughterErin (Matt) Schmid and granddaughter Sydney of Algonquin IL. Bob is also survived by his best friendPete Wilkinson of Bandon OR and friend and former wife Dana Boyers of Cary IL. Per his wishes, therewere no services held. Arrangements were madeby Alpha Cremation and Burial Services, EugeneOregon, 541.686.3064.
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Irene Doornbos, nee Jolley. Age 91 of Park Ridge.Beloved British War Bride for52 years of the late AndrewJohn Doornbos. Lovingmother of Edward (MarilynOkon), Annette (David Cobb)Doornbos and Katherine(Charles) Nugent. Devotedgrandmother of 6 and great-grandmother of 4. Dear auntof many nieces and nephews.Dearest friend of Linda and
family. Memorial Service to be announced at a laterdate. Memorials to the Salvation Army appreciated.Funeral Arrangements entrusted to Ryan-Parke
Funeral Home, www.ryan-parke.com.
Doornbos, Irene
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Deanne DeGraff. Beloved mother of David DeGraffand the late Bené (survived by Andy) Cooper.Cherished sister of Yale (Marilyn) Kaplan. Devoteddaughter of the late Frances and Ben Kaplan. Dearformer wife of the late Arden “Buddy” DeGraff.Dear aunt, cousin, and friend of many. Funeralservice Tuesday 1:30PM at Beth Hillel Bnai Emunah,Wilmette. Interment Memorial Park Cemetery,Skokie. Contributions to JDRF, The Michael J. FoxFoundation, or the ARK would be appreciated. InfoMitzvah Memorial Funerals, 630-MITZVAH (630-648-9824), or www.MitzvahFunerals.com
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Nora Cunnie, nee Carmody, of County Kerry, Ireland,born to Eileen and Thomas “Sonny” Carmody on April 17, 1951 and passed away December 5, 2018; beloved wife ofthe late Kevin Cunnie; cherished mother of Noreen (Tim) Dillon, Kevin, Marcus,
Eileen (Luke) Chirhart, Christopher (Kristin), Crystal (Brett) Perellis, and Heather; loving grandmotherof Connor, Declan, Eoin, Kevin, Colleen, Carmody, Keefer, Ambrose, Macklin, Dempsey, and Lucy; dear-est sister, preceded in death by her siblings Brendan, Ambrose, Bridget Mary, and John Joe; she was dearly loved by her lifelong family and friends, John,Margaret, Sue, and Anne, nephews and nieces, nearand far. Her strong will to live, unwavering faith inGod, and the love and prayers of family, friends, and many supporters carried her through many monthsof on and off illness. Nora was a devoted and lov-ing mother and grandmother. Visitation will be heldon Sunday, December 9th from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home at 415 S. Buesching Rd., Lake Zurich, IL 60047. A funeral Mass will be held Monday, December 10th at St. Francis de SalesChurch at 135 S. Buesching Rd. Lake Zurich, IL 60047 at 10:30 a.m. Interment at St. Michael the Archangel 1185 W. Algonquin Rd. Palatine, IL 60067. For info. 847-540-8871.
Cunnie, Nora
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March 30, 1979 – December 5, 2018; Justin Fox,from the St. Barnabas parish in the Beverly neigh-borhood of Chicago, Illinois left us way too soonon Wednesday, December 5. He was 39 years old.Beloved son of James and the late Catherine Lee“Cathy” Fox; Cherished father of Kayla Marie (AnnaParfit); Loving brother of Julianne, Jennifer, andJames; Dear partner of Mary Bonavia; Justin willforever be remembered for his capacity to love andthe kindness and generosity of spirit he shared withhis family and friends. He brought great warmth andlaughter into our lives. His greatest joy was beingwith his daughter Kayla and helping those lessfortunate than him. He was an incredibly creativeand talented person who had a passion for creatingmusic and verse. His friendship and love will be ter-ribly missed by all who knew him. Visitation Monday3:00 to 9:00 p.m. Funeral Tuesday, 10:00 a.m. ChapelService at Curley Funeral Home, 6116 W. 111thStreet, Chicago Ridge. Interment Holy SepulchreCemetery; For Funeral info 708-422-2700, or www.curleyfuneralhome.com
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Florian J. Zuber, age 93, WWII Army Veteran; belovedhusband of Grace nee Naleway for 69years; loving father of Nancy (Edward)O’Neill, Barbara (David) Pasulka,Kathleen (Donald) Ocwieja, and the lateMichael Zuber; dearest grandfather of
Kristin (Todd) Boza, Jennifer (Seth) Horvath, Bryan(Monica) O’Neill, Jacqueline, Lauren, Andrew, Kevin,Emily, and Kirsten; great grandfather of Henry, Grace,William, Evelyn, and Westin; preceded in death byhis siblings; dear uncle of many. Lying in State onMonday from 9 AM until 10 AM Mass at St. JohnBrebeuf Church. Member of Chicago PipefittersUnion Local 597 for 67 years. Funeral arrangementsby Skaja Terrace Funeral Home, 7812 N. MilwaukeeAve., Niles, Il Ph: 847-966-7302.
Florian, Zuber J.
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Joseph V. Florest Jr. Age 77. Retired Niles FireDepartment Lieutenant. Vietnam USNavy Veteran. Beloved Husband ofCheryl. Loving Father of Candy (Andrew)Cotsiomitis. Cherished Grandfatherof A.J. Cotsiomitis. Dearest Brother
of Ann (the late Matt) Nowakowski, and the lateMarie (Paul) Puhl. Fond Uncle and Friend to many.Visitation Tuesday 3:00 PM until 9:00 PM at Skaja
Terrace Funeral Home 7812 N. Milwaukee Ave.Niles, IL. Funeral Services Wednesday 11:30 AM.Interment Maryhill Cemetery. Member of theInternational Association of Firefighter’s and theVFW. In Lieu of flowers memorials to the NationalFallen Firefighter’s Foundation P.O. Drawer 498Emmitsburg, Maryland 21727 appreciated. Funeralinfo. 847-966-7302 or www.skajafuneralhomes.com
Florest, Joseph V.
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Myrna E. Finkelberg, resident of Tallahassee, FLbut grew up and spent most of her lifein Chicago and Buffalo Grove, belovedwife of the late Burton; loving motherof Louis, Sheri (Scott) Hutchison andthe late Ira; cherished grandmother of
Joseph (Arcelia) Finkelberg, Rachel (Chris) Sorelle,Amanda (Nate) Goodwin, Jacob Finkelberg andBrandon and Cody Hutchison; adored great grand-mother of Jack Finkelberg and Gavin Goodwin; dearsister of Harriet Kasper and the late Jordan Leff; car-ing aunt, cousin, and friend to many. Chapel serviceMonday 10 AM at Shalom Memorial Funeral Home,1700 W. Rand Road, Arlington Heights. IntermentShalom Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be made to Stand Up To Cancer (www.StandUpToCancer.org) For information or to leavecondolences: 847-255-3520 or www.shalom2.com
Finkelberg, Myrna E.
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Miriam Filler, nee Holland, 96, died Thursday, Dec.6th, beloved wife of Dr. Robert Filler;loving mother of Debby Filler, Rebecca(Tom) Helgesen, Daniel (Chapin) Filler,Michael (Mary Beth) Knize and the lateSusan Filler; cherished grandmother of
8; dear sister of Ruth (John) Waddell and the lateJoshua Holland and Judith King; caring aunt andfriend. The daughter of Samuel and Tillie, Miriam,known affectionately as “Mimi”, was born inChicago. She lived most of her life in and aroundChicago, from Hyde Park to South Shore, and fromSkokie to Edgewater Beach. Miriam and Robertmoved to St. Paul, Minnesota in 2017. Robert andMiriam married in 1959. To their marriage, Miriambrought a son, Michael Knize, from a prior marriage.Upon marrying Robert, Miriam became mother toSusan, Rebecca and Debby, who had previouslylost their own mother. In 1962, Miriam and Robertadded a son, Daniel, to the family. Throughout herlife Miriam was a fierce advocate for children. Sheattended college at Michigan State University andreceived her master’s in Child Development fromLoyola University. While raising her own family,Miriam taught in nursery schools and the ChicagoPublic Schools, and ultimately taught early childdevelopment in the Chicago City Colleges. One ofher greatest passions was creative writing, includ-ing short stories and personal essays. Her workwas published in the Chicago Tribune and the SunMagazine. Miriam took great pleasure from music,playing the piano and often breaking into song athome with Robert. In her later years Miriam vol-unteered to lead singing groups in her community.She also traveled widely abroad, spending extendedperiods in England, Israel and Germany. Chapel ser-vice Monday 12:15 PM at Shalom Memorial FuneralHome, 1700 W. Rand Road, Arlington Heights.Interment Shalom Memorial Park. In lieu of flow-ers, donations may be made to the Hearing HealthFoundation ( hearinghealthfoundation.org )ForInformation or to leave condolences: 847-255-3520or www.shalom2.com
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Rhona Lee Fiedler, Age, 77. Beloved wife of Myron“Mike” Fiedler. Loving mother of LorenFiedler and Daniel Fiedler (MeaghanLeavy). Proud grandmother of Delilahand Shamus. Dear sister of Ellen EnderAtlas (Donald) Israel. She will be missed
by many nieces, nephews and cousins. A memorialservice will be planned in the future, please contactChicago Jewish Funerals– Buffalo Grove Chapel, formore information, 847.229.8822, www.cjfinfo.com.
Fiedler, Rhona
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RDML Mack C. Gaston, USN (Retired) passed awaypeacefully at home onSunday, December 2, 2018surrounded by his fam-ily. He was born July 17,1940 in Dalton GA to JohnGaston and Felicia (Gilliard)Gaston. He was precededin death by his parents anda brother, Frederick Gaston.He is survived by his wife,Nancy (Lindblad) Gaston, his
brother, Henry (Connie) Gaston, his daughter, Sonja(Larry) Henderson, step-son, Jeff (Karen) Williamson,step-son, Craig (Tara) Williamson, and nine grand-children, Lawrence, Nicole, Jon, Shane, Aidan, Nate,Luke, Emma and Tyler, and one great grandchild, Lily.
He was a graduate of Tuskegee University, receivedan MBA from Marymount University and receiveda commission as an Ensign in the U.S Navy inDecember 1965. Admiral Gaston had an impressivenaval career spanning 31 years, including commandof two destroyers and a cruiser, USS JosephusDaniels, and ashore as Commander Field Command,Defense Nuclear Agency. He was the first blackCommander of Naval Training Center Great Lakes.He retired in 1995. Following retirement from theU.S. Navy, Mack pursued a successful corporate ca-reer at Waste Management, Inc. and Electronic DataSystems in senior executive positions.
His infectious smile, unbridled enthusiasm, bound-less energy and firm, some would say “bone crush-ing” handshake were hallmarks of a man whothroughout his life was focused on people, humanrights, personal dignity, increased opportunity forall including women serving their country withhonor. He served as a mentor, role model and posi-tively influenced the lives and careers of countlessindividuals.
His love for his family and country were excep-tional. He was a loving husband, father, step-fatherand grandfather and a distinguished and respectednaval officer.
A memorial service will be held on December 12,2018 at 2:00 p.m. at Village Church of Gurnee, 1319N. Hunt Club Rd., Gurnee, IL 60031. In lieu of flow-ers, donations may be made to the AlzheimersAssociation.
Gaston, Mack C.
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Catherine A. Gargas-Parinella, age 63, of Aurora,Illinois passed away on Thursday, December 6, 2018.She was born on April 4, 1955 in Hammond, IN. Cathyis survived by her loving husband, Gary Parinella,many loving cousins and friends. She was precededin death by her parents Walter and Helen (nee Zych)Gargas. Visitation will be held on Sunday, December9, 2018 from 3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at Beidelman-
Kunsch Funeral Homes & Crematory, 24021 RoyalWorlington Dr. (RT. 59), Naperville. Funeral Mass willbe held on Monday, December 10, 2018, 10:00 a.m.at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church, 701 S. EolaRoad, Aurora, IL. Interment Private. In lieu of flowersmemorials in Cathy’s name may be made to OurLady of Mercy or the American Cancer Society. Info:630-922-9630 or www.beidelmankunschfh.com
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Gargas-Parinella, Catherine A. ‘Cathy’
Alfred P. Galvan of Mayslake, formerly of Lombard,age 95. Beloved husband of Inez A.,nee Zavala; loving father of Dolores,Robert C. (Sandra) and Richard Galvan;proud grandfather, great-grandfatherand great-great-grandfather of many;
dear brother of Reyes and the late Ruth Lopez,Jesse, Charles, Armando and Lidia Galvan. Lying-in-State Tuesday at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church,8404 Cass Ave., Darien from 9:00 a.m. until timeof mass 10:00 a.m. Interment Abraham LincolnNational Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted toConboy-Westchester Funeral Home. For further info708-F-U-N-E-R-A-L.
Galvan, Alfred P.
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Louise M. Frett, nee Geis, of Willowbrook, for-merly of Westchester, age93. Beloved wife of thelate Charles B. Frett; lovingmother of Barbara (Bruce)Utrata, Mary (Bruce) Montes,Paul, Robert (Nancy), Patty(Edward) Mullins, BettyDignan and Nancy Frett;proud grandmother of TracyPerk, Anthony (Nina) Utrata,Tara (Kip) Daniels, Brittany
(Jake Ciha) Utrata, Kimberly (Chris) Travis, RobynMontes, Kaitlin Montes and the late Melissa Montes,Tommy (Traci) Frett, Matthew (Nicole Capone) Frett,Michelle Frett, Morgan (Freddy) Fernandez, KerryMullins, Bridget Mullins and Shea, Danny and MollyDignan; great-grandmother of 17; dear sister of thelate Arthur (Virginia) Geis, Gladys (late Jake) Miller,Helen (late Larry) Devereaux and Jane (late William)Griffin; sister-in-law to Eugene (late Patricia), CarolAnn (late Ron) Berghage and the late Louis (lateShirley), Bernard (late Rita) and MaryAnn (late John)Koerber; fond aunt of many nieces and nephews.Thanks to Lexington Hospice and Lexington CareCenter Lombard. The Frett family would like to givespecial thanks to Rumi and Naomi for the wonderfulcare they gave to mom. Family and friends will bereceived at the Conboy-Westchester Funeral Home,10501 W. Cermak Rd., Westchester (2 blks West ofMannheim Rd.) on Thursday, December 13, 2018from 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. Funeral Friday 9:30 a.m. fromthe funeral home to Divine Infant Church for 10:00a.m. Mass. Interment Queen of Heaven Cemetery.Memorials to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital(www.stjude.org) or Ronald McDonald House, TrippAve at Airmail Rd., Hines, IL 60141. For further info708-F-U-N-E-R-A-L.
Frett, Louise M.
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Isabel S. Franconi nee Zito; Beloved wife for 71years of Peter; Loving mother of Patricia (Harry)Sonn, Judy (the late Henry) Badgett and SharonFranconi; Devoted grandmother of Jennifer Franconiand Roseanne (Chris) Rios and great-grandmother of Daniel Sandeen and Jordan Rios; Loving auntof many nieces and nephews. Visitation Monday3:00 - 8:00 p.m. and Tuesday 10:00 a.m. until timeof Funeral Service, 11:00 a.m. at The Oaks Funeral
Home 1201 E. Irving Park Road (at Prospect), Itasca.Interment private. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Alzheimer’s Association would be appreciated. Forfuneral info: 630-250-8588 or www.theoaksfh.com
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Franconi, Isabel S.
Margaret Henry, age 90, long time former residentof Northbrook for 50 years. Devoted wife of the lateDon for 67 years. Loving mother of Tom (Susan).Cherished grandmother of Kevin and Kyle. Daughterof the late Victor and Martha Rytlewski. Dear sisterof the late Robert and Roger Rytlewski. Fond auntof many. Memorial Visitation Saturday December15th 10 am at St Catherine Laboure Catholic Church3535 Thornwood Ave. Glenview, IL followed by an11am Life Celebration Mass. In lieu of flowers dona-tions to Misericordia Home at misericordia.comappreciated.Funeral info 847-537-6600 or funerals.pro.
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Henry , Margaret
George Leo Hehn September 6, 1947-December 2, 2018 Loving Brother of Richard (Debbie) Hehn and James (Michael O’Keefe) Hehn; Devoted Uncle of Bill and Ken Hehn; Cherished Son of the late William and Elizabeth Hehn. Visitation Saturday,
December 15th 10:00 a.m. until time of Service, 11:30 a.m. at The Oaks Funeral Home 1201 E. Irving Park Road (at Prospect), Itasca. Interment private. For funeral info: 630-250-8588 or www.theoaksfh.com
Hehn, George Leo
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Cynthia Engle Hardie, modest but not self depre-cating, might have devoted awall to vanity in her spaciouscondo on Chicago’s GoldCoast. Photos of famouspeople shaking her hand.Awards for her impressivework in the field of publicrelations. Thank-you notesfor her philanthropy. A Cubsbanner, signaling faith in ateam that regularly broke her
heart. Exotica from her world travels. But insteadof framed kudos, when she died December 7, 2018,she left an imposing array of better things.When she retired in 2010 as general manager of
the Chicago office of global communications behe-moth FleishmanHillard, Hardie’s colleagues rentedWrigley Field, naming her an honorary usher whilewisely retaining her in their own lineup as a consul-tant. One of her most excruciating career momentswas on the morning of 9/11, standing beside UnitedAirlines executives as they reached out to griev-ing families of passengers on the company’s twodowned flights. Although her specialty was crisiscommunications, most professional drama was inher behind-the-scenes leadership, building a clientbase and nurturing talent. She had a national repu-tation and was summoned to put out figurative firesall over the country, always returning to her literalMidwestern base.A childhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, left her with
an unruly twang (a mangled “e” which showed upin times of stress), and her middle class upbringingleft her with egalitarian views, which were always inevidence. After graduation from Indiana University,her career began in journalism at newspapers inCincinnati, Kansas City and Chicago. After the deathof her husband, Robert Coates Hardie, and realizingshe was sole breadwinner for two young children,she spun her part time work as a writer into a fulltime gig at the largest advertising and public rela-tions agency in Cincinnati. She soon took charge ofits public relations division, and then moved on toFleishmanHillard in 1998.During her off-hours, she helped launch Fernside,
one of the nation’s first centers for grieving chil-dren, and supported it for years with her brains andmoney. She shored up a floundering equine ridingprogram for kids with special needs near her sec-ond home at a lake in Ohio – again with money andwith wise counsel. She chaired the communicationscommittee of the highly regarded Chicago Network,a philanthropic organization of influential profes-sional women. Life outside the office also includedtransporting patients to their chemo, casserole pa-trols for the sick and grieving, and arm twisting forgood causes.During her own gallant, almost six-year battle with
cancer, she brought attention and funding to theBladder Cancer Advocacy Network, an agency withprecious little of either. She was a test patient fornew drug protocols, aware they would not save herlife but enduring terrible suffering which might helpfind a cure for somebody else. Even while desper-ately ill, she maintained intellectual curiosity and animpressive familiarity with the aisles of Costco andmost of Chicago’s theater venues. She had a wickedsense of humor, cooking for and entertaining wildlydissimilar people, although she had little patiencefor the passive or unimaginative.She is survived by her brother and sister-and-law,
Ward and Susan Engle of Nashville, Tennessee; hersister and brother-in-law, Norma and Phil Hyatt; herhalf-brother and half-sister-in-law Doug and NancyEngle; her half-sister and half-brother-in-law Joannaand Grant Wilkins, and her step-mother Jo Engle, allof Knoxville, Tennessee.She also reluctantly leaves a son and daughter-
in-law, Chris Hardie and Kelly Burk, of Richmond,Indiana; a daughter and son-in-law, Erin and EricMartineau, of San Diego, California, and threegranddaughters. They are responsible for the singlecongratulatory memento in her home, a framedprint in her kitchen: 70 Things We Love AboutYou. “You loved me from the beginning,” her step-granddaughter wrote. “She always puts lipstickon for life’s biggest fights,” her daughter said. Herchildren and in-laws celebrated her progressiveworldview, her unwavering and unselfish support,her wit, her kindness, her intelligence and her flairin the kitchen. She was a fiercely protective boss, aninspirational colleague, a relentlessly generous andbeloved friend, and the most devoted and dedicatedmother. She could elevate a flower arrangementwith a Gerbera daisy and a wisp of greenery. Sheknew just when a PowerPoint presentation neededa comma and when a casserole could use a sprigof cilantro, when to micro manage and when to slipinto the background.Cynthia Hardie relinquished life after a pitched
battle with cancer, leaving behind a wide swath ofgoodness and hardly any vanity.A celebration of Cynthia’s life will be held Thurs.,
December 13th at 4PM Central time in FourthPresbyterian Church, Buchanan Chapel, 126 EChestnut, Chicago. In lieu of flowers please donateto the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network, bcan.org.
Hardie, Cynthia Engle
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Genevieve M. “Gen” Grotz, beloved wife of the lateHenry; loving mother of Robert, James (Jan) andVincent (Mary); dear grandmother of Missy (Jim)and Robbie (Rachael ); great grandmother of Ryan,Addison and Elizabeth; dear aunt and great auntof many nieces and nephews. Visitation Mondayfrom 4-9pm at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 6150N. Cicero Ave., Chicago. Friends and family willmeet Tuesday at St. Margaret Mary Church, 2324W. Chase, Chicago for Mass at 10am. Interment St.Luke Cemetery. For info 773-736-3833 or visit Gen’smemorial at www.smithcorcoran.com
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86, of Chelmsford, MA passed away, suddenly onNovember 23, 2018. Bornin Berwyn, IL on June 28,1932, to the late George andRose (Krizik) Kacek, Georgegraduated with a BSEE andMSEE from Illinois Instituteof Technology. He served inthe army and was stationedin Okinawa. He went on to asuccessful management andcomputer software career
at General Electric, and later Raytheonwhere he was instrumental on thePatriot missile program. George is sur-vived by his sister-in-law, Carolyn (Hiner)
Kacek of Naples, FL; nephew Scott (Ann McMullen)Kacek of Portland, OR; and niece Stacey (Dan Whitty)Kacek of Streamwood, IL. He was preceded in deathby his brother Don Kacek. He will be rememberedby family and friends as a kind and intelligent man.He spent his retirement years on his beloved HartPond, where he was always willing to lend a help-ing hand or debate politics. Services will be private.Arrangements have been entrusted to the care ofthe Blake Chelmford Funeral Home, Chelmsford,MA. For online condolences please visit chelmsford-funeralhome.com or find us on Facebook.
Kacek, George J
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Bette K. Jordan, 98, of River Forest, passed away on December 2, 2018 at home. She was the belovedwife of the late Forbes E. Jordan; loving motherof Susan Jordan and Sally Jordan of Chicago, andNancy Jordan of Media, Pa.; cherished grand-mother of Sarah Rose Jordan and Nicholas JordanDiefenbach; dear daughter of the late Oscar C. andEva Kleinow (nee Conway); fond sister of the lateViolet Rottschafer and the late Jack P. Kleinow; fond aunt of many nieces and nephews. Bette grew up inOak Park and later moved to River Forest where sheraised her family. She had a long career in publicrelations. She learned the trade while working atthe Patricia Stevens modeling and talent agencyin Chicago during the 1950s. She handled pressrelations and publicity for the agency, including theagency’s sponsorship of the Miss Chicago contest, which was part of the Miss America organization. Afew years later, she became the head of public rela-tions for the Oak Park Public Schools, a position sheheld for 17 years. Bette also had a second career asa real estate broker for F.C. Pilgrim Co. in Oak Park where she was a member of the Million Dollar Club.Bette was an accomplished writer and published several articles in the Chicago Tribune. She wasahead of her time as a working mother. She wasactive in several charities and a longtime member of the River Forest Presbyterian Church. She willbe greatly missed by her family and many otherswho knew her. Services and Interment Private.Memorials to Oak Park Animal Care League or The Anti Cruelty Society of Chicago are appreciated. Forfurther info: 708-383-3191 or drechslerbrownwil-liams.com
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Jordan, Bette K.
Jasinski, Robert “Bob” 85 of Sun City, FL (formerlyChicago) passed away November 26, 2018 after a brief illness. Robert was predeceased by his wife Lorraine and son Scott. Robert is survived byDaughter Karen, Son-In-Law Scott and Grand-Dog Kaolin. This life-long Cubs Fan will be dearly missedby family and friends. Memorial donations: “ScottJasinski Endowed Scholarship” at Lewis University/University Advancement-292, Lewis University, One University Parkway, Romeoville IL 60446. Checks payable to Lewis University with “Scott JasinskiScholarship” in memo line. For online gift: alumni.lewisu.edu/Giving
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Jasinski, Robert ‘Bob’
age 88, nee Donao, beloved wife of the late Maki, loving mother of Barbara (late Steve Harris), Patricia, and Sandra (Richard) Pecirno. Dear grandmother of Ashley, Brian, and Caitlin. A celebration of Yuri’s life will take place at a later date. Arrangements byAvalon Cremation Care.
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Hirami, Yuri
Born in Chicago, Illinois on January 12, 1930,Johan Edmund Hille devoted his life to educating young people. His inquisitive mind and his interest to share knowl-edge stayed with him until he died on December 3, 2018. He is survived by
his wife and great love of 62 years Bettye, son Fred (Caroline), daughter Lisen, sister Patricia (Steve) Stack and family, grand-daughter Marianna, andmany close and loving friends. Johan was a proudScandinavian, Northwestern University track-man, United States Army Master Sergeant, formerKiwanis Club president and Hixon award recipient, and faithful member of his church. Johan startedhis career committed to education teaching at Hadley Junior High School (formerly Glen Ellyn Junior High School). He became the principal of Hauser Junior High School in Riverside, IL and never stoppedencouraging and supporting children through vari-ous volunteer organizations. A memorial service to celebrate Johan’s full life will be held on January 12, 2019 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Glen Ellyn at 11:00am. Memorials may be sent to: St. Mark’sEpiscopal Church 393 N. Main Street Glen Ellyn, IL60137.
Hille , Johan Edmund ‘John ‘
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Mercedes E. Kozacki, nee Pasowicz, age 100, of Oak Park, IL; beloved wife of the late Walter; lovingmother of Mercedes (Charles) Eitz, Marcelline (thelate James) Solecki and Theresa (William) Ringhofer;cherished grandmother of Karen (Richard) Dziagwa,Sharon (John) Szybkowski, Steven (Andrea) Solecki,Walter (Julie) Fisher, Susan Eitz, Sandra (Coby) Crawford, and Nicole (Kingsley) Austin; great-grand-mother of Chas, Alexander, Christopher, Christian,Lilliana, Savannah, Kylie, Ethan, Ian, Kierstin and Jake; dear sister of the late Daniel (the late Lena) Pasowicz and the late Adele (the late George)Moritz. A funeral Mass will be held at AscensionChurch in Oak Park at a later date. Interment private. Info: 708-383-3191 or drechslerbrownwilliams.com
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Kozacki, Mercedes E.
Thomas E. Klatt, age 79 of Bristol, IL passed awaysurrounded by his lovingfamily on Friday, December 7,2018 at Edwards Hospital inNaperville, IL. He was born onAugust 5, 1939 in Sandwich,IL the son of Herbert E. andFrances (McInturf) Klatt.Tom was united in marriageon November 5, 1965 to MissKaren Burns and they spentthe next 53 happy years
together. Thomas proudly served his country as amember of the United States Marine Corp. He wasa longtime member of the Trinity Church UnitedMethodist in Yorkville, IL. Tom was a Bristol TownshipTrustee since 1991. He was a former board memberof several banks and was currently on the Board ofTrustee’s at the Pioneer Bank. Tom was the ownerand operator of both Today Cartage in Plano, IL andthe Bechstein-Klatt Excavating Company in TinleyPark, IL. Tom was a loving husband, father, grandfa-ther, brother and uncle who will be deeply missedby his family and many friends. Everyone knewTom as a smart, successful businessman whosedoor was always open. It would take a whole pageto list all of the people that he knew and cared forthroughout the years.Tom is survived by his wife, Karen Klatt of Bristol,IL; his children, Shawna (Brian) Watkins of Yorkville,IL and Thomas E. (Jennifer) Klatt II of Plano, IL; hisgrandchildren, Evelyn and Mary Watkins, and Nathanand Brody Klatt; his brothers, Robert (Donnalee)Klatt of DeKalb, IL, Gerald (Barbara) Klatt of Mendotaand Terry (Susan) Klatt of Bolingbrook, IL; as well asmany nieces and nephews.He was preceded in death by his parents, Herbert Eand Frances Klatt; his brother, Richard Klatt and hissister, Mary Ann Ackley.A Funeral Service will be held at 10:00 AM onTuesday, December 11, 2018 at the Trinity ChurchUnited Methodist, 2505 Boomer Lane in Yorkville,IL with Pastor Michael Stoner, officiating. Intermentwith Military Honors will follow in the Oak GroveCemetery in Bristol, IL.Friends may visit from 3:00 until 8:00 PM onMonday, December 10, 2018 at the Nelson Funeral
Home, 1617 North Bridge Street in Yorkville, IL.In lieu of flowers, donations may be directed to theTrinity Church United Methodist Building Fund.Arrangements by Nelson Funeral Homes &Crematory, www.NelsonFuneralHomes.com or (630)553-7611.
Klatt, Thomas E.
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Kathryn Mary “Katie” King nee Hansen, age 55; beloved wife of Dr. Kevin W. King; loving daughterof Bernie and Mary Hansen; dear sister of Carolyn (Lyle) Hehn, Patricia Hansen, Timothy (Carolyn) Hansen, Janine (Phillip) Ebersole, Daniel (Cassie)Hansen, and Amy (Anthony) Muscarnero; cherished aunt of 16 nieces and nephews, 1 grand-niece, and 2 grand-nephews; fond daughter-in-law of the late Mr. and Mrs. M. James King and sister-in-law of Scott (Kathy) King; wonderful cousin and friend of many.A Memorial Visitation will be held on Saturday, December 15th from 8:30 am until time of Mass at 10:00 am at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, 8404 S. Cass Avenue, Darien. Memorial Contributions toASPCA at www.aspca.org are appreciated. Funeral arrangements entrusted to Modell Funeral Home - (630) 852-3595 or www.modelldarien.com.
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King, Kathryn Mary ‘Katie’
Sonia Katz nee Weiner, age 96. Beloved wife of thelate Joseph J. Katz for 63 years. Lovingmother of Anna (Jeffrey) Lieblich, BetsyKessler, Abram (Marian) Katz and thelate Mary Katz. Proud grandmother ofMax (June Spector) Lieblich, Ben Kessler,
Emma (Ryan Conner) Kessler and Alex Katz andgreat grandmother of Reuben Lieblich. Dear sisterof the late Alvin Weiner and the late Carl Weiner.She was a wonderful artist whose artwork was andwill be treasured. Service Monday 10AM at ChicagoJewish funerals 8851 Skokie Blvd., (at Niles CenterRoad) Skokie. Interment Oak Woods. Memorialsto your favorite charity would be appreciated.Arrangements by Chicago Jewish Funerals – SkokieChapel, 847.229.8822, www.cjfinfo.com
Katz, Sonia
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Barbara Katz nee Schaffner, beloved wife and bestfriend of Sherwin Katz for 58 wonder-ful years. Loving mother of Steven(Michelle) Katz, Marcia Pozen andLiz Severyns. Adored grandmother ofMichelle (Geo), Danny, Tyler, Nathan,
Marissa, Hannah and Rachel. Dear sister of the lateRita (the late Al) Coven and daughter of the lateNathan and Ethel Schaffner and aunt, cousin andfriend of many. Funeral services Monday, 11:00 AMat Shir Hadash Synagogue, 200 W. Dundee Road,Wheeling, Illinois, 60090. Interment at ShalomMemorial Park, Arlington Heights. In lieu of flow-ers, remembrances to www.psp.org would beappreciated. Arrangements by Mitzvah Memorial
Funerals, (630) 648-9824 (630) MITZVAH or www.MitzvahFunerals.com.
Katz, Barbara
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Proud U.S. Coast Guard Veteran during WWII serv-ing from ‘43-’45 in the Pacific & Atlantic Campaigns. Lifetime member of the Knights of Columbus, 3rd Degree and VFW member at large. Beloved husband of the late Dorothy (nee Wojciechowicz).
Loving father of Raymond Jr. (Sue) Majdecki, Rita (Don) Schuble & Robert (Mary) Majdecki. Cherished grandfather of Mark Majdecki, Todd (Stacy) Schuble, Craig (Bridget) Majdecki, Lisa (Tim) Ward & Matthew Majdecki. Adoring great grandfather of Madison, Carter, Brooke, Hope, Mason, Alexandra & Cameron. Dear brother of John (late Judy) & late Richard (late Ann) Majdecki. Fond brother-in-law of the late Alice (Clarence) Kisala & late Florian (late Lorraine) Walters. Visitation Monday, December 10th from 9 a.m. until time of chapel prayers 11 a.m. at theBecvar & Son Funeral Home, 5539 W. 127th Street, Crestwood proceeding to Saint Alexander Church, Mass 11:30 a.m. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, contributions to the Down Syndrome Diagnosis Network, PO Box 140, Stillwater, MN 55082 and/or GiGi’s Playhouse, 15954 S Harlem Ave., Tinley Park, IL, 60477 would be appreciated.
Majdecki Sr., Raymond J.
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Benjamin Nabor Lucas, 77, publisher, Philippine na-tive, formerly of Ravenswood,passed away peacefullyDecember 3, 2018. BornBayani Nabor Lucas in Baguio,Philippines, Ben earned hisB.A. from The University ofSanto Tomas before mov-ing to Chicago, where hewent on to own and publishthe Filipino Shoppers Guide(formerly Oriental Shoppers
Guide). Beloved husband of 47 years toJulie Anna Lucas (nee Alavazo), cher-ished father of Michelle Marie Lucas ofJacksonville, FL. Dear brother of Rosita,
Florante, and Adoracion. Uncle, cousin, and friend ofmany. He was a true hero. Preceded in death by par-ents Serafin P. Lucas and Eugenia Nabor Lucas andsiblings Eduardo, Luninging, and Ligaya. Memorialmass Saturday, December 15, 12noon, Our Lady ofLourdes, 4640 N. Ashland, Chicago. In lieu of flow-ers, donations may be made in his name to www.dementiasociety.org. Arrangements by Cremation
Society of Illinois, 773-281-5058 or www.cremation-society.com.
Lucas, Benjamin Nabor
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Frances M. Loeb nee Sarich. Beloved wife of the late John M. Loeb. Cherished mother of Robert (Joan) Loeb & William Loeb. Devoted grandmother of Matthew (Rachel) & Mark. Fond sister of the late Katherine & Al Cronberg & Michael Sarich. Dear aunt of many nieces & nephews. Funeral Tuesday 9:00 am from Thompson & Kuenster Funeral Home, 5570 W. 95th St., Oak Lawn to St. Gerald Church for Mass at 10:00 am. Interment St. Mary Cemetery. Visitation Monday from 3 pm until 9 pm. thompsonkuenster-funeralhome.com 708-425-0500
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Loeb, Frances M.
Eleanor V. Leonard. Beloved daughter of the late John and Mathilda Leonard; Loving sister of the late John (Mildred), Nicholas (Perina), Joseph (Louise), Mary (Michael) Fitzgerald, Edward (Mary) and RoseLeonard; fond aunt, great aunt and great great aunt of many. Visitation Thursday December 13, 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Friedrichs Funeral Home, 320 W. Central Rd., (at Northwest Highway) Mt. Prospect, IL 60056. Visitation Friday December 14,9:00 a.m. until time of Funeral Mass 10:00 a.m. atSt. Cecilia Church, Golf Rd., (Rt. 58) and Meier Rd., Mt. Prospect, IL 60056. Entombment All Saints Mausoleum. Funeral information (847) 255-7800 or www.friedrichsfh.com.
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Leonard, Eleanor V.
Steve Latz, 62, devoted son of the late Lois and thelate August; cherished brother of Bobbie (Frank),Dave (Helen), Greg (Karen), Mark (Irene), Jeff, Scott(Sofia), Nancy (John) and the late Jim (Donna); lovinguncle and friend to many. Memorial gathering to beannounced. For info www.nelsonfunerals.com or(847) 823-5122.
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Latz, Stephen M.
Donna M. Lange, 54, of Wood Dale, beloved wifeof Scott; loving motherof Maxine and Suzanne;dear daughter of DoloresL. (Robert) Johnson; cher-ished sister of William(Maria) Burrow. Visitationfrom 9:00 am until time ofFuneral Service at 11:00 am,Saturday at the Glueckert
Funeral Home, Ltd., 1520North Arlington Heights
Road, Arlington Heights. Interment Private. In lieuof flowers, contributions to the charity of Donor’schoice appreciated. Funeral Information and con-dolences www.GlueckertFuneralHome.com or (847)253-0168.
Lange, Donna Marie
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Marilyn Kulikowski, nee Brasky, age 90, passedaway Thursday, December 6th 2018. Belovedwife of the late John. Loving mother of Patricia(Gary) Fritz, Pamela (Michael) Bentley and Martin(Laurie) Kulikowski. Cherished grandma of 12 andgreat grandma of 11. Marilyn was known as the“Candy Lady” to many. If she could put a smile onsomeone’s face, she was happy. Marilyn will betruly missed. Visitation Tuesday 9:30 a.m. at St.Catherine of Alexandria Church; 10621 S. Kedvale,Oak Lawn, until time of Mass 10:30 a.m. IntermentHoly Sepulchre Cemetery. 773-779-4411
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Kulikowski, Marilyn
William C. “Bill” Kuhnen, age 92, WWII US NavyVeteran, beloved husband for 66 yearsto Lorraine, nee Budz. Loving father ofKaren (Tom) Hill and Janet (late Joseph)Klos. Cherished grandfather of Eric(Lisa) Kolodzik, Troy (Kelly) Kolodzik,
Adam Klos, Pam (Nathan) Eikelberg, and Chris Hill.Dearest great-grandfather of Kora, Brody, Kenedy,and Addison. Dear brother of the late Lee Adler andBud Adler. Retired from Western Electric. VisitationThursday, December 13, 2018 from 9 a.m.-10:45a.m. at Colonial Chapel 15525 S. 73rd Ave. (155th/Wheeler Dr. & Harlem) Orland Park, IL to St. JulieBilliart Church. Mass 11:15 a.m. EntombmentResurrection Mausoleum, Justice, IL. Express yourthoughts and condolences at colonialchapel.com708-532-5400
Kuhnen, William C. ‘’Bill’’
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Judith (Judy) Nikcevich (nee Kardos), age 82, former-ly of South Shore, Flossmoor,and Palos Heights, passedaway in Pompano Beach,Florida, on December 1. Sheis survived by her loving son,Mark, and brother, Richard.She was married to Michael(Mitch) Nikcevich from 1956until his passing in 2001. Sheis predeceased by her par-ents, Joseph and Ella Kardos,
brother James, and sister Linda Metcalf. She wasborn in Detroit, graduated from Southwestern HighSchool, and attended Michigan State University. Shewas Miss Southwest Detroit and first runner-up forMiss Detroit in 1954. She enjoyed playing sports ofall sorts and was a gifted amateur athlete. She wasbest known for golfing, bowling, tennis, racquetball,and softball. She lit up every room she entered andwas an excellent salesman, spending most of hercareer with Rubbermaid, Inc.A committal service will be held on Monday,December 10, at 10:30am at Abraham LincolnNational Cemetery, Elwood, Illinois. Friends are in-vited to attend a funeral lunch at Noon at Palermo’s,4849 W. 95th St., Oak Lawn. In lieu of flowers,contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’sAssociation. Arrangement by Joseph McPheeFuneral Directors, 708/897-6109.
Nikcevich , Judith
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Thomas J. Moran, 78, resident of LaGrange Park,certified public accountant,passed away peacefully onNovember 4, 2018. Belovedhusband of 44 years to SondraMoran, nee Siegel. Born onAugust 8, 1940 in Chicago tothe late Francis E. and MarieD. Moran. Thomas graduatedfrom De La Salle High Schooland DePaul University in1962 with a B.S.C. in account-
ing. He became a sole practitioner of public ac-counting for over 45 years. He was the loving fatherof Beth Royalty (Scott) Dillard and Heather (Mark)Whittle; cherished grandfather of Chelsea andCassidy Whittle; Victoria (Taylor) Royalty-Buckleyand Stephen, Elizabeth and Andrew Royalty; proudgreat-grandfather of Audrey and Maxim Buckley;devoted brother-in-law to Joan Siegel, Jan Siegeland Sara (Marv) Peiken; also remembered in loveby his three nephews and spouses and their threechildren. A Celebration of Life ceremony will be heldin the Spring of 2019. Friends, family and associateswill be notified in advance with exact date, time andlocation. Memorials to the Leukemia & LymphomaSociety are appreciated. Info:708-562-5900.
Moran, Thomas J.
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Stuart D. Mishlove, a resident of Longboat Key,Florida. and Chicago, Illinois,passed away on Nov. 23,2018 in Sarasota Florida af-ter a prolonged illness. Bornin Chicago on February 20,1936 he was a graduate ofSenn High School, De PaulUniversity and a CertifiedPublic Accountant, He re-tired as owner and CFO ofEnvirodyne Engineers, Inc.
Stuart was a lifetime trustee of the ArtInstitute of Chicago, a loyal supporter ofthe Lincoln Park Zoo, past President andboard member of the North Dearborn
Association. For over 20 years Stuart and his wifeNancie, resided much of the year at their home inMarbella, Spain. They traveled the world togetherexperiencing life to its fullest. He enjoyed collect-ing French Art Deco Furniture and Lemoge catboxes. His love of animals especially felines waswell known. He is survived by his devoted wife of 50years, Nancie, his kitty Mikey, son Dr. Larry Mishlove,grand-children Zachary and Gryffin, brother Edward,wife Donna, sister Lois and husband Dr. Sol Heimanalong with numerous nieces and nephews. He willbe missed by his family and many dear friends bothhere and aboard. Services were private. In lieu offlowers,donations can be made in his name to theArt Institute of Chicago. A celebration of his life willbe held early next year on Longboat Key, Florida andlater in Chicago, Illinois.
Mishlove, Stuart D
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Theresa B. Merchut, nee Stopka. Beloved wife ofthe late Benedict. Loving mother of Mary Ellen.Dearest sister of Rita (late Stanley Styrna and thelate Wendell) Stockbridge, and the late Loretta(Robert) Meale. Dear aunt to many nieces andnephews. Funeral Wednesday 9:15 am from Malec
& Sons Funeral Home, 6000 N. Milwaukee Avenueto St. Constance Church. Mass 10:00 am. IntermentSt. Adalbert Cemetery. Visitation Tuesday 3:00 – 9:00pm. (773) 774-4100. MalecandSonsFH.com.
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Merchut, Theresa B.
Marianne C. Menotti, 80, of Glenview, loving motherof Ralph (Laura), Lisa, and Mel “Melph” Doerr (GaryHaverkamp); dear grandmother of Megan,Allisa, andMatteo, and canine grandkids Bob and Abby; fondsister of Diane (Jay) DuPree and Carol (Jim) Servis.Funeral from Simkins Funeral Home 6251 DempsterSt. Morton Grove, IL 60053 Thursday 9:30 a.m. toSt. Martha Church. Mass at 10:00 a.m. IntermentAscension Cemetery. Visitation Wednesday from4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Sign online guest book atwww.simkinsfh.com. (847) 965-2500
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Menotti, Marianne C.
Charles J. Maloney, age 83 passed away peacefullyon December 5, 2018. He was precededin death by his parents Joseph and Helen.Loving husband of Margaret, Cherishedfather of Charles (Karen), William(Kristen), Colleen (Declan) Byrne, Patrick
(Margaret) & Maggie (Josh) Kinn. Beloved grandpaof Trish, Grace, Kate, Maeve, Jack, Roisin,Teage,Eilis, Conor, Patrick, Paul, Penelope,Lily, Waverly,Josephine & Charlie. Dear brother of Nell Gallagherand the late Sally, Joseph and Patricia.Chuck was adear uncle and a friend to many. A Memorial Masswill be held at St. Paul of the Cross Church, 320South Washington St.,Park Ridge, at 10:00 a.m. onDecember 15, 2018. In lieu of flowers, donationsmay be made to Rainbow Hospice and PalliativeCare, 1550 Bishop Court, Mount Prospect, Il 60056.Arrangements entrusted to Green Burials of Love,
Ltd., Marion Friel - Funeral Director (847)721-0322or [email protected]
Maloney, Charles J.
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Earl Polisky, 77; beloved husband for more than 50years of Sharon nee Berliner of blessedmemory; loving father of Jeffrey, Michael(Liz) and Jennifer (John Leichenko);proud grandfather of Mia, Anna andSam; brother of Stuart (Elaine) Polisky;
treasured uncle; loving companion of Sheri Glazerand friend of many. Chapel service Monday, 2:30p.m. at Shalom Memorial Funeral Home, 1700 W.Rand Road, Arlington Heights. Internment ShalomMemorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorials maybe made to honorflightchicago.org or your favoritecharity. For information or to leave condolences:(847) 255-3520 or www.shalom2.com.
Polisky, Earl
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Pierre Dobrovolny, age 85 of Hawthorn Woods,formerly of North Riverside. Beloved husband ofVera (nee Bromova), loving father of Lucie (Albert)Casiello and the late Eva (Herve) Marand, cherishedgrandfather of Alena (Cameron) Berube, Alexandre“Alex” (Alicia) Marand, Anika Marand, Claire Casiello,Magdalena “Maggie” Casiello and great grandfatherof Olivier Berube, dear brother of the late Pavel(Jitka) Dobrovolny.Private cremation services have held. Interment ata later date at Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside.Funeral arrangements handled by Kuratko-Nosek
Funeral Home. Online condolences may be offeredto the family at www.KuratkoNosek.com. Info: (708)447-2500
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Pierre, Dobrovolny
Deb L Peterson of Libertyville, 62, passed away Dec2, 2018 in Libertyville. Debwas born Dec 14, 1955 inChicago and was a residentof Libertyville for more than25 years. Deb enjoyed a 40-yr.business & management ca-reer at Sears, Swift/BeatriceFoods, Motient & Intermaticretiring in 2013. Family wasthe most important aspect ofDeb’s life.
She is survived by her devoted husband, MarkRuggiero; her dearest siblings and in-laws – Robert(Kyle) Peterson, Cheri (Jim) Hart, Greg (Heidi)Peterson, Terri (Manuel) Peterson & Scott (Tammy)Peterson; her cherished godchild Jen (Brian) Hart &many loving nieces & nephews. Deb was precededin death by her dear parents Robert & Beverly(Freitag) Peterson & her husband Richard Buzzee.A Celebration of Life Service will be held Saturday,December 15, 2018, 10AM, at the Lutheran Churchof the Master, 580 Kuhn Rd, Carol Stream, IL. AFamily Visitation will precede the Service at 9AM.In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorialdonations in Deb’s honor be made to the SusanG. Komen Foundation (www.komen.org). Funeralarrangements by McMurrough Funeral Chapel,Libertyville. For full obituary and to sign guest bookgo to Libertyvillefuneralhome.com
Peterson, Deb L
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Kathleen “Kate” Mae Palermo, age 19, of LaGrange, IL; cherished daughter of Joan Vander Linde and James Palermo; loved sister of Madeline Palermo; adored niece of Karen (Tom Shaffer) and Len VanderLinde, Nancy (Bob) Yettah, Cathy Sullivan, and Liz(Eric) Hedberg; cousin of Rebecca, Sean (Caitlyn) and Joel Vander Linde, and Jon, Chris and Elizabeth Shaffer; friend of many. Memorial Visitation 3 to 9pm Thursday, December 20 at Hallowell & James
Funeral Home, 1025 W. 55th St., Countryside. Memorial Service 1pm Friday, December 21 at First Congregational Church of Western Springs, 1106 Chestnut St., Western Springs. Interment private. Memorial donations may be made to Cal’s Angels (www.calsangels.org) and iCAN Research (www.icanresearch.org). Please see full obituary at www.hjfunerals.com. Funeral Home Phone: 708-352-6500.
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Palermo, Kathleen Mae ‘Kate’
Mabel “Laurie” Elizabeth Paddleford, age 105, ofLombard. Dear wife of the late Merton E. Paddleford; loving daughter of the late Victor and the late AliceLaurence, nee Peterson; cherished mother of Jane (Earl) Henrickson, and Nancy (Leon Narvaez)Paddleford; devoted grandmother of Benjamin (Martha Schultz) Narvaez, Cristina (Christian Conesa) Narvaez, and the late David Narvaez; dear great-grandmother of Margaux, Veronica, Fabian Narvaez, and Lucia Conesa; beloved aunt and cherished friend of many. Laurie worked at CommonwealthEdison as a home lighting advisor after severalyears teaching art in Iowa and Illinois high schools. She was active in many charities, civic groups, and worked faithfully on behalf of her church, giving self-lessly of her time. She brought brightness, joy andlove to our lives and will be sorely missed. VisitationSunday, December 9th, 1-4 PM at Knollcrest Funeral
Home, 1500 S. Meyers Rd. Lombard. Interment,December 10th, 2 PM at North Lawn Cemetery, Fort Dodge, IA. A Memorial Service will be heldon Saturday, December 15th, 1 PM, at Beacon HillRetirement Community, DuPahze Hall, 2400 S. FinleyRd, Lombard, IL 60148. Memorial donations may be made to Moody Bible Institute, Stewardship Office, 820 N. LaSalle Blvd, Chicago IL, 60610. Funeral info: 630-932-1500 or www.knollcrest.net
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Paddleford, Mabel ‘Laurie’
Peggy L. Owsley, beloved wife of the late Donald;loving mother of Michael (Suzanne), Susan (Michael)Dzija and Cynthia (Jeff) Robert Panik; cherishedgrandmother of Michael (Shannon), Stephanie (Thomas), Nicole (Dan), Jillian (Mike), Andrew (JoElla) and Timothy (Emily); fond great-grandmother ofKailey, Mikey, Jackson, Payton, Weston, Nathan, Michael and John; dear sister of Jean Coulson and Steve Eli. Visitation Mon., Dec. 10, 2018, 9 AM untilfuneral service at 12 noon at Matz Funeral Home,410 E. Rand Rd., Mt. Prospect. Interment AcaciaPark Cemetery.. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the Alzheimer’s Association appreciated. 847/394-2336
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Owsley, Peggy L.
Helen J. Nix nee Kapitanik. Beloved wife of the lateRobert Nix Sr. Loving mother of Marilyn (Thomas) Martin & Robert Nix Jr. Cherished grandmother of Kristi (Jason) Burks, Jessica (Phillip) Glecier, Michael(Robyn) Nix & Cindy Nix. Proud great grandmotherof Logan, Tyler, Philip, Vivian, Brooklyn, Brandon, Caitlyn, Vinny, Trevor, Matthew, Michael & Richie.Dear sister of Estelle Higgins, Gertrude Rybowiak &the late Theresa Daluga, Peg Milas, Alice Kovarick, Skip Kapitanik, Cubsy Kapitanik & Harry Kapitanik.Fond aunt of many nieces & nephews. VisitationMonday from 3:00 pm until 8:00 pm at Thompson
& Kuenster Funeral Home, 5570 W. 95th St. in OakLawn. Interment private Tuesday at ResurrectionCemetery thompsonkuensterfuneralhome.com708-425-0500
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Nix, Helen J.
Bridie Regan nee Collins, native of Shanvallycahill,Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo, Ireland; beloved wife of the late Thomas; loving mother of Anthony, Joann (Leo) Hughes and the late Peggy; cherished Nana of Thomas and Carol Hughes; dear sister of thelate Sarah (John) McGing, the late Tommy (the lateMaureen) Collins, Michael (the late Nell) Collins, the late John (Rose) Collins, the late Kate Collins, Mary(the late Mike) Gallagher, the late Jimmy (Mary) Collins, Nora (Tommy) Heneghan, and Padraig (Celeste) Collins; fond aunt of many; Thank youJojo, who was a loving and caring caregiver. Funeral Thursday 9:30 AM from Gibbons Family Funeral
Home 5917 W. Irving Park Rd. (½ Block East of Austin) to St. Pascal Church. Mass 10 AM. IntermentQueen of Heaven Cemetery. Visitation Wednesday3-8 PM. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Mercy Home, EWTN Catholic Channel or masses. For info 773-777-3944 or www.GFFH.com
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Regan, Bridie
Robert “Bob” Reedy, age 89, long-time resident ofVilla Park, IL passed awaypeacefully on Dec. 4, 2018 inthe company of his belovedfamily. He was a man ofunwavering faith who foundgreat comfort in his religiousconvictions. Bob marriedAnna Tomaso in 1954 andthey were inseparable fornearly 65 years. They raisedtheir five children in Villa Park
and were dedicated members of St. Alexander’sParish. Bob joined his father and brothers in thefamily business (JW Reedy Realty) and worked for40 plus years as a realtor. Bob’s devotion to Godwas matched only by his steadfast commitment tohis wife and children. He was the epitome of TheGreatest Generation and joined the 81st HonorFlight Chicago to Washington DC. He was proud torepresent his father’s, brothers’ and his own serviceto our country. Bob lived a life of gratitude and graceand will be missed by all.Bob is survived by his beloved wife Anna M. (neeTomaso). Loving father of John, Julie (late Steven)Glaser, Thomas (Melissa), David (Susan), Mary(James) Santucci. Cherished grandfather of 14 andgreat grandfather of 1. Bob was the fifth of ten chil-dren of John (JW) and Mary Reedy and is survived byPatricia Jandel, Jean Gerhard and Rosemary (Russell)Anderson and sister-in-law Donna Reedy.Visitation Sunday, December 9, 2018 from 3:00 -8:00 pm at Steuerle Funeral Home, 350 S. ArdmoreAve., Villa Park, IL. Funeral Monday, December 10,2018 - Gathering 9:30am/Mass 10:30am at St.Alexander Catholic Church, 300 S. Cornell, VillaPark, IL. In lieu of flowers memorials to JDRF.org orMisericordia.com
Reedy, Robert T.
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Louis B. Raffel, 85. Beloved husband of the lateTrudi (Gertrude) Raffel nee Weiner for57 years. Loving father of Larry Raffel,Sharon (Gary) Riederman and Mark(Lisa) Raffel. Proud grandfather of Brett,Ian, Peter, Ali, Alec and Lizabeth. Dear
brother-in-law of the late Milton Weiner and the lateEvelyn (the late Sy) Greenberg. Dear uncle, cousinand friend. Service Sunday 2:30 PM at Chicago
Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd., (at Niles CenterRoad), Skokie. Interment Memorial Park. Memorialsto the Alzheimer’s Association Illinois Chapter,8430 W. Bryn Mawr, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60631,www.alz.org would be appreciated. Arrangementsby Chicago Jewish Funerals – Skokie Chapel,847.229.8822, www.cjfinfo.com
Raffel, Louis B.
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Ptack, Dorothy P. nee: Gallina. Loving wife of thelate James. Cherished mother of Judy (Gregg)Mangialardi. Devoted grandmother of Michael(Katelyn) and Alison Mangialardi. Fond sister andaunt of many. Visitation Monday, 9:30 a.m. until timeof Mass 10:00 a.m. at St. Monica Church, 5136 N.Nottingham Ave., Chicago. In lieu of flowers pleasemake contributions to Rainbow Hospice, 1550Bishop Ct, Mt Prospect, IL 60056. Interment AllSaints Cemetery. Arrangements by Kolbus-John V.May 773-774-3232 or www.kolbusmayfh.com.
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Ptack, Dorothy P.
Mary Eileen Theresa McMahon Prochaska, as she often referred to herself, passed away on December4, 2018, at the impressive age of 99 (although until the end she claimed 39!). Mary was known for her sharp wit, generous nature, and the ability to make everyone she came in contact with feel welcome and at home in her company. Like her husband, Joseph, who preceded her in death, Mary’s final actof generosity was to leave her body to science, sothat others may someday benefit from what may be learned. She was the loving mother of a daughter Mary, known by family as Teese, deceased, and two sons, Joseph (Becky) and John (Gosia). She was theloving grandmother of Bryn (Imran), Meryl, Tracy (Adam), and Olga (Justin), and great grandmother to Rakin, Rayya, Jasper, and Laith. A private memorial celebration of her life will be scheduled after the holidays.
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Prochaska, Mary Eileen
Jody Lynne Preston, 63, of Portage Park, passed away suddenly on November 26, 2018. Beloved daughter of Elaine (nee Murzak) and the late Joseph. Loving sister of Drew (Kathleen). Dear friend to many. Avid pet lover and award winning blood donor. Former Nurse and CPO in the 16th district.A memorial mass will be held Saturday, December 15th, at 11:30 am at Saint Pascal Church located at 6199 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60634.Arrangements entrusted to Chicagoland Cremation
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Preston, Jody Lynne
Patricia A. Powers, 65, loving sister of KathleenM. (V. James “Jim”) Grieco; dearest aunt of Jim(Lindsay) and Nick (Rebecca); fond great aunt ofRyan, Gabrielle and Andrew. Visitation Sunday,December 9, 3 to 8:00 p.m. and Monday, 9:00 a.m.till time of prayers at 9:45 a.m. at Ivins/Moravecek
Funeral Home 80 E. Burlington St. Riverside to St.Mary Church Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m.Interment Holy Sepluchre Cemetery. Info at www.moravecek.com or 708-447-2261.
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POWERS, PATRICIA A.
Rodriguez, Jose MucioAge 91 passed away Thursday December 6, 2018 at Lakeview Rehabilitation Center in Chicago. Survived by his loving siblings Manuel (Laura) Rodriguez, Most Reverend Bishop Placido Rodriguez, Edmundo (Maria Elena) Rodriguez, Roman (Lourdes) Rodriguez, Concepcion, Eutimio, Antonio, Victor and Guadalupealso 37 nieces, nephews and many grand nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by his parents Eutimio and Maria Concepcion Rodriguez; siblings Trinidad, Antonia, Eutimio (Ascencion), Diego, Simon (Marceia), Jesus, Carmen and Jose. Visitation Tuesday December 11, 2018 where he will lie in state beginning 9 am followed by Mass of ChristianBurial, 11 am at Queen of Heaven Mausoleum, 1400 S. Wolf Rd., Hillside, IL 60162. Interment to follow Mass. Services entrusted to Anderson Memorial
Home, Crest Hill, IL. (www.andersonmemorial-homes.com) (815) 577-5250
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Rodriguez, Jose Mucio
John Patrick was born October 6, 1925 in Boston,MA. He died December 4,2018 in Barrington, ILJohn Patrick is survived byhis wife of 58 years, Rita;children, John Michael(Deborah Kampmeier) andJennifer (John F. Svolos);grandchildren, Zachary andNatalie Svolos, and SophiaOppenheim; and sisters,Anna (late William) Campbell,
and Kathleen (late Leo) Esinhart. He was precededin death by his parents, Patrick and Ellen Roche; andbrothers, Donald Richard, Patrick Joseph, and DonaldFrancis. Memorial visitation will be at 9:30am untilthe funeral mass at 11am Monday, January 7 at St.Anne Catholic Church, 120 N. Ela Street, Barrington.Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, memori-als may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospitalor National Forest Foundation. Please visit www.davenportfamily.com to send condolences.
Roche, John Patrick ‘Jack’
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Loving husband, father and grandfather, an inspira-tion with his positive spirit inthe face of MS. Called homeNov 26, age 86. Served asprincipal, teacher, organ-ist, and music director atTabor Lutheran & Our SaviorNorwood Park. A memorialservice will be held on April13th at 11:00AM, TrinityLutheran, Lisle. Donations:Lutheran World Relief.
Reuter, John F.
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Frank Resnik, born April 16, 1942, peacefully be-gan his final journey onDecember 6, 2018. He waspreceded in death by hisparents Dr. Harry and Sadie“Bobbie” Landes Resnickof Bridgeport, CT. He is sur-vived by his wife of 45 years,Susan nee Leblang withwhom he shared a love oftravel-especially of cruising-and a host of friends; by his
sister, Karen nee Resnik Richter and his brother inlaw, David Richter of Columbus, OH; by his nieceTeresa Richter and grandniece, Kayla Lopez, both ofCooper City, FL; and by Susan’s nieces, Amy (Steve)Kane of North Carolina and Carole Kosover of NewYork. Frank was a graduate of Antioch College andreceived an MBA from the University of ChicagoGraduate School of Business. In 1967, he left a po-sition at Capitol Records to become Cook CountyDirector of Systems and Procedures under CountyBoard President Richard B. Ogilvie. When Ogilviewas elected governor in 1968, he named Frank asAssistant Director and then Director of the Stateof Illinois Department of General Services. In 1972,Frank was appointed head of Region 5 of the FederalGovernment’s General Services Administration forsix midwestern states. He held that position until1976 when he was hired by Medline Industries.He had a 20 year trailblazing career at MedlineIndustries, Inc. Beginning in 1977, he started asPresident of Operations. From there, he movedto Sales, starting the Special Sales department. In1986, Frank founded the Healthcare Sales Companywithin Medline, a dedicated sales force for nursinghomes. By the end of the 1980’s, he assumed therole of Chief Financial Officer. He held this positionuntil 1996, at which point Frank was named ViceChairman. In this final role at Medline, Frank hadresponsibility for Finance, Distribution, IT, HR andCustomer Service. He retired on his 20th anniver-sary with Medline in 1997, walking out the frontdoor, waving to all the employees he had mentoredover the years. Frank left an indelible mark on allthose that worked with him, and played a crucialrole in the success of Medline during his tenure. Inretirement, he continued to be a wonderful mentorand dear friend to many people at Medline, and hisFinance team often got together for annual reunionlunches. He wilI be remembered for his many ac-complishments, his generosity, and his wide rangeof interests; however, he will be best remem-bered as a good and loyal friend. lieu of flowers,please make a donation to the scholarships at theUniversity of Chicago’s Booth School of Business,Melanoma Cancer Research, or a charity of yourchoice. A celebration of life will be held Monday,December 10, 2018, 3:30PM at the Union LeagueClub of Chicago, 65 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL60604. Arrangements by Chicago Jewish Funerals -Skokie Chapel, 847.229.8822, www.cjfinfo.com
Resnik, Frank
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Mary P. Regner nee Gallagher, 87; beloved wife of thelate Philip W.; loving motherCecile, Kurt (Joanne Leovy),Diane and Linda (Andrew)Currie; proud grandmotherof Karl and Keane; dearsister of the late HenriettaA. Gallagher; fond daughterof the late Michael F. andMary M. “Mae” Gallaghernee O’Malley. Mary was agraduate of Notre Dame High
School for Girls. Her career included the FederalReserve Bank and Illinois Masonic Medical Center.She enjoyed gardening, sewing and crafts. She vol-unteered with the Girl Scouts of America and manyactivities at St. Pascal’s School. In lieu of flowers,please make donations to Alzheimer AssociationGreater Illinois Chapter, 8430 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60631. Services and IntermentPrivate. Arrangements entrusted to Gibbons Family
Funeral Home.
Regner, Mary P.
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Sue E. Shrader, a tennis professional at MidtownAthletic Club for more than 30 years, died Nov. 29,2018, at the age of 72 of brain cancer. Ms. Shrader,a native of Sacramento, Ca., joined Midtown in1986 after working as the women’s head tenniscoach at Sacramento State University, her almamater. A former player on the Virginia Slims FuturesTennis Circuit, Ms. Shrader also taught tennis atMarymount School in Westwood, Ca., and the Riodel Oro Racquet Club in Sacramento. Previously, Ms.Shrader won the USTA National Women’s DoublesChampionship in 1965. She had a top USTA rankingin singles and doubles play during both high schooland college. Ms. Shrader brought her love for thegame to Mid-Town, where she ran the “MatineeTennis” program. Under her direction and tutelage,Matinee Tennis developed into one of Midtown’smost popular programs for tennis enthusiasts of allabilities. Services are private. Memorial donationsmay be made to Guide Dogs for the Blind, P.O. Box3950, San Rafael, CA. 94912-3950.
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Shrader, Sue E.
Donald Sebelik, 77, passed away December 1, 2018.Beloved husband for 45years to Judith nee Hrejsa;loving father of Sandy Burns,Cindy (Bob) Wolf and JenniferSebelik; grandfather of 7;brother of Marcy and Pat.Preceded in death by his par-ents, Josephine and Richardand grandson, Brandon Wolf.In lieu of flowers, donationsmay be made to St. Jude
Children’s Research Hospital. Services held privately.
Sebelik, Donald
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A graveside service will be held honoring and re-membering the life of AllanPeter Scholl on Wednesday,December 5, 2018 10 AMat Floral Haven MemorialGardens, Broken Arrow, OK.Allen passed away peacefullyon Wednesday, November28, 2018. He was 91.Born 1927 in London,Englandto Frank and Edith Scholl,Allan was the fourth of five
children. He attended Campion Jesuit High School inPrairie du Chien, Wisconsin and later was admittedto The Citadel military college in Charleston, SouthCarolina.He received an appointment to West Point in 1946and graduated in 1950 with a bachelor of sciencedegree. Shortly after graduation from West Point,Allan was commissioned into the Infantry and bygood fortune was not assigned duty in Korea. Hislast appointment was in Berlin, Germany beforeretiring in 1971.Allan served for 20 years he retired as a LieutenantColonel.Allan married Sonya Zoe Little in 1953 and they ush-ered in three sons from that marriage.
In 1967, Allan married Nari Kaufmann. She re-mained by his side until passing away, January 2016.Mr. Scholl is survived by his three sons and theirwives, Eric and Jacque of Tulsa, Karl and Robyn ofCairns, Australia, Mark and Cathy of Fredericksburg,Texas. He also leaves behind seven grandchildren,William and his wife Francesca, James, Leslie, Eric,Elizabeth, Nicholas and Jayde and two great-grand-daughters, Olivia and Alexandra.Viewing for Mr. Scholl will be held Tuesday,December 4, 2018 from 5 to 8 PM at Schaudt’s TulsaFuneral Service.In Lieu of flowers, donations can be made in mem-ory of Allan to West Point Association of Graduates;www.westpointaog.org/waystogive or Mt. St.Mary’s Abbey; 300 Arnold St. Wrentham, MA 02093.Arrangements are entrusted to Schuadt’s TulsaFuneral Service. Family and friends may send mem-ories and condolences to the family, online at www.schaudtfuneralservice.com.
Scholl, Allan Peter
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Mary Rose Rubino nee Barberini, 97, of Naperville.Beloved wife of the late Salvatore Joseph for 56years; loving mother of Daniel (Annette) and Francis(Ophelia); cherished grandmother of Rosetta; deardaughter of the late Donato and Rose Barberini;sister of Rosalyn (the late Augustine) Rubino and the late Andrew Barberini, Michael Barberini and Frank Barberini; sister-in-law of Mary Barberini;aunt of many nieces and nephews. Visitation atWilliams-Kampp Funeral Home, 430 E. Roosevelt Rd., Wheaton from 8 :00 A.M. until time of prayersat 9:15 A.M. going to Christ the King Church,1501 S. Main St., Lombard for Mass at 10:00 A.M. Thursday, December 13, 2018. Interment Mt. CarmelCemetery. In lieu of flowers, Memorials would be appreciated for the church. Funeral Info @ www.williams-kampp.com or (630) 668-0016.
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Rubino, Mary Rose
Hala Rozycka of Westchester, age 95. Belovedwife of the late Henryk Rozycki; loving motherof Iwonna (William) King and Danuta Rozycka;proud grandmother of Valerie (Michael) Jirik andChristopher (Dedra) Schmidt; great-grandmotherof Andrew, Joseph, Angela and Victoria; dear sisterof Krys (Wanda) Zwolakowski and the late ChesterChadzinski. Volunteer for over 20 years at Oak ParkHospital. WW II Veteran of the Polish Army. A memo-rial visitation will be held on Thursday, December13, 2018 at Visitation Church, 851 S. York St.,Elmhurst from 10:00 a.m. until time of Mass 11:00a.m. Entombment Queen of Heaven Cemetery. Forfurther info 708-F-U-N-E-R-A-L.
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Bernadine J. Rohlicek beloved wife of the late Patrick; loving mother of Michelle (Jamie) Smith,Michael (Dawn), and Jeff; dearest grandmother of Jeffrey, Jimmy, Cara, Erika (Bobby) Niemiec, Paige,Tony, Kelly, Sean, and great grandmother of Tristen;also many fond nieces and nephews. Funeral Tuesday 10:30 AM from the Schielka Addison Street
Funeral Home 7710 W Addison St to St FrancisBorgia Church for an 11 AM mass. Interment private. Visitation Monday 3 PM - 9 PM. 773-625-3444
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Nicholas A. Zabrinas, age 83. Longtime residentof Chicago. At rest December 3, 2018.Proud veteran of the U.S. Army. BelovedHusband for 56 years to Therese neeDolatowski. Loving Father of Mark,Michael (Liza), Thomas and Kathryn
(Brian) Brzezinski. Proud Grandpa of Aaron, Nicoleand Jeremy Zabrinas and Emily and MargaretBrzezinski. Dear Brother of the late TheodoreNemec and the late Veronica (Walter) Liptak. Fonduncle of many nieces and nephews. Funeral TuesdayDecember 11,2018 10:15 a.m. from Ridge FuneralHome, 6620 W. Archer Ave. Chicago to St. Danielthe Prophet Church mass 11:00 a.m. EntombmentResurrection Mausoleum. Visitation Monday from 3to 9 p.m.. 4th Degree member of Archbishop QuigleyK.ofC. Council #2428 and Barcair Caravan order ofAlhambra. Info: 773-586-7900 or www.ridgefh.com.
Zabrinas, Nicholas A.
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George Jerry Yoksoulian, age 84, of Downers Grove,IL passed away on December 5, 2018. Arrangements by Toon Funeral Home, Downers Grove, IL 630-968-0408; www.toonfuneralhome.com.
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Lutrelle “Lute” Wassmann, age 92, of Wilmette.Beloved husband of the late Alice “Pat” Wassmannnee Cooney; loving father of Mary (Rick) Pautler, Ann(Tom Edwards) Wassmann, Dan (Kathy) Wassmann,Sue Panno Trainor (Steve and the late John Panno)and Sally (Richard) Baylaender; dear grandfatherof Allison, Andrew (Lindsey) and Maggie Pautler,Elizabeth, Emily and Peter Wassmann, Michael,Paul and Mark (Courtney) Panno and ChristopherBaylaender; great grandfather of Hannah, Campbelland Noah Pautler and Benjamin Panno; brotherof Marion (the late John) June Hanna and the lateLeonard (the late Alice) Wassmann. Lute grew up inChicago Heights and attended Bloom High School.During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy andwas trained to be a gunner on a torpedo bomberaircraft. After the war, he was taking college prepa-ratory classes at Bloom High School when he methis future wife, Pat. They dated through college andwere married in 1952. Lute was an industrial de-signer. He began his career working for firms suchas Raymond Loewy & Associates and Latham, Tylerand Jensen. Ultimately, he started his own business.Lute was also a design professor for many years atthe Illinois Institute of Technology, serving as directorof IIT’s Institute of Design for a period in the 1960s.Throughout his life, Lute was an artist, creatingpaintings and collages. Digital images of his manypaintings can be viewed at www.bigtowergallery.com/lute-wassmann. In addition, he gave his timefrequently to charitable causes. Visitation Monday,December 17, 2018 at noon immediately followedby a memorial Mass 2 p.m. at Saint Francis XavierChurch, 9th Street and Linden Avenue, Wilmette, IL60091. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made toSaint Vincent de Paul Society in care of Saint FrancisXavier, 524 9th Street, Wilmette, IL 60091.Info: 847675-1990 or ww.donnellanfuneral.com.
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Wassmann, Lutrelle ‘Lute’
Deborah M. Zuskar, age 66, passed away onNovember 27, 2018 afterdays of being surroundedby her family. Deborah isloved by her high-schoolsweetheart and husband of43 years, John Zuskar, daugh-ter Marisa Ferson (Michael)and son Michael Zuskar(Kayla). She was an adoringgrandmother to two grand-daughters, Marleigh and Rory
Ferson. Deborah is also survived by her sister VickiMohr Born (Christopher) and brother James Mohr.Deborah graduated Summa Cum Laude andPhi Beta Kappa from the University of IllinoisUrbana Champaign with a Bachelor of Science inPsychology and received her doctorate in ClinicalPsychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago.She served as the chair of graduate student admis-sions and Director of Graduate Education, and thenas an Clinical Assistant Professor, for the Division ofClinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry andBehavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine,Northwestern University. Deborah’s research inter-ests were in communication and conflict resolution,especially in close interpersonal relationships.Her greatest professional impact was on thehundreds of individual patients she worked withthrough her almost 40 year career. Building rela-tionships with people was her greatest strength;Deborah devoted so much of her time and energyto guiding people through trying times and helpingthem find peace and satisfaction in their lives.But Deborah’s own sense of peace came on anyhot, sunny day, especially on vacationin a new city or country or continent. She was al-ways looking forward to her next vacation and thenew experiences she would share with her family,where ever they were. We know right now she issitting on a pool chair, leafing through the newspa-per and asking “what’s the plan?”.In lieu of flowers, memorials can be given in hername to the Scleroderma Foundation (www.sclero-derma.org).
Zuskar, Deborah M.
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Beloved husband of the late Lorraine (nee Samuelson); loving father of Susan (William Reinhardt) Ziegler; dear brotherof Elizabeth Ziegler. Visitation will beheld Monday from 4:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.at Cooney Funeral Home located at 625
Busse Hwy in Park Ridge. Funeral Tuesday, lying instate from 10:00 a.m. until time of service at 11:00 a.m. at Saint Luke’s Lutheran Church located at 1500 W. Belmont Ave. in Chicago. Interment St. LukeCemetery. For information please call 847-685-1002or visit www.cooneyfuneralhome.com
Ziegler, Frederick ‘Mr. Zig’
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Laurence O.Stine,age 94,passed away on December4, 2018. with his family byhis side. He was a 60 yearresident of Western Springsand currently of Elmhurst.Born on November 5, 1924,in North Dakota, Larry wasa WWII Navy veteran and aretired chemical engineer.Loving companion of FranWall; beloved husband of thelate Antoinette; dear father of
Mary Alice Liedtke and Margaret Stine(Karl Johnson); fond grandfather of AlexLiedtke, Charles (Allison) Johnson, KyleJohnson, and Bradley Johnson. A cele-
bration of life will be held Saturday, December 15th,2018, 10:00 am at Park Place, 1050 E. Euclid Ave.Elmhurst, IL 60126. In lieu of flowers, memorialsmay be made to a charity of choice. Arrangementsby Brian Powell Funeral Directors of Hinsdale. Forinformation 630-703-9131 or www.powellfuneral-directors.com.
Stine, Laurence O.
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Gerald M (Jerry) Stern- age 91 of Skokie, on November 30, 2018. Loving husband of Annette (Weinstein), dear father of Sheryl (Steve) Levin, Merle (Mark) Gallagher, Mark Stern and Mitchell (Sheryl) Stern, cherished grandfather of Kenneth (Kelly) Levin,
Tara Levin, Zachary (Carolyn Oppenheimer) Stern, Lauren Gallagher, Robin Gallagher, Carly Stern andBrandon Stern, brother of Richard Stern. Service Monday, Dec 10th at 2 PM, Memorial Park Cemetery Mausoleum, Skokie. In lieu of flowers, tributes in Jerry’s name can be made to Journey Care Hospice 2050 Claire Ct, Glenview, IL 60025 https://journey-care.org/donate/ or Hadassah Chicago-North Shore, Attn: Gerald “Jerry” Stern Memorial Fund, 60 Revere Dr, Suite 800, Northbrook, IL 60062
Stern, Gerald M
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Roger W. Smith, age 80, of Manhattan, died Sunday,December 2, at Spring CreekNursing Home, Joliet. He issurvived by one daughterColleen Smith of Chicago,three sons John of Lockport,Timothy of Chicago andThomas of Manhattan.Also survived by one sisterCarole (Joseph – deceased)Durbin, one brother-in-law,Robert Riley Sr., sisters-in-
law Madeline (Pete) Bird, Marilyn (Greg)Gustafson, Myrtle (John) Briggs andMaureen (Todd Sr.) Bennett. Numerousnieces and nephews also survive.
Preceded in death by his parents Howard and Leta(Sampson) Smith, his beloved wife Marjorie neeRiley, two sisters-in-law Mary Lou Wickham andMildred Flanagan, two brothers-in-law Thomas RileyJr. and Joseph Durbin. Nieces and Nephews.Roger retired from Caterpillar after 30 years of ser-vice as a machinist. He proudly served his countrywith the US Navy aboard the USS Pocono from 1957to 1959. Roger loved his family very much and wasfond of fishing.Memorial Mass will be 11:00 A.M., Saturday, January19, 2019 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 235 WestNorth St, Manhattan, IL. Visitation will be the sameday at church from 10:00 A.M. until the time of ser-vice. Memorials in Roger’s name to the charity ofyour choice would be most appreciated. Forsythe
Gould Funeral Home, 507 S. State St., Manhattan, IL60442, 815-478-3321, www.forsythegouldfh.com
Smith, Roger W.
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Kathleen M. Smith, nee Diamond, age 68 passedaway at her home in Elmhurst;beloved wife of James W. forover 47 years; loving motherof Michelle Lynn (Pete)Hanssel and Kimberly Ann(Robert Jr.) Bozek; wonderfulGrandmother “NaNa” of Colinand Mary Kathleen Hanssel,Robert John III, AubreyKathleen and Brayden Jamesand the late Kayla Smith
Bozek; cherished daughter of the late George A.and the late Kathleen, nee O’Donnell; kind sister ofTimothy G. Diamond and the late Bobby Diamondand sister- in-law of Donna and Ron Medema, andGlenn and Diane Smith; fond aunt of Mike, Cathy,Debbie, Ryan and Alex. Jim and Kathy met at acollege dance in 1969, after years of seeing eachother but never actually being introduced, and fromthat moment it was love for Jim. They married in1971 and began their life together. Throughout lifeKathy enjoyed vacationing with her family, walkingher dog, and spending time with her grandchildren.Kathy was the most kind and generous personanyone could meet. She had a love for dogs es-pecially her dog Odie, holidays and the St. Patrick’sParade in Elmhurst. While working most of her life,she raised her daughters to become great ladiesand mothers. Her grandchildren were loved andNana gave them anything she could. She will bedeeply missed by all who knew and loved her, buther memory lives on forever. Friends and familywill meet Tuesday, December 11, 2018, 10:30 a.m.and celebrate a Mass of Christian Burial 11:00 a.m.at Visitation Catholic Church 779 South York Road,(At Madison), Elmhurst. Interment Private. In lieuof flowers, donations can be made to UCP Seguinof Greater Chicago, 3100 S. Central Ave Cicero, IL60804 - a Non Profit Organization for children andadults with special needs. Arrangements handledby Gibbons Funeral Home, Elmhurst. 630-832-0018or www.gibbonsfuneralhome.com
Smith, Kathleen M.
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Francis J. Slobig, born September 10, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois, died on November 27, 2018. Survived by his wife of 49 years, Judy (Hanawalt) and, his children; Justin, Joshua, Zachary, Rebecca, and Timothy, daughters-in-law Erin Eger and Sachi Cunningham, and grandchildren, Isaiah Ahlstrom, Amara, Giselle, and Zia Slobig, Xavier Anderson, Andrea Slobig Romero, Nami Slobig, and Josie Hever-Slobig.Frank grew up in Homewood, Illinois, attended St. Joseph School and Quigley Preparatory Seminary, founded in 1905 by his great-uncle, Msgr. Francis Andrew Purcell. He continued on to St. Mary of theLake Seminary, Mundelein, Illinois. Ordained by the Archdiocese of Chicago on May 1, 1961, he served in St. Boniface and Annunciation parishes from 1961-68, as Assistant Director of the ArchdiocesanOffice of Urban Affairs, on the Boards of Association House of Chicago and the Northwest Community Organization. He played a lead role in developing the Association of Chicago Priests and National Federation of Priests’ Councils. Fr. Slobig left the active ministry to marry Judy Ann (Hanawalt) on August 23, 1969. They moved to Washington, D.C. for his work with the U.S. Department of Labor. He directed the Roosevelt Centennial Youth Project from 1982-85, which evolved into Youth Service America and played a major role in the formation of the Corporation forNational and Community Service and AmeriCorps. Frank and Judy served as Salesian Lay Missioners in Quito, Ecuador. He ended his career in New York, as the coordinator of Outreach Services for Caritas of Port Chester. A celebration of his life will be held at St. Joseph Church in Homewood, Illinois on December 15th at 11am, and in Washington, D.C. in spring 2019.
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Peter J. Thornton, age 74, of Evanston, passedaway on December 5, 2018. Beloved brother ofJohn (Gosha), Thomas (Monica), and James (MartinGoodman); loving uncle of Sean (Sarah), PaulinaHeinkel (Wes), Tiffany (Sean Maley), and HillaryEckardt (David); loving great-uncle of CormacHeinkel; dear friend of Joseph Ober. Peter waspreceded in death by his parents, Peter W. andCatherine Thornton, and his partner, David Aguirre.He was a greatly accomplished attorney, professor,poet, translator, and scholar. A Celebration of Lifewill be held on Monday, December 10, 2018 from4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Donnellan Family Funeral
Home, 10045 Skokie Boulevard, at Old Orchard Road,Skokie, IL 60077. Funeral Mass, Tuesday, December11, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. at St. Athanasius Parish, 1615Lincoln Street, Evanston, Illinois 60201-2340. Inlieu of flowers, please consider making a donationin Peter’s memory to Gilda’s Club Chicago, whichprovides free support and programs for people withcancer, their friends and loved ones; the AmericanRed Cross or the organization of your choice. Info:(847) 675-1990 or www.donnellanfuneral.com
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Michael T. Taylor, 48 of Chicago suddenly passedaway December 5, 2018. Beloved husband ofDebbie Taylor, nee Minarik. Loving father of ThomasTaylor, and stepfather to Allison, Joe and Tyler(Angie) Plewa. Cherished son of Jim and HarrietTaylor, nee Grundeman. Brother of Joseph (Laura)Taylor, Ken (Brandy) Taylor and Katie (Danny) Felt.Grandpa Mikey to Robin, Evan and baby Sadie. Fonduncle to Marlie, Megan, Michael, Melissa, Keller,Kayleigh, Emilija, Maddie and Maeve. Mike will besorely missed by his dogs Peaches and Bonnie, whohe cared for endlessly, and reunited with Shelby andGhoul. Until we meet again, may God hold you in thepalm of his hands, dearest Mike. Funeral Monday11:00 am at Malec & Sons Funeral Home, 6000 N.Milwaukee Ave. Interment Mt. Emblem Cemetery.Visitation Sunday from 3:00 – 9:00 pm. (773) 774-4100. MalecandSonsFH.com
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PATRICIA SYNOWIECKI (nee Vlosak); beloved wife of the late Victor Synowiecki; loving mother of Thomas(Diane), Catherine (Thomas) Butler & Steven (Sue)Synowiecki; dear grandmother of Kristin (Matthew)McGrath, Matthew (Michelle) Synowiecki, Caitlyn Butler, Samantha, Jessie, Yellie & Nick Synowiecki;great-grandmother of Connor, Ella, Harrison, Taylor& Sadie; fond sister of the late Dorothy (late John) Laricy; aunt of many nieces & nephews. VisitationTuesday, December 11, 2018, at St. Rene Goupil Church, 6926 West 64th Street, Chicago from 9:30a.m. until time of Mass at 10:30 a.m. Interment Resurrection Cemetery. Donations appreciatedto the Tender Loving Care Pet Shelter in Homer Glen, IL. Arrangements handled by Zarzycki Manor
June E. Sundh, 86, passed away December 6, 2018.June was the Beloved wife of the late Roy Sundh;Loving mother of Bruce (Marla) Sundh, Dennis Sundh, Curt Sundh, Catherine (Al) Sundh, JamesSundh, and the late Ronald Sundh; Grandmotherof seven; Great grandmother of twelve; Dear sisterof the late Betty Johnson and Lucille Knowles.Visitation will be held Monday, December 10th, 2018from 3-8pm at Oehler Funeral Home, 2099 Miner St. (corner of Northwest Hwy./Rt.14 and Rand Rd.),Des Plaines. Funeral service Tuesday, December 11th, 2018, 10am at Oehler Funeral Home. Burial to follow at Mount Emblem Cemetery in Elmhurst. Forinformation, please call 847-824-5155 or visit www.oehlerfuneralhome.com.
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Jeanette M. Sullivan, nee Lechner, Age 89, passedaway on December 3, 2018. Beloved wife of the lateGerald Sullivan. Loving mother of Gerald (Christine)Sullivan, Kathleen (Ross) Horne, John (Traci) Sullivan, Patricia (Thomas) James and Mary Ellen (Joseph) Muscolino. Dear Nana of Ryan, Erin, Eileen, Michael, Kelly, John, Jack, Tara, Fisher, Charlotte, Colleen,Thomas, Katie, Sean, Dana, Lauren, Kristy andJoseph. Dearest great-grandmother of many. Dearsister of Roy (Nancy) Lechner, Fay (Seth) Miller, the late Bernice (the late Walter) Tkachuk, the late Raymond Lechner and the late Earl (the late MaryKaye) Lechner. Also survived by many nieces andnephews.Visitation, Sunday, December 9, 2018, 3:00PMto 9:00PM at Damar-Kaminski Funeral Home
& Crematorium, 7861 S. 88th Avenue, Justice,Illinois. Funeral, Monday, December 10, 2018, 9:30AM prayers to begin from the funeral hometo St. Symphorosa Church, 6135 S. Austin Avenue, Chicago, Illinois for 10:30AM Mass. IntermentResurrection Cemetery, Justice, Illinois.In lieu of flowers, donations to Alzheimer’sAssociation, www.alz.org/donate, are appreciated.For more information, 708-496-0200 or www.ka-minskifamilyfuneralhomes.com
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A front-row seat in a crash course onapp-based dating was the perfect placefor JoAnn Thissen.
Online dating takes a lot of nerve, andthe 68-year-old retired marine geologistwas working up her courage. She’sdabbled on dating websites and apps, andeven asked for a subscription to datingsite Match for Christmas. She hasn’t hadany luck yet, but she’s still determined.
That’s why she was there, sitting in aLoop hotel among dozens of otherattendees interested in crafting theperfect online dating profile. There weremen and women, millennials and babyboomers, singles and people in relation-ships.
Peak dating season approaches withthe holidays, and the love lives of tens ofthousands of Chicagoans hinge on howalgorithms behind popular dating appslike Tinder, Hinge and Match piecetogether their data.
Even a decade ago, 1 in 3 marriagesstarted online, one study suggested, anddependence on dating apps has onlyincreased. Some users fret over creatingthe perfect profile to rope in the idealmate. Others work to outsmart thealgorithms behind the services they use.
How tonavigatelove lifeby appsWorkshops give tips ondancing with algorithms ofTinder, Hinge, Match world
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Even though Amazon has proved itcan change shoppers’ habits, area treefarmers and tree lot owners say they’renot worried about new competition.
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“We aren’t trying to solvefor marriages or predictingwho is going to fall in lovewith whom,” Saraph said inan email. “But putting twopeople in front of each otherthat will strike up a conver-sation on the app is some-thing we can clearly mea-sure.”
Algorithms learn fromusers’ preferences. Theygather data on users andhow they interact, and cal-culate which profiles willappear in feeds or asmatches. If a user tends notto engage with people withtattoos, the app may stopshowing that person peoplewith tattoos, for example.
That worries some users,such as Thissen from theapp dating crash course.What if they miss someonespecial because of how analgorithm processed theirdata?
Yagan, who is also aMatch Group board mem-ber, believes people gener-ally know what they want,and apps do a good job
“There’s a lot (about)meeting another personthat can’t be determined byan algorithm,” Thissen said.“They take your info andthey crunch the numbersand they come up withsomething. How do you getthem to uncrunch the num-bers?”
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That’s where Bela Gan-dhi and Smart Dating Acad-emy come in. The date-coaching company, whichGandhi founded in 2009,hosted the dating-appworkshop Thissen attendedthis fall as part of ChicagoIdeas Week.
The changing nature ofthe dating scene has causedSmart Dating Academy toalter how it teaches peopleto approach online dating.
Our increasingly digitalworld has changed expecta-tions, Gandhi said. In thepast, she made sure clients’hopes weren’t built aroundHollywood romances. Nowshe must preach that onlinedating isn’t quite the sameas online shopping.
“Our brains are wired,”Gandhi said. “It’s like, ‘I sentan email to this guy, I wanthim personally to arrive tomy doorstep with a dozenroses tonight.’ It’s like anAmazon Prime mentality tomate search.”
Flitting attention spansmake app dating a delicatedance, Gandhi told thecrowd at her crash course.
You have “about 3 milli-seconds” to make a firstimpression online, Gandhisaid. No pressure.
One attendee, Kelli Mur-phy, 35, said she has noticedhow quickly people loseinterest in potentialmatches. She’s not expect-ing instantaneous results —she’s been using dating appslong enough to know that’snot realistic — but she hascrafted her approach basedon other users’ actions.
“It’s best to plan a datewithin a couple of days orelse people will forget aboutyou," Murphy said.
Dating by thenumbers
Still, Gandhi loves datingsites and apps. More thanone-third of marriages be-tween 2005 and 2012started online, according toa University of Chicagostudy commissioned by on-line dating site eHarmony.Gandhi said that will onlyincrease.
Almost half of Americansare single, Gandhi pointedout. Prospects are good fordigital daters, especially thistime of year.
Dating season peaks be-tween Dec. 26 and Valen-tine’s Day, according to datafrom online dating giantMatch Group, which ownsMatch, Tinder and OkCu-pid, among others. Morethan 60 million messagesare sent on the Match appduring that time, and more
than 750,000 dates occur. Match has dubbed the
first Sunday of the new year“Dating Sunday” and pre-dicts there will be a 69percent spike in new singlescoming to the app. Peopleresolve to find love in thenew year, Gandhi said.
Meanwhile, all thosepeople clicking and swipingin search of a potentialpartner are good for thebottom line.
For example, Tinder’sthird-quarter revenueswere double what theywere the previous year, ac-cording to parent companyMatch’s most recent earn-ings report. That increasewas driven in part by TinderGold, a premium servicethat 60 percent of Tinder’s4.1 million users subscribeto. Match also bought a 51percent stake in Hinge ear-lier this year. Facebook islooking to cash in too,rolling out a dating servicein some countries.
But there certainly is anunderbelly to the technol-ogy, Gandhi said. For betteror worse, people expect tobe able to plug exactly whothey want into an algorithmand have that person in notime. “The problem is, peo-ple think they know whatthey want, but they don’tknow what they actuallyneed,” Gandhi said.
‘Thus beginsalgorithmicdating’
In the beginning, onlinedating was not built onalgorithms. Match got itsstart in 1995 with onlinepersonal ads. Singlessearched through the site’sactive profiles to find amatch.
Then came the match-making era in the 2000s.Psychologists and self-helpgurus got behind big online
dating services. “Dr. Phil”McGraw dished out datingadvice through Match.com,and psychologist Neil ClarkWarren founded eHar-mony, where users an-swered a laundry list ofquestions in search of a soulmate.
“The idea was: ‘You don’tknow what you want; youhave no idea. You’re going tomarry the wrong person.Let us solve that for you,’ ”said Sam Yagan, the Chi-cago-based co-founder ofOkCupid. “Thus begins al-gorithmic dating.”
OkCupid used data dif-ferently when it launched in2004, Yagan said. Its ap-proach was less about nar-rowing it down to onesoulmate and more aboutmaking sure dates weren’t awaste of time.
How the algorithmswork can be a mystery tousers, and they can changeat any time. New York-based Hinge, for example,got its start pairing userswith friends of Facebookfriends, but last summer itditched the requirement tolog in with a Facebookaccount.
Match introduced a rat-ing system for users in 2010
satisfying those desires.And if they don’t, peoplewill just go try a differentdating app.
“Ultimately, you have tobe happy with the product,”he said.
Finding aworkaround
Lilah Jones and DaniMartinez are getting mar-ried. They’re still decidingon the date — summer 2019or 2020 — but they’re sureit’ll be in Spain, Martinez’shome country.
The two went on theirfirst date in January 2016,and Jones proposed in Au-gust after the couple scaledMount Kilimanjaro in Tan-zania. They met throughMatch, but Jones had to diga little.
Jones, a Smart DatingAcademy client, initiallytrusted the algorithms to domost of the matchmaking.She works at Google andhas seen artificial intelli-gence and algorithms workwell. Then she noticed atrend among the peoplepopping up in her Matchfeed.
“I tended to be matchedwith people of the same
color, people who were pro-fessional just like me, wholive in certain areas,” theOld Irving Park neighbor-hood resident said. “It was alot of kind of the same. Theperson who I ended up withdid not come up in my feed.”
She ventured beyond thefeed, played around withher filters and searchedMatch profiles on her ownto find 37-year-old Mar-tinez. She noticed his pho-tos first. He looked fun, andhis profile was positive. Thetwo have vastly differentbackgrounds, are of differ-ent races and grew up indifferent countries, but theyhit it off, said Jones, 43.They each have a child, andtheir kids get along well too.
People have come to de-pend too much on datingapps’ algorithms to find lovefor them, Jones said. Some-times it takes a little work tofind the right match.
“You’re expecting this al-gorithm to find your nexthusband or find your nextboyfriend or find your nexthookup,” Jones said. “Thisis life, and you get out of lifethe effort you put into it.”
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return this year, ownerDoug Handel said.
“I still think people wantto look at something beforethey buy it,” Handel said.L&M operates six tree lotsin the Chicago area and twoin Wisconsin.
Amazon declined tocomment on its foray intolive Christmas tree sales.
Meanwhile, Wes Brownsaid his family’s Christmastree farm in Lake City,Mich., does enough busi-ness online that it’s stoppedselling at retail lots. Brown’sTree Farm, which startedselling trees online 10 yearsago as A Tree to Your Door,still works with wholesalebuyers.
Shipping trees involvessome extra work — at ATree to Your Door, theevergreens are bound firstwith netting, then withtwine to protect thebranches, and each tree getstied to the bottom of theshipping box in case it endsup getting placed upside-down.
Even if each online saleisn’t as profitable as a treesold on a choose-your-owntree farm, Wayne Raisleger,co-owner of WindblownTree Plantation, said theinternet lets him sell a lotmore trees to customerswho wouldn’t be able tovisit his Honey Creek, Wis.,farm in person — includinga buyer in Hawaii. He hasbeen selling trees at Christ-masTreesNow.com since1997.
Raisleger said he isn’tworried about Amazon be-cause he and his daughterand business partner, Er-icka, are more hands-on.They try to accommodatecustomers who request aspecific delivery window ora tree with a particularshape, he said.
“(Amazon has) reducedit to a commodity. I try to doa good job providing some-thing more personable,” hesaid.
Chris Hohenstein, whohas offered online tree salesto Chicago-area customerssince starting City Tree De-livery about a decade ago,also isn’t worried.
“The way I look at it,(Amazon is) going to bringawareness,” he said.
Hohenstein, who runsthree tree lots in Chicagoand one in Elmhurst, saidbeing local lets him offerextra services, like droppingthe tree off in the buyer’shome instead of leaving abox at the front door. Cus-tomers also can have hisworkers put the tree in theirstand for an extra $20 andhave it removed when theseason ends. That’s an extra$25 or $40, depending onwhether City Tree Deliverypicks it up on the curb or inthe customer’s home.
On-demand movingservice Dolly now sells treesonline in 11 cities, includingChicago. The company no-ticed customers were sum-moning its workers to trans-port Christmas trees anddecided to offer to handlebuying the tree as well,Dolly Marketing DirectorKevin Shawver said. Dolly’strees come from home im-provement chain Lowe’s,which sells live trees at itsstores.
But Ivy Speck, owner ofIvy’s Christmas Trees inChicago’s Lakeview neigh-borhood, doesn’t think Am-azon will convert tree lotshoppers to online buyers.
“We try to keep making itmore of an experience,” shesaid.
Ivy’s offers visits withSanta on weekends andsessions with a photogra-pher. Workers will also sliceoff a sliver of a tree’s trunkto try to keep it healthylonger and offer nearbybuyers home delivery andsetup.
“Amazon is Amazon.People will try it, but I don’tthink it will last,” Speck said.
There’s no way around it:Reaching into a cardboardbox and tugging a tightlybound tree out by the trunkis unlikely to create lastingholiday memories likestrolling the rows at a treefarm while sipping a mug ofhot chocolate. But the Na-tional Christmas Tree Asso-ciation sees online sales as away to reach city dwellerswho don’t have time to visita farm or tree lot or lack acar to bring their tree home,said Doug Hundley, aspokesman for the associ-ation.
Fraser fir from Amazon, shipped from North Carolina.
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Putting online trees on trialThe Tribune decided to put the online sellers to
the test. We ordered trees from ChristmasTreesNow.com, A Tree to Your Door and Amazon. Allwere Fraser firs, were listed as 6 to 7 feet tall, andwere ordered Nov. 19 using the cheapest availableshipping.
All three services advised customers to give thetrunk a fresh cut to keep it fresh longer. We didn’t dothat since not every home has a saw on hand. Theseservices aren’t for procrastinators. As of Friday,Amazon’s full-size Fraser firs were listed as out ofstock, and A Tree to Your Door sold out of Frasers onWednesday, though other varieties were still avail-able. Here’s what we found:
AMAZONWhere grown: North CarolinaRetail price: $109.99Shipping fee: NoneDays from order to arrival: 10Shopping experience: Search for “Christmas tree”on the Amazon home page, and the live trees will beburied in a sea of artificial options. But once you findthe right item, it’s the same shopping experienceyou’re used to on Amazon. An estimated deliverydate — in this case, a six-day window — was pro-vided before payment.Delivery: On Nov. 26, Amazon emailed to say thetree would arrive Nov. 30, providing a link to trackthe package. It arrived a day early. The bottom of thebox was a bit battered, and it was leaking needles.Included in the box were a tree removal bag, nutri-ent solution, care instructions and a cookie recipe.Appearance: The tree — promised to measure be-tween 6 and 7 feet tall — reached about 6 feet, 10inches in a tree stand, though the final 10 inchescame from a single stalk. The branches weren’tdensely packed and left gaps where the trunk wasvisible. The dark green needles were soft a weeklater, though they had been falling off from the mo-ment the tree came out of the box.
A TREE TO YOUR DOORWhere grown: Lake City, Mich.Retail price: $63Shipping fee: $60.79Days from order to arrival: nineShopping experience: The website was inform-ative, with a chart comparing the types of trees sold.Customers can choose whether to require a signa-ture on delivery and may opt to have a hole drilled inthe base for the stand, and they must select a ship-ping date. Trees are shipped on specific days, whichthe company said helps ensure they’re harvestedshortly before delivery. Buyers won’t see an esti-mated delivery date before purchasing, but a map ona different part of the website gives estimated ship-ping times assuming the customer uses FedExGround.Delivery: On Nov. 27, the company sent an emailwith a FedEx tracking number. The tree arrived thenext day. The box was in good shape and includedtree care instructions and a removal bag. You’ll wantgood scissors to slice through the twine securing thetree to the box, and the twine and netting bindingthe branches.Appearance: The tree, with light green needles,stood 6 feet, 4 inches in a tree stand. It was compact,with dense branches, particularly toward the top.After a week, it hadn’t shed many needles, thoughsome would fall off when the branches weregrabbed.
CHRISTMAS TREES NOWWhere grown: Honey Creek, Wis.Retail price: $79Shipping fee: $71.29Days from order to arrival: 17Shopping experience: Shoppers aren’t given theoption at checkout of choosing delivery dates orwhether to have a hole drilled for a stand. But ownerWayne Raisleger said the company tries to accom-modate requests, including shape preferences, whencustomers reach out. The website gave no estimateof when the tree would arrive until the day after theorder, when Raisleger sent an email saying it wouldarrive around Dec. 6.Delivery: The tree arrived on the date given viaemail with a couple of inches of trunk poking out ofthe bottom of the box, and it was wrapped in plastic.It came with a removal bag, nutrient solution andwatering reminder sticker.Appearance: Dark green needles felt soft, though afew dropped off as the branches relaxed. Thosebranches grew sparser at the base, with a gap on oneside. The tree reached about 6 feet, 4 inches in a treestand.
SEATTLE — Perhapsyou’re digging out yourChristmas lights to performthe annual ritual of pluggingthem in and counting thedead.
Maybe you made a time-consuming and unsuccess-ful attempt to repair thehalf-working light sets, re-placing a few burned-outbulbs, fiddling with the tinyfuses before giving up andadding them to the collec-tion in the garage — atangled ball of white andgreen plastic, wire and glass.
And now you’re wonder-ing what to do with them,and what happens next.
As simple as lights seem,the answers tell storiesabout the co-dependence ofU.S. consumers and Chi-nese recyclers and produc-ers, fluctuating commodityprices, the impacts of theTrump administration’sprotectionist trade policies,and planned obsolescence.
For starters, burned-outChristmas lights need notend up in the landfill. Theycan be recycled, though ittakes a little effort. Theyshould not be put in house-hold recycling bins.
Companies that handlemunicipal recycling, such asRepublic Services, for localcities see a surge in dis-carded light sets in earlyDecember and again in Jan-uary, but they don’t wantthem. The strings can tanglein sorting equipment, slow-ing the process or damagingmachinery, a spokeswomansays.
Instead, you can dropthem off at some local storesand in collection bins setout by organizations includ-ing the Girl Scouts, or bringthem to recyclers and scrapyards. These will returnyour defunct string of lights— specifically the copperwire inside — to the globalcommodities supply chain.
“Right now, there is amarket for Christmas lightsand it’s strong enough that Ican actually pay a little bitfor it, and I get paid for it,”said Jonathan Howe, ownerof West Seattle Recycling.
He’s paying 5 cents apound, a price also quotedby other area recyclers, in-cluding The Recycling De-pot.
“It’s probably the lowestwe pay for wire because ofthe fact that there’s so muchgarbage on it,” said DaveMcElroy, the general man-ager there. That includesthe insulation and plasticaround the wire, plasticplugs, plastic housings forbulbs, and the glass-and-metal bulbs themselves.
Howe said he’s paid asmuch as 25 cents a pound inthe past. It’s all driven by theglobal copper market,which was dragged down afew months ago by a slow-ing Chinese economy andthe U.S.-China trade war,which also promises toboost the cost of newChristmas lights — almostall of which are made inChina.
Christmas lights are a“drop in the bucket” com-pared to the volume ofnewspaper, nonferrousmetals, aluminum cans andother items West SeattleRecycling collects. Howesaid the small recycling cen-ter might receive 1,000pounds of lights during theholiday season.
Recyclers, in turn, seekthe best price they can getfor Christmas lights fromspecialty buyers who shipthem to China — specif-ically to Shijiao, a town inGuangdong Province thathas a specialization inChristmas lights recyclingand handles millions ofpounds of them each year,according to the 2013 book“Junkyard Planet: Travels inthe Billion-Dollar TrashTrade,” by journalist AdamMinter.
Industrial shreddersthere chop the light sets tobits and separate the valu-able metal from the plastic.That’s an improvementover earlier practices, inwhich the plastic parts wereburned off.
“The process in China forrecycling lights is cleanerthan it previously has been,and from what our contactsin China have told us, theChinese government nolonger allows burning inorder to extract copperfrom the wire,” said JasonWoodward, managing part-ner and marketing directorat Christmas Designers, aSherman, Texas-based spe-cialist in Christmas lights.
That’s where the journeyends for old lights. It’s alsowhere the journey begins.But that wasn’t always thecase. Electric Christmaslights are a distinctly Ameri-can invention.
Now, China dominatesthe Christmas lights busi-ness. In 2017, nearly $416million worth of “lightingsets of a kind used forChristmas trees” were im-ported to the U.S., almostentirely from China, ac-cording to trade statisticsfrom the U.S. Census Bu-reau. That’s an estimate ofjust the price paid at export.Woodward said lightingand decorating for Christ-mas is a “multibillion-dollarindustry, but oddly enough,there’s very little solid re-search data available.”
Judging by the volume oflights observed at the Shi-jiao recyclers, a good deal ofthat is spent on replacinglast year’s burned-out sets.Woodward said retail-gradelight sets can be expected tolast, on average, two to threeyears.
This feels a lot likeplanned obsolescence — theindustrial strategy of build-ing products to fail, pricingthem so cheaply that repairisn’t worth it and reapingrepeat sales from the samecustomers year after year.
Then again, Christmaslights do tough duty, endur-ing the jolts and abuses ofunpacking and setup, expo-sure to winter weather andfleeting-but-still-damagingsunlight, the post-holidaytakedown and storage therest of the year in a hot-coldgarage or attic.
So how to get off of thisglobal cycle of buying, recy-cling and buying again?
“Trying to buy more du-rable products and keepthem going so you don’thave to recycle, throw themout or try to repair them;that’s the best thing,” saidTom Watson, a longtimepublic outreach projectmanager with the KingCounty Solid Waste Divi-sion.
The LED lights that arecoming to dominate themarket promise greater du-rability, in part because theyuse dramatically less power.
People should look forlights marketed as profes-sional or commercial grade,which can be expected tolast twice as long as retail-grade sets, Woodward said.They come at a premiumprice, but should be cheaperover their life span.
Asian nation is also where holiday lights get recycledBy Benjamin RomanoThe Seattle Times
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CME Group 63,772 187.11 t -2.27
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Deere Co 47,369 147.26 t -7.62
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defang the probes into Lam-pert’s deals, an investigationthat so far has caused Searsand others to hand over400,000 pages of docu-ments.
“The release basicallysays, ‘If I’m going to pay thisamount, you can’t sue me,’ ”said Eric Snyder, chairmanof the bankruptcy practiceat the New York-based lawfirm Wilk Auslander. “Thecreditors are between arock and a hard place.”
A spokesman for ESLInvestments said the trans-actions were valid and showthe firm’s consistent sup-port for Sears in its efforts toreturn to profitability amiddisruption in the retail in-dustry.
“This support has con-sisted of a variety of trans-actions including rights of-ferings that provided allSears shareholders the op-portunity to invest in busi-nesses separated from SearsHoldings, as well as loans tothe company that often in-volved the participation ofthird parties,” the repre-sentative said in a statement.
A Sears representativedeclined to comment.
Here’s a look at the dealsthe creditor committee isinvestigating, according tocourt filings:
The leaseback: In July2015, Sears sold more than200 of its most valuable realestate assets to a publiclytraded real estate investmenttrust called Seritage GrowthProperties and controlled byESL. The unsecured cred-itors committee has said theproperties were sold at whatappeared to have been dis-counted prices and thenleased back to Sears on“unfavorable and burden-some terms.” The committeecalled this the deal it wasmost concerned with. ESLresponded in court papersthat the sale was for a fairprice set by independentexperts and the lease termswere also fair and disclosedbefore the deal.
Hometown spinoff: SearsHometown and Outlet, aretailer selling home appli-ances, hardware and gardenequipment, was sold bySears Holdings in October
2012 via a rights offering toexisting shareholders. Theunsecured creditors com-mittee believes that the mar-ket value of Sears Home-town at the time of the dealwas significantly higher thanthe value received by SearsHoldings. ESL disputed incourt papers that SearsHometown was underval-ued in the sale and said thedeal brought liquidity thatallowed Sears to focus ontransforming its business.
Sears Canada: Sears spunoff its Canadian retail sub-sidiary to shareholdersgradually via various inter-connected transactionsfrom 2012 to 2014. SearsCanada liquidated a yearago and about 12,000 peo-ple lost their jobs. ESL hassaid the deal gave Sears theability to focus on trans-forming its business.
Lands’ End: In April 2014,Sears Holdings spun off itsLands’ End business via astock distribution to itsshareholders. Following thespinoff, ESL and Lampertowned a majority of bothSears Holdings and Lands’End. Because of the separa-tion, the clothing retailer, atthe time a profitable com-pany, was now isolated fromSears Holdings, which couldno longer access its assets orcash flow. In court papers,ESL disputed that the saleundervalued Lands’ Endand said that deal also gener-ated cash that allowed Searsto focus on its turnaround.
Other deals: Since 2017,Sears entered into a numberof debt transactions withESL and affiliates of thefund to preserve liquidity.Many of those deals addedto the retailer’s mountingdebt load while grantingliens on previously unen-cumbered assets, accordingto the UCC. ESL respondedin court papers to say thatthe various transactionswere fully documented andconducted on fair and rea-sonable terms. “Any allega-tion that ESL received‘sweetheart’ deals is plainlywrongheaded and intendedto inflame opinion againstESL,” the filing states.
Bloomberg’s Eliza Ronalds-Hannon contributed.
Sears bid comes withdemand: Legal shelterSears, from Page 1
The Trump administra-tion’s proposal to roll backfuel economy standards re-lies on an error-ridden andmisleading analysis thatoverestimates the costs andunderstates the benefits oftighter regulation, an inde-pendent study by leadingeconomists, engineers andother experts has found.
Findings published in thejournal Science describe theTrump administration’scost-benefit analysis asmarred by mistakes andmiscalculations, based oncherry-picked data andfaulty assumptions andskewed in its conclusions.The analysis “has funda-mental flaws and inconsis-tencies, is at odds with basiceconomic theory and em-pirical studies, (and) is mis-leading,” the researcherswrote.
The blunt assessmentfrom a team of 11 experts atthe University of Californiaat Berkeley, MassachusettsInstitute of Technology,Carnegie Mellon, Yale andother universities castsmore doubt on the under-pinnings of President Don-ald Trump’s plan to halttough Obama-era rules re-quiring improvements infuel economy. It lends sup-port to California and otherstates fighting to hold ontothe miles-per-gallon targets,the single biggest federalaction to fight climatechange.
The Environmental Pro-tection Agency and the Na-tional Highway TrafficSafety Administrationlaunched the rollback inAugust. While acknowledg-ing it would increase oilconsumption, air pollutionand planet-warming emis-sions, they argued that
Stringent miles-per-gal-lon targets, they argued,would make new cars tooexpensive and force peopleto stay in older vehicles thatlack the latest safety fea-tures. Officials also said thestrict rules would pushthose who do upgrade intosmaller, lighter and less safecars. Abandoning Obama-era standards, they said,would prevent thousands oftraffic injuries and fatalities,a conclusion that is contra-dicted by previous federalstudies, EPA staff and isreportedly being reconsid-ered by the administration.
Researchers movedquickly to scrutinize theTrump administration’s ra-tionale and found that itoverstated the benefits ofunraveling the rules by atleast $112 billion.
They came to the oppo-site conclusion: Weakeningthe rules would be moredamaging than keepingthem in place.
“We see no economicjustification to keep thestandard flat,” the studysays.
Antonio Bento, a Uni-versity of Southern Cali-fornia professor of publicpolicy and economics andthe study’s lead author, said,“It appears federal officialscherry-picked data to sup-port a predetermined con-clusion that the clean-carstandards will lead to toomany highway deaths.
The EPA did not respondto a request for comment onthe findings. NHTSA said itcould not comment on astudy it has not yet read.
The agencies’ plan wouldreplace aggressive miles-per-gallon standards withones that are even more laxthan what automakers hadwanted.
Study: Trump’s fueleconomy rollbackfull of bad data, math By Tony BarbozaLos Angeles Times
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Senior Solutions Engineer
MANAGED TRANSPORTATION, LLC - Develop back-end databases using SQL server that fulfills the analytics, sav-ings, metrics, and financials requirements and MS Access/Excel and Microsoft Power BI; develop front-end using VBA for providing end-user access to data; setup ad hoc logistics engineering processes using a combination of SQL Server and MS access to satisfy ad hoc requirements. Requires: (1) Mas-ters + 2 yrs. exp. OR (2) Bachelors + 5 yrs. exp. XPO Logistics Managed Transportation, LLC. Please apply on-line at: https://jobs.xpo.com/US/job/Aurora-Senior-Solutions-Engineer-IL-60502/519977500/?locale=en_US
VIENNA BEEF, LTD - This person will act as the retail team’s primary Customer Service contact. support & be an integral member for managing customer success in all areas of the retail business and have responsibility managing communica-tion between Vienna Beef customers & our retail sales team.
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VIENNA BEEF, LTD - Provides diverse & adv. admin. duties for the CEO. Acts as an ext. of and enhance the executive’s effec-tiveness by providing info. management support, anticipating the CEO’s needs & representing the executive to others.
WSC REALTY SEVICES - Entrepreneur seeks a responsible Administrative Assistant to perform a variety of administra-tive and clerical tasks.Who will be assisting in daily office needs and managing our company’s general administrative activities.
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Tax Manager
DELOITTE TAX LLP - in Chicago, IL to work closely with lead-ership to help manage day-to-day client service relationships and provide tax services to help improve compliance and maintain client’s overall tax risk profile. Requires: Bachelor’s degree in Acct., Fin. or related field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) plus 5 yrs exp providing tax compliance services. In the alternative, the employer is willing to accept a Master’s degree & 3 yrs of exp in as stated above. Less than 10% travel outside of normal commuting distance. To apply, visit https://jobs2.deloitte.com/us/en/ and enter XSFH19FT-1118CHI1 in the “Search jobs” field. No calls please. “Deloitte” means Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries. Please see www.deloitte.com/us/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries. Deloitte LLP & its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers.
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Manager-Attest Services IT
GRANT THORNTON LLP - has mltple openings for Manager-Attest Services IT based out of HQ in Chicago, IL. May live any-where in US; roving pstn up to 60% trvl. Plan, conduct & help manage SOC readiness assessments, assess the design of controls, assess the fair representation of controls, testing of controls as of a point in time & over a period of time & report writing/development. Req Bach deg or frgn equiv in Acct, MIS or rel & 5 yrs exp. Apply online: http://jobs.grantthornton.com/ & search: Manager- Attest Services IT (042189).
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Affiliate Transaction Officer
HSBC - seeks Affiliate Transaction Officer (Arlington Heights, IL). Work proactively with stakeholders to effectively man-age the establishment and maintenance of processes and controls for reporting, tracking, monitoring and settlement of HNAH affiliate transactions. Resumes to S. Scibelli, Ref. Job Code 2951-448, HSBC Bank USA, N.A 95 Washington Street, Atrium -1NW, Buffalo, NY 14203. EEO/AA/Minorities/Women/Disability/Veterans.
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If you’re going by the letter of thelaw — at least the Merriam-WebsterDictionary’s letter of the law — there’s a
clear distinction between “job” and “career.”Webster’s defines “job” as “a regularremunerative position.” It defines “career” as“a profession for which one trains and whichis undertaken as a permanent calling.” Soundspretty simple. The former is the singularposition, the latter is the lifelong profession.Until it isn’t.
“The word ‘career’ has a much broadermeaning today than it did in the past,” saysDominick Gaitano, a former U.S. Departmentof Labor analyst who now pairs youngprofessionals with jobs overseas. “It can bean evolving definition over the course of yourentire life.”Shifting interests
Gaitano says it’s human nature to adapt the“job” and “career” definitions to your ownlife. “A job may be that nine-to-five thing youdo every day to pay the mortgage and payfor that trip to Disney,” he says. “A careeris something with more staying power. It’sspread out longer, maybe from your early 20sto the time you retire, and for most of us, it’swhat we do.”
Essentially, it’s the title below the name,according to Gaitano. “Teacher, author,engineer, assembly-line worker, landscaper,electrician, certified public accountant,chef, psychologist. Those are careers,” hesays, acknowledging that titles can be usedinterchangeably during a person’s life. “Thereare people who define themselves as teachersin their 20s, graphic designers in their 30s andrestaurateurs in their 40s. Some career shiftsare dramatic and have fascinating backstories— the plumber who takes night classes tobecome an attorney, or the administrativeassistant who opens up a donut shop after 12years of setting up executive meetings andordering office supplies. Where does onecareer stop and the other begin?”
Pam Farnsworth, a social worker in
Philadelphia, says that’s a difficult questionto answer. “I think the very idea of defining acareer today is problematic,” she says.
“In the past, you knew what you were goingto be when you accepted your high schooldiploma. If your father was a bricklayer,chances are that you would have been abricklayer. Even if you went to school, youhad a fairly good idea of the type of job youwanted when you graduated.”
Not today, says Farnsworth. “People reactto low wages, to relocation, to their ownambition and other factors,” she says. “Theywant to keep moving.”‘Call it what you want’
Farnsworth says many people today identifytheir careers in unique ways. “My mom was apediatrician for 30 years, and when people askher about her career, she always says she wasin human relations,” says Farnsworth.
“I told her to stop saying that because itsounded like she worked in HR or she hadsome sort of creepy mistress job, but she’dalways insist on that as her career definition— human relations. Because she said thather job was examining, diagnosing andtreating patients, but her career was aboutrelationships — human to human, human todoctor, human to technology, human to him orherself, human to surroundings. I don’t agreewith her, but I understand what she’s saying.I tell her, ‘Call it what you want. You’re apediatrician.’”
Navya Banerjee, a 44-year-old artist inToronto, says she’s been defining her careerfor years, acknowledging that it’s led to someconfusion with her clients. Banerjee, whoowns and operates a landscape business, saysshe’s been calling herself an artist ever sinceshe began working in a flower shop when shewas 12.
“When I’m asked to work on the outside ofsomeone’s home or to create something forinside their home, I’m creating something.Creation is art. Creators are artists,” she says.
— Marco Buscaglia, Careers
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WH TRADING, LLC - seeks Senior Algorithmic Trader, Chi-cago, IL. Cndct anlys of lrg amnts of fincl mkt data to idntfy rltnsps & trnds to frm a bsis fr automt’d int rt, cmdty, & crncy dervtvs trdng strgs. Reqs: Bach in Math, Stats, Econ, Comp Sci, Engrg or in a rltd fld & 3 yrs of exprnc in the fld of Prprtry Trdng. Send Resumes to: Barbara Lamb, 125 S Wacker Dr, Ste 500, Chicago, IL 60606.
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Project Mgr. II
ROLAND BERGER LLC - in Chicago, IL seeks Project Mgr. II. Masters or for. equiv. in Econ., Fin., Mgmt., Chem. Eng. or re-lated + 3 yrs. exp., or Bach. or for. equiv. in Econ., Fin., Mgmt., Chem. Eng. or related + 5 yrs. exp. req’d. Conduct econ. analy-ses & prep. econ. impact rpts. 80% travel req’d to various cli-ent sites. Emp. will accept any suitable comb. of ed., trng or exp. Send resume: [email protected] & ref. job title & job code “DDS2018” in subject line.
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GOOD TIMES HOLDINGS LLC - Financial reports, direct in-vestments activities, cash mgmt strategies, & legal structure for real estate investments. Req’d: B.A. in finance or account-ing; Knowledge of corp. tax; financial accounting; real estate taxation & contracts; auditing, 5 yrs exp job duties. M-F, 9-5:00. Send resume to Job #5 - Good Times Holdings LLC - 3352 N. Sheffield, Chicago, IL 60657
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Controls Advisory- Senior Associate- Business Process
GRANT THORNTON LLP - seeks multiple Controls Advisory- Senior Associate- Business Process in Chicago, IL. May live anywhere in US; roving pstn up to 80% trvl. Devises systems & processes to monitor validity of risk modeling outputs; gathers risk-related data from internal or external resources; & identifies & analyzes areas of potential risk to the success of organizations. Req Bach or frgn equiv or equiv thru ACCA mbrshp, in Busn Admn, Finance, Acct, IT, or rltd & 2 yrs exp. Apply @ http://jobs.grantthornton.com/ & search: Controls Advisory- Senior Associate- Business Process (042205).
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Auditor, Assurance
ERNST & YOUNG U.S. LLP - (FAAS) (Manager) (Mult. Pos.), Ernst & Young U.S. LLP, Chicago, IL. Assist corporate clients to address the strategic accounting and financial reporting chal-lenges facing their businesses and finance functions. Requires travel up to 60%, of which 10% may be international, to serve client needs. Employer will accept any suitable combination of education, training, or experience. For complete job descrip-tion, list of requirements, and to apply, go to: ey.com/us/jobsearch (Job Number - CHI007P8).
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Weld Engineering Specialist II
CB&I LLC - Oversee scheduling & execution of welding proce-dure qualifications & various technical projects performed in welding lab. Travel: International & Domestic travel up to 50% annually. Apply: Mail resume to Patricia Na at 757 N. Eldridge Parkway Houston, TX 77079 w/job # 1892.668
Rockford, IL www.collinsaerospace.com/careers
Staff Engineer 5076608
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION - Collins Aero-space has an opening in its Rockford facility. Review customer EMC, HIRF & Lightning Protection requirements. Prepare EMC Control Plan that implements program objectives. Provide de-sign leadership, guidance, review & analysis related to EMC for product groups & systems. Provide EMC design guidance for supplier design equipment. Write & review EMC require-ments for UTAS requirements documents in DOORS. Partici-pate in Preliminary & Critical Design Reviews. PCB & sche-matics review for HIRF & Lightning protection requirements. Perform circuit simulation & analysis using Pspice (LT Spice, Multisim, ORCARD) tools for EMC requirements. Prepare EMC Standard Work for preliminary & detailed designs. Design sim-ulator boxes, wire harness & load banks for EMC test setups. Create EMC test procedure for development, Safety of Flight & qualification tests. 10-15% domestic & international travel required. At least bachelor’s or its equiv. in Electronic Eng., CE, or rltd fld & at least 7 yrs of prior prog. work exp. in EMC Design Eng. Must also possess: at least 5 yrs exp. w/power generation systems for aircraft; at least 4 yrs of relevant aero-space exp. & best practices using DO-160, SAE ARP, Boeing & Airbus standards; at least 3 yrs exp. in EMC System Rig simula-tion for DO-160 Lightning, High Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF) & Emissions requirements; at least 3 yrs exp. in Circuit simula-tion using Pspice tools (LT Spice, Multisim, ORCAD) for DO-160 Lightning & HIRF requirements; at least 3 yrs of exp. in Signal & Power integrity modeling & simulation using tools such as Ca-dence Sigrity & Hyperlynx & requirement management tools, such as DOORS; & at least 2 yrs of exp. in design & analysis of circuits & mechanical enclosures for aircraft Lightning & High Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF) EMC requirements. Col-lins Aerospace is an EOE.Apply online at: www.collinsaerospace.com/careers. 76373BR
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IT Consultant (Senior Business Consultant, Technology)
BMO HARRIS BANK N.A. - in Chicago, IL to serve as rela-tionship mgr. for a portfolio of bus. partners in development & implementation of strategic directions, new bus. opportu-nities, product initiatives, & service developments. Requires Bachelor’s degree or foreign education equivalent in Bus.Ad-min., Finance, Financial Services, Bus. Statistics or Account-ing +8 yrs. exp. performing bus. analysis, bus. consulting & solution architecture, incl. supporting & leading large & enter-prise-wide projects in a complex, multi-platform environment. Will aceept a Master’s +6 years exp. 20% travel in U.S. and Canada. To apply, visit www.bmoharriscareers.com; the Job ID is: 1800024173
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IT Analyst, IT Adv., Insurance
ERNST & YOUNG U.S. LLP - IT Analyst, IT Adv., Insurance (Guidewire-Data)-FSO (Mngr) (Mult. Pos.), Ernst & Young U.S. LLP, Chicago, IL. Provide technology consulting services to in-surance clients. Requires travel up to 80%, of which 20% may be international, to serve client needs. Employer will accept any suitable combination of education, training, or experi-ence. For complete job description, list of requirements, and to apply, go to: ey.com/us/jobsearch (Job Number - CHI007PD).
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Global Program Manager
JABIL - Plan, control & direct projects & programs in Jabil’s Packaging Solutions division. Bachelor’s in Mech. or Plastics Engg. or related field & 8 yrs. exp. w/ NPI for electromech. devices in a manuf. envr’t., incl. 8 yrs. electromech. device devt. exp., incl. exp. w/ PCBAs. required. PMP certification or equivalent required. Up to 4 days/wk, employee may work re-motely w/n reasonable commuting distance to the Hanover Park, IL office. Appr. 25% travel req’d (20% Domestic; 5% Int’l). Must have legal auth. to work permanently in the US. EOE. Apply by sending resume to [email protected] and reference Job ID 221354 in subject line.
BMO HARRIS BANK N.A. - in Chicago, IL to provide training & user guides to external stakeholders for education on mod-els, assumptions & tools & techs. Requires Master’s or foreign education equivalent in Aerospace Eng., Ind. Eng., Math, Stat. or CS +4 yrs. exp. developing probability of default, exposure at default, loss given default, and AIRB credit risk models for credit adjudication & credit loss forecasting. To apply, visit www.bmoharriscareers.com; the Job ID is: 1800025013
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Comp Systems Analyst & & Comp Analyst/Programmer
ZENSAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. - Computer Systems Analyst & & Computer Analyst/Programmer Zensar Technologies, Inc. has openings in Chicago, IL. All posi-tions may be assigned to various, unanticipated sites through-out the US. Job Code US182 Computer Analyst/Programmer (Diagrams/Testing): evaluate user requests & prep docs. Job Code US183 Computer Systems Analyst (Req.s/Data Science): prepare design docs + testing. Mail resume to: Prasun Maha-ratna, 2107 North First Street, Suite 100, San Jose, CA 95131. Include job code & full job title/s of interest + recruitment source in cover letter. EOE
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CDS Workday Sr Consultant
ALIGHT SOLUTIONS LLC - Incls but not limited to actively par-ticipating in all stages of Workday project lifecycle, from plan-ning & design phases thru testing & deployment. Must have Bachelor’s or equiv in CS, Math, or rel field + 5 yrs consulting exp implementing sys’s such ats Workday, PeopleSoft, or oth-er SaaS softw solutions, or rel field. Must have: Exp w/Work-day HCM Core & Workday Integration. Demonstrated knowl of Workday product suite. Demonstrated knowl of Workday project lifecycle, from planning & design phases through test-ing & deployment. Exp understanding bus req’mts, configuring & deploying solution to end clients. Exp handling mult clients/projects & prioritizing conflicting demands. Exp w/Workday bus. process. Employer will accept any amount of exp w/req’d skills. Telecommute / work from home permissible. To apply, send resume to Alight Solutions LLC, Box DC-CTR-1218, 220 W 42nd St, 12th Flr, NY, NY 10036 & ref. Job # R-5163.
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Business Systems Test Analyst II
HERE NORTH AMERICA, LLC - in Chicago, IL to ensure high quality delivery of systems deployed by IS department for HERE’s business users by accurately creating, writing and ex-ecuting test plans and scripts. Requires: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering or related field (will-ing to accept foreign education equivalent) plus four years of experience in software application testing (willing to accept pre-degree experience). Submit resume to HERE North Amer-ica, LLC, L. Donofrio, HERE Recruiter/WEST IT, 2055 Gateway Place, Ste. 450, San Jose, CA 95110. Job ID: 100951-000708.
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Business Process Principal Consultant
ARIBA, INC. - (Downers Grove, IL & var clnt sites ntwd) to lead fnctnl scope definition & design for Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration sltn. Bach in Comp Sci, Eng, Bus Admin, or rltd fld & 7 yrs of exp. Will accpt Master’s & 5 yrs of exp. Exp must invlv 5 yrs of implementing SAP ERP for the fllwing fnctns: Basic Planning & Forecasting (MM, PP); Demand & supply planning; S&OP, Demand Mngmt, MRP; & Reorder Point Plan-ning; Supplier managed inventory management (MM); Direct Materials Procurement (MM); Quality management (QM); & Warehouse & Transportation Mngmt (EWM/ LES); ERP integra-tion via middleware & direct connect; B2B cmnctn standards & tech; working w/ “Big 5” consulting firm or comparable firm in systems implementation, process re-engineering or rltd discipline in crdntn role; & coordinating large scale projects. 70% trvl reqd to var clnt sites ntnwd. To apply rspd to Req ID 200026 at http://www.careersatsap.com.
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Advisory Manager, Insurance Technology
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS ADVISORY SERVICES LLC - Advisory Manager, Insurance Technology (Multi. Pos.), PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC, Chicago, IL. Deliver Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solutions to clients to leverage enabling technologies to support business pro-cesses. Req. Bach’s deg or foreign equiv. in Comp. Sci, Info. Systems, Data Analytics or rel. + 5 yrs post-bach’s prog. rel. work exp.; OR a Master’s deg or foreign equiv. in Comp. Sci, Info. Systems, Data Analytics or rel. + 3 yrs rel. work exp. Travel req. up to 80%. Apply by mail, referencing Job Code IL1905, Attn: HR SSC/Talent Management, 4040 W. Boy Scout Blvd, Tampa, FL 33607.
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Advisory Manager, Application Technology
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS ADVISORY SERVICES LLC - Advisory Manager, Application Technology (Mult. Pos.), Price-waterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC, Chicago, IL. Help clnts determine the best apps for their bus. needs & integrate new & existing apps into their bus. including Mobility integra-tion. Req. Bach’s deg or foreign equiv. in Comp Sci, Info Tech or rel. + 5 yrs post-bach’s progressive rel. work exp.; OR a Mas-ter’s deg or foreign equiv. in Comp Sci, Info Tech or rel. + 3 yrs rel. work exp. Travel req. up to 80%. Apply by mail, referencing Job Code IL1919, Attn: HR SSC/Talent Management, 4040 W. Boy Scout Blvd, Tampa, FL 33607.
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Advisory Manager, Guidewire Technology
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS ADVISORY SERVICES LLC - Advisory Manager, Guidewire Technology (Mult. Pos.), Price-waterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC, Chicago, IL. Assist clients with technical solutions designed to streamline their business process & help them respond to complex business challenges. Req. Bach’s deg. or foreign equiv. in Comp Sci, Engg, MIS, Bus Admin or rel. + 5 yrs post-bach’s progress. rel. work exp.; OR a Master’s deg. or foreign equiv. in Comp Sci, Engg, MIS, Bus Admin or rel. + 3 yrs rel. work exp. Travel req. up to 80%. Apply by mail, referencing Job Code IL1907, Attn: HR SSC/Talent Management, 4040 W. Boy Scout Blvd, Tampa, FL 33607.
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Advisory Manager, Business Applications
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS ADVISORY SERVICES LLC - Advisory Manager, Business Applications (Mult. Pos.), PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC, Chicago, IL. Design & implement tech solns used across finance, ops & hu-man capital sectors, & advise clients on industry-specific busi-ness apps. Lead & supervise professional teams. Req. Bach’s deg. or foreign equiv. in Comp Sci, IT, Engg, Bus Admin or rel. + 5 yrs post-bach’s progress. rel. work exp.; OR a Master’s deg. or foreign equiv. in Comp Sci, IT, Engg, Bus Admin or rel. + 3 yrs rel. work exp. Travel req. up to 80%. Apply by mail, referencing Job Code IL1916, Attn: HR SSC/Talent Management, 4040 W. Boy Scout Blvd, Tampa, FL 33607.
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Senior Remedy Developers
SHOPPERTRAK RCT CORPORATION - a Johnson Controls company, is seeking Senior Remedy Developers for its Chi-cago, Illinois location to develop software apps & tools for Remedy service management system; ensure software cus-tomizations follow Remedy standards; identify, develop, & implement additional uses for Remedy system within various areas of operation. To apply, mail resume to: JS/JCI, 5757 N. Green Bay Ave., X62, Milwaukee, WI 53209. Must reference Job Code: SRD-CIL. EEO.
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Programmer Analyst
ASPIRE SYSTEMS CONSULTING, INC. - Develop/test custom-ized software. Req: B.S. or for equiv in Comp Sci, Elec Eng, Math, related. Exp with: Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) in Agile/Waterfall methodologies; development, soft-ware testing of web based/client-server technology; automa-tion tools including: Test Partner, QTP/UFT, Load Runner, Java, VB 6.0, #.Net, SQL Server, Oracle, TFS, VSS, SVN, Test Director, Remedy (ARS), HP Quality Center, JIRA, Rational Clear Quest, Bugzilla. Any suitable combination of education, training, or experience is acceptable. Permanent US work auth required. Apply to [email protected].
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Programmer Analysts (Multiple Openings) 5105623
NEXTROW, INC. - Specify code(s) in cov ltr: JV, Adobe, Tools; Require min. Master’s degree or equiv. degree in computer science/applications, engineering, computer/MIS, info/computer technology/systems, math, electrical/electronics or related field. Work Place: Schaumburg, IL and/or any unanticipated locations in the U.S. Must be willing to travel or relocate nationwide. 40 hrs/wk. Duties may include analyzing, developing, testing, maintaining, creating, reviewing, programming, tuning, supporting, etc. software applications and/or requirements. All positions require knowledge with proof using some of the following in each category or combination of categories: JV–Java, J2EE, Spring, Struts, Eclipse, Hibernate, MVC, Tomcat, Jboss, Ajax, SOAP, Servlet, JSP, JSTL, Web Services, CSS, Angular, OSGI, XML, HTML, JQuery, Java Script, Bootstrap, Apache Tomcat; Adobe–Adobe AEM; Tools–Maven, GIT, Hudson, Jenkins, LDAP, Junit, SubVersion. All positions require knowledge in databases: (MySQL, DB2, MongoDB and/or SQL) & operating systems: (Windows, Vista, Unix and/or Linux). Proof of knowledge required. Mail resume: HR, NextRow, Inc. 475 N. Martingale Rd, Ste 570, Schaumburg, IL 60173.
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Manager, Human Capital, Organization Transformation
DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP - seeks a Manager, HumanCapital, Organization Transformation in Chicago, IL and vari-ous unanticipated Deloitte office locations and client sites nationally to: Conduct business case analysis, vendor selec-tion, design systems and procedures, and prepare operations and procedures manuals to assist management in handling projects more efficiently and effectively. Reqts: Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent degree in Business Administra-tion, Engineering (any), Computer Science, CIS, MIS, or related field. Five years of progressively responsible experience as a Manager, Senior Consultant, or a related occupation. In the alternative, the employer will accept a Master’s degree or for-eign equivalent in a stated field and three years of experience. Any suitable combination of education, training or experience is acceptable. 80% travel required. To apply, visit https://jobs2.deloitte.com/us/en and enter XGGS19FC1118CHI10 in the “Search jobs” field. “Deloitte” means Deloitte LLP & its subsid-iaries. Please see www.deloitte.com/us/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte LLP & its sub-sidiaries. Deloitte LLP & its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers.
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IT Sr Sys’s Admin 5093112
AON SERVICE CORPORATION - Incls but not limited to sup-porting dbase ops across several dbase technologies. Must have Master’s or equiv in CS, or rel field + 5 yrs exp in Dbase Technology, or rel exp. Must have exp w/: 1) DB2 for LUW; 2) SQL; 3) Oracle; 4) EMC DDBoost; 5) Avamar; 6) Linux; 7) IBM Director; 8) Netbackup; 9) TSM dbase; 10) MS Windows OS; 11) high availability disaster recovery (HADR) environs; & 12) Replication. Employer will accept any amount of prof’l exp w/req’d skills. To apply, send resume to Aon Service Corporation, Box BP-CTR-1118, 220 W 42nd St, 12th Flr, NY, NY 10036 & ref. Job # 2018-26882.
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you’re not wasting your efforts beingpulled a million different places. It showsorganization and purpose,” says James Will,a financial planner in Fort Myers. “If youhave to wade through a desk filled withclutter, you’re probably not going to get asmuch done because you’re distracted. Tome, the clearer the desk, the better.”
For many, the desktop is essential totheir workday efficiency. While thereare professions that require employees tobe away from the office for short or longperiods of time, those who work in one spotoften view the desk as an extension to theirbody, says Alison Kane, a workplace designspecialist in Los Angeles.
“You are defined by your workspace. Acluttered desk may say things about youthat you don’t necessarily want to admit— that you’re disorganized and that you’realways working in a frenzy,” she says. “Buta completely clear desk sends the messagethat you’re either not too concerned aboutyour day-to-day work or that you do theminimum amount or less each day.”
Kane admits she may be generalizing butinsists her point is valid: “You’re judgedby your desk, even if it isn’t fair,” she says.“We make fun of the person who has 15framed photos of her dog on her desk butpraise the executive who has one framedphoto of his family. What does that sayabout us?”
Not much, says Will. “I don’t know whyother people feel the need to broadcast theirlife on their desk. That’s my workspace, nota scrapbook. That’s where I do my job,” hesays.
— Marco Buscaglia, Careers
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The question came in earlyOctober during Vic Fangio’sweekly waltz with the me-dia. A surprising Bears sea-son had come alive with
Fangio’s defense propelling a 3-1 start. Inthe previous game — a 48-10 drummingof the Buccaneers — the Bears hadrecorded four sacks, three interceptionsand a forced fumble.
On six of 10 possessions, the defenseforced either a three-and-out or aturnover. So here was Fangio, themastermind of an emerging unit, stand-ing at a lectern in one of his trademarkgray sweatsuits with his trademarkhard-to-impress tone, trying to articulatehis perspective on the Bears’ sudden rise.
Fangio was asked if he was allowinghimself to get at least a little excited.
“No,” he answered quickly, in the mostCharlie Brown of tones.
The room broke into a chuckle.“Sounds like you guys knew the
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After 22 years at the Tribune, Our Guy says goodbye: A farewellfrom — and to — Stevie Sunshine Page 2
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Worst. Loss. Ever.The Bulls’ 56-point defeat is the most lopsided in the franchise’s 53-year history. Page 7
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PLUS■ Oklahoma quarterback
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■ Cubs and White Sox
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‘THEPAINOFLOSINGDOES NOTEQUAL THEEXCITEMENTOF WINNING.’Vic Fangio insists, after a big win,his prevailing emotion is relief. And occasionally satisfaction — if he allows it.
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Hit&RunA tribute to our resident snark scribe
since 1996 — from the Chicago Tribune sports editors — as he bids farewell to the Chicago Sports landscape:
GoodMorning,STEVE ROSENBLOOM
Polarizing
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WhatTheHack?
Love him or hate him, Stevie Sunshine has an opinion on everything — and everybody has an opinion about him.
When the Tribune sports wonks decided to take “Hit & Run” off of the sports cover in 1999 and move his column inside, there was some backlash.
“What in the world are the Tribune sports bosses thinking?” one reader wrote. “Why change the best feature in the sports section? Reading Steve Rosenbloom’s Hit & Run was the highlight of the daily sports page. It was witty and funny — like a Second City improv skit with a sports bent — and an absolute pleasure to read.
“I sincerely hope the decision was not as a result of too many complaints from the hyper-sensitive, humorless, politically correct crowd that is perpetually offended by biting sarcasm.
“Rosenbloom’s clever quips about the idiosyncratic sports world and its comedic cast of characters — arrogant team owners, exploitative sports agents and egotistical athletes — was a hilarious diversion from the usual cacophony of sports blather.
“So, thanks for making us laugh every day, Steve. I hope your new column will provide an opportunity for more of the same.”
And other readers wrote in to complain.
Of course, if you run a Google search, you’ll also find a Reddit thread titled, “Does anyone actually LIKE Steve Rosenbloom of the Chicago Tribune?”
So you be the judge.
An unscientific study — nothing about Rosenbloom ever has been scientific — shows Our Guy used more column inches bashing the Bears than any other team, my frents.
And what do you know: Since Stevie Sunshine began taking up space in the Tribune sports section, every major professional organ-I-zation in Chicago has won a title — even fanboy Tom Ricketts’ Cubs — except for the Bears.
Bam-bloom-o, can you reverse the curse? Please and thank you.
Bears 85, Rams 0. What else would it be?
The Choice (and remember, death is not an option): Steve Rosenbloom as a WalMart greeter or Steve Rosenbloom as a department store Santa.
We’ll hang up and listen for your hummena-hummena-hummena.
Not everybody knows this, but Rosenbloom can actually write.
His “17 seconds” long-form story after the Blackhawks’ 2013 Stanley Cup title gets our vote for the best Hawks piece of the dynasty.
Guess he was just always more comfortable blogging from his mother’s basement.
Your plane is boarding.
A 22-YEAR RUN RARELY SEEN IN CHICAGO SPORTS
The 44 coaches, managers and general managers of Chicago’s major pro teams
who were fired, let go or just quit since Rosenbloom joined the Tribune in
the summer of 1996 (we’ll give interim coaches a pass).
Thanks.
Thanks for reading.Thanks for writing.Thanks for loving your
teams and loathing me.Thanks for loathing your teams and
loving me.And whatever other combinations
there have been.If you haven’t figured it out, this is
the end. This is the end of my blogging for this website. This is the end of writingcolumns for the Chicago Tribune.
Truth is, I didn’t want to write thispiece. These pieces can devolve intocloying treacle that can give you diabetesjust by reading them.
This piece also doesn’t fit the guy who mockingly took a quote fromthen-Bears coach Dave Wannstedt andstarted the “All The Pieces Are In Place”Bandwagon.
But I knew I had to write this. I had toexplain things to the readers who stillcared after more than 22 years of doingsome version of snark for the Tribune —after I was lucky enough in 1996 to getthe chance to play in “The Show.”
That’s what the Tribune is. That’s whatthe Tribune sports section is. “The Show.’’Then and now.
I have to thank former editor HowardTyner and former managing editor AnnMarie Lipinski for trusting former sportseditor Tim Franklin and former assistantsports editor John Cherwa when theybrought me to Michigan Avenue. Thanksfor creating the “Hit & Run” column forme and thanks for absorbing the calls andletters from outraged readers who weredemanding my head.
Franklin once told me he heard fromthe owners or representatives of all fiveChicago pro teams within a month of the debut of “Hit & Run.” Perfect. If acolumnist can’t put blood in someone’surine every morning, then what’s thepoint?
And when that blood comes frominside the Tower because TribCo ownedthe Cubs, then even better. I told my truthone middle finger at a time, no matterwhat the likes of many oily Tribune suitsthought or said. Stop being idiots and Iwon’t fire shots at your teams. Connectthe dots, wonks.
“Hit & Run” was killed and I went on towrite other forms of the same snarkytruth. My snarky truths. I was luckyenough to work for editors who left mealone to target whoever deserved it thatday. In addition to Franklin and Cherwa, abig thanks to Dan McGrath, Bill Adee,Mike Kellams and Joe Knowles.
I cannot begin to mention the dozens,maybe hundreds, of copy editors whosaved me from looking stupid. Or stupider.If they didn’t know how grateful I was fortheir help, they should now.
And whatever I wrote, you, dearreaders, responded. Loathed me. Lovedme. Loathed your teams. Loved yourteams.
Because that’s what Chicago does.That’s what Chicago is. Sports mattershere. We’re a sports town because wedon’t have real celebrities. I grew up andfirst worked in Los Angeles. LA has realcelebrities. Chicago does not — no, wait,Chicago has two celebrities: fat Oprah andthin Oprah, and I believe both left town.
So the teams and players stand ascelebrities, which made this gig the best.The names and the games. Jordan andPippen when it started, Toews and Kaneas it ends, while Ozzie had zero bleeps togive in between and Disco Tony Rizzo hasmore October dances to perform.
I took the Tribune’s voluntaryseparation offer because I have otherthings I want to write. I have a couple ofprojects that might be books or plays orscreenplays, or garbage. There might beother offers I can’t imagine, or theremight be nothing at all. Who knows, in acouple of years I could be asking if youwant paper or plastic.
But even if that’s how it goes, I will have no regrets about making the move and taking my shot before every neurotransmitter shorts out like the collective thinking of the UnitedCenter tenants. I have enough regretsabout things I’ve done in life, so I don’twant to compound it by regretting thingsI didn’t even try to accomplish. That’show Stevie Sunshine is looking at it as he leaves.
Thanks again for reading and writing.Steve Rosenbloom, your plane is
boarding.
Love,hateandthanks
Steve RosenbloomA farewell from the man himself
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If the Rams provideda blueprint — pair anenergetic and brilliantyoung offensive coach with a youngquarterback — for whatthe Bears were seekingwhen they beganplotting a future beyondJohn Fox, is it possible
they will again be an inspiration forgeneral manager Ryan Pace?
While the Bears were not aiming tocopy the Rams a year ago as much as theywere seeking the right coach, Pace’s No. 1initiative was to find a coach who coulddevelop quarterback Mitch Trubisky. That led him to Matt Nagy, at 40 the third-youngest NFL coach behind the Rams’Sean McVay (32) and the 49ers’ KyleShanahan (38).
McVay, paired with veteran defensivecoordinator Wade Phillips, immediatelyawakened the Rams in 2017, leading themto the playoffs to end a 14-year run ofnon-winning seasons with an 11-5 recordand the NFL’s highest-scoring offense.The Bears (8-4) enter Sunday’s meetingwith the Rams (11-1) with a 1½-game leadin the NFC North, poised to end aseven-year playoff drought.
There’s no telling how the remainder ofthe season will unfold, and with arguablythe league’s best defense, the Bears are athreat to make a serious playoff run. Butit’s not too soon to wonder if the Rams’blockbuster 2018 offseason caught Pace’sattention. Will the Bears’ success and theway the Rams approached this seasonlead him to double down on the mostremarkable free-agency period infranchise history?
The Rams, coming off last season, are afascinating study. Often winning teamswill focus on re-signing their free agentsand trying to fill holes through the draftwith maybe a modest swing or two in freeagency. Rams GM Les Snead took hisimpressive stack of poker chips and wentall-in.
The results — when the ink dried on thecontract extension that made tackle AaronDonald the highest-paid defensive player inthe NFL, days after the Bears paid KhalilMack — were staggering. Some wonderedif the Rams were borrowing a page fromthe Eagles “Dream Team” in 2011, a rosteraggressively constructed for what turnedout to be a flop of an 8-8 season.
Snead likened his offseason plan to acoach being aggressive with in-gamedecisions, and the success of this Ramsteam will be judged by its playoffperformance. Entering Week 14, they arethe first team to secure a postseason spot.
The highlights were so numerous, theywould fill two offseasons for normallyaggressive teams. The Rams traded forstarting cornerbacks Marcus Peters(Chiefs) and Aqib Talib (Broncos) tominimize the loss of Trumaine Johnson infree agency. They used the franchise tagon safety Lamarcus Joyner, signed veterancornerback Sam Shields and signed nickelcornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman to athree-year extension.
They traded defensive end Robert Quinnto the Dolphins and dealt linebacker AlecOgletree to the Giants five months aftersigning him to a lucrative five-yearextension. They extended the contract of center John Sullivan and signedNdamukong Suh to a one-year deal. Tomake up for the loss of wide receiverSammy Watkins in free agency, Sneadtraded for Brandin Cooks (Patriots).
Then came the big extensions — $81million for Cooks, $60 million for runningback Todd Gurley, $32.5 million for righttackle Rob Havenstein and the biggestone, $135 million for Donald.
Before the season kicked off, the Ramshad signed players to contracts totalingmore than $235 million in guaranteed
money, setting themselves up for a SuperBowl run or a massive disappointmentawash in huge contracts. Given thatthey’ve lost only one game, a 45-35shootout Nov. 4 in New Orleans, it’sdifficult to argue with the results so far.
What does it mean for the near futureof the Bears? Maybe nothing. But Pacewas naturally aggressive (trading up in thedraft to select Leonard Floyd and MitchTrubisky) even before his busy 2018offseason that brought the Bears widereceivers Allen Robinson and TaylorGabiel, tight end Trey Burton, kicker Cody Parkey and others.
Ownership had to green-light theacquisition of Mack because the Bears had exceeded their budget for the seasonbefore the trade, and it’s possible Pace hadto “borrow” from the 2019 budget. But it’salso possible the Bears will see this season’ssuccess as a clear sign their window tocompete for a championship is open andthey need to strike now.
The biggest difference between theteams in terms of foundational buildingblocks is the Rams drafted Donald and theBears had to trade away 2019 and 2020first-round picks to acquire Mack. Bothteams have quarterbacks playing onrookie deals, which provides extrasalary-cap flexibility until the time comesto invest in them.
The Bears project to have $20 millionin cap space for 2019, a figure that’sconstantly moving. That’s enough to makea bold move or two, and it’s a little morethan half of the $37 million the Ramsproject to have. Snead made difficultdecisions on players the Rams liked,trading Quinn and Ogletree and watchingJohnson and Watkins depart.
Pace will have to make honestassessments about his roster when theseason ends, the most difficult job ageneral manager has.
“It’s easier for me to clean up yourbackyard than it is mine,” former BearsGM Jerry Angelo said. “Yours looks likejunk. Mine looks like art.”
The Bears don’t have many holes toconsider in 2019. They will likely prioritizere-signing nickel cornerback Bryce Callahan,who will be an unrestricted free agent.Right tackle Bobby Massie and strongsafety Adrian Amos are in the final year oftheir contracts, and Nagy will likely want arunning back to replace Jordan Howard.
Maybe the Rams’ bold strategy providesa map, but it probably won’t be as great amotivator as the Bears’ own success.
Like the Rams with Sean McVay and Jared Goff, the Bears have found their coach-QB
duo in Matt Nagy and Mitch Trubisky. Can the Bears keep building on their success?
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Information for this report wasobtained from NFL scouts.
Brandin Cooks (5-foot-10, 183pounds) is in his first season with the Rams after they traded a 2018first-round draft pick to the Patriotsfor him. Cooks is second on the Ramswith 63 receptions and leads themwith 1,026 yards and has threetouchdowns.
A first-round pick (No. 20) by theSaints in 2014 out of Oregon State,Cooks is the first player in NFLhistory to have three consecutive1,000-yard seasons with three teams.He’s third in the NFL with 16.3 yardsper catch (minimum 45 receptions),giving the Rams the big-play threatthey had previously with SammyWatkins.
“He’s playing the same role asWatkins did, but he’s a little more ofa quick-twitch athlete than Watkins,”a scout said. “Watkins is a veryexplosive athlete, long strider withgreat top-end speed, but Cooks hasbetter short-area quickness. He’s amore polished route runner and he can reach his top-end speedextremely fast.
“That route running is showing upin that offense because so much ofwhat they do is generated off ofmovement in the backfield. Theyhave the quarterback under center,they have jet motion and they haveplay action off of that.
“That’s going to create second-level voids for Cooks to go to work,and he’s really good at setting upcorners and forcing them to overplaythe break and then snapping backand breaking the other way, whetherit’s on an out route, a deep cornerroute or sitting down in the middle ofthe field.
“Because they throw so much offrhythm in that offense, off that playaction, right at the top of the routewhen Cook separates, the ball isalmost there. Then he’s really goodafter the catch.
“That’s in addition to what he cando down the field. If the safety isn’tsitting high enough, (Jared) Goff willtake a shot over the top every singletime. Cooks is an upgrade overWatkins, especially for this system.”
BEARS SCOUTING REPORT
RAMS WR BRANDIN COOKS
BEARS
Speculation swirls in Green Bay over the murky future ofmercurial quarterbackAaron Rodgers and whowill replace coach MikeMcCarthy, whoseabrupt firing last weekdeclared the death ofthe Packers season.
Up in Minnesota, therelationship between
Vikings coach Mike Zimmer and offensivecoordinator John DeFilippo sounds icierthan any of the state’s 10,000 lakes as oneof the NFC’s most disappointing teamsplots a late playoff run.
Over in Detroit, the poor Lions again resemble the Lions with veteranquarterback Matthew Stafford losing hisfourth-quarter touch and new coach MattPatricia lecturing reporters about sittingup straight but failing to instill achampionship posture.
Meanwhile, here in Chicago, the Bearssit atop the NFC North with a clear viewof the postseason, a beautiful sight aftereight years of seeing January as nothingmore than the month vacation started.
Not this year. Not the way the Bearshave regained the benefit of the doubt tobelieve they can go at least 2-2 over thefinal four games to finish 10-6. The Bearspass the eye test, and the brains who relyon computer analysis love them too.
Most projections make the Bears a safebet to qualify for the postseason — such asfivethirtyeight.com, which gives them a 94 percent chance at the playoffs and 79 percent shot at the division title. And ifthe Bears lose Sunday night to the Rams,those chances decrease only a smidgen to91 percent and 70 percent.
That makes Sunday’s prime-time gamemore must-watch than must-win. But it’shardly a make-or-break moment for afranchise headed in the right direction.
This game isn’t a referendum on the2018 Bears. This matchup is more like the 2018 Rams versus the 2017 Rams, the NFL’s most dangerous team facing an up-and-coming opponent. This is theBears letting America in on Chicago’ssecret, that they are at least a year ahead of schedule the way the 2009 Blackhawksand the 2015 Cubs were when theyarrived as contenders before anybodyrealistically expected.
No matter what the Soldier Fieldscoreboard says around 10:30 Sundaynight, this is a game the Bears can’t lose.
That’s the best way for the Bears toapproach underdog status at home, byembracing it with players who arecarefree but confident, bold yet smart,fearless without being reckless. The Bearshave a better chance of beating the Rams ifthey play like they don’t buy into thenotion they have to win to keep theirseason goals alive.
So if coach Matt Nagy wants to prove he can call plays as cleverly as counterpartSean McVay, let him try. Beating the Ramsrequires Nagy being Nagy, just as hislaminated play sheet reminds him in big,bold letters.
That goes for quarterback MitchTrubisky, too, even if Trubisky will betaking a snap for the first time in threeweeks. Players who take the field mostconcerned about reinjuring themselvesexpose themselves to more harm. Doctorswouldn’t have cleared Trubisky if playingposed a greater risk than normal, so Mitchmust be the same quarterback he wasbefore the layoff.
That means moving the pocket andbuying time with his feet against a Ramspass rush that includes the imposing trioof Aaron Donald, Ndamukong Suh andDante Fowler. That means scrambling fora first down on third-and-long if mancoverage downfield invites Trubisky totuck it and run. That means lettingTrubisky show his workout buddy, Ramsquarterback Jared Goff, how far he hascome since the last time they threw afootball on the same field.
For a defense that includes its share ofindividual stars, the Rams have at timesgiven up points in droves. They have givenup almost as many points in their last fourgames (143) as the Bears have in their lastseven (145). They have been susceptible toexplosive plays. They have holes Nagy hasto find and Trubisky needs to exploit.
The two elite units in this showdownare the Rams offense and the Bearsdefense. Whether the Bears front sevencan clog holes enough to stop Ramsrunning back Todd Gurley, the NFL’sleading rusher, will determine howone-dimensional McVay becomes.
In the past two games, the Bears havestruggled stopping the run. Goff and hisdeep receiving corps will threaten theBears secondary more than any group this season. Yet if the Rams offense meets its match in the Bears defense — astrong possibility on a wintry 30-degreeDecember night on the lakefront — thenexpect the game to hinge on how well theRams stop the Bears.
Can 71-year-old Rams defensivecoordinator Wade Phillips outsmart theBears’ 40-year-old head coach with thecatalog of 750 plays?
That’s an invitation for Nagy’s innovation.If the Bears can’t RSVP, nobody in townneeds to overreact. Remember, this stilllooks like a team going places no matterwhat happens Sunday.
David Haugh is a special contributor to theChicago Tribune and co-host of the “Mullyand Haugh Show” weekdays from 5-9 a.m.on WSCR-AM-670.
Bears mightnot win —but won’t lose
DavidHaugh
In the Wake of the News
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Still, Fangio had to be feeling some burstsof exhilaration as he watched this group’sascent, right?
At that time, the Bears had just puttogether their first three-game winningstreak in five years. Wouldn’t a run like thathave Fangio waking up with a little extrapep in his step?
“Unfortunately, no,” he asserted. “I wish Idid. Trust me. The pain of losing does notequal the excitement of winning.”
Four weeks later, with the Bears still infirst place, the defense still dominating andFangio’s unit coming off a blowout win inBuffalo in which it scored two touchdownswhile allowing just one, the topic resur-faced. After the defense collected four sacksand four takeaways; after Eddie Jacksonand Leonard Floyd had visited the endzone; after the Bears had taken poor NathanPeterman and given him a three-hour panicattack, what exactly was Fangio feeling ashe boarded that return flight from NewYork?
“Relief,” he insisted. “I mean, I enjoy it.Don’t get me wrong. But there’s a (deepexhale). … I’m not doing cheetah flips andcartwheels. But I’m glad we won.”
Three-quarters of the way into a feel-good season, it’s possible the only person inChicago not doing cheetah flips over theresurgence of the Bears defense is the manentitled to enjoy this the most.
Instead, Fangio insists, after big wins anddominant defensive performances, his pre-vailing emotion is relief. And occasionallysatisfaction — if he allows it.
‘Accept the challenge’On Sunday, Fangio’s defense will take its
biggest test of the season, matching upagainst a Rams team that averages 439.9yards per game and has topped 30 points 10times.
And while a suddenly giddy football citywill be amped for Sunday’s prime-timeelectricity, Fangio will be jonesing most forthat postgame feeling of relief.
The 60-year-old coordinator acknowl-edges the degree of difficulty of this week’sgame. Start with Rams running back ToddGurley, a touchdown machine who consis-tently stresses a defense as both a runnerand a receiver. Continue with youngquarterback Jared Goff, on pace to breakKurt Warner’s franchise record for passingyards in a season. Look at the way the Ramsuse the play-action game, more than anyother team in the league and arguably aswell as anybody.
And — oh, yeah — 32-year-old coach SeanMcVay is justifying his reputation as anoffensive savant, a shrewd play callercapable of slicing through the best defenses.
That’s why Fangio kept repeating himselfThursday at Halas Hall.
“Really good players, really good scheme,really good play caller,” he said.
With that respect, though, there wasn’tan ounce of trepidation. More of aneagerness to see how the Bears perform.
“The assignment this week is tougherthan usual,” Fangio said. “But that canhappen any week in the league. We acceptthe challenge.”
To hear Bears coach Matt Nagy describeit, there isn’t anyone he would rather havescheming to slow the Rams. Nagy high-lighted Fangio’s indefatigable study effortsand his 32 seasons of NFL experience asmajor advantages. And, he said, it’s not justthis year’s Bears production that’s impor-tant. Fangio’s history with other top-tierdefenses has enhanced his credibility.
“When you have that,” Nagy said, “youfeel comfortable. And that garners trustfrom your players. They feel it.”
In the detailsEven with Fangio’s consistently tem-
pered enthusiasm, it would be unfair andwholly inaccurate to cast him as a Belichick-level grouch, a killjoy who can’t fullyappreciate success.
In fact, on Thanksgiving, cornerbackPrince Amukamara said Fangio was thehappiest he had ever seen him. And how didAmukamara know? It was the extra vigor inFangio’s postgame handshake.
“He also gives you that little extra grin,”Amukamara said.
That was the day the Bears beat the Lions23-16 at Ford Field with a defense that wasrunning on fumes but came up with twoclutch fourth-quarter interceptions to savethe day. Fangio found plenty to critique inhis film review of that victory. It was hardlyhis defense’s most dominant effort. But heabsolutely loved the mettle his playersshowed, their refusal to lose plainly obvious.
“These guys have the ability to reachdown and grab a little extra from the reservetank,” Fangio said. He pointed out it wasKyle Fuller who had the clinching intercep-tion that afternoon, 11 weeks after hedropped a potential clinching pick atLambeau Field.
“He’s come back from that,” Fangio said,“and made a play. Now he feels like he cando that again.”
Fangio also noted the Bears deployed adefensive wrinkle on that play in whichKhalil Mack’s top job was to run right intorunning back Theo Riddick, thus eliminat-ing him as a possible target and promptingMatthew Stafford to fire the end-zone shottoward his tight end.
“That really helped the outcome of theplay,” Fangio said. “You find those thingswhen you watch the tape.”
Those are the kinds of things that reallysatisfy Fangio. A play’s nuances. A player’sgrowth. A defense’s overall grit and unity.
Frequently, after studying his team’sperformances, Fangio will find an abun-dance of minutiae he can’t wait to highlight.
“It’ll be Eddie Goldman taking on twoblocks and dominating,” Amukamara said.“You’ll see it on the film and Vic willemphasize it and it’s like, ‘Dang! That’s whythat play worked for us.’ ”
Added linebacker Danny Trevathan: “Vicsees that stuff. Sometimes it’s just a guybeing in the right gap and making therunning back have to bounce outside. Thensomeone else makes a game-saving tackle.Those are things that excite him.”
It’s also not uncommon for Fangio’scompetitive fire to ignite at practice. Lastmonth, during a period of two-minutework, the defense came up with aninterception and headed the other way.Fangio came along for the sprint.
“You should have seen him spike theball,” safety Eddie Jackson said. “It was kindof cool.”
Great expectationsSpend enough time around Halas Hall
and it becomes clear why Fangio hasbecome so respected. Players talk glowinglyabout his instincts in sending in the idealcalls at exactly the right times. Theyappreciate the way Fangio recognizes whateach player does best and then works to getthose strengths into action.
They note his lack of stubbornness, hisability to be flexible and adapt within agame when a concept isn’t working or anopposing player is excelling.
Mack calls Fangio “an evil genius.”Receivers coach Mike Furrey has seen
how Fangio prepares, the way he teaches,the knack he has for connecting withplayers, and Furrey appreciates the envi-ronment that has created.
“He expects his guy to do exactly whatthey’re supposed to,” Furrey said. “Andthere’s no walking the line. He does a greatjob of establishing his expectations. Andthose guys know.
“He has that presence where they don’twant to screw up on him. And if they do,they know what’s coming.”
Or to put it more directly: “He’s a(bleeping) mob boss,” outside linebackerAaron Lynch said. “He’s the Godfather allthe way.”
Asked to imagine how they think Fangiospends his Sunday evenings after games,Bears players let their imaginations runwild. Well, wild in a relative sense.
“I don’t know if he smokes,” Amukamarasaid. “But I picture him kicking his feet upand lighting a cigar.”
Added Lynch: “Probably has a nice meal.And then he turns on golf.”
Trevathan expressed a more realisticvision.
“Vic doesn’t go home,” the veteranlinebacker said. “He comes straight back tothe office. Watching film. … Maybe he’s got acouple upgraded sweatsuits he puts on.”
In reality, after most home games, Fangiotypically will drive from Soldier Field toMaria’s Bakery in Highwood, his go-to forItalian cuisine. He’ll order a bowl of rigatoniand meatballs and enjoy his Sunday dinner.Then, just as Trevathan suspected, he’ll zipright back to Halas Hall to start watchingtape.
That day’s game needs processing.Homework on the next opponent is alsowaiting.
The grind of that process exhilaratesFangio.
The pursuit of happinessFor the first time since 2010, the Bears
should have a ticket to the NFL’s playoffparty. For the first time since 2013, thedefense seems likely to have at least oneplayer selected to the Pro Bowl.
The assembly of young talent is impres-sive. But the defense’s combination oftoughness, confidence and savvy is right upits leader’s alley.
Even with an understanding that Fangiorarely allows himself to feel satisfied, Bearsdefenders hope he has taken a privatemoment or two to savor what he has built.
Jackson, who played at Alabama, seesshades of Nick Saban in Fangio. And it’s notjust that reluctance to emote when thingsare going well. It’s the intensity of Fangio’spreparation and his deep desire to put hisplayers in position to succeed.
Lynch, who played under Fangio in 2014with the 49ers before they reunited inMarch, hopes Fangio knows how helpfulhis studies and strategies are.
“Vic is so damn smart that every weekhe’ll find, not just one little nugget, but abunch of them,” Lynch said. “And that’s
how he’s able to extort that opposingoffense by giving us a call he knows we willexcel at. Vic is just a ‘G’ at what he does.”
Still, even with all that praise, Fangioseems content that the needle on hisdelight-meter rarely moves higher than“relief.”
“I don’t think I’m alone with that in thecoaching world,” he said. “For me, relief is agood thing. Just avoiding the bad feelingsthat come with a loss is relieving. When youlose, you second-guess yourself. You won-der if you could have done better in specificsituations. And you worry about what itmeans in the long run, for the season.”
Through his first three seasons with theBears, Fangio had those dreadful feelings 34times. This year? Just four.
“I mean, yeah, it’s better,” he said. “I sleepa little better now on Sunday nights.”
He sleeps better because he’s overseeinga defense with overflowing confidence;with a desire to get better; with, in Fangio’swords, “a good love for each other.”
That’s the most fun part of all this.Sunday’s game with the Rams isn’t achallenge to stress over. It’s a reward for agroup that has earned a chance to play insuch a big-time game.
“I’m just happy for the guys, really,”Fangio said. “Happy for the fans. One of thereasons I came here in the first place andthen stayed here is that my good friend (andformer Bears general manager) Jim Finkstold me many years ago that if I ever had thechance to come to Chicago, I had to do it.Because it’s a great sports town, a greatfootball town, a great Bears town.
“Obviously I didn’t see much of that thefirst three years. But I kept believing him.And now we’re starting to see it. I like that.”
Fangio enjoys the excitement he cansense in the outside world, the belief hefeels building at Halas Hall and thebig-picture hope all of that has created.
As he talks about it, he smiles.Hey, it’s something.
Vic Fangio, looking on early in training camp, runs a defense that has helped the Bears to eight wins. But don’t expect him to celebrate.
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“Vic is so damn smart that every week he’ll find, not justone little nugget, but a bunch of them. And that’s how he’sable to extort that opposing offense by giving us a call heknows we will excel at. Vic is just a ‘G’ at what he does.”— Bears linebacker Aaron Lynch on Fangio
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NFC FROM A TO Z
49ers
They have lost 10games four seasons
in a row, a franchise record.The 49ers’ five takeawaysare the fewest through 12games since at least 1940.
Bears
Akiem Hicksand William “Re-
frigerator” Perry are the onlyBears defensive linemen torush for a TD. Hicks did it ona1-yard run last week.
Buccaneers
In his last threegames, Jameis
Winston has completed 61 of 84 passes (72.6 percent)with six touchdowns vs. oneinterception for a 119.1 rating.
Cardinals
They have six offensive linemen
on injured reserve. Theynow are starting four linemenwho played in their firstNFL games this season.
Cowboys
Ezekiel Elliott issecond to the Rams’
Todd Gurley in rushingyards and scrimmage yards.Gurley has 1,175 and 1,649,Elliott 1,150 and 1,573.
Eagles
Fletcher Cox needsone sack to become
the Eagles’ all-time leaderfor an interior lineman. He’s tied with Andy Harmonat 39.
Falcons
LB Deion Jones had career high 15
tackles and added a sack lastweek his in first game sincegoing on IR with a foot injury after Week 1.
Giants
Aldrick Rosas’ 57-yard field goal
against the Bears last weekbroke the team record heldby Ali Haji-Sheikh, who hadtwo from 56 yards in 1983.
Lions
Matthew Staffordhas eight turnovers
in the fourth quarter thisseason, including threeinterceptions and a fumblein the last two games.
Packers
Aaron Rodgershasn’t thrown an
interception in his last 336attempts, a franchise recordand 22 shy of Tom Brady’sall-time mark, set in 2010-11.
Panthers
Cam Newton needs1passing yard to join
Peyton Manning as the onlyQBs to start their careerswith eight straight 3,000-yard seasons.
Rams
Aaron Donald has atleast two sacks in
three straight games, thelongest such streak of hiscareer — and in five of thelast six.
Redskins
Adrian Peterson has an NFL-record
16 TD runs of 50-plus yards.His 90-yard run against theEagles last week was thelongest of his career.
Saints
Drew Brees threwfor a season-high
439 yards with three touchdowns the last timethe Saints played the Bucs, a48-40 loss in Week 1.
Seahawks
Russell Wilson is onpace to throw a
career-high 39 TD passeswith only seven picks, whichwould tie his career lowfrom 2014.
Vikings
Kirk Cousins’ 3,490passing yards rank
sixth and are the secondmost for a Vikings QBthrough 12 games. WarrenMoon had 3,511 in 1994.
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AFC FROM A TO Z
Bengals
They have allowedopponents to rush
for 200 yards in threestraight games and fourtimes overall, their mostsince allowing five in 1998.
Bills
LeSean McCoy getsto face the Jets again
after he rushed for a season-high 113 yards and his onlytwo touchdowns threeweeks ago.
Broncos
Von Miller needsone sack to tie
Simon Fletcher’s franchisecareer record of 102½.Fletcher played for theBroncos from 1985-95.
Browns
Until last weekagainst the Texans,
Baker Mayfield hadn’tthrown three INTs in onegame since his freshmanseason at Texas Tech.
Chargers
Philip Rivers hasthrown two-plus
TDs in his first 12 games, tiedfor the third-longest streakto begin a season in NFLhistory.
Chiefs
In their first gamewithout RB Kareem
Hunt, the Chiefs compiled174 rushing yards, theirsecond most of the season,vs. the Raiders last week.
Colts
Andrew Luck wason the wrong end
of a shutout for the firsttime in 82 career starts last week in a 6-0 loss to the Jaguars.
Dolphins
In his last threehome games against
the Patriots, Ryan Tannehillis 3-0 and has thrown forseven TDs and 840 yardswith one INT.
Jaguars
They had allowed108.4 rushing yards
per game before Thursday,then surrendered 99 yards tothe Titans’ Derrick Henry onone run.
Jets
In the last fourgames, they have
scored only three fourth-quarter points. Eight of their17 drives have ended withpunts, five with interceptions.
Patriots
Tom Brady needed265 career games to
compile 1,000 rushing yards.He has run for 32 yards thisseason. His career high is 110 (2002).
Raiders
Derek Carr can set ateam record for
consecutive games withoutthrowing an interception.He and Rich Gannon are tiedat seven.
Ravens
Rookie Lamar Jackson’s 265
rushing yards are the mostby a quarterback in his firstthree starts during the SuperBowl era.
Steelers
Ben Roethlisbergerhas six TD passes,
six INTs, 11 sacks and an86.1 rating in three careerstarts in Oakland — alllosses.
Texans
J.J. Watt had two sacks and two
forced fumbles in the Texans’first game against the Colts.He has 11½ sacks and fiveforced fumbles in 2018.
Titans
Derrick Henrybecame the first
player in the Super Bowl erato rush for 200-plus yards(238) and four TDs on fewerthan 20 carries (16).
— Los Angeles Times
NFL
As the NFL heads intothe final quarter of theregular season, a lot ofcoaches are holding aplay sheet in one handand a calculator in theother.
The Rams are the onlyteam to have clinched aplayoff spot, but there’smore at stake for them and incen-tive to keep winning. The rest ofthe league is on the verge of eithersecuring a berth, being mathemati-cally eliminated or jostling some-where in between and throwingelbows just to stay alive.
A couple of weeks ago, when theRams beat the Chiefs 54-51, itseemed having a high-octanepassing attack was the key tomaintaining a strong pulse. But inthe case of a lot of playoff-mindedteams — namely the Seahawks,Cowboys, Ravens, Broncos andTitans — it’s all about the time-tested formula of a strong runninggame plus a smothering defense.
The Seahawks lead the league inrushing, averaging 148.8 yards pergame. Ask why he likes relying onthe ground game so much, coachPete Carroll had a simple answer.
“Because it’s the best way not toscrew it up,” he told reporters lastweek. “It’s the best way to play thegame, because the games are al-ways lost. They’re always lost —you make errors. That’s why theturnover issue is of paramountimportance to us.”
According to the Seattle Times,the Seahawks are 52-10 since 2010when winning the turnover battle.
None of those five teams is alock for the postseason, and theBroncos and Titans would needsome help, yet all are surging as
they round the cornerinto the stretch run.
The Chiefs (versus theRavens), Patriots (atMiami) and New Orleans(at Tampa Bay) can se-cure playoff spots Sun-day with a win. All are insolid position to grab oneof the top two seeds in
their respective conferences,thereby getting a week off whenthe postseason starts.
The Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomesneeds just 77 passing yards to joinHall of Famers Dan Marino (1984)and Kurt Warner (1999) as the onlyfirst- or second-year quarterbacksto pass for at least 4,000 yards with40 touchdowns in a season. Mar-ino and Warner were named theleague’s Most Valuable Player inthose respective seasons, andMahomes is well on his waytoward earning that honor.
With a victory Sunday over theBuccaneers, the 10-2 Saints wouldclinch back-to-back division titlesfor the first time in their history.
“The most important thing isthis team in front of us, this gamein front of us, and finding a way toget to 11 — period,” said coach SeanPayton, whose Saints also couldsecure the NFC South with a Pan-thers loss to the Browns. “They’reall smart enough to know that, hey,you’re chasing other things thatcould enhance your possible op-portunities down the road, and soit’s that simple.”
At 9-3, the Chargers have thebest record of any team not leadingits division, and only the Rams,Saints and Chiefs have a betterrecord.
Winning the AFC West isn’t outof the question for the Chargers,
who play at Kansas City on Thurs-day, but that would entail a Chiefsstumble. The Chargers are the typeof wild-card team no one wants toplay, and because they aren’t reli-ant on a home-field advantage —StubHub is essentially a neutralfield — they could be more battle-tested than most teams.
Sunday features a couple ofintriguing matchups of elite of-fenses and defenses. It’s the Chiefs’top-scoring offense (37 points pergame) against the Ravens, whohave the league’s stingiest defense(17.8).
The Sunday night game pits theRams, who have the No. 2 offense,against the Bears, whose defenseranks third.
If the Rams were to win, theywould not only be off to the beststart in franchise history at 12-1 butwould be guaranteed a first-roundbye and keep the Saints at bay forthe NFC’s No. 1 seed.
The Bears, meanwhile, are ontrack to maintain the NFL’s tradi-tion of worst-to-first teams. In 14of the last 15 seasons, at least oneteam finished in first place in itsdivision the season after windingup in the cellar.
The Bears (NFC North) andTexans (AFC South) are currentlyin first place in their respectivedivisions, with the Texans riding aleague-best streak of nine wins.
Meanwhile, Browns rookieBaker Mayfield has another nine-game streak going. He has thrownat least one touchdown pass ineach of his first nine starts. If hewere to get to 10 on Sunday againstthe Panthers, he would join Warn-er (1999) and Brad Johnson (1996-97) as the only quarterbacks tothrow at least one touchdown passin their first 10 starts.
Sam Farmer is an NFL columnistfor the Los Angeles Times.
Chris Carson leads a Seahawks rushing attack that leads the NFL at 148.8 yards per game.
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Some things are very clear to CoreyCrawford.
For one thing, he’s sure the NHL blew itThursday when it wouldn’t overturn thecall on the ice that Max Pacioretty didn’tinterfere with him on the Golden Knights'winning goal in their 4-3 victory over theBlackhawks.
On the play, Hawks defenseman Bran-don Manning was in front of the net andappeared to make brief contact withPacioretty, who fell to the left of Crawfordmoments before Alex Tuch’s game-winner.It was the Knights’ second goal in 12seconds and came just 53 seconds after theHawks had taken their first lead in anygame during regulation since Nov. 18.
“I definitely thought it was (interfer-ence),” Crawford said after practice Sat-urday. “I don’t know how hard he gotpushed into the net. He barely got pushedand he didn’t make an effort to get out ofthere. And then he was stuck there and Icouldn’t move the way I needed to make aplay.
“In a tight game like that it’s frustrating,especially after losing so many games andthen we come close, we play well, we get upand (53) seconds later we’re back down. It’sjust a combination of things emotionallythat set me off and maybe some other guyson that goal.”
What's less clear to Crawford is how towork past the maddening losses the Hawkshave suffered over the last few weeks,particularly the last three games thatthey’ve lost by a total of four goals. The onlytwo-goal margin in that span was the resultof an empty-netter.
“I don’t know how to deal with that,”Crawford said. “Be pissed off? Let it go andkeep playing? I really don’t know. It’s not agood position to be in. It’s definitelyfrustrating. Last game, we felt like finally itwas on our side and we played well enoughto get one, and it just gets wiped out. Thatwas pretty tough to take.
“I don’t know, maybe our older guys, ourcore group, maybe we all need to play betterto get us out of this. Maybe that’s theanswer.”
Crawford came into the season with acareer mark of 230-124-45. In 19 starts thisseason, he’s 5-13-1. There’s little wonderwhy he and his teammates are frustrated.
“No one’s happy,” coach Jeremy Collitonsaid. “So you can’t expect guys not to showsome frustration at times. What we need todo as a team is get right back at it. Be strongmentally and just believe in what we’redoing. And I think he’s doing that.”
Tight losses starting to weigh on CrawfordBy Jimmy GreenfieldChicago Tribune
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The Blackhawks activated defensemanConnor Murphy, who has been inactive fornearly four months because of a backinjury, on Saturday. He is expected to makehis season debut Sunday against theCanadiens at the United Center.
To make room for Murphy, the Hawksplaced defenseman Gustav Forsling(shoulder) on injured reserve, retroactiveto Dec. 5. He will be eligible to returnDec. 12 against the Penguins. Forsling’sinjury isn’t expected to be a long-termissue, Hawks coach Jeremy Colliton said.
Much has changed since Murphy lastplayed for the Hawks. There’s a new headcoach, a new defensive system in place, andlosing is the rule rather than the exception.
Murphy isn’t concerned about his abilityto pick up Colliton’s new man-to-mandefense.
“That stuff will come,” Murphy said. “Idon’t know if you want to let that creep inyour mind, thinking too much aboutsystems or different personnel. But justgoing out and having fun and competing atmy hardest will be what I’m looking for.”
Shocked jocks: A month has passed sinceColliton took over for Joel Quenneville,and he feels the players are still dealingwith the effects of such a seismic change totheir world. Colliton was asked if he hadexperienced resistance from the players.
“I don’t think it’s a resistance,” Collitonsaid. “I just think there’s a shock. Same guybeen doing the job for a long time, and youplay a certain way and have a lot of success,so it’s a shock to the players, but I thinkthey’ve been great.
“They play hard, and it hasn’t beenperfect, certainly, how we play (or) theresults. But I feel like they’re engaged, andthat makes me feel good.”
BLACKHAWKS NOTES
Murphy returns, Forsling to IRBy Jimmy GreenfieldChicago Tribune
gate of the players and coaches parking lotthat read: “Caution: Autos only. No motor-cycles, bicycles or pedestrians.”
Jackson always did things his way.
Tim FloydOn Dec. 24, 2001, Floyd stuck around for a
hastily called news conference on the BertoCenter floor to address what was officiallycalled a resignation but was really a firing.
With his wife and daughter looking on,standing under the championship bannersJackson won, Floyd thanked players, assist-ant coaches, front-office personnel, teambroadcasters and Reinsdorf by name.
He left out Krause, who he did acknowl-edge gave him “a wonderful opportunity.”
Before he sarcastically challenged a long-time media nemesis, Floyd spoke passion-ately and eloquently about his trying tenure.
“This is a place that has an incredibleamount of tradition, which forces you to tryto give your best even at times where youdon’t feel like being your best,” he said. “It’swhy I came. At the same time, it has a lot todo with why I’m stepping away.
“I tried to challenge players to be theirbest every day in very difficult times. It’s veryeasy to be resilient when things are goingwell. But these have been trying times. Ithink I’ll grow from this personally.”
Bill CartwrightIn one of his first major moves just seven
months after succeeding Krause, generalmanager John Paxson fired Cartwright, hisformer teammate, as the Bulls traveled fromSacramento to Dallas in November 2003.Cartwright met with his assistant coachesand players, then endured a two-hour delayfor his commercial flight home to Chicago.
“That plane I flew on had great seats,”Cartwright said that night in a phoneinterview from his north suburban home.“There was this TV screen where you couldchange channels. It was great.”
That perspective highlightedCartwright’s calm and classy demeanor,which sometimes got mistaken for a lack ofcompetitive fire.
“The team is my responsibility,”Cartwright said. “And I accept that. I don’thold any ill will toward anybody. That’sexactly what I told Pax. I’m at peace withmyself.
Phil Jackson rode off on a motorcycle.Tim Floyd grew introspective even as hereleased frustration. Bill Cartwright jokedabout a flight delay as he sat in his home.Scott Skiles looked inward. Vinny Del Negrotook the high road on a brilliantly sunny day.Tom Thibodeau released a classy statement.Fred Hoiberg is contemplating the same.
To beat writers, the exit interview landshigh on the to-do list. It places a period — ormaybe ellipses or an exclamation point,depending on its content — on a coach’s tenure.
Understandably, it might not rank as higha priority for the fired or resigning coaches,who are processing myriad emotions.
Nevertheless, even if they hadn’t fired twocoaches on Christmas Eve, the Bulls havehad memorable exit interviews over the lasttwo decades.
Phil JacksonOn June 22, 1998, Jackson followed
through on his season-long stance to exitafter the Bulls won their sixth championshipin eight seasons. With Jerry Krause’scourtship of Floyd an open topic, Jacksonidled his Harley-Davidson outside the BertoCenter while addressing reporters.
Even as Jackson acknowledged that BullsChairman Jerry Reinsdorf offered him theopportunity to stay, the future Hall of Famecoach addressed his legacy and spokeeloquently about the team’s bonds thatwould endure as the dynasty dismantled.
“The biggest thing is when people say thatyou did it with a certain style or aplomb thatrepresented some kind of unity with theplayers that stood above or beyond some ofthe other things that we’re seeing incoaching today,” Jackson said. “The relation-ships are enduring with these players. Wehad a meeting last week. Sentiments wereexpressed. It has been a wonderful time.
“Whatever paths people may have to take,the one thing that they can’t take away fromus is the bonds we made together winningthese championships. It was real liberatingfor us.
“I’m not going to sit here and speak aboutcould’ve or would’ve or should’ve. It’s justtime to go. I feel happy. I’m glad to be on myway out of here. I look to have some fun.”
And with that, Jackson fired up hismotorcycle and rode past the sign at the exit
“Everything else in my life is fine. I’ve gotgreat support, great people around me, greatfamily and friends. I’m just disappointed. It’slike walking out in the middle of the fight. Iwanted to finish it.”
Scott SkilesIn an astonishing lack of public-relations
savvy, the Bulls fired Skiles on ChristmasEve just six years after doing so with Floyd.
Unsurprisingly for someone as direct andblunt as Skiles, he offered lacerating self-analysis in a phone interview from his northsuburban home.
“Hardly a day goes by that I don’t demandaccountability and stress results,” Skiles said.”Today was my day to be held accountable.
“This is a great organization to work for.John is great to work with, the training staff,the players, ownership. Everything iswrapped around the Bulls having success.
“I understand how this business works.We had a lot of expectations and we weren’tplaying up to them this season. We wentfrom an overachieving team to an under-achieving team. But this was a greatexperience that will continue to make me abetter coach.”
Vinny Del NegroDel Negro’s firing had been rumored for
months after a badly deteriorating relation-ship with Paxson spectacularly climaxed witha brief physical altercation in March 2010.
That, plus the feeling he had performedadmirably in back-to-back playoff appear-ances, led an at-peace Del Negro to stepoutside the Berto Center on a gorgeousspring day on May 4, 2010, and thankReinsdorf, his players and others.
“I feel very strongly the organization is ina much better place now than it was two yearsago when I started,” he said. “I’m proud ofthe things we accomplished as a team.”
Tom ThibodeauThibodeau’s May 2015 firing, also ru-
mored for months because of a fallout withmanagement, centered on a contrast instatements.
Reinsdorf released an extraordinary onethat drew leaguewide attention in which hecited a departure from “free and openinterdepartmental discussion and consider-ation of everyone’s ideas and opinions”without citing the former Coach of the Yearby name. Thibodeau’s thanked Reinsdorf,his assistants, players and their families andfans while expressing pride in “our manyaccomplishments.”
Speaking three months later at a USABasketball practice in Las Vegas, Thibodeausaid he had “no regrets” and “no reaction” toReinsdorf’s statement.
“My whole experience there was great,”Thibodeau said. “I’m very proud of what weaccomplished. To win the games we did, todeal with the adversity that we did, we dealtwith Derrick (Rose) and his injuries andsurvived that. We lost players along the waybut always found a way to compete. I’m veryproud of that.”
In private conversations with severalpeople, Hoiberg also has expressed pridewith how he dealt with changing personneland a rebuild while respecting manage-ment’s wishes. He wants to coach an NBAteam again.
Save for Cartwright, who served as alongtime assistant, all six departed Bullscoaches landed future head coaching jobs.
BULLS AND BLACKHAWKS
Ex-it planHoiberg has been quiet since being fired, but former Bullscoaches had something to say when they got their pink slips
By K.C. Johnson | Chicago Tribune
Phil Jackson rides away from the Berto Center following his departure as Bulls coach in 1998.
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On Nov. 8, 2001, during what was then afranchise-record 53-point loss to theTimberwolves in Minnesota, Bulls coachTim Floyd replaced starters Charles Oakley,Marcus Fizer, Brad Miller, Greg Anthonyand Ron Mercer with the rarely seenfive-man substitution of Fred Hoiberg,Kevin Ollie, Tyson Chandler, Eddy Curryand Trenton Hassell.
Oakley blasted the move afterward, draw-ing a $50,000 fine from general managerJerry Krause.
Though nobody publicly blasted JimBoylen for reprising Floyd’s move not oncebut twice during the Bulls’ 133-77 loss to theCeltics on Saturday night at the UnitedCenter, frustration filled the postgamelocker room. The 56-point margin set afranchise mark for largest loss, whichprompted boos to rain down loudly atgame’s end.
It also is the largest margin of victory inCeltics history and ties the NBA record formost lopsided victory in a road game.
But Bulls players struggled to understandthe second instance, which backfired whenthe Celtics ran away and hid. That led toBoylen making a — using his word —“premeditated” decision that a competitiveSunday practice would be more beneficialthan reinserting the starters, who sat for thefinal 21 minutes, 2 seconds.
“No, you don’t,” a visibly frustratedLaVine interrupted when asked a longerquestion about rarely seeing five-man sub-stitutions.
As for LaVine’s reaction to Boylen’s move?“Um, it is what it is,” LaVine said. “We
gotta do what he says.”Asked about the fine line between send-
ing a message and embarrassing a profes-sional player, Boylen offered this response.
“I think your play is embarrassing,” hesaid. “Me subbing them is saving themmaybe. The pro player thing? This isbasketball. This is about honoring the gameand doing the right things.
“I worked for Gregg Popovich. He subbedfive guys a ton of times. Nobody says a wordto him about it.
“He felt that was best for the team. I feltthat was best for the team. And that’s whatmy job is. Embarrassment is not giving theeffort in that Bulls uniform. So I put five guysin that I thought could put the effort in.”
In his third game as coach, Boylen yankedstarters LaVine, Lauri Markkanen, WendellCarter Jr., Justin Holiday and Ryan Arcidia-cono at the 7 minute, 15 second mark of thefirst quarter with the Bulls scoreless, downby 13 and 0-for-8.
“You deserve it if you don’t play hard,”Markannen said.
The lineup of Robin Lopez, Jabari Parker,Chandler Hutchison, Shaquille Harrisonand Cameron Payne didn’t fare much better.They trailed 17-0 before Parker scored theBulls’ first points on free throws at the 5:42mark. Lopez finally made the first field goalafter 11 misses at the 5:06 mark.
Then, after the Celtics opened the secondhalf with a modest 5-3 run, Boylen tried themove again. He pulled all five starters at the9:02 mark of the third, using the same fivesubstitutes.
“It sucks man, sitting there and watchingthe score go up and up,” LaVine said. “I knowwe’re competing but you know you can help.And sometimes you don’t feel like you doanything wrong. We got blitzed to come out.Obviously, (Boylen) didn’t like that. Thathappens in the NBA sometimes. We re-sponded in the second quarter. I don’t know.I do not know. There’s a lot of questions youcould ask, but I really don’t know.”
The Celtics led by as many as 58 and wereactually beating the Bulls to 50-50 balls andthrowing alley-oop dunks on fast breaks
down the stretch.And people thought the blowout loss to
the Warriors — a 149-124 home defeat onOct. 29 — was bad.
“That’s not the standard of our program,to get down like that at home,” Boylen said.“We were just following them around. Wewere a step slow on everything, mentally and
physically. Is it want to? Is it effort? What isit? I don’t know what it is.
“I just wasn’t going to stand for it. I justpulled them together and told them all thesepeople paid the money to see you guys play.And you’re not giving them the effort yougotta give them. It’s disappointing. We needsome leadership to step up.”
One potential issue with a five-mansubstitution is if the reserve group getsblasted, as the Bulls’ did in the second half,where do you turn after that? Backed into acorner, Boylen kept the starters out the final21:02.
“Why have them play in a game that’sgoing to be difficult to win when the benefitto me is going to be practice (Sunday) andget better?” he said. “That was all pre-mediated. So I play them more, we lose andthen we can’t practice (Sunday)?
“We double lose. And we don’t have timeto do that.”
The first time, Boylen gathered the pulledstarters as they came off the court and talkedto them. The second time, he didn’t.
Maybe it wouldn’t have mattered —LaVine said he didn’t know what Boylensaid the first time.
“I was frustrated,” he said. “I didn’t reallyget to hear him.”
In a mere six days, Boylen has publiclychallenged his team’s toughness and condi-tioning, moved Parker to a reserve role andheld two two-hour-plus practices and a90-minute shootaround.
He also held practices on both off daysbetween games last week, a rarity inDecember, and scheduled the Sunday prac-tice following a back-to-back set of gameswith a Monday game looming. That’s alsoatypical.
At least the starters will be rested for thatsession and perhaps the more suicide sprintsit may entail. No starter logged more than 20minutes. LaVine actually shot 4-for-6 for 11points in his mere 18:53 of action. Thestarters shot 10-for-29 overall.
Daniel Theis scored a career-high 22points as a starter for Al Horford, a latescratch with knee soreness. The Celtics shot53.8 percent overall and 51.2 percent from3-point range.
“We gotta care more about our effort andplaying for each other on a nightly basis,”Boylen said. “We didn’t honor the game withour effort and competitiveness, so why nottake them all out?”
Simply the worstCeltics bash bunglingBulls by 56 for largestdefeat in team historyBy K.C. Johnson | Chicago Tribune
Rookie Chandler Hutchison gets a good look at the Celtics’ Semi Ojeleye as he goes for a dunk Saturday night. Ojeleye scored 13 points.
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The worst defeats in the Bulls’ 53-year history56 points: Celtics 133, Bulls 77 Dec. 8, 2018 (home)53: Timberwolves 127, Bulls 74 Nov. 8, 2001 (road)51: Pacers 140, Bulls 89 March 28, 2003 (road)49: Warriors 143, Bulls 94 Nov. 24, 2017 (road)47: Magic 115, Bulls 68 April 2, 1999 (home)45: Jazz 109, Bulls 64 | Nov. 18, 2000 (road)45: Rockets 123, Bulls 78 March 26, 2000 (road)44: Pistons 115, Bulls 71 May 3, 1999 (home)44: Pistons 158, Bulls 114 March 23, 1969 (road)
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After his firing Monday,Fred Hoiberg texted JimBoylen his support and toldhis former lead assistantcoach that he’d do great athis chance.
So it’s only natural thatBoylen defended Hoiberg,who had everything fromhis leadership style to hishold on the locker roomquestioned by critics whenthe Bulls fired him.
“I don’t believe that helost the locker room,”Boylen said. “I do believethat I’m handling the lockerroom differently. It doesn’tmean better, worse, whatev-er. We’re different people.
“Fred and I are very closeand spent a lot of timetogether. I’m going to missthat relationship. But I’vegot a job to do. The Reins-dorfs have given me thisresponsibility and I thinkFred understands that. Is itraw right now? It’s raw,man. It’s really raw. Youdon’t think I’m not thinkingabout it?”
Players voiced strongsupport for Hoiberg onTuesday in Indianapolis.They reiterated that Sat-urday.
“Obviously, I feel likeeverybody in this lockerroom respected Fred andwho he was,” Bobby Portissaid. “He’s a players’ coach,lets guys go out there and dowhat they do, get better. Mepersonally, he helped medevelop my game a lot, so Icredit a lot of things towardhim. To say that he lost therespect of the locker room, Idon’t think that’s a goodway to put it.’’
Coach’s corner: Celticscoach Brad Stevens’ dayswith Hoiberg date to theirshared college coachingroots. Hoiberg used to talkoften about them hitting therecruiting trail together.
“It’s not my business toget into another organiza-tion’s decisions,” Stevenssaid. “Fred’s an outstandingcoach and a terrific guy. Imet a lot of people through-out my time in coaching andI would love for my son toplay for Fred one day. Hejust treats people the rightway.
“He’s a good person andit’s unfortunate when thosethings happen at any time.He’ll land on his feet. He’sgood at this.”
Layups: Portis and KrisDunn are likely to returnMonday from the sprainedMCLs they suffered twodays apart in late October.“Long-term health is whatwe’re about,” Boylen said.“We expect them back soon,any day.” ... Lauri Markka-nen’s older brother, Eero, aprofessional soccer playercurrently playing in Swe-den, attended both homegames over the weekend.It’s the first time Eerowatched Lauri play in theNBA in person.
Boylen:Hard toreplaceHoiberg Coaches had builtsolid relationshipworking together By K.C. JohnsonChicago Tribune
How Tribune staff members voted for the 2018 Heisman Trophy
Teddy GreensteinCollege football reporter
I went into championshipweekend with this thought:May the best quarterback win.
Like everyone with a Heis-man Trophy vote and workingset of eyes, I was wowed inSeptember and October byAlabama’s Tua Tagovailoa. Itwas BREAKING NEWS eachtime he threw an incomple-tion. (The ball hit the groundthree times against Arkansas —and he threw four touchdownpasses.)
But he wasn’t as sharpagainst LSU and MississippiState, so that made me think …
What about Oklahoma’sKyler Murray, the modern-dayBo Jackson/Deion Sanders?(Scary to think football mightbe his second-best sport.)
Murray put up outrageousnumbers against Texas Techand shredded Oklahoma State.And West Virginia. But, wait,aren’t Big 12 defenses softerthan a baby’s bottom? Maybe Ishould keep looking …
Dwayne Haskins Jr. dideverything for Ohio State inthat miracle escape at Mary-land. He even used his legs,chewing up 59 yards and scor-ing from 2, 1 and 5 yards out.
Then he clicked into beastmode against Michigan and itstop-ranked defense. His accu-racy was ridiculous, hittingreceivers in stride on all ofthose shallow crossing routes.He also escaped pressure, ex-plaining that he wanted azero-sack game to make hisline look good.
So the QB trio enteredchampionship weekend in adead heat.
Murray was phenomenal inthe matinee for the nation’sNo. 1 offense.
He completed 25 of 34passes for 379 yards and threescores against Texas — and hisFBS-best passing efficiencyrating of 205.7 actually wentdown. I’m thinking the A’s werewise to shell out that $4.66million.
Tagovailoa, meanwhile,completed just 10 of 25 passesagainst Georgia and had toleave with an ankle injury. Oy.
Haskins, in prime time, putforth the greatest quarterbackperformance I’ve ever seen (34of 41, 499 yards). His throwswere on a string.
He juked two-thirds of theNorthwestern line before firinga perfectly lofted dime to TerryMcLaurin. His second touch-down pass to McLaurin onthird-and-20 was even prettier.
My ballot: 1) Haskins; 2)Murray; 3) Tagovailoa.
I interviewed Haskins onWednesday and told him how Ivoted, explaining that I sawhim live at the ‘Shoe and LucasOil Stadium.
First, the elephant in theroom: No, I did not have TuaTagovailoa first or second onmy ballot.
Should one poor perform-ance completely erase a seasonof brilliance? Of course not.Nor should Tagovailoa be pe-nalized for guiding Alabama tosuch huge early leads that hespent much of his secondhalves on the sideline.
But at some point, the bestplayer in the country has to bethe difference between histeam winning and losing. Thatmoment for Tagovailoa couldhave been last week’s SEC titlegame against Georgia, but evenbefore he got knocked out witha high ankle sprain and backupJalen Hurts saved the CrimsonTide, the sophomore left-hander wasn’t just off his game— he was downright bad (10 of25, two interceptions and a 15.1ESPN QB Rating).
In fact, I considered leavingTagovailoa off the ballot com-pletely in favor of his team-mate, the unblockable defen-sive tackle Quinnen Williams.But Tagovailoa’s season-longproficiency (11.4 yards per at-tempt, 37-4 TD-INT ratio) inthe country’s best conferencedeserved to be acknowledged.
Conversely, with threeweeks to go in the season, Iwasn’t giving Ohio Statequarterback Dwayne Haskinsmuch consideration. Yes, hewas putting up big numbers(FBS-high 4,580 yards, 47TDs), but they felt somewhatempty as the Buckeyes sloggedthrough their schedule.
But after leading the come-back at Maryland, dissectingthe nation’s No. 1 defense in therout of Michigan and puttingon another show againstNorthwestern for the Big Tenchampionship, the ChicagoTribune Silver Football winnerearned my second-place Heis-man vote. You have to grade thenumbers of Big 12 quarter-backs on a curve, just likeformer Colorado Rockies upfor the Baseball Hall of Fame —where my first-place choicehopes to end up one day.
Still, Oklahoma’s Kyler Mur-ray took over for the mostefficient single-season passerin FBS history, 2017 Heismanwinner Baker Mayfield, andsurpassed him.
Like Haskins and Tagov-ailoa, Murray has a deep andtalented receiving corps led bythe dynamic HollywoodBrown, but the Sooners losttheir top rushing threat, Rod-ney Anderson, in Week 2. Andwith a defense that gave up 32.4points per game, including 40or more five times, Oklahomaneeded every bit of Murray’spassing (11.9 ypa, 40-7 TD-INT) and running (892 yards,11 TDs) to return to the CollegeFootball Playoff.
NEW YORK — Kyler Murrayreplaced a Heisman Trophy winnerby becoming a Heisman Trophywinner.
The Oklahoma quarterback woncollege football's most prestigiousindividual award Saturday night,edging Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa andsetting up a College Football Playoffmatchup of Heisman winner versusrunner-up.
The fourth-ranked Sooners playthe top-ranked Crimson Tide in theOrange Bowl semifinal Dec. 29 in theseventh bowl matchup of Heismanwinner and runner-up and first sincesecond-place finisher Vince Youngand Texas beat Reggie Bush and USCin the 2006 Rose Bowl.
“This is crazy,” Murray said in hisacceptance speech. “This is an honor,something that I'll never forget,something that I'll always cherish forthe rest of my life.”
Murray stepped into the startingjob at Oklahoma held by last year'sHeisman winner and No. 1 NFL draftpick, Baker Mayfield. Oklahoma isthe first school with have Heisman-winning quarterbacks in consecutiveseasons and the fifth overall withwinners in back-to-back years.
Unlike most seasons, the winnerwas far from a foregone conclusion,but Murray (517 first-place votes and2,167 points) ended up with a fairlycomfortable margin of 296 pointsover Tagovailoa.
Ohio State quarterback DwayneHaskins, who won the Chicago Trib-une Silver Football as the Big Ten’sbest player, was a distant third with783 points. Three more quarterbacksfollowed: Will Grier of West Virginia,Gardner Minshew II of WashingtonState and McKenzie Milton of Cen-tral Florida.
Murray was named on 92 percentof the Heisman ballots, third most alltime. Tagovailoa's 1,871 points re-ceived was the most for a runner-upin the 84-year history of the Heisman.
Tagovailoa was the Heisman front-runner for most of the season, butMurray surged late as the Soonersturned to him and the offense to bailout a leaky defense down the stretch.Meanwhile, Tagovailoa picked a badtime to have his worst game of theseason, throwing two interceptionsin the SEC championship againstGeorgia and leaving early with asprained ankle.
Murray's first season as a startingquarterback in college is set up to alsobe his last.
He already has signed a $4.66million contract with the OaklandAthletics after he was selected in thefirst round of the Major LeagueBaseball draft in June. Listed at5-foot-10 and 195 pounds, Murraywould be small for an NFL quarter-back but talented enough to be anintriguing prospect if he decided togive it a try.
Oklahoma's late-season Heismancampaign for Murray harkened backBo Jackson, the 1985 Heisman win-ner who went on to star in both theNFL and MLB, and his Bo KnowsNike ads.
“I'd like to do both (baseball andfootball) if possible,” Murray saidFriday. “But I don't know howpossible that is.”
Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray is stunned as he accepts the Heisman Trophy on Saturday in New York City.
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‘This is crazy’ Murray makes itback-to-back awardsfor Oklahoma QBs By Ralph D. RussoAssociated Press
PHILADELPHIA — Armycoach Jeff Monken hopped ontop of a wall and pumped hisfist toward stoked cadets set tobelt out the alma mater.Monken brought the party tolocker room and waved an“Army Football” flag as theBlack Knights bounced aroundhim.
Army ditched its mundaneroutines and cut loose like abunch of rowdy civilians. Andwhy not? The setting was rightafter Army beat Navy for thethird straight game, this time infront of a packed house and thepresident.
“I don’t ever want our guysto stop celebrating,” Monkensaid. “I promise you, I’ll becelebrating every year if wewin this thing because I knowhow hard it is.”
Monken revived the BlackKnights and turned a programthat suffered annual losses tothe Midshipmen into a bowl-bound team that can keep theCommander-in-Chief’s Tro-phy back at West Point.
The No. 22 Black Knightsrecovered two fumbles in thefourth quarter, Kelvin HopkinsJr. had two rushing touch-downs and Army beat Navy17-10 on Saturday to win itsthird straight game in theseries.
President Donald Trump at-tended the 119th game betweenthe rivals and flipped the coinbefore spending a half on eachside in a show of impartiality.No matter his view, Army(10-2) always had the edge.
Army retained the CIC Tro-phy — awarded to the teamwith the best record in gamesamong the three service acade-mies — after winning it for thefirst time in 22 years last seasonand snuffed a late Navy rally toretain possession of the prize.
With Navy down 10-7,quarterback Zach Abey lost afumble on fourth-and-12 deepin its territory. Hopkins scoredon a 1-yard run to make it 17-7and give Army the cushion itneeded to win in front of 66,729fans at Lincoln Financial Field.
Army has regained its grip ina rivalry that had gotten out ofhand. Navy had a series-best14-game winning streak from2002-2015 and leads 60-52-7all time.
“It’s been hard on all of us.Our players, our coaches, ourstaff, our school,” Navy coachKen Niumatalolo said. “We liketo win. We’ve been winning alot of games. Losing sucks.”
Trump officiated the cointoss, which Navy won andelected to kick off. That was amistake.
Kell Walker ran 51 yards tothe 10 on the fourth play fromscrimmage and Hopkinsdashed in for the touchdownon the next play for a 7-0 lead.
Last year’s game had a com-bined three pass attempts. Butboth teams passed on the rushSaturday and tried to throw —with mixed results.
Army safety Jaylon McClin-ton had an interception in thefirst half. Army also dropped akey third-down pass that led toJohn Abercrombie’s missed 33-yard field goal in the secondquarter. Abercrombie re-bounded to kick a 33-yarder inthe third for a 10-0 lead.
Malcom Perry’s 43-yard runto the 5 set up Garret Lewis’1-yard rushing touchdownwith 7:10 left in the game thatpulled Navy to 10-7. BennettMoehring kicked a 45-yardfield goal with 29 seconds left.
ARMY 17, NAVY 10
BlackKnightsretain trophy By Dan GelstonAssociated Press
Army’s Kelvin Hopkins Jr. looks
for room to run Saturday in the
second half of Army’s victory
against Navy in Philadelphia.
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9B Chicago Tribune | Chicago Sports | Section 3 | Sunday, December 9, 2018
After six consecutive fourthand fifth-place finishes, are theWhite Sox ready to stand up in theAmerican League Central?
With a deep farm system andlow financial overhead, the Soxare in a position to accelerate theirrebuilding — if they so desire.
They will arrive in Las Vegas forthe winter meetings that startSunday with plenty to offer freeagents and several holes to fill asthey embark on their long-awaited ascent. Here are some keyquestions facing the team.
1. Is the price on Bryce right?The prevailing thought is that
the Sox, because they likely arenot yet contenders, will need tomake the ultimate sales pitch toentice free agent Bryce Harper,whose Nationals teams failed toadvance past the National LeagueDivision Series four times.
Harper’s market value neverwill be as high as it is now, so theSox will clearly have to outbidcompetitors.
The Sox have a plethora ofintriguing prospects, and the in-evitable breakup of the defendingdivision champion Indians makesthis an ideal time for the Sox tomake their most shocking signingin 20 seasons.
2. Where to start?The Sox have a need for a
veteran innings-eater at the backend of the rotation — similar toMiguel Gonzalez in 2016-17 — asReynaldo Lopez, Lucas Giolitoand Carlos Rodon continue theirdevelopment and MichaelKopech recovers from TommyJohn surgery.
Dylan Covey pitched better inthe second half of 2018, but helacks consistency. Dylan Ceaseposted a 1.72 ERA in 10 starts atDouble-A Birmingham but mightbenefit from another year ofminor-league seasoning, as wouldKodi Medeiros.
3. Who’s hot at the hot cor-ner?
Carlos Sanchez adjusted well tofull-time duty at third base in2018, and the Sox’s faith in himwas reinforced with their decisionnot to tender Matt Davidson acontract.
Offensively, Sanchez doesn’t fitthe profile of a third baseman, buthe might be the best answer fornow. If the Sox lose the Harpersweepstakes, they could pursueleft-handed hitter Mike Mous-takas and shift Sanchez to a utilityrole.
The other option is movingYoan Moncada from second, butthat might not gain momentumuntil 2018 first-round pick NickMadrigal is close to the majors.
4. Who’s the leader in theclubhouse?
Considering the many timesmanager Rick Renteria pulledplayers in the middle of games fora lack of hustle, adding a veteran toreinforce his message and stressthat losing is unacceptable wouldbe helpful if the Sox want to takean important step in their matura-tion process.
5. Who’s the backup catcher?Omar Narvaez and Kevan
Smith, who combined to catch 73percent of the Sox’s innings lastseason, are gone.
That workload swelled afterveteran Welington Castillo wassuspended for 80 games on May24. Castillo returns with plenty ofexperience from his days with theCubs, Diamondbacks and Orioles,and the Sox added Seby Zavala tothe 40-man roster after he hit .258at Birmingham and Triple-ACharlotte.
But an experienced backup isneeded, especially if Castillo getshurt. Zavala has played in only 48games in Triple A.
Questionsto still beansweredBy Mark GonzalesChicago Tribune
General manager Rick Hahn
wants to see the White Sox take
the next step in their rebuilding,
but plenty of questions remain.
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You might havethought Cubs Presi-dent Theo Epsteinand White Sox gen-eral manager RickHahn had swappedbodies the other day ifyou weren’t payingcloser attention.
While Hahn wasfueling speculationthe Sox would be in the mix toadd a megabucks free agent to a100-loss team that’s nowhereclose to contending, Epsteinwas downplaying the possibilityof adding a big-name hitter to a95-win team whose window towin remains wide open.
What’s wrong with thispicture? Is this the start of abizarro baseball winter in Chi-cago? Or were our notoriouswheeler and dealers simplyputting on their best pokerfaces before the annual wintermeetings in Las Vegas?
We’ll find out soon enough asHahn and Epstein begin ex-ecuting their respective gameplans to heat up the hot-stoveseason.
Hahn and Epstein love to bein the middle of the actionduring the winter meetings.
Hahn’s blockbuster deals —bringing in Jeff Samardzija in asix-player trade in 2014 anddealing Chris Sale for threeprospects, including MichaelKopech and Yoan Monacada, in2016 — have been matched byEpstein’s marquee free-agentsignings, including Jon Lesterin 2014, Ben Zobrist and JasonHeyward in 2015 and BrandonMorrow last December.
As Epstein addressed themedia Thursday afternoon atthe Cubs complex, constructionworkers were building newpremium suites at WrigleyField to add to the team’s al-ready bountiful coffers. Butwith the Cubs bumping headswith the luxury tax, Epsteinsuddenly seems willing to curbhis enthusiasm for spending.
“We're not overly guided bythe (collective-bargaining
agreement), althoughyou take it into ac-count for strategicpurposes, especiallyover the long haul,”Epstein said. “But likeany good business, wehave a budget, andyou adhere to it.”
Hahn, meanwhile,has the luxury of
spending freely on pricey freeagents, even if it’s too soon inthe rebuilding process. Herecently dispatched assistantJim Thome to lobby premierslugger Bryce Harper on thejoys of Sox, and while it seemsfar-fetched to believe Harperwould land on the South Side,the team’s interest is real. Hahnsaid during a teleconferenceThursday that they’re seriousabout getting serious in YearThree of the rebuild — but onlyif it’s the right player.
“Yes, there are top-of-the-market, premium-type playersthat we’ve made no secretabout potentially fitting intoour long-term vision for thisorganization,” he said. “Howev-er, if for whatever reason any-one along those lines doesn’tend up in a White Sox uniform,that doesn’t mean we’re goingto scurry around and just lookfor short-term fixes to get justmodest improvement.”
Hahn’s penchant for secrecyis well-known. Last month atthe general managers meetingshe revealed they had signedmanager Rick Renteria to anextension last spring withoutannouncing it. But Epsteinone-upped Hahn on Thursdayby revealing a secret of his own— that Morrow underwentarthroscopic elbow surgery onNov. 6 and likely will be un-available to start the 2019 sea-son.
Asked about the closer situa-tion Nov. 7 at the GM meetings,Epstein said: “I want as manyreally talented options as wecan in the pen. That’s what weask ourselves, more so than: ‘Dowe have a quote, unquote,
closer.’ We lost Morrow and(Pedro Strop) stepped up anddid an unbelievable job.
“Had we gone into the (2018season) with (Strop) as thecloser, you guys would’ve beenall over us. That’s just the way itgoes. Until you’ve shown youcan do it, there are questions. Ijust want to make sure we havea really talented pen with lots ofdifferent options and see howthings shake out.
“Given our other needs,given our roster and payrollsituation now and going for-ward, investing long term in acloser, you know, big money,isn’t really high our priority listright now. Stranger things havehappened, but we have someother areas to address.”
But a month after thesurgery, Epstein finally revealedthe Morrow news, saying: “Thisis the first time we were askedabout him, so I’ll answer it.”
Either way, the Cubs needbullpen help, as does almosteveryone else, including theSox.
Hahn began to address theporous Sox pen by acquiringpotential closer Alex Colomefrom the Mariners, but there’smuch more work to be doneand few shutdown relievers onthe market, outside of CraigKimbrel. Hahn remained un-characteristically quiet at lastyear’s winter meetings, know-ing 2018 would be a challengingseason and adding expensivefree agents would be counter-productive.
Epstein wound up signingrelievers Morrow and DrewSmyly — who didn’t pitch in ’18— aside from laying the ground-work for the February signingof Yu Darvish to a six-year, $126million deal. That has been abust so far, along with the TylerChatwood deal.
“Our offseason moves shouldnot be evaluated well at all,”Epstein said at the GM meet-ings. “Our in-season moveswere pretty darn good. We’ll tryto have a much better off-season.”
Cubs President Theo Epstein listens to a question during a news conference Thursday at Wrigley Field.
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Roles reversal Epstein, Hahn take different approachas they get game plans ready for Vegas
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The departure of three coaches,the uncertainty of manager JoeMaddon’s future beyond 2019 andtwo months without significantroster changes have created con-sternation among Cubs fans.
The Cubs hope to ease thoseconcerns soon. Team executiveswill travel to Las Vegas for thewinter meetings, which beginSunday, with some key questionslooming.
1. Heading for a breakup?The atmosphere could be dif-
ferent in the Cubs’ suite withMaddon evaluating potentialtrades and free-agent signingswith his bosses who won’t discussan extension this winter with oneseason left on his contract.
The uncertain status hasn’tbeen lost on Joseph Maddon, themanager’s son, who recently ex-pressed disbelief on social mediathat his father “is soon to be a freeagent” despite winning a 2016World Series while Dave Robertsof the Dodgers received an exten-sion through 2022.
“That’s OK. I love my dad a lot,too,” quipped President Theo Ep-stein, adding that Maddon “issomebody who wants to be thebest at what he does, and is highlymotivated.”
2. Harping on hitting?In response to the Cubs’ late-
season hitting woes, the teamcould sign marquee free agentBryce Harper, who will be thecenter of attention in his home-town during the winter meetings.
But Epstein Thursday ex-pressed vague answers about theCubs’ finances, emphasizing thatthe team has been in the top six inpayroll in recent seasons and hasthe talent to compete for WorldSeries titles.
Any offensive help might beobtained through a trade, andthere’s the issue of deciding whichoutfielder/former first-round pickis expendable — switch-hitter IanHapp, left-handed slugger KyleSchwarber or Albert Almora Jr.
The Cubs finished fourth in theNational League with 761 runs thisyear, but the need to drive in moreruns with runners in scoringposition and hit more home runsis urgent.
3. Enough relief?In addition to closer Brandon
Morrow likely not being availablethe first month of the season, CarlEdwards Jr. needs to reboundfrom a control-challenged Sep-tember, and Brandon Kintzlerdidn’t display the pinpoint controlhe displayed with previous teams.
Dillon Maples and James Nor-wood will need to take anotherstep in their development unlessthe Cubs can add a veteranreliever. A few teams are intriguedwith Maples’ 90-mph knee-buck-ling slider and 98-mph fastball.
Brian Duensing’s struggles andthe departure of free agent JustinWilson scream for the need for aleft-hander who can handle toughleft-handed hitters, such as Chris-tian Yelich and Matt Carpenter, orpitch multiple innings.
4. What’s the catch?Catcher Willson Contreras led
the majors with 1,109 2⁄3 inningsbehind the plate despite losingplaying time to backup VictorCaratini in the final month of theseason.
Contreras earned praise for im-proved work with ace Jon Lesterbut was knocked by sabermetricexperts for his pitch framing.Contreras’ offensive regression, in-cluding a .390 slugging percentageand only three home runs and 20RBIs in the second half, remainsdownright mystifying.
The switch-hitting Caratini, 25,doesn’t get enough at-bats to staysharp (.183 batting average in thefinal two months).
Caratini can play first and thirdbase, but a more seasoned catchermay be needed if Contreras can’treturn to his 2017 form. Free agentNick Hundley would be a cheaperoption than Chris Gimenez waslast spring.
5. Who fills the middle?With shortstop Addison Russell
suspended until May 3, the Cubsneed an option besides JavierBaez, who started 75 games atsecond base and 52 at short.
David Bote played exception-ally well at shortstop in Triple-AIowa and during his lone start onAug. 29. Ben Zobrist, 37, hasn’tplayed shortstop since 2017, andeven then only in the latterinnings.
Maddon loves to make multiplemoves, so this role can’t be dis-counted.
CUBS
Maddonenteringwalk yearBy Mark GonzalesChicago Tribune
BASEBALL
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Tommy Hottovy rarely sits still in aclubhouse, whether he’s pinpointing apotential flaw on video, reviewing a pre-ferred pitching sequence in front of aplayer’s locker or opening a thick binder ofscouting reports to review with his fellowcoaches around a table covered withcomputers.
In making the adjustment from advancescouting coordinator to pitching coach,Hottovy will focus on putting the Cubs staffin position to succeed.
“I look at this (promotion) as just asmuch as showing the confidence andvalidation of the current infrastructure wehave,” Hottovy said Friday, a day after theCubs named him as Jim Hickey’s replace-ment. “We have three great people workingtogether.”
With Hickey’s departure after only oneseason, Mike Borzello added the title ofassociate pitching coach to his catching/strategy duties with assistance frombullpen coach Lester Strode.
Team President Theo Epstein believesHottovy’s unique background — he neverhas served as a pitching coach — supple-ments his communication skills to makehim the clear-cut favorite over severalothers with coaching experience.
“Tommy is a tremendous communicator,a great worker and great teammate downthere,” said Epstein, who feared losingHottovy to another major-league team hadhe not promoted him. “And he has a terrificrelationship with the pitchers.
“He’s a problem-solver. He’s adept atusing the vast resources and technologythat we have at our disposal to help pitchersget better.”
Hottovy suffered a left shoulder injury inspring training 2014 that ended his major-league career after only 17 games in twoseasons (2011-12) with the Red Sox andRoyals. But Hottovy, a finance major atWichita State who yearned to stay involvedin baseball, signed up for an online courseBoston University offered titled “Sabermet-rics 101: Introduction to Baseball Analyt-ics.”
“It’s a great course,” said Hottovy, whosaid he comes from a family of chieffinancial officers and accountants in theKansas City, Mo., area. “I recommend anybaseball fan to take the course. It takes youbehind the scenes and helps bridge a gap.
“When you’re on the field, you’re fo-cused on success. This (course) makes youlook a different way in how to makeyourself better. Sometimes you’re trying tofind a nugget to help a Jon Lester or ColeHamels. You’re always trying to find trends.You can take three hours (of research) intoa two-minute conversation.”
The Cubs hired Hottovy shortly after hecompleted the course, and he has concen-trated on run prevention. Those choresincluded game plans and assisting pitchersin their game preparation.
Perhaps Hottovy’s biggest strength isthat he clearly understands the terminol-ogy used by the Cubs’ research anddevelopment department and can presentthe information to the coaching staff,pitchers and catchers in a concise manner.
“He doesn’t think of himself as a guy whoknows it all,” said legendary Wichita Statecoach Gene Stephenson, who coachedHottovy for four seasons (2001-04) duringhis 36 years. “He was always pickingsomeone’s brain.
“He had the benefit of playing in theBoston and Kansas City organizations andinteracting with good people. He’s not aphony. It’s always ‘we,’ ‘us.’ He’ll makeeveryone better. I’m so happy for him. Heloves what he’s doing.”
Hottovy’s rapport could be put to the testduring a mound visit with a pitcher whomight not agree with his observations.
“He’ll be fine,” Stephenson said. “He’lladjust. He’s a smart guy.”
Hottovy is part of a trend in whichseveral teams have hired coaches not farremoved from their playing days because oftheir ability to relate to current players.Hottovy, 37, was a teammate of Lester andformer Cubs pitcher John Lackey with theRed Sox in 2011.
At the same time, Hottovy knows thestruggle of just reaching the majors. He wasa fourth-round pick of the Red Sox in 2004who didn’t make his major-league debutuntil his eighth professional season afteryears of coping with injuries and struggles.
“I’ve been fortunate to see differentangles to games and different viewpoints,”Hottovy said. “I learned a lot in the threeyears I worked with (former pitchingcoach) Chris Bosio and last year with JimHickey.
“I’ve tried to absorb every ounce andtranslate it to our pitchers.”
Hottovy also looks forward to workingcloser with sabermetrics-savvy managerJoe Maddon, who supported Hottovy,fellow advance scouting coordinator NateHalm and since-departed hitting coachesChili Davis (now with the Mets) and AndyHaines (now with the Brewers) during theCubs’ late-season struggles.
The Cubs hired Hottovy shortly afterMaddon’s arrival in 2015.
“It’s amazing how the (dynamics) havegrown, and it’s a great time to continue tolearn from him,” Hottovy said.
Hottovy’sskills led to apromotionPitching coach a communicatorwith an analytics background
By Mark GonzalesChicago Tribune
CUBS
A.J. Turner had made only 5 of 293-pointers — a measly 17.2 percent —entering Northwestern’s game againstDePaul on Saturday. This after shooting 37percent from long range two seasons agofor Boston College.
The junior transfer said he kept “highspirits.” NU coach Chris Collins recentlyhad a preemptive pep talk with Turnerbefore any negative thoughts might creepinto Turner’s mind.
“I’ve been talking to him about the lawof averages,” Collins said. “If you’re ashooter and put in time, it’s only a matterof time before you start knocking themdown.”
That came Saturday against the BlueDemons in front of a lively crowd at therevamped Welsh-Ryan Arena.
“When you play college basketball,that’s what you want to play in,” Turnersaid. Turner scored 24 points and hit 6 of10 3-pointers , three during a 25-0second-half run, in the Wildcats’ 75-68comeback victory. His effort won him theWaldo Fisher-Frank McGrath award, be-stowed annually upon the best player inthe rivalry game.
The victory was Northwestern’s fourthstraight in the series. It also put theWildcats (7-3) back on track after potentialconfidence-shaking losses — 68-66 atIndiana and 62-60 to Michigan.
Trailing by 15 with 9 minutes, 48seconds remaining, Northwesternstormed back with 25 sconsecutive pointsto take a 67-57 lead with 2:58 left. TheWildcats hit 8 of 9 shots, including all six3-point attempts, in the decisive stretch.
After making only 4 of 17 3s in the first20 minutes, NU made 7 of 14 after halftime.Vic Law (25 points) and Ryan Taylor (six)each knocked down two.
“We finally dug down and got stops andgot in transition,” Collins said. “I’m just abig believer (that) when you approach thegame right and you throw your mind intowinning you start making shots. When youtake your mind off it, you let your talent
take over.”The Blue Demons, who shot 58 percent
in the first half, missed eight field-goalattempts during NU’s run.
“We took our foot off the pedalemotionally,” DePaul coach Dave Leitaosaid. “They’re a very good team and theytook advantage. We lost a little bit of ourzest.
“We talked for three days about how wewere going to guard them. During thatstretch, we didn’t guard them the same. ...It’s a little bit natural when you’re notplaying great offense you tend to not playgreat defense either.”
Femi Olujobi’s season-high 22 pointsled the Blue Demons (5-2). Leading scorerMax Strus, who had eight points in thefirst half, went scoreless from there,missing all eight of his 3-point attempts.Collins said NU went with a “simpler”defense on Strus after the break.
The Blue Demons used their own 7-0run to pull within 67-64 with 1:20remaining. But NU converted on eightfree-throw attempts — six by Law — in thefinal minute.
DePaul committed 12 of its 19 turnoversand shot only 28.1 percent in the secondhalf.
“It was our grittiness,” Collins said. “Ourguys just refused to say it’s not our day.”
For Turner, that 25-0 run was “fun.”“As a shooter, you should never lose
confidence,” he said. “Your team hasultimate confidence in you. I was alwayshigh-spirited. I know they weren’t fallingpreviously, but I guess the law of averagescame true.”
Northwestern forward A.J. Turner reacts after a play during the second half against
DePaul on Saturday. Turner scored 24 points as the Wildcats rallied to win.
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Turner turnsthings aroundCats junior breaks out of shooting slump, keys big comebackBy Shannon Ryan | Chicago Tribune “When you take your
mind off it, you let yourtalent take over.”—NU coach Chris Collins
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
CHAMPAIGN — Andres Feliz scored19 points and Kipper Nichols added 12,and Illinois held on for a 77-74 victoryover UNLV on Saturday to end itsthree-game losing streak.
Playing at the State Farm Center forthe first time since Nov. 25, the Illini (3-7)extended a six-point halftime lead to 14with 8 minutes, 23 seconds left, but theRebels slowly chipped away and cuttheir deficit to 74-72 on a pair of JoelNtambwe free throws with 27 secondsremaining.
Illinois big man Giorgi Bezhanishvili,who finished with nine points, answeredwith two free throws and Ayo Dosunmu(10 points) added another with 13seconds to play.
UNLV’s Amauri Hardy lined up for apotential game-winning 3-point attemptbut instead pulled up and turned the ballover on an errant pass.
“This is one of those games where youput it in the left-hand column and movethe hell on,” Illinois coach Brad Under-wood said. “That’s the first time this yearwe’ve had to protect a lead like that goingdown to the wire.”
Ntambwe scored 18 points andCheikh Mbacke Diong had 13 points and13 rebounds for the Rebels (4-4). UNLV’sdownfall was a second-half stretch inwhich it committed four turnovers andmade no field goals for nearly eightminutes, allowing the Illini to pad theirlead to 15.
Freshman Samba Kane, a 7-foot cen-ter from Senegal, scored eight points in16 minutes for Illinois. His best momentcame when he blocked a shot andwagged his finger at the opposing player.
ILLINOIS 77, UNLV 74
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Myles Cale hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with9.5 seconds left in overtime, and SetonHall overcame Keldon Johnson’s half-court heave that tied the score at theregulation buzzer, stunning No. 9 Ken-tucky 84-83 on Saturday in a thriller atMadison Square Garden in New York.
In one of the most exciting finishes ofthe season, Johnson had a chance to winit for the Wildcats (7-2), but his 3-pointtry with a second remaining was blockedby Quincy McKnight. The ball went outof bounds as time expired, and Piratesplayers rushed off the bench to cele-brate.
Myles Powell scored 25 of his 28points after halftime for Seton Hall (6-3),including a tiebreaking 3 in the finalseconds of the second half.
The clock showed 1.1 seconds afterPowell’s step-back, double-clutch jump-er from the left side went through, butofficials made it 1.5 seconds after a replayreview. That made all the difference forKentucky when PJ Washington in-bounded from the baseline and threw along pass to an open Johnson.
He caught it near center court, turnedand hurled a right-handed shot thatwent in as the horn sounded, tying it at70.
“I knew if I got the shot off that I had apretty good chance to make it,” Johnsonsaid. “It was a big shot. I mean, it waspretty big. I guess it just hurt because welost.”
Wisconsin falls: Markus Howardscored 27 points, freshman Joey Hauseradded 15 and hit big, late-game shots asMarquette grinded out a 74-69 win inovertime over No. 12 Wisconsin inMilwaukee.
Sam Hauser had 13 points and 14rebounds for the Golden Eagles (8-2).But it was his little brother, Joey, whocame up clutch playing in his first gamein the heated in-state rivalry.
11D Chicago Tribune | Chicago Sports | Section 3 | Sunday, December 9, 2018
SCOREBOARD
FCS PLAYOFFS SATURDAY’S QUARTERFINALSNorth Dakota State 35, Colgate 0 South Dakota St. 27, Kennesaw State 17Eastern Washington 34, UC Davis 29FRIDAY’S QUARTERFINALMaine 23, Weber State 18
DIVISION II PLAYOFFSSATURDAY’S SEMFINALSValdosta St. 30, Notre Dame (Ohio) 24 Ferris State 42, Minn. St.-Mankato 25
FBS INDEPENDENTS WEEK 15Saturday: Army 17, Navy 10
DIVISION III PLAYOFFSSATURDAY’S SEMIFINALSMount Union 28, Johns Hopkins 20 Mary Hardin-Baylor 31,
Wisconsin-Whitewater 14
NAIA PLAYOFFSChampionshipSaturday, Dec. 15At Municipal StadiumDaytona Beach, Fla.Morningside (14-0) vs.
Benedictine (Kan.) (13-1), 6
HEISMAN TROPHY VOTINGVoting for the 2018 Heisman Trophy, withfirst-, second- and third-place votes andtotal points (voting on 3-2-1 basis):**TEMPTAG**Player 1ST 2ND 3RD TOT.
New Orleans 11⁄2 at Detroitat Toronto 5 MilwaukeeUtah 21⁄2 at San AntonioCharlotte 5 at New York
COLLEGE BASKETBALLSUNDAY
at Alabama 11⁄2 Arizonaat Virginia 161⁄2 VCUBall St 51⁄2 at Evansvilleat Saint Louis 3 Oregon Stat San Diego 19 CS NorthridgePurdue 11⁄2 at TexasIona 21⁄2 ColumbiaSt. John’s 121⁄2 PrincetonGonzaga 3 TennesseeNevada 131⁄2 Grand Canyon
NHLSUNDAY
Montreal -115 at Blackhawks +105at Winnipeg -215 Philadelphia +195at St. Louis -185 Vancouver +170at Ottawa off Boston offat Anaheim -115 New Jersey +105at Vegas off Dallas offat Edmonton -115 Calgary +105
COLLEGE FOOTBALLCELEBRATION BOWL DEC. 15NC A&T 71⁄2 Alcorn StateNEX MEXICOUtah St 9 North TexasCURETulane 31⁄2 La.-LafayetteLAS VEGASFresno St 41⁄2 Arizona StCAMELLIAGa. Southern 1 E. MichiganNEW ORLEANSAppalach. St 7 Mid. Tenn.BOCA RATON DEC. 18UAB 2 N IllinoisFRISCO DEC. 19Ohio 3 San Diego StGASPARILLA DEC. 20Marshall 21⁄2 South FloridaBAHAMAS DEC. 21Toledo 6 FIUFAMOUS IDAHO POTATOBYU 12 W. MichiganBIRMINGHAM DEC. 22Memphis 5 Wake ForestARMED FORCESArmy 3 HoustonDOLLAR GENERALBuffalo 21⁄2 TroyHAWAI’Iat Hawaii 1 Louisiana TechFIRST RESPONDER DEC. 26Boise St 3 Boston Coll.QUICK LANEGeorgia Tech 4 MinnesotaCHEEZ-ITTCU Pk CaliforniaINDEPENDENCE DEC. 27Temple 3 DukePINSTRIPEMiami 4 WisconsinTEXASVanderbilt 31⁄2 BaylorMUSIC CITY DEC. 28Auburn 4 PurdueCAMPING WORLDW. Virginia 11⁄2 Syracuse
ALAMOWash. St 31⁄2 Iowa StARIZONA DEC. 29Arkansas St 11⁄2 NevadaPEACHMichigan 71⁄2 FloridaBELKS. Carolina 4 VirginiaORANGE CFP SEMIFINALAlabama 14 Oklahoma COTTON CFP SEMIFINALClemson 11 Notre DameMILITARY DEC. 31Cincinnati 5 Virginia TechSUNStanford 61⁄2 PittsburghREDBOXOregon 3 Michigan StLIBERTYMissouri 71⁄2 Oklahoma StHOLIDAYUtah 61⁄2 NorthwesternGATORTexas A&M 41⁄2 NC StateOUTBACK JAN. 1Miss. St 61⁄2 IowaCITRUSPenn State 6 KentuckyFIESTALSU 71⁄2 UCFROSEOhio State 61⁄2 WashingtonSUGARGeorgia 11 Texas
NFLSUNDAY
LA Rams 3 at Bearsat Kansas City 61⁄2 Baltimoreat Houston 41⁄2 Indianapolis Carolina 1 at Clevelandat Green Bay 41⁄2 AtlantaNew Orleans 91⁄2 at Tampa Bayat Buffalo 31⁄2 NY JetsNew England 71⁄2 at MiamiNY Giants 31⁄2 at WashingtonDenver 31⁄2 at San Fran.at LA Chargers 14 CincinnatiDetroit 21⁄2 at Arizonaat Dallas 31⁄2 PhiladelphiaPittsburgh 10 at Oakland
MONDAYat Seattle 3 Minnesota
LATEST LINE
2018-19 DIV. I BOWL GLANCEDATE BOWL SITE TEAMS TM
D15 Celebration Atlanta NC A&T (9-2) vs. Alcorn St (9-3) 11* D15 Cure Orlando Tulane (6-6) vs. La-Lafay. (7-6) 12:30 D15 New Mexico Albuquerque N. Texas (9-3) vs. Utah St (10-2) 1 D15 Las Vegas Vegas Fresno St (11-2) vs. Ariz. St (7-5) 2:30 D15 Camellia Montgomery, Ala. Ga So. (9-3) vs. E. Michigan (7-5) 4:30 D15 New Orleans New Orleans MTSU (8-5) vs. Appalachian St (10-2) 8 D18 Boca Raton Boca Raton, Fla. UAB (10-3) vs. North Illinois (8-5) 6 D19 Frisco Frisco, Tex. San Diego St (7-5) vs. Ohio (8-4) 7 D20 Gasparilla St. Petersburg, Fla. Marshall (8-4) vs. USF (7-5) 7 D21 Bahamas Nassau Toledo (7-5) vs. FIU (8-4) 11:30*D21 Idaho Potato Boise W Michigan (7-5) vs. BYU (6-6) 3 D22 Birmingham Birmingham, Ala. Memphis (8-5) vs. Wake Forest (6-6) 11* D22 Armed Forces Fort Worth, Tex Houston (8-4) vs. Army (9-2) 2:30 D22 Dollar General Mobile, Ala. Buffalo (10-3) vs. Troy (9-3) 6 D22 Hawaii Honolulu La Tech (7-5) vs. Hawaii (8-5) 9:30D26 SERVPRO Dallas Boston Coll. (7-5) vs. Boise St (10-3) 12:30 D26 Quick Lane Detroit Minnesota (6-6) vs. Ga. Tech (7-5) 4:15 D26 Cheez-It Phoenix California (7-5) vs. TCU (6-6) 8 D27 Independence Shreveport, La. Temple (8-4) vs. Duke (7-5) 12:30 D27 Pinstripe Bronx, N.Y. Miami (7-5) vs. Wisconsin (7-5) 4:15 D27 Texas Houston Baylor (6-6) vs. Vanderbilt (6-6) 8 D28 Music City Nashville Purdue (6-6) vs. Auburn (7-5) 12:30 D28 Camping WorldOrlando W. Virginia (8-3) vs. Syracuse (9-3) 4:15 D28 Alamo San Antonio Iowa St (8-4) vs. Wash. St (10-2) 8 D29 Peach Atlanta Florida (9-3) vs. Michigan (10-2) 11* D29 Belk Charlotte, N.C. S. Carolina (7-5) vs. Virginia (7-5) 11* D29 Arizona Tucson, Ariz. Ark. St (8-4) vs. Nevada (7-5) 12:15 D29 Cotton Arlington, Tex. Notre Dame (12-0) vs. Clemson (13-0) 3 D29 Orange Miami Gar., Fla. Oklahoma (12-1) vs. Alabama (13-0) 7 D31 Military Annapolis, Md. Cincinnati (10-2) vs. Va. Tech (6-6) 11* D31 Sun El Paso, Tex Stanford (8-4) vs. Pittsburgh (7-6) 1 D31 Redbox Santa Clara, Calif. Michigan St (7-5) vs. Oregon (8-4) 2 D31 Liberty Memphis, Tenn. Missouri (8-4) vs. Oklahoma St (6-6) 2:45 D31 Holiday San Diego Northwestern (8-5) vs. Utah (9-4) 6 D31 Gator Jacksonville, Fla. NC St (9-3) vs. Texas A&M (8-4) 6:30 J1 Outback Tampa, Fla. Mississippi St (8-4) vs. Iowa (8-4) 11* J1 Citrus Orlando Kentucky (9-3) vs. Penn St (9-3) noon J1 Fiesta Glendale, Ariz. LSU (9-3) vs. UCF (12-0) noon J1 Rose Pasadena, Calif. Wash. (10-3) vs. Ohio St (12-1) 4 J1 Sugar New Orleans Texas (9-4) vs. Georgia (11-2) 7:45 J7 CFP Final Santa Clara, Calif. Cotton vs. Orange winners 7
OTHER BOWLS
J19 Shrine St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West 2 J19 Collegiate Pasadena, Calif. American vs. National TBA J26 Senior Mobile, Ala. North vs. South 1:30
y-clinched division SUNDAY’S SCHEDULEL.A. Rams at Bears, 7:20 (NBC-5)New Orleans at Tampa Bay, noonN.Y. Giants at Washington, noonAtlanta at Green Bay, noon (FOX-32)Indianapolis at Houston, noon (CBS-2)N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, noonCarolina at Cleveland, noonNew England at Miami, noonBaltimore at Kansas City, noonCincinnati at L.A. Chargers, 3:05 Denver at San Francisco, 3:05 Detroit at Arizona, 3:25 Philadelphia at Dallas, 3:25 (FOX-32)Pittsburgh at Oakland, 3:25 MONDAY’S SCHEDULEMinnesota at Seattle, 7:15 (ESPN)THURSDAY’S RESULTTennessee 30, Jacksonville 9
NFL
NBA
SOUTH AFRICAN OPEN3rd of 4 rds at Randpark GC, Johan-nesburg, South Africa; (b-BushwillowCourse, 7,116 yards, Par 71; f-FirethornCourse, 7,504 yards, Par 71)199 (-14)Louis Oosthuizen 62b-70f-67202 (-11)Charl Schwartzel 67f-63b-72Madalitso Muthiya 63b-68f-71Matt Wallace 65b-69f-68205 (-8)Branden Grace 66b-68f-71Jbe Kruger 66b-67f-72Mark Williams 65b-68f-72Adilson Da Silva 66b-70f-69Bernd Ritthammer 67f-69b-69Jeff Winther 68f-69b-68
Robert MacIntyre 70b-67f-68Ernie Els 66b-71f-68
QBE SHARK SHOOTOUT 2nd of 3 rds at Tiburon GC, Naples, Fla.;7,382 yds; Par 72125 (-19)Gary Woodland/Charley Hoffman 61-64Patton Kizzire/Brian Harman 59-66Graeme McDowell/Emiliano Grillo 59-66126 (-18)Kevin Na/Bryson DeChambeau 59-67127 (-17)Luke List/Charles Howell III 61-66128 (-16)Lexi Thompson/Tony Finau 61-67129 (-15)Bubba Watson/Harold Varner III 62-67Steve Stricker/Sean O’Hair 62-67
GOLF
ATLANTA — Finally, Atlanta has anotherteam it can call champions.
Josef Martinez and Franco Escobar scoredgoals, Brad Guzan came up with a couple ofclutch saves and Atlanta United gave the city itsfirst title since 1995 with a 2-0 victory over thePortland Timbers in the MLS Cup final Saturday.
Cheered on by the largest crowd in franchisehistory, United captured the crown in just itssecond season to set off a huge celebration in acity that has known so much sporting heartbreak.Owner Arthur Blank lifted the trophy, just lessthan three years after his other team, the NFL’sFalcons, squandered a 25-point lead in an epicSuper Bowl collapse.
Martinez, capping the greatest goal-scoringseason in MLS history, put United ahead in 39thminute. Escobar added an insurance goal in the54th, turning the final minutes into a raucous,flag-waving celebration and sending coach TataMartino out with a title in his final game as coach.He’s reportedly headed to Mexico to take over asthat country’s national coach.
Atlanta reveled in its first title since the Braveswon the 1995 World Series — a gap of 8,442 days.After a surprising run, the Timbers were deniedtheir second MLS championship after winningthe cup in 2015.
MLS CUP
ATLANTA UNITED 2, TIMBERS 1
United wins titlein 2nd seasonBy Paul Newberry | Associated Press
NHL
HOW AP MEN’S TOP 25 FARED SATURDAY1. Gonzaga (9-0) did not play. Next: vs. No. 7 Tennessee, Sunday. 2. Kansas (8-0) beat New Mexico State 63-60. Next: vs. No. 21 Villanova, Saturday. 3. Duke (9-1) beat Yale 91-58. Next: vs. Princeton, Tuesday, Dec. 18. 4. Virginia (8-0) did not play. Next: vs. VCU, Sunday. 5. Michigan (10-0) beat South Carolina 89-78. Next: vs. Western Michigan, Saturday. 6. Nevada (9-0) did not play. Next: vs. Grand Canyon, Sunday. 7. Tennessee (6-1) did not play. Next: vs. No. 1 Gonzaga, Sunday. 8. Auburn (8-1) beat Dayton 82-72. Next: vs. UAB, Saturday. 9. Kentucky (7-2) lost to Seton Hall 84-83, OT. Next: vs. Utah, Saturday.
10. Michigan State (8-2) beat Florida 63-59. Next: vs. Green Bay, Dec. 16. 11. Florida State (8-1) beat UConn 79-71. Next: vs. Southeast Missouri, Dec. 17. 12. Wisconsin (8-2) lost to Marquette 74-69, OT. Next: vs. Savannah State, Thursday. 13. Texas Tech (8-0) did not play. Next: vs. Northwestern State, Wednesday. 14. North Carolina (7-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 1 Gonzaga, Saturday. 15. Virginia Tech (7-1) did not play. Next: vs. S.C. State, Sunday. 16. Kansas State (6-2) lost to Tulsa 47-46. Next: vs. Georgia State, Saturday. 17. Buffalo (9-0) beat St. Bonaventure 80-62. Next: vs. Southern Illinois, Saturday. 18. Iowa (7-2) did not play. Next: vs. Northern Iowa, Saturday. 19. Ohio State (8-1) did not play. Next: vs. Bucknell, Saturday. 20. Arizona State (7-1) did not play. Next: at Georgia, Saturday. 21. Villanova (8-2) beat Saint Joseph’s 70-58. Next: vs. Pennsylvania, Tuesday. 22. Mississippi State (8-1) beat Clemson 82-71. Next: vs. Cincinnati, Saturday. 23. Maryland (8-2) beat Loyola of Chicago 55-41. Next: vs. Loyola (Md.), Tuesday. 24. Nebraska (8-2) beat Creighton 94-72. Next: vs. Oklahoma State, Dec. 16. 25. Furman (10-0) beat South Carolina Upstate 74-60. Next: vs. Charleston So., Tue.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
BASEBALLNATIONAL LEAGUEPhiladelphia: Signed C Adony Mejia to aminor league contract.
FOOTBALLNATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUEBuffalo: Signed WR Da’Mari Scott fromthe practice squad.Cleveland: Placed TE Pharaoh Brown oninjured reserve. Activated DB TerranceMitchell from injured reserve.Green Bay: Placed S Raven Greene on in-jured reserve. Signed OL Adam Pankeyfrom the practice squad.
HOCKEYNATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUEAnaheim: Signed general manager BobMurray to a two-year contract extensionthrough the 2021-22 season.Calgary: Recalled F Alan Quine fromStockton (AHL).Carolina: Reassigned F Saku Maenala-nen and G Alex Nedeljkovic to Charlotte(AHL).Ottawa: Placed F Bobby Ryan on injuredreserve.Tampa Bay: Assigned D Oleg Sosunov andMatthew Spencer to Orlando (ECHL).AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUERockford: Returned F Justin Auger toFlorida (ECHL).
SOCCERMAJOR LEAGUE SOCCERNew York City FC: Signed D MaximeChanot to a multi-year contract.
TRANSACTIONS
HOW WOMEN’S TOP 25 FARED SATURDAY1. UConn (9-0) beat Seton Hall 99-61. Next: at Oklahoma, Dec. 19. 2. Notre Dame (8-1) beat Toledo 72-56. Next: vs. Binghamton, Dec. 16. 3. Oregon (7-0) did not play. Next: at Michigan State, Sunday. 4. Baylor (7-0) did not play. Next: vs. Morehead State, Wednesday. 5. Louisville (9-0) did not play. Next: vs. No. 19 Kentucky, Sunday. 6. Mississippi State (9-0) did not play. Next: at Southern Mississippi, Friday. 7. Maryland (9-0) beat James Madison 87-63. Next: vs. Loyola (Md.), Monday. 8. Oregon State (6-1) did not play. Next: vs. Santa Clara, Sunday. 9. Tennessee (7-0) did not play. Next: at No. 12 Texas, Sunday.
10. N.C. State (10-0) beat Georgetown 76-65. Next: vs. Maine, Saturday. 11. Stanford (6-1) did not play. Next: vs. No. 4 Baylor, Saturday. 12. Texas (7-1) did not play. Next: vs. No. 9 Tennessee, Sunday. 13. California (8-0) beat Saint Mary’s 81-78, OT. Next: vs. UC Santa Barbara, Dec. 16. 14. Minnesota (8-0) did not play. Next: at Boston College, Sunday. 15. Syracuse (8-2) did not play. Next: vs. Niagara, Monday, Dec. 17. 16. Iowa (8-2) beat IUPUI 72-58. Next: vs. Northern Iowa, Dec. 16. 17. Arizona State (6-2) did not play. Next: at Colorado State, Sunday. 18. Marquette (6-2) did not play. Next: at Northwestern, Sunday. 19. Kentucky (9-0) did not play. Next: at No. 5 Louisville, Sunday. 20. DePaul (6-3) did not play. Next: at Oklahoma, Sunday. 21. Drake (8-2) lost to South Dakota State 80-71. Next: at Iowa State, Dec. 16. 22. South Carolina (5-4) did not play. Next: at Duke, Sunday. 23. Missouri (7-2) did not play. Next: at Saint Louis, Sunday. 24. Gonzaga (8-1) did not play. Next: vs. Washington State, Sunday. 25. Miami (7-2) did not play. Next: vs. New Orleans, Sunday.
Officials: Derrick Collins, John Goble, Leon Wood.
EASTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL W L Pct GB
Canton 7 6 .538 —Fort Wayne 5 6 .455 1Grand Rapids 5 8 .385 2WINDY CITY 5 11 .313 31⁄2Wisconsin 2 12 .143 51⁄2
SATURDAY’S RESULTSCanton 101, Windy City 91 Greensboro 121, Delaware 115 Oklahoma City 107, Westchester 102
Raptors 103, Capital City 95Memphis 120, Austin 106 Sioux Falls 129, Texas 108 South Bay 127, Erie 118 Wisconsin 119, Maine 118 (3OT) Stockton 90, Northern Arizona 84
Rio Grande Valley 96, Santa Cruz 95
NBA G LEAGUE
SATURDAY’S RESULTSMEN
MIDWESTButler 95, Northern Illinois 68 Cent. Michigan 95, S. Utah 86 Cincinnati 62, Xavier 47Eastern Illinois 74, Western Illinois 67Eastern Michigan 105, Central State 53 Illinois 77, UNLV 74 Indiana 68, Louisville 67Indiana State 77, Truman State 69 Kent State 83, Wright State 76Miami (Ohio) 85, Purdue Fort Wayne 79 Michigan 89, South Carolina 78Minnesota 72, Arkansas State 56Mississippi 81, Illinois State 74Nebraska 94, Creighton 75N. Iowa 75, Dubuque 67Northwestern 75, DePaul 68Ohio 78, Radford 69Southern Illinois 83, SE Missouri 73SIU-Edwardsville 92, Harris-Stowe St. 87Southern Illinois 83, SE Missouri 73UMKC 65, South Dakota 63W. Michigan 88, Youngstown St. 77 EASTBrown 71, Stony Brook 69 Buffalo 80, St. Bonaventure 62 CCSU 79, Penn State Wilkes-Barre 58 Dartmouth 78, Maine 52 Fordham 78, Rutgers 70 Hofstra 89, Rider 73 LIU Brooklyn 74, St. Peter’s 58 Lehigh 85, Mount St. Mary’s 78 Loyola (Md.) 83, Binghamton 65 Morgan St. 74, Towson 69 NJIT 82, St. Francis Brooklyn 60 Northeastern 92, Oakland 83 Penn 83, La Salle 65 Penn St. 76, Colgate 65 Quinnipiac 88, Lafayette 77 Rhode Island 79, Holy Cross 63 Siena 74, Robert Morris 71 Syracuse 72, Georgetown 71 UMBC 91, Drexel 76 Valparaiso 82, George Washington 79 Villanova 70, Saint Joseph’s 58 West Virginia 69, Pittsburgh 59 SOUTHAppalachian St. 82, NC Central 73 Austin Peay 116, Calvary University 33 ETSU 80, UT Martin 62 Furman 74, SC-Upstate 60 Gardner-Webb 102, Johnson & Wales 55Georgia Southern 89, Mercer 74 Howard 85, American U. 83 Marist 79, Stetson 75 Maryland 55, Loyola 41Memphis 94, UAB 76 Michigan St. 63, Florida 59Mississippi St. 82, Clemson 71NC A&T 92, Greensboro 67Seton Hall 84, Kentucky 83 (OT)South Alabama 81, Tulane 60Toledo 75, Marshall 74 (OT)UCF 70, Grambling St. 45W. Carolina 71, UNC-Asheville 59 William & Mary 76, Hampton 71 SOUTHWESTAbilene Christian 93, Schreiner 53 Houston 63, Oklahoma St. 53Oklahoma 80, Wichita St. 48Tulsa 47, Kansas St. 46UTSA 104, Mid-America Christian 74 W. Kentucky 78, Arkansas 77WESTArmy 66, Air Force 61BYU 74, Utah 59 Boise St. 82, Central Washington 62 Colorado St. 71, Sam Houston St. 65 Colorado 84, UIC 72Nevada 72, Arizona St. 66UCLA 65, Notre Dame 62Utah St. 76, Weber St. 67WOMEN
MIDWESTButler 63, Akron 47Creighton 83, Wichita St. 71E. Michigan 87, Purdue Fort Wayne 72 Green Bay 55, Wisconsin 46Indiana State 60, UIC 53
Iowa 72, IUPUI 58 Miami (Ohio) 68, Valparaiso 47Northern Illinois 86, Western Illinois 61Nebraska 96, San Jose St. 63Notre Dame 72, Toledo 56Ohio 87, Coppin St. 62South Dakota St. 80, Drake 71Southern Illinois 73, E. Illinois 59SE Missouri 54, Evansville 50SIU-Edwardsville 81, Chicago St. 66 Texas S. 69, Rio Grande 55Youngstown St. 80, St. Francis (Pa.) 56 EASTArmy 61, Wagner 46 Bowling Green 74, Canisius 53Lafayette 73, Monmouth (NJ) 69Lehigh 70, Sacred Heart 64Maine 102, Brown 96Marist 74, Albany (NY) 56NC St. 76, Georgetown 65Penn 66, Iona 43 Providence 71, Mass.-Lowell 47Rider 62, Binghamton 57Rutgers 60, Harvard 49Stony Brook 63, Fairleigh Dickinson 49 UConn 99, Seton Hall 61W. Virginia 77, Pittsburgh 43Wright St. 71, Drexel 63Yale 58, Vermont 55SOUTHAlabama 69, Tulane 58Alcorn St. 67, Fisk 64Clemson 80, Rhode Island 67Coastal Carolina 126, NC Wesleyan 65
Furman 70, Gardner-Webb 57Marshall 86, Cleveland St. 64Maryland 87, James Madison 63Mercer 57, Charlotte 40Mississippi 74, Savannah St. 51 Northwestern St. 94, Centenary Collegeof Louisiana 51Old Dominion 83, William & Mary 69 Radford 57, Virginia 44Richmond 67, Howard 60SC St. 58, UNLV 49 SC-Upstate 101, Bob Jones 53Sam Houston St. 68, La.-Lafayette 62 UAB 91, McNeese St. 48W. Kentucky 95, Bellarmine 57Wake Forest 78, Md.-E. Shore 67 Wofford 101, Longwood 72SOUTHWESTArkansas 80, Abilene Christian 68 Kansas St. 53, UALR 47Rice 68, Prairie View 58TCU 71, Montana St. 49Texas A&M 84, Cent. Arkansas 27 Texas A&M-CC 84, Texas A&M Intl. 36 Utah St. 57, N. Texas 41WESTCalifornia Baptist 93, Fresno Pacific 71 Denver 71, S. Utah 70Idaho St. 65, Pepperdine 63New Mexico 84, N. Arizona 55Pacific 69, UC Santa Barbara 53 Wyoming 64, Idaho 61
Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each divisionand two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. through Saturday
SATURDAY’S RESULTS Philadelphia 6, Buffalo 2Los Angeles 5, Vegas 1N.Y. Islanders 3, Detroit 2Tampa Bay 7, Colorado 1Ottawa 2,
Pittsburgh 1 (OT)N.Y. Rangers 5,
Florida 4 (SO)Washington 4, Columbus 0Boston 6, Toronto 3San Jose 5, Arizona 3Calgary 5, Nashville 2
N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 6:30
Los Angeles at Detroit, 6:30
New Jersey at San Jose, 9:30
FRIDAY’S RESULTS St. Louis 1, Winnipeg 0Dallas 3, San Jose 2Edmonton 7, Minnesota 2Carolina 4, Anaheim 1
SUNDAY’S SCHEDULEMontreal at Blackhawks, 5Vancouver at St. Louis, 2 Philadelphia
at Winnipeg, 2 Boston at Ottawa, 4 New Jersey at Anaheim, 7 Calgary at Edmonton, 8 Dallas at Vegas, 8
MONDAY’S SCHEDULE Pittsburgh vs. N.Y. Islandersat Nassau Coliseum, 6
SUNDAY’S SCHEDULENew Orleans at Detroit, 2:30Milwaukee at Toronto, 5Utah at San Antonio, 6Charlotte at New York, 6:30
FRIDAY’S RESULTSBulls 114, Oklahoma City 112Charlotte 113, Denver 107Indiana 112, Orlando 90Philadelphia 117, Detroit 111Brooklyn 106, Toronto 105 (OT)Sacramento 129, Cleveland 110Memphis 107, New Orleans 103San Antonio 133, L.A. Lakers 120Miami 115, Phoenix 98Golden State 105, Milwaukee 95
BASEBALL: Mike Napoli announced his retire-ment after 12 years in the majors that includedthree trips to the World Series. Napoli, 37, batted.246 with 267 homers and 744 RBIs over 1,392games with the Angels, Rangers, Red Sox andIndians.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: The No. 22 Black Knightsrecovered two fumbles in the fourth quarter, andKelvin Hopkins Jr. had two rushing touchdownsas Army beat Navy 17-10 to win its third straightgame in the series. Army (10-2) retained the CICTrophy — awarded to the team with the bestrecord in games among the three service acade-mies — after winning it for the first time in 22 yearslast season and snuffed a late rally by Navy (3-10). ...West Virginia QB Will Grier won’t play for the15th-ranked Mountaineers in the Camping WorldBowl against No. 17 Syracuse, instead focusing onpreparation for the NFL draft. ... Auburn freshmanRB Asa Martin says he plans to transfer but didn’tindicate any possible destinations. Martin carried13 times for 57 yards this season in five games
GOLF: Louis Oosthuizen was back in front at theSouth African Open in Johannesburg after a4-under 67 gave him a three-shot lead and achance at his first title at his home tournament.Oosthuizen went ahead of Charl Schwartzel againafter surrendering the lead in round two, when hefell two shots behind. ... Gary Woodland andCharley Hoffman shot an 8-under 64 in modifiedalternate-shot play for a share of the lead at theQBE Shootout in Naples, Fla. Woodland andHoffman birdied the final three holes to match theteams of Emiliano Grillo-Graeme McDowell andBrian Harman-Patton Kizzire at 19-under 125,with a better-ball round left at Tiburon Golf Club.
NFL: Giants WR Odell Beckham Jr. was ruled outfor Sunday’s game against the Redskins with aquadriceps injury. He did not travel to Washingtonwith the team. ... Browns CB Terrance Mitchellwas activated from injured reserve after missingeight games with a broken right wrist.
SKIING: Marcel Hirscher dominated yet again,winning a World Cup giant slalom in Val D’Isere,France, by a huge 1.18-second margin. Theseven-time defending overall champion left Hen-rik Kristoffersen runner-up yet again. Kristof-fersen has finished second to Hirscher in sevengiant slaloms, including at the PyeongchangOlympics, since last December. ... Mikaela Shiffrinwon a World Cup super-G in St. Moritz,Switzerland, finishing 0.28 seconds faster thanLara Gut-Behrami.
SOCCER: The defending champion United Statesis grouped with Sweden again for the Women’sWorld Cup next summer in France. The U.S. teamlanded in the same group with Sweden for the fifthstraight World Cup and the sixth time overall. Alsoin Group F are Thailand and Chile. The draw,which determined the group stage for the 24 teams,was held in Paris amid a backdrop of unrest in thecountry. Host France will open the World Cup onJune 7 with a match against South Korea in Paris.
IN BRIEF
Luka Doncic shrugged off a rough shootingnight with 11 straight points to erase aneight-point deficit late in the fourth quarter, andthe Mavericks went on to their ninth straighthome victory, 107-104 over the Rockets onSaturday.
Doncic was 3-for-13 before hitting back-to-back 3-pointers to get the Mavericks within two.After Chris Paul missed two free throws, Doncichit a floater in the lane for a tie, then followed anair-ball 3 from James Harden with another fromlong range for a 105-102 lead.
The Slovenian rookie finished with 21 points.Eric Gordon missed a potential tying 3-pointer atthe buzzer. ■ Wizards guard John Wall was held to acareer-low one point in 26 minutes — a freethrow early in the third quarter with theCavaliers holding a 74-48 lead, in a 116-101 loss. ...Jaylen Brown scored 23 points off the bench asthe Celtics started the game on a 17-0 run androuted the Bulls 133-77 for their fifth straight win.The 56-point loss was the worst in Bulls history,eclipsing a 53-point (127-74) defeat at Minnesotaon Nov. 8, 2001. AP
2018A tricky task, these year-end “best of” lists. How to take
the rich, diverse, forever new and surprising arts cov-
ered by our critics and columnists and distill them
down to top-10 lists? Yet we try, nonetheless.
THIS SUNDAY: BESTMUSIC AND BOOKS OF 2018
BEST POP, ROCK AND HIP-HOP ALBUMS by Greg Kot. PAGE 5
BEST IN JAZZ by Howard Reich. PAGE 6
BEST CLASSICAL MUSIC by Howard Reich. PAGE 6
BEST BOOKS by Chris Borrelli. PAGE 7
NEXT SUNDAY IN A+EBEST IN THEATER by Chris Jones.
BEST IN ARCHITECTURE by Blair Kamin.
BEST IN DANCE by Lauren Warnecke.
BEST VISUAL ART by Lori Waxman.
STILL TO COMEBEST FROM CHICAGO MUSEUMS
by Steve Johnson. DEC. 20 IN A+E
BEST LOCAL RECORDINGS
by Greg Kot. DEC. 21
IN ON THE TOWN
BEST MOVIES by Michael Phillips.
BEST TELEVISION
DEC. 23 IN A+E
BEST JAZZ AND CLASSICAL
PERFORMANCES
by Howard Reich
and John von Rhein.
DEC. 26 IN A+E
ONLINE
www.chicagotribune.
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The door to the Uptown Thea-tre swung open. Dan Ratherlaughed. And the faces of REOSpeedwagon all lit up like Christ-mas trees.
The juxtaposition of person-alities — the famed anchormanwas interviewing the Illinoisband for his show “The Big Inter-view" on Mark Cuban’s AXS-TVnetwork — at the shuttered Up-town Theatre on Monday was atad surreal, especially since resto-ration has yet even to begin on theUptown. (Fear not, it soon will.)
But the wow factor of this singu-lar edifice doesn’t need new paintor plaster. Its lobby is already thecoolest soundstage in the Mid-west, just mostly undiscovered.Even though it was still dozing onMonday, the Uptown already wasan entertainment district, all byitself.
Kevin Cronin, the genial leadsinger of REO, turned to JerryMickelson, the Uptown’s owner,whom he had not expected to see.
“You’re re-opening this?”Cronin asked, grinning from earto ear, his eyes drinking in thesight of just the lobby, as if hewere downing a long, cold drink.When you see inside the Uptownfor the first time, or after a longtime, you feel like you’ve landedin some Aladdin’s cave, the lastgreat hidden crown-jewel of the
middle west. You tend to prose-lytize thereafter.
Mickelson, an understatedpersonality with enough years inthe business to be unfazed by thedemands of epic balladeers, nod-ded.
“Put REO Speedwagon downon your list,” Cronin said, defini-tively. “We want to play here.”
Mickelson bowed his headgraciously. “We already have,” hesaid, “quite a list.”
Here was prima facie evidence,then, of what I’ve long thoughtwill be the Uptown’s colossaladvantage over whatever contro-versial sheds or arenas that LiveNation may be planning for Ster-ling Bay’s controversial LincolnYards development to the south
Uptown Theatre has alreadybecome a magnet for live acts
A rendering of what the restored Uptown Theatre will look like in 2021.
LAMAR JOHNSON COLLABORATIVE
Chris Jones
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You are not, as the worn-out phrasewould have it, what you eat.
But a good case can be made that youare where you eat. Restaurants come in allshapes, sizes and styles. You make thechoices and wind up living with them.Restaurants can, at best, become like goodfriends, always available and offeringsustenance of all sorts. When they die,sadness and loneliness can ensue.
Greg Borzo, a prolific writer and histo-rian, has gathered dozens of bygone eat-eries in a new and quite satisfying booktitled “Lost Restaurants of Chicago” (TheHistory Press). It offers, pardon the wordbut none other seems appropriate, a feastof memories. It is also something of agraveyard, which recalls not only thenames of once lively eateries — manyfamous and some charmingly not so — butthe significance of them as well. As Borzowrites, “Restaurants feed body and soul,and the ones we’ve lost can give us a tasteof where we’ve been and who we are.”
No one alive was ever a patron of aClark Street spot called, oddly, the NewYork Kitchen, which in the 1880s felt itnecessary to have its menu claim that: “Noscraps taken back into the kitchen andcooked over.”
The good thing about having a guy likeBorzo compile such a book is his enthusi-asm and passion. This is the guy who oncetold me that he believes much of our city’shistory “hides in plain sight” and he wasright. He is a native Northwest Sider whoearned a degree in cultural anthropologyfrom Grinnell College in Iowa and later amaster’s in journalism from NorthwesternUniversity. He has worked and written forsuch publications and institutions asModern Railroads Magazine and TheField Museum. He was one of the authorsof “The Windies’ City: Chicago’s Histori-cal Hidden Treasures,” a gathering ofsome favorite field trips of the ChicagoHistory Museum’s docents; “The Chicago‘L’ ” and 2012’s “Where to Bike Chicago:Best Biking in City and Suburbs,” withmore than 70 rides (27 for kids) acrossChicago and the suburbs.
His most recent book was last year’sspectacular “Chicago’s Fabulous Foun-tains” (Southern Illinois University Press),a gathering of more than 100 local foun-tains. Most, of course, are downtown, buthe takes us into the neighborhoods andsuch delights as the Drake Fountain, on atraffic island at South Chicago and Ex-change Avenues at 92nd Street.
In each case, with every fountain,Borzo gives a detailed history that is in-formative, enlightening and entertaining.This is all embellished by striking photosby Julia Thiel, a lively introduction byWTTW-Ch. 11’s Geoffrey Baer and apassionate preface — “I treasure water inall its forms” — from Metropolitan WaterReclamation District CommissionerDebra Shore.
But back to restaurants. So, where tostart?
Well, anyone remember Army & Lou’s?How about the corned beef at the BeldenDeli? The star-studded Fritzel’s? Thosedevastating tropical drinks at Don theBeachcomber? The girls on a trapeze andthe milkshakes at Flo’s? The Chinese foodand Art Deco design at Hoe Sai Gai? Theapple pancakes at the Red Star Inn? Themagic tricks at Schulien’s?
There are dozens of other places in thebook and it took Borzo more than twoyears to research and write it. “Invariably
whenever I would get in conversationsabout the city’s history, restaurant nameswould pop up,” he says. “That so intriguedme and compelled me to dive in.”
It is a measure, I suppose, of a life well(or foolishly) spent that I remember goingto a vast numbers of these places. (Indeed,my name pops up in connection withMaxim’s de Paris, where I once hostedsome literary events, and Riccardo’s, where
I was once an ardent regular). I also feelfortunate to have known some of the influ-ential folks in a chapter titled “Movers andShakers,” such people as Eli Schulman, DonRoth, Arnie Morton and Gordon Sinclair.
The book is peppered with photos neatlyorganized into 12 chapters, covering suchareas as Ethnic Eateries, Sizzling Steak-houses and African American Restaurants.
I have no doubt that most readers will
find personal connections. And good mem-ories. Doug Sohn certainly did, writing inhis very lively foreword, “When I’m askedabout which restaurant I miss, I only haveone answer: the stand-up hot dog counterat the Woolworth’s on the MagnificentMile.”
Not sure how many share Sohn’s feelingson that score but many of you miss Sohn’sown creation, Hot Doug’s. This was, from2001 to 2014, what Borzo calls “Chicago’smost beloved hot dog restaurant,” with itsofferings of sausages made from such ex-otic meats as alligator, rattlesnake and wildboar.
Borzo has been around long enough tohave eaten at Hot Doug’s and some of themore recently departed spots. “But a lot ofthese places were out of my price rangewhen they were still in operation,” he says.“I guess if I had to pick two I would haveloved to have eaten at those would be TheBakery and at Maxim’s.”
He would have enjoyed both.Me? I would have liked to visit Col-
osimo’s, which operated at 2128 S. WabashAve. and was opened in 1910 by “Big Jim”Colosimo, one of the pioneering crimebosses. It had dancing girls, a piano playerand a menu that proclaimed, “One million,five hundred yards of spaghetti always onhand.” It is also where the owner met hisend, shot dead in a 1920 ambush. Therestaurant lived on, mostly as a nightclub,until 1953.
I wouldn’t have minded spending sometime at one of the “poetry nights” held at LePetit Gourmet, 615 N. Michigan Ave., orsitting around Schlogl’s at 37 N. Wells St.,where I might have rubbed shoulders (orbent elbows) such regulars as Carl Sand-burg, Ben Hecht, Henry Justin Smith andsome of the others writers who helpeddefine this town.
They did not often write about food butBorzo makes a good point when in hisintroduction he refers of Chicago as “theultimate foodie town,” pointing out cor-rectly that the city was “even named after afood … the small wild onions that grew inprofusion along the region’s riverbanks.”
Author Greg Borzo poses at Lawry’s the Prime Rib Restaurant. His most recent book is “Lost Restaurants of Chicago.”
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The rise and fall of Gary Hart has some-how slowly been lost to history. The Col-orado senator ran for the presidency twiceand was widely seen as the Democrats’likely nominee in 1988.
Just after announcing his candidacy,however, Hart’s political life took a turnthat in many ways signaled a major changein how Americans view their elected offi-cials. The scandal surrounding him, and ifthere truly was one, is the subject of JasonReitman’s “The Front Runner,” which findsHugh Jackman playing the candidate in asearing performance.
The 41-year-old director of films such as“Up in the Air” and “Juno” was remindedof Hart’s downfall after listening to a “Ra-diolab” podcast in early 2016.
After talking to his producing partner,Helen Estabrook, he realized she had acompletely different response to this storyeven though they are around the same ageand have similar political leanings. Thatwas something he continued to encounterthroughout the production whether it wasone of the film’s large acting ensemble or amember of the crew.
“Everyone had a completely differentresponse to what the Gary Hart storymeans in 2018,” Reitman says.
“One person may look at it and go, ‘Theman has a private life that doesn’t involveus, he should be able to kind of shut thedoor in his bedroom.’ The next few may go,‘This is the first moment of truth to powerand bringing down a leader who needs tobe exposed.’”
Reitman believes Hart’s story serves asan interesting litmus test. If a candidatehad great ideas but was also simulta-
neously an irrefutably flawed person,would it be important if he made an irre-sponsible mistake? Does any questionableaction mean a candidate should no longerrun for office?
Considering the reaction to DonaldTrump’s candidacy when Reitman, MattBai and Jay Carson were writing the script,it seemed to be a very timely question.
“I felt going into the presidential elec-tion that this country was already at amoment of conflict of what we wanted toknow about the private lives of the peoplewe were electing,” Reitman says.It’s un-clear what audiences’ appetite will be forsuch a distinctly political tale after a longand passionate midterm campaign, butReitman is hoping “The Front Runner” is aconversation starter for many.
‘Front Runner’ director seeksto start conversationsBy Gregory EllwoodLos Angeles Times
Jason Reitman
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These stations regularly offer moreraucous selections than these exhor-tations suggest, but they are advertis-ing themselves as musical sanitari-ums. The San Francisco-based stationKDFC even offers a daily “island ofsanity,” including slow pieces byMozart, Debussy and Bach, in theinterest of tempering rush-hour woes.
Across streaming services likeYouTube and Spotify, countless vide-os and playlists suggest a quest forsoporific supremacy. On YouTube,user HALIDONMUSIC’s “8 HOURSClassical Music for Sleeping” is afavorite, with 3 million views. Thepieces on this playlist — Debussy’s“Clair de lune” and Ravel’s “Pavanepour une infante defunte” amongthem — reward attention, but theirpresentation implies they have all theartistic heft of NyQuil. The album“The Most Relaxing Classical Musicin the Universe” has inspired a legionof imitators to be found on Amazon,including “The Ultimate Most Relax-ing Classical Music in the Universe”;the two are at least in agreementabout the inclusion of Beethoven’s“Fur Elise.”
Classical music, consideredbroadly, represents an irreduciblefont of sounds. The bristling har-monies of Claudio Monteverdi, cut-ting yowls of Leos Janacek and multi-dimensional textures of MaryanneAmacher stand as powerful rejoin-ders to anyone tempted to assumethat all of this music is the same, orsimilarly placid. But popular discus-sions promote the notion that it wasinvented to address a yawn shortage.Works like Beethoven’s “Moonlight”Sonata and Vivaldi’s “The Four Sea-sons” are not played to be heard andfelt, but rather as precursors to a nap.
This is a deeply unsatisfying way todescribe one of our most storied artforms. Even music that is superficiallycalm and slow can contain depth,tension and difficult themes. Theindustry sells classical music as amellow monolith when it is in factcapable of stirring any and all emo-tions, serving any and all ends —divine and hellish. The way we talkabout culture, any culture, shapes
how we think about it, so we shouldnot be so narrow in our choice oflanguage.
A privilege of art is that our experi-ences will vary. We are at liberty tothink that a work is soothing, or that itis boring, or titillating, or a blightupon the senses, and then to changeour minds, and then to change ourminds again. Insisting that classicalmusic is a proxy for a day at the spaattempts to prescribe a proper reac-tion to this music before we have evenbegun to listen. Art yields its bestresults when we engage all our criti-cal faculties, rather than confining ourresponses.
Every genre (save perhaps thrashmetal) features works that manywould consider relaxing. Monet’simpressionist haystacks and theHome Shopping Network could bedescribed the same way. Why is clas-sical music in particular the posterchild for this feeling? One reasonmight be advertisers’ desperationabout classical’s inability to draw largecrowds. The graying of the classicalmusic audience is a perennial concernfor arts organizations and radio sta-tions: According to a 2015 NationalEndowment for the Arts report, adecade ago 45-to-64-year-olds hadthe highest rate of attendance at clas-sical music performances; by 2012, itwas the 65-to-74-year-old cohort. Somarketers are understandably hunt-ing for concepts that might get morepeople to pay attention, even if thoseconcepts come at the music’s expense.Selling classical music as a balm foranxiety thus might seem like a way tolower the bar of entry for musicwidely perceived as inaccessible.
But the “relaxing” pitch is loaded.Instead of casting classical music asmultifarious, this language presents itas a form of self-care, serving thesame function as hundred-dollarcandles and thousand-dollar skinserums. The drive to simplify thismusic as “relaxing,” then, is a cousinto the related practice of using classi-cal music as a shorthand for classprivilege. Our culture has long envi-sioned classical music as entertain-ment for the wealthy: People with
money don their Sunday best to dozethrough renditions of the same 10symphonies by the same 10 compos-ers who all look the same.
This stereotype persists even as thelandscape of classical and new musicofferings has become increasinglyvaried and open-minded, in partthanks to enterprising chambergroups like Eighth Blackbird or theInternational Contemporary En-semble, which are helping to bringnew voices in classical music to abroader public. The idea that classicalmusic is always relaxing shares aproblem with the idea that it ismerely entertainment for the uppercrust: It seeks to put classical musicinto a padlocked box, when a moreenlightened view of the music wouldcome from encouraging us to thinkabout the music for ourselves..
I am a musician, and I am currentlytrying, with mixed results, to render alistenable account of J.S. Bach’s sec-ond sonata for solo violin. One of thegreatest composers of all time, Bach isnevertheless a consummate target ofthe anti-stress campaign. It’s true, his“Air on the G String” is the musicalequivalent of cucumber circles and amassage, and the third movement ofthe sonata I am playing, the Andante,happens to meet some expectationsof how a relaxing work should sound.It is on the slower side and features asweet melody, characteristics thatmight even seem divine on the occa-sions that I am deft enough to play itin tune. The fourth movement, how-ever, comes from a vastly differentsound world, zipping through a num-ber of dynamic shifts and surprisingcolors. No easy characterization of
this work suffices, certainly not anyoffered by classical music’s misguidedpromoters.
We should also be wary of the ideathat classical music is more spirituallyelevated than any other genre (“Riseabove it all”), as if angels had smooch-ed every score. Listening to Bach isbetter for you than listening to ArianaGrande, this thinking goes, becauseBach’s music is somehow more intel-lectual, stimulating and deserving ofcontemplation. This attitude ulti-mately fuels the drive to simplifyclassical music as “relaxing.” But ifthe prevailing impression of classicalis that it is hard to comprehend, thenpeople are going to interact with it ata remove. Too much energy is wastedon futile attempts to convince peoplethat classical music is uniquely worthour time, and not enough is spent onencouraging people to come to themusic with few preconceptions andfeel it on their own terms: as arousing,repulsive, lulling, everything in be-tween.
Many people admire and appreci-ate classical music for its ability toprovide a sense of peace, and that isnothing to snub. Yet we should thinkharder about how the language wechoose shapes how people experi-ence this art form — especially thoseencountering it for the first time.Music will forever be an object ofworship for its ability to call forth anddefy descriptive language; our fasci-nation with it stems in part from howthere is never enough to say. Wewould do well not to sleep on thistruth.
Jennifer Gersten is a freelance writer.
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Eighth Blackbird, among the open-minded, enterprising chamber groups.
EIGHTH BLACKBIRD
Classical’s power dimmed by ‘background’ label
By Jennifer Gersten | The Washington Post
If classical music really sounded as it’s described in radio ads, its
composers would have fallen asleep while writing it.
“You’ve found an oasis — a place where you can get away from all
the craziness,” intones WCLV, a station in Lorain, Ohio, in a recent
promotion. “Take some time to relax.”
“Calming and refreshing,” KBAQ, a Phoenix station, declares.
“Rise above it all,” Washington, D.C.’s WETA proclaims.
Too much energy is wasted on futile attempts to convince people that classical music is uniquelyworth our time, and not enough is spent on encouraging people to come to the music with few
preconceptions and feel it on their own terms: as arousing, repulsive, lulling, everything in between.
The new music ensemble ICE performs in 2014 at The Hideout.
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For the top classical recordings of theyear, I conversed with John von Rhein,who retired as the newspaper’s classicalmusic critic in July.
What follows are five picks from each ofus, with our comments:
Rachel Barton Pine: “Blues Dialogues”(Cedille). The definition of classical musickeeps expanding, thanks to new genera-
tions of musicians unin-terested in the stricturesof old. Chicago violinistPine underscores thepoint with “Blues Dia-logues,” a revelatoryrecording bringing wel-come exposure to musicof black composers.Most of this repertoiremay be unfamiliar tomany listeners, with
works by David Baker, Coleridge-TaylorPerkinson, William Grant Still and otherswho are rarely performed by a soloist ofPine’s gifts and stature. In her hands, thismusic takes on new luminosity, her sensi-tive readings accompanied by pianistMatthew Hagle.
Debussy: “Complete Works” (WarnerClassics). “The centennial of Claude De-bussy’s death brought ‘complete’ editionsfrom both DG and Warner,” says vonRhein, “but the latter box wins out byvirtue of its greater comprehensiveness (on33 CDs) and inclusion of all sorts of valu-able esoterica, including unpublishedworks and previously unrecorded reper-tory, along with the composer’s piano rollsand transcriptions of works by other com-posers. The performances are generallyexcellent, the annotations lavish, the pack-aging elegant. Connoisseurs will spendmany happy hours delving into this impor-tant anniversary trove.”
Igor Levit: “Life” (Sony Classical). Even ifyou didn’t know that this double albumrepresents pianist Levit’s response to – andcontemplation of – the death of a closefriend, it would be impossible not to bemoved by the solemnity of his perform-ances of large-scaled solo works by Busoni,Bach/Brahms, Schumann, Liszt andRzewski. When taking on virtuosic pas-sages, Levit conveys a degree of gravitasnot often encountered in such fare. That heconcludes with jazz pianist Bill Evans’“Peace Piece” tells you a great deal aboutthe breadth of Levit’s interests and thehopeful outcomes of this journey.
Byron Janis: “Live from Leningrad1960” (available from byronjanis-live.com). “The great American pianist isheard in a recital he gave in 1960 at the
behest of President John F. Kennedy inLeningrad, now St. Petersburg,” says vonRhein. “According to Janis, he was un-aware a recording had been made until avinyl disc transfer sent by an anonymoussource turned up in the mailbox of hissound engineer. The pianist is in peakform (his Chopin ‘Funeral March’ Sonatais positively hair-raising), and the restora-tion captures the frisson of a live perform-ance the Russian audience obviously sa-vored.”
Miguel Zenon featuring SpektralQuartet: “Yo Soy La Tradicion” (MielMusic). In 2016, alto saxophonist andMacArthur Fellowship winner Zenonpartnered with Chicago’s enterprisingSpektral Quartet for the world premiere ofhis suite “Yo Soy La Tradicion” (“I AmTradition”). Commissioned by the HydePark Jazz Festival, the piece wove therhythms, cadences and song structures of
Zenon’s native Puerto Rico into a sprawl-ing work that intertwined classical, jazz,blues and folkloric vocabularies. By turnscomplex and accessible, historic and con-temporary, “Yo Soy La Tradicion” repre-sents a major contribution from composerZenon, in an uncommonly sensitive col-laboration with the Spektrals.
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (BrattleMedia). “Benjamin Zander is not the firstconductor on recording to offer a NinthSymphony that adheres to Beethoven’scontroversially fast metronome markings,”says von Rhein, “but he is the first to pro-vide a spoken explanation of why he be-lieves the composer’s tempo and dynamicindications should be respected. His dis-quisition (lasting an hour and 40 minuteslonger than the symphony) accompaniesan exhilarating if sometimes hectic readingby the Philharmonia Orchestra, Chorusand soloists on this three-CD set. His
Ninth provides stimulation for the ear andmind, whether or not you buy each andevery point Zander argues.”
Yo-Yo Ma: “Six Evolutions: Bach CelloSuites” (Sony Classical). The singularcellist takes on a landmark of the solo rep-ertory for his third and what he asserts inthe liner notes “will be my last recording ofthe suites.” That remains to be seen, but,regardless, the tonal depth, intellectualclarity and emotional directness of thisversion radiate from every track. Musicscholar Nicolas Slonimsky called Bach the“supreme arbiter and lawgiver of music.”In this recording we hear those laws ar-ticulated – passionately, by Ma.
Biber: “The Mystery Sonatas” (Linn).“The Bohemian-Austrian composer Hein-rich Biber’s cycle of violin sonaleadintasinspired by the 15 ‘mysteries’ – events inthe life of Christ and the Virgin repre-sented by the Catholic Rosary – is a master-piece of Baroque instrumental music,” saysvon Rhein. “Violinist Christina Day Mar-tinson, concertmaster of Boston Baroque,brings deep feeling and stylistic flair tothese meditative works, joined by a finecontinuo team of colleagues, includingensemble director Martin Pearlman onharpsichord and organ.”
Fareed Haque and Kaia String Quar-tet: “New Latin American Music forGuitar and String Quartet” (DelmarkRecords). Just as violinist Rachel BartonPine acknowledges the indispensablecontributions of African-American com-posers to classical music in “Blues Dia-logue,” guitarist Haque and the Kaia en-semble do so with Latin American crea-tors. It’s impossible to overstate the melo-dic beauty and rhythmic appeal of scoresby Eduardo Angulo, Astor Piazzolla, ElbioBarilari and Leo Brouwer, each exploring adifferent facet of Latin American culture,and poetically so.
Lang: “Writing on Water” (CanteloupeMusic). “The album gathers four compel-ling instrumental pieces by Americancomposer David Lang, cofounder of thenew music collective Bang on a Can,” saysvon Rhein. “The title track (concept andlibretto by film director Peter Greenaway)has the male vocal trio Synergy Vocals andthe London Sinfonietta frisking throughpostminimalist ‘water music’ inspired byShakespeare, Coleridge and Melville. Thepulsing, burbling companion pieces –‘Forced March,’ ‘Increase’ and ‘Pierced’ –add to the pleasures, as do razor-sharpreadings by Alarm Will Sound and theother ensembles.
Miguel Zenon and the Spektral Quartet playing the world premiere of “Yo Soy La Tradicion”
at the 10th Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival.
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Russian-German pianist Igor Levit performs in 2017 at the Symphony Center.
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By Howard ReichChicago Tribune
Barton Pine
The best jazz recordings of 2018:
David Virelles: “Igbo Alakorin (TheSinger’s Grove), Vol. I and II” (Pi Re-cordings). Pianist Virelles’ Cuban heritagealways has been vital to him, but here heinvestigates a specific facet of it: the musicof his native Santiago de Cuba and theelder masters who embody it. After yearsof visiting Cuba from his home in the U.S.to absorb their lessons, Virelles convenedseveral venerable musicians for this re-cording. The results are at once sumptuousin color, seductive in rhythmic sway andutterly persuasive in their evocations ofhistoric musical forms. Many listeners willliken this to the “Buena Vista Social Club,”but it has a golden tone and melodic ur-gency of its own. The last few tracks, titledVol. II, pair Virelles’ piano with percus-sionist Rafael Abalos’ guiro in austerelybeautiful music of Antonio Maria Romeu.
Ulysses Owens, Jr.: “Songs of Free-dom” (Somethin’ Cool). Last spring,drummer Owens brought his ambitious“Songs of Freedom” suite to the Universityof Chicago’s Logan Center for the Arts, thework emerging as a potent reflection onmusic of the 1960s – and its message ofcivil rights. The three vocalists in thatconcert – Theo Bleckmann, Alicia Olatujaand Joanna Majoko – have documentedthat work here, with the addition of singerRene Marie. As in the concert, Owens’“Songs of Freedom” carries all too timelylessons for today, via classics such as NinaSimone’s “Mississippi Goddam” (devas-tatingly delivered by Rene Marie), MaxRoach and Oscar Brown Jr.’s “Driva Man”(another Rene Marie epic) and the tradi-tional “Balm in Gilead” (brilliantly rein-vented by Bleckmann).
Jose James: “Lean on Me” (Blue Note).The dearth of first-rate male jazz singershas been a problem for decades, whichmakes the ascent of James worth celebrat-ing. Some might argue that this homage toBill Withers doesn’t fall strictly withinmany definitions of jazz, but that charac-terizes James’ career to date: Like the greatGregory Porter, James is re-establishinglong-damaged connections between jazzimpulses and a populist expression ofthem. He does so seductively here by ap-plying his signature, smoky vocals to With-ers standards such as “Ain’t No Sunshine”
and the title track. Like Porter, Jamesstands poised to reach an audience welloutside jazz precincts.
Arianna Neikrug: “Changes” (ConcordJazz). The vocal debut of the year belongsto Neikrug, who claims her place as a sing-er of considerable technical control, tonalimagination and intellectual acuity.Though Neikrug takes on mostly standardshere, her way of reshaping familiar phrasesand bringing subtle tints to particularwords renders these pieces fresh again. Yetnone of this sounds contrived or conceivedto draw attention to the singer, insteadplacing the focus where it belongs: on themeaning of the song. Neikrug is aidedsignificantly by the arrangements of Lau-rence Hobgood, whose pianism remains awonder unto itself.
Stefon Harris: “Blackout” (MotemaMusic). Jazz listeners already know ofHarris’ virtuosity and fluidity as vibra-phonist, but that’s not really what “Black-out” is all about. For Harris emphasizes theensemble, his innate optimism inspiringlike-minded work from drummer TerreonGully, violinist Regina Carter, guitaristMike Moreno and others. The ebullience ofthe band’s version of Oscar Brown Jr. andBobby Timmons’ “Dat Dere,” the rhythmicpuckishness they conjure in Harris“Chasin’ Kendall” and the sense of stillness
and peace they convey in Bobby Hutcher-son and Gene McDaniels’ “Now” point tothe expressive range of an instantly com-pelling album.
Don Byron, AruanOrtiz: “RandomDances and (A)Tonal-ities” (Intakt). Asidefrom some annoyinglyrepetitive pianism in itsopening track, “Ran-dom Dances” showsclarinetist Byron andpianist Artiz success-fully chipping away at
barriers separating musical idioms. Thatalways has been a Byron credo, and it’sreiterated here via his searching take onDuke Ellington’s “Black and Tan Fantasy,”his serenely lyrical arrangement of a J.S.Bach violin partita and his own, bluesy,rhythmically slinky “Joe Btfsplk.”
Matt Ulery: “SiftingStars” (WoolgatheringRecords). The mysticalquality of Chicago bass-ist-composer Ulery’smusic never fails to castits spell, regardless ofthe size or character ofthe ensemble in ques-tion. Here Ulery leads a
large group with strings, reeds and horns,plus the other worldly vocals of GrazynaAuguscik and the disarming intimationsof singer Katie Ernst. The chords mayseem elemental, but they’re unconven-tional in progression and reflective ofUlery’s compelling earlier work.
Kobie Watkins Grouptet: “Move-ment” (Origin Records). Former Chi-cago drummer Watkins shows his deep-ening maturity with this release, a collec-tion of vividly stated, often hard-chargingoriginals featuring his muscularGrouptet. There’s unstoppable rhythmicenergy here at all tempos and unmistak-able cohesion among its five players. Asfor the compositions, the lyric poetry ofWatkins’ “Six Moods” is counterbalancedby the tuneful charm and vigor of “CatchThis” and the ever-changing textures andsyntax of the title track.
Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas’ SoundPrints: “Scandal” (Greenleaf Music).What happens when two of the mostinventive improvisers in jazz join forces?A series of brilliant dialogues betweenLovano’s saxophone and Douglas’ trum-pet ensues, the two finding remarkablyunanimity of spirit and tone in originalcompositions by each (as well as eachmusician’s arrangement of a WayneShorter classic). Their Sound Prints bandfeatures pianist Lawrence Fields, bassistLinda May Han Oh and drummer JoeyBaron in a warm, bracing, intimatelyrecorded session.
John Moulder: “Decade: Memoirs”(Origin Records). It’s difficult to saywhich is most profound: Chicago guitar-ist Moulder’s compositions, his ferocityas guitarist or his gifts as bandleader. Allconverge on this album, a major state-ment of vast expressive and stylisticreach, from the epic “Memoirs by theSea” (Parts 1 and 2) and the incantationsof “One Last Call” to the acoustic-guitarwhisperings of “About Us” and the fragilelyricism of “Remembrance.” Ample at-mosphere, color and musical substanceare provided by pianist Gwilym Simcock,reedist Tim Garland, bassist Steve Rodby,drummer Paul Wertico and percussionistErnie Adams.
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You could have spent the past year read-ing incendiary insider accounts of the cur-rent White House, moving book to bookwith barely a pause for lunch or earning aliving; a few — Michael Lewis’ “The FifthRisk,” perhaps, an appreciation of civilservants who can see past their own noses— might even endure beyond the presentpolitical cycle.
Or you could have read anything byanyone about anything.
Reading while the world is burningdown around you tends to give whatever’sin your hands the contours of apocalypse.My two most satisfying moments whilereading this year? “The Way Home in theNight,” a children’s picture book from Japa-nese illustrator Akiko Miyakoshi, and “Run-ning With the Devil,” the memoir of a for-mer manager for Van Halen. Both werefrom 2017, one about the granular impor-tance of individual lives, the other aboutentitled, powerful people who take offensewhenever anyone tells them no.
Somehow both felt unusually meaning-ful in 2018.
The problem is, so many authors cap-tured the urgency of the times you didn’thave to read old heavy-metal memoirs tofeel a part of the zeitgeist. On the otherhand, there were not enough hours in theday to even crack this wellspring. Say youonly read Chicago authors: You had LuisAlberto Urrea’s touching family drama“House of Broken Angels”; Nick Drnaso’scelebrated graphic novel “Sabrina,” aboutthe tenuousness of trust; Rebecca Makkai’s“The Great Believers,” an epic of the AIDScrisis in Chicago; and the doomsday ennuiof Ling Ma’s “Severance.”
Say you think the following top-10 list isridiculous and an equally valid list, in analternative universe, must include WesleyYang’s essay collection “The Souls of YellowFolk,” Jill Lepore’s “These Truths: A His-tory of the United States,” Susan Orlean’s“The Library Book,” and “The Witch Elm,”the latest masterful crime novel by TanaFrench. Well, you would be right. But inthis universe, here’s what I especiallyadored this year.
NONFICTION“Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga ofOklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding,Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its PurloinedBasketball Team, and the Dream ofBecoming a World-Class Metropolis”by Sam Anderson (Crown, 448 pages, $27)
I don’t care much about Oklahoma City.Then again, before reading John McPhee’s“Oranges” and Ian Frazier’s “Great Plains,”citrus and the Dakotas weren’t especiallyfront-of-mind either. Sam Anderson goes toOklahoma City to write about basketballand expectations, then, pinging betweencenturies and subjects, electric with curi-osity, comes away with a story of highways,weather forecasting, land rushes and JamesHarden. As Anderson insists, you really dostart to believe this is the story of every-thing. (Bonus points for the most fittingepigraph in years: John Ashbery’s reminderthat “Some things are simultaneously tooboring and too exciting to write about.”)
“Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” by David W. Blight (Simon& Schuster, 913 pages, $37.50)
Some historical figures never break fromtheir amber jails, regardless of how vital
their legends may be. Historian DavidBlight returns the heartbeat to the story of aman too often known from plaques andspeeches. With the snap of a great narrativeand near-Biblical grandeur, Blight recountsthe myth-making that Douglass assembledfor himself while shredding the easierimage of high school history classes: Doug-lass, Blight writes, presented the 19th cen-tury with something it had not anticipated,a “frightening black man with brains, whohas penetrated the racist psyches of power-ful people with words and his physicalpresence.” The definitive biography youassumed was already written.
“This Land: America, Lost and Found”by Dan Barry (Black Dog & Leventhal, 400pages, $29.95)
Story to story, this collection of reportagefrom Dan Barry for The New York Timesmight appear to be what it is — old journal-ism. And yet, what is actually here, a decadeof stories about crumbling traditions,breaks in trust and flickers of grace, is themost comprehensive single-book portraitof the United States (circa 2007-2016) in along time. The accumulated power of thesepieces — angry, corny, inspiring, mournfuland insane — takes on the shape of a saluteto durable, keenly observed newspaperwriting.
“Rising: Dispatches from the NewAmerican Shore” by Elizabeth Rush(Milkweed, 320 pages, $26)
Not a data dump, policy paper, rhetoricalscreed or even journalistic explainer, butthe book on climate change and sea levels
that was missing. Elizabeth Rush travelsfrom vanishing shorelines in New Englandto hurting fishing communities to retract-ing islands and, with empathy and ele-gance, conveys what it means to lose aworld in slow motion. Picture the working-class empathy of Studs Terkel paired withthe heartbreak of a poet.
“Feel Free” by Zadie Smith (Penguin,464 pages, $28)
There is a wise argument out there thatZadie Smith, better known for some of thefinest novels of this young century, is actu-ally masquerading, that she’s really beenone of our finest essayists the whole time.This collection of autobiography, criticismand rangy impressions already feels like aquiet classic, a phone book of thoughts oneverything from joy to childhood bath-rooms to Brexit to movies — her essay on“Get Out” is undoubtedly the smartestthing written about that very written-aboutfilm. Her piece on Facebook — “500 millionsentient people entrapped in the recentcareless thoughts of a Harvard sophomore”— is worth the price alone.
But the rest is accessible without feelingtied to convention, that rarest and mostnecessary of works, the portrait of an artistdizzy with curiosity and insight.
FICTION“Motherhood” by Sheila Heti (HenryHolt, 304 pages, $27)
Sheila Heti, whose writing has the free-dom and unpredictability we like to tellourselves we posses, has delivered a novel
that’s more like an essay — except whenit’s a novel. The subject is the decision, ornot, to have children. Heti interrogatesherself with the relentless anxiety weassociate with repenting criminals and,well, tortured artists.
“I feel like a draft dodger from the armyin which so many of my friends are serv-ing,” she writes of being childless, “justlolling about in the country they are mak-ing.” At times lacerating and exhilarating,frustrating and funny, Heti is always,unswervingly, honest.
“The Largesse of the Sea Maiden” by Denis Johnson (Random House, 224pages, $27)
Generally, the last works of great au-thors don’t burn with the generosity ofspirit and meaningfulness shown in DenisJohnson’s final collection, finished justbefore he died in 2017. The author of“Jesus’ Son” and “Tree of Smoke” (and abunch of others that couldn’t have beenwritten by anyone else) takes a final head-count of every ghost he never shook, ofaccomplishments and misunderstandingsand failures, and rather than rage againstthe night, he finds warmth, friends andregret.
And that’s just the first story.
“X-Men: Grand Design” by Ed Piskor(Marvel, 248 pages, $59.98)
A hard sell for most of you. At best,you’re sick of superheroes. And yet, EdPiskor’s remarkable two-volume distilla-tion of the past 55 years of X-Men history— he boils down decades of soap opera,characters and conflict into a single,Robert Altman-esque narrative — is astudy in storytelling, and how the mostminor history between family can gainpoignance.
Piskor’s “Hip Hop Family Tree”graphic novels have been some of thesmartest music-history writing in recentmemory. Here, he roots his art work incultural precedent — Roy Lichtensteinwould have swooned — and his story in alove for the silly.
“The Overstory” by Richard Powers(Norton, 512 pages, $27.95)
Now hear me out: A novel about trees,grand as its subject, told from the vantageof, among others, a man who hears nature,a war veteran, a biologist, a farmer —some characters likely, some less so.
With his 12th novel, Richard Powers,who grew up in Lincolnwood, goes fromNational Book Award-winning cult favor-ite to national treasure, that rare novelistwhose vision is ambitious enough toencompass more than humanity.
“Heads of the Colored People” by Nafissa Thompson-Spires (37INK/Atria, 224 pages, $23)
Underrated debut of the year. With abrisk effortless glide and bit of satire,Nafissa Thompson-Spires, a writing pro-fessor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, assembled a collection ofstories that feels fresh and unnervingabout violence done to black bodies andthe problems of representation.
Her characters are black cosplayers,parents of the only children of color in aschool, women with disability fetishes,and a black child whose authenticityhinges on a craving for brioche. (It’s alsopretty hilarious.)
Books that captured the zeitgeistBy Christopher BorrelliChicago Tribune
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“Counterpart” (8:01 p.m., 10:01p.m., 12:04 a.m., Starz): J.K. Sim-mons returns in his dual role asthis head-spinning (but sadlyunderwatched) sci-fi series re-turns for its sophomore season.Season 1 saw low-level UnitedNations employeeHoward Silk(Simmons) discovering a secretportal to an alternate reality. Ulti-mately, Howard and his alt-worlddoppelganger wound up trappedin each other’s worlds. As the sto-ry resumes, bothHowardsmustadapt to their new realities, evenas a cold war escalates betweentheir worlds.
“Enemies: The President, Justice & the FBI” (6 p.m., 12 a.m., 3:45 a.m., Show-time): There’s a doublemeaning behind “You’re Fired,” the finale to this examina-tion of historical tensions between American presidents and their FBI team. First,those twowords were a catchphrase for Donald Trump as host on TV’s “The Ap-prentice.”More currently, the phrase references Trump’s firing of James Comey.
“Dancing With the Stars: Juniors” (7 p.m., ABC): The remaining celebrity kidcouples advance to the finals in “The Finale: Holiday Special.” Before that, though,judgesMandyMoore, Val Chmerkovskiy and AdamRippon, alongwith hosts Jor-dan Fischer and FrankieMuniz, join all 12 Juniors kid couples and their mentorsfor a big group dance. The first round of tonight’s competition starts as the finalistcouples reprise a favorite dance from earlier in the season. Then, Round 2 chal-lenges them to cut loose in a freestyle performance to a holiday-themed song.
“The Flash” (7 p.m., CW): “Elseworlds, Part 1” kicks off a new three-night cross-over event that opens when Barry Allen and Oliver Queen (Grant Gustin, guest starStephen Amell) awaken to realize something has caused them to switch bodieswith each other. They’re desperate to understandwhat upset the timeline to causethis shift, but when themembers of Team Flash don’t believe their story, the twoheroes realize they need the help of Supergirl (Melissa Benoist).
“Q 85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones” (7 p.m., BET): Taped earlierthis fall at theMicrosoft Theatre LA Live, this two-hour special celebrates the lifeand legacy of musician and producer Quincy Jones, whomarked his 85th birthdaylast spring. Joining the honoree for the occasion are his daughter, actress-produc-er Rashida Jones, as well as Brian Knight, John Legend, Jennifer Hudson, TonyAwardwinner Cynthia Errivo,Meghan Trainor and Danny Glover, among others.
“Welcome to Christmas” (7 p.m., Hallmark): Christmas, Colo., is a town of pic-ture-postcard beauty, but it’s struggling financially. That’s why Sheriff GageMc-Bride (EricMabius) and his neighbors resolve to put their best foot forwardwhenreal estate developerMadison Lane (Jennifer Finnigan) comes to town to evaluateits resort potential. At first, she’s skeptical, but she’s soonwon over by this charmoffensive — somuch so that she starts to fret that a development like hersmightspoil whatmakes Christmas special in this new yuletide romance.
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SHANGHAI — A new luxuryhotel in Shanghai offers guestswith deep pockets the chance of avery deep sleep.
The 18-story IntercontinentalShanghai Wonderland Hotel hasbeen built into the side of a hugehole in the ground left by a formerpit mine. Sixteen of its floors arebelow ground level, looking outonto the rest of the former quarry.Two floors are underwater.
“I designed many differenttypes of buildings in U.K., in Eu-rope, in Dubai, and so on, but thisone was totally different and be-
came almost life work, so that’swhy I’m saying it’s probably themost important building that Ihave designed,” said chief archi-tect Martin Jochman, who isknown for the sail-shaped BurjAl-Arab skyscraper in Dubai.
The project began in 2006 andconstruction got underway in2013. The team faced delays and ahost of technical challenges,including meeting strict earth-quake regulations and maintain-ing water levels.
UNESCO representativeMichael Croft described the336-room hotel as a model forsustainable development.
“It’s a model that has beeninspired by a vision of a betterfuture, and a present that looks toits past for answers,” he said at arecent news conference.
The hotel, which is inSongjiang near ShanghaiHongqiao International Airport,opened in mid-November. Roomsare priced from 3,666 to 6,000yuan ($530 to $860).
“We could have abandonedthis quarry,” said Xu Shitan, vicechairman of Hong Kong propertydeveloper Shimao Group, whichdeveloped the hotel. “But wedidn’t. We turned it into a treas-ure.”
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TORTOLA, British VirginIslands — It was like somethingout of an action movie. Silentlyand with a sense of urgency Ididn’t yet understand, I jumpedoff a dinghy and swam throughcold waves up to the beach,squeezed through narrow open-ings between granite boulders,waded across shallow pools,ducked into caves and gingerlydescended a series of makeshiftladders, many of the driftwoodsteps lost to the surrounding sea along time ago.
There, as the early morningsun streamed through openingsin the cave, I listened to the rarestsound on the island of VirginGorda: silence. My two friendsand I, along with our captain-turned-tour-guide, had achievedthe impossible. We had “theBaths” all to ourselves.
The Baths are the geologicalwonder of the British VirginIslands. Towering granite boul-ders join together to form a cave-like network, allowing sunbeamsto illuminate the crystal-clearswimming pools below in anethereal, time-suspending way.
The serenity didn’t last long, asstrangers’ voices off in the dis-tance started to echo through thechambers.
“We have to go — now,” urgedMartin Street, our captain.“They’re coming.”
Centuries ago, the British Vir-gin Islands were a pirate haven.British and Spanish ships full ofsupplies and treasures followedthe trade winds that blew overfrom Europe. The islands’ shel-tered bays served as hiding spots,making them ideal for ambushingunsuspecting ships and squirrel-ing away treasure.
These days, simply looking at amap of the area sparks memoriesof childhood games, rhymes andfolklore. All of the legendary
anti-heroes came through theseislands — many named afterpirates who died here. Black-beard, Capt. Norman and Capt.Kidd regularly attacked cargoships traveling through Sir Fran-cis Drake Channel in the 18thcentury. Blackbeard famouslyabandoned 15 of his men on asmall island near Deadman’s Bay,stranding each with only a bottleof rum for sustenance.
It wasn’t pirates Capt. Streetwas afraid to confront along theBaths, but rather another wave ofinvading outsiders: tour groups.As these tourists advanced, wemade our way back to the deck ofthe catamaran my friends and Ihad rented from the yacht char-ter company The Moorings.
From our vessel anchored offthe beach, I watched giant tourgroups spill onto the sand, killingtime while they waited patientlyto squeeze in one by one as othertours simultaneously tried toexit. I sat at the boat’s outdoordining table, drinking coffee anddrying off as the smell of cara-
melized French toast wafted fromthe kitchen. It was one of manymoments over a long weekendwhen I felt especially lucky to beexploring the Caribbean from mysecluded perch.
We sailed around the BVI,setting our own schedule, eatingand drinking well, and gettingaway from the crowds. We’ddiscovered one of the Caribbean’sbest-kept secrets: You can charteran all-inclusive, five-star, pri-vately crewed boat for roughlythe same cost per person as amidrange cruise (where addi-tional tours, special dining feesand drink packages can easily addup).
Since The Moorings’ sailingitineraries are customizable,prices vary. Trips can be tailoredbased on budget. (You can playwith dates and options on www-.moorings.com, or call a vacationplanner at 800-416-0820.) Theaverage cost for a six-personcrewed yacht in the British VirginIslands last summer was $2,300 aperson, including all meals,
drinks and activities, but exclud-ing tips. In December, a similartrip for four people (plus twocrew) starts at $2,900 a person.
Besides the obvious draw ofluxury and relaxation, the realadvantage to chartering a high-end catamaran was the access itallowed to the BVI’s hidden gems.All of the elements necessary forunforgettable vacation memoriesseemed to be built right in —adventure, pleasant surprises,lack of crowds, good food anddrinks, fun, flexibility — withminimal effort, thanks to ourknowledgeable crew. (We visitedbefore the islands took a beatinglast fall from hurricanes Irma andMaria, but tourism officials esti-mate 70 percent of the territory’saccommodations are back inbusiness, and well-known proper-ties like Rosewood Little Dix Bay,Bitter End and Biras Creek are ontrack to re-open in 2019.)
While the screen saver-worthyscenery and beautiful weather areenough of a draw, the islandsoffered a chance to get in touchwith our adventurous sides,which felt like an appropriate nodto the islands’ pirate past.
While moored at the restaurantand bar Pirates Bight, I took adinghy to Norman Island, said tobe the inspiration for RobertLouis Stevenson’s “TreasureIsland.” A short hike in sandalsbrought me to the top of a hill,with 360-degree views of azurewaters and isolated reefs.
Back near the catamaran, myfriend and I jumped off the boatwith snorkel masks in hand, on amission to find out what treasuresthose reefs held. We were theonly two people in a sea full ofcreatures. We spent the afternoonfloating aimlessly, surrounded byangelfish, rainbow parrotfish,damselfish and tangs.
Later that night, after an im-pressive dinner by our chef, KatieGarrison, we opted for a differenttype of adventure and boardedthe infamous Willy T, a schooner-
turned-bar in the middle of thebay. This local dive bar at sea isnotorious for egging on its pa-trons’ drunken antics, a favoritebeing diving off the top deck —with or without clothes.
Every day was a surprise ofsorts, since the captain could goalong with our whims and allowus to live in the moment. If Iasked what kind of sea creatureswere in the water, the answer wasinevitably: “Jump in and find out!”When I wanted to explore anisland, I was dropped off on oneend and picked up on the other.Each day could be packed full ofactivities or be a study in relax-ation — or a mix of both.
One morning, after breakfast inSoldier Bay, we sailed out to moornear a small archipelago of tower-ing pinnacles called the Indians,where I dove into a world full ofcolorful, inquisitive fish thatswarmed around me. I spent theafternoon at Deadman’s Bay, astretch of perfect white sand onPeter Island, relaxing with a bookon shore.
My last adventure was gettingto the airport, typically my leastfavorite part of any trip. At Mar-ina Cay (basically the nauticalequivalent of an airport parkinglot), sculptures, bonfire pits andartwork popped up through thesand and into the surf. After arriv-ing at a dock on a luggage-packeddinghy, I walked along the beachpast the remnants of the recentFull Moon Party, a raucous beachbash celebrating this periodiclunar event.
Luggage in tow, I strolled theshort distance toward the termi-nal, making sure to take it all inone last time — the barefootedbeach bums at the bar, the islanddogs, the yachts and sailboats —before arriving at the departuresarea with salt on my skin, sand onmy feet and memories of a greatfew days spent at sea.
Hillary Richard is a freelancewriter.
The Indians is a favorite snorkeling and diving spot in the British Virgin Islands, an ideal area to explore aboard a chartered boat, complete with captain and crew.
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A sailing adventure in the British Virgin Islands
Story and photosby Hillary RichardChicago Tribune
A typical “light lunch” on board: peach and roasted chickpea salad.
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As it is in so many places,Christmas in France is all aboutfamily, friends and food. While it’sgenerally a low-key affair markedby gatherings of relatives andtreats for children, it also has theculinary high point of the year: LeReveillon de Noel (Christmas Evedinner).
The season officially starts Dec.6 with a visit from St. Nicholas —who arrives with a donkey carry-ing treat-filled baskets, a traditionstill re-enacted in some villages.Over the centuries, the Frenchmerged St. Nicholas with FatherChristmas to get Pere Noel. OnDec. 25, Pere Noel travels in thecompany of Pere Fouettard, awicked butcher who once tried topickle some children. Nicholasrescued them, and now PereFouettard is doomed to followaround his better-behaved com-patriot, helping deliver presentsto French children.
French shoppers typically favorsmall specialty stores for gifts. InParis, there are whole shops dedi-cated to foie gras, a traditionalChristmas gift. Chocolate shopsand patisseries get even moreenticing this season. The streetsare dotted with stalls selling allsorts of scrumptious food, includ-ing pain d’epice, a spiced honeybread.
A week before Christmas,French families display santons —figurines that represent typicalvillagers, such as the doctor, thebaker and the mayor — with theirNativity scenes. A few days beforeDec. 25, Christmas trees are deco-rated with ornaments, candles,lights and tinsel. On Christmasmorning, parents often add littletoys, candies and fruits to surpriseand delight their children.
On Christmas Eve, it’s time forLe Reveillon de Noel feast. Reveil-lon literally means “awakening.”In a symbolic sense, the Reveillonis a kind of spiritual bugler’s rev-eille — awakening people to themeaning of Jesus’ birth.
Like most French dinners, theReveillon lasts several hours —including appetizers, main
course, cheese plate and dessert— all paired with wine. Eachregion of France serves specialdishes for this feast: raw oystersin Paris, foie gras in Alsace, buck-wheat cakes and sour cream inBrittany. The main course is usu-ally roast goose or turkey.
The Reveillon dinner builds tothe dessert, a cake called Buchede Noel (Yule Log Cake) thatrecalls some of France’s earliestYuletide traditions. Back in the12th century, the Buche de Noelwas an actual, very large, freshlycut tree, laid on the hearth. Thefamily poured wine, oil and saltover the log while singing Christ-mas songs and offering prayers.Then the log was set ablaze, usinga splinter saved from the previousyear’s Yule log. By the 19th cen-tury, as cast-iron stoves replacedlarge kitchen fireplaces, the Yulelog was downsized to a small logdecorated with candles andgreenery.
Today, the Buche de Noel is acake, often made of a rolledsponge cake, filled with a silkychocolate or chestnut butter-cream, and covered in chocolate-buttercream “bark,” with cocoa-dusted meringue “mushrooms”and almond-paste “holly leaves,”all showered with confectioners’sugar to resemble snow.
Hours after the Reveillon be-gins, dozy uncles retire to arm-chairs while mothers round upeager and exhausted children forthe last of the Christmas Everituals. In many homes, pajama-clad kids gather around theChristmas tree to sing a song orrecite a poem for the family.
Just before bed, children allover France put their slippers bythe fireplace or underneath thetree in hopes that Pere Noel willfill them with small gifts. In Bur-gundy, the children tuck an or-ange and a star-shaped cookie intheir slippers to thank Pere Noel
in advance for his generosity. Justbefore bed, children look outtheir windows for the “shepherdstar” and place small candles onthe windowsill to light the nightwhile the sleeping world awaitsthe Nativity.
On Jan. 6, France celebratesEpiphany — the day the ThreeKings delivered their gifts to BabyJesus — by eating Galette des Rois(French King Cake). In the northof France, galettes are roundpuff-pastry cakes, usually filledwith almond frangipane. In Brit-tany, galettes resemble shortcake,and in the south of France,galettes are brioche decoratedwith candied fruit and flavoredwith brandy or orange-flowerwater.
Inside each galette there is onelucky charm, usually a tiny por-celain figurine, ranging fromHarry Potter to miniature MonaLisa paintings. They’re calledfeves, after the fava beans that
were the original trinkets. Alongwith the feve, every galette istopped by a colorful papercrown. Traditionally, the galetteis cut while the youngest child atthe table designates who will geteach piece, so there’s no cheat-ing. Everyone takes careful bitesof the pastry until someone findsthe feve. The winner gets thecrown as well as the trinket, andbecomes king or queen for theday.
After a month of celebrations,the French Christmas seasonhibernates for another year.Regardless of whether you makeit to France this year, enjoy yourfriends, food and family thisholiday season.
Rick Steves (www.ricksteves.com)writes European travel guide-books and hosts travel shows onpublic television and public radio.Email him at [email protected] follow his blog on Facebook.
Joyeux Noel: How France celebrates Christmas
Window-shopping in France takes a festive turn during the holidays. The Christmas season starts Dec. 6.
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3S Chicago Tribune | Travel | Section 5 | Sunday, December 9, 2018
Josh Duhamel won’tdeny that big cities can beglamorous and fun to ex-plore. But when he isn’tworking, his haven is hiscabin just outside of Fargo,N.D.
“It is probably my favor-ite place to relax, clear mymind and get my handsdirty,” says the actor, whowas born and raised inMinot, N.D. “It’s also aplace where I can bring myboy and give him a taste ofwhat my childhood waslike. It’s like I can see my-self in him when he’s run-ning around the woods.”
Best known for his workin films such as “Love,Simon” and the “Trans-formers” series, Duhamelwill next be seen in “TheBuddy Games,” which healso directed and co-wrote.
An edited version of ourconversation follows.
Q. You’ve been doing alot of work with NorthDakota tourism. Whatare a few things youwould tell people thatyou love about yourhome state?
A. I’m proud of my homestate and feel it is one of thebest secrets in the country!Anybody going for the firsttime should drive acrossthe state. If you’re comingfrom the west, go throughMedora, for sure. TheodoreRoosevelt National Park isabsolutely beautiful. TheBadlands are amazing. TheNorth Unit of the Park isalso awesome — this is nearWatford City and Williston.I would love to bike theMaah Daah Hey Trailsomeday. It’s over 100miles of scenic adventure.
(North Dakota) is notalways winter. In fact, thesummers here are some ofthe most beautiful in thecountry. I love summerhere. There are plenty ofactivities both inside andout to keep people active,everything from greatmuseums and film festivalsto snowmobiling and ice-fishing.
Q. How have yourvacations changed sincetraveling with your son?
A. I wouldn’t say myvacations have changed toomuch. I want him to seethe world and I’m lucky tohave the opportunity totravel with him. We’vebeen all over the world andit’s only going to get morefun as he gets older andcan truly appreciate every-thing that’s out there.We’ve traveled to a lot ofplaces, but sometimessome of our best memorieshave involved a simple dayspent playing on one of thelakes or driving the backroads (of North Dakota).We always find a fun ad-venture when we’re homein Minot, and he lovesseeing his cousins. I reallytreasure our vacationstogether.
Q. Where have youtraveled to that mostreminded you of home?
A. Going through myfamily history this lastspring, I went to Londonand traveled around theEnglish countryside, and itreminded me very much ofhome — the open roads,the plains that went onforever and the beautifulsunsets.
Q. What untappeddestination should peo-ple know about?
A. While a lot of peoplemay think of North Dakotafor its outdoor activities,which are awesome, thereare also many North Da-kota cities with fun down-towns. I love all the uniquerestaurants, live musicvenues and craft breweriespopping up all over thestate. Each community hasits own personality. I lovewhen my schedule allowsfor a trip to Fargo in the fallmonths. There’s nothingbetter than being a part ofthe football culture thatmakes a North DakotaState University footballgame so unique.
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“(North Dakota) is not always win-ter. In fact, the summers here aresome of the most beautiful in thecountry.” Q
A: I’m sorry about yourvacation rental. Youbooked that unit in MarcoIsland more than a yearbefore you arrived, only tohave the rug pulled outfrom under you a fewmonths later.
I think TripAdvisorcould have done more tohelp you. But did it haveto? Actually, no. TripAdvi-sor’s vacation-rental site,FlipKey, doesn’t address anowner cancellation on itswebsite. Here’s what it hasto say about a booking thathas been canceled: “Needto find another holidayrental? Contact our Reser-vations team who can helpyou find an alternativeplace to stay.” I guess thatmeans the owner — andTripAdvisor — is off thehook.
What does FlipKeymean by “help you find an
alternative place to stay”?Will it just assist you withfinding a different vacationrental? Will it find a com-parable place at the sameprice? How hard will it try?What if the rate is higher —will it offer you a credit?
“Homeowner-initiatedcancellations on our sitesare extremely rare,” a Trip-Advisor spokeswoman toldme. “And we take themvery seriously.”
In your case, the home-owner “failed to resolve anissue syncing his calendaravailability on the site, andultimately canceled yourbooking,” according to thespokeswoman. I list theexecutive contacts forTripAdvisor on my con-sumer-advocacy site:www.elliott.org/company-contacts/tripadvisor/. Youcould have appealed yourcase to one of them. I asked
TripAdvisor to take anoth-er look at your case.
“We want every travelerto have excellent experi-ences with us, and wewere very concerned tohear of Marvin’s situa-tion,” a TripAdvisorspokeswoman told me.“The travelers received afull refund for their book-ing, our customer careteam worked with Marvinto review alternative ac-commodation options, andwe offered an additionalmonetary gesture of good-will.”
Christopher Elliott is theombudsman for NationalGeographic Traveler maga-zine and the author of“How to Be the World’sSmartest Traveler.” You canread more travel tips on hisblog, elliott.org, or emailhim at [email protected].
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Owner cancels vacationrental after booking error
Earlier this year, my wife and I booked a vacation
rental through TripAdvisor. A few weeks later, we paid a
$1,254 deposit on a unit in a condo development on
Marco Island, Fla. The total price for three weeks came
to $4,284.
In August, more than six months before our stay, we
received an email from TripAdvisor saying that the
owner had canceled our booking. “Cancellations simply
shouldn’t happen,” the company added. “To make it up to
you, you will receive a full refund, and we’ll help you find
a new rental fast.”
The owner told us he had double-booked the unit
because of an “error” with the calendar. I emailed Trip-
Advisor expressing my disappointment over the cancel-
lation. It had been four months since our booking. All the
units that we would have liked were gone.
TripAdvisor sent us two listings. One is in Naples and
is not acceptable. The other is too far from the water and
likewise is not acceptable to us. I feel that TripAdvisor
should vet its properties to ensure that owners know
how to manage rentals of their condo units. There is no
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reservation. I would like to be compensated fairly by
TripAdvisor.
— Marvin Herman, Delavan, Wis.
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GEOQUIZ ANSWER
Here are some of the more interesting events,deals, websites and other travel tidbits thathave come across our desk recently:
■ The Ohio tourism folks are makingthings easier for visitors craving holidaylight displays. The Ohio Holiday LightsTrail lists 30 locations where the lights areon, and there’s a downloadable map.tinyurl.com/yaqpzkf9■ During the holiday season, the ActorsTheatre of Indiana is staging “It’s a Won-derful Life — A Live Radio Play” at StudioTheater in Carmel. Based on the classicFrank Capra film, the production is onselect dates through Dec. 23. tinyurl.com/y7ubos3k■ The Edgewater in Madison, Wis., isholding a New Year’s Eve celebrationcalled Destination New Year’s Eve: Then &Now. Tickets are $95 per person and in-clude live music and dancing, complimen-tary beer and wine and a midnight break-fast buffet. The hotel also has lodging pack-ages for the celebration. tinyurl.com/yazmqumr■ The Missouri Botanical Garden in St.Louis will celebrate Kwanzaa: Festival ofthe First Fruits on Dec. 26, the first day ofthe seven-day African-American obser-vance that is based on African festivals.Among the activities will be storytelling,musical performances and African drum-ming. tinyurl.com/y9xajhkg■ Pere Marquette State Park in Grafton,
Ill., will hold Bald Eagle Days starting Dec.28 and continuing on select dates throughMarch 8. There will be a presentation onbald eagles, followed by a chance to ob-serve the birds of prey. The program is free,but reservations are required. 618-786-3323, tinyurl.com/y773d65z■ Fans of the classic book “The Polar Ex-
press” can get a taste of it during “ThePolar Express” Train Ride. There are mul-tiple departures for the 45-minute ridefrom Union Station in St. Louis each daythrough Dec. 30, with the exception ofChristmas Day. Advance ticket purchase isrecommended. tinyurl.com/ybu88gxz■ They pull out all of the stops for Holiday
Nights in Greenfield Village, part of TheHenry Ford in Dearborn, Mich. Visitorswill find lantern-lit paths, costumed pre-senters, horse-drawn wagon and Model Trides, plus Santa with live reindeer. There’salso a fireworks display. It’s held Dec. 1-2,7-9, 13-16, 18-23 and 26-27. tinyurl.com/j4vmfxw■ The Lubeznik Center for the Arts inMichigan City, Ind., is showing the exhibit“Waiting for a Sign” through Jan. 12. Thework of eight artists explores the use ofsignage in the American landscape.tinyurl.com/4p54bxr■ It may not be too late in the season to trysome fancy camping in parts of Missouri.The tourism folks there have info onglamping in their state in tepees, yurts andluxury tents at tinyurl.com/ycg7nq34.■ Michigan tourism suggests outdooractivities for enjoying winter in the state attinyurl.com/y7tj8lzl.■ For fans of Bell’s beers, free brewerytours are offered at both the Comstock andKalamazoo, Mich., locations. tinyurl.com/y9afc5au
Deals and websites listed here have beenchecked for availability as of press time.Listings are not endorsements. Send tips atleast a month in advance to [email protected].
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NEWS TO USEBy Phil MartyChicago Tribune
The lights of Clifton Mill are legendary in the Ohio town of Clifton, one of the stops on the
state's Holiday Lights Trail.
TOURISMOHIO
When I was a child growing up in asmall, rural town in Georgia, I was an ad-dict of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ “Tarzan ofthe Apes” series of books in that theyopened the door to my love affair withAfrica.
On the rare occasion that we wouldjourney from my hometown to the Georgiacoast for a day at the beach, I would sit inthe sand and stare wistfully across theAtlantic. Africa lay on the other side of thatgreat expanse of ocean, and my heart andsoul longed to explore it.
Decades would pass before I first jour-neyed to the Dark Continent, which Iwould find inexplicably nicknamed sincethe African sun blazes incessantly. For thatinitial sojourn, I traveled to Kenya. No onehad forewarned me about the bazillionbugs I would have to sidestep, that dust isomnipresent and the incredible heat of theday quickly dissipates as sundown bringsbone-chilling cold.
And no one told me that time, normallymeasured in minutes and hours, does notexist in Africa. Almost the entire continentmoves at its own pace, where punctuality isnot a concern.
Most of all, no one told me that I wouldcome to love Africa so much — its wildlife,its people, and its colors and aromas — thatI long to return to it every single day of mylife and dream of it almost as often.
Since that first trip, I’ve traveled to Afri-ca several times and have been on dozensof game drives in Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tan-zania, Uganda and South Africa. I’velearned a trick or two about going on safari,things that I wish someone had told mebefore I ever set foot in Nairobi on that firstsojourn there so many years ago.
My advice: Take the time to immerseyourself in one country instead of trying tocram in two, three or more countries intoone trip simply to get a passport stamp. Forculture and wildlife, for example, SouthAfrica and Kenya may be the betterchoices, while Uganda and Rwanda andtheir golden opportunities for gorilla trek-king may appeal to the more adventure-
minded traveler.Even if you’re in Africa for a month, let
one bag, a small collapsible duffel, do it all.You can always wash out clothes and wearthem again. The first trip to Kenya, I tookthe biggest suitcase I had, only to learn thebush planes allow only 33 pounds of lug-gage. Bags are weighed, so don’t think youcan get away with more than the allow-ance.
The sun is brutal, and a good wide-brimmed hat and sunscreen are essentialfor protection. No one wears a pith helmet,and neither should you.
Game drives are nearly always dusty, soleave the good clothes, particularly thewhite ones, at home. No need to dress fordinner, even in high-end camps. Comfort iskey, as you’ll be climbing in and out ofsafari vehicles many times over. Everythingwill get dirty and wrinkled, but no onecares.
Mornings and early evenings are cool todownright cold for game drives. Take alight windproof jacket, maybe even fleece-lined. Because of high elevations, someparts of Africa are much colder than yourealize.
Take a good camera with the best long-range lens available, even if you must bor-row or rent one. Don’t rely on your phone’scamera. While the game trackers often canget unnervingly close to wildlife, some-times great shots are flat-out impossiblewithout long-range lenses.
You will not see the Big Five of Capebuffalo, rhino, elephant, lion and leopardevery day. These are not safari parks.
The stronger animals — the lions, hye-nas, leopards and cheetahs — feast uponweaker game including gazelles, warthogsand zebra. Kills happen, and likely you willsee one. It’s just the circle of life, and gametrackers will not “save” an animal. Just lookaway.
If possible, take at least one safari by hotair balloon. Seeing giraffe or zebra scurry-ing across the savanna hundreds of feetbelow and kicking up dust is a thrill thatyou cannot even begin to imagine.
Days start early, before sunrise. Go onevery single game drive that you can, orchance missing something magical andwonderful that you may never get a chanceto see again.
Check the U.S. Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention website for informa-tion about country-specific immunizations,including yellow fever. If you can’t provideproof of immunizations in some countries,you may be denied entry. And anti-malar-ials are recommended in some regions. Iknow several people who didn’t take anti-malarials because of the side effects ofcrazy, vivid dreams and sleeplessness, onlyto end up with malaria. People die from itevery single day. Don’t be one of them.
Check with a country’s embassy before-hand to determine if you need a visa. If youdo, try to obtain it beforehand, or you mayface absurdly long, cash-only queues insteamy airports.
Travel insurance is an excellent idea. Nomatter how good your medical insurance isat home, it probably does not cover sick-ness and accidents outside of the U.S.
Pack a small flashlight. Power outageshappen frequently, and electricity is oftenturned off purposefully at night. In a pinch,phone flashlights are OK, but a flashlight isbetter.
Most countries in Africa run 220 to 240voltage, so converters or adapters are nec-essary.
Take medication or a first-aid kit tailoredto your specific needs, including those foranti-diarrheals, antibiotics and anti-motionsickness. And take enough prescriptionmedications for at least three or four daysafter your trip ends. Flights get delayed.Storms interrupt airport operations. Don’ttake chances on not having enough lifesav-ing prescription medication with you.
While you may love your travel agent,consider booking with a safari-only touroperator. Many U.S.-based operators areeither from Africa, have lived in Africa orhave traveled extensively throughout thecontinent. They sell what they know.
Roads and even highways are oftenunpaved and rutted and can get bumpy.Plus, flat tires happen often in the blister-ing heat. These things are to be expected.
Just because a lodge has internet capa-bilities doesn’t mean it will always work.That said, tell your loved ones at home thatyou’ll be in touch when you’re in touch andnot to worry. Besides, you’ll be having thetime of your life and won’t even care aboutback home.
Game drives start early in the morning and then often go past sunset. Before going on safari, it’s best to practice with a camera so that you don’t miss great shots.
TIPSFOR AFIRSTSAFARIWhat to expect and experienceduring your sojourn in Africa
Story and photos by Mary Ann AndersonTribune News Service
Africa’s wildlife is incredible, with each game drive different from one another.
Santa Claus has come to town,and he’s staying at the Swissotel.
A man of refined tastes andapparently deep pockets in thosered velvet pants, St. Nick is spend-ing much of December in thehotel’s 2,000-square-foot Presi-dential Suite on the 41st floor,with 270-degree views overlook-ing the river and Navy Pier.
For a small fee, the public candrop by the Swissotel’s SantaSuite for a visit with the jolly oldgift-giver in his elaborately deco-rated digs.
It’s one of many ways Chicagohotels are getting their holidaygroove on this season, offeringeverything from special afternoonteas to caroling performances andtheater packages. Properties arerolling out a range of festive win-ter perks, too, like a skating rinkhigh above Michigan Avenue,rooftop igloos for rent and analfresco curling venue.
The 661-room Swissotel (323 E.Upper Wacker Drive, 312-565-0565) started transforming itsPresidential Suite into Santa’s cribin mid-November. In keepingwith the “Christmas Around theWorld” theme, the space show-cases a dozen trees decked out instyles representing differentcountries, including Greece,Mexico, the Philippines, Kenya,Peru and Switzerland, natch.
A tradition for the past fiveyears, the recently renovatedSanta Suite has a new layout andlook this season. This also marksthe first time the hotel is chargingadmission for a visit to the suite.Tickets are available at https://santasuite.eventbrite.com andcost $40 for a family of four or $15per person, with a portion of theproceeds being donated to SOSChildren’s Villages Illinois.
The suite has stations for kidsto make crafts, get their facepainted and write letters to Santabefore depositing their NorthPole-bound missives into a bigred mailbox. Holiday cookies andhot chocolate will be served,while parents can treat them-selves to bubbles, beer and wineat the cash bar.
Visitors get a keepsake orna-ment and can take a self-guided —or elf-guided — tour of the suite,where the dining room table isstocked with plates full of inter-national treats, Santa costumeshang in the closet and a photo of
Mrs. Claus sits on the nightstand.A wall of colorful ornamentsdoubles as the photogenic back-drop for Santa’s throne.
The Santa Suite is open week-ends, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdayand 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday,through Dec. 23. The hotel staffexpects a typical visit to last about40 minutes.
You can give St. Nick the bootand spend the night in the SantaSuite yourself, but your stockinghad better be stuffed with dispos-able income: The Santa’s PadPackage starts at $2,500. It’s avail-able Monday through Wednesday.
Other overnight packages thatinclude access to the suite start at$209, or $349 for one of six guestrooms gussied up with holidaybling.
People also can book the SantaSuite for a 90-minute privatefunction for up to 12 guests withChampagne, hors d’oeuvres and ahot chocolate bar for $750. Tackon an extra $200 for a privatevisit from Santa — he’s a busy guythis time of year.
Here’s a look at how a fewother Chicago hotels are celebrat-ing the season:
The Peninsula108 E. Superior St., 312-337-2888
This luxe property boasts thecity’s only hotel skating rink, a2,100-square-foot stage on whichto glide and spin high aboveMichigan Avenue. Now in itsseventh season, the Peninsula SkyRink is open through early
March. Call in advance to makesure it’s available; the rink may berented for private groups and,increasingly, marriage proposals.The suggested donation — $20for adults, $10 for children under13 — goes to two local charitiesand covers the cost of skate rent-al. The hotel’s Holly Jolly ChicagoPackage, starting at $1,200 for aholiday-decorated junior suite,includes skating and a round ofdrinks at the Sky Rink, a chauf-feured ride to Christkindlmarket,breakfast for two and more.
The Langham330 N. Wabash Ave., 312-923-9988
For the second year in a row,singers from the Chicago Chil-dren’s Choir perform carols andholiday classics in the hotel’slobby several Saturdays in De-cember. The last show is 5-6 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 15. The concert isfree and open to the public. Alsoon the scene: a lavish hot choco-late cart and Santa. And throughJan. 6, the high-end hotel’s famedafternoon tea service takes it up anotch with holiday-specific cook-ies and treats.
The Gwen521 N. Rush St., 312-645-1500
The fifth-floor outdoor area ofthis boutique hotel is home toboth a curling rink and cozy cabintricked out with flannel furnish-ings and faux furs. The wood-paneled cabin, which seats 10,serves small bites (think poutine,crispy chicken skins) and cock-tails (mulled wine, Irish coffee),and can be reserved on
OpenTable or by phone. Walk-insare welcome if the cabin isn’tbooked. Curling costs $25 a per-son and includes one beverageand 30 minutes of playing time.
Hotel Zachary3630 N. Clark St., 773-302-2300
Nibble finger sandwiches,cookies and scones while beingentertained by a guest storytellerduring Teddy Bear Tea service,held in a part of the hotel deco-rated with nostalgic toys andother whimsical touches. Teatakes place Saturday and Sundaythrough Dec. 16 and every dayDec. 22-30. Reservations at 11a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. can bebooked on OpenTable and cost$20 for kids (ages 2-12) and $40for adults.
The Godfrey127 W. Huron St., 312-649-2000
Five heated, transparent igloosare available to rent for groups oftwo to 10 people on the outdoorportico of the hotel’s rooftoprestaurant and bar, I|O Godfrey.One of the see-and-be-seendomes can be yours, seven days aweek, by forking over a minimumof $275 for bottle service. Toachieve maximum snow-globeeffect, the hotel has a snow mach-ine at the ready if Mother Natureisn’t cooperating.
Kimpton HotelAllegro171 W. Randolph St., 312-236-0123
The Holiday Theater Packageincludes overnight accommoda-tions, a pair of tickets to Look-ingglass Theatre’s “The SteadfastTin Soldier” and a 25-minutecarriage ride for up to four peo-ple. Available Friday to Sundaynight through Jan. 6, starting at$299.
JW Marriott151 W. Adams St., 312-660-8200
Pair a performance of JoffreyBallet’s “The Nutcracker,” run-ning through Dec. 30 at the Audi-torium Theatre, with a tea serviceinspired by the production. The$45 Nutcracker Afternoon Tea atJW Marriott features plenty ofsnacks to make your taste budsdance, like black plum and fivespice duck steam buns, as well assweet-as-a-sugarplum-fairy figgypudding macarons. A hotel pack-age includes an overnight stay,two tickets to the performance, aNutcracker swag bag and break-fast, starting at $419.
The Gwen’s fifth floor has an outdoor curling rink. The cost
is $25 per person for 30 minutes, including one beverage.
THE GWEN
A transparent dome at the Godfrey can be yours by order-
ing bottle service, which starts at $275.
KAILLEY LINDMAN PHOTO
The Peninsula’s 2,100-square-foot skating rink is back for a
seventh season. It’s open through early March.
THE PENINSULA CHICAGO
Tim McCarthy, who can deliver a hearty ho-ho-ho, has played Santa at the Swissotel for five years running. Swissotel is one of many in Chicago offering holiday events and deals.
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Swing by Santa’s pad Hotels get into thespirit with holidaytheater packages,concerts, skating rinks
By Lori RacklChicago Tribune
Tickets cost $40 for a family of four or $15 per person to visit Santa in his 41st-floor suite at the Swissotel.
ANTONIO PEREZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Tiny sombreros decorate the Mexico tree in the Swissotel’s Santa Suite.
ANTONIO PEREZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE
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FORK IN THE ROAD
Portuguese egg tarts, or pasteisde nata, have been an obsession ofmine since I first discovered themin Macau.
When my husband and I livedin Beijing from 2011 to 2014, wewere quickly severed from theAmerican world of sweet des-serts. Instead we found ourselvesliving in the land of red-beanfilling. Bite into a dessert, see thedark center and think, mmmm,chocolate. But nope — withoutfail, the filling was actually beanpuree.
Then we visited Macau. ThePortuguese colonized Macau in1557, and although China nowruns this region near Hong Kongon the southern edge of China,the place retains its Portuguesecharacter.
It was love at first taste for thepastel de nata — a custard tart in apuff pastry, small enough to holdin the palm of your hand butsatisfying enough to serve as abreakfast treat, afternoon snackor dessert. Not too sweet, butsweet enough, pasteis de nata (theplural form) feature egg-yolkcustard filling with a lightlybroiled top. When it’s fresh, youtake a bite, and you have A Mo-ment.
More recently, my husband andI decided to visit Portugal, homeof pasteis de nata. I’m not sayingwe went to Portugal expressly toeat them, but I wouldn’t deny iteither. I also wouldn’t deny that tomake it more interesting, I an-nounced that we were on a one-week quest to find the best.
Day 1Jet-lagged, grungy and edgy
after an overnight flight intoLisbon, we dumped our bags atour hotel and headed straight tothe Tagus River waterfront.There, in the Time Out Market,inside the refurbished Mercadoda Ribeira, we found a branch ofManteigaria, considered by manyto be the best source of pasteis denata in Lisbon. The little shopcertainly had nothing else to offerin its glass case, just row after rowof the doll-size pies with a gentlybrowned top. I took a bite. Iclosed my eyes, and the warmcustard filled my mouth with
hints of lemon and cinnamon.The flaky puff pastry crunchedjust enough. There it was again: AMoment.
Day 2We headed to Belem, about 6
miles west of downtown Lisbon.We skipped for the moment thefamous Jeronimos Monastery —the navigator Vasco da Gama restsinside, but he wasn’t going any-where. Instead we headedstraight to the cafe that claims it isthe home of the egg tart. At CasaPasteis de Belem, the productsseem to be identical to pasteis denata. The casual restaurant turnsout 20,000 egg tarts a day. Twolong lines for takeout stretcheddown the block. But following atip from our Uber driver, weslipped inside, where a muchshorter queue waited for a placeat one of the cafe’s 400 seats. Yes,the cafe is a tourist hot spot, butit’s been a tourist hot spot since1837, so it must be doing some-thing right.
Before very long, we wereseated and ordering one — no,make it two; no, make it three —egg tarts, along with a strong cupof cafe com leite (coffee withmilk). The menu described asugar-cane refinery and smallstore originally on this spot.When Portugal closed down itsconvents and monasteries afteran early 19th-century revolution,a worker from the monasterycame up with the pastry as ameans of survival, following “anancient secret recipe from themonastery.” That secret recipe,cooked up in a “secret room”inside the cafe, is still used today.
Within minutes, we had ourprize — three plump egg tarts.The crust was a degree crunchier.The custard filling was warmerand more souffle-like, so theywere most likely whisked fromthe oven minutes before. Theywere good. But were they thebest? I wasn’t ready to declare awinner.
Day 3We hopped on a train to Evora,
about 85 miles from Lisbon in theAlentejo region, which is knownfor its hearty cuisine. In thischarming medieval city, we werepresented with a new dilemma.
Yes, there was pastel de nata, butthere was also a new specialty, thequeijada de Evora. We stopped atCafe Arcada, a no-frills place righton Praca de Giraldo square in thecenter of the city. We needed totry the Evora specialty. It was atart exactly the size of pasteis denata, and the same golden color.But the queijada de Evora wasfilled with dense cheese custard,more like an Italian ricottacheesecake than a souffle. It wasreally good, but I wasn’t ready todrop my pastel de nata allegiance.
Day 4I faced a new dilemma: My
husband, Bob, the consummatesweet tooth, withdrew as a judge.In other words, he refused to eatanother pastel de nata. He hadreached his limit.
There we were in Sintra, about20 miles west of Lisbon. I neededto think fast. “Oh, look,” I said tohim. “These pastries are a spe-cialty of Sintra!”
Outside of Fabrica das Ver-dadeiras Queijadas da Sapa, Ipointed to the sign that said theshop had been making queijadassince 1756. We plopped our euroson the counter.
These queijadas were madewith a very thin, firm crust, andthe filling was lighter and sweeterthan the queijadas in Evora. Theywere good, but not life-changing,although that judgment couldhave been clouded by our exhaus-tion from fighting Sintra’s enor-mous crowds that day, coupledwith unseasonable heat and — I’lladmit it — a certain tart fatigue.
Day 5In search of breakfast, we
stumbled across a little cafe in theLisbon neighborhood of Gracaselling something we ate often inChina and loved: jidan guanbing.These treats are freshly cookedcrepes filled with egg, a spicysauce, meats and greens. Herewas our chance to wax nostalgicabout China and take a savorybreak from the pastel de nataimmersion.
Day 6We visited the beach town of
Cascais, about 20 miles fromLisbon. It was a brutally hot day,and we strolled along the town’spretty beach. Walking throughtown, we glanced across the
street and saw a shop named TheWorld Needs Nata. But does it?We were momentarily temptedbut trudged on. The tart fatiguewas real.
Day 7As we prepared to leave Lis-
bon, we realized we had time forbreakfast in the airport. Suddenly,the prospect of leaving Portugalmade us regret those tart-absti-nent days. Just before the securitycheck, we saw redemption: Con-feitaria Nacional por BaltazaarCastanheiro, considered the old-est and most traditional confec-tionary of Lisbon. “Since 1829,”the sign said. We bought our lastcouple of pasteis de nata. Thetops were a little over-broiled andthe flaky crust a little too flaky.Even so, a mediocre pastel de natais better than none.
The winner? The pastel denata of Day 1, made by Man-teigaria. Sticklers will argue thatour research was capricious andinaccurate. They might be right.But now that we’re home fromLisbon, I regret every single daywithout pastry in Portugal. I’mgoing to try to make those littlebeauties myself.
Pasteis de nata are the only food item offered at the Manteigaria cafe in the Time Out Market at the Mercado da Ribeira near the Lisbon waterfront.
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Dear Amy: A month ago, my wife of fiveyears told me she was going through adepression and was questioning ourrelationship. To be fair, I was as well.
We haven’t made love in six months. Itell her all the time how beautiful she is. Itry to initiate sex, and I get nothing. Shefinds ways to make me feel bad when Ifall asleep early on the weekend andaccuses me of drinking too much beer.
I went back to the gym, but that didlittle to improve our relationship. It onlymade me feel like a loser. I offered tomake changes (which I did), but thingswere maybe worse than before.
We decided that separation was best toreally figure things out. She again said weneeded to get our spark back. I am havinga hard time, as I miss her and my son. Isee him often, but it’s not the same.
I confided in an old acquaintance, andshe and I ended up having sex. I’m over-come with guilt, as I never so much asflirted when my wife and I were together.My wife told me she loves me and is inlove with me but is unhappy with herself.If I tell her about my sexual encounter,our relationship will end. I don’t wantthat. I don’t want the guilt I have.
I want my family and would give upsex altogether to have her back. I wasemotionally fragile and lonely when ithappened. It was awful. I’m dying to getadvice. I swear I’m not a monster; I’m justhurting. We are still separated and I’mdesperate for advice.
— Guilty Husband
Dear Guilty: You and your wife bothclaim to be depressed. You are also disso-ciated, detached (pick your adjective) andspinning out. Your wife does not want tobe intimate with you, and although youclaim to have made major efforts toplease her, they haven’t worked.
The root for both of you seems to be inthe way you connect or communicate.Mainly, you don’t. You each need counsel-ing, and you also need couples counsel-ing. You, for instance, don’t seem to havebeen able to handle having an intimateconversation with an acquaintance with-out acting out sexually. You should seethis sexual encounter as a wake-up call toseek out the help of a professional.
I agree that you should not tell yourwife about this until you have a better
handle on who you are, what you wantand where you fit into your family sys-tem. A good counselor will provide youwith tools and coaching.
Dear Amy: I am a grandma with a largeand ever-growing family. I have six chil-dren with spouses, 12 grandchildren withextras and two great-grandchildren.
None of us are poor, but numbers areincreasing, so we all gather for Christmasat a home where we can spread out.
Last Christmas we decided to ex-change gifts of not more than $10 and foreach of us to contribute only one gift. Westockpiled the gifts and then picked anumber for order of choice, and then thefun began. We could choose anotherone’s choice or keep our own. This wentall the way down to the youngest.
We all still laugh about how much funit was and decided to do it again this year.
— Gift Problem Solved!
Dear Problem Solved!: This seems tobe a version of “Yankee Swap,” and Iabsolutely love it.
In my family, during the bulging yearsof more kids and spouses, we drew namesat the table after Thanksgiving dinner(you drew as many names as were in yourown immediate family). Now we ex-change mainly homemade gifts and do-nate to charities in one another’s names.
Dear Amy: The letter from “Upset Ex,”the woman with a manipulative ex-hus-band who kept going after her for money,is someone who needs encouragement toseek therapy and support.
Even kindhearted people with goodboundaries struggle with manipulationthat involves a suicide threat. She wasmarried to this man for a long time.
I think your suggestion of a socialworker for him is great, but she is likely toneed help with the emotional pain ofhaving an ex who struggles in the way hedoes. My heart goes out to her.
— Debra
Dear Debra: I agree that she might needprofessional help, too.
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A perk of this gig is the chanceto talk with people about thetopics they hold dear — hopesthey’re chasing, loved onesthey’ve lost, change they’re cre-ating.
Here’s a look back at conversa-tions that inspired me to look atlife through a lens trained onempathy, hope and justice thisyear. Truth be told, I could list awhole lot more people. (Andyou’ll notice a few of these in-clude more than one person. I’msneaky like that.)
Sheila Quirke: Quirke’sdaughter, Donna, died in 2009 atage 4 from a brain tumor. In April,she headed to Washington, D.C.,with her son, Jay, to advocate forpediatric cancer funding. “Talk-ing about Donna is how her dadand I get to parent her now,”Quirke told me. “We can’t takecare of her in the traditional waysthat a mother or father wouldcare for their child, but I thinktelling her story has value becausewhen you care about a child withcancer, you want to do some-thing.”
Tamar Manasseh: Manassehfounded Mothers/Men AgainstSenseless Killings, a group thatsits watch on the corner of 75thStreet and Stewart Avenue inEnglewood. I interviewed her forMother’s Day, when she threw anepic party on the block and han-ded out 80 free bouquets, cour-tesy of Flowers for Dreams, towomen whose children werekilled by guns. “What if peoplewho are completely uncared forare suddenly cared for?” she said.“How does that change you? Howdo you pay that forward?”
Bake Sale for Justice kids:Once a month, a dozen or so kidsset up a table outside Women &Children First bookstore and fill itwith baked goods, socially con-scious signs and a jar for dona-tions, which they give to a differ-ent organization each month.“We don’t want to just sit backand watch other people make adifference,” Meredith White, 11,told me. “We want to make a
difference too.”Phil Andrew: Andrew was
held hostage by school shooterLaurie Dann in 1988. He went onto serve as an FBI agent, the exe-cutive director for the IllinoisCouncil Against Handgun Vi-olence and director of violenceprevention for the Archdiocese ofChicago. “We’re better than this,”he told me. “We’re a better coun-try than this. We’re better com-munities than this. We’re smarterthan this, and we have not madethis a priority.”
The Triibe co-founders:Northwestern University gradu-ates Tiffany Walden and MorganElise Johnson didn’t see thewhole story of Chicago’s blackcommunity in traditional Chicagomedia, so they tapped their palDavid Elutilo and launched TheTriibe, a digital media platform
that blends journalism anddocumentary. “We can go fromwriting a piece about music towriting a piece about art to writ-ing about gun violence in thecity,” Walden said.
Colin O’Connor: I went to5-year-old Colin’s house to see hiscollection of Major League Base-ball pocket schedules (he wrote toevery team asking for one) andleft with a full heart … and threeschedules he gave me for my ownbaseball-loving son — a display ofkindness from a kid who’s learn-ing that the world is full of it.
Library of Congress hon-orees: Out of 47,000 entries,Akosua Haynes and Rylee PaigeJohnson earned top honors fromthe Library of Congress for theletters they wrote to authorswho’d had an impact on them.Haynes, 10, wrote to “Hidden
Figures” author Margot LeeShetterly. Johnson, 13, wrote to“Elsewhere” author GabrielleZevin, whose book helped John-son heal from her mom’s death.“Thank you for the lessons Icouldn’t live without,” she wroteto Zevin, “and the book I won’tforget.”
Zachary Wood: The recentWilliams College grad wants usto engage in dialogues with folkswho aren’t just like us, and hisbook, “Uncensored: My Life andUncomfortable Conversations atthe Intersection of Black andWhite America,” is a moving,compelling road map. “I wasn’tsatisfied hearing one side ofthings,” he writes, “even if it wasthe side I agreed with.”
Indigo Monae: This yogainstructor/beautiful soul turnedan abandoned lot in Lawndale
into an organic garden and freeoutdoor yoga studio for neighbor-hood families. “I am them,”Monae said of her Yoga Gardenspupils. “I want them to see them-selves in me. Some of them havenever left their neighborhood.Some of them want to travel toIndia now. That’s what I want togive to them. An awakening.”
Deb Conroy: Conroy, a staterepresentative for the 46th Dis-trict, donated a kidney to herex-husband, the father of theirfour sons. “There wasn’t even anydecision to make,” she said. “Iknew it wasn’t just saving one life;it was saving five. My boys wouldnever be the same without theirdad.”
Marion Kozich: I visited the96-year-old veteran in hospice onVeterans Day, where she told meabout joining the U.S. Army AirForces at age 23. “I just wanted togo and see what it was all about,”she said. “I didn’t even ask myhusband. I just figured, ‘Let metry it and see what’s out there.’ ”
Konyae White: I met White,14, at Hearts to Art, a performingarts camp in Chicago for kidswho’ve lost a parent, and hiscourage and candor will stay withme forever. “When I lost my dad,it was like part of me left for along time,” he told me. “When Icame here, that part of me re-turned.”
Sally Field: When the legend-ary actress stopped in Chicago onher “In Pieces” book tour, I got tointerview her onstage at TheMusic Box Theatre. So manymoments were transformative,but my favorite part was the storyabout her problematic boyfriendBurt Reynolds snarling at her,“Your ambition is getting the bestof you,” and her replying, “Myambition is the best of me.”
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Ever since Apple rolledout the iOS 12 operatingsystem a few months ago,the new Screen Time apphas been tracking timespent with iPhones — spe-cifically, whenever thescreen is on. The app lurksquietly in the background,taking note of those scrollsthrough Instagram that
soothe your train com-mute. Your late-nightTwitter habit and the textfight you had with yoursister? Add those to thedamning total.
At week’s end, voila, thetiny computer does whatcomputers do: It spits outdata about your phone usefor the week, and sends amessage. “Your screen timewas up 11% last week.” Andthen … the number: Six
hours per day? Or 45 min-utes? Virtue, or digitaldegeneracy?
You lean into the delicateglow of the screen, mouthgaping slightly. Did you seethat right? An average of sixhours per day? That’s morethan a 40-hour workweek.
Want to find out yourgirlfriend’s number? Yourboss’s number? You bet youdo.
Though screen-time
trackers have been aroundfor a while (in the form ofapps like Moment) andthough Google also has atracker, Digital Wellness,it’s Apple that has movedthe needle, just by includ-ing Screen Time as part ofits iOS 12, which rolled outin the fall, and sendingthose little notifications.While we were worryingabout screen time for kids(and you can use these
apps to track your child’suse too), guess what? Wewere all staring at thephone much more than wethought we were.
For many people, thenumbers have been a littlebit of a shock.
“I’m on it all the time,”says Larry Rosen, whosenumber hovers in the four-to five-hour range. “I’mstaggered by how much Iuse it.”
Rosen understands hisphone use much betterthan most of the rest of usbecause he’s a well-knownresearch psychologist andexpert on the “psychologyof technology.”
He has been studyingsmartphone-use trackersfor the last three years withapps that examine thehabits of college students.His research subjects tracktheir usage and send him
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weekly reports or screenshots of the report on theirphones. Then, when thestudy is finished, he asksthem whether their usagewas more or less thanexpected. “The answer,”he says, “is always more.And then we ask, ‘Did youdo anything about it?’ andthe answer is always‘Nope.’ They know theyshouldn’t do it, but theydon’t want to change it.”
Why? “Because theycan’t see anything thatthey are doing with thephones that they’d want togive up or reduce.”
Rosen gets it — he’s anews junkie, constantlychecking headlines on hisphone. And if you werestartled by your ScreenTime notification, youprobably went looking tosee which apps you spenttime on. (There’s a handylist in the app; tap to ex-pand the graph at the top.)People scrutinize thetime-sucking apps mostlyin the name of self-justifi-cation, since one of thefirst questions that poppedup when the notificationsstarted arriving was “Is itcounting my podcast/music/navigation apptime?” The answer is aqualified yes — the tickeris running whenever thescreen is on, so if you havean app that keeps thescreen locked on (like therecipes app I used to cookThanksgiving dinner), thatcounts, even if you left thekitchen, had Thanksgivingdinner and then returnedto find your phone stillshowing those recipes.Hours of driving withWaze running will also upyour total.
But the grand totalhours spent, Rosen says,might not really be the bigproblem. Among his re-search subjects, he hasseen total phone use creephigher year by year. Butthe stat that shot up in thelast study was check-ins,or how often the subjectspicked up the phone ortouched it to check some-thing. In the first year,subjects checked theirphones an average of 56
times per day, and hadscreen time of around 220minutes. By year three,subjects logged screentime of around 277 min-utes, but checked theirphones an average of 77times per day. (ScreenTime will also show youyour check-in number, orpickups.) “It’s not neces-sarily the increase in theamount of time, it’s therapid increase in the num-ber of times they check in.That’s what they’re doing— they’re checking in, butit’s for about three min-utes, and then they are offfor only about 10 minutesat the most. And the inter-esting thing is we knowwhy.”
Research has shownthat “what’s driving it isanxiety, and it’s a particu-lar kind of anxiety somepeople call nomophobiabut we call technologicaldependency.” Nomopho-bia is also known as fear ofmissing out. Rosen ex-plains it like this: “As soonas you check in, chemicalsstart to build in yourbrain,” including the stresshormone, cortisol. “Whenthose get to a sufficientlevel to create externaldistress, that’s the key thatforces you to go, ‘Oh, Ibetter check in.’ ”
The intense person-alization of smartphonesis an issue as well, since itcues into another brainfunction that makescheck-ins feel mandatory.Our brains prioritize somestimuli more than others— when someone callsyour name, for instance,your brain overrides otherstimuli to alert you. Socialmedia introduce the ideathat, at any moment,someone could be talking
to you, or about you.Someone you know mayhave just said somethingand later might ask you,“Did you see my tweet?”Better check in.
“You are,” Rosen says,“compelled to do it.”
Knowing this, and get-ting those weekly ScreenTime reports, may havecaused you some distress.There are solutions tocurb your screen time,Rosen says. Screen Timeincludes features thatallow you to choose timelimits on the use of certainapps, though you can alsochoose to override them.Other apps, such as On-ward, are considered morehardcore — you can lockyourself out of nonessen-tial apps once a time limitis reached, and you will beunable to access themuntil the next day. Rosensuggests a few more basicfixes:
First, turn off all noti-fications, except es-sentials like calls or mes-sages from your family.
Bury your social me-dia apps inside folders onthe last page of the homescreen, so that it takesseveral clicks to retrievethem.
Don’t save your pass-word in social media appsor apps you spend toomuch time on, and closethe app each time youleave it, so that you have tolog in each time — again,this puts up an incremen-tal roadblock.
Keep your phone ongray screen, all the time.Since color is an arousaltool, seeing shades of grayon the screen make it lessalluring to your brain.
Though screen-time trackers havebeen around for a while, Apple hasmoved the needle, just by includingScreen Time as part of its iOS 12,which rolled out in the fall, andsending users notifications.
When Craig Smith’s sonwas about 5 years old,another boy bit him on theplayground. His son wasupset, he remembered. Theother boy never apolo-gized, and instead, fatherand son watched as theother child’s parentsbought the boy ice cream.
“Even at that age he(understood), ‘This kid justbit me, and he’s getting anice cream cone,’ ” saidSmith, a research investiga-tor at the Center for Hu-man Growth and Devel-opment at the University ofMichigan. Incidents suchas this sparked his interestin finding out whetherparents should force chil-dren to apologize, and ifkids can tell when thoseapologies are coerced.
In his latest research,released Nov. 19 in theMerrill-Palmer Quarterly,Smith and his co-authorsfound kids were awarewhen apologizers werecoerced and didn’t like that— for them or the recipient.
Parents often urge chil-dren to immediately apolo-gize, he said. And althoughthat is not out of bad inten-tions, it can be counterpro-ductive. Other children seea lack of authenticity, and achild forced to apologize islearning to feign remorse.
“One of the reasons Ithink we do it, with apolo-gies, is because it’s a reallyaccepted script that weuse; it’s really almost anexpected script,” he said.“We want to prepare themto be successful socially,and part of what that en-tails is being able to makeamends.”
The study included 90kids. Researchers ques-tioned the children afterhaving them watch severaltypes of apologies — in-cluding unprompted,prompted but willing, andcoerced — after transgres-sions like taking a toy awayor shoving a child. In each
case, a teacher was pre-sent. In the unpromptedapology, the teacher waspresent but silent, and thechild apologized. In theprompted but willing, ateacher prompted anapology and the childapologized. In the coercedapology, the child told theteacher he did not want tosay sorry but the teacherinsisted, and then he is-sued an apology.
They separated thechildren into two groups —ages 4 to 6, and 7 to 9. Bothgroups of children thoughtthe spontaneous apologyand the prompted-but-willing apology conveyedremorse and soothed feel-ings.
The researchers wantedto explore whether chil-dren are sensitive to thefact that some apologies donot convey true remorse.Even young children,Smith noted, understandthat an apology is a way ofshowing that someonefeels bad about something.“They understand that if avictim gets an apology,they’re typically going tofeel better than a victimwho did not get an apolo-gy.”
But instead of coercingan apology after your childthrows sand at anotherchild on the playground,for example, it might bebetter to wait until a childis calm and able to under-stand why he or she should
apologize. Wait until thechild can acknowledgewhy it was wrong and helphim or her come up withwords to offer an apology.
Smith noted that thereare many ways to modelremorse instead of offeringa script for an apology thechild doesn’t mean — giv-ing a toy back, helping fixsomething the child broke.
“Part of what we wantour kids to be able to do isrepair situations wherewe’ve caused some kind ofharm or upset,” he said.
As children get older,Smith said, they are able tobetter understand nuance.The younger group vieweda coerced apology as lead-ing to an emotional boostfor the victim, but theolder children viewed it ashaving no positive effect onthe victim’s emotions. Theresearch indicates that aschildren get older, they aremore pessimistic aboutforced apologies.
Smith said the researchpoints to the importance ofhelping children under-stand how and why toapologize, especially at ayounger age when trans-gressions often occur.
“It’s really common inthat age group (4-6) as kidsare trying to figure out howto get what they need andget what they want,” hesaid.
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MondayHENSON HOLIDAY SPECIAL:‘EMMET OTTER’ AND ‘FRAGGLE ROCK’
Two Jim Henson classic TV specials,with nary a famous Muppet to be seen,finally hit the big screen in this specialevent. 1977’s tender “Emmet Otter’sJug-Band Christmas” follows the travailsof some poor woodland folk, specificallyEmmet Otter and his mom, hoping towin a talent show for the monetary prizeto help them celebrate Christmas. (Themusical’s best-known song is “When theRiver Meets the Sea,” re-recorded byJohn Denver and the Muppets.) Mean-while, the 1984 “Bells of Fraggle Rock”tackles the sensitive topic of feeling blueduring the holidays, when Gobo doesn’tshare his clan’s excitement over TheFestival of the Bells, a Fraggle solsticetradition. Enjoy these special shows(with a combined running time of ap-proximately 90 minutes) at 4 or 7 p.m.Monday, or 1 or 4 p.m. Sunday, at variousarea cinemas. tinyurl.com/yd3y88z8
Tuesday‘TICKLED PINK’ HOLIDAY FLOWER SHOW
Garfield Park Conservatory’s annualpoinsettia display takes a pink turn thisyear. Instead of the traditional deep redmixing with the evergreens, 600 pinkblooms (and pink lights too) take thespotlight. Daily through Jan. 6 at theGarfield Park Conservatory, 300 N. Cen-tral Park Ave. Free. tinyurl.com/ybd2vjc3
Wednesday‘THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG’
The members of Cornley UniversityDrama Society are having a devil of atime performing their murder mystery —and that’s great news for the audience!This hilarious metatheatrical farce, suit-able for ages 8 and up, originated (andstill runs) in London, but has launched aBroadway incarnation and multipletours. Catch it at 2 or 7:30 p.m. Wednes-day, or one of five more performancesbefore it wraps up Sunday, at the OrientalTheatre, 24 W. Randolph St. $25-$98;enter the digital lottery for $25 tickets.tinyurl.com/ybxnf8v3
CAROLING AT CLOUD GATE
Sing out, everyone! The city’s most iconicsculpture (sorry, Picasso) — the enor-mous reflective Cloud Gate sculpture,aka The Bean — is the site for this festivemix of concert and sing-along. Typically
Fridays only, this week you can attendtwice: 6 p.m. Wednesday for The King’sSingers, Apollo Chorus of Chicago andThe Chicago High School for the Arts; or6 p.m. Friday for the Chicago Gay Men’sChorus. Along Michigan Avenue be-tween Washington and Madison streets.Free. tinyurl.com/y77ubkq2
MUSIC BOX’S ALTERNATIVECHRISTMAS DOUBLE FEATURE
Although the Music Box’s double featureof two classic Christmas movies becamea local tradition more than three decadesago, those oldies aren’t for everyone.Maybe this delightful pairing of kid-friendly films will satisfy your innerSanta? The modern-day classic comedy“Elf,” starring Will Ferrell as a humanraised in the North Pole, and “The Mup-pet Christmas Carol,” starring MichaelCaine as Scrooge and Kermit as Cratchit,screen Wednesday and Thursday. TheMusic Box, 3733 N. Southport Ave. $11for either or both films.tinyurl.com/y9xyr8vf
‘CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE’
It’s a melting-pot spectacle in holidaygarb when Cirque Dreams rolls into
town. Singers, dancers and acrobats fromall around the world dress in eye-pop-ping costumes, performing as reindeer,toy soldiers, gingerbread people andmore. Catch this tour in one of eightperformances over five days, Wednesdaythrough Sunday, at Chicago Theatre, 175N. State St. $28.50-$125.tinyurl.com/ydav6fe2
ThursdayLUCIA DAY CELEBRATIONS
Named after a 4th-century martyr, SaintLucia Day is widely celebrated in Scandi-navian countries, as well as by those ofSwedish descent in Chicago. One of thehallmarks of this festival of light is aprocession featuring youths in whiterobes wearing a crown of candles. Headdowntown to Daley Plaza at noon Thurs-day, when a choir sings and one youngwoman is crowned Lucia; or seek out theafter-dark procession in Andersonville.At 4:45 p.m., an all-ages group will departthe Swedish American Museum, 5211 N.Clark St., to bring their light outdoors; afinal ceremony happens at nearby Eben-ezer Lutheran Church, 1650 W. FosterAve., at 7 p.m. tinyurl.com/ybo3wupa
‘JOSEPH AND THE AMAZINGTECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT’
Brush up on your color names (“azureand lemon and russet and grey,” plus twodozen more) at this suburban revival ofthe family-friendly biblical musical byAndrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.This Citadel production, including aneight-member children’s choir, runsThursdays-Sundays through Dec. 30 atCitadel Theatre, 300 S. Waukegan Road,Lake Forest. $40-$45; $15 for kids andstudents. tinyurl.com/ychq3xcl
Friday‘MERRY MERRY CHICAGO’
One of the city’s newest holiday tradi-tions (now in its fourth annual iteration),the Chicago Symphony Orchestra cele-brates seasonal music in a family-friendly concert about 90 minutes long.This year’s guest artists include theYoung Naperville Singers and vocalistStorm Large, who gained celebrity fromthe show “Rock Star: Supernova.” Ex-pect to hear standards such as “Joy to theWorld” and “Sleigh Ride” alongsidesome surprises. The seven performancesbegin at 7 p.m. Friday and run throughDec. 23 at Symphony Center, 220 S.Michigan Ave. $38-$127.tinyurl.com/y8ak2bcs
SaturdaySTORYTIME WITH THE GRINCH
Everyone’s favorite Christmas curmud-geon is the “surprise” star at this party.(And we mean the Dr. Seuss kind, notthe Dickens variety.) Bring your kids toWinnetka for a reading of several greatChristmas books, perhaps including oneor two you don’t already know, and thenmeet the green miser — in his reformedpersona, natch — in the flesh! Or rather,in the fur. 2 p.m. at The Book Stall, 811Elm St., Winnetka. Free.tinyurl.com/ybrsrzby
SundayCONCERTS FOR KIDS: WENDY & DB
Local duo Wendy & DB, and their band,take the stage for the final edition of BeatKitchen’s 2018 Concerts for Kids. (Theall-ages series resumes Jan. 6 after aholiday hiatus.) Doors open at 11:30 a.m.,concert at noon at Beat Kitchen, 2100 W.Belmont Ave. $6-$7.tinyurl.com/yapj5w5r
Web Behrens is a freelance reporter.
The CTA’s Holiday Train (one of our 15 top recommendations for the holidays) is a be-loved perk of December. Not to be outdone by its rapid-transit sibling, the bus fleet joinsthe holiday action too. This 60-foot-long accordion bus dresses like Ralphie the Rein-deer, complete with glowing nose and antlers; inside, you’ll find Santa holding court inthe back. It’s scheduled to hit the Archer route early afternoon Dec. 16 (the CTA recom-mends using its bus tracker to be sure), with four more routes scheduled for holidaytakeover through Dec. 23. tinyurl.com/jdhe68o
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I’ve been borderlineobsessive with how I looklately — analyzing what Iwear several times beforeleaving my house, all in aneffort to avoid being body-shamed for my recentweight gain.
“Look at you — you’repregnant!” a woman whoworks at my neighborhoodcommunity center recentlyshouted at me in front ofmy sons. I was embarrassedand wanted to get out ofthere as fast as I could.
This happens all thetime. I’ve gotten commentsfrom strangers, radiologytechs, my dentist, a neigh-bor, the dry cleaner acrossthe street, the ladies whoown the neighborhoodcoffeehouse, and it’s all thesame: They point at mystomach and make the “youlook pregnant” comment.
“How can you not bepregnant?” the coffee shopowner asked, “when yourarms and legs are so thinand your stomach is sobig?”
The dry cleaner: “Are youpregnant again? No? Afteryou had the boys, you wereso slim. What happened?”
Cancer happened.Three years ago this
month, I was diagnosedwith stage 2 breast cancer.On Dec. 7, 2015, I had alumpectomy at LoyolaUniversity Medical Centerin Maywood. After 33 daysof radiation therapy, I wasput on tamoxifen, which I’llhave to take for 10 years.
Three of my doctorswarned me that one of itsside effects is weight gain.The number 20 was thrownaround for how manypounds I’d pack on, but Ichanged my diet andstarted working out a lotmore — and a lot harder.
But even with all theexercise and support from
my surgeon at Loyola, Dr.Constantine Godellas,people still point at mystomach and tell me I mustbe pregnant since my gut isso big.
Dr. Timothy Pearman,director of the SupportiveOncology program atNorthwestern MemorialHospital, said studies havenot shown a direct correla-tion between tamoxifen useand weight gain, but it’swhat oncologists believeand what patients haveexperienced. The Cleve-land Clinic and the MayoClinic also contradict thosestudies on their websites,listing weight gain as a sideeffect of the drug.
“Many women gainweight during treatment,and most of them will notreturn to their originalweight,” Pearman said.
The University of NorthCarolina at Chapel HillSchool of Medicine pub-lished a study in 2016 thatlooked at evidence ofweight gain in early stagebreast cancer patientsundergoing endocrinetreatment, such as takingtamoxifen.
The study states: “Pa-tient-reported weight gainranged widely from 18 to 52percent of patients in yearone and from 7 to 55 per-cent in year five. Somestudies reported categoriesof weight change: lostweight (9-17 percent), sta-ble weight (47-64 percent)and gained weight (27-36percent).
“Wide-ranging andinconsistent results point tothe need for further re-search to clarify annualweight change (loss, gain,
stability) from (breast can-cer) diagnosis through fiveyears of (endocrine treat-ment) and beyond,” accord-ing to the study.
While the results aremixed for breast cancerpatients, my protruding gutdoesn’t lie.
In April, after I had myyearly MRI and had justfinished a fitness challengeat work, I felt as though I’dgotten my life back. But therude comments and thefinger-pointing at my mid-section continued.
Then I saw Dr. Godellas.I poured out everythingthat frustrated me aboutthe weight gain, the medi-cation, the rude comments.
“I’m so sorry this is hap-pening to you, but I thinkyou look great. And as longas your clothes fit, that’s allthat matters,” he told me.
So why are people em-boldened to ask such per-sonal questions?
Going through breastcancer treatment is difficultenough, and it’s a long road.But the emotional andpsychological aspects are asdifficult as the physical sideeffects of surgery, chemo-therapy and radiation.
As for those rude com-ments, Dr. BenjaminJacobson, director of gen-eral psychiatry at North-western Medicine LakeForest Hospital, said: “Ei-ther ignore it and recognizethat they don’t know what(you’ve) been through, oreducate people.”
I’ve heard from friendswho tell me not to worry somuch about how I look. Orthey’ll tell me to rehearse acomeback or two, so I canfire back at these people
when it happens.But I can’t.What has helped is the
experience of goingthrough cancer. Cancerchanges you. Goingthrough something likethis, where your mortalityis tested, gives you an I’ve-been-through-way-worseattitude when it comes tojust about anything else youface in life.
Even though I am verysensitive to commentsabout my body, I am stand-ing up for myself moreoften in all facets of life, andI feel mentally strongerbecause of it. I refuse totolerate people who makeharsh or ignorant com-ments when they haveabsolutely no idea what isgoing on in my life.
Weight gain after cancer draws judgmentWriter undergoingtreatment mistakenfor being pregnantBy Tina E. AkourisChicago Tribune
Breast cancer survivor Tina Akouris has been body-shamed since taking a prescribed cancer drug that she says caused her to gain weight.
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Glory Edim, founder of Well-ReadBlack Girl, a New York-based book club-turned-online community that celebratesblack literature and sisterhood, has beendescribed as “the embodiment of what itmeans to love black women and girls.”
Edim stopped by the American WritersMuseumlast month to talk about her newanthology, “Well-Read Black Girl: Find-ing Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves.”In a series of essays and interviews, 21black women — Lynn Nottage, GaboureySidibe, Jesmyn Ward and VeronicaChambers — discuss the books thatchanged their lives and what it meant tofind their own voices reflected in thewritten word of sisters for sisters.
“I created Well-Read Black Girl, be-cause I wanted to develop a creativespace where Black women’s voices couldbe centered,” Edim writes in the antholo-gy’s introduction. “Storytelling is an ex-tension of our sisterhood. With WRBG, Istrive to galvanize readers and bringvisibility to the narratives of Black wom-en.”
The book offers further reading sug-gestions, whether you’re looking forbooks about black girlhood and friend-ship, literature on black feminism, plays,poetry, or science fiction and fantasy — allbooks by black women authors. Wetalked with Edim on the future of WRBGand what the definition of “well read”means in these current times. The follow-ing has been edited for length and clarity.
Q: What do you hope to achievewith this anthology?
A: I think about this (book) as beingpart of my legacy. I want it to live on alibrary bookshelf. I want it to be a keep-sake for people to remember all of thesedifferent voices. It’s all about sharing theword and respecting it and being kind toone another. That’s really the goal of all of
THANKSBE TOGLORY‘Well-Read Black Girl’anthology speaks to women, blackness and literatureBy Darcel RockettChicago Tribune
Glory Edim is editor of “Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves,” a series of essays and interviews.
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Huda Al-Marashi was 6 when she metHadi Ridha, the boy her family expectedher to marry in their close-knit Iraqi-American community in California.Whether to have an arranged marriage oran American love story forms the core of“First Comes Marriage,” her charming,funny, heartbreaking memoir of faith,family and the journey to love.
If Jane Austen had grown up as a first-gen daughter of Iraqi parents in the 1990s,she might have written this. Keenly ob-served, with indelible characters, Al-Marashi portrays the complex mores andmanners that govern life and love in theimmigrant community of her youth —from the kindly if baffled Baba, her elderlyfather, to Huda’s formidable mother andthe endearingly hapless Hadi, who lovesHuda for years, hampered by proprietyand his mullet.
Loosely constructed around a series offirsts — first meeting, first kiss — the mem-oir recounts Huda’s ambivalent explo-ration of traditional courtship, even as itreveals the appeal of “life made rich byrituals.” Al-Marashi weaves amesmerizing tale of an Ameri-can overachiever, whose devo-tion to excellence extends tothe realm of love. “Deep down,I wanted to marry the Iraqi,Shia boy that would make myparents proud,” she writes.
Her journey to marriage iscomic but also instructive,correcting stereotypes aboutdevout Muslims. Islam is sex-positive; women are encour-aged to achieve: “Our commu-nity of brain-drain Iraqis wasfilled with women just likeMama. Women who weredoctors, dentists, pharmacists,and engineers: they got mar-ried young, had their children,and worked. Even the womenwho stayed at home ... stillwhispered to their daughters,‘Study. Study. Become some-thing.’ ”
All of it dovetailed with the idea ofAmerican success, save one aspect: “InAmerica, you had to fall in love.”
Huda longs for American romance butshows that arranged marriage is rooted inaffection, too: in love of family, faith, com-munity.
Love stories typically end with a wed-ding, but Al-Marashi pushes past celebra-tion into tougher terrain. Honeymooningin Spain, the couple argue over whetherHuda may wear a bathing suit. She settlesfor wearing his oversize T-shirt and shorts.“I looked ridiculous, I felt ridiculous, and
as we walked along the water, Ipointed out every topless wom-an and every G-string and said,‘You really think peoplewould’ve been looking at mewhen there are people here likeher?’ ” The marital consumma-tion scene is like an outtakefrom “Bridesmaids”: “We talkedabout the best position fromwhich to proceed as if we weretwo naked co-workers assignedto the same project.”
Independent, educated andambitious, Huda is a characterwe root — and fear — for, as shediscovers marriage’s restric-tions. Forgoing graduate schooloffers to follow her husband tomedical school in Mexico, shemeets Muslim-American wom-en who have not felt pressed tomarry, who have chosen topursue educations, without fear
of losing their shot at love. In her struggleto find a middle path between her Ameri-can love story and Muslim one, she’s ulti-mately restored by a love greater thanromance.
E.J. Levy is the author of “Love, in Theory,”which won the Flannery O’Connor Prize.
New memoir navigatesIraqi-American love story By E.J. LevySpecial to The Washington Post
what we’re doing.I’m really excited for this to live on a
bookshelf, where a young girl will dis-cover it years from now. It will trans-port her to another space, since somuch of that happened when I readToni Cade Bambara, Mari Evans andMary Helen Washington. Those storieswere written way before my time, butthey were timeless and they taught mea lot about black womanhood, how tobe authentic and to speak your truth.That was my goal for this. I wanted it tobe very honest and true, and I wanted itto inspire people. It’s very much dedi-cated to the future of reading and,whether that’s young or old, it’s lookingat people who love the word and loveblack women and always want us to becherished.
Q: During your talk at the Ameri-can Writers Museum, you men-tioned how books make things vis-ible. Elaborate.
A: (The new anthology) affirms thatwe do need reflections of ourselves,because it heals us and allows us to seeourselves wholly. I was surrounded by alot of different people as a young per-son, but I still didn’t realize what I wasmissing because it wasn’t provided forme. When these books aren’t evenbeing put in front of us and when it’sinvisible on the bookshelves, you can’tsee yourself. I read all these things, butthe moment that I read Maya Angelou,that’s when the shift happened. I waslike, this is me. At the time I wasn’t justgoing to books just for a thing to do, or areflection — I needed that support. Iwas looking for advice in becoming ayoung woman, trying to understand mymother and to put words into my life ina way that I could feel a calmness.Sometimes people really need healing.
Q: What does it mean to be “well-read”?
A: This idea of being well read, attimes, can sound elitist, and I thinkanyone who picks up a book and enjoysit and gets gratification and can share itin constructive conversation is wellread. It’s all about accessibility andhaving a discussion that is eye-openingand enriching and learning somethingnew. There’s no one way to be a well-read black girl.
Q: You said books are your “cre-ative church,” so who would bringout the holy ghost in you?
A: Toni Morrison without question isthe queen mother of all literary great-ness, and I feel like her work just has areverence to it where you respect it andyou want to study it, but you also havethis feeling of admiration. Her wordsare just filled with so much truth when
it comes to the black experience, andher intellect is so profound. I love ToniMorrison, so any time we’re thinkingabout what is the gospel, she would belike the first chapter, she would be theGenesis of it all. She has a new bookcoming out, “The Source of Self-Re-gard,” it’s a collection of essays andmeditations and speeches. I love mesome Toni Morrison. Alice Walker too.She is just perfect.
Q: What’s next for WRBG? A book-store?
A: In terms of the bookstore, I wouldlike to do that in my hometown — mov-ing back to D.C. to make that happen oreven possibly Baltimore. It’s really aboutfinding the best location to make thingshappen. That’s a goal I’m working on tohave by late 2019 or early 2020.
Q: What is your next book?A: My memoir. It is going to be about
my relationship with reading, identityand how I really found myself in bookswhen my mother was really ill and howit helped in her recovery. The majortheme of it is how fiction can be nour-ishing and help you through partswhere you’re grieving or trying to figureout who you are in the world. It can beanother church for you.
Q: What books do we have to getfor the holidays?
A: I am in love with “The World Ac-cording to Fannie Davis” by BridgettDavis, a memoir about her mother whowas a numbers-runner in Detroit. It is sogood. I’m also reading a romance novelcalled “The Proposal” by Jasmine Guil-lory.
I have a bone to pick with RepublicanSen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska, and it hasnothing to do with politics.
Sasse was a recent participant in TheNew York Times By the Book feature, inwhich a prominent person is asked a se-ries of questions about their reading hab-its. Sasse is apparently quite a passionatereader, which makes sense given that heholds a doctorate in history from Yale andthat he did a stint as president of MidlandLutheran College in Fremont, Neb. He’salso an author and earlier this year pub-lished “Them: Why We Hate Each Other— and How to Heal.”
The senator lists dozens of books inresponse to The Times’ questions, andanswers in a way that makes it clear he’sactually read them. But it’s what Sassedoesn’t read that raised my hackles. Inresponse to the question, “Are there gen-res you avoid?” Sasse answered: “I inten-tionally read no modern fiction. I wish itweren’t so, but life is short, work is full andkids are under our roof for only a shorttime. When I read fiction, I want a com-munity of discourse to vouch for the factthat it’s already stood the test of time.”
I am not the reading police. I am happyto let readers follow their individualblisses to their hearts’ content. You willnot see me turn my nose up even at those(like Sasse) who are turning their nosesup. But Sasse’s answer betrays an impover-ished logic that extends beyond Sasse andgets at deeper questions about whichbooks and what literature stands “the testof time.”
Consider: Sasse extends no such criteriato some of the hot-button nonfiction hereads. “The Innovative University: Chang-ing the DNA of Higher Education Fromthe Inside Out” by Clayton Christensenand Henry J. Eyring, published in 2011, isthe first book mentioned as sitting onSasse’s nightstand. In the book, Chris-tensen declares that disruptive innovationis so powerful that half of the 4,000 col-leges and universities will be bankrupt in“10-15 years” because superior (largelyonline) education providers will makethem obsolete.
Considering we’re now almost nineyears into Christensen’s original window, Ithink we can see his claim for what it was:hype. Why read nonfiction that may notpass the test of time? I can think of plentyof reasons, of course — just as I can forreading contemporary fiction.
I once had a student ask me why there
wasn’t a “female William Shakespeare.” Ireminded him that women couldn’t evenact in the Bard’s plays at the time of theircreation. There could’ve been womenevery bit as talented as Shakespeare, butwe’ll never know.
To ignore contemporary fiction is tomiss out on the vast diversity of voices inAmerican literature, voices that may havebeen silenced by insurmountable barriersin earlier times. There is great value in the“classics,” but when we look at those clas-sics, we must be careful to notice who isoften missing or underrepresented: wom-en, people of color, indigenous peoples,marginalized groups, ethnic minorities,the poor.
Every book is an opportunity to have
one’s head cracked open to let a little morelight in. Reading fiction engenders empa-thy — a subject which, judging by the topicof Sasse’s latest book, is deeply importantto the senator. To turn away from booksthat may further a deeper understandingof others, written by people living contem-poraneously with you, is a real shame.
As to the worries about wasting time, Isympathize, but I’ve got that covered.
Call me, Senator; I have recommenda-tions for you.
John Warner is the author of “Why TheyCan’t Write: Killing the Five-ParagraphEssay and Other Necessities.”
Twitter @biblioracle
Sasse avoids modern fiction; why that’sa bad idea — especially for a politician
Book recommendationsfrom the Biblioracle John Warner tells you what to read based
on the last five books you’ve read.
1. “Mists of Avalon” by Marion Zimmer
Bradley
2. “When Breath Becomes Air” by Paul
Kalanithi
3. “The Bird Artist” by Howard Norman
4. “A is for Alibi” by Sue Grafton
5. “The Harpole Report” by J.L. Carr
— Debbie A., Des Plaines
“The History of Love” by Nicole Krauss
seems like the right fit for this list.
1. “The Rise and Fall of Adam and
Eve” by Stephen Greenblatt
2. “One Person, No Vote: How Voter
Suppression Is Destroying Our
Democracy” by Carol Anderson
3. “Hello World: Being Human in the
Age of Algorithms” by Hannah Fry
4. “The Great Leveler: Violence and
the History of Inequality from the
Stone Age to the Twenty-First Cen-
tury” by Walter Scheidel
5. “In the Hurricane’s Eye: The Genius
of George Washington and the Vic-
tory at Yorktown” by Nathaniel
Philbrick
— Pat F., Tupelo, Miss.
A history bent here, which brings me to
“Pachinko” by Min Jin Lee.
1. “Origin” by Dan Brown
2. “The Pearl Sister” by Lucinda Riley
3. “Mrs. Roosevelt’s Confidante” by
Susan Elia MacNeal
4. “Midnight at the Bright Ideas
Bookstore” by Matthew Sullivan
5. “Out of the Wild Night” by Blue
Balliett
— Judy K., Rensselaer, Ind.
Not sure why this one is hitting my Bibli-
oracle antennae, but perhaps the mys-
tery aspect is what’s triggering it: “The
Yiddish Policeman’s Union” by
Michael Chabon.
Get a reading from the BiblioracleSend a list of the last five books you’ve
Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse’s reading list doesn’t include contemporary fiction.
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Dear Miss Manners: Iinvited our neighbors andlongtime friends to dinner,and asked how manywould be attending. Theyhave two college-age chil-dren, one of whom lives athome, while the otherattends college a few hoursaway.
While we expected up tofour attendees, the replycame back “five.” They hadinvited their son’s girl-friend to come with them.This is a girlfriend, not afiancee, nor does she live intheir home.
Since when is it permis-sible to invite others toattend a sit-down dinner atsomeone else’s home? Wedo not know this girl! Ifthey want us to meet theirson’s girlfriend, shouldn’t itbe at a get-together at theirhome?
Gentle reader: Sympa-thetic as Miss Manners isto the plight of the hostesswhose guests multiplywithout invitation, sheunderstands your neigh-bors’ confusion. You did,after all, ask how manypeople were coming.
It would have beenbetter to ask after the chil-dren — thereby ascertain-ing their whereabouts —and then issue a morespecific invitation. Failingthat, your neighbor shouldhave volunteered who wasaround and then askedwhom you wished to in-clude. The proper way toavoid the unwanted extraguest is to express pleasureat the thought of meetingher, but apologize that itwill have to wait for anoth-er occasion. This is moreconvincing if you have notjust moments before issuedan open-ended invitation.
Dear Miss Manners: You(and others before) havemade it clear how to po-litely conduct a dinner-table conversation at aparty: The rule is to firstspeak with the person onyour left, followed by theperson on your right.
But of course, if I speakto “Mr. Left,” and he, too, isspeaking with HIS leftpartner (not me), and soon — how does this work?Likewise, when I speak to“Miss Right,” she mustnecessarily ignore me ifshe is speaking with HER“Miss Right.” I find thisdoes not work very well atall, due to so many swiv-eling Heads, and it’s quitedifficult to carry on twodifferent conversations atonce!
Gentle reader: You arequite right. And thethought of everyone whip-ping around in the samedirection, only to be con-fronted with the backs ofheads, is likely to cause notonly silence, but whiplash.
The fault, Miss Man-ners realizes, is in thelaudable modern tendencyto remove gender as anautomatic factor in theinterest of fairness. Forexample, we etiquetteersnow instruct people tohold doors open for oneanother, not just gentle-men for ladies.
But sometimes that isoverzealous. In this case, itshould have been specifiedthat the traditional rule isthat the hostess turns tothe person on her right,and the other ladies at thetable do the same.
But what (you may ask)if it is a host who is presid-ing? And if the guests arenot distributed around thetable in alternating gen-ders? And what if there areother gender factors in-volved?
You see the problem. Solet us restate the rule:
The person giving thedinner turns right, where-upon alternating guests
should do the same. Doesthat help?
Dear Miss Manners: Mymore mature millennialfriends (those of us in ourlate 20s and early 30s) tendto co-host parties as agroup for various celebra-tions: birthdays, engage-ments, holidays, etc. Gen-erally, prior to this point inour lives, there was an evensplit amongst the group forthe cost of the event.
However, now that someof us have partnered up,there has been a move to a“couples rate” and a “sin-gles rate” for sharing thecosts. For example: $300for a couple and $175 forsingles. But many of oursingle friends have foundthe additional cost of host-ing the party an unfair“tax” or penalty for notbeing in a committed rela-tionship.
Is there a differencedepending on the event?Say, a holiday party simplyfor the groups’ commonand ancillary friends, ver-sus an engagement partyfor a sorority sister towhom most of the partnersare not close?
Gentle reader: It has notoften been Miss Manners’experience to hear “ma-ture” and “millennial” usedin proximity (unless byway of contrast). But sinceyou have done so, she willanswer by saying that theobvious solution is also themature one: Stop chargingadmission to gatherings,and let each host throw hisor her own party. It willspread out the expense —roughly — without endan-gering longstandingfriendships over $25.
To send a question to theMiss Manners team ofJudith Martin, NicholasIvor Martin and JacobinaMartin, go to missmanners.com or write them c/oUniversal Uclick, 1130Walnut St., Kansas City,MO 64106.
How to handle unexpectedextra guest at dinnertime
Judith MartinMiss Manners
The Family Action Network (FAN) and The Book Stall hostEVE L. EWING for a talk about her book, “Ghosts in theSchoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago’s SouthSide,” showing how she knows the schools from the insideas a student, then a teacher, and now a scholar who studiesthem. Ms. Ewing is a poet, a visual artist, essayist, and authorof the “Ironheart” series for Marvel Comics, as well as anAssistant Professor at the University of Chicago.
EVE L. EWINGGhosts in the Schoolyard
1600 Dodge Ave., Evanston
Wed., Dec. 12 at 7 pm
847 446-8880
Evanston Township High School
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WEDNESDAY EVENTS
The Book Stall presents KEN STARR for a talk about hisbook, “Contempt: A Memoir of the Clinton Investigation,”his definitive account of one of the most divisive periods inAmerican history. Mr. Starr served as independent counsel,investigating the Clinton administration from 1994 to 1999. Forreservations, call 847 446-8880, also to order an autographedcopy of the book.
KEN STARRContempt: A Memoir of the Clinton Investigation
76 E. Monroe, Chicago
Tues., Dec. 11, Luncheon, 12 noon
847 446-8880
University Club of Chicago
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TUESDAY EVENTS
The Book Stall hosts a special storytime with bestsellingauthor SHERRI DUSKEY RINKER, here to read “ConstructionSite on Christmas Night,” her new picture book that has allthe trucks on her construction site building a special gift.
SHERRI DUSKEY RINKERConstruction Site on Christmas Night
811 Elm St., Winnetka
Sat, Dec. 15 at 10:30 am
847 446-8880
The Book Stall
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SATURDAY EVENTS
Anderson’s Bookshop in Naperville presents a specialevent with chef/editor/publisher/TV personality ChristopherKimball sharing his new cookbook Milk Street: TuesdayNights. Tickets are available at Anderson’s Bookshop, 123 W.Jefferson Ave. Naperville or at the door.
CHRISTOPHER KIMBALLMilk Street: Tuesday Nights
31 S. Ellsworth St. Naperville
Wednesday, December 12 at 7 pm
630-355-2665
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The pancake labors under theburden of stereotype: flat. Whichisn’t nice. Just as the bold sheepmay resent “sheepish,” and thestrident cow may balk at “cowed,”so the pancake cringes at anysentence that starts “flat as a.”Everyone knows what comes next.
It’s also unfair. Perhaps thecrepe and blintz, European im-ports, cling to the pan paper-thin.But the hometown griddlecake,johnnycake or flapjack takes pridein its light, tender bite.
Such delicate texture can beachieved via whipped eggs, bakingpowder or baking soda. Plus, onoccasion, a lift assist from seltzer.The fizzy water releases an armyof tiny bubbles who stride throughthe batter, creating cakes that are— within the confines of the pan-cake worldview — towering.
1. Pulse: Measure 1 cup rolledoats into the food processor.Measure in flour, brown sugar,baking soda, cinnamon and salt.Pulse, grinding oats to a powder.Drop in coconut oil; pulse a fewtimes, breaking oil to bits.
2. Mix: In a large bowl, whisktogether egg and the 1 cupwater. Sprinkle in remaining 1⁄2
cup oats and the flour mixture.Mix with a fork just to combine.
3. Chill: Cover and chill 1 hour or,better yet, overnight.
4. Crisp: Stir in as much seltzeras needed to make a thick,pourable batter. Heat a heavyskillet or griddle over medium.Slick with a little canola oil.Mindful that the first pancake isalways a fail, ladle on a scant ¼cup batter; nudge into a 3- or4-inch pancake. Cook untiledges are crisp and bubbles dotthe cake all the way across, 1 to2 minutes per side. Repeat,adding oil as needed (it ensurescrisp edges), using all thebatter. Top each with cinnamonbutter. Serve hot.
E. JASON WAMBSGANS/CHICAGO TRIBUNE; JOAN MORAVEK/FOOD STYLING
Seltzer water gives welcomelift to oatmeal griddlecakes
Leah EskinHome on the Range
Virginia Distillery Co. knowswhat it is. “We’re a new Ameri-can single malt distillery,” saysGareth Moore, the distillery’sCEO and chairman. “That’s theonly thing we do.”
That explains why the distill-ery, which opened in 2015, isn’tselling a clear spirit — cornwhiskey, vodka, gin or the like —while its whiskey matures. In-stead, it has taken a differenttack: It’s sourcing single-maltwhiskey from the Scottish High-lands, which it then blends withits own single malt and ages in avariety of casks that formerlyhoused chardonnay, port, beerand, most recently, cider. Theresult is a whiskey that melds theold and the new and that is ut-terly unique.
The approach is in line withthe vision of Moore’s father,George, an Irish-American entre-preneur and single malt aficiona-do who founded the distillery in2011. Though George Moore diedat 62, two years before the distill-ery opened its doors, Gareth, hiswife Maggie, and his mom, An-gela, have sought to work towarda shared ambitious goal: to pro-duce a category-defining Ameri-can single malt whiskey.
While whiskeys such as bour-bon and rye are defined by U.S.law, American single maltwhiskey is not. Virginia Distilleryand more than 100 other distill-eries that are part of a group thatcalls itself the American SingleMalt Whiskey Commission seekto change that by developing aset of common standards for thecategory. Their definition wouldrequire American single malt tobe: made from 100 percentmalted barley; distilled at onedistillery; mashed, distilled andmatured in the United States;matured in an oak cask no largerthan 700 liters; distilled to nomore than 160 proof; and bottledat 80 proof or higher.
“The standards are fairlyopen,” Gareth Moore says.“We’re not trying to stifle innova-tion. But if we want to play on theworld stage, we want to be usinga similar playbook to the one
used in Scotland or Ireland.”And playing on the world stage
is Virginia Distillery’s long-termgoal. Angela Moore isn’t shyabout her desire for a singlemalt’s Judgment of Paris-likemoment. That moment in thewine world occurred in 1976when French judges in a blindtasting gave the best ratings to aCalifornia chardonnay and cab-ernet sauvignon putting Cali-fornia wine on the map.
Like those California wines,Virginia Distillery very muchwants to produce whiskey that isof its place. “We’re not trying tocopy traditional single maltsfrom Scotland, Ireland or Japan,”Gareth Moore says. “We have avery different environment thanthe hills of Ireland or the low-lying areas of Japan that havemild climates. We’re in Virginia,where it’s very hot in the sum-mer and cold in the winter.”Those temperature swings, hesays, leave an imprint on thewhiskey.
As Virginia Distillery waits forits whiskey to mature, it contin-ues to blend its single malt withmalt whiskey from the Highlandsto craft complex, well-balancedwhiskey, such as its most recentrelease, Virginia Distillery Co.Cider Cask Finished Virginia-Highland. Given the depth andcharacter of its blends, I can’twait to try Virginia Distillery’ssingle malt in a couple of years.
Zak Stambor is a freelance writer.
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SHANNON KINSELLA/FOOD STYLING
Virginia Distillery blazing newtrail with single malt whiskeyBy Zak StamborChicago Tribune
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Today’s birthday (Dec. 9): Craft plans this year for the next decade. Financial discipline can realize your dreams. Learn surprising new physical skills. Winter brings a financial bonus, before new educational directions entice. A bonus flows into family accounts next summer, before your own finances shift. Priori-tize soul food.
Aries (March 21-April 19): Today is an 8. A pro-fessional challenge takes focus. An opportunity to re-alize an old dream tempts. Secure the ground taken, and get support. The tide is in your favor.
Taurus (April 20-May 20): 8. Get out and ex-plore. Long-distance travel delights. You can discover new treats in your own backyard, though. Get advice from those who’ve been there.
Gemini (May 21-June 20): 8. Find profitable solu-tions for a shared venture, and implement them. Talk about money, and figure out who will do what and for how much.
Cancer (June 21-July 22): 8. Work with a partner to go further. Don’t be afraid if you don’t know how to do something. You can figure it out together.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): 8. Practice to build your capacities. Keep the wheels in motion. As you gain strength, confidence comes naturally. Mental, physical and emotional discipline delivers raised performance.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): 7. Lose yourself to the pur-suit of happiness. Find love in unlikely places. Share compassion, empathy and laughter with your people. Practice to hone your artistry.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): 8. Home and family take priority. Show respect, and gain love. Your charm is captivating. Invite people over and share some home-cooked goodness together.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): 8. Take action to forward a creative project. Advance by remembering a previous experience. Loved ones teach you too. Write, edit and express your ideas.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): 9. It’s money-making time. Good news comes from far away. Disciplined efforts pay off. Do the homework to lay foundations for a successful venture.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): 9. Take charge, and push for what you want. Go ahead and make a com-mitment. Confirm your intentions with your team. You can do it.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): 6. Consider a future worth living into. Imagine, dream and envision how you would love it to be. Craft long-term plans as you rest and recharge.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): 8. Teamwork propels a community effort to victory. Do your part for shared gain. Actions taken now can have long-lasting benefit. Go for your goal.
This game challenges you to fi nd as many words as you can, as quickly as you can, in one master word.
SUTLER (SUT-ler): An army camp follower who sells provisions to soldiers.
Can you fi nd 21 or more words in SUTLER?
Average mark: 17 wordsTime limit: 25 minutes
Here are the rules:1. Words must be four or
more letters. 2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of an “s,” such as “bats” and “cats,” are not used. 3. Use only one form of a verb — either “pose” or “posed,” not both. 4. Proper nouns and slang terms are not used.
The holiday blitz has arrived, which means it’s time to get your house in order. With
meals to cook and gifts to buy, you don’t want to be scrambling at the last minute getting
a wonky oven fixed or removing stains from the living room carpet.
Here are five projects to tackle before the holiday guests come calling. The roundup
includes price info from HomeAdvisor’s True Cost Guide to help keep your holiday
budget in check.
1. Check the fireplaceBefore you fire up the yuletide log,
make sure your fireplace is safe and sound.If it has been years since your last chimneysweep, consider bringing in a pro for thejob. A clean sweep will remove built-upsoot and creosote, which left uncheckedcan pose a serious fire hazard.
You should also inspect the firebox forcracks, since they can create a pathway forstray embers into your home’s structure,
another serious fire risk.You can expect to pay between $124
and $328 to clean the chimney, and be-tween $175 and $3,000 to repair fireplacecracks, according to HomeAdvisor’s TrueCost Guide.
2. Do a deep cleanIf you don’t use a cleaning service
throughout the year, it might be worthsplurging on one before the holidays. A
Hiring a handyman to hang the lights outside your home can free up your weekend and eliminate the need for you to climb up on ladders and roofs.
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CHECKLISTHow to get your house ready
before the guests arrive
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standard cleaning will have your homelooking and smelling fresh for guests. Youcan also go deeper by having your carpets,furniture and windows cleaned.
You can expect to pay between $116and $235 to hire a maid service, between$121 and $233 to clean carpeting, andbetween $149 and $291 to clean the win-dows, according to HomeAdvisor’s TrueCost Guide.
3. Enhance lightingExterior light fixtures offer the chance
to burnish your home’s architecturewhile also making the front entrywaysafer and more inviting for holiday guests.Take advantage of existing wiring soyou’re not paying an electrician to runnew lines.
Did you know you can also hire ahandyman to hang holiday lighting onyour home’s exterior? The pro help willfree up your weekend and eliminate theneed for you to climb up on ladders androofs. You can expect to pay between $151and $805 to install a light fixture, andbetween $202 and $594 to hang holidaylights, according to HomeAdvisor’s TrueCost Guide.
4. Paint the interiorA fresh coat of paint in a few key areas
— say, the foyer, living room, powderroom and guest bedroom — will helpmake the entire home feel clean andfresh.
Winter is the slow season for manyprofessional painters, so you shouldn’thave trouble booking the project, andyou might also be able to negotiate theprice, especially if it’s a big job coveringmultiple rooms.
You can expect to pay between $380and $790 to paint an average-size room,according to HomeAdvisor’s True CostGuide.
5. Get appliances in orderYour kitchen appliances are about to
go into overdrive, especially the refrig-erator and range. Inspect them for earlysigns of trouble.
With the fridge, buzzing and hum-ming sounds, as well as inconsistenttemperatures, are indications of poten-tial failure.
As for the range, broken burners anduneven heat in the oven are issues youneed to deal with sooner rather thanlater.
You can expect to pay between $200and $400 to repair a refrigerator, andbetween $100 and $200 to repair arange, according to HomeAdvisor’sTrue Cost Guide.
A chimney sweep will remove built-up soot and creosote, safeguarding your home and
family from a fire.
DREAMSTIME
Consider a hedge if you’re in need of afence. When managed properly, hedgescost less, outlast wooden fences, are moreattractive than most walls, and producewildlife- and pollinator-pleasing berriesand blooms.
But decide just what it is that you wantfrom a barrier before shopping for sup-plies.
Standard fencing — aside from the whitepicket variety — will last a decade or morerequiring little if any maintenance. Nowatering, weeding, fertilizing or shapingrequired when using treated wood or met-al.
But living fences can include a greatvariety of attractive ornamentals (lilacs,quince, weigela), deciduous shrubs withvibrant foliage in autumn (oak leaf hy-drangea, viburnum, sedum) and ever-greens (arborvitae, boxwood, yews, hollies)that provide texture and color throughoutthe year.
All give off different looks or serve mul-tiple functions, ranging from security andprivacy to establishing boundaries anddirecting traffic. Some provide nourish-ment to wildlife, offer sound abatementand visual screening, create shade or serveas windbreaks.
“If you’re making a barrier, it’s a bit moredifficult to do it with vegetation,” saidWayne Clatterbuck, with University ofTennessee Forestry Extension. “The mainproblem with a living fence is mainte-nance. It wants to grow and spread.
“Unlike standard fences, hedges don’tprovide instant gratification. They taketime to mature — to reach the size andshape that you want,” he said.
A regular fence begins fulfilling its func-tion the moment you put your tools away.“But it’s stagnant. It also needs some main-tenance, and eventually it will need replac-ing,” Clatterbuck said.
“A living fence is more functional, moreappealing,” he said.
To keep a hedge wildlife-friendly, avoidhigh-maintenance shrubs, like formalizedboxwoods or topiaries. Many floweringhedges are traditionally pruned, but fewrequire it. Birds, animals and beneficialinsects favor naturally shaped hedgingwith pollen-laden blooms, nourishingberries and fruit. Thick hedges with heavyleaf coverage also furnish shelter fromstorms and protection from predators.
Beware, however, the intimidating fam-ily of shrubs — barberry, quince, pyracan-tha, cactus. Their barbs can be painful toprune and even more uncomfortable toremove.
There are no landscaping rules againstblending plant varieties (evergreens withdeciduous shrubs, for instance) or integrat-ing them into commercial fencing (Bostonivy climbing posts and gates, grape vinesclinging to walls.) Vines and shrubs softenthe look of chain link and privacy fencing.
But living fences should have shrubsappropriate for the environment, saidMichael Kuhns, a wildland resources de-partment head with Utah State University.
“Native plants are the way to go if youlive in a place that supports them, espe-cially low-water areas,” Kuhns said. “Youwon’t get lush growth with infrequentprecipitation.”
Installing fencing may require permits,and local codes might dictate the heightand kinds of materials allowed. Checkingwith City Hall about fencing restrictionsmay save you time and money.
Property-line issues also arise fre-quently, so tell your neighbors what youhave planned before getting started.
“Most neighbors won’t get that workedup about someone making a nice hedge intheir yard,” Kuhns said.
An ivy-covered fence near Langley, Wash.,
underscores that there are no landscaping
rules against blending plant varieties or
integrating them into commercial fencing.
Vines can soften the look of traditional
fences.
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If you need afence, considerhedge instead
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Gardeners often are toldit’s better to landscape withtrees and plants that areresistant to diseases andpests than to fight problemswith pesticides.
Choosing plants that areless likely to develop un-sightly problems reducesthe use of toxic chemicals,said Sharon Yiesla, plantknowledge specialist at thePlant Clinic of the MortonArboretum in Lisle. “Youdon’t have the trouble ofapplying them, and youaren’t introducing thosepesticides to the environ-ment,” she said.
How do you knowwhether a plant can resistdisease? “You’ll have to dosome research,” Yiesla said,“but it’s worth investing alittle effort upfront to avoidbuying a problem.”
That research can helpyou choose specific speciesthat are less prone to cer-tain diseases. Common lilac(Syringa vulgaris) often getspowdery mildew, a com-mon fungus disease thatcreates white or light grayfuzz on the leaves in sum-mer. The smaller, later-blooming Korean lilac(Syringa meyeri) is muchless susceptible to the fun-gus.
“If you have a lot of trou-ble with a particular plantyear after year, considerreplacing it with a differentspecies,” Yiesla said. If theleaves of your arrowwoodviburnum (Viburnum den-tatum) are repeatedly eatenby viburnum leaf beetles,you might swap it out forone of the other viburnumspecies, such as Judd’sviburnum (Viburnum xjuddii), that appear to beless attractive to the bee-tles. Or choose a plant froma different genetic family,such as smooth hydrangea(Hydrangea macrophylla).Plants that are more dis-
tantly related are less likelyto be prone to the sameproblems.
Another way a plant canbe disease-resistant is if itwas bred that way. Today,plant breeders know gar-deners are looking forlower maintenance plants,so they make disease resist-ance a priority as theydevelop new cultivars, orcultivated varieties.
For example, some flow-ering crab apple cultivarshave been selected for theirability to resist commonfungus diseases that disfig-ure many apple trees, in-cluding apple scab and fireblight. The arboretum’swebsite lists a number ofthese cultivars. Go tomortonarb.org, and searchfor “crabapple.” The PlantClinic also can help youselect many kinds of dis-ease-resistant trees andother plants.
Don’t assume, however,that a disease-resistantplant will be problem-free.“No plant is bulletproof,”Yiesla said. “The word‘resistant’ does not mean‘immune.’ ”
Think of a disease or pestas an army besieging afortress. A strong fortress
may easily resist mostsieges — unless the foodstockpile dwindles or adrought dries up the watersupply. “In difficult years,even resistant plants justcan’t hold out,” Yiesla said.When there is more rainthan usual, plants thatnormally resist fungusdiseases may be infected.Drought also can stresstrees and other plants andforce many to drop theirdefenses.
Even if a plant does getinfected, it’s not necessarilya big problem. Some plantscan tolerate a certainamount of disease or insectdamage, even if it’sunattractive to gardeners.For example, in wet years,many maple trees get tarspot on their leaves in latesummer. “It’s unsightly,”Yiesla said, “but it doesn’treally do the tree any long-term harm.”
For tree and plant advice,contact the Arboretum’sPlant Clinic (630-719-2424or [email protected]).
Beth Botts is a staff writer atthe Morton Arboretum inLisle (www.mortonarb.org).
Do research, select plantsthat resist diseases, pestsBy Beth BottsChicago Tribune
Disease-resistant varieties, such as this Adirondack flower-
ing crab apple tree, can keep their good looks as long as
they are not under stress, but no plant is entirely immune
from pests and disease.
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Q: The bride andgroom can’t agree on awedding date. Who getsthe final call?
A: The only instancewhen it’s OK to make thefinal call is when your boosays, “I’m good with what-ever date you decide!”
More grooms are gettinginvolved with the weddingplanning than ever before;
this is every bit as much hiswedding as it is the bride’s.Coming to an agreement ona date is where all the wed-ding planning begins.
However, if the bride andgroom cannot agree on adate, then it boils down towhy. Many factors cancomplicate setting a date,like the bride’s family pay-ing for the event and thefamily’s opinions beingconsidered. Ultimatelythough, the final decisionshould be the couple’s.
Since the wedding willinvolve both sets of familiesand friends, the weddingdate should be decided byboth the bride and thegroom. Honor a time thatworks for both of you. It’snot about who gets the finalcall — the couple need to beable to make importantdecisions together beforejourneying into marriage.
How sweet is it to startthe wedding planningprocess in agreement? Thiswill set the tone of what’s
ahead in a sea of decisionsin both wedding planningand marriage.
— Mary Chatman, editor-in-chief of Black BrideMagazine
A: Planning a weddinginvolves logistical andemotional decisions. But inthe end, emotion is astronger force and has alonger memory.
Down the road, a couplewill care less about whatactual day the wedding was
on; they will, though, careabout the conflict overchoosing the date and howthat squabble affected notonly their planning process,but also their relationship.
Couples should focusmore on what type of mem-ory they are creating fortheir relationship down theline. Someone getting thefinal call can create resent-ment, and that doesn’t setthe couple up for a healthyrelationship.
The pair each should
throw out their expecta-tions and find a solutionthat makes both happy.
— Jen Elmquist, licensedmarriage and family ther-apist
Who gets the final call on when to have a wedding?
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The holidays are a hugedeal in the Weston house-hold — and every year, theexpenses threatened togallop out of control.
Keeping the holidayjoyous and less stressfulmeans keeping a firm reinon our spending. Here’swhat we do, as well as smartfrugal tips from others:
Budget for everyexpense
By early November, I setup a spreadsheet withbudgeted amounts for: ■ Gifts, with names andhow much we expect tospend on each person. ■ Holiday tips, again withnames and amounts. ■ Travel expenses, includ-ing gas, hotel and meals. ■ The tree, lights and otherdecorations. ■ Food, drinks and treatsfor holiday gatherings. ■ Holiday cards, postageand wrapping supplies.
Spreadsheets aren’texactly warm, fuzzy andcinnamon-scented. Butthey allow us to see ourtotal expected holidayspending and to make ad-justments as necessary.(Adjustments are alwaysnecessary.)
We’ve used various ideasover the years to curb ex-penses, as our fortunes andthe size of family gatheringschange. One year the adultsdrew names for gifts. We’vealso asked friends and moredistant relatives to ex-change cards instead ofpresents.
We set an overall budgetfor our daughter’s presents,then have her prioritize herwish list. Learning to pri-oritize is an important lifeskill, so this exercise doesdouble parenting duty.
Check the‘cushions’
Remember the dayswhen you ransacked the
couch cushions for loosechange? There are betterplaces to hunt for forgot-ten money. Some places tolook:
Your gift card stash.Pass them along, use themto buy presents or cashthem in at sites such asGift Card Granny or Raise.
Credit card rewards.Rewards points can beused to buy gift cards andmerchandise. We typicallyuse our rewards for travel,but I sometimes turnpoints from little-used ororphaned accounts intogift cards.
The coin jar. Somebanks and credit unionswill count change for free,or you can use the Coin-Star machines found at
many grocery and drug-stores. We avoid Coin-Star’s exchange fee byopting for electronic giftcards from Amazon, Star-bucks and other retailers.
The gift stash. SurelyI’m not the only person totuck away the perfect giftfor someone, only to find ityears later. Now I keep abin in the closet to stashpresents year-round. Thebin also includes someall-purpose gifts (candles,scented soaps, fancycorkscrews) that can beused to thank a hostess orto give to the friend whoignored the “no gifts thisyear” agreement.
The heirlooms. Con-sider passing along a treas-ured object while you’re
still around to enjoy therecipients’ pleasure. Itcould be something thatyou inherited or that theother person admired: apiece of artwork or jew-elry, a beloved toy, a musi-cal instrument, a grand-parent’s toolbox or bakingsupplies.
Cut otherexpenses
Our holiday spendingsurge requires cuttingother expenses to keepour budget in balance.Ahead of the holidays, we: ■ Eat out less and planmeals that mostly useitems from our pantry. ■ Scour our recurringbills for possible savings,
such as pausing subscrip-tions or canceling an un-used gym membership. ■ Look for cheap enter-tainment, such as freecommunity concerts orbaking cookies withfriends.
We’re also changinghow we make charitabledonations, because the2017 tax overhaul probablymeans we’ll no longer get atax deduction.
Instead of rushing tomake big year-end contrib-utions, we’ve set upmonthly payments to ourfavorite charities. Thatprovides them with asteady source of incomeand avoids another bigDecember dent in ourbudget.
Keep the budgetupdated
A budget should be regu-larly updated and adjusted.I log our spending everyweek and use apps such asSanta’s Bag or ChristmasList that I can update onmy phone.
This approach doesmore than keep us honestabout our spending. At theend of the season, I have arealistic idea of how muchto save for next year. I di-vide that total by 12, and setup a monthly transfer to anonline savings accountlabeled “Christmas.”
Having the money to payfor the holidays in cashevery year may be the bestgift of all.
4 smart ways to rein in your holiday spendingBy Liz WestonNerdWallet
The holiday spending surge requires cutting other expenses and keeping track of your budget for gifts, travel and holiday gatherings.
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Classic leopard prints never really go out of style, but thisseason, a menagerie of animal prints, from tiger to cheetah tosnakeskin, ruled fashion’s runways.
How to get the look? There are endless options. Fast fash-ion powerhouse Zara created the perfect New Year’s Eveoutfit in a chic, long, knit skirt covered in leopard-print se-quins shown with a fitted black sweater. Alexander Wangwent sleek ’80s with his studded leopard-print ankle boots,and Dolce & Gabbana put a fun twist on the trend with itsfurry tiger-print Mary Janes.
On the home front, designers embraced the trend, creatinganimal print accessories from pillows to rugs, often abstract-ing the pattern and adding bold colors.
Go wild: Our favorite animal prints in home and fashion design
Jaipur’s leopard spots En Casa pillow, left,
$49, and Square Feathers’ hand-sewn
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Dear Answer Angel
Ellen: I never thought Iwould type these words,but here goes: Is it OK towear sequins in the day-time? I’ve got sequin “eve-ning” clothes that I reallylove, but I wear them a fewtimes and then they justtake up space in my closet.
— P.L.
Dear P.L.: I never thoughtI would type this responseto your question but … theanswer is yes. It will takesome guts, but there areplaces and events wherethose sequined sweaters,jackets, skirts and dressescan work for daytime. Littlegirls love sparkles, and ifyou doubt it, just go intoany store’s girls depart-ment, and you practicallyneed sunglasses for all theglitter and sequins on theclothes for sale there. Well,big girls love sparkles too,as your wardrobe (minetoo) attests. Once I got yourquestion — the first of itskind to land in my inbox —I did some research andfound evidence that se-quins have definitelybusted into daywear.
Some examples:■ Vogue Magazine had alayout with the caption“sequins do indeed pairwell with corduroy,” show-ing a gorgeous model wear-ing wide leg corduroy cargopants with a gold sequinbustier and a hipster winterhat. Granted, this particularoutfit is not for everyone.■ InStyle magazine editorLaura Brown winds up herDecember issue editor’sletter with this advice,“wear your sequins howev-er you damn want.”■ The Guardian, a British
newspaper and website(theguardian.com) ran anentire story headlined“How to wear: sequins inthe daytime.” Author JessCartner-Morley writes,“You can wear sequins forthe daylight hours as youused to wear after dark —you just wear them in adifferent way.”
So, how to wear sequinsin the harsh light of day andnot look as if you’ve beenout all night? How aboutstyling that cocktail dress asa skirt by wearing it under achunky sweater with knee-high or over-the-kneeboots? Maybe not for workbut certainly a weekendbrunch. Or a sequin topwith a heavy knit cardigan,jeans and booties or evengym shoes. If you don’tthink jewels and sneakersgo together, just check out
Gucci’s latest footwear. Andwhile we’re on the topic, infashion there are no rules.Granted, daytime sequinsaren’t for everybody, buthow about adding leopardshoes or a bright pink beltto a black dress. Baby steps!
Dear Answer Angel
Ellen: I travel frequentlyand hate carrying an over-stuffed makeup bag. Howmany products make up theperfect travel kit?
— J.L.T.
Dear J. L.T.: I’m a convertto the carry-on-luggage-only club, and it has been areal struggle to pare down.But after a lot of trial anderror, here’s what you need:
Sunscreen (I use tinted,so it doubles as a makeupbase.)
Eyeliner
Neutral eye shadow (mychoice is a medium brown),sometimes adding a deepgray on the outer lid forevening. Don’t forget abrush or tool to apply it.
MascaraLipstickEyebrow pencil or gelNighttime moisturizer if
your skin is dry (also dou-bles as hand and bodylotion).
Makeup remover pads,lotion or cloths
(And remember theairline rules about howmuch gel or liquid — max3.4-ounce containers — youcan carry on the flight. It allhas to fit in a quart-sizeresealable bag.)
And another makeupquestion …
Dear Answer Angel
Ellen: I’ve been using facialpowder all my life, but I’venoticed that lately it mi-grates to the fine (and not sofine) lines around my eyes.What’s the answer to myproblem? Or is there one?
— Katie L.
Dear Katie: First of all,there’s a whole no-makeupmovement out there. Do aninternet search for AliciaKeys photos, and you’ll seewhat I mean. It is a boldchoice, although not one I’drecommend. Other optionsto try are a makeup primerunder your foundationand/or powder or powderfoundation, such as Neutro-gena Mineral Sheers, whichis a combo of matte founda-tion and powder to elimi-nate sheen. Some womenswear by oil-control blottingpapers. And, if all else fails,
decide whether the advan-tages of shine-eliminatingpowder outweighs the illeffects.
Angelic readersMany readers agreed
with me that the only realsolution for a saggy neck,whether a result of weightloss, genes or aging, issurgery. But others hadsome suggestions that haveworked for them: GoldBond Ultimate Neck &Chest Firming Cream(drugstores and big boxstores, under $10) comeshighly recommended.Maureen O. says it’s not amiracle worker, but “Idefinitely see a difference.”Lucia K. and Julie C. agree.
A reader using the name“Firm Neck” says LacuraFace Care Q10 Day CreamAnti-Wrinkle and LacuraQ10 Night Cream Anti-Wrinkle ($16 and up, ama-zon.com) are “the best facecreams ever.” JCGF likesAvon Anew Power Serum(Avon representatives,avon.com or amazon.com,$14.75). Ann S. says she usesAnti-Terge Moisture andProtective Cream (dental-tech.com, $8.10). Renata’ssuggestion is expensive, butshe says it works if appliedreligiously daily and reap-plied if outdoors: NeocutisMicro-Firm & DecolleteRejuvenating Complex(amazon.com, $135).
Cynthia S. suggests,“swimming the Australiancrawl.” Susan L. recom-mends a hilarious book bythe late Nora Ephron, “IFeel Bad About My Neck”(Target, $12.75). It won’tchange how you look, but itwill make you laugh andknow you aren’t alone.
Around two dozen tra-ders sit in an open-layoutsecond floor of a buildingin suburban Philadelphia.Surrounded by computermonitors, loud conversa-tion and ringing phones,the energy on this tradingfloor is high, and the com-modity is blingy.
At the headquarters ofGovberg, they’re not deal-ing in diamonds or gold butpre-owned luxury watches,of which the company sellsabout $200 million worth ayear.
Some 100 miles north-east, 23-year-old ChristianZeron sits in his parents’dining room in suburbanNew Jersey looking ataround 30 pre-ownedvintage watches. In a fewdays, he’ll put them up forsale on his company’swebsite, theoandharris.com, which sells $2 mil-lion in watches annually.
Govberg, in the watchbusiness for 35 years, andTheo & Harris, foundedonly three years ago, arepart of the thriving pre-owned luxury watch busi-ness. Along with dozens ofother companies, they arethe core of an industry thathas exploded over the pastfew years.
Even though watcheshave been disappearingfrom people’s wrists withthe spread of mobilephones, luxury watchesremain a popular statussymbol. In fact, sales havecrept up slightly in the lasttwo years.
The pre-owned businessallows shoppers to get agood deal on modernwatches like Rolex Subma-riner, while also offering alarge selection of vintagepieces like an early 20th-century Cartier Tank.
Danny Govberg, thefounder of Govberg’s globalwatch operation Watch-Box, compared the rise ofpre-owned watches to the“quartz revolution” nearly
five decades ago.“Pre-owned watches are
coming out of drawers sofast and furious now thatI’ve never seen anythinglike it,” Govberg said in aninterview in the company’sheadquarters in Bala Cyn-wyd, just outside Philadel-phia. “It’s a real disruptioncoming to our industry.”
Zeron, of Theo & Harris,uses video to offer histhoughts on the industry,and regularly gets hun-dreds of thousands ofviews for his four weeklyYouTube posts.
“Social media is where ittook off,” he said, sitting inhis parents’ living roomwith Anna Griffin who washis first employee and afellow student at SetonHall University in NewJersey. “We don’t have aretail store — there was noactual foot traffic. It was allsocial buzz.”
The young entrepreneur,who founded the companywith $10,000 in saved-upbirthday money when hewas a college sophomore,has a larger-than-life per-sona on social media, witha no-holds-barred ap-proach to roasting iconicbrands such as Breitling.
A watch enthusiast canspend hours on web fo-rums, debating the differ-ences between the variousiterations of a $4,500 Tu-dor Black Bay (“I love the
domed crystal but I’d beinterested to see it 1mmthicker,” says one memberon RolexForums.com ofthe latest “Fifty-Eight”release.)
The explosive growth ofpre-owned watch sales hasdeeper roots than socialmedia, however. There’s anemotional and intellectualappeal to owning a me-chanical device that couldhave 300 small piecesinside.
“Nothing that anyoneconsumes is very interest-ing anymore,” said Zeron,sporting a 1980s 18-karatgold Rolex Oyster Perpetu-al Day-Date.
Take the ubiquitousiPhone — easily replace-able, Zeron notes.
“If your vintage Omegabreaks, that’s it. It’s over.You will never get anotherone like it,” he said.
Then, there is the sheervolume and variety onoffer, with supply flowingout of people’s drawers.
“If you went into anIWC boutique, they mayhave 50, 60, 70, 80 watchesto choose from,” Govbergsaid. “But in the pre-ownedspace of IWC, you mayhave 900 watches tochoose from.”
Bottom line: A pre-owned luxury watch ingreat condition is usually athird of the price of a newone.
Watch geeks drive boomingtrade in pre-owned piecesBy Amir BibawyAssociated Press
Christian Zeron, right, of Theo & Harris, sells $2 million
in watches annually on his company’s website.
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The sixth annual Playing it Forward Ping Pong Ballfundraiser, hosted by the Jackson Chance Foundation,drew more than 550 guests Nov. 8 to the St. Jane Hotel.
Combining a table tennis tournament with a star-studded party, the event raised over $375,000 to benefitfamilies with critically ill infants in neonatal intensivecare units (NICU) at Lurie Children’s Hospital andNorthwestern Medicine Prentice Women’s Hospital byremoving the financial burden of parking fees.
Held in partnership with Joola USA, the event wasco-chaired by former Chicago Bear Charles “Peanut”Tillman and his wife, Jackie. It began with a VIP recep-tion where guests mingled with celebritie, includingTaylor Kinney and Miranda Rae Mayo of “ChicagoFire,” Colin O’Donnell of “Chicago Med,” former Chi-cago Bears Matt Forte, Jerry Azumah, Israel Idonijeand Otis Wilson, and former Chicago Bull Will Perdue.
Emcees Val Warner and Ryan Chiaverini of “WindyCity Live” brought the crowd to attention. “Imaginebeing separated from your baby the moment they enterthe world. Then imagine having to pay a fee each timeyou wanted to see your child. … Parking fees at NICUscan cost more than $1,000 a month, forcing many fam-ilies to make unthinkable choices,” Warner said.
Chiaverini introduced foundation founder CarrieMeghie who, along with her husband, Terry, createdthe nonprofit in honor of their son Jackson Chance,who was born prematurely on 11/11/11 at 11:11 p.m. andwho passed away before his first birthday.
A heated pingpong battle followed with young proand NICU alum Nandan Naresh and partner/co-chairTillman losing to older brother Sid Naresh and partnerTaylor Kinney. Ben Davis won the overall competition.
Carrie Meghie presented the Owl Give Award thatrecognizes NICU nurses, to Ashley Grumbine of Ann &Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
Since 2017, the nonprofit has raised more than $3.3million.
Freelance writer Candace Jordan is involved in manyorganizations, including some whose events she covers.
Ping Pong Ball to payparking fees for NICU
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Taylor Kinney of “Chicago Fire”
Sid Naresh, Sangita Santhanam,
Nandan Naresh and Arcot Naresh
Jerry Azumah, Val Warner
and Israel “Izzy” Idonije
Krista and Adam Hoge
Beth Heller, Colin Donnell and Jacky Ferro
Meghan Collins and Tahoor Hanafi
Tim Lambert, Derek Trekell, Karen Ranquist,
Leah Strate and Dan Gibson
Tali Kogan, from left, Jason Fishbein
and Andrea Levoff
Terry and Carrie Meghie
Co-chairs Charles “Peanut”
Tillman and Jackie Tillman
More online
Find more photos and video of this event atwww.chicagotribune.com/candidcandace
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December is mega-tax-bill timeon Capitol Hill, where legislationloaded with gifts and goodies forspecial-interest constituentsmoves ahead for action before theend of the year. House Republi-cans have unveiled their 2018version — nearly 300 pages worth— and it has goodies galore:Write-offs and tax-credit deals forracehorse owners, “motorsportsentertainment complexes,” TVand film producers, mine-rescueteam trainers, two-wheeled elec-tric vehicles, Indian coal facilities,economic development in Ameri-can Samoa and a bunch of others.And yes, homeowners and build-ers are on the gift list as well:■ Did you pay mortgage-insur-ance premiums this year on aconventional home loan, a FederalHousing Administration (FHA)-backed mortgage or a Veterans(VA) loan? Congratulations!You’re a potential beneficiary ifthe bill passes.■ Did you install energy-conserv-ing improvements in your housethis year, such as high-perform-ance windows, doors, roofing orskylights? Did you buy an energy-efficient furnace, hot-water heateror air conditioner? The new taxbill has a little something for you.Ditto if you built an energy-effi-cient new house.■ Were you underwater on yourmortgage, forced to do a shortsale, foreclosed upon or negotiat-ed a loan workout agreement thisyear in which the lender forgavethe balance owed? Good news.You’re covered by the bill — theIRS will not tax the forgiven bal-ance of your debt as ordinaryincome if the bill passes and thistax-code provision is extended.■ Were you a victim of one thecountry’s recent natural disasters,such as hurricanes Florence orMichael, the Camp and Woolseywildfires or the Kilauea volcaniceruption? The bill offers tax reliefto assist your recovery.
The bill clearly has valuableprovisions for certain groups ofhomeowners. But it also has fun-damental problems. Start with thebasics: Can it pass? One of therisks of sponsoring tax proposalslate in a congressional session —House Ways and Means Commit-tee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, only introduced it Nov. 26— is that they can get squished inthe last-minute crush of higher-profile legislation, such as this
Kenneth R. HarneyThe Nation’s Housing
GOP taxbill: Manygifts, butflaws too
Turn to Tax bill, Page 3
On Chicago’s Northwest Side sits a boxy
brick building, rich in history and ready for
residents.
The old Marshall Field’s warehouse, atthe intersection of Diversey Avenue andPulaski Road in the Belmont Gardensneighborhood, is getting new life as luxuryapartments.
The Field’s Lofts, which has startedpre-leasing, will be home to 123 studio,one- and two-bedroom apartments. Thefirst move-ins are slated for early 2019.
Behind the project is Chicago-baseddeveloper Hubbard Street Group and itsmanaging partner, John McLinden.
This is not McLinden’s first venture intomaking old industrial spaces new again. Hewas behind the 1991 redevelopment ofLincoln Park’s Altgeld Court condos, an89,000-square-foot courtyard building, andthe Montgomery Ward redevelopment inRiver North, which boasted 31 acres of landand over 2 million square feet of neglectedbuildings.
The Field’s Lofts is just part of the on-going redevelopment of what is now calledThe Fields, a 90-year-old collection ofbrick buildings — 1.5 million square feet seton 22 acres. The complex also includesparking, office and retail space.
Original building elements that weremaintained in the design of The Field’sLofts include soaring 14- to 17-foot ceilings
and structural columns, which will bepainted with splashes of the signatureMarshall Field’s green. Residents will alsofind an old warehouse sign hanging in oneof the common areas.
Amenities include a fitness center, yogaand meditation lounge, sundeck, partyroom with a chef’s kitchen, co-workingspace, storage lockers, bike parking andon-site management. The outdoor sundeckfeatures a grilling area, fire pit, loungechairs, dining tables and skyline views.
Rents start at $1,450 a month for studios,$1,650 for one-bedrooms and $2,295 fortwo-bedrooms.
Chicago Tribune’s Ryan Ori contributed.
A model one-bedroom apartment at the former Marshall Field’s warehouse in the Belmont Gardens neighborhood of Chicago.
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WASHINGTON — Spendingon U.S. construction projects fell0.1 percent in October, the thirdconsecutive monthly decline, asweakness in home building andnon-residential constructionoffset a rebound in governmentprojects.
The October decline matcheda similar 0.1 percent drop in Sep-
tember and followed a 0.4 percentfall in August, the CommerceDepartment reported Monday.Construction has been weak sincepeaking in May with declines infour of the five months since thattime, reflecting in large part thechallenge facing home builders.
Home builders have struggledall year with rising costs for lum-ber, land and workers. Mortgagerates are also rising, reflecting inpart rate hikes by the Federal
Reserve, which has boosted itsbenchmark rate three times thisyear and is expected to hike ratesfor a fourth time later this month.
In October, home building fell0.5 percent, while non-residen-tial construction retreated 0.3percent as declines in construc-tion of medical facilities andshopping centers offset a gain inoffice construction. Governmentspending was up 0.8 percent inOctober, a rebound that reflected
gains in both state and local proj-ects and federal spending.
The National Association forBusiness Economics released aneconomic outlook Monday inwhich its forecasting paneldowngraded estimates for homeconstruction for this year andnext year. It projects that builderswill start 1.26 million homes in2018, down from their forecast inOctober for 1.28 million housingstarts this year.
The revised forecast wouldstill be a 5 percent increase fromthe 1.2 million housing starts in2017. For 2019, the forecast ex-pects starts will rise to 1.3 millionunits, a reduction of 50,000 unitsfrom NABE’s October survey.
The three straight declines inconstruction spending left totalspending at a seasonally adjustedannual rate of $1.31 trillion inOctober, 1.2 percent below thepeak hit in May.
Spending on construction down 0.1% in OctoberBy Martin CrutsingerAssociated Press
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ADDRESS: 2221 N. Leavitt St., Unit 1, in ChicagoASKING PRICE: $1,190,000Listed on Oct. 20, 2018
With five bedrooms and 3 1⁄2 baths, this newer Bucktownduplex condo offers 4,500 square feet of living space and anextra-wide, open floor plan that is flooded with natural light.The first level includes a large living/dining room combo anda family room that leads to the chef’s kitchen with a breakfastnook, quartz counters, Italian cabinetry and professional-grade appliances. Retreat to the lower level, which featuressoaring ceilings and an additional entertainment space with awet bar. All five bedrooms are located on this level, includingthe master suite with a sitting area and multiple customclosets. The spalike master bath features heated floors, dualvanities, a soaking tub and a European walk-in wall shower with multiple jets and dual showerheads. Located on a quiettree-lined street, this home offers a private garage rooftop deck, a front terrace and a deck off of the kitchen/family room.Agent: Melissa Dondalski of @properties, 312-632-0380
At press time, this home was still for sale.
To feature your luxury listing of $800,000 or more in Chicago Tribune’s Dream Homes, send listing information and high-resolution photos to [email protected].
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Q: My deed containsan error. Instead of oneof the property linesbeing described as run-ning “south westerly 146feet,” it reads “southeasterly 146 feet.”
For selling or passingon the property to heirswithout a problem at alater date, is this defectsignificant enough towarrant requesting theattorney who preparedthe deed to correct theerror with a new deed orby some other means?
A: Heck, yes! And, if thatis truly a mistake on thedeed, we’re glad youcaught the error. We be-lieve you should go back tothe attorney and get thedeed corrected becausethere are a few things thatmust be correct on a deedto avoid complicationsdown the line, includingthe names of the owners,the names of the buyers,the tax parcel identifica-tion number, the addressand the legal description.
Before we go into de-tails, we want you to makesure that the “error” youthink is there is truly anerror. If you have a surveyof your property, the sur-vey should have a match-ing legal description to thedeed and your title insur-ance policy, if you got onewhen you purchased thehome. If all three legaldescriptions match, wewould question whetheryou have an error in thelegal description.
We’re guessing you’vedetermined that the errordefinitively exists. Howcould this have happened?It may have been becausethe survey showed the“south westerly” directionand your deed showed the“south easterly” directionof the property.
If the survey legal de-scription is short and
rather simple, you shouldtrack it on the survey: Findthe starting point for thelegal description, and fol-low the legal description asif you were following direc-tions. If the directionsfollow correctly on thesurvey, we’d guess you’reright and the deed is wrong.
While the address isimportant, the legal de-scription is even moreimportant. When it comesto single family homes,many homes are located insubdivisions. When a sellerconveys title to a buyer, theseller’s deed might containa reference to, say, Lot 30 insuch and such subdivision.If the reference to the lot iswrong, the buyer would notreceive title to the rightproperty. In condo build-ings, where parking is soldseparately, if there is amistake in the parkingspace number on the deed,the buyer will technicallybe sold the wrong spot.
Likewise, when a prop-erty is not subdivided, thelegal description may bereferred to as a metes-and-bounds description. Thatdescription, if the propertywere a rectangular parcel,would start at a specificpoint, then describe thedistance to the next pointwith certain coordinates,then again to a third pointby distance and coordinates
and finally one last distancewith more coordinates. Ifthe legal description isproper, it makes the rectan-gle (or whatever the shapeof the property), and thelegal description closesproperly.
That’s why you shouldhave the issue corrected. Insome instances, the correc-tion can be made on theoriginal recorded docu-ment and that documentcan be rerecorded with thecorrect information and anindication the documentwas rerecorded to correct ascrivener’s error. If youpurchased the property andobtained title insurance,you may be able to go backto the title company thatinsured your purchase andhave them or the settle-ment agent correct it.
This is why it’s so impor-tant to review all the docu-ments before you sign themat the closing. Mistakes cancreep into the process. Ilyceonce caught a refinanceloan agreement with thewrong interest rate on it;it’s a lot less hassle to cor-rect the documents at theclosing than afterward.
Ilyce Glink is the CEO ofBest Money Moves andSamuel J. Tamkin is a realestate attorney. Contactthem through the websiteThinkGlink.com.
Error in deed’s propertydescription must be fixed
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By Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. TamkinTribune Content Agency
Q: I live in a six-unit,self-managed condomin-ium association. Theboard president is con-sidering taking on extraresponsibilities to basi-cally manage our associ-ation on the condition hewill be paid. We are won-dering if a director isallowed to be paid for hisor her service on theboard. We cannot findanything in the Condo-minium Act that ad-dresses this issue.
A: The CondominiumAct does not address thecompensation of directors.However, most bylawsexpressly state that condo-minium directors shallserve without compensa-tion unless approved by acertain percentage of theunit owners. Compensa-tion of condominium di-rectors is rare. If the by-laws contain customarylanguage, it may be pos-sible for the unit owners toapprove compensation fora director to take on extraresponsibilities if the unitowners are inclined to doso.
Q: I am a new condo-minium unit owner in asmall association. In ourassociation, the unitowners vote for newdirectors, but onceelected, the board ofdirectors does not givethe unit owners anyinput on budget in-creases. The 2019 budgethad an increase of 5.5percent. Are unit owners
entitled to approvebudget increases?
A: Pursuant to Section18(a)(8) of the Condomini-um Act, the board of direc-tors alone adopts budgets.However, the Condomini-um Act contains a safe-guard for unit owners toreject a budget that in-creases more than 15 per-cent of the sum of all regu-lar and special assessmentspaid during the precedingfiscal year by followingcertain procedures. There-fore, because a 5.5 percentbudget increase is belowthe 15 percent thresholdthat triggers a possible unitowner rejection, the boardmay adopt the budgetwithout unit owner inputor rejection rights.
Q: I am a board mem-ber of a small self-man-aged condominium asso-ciation built in the 1950s.Due to rust build-up inthe galvanized pipes, thewater pressure has de-clined such that replace-ment plumbing is re-quired throughout thebuilding to obtain nor-mal water pressure.Would the entire projectbe a common expense orcould the associationassess a portion of theproject to the unit own-ers, such as the branchlines from the main wa-ter riser to the units?
A: Water pipes in condo-minium buildings willeventually need replace-ment. Main water risers in
a condominium associ-ation are deemed a com-mon element and wouldproperly be a commonexpense to replace. How-ever, the branch lines be-tween the main water riserand units may be deemed alimited common elementper the condominiumdeclaration because eachof those pipes only serves asingle unit.
Whether replacement ofthe branch lines is a com-mon expense or a unitowner expense depends onthe specific language in thecondominium declaration.Some declarations statethat the maintenance,repair and replacement ofpipes bringing water intounits is a common expenseregardless of the classifica-tion, in which case, itwould be a common ex-pense.
On the other hand, evenin those declarations thatclassify a branch line as alimited common element,it is common for the decla-ration to provide the boardthe latitude to decidewhether to assess all, someor none of those limitedcommon element replace-ment costs back to theaffected unit. Commonly,when there is a completewater pipe replacementproject, the board willchoose to pay for the entireproject as a common ex-pense because all units areaffected.
year’s federal-budget reso-lution. If issues like fundinga southern border wall arenot solved, there could be agovernment shutdown.Passing a tax bill in themiddle of this brewingpartisan storm is a seriouschallenge.
Another problem: Inelection years like this one,where control of the Houseis scheduled to shift inJanuary, latecomer bills getcaught up in strategic con-siderations: Should Demo-crats accept another gianttax bill rammed through bythe Republican majoritywith little or no debate orinput from the minorityside? Or might it makesense to wait for 2019, whena Democratic-run HouseWays and Means Commit-tee can craft a tax bill thatincludes more of the newmajority’s priorities?Democrats in the Senateare in a position to blockBrady’s bill, and they mayjust decide to wait for nextyear.
There’s another issuethat directly relates to pro-visions that are supposed tobenefit homeowners. Lastyear’s massive tax-overhaullaw doubled the standarddeduction to $12,000 forsingle filers and $24,000 formarried couples filingjointly. The idea was tosimplify the process byeliminating incentives fortaxpayers to itemize ex-penses and claim deduc-tions. Millions of taxpayers,
including many homeown-ers, are expected to stopitemizing and opt for thefattened standard deduc-tion when they file for 2018because their total deduc-tions are below the $12,000and $24,000 ceilings.
As a result, large num-bers of people who wouldotherwise have claimeddeductions for mortgage-insurance premiums underthe bill won’t likely be doingso. That’s especially thecase since eligibility fortaking this particular de-duction phases out fortaxpayers with incomeshigher than $100,000. Mostof these taxpayers will betaking the standard deduc-tion anyway, so the value ofthe provision in the bill isquestionable. The sameholds true for the energy-improvement deductionsfor windows and doors.How many homeownersare really going to want toclaim this relatively modestbenefit when they cansimply check off the boxand take the standard de-duction?
The mortgage-debtforgiveness provision in thebill is in a different category.It’s a crucial money saverfor thousands of financiallystressed homeowners andis not affected by the dou-bling of the standard deduc-tion. If the Republicans’ billdoesn’t survive the congres-sional crush this month,look for it to reappear —retroactive for 2018 —when House Democratswrite their own tax bill in2019.
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OAKLAND, Calif. — AnEast Bay startup wants tocreate 25 cheap rental unitsby next spring, and it plansto do it all without applyingfor a single permit, ham-mering one nail or takingout any money in construc-tion loans.
Instead of addressing theBay Area’s housing short-age by building, an expen-sive process that can getbogged down in delays andopposition from neighbors,Oakland-based Roomilyintends to tap an underuti-lized resource — people’sspare bedrooms.
The startup, whichlaunched a pilot programlast month to match home-owners with people lookingfor cheap, long-term roomsto rent, is part of an increas-ingly popular movement touse the millennial-driven“home-sharing” craze toaddress the region’s hous-ing needs.
“We really wanted tofocus on housing becauseit’s an issue that’s bothpersonal and communityand regional,” said Roomilyco-founder Jill Linden-baum. “Every day, we werereading about the issue, andwe were feeling it person-ally as people we knewwere having to pick up andleave.”
Santa Clara Countylaunched a similar “house-sharing” program in Augustin partnership with Catho-lic Charities of Santa Clara
County. The county’s goal isto bring 100 households onboard each year for the next21⁄2 years. Last fall, OaklandMayor Libby Schaaf im-plored her constituents toopen their spare bedroomsto the homeless through anongoing program run byBay Area Community Serv-ices. Since 2014, about 140people per year have gottenrooms through that pro-gram. HIP Housing in SanMateo County and HomeMatch in San Francisco alsopair renters with home-owners willing to chargebelow market rate for theirspare bedrooms.
In the past, such house-sharing programs havebeen run by nonprofits.Roomily appears to be thefirst for-profit companyembracing the concept inthe Bay Area. Lindenbaumand her co-founder, who sofar have self-funded thecompany, chose the for-profit model because non-profits are more limited inwho they can serve — gen-erally people below a cer-tain income level — andhow many people they canserve.
“We really wanted tocreate a sustainable busi-ness model that could po-tentially scale to meet amuch greater need,” Lin-denbaum said.
Roomily will use analgorithm (think Airbnbmeets eharmony) to matchpotential renters with like-minded homeowners. Theidea is to develop a matchthat’s beneficial for both
parties, Lindenbaum said.The renter needs an afford-able room, and the home-owner needs help payingthe mortgage, or perhapscould use some compan-ionship around the house.
Roomily encourageshomeowners to chargebelow-market rates inexchange for creative con-tributions from their ten-ants. Renters might runerrands, do house or yardwork, walk the dog or petsit while the homeowner isout of town.
For schools struggling torecruit and retain teachersbecause of the region’s highhousing costs, the Roomilymodel is exciting said MaryClaire Delgado, recruitmentmanager for the Oakland
Unified School District.“We have many potential
candidates as well as cur-rent employees who areinterested in the model,”she said.
Lindenbaum plans to runthe Roomily pilot for threeto six months. Homeown-ers and renters who sign upin this phase can useRoomily’s matching serv-ices for free, in exchange forproviding their feedback.
Eventually, Roomilyplans to charge renters andhomeowner a “success fee”that equals 2 percent of therent. Homeowners also willpay a $10 monthly member-ship fee to access Roomily’sautomated rent collectiontool and other services, andpotential renters will pay a
one-time $39 fee to searchthe platform for rooms. Thestartup plans to offer back-ground and credit checks.
Adam, 34, who teachesspecial ed in Oakland, ishoping Roomily can helphim find an affordableroom to rent closer to hisschool. Currently, Adam,who asked that his lastname not be used out ofconcerns for his safety andprivacy, is renting a room ina friend’s house in Fairfield.That means he has to leaveby 6 a.m. every day to makean hourlong commute.
“It’s not ideal,” he said.But homes in Oakland areout of his price range. Nowhe’s hoping to be matchedwith a homeowner whowouldn’t mind renting a
room on the cheap to alocal teacher.
Someone like Vicki Mc-Guire, whose daughterattends Oakland TechnicalHigh School, and whoalready was renting dis-counted rooms to teachersbefore Roomily came along.McGuire, 61, owns a duplexin North Oakland and rentsthree rooms to teacherswho traveled to the U.S.from Mexico to teach Span-ish at Oakland Unifiedschools.
The teachers pay $850 amonth for her two smallerrooms and $975 for a largerroom. The average price fora studio apartment in Oak-land last month was $1,761,according to RentCafe.McGuire knows she couldcharge more, but shedoesn’t need to. She boughtthe building in 2009, andthe teachers’ rent makes upmore than half her mort-gage.
“It’s something I believein too,” McGuire said. “Wehave a housing crisis in theBay Area, and people arebeing displaced from thecommunity. And it’s chang-ing the community.”
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Teachers visiting from Mexico — Julieta Zarza Delaluz, far left, Kelem Grass, second from left, and Patricia Corona
Ordonez, far right — have dinner with Vicki McGuire, in Oakland, Calif. McGuire is renting an apartment to the teachers.
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“We really wanted to focus on housing because it’s anissue that’s both personal and community and regional.Every day, we were reading about the issue, and wewere feeling it personally as people we knew were having to pick up and leave.” — Jill Lindenbaum, Roomily co-founder
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Former Chicago Cubspitcher Scott Sanderson inlate August sold a three-bedroom, 2,470-square-foottownhouse in Northbrookfor $502,000.
Sanderson, 62, pitchedfor the Cubs from 1984until 1989, and pitched inthe postseason for the Cubsin 1984 and 1989.
During his 19-seasonMajor League career, healso pitched a year for theWhite Sox.
Sanderson, who afterretiring has worked as aplayer agent, long hasowned a home in LakeForest. He had owned theNorthbrook townhouse formore than 30 years.
Built in 1981, the town-house is in the Ancient Treedevelopment and has 2½baths, a new roof and win-dows, a fireplace, an up-dated master suite with awalk-in closet and balcony,a full finished basement and
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Contemporary LincolnPark mansion sells for$3.64 million: A five-bedroom, 6,562-square-footcontemporary-style man-sion in Lincoln Park soldNov. 16 for $3.6375 million.
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The third-generationCLS 450 is much higher upthe luxury ladder than theC-Class, slotting betweenthe E- and S-Class. It hasone of the most sumptuousinteriors this side of May-bach, sitting at the inter-section of gorgeous designand sophisticated func-tionality. And it got betterwith each day behind thewheel.
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The four-door coupe isnot all that striking fromthe outside, and the rubyblack metallic paint was abrown chameleon thatdidn’t accentuate the sleekcoupelike lines. But onceinside, ensconced in luxuryand powered by the future,it justifies the six figures,even as a long and lowfour-door coupe.
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NEW YORK — JanelleMonae doesn’t rememberthe first album she ownedas a child, but the first oneshe spent her hard-earnedmoney on? “The Misedu-cation of Lauryn Hill.”
“I just connected withLauryn on many levels.The fact that she was ayoung black woman inAmerica — she looked likea lot of the women in myfamily. I just loved how shewas able to bring her reli-gious background, hersinging and acting back-ground together (and) herhip-hop background,”Monae recalled of Hill,whose solo debut cele-brates its 20th anniversarythis year and was the firsthip-hop project to win theGrammy for album of theyear.
“The fact that she wasall of her(self ) on her proj-ect felt inspiring to me, andI felt like I could be all ofme and I didn’t have topick one part of me.”
Monae might be music’sclosest heir to Hill: She’s anartistic performer knownfor thought-provokinglyrical content — in rap-ping and singing — and herriveting roles in “Moon-light” and “Hidden Fig-ures” established thatmusic isn’t the only artform she shines in. Whileshe has another movie,“Welcome to Marwen,”with Steve Carell comingout in December, she hadto turn down some roles tofocus on her latest album:“They went on to go toamazing people that Irespect and admire andwant to see shine.”
Monae spoke as she wassurrounded by music,literally — standing in themiddle of Good RecordsNYC, the small, basementvinyl shop in Manhattan’sEast Village. She walkedaround, looking at thevarious faces on the wall —
some immediately recog-nizable, others not somuch.
“What I love aboutrecord stores is people’s(album) covers used to beso amazing, that you justdiscover an artist just basedoff their artwork on theircovers and their faces,” shesaid. “Because a lot of thesefolks I’m looking at, I’venever heard of and now I’mso interested to listen to allof their albums because ofthe incredible cover artthey have.”
“Dirty Computer,” Mon-ae’s latest album, unfortu-nately isn’t available at thestore: That’s because it soldout.
“I can’t believe my vinylsold out. Man, that’s amaz-
ing. I wanted to see it,” shesaid.
The album, her thirdfull-length project, camefive years after she released“The Electric Lady” and isanother critical effort in themultiple Grammy nomi-nee’s catalog. Monae singsabout liberation, oppres-sion, love and more in whatis clearly her most honest,sensual album to date.
“Dirty Computer” marksa departure from alter egoCindi Mayweather, thearchandroid that she usedas a vehicle for her pastwork (though she makes anappearance in the shortmovie that was releasedwith the album). The al-bum title references thosewho are marginalized and
“told they are bugs andviruses (and) things thatmake them unique (and)have to be erased,” sheexplained.
“Americans” closes the14-track album, where shesings about equal pay,police brutality againstminorities, racism andsame-sex love (Monaecame out as pansexualwhile promoting the albumsix months ago).
“I wrote this projectduring the Obama era andin November 2016. I was70 percent done with it.Things changed for ourcountry, and honestly itinformed a lot of what youhear,” she said.
Writing about the politi-cal climate wasn’t easy, she
said: “It took me time toprocess what was going on.Culturally, just feeling letdown by those who hadvoted for someone whoblatantly disrespects wom-en, in my opinion, (and)abuses their power. Itbreaks my heart that folkswould support that. So ittook a minute for me toarticulate how I was feel-ing exactly.”
Monae, 32, said she’sbeen overwhelmed by theresponse to the album.
“I’ve been hearing somany stories, (by) blackwomen, black queer wom-en in particular saying thatthey were thankful that Idid this album. When it’swritten from an honest andvulnerable space, and it
connects to people outsideof you, that’s always a beau-tiful thing,” Monae said.
“We as human beingsconnect through story-telling, and I’m just thank-ful that my story was ableto resonate. I don’t speakfor the entire community.That’s never been my goal,but to walk in my truth hasalways been. I’ve addressedsexuality on a lot of mywork, on ‘The ArchAn-droid,’ on ‘Electric Lady,’songs like ‘Mushrooms &Roses,’ ‘Q.U.E.E.N.’ I justfeel like now as a prettyprivate person, it was justimportant to make it evenmore clear.
“It’s a beautiful thing tobe celebrated for walkingin your truth.”
How politics shaped Janelle Monae’s lyricsBy Mesfin Fekadu Associated Press
Singer-rapper Janelle Monae poses for a portrait in New York to promote her latest album, “Dirty Computer.”
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ones stretch out my earpiercing. You’ll find them atvintage shops, thrift storesand charity and churchsales (where I’ve foundsome of my favorites).
You make no mention oftights, and I’d be surprisedif patterns or brightly col-ored ones are acceptablebut, if they are, go crazy.There have never beenmore options in legwearthan right now at everyprice point.
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Ellen: I’m trying to figureout if I can wear a hairscrunchy (aka scrunchie) tokeep my hair back? Arethey still considered hope-lessly out of fashion? Or arethey back in 2018?
— Abby M.
Dear Abby: I’m going outon a limb here, but I don’tthink scrunchies ever wereout of style. They sure are astaple in my hair arsenalsince they’re the only thingI’ve ever found that holdsmy curly hair back without
getting hopelessly tangledin my hair. I’ve never for-saken my scrunchies. I betI’ve lost a hundred of themor stored one unfashion-ably on my wrist for … well,since they were inventedwhenever that was (the’80s, I think).
Grant you, Sarah JessicaParker’s Carrie Bradshawcharacter on “Sex and theCity” ridiculed them (“Nowoman in the words of Wmagazine … would becaught dead in a hip down-town restaurant wearing a
scrunchy.”) (Episode 78,Season 6, July 13, 2003).But who cares? They’repractical and cheap.Enough said.
Dear Answer Angel
Ellen: In the last month,I’ve read two long articleson Rent the Runway (rent-therunway.com). What doyou think of the idea ofrenting clothes instead ofbuying them?
— Celeste C.
Dear Celeste: Until you
wrote me, I hadn’t seeneither of the stories, eventhough I subscribe to bothpublications! Obviously, Ineeded to catch up on myreading, and I now have(New York Times, Oct. 12;New Yorker magazine, Oct.22). From those stories I’velearned that tens of thou-sands of women subscribeto the service that lets yourent unlimited numbers ofpieces on rotation for amonthly fee (renttheun-way.com, $159/month or a$99 trial month) or fewerpieces for $89 ($69 trial),or one piece starting at $30.
If wearing up-to-the-minute clothes is impor-tant to you — especiallyreally expensive ones thatyou can’t afford to buy ordon’t want to — it’s prob-ably worth $99 to try thisout for a month. Thechoices are huge, and Iadmit that I would like toknow how it feels to wear a$600 dress — or an unlim-ited number of other ex-pensive pieces.
I haven’t yet tested thisplace, but years back, Irented a fancy dress for onenight from another rentalplace, and I loved that Ilooked great and didn’thave to plunk down a for-tune for a dress I neverwould wear again. If youspend $159 x 12 ($1,908)per year or more on clothesand still stand helpless infront of your closet con-vinced you have nothing towear, this might be worththe investment. If you wantthe hands-on experience,the company has actualstores in Chicago, NewYork City, San Francisco,Washington, D.C., andTopanga, Calif.
Little details, like accessories or even a stylish haircut, can personalize a school uniform.
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Ellen: I have to wear auniform to high school —which I actually like be-cause it eliminates the needto think about what I’mgoing to wear. Well, itmostly eliminates it. Myquestion is how can I per-sonalize my school look?Our uniforms are a plaidskirt, a polo shirt in a fewcolors we can choose fromand a gray or black cardi-gan. Choosing our ownfootwear is OK, and ear-rings, even dangly ones, arepermitted but other “state-ment” jewelry like neck-laces and an armload ofbangles are not. Right now,I vary my headbands butthat’s about it.
— Natalie T.
Dear Natalie: Obviously,you’re going to have to stickwith accessories (whichinclude shoes), and thatgives you loads of room tobe a fashion standout atschool. But I would readthe fine print on the dresscode before I invested inanything formidable.
That said, let’s shop!How about some leopardshoes or boots? Or if that’s alittle much, shoes, boots,high tops or booties in anoteworthy color or floralpattern?
You mention headbands.That’s a good start, but arehead wraps permitted? Ifso, watch the how-to videoson YouTube, get yourselfsome cute scarves and tieaway.
Since there seems to beno restriction on the size ofearrings, the bigger thebetter as far as getting somefashion cred. I buy clip-onsbecause the heavy pierced
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Low spenders aren’t theideal credit card customersfor banks because they’retypically not as profitable asfast-swiping spendthriftswho rack up financecharges. Still, banks offercredit cards with featuresthat can fit well into a fru-gal lifestyle.
Some penny pinchersprefer paying only withcash, especially if theythink the pain of handingover dollar bills instead ofplastic helps to rein inspending. But credit cardscan have appeal for theirability to help build credit,along with the allure ofgetting something for noth-ing with rewards cards.
There’s no such thing asa “best” credit card. Thekey is finding one that fitsyour spending habits —even if your habit is tospend little, experts say.
“People who live moreon the frugal side tend to bemuch more thoughtful andcautious about how they’reusing credit. So they’rereally going to be looking atthe features of a card.” saysPaul Golden, spokesmanfor the National Endow-ment for Financial Educa-tion.
Four-person U.S. house-holds annually spend anaverage of about $80,000,according to the U.S. Bu-reau of Labor Statistics.Much of that can becharged to a credit card.But what if you spend no-where near that much?
Here are credit cardfeatures that may appeal tolow spenders.
No annual fee: Manycheapskates might findpaying an annual fee for acredit card too much tostomach when so manycards, even ones with com-petitive rewards, chargenone. That’s especially trueif they’re using a card infre-quently, Golden says.
Rewards on practicalspending: Rewards cardsare good for people whopay off their monthly creditcard balances in full. Thatprobably describes cheap-skates, who likely balk atpaying finance charges forcarrying a balance. Andbecause frugal types don’tdo much discretionaryspending, they’ll likelyprefer rewards cards thatgive extra points for every-day spending at such placesas gas stations and super-markets, instead of atrestaurants and entertain-ment venues.
Cash-back rewards: Afrugal lifestyle often meansa simple one, which jibeswith easy-to-understandcash-back reward pro-grams, as opposed to com-plicated points and milessystems. In a recent J.D.Power study, 36 percentsaid they don’t fully under-stand the rewards availableto them. Cash-back cardsrack up rewards in the moststraightforward and usefulway.
Rewards not tied to abrand: Cheapskates typi-cally aren’t brand loyal;
they like to shop around forthe best deal. So creditcards affiliated with brands,such as retailers and air-lines, aren’t likely a goodchoice because optimizingthem requires spendingheavily with that brand andcashing in points with thatsame brand.
Bank loyalty rewards:Some cards issued by largebanks give outsized re-wards to cardholders whokeep piles of money in thebank’s checking, saving andinvestment accounts. Be-cause stashing money in
the bank is a cheapskate’sgo-to move, it’s a winningfeature.
High interest rates:Nobody prefers high inter-est rates, but frugalistaswho pay their monthlybalances in full won’t payfinance charges, so theydon’t care about cards thathave high rates. Ignoringrates can simplify shoppingfor the right card. “Interestrate is probably not a bigfactor,” Golden says. “Theymight be looking moretoward perks and rewardprograms.”
Budgeting tools: Using acredit card for most pur-chases means you caneasily examine spending byreading your monthly state-ment. Better yet, many cardaccounts offer additionalbudgeting tools.
“For some people, thatgives an accurate picture ofhow they’re truly spendingmoney over the course of amonth,” Golden says.“That’s the benefit of usinga credit card for all yourspending; it gives you thatsnapshot. It can be usefulwhen you’re trying to builda budget.”
A cheapskate’s guide to shopping for credit cardsBy Gregory KarpNerd Wallet
There's no such thing as a “best” credit card. The key is finding one that fits your spending habits.
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Crystal Hana Kim makes her debut as a novelistwith “If You Leave Me,” a sweeping tale that centerson a resilient young woman forced to tackle rolesthrust upon her: caregiver, wife and mother. Born inQueens, N.Y., and currently a resident of Brooklyn,Kim, 31, says the inspiration for the main characterwas her grandmother.
An edited version of our conversation follows.
Q: You lived in Chicago for a bit before movingback to New York. How do the two cities com-pare?
A: New York has my heart, but I loved my time inChicago. It’s a deeply cultural city with a robust foodscene. For two years, I lived 15 minutes from LakeMichigan. My favorite writing break during thesummer was jumping off the flat stones in HydePark and swimming in the lake for an hour.
Q: You were born in Queens, but I suspect thatyou have been asked the “where are you reallyfrom” question. How do you react to assump-tions you are not American?
A: Oh, I’ve gotten that a lot. ... I want to assumethe best of strangers who are curious, but I’m alsotaken aback by some people’s insistence on repeat-edly asking, “But where are you really from?” evenafter I’ve answered. It insinuates that there is onlyone true type of American. I’m a teacher, so theeducator in me comes out in these moments. It canbe a helpful teaching moment to talk about howquestions like “Where are you really from?” contrib-ute to a narrow understanding of our country.
Q: If you were given enough money and timeto travel exclusively for food, where would youwant to revisit and why?
A: I’d love to go back to Nice where I’d eat moresocca, which is a type of pancake made of chickpeaflour sold on the streets as a cheap snack. In MexicoCity, I’d love to eat more escamoles, a local dish madeof ant larvae.
Q: Your parents are from South Korea. Howoften do you visit?
A: I grew up traveling to Korea often. My parentsare both immigrants from Korea and my mother’s
side of the family still lives there. She’d take me andmy little sister back during our summer breaks tovisit our grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. Allof those summers in Korea helped me to develop adeep love for my culture. When I began writing mynovel during graduate school, I visited Korea specif-ically to do research. “If You Leave Me” is about fivecharacters growing up during and after the KoreanWar. I wanted to make sure I represented this periodof time accurately. I first interviewed my grand-mother, who was a teenage refugee who fled herhome during the Korean War. Her story inspired thepremise of my novel.
Q: What untapped destination should peopleknow about?
A: Cassis, France. Cassis is a small fishing town inthe south of France, about 40 minutes outside Mar-seille. I lived there for a month while doing a writer’sresidency, and I fell in love. It’s a quiet town whereyou can lay out on stone beaches, eat plenty ofpastries and hike the majestic calanques, which arethese breathtaking limestone valleys along the Medi-terranean coast.
For more from the reporter, visit www.jaehakim.com.
Travels taproots, inspire
writingBy Jae-Ha KimTribune Content Agency
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New York has my heart, but I loved my time in Chicago. It’s a deeply cultural city with a robust food scene.
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NEW YORK — Hiring an interior designer is expensive, and the
chances of an HGTV host bursting through your doors are slim. But
several sites have made it more affordable to get design help without
anyone ever stepping inside your home.
Havenly, Wayfair and othersare charging less than $100 aroom to connect users with aninterior designer who can pickout a sofa, show you how to rear-range furniture or offer otherdesign help. The sites also makemoney if you buy the furnitureand other goods that the design-ers recommend.
Even though you’ll have helpfrom a designer, make sure youhave a sense of what you do ordon’t like. The sites depend onyour survey responses to come up
with a design plan. “You want to ensure you’re
giving the designer an accuraterepresentation of your taste soyou receive a design that you’rehappy with,” says Sara Skirboll, ashopping and trends expert atdeal site RetailMeNot. Here’swhat else you need to know:
Whom it’s for: Those who needhelp filling an empty room orsprucing up a den or bedroomwith new lighting or pillows. It’snot for those who are seeking
help with major renovations, likea bathroom or kitchen remodel.
What it costs: A flat fee is typi-cally charged per room. Pricesdiffer: Havenly’s fees start at $55for a design refresh and then upto $169 for a full room makeover.Wayfair offers a $79 and $149option, and another site, Decorist,charges $299 a room. Do an inter-net search for coupon codes sincethe sites often offer discounts to
new users. Both Havenly andDecorist also allow people to askdesigners questions for freethrough their sites, which is agood way to test the type of ad-vice you’ll get before buying.
Make sure to read what you’llbe getting. Some may not offerrevisions, phone chats with de-signers or 3D layouts of what theitems will look like in your room.
How it works: After a quiz in
which you pick out styles andcolors, you’ll be asked for roommeasurements, photos or videosof the room. You’ll be matchedwith a couple of interior design-ers and be able to look at picturesof their past work and select oneof the designers. A budget can beset so that designers will knowhow much you’re willing tospend on new items. The sites saythat they vet the designers, manyof whom already have their ownfirms and are looking to makeextra cash or boost their clientelethrough the sites.
Buying furniture: Havenly andDecorist recommend productsfrom furniture sellers that theypartner with, such as West Elmand CB2. Wayfair, meanwhile,recommends items from its ownsites as well as others. Havenlygives those that paid for its designservice a $50 credit if they buy$200 or more in goods.
There’s no obligation to buyanything that the designers rec-ommend, and you can use theadvice to “find the exact item or asimilar one at a lower price else-where,” says Skirboll.
The design of this space was done with services by Wayfair. Havenly, Wayfair and others are charging less than $100 a room to connect users with an interior designer.
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