CHICAGO SPORTS DEFLECTION, DOINKS AND REFLECTION ■ The social-media storm swirling around one of the most infamous mo- ments in Bears playoff history rumbled all day Monday. But in the Bears locker room at Halas Hall, it was quiet. After the NFL changed Cody Parkey’s missed field goal to a blocked kick, the Bears are left to ponder the ending that went awry. ■ Haugh: As it did for past Bears teams, playoff loss could spur run to Super Bowl. ■ Biggs: Could the Bears soon have to contemplate who will run the defense BRIAN CASSELLA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE in 2019? Questions? Call 1-800-Tribune Tuesday, January 8, 2019 Breaking news at chicagotribune.com President to tell nation of ‘crisis’ After speech, Trump will go to border By Matthew Daly, Catherine Lucey and Lisa Mascaro Associated Press WASHINGTON — With no breakthrough in sight, Presi- dent Donald Trump will argue his case to the nation Tuesday night that a “crisis” at the U.S.-Mexico border requires an immediate down payment of several billion dollars for the long and invulnerable wall he’s demanding before ending the partial government shutdown. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers face missed paychecks Friday as the shut- down drags through a third week. Trump’s Oval Office speech — his first as president — will be followed by his visit Thursday to the southern border to high- light his demand for a barrier. White House press secretary ERIN HOOLEY/CHICAGO TRIBUNE Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted that he will use the visit to “meet with those on the front lines of the national security and humanitarian crisis.” Shutdown safety concerns As of 7 p.m. EST Monday, CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, Fox News and Fox Business Net- A Transportation Security Administration agent checks people through security Monday at O’Hare International work had confirmed that they Airport. Security lines at O’Hare have been normal in recent days, airport officials said. However, U.S. pilots have would carry Trump’s speech, expressed concerns about the ongoing impact of the partial government shutdown on airport safety. Page 4 which was expected to run about 8 minutes long. The Fox broadcast network did not re- spond to a request for comment. In a joint statement Monday night, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Spike in cops seeking mental health help Leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats deserved airtime as Program staffing lags; at cal staffing, records show. fers mental health services such three to five, though a depart- well to rebut the president’s The sharp rise in appoint- as counseling and debriefings ment spokesman says there are message. least 5 officers have died ments and consultations raises after traumatic incidents. plans to hire more counselors. “Now that the television net- by suicide since July questions about whether the It registered just over 5,000 But outside experts wonder works have decided to air the program is overburdened at a consultations and appointments whether those plans are enough. President’s address, which if his By Madeline Buckley time when the department is in 2013, according to data re- “That service is already being past statements are any indica- Chicago Tribune coping with a cluster of officer leased by the department follow- overtaxed,” said Arthur Lurigio, a tion will be full of malice and suicides. At least five Chicago ing a Freedom of Information Act professor of psychology at Loyola misinformation, Democrats The Chicago Police Depart- police officers have died by sui- request from the Tribune. By the University who has studied po- must immediately be given ment’s mental health assistance cide since July, most recently an end of 2017, the EAP had more lice officers and mental health. equal airtime,” they said. program has more than doubled off-duty officer on New Year’s than 12,800 such contacts with Lurigio said the EAP has likely The administration is also at its contacts with officers and Day. officers and family members. been underused for decades, their families since 2013 without The department’s employee During the same time, clinical Turn to Speech, Page 8 any significant increase in clini- assistance program, or EAP, of- therapists on staff rose from Turn to Cops, Page 5 Long thought lost, rare JOHN ‘JACK’ LYLE 1920-2019 vase now up for auction Tuskegee Airman received Piece was created for 2-foot-high, 4-foot-wide base in Congressional Gold Medal the penthouse they shared above Chicago’s 1893 World’s the Berkeley restaurant, she re- Native Chicagoan watch the Columbian Exposition called. It was so large that her waves of Lake great-grandmother politely re- also was an avid sailor Michigan wash By Katherine quested it be relocated downstairs by, his wife Rosenberg-Douglas with the rest of his ever-growing By Lolly Bowean said. Chicago Tribune collection. Chicago Tribune In his better “My great-grandmother was days, “Jackson Growing up in her family’s like, what the heck is this thing?” John “Jack” Lyle was a deco- Park Harbor is restaurant, Spenger’s Fish Grotto Alicia Spenger recalled with a rated war hero who served in where he spent Lyle in California, Alicia Spenger was laugh Wednesday. “I always World War II with the Tuskegee a lot of his drawn to the maritime collectibles thought it was stunningly beauti- Airmen and was awarded a time,” his wife, Eunice Jackson- scattered throughout the building. ful, but of course, I didn’t know Congressional Gold Medal in Lyle, said. “It just felt like a One piece in particular drew anything about its history.” 2007. natural home to him.” her in and was the stuff of family Spenger’s closed in October, He was a fighter pilot, a sailor, Lyle, 98, died of complica- folklore. and now, as the memorabilia are a child musician, an entrepre- tions related to prostate cancer Her great-grandfather, Frank about to be auctioned, the family CLARS AUCTION GALLERY neur and an amateur inventor. on Saturday, just days before he Spenger Sr., apparently surprised has learned that the giant vase is A vase made by Japanese artists But his last wish was simple: to was to travel to the lakefront her great-grandmother with an for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair sit along the dock at Jackson enormous vase, set atop a roughly Turn to Vase, Page 6 goes on the auction block Feb. 17. Park Harbor Yacht Club and Turn to Lyle, Page 5 Chicago Weather Center: Complete $2.50 city and suburbs, $3.00 elsewhere High Low Tom Skilling’s forecast 43 22 forecast on back page of A+E section 171st year No. 8 © Chicago Tribune 2 Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Tuesday, January 8, 2019 BRIAN CASSELLA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE ‘THE CHICAGO BULLS: A Bears kicker Cody Parkey misses the potential game-winning kick Sunday against the Eagles in the NFC wild card game. DECADE-BY-DECADE HISTORY’ Whether you’re a casual admirer of the magnificence of Michael, or a true Bull-iever thirsting for tales of “Red,” Bears playoff loss shows why “Stormin’ Norman,” “Butterbean,” “Chet the Jet” and many more, here’s a keepsake for you. 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