Illinois for the Report Says Illinois Survivors to Offer Support Tions Against Them

Questions? Call 1-800-Tribune Thursday, December 20, 2018 Breaking news at chicagotribune.com 500 accused priests unnamed State AG report finds extensive abuse, says church yet to ID many By Elvia Malagon licly identified only 185 olic dioceses that govern ades. and moral responsibility to Chicago Tribune clergy with credible allega- parishes across Illinois for The report says Illinois survivors to offer support tions against them. their lack of transparency dioceses “have lost sight of and services, and to take A scathing report from The determination is and flawed investigations. both a key tenet” of policies swift action to remove abu- Attorney General Lisa part of a preliminary report Although the report says laid out by the United States sive clergy,” the report Madigan finds the number made public Wednesday by that “Clergy sexual abuse of Conference of Catholic states. of Catholic priests accused Madigan’s office, which has minors in Illinois is signifi- Bishops as well as “the most In a prepared statement, of sexual abuse against chil- been investigating Catholic cantly more extensive than obvious human need as a Chicago Cardinal Blase Cu- dren in Illinois is much clergy sexual abuse of mi- the Illinois Dioceses previ- result of these abhorrent pich acknowledged that higher than previously ac- nors following revelations ously reported,” it does not acts of abuse: the healing victims of sexual abuse by CHICAGO TRIBUNE knowledged. during the summer of wide- estimate how many of the and reconciliation of sur- Catholic priests continue to Attorney General Lisa Madi- The report said accusa- spread abuse and cover-ups allegations against the 690 vivors.” live with the pain. He said gan’s report was critical of tions have been leveled by Catholic officials in clergy should have been “Long after legal reme- the archdiocese has been the six Catholic dioceses against 690 priests, while Pennsylvania. The report deemed credible. Some of dies have expired, the Cath- that govern Illinois parishes. Catholic officials have pub- was critical of the six Cath- the allegations go back dec- olic Church has the ability Turn to Abuse, Page 10

State sees spate of departures once again Population declines for 5th year as 45K people exit Illinois By Angie Leventis Lourgos Chicago Tribune

Mary Miller lived in Illi- nois for all of her 44 years until July, when she and her family left their north suburban Wauconda home to resettle in Florida. “It’s taxes. It’s corruption. It’s politics,” she said. “And I don’t mean Republi- cans or Democrats, it’s all of them.” Miller wasn’t alone in her departure from the state. Illinois has declined in population for the fifth year in a row, losing an estimated 45,116 residents from 2017 to 2018, according to the ARMANDO L. SANCHEZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE latest Census Bureau data Zadette Rosado, left, her partner Casey Handal, and their children stand before a gay pride flag in their backyard in suburban Barrington. released Wednesday. That was a greater drop than the previous year, when Illinois lost about At end of family’s rainbow, theft 40,000 people — as well as its spot as the fifth-most populous state in the nation to Pennsylvania. The drop didn’t surprise of gay pride flag stirs a suburb Miller, who said her parents, sibling and in-laws hostile gesture aimed at the only way.” already had moved away Swiping of banner in Barrington fuels openly gay couple in the neigh- Handal went onto the before her, scattering across community’s colorful show of solidarity borhood. Nextdoor social network to the country. “I think the message was quite share her alarm and ask if “It was hard to leave,” she By John Keilman nerving: The rainbow pride flag clear,” she said. “It was sort of the anyone had seen the thief. Her said. “I anticipated dying in Chicago Tribune she and her fiancee flew from intolerant view vs. the inclusive friends were sympathetic, as Illinois. There are good op- their backyard flagpole was liberal view. I think if somebody were neighbors she had never portunities, but I think Casey Handal was hosting a gone, replaced by the Stars and would have just taken the flag met. But what came next was a those opportunities are gingerbread decorating party at Stripes. and not replaced it with any- surprise — an act of solidarity dwindling.” her Barrington home this month Though Handal considers thing, that wouldn’t necessarily that turned a disturbing experi- The Land of Lincoln re- when she glanced out her win- herself a proud American, she have sent quite the same mes- mains the sixth-most popu- dow and noticed something un- saw the uninvited flag swap as a sage. It’s more premeditated this Turn to Barrington, Page 10 Turn to Population, Page 10

Man charged in President orders U.S. connection with deaths of 2 cops withdrawal from Syria Two felony weapons Trump says ISIS his party’s lawmakers who charges were filed against called his action rash and Edward Brown, 24, who has lost, moves to dangerous. was being chased by two bring troops home The U.S. began airstrikes cops before they were in Syria in 2014, and ground fatally struck by a train. By Lolita C. Baldor, troops moved in the follow- Chicagoland, Page 4 Robert Burns ing year to battle the Islam- and Matthew Lee ic State, or ISIS, and train Associated Press Syrian rebels in a country torn apart by civil war. Bears remain in WASHINGTON — Pres- Trump abruptly declared ident Donald Trump is their mission accom- the hunt for a pulling all 2,000 U.S. troops plished in a tweet. out of Syria, officials an- “We have defeated ISIS first-round bye nounced Wednesday as the in Syria, my only reason for Matt Nagy has his priorities president declared victory being there during the straight when he says a over the Islamic State, con- Trump Presidency,” he said first-round bye is the next DELIL SOULEIMAN/GETTY-AFP 2017 tradicting his own experts’ as Vice President Mike goal to pursue, writes Brad A U.S. convoy motors along near the village of Yalanli in northern Syria. Some GOP and assessments and sparking Biggs. Chicago Sports military leaders question President Donald Trump’s troop withdrawal order Wednesday. surprise and outrage from Turn to Syria, Page 13

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John Kass Mayoral race latecomers should get out of the way

The common definition of insanity accommodate the rather large heads as she ran for state comptroller. VINTAGE PHOTOS OF CHICAGO is doing the same thing over and over of Ald. Ed Burke and House Speaker They offer solutions and grand again, and by this, Chicago is certifi- Mike Madigan, who will be in there plans now, but where were those The @vintagetribune Instagram, a beloved photography able in the race for mayor. often telling her what to do. grand plans before September, when account produced by the photo editors of the Chicago But don’t worry, I offer a solution to The latecomers also include Rich Rahm pulled the plug? Tribune, has been mining the newspaper’s vast archives. ease the craziness. Daley’s former chief of staff and They were nowhere. These are the images that would have been posted had This involves the pre-Rahmulan school board president, Gery Chico. Chico disagrees with me. Instagram existed in, say, 1932 — the offbeat, gritty, candidates and the post-Rahmulan If you don’t like what you’re read- “In 2011 when I ran against Eman- funny, rare, everyday images captured in the moments candidates. ing, then please just go to sleep or uel, there was nobody with me,” that happened between the events that make up the The post-Rahmulans, who didn’t smoke a bong, because this is what is Chico said during a taping of an up- city’s official biography. This book is an unexpected, have the guts to challenge Mayor happening to Chicago. coming episode of my podcast, “The inspired portrait, told through the lenses of the countless Rahm Emanuel, are all about personal I called former federal prosecutor Chicago Way,” on WGN Plus. “No photographers from the city’s hometown paper. Get a ambition, not love for Chicago. Lori Lightfoot, one of the earliest Preckwinkle, no Daley — in fact the copy at store.chicagotribune.com/books. And I think it’s best for Chicago candidates to announce a run against Daleys helped Emanuel. Preckwin- that the post-Rahmulans just take a Rahm. She was disgusted when the kle? I don’t know where she was.” walk and go. Shoo. Scat. apparatchiks jumped in, after Emanu- But the pre-Rahmulan candidates HOW THE NEWSPAPER GETS PRINTED Because with some 20 mayoral el succumbed to a case of Laquan had the guts to challenge Rahm di- Visit the Tribune’s Freedom Center for a two and half candidates, taxpayers can see nothing McDonald Videoitis. rectly, and risk his wrath and his hour tour of the printing presses, press plates and enor- but chaos ahead: a snake pit of candi- “They were so brave, weren’t oppo-research team. mous paper rolls, and get a taste of the Tribune’s history. dates loudly slapping one another they?” Lightfoot asked me, sarcasti- The pre-Rahmulans include Light- 9 a.m. Jan. 16, Chicago Tribune Freedom Center, 777 with race cards, gender cards, person- cally. “They jumped in right after foot; former Chicago Public Schools W. Chicago Ave., Chicago. $25 tickets. Free parking, lot ality cults, “family mythology cards” Goliath was slain, after Emanuel was chief Paul Vallas; businessman Willie opens 20 minutes before start of tour. For tickets, go to and so on. vanquished. They must have thought Wilson; former police Superintendent chicagotribune.com/freedomcenter Some get headlines as they wave fat things were absolutely fine in the city, Garry McCarthy; activist Ja’Mal campaign checks. Others get atten- or is it that they were only worried Green; Cook County Circuit Court CHICAGO TRIBUNE BOOKS tion for their bubbly personalities, as about themselves, worried about Clerk Dorothy “Goat Lady” Brown; “Prep School: How to Improve Your Kitchen Skills if the ability to raise campaign money keeping their position?” and Jerry Joyce, son of the man who and Kitchen Techniques.” Whether you’re a novice in or to possess a bubbly personality Lightfoot doesn’t have a bubbly put Rich Daley in office, Jeremiah the kitchen or a seasoned chef, “Prep School” can help qualifies someone to run a broken city personality. But she’s smart as hell, Joyce. you become a better cook. This collection from the on the edge of fiscal collapse. which is why I like her. They’re not perfect, each has flaws. weekly column by chef, culinary instructor and award- The way things are shaping up “And in every crowd I’m in, I’ve But those are issues for another winning food writer James DeWan is a go-to guide for now, after the February mayoral elec- been very blunt in saying this to the day. perfecting any kitchen skill. It includes easy instructions tions, the April runoff pitting the two people: that those who didn’t have the The pre-Rahmulans saw Chicago for those starting out, and new techniques for profes- top vote-getters in the general elec- guts to fight for you when Rahm was was in trouble and didn’t blink when sionals looking for greater culinary fluency. tion could look like this: in won’t stand for you now that he’s challenging the tiny mayoral Goliath. One candidate with a great person- gone,” Lightfoot said. And today, Chicago needs clarity, All Chicago Tribune print books are available online at ality yet absolutely no clue on how to “The story is different for each of ideas and commitment, not ambitious chicagotribune.com/printbooks run Chicago; the other some cynical them, but each represents different politicos who were too frightened to apparatchik from the corrupt status factions of the failed Democratic challenge the status quo when it quo that has led Chicago to the abyss. machine,” Lightfoot said. “Daley, counted, yet who know how to get And who will win? The apparat- Preckwinkle, Chico, Mendoza. media praise. ACCURACY AND ETHICS chik. That’s just the way many insid- They’re just different forms of the Chico, Mendoza, Daley (you really Margaret Holt ers and oligarchs like it, because they same failed status quo.” want another Daley?) and Preckwin- , standards editor want to keep control. These are the opportunist and kle and the other post-Rahmulans The Tribune’s editorial code of principles governs But they’ll need help from all the cynical candidates that I call the post- should just fade away. professional behavior and journalism standards. Every- opportunists who eagerly jumped Rahmulans: those who didn’t dare get If you love Chicago, you’ll just step one in our newsroom must agree to live up to this code of into the race after Emanuel an- into the race until after Rahm left. off the corner. But if you love your- conduct. Read it at chicagotribune.com/accuracy. nounced he wouldn’t seek re-election. And what does that tell Chicago? selves more than you love the city, The water wasn’t scary anymore. That these candidates are craven you’ll stick around and promise all Corrections and clarifications: Publishing information These include Son of Boss/Bro of and care more about themselves than sorts of magic. quickly and accurately is a central part of the Chicago Boss William Daley; Cook County the city and its people they now vow Tribune’s news responsibility. Board President Toni Preckwinkle, to champion. Listen to “The Chicago Way” podcast champion of the public unions who Because if they truly cared about with John Kass and Jeff Carlin — at ■ A secondary headline on a Page 1 story Wednesday must bleed taxpayers to live; and the city, they would have been in the www.wgnradio.com/category/wgn- about two Chicago police officers struck by a train incor- Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza. race when it counted. But Preckwin- plus/thechicagoway. rectly referred to a locomotive. The train was powered by If Mendoza becomes mayor, she’ll kle didn’t want trouble as she ran for an electric traction system, not a locomotive. need an oversized “Get Smart” Cone re-election as county board president. [email protected] ■ John Kass’ column Wednesday incorrectly stated that of Silence in her City Hall office to And Mendoza didn’t want trouble Twitter @John_Kass the charge that former Gov. Rod Blagojevich had tried to sell a U.S. Senate seat was thrown out. While some counts involving the Senate seat were overturned on appeal, others stood. The Tribune regrets the errors. A Dual Microphone Hearing Device With App HOW TO CONTACT US 7 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday–Friday 7 a.m.–noon Saturday–Sunday Control For Under $300! 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Heidi Stevens Balancing Act

Beginning as early as January, airline passengers will be able to search the U.S. Department of Trans- portation website to determine an airlines’ record of handling wheelchairs and other mobility devices. “It’s very much a matter of dignity,” U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., told me Tuesday. As part of the five-year re-authorization of the Federal Aviation Adminis- tration that Congress passed recently, air carriers have to begin providing monthly reports, accessible to the public, detailing the number of checked bags, wheelchairs and motorized scooters they lost, broke or mishandled. The rule was actually passed two years ago after receiving bipartisan support, but Duckworth said BRIAN CASSELLA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE the Department of Trans- Sen. Tammy Duckworth hosts a meeting with officials from St. Clair County in her office earlier this year at the Hart Senate Office Building. portation was delaying implementation until she ago, was banged up so “I couldn’t even roll rights for veterans and all changing tables in men’s pushed U.S. Secretary of “When you badly that she had to take it myself — I had to have people with disabilities, and women’s bathrooms. Transportation Elaine break my wheel- to a VA medical center to someone push me,” she helped spearhead and push Once again, we’re seeing Chao and Congress to force get it adjusted. said. “I couldn’t go to the for the legislation, Duck- the fruits of a Congress that the airlines to make the chair, you’re “In one case, they bathroom by myself.” worth said. looks and lives like its div- data — which they already snapped the titanium rod People with cerebral “When you break my erse body of constituents collect each month — avail- basically taking that supports the seat,” she palsy or paralysis often use wheelchair, you’re basically and brings those lived able to the public. said. “It looked OK when wheelchairs that have been taking my legs away from experiences to the legisla- “The first report should my legs away they brought it to me, and sculpted specifically for me,” she said. “It is my ting table. be out the first week of when I sat on it, it col- their bodies, she said. Hav- mobility.” January and will cover the from me. It is my lapsed.” ing that caliber of machin- Also attached to the FAA Join the Heidi Stevens’ month of December,” mobility.” Passengers whose ery lost or broken is expen- reauthorization was Duck- Balancing Act Facebook Duckworth said. “It might wheelchairs or mobility sive, onerous and danger- worth’s Friendly Airports group, where she hosts live be as late as February, but — Sen. Tammy Duckworth, devices are broken are ous. for Mothers Act, co-spon- chats every Wednesday at we’re hoping for a January D-Ill. often stranded on the plane “Even if they rip or sored by U.S. Sen. Deb noon. This week, she’ll be time frame.” until a new one arrives, gouge a seat cushion, that Fischer, R-Neb., and U.S. joined by social worker Duckworth, a veteran Duckworth said, and a new can lead to things like sores Sen. Claire McCaskill, Caryn Curry from Lurie who uses a wheelchair to make informed decisions one often means a giant and skin breakdowns and D-Mo., requiring all large- Children’s Hospital’s Center after losing both of her legs about where they spend airport-provided wheel- all sorts of problems,” and medium-sized airports for Childhood Resilience to in 2004 while serving in their air-travel money. chair with no brakes that Duckworth said. to provide clean, accessible, talk about creating a healthy the Iraq War, compared the Duckworth said two of doesn’t fit through most The Paralyzed Veterans private rooms in every emotional climate at home. data to an airline’s on-time her wheelchairs have been doors. That’s what hap- of America, a group that terminal for nursing moth- arrival record. Necessary, in broken during air travel pened to Duckworth the advocates for quality health ers. The bill also requires [email protected] other words, for consumers and one, just two weeks last time hers was broken. care, benefits and civil airports to provide baby- Twitter @heidistevens13

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Alleged victim of Burge’s detectives wins a new trial Gerald Reed has ing forward, laughing a bit. spent past 20 years Shackelford said she is in Stateville prison hopeful her son will be home by Saturday, his 55th By Rosemary Sobol birthday. and Megan Crepeau “I couldn’t sleep last Chicago Tribune night,’’ she said as her blue eyes welled with tears. After some six years of “They told me not to get legal wrangling, a con- my hopes up, but I believe victed murderer who al- in God. He’s suffered leged he was beaten into enough. Let him go.” confessing by disgraced Much of the argument former Chicago police throughout the lengthy Cmdr. Jon Burge’s notori- post-trial hearings cen- ous “midnight crew’’ of tered on Reed’s medical detectives nearly three history. A doctor took an decades ago won a new X-ray of Reed’s leg in 2016 trial Wednesday. and concluded that the As Cook County Judge bone had been broken Thomas V. Gainer Jr. an- twice — once from the nounced his decision, Ger- gunshot wound and then ald Reed’s mother leaned from a “direct blow,” ABEL URIBE/CHICAGO TRIBUNE over and sobbed. Reed’s attorneys said in People watch as ambulances deliver the bodies of Officers Conrad Gary and Eduardo Marmolejo to Blake Lamb Funeral Home. Gainer scheduled a de- closing arguments last tention hearing for Friday month. at which time he will “The X-ray doesn’t lie. decide whether to free You look at the X-ray, you Man charged in connection Reed from custody see what hap- while awaiting a pened. It’s very new trial. simple. He was “He was in a kicked. There was state of shock to- trauma. It’s on the with deaths of 2 officers day,” attorney El- X-ray,” a transcript liot Zinger de- quoted Zinger, Edward Brown, 24, Edward clared of Reed, Reed’s lawyer, as Brown is who he said uses a Reed saying. faces 2 felony scheduled wheelchair be- Much of Reed’s weapons charges Funerals scheduled to appear cause of his injuries from 1990s-era jail medical re- for a bond the beating. cords were lost. But what By Jeremy Gorner for Friday, Saturday hearing on Reed has spent the past little paperwork has been Chicago Tribune Thursday. 28 years in Stateville pris- found does not show a Funerals for the two Chicago police officers on, serving out a life sen- second fracture in the leg Two felony weapons killed when struck by a train while pursuing a til the Kensington station, tence for the 1990 mur- or any movement in the charges were filed Wednes- suspect will be held Friday and Saturday at a about a mile away, accord- ders of Pamela Powers and implanted rod, special day against a man who was church on the Southwest Side, the Police ing to Michael Noland, CEO Willie Williams on the prosecutor Lawrence being chased by two Chi- Department announced. and president of the North- South Side. Rosen said in the closing cago police officers before Services for Officer Conrad Gary will be held at ern Indiana Commuter In the days following arguments. they were fatally stuck by a 9:30 a.m. Friday at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel Transportation District, his arrest, Reed alleges, Medical experts agree train on the Far South Side at 7740 S. Western Ave., police said in a release. A which operates South Shore Detective Victor Breska that the rod could have earlier this week, officials wake will be held from 3-9 p.m. Thursday at Blake trains on Metra tracks. kicked him so hard that he broken on its own as a said. Lamb Funeral Home at 4727 W. 103rd St. in Oak Marmolejo had been on broke a rod that had been result of the bone’s natural Edward Brown, 24, of Lawn. the force 2½ years and Gary placed in his leg to aid in healing process, Rosen Chicago, is charged with The funeral for Officer Eduardo Marmolejo 18 months, police said. Both his healing from a gunshot said. aggravated unlawful use of a will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church. The wake were fathers of young chil- wound. “All of the testimony weapon and reckless dis- will be from 3-9 p.m. Friday at the Blake Lamb dren. They were among four A report by the Illinois that Reed gave is com- charge of a firearm, accord- Funeral Home. Chicago police officers killed Torture Inquiry and Relief pletely inconsistent with ing to the Cook County Burial for both will be private, the department in the line of duty this year. Commission concluded this idea that he had been state’s attorney’s office. He said. On Nov. 19, Officer Samu- there was no evidence that beaten and that he was in was scheduled to appear for The officers were struck by a South Shore el Jimenez, 28, was killed in the rod was broken before severe pain and that both a bond hearing Thursday at commuter train around 6:20 p.m. Monday as they a mass shooting at Mercy Reed’s arrest or after he the rod and the femur the Leighton Criminal responded to a call of shots fired near 103rd Street Hospital & Medical Center arrived at Cook County were broken,” he said. Court Building. and Dauphin Avenue. They were crossing a on the Near South Side. Two Jail. The only “plausible Rosen also argued that Calumet District Officers viaduct over 103rd when they hit from behind, women, Dr. Tamara O’Neal, explanation’’ was the beat- Reed’s attorneys pre- Eduardo Marmolejo and officials said. 38, and pharmacist Dayna ing at the police station, sented no “reliable evi- Conrad Gary had been They are the third and fourth Chicago police Less, 24, also were killed the commission said. dence” that Kill was sub- called to an area near 103rd officers who have died in the line of duty this year. before the gunman died Reed said the beating stantially involved in the Street and Dauphin Avenue after he was shot by another stopped when Breska’s alleged beating. around 6:20 p.m. Monday — Chicago Tribune officer in the abdomen and partner, Detective Zinger, though, called after a ShotSpotter sensor shot himself in the head. Michael Kill, pulled the now-deceased Kill picked up gunfire, police On Feb. 13, Cmdr. Paul Breska off of Reed. Kill “one of the most notorious officials said. Marmolejo, 36, Bauer, 53, was fatally shot never reported the beat- detectives in the city of and Gary, 31, saw a suspect, South Chicago District Brown told the officers he while chasing a suspect to a ing. Chicago.” got out of their car and officers also responded to found the gun in an alley a stairwell outside the In making his ruling, “Kill in this case is a scrambled up to the tracks, the area and went to 103rd few blocks away at 101st Thompson Center in the Gainer noted correctional central figure, though, according to police spokes- Street, where Brown made Street and Vernon Avenue Loop. officer Clarence English even if he didn’t do the man Anthony Guglielmi. eye contact with the officers and that he was “just testing Marmolejo and Gary had testified that he saw striking,” Zinger said dur- Video from one of the after he walked down the it out,” Guglielmi said. were assigned to the Calu- Reed lying on the floor in ing closing arguments. officers’ body cameras stairs from the Metra sta- Brown was then arrested met District on the Far the jail’s intake area. Reed “He threatened Mr. Reed. shows them crossing the tion, Guglielmi said. and taken to a police station. South Side where three told him he had been He knew about the beat- viaduct and heading south. When the officers Guglielmi said that’s other officers have died at beaten by police, English ing. He was outside the A northbound Metra stopped Brown and asked where the arresting officers work this year. Two died said. door, as Mr. Reed testi- Electric train approached him if he was carrying learned Marmolejo and from suicides outside the “I can’t believe it — it fied, while Breska was ahead of them. They kept anything illegal, he said, Gary had been fatally struck district’s police station on feels so good,’’ said Reed’s beating him. And he also walking on tracks used by “Yes, I have a gun on me,” by the train. East 111th Street. The third mother, Armanda Shack- came in and played good southbound trains, unaware said Guglielmi. He said the It was not known how officer, 47-year-old Vinita elford, wearing a white cop and pulled Breska off they were in the path of a officers confiscated a Kel- fast the southbound train Williams, died in July after T-shirt emblazoned with him.” South Shore Line train, Tec handgun from Brown’s was going, but trains typi- collapsing at the station. black lettering that read, Guglielmi said. They were sweater pocket and Brown cally travel 65 mph through “Free Gerald Reed.” [email protected] struck not far from the acknowledged firing the that area. The train was not [email protected] “Finally!’’ she said, lean- [email protected] 103rd Street Rosemoor stop. weapon on the tracks. supposed to slow down un- Twitter @JeremyGorner Judge reschedules ruling on fate of 3 Chicago officers Will rule Jan. 15 Thomas Gaffney stood trial in a separate trial this fall. before Stephenson on Van Dyke was the first on fate of cops charges they filed false po- Chicago cop to be convicted in cover-up trial lice reports to exaggerate of murder for an on-duty the threat posed by the incident in half a century. By Megan Crepeau 17-year-old McDonald. He is scheduled to be sen- and Christy Gutowski Closing arguments took tenced Jan. 18. Chicago Tribune place Dec. 6. Special prosecutor Patri- Each is charged with cia Brown Holmes charged A Cook County judge on official misconduct, ob- March, Walsh and Gaffney Wednesday rescheduled structing justice and con- in June 2017, more than 18 until next month her ruling spiracy. It is believed to be months after the court-or- on the fate of three current Cook County’s first criminal dered release of a police or former Chicago police case stemming from the dashboard camera video of officers on trial on charges so-called police code of McDonald’s shooting ZBIGNIEW BZDAK/CHICAGO TRIBUNE of covering up the circum- silence. sparked citywide protests Former Detective David March, from left, and ex-police Officer Joseph Walsh approach the stances of Laquan McDon- Over the course of the and the ouster of several bench with attorneys at a post-trial hearing on Wednesday. ald’s fatal shooting by po- five-day trial, the officers’ high-ranking public offi- lice. attorneys argued that any cials. impose probation if she his hand. The video contra- days earlier. Associate Judge Dom- discrepancies in the offi- March was the lead de- convicts any of the officers dicted reports from officers “Certainly, there has been enica Stephenson initially cers’ paperwork could be tective in the shooting in- on any of the three counts. at the scene that McDonald enough presented that any was slated to rule Wednes- chalked up to innocent mis- vestigation, Walsh was Van The now-infamous dash- had threatened officers reasonable judge should be day in the hot-button case takes or differences of opin- Dyke’s partner that night cam video — released more with the weapon. able to find these gentlemen but delayed the decision ion. and Gaffney was among the than a year after McDon- The Rev. Marvin Hunter, guilty of the charges,” he until Jan. 15. McDonald was shot 16 first officers on the scene. ald’s October 2014 shooting McDonald’s great-uncle, told reporters. She gave no reason for times by then-Officer Jason The official misconduct — showed the white officer came to court Wednesday the delay. Van Dyke, who was con- charge carries the most seri- opening fire within seconds thinking he would hear the [email protected] Ex-Detective David victed of second-degree ous potential penalty — up of exiting his squad car as judge’s decision. He left [email protected] to five years in prison. How- the black teen walked away disappointed, unaware she Twitter @crepeau March, former Officer Jo- murder and aggravated bat- Twitter @christygutowski1 seph Walsh and Officer tery by a Cook County jury ever, Stephenson also could from police with a knife in had announced the delay Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Thursday, December 20, 2018 5

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Make the switch. 6 Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Thursday, December 20, 2018 Insider laying out case against El Chapo Half of Chicago drug operations onto Guz- man’s co-defendant in the twins who turned case, Ismael “El Mayo” on kingpin testifies Zambada, who remains at large. By Jeff Coen Purpura tried to cast Chicago Tribune doubt over whether it was El Chapo’s voice on the NEW YORK – The large phone calls at all, playing for November 2008 heroin jurors a video of a TV drop near O’Hare Interna- interview of him, where tional Airport was unusual Guzman’s voice sounded for more than one reason. slower than on the Flores For starters, the Sinaloa recordings. cartel had sent 20 kilos The lawyer also spent instead of the promised 18, time chipping away at the perhaps as a test of loyalty to image Flores had painted see whether someone on for jurors over two days: the receiving end might that he was just in the skim the extra product. business for the money, Second, the courier tak- ordered no killings of any- ing delivery of the drugs for one, and only helped the the Chicago wing of the government once he feared cartel was actually a Drug for his life. Enforcement Administra- To do so he tried to tie tion agent. Flores to a significant Chi- And finally, the ranking cago gang murder. Latin cartel member in charge of King boss Rudy Rangel Jr. the city and the U.S. distri- was gunned down in a Little bution that came with it Village barber shop in 2003, was using the drug pur- and Purpura pointed out chase to try to lure the Flores had previously de- biggest alleged narcotics scribed Rangel, whom he trafficker in the world, knew from the neighbor- Joaquin “El Chapo” Guz- hood, as a thief who would man, into talking about it in rob drug dealers. a recorded telephone con- After Rangel was mur- versation. Pedro Flores dered, his widow went on to eventually spoke to Guz- marry Flores’ brother, Mar- man about whether money garito, Purpura noted. Flo- for the heroin should go to U.S. LAW ENFORCEMENT res testified that he did not Mexico or get picked up Authorities escort Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the defendant in a landmark trafficking case, in New York early this year. order anyone to kill Rangel. locally. The lawyer also tried to “Look, someone is going the Chicago heroin. good mood. Dressed in a want to take his store- show that Flores could have to give you the number of The window into Sinaloa blue suit and tie, he waved bought digital recorder out a motive to lie — in helping the guy that is in Chicago. drug operations sometimes to some onlookers and of his pants pocket to tape the government prosecute They are going to give it to reached a granular level, as raised a hand to his head in the drug kingpin. Guzman, Flores could face you now,” Guzman could be Flores, with his roots in the what appeared to almost be Two weeks after the calls as little as two years in heard to say. city’s Little Village neigh- a salute to a pair of court- with his boss, Flores said he prison, instead of life. He then told Flores to say borhood, talked about room sketch artists who turned himself in to the Purpura also noted that hello to his twin brother, Margarito Pedro chores as mundane as set- have been making chalky DEA full time and took the twins’ spouses have who was helping run the Flores Flores ting up the dozens of cell- drawings of him for days. himself out of harm’s way. made good on the family’s Sinaloa cartel’s business in phones for his crews to use. He listened as Flores con- He said he was essentially stories. They recently put the city, bringing in tons of Secret recordings When he would do so, he tinued to tell jurors that controlling the flow of car- out a book called “Cartel cocaine for movement tested out the phones with a Guzman was the head of tel cocaine and heroin into Wives,” which has been around the country. Flores and his twin Mar- number familiar to most cartel operations that in- Chicago and the U.S. from optioned for TV or a movie. Flores told the story in garito rose from local deal- Chicagoans, 312-588-2300. cluded his own branch that Mexico, right up to that Flores might even get to his second day on the ing in Chicago to run the “What’s that?” a prose- moved many tons of drugs point. see Margarito again. Pur- witness stand in federal cartel’s massive operation cutor asked. to Chicago on trains and pura asked whether the two court in Brooklyn, where to bring drugs into America, “That’s the number for trucks for distribution. The Allegations of a are still as close as ever. Guzman is the defendant and their cooperation rep- Empire carpeting,” Flores panel listened to several “I’ve been away from him in a landmark drug-traf- resented a monumental replied, without saying the calls between Flores and cartel hit for about nine years,” Flores ficking trial, thanks in large strike against Guzman. number in the company’s cartel leaders including In a cross-examination said, “but in spirit, yes.” part to Flores’ work with The phone call and oth- ubiquitous, sing-song ad- Guzman, who agreed to later Wednesday, Guzman’s The trial, which has been the DEA. ers played in court Wednes- vertising jingle. “I used to drop the price of the Chi- lawyer, William Purpura, going on for a month, is Flores continued to share day were key in the federal always dial that number.” cago shipment by $5,000 a raised questions about past expected to break for the with an anonymous jury effort against the alleged The response got little kilo. statements Flores has made holidays after Thursday, hearing the case how the drug lord. reaction in the New York Flores described being to authorities about who and could last several weeks drug business worked on Jurors heard Guzman’s City courtroom. unable to answer one phone was supplying his drugs, into the new year. the ground, and how El own voice greeting Flores El Chapo had arrived at call from Guzman because especially early in his ca- Chapo ruled over it and with “Amigo!” on a call and the defense table Wednes- he was standing with a reer. The defense has [email protected] directed operations. discussing a price break on day in what seemed like a group of people and didn’t sought to push blame for Twitter @JeffCoen

Prosecutors seek to block release on bond of DEA agent By Jason Meisner Gomez, who was ar- for the gang when he was a Chicago Tribune rested last week at the DEA detective for Evanston po- Chicago field office when lice, according to the Fernando Gomez was a the indictment was un- charges. tactical police officer in the sealed, is asking a federal “Gomez then joined the north suburbs in 2010 when judge in Chicago to release DEA so that he could help he and a colleague dis- him to a family friend who’s members of the narcotics cussed whether he should willing to put up equity in conspiracy, including Mar- apply to be an agent for the her house to secure his tinez-Diaz, evade prose- U.S. Drug Enforcement Ad- bond. cution by law enforcement,” ministration, according to At a hearing this week, the indictment alleged. federal prosecutors. U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan The charges do not allege But Gomez’s career ad- Cox said she was inclined to Gomez personally partici- viser wasn’t a relative or grant bond so Gomez could pated in any of the killings. fellow cop. He was a re- travel to New York on his One of the counts he faces, puted leader of a violent own to face the charges. She however, accused him of Puerto Rico-based drug scheduled a hearing for carrying firearms — “some JOSE M. OSORIO/CHICAGO TRIBUNE cartel who agreed that if Thursday to review the of which were brandished A plane approaches O’Hare International Airport in November 2015, seen here flying Gomez joined the DEA, property that would be and discharged” — in rela- over an area near Center Street and Main Street in Bensenville. they would be “unstop- posted and question the tion to a drug-trafficking pable,” prosecutors alleged. friend who agreed to ensure crime. The new details of that Gomez complied with Gomez faces a manda- Gomez’s allegedly stunning the conditions of his re- tory minimum 20-year sen- Bensenville residents’ suit betrayal were laid out by lease. tence and up to life in prison prosecutors in New York, But prosecutors in Man- if convicted. where the DEA agent was hattan on Wednesday asked Gomez’s attorneys have over O’Hare noise tossed charged in a new indict- the judge overseeing the described him as a dedi- ment last week with con- case there to override what- cated family man who had a By Mary Wisniewski The lawsuit said tween spring and summer spiring for more than a ever decision Cox makes distinguished career with Chicago Tribune of 2014 and the same pe- decade with a drug organi- and deny bond for Gomez, the U.S. Marines before that planes riod of 2015, outside of zation responsible for nu- saying he poses a danger to going into law enforcement. A Cook County judge on normal seasonal varia- merous killings and other the community and a risk to He owns property in Chi- Wednesday tossed out a coming in to tions. violence. flee. cago and shares custody of lawsuit brought by “We are pleased with “When Gomez swore to U.S. District Judge Jesse his young daughter, his at- Bensenville residents com- land toward the the decision,” said Bill Mc- uphold our nation’s drug Furman has scheduled a torneys said, and his only plaining of noise from Caffrey, spokesman for the laws, he never had any detention hearing for ties to Puerto Rico were O’Hare International Air- east pass as low city’s Law Department. intention of doing that,” Thursday in New York, when he was on assignment port, ruling that they Complaints about run- prosecutors said in a two- where Gomez and his attor- there with the DEA. waited too long to file their as 100 feet over way noise have increased page filing that seeks to neys will participate via In asking that Gomez be complaint after a new run- the rooftops of in recent years after Chi- block his possible release on teleconference. denied bond, prosecutors way began operations. cago started building new bond in Chicago. “From the Gomez, 41, was charged said that his law enforce- The owners of 65 homes homes. east-west runways that are beginning, he was a double with racketeering conspira- ment training makes him in west suburban meant to be safer and more agent.” cy for his alleged decade- “more equipped to evade Bensenville filed a lawsuit efficient. Prosecutors said that as a long affiliation with the detection if he chooses to in October 2015 seeking Mike Leonard, an attor- police officer in Evanston, Organizacion de Narcotraf- flee.” compensation from the their suit too late since they ney representing the plain- Gomez had obtained guns icantes Unidos, a conglom- He also has the resources city of Chicago because of had one year from the date tiffs, said they plan to from drug dealers and de- eration of drug traffickers to flee because of his con- the impact of planes taking when the runway allegedly appeal. He said that the livered them to gang mem- based in Puerto Rico re- nection to Martinez-Diaz off and landing near their deprived them of the en- city was stopped from rais- bers in Puerto Rico. He also sponsible for importing vast and “other wealthy drug neighborhood on a runway joyment of their property ing the statute of limita- helped transport “large shipments of cocaine into traffickers with interna- that opened in October to file a complaint. The tions since city officials, sums of money” for the New York and elsewhere. tional connections,” prose- 2013 at O’Hare. lawsuit was not filed until including Mayor Rahm drug organization from The 40-page indictment cutors said. The affected area is im- almost two years after run- Emanuel, repeatedly made New York to San Juan, the alleged the gang participa- The filing also hinted at mediately west of runway way operations began. statements that it was act- filing alleged. ted in at least eight drug- the potential for violence if 10 Center/28 Center on The residents had ar- ing to reduce the impact of And prosecutors said related killings in New York Gomez is released. Accord- O’Hare’s south airfield. gued that the impact to the runway on Bensenville Gomez’s plan to join the and Puerto Rico dating to ing to prosecutors, the drug The lawsuit said that their property increased residents. Leonard said the DEA to protect his friend — 2005. organization he works for planes coming in to land after October 2014, with residents relied on the alleged drug trafficker Jose One of Gomez’s co-de- has killed suspected in- toward the east pass as low bigger planes, more cargo promises of the mayor and Martinez-Diaz, also known fendants was a police offi- formants in the past and as 100 feet over the planes and more planes and other officials and are as “Tony Zinc” — suc- cer in Puerto Rico when he there have been “serious, rooftops of homes and “lit- flying at odd, late night “essentially punished for ceeded. Martinez-Diaz and another alleged gang credible threats” made to erally roar down the streets hours, which extended the doing so and not going “evaded detection from law member killed a rival in San the lives of witnesses who of the residents.” statute of limitations. Mul- directly to court.” enforcement for years” un- Juan in 2007, prosecutors may testify at Gomez’s trial. But Cook County Judge roy ruled that there “were til his arrest in early 2018 — charged in court records Thomas R. Mulroy ruled no significant changes” in [email protected] by the FBI, not the DEA, filed in the case. [email protected] that the residents filed runway operations be- Twitter @marywizchicago according to prosecutors. Gomez began working Twitter @jmetr22b Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Thursday, December 20, 2018 7

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An attorney for newly elected McHenry County Clerk Joe Tirio is asking for jail time for two people who have refused a court order to disclose who is behind “de- famatory” political flyers that attacked Tirio during the March primary campaign. McHenry County Judge Kevin Costello had set a deadline of last Thursday for the attorney for the Breaker Press printing company and Janice Dalton, a former political opponent of Tirio in the primary, to reveal the names behind the flyers. But attorney Natalie Harris did not comply. KYLE TELECHAN/POST-TRIBUNE PHOTOS Instead, Harris filed an A crowd gathers outside of Mexico Lindo in the Portage Commons shopping center for a protest against ICE raids on Tuesday. appeal last week to stay Costello’s ruling until she has had the opportunity to argue the First Amendment Dozens rally outside Portage case before the Second Dis- trict Appellate Court. Harris wrote a letter to the courts “respectfully” declining to comply with the eatery after employees detained judge’s ruling. “Respondents shall make 4 men, 1 woman can order off Amazon and two patrons were also a good faith request of a have it delivered in two picked up by ICE at an East ‘friendly contempt’ strictly picked up during days,” she said. “It is a Chicago restaurant. to ensure that there is appel- recent ICE raid process that takes years. “We need to respond late jurisdiction” regarding Sometimes even decades.” quickly. The fact there the judge’s ruling, Harris By Rob Earnshaw One man, who did not were three ICE raids is a wrote in her letter. and Carole Carlson want to give his name, said bad signal. We are in a The matter was back in Post-Tribune he is the grandfather of crisis,” she said. “The im- Costello’s court Monday, children whose parent was pact on the Latino commu- and the parties were or- Dozens gathered outside one of those detained. nity is immense. It’s cre- dered back to court Friday. of a Portage restaurant “This has affected my ating a crisis of trauma.” Tirio’s attorney, Phil Tuesday night to protest a family,” he said. “It has Merrillville immigration Prossnitz, said he will ask recent raid by the U.S. affected my grand- attorney Alfredo Estrada that Dalton and Breaker Immigration and Customs daughters. They are asking said he’s representing one Printing President Richard Enforcement agency that for their dad. We can’t give of the East Chicago restau- Lewandowski be jailed for detained five workers. Mexico Lindo employee Jessica Fleming wipes a tear as them answers because of rant patrons. contempt “and that the jail Mexico Lindo, 5908 U.S. she speaks during a Tuesday protest of the ICE raid. this illegal injustice they Typically, he said the provision be lifted once they 6, in the Portage Commons have done. All they want is first step is to ask a court for disclose who the Illinois shopping center, closed state excise police jackets. Needleman said. “The rea- to have their family to- a determination on a bond Integrity Fund is.” down for the protest and Nicole Alberico, spokes- son why the raids took gether. This is not right. We hearing. He said the statu- Illinois Integrity Fund is employees joined members woman for ICE in Chicago, place was to scare people. have to stop this.” tory bond minimum is the only name associated of NWI Resistance in con- referred questions to state And the fact they did it the Guillermo Marin said $1,500. with the flyers. There is no demning not just the raid at officials. She said the “tar- week before Christmas is one of the detained men is “We have to show corporation, limited liability the Portage location but geted enforcement is an an abomination. It is cruel, trying to provide for his they’re not a danger to the company or nonprofit by also one at Mexico Lindo in ongoing investigation.” it is inhuman. family and is not a criminal. community, not flight or that name registered in Illi- Knox. Those detained included “We will not be divided, Also speaking was Scott national security risk,” he nois, according to online Jessica Fleming, who four men and one woman, we will not be terrorized Houldieson, an official said. records. Nor is any organi- works at the Portage according to the family and we will not stand for with UAW Ford Local 551 Estrada said his client zation with that moniker restaurant, said everybody spokesman. One man was these raids and roundups in Chicago, who said he is a was taken to a detention registered with the Illinois who knows the business taken to a county detention of people who are impor- union guy and working facility in Pulaski County in State Board of Elections. “knows we are not crimi- facility in Kankakee, Ill. tant contributors to this class guy there to support southwestern Illinois, near The three flyers, one with nals.” The family source said community,” she said. working folks and to show the Missouri border. a digitally altered image of “Everyone knows what they were all longtime em- Leslie Esquival, a recent solidarity with the people Needleman said NWI Tirio wearing a burglar’s this restaurant has done for ployees. One waitress is a Indiana University North- who have been “suffering Resistance is planning a mask, were circulated to the community,” she said. single mother with three west graduate and DACA by the hands of this admin- meeting Jan. 12 at the thousands of McHenry “How supportive this busi- children, the source said. recipient, said the families istration.” student library building at County addresses last ness has been of Portage “They’ve been good of those detained will be “Why is the federal gov- Purdue University North- spring during the primary. and Knox.” workers,” the spokesman supported in any way pos- ernment targeting hard- west’s Hammond campus. They called Tirio, who ulti- Fleming told the sup- said. sible. working class people — She also said the group mately won the election, a porters not to lose faith. A worker’s son was in Esquival said she is most they are afraid,” has secured a billboard to “crook” and accused him of “We will win,” she said. the restaurant and watched afraid of coming home and Houldieson said. “When go up on Jan. 7 along stealing from a private slush A spokesman for one of as his father was taken not seeing her parents be- we get together and the Interstate 94 between Indi- fund, hiring “cronies” and the people who was de- away, the spokesman said. cause they have been de- power we have when we anapolis and Cline avenues acquainting himself with an tained who asked not to be NWI Resistance said ported, leaving her 8-year- come together, we can fight that will protest the depor- alleged child predator and identified said Saturday that the five workers from old sister behind. off their greed because that tations at Gary/Chicago In- racists. Each referred to that three employees were Mexico Lindo are being “My dad works so hard,” is what it is all about. They ternational Airport. Tirio as “Crooked Joe.” picked up by authorities. detained in an Illinois facil- she said. are trying to divide us so Needleman said NWI The defamation case has Two other employees were ity. The group has been Esquival said the immi- they can steal from us.” Resistance will return Jan. been in court for months. picked up at another Mexi- protesting the deportations gration system is broken Portage Mayor James 18 to the airport for more Costello had ruled that the co Lindo restaurant in at the Gary/Chicago Inter- and there is so much more Snyder and police Chief protests. statements were “defamato- Knox. national Airport for the last involved in applying for Troy Williams said Sunday ry” and ordered that the The family spokesman two years. citizenship than people they were not made aware Carole Carlson and Rob names be revealed. said the agents wore “It gets me very, very know. of the raid. Earnshaw are freelance re- However, Harris argued Homeland Security and angry,” co-organizer Ruth “It is not something you Needleman said Sunday porters for the Post-Tribune. that it is all just typical hyperbole and political mudslinging and said turning over the names would be a violation of the creators’ Mendoza’s foe abandons First Amendment rights. Prossnitz is pressing for the names behind the flyers challenge to petitions because he fears the statute By John Byrne Preckwinkle in recent of limitations for a defama- Chicago Tribune weeks for trying to knock tion lawsuit will run out in other contenders off the February. Harris has argued Cook County Board ballot. Mendoza campaign that Prossnitz still can file a President Toni Preckwin- manager Nicole DeMont lawsuit through her since kle will drop her challenge on Wednesday continued she represents the Illinois to state Comptroller Susana framing the move as a Integrity Fund. Mendoza’s mayoral peti- machine tactic. tions, clearing the way for “Despite what boss Amanda Marrazzo is a free- Mendoza to appear as a Preckwinkle hoped, there lance reporter. candidate on the February will be an election and ballot. voters will hold her ac- The petition fight be- countable for her record of tween two women who are raising taxes first and pro- considered among the may- viding transparency last,” oral front-runners has been DeMont said in a state- a central focus of the past ment. few weeks of the race. Preckwinkle challenged The Preckwinkle cam- Mendoza’s petitions Dec. 3, CHRIS SWEDA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE MCHENRY COUNTY CIRCUIT paign released a statement arguing that more than Susana Mendoza, left, has criticized Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, far Joe Tirio has taken legal Wednesday criticizing 14,000 of the roughly right, for trying to knock other contenders off the ballot for Chicago’s mayoral election. action to find who’s behind Mendoza even while saying 25,000 names she turned in this attack campaign. Preckwinkle wouldn’t pro- to get on the ballot were no they could meet the signa- comptroller on Nov. 6, giv- year of the woman, in ceed with the challenge. good. That would take ture standard. ing her just a few weeks to Trump’s America, the high- “While the campaign is Mendoza down to only Given Mendoza’s politi- circulate petitions for the est-ranking woman in Cook MORE FOR dropping its challenge to around 10,400 names of cal chops, City Hall insiders city election. 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Last month, the tection of Children and Archdiocese of Chicago Youth as a way to try to added 10 names to an help survivors. online list of clergy with “I want to express again substantiated allegations the profound regret of the of sexual abuse involving whole church for our fail- children. ures to address the It wasn’t until this fall scourge of clerical sexual that the other dioceses abuse,” Cupich said in the across the state made ef- statement. “It is the forts to make the informa- courage of the victim- tion public, Madigan said. PHELAN M. EBENHACK/FOR THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE survivors that has shed Madigan expects the Mary Miller sits with her son, Ryan, 11, and husband, Doug, in their Winter Garden, Fla., home earlier this month. purifying light on this dark list of priests accused of chapter in church history.” abusing children to grow Madigan stressed the as investigators sort findings issued in the re- through the allegations in- Once again, spate of departures in state port are based on a prelim- volving hundreds of Population, from Page 1 of the economy of other their working years. to the December census inary investigation, and it priests across the state. states compared to Illi- “It’s not just retirees go- report. was too soon to say what, Before the investigation lous state, with a population nois.” ing to Florida,” he said. “It’s Nevada and Idaho were if any, action should be began, there were about estimated at 12,741,080, but He noted that there has also prime working-age in- states that saw the most brought by her office. She 140 Catholic priests in there has been a decrease of been a spike in migration to dividuals and people of proportional growth, with said she would like to see Illinois who had been more than 100,000 resi- other states in the past few childbearing age who are populations increasing her successor, Democrat publicly named as having dents since 2013, when the years that hasn’t been offset moving ... because job cre- about 2.1 percent in the past Kwame Raoul, continue sexually abused children. population hit almost 12.9 by new residents. However, ation in Illinois is also very year. Texas had the most the inquiry next year. In the four months of the million, the census figures international immigration sluggish compared to the numeric growth over the In a statement issued investigation, that list has show. to Illinois has been rela- rest of the country.” last year, with an increase of Wednesday, Raoul com- already gotten longer as Ohio is next in the rank- tively stable, with about Census figures released 379,128 people. Florida had mitted to continuing the Madigan’s office began ings at number seven, trail- 30,000 new immigrants ar- in May showed the Chicago the most net domestic mi- inquiry once his term be- digging through files, she ing by more than a million riving in the past year. metropolitan area — from gration, with a gain of gins. said. residents. “The fact that people are the city to the suburbs, as 132,602 residents last year. One of the reasons the The office of the attor- Illinois suffered the sec- moving here from other well as swaths of Indiana The data cover July 2017 preliminary findings were ney general created a hot- ond-largest numeric loss of countries, that’s like our and Wisconsin — lost resi- to July 2018 and do not take made public now is that line for victims of abuse, any state, following only saving grace,” said Orphe dents for the past three into account the impact of the United States Confer- and it has already fielded New York, which was down Divounguy, chief economist consecutive years. Cities Hurricane Florence in Sep- ence of Catholic Bishops is 300 calls, Madigan said. 48,510 residents but has a with the Illinois Policy In- across Illinois also have tember, Hurricane Michael expected to meet in Janu- “These survivors, they much larger overall popula- stitute, a liberterian think seen recent population de- in October or the California ary at Mundelein Semi- are calling us recognizing tion of more than 19.5 mil- tank. clines, including Rockford, wildfires. nary in suburban Chicago that the criminal justice lion, according to the data. Divounguy said Illinois is Springfield and Peoria; one As for Miller, she says to discuss the ongoing system may not be one Other states that declined facing an “outmigration cri- exception in the May report she’s been happy living in clergy sex abuse scandal, where they will get relief, were West Virginia, Louisi- sis,” having lost a net of was Naperville, which the Orlando area, finding Madigan said. but they are seeking a ana, Hawaii, Mississippi, 114,000 residents to other gained about 500 residents property taxes and in-state “The Catholic church Alaska, Connecticut and states from 2017 to 2018 — from 2016 to 2017. college tuition to generally needs to prioritize sur- Wyoming. more than 300 people a day. Recent Internal Revenue be less expensive there. vivors,” Madigan said in a “The Catholic No other states in the “What we need are pro- Service data indicate that While the weather also is telephone interview. Midwest had losses. growth policies,” he said. warmer-climate states like more pleasant, she says the “They can’t continue to church needs to “I think in a way Illinois “We need to lower our tax Florida, California and temperature is more of an prioritize criminal clergy is kind of standing out in burden. … This is what the Texas draw many ex-Illi- added benefit than the main or prioritize the preserva- prioritize sur- the Midwest,” said William new governor needs to look nois residents, though there attraction. tion of their assets. They Frey, a demographer at the at in the new year. Other- also is a lot of migration to “It’s an influencer, but it’s have to follow their own vivors. They Brookings Institution in wise we’re going to contin- neighboring states like Indi- not a decision point,” she charter and heal the sur- Washington, D.C., a not- ue to see people leaving at ana and Wisconsin. said. “But I will say I vivors.” can’t continue for-profit public policy or- an alarming rate.” Overall, the U.S. popula- enjoyed wearing shorts William Kunkel, the to prioritize ganization. “Illinois actu- Divounguy added that tion continued to grow in yesterday.” general counsel for the ally has a population loss, pension reform also is criti- 2018 due to both interna- Archdiocese of Chicago, criminal clergy which means immigration cal to keeping residents in tional migration — which Chicago Tribune reporter said he doesn’t anticipate and fertility isn’t enough to Illinois long-term. In ana- was slightly lower than last Elvia Malagon contributed. the public list of Chicago- or prioritize the make up for the domestic lyzing previous census data, year — and natural in- area priests with credible outmigration. It says some- he said much of the exodus creases, which were a little [email protected] allegations of abuse to preservation of thing about the relative pull consists of younger adults in higher this year, according Twitter: @angie_leventis grow. The archdiocese has no immediate plans to their assets.” review past allegations — — Illinois Attorney some of which go back General Lisa Madigan decades — because it has Neighbors already reported past allegations to prosecutors in measure of justice, they Cook and Lake counties, are seeking closure,” proudly fly Kunkel said. In cases in- Madigan said by phone. volving a priest who has “They are seeking an abil- flags after died, children are no long- ity to move forward with er at risk, Kunkel said. their lives and a very large flag’s theft “We expect to add no part of that is the church further names at this taking their allegations se- Barrington, from Page 1 point. We think the list is a riously, investigating them complete list of all priests, and acknowledging the ence into a vibrant show of of all clergy who have crimes that took place, and unity. worked in the archdiocese publicly disclosing the Dozens of neighbors are who have substantiated names of the individuals now displaying rainbow claims,” Kunkel said. who committed those flags outside their own The archdiocese is crimes.” homes, tucking them into working with an inde- The preliminary report their mailboxes, planting pendent expert to review found that some victims of them into their front lawns, its policies and procedures abuse who had previously even incorporating them on handling abuse allega- come forward were never into Christmas decorations. tions, Kunkel said. even told the results, if any, “Especially in the climate The AG’s report found of investigations. we’re in, it just shows there ARMANDO L. SANCHEZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE PHOTOS that in many cases, the None of the dioceses are a lot of people who have A pride flags sit on a neighbor’s mailbox near Casey Handal and Zadette Rosado's home. dioceses did not conduct across the state have taken a lot of love in their hearts,” proper investigations into steps to put in place poli- said Kristin Cannon, a ordered four dozen small with love and affirmation. allegations, particularly cies to hold officials, such friend and fellow resident of rainbow flags for neighbors Rainbow flags, he said, are when the priest had died, as Catholic bishops, re- the Fox Point neighbor- to display. themselves a bold declara- left the ministry or was a sponsible for covering up hood. “That love is bigger “I’m so sick of all this tion of patriotism. member of a religious or- abuse of children, accord- than the discrimination hate,” Filian said in an “Just because some- der and therefore not ing to the report. against a family like theirs.” interview. “ ... I felt like it body’s gay doesn’t mean under the authority of a Larry Antonsen, a Chi- Handal and Zadette was one thing I could do to they’re wrong, doesn’t diocese. cago leader of the Sur- Rosado moved into their show support — just some- mean they’re bad, it just In some cases, the dio- vivors Network of those lakeside home in May, eager thing little.” means they’re a little differ- ceses referred an allega- Abused by Priests, said to raise their daughters — Kim Filian says ordering Soon, the flags were event and that’s just fine,” he tion of abuse to a priest’s he’s glad the office of the Payton, 9, and Reese, 7 — in a rainbow flags was “some- erywhere throughout Fox said. “That’s America. religious order rather than attorney general is looking close-knit and peaceful thing little” she could do. Point. That turned out to be That’s what it should be, investigating the abuse into abuse by clergy. He community with amenities just the start of the neigh- anyway.” themselves. In other cases, would like to see the such as a swimming pool prank — how many kids borhood’s embrace of the Handal said the neigh- an allegation was not in- clergy files be made pub- and tennis courts. today, she asked, even know family. Several dozen peo- borhood’s heartening reac- vestigated at all if a lawsuit lic, and he would also like Their house came with a how to raise a flag? — but ple also volunteered to tion to her family’s experi- had been filed, if the per- investigators to question flagpole in the backyard, something rooted in hate. serve as secret Santas, drop- ence has convinced her not son making the allegation religious orders, not just and they decided to use it to She reported the theft to ping off small gifts like only that she picked the wanted to remain anony- the dioceses, about the fly a rainbow flag. It wasn’t police, though she said she candy, coffee mugs or socks right place to live, but that mous, if a police agency abuse allegations. meant to be a political wasn’t really looking to at the family’s house until something good can flower was investigating the inci- “I think what she’s do- statement, Handal said. press charges. She just New Year’s Eve — the day in the aftermath of some- dent or if a priest had left ing is the right thing,” “It was just there to wanted to speak to the Handal and Rosado plan to thing terrible. the United States, accord- Antonsen said about represent our family,” she person who had shaken her get married. “The fact that this story ing to the report. Madigan’s inquiry. “I also said. “The girls loved it, and family’s sense of security, to Stephanie Paine, a friend might make someone smile, Madigan’s office found think that there should be not just because it’s pretty. learn why they did it and try of the family and the social maybe it’s not so bad, and instances in which the more of an emphasis on Every time they’d have a to convince them of their chair of the Fox Point maybe the hate we see so dioceses used personal in- changing the statute of friend come over they’d be shared humanity. (Barring- Homeowners Association, much is not the mass of formation against the per- limitation(s). I think that like, ‘Hey, look at our flag. ton police said no culprit said people with varying people but individuals,” she son making the allegation would be a big thing.” Isn’t it cool?’ ” has been found.) political beliefs are taking said. “I think it makes it all to discredit them, which Some religious orders But in the wee hours of She told her neighbors part. worth it if this crummy then led to the accusation have made recent efforts Dec. 9, someone sneaked about the incident on “They’ve come together. thing that happened can not being found credible. to name priests with cred- onto the family’s property, Nextdoor, a neighborhood- Everyone wanted to do lead to spreading more joy The report didn’t specify ible reports of abuse. This lowered it from the pole and centric social media app, their best to make this and happiness in the when the dioceses used week, the Midwest Prov- took it away. In its place was and their reaction was al- right,” she said. world.” such tactics. ince Jesuits, part of a left an American flag. most immediate. They as- Some had a personal In addition, terminol- Catholic religious order, The new flag didn’t come sured her that the theft was stake in offering their sup- Chicago Tribune photogra- ogy used by the various released a list of dozens of with a note or any explana- not representative of Fox port. Robert Colvin said his pher Stacey Wescott contrib- state dioceses differs, priests with credible alle- tion for the theft, but Han- Point, and to drive that adult son came out as gay a uted. making it difficult to gations of sexual abuse. dal said the intent was point home, Kimberly Fil- few years ago, and he was understand when an alle- obvious enough to her. This ian, a high school social glad to see the neighbor- [email protected] gation of abuse was [email protected] didn’t appear to be a kid’s worker, announced she had hood react to the flag theft Twitter @JohnKeilman deemed credible. The dio- Twitter @ElviaMalagon Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Thursday, December 20, 2018 11 NATION & WORLD

Senate votes to OK stopgap measure Legislation would “Democrats will fund government be ready to fully, through Feb. 8 responsibly fund By Lisa Mascaro, Matthew Daly our government and Catherine Lucey Associated Press in January.” —Nancy Pelosi WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Wednesday to temporarily fund the gov- the president may be win- ernment, a key step toward ning out over sensible pol- averting a federal shutdown icy.” after President Donald Senate Minority Leader Trump backed off his de- Chuck Schumer of New mand for money for a bor- York said Democrats oppose der wall with Mexico. Trump’s border demands Senators approved the because the wall is “ineffi- measure, which would keep cient” and because Trump, government running to Feb. as a candidate, promised 8. Voting had stalled amid that Mexico would pay for negotiations on other provi- it, which Mexico has re- sions. The House is also fused to do. expected to move before “We want smart, effective Friday’s deadline, when border security,” Schumer funding for a portion of the said. “That’s not a wall.” government expires. With- But the White House out resolution, more than showed its willingness to 800,000 federal workers budge as it became apparent would face furloughs or be the president did not have forced to work without pay, support in Congress for pay- disrupting government op- ing for the wall. erations days before Christ- White House press secre- mas. J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/AP tary Sarah Huckabee Sand- While the White House The Senate approved bill to fund government through Feb. 8, and the House is expected to move by the Friday deadline. ers indicated earlier this indicated Trump was open week that Trump did not to reviewing whatever Con- prospects. to keep the government jority in the midterm elec- “Democrats will be ready want to shut down the gress could pass, Trump did On Twitter, Trump ap- moving forward, and he has tion. Passage could depend to fully, responsibly fund government. not immediately weigh in peared to respond to criti- a responsibility to get bor- on Democrats. our government in Janu- Congress did pass legisla- on the short-term plan. cism by insisting that “one der security.” Democratic House ary,” Pelosi said in a state- tion to fund much of the Many of Trump’s sup- way or the other, we will win Senate Majority Leader leader Nancy Pelosi, who is ment. government through the porters were frustrated that on the Wall!” Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on track to become speaker As some Republicans current budget year, until he appeared to retreat on his Trump counselor portrayed the short-term when Democrats take con- grumbled that Trump next Oct. 1. shutdown threats after Kellyanne Conway faced spending measure as a “sim- trol Jan. 3, signaled support caved, McConnell lashed Voting was delayed promising a fight over the questioning on “Fox & ple” bill that would show for ensuring funding. out at Democrats for failing Wednesday as a bipartisan wall, which had been cen- Friends,” the morning show that Republicans, who con- Should the legislation be- to give Trump any of the $5 group of lawmakers, mostly tral to his presidential cam- known to be one of Trump’s trol Congress now, will fin- come law, the border money billion that he wanted for from the West, sought to paign. Just last week Trump favorites, with host Brian ish the year by not prolong- fight would drag into the the wall. The bill keeps include language reautho- said he would be “proud” to Kilmeade saying Wednes- ing a potential crisis. next Congress, which could funding at current levels, rizing a popular program shut down the government day that Trump has “no “Republicans will contin- prove even more difficult $1.3 billion, for border secu- that supports conservation over his demand for $5 leverage,” while Ainsley ue to fill our duty to govern,” for Trump. rity and fencing, but not for and outdoor recreation billion for the wall. Some Earhardt asked why Trump McConnell said. Pelosi will probably be the wall. projects. allies described the move as was “softening” his position. It was unclear how many able to quickly win approval “This seems to be the The Land and Water caving on his pledge, ex- “The president is not soft- House Republicans would of a longer-term measure to reality of our political mo- Conservation Fund expired pressing concern that it ening his stance,” Conway return to Washington for keep government running ment,” McConnell said. “It Sept. 30, and they’ve been could hurt Trump’s 2020 said. “He has a responsibility votes after losing their main 2019. seems like political spite for trying to extend it. Ryan farewell assails politics of ‘outrage’ By Alan Fram Ryan’s departure comes statute crashed, annual fed- Associated Press six weeks after an Election eral deficits are surging and Day that saw Democrats popular benefit programs WASHINGTON — Retir- capture House control. remain unchanged. ing House Speaker Paul Their triumph followed a “We have taken on some Ryan decried the outrage campaign in which they of the biggest challenges of and bitterness that he said pummeled Republicans for our time, and we’ve made a now color American poli- trying to repeal and replace great and lasting difference tics in a farewell speech that former President Barack in the trajectory of this also acknowledged his in- Obama’s health care law, a country,” he said, lauding ability to achieve two top primary GOP priority. Republicans for trying to goals: controlling surging Ryan never mentioned tackle issues such as health federal debt and reining in Trump in his remarks. But care and immigration. Medicare and other mam- he bemoaned the divisive- Thanks partly to the 10- moth benefit programs. ness that has been a hall- year, $1.5 trillion tax cut “Our complex problems mark of Trump’s relentless, Republicans enacted last are absolutely solvable,” bitter denunciations of his year, the nonpartisan Con- Ryan said at the Library of political opponents, often gressional Budget Office es- Congress, across the street on Twitter. timates a record $12.4 tril- CAROLYN KASTER/AP from the U.S. Capitol, where “All of this gets amplified lion in accumulated federal Paul Ryan shakes hands with well-wishers after giving a farewell speech Wednesday. he’s ending two decades in by technology, with an in- debt for the coming decade. the House. “That is to say centive structure that preys “I acknowledge plainly House Budget Committee still be in need of serious far in offering citizenship to our problems are solvable if on people’s fears, and algo- that my ambitions for enti- chairman, he wrote spend- reform.” immigrants in the U.S. il- our politics will allow it.” rithms that play on anger,” tlement reform have out- ing plans that envisioned In a departure from legally. As speaker, he The Wisconsin Republi- he said. “Outrage has be- paced the political reality, squeezing savings from Trump’s frequent anti-im- couldn’t unify Republicans can’s half-hour address, come a brand.” and I consider this our popular benefit programs migrant rhetoric, Ryan said behind one approach. which touted achievements He said the combative- greatest unfinished busi- like Medicare and eliminat- a fix should include not just Resolving the problem and admitted shortcomings, ness “pulls on the threads of ness,” he said. ing deficits — cuts Congress border security but also would take “some of the came as he ends his three- our common humanity in While the House-passed never enacted. help for immigrants in the venom out of our dis- year run as speaker. Despite what could be our unrav- health care bill would have He was Mitt Romney’s U.S. illegally to stay “and be course,” he said. GOP control of the White eling,” and he conceded that culled savings from Medi- vice presidential running a part of our American On foreign policy, Ryan House and Congress the he didn’t know how to fix caid and other programs, mate in 2012 and became fabric.” called for “committing to past two years, it’s been a the problem. the effort died in the GOP- speaker in 2015 after con- He said that should in- the pillars of international remarkably tumultuous pe- Under Ryan, Congress run Senate, killed by solid servative unrest prompted clude “the undocumented relations,” a contrast with riod dominated by the er- approved the biggest tax Democratic opposition and the abrupt resignation of his population,” a group esti- Trump’s pillorying of ratic decision-making and cuts in decades, boosted a handful of Republican predecessor, John Boehner, mated at around 11 million NATO and withdrawal verbal outbursts of Presi- defense spending and rolled opponents. R-Ohio. people. from some organizations. dent Donald Trump and back Obama regulations Ryan was elected to Con- On immigration, Ryan Ryan was long a quiet America must lead “not Republican divisions over protecting clean air and gress in 1998 and became a said no matter how the force for broad immigration with bluster but with top issues like health care water. But its attempt to leader of Republicans trying border wall battle is re- overhauls that conserva- steady, principled action,” and immigration. scuttle Obama’s health care to shrink government. As solved, “The system will tives opposed as going too he said. Obamacare sign-ups dip 4% amid late rush, federal agency says By Ricardo cluding California and New miums for Obamacare’s eve of the enrollment dead- ance and buy this insurance added in later are Health- Alonso-Zaldivar York, still left to report. The comprehensive coverage line. Obamacare supporters every year,” said Chris Sloan Care.gov customers who Associated Press preliminary number was remained unaffordable for are planning to appeal. of the consulting firm signed up close to deadline down about 4 percent, many people who don’t Experts said the new Avalere Health. “They are a or who left phone numbers WASHINGTON — The when a much bigger loss qualify for financial help. numbers show staying hardy group of people.” for a callback. Affordable Care Act has yet had been expected. Also, Congress repealed a power for the health law, But the number of new Trump has repeatedly again beaten predictions of Different factors com- requirement for Americans even with its continuing customers — the key to called the health law a its downfall, as government bined to make for an unpre- to get health insurance, and political problems and pre- growing the Obamacare “disaster” and last year led figures released Wednesday dictable sign-up season this President Donald Trump’s miums that remain too high market — remained down an unsuccessful drive to showed unexpectedly solid year for former President administration scaled back for many middle-class con- by about 15 percent when repeal it. sign-ups for health cov- Barack Obama’s health care advertising and opened the sumers. compared to last year. Nearly 11.8 million peo- erage next year. law, commonly referred to way for competition from “Despite everything that Wednesday’s figures are ple signed up during last The Centers for Medi- as Obamacare. lower-cost insurance that has been thrown at this for the 39 states using the year’s open enrollment sea- care and Medicaid Services On the plus side, premi- covers less. market, politically, with HealthCare.gov website. son, counting all 50 states. said nearly 8.5 million peo- ums stabilized and consum- Then last Friday, a Re- premium increases and also Not included are totals from It’s possible that number ple had enrolled as of last ers had more coverage publican-appointed federal regulation changes, there is about a dozen states run- could be matched again, Saturday’s deadline, with choices. judge in Texas declared the still a core group of Ameri- ning their own insurance after totals from remaining about a dozen states, in- On the negative side, pre- law unconstitutional on the cans who want this insur- marketplaces. Also to be states are added.

Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Thursday, December 20, 2018 13 Taliban says talks focused on NATO pullout of Afghan War By Kathy Gannon could be enforced without namo Bay, ex-Taliban army Associated Press their support. chief Mohammed Fazle and At the meeting, Khalilzad former governor of western ISLAMABAD — The lat- pressed for the release of Herat province, Khairullah est talks between the Tali- two professors from the Khairkhwa, were also at the ban and a U.S. peace envoy American University of Af- meetings. on the war in Afghanistan ghanistan —— American The Afghan government focused on the withdrawal Kevin King and Australian sent a delegation that in- of NATO troops, the release Timothy Weeks —— who cluded national security ad- of prisoners and halting were kidnapped from viser Hamdullah Mohib to attacks on civilians by pro- Kabul in August 2016, the the UAE, but it did not take government forces, a Tali- Taliban official said. A 2017 part in the talks, instead ban spokesman said video message from King holding separate talks with Wednesday. revealed he was in poor Khalilzad, who said he U.S. envoy Zalmay health. would meet with Afghan Khalilzad, who tweeted It is believed the two are leaders later Wednesday in that talks held this week in being held by the Haqqani the Afghan capital. the United Arab Emirates PAKISTAN’S MILITARY INTER SERVICES PUBLIC RELATIONS group, which has close ties Khalilzad’s meeting with were “productive,” was in U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, left, chats with Pakistan’s army chief Gen. Qamar to Pakistan’s premier intelli- Pakistan’s army chief Gen. Pakistan on Wednesday to Javed Bajwa during a meeting Wednesday in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. gence agency known as the Qamar Javed Bajwa was meet with the chief of the ISI. presumably to brief him on country’s army before trols nearly half of Af- goes only by a single name of the most lethal fighting Haqqanis have been de- the talks, which Pakistan heading to Kabul, the ghanistan, and are more — were also present at the forces in Afghanistan. manding the release of Anas helped orchestrate by get- Afghan capital, later in the powerful than at any time talks, according to a Taliban Although part of the Tali- Haqqani, a brother of Sira- ting the Taliban to the UAE. day. since a 2001 U.S.-led inva- official, who asked not to be ban, the Haqqani network juddin captured by Afghan Since being appointed in The UAE talks also in- sion. They carry out near- identified because of the has its own military com- intelligence agents in 2014. September, Khalilzad has volved Saudi, Pakistani and daily attacks, mainly target- sensitivity of the talks. mittee. Its leader, Sirajud- Apparently, Taliban met on several occasions Emirati representatives. ing security forces and gov- This would be the first din Haqqani, is deputy head leader Haibaitullah with all sides to try to start The Taliban have refused ernment officials. time a U.S. envoy has met of the Taliban. Their prow- Akhundzada ordered the direct peace talks between to meet directly with the Three representatives of with representatives of the ess on the battlefield makes three to attend the UAE the Taliban and the Afghan Afghan government, view- the Haqqani network — Haqqani network, declared their presence at the meet- meetings, the official said. government aimed at ending it as a U.S. puppet. Hafiz Yahya, Saadullah a terrorist group by Wash- ing significant because it’s Two former inmates at ing America’s longest war, The insurgent group con- Hamas and Dr. Faqeer, who ington and considered one unlikely any agreement the U.S. prison in Guanta- now in its 17th year.

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Pence met with top leaders at the Pentagon. U.S. officials said many details of the troop withdrawal had not been finalized, but they expect American forces to be out by mid-January. Later Wednesday, Trump posted a video on Twitter in which he said it is “heartbreaking” to have to write letters and make calls to the loved ones of those killed in battle. “Now it’s time for our troops to come back home,” he said. A senior administration official, speaking to reporters on condition of anonymity, said Trump made the decision based on his belief that U.S. troops have no role in Syria beyond fighting ISIS, whose fighters are now believed to hold about 1 percent of the territory they did at the peak of their power. DELIL SOULEIMAN/GETTY-AFP The president informed U.S. troops patrol a Kurdish-held town last month in northeastern Syria, near Turkey. U.S. forces are expected to be out of Syria by mid-January. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of his deci- ground to help direct the in September that the U.S. smoldering underfoot. Big Tuesday that it had ap- sanctions and driven a sion in a telephone call, the strikes. would keep a military pres- winner is Iran, then Russia, proved the sale of a $3.5 wedge between the allies. official said. Turkey has Israeli Prime Minister ence in Syria as long as Iran then Assad. Wrong move.” billion Patriot missile de- Although the withdrawal recently warned that it Benjamin Netanyahu, who was active there. “We’re not The withdrawal deci- fense system to Turkey. The decision doesn’t signal an would launch combat oper- remains concerned about going to leave as long as sion, however, is likely to be Turks had complained that end to the U.S.-led coali- ations across its southern Iranian efforts in the area, Iranian troops are outside viewed positively by Tur- the U.S. was slow walking tion’s fight against ISIS, it border into northeastern was noncommittal after Iranian borders and that key, and comes following requests for air defenses, will likely erode U.S. leader- Syria against Kurdish forces talking with Trump by tele- includes Iranian proxies several conversations be- and they had signed a deal ship of that 31-nation effort. who have been allied with phone. “This is, of course, and militias,” he said. tween Trump and Erdogan with Russia to buy a sophis- “The bottom line is that the U.S. in the fight against an American decision,” he James Stavridis, a former over the past several weeks. ticated system in a deal that the American withdrawal the Islamic State. said. No matter what, he Navy admiral who served as The two spoke at the G-20 Washington and Ankara’s from eastern Syria will cre- Trump’s declaration of said, “we will safeguard the top NATO commander, summit in Argentina and in other NATO partners op- ate a power vacuum that victory was far from unani- security of Israel and pro- tweeted Wednesday that a phone call Friday. posed. will lead to a new phase of mous, and officials said U.S. tect ourselves from this “Pulling troops out of Syria Just hours before the Completion of that deal international conflict in Syr- defense and military leaders arena.” in an ongoing fight is a big withdrawal decision be- with Russia for the S-400 ia,” said Jennifer Cafarella, a were trying to dissuade him Leading GOP senators mistake. Like walking away came public, the State De- system would have opened Syria expert at the Institute from ordering the with- reacted differently. from a forest fire that is still partment announced late up Turkey to possible U.S. for the Study of War. drawal right up until the last Sen. Marco Rubio of minute. His decision im- Florida said the withdrawal mediately triggered de- would be a “grave error” mands from Congress — and that Kurdish fighters DONATE YOUR CAR including leading Republi- will stop fighting ISIS when cans — for more informa- they must confront Turkish Wheels For Wishes tion and a formal briefing troops crossing the border Give her an on the matter. into Syria. Beneﬁting Sen. Lindsay Graham of “This is a bad idea be- oceanofbeauty. 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He He calls himself “John of cently come forward with hovered around her like he God” and dwells in the sexual abuse allegations was smelling her, she said, Brazilian village of Abadia- that have razed Faria’s im- and then moments later he nia, an otherwise unre- age as saintly miracle- ushered her into the bath- markable countryside worker and replaced it with room. He instructed her to transformed into a fanciful one of a suspected fraudster sit in front of the mirror, spiritual tourist mecca for who exploited his celebrity “and he stood behind me,” his believers, where every- to take advantage of female Mous said, “and then he body wears white and waits believers. asked me, ‘What do you in line for a moment with On Sunday, Faria turned see?’ ” the celebrity healer they’ve himself in to Brazil’s Civil She wasn’t sure what he all come to see. Police on suspicion of sexu- wanted her to say. A wom- Zahira Lieneke Mous al abuse, the State Dele- an? Her reflection? But as was among them. gation of Criminal Investi- she searched for meaning, The Dutch dance chore- gation in Goiania, Brazil, he grabbed her hand. She ographer made the pilgrim- confirmed to The Washing- said he placed it on his age four years ago, seeking ton Post. penis. She froze. But he kept to heal sexual trauma she More than 300 women talking, about her family, said she had suffered in the from around the world have her life, as though all of it past. She had read books contacted prosecutors to were just part of the proc- about “John of God” and accuse him of abuse, largely ess, Mous said. “So you’re watched YouTube videos after Globo TV aired the being like manipulating into about his alleged powers stories of numerous women MARCELO CAMARGO/AGENCIA BRASIL believing, he’s scanning me, and saw his 2010 interview in Brazil’s first major #Me- Joao Teixeira de Faria, known as “John of God,” is a celebrity healer in Abadiania, Brazil. or he’s doing something. with Oprah Winfrey, an Too scandal, the newspaper And then he says, ‘You episode that brought the Folha de S.Paulo reported. erations. In a 2005 ABC News troversial methods of John should smile,’ ” Mous re- faith healer newfound in- But prosecutors told Es- These surgeries include “Primetime Live” segment of God herself in an inter- called. “’You should feel ternational fame. The se- tadao newspaper that inves- shoving a pair of forceps up titled, “Is ‘John of God’ a view that again boosted his joy.’” ries, since wiped from tigators have so far focused people’s noses to the point Healer or a Charlatan?” he profile. In a recent state- Mous said Faria told her Oprah’s website, was titled, their attention on 15 cases. that it is nearly poking their was asked about accusa- ment to Reuters, she ac- she may have the skills to “Do You Believe In Mira- Faria has denied all of the brains, as his followers have tions that he had taken knowledged the segment become a medium for heal- cles?” allegations. described it, or slicing peo- advantage of an unnamed and said, “I empathize with ing others herself. Still shak- Mous believed she did. “I really hope to help ple open without anes- woman who came to be the women now coming en from the alleged abuse, She went to see “John of other women to come out of thesia. Alternatively, he is healed. “There is a lot of forward and hope justice is she said she tried to put it God,” whose real name is their shadow, because we perhaps best known for jealousy. People talk,” Faria served.” behind her, even to see if Joao Teixeira de Faria and don’t have to feel ashamed,” performing “psychic sur- said. “What dictates is the The women who have perhaps it really was sup- who claims to have treated Mous told Globo TV on geries,” supernatural invisi- conscience toward God.” come forward publicly to posed to be part of the millions of followers since Dec. 6. “He has to feel ble procedures involving no In 2014, a reporter from accuse Faria, many anony- healing, so that she could the 1970s. She recounted in ashamed, and all the people scalpels or forceps whatso- the Sydney Morning Herald mously, have told similar spend time learning the an interview with Brazil’s that protect him to continue ever, only using the power traveled to the Casa de Dom stories of alleged abuse. mysterious trade. She told Globo TV how she waited in doing what he’s doing.” of what he calls the “Entity.” Inacio, the name of his First, he told them they Globo TV that she still saw line twice to experience his Faria’s phenomenon By channeling these spir- spiritual compound, to in- were special, they say. Then, herself as a believer. healing. On the first visit, he dates back to the 1970s. its, he has claimed to treat terview him, squeezing in a he pulled them into a bath- But the second time Faria scribbled a prescription for Since then, he’s claimed to the blind, the paraplegic, few questions before Faria room, where Faria allegedly invited her into his private an herb she was told would have treated millions of those ill with cancer and got angry and stormed off would grope them, place quarters, she said he raped help her. The second time, people and is either seen as leprosy and any number of while shouting. One ques- their hands on his penis, or, her in the bathroom. he offered a private consul- the best healer since Jesus diseases. He has no medical tion was about sexual abuse as Mous claimed, penetrate “There has been criti- tation — a “spiritual cleans- Christ or a hoax, depending license and has previously allegations. “I thought you them. cism of me,” she told Globo ing.” on who you ask. been jailed for practicing came to talk about me,” Mous has claimed the TV. “(People have said), Mous agreed. Faria, a second-grade medicine. Faria said. “Not other peo- abuse happened on two ‘Why are you coming out She waited until every- dropout and son of a tailor, The sexual abuse allega- ple.” separate occasions during with your story? He’s heal- one else had their turns in claims that he’s performed tions have been percolating His most famous media her 2014 trip. On the first, ing so many people.’ That’s line, until finally she was life-altering surgeries on his for years, but until now have segment was with Oprah. In she said when she entered also part of the reason I alone, and “John of God” followers while the spirits done little to deter the addition to her 2010 “Do his private office, he asked never said anything. If it’s invited her into his office. of doctors or biblical figures thousands of visitors in You Believe in Miracles?” her, “So what are you here just me,” she thought, “let And then into his bathroom. are channeled through him, white in the small town of segment, featuring inter- for again?” me suck it up, because he’s That’s where Mous said such as King Solomon, the Abadiania. Journalists have views with both skeptics “And to myself I was healing so many people, “John of God” raped her — biblical king of Israel. He attempted to address the and believers, Oprah trav- thinking, ‘Didn’t the Entity right?” all while leading her to stresses that God, not he, is allegations for more than a eled to Abadiania in 2012 to already know?’ ” Mous told She said she knows now believe it was part of her the one performing the op- decade. witness the works and con- Globo TV. “Didn’t you scan she was wrong. Dead zones, vandals rob Venezuela of cell service

By Alex Vasquez erator, has reported 536 its main source of revenue. Bloomberg News stolen antennas. The rob- That, combined with the beries are adding pressure cap on what they can charge Anytime Margara Ber- to companies struggling to — the price of Movistar’s mudez has to make a call, survive amid soaring infla- top mobile internet plan is she rides her motorcycle to tion, capped prices and a about 100 bolivars, or some a tree about five minutes communications system $0.15 at the black market away from her home in a plagued by rolling blackouts rate, compared to a $17 small town on the outskirts that are leaving millions of price tag for a similar plan of the oil rich city of Mara- Venezuelans who live in offered by the firm in neigh- caibo. That’s the only place smaller cities stranded. boring Colombia — leaves where there’s enough signal “We are isolated, we are them with no money to for her cellphone to work. even distancing ourselves invest or improve technol- Residents of Los Puertos from our family. They com- ogy. de Altagracia have figured plain that I don’t call them, “By charging 3 to 4 dol- out that the spot is some- but how can I?” Bermudez lars a month we could start how a refuge from the said from the tree. When to recover the systems,” growing dead zones that she needs to make an online Jose Luis Rodriguez Zarco, leave them unreachable bank transfer, she drives president of Telefonica in most of the time, the result there and calls her sister in Venezuela, told journalists of a popular crime in the Caracas to help her. Often, this month, adding that CARLOS BECERRA/BLOOMBERG NEWS crumbling nation: stealing the call cuts off after a few Venezuelan fares are the Movistar, the country’s second-biggest operator, reported 536 stolen antennas in 2018. and vandalizing cellular an- seconds. cheapest in the world. “We tennas. So the tree, which State-run Movilnet, the are not on the verge of a costs 600,000 percent more the rest of the world is yet sApp are now spotty, as is always offered a welcome country’s leading operator, collapse, but each time we than last year due to crush- another blow caused by the access to news — the gov- shade in heat that regularly and privately-owned Dig- are going to compromise ing inflation that is at 1.7 deep economic crisis, af- ernment controls all public surpasses 86 degrees Fahr- itel have also been hit by the more quality.” million percent annualized fecting everything from TV channels and has enheit, now fills up even at crime wave. The equipment Rodriguez said that the over the last 3 months. banking transactions to po- blocked a number of private night, illuminated by people stolen, which is often company has no plans to “There’s smuggling in- lice operations, causing networks. answering texts. shared by the companies, is leave Venezuela, but is in volved, so parts are resold in glitches in daily commercial Hundreds of miles away, Documents indicate that later resold for high fees, constant need of help from the Caribbean and neigh- operations and stranding Alexandra Bellester is fac- there have been at least including power supply ca- its parent in Spain to contin- boring countries,” particu- those needing emergency ing pretty much the same 2,000 attacks on Venezue- bles, copper parts and elec- ue operating. Consumption larly for copper conductors, assistance. issues. la’s network of 6,000 an- tronic components, accord- has increased 73 percent in microwave radios, motor It’s already common to Her rural town of El tennas in the last last three ing to documents seen by one year while a third of his generators and batteries, have phone chips from Portal de Los Morros some years. The number includes Bloomberg. staff has left the country, he said Jose Maria de Viana, a more than one operator and 50 miles from the capital incidents of vandalism — For companies, replacing said. former head of Movilnet in switch them around in city of Caracas has few picking the equipment for that stolen equipment has Most of the money now Caracas. “A risk like this search of signal (Bermudez landlines and zero-to-no parts, which can be resold — become increasingly diffi- goes to maintenance, in- wouldn’t be worth it in has two.) cellphone signal. and theft. cult. The government hasn’t cluding the recovery of sta- other country, but here peo- But with the growing “We have to climb trees In 2018, Telefonica sub- delivered subsidized dollars tions targeted by theft and ple do anything for $10.” dead zones, it’s not much or get up on the roofs of sidiary Movistar, the coun- for imports following the vandalism, according to For Venezuelans, being help. Widely used web- some houses to get a steady try’s second-biggest op- collapse in the price of oil, documents. Replacing one cut off from each other and based services like What- signal,” she said.

Report: Facebook shared messages, friend lists without consent Associated Press shares user data. Here are as far as 2010 and were all tures that incorporated page. The search company documents and interviewed highlights from the report. active in 2017, with some message access. eliminated the feature in more than 60 people, in- Facebook gave some still in effect this year. 2012 but still had access last cluding many former Face- companies more extensive The deals: Facebook Friends: Facebook let year to data for nearly book employees. access to users’ personal shared data with more than Private messages: Spo- Microsoft’s Bing search en- 100,000 people a month. data than it has previously 150 companies — not only tify, Netflix and the Royal gine see the names of “vir- Facebook’s response: revealed, letting them read tech businesses but au- Bank of Canada were able to tually all Facebook users’ Russia: Facebook desig- Facebook responded to the private messages or see the tomakers and media organi- read, write and delete Face- friends without consent,” nated a Russian search site, report in a blog post, which names of friends without zations — through apps on book users’ private mes- the paper said. Microsoft Yandex, as a partner, giving said the partnerships did consent, according to a New its platform even if users sages, and to see everyone officials said Bing was using it access to unique user IDs allow features like “messag- York Times report. disabled sharing. Apps from on a message thread. Spo- the data to build Facebook as recently as 2017 after it ing integrations” but nearly The newspaper on many of these “integration tify could look at messages user profiles on Microsoft stopped sharing them with all have been shut down Wednesday detailed special partners” never even of more than 70 million servers but the company other applications because over the past few months, arrangements between showed up in user applica- users a month and still lets has since deleted the data. of privacy risks. except for deals with Apple Facebook and companies tion settings, with the com- users share music through Yahoo had the ability to and Amazon. None of the such as Microsoft, Netflix pany considering them an Facebook Messenger while show Facebook users’ news Sources: The New York deals gave outside compa- and Spotify, in revelations extension of its own net- Netflix and the Canadian feeds, including posts by Times said it obtained more nies access to data without on how the social network work. The deals dated back bank have turned off fea- their friends, on its home than 270 pages of Facebook user consent, it said. Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Thursday, December 20, 2018 15 Thinking About Hearing Aids?

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They hadn’t spoken in catastrophic wildfire. 15 years. “It was a very In the dark days that sweet conversation be- followed the Nov. 8 inferno, tween two people that love the deadliest in California each other and haven’t seen history, social media filled each other in a long time.” with posts from people try- Several people that ing to contact loved ones Collins’ group tracked from the Paradise area. down appeared on the offi- Panic spread as the mag- cial list of people unac- nitude of destruction came counted for after the fire. into focus: At least 85 dead. That list, managed by the Nearly 14,000 homes de- Butte County Sheriff’s Of- stroyed. From across the fice, is down to six names U.S., people posted names of from a high of 1,300 last aunts, uncles, foster par- month. ents, distant relatives and BEN MARGOT/AP Sheriff Kory Honea ac- long-lost friends or ac- Diana Sauer holds a photograph of her father, Warren Deboer, holding her as a baby, and his best friend Russell Anderson. knowledged the work of quaintances and asked, Facebook groups in the ef- “Does anyone know if they home offices and kitchen “I reached out to the They alerted the sheriff’s of mind after weeks of fort but said his agency are safe?” counters, they communi- angels, and they really are office, did online searches sleepless nights. wasn’t coordinating with Nancy Collins knew she cated in online chat groups angels,” said Delisa Gaeta, and tried calling family and “I am so grateful to the them or using their re- could help. A mother of two and divvied up hundreds of 55, who was concerned a property management work of these women,” said sources, primarily because and a 911 dispatcher, Collins posts. They used public about her foster father, company, Collins said. They Gaeta, who lives in the Bay it was so swamped with volunteers as a “search an- databases to find property whom she hadn’t seen in found out Wingett had left Area city of Santa Clara. other work. gel,” someone who helps deeds, court records and years. “I threw a lifeline out Redding and was heading “They gave me the best “If the Facebook group adoptees find their biolog- bankruptcy filings, and there, and they grabbed about 80 miles south, to the Christmas gift.” knows that (people) are ical parents. She knows her logged onto people-finding hold of it and reeled it in. city of Willows. Diana Sauer, 39, feels a safe, they should call us and way around public records sites like Ancestry.com, They just made it happen.” “We called every hotel in similar sense of gratitude let us know. There’s no way and how to track people BeenVerified.com, the on- At first, Gaeta didn’t Willows and said, ‘If he and wonder for the work of my staff can check the down. line White Pages and oth- know if her foster father, checks in, can you give him the angels, who use meth- myriad of Facebook pages,” She offered her services ers. They looked for cell- Dale Wingett, had made it this message?’ ” said ods for finding people that Honea told The Associated to the administrator of a phone numbers and email out of his Paradise home Collins, and that’s how they many don’t know exist. Press. newly created Facebook addresses and names of alive. Authorities had no found him. Wingett got the “I owe them everything,” Collins said when her page, “Camp Fire Missing friends, relatives, neighbors information on him, and message, called them back, said Sauer, who lives in the team located a “missing” Persons, Paradise CA,” after and associates who might after two weeks of trying to got Gaeta’s number and San Francisco area but grew person who was on the noticing panicked posts have clues. contact him, she was losing called her. They have since up in Paradise and was official list, they emailed the were piling up. In the four weeks since hope. Then she saw his emailed and spoken several worried about her father’s sheriff’s office and also told “I said, ‘I have a bunch of the fire started, the search picture in a local newspaper times. best friend, Russell Ander- friends and family of those genealogy friends, and we angels have connected at a Thanksgiving dinner for For Wingett, the connec- son. “I don’t think I would found to contact the sher- can help,’ ” said Collins, nearly 250 people with the survivors in the Northern tion brought happiness at a have found him without iff’s office to have their who lives in the San Fran- relatives and friends they California city of Redding. time of great loss. them.” names removed. cisco Bay Area and formed a were searching for. They Gaeta desperately wanted “We have had really mov- Anderson is 70 and lived The angels say they all team of eight “angels” from are one of several missing to speak to Wingett and see ing talks,” said Wingett, simply, she said, with no have personal reasons for around the country and one persons groups that sprung if he needed help. contacted by phone at a cellphone or internet. doing the work they do. in Canada, all of whom up on Facebook with the “It became a group proj- hotel in Sutter Creek. “She “It made him one of those “I was in a foster home volunteer with a group intention of helping strang- ect,” said Dawn Kosmakos, a told me that even though I very difficult people to myself. I really don’t have called Search Squad. “The ers in a time of need, search angel who lives in was her foster father, to her find,” said Sauer, who knew much family,” said Collins. rest was history.” harnessing the power of Martinez, in the San Fran- I was her father. That hit me Anderson had no children “So, for me, I get joy con- Working on laptops from social media and dogged cisco Bay Area. “It was like, pretty strongly.” but was close with his necting others to their fam- their living room sofas, investigative work. ‘OK, girls. Let’s find him!’ ” Gaeta says she has peace ex-wife’s daughter, Char- ily.” Misplaced heart offers peek at nation’s transplant system

By Kimberly Kindy Wash., a suburb of Seattle, They also collect human and Lenny Bernstein where the valves could be tissue and often sell it to The Washington Post removed for transplant, ac- tissue processors, which is cording to an official with sometimes their primary A human heart left on a LifeNet Health, a nonprofit method of raising revenue. commercial airliner pro- organization in Virginia It is illegal to sell organs at a vides a glimpse into the Beach that runs the facility. profit in the United States, nation’s transplant system, Tissue processors pre- but OPOs may charge sig- which relies on an obscure pare heart valves, skin, bone nificant markups on tissue network of nonprofit or- and other body parts — but such as heart valves, ganizations to collect and not solid organs — for use in corneas and bone. Some transport human organs medical procedures. OPOs, such as LifeNet and tissue. Initial testing indicates Health, perform both tissue The heart traveled in the no damage to the valves, collection and processing. cargo compartment of a which have been removed, The OPOs whisk solid Southwest Airlines flight said LifeNet Vice President organs to transplant centers from Sacramento to Seattle Doug Wilson. for implantation into criti- on Sunday. It was supposed “They are in high de- cally ill patients. The U.S. DREAMSTIME/TNS to be picked up in Seattle mand, so they will likely be has a severe shortage of A Southwest flight had to return to Seattle after someone forgot to unload a human heart. but remained on the plane transplanted as soon as that transplant organs, and when the aircraft left for testing is complete,” he said. speed is critical in keeping government is attempting human pancreas was left why it wasn’t discovered Dallas. There are conflict- Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., them suitable for recipients. to shut down one OPO for sitting in a container on a until the plane was in the air ing accounts of what went who has been looking into Last year, 31,608 organs failing to recover enough counter for nearly two to Dallas. Sierra Donor wrong, and an investigation the transplant system, said were transplanted. More organs: LiveOnNY, which hours at the Life Alliance Services, the OPO that pro- is underway. Friday that the incident than 114,000 people are on collects body parts in the Organ Recovery Agency, the vided the heart, said a couri- Southwest realized the “strikes me as another ex- waiting lists; 33 die in need New York metropolitan Miami OPO, according to er did not show up in time problem about 90 minutes ample of a need for more of organs each day. area. Each OPO has a mo- records obtained by The to collect the heart. Wilson, into the flight to Dallas. The oversight of the entire organ The OPOs’ task of trans- nopoly over a portion of U.S. Washington Post. A spokes- the LifeNet spokesman, pilot issued an announce- donation system. That sys- porting organs and tissue territory. woman for the organization said that Southwest failed to ment to passengers, made a tem has operated in the involves a number of crucial Enforcement of OPO said the organ was success- take the heart off the plane hairpin turn and headed darkness for decades, and steps that often rely on safety standards is generally fully transplanted. The cou- and that the error was back to Seattle. Congress and the adminis- airlines and couriers. All of left to the United Network rier responsible for the mis- discovered by its courier. Passengers were at first tration need to fix this.” them are potentially subject for Organ Sharing, an um- take was “re-educated Southwest acknowledged confused, then generally LifeNet Health and Sier- to human error. brella nonprofit that coor- about the proper delivery that its crew did not remove supported returning to de- ra Donor Services, which OPOs are lightly regu- dinates the system. It is procedure, and there have the heart from the cargo liver the heart, in case it was collected the heart from a lated by the federal Centers difficult to determine how been no repeat issues,” she compartment but is not needed to save a life, one donor, are two of 58 “organ for Medicare and Medicaid often problems occur be- said. sure how the error was passenger, Andrew procurement organiza- Services, which has repeat- cause UNOS’s records are The Association of Organ discovered. Gottschalk, has told media tions” chartered by the fed- edly found that many do a hidden from scrutiny by the Procurement Organizations “We don’t know all the outlets. eral government to collect poor job of recovering public or Congress. But declined to comment. details,” Wilson said. “We As it turned out, the heart hearts, kidneys, livers, pan- enough organs to meet the some incidents have At the moment, it’s un- are doing an investigation to was headed to a “tissue creases and other human need. For the first time in emerged. clear who was responsible make sure this doesn’t hap- processor” in Renton, organs. more than a decade, the In 2014, for example, a for last week’s incident and pen again.”

Kansas to pay $1.1M in look-alike wrongful conviction case Associated Press settlement payout under a Jones can receive the ben- and the Paul E. Wilson hearing that he did not new state law that provides efits to which he is entitled Defender Project at the commit the robbery. OLATHE, Kan. — Kansas compensation to people by law because he was University of Kansas pre- Investigators focused on has agreed to pay $1.1 mil- who are wrongly impris- mistakenly convicted.” sented the other man at a Jones after his picture was lion to a man who spent 17 oned. Two other mistaken Eyewitness testimony June 2017 hearing. After the picked out of a police data- years in prison after being conviction lawsuits are sent Jones to prison for an victim and witnesses with- base three months after the wrongfully convicted of a pending in Kansas. attack and robbery in a drew their identification of crime by a man who admit- robbery that he says was “We are committed to Walmart parking lot in Roe- Jones, Johnson County Dis- ted he was on drugs during committed by someone faithfully administering the land Park, Kan. No physical trict Judge Kevin Moriarty his only encounter with who looks just like him. new mistaken-conviction evidence linked Jones to the ordered Jones’ release. Jones, according to court Kansas Attorney General statute the legislature en- crime, and he maintained While not saying the other documents filed by the de- Derek Schmidt said Tues- acted,” Schmidt said in a his innocence. He was freed man committed the crime, fense. Jones’ lawyers ar- day that a settlement was news release. “In this case, it after supporters found evi- Moriarty found that based gued the lineup of photos reached Monday with 42- was possible on the existing dence that another man on the new evidence, no was “highly suggestive,” TORIANO PORTER/TNS year-old Richard Anthony record to resolve all issues who looked just like him reasonable juror would with Jones’ picture the only Richard Anthony Jones is Jones of Kansas City, Mo. quickly, satisfy all of the lived near the Walmart. have convicted Jones. The one of six photographs that the first person to receive a Schmidt said Jones is the statute’s requirements, and His lawyers with the other man, known as resembled the description settlement payout under a first person to agree to a agree to this outcome so Mr. Midwest Innocence Project “Ricky,” testified at the of the suspect. new Kansas state law. Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Thursday, December 20, 2018 17

NEWS BRIEFING Mueller seeks Staff and news services Roger Stone’s testimony to Senate unanimously votes to House panel make lynching a federal crime WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert WASHINGTON —The tion making lynching a Mueller asked the House Senate has unanimously federal crime have failed intelligence committee for approved bipartisan legis- repeatedly in the past. The an official transcript of lation that would make sponsors of the bill say Trump adviser Roger lynching a federal crime. there had been nearly 200 Stone’s testimony, accord- The effort was led by attempts in Congress for ing to people familiar with two Democratic senators nearly 100 years. the request, a sign that who are potential presi- It’s unclear whether the prosecutors could be mov- dential contenders in House will act on the ing to charge him with a 2020, Cory Booker of New measure before the crime. Jersey and Kamala Harris Christmas holiday. The request Friday is of California. About 3,450 black peo- the first time Mueller has Joining them as lead ple were lynched in the formally asked the com- sponsors was the Senate’s U.S. between 1882 and TIMOTHY A. CLARY/GETTY-AFP mittee to turn over materi- third African-American 1968, making up 73 per- Reflection on the holiday season: The World Trade Center Transportation Hub’s Ocu- al the panel has gathered member, Tim Scott, R-S.C. cent of the total, according lus station is reflected in a decorative snowman. The Oculus, which opened in March in its investigation of Rus- Efforts to pass legisla- to the NAACP. 2016, replaces the subway station that was destroyed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. sian interference of the 2016 campaign, according to the people. Stone, who was in con- European officials agree on ban tact with President Don- Consumer financial watchdog ald Trump during the of some single-use plastics 2016 campaign, has been a focus of the special coun- BERLIN — The Euro- ing in the oceans because, abandons name change plan sel as Mueller probes pean Union moved closer unlike organic materials, it whether the Trump cam- to banning single-use doesn’t decompose but NEW YORK — The Con- month. The banking industry paign had advance knowl- straws, plates, cutlery and simply breaks down into sumer Financial Protection The CFPB was created publishes millions of dis- edge of WikiLeaks’ release cotton swabs, after offi- ever smaller pieces. Bureau has decided to by the Dodd-Frank Act, the closures and paperwork for of Democratic emails al- cials from the 28-nation Once the ban is for- abandon a controversial re- law that rewrote the rules consumers and regulators legedly hacked by Russian bloc and the European mally approved, countries naming plan, in one of the governing the banking and that referred to the CFPB operatives. Parliament on Wednesday will have two years to first big decisions by its financial system after the every year, and reprinting backed recommendations restrict the use of single- new permanent director. 2008 financial crisis. The those documents could by its executive branch use plastic products, The CFPB no longer bureau was called the “Bu- have been a significant cost. designed to reduce marine which will also include wants to call itself the reau of Consumer Finan- The CFPB will still use In Europe: The European pollution. drink stirrers, balloon “Bureau of Consumer Fi- cial Protection” in the law, the “Bureau of Consumer Union marked 100 days Environmental cam- sticks, and polystyrene nancial Protection,” a but the CFPB has never Financial Protection” in until Brexit on Wednesday paigners have been calling food and beverage con- change that had been referred to itself that way. some formal situations, like by triggering an action for curbs on throwaway tainers, though plastic sought by Mick Mulvaney, Mulvaney argued the re- reports to Congress. But plan to ensure planes can plastic that’s accumulat- cups are exempt for now. who had been President naming was just following the bureau’s public image still fly and money can still Donald Trump’s acting di- the letter of the law. will be the CFPB, flow between Britain and rector of the bureau. Kraninger cited the cost Kraninger said. the bloc in the increas- The decision was an- of renaming the bureau as Many consumer groups ingly likely event that the nounced in an email by well as years of branding and allies of the bureau in U.K. leaves the EU with- Pope accepts resignation of LA new director Kathy and identification the Congress argued the name out a divorce deal. Britain bishop accused of misconduct Kraninger on Wednesday, CFPB had built up over the change was unnecessary is due to leave the EU on who took over earlier this last decade. and purely political. March 29. VATICAN CITY — which law enforcement Pope Francis has accepted had declined to prosecute, the resignation of Los An- but that the archdiocese geles auxiliary bishop forwarded the complaint Ex-Blackwater agent found guilty in Iraq shooting In Congo: The governor Monsignor Alexander to the Vatican office that of Congo’s capital, Kin- Salazar, following allega- handles sex abuse cases. WASHINGTON — A Prosecutors say Slatten that Slatten opened fire shasa, banned campaign tions of misconduct with a Gomez said that office, former Blackwater security was the first to fire shots in because he thought a rallies for all 21 candidates minor in the 1990s, the the Congregation for the contractor has been con- the killings of 14 Iraqi bomb-laden car was in the city Wednesday, Vatican announced the Doctrine of the Faith, im- victed of murder at his civilians at a crowded traf- headed toward his convoy. citing security concerns resignation in a statement posed precautionary mea- third trial in the 2007 fic circle in Baghdad. The An appeals court over- ahead of the Sunday presi- Wednesday. sures against Salazar and a shooting of unarmed civil- shooting strained relations turned his 2014 conviction, dential election. The current archbishop further investigation ians in Iraq. with Iraq and drew intense saying he should have been Gov. Andre Kimbuta is- of Los Angeles, the Most found the allegation cred- Nicholas Slatten was scrutiny of the role of tried separately from three sued a communique say- Rev. Jose Gomez, said the ible. Gomez said Salazar, found guilty of first-degree American contractors in other men. A jury couldn’t ing he had information archdiocese was made 69, has “consistently de- murder Wednesday in the Iraq War. reach a verdict in his sec- that extremists were pre- aware of the claim in 2005, nied any wrongdoing.” Washington. The defense had argued ond trial last summer. paring confrontations. 18 Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Thursday, December 20, 2018

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EDITORIALS How bad does the ‘Illinois Exodus’ have to get? When he takes office in January, Gov.- elect J.B. Pritzker will have fewer constituents than he might have expected. Unfor- tunately he’ll also have fewer constituents working and paying taxes to support Illi- nois’ state and local governments. Every time a worker departs, the tax burden on those of us who remain grows. The release on Wednesday of new census data about Illinois was alarming: Not only has the flight of citizens continued for a fifth straight year, but the population loss is intensifying. This year’s estimated net reduction of 45,116 residents is the worst of these five losing years. This is terrible news for House Speaker Michael Madigan and his cronies who in recent decades have steered the Illinois General Assembly toward higher taxes, rising public debt and anti-business policies that discourage employers from locat- ing, expanding or just keeping their work- forces here. Residents fed up with the ZBIGNIEW BZDAK/CHICAGO TRIBUNE economic climate here are heading for less The estimated net reduction in Illinois' population this year is 45,116 residents. Every other state in the Midwest is growing. taxaholic, jobs-friendlier states. The new numbers confront Democrats Why are so many people departing? Exodus,” you’ve met many of these people 2020 census, that number surely will drop who’ve run the legislature — and who keep Certainly some leave because they don’t and absorbed their families’ stories. They to 17. Wednesday’s news of continuing raising taxes — with realities they’ll wiggle like winter weather, or summer humidity, include young people who will build their population decline here increases the to explain but can’t deny: As the nation’s we suppose. But the trail out West or to futures elsewhere, far from the families chance the Illinois’ U.S. House delegation population expands, the populations of down South is well worn. There’s nothing who raised them and hoped to keep them instead will shrink to 16. Illinois and eight other states are declining. new about Sun Belt migration, and indeed, close. As we’ve tried to explain before, the On their watch, an Illinois once revered as the story in Illinois is that for decades a Many of them left because they believed expatriates unhitched their futures from a a land of opportunity now is in decline. steady, fairly predictable number of Illinois Illinois is headed in the wrong direction. state awash in debt, mired in political dys- More ominously, every other state in the residents left for other places. Over the past Because Illinois politicians have raised function and hobbled by weak growth. Midwest is growing. few decades, about 65,000 more people taxes, milked employers and created enor- They worried about rising taxes, declining voluntarily left the state each year than mous public indebtedness that the pols property values or other profound impacts The most important numbers in the arrived. It was neither shocking nor worri- want to address with … still more taxation. on their lives. If the economic growth new federal statistics involve domestic some. prospects here were better, and if job migration — the number of people leaving The change came in 2014. That year, Consider, too, the implications for a growth were healthier, fewer people would Illinois for other states, such as Texas, with the Great Recession well over, the diminished Illinois in Congress. When leave and more people would come. Indiana and Wisconsin. domestic migration shortfall jumped from Madigan was born 76 years ago, Illinois As population loss worsens, all of us The trend was bad again this year, with 68,204 to 93,704. The negative number boasted 27 seats in the U.S. House. Yet in ought to ask the leaders of our state and some 114,000 people departing — about the jumped again in 2015 (106,544) and again recent decades as the growth-squelching, local governments: How bad does the same as last year. Those are individuals and in 2016 (109,941). In 2017, more exodus: hostile-to-employers agenda of Springfield Illinois Exodus have to get before its domi- households who decided they have a better 114,779. And now in 2018, Illinois lost an- has driven people to economically friendli- nant politicians understand that their future elsewhere, or who have given up on other 114,154 people. If you’ve read our er states, that number has plummeted to debt-be-damned, tax-and-spend policies Illinois and are, effectively, fleeing. editorials about what we call the “Illinois 18. In the next reapportionment, after the are ravaging this state? Elk Grove Village’s savvy football play

We often criticize government officials the University of Toledo and Florida In- luck, NU), among the many. for wasting taxpayer money: on overly ternational University. ESPN, broadcast- So heck, why not the Makers Wanted generous pensions, needless services, the ing the game, will play up the Elk Grove Bahamas Bowl, previously sponsored by $124 seafood tower at a fancy restaurant Village name and motto. It will show the Popeyes? We’ve already seen enough (not kidding, it happened). Sure we get commercials. Johnson, traveling to the media coverage to justify the expense, cranky, but that doesn’t mean we can’t game at his own expense (thank you, sir), including explanations of how an obscure recognize a dash of municipal marketing told the Tribune’s John Keilman he might Chicago suburb came to sponsor a game genius when it hits us in the face like a even get a minute or two in the broadcast played in an island country with Decem- football. booth. All to push Elk Grove Village’s big ber temperatures in the 70s. It seems like The epiphany struck Elk Grove Village industrial park and convenient access to such a good idea that other cities might Mayor Craig Johnson last holiday season transportation routes and O’Hare Interna- follow. Chicago, for example, is always that his community, eager to recruit em- AUSTIN ANTHONY/DAILY NEWS tional Airport. looking to shine up its image among ployers, could become the sponsor of a Western Kentucky played in the 2014 It’s easy to laugh or take umbrage at CEOs. As a favor to City Hall, allow us to college bowl game. And so it happened. In Popeyes Bahamas Bowl. The 2018 edition is Johnson’s audacity, but towns with a busi- eliminate from naming consideration the a seeming miracle on par with Northwest- the Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl spon- ness focus have a legitimate need to mar- Freezing Slush Bowl, the Corruption Bowl ern winning the Big Ten’s West Division, sored by Elk Grove Village. ket themselves. And what’s a more novel, and the Clout Bowl (possible slogan: Don’t overlooked Elk Grove Village will be the more American concept than naming rank nobody nobody ranked). money and message behind Friday’s Mak- about $300,000 (plus $100,000 in TV rights on a college football bowl game? Here’s hoping for a good game Friday, ers Wanted Bahamas Bowl. commercial production costs) to get its This year’s games include the Cheez-It with lots of scoring, and plenty of refer- Actually, no miracles required. All it marketing slogan — “Makers Wanted” — Bowl (mmm, delicious) and the San Diego ences to a suburban Chicago industrial takes is money. The village is spending attached to the gridiron contest between County Credit Union Holiday Bowl (Good park.

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING SCOTT STANTIS When Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May took office in 2016 with a pledge that “Brexit means Brexit,” she held all the cards in negotiations over leaving the European Union. She had a direct popular mandate, if not for herself, then at least for Brexit. … What’s more, she held two all- powerful trump cards. First, there were 3.2 million (now 3.5 million ) EU citizens in the United Kingdom who hoped to be allowed to stay, most of them depending on the U.K. economy for their livelihood, compared to only 1.2 million U.K. citizens in Europe, most of them retired. Second, the Republic of Ireland relied on the U.K. as a transit. With admirable British reasonability, on taking office May immediately guaranteed that under any Brexit deal, all EU citizens in the U.K. would be allowed to stay (and work), and that there would be no border controls between the U.K. and Ireland. A brawler like Donald Trump could have made billions out of those two cards. Having thrown them out on the first hand, May was left with very little else to play. And so she got the only deal the EU was willing to give: continued subservience to the European Union, with no right (ever) to withdraw from a humiliating transitional agreement, and no say in how the EU would be governed (and govern Britain) in the future. There’s something to be said for being reasonable. And there’s something to be said for being Donald Trump. Salvatore Babones, The National Interest 20 Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Thursday, December 20, 2018 PERSPECTIVE

JACQUELYN MARTIN/AP Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, right, called for Sen. Al Franken to resign in December 2017 and has faced repercussions from political supporters and fellow Democrats. Gillibrand faces the Franken backlash — but she was right you apply it to your friends as well as fundraise for Gillibrand or would do so to try. your adversaries. Franken’s Demo- only if she ended up as the Democratic Both positions happen to be correct. cratic colleagues and supporters were presidential nominee.” One donor said And Gillibrand understood that Demo- loath to abandon someone who was she was “duplicitious.” crats could hardly claim the moral high well-regarded, well-known and good But there was no duplicity worthy of ground on sexual harassment and at raising money. But Gillibrand de- the name. In this case, Gillibrand had a assault while accommodating a com- cided she couldn’t accept such behav- choice between abandoning a col- pulsive groper in their Senate ranks. Steve Chapman ior in a senator of either party. league and betraying victims who had Had he stayed on, Franken would Her move was a catalyst. Before the come to see her as a champion. Given have been one of the Judiciary Com- On Nov. 15, 2017, Sen. Kirsten Gilli- day was over, a majority of Democratic her history of working to combat sexu- mittee members questioning Brett brand spoke at a news conference senators lined up with her. The next al abuse in the military, universities Kavanaugh about the accusations about a bill to reform the handling of day, Franken announced he would step and Congress, her refusal to make against him. Conservatives in Congress sexual harassment allegations from down. excuses for Franken should have come and the media would have used him as Capitol Hill staffers. “There is a serious You could say that was Gillibrand’s as no surprise. tawdry proof of a Democratic double sexual harassment problem in Con- finest hour, showing she would not There was no obvious political gain standard every time a Republican was gress, and too many congressional bend her principles for the sake of her to be had from sticking her neck out. accused of sexual misconduct. offices are not taking this problem party or her friends. But plenty of Gillibrand could have downplayed Franken was clearly in the wrong, seriously at all,” said the New York prominent Democrats think it was her Franken’s sins, which were less severe and he was sure to become a liability. Democrat. worst. They are still angry at her for than, say, Donald Trump’s or Roy Gillibrand might have protected her- The next day, she was faced with an turning on Franken — and for her Moore’s. She could have waited to see self politically by saying as little as authentic come-to-Jesus moment. Her earlier conclusion that Bill Clinton what other Democrats did. She could possible for as long as possible. But Democratic colleague Al Franken was should have resigned from the presi- have held back until it was clear which that would have impeded her efforts to accused of forcibly kissing a woman dency for preying on a White House way public sentiment was going. That protect women from sexual abuse. during a USO tour in 2006. Over the intern. she acted decisively, even ruthlessly, to It may be that her uncompromising next couple of weeks, several women Billionaire donor George Soros hold a fellow Democratic senator to positions will cost her dearly if she came forward to say the second-term denounced Gillibrand over the account was brave, not cynical. runs for president. If so, Gillibrand will senator from Minnesota had groped or Franken matter. Susie Tompkins Buell, Likewise with her willingness to have the consolation of knowing that kissed them without their consent. who founded the Esprit clothing line, condemn Bill Clinton’s conduct — even when her moment of truth arrived, she Senate Democrats agonized over said she was “ashamed of the Demo- though she had to know she would did not prove false. what to do. It was Gillibrand who crats” and cited Gillibrand’s role as alienate a lot of people who had stepped out front to call for Franken to proof “she would eat her own.” worked for or raised money for him Steve Chapman, a member of the Trib- resign. “Enough is enough,” she said on Reports Politico, “More than a doz- and Hillary Clinton, and even though it une Editorial Board, blogs at www Dec. 6. “We, as elected leaders, should en prominent West Coast, New York would elicit charges of hypocrisy be- .chicagotribune.com/chapman. absolutely be held to a higher standard, and national donors and bundlers — cause of her past support of them. not a lower standard.” many of them women — said they Realizing she couldn’t defend what he [email protected] The test of any principle is whether would never again donate to or did, she made the sensible choice not Twitter @SteveChapman13

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VOICE OF THE PEOPLE The flawed ruling that imperils Obamacare A federal court’s declaration that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional could destabilize the ACA marketplaces, which is bad news for small businesses, their employees and solo entrepreneurs that rely on the ACA for quality, affordable insurance. More than half of all ACA marketplace enrollees nationwide are small business owners, self-employed individuals or small business employees. This decision by a federal judge in Texas, however, could cause prices to rise for millions of people if large numbers of consumers leave health care marketplaces because they believe the ACA will eventually be struck down. If that happens, those who remain in the marketplaces could face higher costs. The stability of the ACA was already a concern thanks to the Trump administration’s injection of chaos into the ACA marketplaces, most notably when the administration and its allies ended the individual mandate. Now that the very existence of the ACA is in question, it’s possible even more people will leave the marketplaces. Let’s hope the next court that hears this case upholds the ACA and stops numerous Illinois entrepreneurs from being priced out of health insurance. — Geraldine Aglipay, Chicago DANA VERKOUTEREN/AP A sketch depicts former national security adviser Michael Flynn, standing center, flanked by his lawyers as he is castigated Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, right. President Donald Trump contended Flynn had been entrapped into lying — or didn’t lie at all. Medicare for all? Health care is something we’ve de- bated for decades. Most people don’t want to have insurance because they feel healthy, and relying on private insurance Trump’s conspiracy is too expensive — especially if not many people are covering risk. I think it’s time we finish the job and strive for a better public/private collaboration. Yes, Medicare for all. Everyone would have Medicare basic, but then add on theories keep exploding supplemental private coverage to help with co-pays and non-covered items. I By Max Boot spire against Trump. That the FBI had not But instead of raging at the FBI and would get rid of Medicaid and have gov- infiltrated the campaign but had spoken special counsel, Sullivan raged at Flynn ernment pay for plans that meet a set The president of the United States is a with an informant on its outskirts to learn himself — in no small part because his criteria for those who can’t afford it. certified conspiracy theorist who has about Russian infiltration. And that the attorneys tried the entrapment defense in Those who don’t want to “pay for insur- suggested that Justice Antonin Scalia may FBI investigation into Trump-Kremlin their sentencing plea. “Arguably, you sold ance” would have Medicare basic anyway, have been murdered, that millions of links was prompted not by the Steele your country out,” the judge thundered at and companies can pay for supplemental illegal votes were cast in 2016 and that dossier but by the admission of a Trump the shaken defendant at Tuesday’s sen- plans as a job perk, but not with a tax Democrats inflated the death count from adviser to an Australian diplomat that the tencing hearing. Asked if Flynn was en- deduction. Perhaps that can be an easier Hurricane Maria to make him look bad. Russians had dirt on Hillary Clinton. trapped by the FBI, one of his lawyers pill to swallow since it would create the So it’s no surprise that, to save himself Newer conspiracy theories are explod- answered, “No, your honor,” and Flynn largest competitive insurance pool in from possible impeachment and prose- ing just as fast. On Sunday, Trump, doing admitted that he knew lying to the FBI history. cution, he spins crazy conspiracy theories his best imitation of a mafia boss, tweeted was wrong. — Ted Terziev, Chicago to impugn his foes. What is more con- that “Michael Cohen only became a ‘Rat’ And just like that the Trump apologists founding and dismaying is that so many after the FBI did something which was went from hailing Sullivan as a jurist of The wall, a wrongheaded Republicans and “conservatives” have absolutely unthinkable & unheard of until uncommon wisdom to denouncing him as been so eager to join him in Cloud the Witch Hunt was illegally started. another cog in a vast left-wing conspiracy. idea Cuckoo-Land even though their theories They BROKE INTO AN ATTORNEY’S “Can Flynn receive fair treatment from I am writing in regard to the article, keep exploding like kernels in the pop- OFFICE!” Not even Cohen’s attorneys Sullivan in future?” Washington Examin- “Trump’s on-camera wall ultimatum corn popper. dared to make such a bold claim, because er correspondent Byron York wondered boxes in Republicans,” published Dec. 13. Remember when Trump claimed that they knew FBI agents had a proper search darkly. How long before it is alleged that It seems as though President Donald President Barack Obama “had my wires warrant. If they did not, there is no way Sullivan has a fee dispute at a Trump golf Trump believes that a wall between the tapped” in Trump Tower? When he said Cohen would have pleaded guilty and club? U.S. and Mexico is going to keep immi- that special counsel Robert Mueller was been sentenced to three years in prison, as Being utterly shameless, Trump does grants out. Yes, it will make it harder for investigating him because he was angry he was Dec. 12. not mind looking foolish by spreading illegal immigrants to cross over. But it will about a fee dispute at Trump National Trump and his acolytes have also preposterous conspiracy theories. He not end the problem. Nobody wants to Golf Club? When he claimed that texts claimed that Michael Flynn, his former must figure that he will hoodwink at least leave home and country unless they have sent between FBI agent Peter Strzok and national security adviser, was entrapped a few gullible souls. But, for the life of me, to, whether that be for the safety of them- his girlfriend, Lisa Page, were evidence by the FBI into lying — or that he did not I cannot fathom why so many so-called selves, their children, or for the desire for not only of anti-Trump bias but of “trea- lie at all. “They gave General Flynn a great conservatives are so eager to propagate a better life. People will continue to come son”? When he charged that the FBI had deal,” Trump tweeted on Dec. 13, “be- far-fetched lies on his behalf that are to the U.S. Spending $5 billion dollars to infiltrated his campaign with a “spy” to cause they were embarrassed by the way inevitably dispelled almost as quickly as build a wall is not going to stop them. gather political dirt? When he supported he was treated — the FBI said he didn’t lie they are created. As a daughter of immigrants, I see this Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., in claiming and they overrode the FBI. They want to When George Santayana warned that as an important issue, but I also see it as that the FBI had obtained a surveillance scare everybody into making up stories “those who do not remember the past are something that needs to be fixed. I be- warrant for Trump adviser Carter Page that are not true by catching them in the condemned to repeat it,” he could not lieve we need to increase border security, based solely on a dossier compiled by smallest of misstatements.” have imagined that history would be whether that be a fence or workers, but I British ex-spy Christopher Steele without Trump followers hoped that U.S. Dis- forgotten as quickly as it is today. Trump do not believe a wall is the answer. I ad- telling the judges that Steele had been trict Judge Emmet Sullivan, who is pre- defenders would be well advised to recall vise Trump to use the money to help hired by political opponents? siding over Flynn’s case, would back up the ignominious fate of previous conspira- struggling citizens, including veterans in Pop. Pop. Pop. Pop. Pop. Each of these their claims and toss out his guilty plea. cy theories before spinning fresh ones. need of jobs and education, and to help conspiracy theories is no more. It turns This weekend, Fox News host Jeanine unite the country instead of dividing it. out that no one tapped Trump Tower. Pirro hailed Sullivan as a “a jurist unafraid The Washington Post — Alex Martinez, Mundelein That there is zero evidence of Mueller of the swamp, a judge who has a track being angry over golf course fees, much record of calling out prosecutorial mis- Max Boot, a Washington Post columnist, is Emanuel and pension less misusing his authority to gain re- conduct, a man who does not tolerate a senior fellow in national security studies venge. That Strzok and Page did not con- injustice or abuse of power.” at the Council on Foreign Relations. reform As much as I disagree with Mayor Emanuel on his public positions, he’s right about the need for a state constitu- tional amendment to permit pension reform. Will Santa have a driverless sleigh First, I would put a pension cap not to exceed a set limit per individual. Second, I would eliminate pension double dip- by next Christmas? ping, when a person retires with a pension, then works for another public sector By Jennifer Huddleston Skees fighting traffic or finding the best route to rider program in Arizona have already employer and retires with a second pen- and Trace Mitchell our destinations, lessening the pain of long experienced the day-to-day advantages sion. or crosstown road trips by letting everyone driverless vehicles provide. More compa- — Mike Ruffner, Antioch For those of us who will soon head over simply enjoy the ride. nies have announced pilot programs in a the river and through the woods to meet Driverless cars will also make it easier range of cities from Washington, D.C., to up with family, the holidays mean travel. for senior or disabled citizens who can’t Frisco, Texas. It won’t be long before Saudi rebuke Last year, nearly 100 million Americans hit drive on their own and who struggle with they’re widely available for Americans to In an act of bipartisanship, the Senate the road during the season, and the num- day-to-day logistics, such as getting gro- go dashing across the country. has voted to withhold American military ber only seems to rise each year. For many ceries or going Christmas shopping. The policy front is also promising. The support from Saudi Arabia for its war in people, it is stressful. Travel can also be Groups including AARP and the National U.S. Department of Transportation just Yemen, and has clearly placed the blame time-consuming and dangerous, taking Federation of the Blind have partnered finished taking comments on its recent for the killing of journalist Jamal some fun out of a joyous time. with driverless car innovators to promote “Autonomous Vehicles 3.0” guidance Khashoggi on the Saudi crown prince. Luckily, the latest and greatest tech isn’t the increased independence and safety document, which provides a framework Senators rebuked President Trump, who limited to what’s under the tree. Driverless these vehicles provide. In fact, a driverless for how the federal government will regu- refuses to accept the conclusions of the vehicles are poised to make many of our car may even be able to bring the store to late them. It looks as if the department will CIA that the crown prince ordered the travel headaches a part of Christmas past you, as retailers such as Walmart and continue to encourage innovation by keep- murder. — and sooner than you think. Kroger experiment with autonomous ing regulations sensible, minimal and Clearly, Trump, in keeping with the Just take a look at what’s happening this grocery delivery. flexible — allowing companies to push pattern that defines his presidency, is December alone. Waymo, a leading player Most importantly, driverless cars can boundaries of what we previously thought pursuing a narrow personal agenda with in the autonomous vehicle market, in help ensure that everyone makes it home possible while still keeping consumers Saudi Arabia that eclipses the interests of Arizona launched the first driverless taxi for the holidays safely. More than 94 per- safe. the United States. service, and General Motors is focusing on cent of auto accidents are caused by hu- For now, a red-nosed reindeer may be — Roger Hirschberg, Bondville, Vt. similar technology. Just in time for cold man error. While the technology isn’t guiding Santa’s way, but driverless cars winter days, Elon Musk announced that perfect yet, it’s far better than most people will start making it easier for the rest of us. the next Tesla upgrade would enhance its realize — and the vehicles don’t get By next year, maybe Rudolph can even “summon” feature so that your vehicle can drowsy, drunk or distracted. They could take some time off. For online exclusive letters go to come to you so long as it’s within your save the lives of many people traveling www.chicagotribune.com/letters. Send sight. after holiday parties or on New Year’s Eve. Tribune Content Agency letters by email to What once seemed as fantastical as Even more of this technology is right [email protected] or to Santa’s workshop is now rapidly becoming around the corner. GM’s semi-autono- Jennifer Huddleston Skees is a research Voice of the People, Chicago Tribune, 160 reality. 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Another observatory? Aon Center owner wants to start building by spring Thursday will present a revised nium Park and Maggie Daley plan to create the observatory and Park, this area has changed over its Sky Summit attraction to the the years,” said Aon Center’s Chicago Plan Commission. general manager, Matthew Am- If 601W’s plan is approved as ato of Jones Lang LaSalle. “We expected, it would be a key step think this is a great opportunity toward full City Council approval for the building, for the neighbor- Ryan Ori — and, by the spring, work to hood and for the city.” On Real Estate build the observatory. Under the plan, the yet-to-be- The New York-based devel- named observatory will include a A planned observatory atop the oper hopes to start construction thrill ride called the Sky Summit, Aon Center could welcome its by June and complete the esti- which would lift enclosed cabs first thrill seekers in less than two mated $185 million project by fall filled with visitors over the build- years as the Chicago skyscraper’s 2020, 601W principal Mark Kara- ing’s edge for 30 to 40 seconds. owner nears zoning approval for sick said. The project’s designer, the the $185 million addition over- It would make Chicago the Hettema Group, also has created HETTEMA GROUP looking Millennium Park. second American city with three a virtual reality attraction for the The Chicago Plan Commission will vote Thursday on a plan to create an The owner of Chicago’s third- observatories, joining New York. observatory atop the city’s third-tallest building, the Aon Center. tallest building, 601W Cos., on “With the addition of Millen- Turn to Observatory, Page 2 GE files A modified Tesla Model X drives in the tunnel en- trance before an unveiling for IPO event for the Boring Co. Hawthorne test tunnel in Hawthorne, Calif., Tuesday. of health ROBYN BECK/AP PHOTOS care unit By Kiel Porter, Nabila Ahmed and Richard Clough Bloomberg News

General Electric Co. has filed confidentially for an initial public offering of its Chicago-based health care unit, according to people familiar with the matter, moving ahead with plans to spin off its second most profitable business line. The industrial conglomerate is working with Goldman Sachs Group, Bank of America Corp., Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley on the planned listing, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the details aren’t public. A public filing is likely next spring, they said. A GE representative declined to comment on plans for the health unit. TUNNEL VISION “As we announced in June, as an independent global health care business, we will have greater flexibility to pursue future growth opportunities, react quickly to Ride in Elon Musk’s LA tube ‘a little bumpy,’ Chicago alderman says changes in the industry and invest in innovation,” GE said in an By Mary Wisniewski questions about how the Chi- emailed statement. Chicago Tribune cago project will be financed Goldman Sachs, Bank of Ameri- and how taxpayers will be ca, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and A Chicago alderman who protected. JPMorgan declined to comment. A was able to take a ride in a “It looks OK, but there has to representative for Morgan Stanley transportation tunnel built by be a lot more questions an- didn’t have an immediate com- tech entrepreneur Elon Musk swered before we can begin a ment. said he still has “a lot of type of project like that,” said A public listing of GE’s health questions” about how such a Villegas. One concern is mak- care unit would follow a similar tube could be built in Chicago. ing sure the vibrations from move by Germany’s Siemens, Ald. Gilbert Villegas, 36th, digging the tunnel will not which sold shares in its Healthi- chairman of the City Council’s cause problems for people liv- neers business in March. The Latino Caucus, was one of a ing nearby, he said. shares are up 32 percent since the group of aldermen and Chi- Other aldermen on the trip IPO, valuing Siemens Healthineers cago city officials who were in included Aviation Committee at about $42 billion. Los Angeles this week to take a Chair Matt O’Shea, 19th, and A newly public GE health care ride through the tunnel, which Budget Committee Chair company would rank among the runs just over a mile. Carrie Austin, 34th. world’s largest, Bloomberg Intelli- Villegas described the ride Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla Inc., speaks during the unveiling of Ald. Michael Scott Jr., 24th, gence analyst Karen Ubelhart said on Tuesday night as “a little the Boring Co. Hawthorne test tunnel. who was not able to make the in June. Based on the valuation of bumpy” since Musk’s team had trip to Los Angeles, agreed that peer companies, the new entity not yet smoothed out the sur- In June, Mayor Rahm ticism from some engineering a lot is “up in the air” about the could have an enterprise value, face of the tunnel. The top Emanuel and Musk an- and transportation experts, project. which includes debt, of $65 billion speed reached was about 34 nounced plans for an express, who wonder how Musk’s Bor- “There are lots of things that to $70 billion, Ubelhart said. mph, Villegas said, much high-speed, underground con- ing Co. can dig a 17-mile tunnel need to come together before I With a spin, GE will retreat from slower than Musk’s promised nection between downtown and create passenger service in think it can happen,” said Scott. one of its largest and most prof- future speed of 150 mph. Ville- and O’Hare International Air- a few years for just $1 billion. He said one plus for the project itable markets. GE Healthcare, gas said he believed the ride port. Some candidates for mayor is that it is supposed to be paid which earned $3.5 billion last year would have been twice as fast if The mayor, who is not run- also have expressed doubts for by Musk, not taxpayers. on sales of $19 billion, specializes in the tunnel had been smooth. ning for a third term, has not about the idea. equipment such as MRI scanners A Tesla Model X car was wavered on his support for the Villegas said his trip was [email protected] and mobile diagnostic machines. . used for the trip. proposed tunnel despite skep- comfortable, but he still has Twitter @marywizchicago Still, health care has drawn scrutiny from some GE investors, who argue that it doesn’t fit well with GE’s primary business of making industrial equipment. For- mer Chief Executive Officer Jeff- rey Immelt in particular was criti- Fed hikes interest rate cized for the costly 2004 acquisition of British medical company Amersham Plc. for 4th time this year GE is moving away from the market as the company tries to By Martin Crutsinger hikes and on Chairman Jerome narrow its focus, boost cash and Associated Press Powell personally. The president stem one of the deepest slumps in has complained that the moves its 126-year history. It agreed in WASHINGTON — The Fed- are threatening the economy. At April to sell a trio of health eral Reserve raised its key inter- a news conference after the Fed’s information businesses for $1.05 est rate for the fourth time this announcement, Powell said billion. It’s possible that GE could year to reflect the economy’s Trump’s tweets and statements pursue alternatives to an IPO for its continued strength but signaled would have no bearing on the health care unit too. that it expects to slow its rate central bank’s policymaking. The separation effort picked up hikes next year. The statement the Fed issued pace in June, as then-Chief Execu- Wednesday’s quarter-point in- Wednesday after its latest policy tive Officer John Flannery un- crease, to a range of 2.25 percent meeting said only “some” further veiled a plan to sell 20 percent of to 2.5 percent, lifted the Fed’s gradual rate increases are likely; GE Healthcare and spin off the rest benchmark rate to its highest previously, it referred simply to to shareholders. After he was point since 2008. It will mean “further gradual increases.” And ousted in October amid mounting higher borrowing costs for many its updated forecast projects two problems in the power division, consumers and businesses. rate hikes next year, down from successor Larry Culp went a step The Fed’s move came despite three the Fed had predicted in SUSAN WALSH/AP further, saying he may sell an even President Donald Trump’s at- Fed Chairman Jerome Powell dismissed President Donald Trump’s bigger piece as part of the push. tacks in recent weeks on its rate Turn to Rates, Page 4 criticism of the central bank’s policy decisions. 2 Chicago Tribune | Business | Section 2 | Thursday, December 20, 2018 Aon Center could house city’s third observatory

Observatory, from Page 1 the intensity of lights inside based firm that operates Hancock Center’s 360 elevator cabs, and improv- facilities and provides Chicago, which has The observatory called ing pedestrian crosswalks- concessions and other Tilt. Ultraflight, Amato said. from Millennium Park to services to venues includ- Tickets to the observa- Guests can go into a virtual Aon Center. ing the One World Trade tory are expected to cost reality pod and do a “fly- Initial plans to create Center’s observatory, Yan- about $25, Amato said. through” of Chicago’s sky- new retail space east of the kee Stadium and the Rose Pricing has yet to be deter- line, emulating a flight past building, where a sunken Bowl, will operate the mined for the Sky Summit Chicago’s skyscrapers in plaza currently stands, observatory, Amato said. and virtual reality experi- conditions including day- were scrapped. Instead, a Legends has yet to deter- ences, he said. light, nighttime or rain. 9,000-square-foot pavilion mine a name or concept for The 1,136-foot-tall Aon The 82nd floor, previ- will be built for guests to the 82nd-floor restaurant, Center, designed by New ously used for mechanical enter southeast of the he said. York architect Edward systems, will be converted tower. After buying tickets, There also will be a small Durell Stone, was com- to an observatory with guests will use a walkway event space that companies pleted in 1973. It originally views of the park, Lake under the office tower to can rent for meetings, Am- was known as the Standard Michigan and the skyline, access observatory eleva- ato said. Oil Building, then the Amo- as well as a restaurant. tors on the northwest cor- 601W estimates the co Building. A partial 83rd floor is ner of the building. observatory will generate Willis Tower is 1,451 feet planned on what is now the The addition will create $30 million to $40 million tall and Trump Interna- roof, providing an area for 96,000 square feet of new in annual revenue. The tional Hotel & Tower is guests to enter the Sky space, including the pavil- firm, whose other Chicago 1,389 feet tall. Summit ride. ion, the slender elevator properties include the Old The 1,191-foot-tall Vista In February, the Tribune SCB tower and conversion of Post Office redevelopment, Tower, under construction reported plans to add a A 9,000-square-foot pavilion will be built for guests to former mechanical areas bought the Aon Center for nearby at 363 E. Wacker glass elevator tower to the enter the Aon Center southeast of the tower. into usable space atop the $712 million in 2015. Drive, will knock the Aon exterior of the skyscraper tower, said Jack George, the It remains to be seen Center from the No. 3 spot at 200 E. Randolph St., public meeting hosted by 601W has incorporated project’s zoning lawyer. how a new observatory when it’s completed in leading to what would Ald. Brendan Reilly, 42nd. into the plans. Changes 601W will pay almost $2.4 would affect Willis Tower’s 2020. become Chicago’s third Based on feedback from include removing LED million in zoning density Skydeck Chicago, whose observation deck. Plans constituents, Reilly asked lights from the exterior of bonuses, he said. thrill attraction is The [email protected] were presented in a May for several tweaks that the elevator shaft, reducing Legends, a New York- Ledge, and the former John Twitter @Ryan_Ori

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By Tom Murphy not soaking them for it,” he Associated Press said. Minneapolis-based Bind People with health insur- is not an insurer, but it ance often pay for coverage designs health plans for big they never use. A startup employers that pay their wants to shake that up. own bills. It’s a radical idea: On- Here’s how it works. demand insurance that lets Under Bind’s plan, custom- customers buy some of their ers pay a base monthly coverage only if and when premium that can be as they need it, similar to how much as 40 percent cheaper TV viewers might rent a than other options their new release from Amazon employer offers, the com- instead of paying every pany says. month for a pricey cable That covers most care, package they rarely use. such as doctor visits, hospi- This approach from Bind tal stays, maternity care, Benefits is one of the latest cancer treatment and pre- wrinkles in a yearslong scriptions. push by companies and A patient can then buy insurers to control costs and additional coverage for make patients smarter some procedures that aren’t health care shoppers. And urgent, such as knee surgery it’s drawing attention from or hip replacement. In these the nation’s largest health cases, the patient has time insurer, UnitedHealthcare, to plan for the care and look and some sizable employ- at different options for who ers. performs it. “It’s the sort of thing we The additional coverage need entrepreneurs to be comes with an extra pre- doing,” said Robert mium and possibly a co- Laszewski, a health care payment, depending on the consultant and former in- care provider and what is surance executive. “We being purchased. In these haven’t had a new idea in cases, patients might get managed care in I don’t stuck paying more than know how long.” $1,000 in additional costs. Bind’s plan draws con- Users log onto Bind’s STACY BENGS/AP cern from researchers wor- website or app to see what is Nancy Buchholz got Bind Benefits coverage through her employer, Dove Healthcare, in Wisconsin. ried about how this may covered and what it will hurt pocketbooks, but it also cost. That can vary based on co-insurance payments that “When you go through more expensive pro- UnitedHealthcare, which has attracted employers Bind’s quality rating for a make it hard for some to something that’s emotion- cedures. covers more than 40 million hungry for a fresh way to provider and how effi- understand how much care ally devastating, the last “This gets close to the people. UnitedHealthcare is tame expenses. ciently it provides care. really costs. thing you want to worry line if not a little bit over the offering Bind coverage to School superintendent Someone with an ear infec- That simplicity helped about is having to make sure line of being discriminatory some employer customers Barry Rose picked Bind as tion might pay nothing for a Nancy Buchholz when she something is paid for,” said because it would only be for 2019. the only coverage option telemedicine visit. But a trip was trying to track her the Cadott, Wis., resident, people who have certain The company will need earlier this year for the to an emergency room for husband’s expenses for can- who got Bind coverage health conditions that to offer big discounts to Cumberland, Wis., school such a minor illness might cer treatment last spring. through her employer, Dove would face higher premi- attract more business, said district after cycling cost a few hundred dollars. She said he died six weeks Healthcare. ums,” she said. Laszewski, the health care through numerous health “If we get everyone buy- after being diagnosed, and The potential for unex- Miller said his plans consultant. plans in the last six years. ing better, we actually make she became overwhelmed pected additional costs comply with federal anti- He noted that customers Rose said about two-thirds the product more afford- by billing notices from the under Bind’s system con- discrimination laws, and are slow to accept new of his workers use $500 or able for all of us,” said Bind hospital showing that care cerns Sabrina Corlette, a they provide all covered insurance ideas, and Bind less in health care every CEO Tony Miller. costs were approaching research professor at members the same benefit relies on patients trusting its year, and he didn’t want to If patients stick to the $300,000. Georgetown’s Center on at the same cost. quality rating for the doctor charge them premiums for plan’s provider network in But the only bill she had Health Insurance Reforms. Bind started selling cov- they pick. That’s a gamble in care they weren’t using. that core coverage, they will to pay for his hospital stay She noted that older cus- erage this year and has only health care, where it’s hard “We have quality health have one bill — a co- was the $1,900 copayment tomers are more likely to a few thousand people for people to understand care. If people need it, great. payment. Miller said Bind laid out in the insurance wind up with these big bills enrolled. But it is expanding and feel comfortable with If they don’t, at least we’re avoids high deductibles or plan. because they tend to have nationally, with help from those measurements. GSK, Pfizer to merge consumer health units Associated Press Voltaren pain tablets and Healthcare name world- ointment, along with Pfiz- wide. The deal is expected Drugmakers Glaxo- er’s Advil and Anbesol pain to close in the second half of SmithKline and Pfizer plan relievers, Chapstick, Cen- 2019, after which the two to merge their consumer trum and Caltrate supple- businesses will be inte- health businesses into what ments, and Nexium heart- grated and packaging likely will be the world leader in burn treatment. will be altered to add the sales of nonprescription The companies said the GSK Consumer Healthcare medicines such as pain re- joint venture will have a name where needed. lievers, vitamins and cold worldwide market share of It is expected to take remedies. 7.3 percent, ahead of the three years to merge the The joint venture would nearest competitor at 4.1 businesses across some 100 have combined annual sales percent. It will have the No. countries as well as to wait of $12.7 billion. 1 or 2 market share posi- for the uncertainties sur- British-based GSK will tions in key countries and rounding Britain’s depar- own 68 percent of the ven- regions, including the U.S., ture from the European ture, and New York-based Europe, China and India, Union to subside. The com- Pfizer, the biggest U.S. drug- and in categories including panies eventually plan to maker, will own the remain- pain relief, respiratory med- spin off the venture into an ing stake. icines, vitamins and supple- independent company. The business will sell ments, and digestive health Shares of Pfizer Inc. fell products under GSK brands products. 43 cents to $41.97 in trading, SANG TAN/AP 2009 like Sensodyne tooth paste, The venture will operate while GSK rose 31 cents to under the GSK Consumer $37.40. British-based GSK will own 68 percent of the venture, and U.S. drugmaker Pfizer will own Panadol pain tablets and the remaining 32 percent once the merger is finalized. United 10 Presence hospitals losing present name in acquisition adding By Lisa Schencker Chicago Tribune flights Ten hospitals that were formerly part of the Pres- New routes will ence Health system have officially dropped that connect O’Hare to name from their titles, various destinations adding Amita Health in its place. By Lauren Zumbach ANTONIO PEREZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE The name change fol- Chicago Tribune A United Airlines jets sit at Chicago's O’Hare International lows the acquisition of Airport in July. Presence Health by Catho- United Airlines is adding lic hospital system Ascen- seven new routes connect- Florida’s Destin-Fort Wal- flights between Chicago sion in March, making WARREN SKALSKI/FOR THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE ing Chicago’s O’Hare Inter- ton Beach Airport and and Durango last week. The Presence part of Amita Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet will be national Airport to various Northwest Florida Beaches carrier also added seasonal Health. Amita is a joint renamed Amita Health Saint Joseph Medical Center. destinations this summer. International Airport. flights to Destin-Fort Wal- operating company The airline will start daily The Colorado flights will ton Beach Airport earlier formed by Adventist Mid- Evanston, Amita Health in recent years, in hopes, flights between Chicago only be offered on Sat- this year. west Health and Ascen- Saint Joseph Hospital Chi- they say, of lowering costs and Eugene, Ore.; Red- urdays from June 8 to Oct. Southwest has seasonal sion’s Alexian Brothers cago, Amita Health Saint and improving quality. The mond, Ore.; and Halifax, 26. Both Florida destina- flights between Chicago Health System in 2015. Joseph Hospital Elgin, Federal Trade Commis- Nova Scotia; on June 6, tions will have Saturday and and Northwest Florida The name change will Amita Health Saint Joseph sion, however, has chal- United said Wednesday in a Sunday flights scheduled to Beaches International Air- extend to all former Pres- Medical Center in Joliet, lenged some of those deals release. run from June 8 to Aug. 18, port in Panama City Beach, ence Health facilities. Amita Health Saints Mary over concerns they would Flights between Chicago United said. Fla., but United appears to The newly renamed and Elizabeth Medical raise prices. and Eugene will run year- The new Chicago flights be the only airline with hospitals are: Amita Center in Chicago (two In April, Advocate round. Summer flights to were among 11 summer direct flights between Chi- Health Holy Family Medi- hospitals on one campus), Health Care merged with Redmond and Halifax are routes United announced cago and Grand Junction, cal Center in Des Plaines, and Amita Health St. Wisconsin’s Aurora Health scheduled to end Oct. 26, Wednesday, bringing the to- Halifax, Eugene and Red- Amita Health Mercy Med- Mary’s Hospital in Kanka- Care, creating the 10th United said. tal number of routes added mond, according to those ical Center in Aurora, kee. largest not-for-profit hos- United also is adding this year to nearly 100, cities’ airport websites. Amita Health Resurrec- In all, Amita has 18 pital system in the country. weekend flights connecting United said. tion Medical Center in hospitals in Illinois. Chicago to Grand Junction American Airlines an- [email protected] Chicago, Amita Health A number of hospitals [email protected] and Durango, Colo., and nounced plans for summer Twitter @laurenzumbach Saint Francis Hospital in and systems have merged Twitter @lschencker 4 Chicago Tribune | Business | Section 2 | Thursday, December 20, 2018 One man taking on Boeing $22B jet order at if it managed to squeeze financial penalties from Li- stake amid feud on Air. If Kirana can’t annul over Lion Air crash the orders, he might still be able to resell or lease the By Harry Suhartono new Boeing aircraft to other and Angus Whitley airlines, said Gerry Soejat- Bloomberg News man, an Indonesia aviation analyst. That, in turn, would The crash of a Boeing distort the market for new plane that killed 189 people and used Boeing 737s, he in Indonesia is spiraling said. “The ecosystem is so into a $22 billion feud be- intertwined.” tween the aircraft maker Even after a major acci- and one of Asia’s most dent, it’s rare for a public influential aviation bosses. dispute to arise between In a rare public dispute airlines and the big plane between the planemaker manufacturers when the and one of its biggest cus- cause of the accident hasn’t tomers, the head of PT Lion been determined. But Ki- Mentari Airlines has threat- rana has a reputation for ened to cancel an order for toughness and per- billions of dollars worth of severance. jets because of what he says “He’s very loyal to those is Boeing’s unfair reaction within his circle — as long as to the crash. they don’t betray him,” Soe- The man standing up to jatman said. “He can be very the U.S. aviation giant is unforgiving.” Rusdi Kirana, Lion Air’s A onetime salesman for owner, and while he was products including type- little known to the public writers and cake ingredi- outside Southeast Asia be- ents, Kirana got his first fore the crash, he’s some- taste of how the aviation thing of a legend in the industry works at 27, hold- industry. Eighteen years af- DIMAS ARDIAN/BLOOMBERG NEWS ing up placards with cus- ter he and his brother Rusdi Kirana says Boeing is unfairly pointing the finger at Lion Air regarding the October plane crash in Jakarta, Indonesia. tomers’ names at the air- rented a Boeing 737-200 to port, to help them with start a service from Jakarta maker. Lion Air is drafting gating team and all regula- ous trip, and it criticized against me — creating a customs and transit. One to Bali, Kirana, 55, has documents to scrap its $22 tory authorities involved.” Lion Air’s safety culture. perception that I was to day in the late 1990s he turned Lion Air into Indo- billion worth of orders with The dispute revolves The plane’s cockpit voice blame for the accident?” came across an article about nesia’s largest airline, with Boeing because, Kirana around Indonesia’s worst recorder has yet to be According to Kirana, online ticketing. one of the biggest order says, the manufacturer un- air disaster in two decades. found. Boeing has yet to deliver “I realized back then this books in the world. fairly implicated his airline Moments after takeoff on Boeing’s response to the about 250 jets to Lion Air. would make the travel- “He is, by virtue of the in the disaster. Oct. 29, the pilots on Lion NTSC report upset Kirana. The manufacturer’s orders agency business obsolete,” significance of Indonesia, “I was in a tough situa- Air Flight 610 battled to In a statement, the Chicago- and deliveries website he said in the interview. right now probably the tion and they decided to control their 737 Max as based manufacturer noted shows 188 unfilled orders. “That was the moment I most important aviation fig- beat me up,” Kirana said, faulty data from a sensor the doomed plane contin- It’s almost impossible to contemplated setting up an ure in Southeast Asia,” said referring to Boeing’s re- repeatedly forced the air- ued to suffer airspeed and cancel firm plane orders airline.” Shukor Yusof, founder of sponse to Indonesia’s pre- craft to tilt its nose down, altitude issues on previous without financial penalties. With the savings from his aviation consultancy Endau liminary report into the according to the prelimi- flights, even after mainte- Kirana rejected suggestions various jobs, he and his Analytics in Kuala Lumpur. accident. “They have been nary report, which included nance work was carried out. that his threat to scrap brother rented a jet, de- Kirana’s undiminished behaving unethically, they evidence for the plane’s And Boeing said the pilots purchases is a ploy to trim signed some uniforms, appetite for expansion — he have been acting immorally flight data recorder, re- on the flight immediately an unnecessarily large order hired four sets of crew and wants to start flights to in this relationship, so we trieved by divers. The plane prior to JT610 had over- book and that Lion Air is started Lion Air. In the early destinations such as Lon- just go our separate ways.” slammed into the Java Sea come similar problems by struggling to pay for its days, the airline was so don and Dubai — has made Boeing wouldn’t com- minutes after leaving Ja- following appropriate pro- planes. The airline’s deliv- unknown that travel agents him a key customer for both ment on the discussions karta, killing everyone on cedures. It said the 737 Max eries are fully funded refused to pay a deposit Boeing and its European with Kirana, but said in a board. “is as safe as any airplane through the end of 2020, he when they received his tick- rival Airbus SE. Lion Air is statement that “Lion Air is a The report by Indonesia’s that has ever flown the said. ets. So Kirana allowed them the third-largest buyer of valued customer and we are National Transportation skies.” But Kirana may have to pay him after they sold Boeing’s updated 737. But supporting them through Safety Committee last Kirana took the response other options, and a big the seats. seven weeks after a two- this difficult time.” The month didn’t find a cause as an attempt by Boeing to cancellation from a major Now Lion Air as a group month-old 737 Max jet op- company said it is “taking for the crash. But it showed shift the blame onto him. customer that called into has nearly 350 aircraft fly- erated by the carrier every measure to fully that a malfunctioning sen- “The plane was having an question the reliability of ing to around 300 locations, plunged into waters off Ja- understand all aspects of sor wasn’t repaired before issue,” he said. “I was the Boeing’s bestselling plane with a further 467 planes karta, Kirana has started a this accident, and are work- the fatal flight, even though customer. Why are they could have repercussions from Boeing and Airbus on public spat with the plane- ing closely with the investi- it failed on the plane’s previ- doing it now and doing it for the manufacturer, even order. How do you package pot in the age of legalized marijuana? By Jack Kaskey tion spreads. But they’re ards are met can vary. Col- market forms and gets to Bloomberg News treading cautiously, with orado, for instance, allows that type of growth so some worried about being edibles to be bundled in quickly,” said Brian Hunt, As marijuana grows up, associated with a federally resealable containers, while vice president of sales and the clear plastic bags just banned drug. Washington allows only marketing. “It’s hard to ig- won’t do anymore. “There’s a high degree of single-serving packages. nore.” Pot retailers need better interest, but it’s very polar- Cannabis is still just a Some larger companies containers to hold their ized,” said Jim Chrzan, a sliver of the $205 billion U.S. still worry about alienating merchandise as commercial vice president at industry packaging market, but it’s a their traditional customer weed goes mainstream. And association PMMI Media bright spot in a mature base, which might view the therein lies both a lucrative Group. “Some companies industry growing at just 2.1 packager as supplying “the new market and a minefield do not want to be dealing percent a year, according to drug trade” amid the fed- of potential legal and public with cannabis.” PMMI. eral prohibition, Chrzan relations disasters for pack- Designing the best con- Eye-popping growth said. aging companies looking to tainer for any product re- prospects are what’s draw- A case in point: Illinois spur growth. quires a mix of technical, ing interest from main- Tool Works Inc. touted its JOSE M. OSORIO/CHICAGO TRIBUNE The legal cannabis indus- marketing and legal issues. stream packagers like Berry Safety-Lok child-resistant The child-resistant FunkSac bag by KushCo Holding Co. try is demanding products Those challenges are mag- Global Group Inc., which slider bag as “ideal” for keeps odors in and children out. like the FunkSac bag, which nified exponentially in the has $7.9 billion of world- medical marijuana on the keeps odors in and children nascent legal marijuana wide sales. The company website of its Zip-Pak unit. isha Knych said in an email. post on its Presto Products out, one of 1,500 products market, where container- estimates a market equal to But hours after Bloomberg Reynolds is promoting a website touting the canna- offered by KushCo Holding makers must navigate a web about 1 percent of legal News inquired about the similar product, the Presto bis market. Reynolds has Co. Now bigger, main- of laws among the 33 states marijuana sales, which re- pitch, the company deleted Child-Guard zipper, as a received “a continuous stream packagers such as that allow pot sales. search firm Cowen & Co. the reference to marijuana. way to keep youngsters out stream” of queries from Reynolds Group Holdings Most require opaque expects to reach $75 billion Zip-Pak hasn’t “marketed of cannabis edibles. The marijuana companies, the are eyeing a $110 million containers, food-grade plas- by 2030. or developed products spe- company, which makes company wrote. “Support is market that could grow tics and child resistant pack- “It’s a rare occasion in the cifically for the cannabis Hefty bags and aluminum at an all-time high (no pun six-fold by 2030 as legaliza- aging, but how those stand- packaging space that a new market,” spokeswoman Tr- foil, devotes a lengthy blog intended).”

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Powell said in addition to their menu of standard options, some are specified at the outset, and the account must stay banks and credit unions also offer an array of jumbo funded for the full duration. If cashed out early, a pen- percent, to 23,323. The S&P flexible or, in Fed parlance, future rate decisions will certificates. What are these products and do they fol- alty will be applied, and whether this is the same as low different rules than regular CDs? the penalty for regular CDs will depend on the bank. 500 index, a broader mea- “data-dependent.” likely depend more on sure, lost 1.5 percent, falling “The Fed must tread newly released economic As you can guess, a jumbo CD simply requires a So if you have a large sum to save in a deposit ac- much larger deposit than a standard CD. Traditionally, count, should you open a jumbo CD? 39 points to 2,506. The more carefully as it con- data than in the recent past. the threshold for jumbo CDs has been $100,000. But Nasdaq composite fell 147 templates further rate For now, most U.S. econ- with no formal rules on the minimum, some financial As always, your best bet is to simply shop for the institutions have taken marketing liberties to apply the highest rate you can earn, at an institution you feel points, or 2.2 percent, to hikes,” said Ellen Zentner, omic barometers are still term to $50,000 or even $25,000 CDs. comfortable with, for the amount you want to invest. 6,636. an economist at Morgan showing strength. The un- Whether your top find is a jumbo CD or a standard Also historically, jumbo CDs paid higher rates than one really makes no difference, since these are just Investors were appar- Stanley, who thinks the Fed employment rate is 3.7 per- standard CDs. But ever since deposit rates plummet- marketing names. ently hoping that Powell “sees greater uncertainty cent, a 49-year low. The ed and then stagnated after the Great Recession, the spread between standard and jumbo rates has great- In fact, you may be able to maximize your return and would go further than he around the path for policy economy is thought to have ly compressed, to the point that jumbo CDs generally your flexibility (should you need the cash early) by did to signal a slowdown in next year.” grown close to 3 percent pay only a tiny fraction more than regular certificates. opening multiple smaller CDs instead of one large certificate. interest rate increases. The Fed has managed to this year, its best perform- Everything else about jumbo CDs works the same as The central bank has telegraph its actions weeks ance in more than a decade. RateCriteria:Rateseffectiveasof12/18/18andmaychangewithoutnotice.RateSeeker,LLC.doesnotguaranteetheaccuracyoftheinformationappearingabove raised rates with steady in advance to prepare the Consumers, the main ortheavailabilityofratesinthistable.Banks,Thriftsandcreditunionspaytoadvertiseinthisguide.N/Ameansratesarenotavailableornotofferedatthetimerates were surveyed.All institutions are FDIC or NCUAinsured.Yields represent annual percentage yield (APY) paid by participating institutions. Rates may change af- regularity as the economy financial markets for any driver of the economy, are tertheaccountisopened.Feesmayreducetheearningsontheaccount.Apenaltymaybeimposedforearlywithdrawal.Toappearinthistable,call773-320-8492. has strengthened. Wednes- shift. But now, the risks of a spending freely. Chicago Tribune | Business | Section 2 | Thursday, December 20, 2018 5 MARKET ROUNDUP

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WALTER NATHAN 1923-2018 Navy veteran who started Death Notices Harden, Dr. William J. Dr. William J. Harden, former CPS Director of the local paper tube company Board of Education’s Bureau Antonelli, Randall Randall Antonelli, 63, of Arlington Hts. Loving son of Health, Physical Education and Safety passed away By Graydon Megan “I think it also helped him of Frederick and the late Margaret “Margie” (nee from Amyotrophic Lateral Chicago Tribune understand the importance DeGeorge) Antonelli; fond Sclerosis (ALS) also known of America as a beacon of brother of Celeste French, as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, Walter Nathan came to freedom and a haven for Thomas Antonelli and Mary December 13, 2018. He Chicago from Europe as a persecuted people like him- (late Vlado) Lenoch; dear was born in his Woodlawn 14-year-old boy on the eve of self.” uncle of Amanda, Andrew, Neighborhood Chicago home World War II and went on Harris recalled a meeting Michael, Jessica and on February 21, 1934. to earn a degree from the several years ago with Ger- Samantha and great uncle to After graduating from Illinois Institute of Technol- man Chancellor Angela Roman. Visitation from 4:00 Englewood High School, he entered into Southern PM until 8:00 PM Friday at the University (Baton Rouge, LA) where he earned his ogy, serve in the U.S. Navy Merkel in which Nathan Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education, and found RTC Industries, spoke passionately and elo- Glueckert Funeral Home, Ltd., 1520 N. Arlington Hts Rd., Arlington Hts and Saturday from 9:00 AM until graduating in 1956. While at Southern, he played which today operates in 12 quently to her about his the time of Mass at 10:00 AM at St. Edna Catholic both football and baseball. He excelled academi- countries from its Rolling views on an upcoming Church, 2525 N. Arlington Heights Rd., Arlington Hts. cally, was involved in many campus activities, and Meadows headquarters. United Nations vote. “He Interment All Saints Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, was initiated into the Alpha Sigma Chapter of Kappa Nathan, 95, died of natu- had strong feelings, and he memorial contributions may be given to St. Edna Alpha Psi Fraternity (1953). ral causes Nov. 24 in his RTC INDUSTRIES expressed them very con- Catholic Church. Funeral info. & condolences www. In 1956, he began teaching with CPS before being drafted into military duty with the United States Chicago home, said his son, Walter Nathan, co-founder vincingly,” Harris said. GlueckertFH.com or (847) 253-0168. Army in 1957. After an honorable discharge in 1959, Richard. His survivors in- of RTC Industries, died on Closer to home, Nathan he returned to the CPS Board of Education where clude his wife of 68 years, Nov. 24. He was 95. was active as a board mem- he taught and coached basketball, football, and golf Ann, who until recently ran ber of the Chicago Light- for 11 years at Harrison High School before becom- the Ann Nathan Gallery on could fit over the necks of house, where he had been Sign Guestbook at chicagotribune.com/obituaries ing a League Supervisor in 1970. In 1972 he became Superior Street in Chicago. bottles to support sale signs on the board since 2013, an Area Supervisor at the Board Central Oce in Nathan was born in and other displays. The according to President and Battle, Elizabeth Anne downtown Chicago. Throughout his time teaching Frankfurt, Germany, at- company has shifted its fo- CEO Janet Szlyk. On December 17 in Durham, NC, Elizabeth Anne and coaching he continued his studies in educa- Battle, 37, beloved daughter of Kevin and Celia tion, earning a Master of Education from Loyola tended middle school in cus and its products over the “He was proud of our Casas Battle, brother of Michael and the late Jack Belgium and came to Chi- years and now makes retail mission,” Szlyk said. “He University Chicago and a Doctorate in Education Battle; granddaughter of Rosa and the late Ramon from cago in 1938 to join his displays and environments was invested in expanding Casas, M.D. and the late Dorothy and Frank Battle; Nova Southeastern University. In addition to his love parents and two older for many top brands. Paper employment opportunities niece of Dean (Cristina) Monco, Ray (Ali) Casas, for learning and quest for higher education, he en- brothers who were already tubes have given way to for people who are blind, Robert (Margarita) Bartels, Hugh (Betty) Hogan, joyed time doing the play-by-play in the broadcast here. “It became apparent metal and plastic. visually impaired, the disa- Paul (Tess) Hogan, Frank (Priscilla Ryan) Battle, Janis booth, during the football season, with Sportscaster (then) that things were go- Nathan became a trustee bled and veterans.” Battle and Wendell (Patty) Burt; fiancée of John Bob Greenberg on WBEZ-FM radio station. He often ing the wrong way in Ger- for IIT and was deeply One of those missions Schwinn. Visitation Saturday, December 22, 2018, spoke of the late Bob Greenberg, who was blind, as many for a Jewish family,” involved with the school’s involves clients assembling 12:30 p.m. until time of the Funeral Mass 1:30 p.m. one of the best radio sportscasters and compared at Saint Norbert Church, 1809 Walters Avenue, him to a sportscaster he listened to growing up his son said. Institute of Design, accord- clocks, many of which go to Northbrook, IL 60062. Interment Calvary Cemetery. He graduated from Lake ing to longtime Dean Pat- the federal government. But named Bill Stern. Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s In 1976, Dr. Harden became the Director of Health, View High School before rick Whitney. the organization recently Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN Physical Education and Safety for CPS, becoming going on to study mechani- “To attract students and got a line of fashionable 38105 or stjude.org. the first African-American appointed to this position cal engineering at IIT, grad- to strengthen the school, he clocks into Target stores, Info: 847-675-1990 or www.donnellanfuneral.com. in the city of Chicago. After serving nearly 40 years uating in 1944, his family supported facilities, fellow- and Nathan got involved. with the CPS Board of Education, he retired. During said. He joined the Navy at ships and research proj- “RTC designed kiosks for his retirement years, he enjoyed traveling with his the tail end of the war and ects,” Whitney said. “He the clocks,” Szlyk said. “He wife “Jenny”, engaging in lively discussions with spent most of his hitch at was focused on making de- loved rolling up his sleeves his daughters, reading, and playing golf…the most Navy Pier as an instructor in sign understandable to the and had that childlike curi- thrilling of his hobbies. radar technology, his family people of Chicago.” osity. Kind, smart, inquisi- William “Bill” Harden was preceded in death by his said. Nathan was a staunch tive — he was all-in.” parents William and Madora (nee Sumner) Harden; and a sister Henrietta Harden Marshall. He is sur- In the late 1940s, not long supporter of the American Nathan was a U.S. citizen Sign Guestbook at chicagotribune.com/obituaries vived by his loving wife of over 60 years, Geneva after leaving the Navy, he Jewish Committee, accord- but about eight years ago (nee Justin) Harden; daughters Shawn Marie Harden and a partner co-founded a ing to Executive Director was re-naturalized as a Ger- Blocker, James and Dr. Shellie Maria Harden; a sister Ann Harden company that in 1950 be- David Harris. Nathan was man citizen, according to James Blocker, born March 30, 1926 peacefully be- Barnes; sister-in-laws and brother-in-laws; and many came Round Tubes and on the national board of Herbert Quelle, Germany’s gan his final journey on December 16, beloved nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends. Cores, making paper tubes governors and on the board consul general in Chicago. 2018. He was preceded in death by his A memorial service will be held on Saturday, and cores for industrial use. of the Chicago branch of the His son said he did that as first wife Arnetta. He is survived by his December 22, 2018, with a Wake at 9:00 a.m., His co-founder recognized organization and very active an expression of reconcilia- beloved wife Joy Currie, loving son Kevin Reflections and Resolutions from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 the market need for small- in overseas work, both in tion while remaining “very (Sharon) adored stepdaughter Debbie a.m., and Funeral Mass at 10:30 a.m. at St. Felicitas (Randy) Jennifer (Craig) 5 grandchildren Amy, Sarah, Catholic Church, 1526 E. 84th Street in Chicago, IL. diameter paper tubes but Germany and more broadly proud of what America did Allison, Heidi and Ryan. He is also survived by 3 dear 60619. didn’t know how to produce in the European Union. for him and for his family.” Great Grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to The ALS the products. Nathan de- “I knew him as a leader,” In addition to his wife Jim grew up in the north side of Chicago and at- Association Greater Chicago Chapter 220 West signed machinery to make Harris said. “Having seen and son, Nathan is survived tended Lakeview high school and Chicago teachers Huron Street, Suite 4003, Chicago, IL. 60654. them, his son said. firsthand, having felt first- by three daughters, Susan college. He was drafted in 1945 and again in 1950. Sign Guestbook at chicagotribune.com/obituaries The small tubes were first hand what happened to the Sholl, Nina Schroeder and After proudly serving his country his successful used in industrial products Jews of Europe in the 1930s Betsy, and 14 grandchildren. teaching career began at Lane Tech high school where he was a track and field coach and drivers Kafkes, Tom (Anastasios) but soon became low-cost and 1940s, he felt it was his Services were held. Tom (Anastasios) Kafkes, age 91, passed away on elements in point-of-sale obligation to try and make education instructor. A lifelong devoted Cubs fan, a life master bridge December 14, 2018, surrounded by displays. Tubes of the cor- sure it would never happen Graydon Megan is a free- player, traveler and Wisconsin fisherman. He his loving family. Born September 1, rect diameter, for example, again. lance reporter. brought brightness, joy, and love to our lives. He 1927, to Angelo and Vassiliki Kafkes, will be forever missed. A memorial celebration of nee Kalomaras, in Filiatra, Greece. Jim’s life will be held on Thursday January 10th from Beloved husband of Emily Kafkes, nee 10am-2pm at Woodlawn Funeral Home 7750 W. Karavites, for 62 years. Loving father of Bessie Cermak Rd. Forest Park, IL with Inurnment to follow (James) Hatzis, George (Anastasia) Kafkes, and Chicago Daily Tribune at Woodlawn Memorial Park. Angelo (Lamprini) Kafkes. Proud grandfather of Memorial contributions may be sent to the charity George Hatzis, Thomas Hatzis, Thomas (Alison) ON DECEMBER 20 ... formed. In 1983 PLO chairman Yas- of choice or American Cancer Society. Kafkes, Elyse (Ben) Cox, Emily Kafkes, Emily Kafkes, Sign Guestbook at chicagotribune.com/obituaries and Julia Kafkes. Brother of the late Gregory (the ser Arafat and 4,000 guer- late Efstathia) Kafkes, Panayioti (Eleni) Kafkis, and In 1803 In 1963 the Louisiana Pur- the Berlin Wall was rilla loyalists evacuated Cellini, Dorothy J. Theofilos (the late Evangelia) Kafkes. Brother-in- chase was completed as opened for the first time to their stronghold in Tripoli, Dorothy J. Cellini, age 89, formerly of Melrose Park, law of the late Yianni (the late Meropi) Karavites, ownership of the territory West Berliners, who were Lebanon, and left aboard passed away Dec 15. Arrangments handled by the late Panayioti Karavites, and the late George was formally transferred allowed one-day visits to five Greek ships, after being Malone Funeral Home in Geneva 630-232-8233. Karavites. Fond uncle of many nieces and nephews. from France to the United relatives in the Eastern sec- driven out by Syrian-backed Sign Guestbook at chicagotribune.com/obituaries Visitation Friday, December 21, 2018 from 4:00pm- States during ceremonies in tor for the holidays. Palestinian rebels. 9:00pm at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home 6150 N New Orleans. Clark, Patricia M. Cicero Ave, Chicago. Family and friends will meet In 1969 American bomber In 1989 the United States Patricia M. Clark (Cadigirl) 65 of Chicago died peace- Saturday morning at St. George Greek Orthodox In 1813 fully Sunday evening, December 16, 2018.Devoted Church 2701 N. Sheffield Ave Chicago, IL for funeral Congress estab- jets hammered Vietnam’s A launched Operation Just mother to her precious “ Sonny Boy” the late Joseph service at 9:00am. Interment Elmwood Cemetery. lished a system of internal Shau Valley, where commu- Cause, sending troops into “Joey” Miller (Noele DeRobertis). Loving daughter Memorial donations to St. George Greek Orthodox revenue to raise govern- nist activity had recently Panama to topple the gov- of the late Joseph and Marie Calcagno. Cherished Church or to Greek American Rehabilitation & Care ment funds. stepped up. ernment of Gen. Manuel sister of Gina Carley and the late Carmen (Jim) Centre www.greekamericancare.org. Arrangements Noriega. Holohan. Loving aunt of Brigitte (Angelo Tosado) by John G. Adinamis Funeral Director, Ltd. For more In 1820 Missouri imposed a In 1973 Spanish Premier Balice, Scott Lorenzen, Heather (Rob) Ewen & Kevin information please call 773-736-3833. $1 per year bachelor tax on Luis Carrero Blanco was In 1998 Nkem Chukwu (Mindy) Holohan Sincere childhood and lifelong unmarried men 21 to 50. killed when assassins gave birth in Houston to five friend Val Sarvin. Pat was a pillar in the Edison bombed his car in Madrid. girls and two boys, 12 days Park Community, serving on the Chamber for many In 1860 South Carolina after giving birth to another years as well as establishing Clark Fabisch Reality Sign Guestbook at chicagotribune.com/obituaries In 1976 Inc. with her business partner Gale Fabisch where became the first state to Chicago Mayor child, a girl. (However, the she worked passionately as Realtor and Property secede from the Union. Richard J. Daley died of a tiniest of the octuplets died Manager. Her trusted staff Ziggy, Nickie, John (the Kalck, Eugene J. heart attack in his doctor’s a week later.) plumber) and Angie will miss her dearly as well as Eugene J. Kalck, Proud WWII Army Veteran; Platoon In 1864 Confederate forces office; he was 74. her pampered pooch “Lucy”. Entombment Queen of Sergeant in the Battle of the Bulge, and evacuated Savannah, Ga., as In 2000 President-elect Heave Mausoleum, Hillside, Illinois. May she rest in Bronze Star recipient; Died peacefully at Union Gen. William T. In 1977 President Jimmy George W. Bush named heavenly eternal joy and peace with Joey. They will home on Dec. 18, 2018; Loving husband Sherman continued his Carter signed into law a businessman Paul O’Neill to remain in our hearts forever. of Rosemary, nee Sheehan; Beloved “March to the Sea.” measure mandating sub- be his treasury secretary; father of Catherine “Bunny” (William) stantial increases in Social Ann Veneman to be the first Keane, Jeanne (Terry) Bogdan, Maureen (John) In 1945 the Office of Price Security payroll taxes, say- female secretary of agricul- Mackey, and Michael (Doreen); Proud grandpa of Sign Guestbook at chicagotribune.com/obituaries Kelly, Michael Brian, Kate, Terry Scott, Jeff, Jennie, Administration announced ing the legislation would ture; Mel Martinez to be Kerry, Katelyn, Ryan, Patrick, Eileen, and Megan; the end of tire rationing, guarantee “that from 1980 secretary of housing and Gnap, Jeannine ‘Jean’ Cherished great-grandpa of 17; Visitation Thursday effective Jan. 1, 1946. through 2030, the Social urban development; and Jeannine ‘Jean’ Gnap (nee Kuhn), age 79, beloved 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. Funeral Friday 8:30 a.m. from Security system will be Don Evans, secretary of wife of Dr. John J. Gnap; loving mother of Paul (Kerri) Curley Funeral Home, 6116 W. 111th Street, Chicago In 1946 the Frank Capra sound.” commerce. Gnap, Jean Marie (Kevin) Walsh, Jennifer Gnap Ridge to Incarnation Church, 5757 W. 127th Street, film “It’s A Wonderful Life” and the late John Gnap; cherished grandmother Palos Heights. Mass 9:30 a.m. Interment Abraham had a preview showing for In 1978 former White In 2005 a federal judge of Samantha, Amanda, Sabrina, Olivia, Brooke, Lincoln National Cemetery at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, charity at New York City’s House chief of staff H.R. ruled “intelligent design” Caitlyn, and Jaclyn; dear sister of Lawrence (Ruth) December 24th; In lieu flowers, Eugene would be Globe Theatre, a day before Haldeman was released could not be mentioned in Kuhn, and the late Robert Kuhn; dear sister-in-law proud that donations be made to the Disabled Patriot of Michael Novak, Jeff Novak, Marian (Jeff) Baird; Fund, www.disabledpatriotfund.org; For funeral info its official world premiere. from prison after serving 18 biology classes in a Pennsyl- 708-422-2700, or www.curleyfuneralhome.com months for his role in the vania public school district. devoted aunt, cousin and friend to many. 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Kelly, Charlene Charlene Kelly nee Werner Beloved wife and best friend of Tom. Loving mother of Marifran (George) Opatrny, Christine (Rich) Holden, and Thomas Repass, Patricia M. (Karen). Loving grandma of Kelly (Pat) Smolen, Patricia M. Repass, nee Moore, age 89, of Skokie. Amanda, Ryan, Jessica, Nicole, and Owen. Beloved wife of the late Emory; dear mother of Loving aunt of many nieces and nephews. Visitation Lawrence M. (Evelyn), Lynn (Mark) Shaw, and Lisa Saturday 3:00 PM until 9:00 PM with a funeral ser- (Paul) Wisowaty; loving grandmother of Adam, vice at 5:30 PM at the Jaeger Funeral Home 3526 N. Robert, Andrew, Brittany, Chad, and the late Cicero Ave. Cremation Private. Info (773) 545-1320. Alexander; fond sister of the late Janice (Robert) Sign Guestbook at chicagotribune.com/obituaries Cordts and William Moore. Visitation, Friday, December 21, 2018, from 12 noon until time Kloss, Eugene ‘Bud’ of Funeral Service, 1:30 p.m., at HABEN Funeral Eugene “Bud” Kloss, age 87, of Libertyville. Beloved Home & Crematory, 8057 Niles Center Rd., Skokie. husband of Marie for 62 Interment, Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie. Funeral years. Loving dad of Tom info: 847.673.6111 or www.habenfuneral.com. (Katie), Tammy (Stan) Cook, Peggy (Dave) Anderson, Kim (John) Sullivan, Mike (Dorie), and the late Susan. Papa of Michael, Christy, Tom, Joey, Sign Guestbook at chicagotribune.com/obituaries Mary, Kevin, Kari, Casey, Ryan, Tim, Katie, Billy, Johnny, Cassidy, Megan, Ben, and Abbey. Great-grandpa of Ellie, Sheffert, Dave G. Charley, Colette, Lilly, Nolan, Davey, Liam, Gavin, Dave G. Sheffert 55, of Park Ridge. At Peace with Avery, Harper, and Arlo. Brother of Nancy Bruzzini, Christ, Tuesday, December 18, 2018. Beloved and the late Marilyn Halpin. He was preceded in husband of Bridget nee Casey. Loving father of Ian, death by his parents August and Martha Kloss. Clare, Mary Frances and Kathleen. Beloved son of Bud was the founder and owner of Kloss Distributing Gary and the late Dalphine. Dear brother of Kathy in Gurnee, a beer distributor in Lake County since (Dan) Lingevitch, Kristen (Mark) Hodnett and the 1973. late Karen. Fond uncle and friend to many. Visitation Visitation Thursday 3-8 PM at Marsh Funeral Home, Friday from 3:00 to 8:00 P.M. at Cumberland Chapels 305 N Cemetery Rd, Gurnee. Prayers at the funeral (FRIEL FUNERAL DIRECTORS) 8300 W. Lawrence home Friday between 10:30-11:30am, followed by Ave., Norridge. Funeral Services Begin: Saturday mass of Christian Burial Friday 12 Noon at St. Paul 9:30 A.M. at the Funeral Home and will proceed to the Apostle Parish, 6401 Gages Lake Rd, Gurnee. St. Paul of the Cross Church, Park Ridge. Funeral Interment Ascension Cemetery, Libertyville Mass 10:30 A.M., Interment Forestville Cemetery, For funeral info: MarshFuneralHome.com or Dundee, Iowa. Member of Maria Council 4836 847-336-0127. Knights of Columbus. www.cumberlandchapels. Sign Guestbook at chicagotribune.com/obituaries com or 708/456-8300 Koranda, M. Kristine M. Kristine Koranda Devoted daughter of Beverly and the late Edward; Loving sister of the late Ed (Dottie), Karen (Jack) Sign Guestbook at chicagotribune.com/obituaries O’Keefe, Jan (Lowell) Isenberg, Bob (Pat), and Mark (Peg); Beloved aunt and great-aunt of many nieces and nephews; Devoted teacher for District 130 for over 30 years; In lieu of flowers, donations to the Von Wahlde, Rosalie H. Mulliganeers, www.mulliganeers.org would be ap- Rosalie H. Von Wahlde, nee DeGeorge; Beloved preciated. Visitation Saturday 9:00 a.m. until time wife of the late Richard; Loving mother of Christine of Funeral Mass 10:00 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church (Christopher) Kavanaugh, and Joseph (Lori); Devoted 8245 W 111th St, Palos Hills; Interment Private; grandma of Michael, Daniel, and Andrew; Fond aunt Arrangements entrusted to Curley Funeral Home; and cousin of many; Rosalie was actively involved in For Funeral info (708) 422-2700 or www.curleyfu- various activities, St. Bede Church, Red Hat Club, and neralhome.com an avid bowler for the Mod Squad; Visitation Friday 3:00 to 8:00 p.m.; Funeral Saturday, 8:30 a.m. from Curley Funeral Home, 6116 W. 111th Street, Chicago Ridge to St. Bede the Venerable Church, 4440 W. 83rd Street, Chicago; Mass 9:30 a.m.; Interment St. Mary Cemetery; In lieu of flowers, donations to Misericordia Heart of Mercy www.misericordia.org Sign Guestbook at chicagotribune.com/obituaries or National Multiple Sclerosis Society, www.nation- Maestri, Bruno A. almssociety.org would be appreciated; For Funeral Bruno A. Maestri, 101, of Downers Grove, be- info: (708) 422-2700 of www.curleyfuneralhome. loved husband of the late com Katherine; dear father of Marilyn Andrasek, Frances (Daniel) McLaughlin, Robert (Karen) Maestri and the late Sandra; proud grandfather of Raymond, Michael Andrasek, Karen Pyka, Tiffany (Greg) Sign Guestbook at chicagotribune.com/obituaries Whalen, Melissa (Terry) Coughlin, Shirlee Scott. Preceded in death by three sisters and two grandsons; cherished great-grandfather of ten; and fond Uncle Yufit, Robert Isaac of many. Born Oct 9, 1917 in Chicago Robert Isaac Yufit, Age 88, died on December 19. to Urbano and Frances, he went to be Beloved husband of the late Gloria L. with his Lord, peacefully at home on Mon, Dec Yufit, nee Krinn. Devoted father of Lisa 17. Funeral service, Sat, Dec 22, 2018 at Western Yufit (Michael Cher), David Yufit, and Springs Baptist Church, 4475 Wolf Rd, Western Aveva Yufit (David Clark). Proud grand- Springs, IL 60558. Visitation, 10 a.m., service begins father of Benjamin Cher and Jonathan at 11 a.m. Interment, Clarendon Hills Cemetery, Cher. Graveside services Thursday, 2PM at Waldheim Darien, IL. Memorials to U.S Dept of Veterans Affairs, Jewish Cemetery (Gate 204) 16th & Harlem, Forest Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital. Info and online guest- Park. Memorial contributions may be made to book at hultgrenfh.com or call Hultgren Funeral KAM Isaiah Israel Congregation, 1100 E. Hyde Park Home, 630-668-0027. Blvd., Chicago, IL 60615, www.kamii.org, Selfhelp Sign Guestbook at chicagotribune.com/obituaries Home, 908 W. Argyle, Chicago, IL 60640, www. selfhelphome.org, or the charity of your choice. Every Matthews, James J. Arrangements by Chicago Jewish Funerals – Buffalo James J. Matthews, Age 82. Dec. 15th. Beloved Grove Chapel, 847.229.8822, www.cjfinfo.com husband of the late Berniece (nee Lovelady). Dear brother of Mary (the late David) Falk and the late William (the late Anna), the late Patrick (Denise) and the late Thomas (Anne). Dear uncle and great uncle to many nieces and nephews. Kind, humble and gen- Sign Guestbook at chicagotribune.com/obituaries life story erous friend of many. Fond Math Teacher of many at Morgan Park High School. Memorial Visitation Friday, December 21st from 10:30 A.M. until time of Memorial Mass 11:30 A.M. at St. Barnabas Church Zawodniak, Janice 10134 South Longwood Drive Chicago, IL 60643. Int. Janice Zawodniak nee DeNardo, Loving wife of Private. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made the late Richard R. Zawodniak, Beloved mother of to Emilie’s Fund c/o Smith Village 2320 W. 113th Lisa (Mark) Heritage, Laura Zawodniak and Richard deserves PL. Chicago, IL 60643. Arrangements entrusted to J. (Kimberly) Zawodniak. Dear grandmother of Donnellan Funeral Home (773) 238-0075. Madeline and Andrew Heritage and Ciara (Evaristo) Sign guestbook at [email protected] Ramierez-TZ, Richard D. and Rebecca Zawodniak. Cherished great-grandmother of Anaisabela, Evaristo, Jr. and Xiomara Ramierez-Tz. Fond sister of the late William (Ruth) DeNardo and the late Agnes (Norbert) Kozicki. Special aunt of Bob Kozicki, John Sign Guestbook at chicagotribune.com/obituaries to be told. DeNardo and many nieces, nephews and cousins. Nealis, Hon. Paul J. Memorial Visitation Saturday 8:30 a.m. until time of Hon. Paul J. Nealis, Vietnam Veteran, United States prayers at 10:30 a.m. at Modell Funeral Home, 7710 Marine Corps. Retired Judge Cook S. Cass Ave., Darien processing to St. Scholastica County Court. Former Asst. States Church. Mass 11:00 a.m. Interment Resurrection Attorney and former Sgt. C.P.D. Beloved Cemetery. For funeral info: (630) 852-3595 www. Husband of Jane (C.P.D. Ret.) (nee modelldarien.com Meany). Cherished father of the late Sign Guestbook at chicagotribune.com/obituaries Jinelle Gould and father-in-law of Dave (Danielle) Share your loved one's story at Gould. Brother of John (Beverly) Nealis, Margaret (Byron) Bradley, James (Marie), Terence and Kevin (Lynn) Nealis. Brother-in-law of Clare (James) Dwyer placeanad.chicagotribune.com and Kathleen Meany (Sal Attinello). Uncle and great uncle of many nieces and nephews.Funeral Saturday 9:00 a.m. from Donnellan Funeral Home 10525 S. Western Ave. Chicago to St. Alexander Church 7025 W. 126th St. Palos Heights, IL for 10:00 a.m. Mass. Int. Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Visitation Friday from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Smile Train 633 Third Avenue, 9th floor, New York, NY 10017. Info (773) 238-0075. Sign guestbook at www.donnellanfuneralhome.com.

Sign Guestbook at chicagotribune.com/obituaries Rakitan, Robert William Robert William Rakitan passed away on December 13, 2018 at the age of 79. Beloved husband of the late Alice Rakitan nee Svoboda; beloved son of the late John and Mary Rakitan nee Schoditsch; dear brother of Lois (Art) Hammar, John (Doris) Rakitan, and Gail Steel; fond uncle of Cheryl (Kevin) Brunk, Lori (Ernie) Sapigao, Jonathan (Jennifer) Hammar, Every life story Timothy Rakitan, John T. Rakitan, William (Mary Ann) Rowe. Robert was a 1957 graduate of Lane deserves to be told. Tech High School, received advanced degrees from Northwestern University, taught biological sciences Share your loved one’s story at Brought to youbyLegacy.com® at Wright College, was a registered Pharmacist, and placeanad.chicagotribune.com was a member of the Gottlieb Center for Fitness. A celebration and remembrance of Robert will take place at a later date. For more info www.cumberlandchapels.com or 708-456-8300.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK CITY OF EVANSTON NOTICE TO PUBLIC NOTICE - Motorcycles Wanted! Cash Paid! All Makes! Yorkshire Terrier 217-543-2159 PROPOSERS Will Pick Up. Reasonable. 630-660-0571 COUNTY, ILLINOIS JUVENILE JUSTICE AND COUNTY, ILLINOIS JUVENILE JUSTICE AND PUBLIC HEARING Arthur 2000 M/F CHILD PROTECTION DEPARTMENT CHILD CHILD PROTECTION DEPARTMENT CHILD Sealed proposals will be received by the 8 weeks. Vet checked, health guarantee. Other PROTECTION DIVISION PROTECTION DIVISION Purchasing Office in Room 4200, Lorraine Please take notice that on Wednesday, breeds available. Google Meadow Pond Puppies. H. Morton Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Avenue, January 23, 2019, at 7:00 a.m., the Hillside- IN THE INTEREST OF IN THE INTEREST OF Evanston, Illinois 60201, until 2:00 P.M. local Berkeley Water Commission will hold a Christopher Webb Christopher Webb time on February 19, 2019. Proposals shall public hearing pursuant to the Illinois cover the following: Municipal Budget Law, 50 ILCS 330/3 of LOST & FOUND MINOR(S) CHILD(REN) OF Goldie Vaughn MINOR(S) CHILD(REN) OF Goldie Vaughn 1909 RAW WATER INTAKE REPLACEMENT the Illinois Compiled Statutes, on its Fiscal (Mother) AKA Camesha Hoskins AKA (Mother) AKA Camesha Hoskins AKA RFP Number: 19-02 Year 2019 budget, at its office, 211 Eastern Keisha Hoskins AKA Shawanna Friday Keisha Hoskins AKA Shawanna Friday The City of Evanston’s Capital Planning and Avenue, Bellwood, Illinois. Copies of the Chris Webb (Father) Chris Webber Jr. Engineering Bureau of the Evanston Public tentative budget will be available for public Lost A Green Conure With Red Tail Feathers On JUVENILE NO.: 17JA00062 Works Agency is seeking proposals from inspection as of December 21, 2018, at the December 16th. REWARD! 773-504-4456 JUVENILE NO.: 17JA00062 experienced firms for: Commission office from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION Professional engineering services in p.m. Monday through Friday. NOTICE OF PUBLICATION BUYING RECORD ALBUMS! Rock, Jazz & support of the design, permitting, and Blues. Also vintage baseball cards! GENERAL NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, Goldie Vaugh construction of a new raw water intake 549551_1 847-343-1628 NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, Chris Webb (Father), (Mother) AKA Camesha Hoskins AKA into Lake Michigan. The new intake will AKA Chris Webber Jr., Any And All Keisha Hoskins AKA Shawanna Friday, replace an existing intake, and will consist ANNOUNCEMENTS Unknown Fathers Any, respondents, and respondents, and to All Whom It May of a new intake structure, pipeline, and BUYING TOY TRAINS to All Whom It May Concern, that on Concern, that on November 20, 2018, a shore-side connection into existing facilities. LIONEL, AMERICAN FLYER, HO, BRASS, November 20, 2018, a petition was filed petition was filed under the Juvenile Court Engineering services to be provided include NOTICE TO DISADVANTAGED OLD TOYS, COIN OPERATED GAMES, COKE Dental CROWN $399, White Filling $99, under the Juvenile Court Act by KIM FOXX Act by KIM FOXX in this court and that in Preliminary Design, Field Investigations, BUSINESSES MACHINES, SLOT CARS, OLD SIGNS! Extraction $99, Partial and Full Denture $999, Archon Construction at 563 S Route 53, Dennis 630-319-2331 Dental Implant $399 call 224-255-6133 in this court and that in the courtroom of the courtroom of Judge Robert Balanoff Detailed Design, Final Design, Permitting, Judge Robert Balanoff in the Cook County in the Cook County Juvenile Court Building, IEPA SRF Loan Support, Project Management, Addison, IL 60101 (630) Juvenile Court Building, 1100 So. Hamilton 1100 So. Hamilton Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, Bidding, Construction Administration, and 495-0015 is seeking qualified disadvantaged BUYING!! Coins, Currency, Gold & Silver! Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, ON 01/11/2019, ON 01/11/2019, at 9:30 AM in CALENDAR Construction Inspection. businesses for the Village of Indian Head With over 50 years of experience, we are your Park, Illinois, “Water Main Replacement trusted source. Ask for a FREE evaluation! at 9:30 AM in CALENDAR 12 COURTROOM 12 COURTROOM L, or as soon thereafter as L, or as soon thereafter as this case may this case may be heard, a hearing will be There will be a mandatory pre-proposal Program 1-2018” be heard, a hearing will be held upon the held upon the petition to terminate your meeting January 17, 2019 at 9:00 A.M. at the project for subcontracting opportunities in petition to terminate your parental rights parental rights and appoint a guardian with Evanston Water Plant located at 555 Lincoln the following areas: and appoint a guardian with power to power to consent to adoption. Street, Evanston, IL 60201. NO ADMITTANCE Landscaping, Paving, Concrete Work, consent to adoption. AFTER 9:15 A.M. All firms intending to Trucking, and Traffic Control. THE COURT HAS AUTHORITY IN THIS submit a proposal for this project are All disadvantaged businesses should THE COURT HAS AUTHORITY IN THIS CASE TO TAKE FROM YOU THE CUSTODY required to attend to discuss the proposed contact, IN WRITING, (certified letter, return CASE TO TAKE FROM YOU THE CUSTODY AND GUARDIANSHIP OF THE MINOR, TO work and receive answers to questions receipt requested), Dominic Fiordirosa, to AND GUARDIANSHIP OF THE MINOR, TO TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS AND related to the project. For security reasons, discuss the subcontracting opportunities. TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS AND TO APPOINT A GUARDIAN WITH POWER TO parties must submit the Non-Disclosure All negotiations must be completed 7 days TO APPOINT A GUARDIAN WITH POWER TO CONSENT TO ADOPTION. YOU MAY LOSE ALL Agreement included in the RFP with a list prior to the bid opening date of 1/7/2019. CONSENT TO ADOPTION. YOU MAY LOSE ALL PARENTAL RIGHTS TO YOUR CHILD. IF THE of employee names that will be attending to Subcontracting will be evaluated according STUFF FOR SALE PARENTAL RIGHTS TO YOUR CHILD. IF THE PETITION REQUESTS THE TERMINATION OF Paul Moyano at pmoyano@cityofevanston. to the lowest responsive qualified bidder. BUYING!! OLD CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS PETITION REQUESTS THE TERMINATION OF YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS AND APPOINTMENT org by close of business January 14, 2019 in COLLECTIONS ANTIQUES OLD TOYS VIDEOGAMES YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS AND APPOINTMENT OF A GUARDIAN WITH POWER TO CONSENT order to attend. NINTENDO N64 SEGA 630-400-8678 OF A GUARDIAN WITH POWER TO CONSENT TO ADOPTION, YOU MAY LOSE ALL PARENTAL TO ADOPTION, YOU MAY LOSE ALL PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THE CHILD. The above item shall conform to the Bears PSL Marketplace Buy/Sell PSLs & FREON R12 WANTED R12 collecting dust? RIGHTS TO THE CHILD. RFP on file in the Purchasing Office. The Certified professional pays CA$H for R12. Tickets! PSLsource.com - 800-252-8055 RefrigerantFinders.com 312-291-9169 UNLESS YOU appear, you will not be entitled document, including all necessary plans UNLESS YOU appear, you will not be entitled to further written notices or publication and specifications, will be available in the OLD PAINTINGS WANTED Serious collector to further written notices or publication notices of the proceedings in this case, Purchasing Office on December 20, 2018. buying pre-1950 o/c, w/c, drawings. Amer/ ASSUMED notices of the proceedings in this case, including the filing of an amended petition Parties interested in submitting a bid should Euro artists - landscape, figure, genre. including the filing of an amended petition or a motion to terminate parental rights. contact the Purchasing Office to receive 217-386-2616 NAMES or a motion to terminate parental rights. a copy of the bid or see the City’s website UNLESS YOU appear at the hearing and at: www.cityofevanston.org/business/ UNLESS YOU appear at the hearing and show cause against the petition, the bids-proposals/ or Demandstar at: www. Vintage Beer & Soda Cans & Signs: We Pay show cause against the petition, the allegations of the petition may stand demandstar.com. Top Dollar for Your Collections 708-315-0048 Notice is hereby given, Pursuant to “An Act in relation To the use of an Assumed Business allegations of the petition may stand admitted as against you and each of you, Name in the conduct or transaction of admitted as against you and each of you, and an order or judgment entered. The City (the City of Evanston) in accordance MANLEY, DEAS, KOCHALSKI LLC WANTED Paying Cash for Military Items, Business in The State” as amended, that a and an order or judgment entered. with the laws of the State of Illinois, hereby One East Wacker – Suite 1250 American, German, Japanese & Other Certification was filed by the Undersigned DOROTHY BROWN, CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT notifies all firms that it will affirmatively Chicago, IL 60601 Countries from Any Period. Also Marx with the County Clerk of Cook County DOROTHY BROWN, CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS ensure that the contract(s) entered into Playsets, Toy Soldiers, Trains, Miscellaneous File No. COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS December 20, 2018 pursuant to this notice will be awarded to Toys & Antiques. Call Gary: 708-522-3400 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, D18155993 on the December 20, 2018 the successful firm without discrimination ILLINOIS, NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A Date: NOVEMBER 26, 2018 on the grounds of race, color, religion, CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY., Plaintiff, Wanted: Oriental Rugs Under the Assumed Name of: IDIOMATIC sex, age, sexual orientation marital status, v. UNKNOWN SUCCESSOR, TRUSTEES OF THE Any size/ Any condition - for cash. MUSIC disability, familial status or national origin. WARREN W. LOSER DECLARATION OF TRUST, *** CALL 773-575-8088 *** with the business located at: The City of Evanston reserves the right to DATED OCTOBER 15, 2001 AND EXECUTED PO BOX 613 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK reject any or all submittals or to accept the ON NOVEMBER 1, 2001; THE UNITED STATES submittal(s) deemed most advantageous to WE BUY COMIC BOOKS! FOREST PARK, IL, 60130 COUNTY, ILLINOIS JUVENILE JUSTICE AND OF AMERICA, SECRETARY OF HOUSING IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK the City. 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(Mother) The requisite affidavit for publication having NOTICE OF PUBLICATION been filed, notice is hereby given you, Cane Corso 708-793-7885 Any contract or contracts awarded under JUVENILE NO.: 18JA00968 Unknown Successor, Trustees of the Warren Evanston $1000 Pups Notice is given you, Unknown (Father), this request for proposals are expected to W. Loser Declaration of Trust, dated October Cane Corso Puppies for SALE. be funded in part by a loan from the Illinois respondents, and TO ALL WHOM IT MAY NOTICE OF PUBLICATION 15, 2001 and executed on November 1, CONCERN, that on December 6, 2018 , a Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA). 2001, Unknown Owners and Non-Record German Shepherd 1-920-336-8780 This procurement is also subject to the petition was filed under the Juvenile Court NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, Leslie Filipowski Claimants, that the said suit has been Green Bay, WI $1200-$1500 M/F Act by KIM FOXX, STATE’S ATTORNEY City’s policy regarding the increased use of commenced in the Circuit Court of the Cook (Mother), respondents, and to All Whom disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE). Puppies. 8wks. Top Lines. OFA+DM tested. OF COOK COUNTY through her assistant It May Concern, that on September 26, County Judicial Circuit, Cook County, Illinois Stable, great for security. foxwoodkennels.com State’s Attorney in this court and that in The City’s policy requires all consultants by the said plaintiff against you and other 2018, a petition was filed under the Juvenile proposing to undertake specified affirmative the courtroom of Judge Stuart Lubin in the Court Act by KIM FOXX in this court and that defendants, praying for the foreclosure of German Shepherd 765-385-0463 Cook County Juvenile Court Building located efforts at least sixteen (16) days prior to a certain Mortgage conveying the premises in the courtroom of Judge Patrick Murphy bid opening. Requirements for compliance Oxford, IN 800 Male & Female at 1100 South Hamilton, Chicago, Illinois on in the Cook County Juvenile Court Building, described as follows, to-wit: AKC Long coated Christmas puppies All colors 01/04/2019 at 9:00 AM IN CALENDAR 58 with the IEPA loan program for professional 1100 So. Hamilton Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, services contracts and DBE participation COURTROOM 11 , ON 01/11/2019,at 9:30 AM in CALENDAR 1 Unit No. 302 in the Carriage Way Court Labrador Retriever 630-365-6792 are included in the RFP and the attached Condominium Building No. 5100, as COURTROOM A, or as soon thereafter as this Professional Services Agreement. ELBURN, IL 850 males & females or as soon thereafter as this case may be case may be heard, an adjudicatory hearing delineated on the survey of the following AKC/OFA Light yellows ready now. Pictures & heard, an adjudicatory hearing will be held will be held upon the petition to have the described real estate (hereinafter referred info on our web site www.hvlabradors.com upon the petition to have the minor declared Linda Thomas to as “parcel”): minor declared to be a ward of the court Purchasing Specialist to be a ward of the court and for other relief and for other relief under the Act. Mastiff 574-546-3771 under the Act. The court has authority in That part of Lot 4 of Three Fountains at Bremen 800 F this case to take from you the custody and THE COURT HAS AUTHORITY IN THIS Plum Grove (according to the plat thereof 2 Neapolitan/English. 1st shots/wormed - ready! guardianship of the minor. CASE TO TAKE FROM YOU THE CUSTODY recorded July 8, 1968, as Document Number 20 543 261) being a subdivision in Section AND GUARDIANSHIP OF THE MINOR, TO IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK Vizsla 507-829-2212 Unless you appear at the hearing and show 8, Township 41 North, Range 11, East of TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS AND COUNTY, ILLINOIS JUVENILE JUSTICE AND South Dakota $1,750 Males / Females cause to the contrary, an order or judgment TO APPOINT A GUARDIAN WITH POWER TO the Third Principal Meridian, described as by default may be entered against you for CHILD PROTECTION DEPARTMENT CHILD follows: Pups are now ready to go, and just in time for CONSENT TO ADOPTION. YOU MAY LOSE ALL PROTECTION DIVISION Christmas! Pups will go home with an updated the relief asked in the petition. PARENTAL RIGHTS TO YOUR CHILD. IF THE vaccination record, health certificate, our health PETITION REQUESTS THE TERMINATION OF Commencing at the most Northeasterly guarantee, and AKC registration papers with IN THE INTEREST OF DOROTHY BROWN, CLERK OF COURT YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS AND APPOINTMENT corner of Lot 4 aforesaid; thence South champion bloodlines. December 20, 2018 Ricardo Cruz Xavier Cruz Nathaniel Cruz 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East OF A GUARDIAN WITH POWER TO CONSENT Nicholas Cruz TO ADOPTION, YOU MAY LOSE ALL PARENTAL along the Easterly line thereof 50.37 feet; ASSISTANT STATE’S ATTORNEY: RIGHTS TO THE CHILD. thence North 90 degrees West (at right B. Pucci, E. Bammel MINOR(S) CHILD(REN) OF Cynthia Rivera angles thereto) 116.04 feet to the point (Mother) ATTORNEY FOR: UNLESS YOU appear, you will not be entitled of beginning; thence South 74 degrees THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS 22 minutes 04 seconds West 89.58 feet; to further written notices or publication 18JA01094 18JA01095 ADDRESS: 1100 South Hamilton JUVENILE NO.: thence South 15 degrees 37 minutes 56 notices of the proceedings in this case, 18JA01093 18JA01096 CITY/STATE: Chicago, Illinois 60612 including the filing of an amended petition seconds East 233.00 feet; thence North 74 TELEPHONE NUMBER: (312) 433-7000 degrees 22 minutes 04 seconds East 89.58 or a motion to terminate parental rights. NOTICE OF PUBLICATION ATTORNEY NO.: 33182 feet; thence North 15 degrees 37 minutes 56 seconds West 233.00 feet to the place UNLESS YOU appear at the hearing and Ricardo Cruz CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, of beginning, in Cook County, Illinois which show cause against the petition, the (Father) Any And All Unknown Fathers COOK COUNTY OF ILLINOIS allegations of the petition may stand survey is attached to Exhibit “B” to the Any , respondents, and to All Whom It May Declaration of Condominium for Building admitted as against you and each of you, Concern, that on November 14, 2018, a and an order or judgment entered. No. 5100 recorded in the Office of the Cook petition was filed under the Juvenile Court County Recorder of Deeds as Document No. Act by KIM FOXX in this court and that in 26 619 596. DOROTHY BROWN, CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT the courtroom of Judge Peter Vilkelis in COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS the Cook County Juvenile Court Building, December 20, 2018 5100 Carriageway Drive #302, Rolling 1100 So. Hamilton Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, Meadows, IL 60008 ON 01/11/2019,at 11:00 AM in CALENDAR 08-08-301-064-1027 13 COURTROOM M, or as soon thereafter as this case may be heard, an adjudicatory Now, therefore, unless you, Unknown hearing will be held upon the petition to Successor, Trustees of the Warren W. have the minor declared to be a ward of the Loser Declaration of Trust, dated October court and for other relief under the Act. 15, 2001 and executed on November 1, 2001, Unknown Owners and Non-Record THE COURT HAS AUTHORITY IN THIS Claimants, and the said above named IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK CASE TO TAKE FROM YOU THE CUSTODY defendants, file your answer to the COUNTY, ILLINOIS JUVENILE JUSTICE AND AND GUARDIANSHIP OF THE MINOR, TO complaint in said suit or otherwise make AND CHILD PROTECTION DEPARTMENT TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS AND your appearance therein, in the office JUVENILE JUSTICE DIVISION TO APPOINT A GUARDIAN WITH POWER TO of the Clerk of the Cook County Judicial CONSENT TO ADOPTION. YOU MAY LOSE ALL Circuit, Cook County, Illinois, on or before IN THE INTEREST OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO YOUR CHILD. IF THE January 19, 2019, default may be entered Emareon K Lewis PETITION REQUESTS THE TERMINATION OF against you at any time after that day and YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS AND APPOINTMENT a Judgment entered in accordance with the A MINOR OF A GUARDIAN WITH POWER TO CONSENT prayer of said Complaint. NO. 201860207 TO ADOPTION, YOU MAY LOSE ALL PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THE CHILD. E-filing is now mandatory for documents NOTICE OF PUBLICATION in civil cases with limited exemptions. To UNLESS YOU appear, you will not be entitled e-file, you must first create an account with Notice is given you, Kenya Lewis (Mother), to further written notices or publication an e-filing service provider. 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Peterka (6220416) Parkway, Markham, Illinois on 01/03/2019 MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLC at 9:00 AM IN CALENDAR 76 COURTROOM DOROTHY BROWN, CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT Attorneys for Plaintiff 099 , COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS One East Wacker, Suite 1250, Chicago, IL December 20, 2018 60601 or as soon thereafter as this case may be Phone: 312-651-6700; Fax: 614-220-5613 heard, an adjudicatory hearing will be held Atty. No.: 48928 upon the petition to have the minor declared Email: [email protected] to be a ward of the court and for other relief file number: 18-029412 under the Act. The court has authority in One of Plaintiff’s Attorneys this case to take from you the custody and Pub: 12/20, 12/27/2018, 1/3/2019 6042692 guardianship of the minor. LEGAL NOTICES Unless you appear at the hearing and show cause to the contrary, an order or judgment by default may be entered against you for the relief asked in the petition. NOTICE TO DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES DOROTHY BROWN, CLERK OF COURT Joseph J. Henderson & Son, Inc., 4288 Old December 20, 2018 Grand Ave., Gurnee, IL 60031, (847) 244- 3222 is an Equal Employment Opportunity MANLEY, DEAS, KOCHALSKI LLC ASSISTANT STATE’S ATTORNEY: Employer seeking disadvantaged businesses One East Wacker – Suite 1250 C. Astrella, Z. Peasall, E. Rubio for the Eastside Wastewater Treatment Chicago, IL 60601 ATTORNEY FOR: Plant Phosphorus Removal and Expansion THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS project located in Joliet, Illinois for the IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, YOUR City of Joliet for subcontracting/supplying ILLINOIS, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, ADDRESS: 16501 South Kedzie Parkway CITY/STATE: Markham, Illinois 60428 opportunities in the following areas (but NATIONAL ASSOCIATION., Plaintiff, v. 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Written comments presented prior “NOTICE If you need additional help or have trouble to the public hearing should be sent to the to Defendant Vasken Kodjavakian. YOU e-filing, visit http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/ Authority, attention: Legal Department, at ARE BEING SUED by Plaintiff Capital One faq/gethelp.asp or contact the Clerk of this Search jobs. Post your resume. the above address or [email protected]. Oral Equipment Finance Corp. f/k/a All Points Court. comments will be limited to ten minutes per Capital corp., d/b/a Capital One Taxi commentator. Accommodation will be made Medallion Finance, a New York corporation, Stand out from the crowd. for persons with special needs by contacting in the United States District Court for the Zachariah L. Manchester (6303885) the Legal Department at the above address. Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division, MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLC Further information may be obtained in in the case captioned Capital One Equipment Attorneys for Plaintiff advance of the public hearing by calling the Finance Corp. f/k/a All Points Capital Corp. One East Wacker, Suite 1250, Chicago, IL offices of the Authority, Legal Department, d/b/a Capital One Taxi Medallion Finance v. 60601 chicagotribune.com/jobs Maureen G. Ohle at 312-836-5339 on regular Vasken Cab, Inc. IV & Vasken Kodjavakian, Phone: 312-651-6700; Fax: 614-220-5613 business days between the hours of 8:30 Case No. 1:18-CV-05256. You must file a Atty. 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CHRIS SWEDA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE Lauri Markkanen can’t beat the Nets to the ball Wednesday after Justin Holiday loses possession with 2.3 seconds left. NETS 96, BULLS 93 The losses just keep on coming LaVine to miss 2-4 weeks with ‘unusual’ ankle sprain By Teddy Greenstein Chicago Tribune

Jim Boylen huddled up his players after Wednesday’s shootaround to talk about his second-favorite sport: football. He gave them a quote about remaining focused, uttered by Georgia coach Kirby Smart: “Keep the main thing the main thing.” The main thing for the Bulls is getting healthy. That’s been the story all season. Fred Hoiberg had no luck, losing nearly half of his rotation for most of his 2018 tenure. Boylen is now feeling the pain, losing Zach LaVine to an ankle injury. The Bulls announced before their 96-93 loss to the Nets that LaVine would BEARS AT 49ERS 3:05 P.M. SUNDAY, FOX-32 miss 2-4 weeks with what Boylen called “an unusual sprain” — a lower left ankle sprain of the deltoid ligament. “I’m sure they will be very cautious Still in the hunt for a first-round playoff bye, with it,” Boylen said, “and make sure his ankle is stable before we get him back.” LaVine offered a more positive out- look: “I’m about a week out now (since Nagy knows what the team needs to get to the top the injury) so maybe another week. Hopefully there will be no setbacks. Once that swelling goes down, I can give you an estimate in the next 3-4 days.”

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NFC PLAYOFF PICTURE Matt Nagy has his priorities The Bears would win a tiebreaker with the Saints at 12-4 by virtue of their straight when he superior record against NFC opponents. But it’s highly improbable the Saints says a first-round will lose their final two games at home to drop to 12-4. The realistic best-case bye is the next goal scenario for the Bears is overtaking the Rams for the No. 2 seed and a first-round to pursue. bye. The Bears own the tiebreaker with the Rams because of their head-to-head Odds don’t victory Dec. 9. Here’s the full Week 16 playoff picture in the NFC: Brad Biggs favor the 10-4 On the Bears Bears as they STANDINGS prepare for Sun- Top two seeds get byes; division winners are top four; seeds 5 and 6 are wild-card day’s game against the 49ers at Levi’s JON LANGHAM/THE BEACON-NEWS Stadium. The Bears trail the Rams by 1. Saints (12-2) vs. Steelers 4. Cowboys (8-6) vs. Buccaneers one game and the Saints by two with Northwestern signed Batavia linebacker 2. Rams (11-3) at Cardinals 5. Seahawks (8-6) vs. Chiefs two games remaining. The Bears, who Michael Jansey. 3. Bears (10-4) at 49ers 6. Vikings (7-6-1) at Lions have won seven of their last eight games, look most likely to finish as the 7. Eagles (7-7) vs. Texans | 8. Redskins (7-7) at Titans | 9. Panthers (6-8) vs. Falcons third seed, which would give them a SCENARIOS home playoff game on wild-card weekend Jan. 5-6. Saints: Already clinched Cowboys: Would clinch The Rams are scuffling, having lost the NFC South title. NFC East title with: consecutive regular-season games for Would clinch home-field 1. Win OR the first time in two seasons under advantage throughout the NFC 2. Tie PLUS Eagles loss or tie coach Sean McVay, but they finish the playoffs and a first-round bye with: PLUS Redskins loss or tie OR season at the Cardinals (3-11) on Sun- 1. Win OR 3. Eagles loss PLUS Redskins loss day and then at home against the 2. Tie PLUS Rams loss or tie OR 49ers (4-10) on Dec. 30. They’re 13½- 3. Bears loss or tie PLUS Rams loss Seahawks: Would clinch point favorites against the Cardinals STLHIGHSCHOOLSPORTS.COM a playoff berth with: and should be heavily favored against Rams: Already clinched 1. Win PLUS Redskins loss the 49ers. Of course, the Rams were a QB Isaiah Williams became the ninth- NFC West title. or tie OR big chalk play last week when they highest-rated player to sign with Illinois. Would clinch 2. Win or tie PLUS Vikings loss OR were sloppy in a home loss to the first-round bye with: 3. Win PLUS Seahawks clinch Eagles. COLLEGE FOOTBALL 1. Win PLUS Bears loss or tie OR strength-of-victory tiebreaker Until their chances to earn a top- EARLY SIGNING DAY 2. Tie PLUS Bears loss over Redskins OR two seed are extinguished, the Bears 4. Win PLUS Vikings tie PLUS should do everything in their power to Bears: Already clinched Seahawks clinch strength-of-victory keep the heat on the Rams because Next chance the NFC North title. tiebreaker over Vikings recent history doesn’t favor teams Cannot clinch a first-round 5. Tie plus Redskins loss PLUS playing on wild-card weekend reach- bye this week. Eagles loss or tie ing the Super Bowl, let alone winning for greatness Would clinch at least the it. A look at Notre Dame, Northwestern No. 3 seed with: Vikings: Would clinch “We’re in a great situation right now and Illinois’ recruiting starts Wednes- 1. Win or tie OR a playoff berth with: where we could be a lot of different day as they work to finalize their 2. Cowboys loss or tie. 1. Win PLUS Eagles loss classes. After Friday, high school or tie PLUS Redskins loss Turn to Biggs, Page 4 recruits can’t sign national letters of intent until Feb. 6. Back Page 2 Chicago Tribune | Chicago Sports | Section 3 | Thursday, December 20, 2018 TOP OF THE SECOND

Paul Sullivan ASK THE REPORTER MARK GONZALES Hunt for leadoff man Ricketts emails a riveting read lasted entire season

We would all shudder to think of our ■ We are excited to be the owners. Why not make Albert personal emails leaking out to the public, ■ Never talk about players or Jim Hendry. Almora Jr. the leadoff as happened to the Cubs owners Tuesday I can attest the Rickettses generally man and stop with An- when a web site printed a trove of their followed their “talking points,” including thony Rizzo and every- emails and family documents. not talking about Hendry, who was on the one else trying it? And certainly the Rickettses are no hot seat as general manager. Jeffrey C. different from you or me, only much, much Chairman Tom Ricketts proved quite Almora’s first two months in 2018 richer. adept at avoiding ambush interviews when were extremely impressive, and one While I feel their pain, it was hard to beat writers waited for him outside confer- American League scout took note of turn away from the emails leaked to Splin- ence rooms at various owners meetings. him being one of the top fastball hitters ter. Like a rubbernecker staring at a high- Somehow he would always find a secret exit. during that span. But Almora tailed off, way wreck, I scrolled through them all, Laura Ricketts, the friendliest of the four and he could be better served as a No. 6 searching for their inner thoughts on siblings, was less averse to nosy reporters. I hitter. The decision to use Rizzo at the Sammy Sosa, Lou Piniella, Mike Quade sneaked up to her box seat last summer and leadoff spot last season was an attempt and, well, some of the Cubs beat writers. asked her opinion of the acquisition of to get him back on track, and it worked Instead I saw emails about a decision to Daniel Murphy, who had upset members of until the bottom of the order stopped serve warm bison at a mediation with IRS the LGBTQ community years ago by saying getting on base. But it wasn’t as if any- agents and about what game to play at the he disagreed with the gay “lifestyle.” After one else showed he could succeed at next family get-together, along with attach- first declining to comment, Laura said of leadoff over an extended period, which ments relating to a “vast left-wing conspir- the trade for Murphy: “It was not made in a led to the Cubs’ acquisition of Daniel acy” and one urging the family members to vacuum. It was made thoughtfully.” Murphy. bolt Wrigley Field and play in another city. BRIAN CASSELLA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE Ambush-wary or not, at least the Cubs It wasn’t as juicy as I’d hoped but fasci- Tom Ricketts can clutch the World Series owners followed through on their main Who is going to get the bench coach nating nonetheless. trophy and always find a secret exit door. talking point, not only bringing a World job? Jim M. Focusing only on emails and documents Series to Chicago but winning it. The timing wasn’t great for Brandon related to the Ricketts family’s ownership ity ownership stakes in 2015 to buyers that Hyde’s departure, but you can’t blame of the Cubs, here are three takeaways from included the family of current Education 3. Dealing with media attention was a him for taking the Orioles’ managerial the Splinter leak: Secretary Betsy DeVos. learning process for the four siblings job — even with less than two months Those renovations were supposed to when they were on the verge of buying before spring training. He’ll need to 1. The juiciest Cubs-related revelation provide a “wheelbarrow full of cash” for the Cubs in 2009. assemble a coaching staff immediately. was from Todd Ricketts, the youngest Cubs President Theo Epstein to spend In a 2009 email to Pete, Todd and family The obvious choice to replace Hyde of the four siblings, who famously failed freely on annually improving the roster. patriarch Joe Ricketts, Laura wrote it was would have been David Ross, but he as a hot-dog vendor on the reality show But the wheelbarrow somehow broke this “disappointing” to see Tom’s photo on the signed a multiyear extension with “Undercover Boss” and currently serves winter, and the Cubs are avoiding the Tribune’s front page next to the headline ESPN on Tuesday to continue working as the Republican National Commit- prime-time free agents to avoid paying a “Meet the Cubs’ $900 Million Man.” as a game analyst and studio commenta- tee’s finance chairman. luxury tax. “I definitely think we should request tor. Mark DeRosa turned down a chance Back in 2013, Todd emailed his siblings that various friends, specifically (redacted), to interview for the Rangers’ managerial and father in response to Mayor Rahm 2. My favorite leak was a document not speak to the press for now,” Laura position and does a fine job with the Emanuel’s insistence no taxpayer subsidies referred to as the “Ricketts Family Con- wrote. MLB Network. Triple-A Iowa manager be provided for the renovation of Wrigley stitution.” Needless to say, it’s far different Pete, currently governor of Nebraska, Marty Pevey does an exceptional job Field. than the Sullivan Family Constitution, replied with an email to Joe, Laura, Tom handling players on the verge of promo- “I think we should contemplate moving, which has only one rule: “Don’t interrupt and Todd: “Folks, I appreciate the concern tion as well as veterans who believe they or at least recognize that we are maybe not me when I’m interrupting you.” to make sure the PR stays on message but I deserve another shot at the big leagues. the right organization to own the Cubs,” According to Splinter, here are the “ex- would also like to remind you that, based So Pevey, like many Triple-A managers, Todd wrote. tra-family Expectations & Responsibilities” upon my experience for 14 months during is almost too valuable to be considered Another email from Todd to the gang on from 2010 on dealing with the media: my campaign and all my time at (TD Amer- for a major-league coaching job. Pro- the same day added: “I just hate the thought ■ Media requests must go through the itrade), the press says any damn thing they moting Mike Borzello to bench coach of Tom having to grovel to this guy to put Cubs public relations. Avoid all media feel like if it will get them audience.” would make sense, but he has enough money into a building we already own.” contacts where possible if not through the Give Pete credit. He knew it was impos- on his plate with the title of associate It’s no secret the Cubs threatened to Cubs (i.e. ambush interviews). sible to stop the media from reporting pitching coach added to his strategy and move because they leaked it themselves at ■ Can talk to the media about other topics stories readers were interested in, as evi- catching duties. Promoting minor- the time. No one believed them, for good besides baseball. denced by this trove of leaked emails. league coordinator Tim Cossins to reason. ■ Stick to talking points if trapped in an Now if Splinter can find some emails handle the catching duties would allow The Cubs lost their battle with Emanuel, unschedule (sic) interview. about Sammy Sosa. Borzello to handle some of the bench and now it’s all water under the bridge. ■ Bring a World Series to Chicago. coach duties, but I wouldn’t be sur- They managed to finance the ballpark ■ Save Wrigley Field. [email protected] prised if Hyde asks the Cubs permission renovations themselves, selling six minor- ■ Be a good neighbor. Twitter @PWSullivan to hire Cossins. Chicago Tribune | Chicago Sports | Section 3 | Thursday, December 20, 2018 3

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BULLS NOTES Lopez fined $25,000 Scrum against Thunder back. But if they want to call that tons and Bulls sent packing. Din- escalation, I suppose I’m a little widdie not only has found a home also costs Dunn, Grant too preoccupied with my socks to with the Nets, with whom he’s get into a debate over word scoring more than 17 points a By Teddy Greenstein choice.” game, last week he signed a Chicago Tribune Thunder guards Raymond Fel- three-year, $34 million deal. ton and Dennis Schroder were “I haven’t seen any dip in his When he’s not grabbing re- suspended for one game apiece play,” Nets coach Kenny Atkinson bounds or defending teammates, for leaving the bench area. No said. “He keeps improving. I don’t Robin Lopez likes to play a board Bulls were suspended. want to put a ceiling on him.” game called Ticket to Ride that “I was relieved,” Bulls coach The Bulls acquired Dinwiddie involves a cross-country train Jim Boylen said. “I’m grateful my from the Pistons for Cameron adventure. assistants kept our guys on the Bairstow in June 2016, waived Told that his next ticket would bench.” him in July, re-signed him the be more costly, Lopez replied: The fracas started when Russell same month, then waived him “That’s OK. With my luck I’ll just Westbrook pushed away Dunn, again in October, all before he put some cash on it and let it ride.” who retaliated with a shove. played a game as a Bull. He did Lopez is $25,000 poorer after Players from both sides jumped in, play nine games for the Windy ARMANDO L. SANCHEZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE the NBA weighed in on Monday’s and the scuffle spilled over into City Bulls, averaging 19.4 points Goalie Collin Delia has played consistently well over the last 12 months, Bulls-Thunder melee in Okla- the courtside seats. and 8.1 assists before the Nets including a two-game call-up to the Blackhawks last March. homa City. Lopez was assessed “Things just got out of hand,” signed him. the largest fine for “escalating the Dunn said Monday. Atkinson expected Dinwiddie altercation,” according to league An NBA source praised Boylen to play with a little extra fire officials, and Kris Dunn got for following the league’s desired Wednesday at the United Center: Hawks getting docked $15,000 for “instigating” protocol by pulling players from “I don’t know if (players) admit it, it. the pile. but they always have a little edge The Thunder’s Jerami Grant “Nobody wants to see a fight,” when they play their former was fined $20,000. Boylen said. “Nobody wants to see team.” While arranging his socks be- anybody get hurt.” a good Delia fore Wednesday night’s game Still ill: Jabari Parker missed against the Nets, Lopez described Speaking of money: Getting Wednesday’s game with a stom- With Crawford out, UP NEXT his actions this way: “I was just paid has not changed Spencer ach ailment, stemming from the Blackhawks at Stars trying to get (Grant) off my guy’s Dinwiddie, a swingman the Pis- teams’ trip to Mexico City. backup goalie called up 7:30 p.m. Thursday, NBCSCH after breakout year By Jimmy Greenfield Chicago Tribune earned a two-game call-up to the Hawks in late March. But it was Collin Delia’s current stint his performance in the Calder with the Blackhawks may be a Cup playoffs that stood out. His brief one, and if it is he’ll be just 2.34 GAA and .924 save percent- fine with that. age in 10 games helped lead the The reason Delia is with the Ice Hogs to the conference Hawks now is because a concus- finals. sion sidelined Corey Crawford, That success carried over into who Sunday night was the vic- this season as Delia’s .933 save tim of a violent collision in front percentage was leading the AHL of the net that’s every goalie’s at the time of his call-up. worst nightmare. “It definitely helped,” Delia “We’re not expecting crashing said of the playoff run. “Just bodies,” Delia said. “Your main experience, continue to build on goal is to stop the puck, so you’re the ‘games played’ stat. I think not really expecting that. It was that’s one of the most important just really unfortunate to see that stats for goaltenders, just playing happen and I hope he’s OK.” games and seeing different situa- While Crawford’s injury tions, so that was huge.” opened the door for Delia to join Hawks coach Jeremy Colli- the Hawks, Delia’s consistently ton, who was head coach of the stellar play over the last 12 Ice Hogs while Delia was there months led to his promotion. until his own call-up to the Delia’s final season at Merri- Hawks last month, has seen most mack College was in the books of Delia’s progression first-hand. when the Hawks signed him to a “He came a long way in a short two-year deal during the sum- time,” Colliton said. “Very immer of 2017. He began his pro portant, high-pressure games in career with the East Coast Hockey the spring and he did a great job. League’s Indy Fuel and didn’t He’s kind of picked up where he post the kind of numbers that left off down in Rockford. Ex- would get anybody’s attention. cited to get him here, of course. But when Crawford went The circumstances are less than down with a concussion last ideal, but a lot of times that’s December, the Hawks called up when guys break through. They Jeff Glass, which in turn created get opportunity through circum- an opening with the Ice Hogs for stances that are sometimes nega- Delia. It turned out to be a tive. It’s an opportunity for him.” pivotal time for Delia, who began In the Hawks’ first game working with Hawks devel- without Crawford, Cam Ward opmental goaltending coach Pe- played brilliantly, stopping 30 of ter Aubry and credits him with 31 shots in Tuesday’s 2-1 win over instilling “little habits” that led to the Predators. Delia likely will career-changing results. start against either the Stars or “I think I finally turned the the Avalanche on the upcoming page around Christmastime, road trip. Just how many more New Year’s Eve last year,” Delia he’ll get remains to be seen, but said. “Everything started to click, Colliton has faith in him. and I got to thankfully apply that “(Delia) was in the East Coast in a few game scenarios and had League, but it didn’t mean he some success, and that really wasn’t a huge prospect,” Colliton helped kind of build confidence said. “He had the chance then in the muscle memory.” and he has the chance now to be Delia posted a 2.72 goals- a great player in this league.” against average and a .900 save percentage in 28 regular-season [email protected] games for the Ice Hogs and Twitter @jcgreenx

BLACKHAWKS NOTES CHRIS SWEDA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE Justin Holiday gets a good look as the Nets’ Jarrett Allen dunks over Wendell Carter Jr. on Wednesday night. Kruger latest Hawk to Nets rally late to beat Bulls head out with concussion Bulls, from Page 1 Shaquille Harrison got extra said. “You can play a great basket- By Jimmy Greenfield the Sharks. minutes in LaVine’s absence and ball game and still lose. We fought Chicago Tribune Kruger and Crawford will be LaVine suffered the injury made the most of them. The and got the stops but credit them.” eligible to return Dec. 27 against Thursday against the Magic in second-year guard scored 13 Dinwiddie, a one-time Bull, The Blackhawks placed cen- the Wild. Mexico City. He went up for a points and had back-to-back added to his game-high 27 points ter Marcus Kruger on injured rebound and Nikola Vucevic strong finishes in the fourth quar- by making both free throws. reserve Wednesday with a con- Force awakens: Erik Gustafs- stepped on his foot. ter. “We’re happy for Dinwiddie,” cussion, making him the third son’s winning goal against the “I’m doing a lot of icing, Cameron Payne dove for a loose Boylen said. “He’s a great kid, a Hawks player in 10 days to lose Predators gave him six goals in ultrasound, something called the ball, flung a pass over his head and terrific guy.” time to the serious head injury. his last 12 games and gives those Hivamat,” he said. “I don’t know hit Harrison for a thunderous Harrison’s three-quarter court The Hawks recalled forward watching his development hope what it is, but it vibrates your two-handed slam. Then Bobby pass to Markkanen got batted Luke Johnson from Rockford to that he’s on the verge of becom- ankle, feels pretty good. I’m doing Portis his Harrison for an up-and- away at the buzzer. take Kruger’s roster spot. John- ing an offensive force. everything I can, a lot of ‘stim’ stuff under layup that gave the Bulls a The Nets (15-18) won their son, who had one assist over 13 That won’t happen, coach at home.” 79-78 lead. seventh straight, while the Bulls games in two previous stints Jeremy Colliton said, until Bottom line, this will be another Portis recorded his first double- fell to 2-6 under Boylen and, at with the Hawks, has four goals Gustafsson shores up his defen- stretch in which LaVine, Kris double (16 points, 11 rebounds) 7-25, own the NBA’s worst record. and three assists in 10 games sive deficiencies. Dunn and Lauri Markkanen do since opening night. “Defensively, we were good,” with the IceHogs. “He’s always had the ability,” not share the court. They’ve Dunn more than doubled his Boylen said. “We gave them (only) During the second period of Colliton said. “He continues to played only 14 games together — season average, scoring 24 points seven offensive rebounds, which Tuesday’s 2-1 victory over the battle the puck decisions, en- two this season — since the Bulls on 11-for-21 shooting. is great, but two in the last two Predators, former Hawk Ryan gagement defensively.” acquired them in the Jimmy The Bulls led 93-92 but could minutes, which is not great.” Hartman was backing up when Colliton appears to be Butler trade. not convert down the stretch. Boylen also said he wants to get Kruger approached him from Gustafsson’s biggest supporter “It’s heartbreaking for me,” They gave up an offensive re- more shots for Markkanen, who behind. Kruger’s head struck despite having made the de- Boylen said. “The injury thing is bound to Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, scored eight points on 3-for-6 Hartman’s elbow and he im- fenseman a healthy scratch Dec. out of your control; it’s difficult. Wendell Carter Jr. got juked on a shooting. mediately fell to the ice, bleeding 2 against the Flames. We’ll just get them together when basket by Joe Harris, and Dunn “That’s not enough,” Boylen profusely. He left the game and “He’s got the world at his feet they’re available, and we’ll evalu- got called for an illegal screen. said. “We need him at 15 shots.” didn’t return. if he wants as far as his ability to ate from there. I don’t know what “That’s frustrating,” Boylen Markkanen said he’s not frus- Artem Anisimov suffered a contribute in this league at a else to do really.” said. “Same thing happened (late) trated: “I’m not worried about that concussion Dec. 9 against the high level,” Colliton said. “He’s LaVine put it in less dramatic in Orlando. We have to evaluate right now. It’s still a new system, Canadiens and missed four going to make — you’ve heard terms, saying: “We’ll get it to- that.” and everybody’s trying to figure it games before returning against me say this before — those gether. It’s not like I’m out for an Down 94-93, Justin Holiday’s out.” the Predators. Goalie Corey special plays. But it’s raising the extended period of time. We still pass to Dunn got slapped loose by Crawford remains out with a minimum level that he plays at. have a lot of season left. We’ll get it Spencer Dinwiddie. [email protected] concussion after striking his If he does that, then he can be a down.” “It’s the NBA, it’s tough,” Dunn Twitter @TeddyGreenstein head on a post Sunday against top player on top teams.” 4 Chicago Tribune | Chicago Sports | Section 3 | Thursday, December 20, 2018

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“We’re trying to win. There are too many other things that can happen. Realistically speaking, we can be a higher seed. If you have an opportunity to do that, why wouldn’t you try for that?” A— Bears coach simple Matt Nagy plan: Win

Biggs, from Page 1 seeds,” Nagy said. “And so the question that comes up of resting starters (for the playoffs), that’s not even in the world of consideration ARMANDO L. SANCHEZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE for us. We’re trying to win. Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky was recognized as There are too many other one of seven Bears named Pro Bowl alternates Tuesday. things that can happen. Realistically speaking, we BEARS NOTES can be a higher seed. If you have an opportunity to do that, why wouldn’t you try Trubisky: We for that?” In four of the last five years, the Super Bowl has pitted the No. 1 seed from can’t accept the NFC against the No. 1 seed from the AFC, with the exception two years ago when the Patriots (No. 1 any letdown AFC seed) defeated the Falcons (No. 2 NFC seed). However, in the eight- By Colleen Kane don’t try to do something year span from 2006 Chicago Tribune too different based off of through 2013, seven times a the defenses. That’s our team that played on wild- Mitch Trubisky put it job as coaches to make card weekend reached the on himself and other team sure that we put him into Super Bowl with five of leaders to make sure the the best situation, so I those teams winning it all Bears don’t experience a don’t want him to tweak it — the Ravens (fourth seed letdown after clinching too much. 2013), Giants (fourth seed the NFC North and a “He’ll know the big 2012), Packers (sixth seed playoff berth Sunday picture as to what their 2011), Colts (third seed against the Packers. weaknesses are and what 2007) and Steelers (sixth The Bears could earn a they’re good at, and then seed 2006). That’s evidence first-round bye if they gain we’ll attack their weak- an extra playoff game a game on the Rams over nesses.” doesn’t create insurmount- the final two regular-sea- able odds for succeeding in son games on the road Injury updates: Safety January and playing into against the 49ers and Vi- Eddie Jackson and outside February. kings. linebacker Aaron Lynch Cornerback Prince “It will tell a lot about did not practice Wednes- Amukamara was a rookie the type of guys we have,” day. Jackson sprained his for the Giants in 2011 when Trubisky said Wednesday. right ankle against the they won the NFC East “It’s kind of like coming Packers, and Lynch is out with a 9-7 record, won a off a bye or coming off a with a sprained elbow. home playoff game over the loss. It’s how you’re going Nagy reiterated he doesn’t Falcons before springing to respond to it. We’ve got think either injury will be upsets in Green Bay and to have a workman’s atti- season-ending. San Francisco and then tude — come to work, The Bears can play it stunning the Patriots in continue to get better, stay safe with both players’ Super Bowl XLVI. That rested and try to go 1-0 recoveries because they was after the Giants beat each week. It doesn’t mat- have clinched a playoff the Jets and Cowboys in ter if it’s the regular season spot. Nagy said the Bears the final two weeks of the or postseason.” will handle Jackson’s in- regular season just to get in. Trubisky said it was jury similarly to how they “We were already in a “cool” to be recognized as managed injuries to Khalil position where we had to one of seven Bears Pro Mack, Allen Robinson and win out, so we already had Bowl alternates Tuesday, Trubisky this year. Each our backs against the wall but he added, “I definitely missed two games as he to even get in,” Amukamara don’t feel like I’ve played recovered. said. “Once we experienced my best football yet.” “What it’s been with that, there was really no The Saints’ Drew Brees, our other players in these pressure in the playoffs Rams’ Jared Goff and situations (is): ‘Where are because we already had Packers’ Aaron Rodgers you at pain-wise? Where that feeling, ‘Hey, it’s win or were the NFC quarter- are you at health-wise? go home.’” backs invited to the Pro Where are you at with the That doesn’t apply to the Bowl. If any of them de- team?’ ” Nagy said. “And Bears, but what the Giants clines the invitation or then we put all that to- did was get on a roll enter- can’t play because of in- gether and make the deci- ing the playoffs and after jury, the next invitee is sion at the end of the getting into the playoffs, the selected from a pool of week.” next important thing is alternates. In other injury news, peaking at that time of year. “I feel like you’ve got to Nagy left open the pos- “(Nagy) addressed us in appreciate how far you’ve sibility of right guard Kyle the meeting already this come, which I have,” Tru- Long returning to practice week,” Amukamara said. bisky said. “But I know I this week. Long has been “He said our mindset is just still have a long way to go. on injured reserve with a to go 2-0 these next two … If I keep getting better, right foot injury since Nov. weeks and don’t worry everything else will take 3 and would be eligible to about anything else and care of itself.” return to game action in then we’ll see where we BRIAN CASSELLA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE Week 17 against the Vi- are. We’re playing wild- Bears coach Matt Nagy celebrates the win against the Vikings on Nov. 18 at Soldier Field. Slim pickings: The 49ers kings. Bryan Witzmann card weekend or we’re not.” have only two intercep- has made six starts in The current format with Since 1990, teams The Bears have not before the season finale tions all season, a fact Long’s absence. six playoff teams in each playing at home are 71-41 played a road playoff game Dec. 30 in Minnesota, may- Bears coach Matt Nagy Trubisky said he didn’t conference was introduced (.634) in the wild-card since January 1995. They be the Bears change course, certainly will address with know Long’s timetable but in 1990. In 28 years since, 12 round, 81-31 (.723) in the went to the Metrodome but if they take care of Trubisky this week. The his return would be “big.” teams that played on wild- divisional round and 37-19 and upset the Vikings 35-18 business against the 49ers, 1982 Houston Oilers hold “Kyle is an incredible card weekend reached the (.661) in the conference at the end of Dave Wannst- they’ll remain within strik- the record for fewest in- O-lineman, and just his Super Bowl with seven championship round. Over- edt’s second season as ing distance of at least the terceptions in a season leadership and everything winning it. all, home teams are 189-91 Bears coach. They were No. 2 seed regardless of with three, so the 49ers he brings to the table as far The Bears are 7-1 at Sol- (.675). Home-field advan- dispatched the next week what the Rams do this have a chance to be the as that goes, it would be dier Field this season, their tage in the playoffs is cer- in the divisional round by week. worst in NFL history huge for this offense,” best record at home since tainly reflective of the fact the 49ers in San Francisco. “Unless you’re locked in when it comes to picks. Trubisky said. “So we’ll they were 7-1 in 2005. Nagy that higher-seeded teams They’re guaranteed at and you can’t move, then But Nagy said the Bears see if he’s ready. I know has made creating a home- are usually better. The edge least one playoff round at you have to decide” how to won’t change their game he’s eager to get back out field advantage a top pri- isn’t as significant in the home, and Nagy needs to handle a game, Nagy said. plan much based on that there. And we’re going to ority, and based on the wild-card round, where a keep pressing forward with “Right now, we have to stat. be happy to have him energized crowds for the wild-card team with a the hope the Rams don’t win.” “I’m so focused right when he’s ready.” last two wins over the better record can travel to get their act together Sun- now with Mitch on mak- Rams and Packers, he has play a division winner with, day against the Cardinals. If [email protected] ing sure that we do our [email protected] succeeded. say, a 9-7 record. circumstances change Twitter @BradBiggs stuff,” Nagy said. “And we Twitter @ChiTribKane

NFL NOTES Falcons rule running back Freeman out for season

Associated Press would have the largest win- Falcons (5-9) visit the Pan- tion with Cam and he Extra points: NFL inter- foot. DT Kendrick Norton dow if he could come back. thers (6-8). understood our thinking ceptions co-leader Xavien was signed to take Gore’s Falcons coach Dan Quinn We know where that win- behind this,” Rivera said. Howard returned to prac- roster spot. ... The Broncos says running back Devonta dow is closing, so he won’t Newton sits: Cam Newton “He’s disappointed and he’s tice for the Dolphins after placed CB Chris Harris Jr. Freeman won’t make it back make it in time.” is headed to the bench with frustrated. You know him, missing two games because on injured reserve and for the final two games of Freeman, signed to the a sore shoulder. he wants to play.” of a left knee injury. How- signed free agent Craig the season. NFL’s richest contract for a The Panthers made the But Rivera said a “healthy ard said he’s hopeful but Mager. ... The Raiders The Falcons were math- running back before the decision to shut down the Taylor Heinicke” gives the uncertain whether he’ll be signed QB Nathan Peter- ematically eliminated from 2017 season, has missed 14 2015 league MVP for at least Panthers the best chance to able to play Sunday against man to the practice squad. the playoffs this week. Even games over the last two one game and possibly the win this week. He hasn’t the Jaguars. ... The Jets Peterman was cut by the though their chances were years with head, knee and remainder of the season due made a decision about placed RT Brandon Shell Bills last month after strug- less than 1 percent, Quinn groin injuries. He is still not to a lingering right shoulder Newton’s status for Week 17 on season-ending injured gling when given a chance didn’t want to rule Freeman fully recovered from in- problem. against the Saints, saying reserve with a knee injury. to start. ... Redskins S Mon- out for the rest of the year season groin surgery, and Coach Ron Rivera said the focus is on the Falcons. ... The Lions put rookie RB tae Nicholson was placed until he was certain. he hasn’t practiced since Taylor Heinicke will make The Panthers (6-8) have Kerryon Johnson on in- on the NFL reserve/non- Quinn said Wednesday Week 5. his first career start against lost six straight games and jured reserve with a knee football injury list. He was the Falcons “were going to Tevin Coleman, Brian the Falcons on Sunday. Kyle are all but out of playoff injury. ... Dolphins RB arrested early Tuesday and keep all of our options open Hill and Jeremy Langford Allen will be the backup and contention as Newton has Frank Gore was placed on charged with assault and in the hopes that the season will handle the running Newton will be inactive. struggled with the un- injured reserve because of a battery and being drunk in would keep extending so he duties Sunday when the “It was a good conversa- known shoulder issue. season-ending sprained public. D Chicago Tribune | Chicago Sports | Section 3 | Thursday, December 20, 2018 5

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TEAM THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC GP W L OT PTS GF GA HOME AWAY DIV @SF Tampa Bay 35 26 7 2 54 143 99 15-4-0 11-3-2 10-2-0 N.C. State’s late run 3:05 Toronto 34 22 10 2 46 124 95 9-5-1 13-5-1 4-4-2 FOX-32, Buffalo 35 20 10 5 45 107 103 11-4-2 9-6-3 7-4-2 AM-780 Boston 34 18 12 4 40 94 88 11-4-0 7-8-4 9-6-1 Montreal 35 17 13 5 39 109 113 10-7-2 7-6-3 5-4-4 takes down Auburn Ottawa 35 15 16 4 34 116 135 11-5-3 4-11-1 6-8-2 ORL @CLE MIN Detroit 35 14 16 5 33 100 118 8-8-3 6-8-2 4-6-2 Associated Press 7 5 7 Florida 32 13 13 6 32 106 115 7-5-4 6-8-2 6-1-3 NBCSCH, NBCSCH, NBCSCH, AM-670 AM-670 AM-670 METRO. GP W L OT PTS GF GA HOME AWAY DIV Markell Johnson had career highs of 27 points Washington 33 20 10 3 43 123 102 10-5-2 10-5-1 7-3-1 @DAL @COL FLA Columbus 33 18 12 3 39 108 105 9-7-2 9-5-1 4-4-1 and five 3-pointers to help North Carolina State 7:30 8 6 N.Y. Islanders 33 17 12 4 38 96 93 8-5-3 9-7-1 10-3-1 upset No. 7 Auburn 78-71 on Wednesday night in NBCSCH, NBCSCH+, WGN-9, Pittsburgh 34 16 12 6 38 114 109 9-7-2 7-5-4 5-5-1 AM-720 AM-720 AM-720 N.Y. Rangers 33 15 13 5 35 97 107 11-4-3 4-9-2 2-4-1 Raleigh, N.C. Carolina 32 14 13 5 33 84 93 8-5-4 6-8-1 3-3-2 Philadelphia 32 13 15 4 30 96 118 6-7-2 7-8-2 3-3-1 Devon Daniels scored all 15 of his points after THURSDAY ON TV/RADIO LATEST LINE New Jersey 32 11 14 7 29 96 118 8-3-4 3-11-3 4-4-1 halftime for the Wolfpack (10-1), which led WESTERN CONFERENCE NBA nearly all night before pushing ahead for good in NBA CENTRAL GP W L OT PTS GF GA HOME AWAY DIV 7 p.m. Rockets at Heat TNT pregame.com THURSDAY the final 10 minutes. Houston 3 at Miami Winnipeg 34 22 10 2 46 122 98 13-4-2 9-6-0 7-4-0 1 Johnson had 19 points after halftime, includ- 9:30 p.m. Mavericks at Clippers TNT at LA Clippers 3 ⁄2 Dallas Nashville 35 22 11 2 46 108 88 14-5-0 8-6-2 6-3-0 Colorado 35 19 10 6 44 124 107 8-4-3 11-6-3 4-3-2 MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL COLLEGE BASKETBALL ing a run of 10 straight points — a 3-pointer, a THURSDAY Dallas 34 17 14 3 37 94 93 11-3-1 6-11-2 1-3-1 6 p.m. Jacksonville at Notre Dame WMVP-AM 1000 at Purdue 16 Ohio Minnesota 33 17 14 2 36 101 95 10-6-2 7-8-0 6-3-0 four-point play and pull-up 3 in transition — 1 at Duke 7 ⁄2 Texas Tech St. Louis 32 13 15 4 30 92 108 8-9-2 5-6-2 5-6-3 1 during one critical 75-second sequence. 6 p.m. Ohio at Purdue BTN at N. Kentucky 7 ⁄2 N. Illinois Chicago 36 11 19 6 28 101 136 7-7-4 4-12-2 5-4-2 at Fordham 5 James Madison By the time Daniels scored twice followed by 1 6 p.m. Texas Tech vs. Duke ESPN2 at Houston 5 ⁄2 Utah St PACIFIC GP W L OT PTS GF GA HOME AWAY DIV 1 at Lg Beach St 4 ⁄2 Pepperdine 7 p.m. Coe at Creighton FS1 Calgary 35 22 11 2 46 122 95 11-3-2 11-8-0 6-5-0 Johnson’s layup, the Wolfpack had pushed the NHL San Jose 35 19 11 5 43 116 103 11-3-2 8-8-3 5-2-1 lead to a dozen near the four-minute mark on the COLLEGE FOOTBALL THURSDAY Anaheim 36 19 12 5 43 94 103 10-4-5 9-8-0 5-3-2 at Dallas -187 Blackhawks +172 Vegas 36 19 15 2 40 107 102 10-3-1 9-12-1 7-3-1 way to another big upset under second-year 7 p.m. Gasparilla Bowl: Marshall vs. South Florida ESPN at Columbus off New Jersey off Edmonton 35 18 14 3 39 99 105 10-5-1 8-9-2 4-4-1 Nashville -116 at Phila. +106 coach Kevin Keatts. NHL at Toronto -205 Florida +185 Vancouver 37 16 17 4 36 112 123 8-8-1 8-9-3 4-5-1 at Carolina off Detroit off Arizona 33 14 17 2 30 82 92 6-9-1 8-8-1 3-3-1 J’Von McCormick scored 14 points for the 7:30 p.m. Blackhawks at Stars NBCSCH, WGN-AM 720 at Boston -158 Anaheim +148 Los Angeles 35 12 20 3 27 79 107 8-10-1 4-10-2 4-5-1 Tigers (9-2). at Pittsburgh -119 Minnesota +109 Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division Tampa Bay -115 at Calgary +105 and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. through Wednesday COLLEGE FOOTBALL at Arizona off Montreal off at Las Vegas -190 NY Islanders +175 WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS Florida at Detroit, 1 Bone leads Vols: Jordan Bone set career highs at Vancouver -110 St. Louis +100 Pittsburgh 2, Washington 1 St. Louis at Calgary, 3 2018-19 DIV. I BOWL GLANCE at San Jose -123 Winnipeg +113 Colorado 2, Montreal 1 Montreal at Vegas, 3 with 24 points and 11 assists, and No. 3 Tennessee DATE BOWL SITE TEAMS TM COLLEGE FOOTBALL THURSDAY’S SCHEDULE Los Angeles at San Jose, 3 Blackhawks at Dallas, 7:30 Colorado at Arizona, 6 beat visiting Samford 83-70 for its fifth consecu- Wed Frisco Frisco, Tex. Ohio 27, San Diego State 0 FRISCO WEDNESDAY Ohio 3 San Diego St Anaheim at Boston, 6 Anaheim at Buffalo, 6 tive victory. Thu Gasparilla St. Petersburg, Fla. Marshall (8-4) vs. USF (7-5) 7 GASPARILLA THURSDAY Florida at Toronto, 6 Washington at Ottawa, 6 1 Fri Bahamas Nassau Toledo (7-5) vs. FIU (8-4) 11:30* Marshall 2 ⁄2 South Florida Nashville at Pittsburgh, 6 Pittsburgh at Carolina, 6 Bone shot 11 of 16 and committed only two Fri Idaho Potato Boise W Michigan (7-5) vs. BYU (6-6) 3 BAHAMAS FRIDAY Detroit at Carolina, 6 N.Y. Rangers at Toronto, 6 1 Sat Birmingham Birmingham, Ala. Memphis (8-5) vs. Wake Forest (6-6) 11* Toledo 4 ⁄2 FIU New Jersey at Columbus, 6 Dallas at Minnesota, 7 turnovers. Admiral Schofield scored 18 points Tampa Bay at Calgary, 8 Winnipeg at Vancouver, 9 Sat Armed Forces Fort Worth, Tex Houston (8-4) vs. Army (10-2) 2:30 FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BYU 12 W. Michigan Montreal at Arizona, 8 TUESDAY’S RESULTS and Grant Williams had 13 of his 16 points after Sat Dollar General Mobile, Ala. Buffalo (10-3) vs. Troy (9-3) 6 BIRMINGHAM SATURDAY St. Louis at Vancouver, 9 Blackhawks 2, Nashville 1 1 Sat Hawaii Honolulu La Tech (7-5) vs. Hawaii (8-5) 9:30 Memphis 3 ⁄2 Wake Forest N.Y. Islanders at Vegas, 9 Florida 5, Buffalo 2 halftime to help the Volunteers (9-1) snap D26 SERVPRO Dallas Boston Coll. (7-5) vs. Boise St (10-3) 12:30 ARMED FORCES Winnipeg at San Jose, 9:30 Philadelphia 3, Detroit 2 1 Samford’s three-game winning streak. Kyle D26 Quick Lane Detroit Minnesota (6-6) vs. Ga. Tech (7-5) 4:15 Army 4 ⁄2 Houston FRIDAY’S SCHEDULE Toronto 7, New Jersey 2 D26 Cheez-It Phoenix California (7-5) vs. TCU (6-6) 8 DOLLAR GENERAL Blackhawks at Colorado, 8 N.Y. Rangers 3, Anaheim 1 Alexander added 10 points. Buffalo 2 Troy Ottawa at New Jersey, 6 San Jose 4, Minnesota 0 D27 Independence Shreveport, La. Temple (8-4) vs. Duke (7-5) 12:30 HAWAI’I Buffalo at Washington, 6 Dallas 2, Calgary 0 Ruben Guerrero had 16 points and eight D27 Pinstripe Bronx, N.Y. Miami (7-5) vs. Wisconsin (7-5) 4:15 at Hawaii Pk Louisiana Tech SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE St. Louis 4, Edmonton 1 D27 Texas Houston Baylor (6-6) vs. Vanderbilt (6-6) 8 FIRST RESPONDER DEC. 26 Nashville at Boston, noon N.Y. Islanders 3, Arizona 1 rebounds before fouling out for Samford (10-3). 1 D28 Music City Nashville Purdue (6-6) vs. Auburn (7-5) 12:30 Boise St 2 ⁄2 Boston Coll. Columbus at Philadelphia, noon Tampa Bay 5, Vancouver 2 D28 Camping WorldOrlando W. Virginia (8-3) vs. Syracuse (9-3) 4:15 QUICK LANE Los Angeles 4, Winnipeg 1 Tennessee seized control with a 16-0 run late 1 Georgia Tech 5 ⁄2 Minnesota D28 Alamo San Antonio Iowa St (8-4) vs. Wash. St (10-2) 8 CHEEZ-IT NBA in the first half. D29 Peach Atlanta Florida (9-3) vs. Michigan (10-2) 11* TCU Pk California D29 Belk Charlotte, N.C. S. Carolina (7-5) vs. Virginia (7-5) 11* INDEPENDENCE DEC. 27 EASTERN CONFERENCE 1 D29 Arizona Tucson, Ariz. Ark. St (8-4) vs. Nevada (7-5) 12:15 Temple 4 ⁄2 Duke Williams’ deal extended: ATLANTIC W L PCT GB L10 STK HOME AWAY CONF North Carolina has D29 Cotton Arlington, Tex. Notre Dame (12-0) vs. Clemson (13-0) 3 PINSTRIPE 1 D29 Orange Miami Gar., Fla. Oklahoma (12-1) vs. Alabama (13-0) 7 Miami 3 ⁄2 Wisconsin Toronto 24 9 .727 — 5-5 W-1 12-4 12-5 14-5 given coach Roy Williams an eight-year contract TEXAS D31 Military Annapolis, Md. Cincinnati (10-2) vs. Va. Tech (6-6) 11* Philadelphia 21 12 .636 3 6-4 W-1 15-3 6-9 16-10 Vanderbilt 4 Baylor 1 extension that runs through the 2027-28 season. D31 Sun El Paso, Tex Stanford (8-4) vs. Pittsburgh (7-6) 1 MUSIC CITY DEC. 28 Boston 18 12 .600 4 ⁄2 8-2 L-2 9-4 9-8 13-6 1 D31 Redbox Santa Clara, Calif. Michigan St (7-5) vs. Oregon (8-4) 2 Auburn 3 ⁄2 Purdue Brooklyn 15 18 .455 9 7-3 W-7 7-10 8-8 12-7 Williams will be nearly 78 years old when his D31 Liberty Memphis, Tenn. Missouri (8-4) vs. Oklahoma St (6-6) 2:45 CAMPING WORLD New York 9 24 .273 15 2-8 L-3 4-10 5-14 6-19 1 contract expires in 2028. The Hall of Fame coach D31 Holiday San Diego Northwestern (8-5) vs. Utah (9-4) 6 W. Virginia 1 ⁄2 Syracuse ALAMO SOUTHEAST W L PCT GB L10 STK HOME AWAY CONF has led North Carolina to three national D31 Gator Jacksonville, Fla. NC St (9-3) vs. Texas A&M (8-4) 6:30 1 Wash. St 3 ⁄2 Iowa St Charlotte 15 15 .500 — 5-5 W-1 11-7 4-8 14-9 J1 Outback Tampa, Fla. Mississippi St (8-4) vs. Iowa (8-4) 11* ARIZONA DEC. 29 championships and has a 432-128 record in his J1 Citrus Orlando Kentucky (9-3) vs. Penn St (9-3) noon Orlando 14 16 .467 1 4-6 L-1 8-9 6-7 9-7 Arkansas St 2 Nevada 1 J1 Fiesta Glendale, Ariz. LSU (9-3) vs. UCF (12-0) noon PEACH Miami 13 16 .448 1 ⁄2 6-4 W-2 5-9 8-7 5-12 16th season at his alma mater. 1 Washington 12 20 .375 4 4-6 L-2 8-6 4-14 7-11 J1 Rose Pasadena, Calif. Wash. (10-3) vs. Ohio St (12-1) 4 Michigan 7 ⁄2 Florida J1 Sugar New Orleans Texas (9-4) vs. Georgia (11-2) 7:45 BELK Atlanta 7 23 .233 8 3-7 W-1 5-9 2-14 5-14 “I’m grateful and humbled in the University’s 1 S. Carolina 4 ⁄2 Virginia J7 CFP Final Santa Clara, Calif. Cotton vs. Orange winners 7 ORANGE CFP SEMIFINAL CENTRAL W L PCT GB L10 STK HOME AWAY CONF continued faith in my leadership of the basketball Alabama 14 Oklahoma OTHER BOWLS Milwaukee 21 9 .700 — 7-3 W-3 14-3 7-6 13-4 program,” Williams said. COTTON CFP SEMIFINAL Indiana 20 12 .625 2 7-3 L-2 11-5 9-7 14-5 1 Clemson 13 ⁄2 Notre Dame 1 J19 Shrine St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West 2 Detroit 15 14 .517 5 ⁄2 3-7 W-1 10-7 5-7 11-11 J19 Collegiate Pasadena, Calif. American vs. National 3 MILITARY DEC. 31 1 Cleveland 8 24 .250 14 4-6 L-1 5-12 3-12 7-16 J26 Senior Mobile, Ala. North vs. South 1:30 Cincinnati 5 ⁄2 Virginia Tech SUN Chicago 7 25 .219 15 2-8 L-2 4-12 3-13 4-14 1 DATE BOWL SITE RESULT Stanford 6 ⁄2 Pittsburgh REDBOX WESTERN CONFERENCE D15 Celebration Atlanta NC A&T 24, Alcorn St. 22 NHL Oregon 3 Michigan St SOUTHWEST W L PCT GB L10 STK HOME AWAY CONF D15 Cure Orlando Tulane 41, La.-Lafayette 24 LIBERTY D15 New Mexico Albuquerque Utah State 52, N. Texas13 Missouri 8 Oklahoma St Houston 16 14 .533 — 7-3 W-5 9-5 7-9 9-11 D15 Las Vegas Vegas Fresno St. 31, Arizona St. 20 HOLIDAY San Antonio 17 15 .531 — 7-3 W-2 12-5 5-10 13-10 1 D15 Camellia Montgomery, Ala. Ga. Southern 23, E. Michigan 21 Utah 7 Northwestern Dallas 15 14 .517 ⁄2 5-5 L-3 13-3 2-11 8-11 Sabres cut ties with Berglund 1 D15 New Orleans New Orleans Appalachian State 45, MTSU 13 GATOR Memphis 16 15 .516 ⁄2 3-7 L-4 9-6 7-9 11-10 Texas A&M 6 NC State D18 Boca Raton Boca Raton, Fla. UAB 37, N. Illinois 13 New Orleans 15 17 .469 2 4-6 L-2 11-5 4-12 8-9 OUTBACK JAN. 1 The Sabres placed suspended forward Patrik Miss. St 7 Iowa NORTHWEST W L PCT GB L10 STK HOME AWAY CONF Berglund on unconditional waivers for the COLLEGE BASKETBALL CITRUS 1 Denver 21 9 .700 — 8-2 W-4 13-3 8-6 13-4 Penn St 6 ⁄2 Kentucky purpose of terminating his contract. The team FIESTA Oklahoma City 20 10 .667 1 7-3 W-3 12-3 8-7 10-8 1 1 HOW MEN’S AP TOP 25 FARED WEDNESDAY LSU 7 ⁄2 UCF Portland 18 13 .581 3 ⁄2 5-5 W-3 12-4 6-9 10-10 declined further comment in announcing the 1. Kansas (10-0) did not play. Next: at No. 18 Arizona State, Saturday. ROSE Utah 15 17 .469 7 5-5 W-1 6-6 9-11 10-11 1 1 2. Duke (10-1) did not play. Next: vs. No. 12 Texas Tech, Thursday. Ohio State 6 ⁄2 Washington Minnesota 14 17 .452 7 ⁄2 4-6 L-1 12-5 2-12 7-13 move Wednesday. Berglund was suspended by 3. Tennessee (9-1) beat Samford 83-70. Next: vs. Wake Forest, Saturday. SUGAR 1 4. Michigan (11-0) did not play. Next: vs. Air Force, Saturday. Georgia 12 ⁄2 Texas PACIFIC W L PCT GB L10 STK HOME AWAY CONF Sabres on Saturday for failing to report to the 5. Virginia (10-0) beat South Carolina 69-52. Next: vs. William & Mary, Saturday. NFL Golden State 21 11 .656 — 6-4 L-1 13-3 8-8 11-7 team for its road game against the Capitals. 6. Nevada (11-0) did not play. Next: vs. Akron, Saturday. 1 WEEK 16 SATURDAY L.A. Lakers 18 13 .581 2 ⁄2 6-4 L-2 11-4 7-9 12-8 7. Auburn (9-2) lost to N.C. State 78-71. Next: vs. Murray State, Saturday. at Tennessee 10 Washington L.A. Clippers 17 13 .567 3 3-7 L-4 9-4 8-9 12-9 He missed the team’s last five games, including 8. Gonzaga (10-2) did not play. Next: vs. Denver, Friday. 1 at LA Chargers 4 ⁄2 Baltimore 1 Sacramento 16 15 .516 4 ⁄2 6-4 L-2 7-7 9-8 9-12 9. North Carolina (8-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 19 Kentucky, Saturday. SUNDAY two last week when coach Phil Housley said 10. Michigan State (9-2) did not play. Next: vs. Oakland, Friday. Bears 4 at San Fran. Phoenix 8 24 .250 13 4-6 W-4 5-11 3-13 5-15 11. Florida State (10-1) beat North Florida 95-81. Next: vs. Saint Louis, Saturday. at Dallas 7 Tampa Bay through Wednesday Berglund was sidelined by an illness. Berglund’s 1 12. Texas Tech (10-0) did not play. Next: vs. No. 2 Duke, Thursday. at New England 12 ⁄2 Buffalo 1 agent, Peter Wallen, has not responded to several 13. Virginia Tech (10-1) beat N.C. A&T 82-60. Next: vs. Md-Eastern Shore, Fri., Dec. 28. Atlanta 3 ⁄2 at Carolina 14. Buffalo (11-0) did not play. Next: at No. 20 Marquette, Friday. 1 at Miami 4 ⁄2 Jacksonville WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS messages seeking comment. 1 NETS 96, BULLS 93 15. Ohio State (10-1) did not play. Next: vs. UCLA, Saturday. at Indianapolis 9 ⁄2 NY Giants 16. Wisconsin (9-2) did not play. Next: vs. Grambling State, Saturday. Brooklyn 96, Bulls 93 at Philadelphia 2 Houston Milwaukee 123, New Orleans 115 BRKLYN MN FG-A FT-A REB A PF PTS The 30-year-old Swede has two goals and two 17. Mississippi State (10-1) beat Wofford 98-87. Next: vs. Wright State, Saturday. 1 Minnesota 5 ⁄2 at Detroit San Antonio 129, Orlando 90 18. Arizona State (8-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 1 Kansas, Saturday. 1 Holls-Jffrsn27:40 2-10 5-6 1-3 3 1 9 Green Bay 2 ⁄2 at NY Jets Charlotte 110, Cleveland 99 assists in 23 games. The Sabres acquired 1 Kurucs 23:13 3-5 2-2 1-4 0 2 8 19. Kentucky (8-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 9 North Carolina, Saturday. at Cleveland 8 ⁄2 Cincinnati 20. Marquette (9-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 14 Buffalo, Friday. Philadelphia 131, New York 109 Allen 30:52 7-12 2-3 2-12 3 1 16 Berglund in a four-player trade in July that sent LA Rams 14 at Arizona Phoenix 111, Boston 103 21. Houston (10-0) did not play. Next: vs. Utah State, Thursday. 1 Harris 28:37 4-9 0-0 1-4 4 2 11 at New Orleans 5 ⁄2 Pittsburgh Toronto 99, Indiana 96 1 center Ryan O’Reilly to the Blues. 22. Indiana (10-2) beat Central Arkansas 86-53. Next: vs. Jacksonville, Saturday. Kansas City 2 ⁄2 at Seattle Russell 31:16 6-14 0-0 0-3 3 1 13 23. Iowa (9-2) did not play. Next: vs. Savannah State, Saturday. Houston 136, Washington 118 Dinwiddie 31:33 8-15 7-8 1-6 3 3 27 MONDAY Detroit 129, Minnesota 123 (OT) 24. Furman (12-0) did not play. Next: at LSU, Friday. 1 Dudley 20:28 1-2 3-4 0-4 2 1 5 Denver 2 ⁄2 at Oakland Utah 108, Golden State 103 25. Nebraska (9-2) did not play. Next: vs. Cal State Fullerton, Saturday. Carroll 19:12 1-4 1-2 1-3 1 2 3 Portland 99, Memphis 92 HOW WOMEN’S AP TOP 25 FARED WEDNESDAY Oklahoma City 132, Sacramento 113 Davis 17:06 2-2 0-0 0-6 1 0 4 NFL Napier 10:03 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 1. UConn (10-0) beat Oklahoma 72-63. Next: at No. 14 California, Saturday. THURSDAY’S SCHEDULE TOTALS 34-74 20-25 7-45 23 14 96 2. Notre Dame (10-1) beat Western Kentucky 94-53. Next: at No. 19 Marquette, Sat. NFC NORTH W L T PCT PF PA Houston at Miami, 7 Pcts: FG .459, FT .800. 3-pointers: 8-25, .320 IN BRIEF 3. Louisville (11-0) did not play. Next: at Central Michigan, Thursday. Dallas at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 4. Mississippi State (10-1) did not play. Next: at Washington, Thursday. y-BEARS 10 4 0 .714 383 264 (Dinwiddie 4-8, Harris 3-5, Russell 1-6, Dudley 5. Maryland (10-0) did not play. Next: at Delaware, Thursday. Minnesota 7 6 1 .536 323 308 TUESDAY’S RESULTS 0-1, Napier 0-1, Carroll 0-2, Kurucs 0-2). Team 6. Baylor (8-0) did not play. Next: vs. Texas-Rio Grande Valley, Monday. Green Bay 5 8 1 .393 332 331 Cleveland 92, Indiana 91 rebs: 6. Team turnovers: 13 (15 PTS). Blocks: 2 AUTO RACING: Bristol Motor Speedway has a 7. Oregon (9-1) did not play. Next: vs. Air Force, Thursday. Detroit 5 9 0 .357 284 333 Atlanta 118, Washington 110 (Davis, Kurucs). Turnovers: 13 (Dinwiddie 3, Brooklyn 115, L.A. Lakers 110 8. Stanford (7-1) did not play. Next: at Buffalo, Friday. NFC EAST W L T PCT PF PA Harris 3, Carroll 2, Davis 2, Russell 2, Napier). deal with Formosa Productions Inc., the group 9. Tennessee (8-1) did not play. Next: vs. ETSU, Friday. Denver 126, Dallas 118 Steals: 3 (Dinwiddie 2, Kurucs). Technical 10. N.C. State (11-0) did not play. Next: at Chattanooga, Friday. Dallas 8 6 0 .571 276 269 fouls: Russell, 4:58 third. that runs racing at Nashville’s historic short track 11. Oregon State (7-1) did not play. Next: vs. Duke, Thursday. Philadelphia 7 7 0 .500 311 318 CALENDAR 12. Texas (7-2) did not play. Next: at Texas-Rio Grande Valley, Thursday. Washington 7 7 0 .500 265 310 Jan. 5: 10-day contracts can be BULLS MN FG-A FT-A REB A PF PTS trying to bring NASCAR races back to Music City. signed. 13. Minnesota (10-0) did not play. Next: vs. Wisconsin, Saturday. N.Y. Giants 5 9 0 .357 307 348 Holiday 34:52 2-10 0-0 0-3 3 3 5 14. California (8-0) did not play. Next: vs. No. 1 UConn, Saturday. Jan. 10: All contracts guaranteed for Terms of the agreement announced Wednesday NFC SOUTH W L T PCT PF PA Markkanen33:05 3-6 0-1 0-6 2 3 8 15. Syracuse (9-2) did not play. Next: vs. Duquesne, Friday. rest of season. Carter Jr. 23:44 4-10 1-2 2-5 2 4 9 were not announced and still must be approved by 16. Iowa (8-2) did not play. Next: at Drake, Friday. y-New 11 2 0 .846 447 283 Arcidcno 23:04 4-6 0-0 0-1 2 1 10 17. Arizona State (8-2) did not play. Next: vs. Fresno State, Thursday. Orleans Dunn 34:19 11-21 1-2 0-4 6 5 24 the Metro Nashville Board of Fair Commissioners. 18. Kentucky (11-1) did not play. Next: vs. Murray State, Friday. Carolina 6 7 0 .462 324 332 LEADERS Harrison 25:35 6-8 1-1 0-2 1 4 13 19. Marquette (9-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 2 Notre Dame, Saturday. Atlanta 5 9 0 .357 356 381 G PTS AVG Portis 24:14 6-18 4-4 3-11 1 1 16 20. DePaul (8-3) did not play. Next: at Loyola of Chicago, Thursday. Tampa Bay 5 9 0 .357 344 403 SCORING BASEBALL: 21. Gonzaga (10-1) did not play. Next: vs. Idaho, Thursday. Payne 19:48 2-6 0-0 0-1 3 0 4 Major League Baseball, its players’ NFC WEST W L T PCT PF PA Harden, HOU 26 819 31.5 Lopez 14:55 1-3 0-0 2-3 1 1 2 22. Michigan State (8-1) did not play. Next: vs. FAU, Thursday. Durant, GOL 31 893 28.8 association and the Cuban Baseball Federation 23. Texas A&M (9-2) beat Southern Cal 71-51; Next: vs. Prairie View A&M, Friday. y-L.A. Rams 11 3 0 .786 448 343 Hutchison 6:24 1-3 0-0 2-3 0 0 2 Davis, NOR 27 757 28.0 TOTALS 40-91 7-10 9-39 21 22 93 24. Miami (9-2) did not play. Next: vs. Vanderbilt, Thursday. Seattle 8 6 0 .571 363 292 James, LAL 31 867 28.0 reached an agreement that will allow players from 25. South Carolina (6-4) did not play. Next: vs. Temple, Friday. San Francisco 4 10 0 .286 301 373 Lillard, POR 30 819 27.3 Pcts: FG .440, FT .700. 3-pointers: 6-19, .316 Arizona 3 11 0 .214 192 367 (Arcidiacono 2-2, Markkanen 2-3, Dunn 1-3, the island to sign big-league contracts without MEN’S SCORES Gardner-Webb 106, Valparaiso 68, G TOT AVG Holiday 1-5, Carter Jr. 0-1, Harrison 0-1, Brevard College 29 Purdue Fort Wayne 64 AFC NORTH W L T PCT PF PA REBOUNDING MIDWEST Hutchison 0-1, Payne 0-1, Portis 0-2). Team defecting, an effort to eliminate the dangerous Georgia St. 86, NC-Wilm. 71 Viterbo 53, St. Mary's 49 Drummond, DET 28 434 15.5 Augustana (SD) 93, Peru St. 86 Pittsburgh 8 5 1 .607 384 316 rebs: 9. Team turnovers: 8 (7 PTS). Blocks: 5 Grambling St. 69, Wayne (Neb.) 64, Midland 53 Jordan, DAL 29 401 13.8 trafficking that had gone on for decades. The Cent. Michigan 81, UMKC 72 Baltimore 8 6 0 .571 341 253 (Holiday 2, Carter Jr., Lopez, Portis). Turnovers: Cleveland St. 82, Niagara 60 SE Louisiana 68 EAST Cleveland 6 7 1 .464 309 348 Whiteside, MIA 24 320 13.3 Memphis 99, UALR 89 Holy Cross 61, Manhattan 53 8 (Dunn 3, Holiday 2, Lopez, Payne, Portis). agreement, which runs through Oct. 31, 2021, Coe 86, Beloit 63 Cincinnati 6 8 0 .429 337 413 Embiid, PHL 31 413 13.3 Monmouth (NJ) 68, Navy 67 Steals: 7 (Dunn 2, Harrison 2, Carter Jr., Davenport 109, Goshen 52 Miami 80, Houston Baptist 73 Antetkmpo, MIL 27 354 13.1 Princeton 83, St. AFC EAST W L T PCT PF PA Holiday, Portis). Technical fouls: None. allows Cubans to sign under rules similar to those Dayton 85, W. Michigan 72 Mississippi St. 98, Wofford 87 Francis Brooklyn 64 G AST AVG Drake 76, Rider 58 NC St. 78, Auburn 71 New England 9 5 0 .643 374 310 ASSISTS Providence 66, Pepperdine 47 Brooklyn 22 18 31 25 — 96 for players under contract to clubs in Japan, South Hillsdale 84, Lourdes 74 Old Dom. 63, Richmond 54 Miami 7 7 0 .500 295 374 SC-Upstate 85, Quinnipiac 65, Richmond 48 Westbrook, OKC 21 211 10.0 BULLS 27 12 32 22 — 93 Indiana 86, Cent. Arkansas 51 Buffalo 5 9 0 .357 215 333 Korea and Taiwan. ... Free agent OF Michael St. Francis (Pa.) 89, Lowry, TOR 29 289 10.0 Kansas St. 55, So. Miss. 51 Truett-McConnell 54 Morehead St. 83 N.Y. Jets 4 10 0 .286 292 359 Wall, WAS 29 254 8.8 Lawrence 65, Wis. Luth. 55 S. Alabama 79, Ala A&M 67 Officials: Ken Mauer, Dedric Taylor, Ray Brantley and the Astros finalized a two-year, $32 AFC SOUTH W L T PCT PF PA Holiday, NOR 31 270 8.7 Madonna 82, Grace Bible 81 Tennessee 83, Samford 70 SOUTH Acosta. T: 2:08. A: 18,065. Virginia 69, S. Carolina 52 Coll. of Charleston 79, Teague, MIN 23 192 8.3 million contract. Brantley, 31, had spent his entire Mich. Tech 69, Winona St. 50 Houston 10 4 0 .714 352 281 Charleston Southern 52 Minn. St.-Moorhead 71, Virginia Tech 82, NC A&T 60 East Carolina 61, Longwood 52 Indianapolis 8 6 0 .571 372 300 10-year career with the Indians, where he was a Northern St. (SD) 69 SOUTHWEST MLB Lamar 80, Texas S. 72 Florida Gulf Coast 93, Tennessee 8 6 0 .571 268 254 Mount St. Joseph 63, Hope 62 Texas A&M 71, Valparaiso 49 Coppin State 61 Jacksonville 4 10 0 .286 225 289 three-time All-Star. Brantley hit .309 with 17 N. Dakota St. 90, Northland 43 Georgia 77, Lipscomb 45 FREE AGENT SIGNINGS Freese, 1b-3b, to a $4.5 million, one-year Omaha 85, UCSB 74 WEST AFC WEST W L T PCT PF PA homers, 36 doubles and 76 RBIs in 143 games last Arizona 61, Montana 42 La Salle 74, N. Kentucky 56 contract; re-signed Clayton Kershaw, Saint Louis 74, NC Central 65 New Mexico St. 92, McNeese St. 86, x-Kansas City 11 3 0 .786 499 380 The 30 free agents who have signed, lhp, to a $93 million, three-year contract; Spring Arbor 72, Dearborn 51 season. ... The White Sox finalized a one-year, $2.5 CS Northridge 57 Louisiana College 68 x-L.A. Chargers 11 3 0 .786 395 298 with name, position, former club if dif- announced Hyun-Jin Ryu, lhp, accepted Toledo 86, Cornell 70 Utah Vall. 88, Idaho St. 77 Radford 54, VCU 49 Denver 6 8 0 .429 306 299 ferent, and contract. The contract infor- $17.9 million qualifying offer. UC Irvine 52, E. Michigan 48 million contract with C James McCann. Stephen F. Austin 70, Oakland 3 11 0 .214 260 418 mation was obtained by The Associated NEW YORK (3): Signed Jeurys Familia, Wichita St. 84, Oral Roberts 63 WOMEN’S SCORES Hampton 68 Press from player and management rhp, Oakland, to a $30 million, three-year EAST sources. For players with minor league MIDWEST Stetson 74, North Dakota 63 x-clinched playoff spot contract; signed Wilson Ramos, c, Phila- Delaware St. 73, Delaware 71 contracts, letter agreements for major COLLEGES: Albion 87, Franklin 63 Troy 71, Mississippi 54 y-clinched division delphia, to a $19 million, two-year con- Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa is Fairleigh Dickinson 83, league contracts are in parentheses: tract; signed Rajai Davis, of, Cleveland, St. Peter’s 74 Augustana (SD) 94, Peru St. 60 UT Martin 100, WEEK 16 AMERICAN LEAGUE to a minor league contract. optimistic that he will be fully recovered from Hofstra 71, Stony Brook 64 Bradley 67, Cleveland St. 65 Alabama Huntsville 69 SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE BOSTON (2): Re-signed Steve Pearce, 1b- ST. LOUIS (1): Re-signed Adam Wain- Lafayette 95, Rosemont 54 Iowa St. 94, Prairie View 46 Wake Forest 58, SC State 44 ankle surgery and ready to play in the Orange Mich. Tech 66, Minn. Duluth 57 Wofford 106, Brevard 52 Washington at Tennessee, 3:30 (NFLN) of, to a $6.25 million, one-year contract; wright, rhp, to a $2 million, one-year Marist 58, New Hampshire 49 Baltimore at L.A. Chargers, 7:20 (NFLN) re-signed Nathan Eovaldi, rhp, to a $68 contract. Penn St. 73, Duquesne 67 Minn. St. (Moorhead) 60, SOUTHWEST Bowl. The Heisman Trophy runner-up said his Hou Bapt 68, La-Monroe 60 SUNDAY’S SCHEDULE million, four-year contract. PHILADELPHIA (1): Signed Andrew Mc- Quinnipiac 87, Beth-Cook. 63 Northern St. (SD) 51 SMU 49, CS Bakersfield 43 Bears at San Francisco, 3:05 (FOX-32) DETROIT (3): Signed Matt Moore, lhp, Cutchen, of, New York Yankees, to a $50 left ankle will be 100 percent for College Football Seton Hall 90, Sacred Heart 76 N. Iowa 73, Texas A&M 71, Southern Cal 51 Atlanta at Carolina, noon Texas, to a $2.5 million, one-year con- million, three-year contract. St. John’s 86, St. Francis 52 Minn. St. (Mankato) 56 Northwood (Mich.) 79, UConn 72, Oklahoma 63 Houston at Philadelphia, noon tract; signed Tyson Ross, rhp, St. Louis, PITTSBURGH (3): Re-signed Jung Ho Playoff semifinal game with Oklahoma on Dec. 29. SOUTH N.Y. Giants at Indianapolis, noon (CBS-2) to a $5.75 million, one-year contract; Kang, inf, to a $3 million, one-year con- Belmont 80, W. Kentucky 74 Malone 61 WEST Green Bay at N.Y. Jets, noon signed Jordy Mercer, ss, Pittsburgh, to a tract; signed Lonnie Chisenhall, of, Tagovaila suffered a high ankle sprain on the California Baptist 79, S. U. 76 Notre Dame 94, Boise St. 88, S. Utah 53 Minnesota at Detroit, noon $5.25 million, one-year contract. Cleveland, to a $2.75 million, one-year FAU 76, Florida College 64 W. Kentucky 53 Hawaii 66, UNLV 61 opening series of the SEC championship game Buffalo at New England, noon HOUSTON (2): Signed Robinson Chiri- contract; signed Jordan Lyles, rhp, Mil- Fla Gulf Coast 87, Keiser 85 Purdue 53, Albany (NY) 41 Kansas 71, Washington St. 63 Cincinnati at Cleveland, noon nos, c, Texas, to a $5.75 million, one-year waukee, to a $2.05 million, one-year con- Florida St. 95, N. Florida 81 UCLA 78, UIC 47 N. Mexico 85, Sacra.St. 53 Dec. 1 against Georgia. ... Nathan Rourke ran for Samford 87, Denver 83 Jacksonville at Miami, noon contract; signed Michael Brantley, of, tract. Tampa Bay at Dallas, noon Houston, to a $32 million, two-year con- SAN DIEGO (1): Signed Garrett Richards, two touchdowns and threw for another score to TRANSACTIONS L.A. Rams at Arizona, 3:05 tract. rhp, Los Angeles Angels, to a $15.5 mil- Pittsburgh at New Orleans, 3:25 (CBS-2) NEW YORK (3): Re-signed Brett Gardner, lion, two-year contract. lead Ohio (9-4) to a 27-0 victory over San Diego Kansas City at Seattle, 7:20 (NBC-5) of, to a $7.5 million, one-year contract; WASHINGTON (2): Signed Kurt Suzuki, c, BASEBALL MONDAY’S SCHEDULE re-signed CC Sabathia, lhp, to an $8 mil- Atlanta, to a $10 million, two-year con- State in the drizzly Frisco (Texas) Bowl. San Diego Denver at Oakland, 7:15 (ESPN) tract; signed Patrick Corbin, rhp, Arizo- AMERICAN LEAGUE ALLIANCE OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL lion, one-year contract; re-signed J.A. Named Eric Allen defensive na, to a $140 million, six-year contract. State (7-6) was shut out in a bowl for the first time White Sox: Agreed to terms with C San Diego: WEEK 17 Happ, lhp, to a $34 million, two-year con- James McCann on a one-year contract. backs coach and Lamont Jordan running SUNDAY, DEC. 30 tract. since the 1948 Harbor Bowl. ... Michigan State CB backs coach. Houston: Agreed to terms with OF Bears at Minnesota, noon TEXAS (3): Signed Jeff Mathis, c, Arizo- AHL Michael Brantley on a two-year con- HOCKEY Miami at Buffalo, noon na, to a $6.25 million, two-year contract; Justin Layne, Michigan LB Devin Bush and Cleveland at Baltimore, noon signed Jesse Chavez, rhp, Cubs, to an $8 tract. NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Carolina at New Orleans, noon million, two-year contract; signed Lance WESTERN CONFERENCE Northern Illinois DE Sutton Smith announced NATIONAL LEAGUE NHL: Fined St. Louis D Vince Dunn N.Y. Jets at New England, noon Lynn, rhp, New York Yankees, to a $30 CENTRAL W L OL SOL PT GF GA Arizona: Named Joe Garagiola Jr. special $1,942.20 for cross-checking Edmonton Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, noon million, three-year contract. their intentions to enter the NFL draft. ... Mo’ne adviser to the president and CEO. F Jujhar Khaira. Milwaukee 16 9 5 1 38 87 85 Detroit at Green Bay, noon Milwaukee: Signed RHP Chris Dula to a Arizona: Assigned G Adin Hill and F NATIONAL LEAGUE WOLVES 16 9 2 1 35 111 89 Davis, the first female pitcher to win a Little Indianapolis at Tennessee, noon minor league contract. Conor Garland to Tucson (AHL). CUBS (1): Signed Daniel Descalso, if, Ari- Philadelphia at Washington, noon Iowa 14 7 4 3 35 98 81 Dallas: Reassigned D Joel Hanley to zona, to a $5 million, two-year contract. League World Series game, will play softball at BASKETBALL Dallas at N.Y. Giants, noon G. Rapids 15 11 2 2 34 92 95 Texas (AHL). ATLANTA (2): Signed Brian McCann, c, NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Oakland at Kansas City, noon Rockford 14 10 2 4 34 70 84 Hampton. At 13, Davis delivered her 70-mph N.Y. Islanders: Recalled D Devon Toews Houston, to a $2 million, one-year con- Sacramento: Assigned F Harry Giles to Jacksonville at Houston, noon Texas 14 10 2 1 31 102 89 from Bridgeport (AHL). tract; signed Josh Donaldson, 3b, Cleve- Stockton (NBAGL). Transferred F Troy Atlanta at Tampa Bay, noon San Antonio 12 15 1 0 25 73 83 fastballs for Philadelphia’s Taney Youth Baseball Tampa Bay: Signed C Gabriel Fortier to a land, to a $23 million, one-year contract, Williams to Stockton. San Francisco at L.A. Rams, 3:25 LOS ANGELES (3): Re-signed David Manitoba 11 14 2 0 24 65 92 three-year, entry-level contract. 2 pts for a win, 1 point for an OT/shootout Association during the 2014 LLWS. FOOTBALL L.A. Chargers at Denver, 3:25 OLYMPIC SPORTS Arizona at Seattle, 3:25 NBA G LEAGUE loss. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS U.S. Anti-Doping Agency: Announced Arizona: Released OL Justin Evans from Hartford 3, Providence 0 GYMNASTICS: American gymnast Laura Zeng has ac- SOCCER Indiana attorney general Curtis the practice squad. Claimed WR Pharoh EASTERN CONFERENCE Toronto 3, Binghamton 1 cepted a six-month suspension for an Cooper off waivers from the L.A. Rams. CENTRAL W L Pct GB Belleville 5, Rochester 4 anti-doping rule violation. Hill said his office is investigating USA Gymnas- Buffalo: Placed F Patrik Berglund on un- ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Fort Wayne 8 7 .533 — Springfield 3, Syracuse 2 conditional waivers for the purpose of Cleveland 3, Grand Rapids 1 tics, which has filed for bankruptcy due to the SOCCER FRIDAY’S SCHEDULE Canton 7 8 .467 1 terminating his contract. Wolverhampton vs. Liverpool, 2 1 WB/Scranton 4, Bridgeport 3 (OT) MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER Grand Rapids 7 11 .389 2 ⁄2 Larry Nassar sexual-abuse scandal. USA Gymnas- Denver: Placed CB Chris Harris Jr. on in- LA: Re-signed M Chris Pontius. SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE Lehigh Valley 5, Hershey 0 jured reserve. Signed CB Craig Mager. WINDY CITY 7 12 .368 3 Rockford 4, Milwaukee 3 (OT) Arsenal vs. Burnley, 6:30 a.m. 1 Orlando: Traded G Earl Edwards Jr. to Wisconsin 3 13 .188 5 ⁄2 tics, based in Indianapolis, is the national Detroit: Placed RB Kerryon Johnson on D.C. United for a 2019 second-round Chelsea vs. Leicester, 9 a.m. Bakersfield at Stockton, late injured reserve. Released G Salesi draft pick. Newcastle vs. Fulham, 9 a.m. WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS San Jose at San Diego, late governing body for the sport. Hill didn’t offer Uhatafe from the practice squad. Acti- Philadelphia: Traded D Keegan Rosen- Bournemouth vs. Brighton, 9 a.m. All games in Las Vegas FRIDAY’S SCHEDULE vated CB Jamal Agnew from injured re- berry to Colorado for general and tar- Huddersfield vs. Southampton, 9 a.m. N. Arizona vs. Windy City, late Rockford at Wolves, 7 details, although he says he’ll work “diligently to serve. geted allocation money. Man City vs. Crystal Palace, 9 a.m. Memphis 135, Raptors 123 Belleville at Cleveland, 6 Miami: Placed RB Frank Gore on injured West Ham vs. Watford, 9 a.m. Capital City 110, Austin 91 Bridgeport at Charlotte, 6 ensure nonprofit entities in Indiana act with reserve. Signed DT Kendrick Norton. COLLEGE Cardiff vs. Man United, 11:30 a.m. Lakeland 109, Maine 102 WB/Scranton at Hershey, 6 N.Y. Giants: Placed DB Antonio Hamilton Chattanooga: Named Rusty Wright foot- SUNDAY: Everton vs. Tottenham, 10 a.m. Iowa 113, Westchester 106 Hartford at Rochester, 6:05 integrity.” on injured reserve. Activated WR Cody ball coach. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 26 Erie 124, Texas 107 Providence at Binghamton, 6:05 Latimer from injured reserve. Michigan: LB Devin Bush will enter the Fulham vs. Wolverhampton, 6:30 a.m. Agua Caliente 110, Grand Rapids 94 Syracuse at Lehigh Valley, 6:05 N.Y. Jets: Placed OT Brandon Shell on in- NFL draft. Tottenham vs. Bournemouth, 9 a.m. THURSDAY’S SCHEDULE Utica at Springfield, 6:05 SOCCER: Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli was jured reserve. Claimed LB Emmanuel North Carolina: Signed men’s basketball Man United vs. Huddersfield, 9 a.m. Long Island vs. Rio Grande Valley, 2 Toronto at Laval, 6:30 Lamur off waivers from Oakland. coach Roy Williams to an eight-year con- Crystal Palace vs. Cardiff, 9 a.m. Wisconsin vs. Memphis, 2:30 Grand Rapids at Manitoba, 7 struck on the head by a bottle at Arsenal while Tampa Bay: Signed DT Jeremiah Ledbet- tract extension through the 2027-28 sea- Liverpool vs. Newcastle, 9 a.m. Greensboro vs. South Bay, 4:30 San Antonio at Texas, 7 ter from the practice squad . son. Burnley vs. Everton, 9 a.m. Canton vs. Sioux Falls, 5:30 Stockton at Iowa, 7 helping his team seal a place in the League Cup Washington: Placed CB Danny Johnson Yale: Named Brendan Faherty women’s Leicester vs. Man City, 9 a.m. Fort Wayne vs. Salt Lake City, 7 Bakersfield at Colorado, 8:05 on injured reserve. Signed DB Jeremy soccer coach. Brighton vs. Arsenal, 11:15 a.m. Delaware vs. Stockton, 8 Ontario at San Diego, 9 semifinals with a 2-0 victory in the north London Reaves from the practice squad. Watford vs. Chelsea, 1:30 Lakeland vs. Santa Cruz, 9:30 Tucson at San Jose, 9 derby on Wednesday. 6 Chicago Tribune | Chicago Sports | Section 3 | Thursday, December 20, 2018

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Q&A WITH CHARGERS RB JUSTIN JACKSON Ex-NU star having fun in the sun By Teddy Greenstein Chicago Tribune

Justin Jackson’s life hasn’t changed much since he went from anonymous special teamer to starting running back for the Chargers. “A few more media requests,” he said. And idiots like me thanking him for the fantasy points. Top dog Melvin Gordon (knee) and primary backup Austin Ekeler (neck/ concussion) could return for Saturday night’s game against the Ravens. Or Jackson could continue to be the featured back after averaging 5 yards per carry with two touchdowns and 69 receiving yards over his last four games. The Chargers’ regular season ends Dec. 30 in Denver. Conveniently enough, Northwestern’s bowl game is Dec. 31 in San Diego, about 90 miles from where Jackson stays in Newport Beach, Calif. Assuming his schedule allows, Jackson will reconnect with his former NU teammates at the Holiday Bowl, in which the Wildcats take on Utah. Jackson shared some thoughts in an interview with the Tribune:

Is the thrill of winning an NFL game any different from college? We get a little more media coverage than we did at Northwestern. In that sense, it’s a little bigger. But as far as the elation of winning a close game, I don’t think it matters what level you’re on. The big games we won at Northwestern, that RICK ULREICH/ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH feeling of getting to hang with your guys, Four-star quarterback Isaiah Williams of St. Louis is one of the highest-rated players Illinois has signed in the recruiting rankings era. it’s amazing. Even going back to high school basketball (at Glenbard North). COLLEGE FOOTBALL SIGNING DAY The end of your win over the Chiefs on Thursday was wild. Did you know you would go for two with four seconds to play? I didn’t. I don’t think anyone on the offense knew. Our kicker ran on, the holder ran on, but the long snapper The future is now never did. Coach (Anthony) Lynn put up two fingers. We all said: “Let’s do it. Notre Dame, Northwestern and Illinois are high on the potential of their recruiting Let’s go get this.” I had to block the (left) edge. I kept running my feet, making classes through the first day of the early signing period, especially the Irish, who sure my guy (Chiefs defensive back restocked their offensive and defensive lines as part of their 13th-ranked group Daniel Sorensen) didn’t ruin stuff for us. I saw Phil (Rivers) throwing out of the corner of my eye and I saw Mike Notre Dame Northwestern Illinois (Williams) open. I said, “No (bleeping) way!” We came back from 14 down. Early signees: 21. Early signees: 18. Early signees: 11. During the game (in Kansas City) it was Class rank: 13th nationally. Class rank: 45th nationally, Class rank: 67th nationally, so loud, I literally could not hear some Top of the class: The Irish 11th in Big Ten. 13th in Big Ten. of what Phil said. I’d go right next to emphasized the offensive and defensive Top of the class: Receivers Bryce Kirtz Top of the class: Four-star cornerback him and have him yell the protection in lines, adding four four-star offensive (6-0, 180) and Genson Hooper Price (6-5, Marquez Beason (No. 84 nationally) of my ear. … To hear the crowd go silent linemen in Quinn Carroll, Zeke Correll, 206) headline the class with Batavia Duncanville, Texas, and four-star quarter- (after the game), wow. John Olmstead and Andrew Kristofic. linebacker Michael Jansey. Hooper back Isaiah Williams (No. 109) of St. Louis Carroll is the top-rated player in Minne- Price, who has run 100 meters in 10.57 are the eighth- and ninth-highest-rated Is the NFL game way more sota. “They all had to have an edge to seconds, turned down the likes of Notre players to sign with Illinois in the complicated than college? them,” coach Brian Kelly said. Notre Dame and Nebraska. Kirtz played at recruiting rankings era, according to It’s just deeper. More checks, different Dame also signed four four-star defensive Indiana’s Brownsburg High School, 247Sports.com. Beason, the No. 14 types of coverages, more blitzes. But at linemen — NaNa Osafo-Mensah, Jacob which produced quarterback Hunter prospect in Texas, chose Illinois over the end of the day, it’s still football — run Lacey, Hunter Spears and Howard Cross Johnson, the transfer from Clemson Nebraska, Arizona, Arizona State and where they’re not and try not to get — and four-star safety Kyle Hamilton, the expected to take over for Clayton Arkansas. “He and his family bought into tackled. highest-rated player in the class (No. 103 Thorson next season. NU coach Pat what we were saying and what we were nationally). “We just love his versatility, Fitzgerald called Jansey “instinctual, real building,” coach Lovie Smith said. … What’s your take on Northwestern his no-nonsense approach — he sent all physical and from a great family.” He said Illinois got big news Wednesday when this season? the right messages that this was a great fit Hooper Price is “really explosive, a guy Belleville West defensive end Keith Ran- Man. Crazy year. We were resilient. We for us,” Kelly said of the 6-foot-3, who can do it all. He has a chance to be dolph, the No. 9 player in the state, picked lost probably our best player (tailback 190-pound Hamilton. “We loved his film an instant impact player. He has top-end the Illini over Michigan State and late Jeremy Larkin, who medically retired) and we loved the fact that he fit.” speed, great hands and can be used in a pushes from Florida State and Colorado. and had Clayton (Thorson) coming off a Hidden gems: Marist Liufau was the final lot of ways.” “Illinois was on me since day one,” the knee injury. All those close games, we player to sign. The three-star linebacker Hidden gems: Cornerback Rod Heard 6-5, 270-pound Randolph told reporters. gritted it out. So many guys stepped up attends Punahou, the same Honolulu wasn’t ranked that high nationally Hidden gems: The signing of Seth — (Isaiah) Bowser, the young DBs, school that produced Manti Te’o. “He’s a (903rd), but he received an offer from Coleman, a three-star defensive end from (superback) Cam Green. guy that’s going to develop,” Kelly said. in-state Michigan and will enroll early, Melbourne, Fla., was a relief for the Illini. “He’s not ready to come in and start, but joining the program next month. … Bryce Utah had made an aggressive push for Bowser averaged 100-plus yards he is a guy that is going to develop into a Gallagher, brother of NU standout line- Coleman, who committed to Illinois in over the final seven games. Did you great player here.” … Three-star wide backer Blake Gallagher, was the first in July. … The Illini also held off a late charge guys talk during the season? receiver Kendall Abdur-Rahman will the 2019 class to commit. He’s also a top from Texas Tech for Kyron Cumby, a 5-8, Yes. He got there early (in January), make a position switch after playing student who was sought by Duke, Vander- 175-pound running back from Plano, so I know him a little bit. I actually quarterback at Edwardsville, Ill. “We bilt and Boston College. Texas. … Griffin Moore (6-4, 225 pounds) coached him when he was here at camp, really liked his football knowledge,” Kelly Work to do: This class has no running played quarterback at Bloomington, Ill., between my sophomore and junior said. backs, so Northwestern could add one in but Illinois recruited him as a tight end. year. He did so well that they offered Work to do: Kelly didn’t want to divulge a February. But Isaiah Bowser is a freshman Work to do: The Illini will focus on (a scholarship). Coach Mac (Matt specific number but said the Irish “cre- and Drake Anderson will redshirt, giving closing with four-star linebacker Sham- MacPherson) came up to me and asked ated some more room to add to this list.” him four more seasons. mond Cooper, who played at Trinity me about him. I said for his size, he is Linebacker Asa Turner is one possibility. The quote: Fitzgerald on New Trier Catholic in St. Louis with Williams. The really athletic. He is going to have a The four-star recruit is committed to defensive tackle Duke Olges (6-4, 242): No. 5 prospect in Missouri, the 6-2, great career. He is so durable and runs Washington but announced Wednesday “Duke is a big kid, really physical. He was 195-pound Cooper also has offers from through contact. he is taking more time to decide between a two-way player in high school that we Oklahoma, Texas and Missouri. Illinois the Huskies and Irish. Notre Dame is also will start on the D-line. I like his will also look to the transfer market to add Do you think Thorson can make it in in the running for four-star defensive end athleticism and size potential. He’s a depth on the offensive line and perhaps at the pros? Isaiah Foskey. really good baseball player too. As we wide receiver. With only eight seniors on A lot of people don’t understand how The quote: “Offensive line (and) defen- were evaluating, the question was: Can he scholarship this past season, the Illini tough it is to come back from an injury sive line were the immediate focus,” Kelly get big enough? And then all of a sudden expected to have a small class, and the like that. You’re a quarterback and said. “And then we were looking for we see him in May and it’s: Oh, he’s big group that signed Wednesday would rank people are always around your legs. He length and athleticism on defense. And enough now.” 31st nationally by average rating. battled a lot of adversity and came out from an offensive standpoint, continue to The quote: “I feel like this class will on top. He definitely has a future in the build the speed on the perimeter.” — Teddy Greenstein change Illinois football,” Smith said. league. He has all the tools and the right mindset. He just needs to get in the — LaMond Pope — Shannon Ryan right system and learn from a vet.

Do you see similarities between him and Trevor Siemian (now backing NORTHERN ILLINOIS up Kirk Cousins with the Vikings)? They’re both great dudes. As far as preparation, Trev is an extremely smart Huskies sack master Smith leaving for NFL draft guy. Same with Clayton; I lived with him. Football-wise they’re a little 1 By Shannon Ryan an FBS-best 26 ⁄2 tackles for a loss. athlete Michael Love — the younger different. Trev is very savvy in the Chicago Tribune The 6-foot-1, 237-pound Smith, from St. brother of Notre Dame All-America corner- pocket but does not have as strong an Charles, Mo., won the Vern Smith Leader- back Julian Love — and Phillips wide arm. He is very calculating with his Northern Illinois defensive end Sutton ship Award — given to the Mid-American receiver Fabian McCray, a former Illinois throws. Clayton has more raw talent; his Smith, an All-America selection the last two Conference’s top player — and earned his commitment. ceiling is really high. seasons, announced he will forgo his fifth second consecutive MAC Defensive Player Four of the signees — Kenwood defensive year of eligibility. of the Year award in leading NIU to its first back Mark Aitken, Oswego East wide Did you give Melvin Gordon a hard “I’m sincerely grateful to NIU, the entire conference title since 2014. receiver Justin Clark, former Glenbard time after Northwestern beat coaching staff (and) my teammates for their He had five tackles, including two for a North defensive back Tyrik Henderson Wisconsin? support,” he wrote in a Twitter post loss, Tuesday against UAB. The Huskies (who spent this fall at a prep school in Oh, yeah, him and (fullback Derek) Wednesday morning, about 10 hours after finished 8-6. Connecticut) and former Homewood- Watt. My coach (Alfredo Roberts) also the Huskies lost to UAB 37-13 in the Boca Flossmoor wide receiver Tyrice Richie (a likes to troll. We have a great room. Raton Bowl. “I’m excited to represent NIU Huskies sign 16: NIU unveiled a 16-player junior-college transfer) — are expected to They make it fun. in my next chapter.” recruiting class on the first day of the early be early enrollees. The redshirt junior finished the season signing period that included 11 in-state [email protected] with 15 sacks — tied for the FBS lead — and prospects. Among them were Nazareth [email protected] Twitter @sryantribune Twitter @TeddyGreenstein Chicago Tribune | Chicago Sports | Section 3 | Thursday, December 20, 2018 7 eNEWSPAPER BONUS COVERAGE STICKER SHOCK 5 of top 6 best-paid QBs likely to watch cheaper counterparts in playoffs

By Adam Kilgore | Washington Post

Late last summer, near the conclusion of training camp, a reporter asked Bears general manager Ryan Pace about his team’s window of contention. How cognizant was Pace of not only building for the future with a second-year quarterback but also attempting to win immediately, before Mitch Trubisky’s bargain rookie deal grew more expensive? “That is something we internally talk about,” Pace replied. “There’s no question, the obvious advantages to that, versus going out and signing. In a perfect world, any franchise would want to hit on a young, drafted quarterback, as opposed to maybe hitting on it in free agency, where the financial part is different.” Less than a week later, the Bears traded two first-round draft picks for Khalil Mack and made him the highest-paid defensive player in the NFL. It was the ultimate win-now-and-forget-tomorrow move, and the Bears had the financial capacity to pull it off in large part because they needed to pay Trubisky a small fraction of their salary cap, his salary suppressed for five years by the collectively bargained rookie pay scale. Sunday afternoon, Pace’s plan reached fruition. The Bears beat the Packers 24-17 at Soldier Field to claim the NFC North title for the first time in eight years. The Bears were an 8-to-1 long shot to win the division before the season, but they believed now was their time. The season validated their belief, and the underlying reason they won is the same reason they were overlooked. For so long, NFL conventional wisdom demanded that only teams with elite quarterbacks could be Super Bowl contenders. But teams don’t need an experienced, elite, big-money quarterback to win. In fact, they may be better off without one. Last week, a factoid tweeted by the NFL’s research department spread around social media. Five of the six highest-paid NFL quarterbacks based on average annual value — Aaron Rodgers, Matt Ryan, Jimmy Garoppolo, Matthew Stafford and Derek Carr — are in line to miss the playoffs. And Kirk Cousins, the other member of the top six, has the Vikings clinging to the second wild-card spot in the NFC. The graphic was slightly disingenuous: Garoppolo tore his left ACL in Week 3, costing him the remainder of the season. It was also slightly arbitrary: Drew Brees, the seventh-highest paid quarterback, has led the Saints to the best record in the NFC and may win the MVP. The overall point was accurate. The NFL’s most valuable commodity is a capable quarterback on his rookie contract. It allows teams to build strong, deep rosters. More than ever, it does not force teams to IN (CLINCHED NFC NORTH) pay a prohibitive penalty for not playing an Mitch Trubisky elite player at the sport’s most important Bears position. $7.26M (average value, ranked 26th) The Eagles won the Super Bowl last year with backup quarterback Nick Foles after second-year starter Carson Wentz went down with an injury. As the playoff picture stands, three of the four teams with byes — the Chiefs (Patrick Mahomes), the Texans (Deshaun Watson) and the Rams (Jared Goff ) — start a quarterback on a rookie contract. New rules and new schematic innovations, both benefiting offense, have made playing quarterback easier than at any point in recent league history. With that, the value of an elite quarterback has deceased, to the point that it may be better to employ a merely competent one at a cheap price. The current NFL environment dimin- ishes the advantage of having one of the best quarterbacks in the league. The chasm OUT between players like Rodgers and players OUT OUT Jimmy Garoppolo like Goff even a few seasons ago could not be Aaron Rodgers Matt Ryan Packers Falcons 49ers closed through building a better roster $27.5M (fourth) around the quarterback. Now, the gap can be $33.5M (first) $30M (second) closed and tilted toward the lesser quarterback. The importance of rookie-deal quarter- Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky (top) is backs has shaped the 2018 season. Trubisky in the playoffs while five of the top six and Goff lead teams that have clinched highest paid quarterbacks including Aaron division titles. Watson, Mahomes and the Rodgers (above left), Matt Ryan (above Cowboys’ Dak Prescott have their teams center), Jimmy Garoppolo (above right), leading three other divisions. The Ravens Matthew Stafford (far left) and Derek Carr have gone 4-1 since Lamar Jackson replaced (left), will not appear in a playoff game. Joe Flacco. The Browns might be playoff contenders had Baker Mayfield not been Salary data source: overthecap.com saddled with Hue Jackson as his coach for half a season. GETTY, AP AND CHICAGO TRIBUNE PHOTOS Quarterbacks are coming into a league filled with coaches open to implementing concepts borrowed from college with which they can find comfort. They’re facing rushers who can’t hit them high, low or late. They’re throwing to receivers more protected from helmet-to-helmet contact. All of the factors leading to historic offensive OUT OUT output across the league double as factors Matthew Stafford Derek Carr that make quarterback a simpler position to Lions Raiders play. $27M (fifth) $25M (sixth) Trubisky’s circumstances illustrate the point perfectly. For all of his dazzling physical attributes, Trubisky struggles with making quick decisions and throwing accu- Sunday afternoon, Trubisky faced Rod- division and officially knock the Packers out. going to be consistent. You can hit on a lot of rate passes. gers, the highest-paid and perhaps most “There’s no denying, there’s obviously a positions, but unless you hit on a quarter- But the Bears had the resources to build a talented quarterback in the NFL. The benefit to (a quarterback on his rookie deal) back, and until you get that right, the rest of it stellar defense, which took pressure off him. Packers had a lesser roster, and they had financially,” Pace said back in the summer. is not right.” They could spend money on free agent fired coach Mike McCarthy two weeks ago. “But I think first and foremost, when you Trubisky has his flaws, but in this NFL, it’s receiving targets Allen Robinson, Trey Bur- Rodgers has not had his best season, talk about building around a young quarter- becoming clear that the right quarterback ton and Taylor Gabriel. They hired a coach, diminished by the knee injury he suffered in back, we know you can’t win consistently isn’t necessarily the best quarterback. It’s the Matt Nagy, who uses wildly creative the season opener, but no one questions his without a quarterback. You might have a one that lets you build a contender around schemes that help simplify Trubisky’s job. talent. Trubisky’s Bears won to clinch the flash year or maybe two, but nothing is ever him. 8 Chicago Tribune | Chicago Sports | Section 3 | Thursday, December 20, 2018 eNEWSPAPER BONUS COVERAGE Thompson glad to make ‘Birdies for the Brave’ trip By Doug Ferguson Associated Press

Right about the time Kyle Thompson was ready to abandon his struggles on the PGA Tour, he jumped at a chance to give back. Thompson was on the practice range at the Wyndham Champi- onship, where the only way to keep his full card was to win, when he received an email from the PGA Tour looking for players who wanted to travel to Djibouti, Africa, in December to visit the troops. “The email said the first five who want to do this trip to Africa get to go,” Thompson said. “Be- fore talking to my wife, I said, ‘I’m going.’ I come from a big military family, and I thought it would be really neat.” It lived up to his expectations. Thompson joined David Hearn of Canada, Kris Blanks, Shaun Micheel and Billy Hurley III, a surface warfare officer in the Navy and the only player from a service academy to win on the PGA Tour. They met with the troops at Camp Lemonnier, a forward de- ployed military base in a country on the Gulf of Aden that shares a border with Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea. They saw the operations, gave a golf clinic and individual lessons to anyone who wanted them and even had a trivia night. It was part of the tour’s “Birdies for the Brave” program. This trip was mainly about boost- ing morale and showing support. “Not one person was unimpres- sive,” Thompson said. “The coolest thing was a lot of these guys were in the reserves. The commanding officer works for Dell. The No. 2 guy works at Booz Allen. And they’ve been stationed over there for a year.” Thompson’s military history runs deep. His grandfather was wounded on Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion, which is how he met his wife, a nurse. Five of their 11 children served in the military. His maternal grandfather was a prisoner of war in a Japanese camp during World War II. The other players also had military connections. Blanks grew up on military bases until he graduated high school. Hearn’s ERIC RISBERG/AP grandfather was in the Canadian One of Kyle Thompson’s last hurrahs as a full-time pro golfer was his chance to visit a military base in Africa to show support for the troops. Army during World War II. Micheel’s father was a cryptolo- instead of playing in the Masters gist who worked on behalf of the in each of the last two years. Air Force Security Service. But there was one moment Thompson was overwhelmed when it hit him just how far he by the operation, and thankful to had fallen. have Hurley along to explain. “There was a point as early as “They speak in acronyms that last year, even two years ago, I was go over my head,” Thompson said. involved in some of the Ryder Cup Thompson returned home to a meetings. I was invited,” Bradley future that won’t include much said. “This past year at one of the golf. He decided to retire after tournaments, I heard a couple making just two cuts this year. It guys talking and I realized I was his third full season on the wasn’t even invited — nor did I PGA Tour, and Thompson failed deserve to be. It was like,Wow. ` to keep his card each time. With I’ve come pretty far there.’ Now three kids (ages 9, 7 and 2) and a I’m not in the conversation. Those wife who has endured Thompson times hurt.” grinding away in a sport with no guarantees, the 39-year-old didn’t Divots: Thanks to “PGA Tour want to lose any more time with Live” streaming featured pairings, them. He starts a job as an the PGA Tour has on video all 59 insurance broker in January. of Brandt Snedeker’s shots from “This golf thing is stressful,” he the Wyndham Championship. It said. “I’m done with golf, to be is the only sub-60 round in PGA honest with you. I’ll be a part-time Tour history with video of every pro golfer.” shot. In other cases, cameras Unless, of course, the tour calls didn’t pick up a player until the offering another trip to be with middle of his magical round. ... the troops. The 3M Open in Minnesota got its “If ever asked to do it again, I’d first big commitment when drop everything in a heartbeat,” Bryson DeChambeau said he he said. would play next summer. The inaugural tournament at the TPC Masters field: Ian Poulter, the WILLIAM WEST/GETTY-AFP Twin Cities is July 4-7, two weeks last man into the Masters this Ian Poulter earned an invitation to the Masters by finishing the year among the top 50 in the world ranking. before the British Open. ... The year, won’t have to wait until the BBC named British Open champi- final week to make plans for offers full FedEx Cup points or four opposite-field winners and 10-minute “speed round” recaps on and Ryder Cup star Francesco Augusta National. He was among through top 50 in the world Ted Potter Jr. who are not yet in for featured players, Shot Tracer Molinari its “World Sport Star of 13 players who earned an invita- ranking on March 31, the week the Masters. on every hole on the golf course the Year” last week. The main tion by finishing the year among after the Dell Match Play in and integrated scoring and stat- award is “Sports Personality of the the top 50 in the world ranking. Austin, Texas. Golf on TV: istics. Year,” which went to Welsh cyclist The other dozen not otherwise In the five years since the PGA PGA Tour Live, the direct-to- Geraint Thomas. Only two golfers eligible except through the world Tour went to a wraparound consumer subscription video Back in the crowd: Keegan have won SPOTY — Nick Faldo in ranking were Alex Noren, Tyrrell schedule, players have earned a service that offers live streaming Bradley ended more than six 1989 and Dai Rees in 1957. Hatton, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Eddie Masters invitation by winning of featured group, is beefing up its years without a PGA Tour victory Pepperell, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, early in the year only 19 times out product and will be part of NBC at the BMW Championship, and State of the week: Brooks Matt Fitzpatrick, Li Haotong, of 65 opportunities. Russell Hen- Sports Gold starting in January. there were plenty of low points Koepka is the sixth straight player Thorbjorn Olesen, Matt Wallace, ley did it twice (Honda Classic in The cost for the year is $49.99 (or along the way. to end the year at No. 1, a streak Lucas Bjerregaard, Emiliano 2014, Houston Open in 2017). $9.99 a month) if bought by Jan. The biggest was not being that began with Tiger Woods in Grillo and Branden Grace. Matt Every did it in consecutive 20. After that, a season pass goes invited to dinner for prospective 2013. That brings the field to 79 years at the same tournament for $64.99. Ryder Cup players in late Febru- players who are expected to (Bay Hill). The product will have double ary. Final word: “Never watched it. compete, one fewer than at this Four of those early tourna- the amount of hours and more Sure, it hurt to be left off the last I’d rather buy two shares of time a year ago. And it virtually ments have not produced a win- than twice as many supported four U.S. teams in the Ryder Cup General Electric and invest those assures the club of having fewer ner that wasn’t already eligible for platforms compared with 2018, and Presidents Cup. He had to go and have a long-term investment than 100 players at the Masters, the Masters — the Tournament of along with expanding live cov- through U.S. Open qualifying the than pay $20 to watch that.” — which Augusta National prefers. Champions, Sony Open and both erage to all four days at 27 last two years (made it both Greg Norman, on the pay-per- Players can get into the Masters World Golf Championships. The tournaments outside of the ma- times), and it really stunk to be view match between Tiger Woods by winning a PGA Tour event that Tournament of Champions has jors. It also will such features as home the first full week in April and Phil Mickelson. Thursday, December 20, 2018 | Section 4 AE+ ARTS+ENTERTAINMENT

E. JASON WAMBSGANS/CHICAGO TRIBUNE Senior industrial engineer Igor Zemskov disassembles a prototype in the Radio Flyer prototype shop in the company’s Chicago home office on Dec. 10.

By Christopher Borrelli has to a Santa Claus. Chicago Tribune His grandfather, Antonio Pasin, founded the company in 1917 (initially t the western edge of Chi- as Liberty Coaster) after arriving from cago, across from an Old Italy three years earlier (he died in Country Buffet and within 1990). Antonio was a carpenter who BUILDING barking distance of a PetS- made grape presses for Italian immi- mart, the prototype shop at grants in Chi- ARadio Flyer toils in anonymity. Or Editor’s note cago still longing rather, as much anonymity as you can This is the second in for home; a have when you work inside a large a three-part series decade later, his modernist glass rectangle washed in about toy-making in company was A BETTER natural light, with a Godzilla-sized toy the Chicago area. stamping out red wagon on your front lawn. Here, on 1,500 little red this property, for a century, the classic wagons every day, and from this very red wagon has been developed. And building, which has stood in the Bel- developed. Then developed some mont Cragin neighborhood, in various more. You’d think they would have iterations, for decades. figured it out by now. “But we’re slow Antonio’s wagons are still fine-tuned WAGON learners,” said Robert Pasin, Radio daily inside its prototype shop, which is Inside Chicago’s Radio Flyer prototype shop Flyer’s chief wagon officer. found behind a large white door at the That’s his actual title. He’s the closest thing Radio Flyer Turn to Toys,Page4

BEST OF THE ARTS 2018 Museums Troll sentries, Mexican art leave lasting impressions By Steve Johnson Chicago Tribune

Chicago’s museums and nature parks always have a lot going on, but the year that is about to pass has been an unusu- ally vibrant one. Major institutions celebrated milestone anniversaries, with the Art Institute and Field Mu- KATHLEEN BALLARD seum marking year 125 and Penny Marshall, left, and Cindy Williams in 1976, the year “Laverne & Lincoln Park Shirley” first aired on ABC. Zoo topping them by a APPRECIATION quarter century. The Field took the occa- Marshall blazed her own sion to make over its mas- MORTON ARBORETUM sive central “Troll Hunt” was created by recycled wood artist Thomas Dambo. trail with authenticity hall and relo- cate its signa- hat from the 2017 Women’s opened Wrightwood 659 (guess By Robert Lloyd Shirley,” which ran on ABC ture T. rex, March. the address), a sleek new space Los Angeles Times from 1976 to 1983. Many will two thought- The Chicago Architecture designed by Japanese master remember her as well as Oscar ful and effective updates that Foundation, renowned for mak- Tadao Ando that will focus on In terms of historical impor- Madison’s secretary Myrna on made my Top 10 exhibitions list, ing people look upward through architecture exhibitions. The tance, Penny Marshall’s career “The Odd Couple,” and some for below. its vibrant menu of tours, opened first spotlighted Ando and his as a film director — her “Big” a few appearances on “The The venerable Newberry a new headquarters and building lodestar, Le Corbusier. was the first picture by a woman Mary Tyler Moore Show,” or as Library, in the 125th anniversary museum, the Chicago Archi- A big temporary exhibition to gross more than $100 million a regular in the short-lived “Paul year of its headquarters building, tecture Center, along the Chi- devoted to all things “Hamilton” at the U.S. box office — over- Sand in Friends and Lovers.” unveiled a renovation of that cago River. (the play and the man) threat- shadows her work as an actress, Before and after “Laverne,” with structure designed to make the Also on the river, Art on the- ened to temporarily join the mostly in television. Yet millions greater and lesser regularity, institution more friendly to the Mart kicked off its nightly cu- Museum Campus on Northerly unaware that she ever directed a until her final appearance, in public. For the first time, tempo- rated light show projected onto Island, but then was postponed movie will remember her fondly 2016, on a episode of the re- rary exhibitions are joined by a the south facade of the hulking until the start of milder weather as Laverne DeFazio, friend, booted “Odd Couple,” Marshall display of items from the rich Merchandise Mart, visible from in 2019. “Hamilton: The Exhib- roommate and coworker to remained a television presence. and quirky permanent collec- the Riverwalk across the way. ition” is not throwing away its Cindy Williams’ Shirley Feeney tion; the first display included, And up in Lincoln Park, phi- in the sitcom “Laverne & Turn to Marshall, Page 5 yes, aged books, but also a pussy lanthropist Fred Eychaner Turn to Museums, Page 4 2 Chicago Tribune | Arts+Entertainment | Section 4 | Thursday, December 20, 2018

CELEBRITIES Tribune news services ASK AMY By Amy Dickinson

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RICHARD SHOTWELL/INVISION Newton-John memoir: Olivia Newton-John’s Christmas crashers ponder exclusion autobiography, released last fall in her longtime Dear Amy: My husband the communication here to Dear Gentleman: Here’s home Australia, comes out and I live five hours away your son, and he’s not the good news: The world in the U.S. in 2019. Gallery from our first grandchild. doing a good job. When he has finally shifted on its Books, an imprint of Simon We see him several times a invited you to “crash” his cultural axis, and lovely & Schuster, announced year and have a good rela- in-laws’ Christmas meal, and thoughtful people like Tuesday that “Don’t Stop tionship with our son and you could have contacted you no longer have to Believin’” would be pub- his wife. Our daughter-in- them to check: “Danny has worry excessively about lished March 12. The book law’s parents have a lovely invited us to join you at gendered door-holding. will include a new after- home five minutes from your home on Christmas Whoever gets to the word by the award-win- the young couple’s apart- morning. Are you sure it’s door first should open it. If ning singer and actress. ment. OK if we swing by? Can we the door is especially The 70-year-old said in Last Christmas we basi- bring some homemade heavy, or if you instinc- September that she was cally “crashed” her par- sweet rolls?” tively want/need to do this, again being treated for ents’ Christmas midday Of course your son’s you should position your- breast cancer. dinner — our son had given in-laws should have wel- self, or scoot in and say, this his OK, but we now comed you with open arms “Here, let me get this.” ‘Sabrina’ renewed: Net- realize that was wrong. even if they didn’t expect The idea being that the flix has renewed “Chilling Our son even had it out you. But they are no more stronger/younger/hardier Adventures of Sabrina.” with his mother-in-law last perfect or well-mannered person opens and holds The streamer has ordered year over this. She re- than you are! the door, releasing it gently another 16 episodes of the sponded, “Christmas As it is, their current to the next stronger/ SCOTT KOWALCHYK/AP series, which will be split morning is just for family.” “only family” dictate is younger/hardier person “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert has made light into two parts. The new In retrospect, we probably going to be hardest on their who comes along, without of various situations at CBS in recent months. season will begin produc- shouldn’t have made the daughter, who will no regard to gender. tion in 2019. The series also trip at all, but it was the doubt become torn and And here’s a counterin- launched a holiday special, baby’s first Christmas. exhausted, racing between tuitive tip, especially for Colbert mocks “A Midwinter’s Tale,” last So, it is obvious that her unwelcoming parents my wind-blown Chicago Friday. “Chilling Adven- these people don’t think of and her gate-crashing friends: When approach- tures of Sabrina” imagines us as “family,” and her in-laws on Christmas Day. ing a revolving door, the former CBS CEO the origin and adventures parents have failed to You should invite these younger/stronger person of Sabrina the Teenage invite us to their home — other parents out for cof- should go FIRST. This way Leslie Moonves was known to take an active dislike Witch as a dark coming-of- for any length of time — fee, a drink or a meal dur- you can thoughtfully con- of David Letterman making fun of him during that age story. this Christmas when we ing your visit this year. Just trol the speed of the door, host’s tenure on CBS’ “The Late Show.” He probably visit. We always thought the four of you. Your gen- making sure your compan- isn’t enjoying being mentioned by Stephen Colbert ‘Queer as Folk’ reboot in we got along just fine with erosity, kindness and good ion gets through safely. either. development: Bravo is them; we’re generous with manners might inspire Colbert used his monologue on Tuesday’s broad- developing a new version what we bring and we them to behave differently. Dear Amy: I was shocked cast to poke fun at the former CBS Corp. CEO, who of “Queer as Folk.” Russell always offer to help. when you revealed that recently learned that the board of his former company T. Davies, the creator of the We’re not sure what, if Dear Amy: I’m a man. you had smoked cigarettes had decided not to pay him $120 million in severance original U.K. series, is anything, we’re doing Here’s a scenario: I’m and vaped! This is awful, after investigating claims of unwanted sexual harass- aboard the new project as wrong. Are we wrong in going through a door (es- unhealthy and hardly ment made against him by various women. Moonves an executive producer. The thinking the other mother- pecially a spring-loaded behavior we should expect has said he never engaged in any nonconsensual be- original “Queer as Folk” in-law is rude and unman- door) with a woman. I hold from someone dispensing havior. ran for 10 episodes be- nered? We can’t imagine it open for her. If the next advice! “Every show he’s greenlit for the last 20 years was tween 1999 and 2000 in the shutting out the other person is a man, I’m think- — Disappointed in You about investigations,” Colbert said about Moonves, U.K. A North American grandparents, especially if ing that I release the door adding, “On the bright side, CBS has enough material remake was then launched they had traveled so far. for him, and he holds it Dear Disappointed: I’m for a new program: ‘NCIS: Human Resources.’” in 2000. That series ran for — Unmerry Christmas open for his companion. honest about my own Colbert also considered what might happen to the five seasons and starred What if the next few frailty and failings. I think money previously earmarked for Moonves. Gale Harold, Randy Harri- Dear Unmerry: You have individuals are women? Do it’s the only appropriate “I’m pretty sure it goes to me,” he said. “I get half of son, Hal Sparks, Peter admitted that “crashing” I hold it open for them, response to readers who it, the other half goes to Tom Selleck’s mustache.” Paige and Scott Lowell. this couple’s home on until the next man appears, are equally honest, search- Colbert has not been shy about addressing various Christmas was a mistake all the while my compan- ing and trying to improve. situations at CBS in recent months. When Charlie Dec. 20 birthdays: Musi- and that you regretted ion is farther and farther Rose was ousted from “CBS This Morning” after cian Alan Parsons is 70. doing it. Have you told this away? Or do I release it at Copyright 2018 by Amy claims were made about sexual harassment, Colbert Country singer Kris Tyler to them and apologized, in the woman immediately Dickinson made fun of him in his monologue as well. is 54. Singer David Cook is addition to thanking them after my companion ... 36. Actor Jonah Hill is 35. for hosting you that day? even if she is a woman? Distributed by Tribune — Variety Singer JoJo is 28. It seems you are leaving — Gentleman Content Agency Kurt Vile finally feels free to do whatever he wants By refusing to ‘Bottle It In,’ his new album does anything but By Jessi Roti jeans and laid-back vibe — When: 6:30 p.m. Saturday Chicago Tribune isn’t necessarily what you Where: Riviera Theatre, get. That’s never been more 4746 N. Racine Ave. Kurt Vile has the amiable apparent than on his latest, ability of sounding like a most ambitious, LP “Bottle Tickets:$36; www. man wise beyond his years It In.” A journey through rivieratheatre.com and a mischievous child in guitar music’s long-stand- the same breath. Many ing traditions — swirling might argue this duality is solos made wonky through can do whatever I want. at the crux of his appeal. a buffet of fuzzy distortions, We’ll do this tour, we’ll put Over the past decade, banjo frills, muted-yet- many other things out and Vile has grown his fan base arena-sized percussion and there will be more tours. by turning out songs — the singer-songwriter’s But I can see it with this what he calls “psychedelic- drawn-out manipulation of band, this record and the roots-American music” — words — the album is a far people watching — I can do that discuss the banal com- cry from the electronic- whatever I want from now plexities of living life: driven, sensory-overload on. It finally feels real.” knowing where to park for bites of pop masquerading Despite being respected JO MCCAUGHEY free, feeling like a wet-dry as “rock” currently topping by critics and indie fans Kurt Vile’s latest album, “Bottle It In,” brings him to Chicago for a show Saturday at the Riv. vac coughing up dust bun- the charts. early on, Vile’s major break- nies, all with unassuming, Clocking in at nearly 90 through came with the Billboard, holding a place have more songs to fill their came out swinging and dry humor delivered with a minutes, “Bottle It In” does release of the single “Pretty for nearly 10 weeks, even- live sets. Of the creative we’ve earned some space to slacker drawl. anything but. Pimpin’” from his sixth tually sitting atop its Adult process, Vile explains the get away with it for sure.” At least on the surface. “I literally felt like I had album, 2015’s “B’lieve I’m Alternative rankings in group picked up where it Now on the road again — With Vile, what you see to put this record out,” Vile goin down ...” The track early 2016. left off — at the start of a with a show at the Riviera — the shaggy hair, worn-in explains. “Now I feel like I was his first to chart on Last year he teamed up nine-minute song, of which Theatre on Saturday night with Aussie six-string “Bottle It In” has many. — he seems hungry to “rip slinger Courtney Barnett Compared to Vile’s pre- the world a new one” (as he for the “electric campfire” vious releases, instrumen- sings on the single “Load- album “Lotta Sea Lice” — tation was put ahead of ing Zones”), ready to take which led to a monthlong cosmic lyricism, though he his career — and expanded CHICAGOLAND tour that included three says the titular track cap- catalog — to new heights. shows in Chicago — and tures the mood of the “I’m not ready to play a ultimately, him pushing record and where he was stadium just yet, it feels THEATRE DIRECTORY back his own record. personally. Leaving hand- good to be killing it with “The thing with Court- fuls of his observations and these 1 to 2,000-people ney was a side thing that questions around aging, the rooms. But I’m definitely blew up in a good way, you evolving ways of the world competitive,” he says mat- “AVENUE Q IS A HIT!” know? At first it was just and death unanswered (on ter-of-factly. “Not with - Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune TONIGHT AT 7:30PM The FULL gonna be an EP or some- “One Trick Ponies,” he hip-hop or something, but TOMORROW thing, but then there was stops himself mid-muse, in my world. 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Just because someone has Opens Sat, thru Dec. 31 only “But when I decided to “It’s a little weirder, I more sales and charts Music Theater Works Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier push things back, I went mean maybe weirder than I doesn’t mean that some- at Cahn Auditorium, Evanston straight from that tour to could tell at the time,” Vile times my music’s not better. Q BROTHERS CHRISTMAS CAROL MusicTheaterWorks.com recording a bit more in confesses. “I don’t really I take it slow, but it’s strong. TODAY 7:30, FRI 7:30, SAT6&8:30, SUN 3 & 6 312.595.5600 • www.chicagoshakes.com (847) 920-5360 L.A., songs like ‘Skinny care if someone is against I feel like I have it down in Mini,’ which I wrote on the long songs or says these some ways, you know?” road,” he continues. “Being songs are too long for these Vile starts laughing Enjoy the Theater Tonight Enjoy the Theater Tonight on the road makes record- times. That doesn’t upset again. ing a lot better, perform- me. Even on (2011’s) “I won’t say who I’m ance in the studio is more, ‘Smoke Ring for my Halo,’ I competitive with or any- it can be too — comfort- had songs that I wanted to thing like that, let’s not start able.” be longer but we held off on a beef — though that’d be CHICAGOLAND Getting back together ‘em. I’ve noticed in general, fun.” with his band the Violators, people think I’m stoned, THEATRE DIRECTORY the goal was simple: make but I just think we’re super [email protected] the best record — if only to heady and musical. We just Twitter @jessitaylorro Chicago Tribune | Arts+Entertainment | Section 4 | Thursday, December 20, 2018 3

YEAR IN REVIEW BEST CHILDREN’S BOOKS A year of visually stirring, heartfelt gems By Nara Schoenberg “The Day You Begin” by Chicago Tribune Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Rafael A baby monkey with a Lopez, Nancy Paulsen, knack for detective work, a 32 pages, $18.99, ages mysterious green creature 5-8 that takes up residence in Jacqueline Woodson, a an Australian farmhouse National Book Award win- and a 9-year-old stuck in a ner, explores the uncer- Russian-style summer tainty that comes from camp are among the chief feeling different, in a poem attractions of an exciting that’s funny and heart- year in children’s literature. breaking, soaring and inti- There’s also a book- mate. A little girl with length poem about feeling brown skin and curly black different from your class- hair feels different from her mates by National Book classmates, who in turn feel Award winner Jacqueline different for their own Woodson, and a wise and reasons. Woodson’s power- witty take on finding your ful voice and Lopez’s exu- first friends by Newbery berant illustrations take us Medal winner Kate to places near and far, and DiCamillo. Newcomer bring us back home, strong- Daniel Haack has penned a er than before. much-needed LGBT fairy tale about a prince who “Prince & Knight” by finds love with a knight, Daniel Haack, illustrated and Chicago author Keir by Stevie Lewis, Little Graff brings the city to life Bee, 40 pages, $17.99, in a smart and endearing ages 4-8 middle-grade novel. The prince, deftly drawn A dazzling picture book by Stevie Lewis, is charm- about a Mexican immi- $16.99, ages 4-8 “The Wall in the Middle nated — that this tale of family, determined to fit in ing and sincere. Women grant’s love affair with a Full of crosshatched of the Book” by Jon mice trying to subdue their despite economic and love him. But our hero is library, a deft fable about a depth and detail, “Baby Agee, Dial Books for oppressor really comes to cultural barriers, is full of looking for “something wall that divides but cannot Monkey” is an irresistible Young Readers, 48 life. The mice in this tale, hope and pain, adventure different” in a life partner. protect, a deeply funny early reader that also can pages, $17.99, ages 4 and beautifully told with strik- and love. Vera attends a When the prince rides off story of a girl who receives be read to the little ones. A up. ing art, hatch plan after camp for kids of Russian to battle a dragon, he meets a chicken for her birthday scamp ensconced in an This is one smart picture plan to bell the cat, but descent, but when she gets a brave and resourceful and the tale of one very bad office befitting an old-time book about a brick wall, justice comes only when a stuck in a tent with cliquey knight, and love blossoms. cat round out the field. private eye, Baby Monkey fierce beasts and a knight new creature arrives. older girls, her confidence This much-needed LGBT meets colorful clients and congratulating himself on wavers. Beautifully drawn, fairy tale hits the right “Bob” by Wendy Mass solves mysteries. The pic- being on the other side. “The Phantom Tower” this book deftly captures notes; it’s at once matter-of- and Rebecca Stead, tures tell most of the story, The beasts do look scary, by Keir Graff, G.P. Put- the pain of homesickness fact and alive to the magic illustrated by Nicholas and the silliness will have but as the knight climbs a nam’s Sons, 288 pages, and power of friendship. of true love. Gannon, Feiwel and the kids in stitches. ladder up the wall, we see $16.99, ages 8-12 Friends, 208 pages, threats on his side as well. “The Phantom Tower” “Good Rosie!” by Kate “Dreamers” by Yuyi $16.99, ages 8-12 “I Got a Chicken for My Illustrations of bulky cre- has genuine roots in Chi- DiCamillo, illustrated by Morales, Neal Porter, 40 At age 10, Livy returns to Birthday” by Laura Gehl, atures with expressive cago — not just a few land- Harry Bliss, Candlewick, pages, $18.99, ages 4-8 Australia with no recollec- illustrated by Sarah faces enhance a fable about marks thrown in. Here, 32 pages, $16.99, ages A mother and her baby tion of the little green cre- Horne, Carolrhoda, 32 the dangers of seeing things 12-year-old twins move into 5-8 boy cross a bridge “out- ature who has been waiting pages, $17.99, ages 5-8 in terms of us and them. the haunted Brunhild Part picture book, part stretched like the universe” for her in the closet since Our heroine asked for Tower on the North Side chapter book, part graphic and enter the U.S. from her visit five years earlier. tickets to an amusement “Who Will Bell the Cat?” and discover a phantom novel, this story of a dog in Mexico. In this dazzling Livy is Bob’s only friend, park for her birthday. by Patricia C. McKis- second tower where time search of her first friends is mixed-media account, and Livy comes to realize Abuela Lola sent a chicken. sack, illustrated by has stopped. Exciting ac- wise, endearing and full of photographs and embroi- that it’s up to her to help Now our heroine has to Christopher Cyr, Holiday tion, a creepy curse and hard-won insights. Rosie, a dery, paint and ink conjure him find his way home. A feed the chicken, who turns House, 32 pages, $17.95, well-drawn characters wistful Jack Russell terrier, the immigrants’ dislocation magical tale, told in two out to be a picky eater with ages 4-8 make for cozy reading. wants to get to know other and hope. Every word feels compelling voices, “Bob” a shopping list, a tool belt The kindly mice are dogs, but the dog park urgent and necessary as we delights from start to finish. and an elaborate plan. The adorable with their bulging “Be Prepared” by Vera intimidates her. DiCamillo venture into the library that heroine’s indignant voice is eyes, soft fur and big Brosgol, First Second, endows the dogs with brings mother and son the “Baby Monkey, Private pitch-perfect, and the illus- rounded ears. But it’s when 256 pages, $12.99, ages pitch-perfect voices, and language, stories and Eye” by Brian Selznick trations capture the won- Marmalade, the evil barn 10-14 Bliss’ watercolors tell their knowledge they need to put and David Serlin, illus- der and wackiness. It’s cat, emerges from the shad- Vera Brosgol’s graphic own vivid story. Rosie has down roots. trated by Brian Selznick, funny, silly and meaningful. ows — yellow eyes aglow, novel about a 9-year-old to overcome her fears; she Scholastic, 192 pages, each tooth and claw illumi- from a Russian immigrant is rewarded when she does. [email protected]

BOOK REVIEW By Gary K. Wolfe Science fiction roundup Chicago Tribune Washington overcomes odds in showdown at Yorktown

By Carol Berkin whirl around them lies at The Washington Post the heart of the story. Philbrick offers finely Since 2014, in “Bunker drawn portraits of men Hill” and “Valiant Ambi- whose characters shaped tion,” Nathaniel Philbrick history. has been narrating the These include the self- story of America’s struggle absorbed Adm. Mariot for independence. In his Arbuthnot, the blood- latest book, “In the Hurri- thirsty cavalry commander cane’s Eye,” he picks up Banastre Tarleton, the this saga in 1780, as Wash- genial Marquis de Lafa- ington and his Continental yette and the callous Lord “How Long ’til Black “In the Vanishers’ Pal- “How to Fracture a Fairy Army, low on supplies, idle Cornwallis, but the central Future Month?” by ace” by Aliette de Tale” by Jane Yolen, and restless, wait anxiously figure — the man who N.K. Jemison, Orbit, Bodard, JABberwocky, Tachyon, 320 pages, for the French navy to overshadows all others — 416 pages, $26 208 pages, $12.99 $16.95 come to their aid. is Gen. George Washing- N.K. Jemison made Popular culture is full of Fairy tales survive be- What follows is a ten- ‘In the ton. science-fiction history reimaginings of “Beauty cause they are infinitely sion-filled and riveting In the face of mounting when she became the first and the Beast,” but few are adaptable, and no one account of the alliance that Hurricane’s Eye’ frustration with the author to win three con- as imaginative and visually knows this better than Jane assured American inde- By Nathaniel Philbrick, French, intense disap- secutive Hugo Awards for sumptuous as Aliette de Yolen. Her astonishing pendence. Viking, 366 pages, $30 pointment with the Ameri- her “Broken Earth” trilogy, Bodard’s.Set in a world part output (close to 370 chil- Philbrick is a master of can public’s response to so her first story collection fantasy, part science fiction, dren’s and adult books) has narrative, and he does not the Army’s needs and a comes with high expecta- it draws on her Vietnamese earned her a reputation as disappoint as he provides a growing fear that the tions. It does not disap- heritage. Years before the America’s pre-eminent meticulous and often hair- other plans: an assault on American cause would be point, although only a story begins, a mysterious reinterpreter of these fa- raising account of a naval Lord Charles Cornwallis’ lost, Washington struggled couple of the stories take race of aliens visited this miliar stories. Her latest war between France and army at Yorktown. A bitter to maintain his equanimity. place in the familiar world, bringing sophis- collection of tales and po- England and a land war Washington knew he was To his credit, Philbrick worlds of her novels. In- ticated technology and ems could serve as an en- that pitted American and in no position to argue. resists the temptation to stead, Jemison shows an enslaving the local popula- tertaining textbook on the French troops against Ragged and driven be- descend into hagiography. impressive thematic range tion, but then vanished just topic. What would Red British regulars and Loy- yond endurance, Washing- Washington, he admits, with some stories directly as abruptly. The ritual- Riding Hood look like from alist volunteers. The ton’s men persevered, and defended slavery and was addressing classic science- bound village culture the the wolf’s perspective? French government, together, the revolution’s not free of racial bias. fiction works by forbears aliens left behind is plagued Spoiled, selfish princesses Philbrick reminds us, was military and naval forces In “In the Hurricane’s like Ursula K. Le Guin and by illnesses and high-tech get their due in “Sleeping driven less by a commit- would bring Cornwallis to Eye” Philbrick occasionally Robert A. Heinlein, while artifacts that become su- Ugly,” as do wicked step- ment to American liberty his knees. This is the mo- succumbs to the lure of others explore the myster- perstitious totems. And sisters who body-shame than by a desire for re- ment Philbrick has been historical fortune-telling ies of urban life. there’s also a wise old drag- their larger sibling in “Cin- venge against its imperial building to, and he re- that marred his previous Some of the most pow- on. der Elephant.” rival, England. creates the battle with all book. Here he declares that erful tales take place in the Yen, a young scholar But Yolen doesn’t con- With no navy of their the drama it deserves. Yorktown “was where the South. A poor Birming- who has failed her exams, is fine herself to offering own, the Americans re- Not everyone will find road to the Civil War be- ham mother foresees her the daughter of a healer. critical versions of the mained confined to land Philbrick’s detailed cov- gan.” But such pronounce- family threatened by a When her mother fails to familiar Western tales. She operations in 1780 and erage of naval and military ments do not detract from “White Lady,” but also a save a child, the villagers also draws on Chinese, 1781, as they had been engagements easy to fol- the authentic drama of the more hopeful future for call upon an all-powerful Japanese and Native throughout the war. By the low or fully engaging. A story Philbrick has to tell, a her descendants. A tale of dragon for help, but in American traditions, and, winter of 1780, Continental landlubber like me felt drama that ultimately power, corruption and exchange Yen is given in perhaps more important, Army morale was low — overwhelmed by some of centers not on nature but revolution with distinctly service to the dragon. Sur- digs below some of the and it would sink even the nautical language. This on Washington. From his contemporary overtones is prisingly, though, what the stories’ innocent surfaces to deeper in early 1781 when should not deter readers, anguished question set in a steampunk 19th- dragon really wants is for examine the darker sub- news reached Washington however, for those engage- “Whom can we trust century New Orleans. her to tutor a pair of undis- texts. A version of Rumpel- that Benedict Arnold had ments are not the entire now?” after learning of Perhaps most effectively, a ciplined adopted kids, in stiltskin persuasively re- escaped capture after focus of the book. Philbrick Arnold’s treason to his previously unpublished the fabulous, ever-shifting veals anti-Semitic under- pillaging Richmond. has a second, perhaps “silent adieu” to his troops story features a small-time palace the Vanishers left tones, while two of the But the loss of Arnold more compelling theme: at New York’s Whitehall, drug dealer who finds his behind. Yen and the dragon most moving stories touch was far from the only thing how the character of men Washington remains the courage with the aid of a develop an unlikely ro- upon the Holocaust, in troubling Washington. For shapes the history they true eye of the hurricane, dragon in a vividly de- mance. De Bodard insight- terms of the myth of Lilith many months, he had make. the calm within the storm. picted New Orleans devas- fully explores not only the and the tradition of Elijah’s nurtured a fervent wish Hurricanes may destroy tated by Katrina. problematic power differ- cup. Yolen’s story notes and that the French navy ships as if they were Carol Berkin’s latest book is Jemison’s passion and ential inherent in the clas- poems only add to her would mount a joint effort matchsticks; the sea may “A Sovereign People: The anger are never far from sic tale but also the prob- insights. with his army to recapture swallow up men. Yet how Crises of the 1790s and the the surface, but neither is lems faced by postcolonial New York City. The men respond to the man- Birth of American Nation- the sheer joy of story- cultures after the conquer- Gary K. Wolfe is the editor of French, however, had made hurricanes that alism.” telling. ors have left. “American Science Fiction.” 4 Chicago Tribune | Arts+Entertainment | Section 4 | Thursday, December 20, 2018

jokes that if his grandfather Toys started Radio Flyer today, the company would be named “Quantum AI Dronester.”) Continued from Page 1 Beside the reception area — which, like the rest of the build- end of a long white hallway. To ing, is behind steel gates and not reach it, you pass the Engine open to the public — there is a Room, a conference space where museum devoted to products that designers hash out secrets; a wall have come out of its workshops, of framed patents that stretches from garden wagons to their own back decades; and the Competi- take on the classic Playskool tive Product Library, which is Inchworm riding toy (Radio Flyer essentially every tricycle, pull now has the trademark). Among wagon and rocking horse not the artifacts, an original Liberty made by Radio Flyer, aisle after Coaster from Antonio, who spoke aisle of toys, bought and hoarded no English when he moved to for “research purposes.” The Chicago and worked initially in a prototype shop itself is quiet at the local piano factory. Gradually, holidays. Anything found under a besides his grape presses, he Christmas tree that came out of made a series of tricycles and this space was conceived, tested phonograph cabinets and furni- and built ages ago. The busiest ture for other newly arrived fam- time at Radio Flyer is August to ilies. He also built a wooden wag- October, when the company pre- on, presumably for carrying tools. sents its latest creations to retail- (His grandson said the family ers like Walmart and Target, then doesn’t know for sure why he hopes for the best. built the wagon.) Most of what gets developed in To trace the evolution of that the prototype shop, though, never E. JASON WAMBSGANS/CHICAGO TRIBUNE PHOTOS little red invention is, in a way, to makes it that far. Tom Schlegel, An employee’s workbench at the prototype shop bears tools, supplies and figurines for inspiration. sketch a cultural history of the executive vice president of design country: In the 1920s, the first and business development — wagons had a baked enamel fin- essentially head elf of Radio Flyer ish and curled, streamline body — explains in much blunter fash- (which remains the signature ion. design). By the ’30s, Antonio was “Most of what we do fails,” he selling a “Lindy Flyer,” in honor of says. Charles Lindbergh. Working He has black hair with tufts of headlights came soon after. World white working themselves into his War II brought the “American beard; he does not look elfish, but Beauty” wagon. Davy Crockett if Santa’s workshop employed a wagons premiered in the ’50s. In casually dressed industrial de- the 1960s, a wood-paneled “Town signer of average height who & Country” wagon debuted, then knew his way around a 3D printer, a “Radio Astronaut” wagon. Mus- Schlegel would be that guy. He cle cars got a nod in ’70s designs. carries a twinkle in his eye — that The company, which was slow to vanishes quickly on the subject of embrace plastic, unveiled its first failure. plastic wagon in 1994, years after He bends to demonstrate the its competitors. Cup holders Radio Flyer folding wagon, outfit- arrived two years later; seat belts ted with a tailgate feature — the A CNC (computer numeric control) machine cuts David Packowitz, product development engineer, in 2003. latest in a century of options cre- modeling foam in shop. tests a Kid & Cargo Wagon. Pasin, who became company ated for the company’s little red head in 1997, said the wagon has wagon. He lifts a blue Igloo cooler of wooden tables on steel legs and found in the prototype shop. Most Schlegel says sadly. become a “kid transport,” with and wool blanket from the tailgate familiar Radio Flyer red, on toy of them, like Schlegel, have indus- In the next room, beyond the some of the most popular tweaks and drops them into the wagon wagons and toy cars and color trial design and mechanical engi- drill presses, is the Bone Yard, coming from ingenious hacks of basin, illustrating how a foldable swatches and every tool cabinet. neering backgrounds. Tyler containing dead husks of doomed unsuspecting customers. Their wagon with fabric sides fixed in The space was once a Radio Flyer Cross, the prototype shop man- ideas; you are not allowed to see canopies, for example, are formal place by a steel frame might carry factory floor (the wagons them- ager, i.e., the elf foreman, hails inside. Still, a peek reveals a large variations on what they saw par- children or picnics, or both at the selves are now built in China). from Minnesota and started here warehouse space lined with cin- ents jury-rigging above Radio same time. He explains that they Schlegel said that when he eight years ago and says he comes der block walls and many, many Flyers on rainy days in Lincoln only arrived at this, a workable, started at the company, the clos- from a long lineage of industrial variations on toy wagons and toy Park. foldable wagon — now Radio est thing Radio Flyer had to a designers — his grandfather did cars and toy riding horses. Cross Pasin says the company has Flyer’s best-selling variation of its prototype shop was “a small similar design work at General figures there were 500 concepts come to recognize his grand- red wagon — in 2016, after more closet with a band saw.” Today Motors in Flint, Mich. developed in the Radio Flyer father’s red metal wagon as a than a decade of disasters. the room contains 3D printers, a Asked what innovations he prototype shop last year alone; of blank canvas — one that still sells, “It was a low point in the work- milling machine, a grinder for would like to see come to the red those ideas, only 50 made it to an but only a fraction of the 140 or so shop,” Schlegel says. metal and a drum sander for wagon if he ran Radio Flyer, he actual prototype-building stage; toys and wagons they also sell. So “It was a big test of our relation- wood. A CNC (computer numeric laughs nervously and says the job and of those, maybe 15 were pre- on a snowy December day, ship,” Pasin says. “We spent a ton control) machine that can carve is really about thinking three sented to retailers in the fall; and through a skylight in the work- of money trying to get it right. And anything can be seen through a steps ahead … of those, maybe 12 became toys shop, you can see an old stone it wasn’t happening, so I said, window, dominating in its own Yes, but innovations? Rocket that were sold in stores. chimney from the 20th-century ‘We’ve got to kill this thing.’ Tom office, its long, tubelike arm wagons perhaps? Most of what they develop, days of Antonio, then you look hadn’t been here that long (back reaching across the room and, like “I’m not going to answer,” he Schlegel notes, were not even down and see a company that around 2003), so he thought he Daniel Day-Lewis, dipping down answers. wagons; the company’s tricycles now seems more like a tech start- was definitely going to be fired. to drink the milkshake of whatev- In a corner, several large lumps are its biggest sellers these days. up, one that still makes a toy from But really, it solidified our friend- er material is placed before it. sit beneath black tarps, proto- Radio Flyer is, if nothing else, a the 1920s that no one ever needed ship. This, I said, is how we inno- There is a woodworking space types that are not for a stranger’s creature of its time. to improve on, yet remains, forev- vate.” (for quicker prototypes), and a eyes. On a window ledge sits a A boomer standard that beer, a work in progress. The wagon made to carry one room for testing paints, lined with wagon redesigned to resemble an came a yuppie standard that child only didn’t sell. ventilation screens,color-spat- old-school Soap Box Derby car. became every helicopter parent’s Up next: Big Monster Toys in The “Jungle Express” wagon tered surfaces and looking It’s very cool, and it will never get must-have. Even the company Chicago was a “total loser,” Pasin said. vaguely sinister. made, because the company name, for instance: It’s a 1920s Yet they survived. At any given time, a few of the decided that it would never sell. mashup of once cutting-edge [email protected] Their workshop today is a sea 16 full-time designer elves can be “We think it’s cool, too,” inventions, radio and flight. (Pasin Twitter @borrelli

roots in the Zephyr train and modern world. These trolls, Museums Chicago’s 1933 World’s Fair. which will be on display until decay begins to render them Continued from Page 1 4. Stanley Field Hall redesign unsafe, are an absolute delight. and new Sue gallery ongoing shot, but it is postponing pulling at Field Museum: The Field 1. “Arte Diseno Xicago: Mexi- the trigger. went bold for its milestone 125th can Inspiration from the The new fad of Instagram- birthday. Prized T. rex skeleton World’s Columbian Exposition friendly “museums” — or, per- Sue left its almost two-decade to the Civil Rights Era” at the haps, more accurately, “backdrop home in the main hall. In its place National Museum of Mexican collections” — hit Chicago. Happy came a two-story-tall replica of a Art: If you had to pick one exhib- Place ran over the summer and Titanosaur skeleton, newly dis- ition as the kind of ur-Art Design Wndr Museum, after a bumpy covered and hailed as the biggest Chicago show, it might well be opening, is still running. Clear species yet found. Around that this one. The museum’s survey of those memory cards. came new flying reptiles and Mexican made and influenced art But the big dog this year in softening touches to make the in the city demonstrated, with a Chicago museums has been the hard-surfaced hall more welcom- bevy of vivid pieces, how inter- bold and broadly invigorating ing, especially a range of benches connected everything has been. yearlong Art Design Chicago ABEL URIBE/CHICAGO TRIBUNE and innovative megaplanters Showcasing fine Mexican artists initiative backed by the Terra “Arte Diseno Xicano” at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Pilsen. suspended from the ceiling. Com- — Errol and Luis Ortiz, Enrique Foundation for American Art pleting the makeover was the Alferez, and Jesus Torres among (with help from the Driehaus Instead, the traveling show de- bit of the art museum leaking, new, second-floor gallery for Sue, them — the show crossed paths Foundation). The ADC impri- signed in part by Pixar lives up to winningly, into the more scien- opening this week. It’s an immer- with a who’s who and what’s matur (and funding!) was behind its title as it delves into the com- tific realm of zookeeping. sive, creative and elegant look at what in Chicago. Lorado Taft, dozens of exhibitions, scores of plex math and physics that go the world of this very special Margaret Burroughs, Archibald public events, and reams of new into making high-end modern 6. “History Lessons: Everyday specimen. Motley Jr., Charles White, Jane research all finding fresh or animation. But the explanations Objects from Chicago Public Addams Hull House, even Mayor deeper takes on the city’s visual of rendering and such don’t over- Housing” at National Public 3. “Flesh: Ivan Albright at the Richard J. Daley all made appear- arts history. whelm all of those great Pixar Housing Museum head- Art Institute of Chicago”: The ances, suggesting the story of And almost inevitably, Art characters, from Buzz Lightyear quarters: The NPHM doesn’t Michigan Avenue treasure palace Mexican art here is in some es- Design Chicago is responsible for to the “Monsters Inc.” critters. have its Taylor Street building mounted major looks at Charles sential way the story of Chicago many of the shows (Nos. 10, 5, 3 ready yet to join the nation’s White and John Singer Sargent in art. and 1) on the following list of my 8. “Mr. Akeley’s Movie Cam- “museums of conscience” that tell 2018. But if I could see one again favorite new or temporary exhib- era” through March 17 at Field stories rooted in a social-justice it would be this intense, one- Ten other favorites, in no particu- itions from 2018: Museum: The Field mounted ideal. But this resonant summer- gallery focus on Albright, the lar order: “Chicago Calling: Art big, thoroughly engaging shows time show at the museum’s River 20th-century Chicago painter Against the Flow” through Feb. 10 10. “Keep Moving: Designing on “Mummies” and “Antarctic North offices gave a taste of what known for his obsession with at Intuit: The Center for Intuitive Chicago’s Bicycle Culture” Dinosaurs” this year. But one that might be coming. Instead of depicting the human form in an and Outsider art; “Keith Haring: through March 3 at Design was unexpected — and especially showcasing rarefied objects in the exaggerated, almost macabre The Chicago Mural” at Chicago Museum of Chicago: Yes, if you fascinating — was this modest, standard museum fashion, this decline. “Flesh” made the case for Cultural Center; “Mummies” at make a show about bikes or beer one-room look at the museum’s one put on display mundane Albright as a new old master Field Museum; Art on theMart (which the nascent Chicago taxidermy pioneer Carl Akeley things from public housing resi- rather than the Goth-anticipating ongoing along the Riverwalk; “A Brewseum has done at the Field), (he did the fighting elephants in dents — a mason’s tools, a Pyrex genre painter some seem inclined Johnson Publishing Story” at I’m an easy mark. But this exhib- the main hall) and the portable dish, a garden hose — and told the to write him off as. Stony Island Arts Bank; “Enrico ition is especially well done. It camera he invented for nature deep human stories behind them. David: Gradations of Slow Release’ details how Chicago became filming that became a Hollywood 2. “Troll Hunt” ongoing at through March 10 at MCA Chi- bike-making champ even as the standard. 5. “Modern by Design: Chicago Morton Arboretum: In the cago; “Amplified: Chicago Blues” newfangled invention inspired Streamlines America” beginning months of the year, an through Aug. 10 at Chicago His- neighborhood clubs, mayoral 7. “Underwater Beauty” through Dec. 2, 2019 at Chi- effervescent new-world hippy tory Museum; “Up is Down: Mid- candidates and women’s libera- through late 2019 at Shedd cago History Museum: If you’re Danish artist and his team moved Century Experiments in Advertis- tion. And despite its small foot- Aquarium: The lakefront fish wondering where that mid-cen- into the Lisle tree park and began ing and Film at the Goldsholl Stu- print, it shows plenty of bikes and house has made a winning habit tury modern furniture you drool making enormous modern mythi- dio” at Block Museum; “Never a bike parts. out of designing temporary ex- over at antique shops comes from, cal creatures out of recycled Lovely So Real: Photography and hibitions that spotlight certain this exhibition should satisfy wood. Now six of Thomas Dam- Film in Chicago, 1950-1980” at Art 9. “The Science Behind Pixar” animals (“Jellies”) or classes of some of your curiosity. The show bo’s giants patrol the grounds, one Institute of Chicago; “The Time Is through Jan. 6 at Museum of animals (“Amphibians”). This makes the case that the stream- hiding behind bushes, one lolling Now! Art Worlds of Chicago’s Science and Industry: Done new one, though, shows off lined design that would show up in a meadow, one standing sen- South Side, 1960-1980” through poorly, a gigantic exploration of underwater creatures according in Sunbeam mixers, Schwinn tinel over (and visible from) the Dec. 30 at Smart Museum of Art. the work of the innovative anima- to aesthetic standards, grouping bicycles, Sears steel-legged sofas adjacent I-88, guarding the arbo- tion studio could come off as them by modes of beauty: color, and even a bright red Interna- retum, in Dambo’s fertile mind, [email protected] merely a tunnel to the gift shop. pattern, movement, etc. It’s a little tional Harvester tractor had its against encroachment by the Twitter @StevenKJohnson Chicago Tribune | Arts+Entertainment | Section 4 | Thursday, December 20, 2018 5

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Although her mother ran a dance school where Marshall herself taught tap, and her father directed industrial films, and her brother Garry Marshall wrote for the sitcoms of Lucille Ball, Danny Thomas and Dick Van Dyke before developing “The Odd Couple” and creating “Happy Days” — and though she was named Car- ole Penny Marshall for Carole Lombard — by her own account, she walked in side- ways to acting. She had majored in math and psycholo- gy at the University of New Mexico, got pregnant there, got married, got divorced ABC PHOTO ARCHIVES and worked as a secretary, the career she Penny Marshall, left, and Cindy Williams envisioned for herself in her high school cap bottles in “Laverne & Shirley.” yearbook. (Her daughter Tracy was later adopted by Marshall’s second husband, the cute one. Marshall often demeaned Rob Reiner, whom she married in 1971.) her own looks; early in her career, she Notwithstanding some performing with played the nominally less attractive oppo- the Albuquerque Civic Light Opera, “I site to Farrah Fawcett’s beauty in a Head & didn’t plan on being in the business,” she Shoulders shampoo commercial. But I said in a 2013 video interview for the found her the attractive one, even beauti- Archive of American Television. ful: lanky, with a striking profile and wide- She left Albuquerque to join her set eyes, she was Italian on her father’s brother in Los Angeles. Garry, who side. Where Shirley is proper, Laverne is thought she was “sort of funny,” encour- loose; where Williams was girlish, Mar- aged her to take some acting classes — she shall was womanly. studied with Harvey Lembeck and Jeff (I also constantly see something of Corey, which is to say, the cream of the Harpo Marx in her — the most physical crop. After a one-word part in an episode and feminine Marx Brother. The thought of “That Girl” earned her more money doesn’t seem out of place.) than a week of work as a temp typist, she Marshall’s later television appearances, switched careers. “The Odd Couple” was which included visits to “Entourage,” her first regular gig; she is sweet and ec- “Bones,” “Portlandia” and “Mulaney,” centric in it, and she does a lot with a little. could be self-referential; she would play Laverne and Shirley were born as guest herself, or something that played off her characters on “Happy Days,” 1950s-style earlier roles, as when she reunited with wild girls on a double date with Fonzie Williams in a 2013 episode of Nickelode- (Henry Winkler) and Richie (Ron How- on’s teen sitcom “Sam & Cat.” (In the ard). Popular with viewers, they returned physical spirit of “Laverne & Shirley,” for several more episodes before being there was boxing.) Her 2016 “Odd Cou- spun off into their own series, Marshall’s ple” appearance, again with Williams — as first and only starring role. well as with “Happy Days” cast members Bottle-cappers in a Milwaukee brewery, Howard, Marion Ross, Anson Williams living in a basement apartment, the room- and Don Most — was in tribute to her late mates, who were somewhat improper by brother. “Happy Days” standards, were recast to The dominant tone of her own accounts make them more family-friendly: “We of her career is one of self-deprecation. Of were the slutty girls who became virgins,” her first directing experience, on “Laverne as Marshall put it, though it seems clear & Shirley”: “By the sixth, seventh year, that Laverne, in a way that the series never who wants to direct this week — the script deigned to make explicit, was, within girl, first AD, the camera coordinator, unexpressed limits, sexually forward. (“A whoever. How many doors can you come little boy crazy,” Marshall called her.) through? There’s one door.” (This was a It’s easy to dismiss “Laverne & Shirley,” story she repeated nearly word for word.) which debuted as the No. 1 series on tele- On her TV guest shots: “I was in an epi- vision, as hectic fluff, a Lucy-and-Ethel sode of ‘Mork and Mindy,’ I was in an knockoff, especially given its later, dec- episode of ‘Taxi,’ I was in an episode of adent seasons. But at its best, there is ‘Bosom Buddies’ — you name it, if it was something surprisingly natural in its stag- on the lot, I ran from my stage to their ing and performance, a blue-collar come- stage. They said, ‘You’ll be yourself.’ What dy whose characters seem, most of them, else am I? This is what I am.” much of the time — I make exception, of Perhaps there is something in that that course, for the farcical two stooges, speaks to what makes her work still a joy Michael McKean’s Lenny and David L. to watch, what gives it life, what makes it Lander’s Squiggy — pretty real. That real: She was who she was. Bronx accent was all Marshall’s. Williams was, in conventional terms, [email protected] 6 Chicago Tribune | Arts+Entertainment | Section 4 | Thursday, December 20, 2018

Horoscopes Dilbert By Scott Adams Today’s birthday (Dec. 20): Collaboration and cooperation flower this year. Self-dis- cipline makes things happen. Unexpected romance flowers. Personal breakthroughs this winter lead to a turning point in family finances. A special partnership sparks next summer, inspiring new personal directions. Aries (March 21-April 19): Today is a 7. Focus on communications for a few days. Work out a disagreement about priorities. Find unorthodox solutions. An old trick works again. Patiently reconnect. Taurus (April 20-May 20): 9. There’s extra cash to be made over the next two days. Focus on action more than words. Make your own luck through determination and persistence. Baby Blues By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott Gemini (May 21-June 20): 9. An unexpected bonus benefits you personally. Keep your promises and bargains. Do what you said you would. Advance a cause close to your heart. Cancer (June 21-July 22): 6. Finish work in private through tomorrow. Tie up loose ends, and put things away. Slow down, and consider options as new opportunities arise. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): 8. Community efforts can surge forward. Take actions planned earlier. Miscommunications or delays could frustrate. Focus on and keep your own part of the bargain. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): 9. Professional opportunities are ripe for the picking. Traffic and communication snarls could slow the action. Stick to simple, practical career moves. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): 8. You may want to spread your wings and fly. Check conditions. Avoid gossip or rumors. Zits By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman Monitor traffic. The news could affect your itinerary. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): 8. Work out numbers with your partner over the next few days. Contribute to shared accounts. Avoid arguments about money; keep producing valuable input. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): 8. Be receptive to a partner’s view. Listen before advancing, to avoid a communications breakdown. Collaborate to get more done with less over the next few days. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): 8. Get into physical action. A riddle can be solved. An amazing development impacts your work and health. Get your heart pumping. Pick up the pace. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): 7. Include someone into your circle of close friends and family. Have patience with misun- derstandings and delays. Take action for love. Mr. Boffo By Joe Martin Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): 8. Things could get busy at home. Family and domestic matters capture your attention. Clean a mess. Stay out of someone else’s argument.

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Bridge North-South vulnerable, South deals North ♠ Q952 Dick Tracy By Joe Staton and Mike Curtis ♥ 10 2 ♦ AJ1063 ♣ AK West East ♠ 4 ♠ 10 7 6 3 ♥ QJ87 ♥ 4 ♦ 972 ♦ KQ85 ♣ QJ1073 ♣ 9652 South ♠ AKJ8 ♥ AK9653 ♦ 4 ♣ 84 3-2 splits in both major suits would give South an easy 13 tricks. One 3-2 split would be the percentage favorite, but not two 3-2 splits. Just as well they stopped in a small slam Animal Crackers By Mike Osbun as even 12 tricks required excellent technique and disdain for the overtrick. Duplicate players would be very likely to go down in this The bidding: slam trying for an South West North East overtrick. ♥ ♦ South won the 1 Pass 2 * Pass opening club lead 2♠ Pass 3♠ Pass with dummy’s ace 4♥ Pass 4NT Pass and led a low spade 5♥ Pass 6♠ All pass to his ace. He cashed the ace of hearts *Forcing to game and then made a Opening lead: Queen of ♣ play that any rubber bridge player would be proud of. He led a low heart! West won with the queen and then shifted to a diamond in response to partner’s signal. Prickly City By Scott Stantis Declarer rose with dummy’s ace of diamonds and carefully led the nine of spades to his king. This proved to be a far-sighted play when West showed out. A heart was ruffed with the queen of spades and the carefully preserved five of spades was led for a finesse through East’s 10 of spades. It was a simple matter, from here, for South to draw the last trump and claim his well-earned slam. Nicely played!

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Dustin By Steve Kelley and Jeff Parker Sudoku 12/20

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Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box in bold borders contains Blondie By Dean Young and John Marshall every digit 1 to 9. Wednesday’s solutions

Jumble Unscramble the four Jumbles, one letter per square, to form four words. Then arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by this cartoon. Hägar the Horrible By Chris Browne

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Chicago Tribune | Homes | Section 5 | Thursday, December 20, 2018 C 5 DREAMSTIME If you a have live tree for can also reuseYou your When you recycle boxes, If you get a new comput- ■ ■ ■ ■ the holidays, recycle it at end.season’s munici- Most palities collect trees in the two weeks following Christmas, so contact your local If recycling center. they don’t, there are many nonprofit organizations that will pick up your tree in exchange for a small donation. Before recycling it, make sure to remove all suchnon-organic as decor, lights and ornaments. tree. It can be chipped for use as ground cover or mulch. Or place the trunk strategically in your garden as a small habitat for birds and squirrels. If you a have pond, you can even sub- merge a tree to create a habitat for small fish. break them down flat and remove large amounts of heavy-duty tape. phone orer, tablet, consider recycling the old one at a registered e-waste giftcollection it site. Or, to someone else who can use it — and take care to se- curely delete all personal information first. I recycle Be sure to mention the You Proofread carefully. Use recycled wrapping A holiday tree doesn’t reach the end of its life after after life its the end of reach doesn’t tree A holiday tree. your or reusing Dec. 25. Consider recycling How should How during the holidays? The holidays tend to generate a lot of and waste, if you’re not careful, they can blossom into a full-on celebration of conspicuous consumption. Consider these tips to your lower environmental footprint and be a more considerate steward this season. ■ and to thepoint, but try not to be generic. specific gift or action. A quick line about how you plan to use the gift would be appropriate: “The serving tray was very thoughtful, and I’m sure it will get plenty of use at our dinner parties!” don’t want to ruin an otherwise perfect note with a spelling or grammatical error. paper, and preparepaper, for next year by saving bows and ribbons for reuse. If you buy choose new paper, wrapping paper and holiday cards made from plain can’t recycle You paper. metallic paper or glitter. If there’s a If there’s In an age of email If you send notes, do so Contractors tell us they If you’re tipping an In the hubbub of the HOME REMEDIES HOME REMEDIES to thank tip, and Ways recycle for the holidays By Paul F. P.Pogue Angie’s List What about thank-you notes? Should I tip my service Should I tip my professional? and smartphones, thank- you notes may seem like a thing of the past. But this means that a thoughtful, handwritten note carries more meaning now than If you kids, have it’s ever. good to get them started on a good habit early as well. preferably promptly, within a short week. Write regular plumber, house- regular plumber, cleaner or landscaper you rely on, you might wonder whether you should tip them during the holidays. tipping isn’t Generally, expected in the home service trades like it is in the restaurant and personal grooming industries. don’t expect or count on tips because they already charge what they feel is a fair price for the work. That said, they do appreciate them. Tips are a great way toshow your appreciation for work well done throughout the year. employee rather than a make sure business owner, the company policy doesn’t forbid them from accepting tips. If you want to offer a different gift to your professional, consider writing a letter to the company owner praising the employ- write a work.ee’s Or, positive online review. holidays, small points of etiquette and responsibility can easily be overlooked. notes Tipping, thank-you and recycling top the list of things you might not think about that can still add a bit of cheer to your holiday season. CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN GARDEN BOTANIC CHICAGO Monitor theseMonitor shrubs in Some shrubs such as It may also be beneficial stems that develop lower on the stem over the next couple of years. Cut back any young stems that remain to encourage branches. Once you get these old, thick stems to a couple of inches from the ground, you should be able to stop cutting them back, providing you devel- have oped a good-looking shrub. spring, and cut out any dead portions of the stems. It is likely that you will somehave prun- follow-up ing to Cut do. back new thatgrowth is shooting above the other stems to encourage the shrub to develop a denser habit. lilacs, viburnums and forsythia form their flower buds in the previous year on(flower old wood), so the pruning heavy that you will be doing in winter will allremove the spring flowers. The shrubs will then theflower following year, providing that you avoid pruning them after their budsflowers form in late summer/early fall this year. to fertilize your shrubs in spring and provide extra water during any dry spells during the season. growing Tim is Johnson of director horticulture for the Chicago Botanic in Garden Glencoe. [email protected] The remaining young want to encourage You If your shrubs do not Since the goal is to re- work well for this and minimize damage to any remaining young stems. It is best to saw them at ground level to leav- avoid ing stubs. stems will likely need to be cut back in height. It is difficult to give exact height recommendations without seeing a picture of your shrubs, but likely you will end up cutting the remaining younger stems to a height of 2 to 3 feet. strong from growth the base of the plant, so err on the side of cutting the shrubs back than lower you think they should be. If you do not cut them back hard enough, you can end up with spindly growth from the tops of the stems and not from the base. This type of pruning is dramatic and your leaves plants rather ugly. younghave stems emerging from the base of the plant, then you need to cut back the old thick stems to about 2 feet or just above the point where there is a young stem. Generally the shrubs will respond with new from growth the old stems and base of the shrub. move the most of the old stems, you will need to prune back the thick remaining stems to new Rejuvenation pruning is best done when plants are dor- are done when plants pruning is best Rejuvenation mant in winter in spring. regrowth the most get to )

The first step is to try to Garden beds that have You likely have one likely have or You I prefer to aggressively — Appleton, Jerry I some have large, Hydrangea paniculata Hydrangea remove allremove the large stems, especially if they have formed mature bark. A small folding hand saw will cultivars with thick stems. It will be best to slowly reduce the size of these plants over a period of years or replace the plant for quicker results. had a large increase in shade over time can im- pede the response of sun- loving shrubs. I not have had good results in aggressively pruning over- large, paniclegrown hydrangea ( more of the following shrubs in your garden: lilac, viburnum, forsythia or red twig dogwood, all of which typically respond well to aggressive pruning, providing that they are in decent health. Plants under a lot of stress or in decline may not respond as vigorously as those in good condition but overgrown. prune (rejuvenate) shrubs that become have over- andgrown, generally get good results with many different types of shrubs. shrubsThe are overgrown a liability in your landscape in their current condition. pruningRejuvenation is best done when the plants are dormant during the winter to get the most inregrowth spring. It is best to finish the pruning before plants begin growing in the spring. Woodstock overgrown shrubs that overgrown my gar- overtaken have den. They seem to be nice shrubs, and I would like to try to them. save Can I prune them to reduce their size? If so, what is the best approach? 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