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Stakes run
especially
high amid
year of lows
Election results could
test America’s solidarity
as well as its leadership
By Julie Pace
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — After a year
of deep disruption, America is
poised for a presidential election
that renders a verdict on the
nation’s role in the world and the
direction of its economy, on its
willingness to contain an escalat-
ing pandemic and its ability to
confront systemic racial inequity.
But the two men on the ballot,
President Donald Trump and
Democrat Joe Biden, offer more
than just differing solutions for
the country’s most pressing prob-
lems. The choice before voters is a
referendum on the role of the
presidency itself and a test of the
sturdiness of democracy, with the
president challenging the legiti-
macy of the outcome even before
Election Day and law enforce-
ment agencies braced for the
possibility of civil unrest.
“There’s more than just your
standard ideological difference
between the two candidates.
There’s a fundamentally different
view of what the presidency is and
what leadership means for the
nation,” said Jeffrey Engel, direc-
tor of the Center for Presidential
History at Southern Methodist
University.
Voters appear to recognize the
moment: More than 86 million
people have already cast ballots,
shattering records for early voting.
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Race, class divisions are stark
in fight over reopening schools
Pandemic fears still
run high for some as
others rally to return
By Karen Ann Cullotta
When Barrington School Dis-
trict 220 began welcoming stu-
dents back into the classroom in
October, nearly 90% of children
who attend Hough Street School
in the heart of the village arrived
for in-person instruction.
Heading west past the horse
farms and rolling fields of Bar-
rington Hills, the district’s Sunny
Tom Skilling’s forecast
Sunday, November 1, 2020
ELECTION 2020
On the county, state and national levels,
this year’s process far from traditional
By Rick Pearson
To some degree, every election
is a referendum, and perhaps
never more so than in a presi-
dential year.
But peeling back the Nov. 3
ballot beyond the decision on
whether Donald Trump or Joe
Biden should sit in the White
House, there are a number of
issues and candidacies that pre-
sent their own referendums.
There’s a proposed constitu-
ANTONIO PEREZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE tional amendment that would
change Illinois from a flat-rate
Lonnie Kapinus checks on Black Angus calves at Kapinus Farms at sunrise Wednesday in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.
BATTLE FOR THE
BATTLEGROUND
Trump flipped key Midwest counties from Obama. Can he keep grip vs. Biden?
By Bill Ruthhart
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. — Seated at the bar at Frazier’s Old
Faithful Inn with one hand gripped on his beer and one eye on the
Packers game, Lonnie Kapinus explained in four words why he voted
for Republican Donald Trump in 2016 after twice backing Democrat
Barack Obama: “He wasn’t Hillary Clinton.”
“Her husband had already been president eight years, she had
been senator and secretary of state, and I thought it was just too many
Clintons in the situation,” said Kapinus, a 55-year-old farmer who
tends to 1,200 acres in Prairie du Chien, a rural town of 5,665 people.
“There needed to be a change, and damn it, Trump did change it.”
Hill School in Carpentersville cases.
also reopened. But only about 1 in Now, many parents, particu-
4 families at Sunny Hill — where larly from middle- and upper-
90% of students are economically income communities in the Chi-
disadvantaged — allowed their cago area, are again demanding a
children to return to the class- reopening of schools, saying their
room. children are suffering from social
This tale of two schools — less
than 8 miles apart, but a world
isolation and academic regres-
sion they believe pose a greater
away when it comes to parents’ danger than the virus itself.
reactions to the coronavirus — Yet as parents in more affluent
began a rocky new chapter this communities like Elmhurst, Lin-
week, as District 220 joined a colnshire and Libertyville organ-
growing list of suburban Chicago ize rallies in support of open
schools that are pausing in- schools, fears that in-person
person instruction due to the
record high rate of COVID-19 Turn to Schools, Page 2
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income tax to a graduated-rate
levy. That top-of-the ballot item
also could present a referendum
on voter trust in state government
or how they view the state’s
financial future.
There’s a decision on whether
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, a member
of the chamber’s Democratic lead-
ership, deserves a fifth term. And
there are elections involving the
state’s 18 congressional seats, in-
cluding the reelection bids of two
suburban Democratic freshmen.
Those races could prove to be a
referendum on voter views on an
But not for the better, in his
book. This time, Kapinus is
voting for Democratic nominee
Joe Biden, because he isn’t
President Trump.
“He gets caught in all these
lies and his over-abuse of power.
Trump thinks he’s a king or
something,” Kapinus said. “I
don’t have enough fingers and
toes to tell you how many times
he’s disappointed me in what
he’s done.”
Tucked amid the rocky bluffs
and rolling farmland overlook-
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ever-more partisan, divided
Washington.
In the Illinois legislature, all 118
seats are up for election to the
Illinois House and 22 seats are on
the ballot in the 59-member state
Senate. The election of the Gen-
eral Assembly, with supermajori-
ties of Democrats in both cham-
bers, could present a referendum
on its leadership, including long-
time House Speaker Michael
Madigan, who finds himself en-
snared in a federal investigation.
In Cook County, the race be-
tween reelection-seeking Demo-
cratic State’s Attorney Kim Foxx
and Republican Pat O’Brien could
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ing the Mississippi River, Prairie
du Chien and western Wiscon-
sin is filled with voters like
Kapinus who backed Obama in
2012 only to flip in large num-
bers to Trump in 2016. Which
direction this group of inde-
pendent-minded voters chooses
this year could prove critical in a
number of Midwestern battle-
ground states, including Wis-
consin, Michigan, Minnesota,
Ohio and Iowa.
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Schools
Continued from Page 1

classes will increase the

risks of coronavirus expo-
sure to students and staff —
and, by extension, to their
families — are only growing,
especially in lower-income
and more racially diverse
communities dispropor-
tionately affected by the
pandemic.
That all of this is playing
out during an economic
crisis and perhaps one the
most polarized presidential
elections in U.S. history has
only escalated tensions.
Troubled by the dispa-
rate attitudes toward the
virus, Dr. Tina Tan, profes-
sor of pediatrics at North- BRIAN CASSELLA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE PHOTOS

western University Fein- Parents and students rally Tuesday in favor of reopening schools in Elmhurst Community
berg School of Medicine, Unit School District 205.
observed that, “Everything
has become a political de-
bate, and a lot of more
affluent individuals don’t
believe in the science.”
“Some of these parents
believe kids don’t get very
sick, and even if their kids
get COVID, it would just be
the sniffles,” Tan said. “But
the opposite is true, and a
certain subset of children
can become very ill with
long-term consequences.”
Tan said residents from
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it’s easy to find a room for a school in stages over the last computer in the basement, staff.
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give a good wedding toast? How do you fix a clogged so they don’t infect the rest And while the district is said Hawthorn Woods resi- have reported only eight
drain? How do you bowl without hurting anyone? Ques- of the family,” Tan said. “But using a staggered schedule dent Christina George, cases of COVID-19 since the
tions like these — some highly practical, others wildly when you have a multi- so that no more than a fifth whose 15-year-old son is a start of the school year, with
funny — make up this engaging do-it-yourself guide. generational family living of students are in the freshman at Stevenson the holidays approaching,
Collected from the Tribune how-to columns called “Life under the same roof in a schools at one time, only High School in Lin- Superintendent Trisha Ko-
Skills,” this book is filled with often humorous instructions two-bedroom apartment, about 40% of families have colnshire, which has not canda sounded the alarm in
on performing a variety of tasks. how do you social distance chosen to send their chil- reopened and is instructing recent days.
when someone is sick?” dren back for in-person 4,300 students with remote In a video message to
“Won for the Ages: How the Chicago Cubs Became In one suburban school learning, the district con- learning. parents posted on the dis-
the 2016 World Series Champions.” Revisit the joy system, Cicero District 99 — firmed. “I personally don’t feel trict’s website, Kocanda ex-
produced by the team that Theo Epstein built and Joe where the community’s Still, with Addison’s sev- afraid of COVID, because pressed her dismay upon
Maddon guided to the baseball promised land. From Rizzo COVID-19 rate has double en-day positivity rate hover- the fact remains that any- learning that some students
and Russell to Baez and Bryant — and that’s just the in- digits in recent weeks — the ing around 15% — and the time you step foot out of the were sent to school despite
fielders — a cast of characters grew up before our eyes as teachers union is strongly DuPage County Health De- house, you assume some family members awaiting
their 2016 juggernaut took them from spring training in opposing a request that partment recommending kind of risk,” said George, the results of COVID-19
Arizona to their sport’s ultimate prize in Cleveland. Avail- teachers begin delivering that schools revert to re- who has been among the tests, which is strictly for-
able online at chicagotribune.com/wonfortheages. remote lessons from empty mote learning because of leaders of the grassroots bidden.
classrooms in November. “substantial community Stevenson Can Team, In addition, Kocanda said
All Chicago Tribune print books are available online at Rachel Esposito, president transmission” of COVID-19 which touts the support of some students have re-
chicagotribune.com/printbooks of the Cicero Council of the — teachers rallied outside of more than 500 students, ported that their parents
West Suburban Teachers a Board of Education meet- parents, taxpayers and busi- did not inquire about their
Union, noted Friday that a ing Wednesday seeking an ness leaders who want the health, nor did they have
large majority of families immediate suspension of option of a return to in- their temperature taken be-
ACCURACY AND ETHICS indicated support for re- in-person learning. person learning. fore school — both of which
Margaret Holt, standards editor mote learning in a district “We need to do what’s George said the fact that are required daily to comply
survey. safest for our students and residents living in affluent with the district’s CrisisGo
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Tribune’s news responsibility. 96% who are Hispanic, ac- lutely be following that ad- makes the high school’s extend in-person learning
cording state data released vice,” Addison Teachers As- remote learning especially as long as possible,” said
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Remote learning skews annual report card
96% attendance
reported during
pandemic year
By Jessica Villagomez
The Illinois State Board
of Education released its
annual school report card
Friday as students across
the state adjust to remote
and hybrid learning this
school year.
Typically, the card is a
comprehensive analysis of
academic and test perform-
ance, demographics and a
financial summary of every
school and district in the
state. However, as the co-
ronavirus pandemic contin-
ues to affect in-person
teaching, many metrics in
this year’s analysis are not
comparable to previous
years.
“This year, COVID-19
had a significant impact on
the data we normally collect
for the report card,” Car-
men Ayala, state superin-
tendent of education, told
news media Tuesday.
One example is an in-
crease in the attendance
rate. Schools reported
higher attendance, even as
they closed their doors
CHICAGOLAND
completely.
Of the state’s 865 school
entities that receive report
cards, the median attend-
ance rate for the 2019-20
school year was more than
96%. Only 100 districts
didn’t post higher attend-
ance rates this year than
last, a Tribune analysis
shows. Last year’s attend-
ance rate was just under
95%.
For some metrics, such as
surveys on school culture
and climate, ISBE collected
no data for the 2019-20
school year. For other met-
rics like attendance, the
suspension of in-person in-
struction likely affected the
results, according to the
school board.
“A standardized method
of reporting attendance was
not possible in the spring
during the suspension of
in-person instruction, some
schools had access to tech-
nology while other schools
had paper packets,” Ayala
said.
With districts deciding
on their own when a stu-
dent should be considered
absent, the vast majority
logged high attendance
rates — even with the dis-
ruption of the pandemic.
Districts that previously
indicated struggles with
chronic truancy reported
that it wasn’t as significant a
problem last year. For ex-
ample, Chicago Public
Schools reported more than
20,000 fewer chronically
truant students.
Ayala said there will have
to be higher-quality attend-
ance data going forward,
regardless of whether a
school is hybrid, in person
or online.
Another metric impacted
by the pandemic is gradua-
tion rate data, according to
the school board. Gradua-
tion rates cannot be com-
pared to previous years be-
cause the state changed
requirements for students
expecting to graduate in
spring 2020.
However, some data
points were included in the
2020 report card.
More than 2,000 teach-
ers were added to the work-
force, and the teacher re-
tention rate is at 86%, ac-
cording to the school board.
The 2019 teacher retention
rate statewide was about
the same.
Ayala said the state has
prioritized teacher recruit-
ment through grants,
teacher leadership pro-
grams and recruitment
plans for educators of color.
“While we have in-
creased the number of
teachers, the profession re-
mains overwhelmingly
white and female … we still
have much more work to
do,” Ayala said.
Eighty-two percent of
teachers in the state are
white, while nearly 77%
identify as female.
In order to diversify the
teaching force across the
state, Roxanne F. Owens,
chair of the teacher educa-
tion department at DePaul
University’s College of Edu-
cation, said universities
must support students
studying to be educators.
“We have to help high
school students and career
changers see the benefits of
becoming teachers. Right
now, teaching is a tough sell
for anyone,” she said. “We
need to help people see all
of the upsides to it.”
Owens said programs
like the Golden Apple
Scholars of Illinois alleviate
the financial burden of get-
ting a college degree, for
example. Connecting stu-
dents to community schools
early also increases their
likelihood of continuing to
pursue teaching, Owens
said.
“We want our students to
go into communities and
see how they can help
people that look just like
them; that’s a very powerful
thing in this profession.”
In another category, the
report card shows more
students excelling in ad-
vanced placement tests
with students achieving a
70% pass rate, 2 points
higher than the class of
2019. More than 8,000 more
high school students took
career and technical educa-
tion, dual credit, Advanced
Placement and Interna-
tional Baccalaureate
courses in the 2019-20
school year, compared with
the prior year, according to
the report.
Illinois schools are usu-
ally given designations that
rank how well a school
educates all demographic
groups of students, taking
into account student im-
provement in standardized
testing.
Because of inconsisten-
cies in the analysis, this year
the state did not issue new
rankings and carried over
school rankings from the
last school year.
The rankings rate
schools as: exemplary, com-
mendable, underperform-
ing and lowest performing.
For 2020, the lowest per-
forming designation was
changed to “comprehen-
sive” and underperforming
was changed to “targeted,”
according to the school
board.
But there was one addi-
tion.
For the first time, the
2020 Illinois Report Card
includes Kindergarten Indi-
vidual Development Survey
(KIDS) data, a tool used to
track student developmen-
tal readiness in the first 40
days of kindergarten.
Chicago Tribune’s Jennifer
Smith Richards contributed.
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Scaffolding remains on the twin towers of St. Adalbert Catholic Church in Pilsen as a jet plane flies past Oct. 13.

City switches on St. Adalbert status

Will take first steps
to propose Pilsen
church landmark
By Blair Kamin
As debate has raged over
a proposed landmark dis-
trict in Pilsen, activists kept
asking why the city was
moving to protect 900
buildings in the Near South-
west Side neighborhood,
but not one of its most
prominent structures, the
shuttered St. Adalbert Cath-
olic Church.
City officials replied that
the ornate edifice, which
has been called the mother
church of Polish parishes on
the city’s West and South
sides, was in no danger of
demolition. If someone
moved to tear it down, they
said, they would have ample
time to safeguard it.
This week, however, they
said they would take the
first step to grant the church
official landmark status —
and that they have authority
to begin that process with-
out the consent of the
church’s owner, the Archdi-
ocese of Chicago.
“We have heard you,”
Maurice Cox, commissioner
of the city’s Department of
Planning and Development,
said Tuesday at the last of
three online meetings about
the proposed landmark dis-
trict. “This is an iconic land-
mark in Pilsen. That is with-
out dispute.”
The city, he said, would
start to prepare a report to
make the case that the
building deserves to be pro-
tected from demolition or
character-destroying altera-
tions. City officials would
work with the archdiocese
on the proposed landmark
designation and plans to
CHICAGO TRIBUNE HISTORICAL PHOTO
St. Adalbert Catholic Church at 17th and Paulina streets,
circa June 1926. The church was desanctified last year.
redevelop it, he said.
If a house of worship is
still being used, its owner
must consent before it can
become a city landmark,
but, if like St. Adalbert, it is
no longer in use, the owner’s
consent is not required, Pe-
ter Strazzabosco, a spokes-
man for the planning de-
partment, said Friday.
City officials have been
discussing landmark status
for the church with the
archdiocese since last year,
he said.
In a statement, the arch-
diocese said it looks forward
to working with the city “to
understand their goals and
to develop a plan for the
property that recognizes its
historical significance to the
community while support-
ing the needs of St. Paul
parish.”
St. Adalbert, which was
officially desanctified last
year, was combined with St.
Paul Catholic Church in
Pilsen as part of a consoli-
dation that church officials
attributed to a declining
parish population and high
renovation costs.
Designed by prolific Chi-
cago architect Henry
Schlacks and located a block
north of Pilsen’s 18th Street
commercial corridor, the
106-year-old church at 1650
W. 17th St. combines the
austere basilica form of
early Christian churches
with baroque flourishes that
symbolize Polish national
identity.
Thousands of Eastern
European immigrants, in-
cluding Czechs and Poles,
lived in Pilsen before it
became predominantly
Mexican American in the
1960s.
When the archdiocese
announced in 2016 that it
would close St. Adalbert as
part of its cost-saving con-
solidation plan, some
church members com-
plained they no longer
would have access to a place
that echoes with memories
of baptisms, weddings and
funerals.
Historic preservationists,
who have been fighting to
protect St. Adalbert, ex-
pressed satisfaction at the
shift by city officials.
“We’ve been encouraging
the city to demonstrate that
the crown-jewel and one of
the iconic and gateway
buildings of Pilsen needs to
be landmarked,” Ward
Miller, executive director of
Preservation Chicago,
wrote in a text message
Thursday.
It is unclear whether the
city’s decision on St. Adal-
bert will affect its controver-
sial landmark district pro-
posal.
The church would be an
individual city landmark. It
is not being included in the
proposed Pilsen landmark
district, which covers com-
mercial and residential
buildings primarily built be-
tween the 1880s and the late
1940s.
Cox said at the meeting
that Ald. Tom Tunney, 44th,
chair of the City Council
Committee on Zoning,
Landmarks and Building
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Documents: Teen cried upon surrendering

After shootings in
Kenosha, worried
about comments
By Stacy St. Clair
and Christy
Gutowski
Kyle Rittenhouse cried,
vomited and worried about
negative social media com-
ments after turning himself
in to a far north suburban
police department follow-
ing the fatal shooting of two
protesters in Kenosha, Wis-
consin, last summer, accord-
ing to newly released docu-
ments.
Rittenhouse, 17, and his
mother appeared in the
lobby of the Antioch police
station around 1:20 a.m.
Aug. 26, just hours after
prosecutors say the teen-
ager shot three men with an
AR-15-style rifle, killing two
of them. Police reports show
Rittenhouse repeatedly ac-
knowledged his role in the
shooting during his conver-
sations with officers, though
he insisted he had been
protecting himself.
“I shot two white kids,”
he told police, according to
documents obtained late
Friday under a Freedom of
Information Act request
that village officials initially
denied.
The records offer the first
detailed accounts of what
transpired in the hours after
the shootings in Kenosha, a
lakeside town located about
10 miles from the Illinois
border. Joseph Rosenbaum,
36, and Anthony Huber, 26,
died from the injuries they
sustained that night.
According to 17 pages of
police reports, an emotional
Rittenhouse told police he
had been hired to protect a
Kenosha business amid the
unrest stemming from the
police shooting of Jacob
Blake, a Black man who was
shot multiple times in the
back at close range days
earlier. At some point during
the night, Rittenhouse said,
he tried stop an unnamed
man from hitting windows
and the man began to chase
him.
The teen told officers that
he had been hit in his lower
Kyle Rittenhouse appears at his extradition hearing Friday
at the Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan.
neck and head with a base-
ball bat and a skateboard
before firing his weapon,
according to the police re-
port. A filing by Kenosha
prosecutors does not indi-
cate that any of the victims
were wielding a baseball bat
when they were shot,
though video taken that
night does show Huber
reaching for the rifle as a
skateboard hits Ritten-
house’s shoulder.
Antioch officers noted
small scratches on Ritten-
house’s arms when he
turned himself in, but he did
not have any cuts or bruises,
a police report states. Para-
medics, however, were
twice called to the police
department to treat him.
“As I stayed with Kyle, I
observed him exhibit sev-
eral different emotions,” An-
tioch Officer Kourtney Ne-
mec wrote in her report. “I
observed Kyle to appear
calm, then burst into crying
fits, and then calm down
again. Every once in a while,
I observed Kyle to throw up.
I noticed a pattern to his
behavior for over an hour
with him calming down,
crying, calming down again
and then throwing up.”
The teen also had a tense
exchange with his mother,
Wendy, who was not con-
vinced her son had killed
anybody. Rittenhouse in-
sisted he had “ended a man’s
life.”
“He’s dead,” he said, ac-
cording to a report by Sgt.
Nicholas Garcia.
“Wendy then raised her
voice and said ‘we don’t
know that!’,” the report
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states.
Video from the scene of
the protests showed Ritten-
house apparently trying to
surrender to police in Keno-
sha after the shootings, but
they didn’t arrest him. Rit-
tenhouse told Antioch offi-
cers that when he tried to
speak with officers there
after the shootings, he was
told to go home.
When he showed up at
the suburban police station
hours later, he was wearing
the same jeans and tan-
colored cowboy boots he
had been wearing during
the protests, according to
the police reports.
While waiting for Keno-
sha detectives to arrive, Rit-
tenhouse repeatedly asked
to speak with his sisters and
an 18-year-old friend who
were back at the family’s
apartment. The friend, who
the Tribune is not naming
because he has not been
charged, was with Ritten-
house in Wisconsin and still
had his gun, according to
police reports.
Nemec allowed the teen
to make the phone call,
which quickly turned into a
discussion about social me-
dia reaction to the shooting.
“When they spoke the
conversation turned into
the family discussing the
negative comments about
Kyle on social media, which
caused Kyle to become up-
set,” Nemec wrote. “I re-
quested Kyle to stop speak-
ing with his sisters and
(friend) as this was causing
him to become upset and
again made him cry. Kyle
continued to talk about him
being on social media and
then briefly showed me
from his phone a picture of
him with the AR-rifle at the
Kenosha riots from earlier
in the evening.”
Police confiscated Ritten-
house’s assault weapon
from the friend’s trunk a
short time later, along with
another AR-15 rifle the
friend said he carried that
night in Kenosha, according
to reports. The friend told
police that he had not wit-
nessed the shooting, but
Rittenhouse called him im-
mediately afterward, and he
had driven the teen back
across the Illinois state line.
The friend later was
questioned by Kenosha de-
tectives at the Antioch po-
lice station, where he said he
bought the weapon for Rit-
tenhouse earlier this year so
the two could hunt together,
according to the reports.
The friend told police he
purchased the gun in his
name at a hardware store in
northern Wisconsin, but
Rittenhouse paid for it.
The friend kept Ritten-
house’s rifle at his step-
father’s house in Kenosha,
and the two picked it up
before heading to protests,
according to the reports.
The friend told police that
he wished he would have
stopped Rittenhouse from
taking the gun that night,
records show.
“(The friend) thought in
his head he could have
stopped it, but he knew if he
would have told Kyle ‘no’, he
(Rittenhouse) would have
thrown a fit,” the police
report said.
The reports indicate the
friend also worried the he
could be held responsible
for the shootings.
“(The friend) stated after
the shooting he spoke with
Kyle and told Kyle that he
(the friend) believed he (the
friend) was going to be in
more trouble than Kyle,” the
records said. “He told Kyle
that he (Rittenhouse) was
defending himself and said
he told Kyle, ‘In all reality,
you are not supposed to
have the gun. That gun was
in my name.’”
Antioch police later inter-
viewed the friend’s stepfa-
ther, who begrudgingly had
allowed the rifle to be stored
at his house.
He told police he did not
approve of his stepson pur-
chasing the gun for Ritten-
house, who was a minor, and
so he kept it in a locked safe
in his garage.
After Blake’s shooting by
police, the man said he
moved the gun into his
basement for his own “per-
sonal protection.”
The man said he went to
work Aug. 25 — the day of
the Kenosha protest shoot-
ings — and his stepson
called. His stepson said he
and Rittenhouse had been
hired by a downtown busi-
ness to perform security,
and he needed to borrow
sandpaper for graffiti re-
moval.
The friend’s stepfather
said he did not realize the
rifle was missing from his
home until Aug. 26, as he
was preparing to leave town
for a week due to the
demonstrations, according
to the police report.
Authorities have said Rit-
tenhouse will not face gun
charges in Illinois because
the Smith & Wesson AR-15
.223 caliber rifle “was pur-
chased, stored and used in
Wisconsin” and they turned
up no evidence the 17-year-
old “physically possessed”
the weapon here. Neither
Rittenhouse nor his mother
possess the firearm owner’s
identification cards re-
quired to keep a gun in
Illinois, according to the
police reports.
Rittenhouse’s case has
become a cause célèbre for
gun rights advocates and
militia groups throughout
the country since his arrest
in late August. In laying the
groundwork for a self-de-
fense argument, the teen’s
attorneys have painted him
as a young patriot who
wanted to protect the com-
munity and the victim of
political conspiracy.
In court records filed
before his extradition hear-
ing Friday, Rittenhouse’s at-
torney indicated that his
mother could testify about
the circumstances sur-
rounding his arrest in their
bid to keep the teenager
from being sent to Wiscon-
sin to face murder charges.
However, she never took the
stand and, after dry legal
arguments, a Lake County
judge ordered he be extra-
dited.
A high school dropout
with a deep interest in law
enforcement, Rittenhouse
lives with his mother and
sisters in a modest Antioch
apartment complex located
about 20 minutes from Ke-
nosha. His attorneys say he
went to Kenosha after his
lifeguarding shift Aug. 25 to
help remove graffiti drawn
during the ongoing unrest
and later responded to a
local business owner’s re-
quest for help protecting his
establishment.
Armed with an assault
rifle, Rittenhouse walked up
and down the downtown
streets with little pushback
from local police. At one
point, officers in an armored
vehicle tossed bottles of
water to Rittenhouse and
other armed civilians.
Though the people were
clearly violating the city’s 8
p.m. curfew and Ritten-
house is too young to openly
carry a firearm in Wiscon-
sin, the officer expressed his
gratitude for the group.
“We appreciate you
guys,” the officer said. “We
really do.”
In an interview with the
Daily Caller that night, Rit-
tenhouse refers to his pres-
ence as his “job” and ex-
plains his self-appointed re-
sponsibilities in policelike
vernacular.
“People are getting in-
jured and our job is to
protect this business,” Rit-
tenhouse says in the 19-
second clip. “And part of my
job also is to protect people.
If someone is hurt, I’m
running into harm’s way.
That’s why I have my rifle;
I’ve gotta protect myself
obviously.”
With his mother present
in the interview room, Ke-
nosha detectives questioned
Rittenhouse in Antioch for
roughly four hours, stop-
ping once for a coffee break
and a second time because
the teen had trouble breath-
ing, according to police re-
ports.

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As CPS eyes reopening, parents seek answers
Concerns cited
about face masks,
distancing, pods
By Hannah Leone
What happens if a stu-
dent takes off their mask in a
pod? What if someone in
their pod has a medical
mask exemption? What are
the health and safety proto-
cols for students who need
help eating or using the
restroom?
On the deadline for stu-
dents in preschool and spe-
cial education cluster pro-
grams to decide whether
they will return to in-person
learning next quarter, par-
ents and educators sought
details and advocated for
their children at the Chi-
cago Board of Education
meeting Wednesday.
Many also tweeted their
concerns at Chicago Public
Schools and Mayor Lori
Lightfoot in a campaign this
week organized by Raise
Your Hand for Illinois Pub-
lic Education, which com-
piled a 16-page document of
questions from parents,
caregivers and educators.
“What will the protocols
be for siblings, i.e., if one
sibling’s pod is exposed and
they need to quarantine,
will siblings in the same
home also need to quaran-
tine?” one parent asked.
Others asked what’s be-
ing done to ensure students
are assigned work that’s
doable yet challenging, if
schools will use outdoor
spaces to minimize risk and
how schools bringing stu-
dents back will consider
pods that some families
have created themselves to
meet child care needs.
Though CPS leaders say
they value the voices of the
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swers and authentic en-
gagement.
“You cannot center equi-
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making,” Biggs, who has two
children in CPS, said in a
statement to the board. “It is
especially egregious that we
are hearing nothing from
the district as both the city
and state are surging in
COVID positivity rates.”
Along with other mem-
bers of the Grassroots Edu-
cation Movement, Raise
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“This is a big fail on the
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Board president Miguel
del Valle acknowledged
both the many questions
and the ways CPS has tried
to answer them.
“People are desperate for
details. We have details,” del
Valle said. “Do we have
every detail that is neces-
sary at this point? No, we
don’t because … this is
evolving. That’s why a date,
an exact date, has not been
set for returning some of
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hearing about people who
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He added that communi- will do so remotely or at a
cation is “extremely, ex- distance, according to CPS.
tremely important” and that The plan does not say the
CPS needs to keep looking maximum number of pods
for new ways to communi- to which a specialist may be
cate with school communi- assigned.
ties. If a student has symp-
Chief Education Officer toms of COVID-19, they will
LaTanya McDade on be moved into a designated
Wednesday presented an “care room” until they’re
outline of the plan for picked up. One question
prekindergarten and cluster posed through Raise Your
programs that provide mod- Hand was whether a nurse
erate to intensive special or a different type of em-
education support. She ployee will staff the care
went over health and safety rooms.
measures and data that Eligible families who
shows widespread choose to continue learning
enrollment loss, most pro- at home will need to wait
foundly among Black pre- until third quarter to opt in
school children. to in-person learning.
The district expects As for community en-
teachers and paraprofes- gagement, McDade said
ERIN HOOLEY/CHICAGO TRIBUNE sionals who work with pre- CPS put on 10 parent town
school and cluster students halls and counted 480 meet-
to start reporting in-person ings among 401 schools.
at schools a week before District staff members
“People are desper- students return. For stu- made nearly 1,000 calls to
dents who continue remote early childhood families,
ate for details. We learning, the district plans and nearly 61% of respond-
have details. Do we to use a “simultaneous ents had not logged into
teaching model,” in which remote learning, with 64%
have every detail educators teach the stu- saying they’d send their
dents at school while pro- children to school if they
that is necessary at viding live online instruc- had the choice, McDade
this point? No, we tion for the others. CPS will said.
have additional guidance to The district has started
don’t because … help educators plan for that publishing information on
this is evolving.” model of teaching, accord- COVID-19 cases in its
ing to McDade’s presenta- schools each week, adopted
— Miguel del Valle, tion. contact tracing procedures
president of Chicago A sample “day in the life” and community notification
Board of Education graphic shows how the typi- protocols developed by the
cal school day could go: Chicago Department of
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but those are all areas he don a cloth face covering. If yond the cloth face masks
sees CPS addressing. they ride a bus to school, for each person, district
“There is a plan. We are they’ll be offered hand sani- officials said they will pro-
dealing with the ventilation tizer and sit alone or with a vide equipment as needed
issue. There is transparency. sibling. At school, drop-off such as face shields, gowns,
And so it seems like we have times could be staggered, gloves and N95 masks.
this gulf between what we and students are supposed An assessment of ventila-
have some people saying to wash or sanitize their tion systems in school build-
and what we … are doing, hands when they arrive, ings was completed Sept. 23,
what steps are being taken,” then go straight to class- and analysis and remedia-
del Valle said. rooms. Meals will be eaten tion efforts “are currently
in classrooms or on a stag- underway,” with an addi-
gered schedule in the cafe- tional assessment by an out-
teria if there’s enough space. side expert expected to be
Each pod will have an as-
signed bathroom.
completed by early Novem-
ber, according to CPS.
Social-emotional special- Questions posed to the
ists, as well as special educa- district this week include
tion and English language requests to see the ventila-
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CPS: Sexual misconduct cases down in e-learning

Officials disclose according to the inspector gan, student-on-student al- The weekly case num- 30, the OSP took an average touching cases during first
general. legations have also fallen as bers have been higher this of 30 cases per five school semester last year.
more misbehavior Similar trends have oc- a proportion of the total, fall than during the remote days, including a total 23 Black students are the
has moved online curred with student-on-stu- now making up about two- part of the spring, but are reports of sexual electronic most disproportionately af-
dent cases, which are inves- thirds of cases, according to still lower than last fall. communication. During re- fected, comprising 44% of
By Hannah Leone tigated by the Office of the OSP. “As students began inter- mote learning in the spring, students reporting sexual
Student Protections and Ti- Of 279 sexual miscon- acting virtually instead of there were 56 reports of allegations to the OSP
Since remote learning tle IX. duct cases opened between in-person, (reports of ) sex- sexual electronic communi- though only 36% of the
began, both Chicago Public After schools closed the start of remote learning ual electronic communica- cation and 14 of inappropri- student population. Stu-
Schools offices that investi- March 17, the volume of and the end of September, tion more than doubled as a ate touching; 114 electronic dents in special education
gate sexual misconduct new weekly cases reported 63% were student-on-stu- proportion of total cases,” communication and 168 in- programs are also dispro-
have received fewer com- to the OSP fell about 90% dent, 25% were CPS adult- while reports of inappropri- appropriate touching dur- portionately affected, ac-
plaints than usual, with compared with the first part on-student, 7% were stu- ate touching fell dramati- ing the in-person part of the counting for 21% of cases
online behavior accounting of the semester. While all dent-on-adult and 5% were cally, according to the OSP second semester; and 264 yet only 15% of enrollment.
for a bigger share of the case types have been down non-CPS adult-on-student, presentation. electronic communication
cases, according to the dis- since remote learning be- according to the OSP. From July through Sept. and 335 inappropriate hleone@chicagotribune.com
trict’s inspector general and
Office of Student Protec-
tions.
“The complaints have
slowed down. They cer-
tainly have not stopped,”
said Amber Nesbitt, chief
investigator for the OIG
unit that handles cases in-
volving CPS-affiliated
adults accused of sexual
misconduct with students.
“The types of complaints
that we have been seeing
since remote instruction be-
gan have certainly changed.
We are receiving many
more complaints involving
Google Classroom conduct
and different online interac-
tions between students and
staff members,” Nesbitt
said.
The majority of com-
plaints continue to fall under
the category of “concerning/
other,” which includes con-
duct that makes a student
feel uncomfortable but “is
not necessarily sexual on its
face,” Nesbitt said. For all
categories, about 1.6 reports
per school day came into the
office this September.
Investigators were con-
cerned to see the number of
“sexual acts” allegations
during July through Sep-
tember increased from
three to six, though three of
those cases stem from ru-
mors on social media and
others relate to past miscon-
duct, Nesbitt said. Four
other cases involve sexual
electronic communication,
and three allege sexual
comments made in person.
“Several recent com-
plaints relate to online in-
struction, but most involve
allegations of past miscon-
duct,” according to Nesbitt’s
presentation to the Board of
Education on Wednesday.
The inspector general is
still keeping an eye on
certain job categories, in-
cluding coaches and custo-
dians, “for potential trends
of concern.” Teachers have
faced the most allegations of
any group this school year,
with 15, followed by security
guards with 10.
Between July 1 and Sept.
30, the inspector general
opened 50 sexual miscon-
duct cases, down from 75
during the same period last
year. The decrease can
likely be attributed to the
closure of school buildings
during the COVID-19 pan-
demic, according to the
inspector general’s office. Of
cases closed during that
same time frame, 14 were
ruled unsubstantiated and
seven were referred to an-
other agency for further
investigation.
Cases may be substantiat-
ed when the evidence
proves a violation of CPS
policies or rules, regardless
of the grounds on which the
initial complaint was made.
The Chicago Police De-
partment has opened inves-
tigations into 18 of the
inspector general’s cases
and has made one arrest
since July, of a teacher
charged with sexually as-
saulting a student last
school year, according to the
OIG’s report.
The inspector general is
still actively investigating
344 sexual allegation cases
and wrapping up another
95. Investigators have
closed 77 cases since they
started working remotely in
March, and have kept con-
ducting interviews, sending
subpoenas and writing re-
ports.
As of Sept. 30, 93 CPS
employees, including 46
teachers, were removed
from their schools, and 16
substitute teachers were
blocked pending investiga-
tions into allegations of mis-
conduct toward students,
according to the inspector
general’s office. Another 14
CPS staff members remain
pulled after the inspector
general closed or referred
their cases; some are now
being investigated for other
allegations.
Since July 1, a total of six
pulled or blocked adults
were reinstated, while 23
people under investigation
by the inspector general
quit, retired or were fired,
8 Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Sunday, November 1, 2020 B
1.8M subscribers — and scrutiny
Critics call Gary Franchi’s YouTube channel, the Next News Network, a hive of conspiracy theories
By John Keilman
The Next News Network
is a YouTube channel pro-
duced in Chicago’s western
suburbs that pumps out a
dozen or so aggressively
partisan videos each day.
They usually stick to prais-
ing President Donald
Trump or attacking his crit-
ics, but every so often they
wade into the dark waters
of conspiracy theory.
In just the last few
months, the channel’s
owner and host, Gary
Franchi, has showcased
several baseless allegations,
including a suggestion that
antifa might be behind the
Western wildfires, an osteo-
path’s insistence that the
COVID-19 pandemic was “a
false flag operation” and a
claim that Democratic poli-
ticians had members of Seal
Team 6 killed to cover up a
dirty deal with Iran.
Some of those videos got
millions of views, helping
the Next News Network
grow to more than 1.8
million subscribers. Social-
Blade, an analytics website,
estimates its traffic could
generate hundreds of thou-
sands of dollars a year, to
say nothing of the revenue
from bitcoin investments
and survivalist supplies
Franchi hawks during his
programs.
The channel’s growth
has continued even as
YouTube has pledged to
crack down on conspiracy
theorists and misinforma-
tion. In October, the plat-
form removed hundreds of
channels associated with
QAnon, the mushrooming
movement that says Satan-
worshipping pedophiles are
scheming to take down
Trump.
Franchi, who said he is
not part of QAnon, has
drawn YouTube’s scrutiny
as well. The company has
suppressed recommenda-
tions of his videos, blocked
advertising on some and
removed others.
One thing YouTube
hasn’t done is kick Franchi
off. And that staying power
aggravates critics who say
the giant video platform is
putting profits ahead of
social responsibility.
“I’m surprised honestly
that he’s still standing,” said
Angelo Carusone of Media
Matters for America, a libe-
ral watchdog group that
frequently criticizes the
channel. “Just based on
what he’s done over the
years, the high volume and
frequency, I am genuinely
surprised.”
Franchi told the Tribune
he has done nothing wrong.
He said the Next News
Network, which he de-
scribes as a source of con-
servative news, hews to
YouTube’s shifting guide-
lines, and that he preemp-
tively takes down videos if
he thinks they might cross
the line (the Seal Team 6
video was one of them).
“YouTube has been
great,” he said. “I love the
platform. I love what we’re
able to accomplish there.
They have to make deci-
sions, and we respect those
decisions.”
Franchi’s resilience
doesn’t surprise Hany
Farid, a University of Cali-
fornia at Berkeley computer
science professor who stud-
ies YouTube’s response to
Official backs Lightfoot speeding ticket plan
City transportation
chief reiterates it’s
a matter of safety
By John Byrne
Chicago’s transportation
commissioner on Friday de-
fended Mayor Lori Light-
foot’s plan to have auto-
mated speed cameras
across the city issue speed-
ing tickets to cars driving as
little as 6 miles per hour
over the posted limit, even
as aldermen urged her to
look at different ways to
raise money to help balance
the city’s books.
Commissioner Gia Biagi
touted the safety benefits of
lowering the threshold for
$35 tickets to be mailed to
drivers from the current 10
mph over the limit down to
6 mph over, which is in-
cluded in Lightfoot’s 2021
budget plan. Seeking to
close a $1.2 billion budget
Gary Franchi, founder of Next News Network, has built a channel of 1.8 million subscribers. The channel is produced in the western suburbs.
conspiracy channels. He
said for all the headlines
about the crackdown, social
media platforms put their
financial interests first.
“At the end of the day,
you’re pushing up against
very powerful companies,”
he said. “My impression is
they do just enough to get
people off their backs, but
their hearts aren’t into it.”
Conspiracy
history
Franchi, 43, who appears
onscreen in a jacket and tie
with slicked-back hair,
trendy glasses and a pre-
cisely trimmed beard, said
he’s no conspiracy theorist
— just someone who asks
tough questions.
“Sometimes people don’t
“At the end of the day, you’re push-
ing up against very powerful com-
panies. My impression is they do
just enough to get people off their
backs, but their hearts aren’t into it.”
— Hany Farid, a University of California at Berkeley
computer science professor who studies YouTube’s response
to conspiracy channels
like those questions asked,”
he said. “So if they don’t like
the topic or what direction
you’re going, or if you draw
a conclusion based on what
you’ve learned, they like to
try to label it if it doesn’t fit
with their agenda.”
His critics scoff at that
description — “This is a
typical response from a con-
spiracy theorist,” said Dave
Van Zandt of the Media
Bias/Fact Check website,
which lists the Next News
Network as a questionable
source — and Franchi’s his-
tory provides plenty of fod-
der for skepticism.
After attending Glen-
brook South High School,
deficit, Lightfoot expects to
raise an additional $38 mil-
lion next year from fines,
forfeitures and penalties, a
total that includes the speed
camera tickets.
Biagi talked at the De-
partment of Transporta-
tion’s annual budget hear-
ing about a “dramatic in-
crease in vehicle speeds due
to fewer vehicles on the
road,” and “a crisis” in fatal
crashes involving cyclists
and motorists.
“This is why we’re using
all the tools in our toolbox
to combat unsafe driving …
and this does include lower-
ing speed limits anywhere
we can, investing in rapid-
delivery infrastructure proj-
ects to make streets safer for
everyone, and using our
automated speed enforce-
ment program to deter
speeding,” Biagi said.
The Tribune reviewed
city crash data and found a
more complicated picture
he founded the Lone
Lantern Society, a group
that promoted the notion
the U.S. government
brought down the Twin
Towers on Sept. 11. He
helped make docu-
mentaries suggesting the
Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency was build-
ing camps to imprison dissi-
dents.
And in “The Reality Re-
port,” an early web show he
produced in his basement,
he dealt heavily in alleged
conspiracies. Devin
Hansen, who worked as
Franchi’s technical assistant
after answering a Craigslist
ad, said he rolled his eyes at
the subject matter.
“I was always pretty vo-
cal with him about how silly
I thought the conspiracy
theories were, but he was
really into them,” he said.
Franchi was also in-
volved in the unsuccessful
2012 presidential campaign
of former congressman Ron
Paul, who has been criti-
cized for embracing con-
spiracy theories. Unhappy
with Paul’s depiction in the
media, Franchi said he
started the Next News Net-
work to support another
contender.
He rejected candidates
like Hillary Clinton, Jeb
Bush and Ted Cruz as pup-
pets of the New World
Order — shorthand for a
supposed plot to create a
vast authoritarian regime.
of the safety situation than
the administration has pre-
sented, with total crashes
actually down in the first
nine months of 2020 com-
pared with the same time
period in 2019.
During Friday’s hearing,
Southwest Side Ald. Matt
O’Shea, 19th, told Biagi it
would make sense to install
additional cameras on the
existing speed camera poles
in the vicinity of city parks
and schools.
“If the thought process is
capturing revenue while
trying to once again con-
vince everyone that this will
slow down traffic as people
get tickets, a second camera
would capture the license
plate that we’re missing on a
lot of these,” O’Shea said.
Biagi said that is some-
thing the city will consider.
And West Side Ald.
Michael Scott Jr., 24th, said
the city should consider
putting in new speed cam-
After initially portraying
Donald Trump as a circus
clown, Franchi wholeheart-
edly embraced him as a
leader who would fight the
globalists.
“Donald Trump is buck-
ing the system,” Franchi
said in a video as the
election neared.
Uneasy
relationship
The Next News Network
grew quickly with Trump’s
victory, but even before
then Franchi had an uneasy
relationship with YouTube.
He appealed to his viewers
for contributions after the
platform shut off ads on
hundreds of his videos for
featuring what he called
“controversial politics.”
YouTube demonetizes
videos it determines are not
advertiser-friendly, but
that’s just one step in its
regimen to police so-called
borderline content. Anoth-
er is to suppress those
videos in the platform’s
recommendation algo-
rithm, a major source of
traffic for most channels.
After critics accused
YouTube of leading view-
ers down dangerous rabbit
holes by recommending
one conspiracy video after
the next, the platform an-
nounced last year it would
reduce the reach of those
videos. Following the
change, the Next News
Network saw its recom-
mendations disappear, ac-
cording to an analysis by
software engineer Mark
Ledwich.
YouTube also removes
videos that violate its com-
munity guidelines, which
ban everything from hate
speech to cyberbullying to
COVID-19 misinformation.
But a spokesman said the
platform doesn’t forbid all
conspiracy content — just
that which targets individu-
als or groups and is linked to
eras in different locations
entirely.
“I know that over the
course of the last two years,
I don’t think you’ve put in
any new cameras. So are we
looking, since this is a safety
issue, are we looking at new
traffic patterns?” Scott
asked.
CDOT spokesman
Michael Claffey said Friday
that while the department
appreciated the suggestions
from aldermen, and will
“continue to evaluate op-
tions,” the department has
“no plans to expand speed
cameras.”
South Side Ald. Anthony
Beale, 9th, told Biagi the
lower ticket threshold
seems like “a tail wagging
the dog situation” in which
the city will raise money on
the backs of struggling Chi-
cagoans.
And North Side Ald.
Maria Hadden, 49th, ex-
pressed concerns about
STACEY WESCOTT/CHICAGO TRIBUNE
real-world violence.
The spokesman also dis-
puted the idea that
YouTube profits from con-
spiracy videos, saying that
by removing ads and
squelching recommenda-
tions, the company doesn’t
make any money from
them.
But Carusone, of Media
Matters, didn’t buy that. He
pointed to Franchi’s April
interview with the osteo-
path, who claimed without
evidence that the pandemic
was ginned up to spur
mandatory vaccines and the
implantation of computer
chips. YouTube removed
the video, but not before it
had been viewed 7 million
times.
“Everybody’s already
made their money after a
video racks up millions of
views,” Carusone said.
For the most part,
Franchi and his collabora-
tors have kept on the right
side of YouTube, which
relies on viewers and artifi-
cial intelligence to flag po-
tential violations.
After the takedown of the
osteopath interview, which
Franchi bemoaned at the
time as “Orwellian censor-
ship,” he removed hundreds
of other videos he thought
could pose problems, in-
cluding those related to
COVID-19 and vaccina-
tions. Many remained,
though, including one in
which a fill-in host, Josh
Bernstein, repeated the
false claim that masks cause
people to breathe their own
CO2 and harm their
immune systems.
The video stayed up well
into October. Franchi said
he took it down after break-
ing ties with Bernstein, who
recently lost his own
YouTube channels.
A new path?
Despite the takedowns,
ad blocks and exile from
A speed enforcement camera tracks vehicles in 2015 on
near Schaefer Playlot Park in Chicago.
“nickeling and diming”
residents with a 6 mph
threshold instead of simply
adding new cameras to ex-
isting poles and keeping the
enforcement parameters
the same.
As a candidate, Lightfoot
promised to reform the
city’s fines and fees pro-
gram, saying it was regres-
sive and focused on gener-
the recommendation list,
the Next News Network
continues to expand. Its
subscriber base is ap-
proaching those of news
channels run by
Bloomberg and PBS, and
with 100,000 new sub-
scribers in the last 30 days,
it’s growing faster.
Franchi defended his
presence on YouTube as a
matter of free speech — “Am
I not entitled to my First
Amendment position to
present information?” —
but said he was nervous
about his future following
the QAnon removals. He
recently announced a serv-
ice that will allow viewers
to watch his content
through streaming devices
for $100 a year.
Some conspiracy theo-
rists have endured after
being evicted from
YouTube, including Fran-
chi’s longtime acquaintance
Alex Jones, notorious for
insisting the Sandy Hook
massacre was a hoax.
Though Jones was booted
off social media platforms
in 2018, his website, In-
foWars, still gets more than
10 million visits a month.
“People who are ideolog-
ically driven or financially
driven, they don’t just slink
away,” said Farid, the com-
puter science professor.
“They’re not just going to
disappear. Of course they’re
going to come back.”
But Carusone had a dif-
ferent conclusion. He said
YouTube is a unique envi-
ronment, and that Franchi’s
influence would likely
evaporate if he were ban-
ished.
“There is no path for him
outside of YouTube right
now,” he said. “There’s no
path for a lot of creators.
This is their ecosystem.
There is no alternative.”
jkeilman@chicagotribune
.com
Twitter @JohnKeilman
ERIN HOOLEY/CHICAGO TRIBUNE
ating revenue, not safety.
Biagi also told aldermen
Friday that the city has been
looking into deploying
around the city “dynamic
speed cameras” that can be
moved from location to lo-
cation.
jebyrne@chicagotribune.
com
Twitter @_johnbyrne

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be considered a referendum
on her first term amid
controversy as well as
what’s left of the power of
the county’s machine to
deliver.
Overall, the election itself
could represent a refer-
endum for voters on how
they view the state of the
state as a whole, expressing
their choices as they face
renewed restrictions aimed
at countering a new rise in
COVID-19.
Illinois’ March 17 pri-
mary, occurring just days
before Democratic Gov. J.B.
Pritzker’s initial stay-at-
home order due to a bud-
ding pandemic, was an elec-
tion unlike what we’ve ever
seen. But consider it just a
dry run for Tuesday.
A new state law
prompted by the pandemic
that sent mail-in ballot ap-
plications to more than 5
million voters and the deci-
sion by voters to flock to
early voting sites to avoid
crowded polling places on
Election Day have
prompted both types of
voting to soar.
Through Friday, more
than 3 million Illinois resi-
dents had already cast bal-
lots. The number of ballots
sent in by mail in Illinois is
nearly 1.2 million above the
370,000 cast in the state in
the 2016 election, while the
nearly 1.5 million in-person
early votes cast was nearing
the 1.52 million cast four
years ago — with the full
final weekend yet to go.
That means that as the
weekend began, Illinoisans
had already cast 53.1% of the
nearly 5.7 million votes cast
in the entire 2016 presi-
dential election, state re-
cords showed.
Delays in ballot counting
are possible, and there also
is expected to be a heavy
in-person voting presence
on Tuesday among tradi-
tionalists who insist on cast-
ing a ballot on Election Day.
But there is little tradi-
tional about this election,
which found many candi-
dates and activists naviga-
ting a new world of pan-
demic politics, using rallies
over Zoom in lieu of door-
to-door canvassing.
Spurred by Trump’s vic-
tory in 2016, the grassroots
group Indivisible Chicago
Alliance knocked on 20,000
suburban doors in the final
weekend of the 2018 elec-
tion to help elect Demo-
cratic U.S. Reps. Sean Cas-
ten of Downers Grove and
Lauren Underwood in
Naperville.
While the door-knocking
is out this time, the group
has continued to back Cas-
ten, who is being challenged
by former Republican state
Rep. Jeanne Ives of
Wheaton, and Underwood,
who is facing GOP state Sen.
Campaign
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The election is being held
at a moment of bitter parti-
sanship in America, and
whichever candidate wins
the White House will con-
front the challenge of gov-
erning through deep divi-
sions. If anything, the cam-
paign has clarified how
stratified the U.S. has be-
come, with Trump’s base of
support coming from over-
whelmingly white voters at
lower income and educa-
tion levels. More highly
educated Americans, par-
ticularly women, and voters
of color, most notably Afri-
can Americans, have all but
abandoned the Republican
Party during Trump’s four
years in office.
Dan Giesen, 56, of Min-
neapolis, said he was a
conservative voter before
Trump became the Repub-
lican nominee four years
ago, leading him to vote for
third-party candidate Evan
McMullin. Recently, Giesen
was waiting in line to cast
his vote early for Biden.
“I think we can deal with
partisan differences when
our institutions and our
norms are in place, but I
think that those are being
seriously eroded under
Donald Trump,” he said.
Biden heads into Tues-
day’s election with an edge in
public polling, including a
comfortable national lead
and a narrower advantage in
some of the battleground
People vote inside of Arlington Heights Village Hall on Monday, Oct. 19, the first day of early voting in suburban Cook County.
An “I Voted” sticker is picked up after a ballot is cast Oct.
19 at Arlington Heights Village Hall.
Jim Oberweis of Sugar
Grove.
It plans four days of
virtual phone banking, even
going beyond Illinois to
include calling voters in the
battleground states of
Michigan, Wisconsin and
Iowa. Volunteers are also
doing limited socially dis-
tanced canvassing in south-
west Michigan, where per-
mitted.
The group also had more
than 5,000 volunteers send
2 million handwritten post
cards to voters in 14 battle-
ground states.
Weekend phone banking
and text banking is also part
of the effort on behalf of the
graduated-rate income tax
amendment under an effort
being run by the labor-
backed Vote Yes for Fair Tax
coalition.
But some candidates re-
verted to traditional cam-
An election commission member collects early ballots from a drop box Saturday in Omaha, Nebraska.
states that will decide the
contest. He has multiple
paths to victory and has
devoted significant re-
sources to the Upper Mid-
west states where Trump
surprised Democrats four
years ago, but also to states
such as Arizona and Georgia
that for years have been
reliable Republican territory.
Though Democrats are
wary of overconfidence,
given Trump’s upset in
2016, party leaders see sig-
nificant differences in this
paigning methods.
O’Brien, the GOP state’s
attorney candidate, kicked
off his Saturday afternoon
by greeting voters outside
the 33rd Ward polling site in
Albany Park.
On the sidewalk outside
Bateman Elementary
School, Renne “Rex”
Chavez, a volunteer for
Democratic nominee Iris
Martinez’s campaign for
Cook County Circuit Court
clerk, introduced himself to
O’Brien as a proud Republi-
can. He followed up with,
“I’m not going to lie to you: I
also support Donald
Trump,” to which O’Brien
shrugged.
“I support you,” Chavez
added. “Just do a good job.
That’s all I’m asking, to do a
d— good job.”
O’Brien replied, “I’m
hoping people hold me to
that. Then I’ll be happy.”
year’s election. Biden is
viewed more favorably by
voters than Hillary Clinton
was four years ago.
“In the last 10 days of
2016, the story was, ‘What’s
the FBI going to do about
the newly reopened Hillary
Clinton email investiga-
tion?’ ” said Sen. Tim Kaine
of Virginia, who was Clin-
ton’s running mate in 2016.
Now, Kaine said, “they’re
talking about COVID and
how it’s affecting communi-
ties.”
Foxx, the incumbent, was
scheduled to kick off a
virtual phone bank for the
Biden ticket on Saturday,
while U.S. Rep. Danny Davis
was scheduled to stump for
her in Bronzeville on Sun-
day.
But the pandemic restric-
tions have, for the most part,
created a made-for-TV elec-
tion being broadcast to peo-
ple at home.
On the amendment
alone, tens of millions of
dollars have been spent on
hundreds of TV ads, funded
primarily with $58 million
from Pritzker, who has
made the amendment his
top agenda item and
pumped another $1.5 mil-
lion into the cause last
week, and $53.75 million
from hedge fund founder
Ken Griffin on behalf of the
opposition.
In the state legislative
races, though Madigan re-
mains a controversial fig-
ure, he has continued to
raise money and has
bankrolled millions of dol-
lars in expensive Chicago
TV ads through funds he
controls to try to elect and
protect suburban Demo-
crats in the state House.
Republicans have been left
to fend for themselves after
having been able to count
on Bruce Rauner’s wealth
during his one term as
governor.
In Naperville, Democrat
Janet Yang Rohr is challeng-
ing three-term Republican
state Rep. Grant Wehrli and
The pandemic indeed
turned Trump’s plans for
this election year inside out.
The president opened
2020 in strong position,
with a robust economic
record and the GOP unified
behind him after he sur-
vived an impeachment trial
centered on his request for
Ukraine’s help digging up
dirt on Biden.
Since then, the co-
ronavirus has gripped the
nation, causing more than
230,000 deaths and infect-
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has owned the Chicago air-
waves, running nearly 900
half-minute ads costing $1.2
million while Wehrli has
run none.
Over in the Far North-
west Side and suburbs,
Democrat Michelle Darbro
of Chicago is challenging
appointed first-term GOP
state Rep. Brad Stephens,
the mayor of Rosemont.
Darbro has aired more than
900 half-minute TV ads on
Chicago’s five major TV
stations, costing $1.1 mil-
lion, records show.
Stephens has not aired any.
Regardless of the various
subplots on the Illinois bal-
lot, the overwhelming de-
terminant factor in voting
will be the presidential elec-
tion and Trump, said Chris-
topher Mooney, political
scientist at the University of
Illinois at Chicago.
“Presidential elections
are totally different than
nonpresidential elections.
The electorate is different.
You get a big chunk of
voters that didn’t vote be-
fore. They are less inter-
ested, less engaged and
know less about politics.
They’re there to vote for
Trump or vote against him,”
Mooney said.
“It’s everything about
Trump. He’s going to be
why there’s going to be the
turnout. He is why people
will vote as they do,” he said.
Republicans shouldn’t
count on their repeated
attacks on Madigan as a
strategy for victories,
NATI HARNIK/AP
ing over 9.1 million Ameri-
cans; both are the highest
confirmed counts in the
world, according to Johns
Hopkins University. The
U.S. economy cratered, and
though it has recovered
somewhat, the unemploy-
ment rate rests at 7.9% and
businesses across the coun-
try are worried about sur-
viving the winter, given that
infection rates are on the
rise.
Trump himself con-
tracted the virus in October
9
“It’s everything
about Trump.
He’s going to be
why there’s
going to be the
turnout. He is
why people will
vote as they do.”
— Christopher Mooney,
political scientist at the
University of Illinois at
Chicago
Mooney said. The party is
trying to capitalize on Com-
monwealth Edison’s admis-
sion to federal prosecutors
that it provided jobs and
contracts to Madigan allies
to seek the speaker’s favor.
Madigan has not been
charged with wrongdoing
and has said he did nothing
wrong.
“The Republicans have
cried wolf so often with
Madigan. They’ve been us-
ing him for 20 years over
and over again. At a certain
point, you get numb to it,”
Mooney said. “There’s
nothing new here. That’s
the perception of Madigan.
It’s already baked in.”
Chicago Tribune’s Alice Yin
contributed.
rpearson@
chicagotribune.com
and was briefly hospital-
ized. Since then, he’s been
barnstorming the country,
holding large rallies with
crowds that are not socially
distanced and only sporadi-
cally wearing masks. His
message to Americans has
been that the U.S. is “round-
ing the corner” on the virus,
despite the fact that cases
are on the rise in most states
and the U.S. is setting daily
records for confirmed cases.
Sixty-five percent of
Americans said the presi-
dent has not taking the
pandemic seriously enough,
according to a mid-October
poll from The Associated
Press-NORC Center for
Public Affairs Research.
Despite the pandemic’s
toll on his political fortunes,
Trump’s campaign is bank-
ing on strategy similar to
2016. Advisers contend that
Trump will draw out new
voters who haven’t partici-
pated in politics previously
or in some time. His cam-
paign is also banking on
some voters ultimately
looking beyond their per-
sonal qualms with the presi-
dent to back his policies.
That was the case for
Tom Redford, 79, who cast
his ballot for Trump on
Thursday outside Rich-
mond, Virginia. Redford
said he’s the only Trump
supporter in his family and
doesn’t much like the presi-
dent personally.
“But everything he’s
done is great — everything,
including what he’s done on
the coronavirus,” Redford
said.
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Nationwide, there are
206 of these counties that
pivoted from Obama to
Trump, and no region is
home to more of them than
the Midwest, with 120. Wis-
consin has 23 of the pivot
counties, with virtually all
of them clustered in the
western and northern re-
gions of the state.
With higher Democratic
turnout expected in big-city
strongholds, hanging onto
the working-class white
voters in pivot counties be-
comes all the more pa-
ramount for Trump to win,
said former Wisconsin Gov.
Scott Walker. Plus, Walker
said Biden is not disliked in
those areas in the way that
Clinton was, increasing the
degree of difficulty for
Trump.
“There’s no way the pres-
ident can carry Wisconsin if
he doesn’t do well in what
we call out-state, which is
all along the Mississippi, the
northwest and the northern
part of the state,” said
Walker, a Republican who
was governor for two terms
and lost a 2018 bid for a
third one. “He can’t have
any slippage in those areas.”
The president’s party,
however, did slip in the 120
pivot counties during the
2018 midterms, a Chicago
Tribune analysis of election
results found.
In that cycle, Democrat
congressional candidates
carried more of the counties
than Republicans — 63 to 57.
Factor in governor and U.S.
Senate contests, and Demo-
crats won more votes in at
least one race in 82 of the
120 counties Trump
flipped, or 68%.
Trump, however, was not
on the ballot in 2018. To win
again, he’ll need a return to
GOP dominance in the piv-
ots, especially since polls
show him hemorrhaging
support in the higher-in-
come, traditionally GOP
suburbs where some have
been turned off by his im-
peachment, divisive rheto-
ric and handling of the
coronavirus pandemic.
As a result, the president
has scheduled a number of
stops in pivot areas during
the campaign’s final three
days, including visits on
Sunday to Macomb County
outside of Detroit and
Dubuque in northeastern
Iowa along with a Monday
night stop in Kenosha in
southeastern Wisconsin.
It’s also why Trump
found himself riding a “vic-
tory lap” in the presidential
limousine Tuesday around
a fairgrounds speedway in
West Salem, a small town
outside of LaCrosse. With
thousands of mask-free
spectators crammed into
the aging grandstand and
seated in the muddy infield,
Trump sought to boost
turnout in his base by warn-
ing, “I’m the only one stand-
ing between you and the
left-wing mob.”
And on a day when Wis-
consin set a new record for
COVID-19 cases, the presi-
dent said of the pandemic,
“We’re turning the corner.
We’re rounding, like this
racetrack.”
In that region of the state,
LaCrosse is surrounded by
13 Obama-Trump counties
where Walker said the pres-
ident’s rough-and-tumble
rhetoric still plays. The for-
mer governor won 15 of the
state’s 23 pivot counties in
his one-point loss in 2018 to
Democratic Gov. Tony Ev-
ers, a defeat Walker mostly
chalked up to sky-high
Democratic turnout in deep
blue Madison and a loss of
A volunteer named Steve enters the headquarters of the Republican Party of Crawford
County on Wednesday in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.
Barbara Engelhart holds her Trump-Pence bumper sticker during the campaign rally Tuesday in West Salem, Wisconsin.
Cathy Swenson, a volunteer at the Crawford County (Wisconsin) Democrat headquarters, moves a sign Wednesday.
some suburban support.
“We had people in the
suburbs saying in exit inter-
views that they wanted to
send a message to Trump,
which of course, was ridicu-
lous just on logic,” Walker
said. “But in those out-state
areas, the president’s per-
sonality is not necessarily a
liability. Even if people
there don’t act like that
themselves, I think there is
a fair amount of respect for
authenticity.”
Biden’s travels in Wis-
consin mostly have focused
on winning over suburban
voters and boosting turnout
in Milwaukee, which fac-
tored heavily into a 19%
statewide drop in Black
voter turnout in 2016. The
former vice president, how-
ever, held a rally last month
in Manitowoc where he
specifically addressed vot-
ers who had flipped from
Obama to Trump.
“I know many of you were
frustrated. You were angry.
You believe we weren’t seen
— you weren’t being seen,
represented or heard,” Biden
said in a speech at the
Wisconsin Aluminum
Foundry, located in a north-
east Wisconsin county that
backed Obama by 7 points in
2008 before supporting
Trump by 21 points. “I get it.
It has to change, and I
promise you this: It will
change with me.”
Former South Bend May-
or Pete Buttigieg, a fellow
moderate who ran against
Biden in the Democratic
primary, predicted Trump’s
talk of the “left-wing mob”
won’t gain traction in pivot
counties. Buttigieg’s opin-
ion is an informed one: The
Midwesterner carried 20 of
31 such counties in Iowa on
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his way to a stunning vic-
tory last year in the state’s
first-in-the-nation cau-
cuses.
“There is a sense of
familiarity, and that’s why I
think their message about
the so-called radical left is
falling flat in a lot of these
counties,” Buttigieg said.
“The idea that you’re look-
ing into the eyes of a radical
when you look at Joe Biden
doesn’t pass the smell test
with these folks.”
Like Walker, Buttigieg
also noted that Biden
doesn’t face the type of
opposition that Clinton did.
The 38-year-old former
mayor said he sees parallels
in his campaign’s success in
Obama-Trump regions and
Biden’s message.
“When I think about
what we had to say on
belonging, the importance
of bringing people together
and the idea of a presidency
as a moral office and not just
a policy office, I think a lot
of that tracks with his mes-
sage from day one about
restoring the soul of the
nation,” Buttigieg said. “I
think that’s a reason why
the same kinds of voters
who were questioning their
old political habits to come
across and support me in a
place like Iowa are an im-
portant part of the coalition
that can deliver a win for
Joe.”
‘An
independent lot’
There are 94 pivot coun-
ties in the five Midwestern
battleground states — 31 in
Iowa, 23 in Wisconsin, 19 in
Minnesota, 12 in Michigan
and nine in Ohio. Real Clear
Politics polling averages
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show Biden ahead or tied in
all five states, but within
margins of error in many of
them.
Biden leads by roughly 6
points in Wisconsin and
Michigan, two decisive
states Trump won by less
than 1 point in 2016. Biden
holds a 4-point lead in
Minnesota, a state Trump
narrowly lost. He leads the
president by 1 point in Iowa
and is tied in Ohio — two
solid GOP states once
thought to be out of reach.
The closer the margin,
the more importance some
of the Obama-Trump areas
could carry. The greatest
concentration of pivot
counties is located along the
Mississippi River valley, in-
cluding western Wisconsin.
Democrat Ron Kind has
represented that region for
24 years in Congress, and it
had been years since he
faced a serious challenge. In
fact, Trump’s success there
was so unexpected that he
carried Kind’s district by 4
points in a year when the
GOP didn’t bother to run a
candidate for the seat. In
2018, Kind easily dis-
patched an opponent, win-
ning 10 of the district’s 13
pivot counties.
The congressman has a
prominent moderate pres-
ence in Washington. He
helped lead party opposi-
tion to Nancy Pelosi’s bids
for speaker and was among
the last Democrats to an-
nounce he would vote to
impeach Trump.
That vote prompted a
challenge from retired Navy
SEAL Derrick Van Orden.
The Republican newcomer
has corralled enough mon-
ey to compete with the
well-funded Kind, thanks in
A handmade Biden for president sign sits along Highway 60 in Gotham, Wisconsin.
part to a $2 million ad buy
from the House GOP Super
PAC that dubbed Van Orden
“a patriot, not a politician.”
At Trump’s West Salem
rally, a fiery Van Orden
decried that the left did not
want the nation to know the
American Dream is open to
all. He recalled his own
version of the dream real-
ized, noting how he was
raised in “abject rural pov-
erty by a single mother” and
dropped out of high school
before enlisting in the Navy.
He declared Trump “the
only man I trust to continue
the American Dream.”
In an interview at the
rally, Van Orden said the
“Make America Great
Again” signs and flags dot-
ting the western Wisconsin
countryside reflected an en-
thusiasm gap that would
deliver Trump another win.
“I don’t think the presi-
dent is going to just hold on, I
think that he is going to do
better,” Van Orden predicted,
pointing to the crowded fair-
grounds. “Look around. You
see what’s going on. You see
the enthusiasm. These are
responsible American citi-
zens expressing their politi-
cal views, and I think that’s
super important.”
Few of them wore masks.
None of them practiced
social distancing. Kind
called it irresponsible.
“People here feel that is
incredibly disrespectful to
the hard work our front-line
health care workers are
putting in,” said Kind, a
former Harvard quarter-
back and onetime local
prosecutor. “We have one of
the highest positivity rates
of any state, hospitalization
and death rates skyrocket-
ing in Wisconsin, and the
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president comes in with a
large group gathering with
none of the public health
precautions being taken.
That’s wearing thin here.”
To draw a contrast, Kind
emphasized his bipartisan-
ship by holding a Zoom call
before the rally with former
Republican Arizona Sen.
Jeff Flake, who has en-
dorsed Biden. Kind said the
nation’s politics have be-
come “too vicious, too
mean-spirited, too nasty.”
“The people back home
here in Wisconsin are tired
of this reality TV presi-
dency, the constant chaos,
the instability,” Kind said.
“It doesn’t match ‘Wiscon-
sin nice’ that well.”
Buttigieg and Walker
both observed that voters in
pivot counties tend to split
their tickets and vote for the
candidate over party.
Democrat Brad Pfaff is run-
ning his state Senate cam-
paign in western Wisconsin
accordingly.
In a 30-minute interview,
Pfaff didn’t mention
Trump’s name once. The
former Obama administra-
tion agriculture adminis-
trator said he only talks
about the president when
asked. And even then, he
said he tries to stay focused
on policy.
“The people of western
Wisconsin are an independ-
ent lot. They want to hold
their elected officials ac-
countable,” Pfaff said. “But
we’re also an optimistic
people. We work together.
We can disagree with one
another, but we don’t have
to be so disagreeable.”
Pfaff’s opponent, Dan
Kapanke, held the seat be-
fore losing a recall election
in 2011 amid the public
uproar over Gov. Walker’s
efforts to weaken public
employee unions. Kapanke
lost a bid for the seat in 2016
by just 61 votes, outper-
forming Trump, who lost
that district by 4 points.
“Some of my friends have
told me they aren’t going to
vote for any Republican that
supports Donald Trump.
They’re Republicans who
voted for me in the past, and
I don’t expect I’ll get their
vote this time. So there is
some of that,” Kapanke said.
“But if a person isn’t sure
about Trump, I always say
separate his policies from
his personality. Look at
what he’s done for the
economy, for jobs, look at
what he stands for.”
Kapanke said he’s seen
far more enthusiasm for
Trump this election.
“In 2016, people would
say, ‘Yeah, I’m voting for
Trump, but I don’t want a
yard sign,’” Kapanke said.
“Now, they’re saying, ‘I’m a
Trump supporter, and I’m
putting a sign out here to
make sure you know it.’”
Signs vs. votes
All the Trump signs and
large rallies have Mike Lan-
caster worried. The 75-
year-old retired stagehand,
who helped rock bands tour
the country, knows enthusi-
astic crowds when he sees
them.
“I’m scared. I’m afraid
Trump’s gonna do it again,”
he said, seated at his dining
room table in Black River
Falls, a city of 3,600 north-
east of LaCrosse. “There’s a
hardcore Trump base here.”
Lancaster lives in Jack-
son County, which backed
Obama by 15 points in 2012
before giving Trump a 12-
point edge in 2016. In 2018,
the county backed Kind by
19 points, Democrat U.S.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin by 9
points and Walker, the Re-
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publican governor, by 5
points.
Lancaster, a onetime Re-
publican who voted for
Obama and Clinton, is so
convinced Trump will win
Wisconsin again that he bet
his wife $100 on it.
Desiree Gearing-Lancas-
ter isn’t sold that she’ll win
her end of the wager — even
though she is a Democrat
who is president of the
Black River Falls Common
Council and a county board
member.
“Jackson County and this
part of Wisconsin is defi-
nitely a bellwether,” Gear-
ing-Lancaster said. “I’m ac-
tually appalled at how many
Trump signs are in the area.
It’s absolutely devastating,”
The Lancasters had signs
for Biden and Kind on their
backyard fence, a promi-
nent location that faces
Main Street in the city’s
historic downtown. Neigh-
bors covered them up by
placing giant ones for
Trump, Kapanke and Van
Orden on the property line,
leading the Lancasters to
mount their Biden sign on
top of the fence so it’s still
visible.
The episode, Gearing-
Lancaster said, is emblem-
atic of how public political
discourse has taken a turn
for the worse since Trump’s
election.
“Who does that?” she
asked. “It’s a very bullying
approach.”
Barbara Engelhart grew
up across the street from
the West Salem fairgrounds
where Trump held his rally.
She took her disabled
daughter to the event and
arrived seven hours early to
get a good spot for her
wheelchair.
Engelhart, 57, a group
homeowner who twice
voted for Obama, said it was
the first time she’d ever
attended a political rally.
She was thrilled with the
turnout for Trump.
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said Engelhart, who wore a
red “Make America Great
Again” hat and a Harley-
Davidson jacket to the rally.
“I’m tired of the corrupt
swamp. Trump’s not a poli-
tician, and he’s doing what
he said he’d do.”
In Prairie du Chien, a red
Trump flag mounted on
Randy Fortier’s minivan
fluttered in the wind as he
pulled into a convenience
store to pick up some ciga-
rettes. The Army veteran
and truck driver said he
voted twice for Obama, be-
cause he had grown weary
of Republican President
George W. Bush and hoped
Obama would draw down
troops overseas and create
more blue-collar jobs at
home.
“He said he was going to
change all these things,”
Fortier said. “And he really
never did.”
Fortier said he voted for
Trump because he’s not a
politician and credits him
with improving the local
Veterans Affairs hospital
and overseeing a strong
economy before the pan-
demic.
“With COVID, there are a
few things Trump could
have done better, but no-
body knew anything about
it,” Fortier said. “I think it
might be a little closer for
Trump here this time, but
with all the driving I do, I
see a lot of Trump signs out
there.”
While signs don’t vote,
they remain a popular topic
of conversation in town.
Down the street at Frazier’s
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Saturday with flyers promoting the Proud Boys on the windshields.
Flyers recruiting for Proud
Boys on cars in Ravenswood
Messages included
‘core tenets’ of
far-right group
By Madeline Buckley
Dozens of flyers attempt-
ing to recruit for the far-
right group the Proud Boys
were placed on cars parked
throughout several resi-
dential blocks in
Ravenswood late Friday.
By Saturday morning,
about three dozen flyers
remained wedged under
windshield wipers on cars
parked near Montrose and
Lincoln avenues, including
at least one displaying racist
imagery evoking the Ku
Klux Klan.
The Proud Boys, desig-
nated as a hate group by the
Southern Poverty Law
Center, drew attention last
month when President
Donald Trump called on
the all-male group to “stand
back and stand by” when he
was asked by moderator
Chris Wallace to disavow
white supremacy during
the first presidential debate
with former Vice President
Joe Biden. Trump was
widely criticized for failing
to condemn white suprem-
acy and instead issuing
what some members of the
Proud Boys took as a rally-
ing cry.
Illinois sets record for virus
cases for third day in a row
By Rosemary Sobol
Illinois continues to
shatter records for new
known coronavirus cases,
setting another high mark
for the third day in a row.
State public health offi-
cials on Saturday reported
7,899 new COVID-19 cases,
eclipsing Friday’s single-
day record of 6,943 cases.
On Thursday, the state re-
ported 6,363 cases, which
set a record at the time.
Along with the record
number of new cases, state
health officials announced
46 more fatalities on Sat-
urday bringing the state-
wide death toll to 9,757
since the pandemic began.
The high number of
cases comes as Public
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sages papered the cars, in-
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a drawing of Uncle Sam
proclaiming, “We want you
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which included anti-racial
guilt, anti-political correct-
ness, venerating the house-
wife and Western chauvin-
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Ald. Matt Martin, 47th,
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six blocks in the district
where flyers were placed
on cars.
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Golden Moutza of October: There can only be one
John Kass
Nothing is more disgusting and
moutza-worthy than John Good-
man’s creepy disembodied head
on a fingertip in that cheesy TV
gambling commercial, or candy
corn on Halloween.
Unless it’s Jeffrey Toobin, the
liberal CNN legal analyst and
writer for The New Yorker who
violated journalistic norms — all
norms — and was suspended after
his notorious Zoom call with
colleagues.
And to think Toobin’s work was
once mentioned by Meryl Streep
in “The Devil Wears Prada,” when
she portrayed a world-famous
fashion editor running a glitzy
magazine in an old-fashioned,
non-Zoom editorial meeting.
“Also, I’m pulling that Toobin
piece on the Supreme Court
women,” Streep’s character says.
Speaking of fashion, what
about the short, curvy person
wearing a mask and a skintight cat
suit, complete with a tail, who I
saw in line when we went to vote
early in Chicago Friday morning.
“Check out the tail,” I told Betty
as we stood at the front of the line,
like eager voting nerds. “That
deserves a pre-vote moutza.”
Voters watch updates during a 2016 election night party in northwest suburban Park Ridge, the home-
town of then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
Election night, 2016, 2020:
Anxious then, anxious now
Mary Schmich
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. Elec-
tion Day.
Where were you that night?
Odds are, you remember. It’s
one of those moments seared
into our individual and collec-
tive memories as vividly as the
9/11 terrorist attacks or, for older
Americans, the assassination of
JFK.
I’m speaking today on behalf
of Hillary Clinton voters, though
the smaller number of Ameri-
cans — nearly 3 million fewer —
who voted for Donald Trump no
doubt remember the night too, if
not with the same dismay.
We, the Clinton voters, re-
member how the day started
with polls that said Hillary
would win, becoming the first
woman elected to the highest
office in the land. We remember
the slow accretion of confusion
as the night ticked on and the
Electoral College numbers trick-
led in: What. Is. Happening?
We remember feeling sick,
not primarily because our candi-
date was losing, or that a Repub-
lican was defeating a Democrat.
Voting sometimes means losing.
What made that night sickening
was that this exceptionally
qualified woman was on the
brink of being beaten by a crude,
racist, misogynistic, pathologi-
cally lying bully. And that she
could lose because the popular
vote alone doesn’t count.
I still have the texts I traded
with a friend in California that
night. I imagine millions of
similar conversations happening
all over the country. Here it is,
slightly abridged:
TRIBUNE VOICES
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“No! Don’t!” she hissed through
her mask. “They’ll know you.”
They might. But masks are
quite useful when you’re on ad-
venture in the woke world.
Now, at the keyboard, I’m
maskless and completely calm
and apolitical because, well, it’s
Golden Moutza of the Month
time.
“I gotta go with Giuliani,” says
Anthony Kefalas, a Canadian.
Wait just a minute, Anthony. I
haven’t even typed the boilerplate,
explaining that the moutza, the
noble and ancient hand signal of
disgust, was invented by the
Greeks and how readers find me
on social media to nominate their
idiotic candidates.
Open your palm with fingers
spread, point them at some idiot
and say “Nah” (here) or “Feesah
etho” (blow on it.).
“This month is YUGE with
nominations,” says Jodee War-
wick, noting that October’s horde
of moutza-worthy morons
stretches beyond the horizon.
“We might need moutza catego-
ries.”
Among them are Big Tech
giants Twitter and Facebook for
censoring news about Joe Biden
that the company executives don’t
like.
Also, those idiotically woke
University of Wisconsin at Madi-
son students who voted to get rid
of a statue of Abraham Lincoln,
who freed the slaves. Their reso-
lution said the Lincoln statue
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7:28 p.m.
Me: I’m getting nervous.
Her: Pretending to work, but I
give up. Going home. Nervous too.
8 p.m.
Me: I’m going to take a bath.
She has to win. She must.
Her: California: 55 electoral
votes.
Me: A nation turns its hopeful
eyes to you.
11 p.m.
Me: Feeling very sad.
Her: Just sick. Just heard that
the Canadian immigration site
has crashed.
Me: They say Portugal is nice.
OK I really am going to sleep now
if I can.
Her: May you wake up to a
happy surprise.
Like the nearly 66 million
Americans who voted for Clin-
ton, I did not wake up to a happy
surprise. That stunned morning
is memorable too.
Many of us also remember the
day that led into election night,
the anticipation that bordered
on jubilation. We remember
how we dressed to go vote. One
of my friends recalls the white
pantsuit she wore, in honor of
women’s suffrage. Another
remembers wearing her late
mother’s watch, so her mom
could vote in spirit. I wore my
mother’s yellow coat. We were
voting not just for ourselves and
the future, but for the women
who came before us, who were
denied opportunities we take for
granted, who helped make our
opportunities possible.
The men who favored Hillary
also felt the loss that night, but it
was for the women, I think, that
the defeat was most personal.
I also recall being in the Chi-
cago Tribune newsroom on the
afternoon of Election Day. An
editor waved me into his office.
On a big table were laid out three
mock front pages for the follow-
ing day, one for each of the pos-
must go because it serves as “rem-
nants of this school’s history of
white supremacy.”
Didn’t Lincoln sign the Eman-
cipation Proclamation?
Woke students? Nah!
What of those stupid plastic
igloos for “COVID safe” outdoor
dining in Chicago winters? Or the
two Florida men who robbed a
store but left their wallets with
their driver’s licenses behind?
And what about Illinois politi-
cians?
Oh, and Toobin.
“So many choices!” writes
Michelin star chef Carrie Nahabe-
dian, owner of the restaurant
Brindille. “Toobin for sure, fol-
lowed by those stupid (igloo)
domes.”
Reader Brandon Gorte, who
has seen the movie “Highlander,”
reminds us there cannot be multi-
ple winners of the October Gold-
en Moutza.
“So many potential moutzas
this month, but like ‘Highlander,’
there can be only one!”
Bingo.
“George Renninger, the inven-
tor of ‘Chicken Feed,’ which be-
came that horrid, disgusting mung
called candy corn,” says noted
Chicago foodie Peter Bella.
“NAH!”
I hate candy corn too.
But Peggy Meskin Zabicki
admonished me for hating:
“Don’t ruin this holiday for
everyone. We like to stand around
the candy corn tree and sing corn
sible outcomes.
Trump Wins. Clinton Wins.
It’s a Draw.
I picked up the page that
showed Hillary the winner and
felt a jolt of pride. Pride in my
country. Pride — but not without
a fearful premonition — that I
was alive to witness this break-
through.
I wanted to snap a photo but
my editor said no, so that page
lives only in my head now. But it
does live on there. In that mo-
ment, I glimpsed the future,
even though it was a future that
would never be.
Four years have passed since
the future took a different path.
The other day I sent our text
exchange to my friend in Cali-
fornia. She wrote back: “Wow,
and we really had no idea how
bad it would be … Feels like an
eon of outrage and exhaustion.”
She added that she was about
to go watch “What the Constitu-
tion Means to Me,” Amazon’s
production of Heidi Schreck’s
award-winning play about what
the Constitution has meant to
generations of women.
Now election night 2020 is
near. We carry the memory of
four years ago into the present, a
memory that leaves us anxious,
cautious, wise enough not to
predict or assume.
And we wait, afraid to hope,
but hoping anyway that when-
ever a winner is declared —
probably not that night — the
polls this time will be proved
right. We hope that the fore-
casts of civil war and civic un-
rest are wrong. Despite the
shock of that night four years
ago, we hang on to the slippery
belief that the United States of
America is a special place
where democratic principles
and decent leaders may not
always win but still can.
mschmich@chicagotribune.com
carols. We exchange candy corn
gifts. It’s all about the joy of giving
candy corn.”
Jeff Schwartz nominated May-
or Lori Lightfoot for wanting to
use traffic cameras to issue fines
to drivers going 6 mph over the
speed limit.
“Being a retired cop after 27
years, I would have never even
stopped anyone going that speed
over the limit,” Schwartz says.
“Mayor Lightfoot, a big NAH to
you.”
A few nominated our beloved
Chicago White Sox for bringing
back 76-year-old Tony La Russa as
manager.
“The game has moved on,” says
Matthew Latourette. “Find some-
one else. NAH!!!”
But I’m good with it if La
Russa grows back his mullet. At
least he’s not running for presi-
dent. If he collapses in August,
maybe Kamala Harris can be
manager. Won’t that be safer for
everyone?
Chelsea Handler, the liberal
activist, comedian and Joe Biden
supporter, was nominated by
many for race-shaming her ex-
boyfriend, rapper 50 Cent, be-
cause he suggested that he’s wor-
ried about a Biden tax increase
and might vote for President
Donald Trump.
“I had to remind him that he
was a Black person, so he can’t
vote for Donald Trump,” Chan-
dler said on “The Tonight Show
Starring Jimmy Fallon.”
Trump may well beat
Biden. Why? Trumpism!
Rex W. Huppke
It won’t surprise me if Donald
Trump gets reelected.
He shouldn’t, of course. It
would usher in a second term that
would make the corruption and
cruelty of his first term seem mild
by comparison.
But it’s entirely possible he will
beat former Vice President Joe
Biden, not by the kind of judicial
chicanery many of us fear or due to
relentless Republican voter-sup-
pression tactics, but just outright.
If you don’t think it can happen,
you haven’t been paying attention.
The liberal in me wants to be
optimistic Trump will lose. The
believer-in-common-sense in me
wants to think there’s no way this
evil clown, a science-denying,
remorseless oaf who has had
more than 225,000 Americans die
of COVID-19 on his watch, could
possibly prevail.
But the pragmatist in me knows
it’s possible, and the reason is
simple: Trump is more a cult
leader than a candidate, and cult
members show up.
There are certainly stray per-
centages of Trump’s wealthy sup-
porters who look past his narcis-
sism and sadism and see him as a
useful fool who will bring them tax
cuts and conservative judges. And
there are one-issue voters and
some who simply can’t bring
themselves to vote for a Democrat.
But the core of Trump’s base
ceased long ago to be a political
party, becoming instead a group of
people whose lives and identities
revolve around Trump.
They view him like this: He can
do no wrong. He alone can fix the
changing world that so frustrates
them. Any word against Trump is
a treasonous slur. Any news criti-
cal of Trump is fake. Any news
making Trump look good or his
opponents look bad is real. The
world, and the facts, must bend
toward Trump.
The president has done all he
can to nurture that fervor.
He denounces those who speak
against him. He lies with deaf-
ening frequency, and labels any-
one who questions those lies as a
liar, or worse.
He has made it OK for white
people to let their hatred — of
immigrants, of liberals, of Blacks
and Muslims and feminists and
“globalists” (wink, wink) — fly
free. He has recast white power as
a perverted form of patriotism. He
has made ignorance and intoler-
ance badges to be worn proudly at
rallies where calls for the jailing of
political opponents, threats
against the press and the booing
of public servants unite his follow-
ers in orgies of unbridled id.
That makes him dangerous,
both as a leader of people who
violate their own self-interests to
stay loyal to him and, of course, as
We could leave those interpre-
tations to Biden, who told a radio
host in May: “Well I tell you what,
if you have a problem figuring out
whether you’re for me or Trump,
then you ain’t Black.”
Did Joe talk to the hand after
that one?
And of course, Toobin.
“If Toobin’s Zoom malfunction
doesn’t win, I’m cancelling my
subscription!” says Ann MacIn-
tosh Baker, who also brought up
the John Goodman commercial.
“That said, nah to the self-
pleasuring creep-a-zoid Jeffrey
Toobin. Please spare your col-
leagues and keep your hands
above the table.”
Many readers used a vulgar
Greek word that literally means to
make soft by overuse. But I loathe
vulgarity in newspapers. And
since everybody is now changing
word definitions to suit them, I’m
changing that Greek word forever
to “Toobin.”
As in, “Don’t be such a
(bleepin’) Toobin.”
Jeffrey Toobin, for being the
Toobin you are, you win the Gold-
en Moutza of the Month.
You’re disgusting.
Nah.
Listen to “The Chicago Way” pod-
cast with John Kass and Jeff Carlin
— at www.wgnradio.com/
category/wgn-plus/thechicagoway.
jskass@chicagotribune.com
Twitter @John_Kass
a political candidate. As I said,
cults show up.
That’s why there are no polls, no
recitations of early voting numbers
and no anecdotes of Democratic
voter enthusiasm that will make
me believe Biden has this election
in the bag. He doesn’t. He’s facing a
man who pulled off one of the
greatest cons in American history,
and the con man now has the full
force of a complicit Republican
Party and the U.S. Supreme Court
behind him.
In 2016, we learned a large
swath of the nation was gullible
enough to buy what Trump was
selling. For those who didn’t sell
our souls to the huckster, it was a
tough fact to process.
Four years later, with evidence
of the con, evidence of the incom-
petence, evidence of the abject
stupidity and mismanagement,
piled from floor to rafters, it’s
again hard to process the fact that
there are enough Americans out
there to reelect Donald Trump.
But trust me, there are.
We all have friends or loved
ones who’ve fallen into this pit.
When was the last time you heard
them accept a fact that makes
Trump look bad? When was the
last time you saw them deny a
harebrained conspiracy theory
that bubbled up from the
Trumpian fever swamps?
Beyond that, when was the last
time you heard President Trump
admit to any kind of mistake? Or
acknowledge that he was wrong?
Or say anything that showed even
a sliver of self-reflection?
There was no last time, because
there hasn’t been a first time. His
narcissism is bottomless, same as
that pit your friends and loved
ones have fallen into.
Once people fall deep into the
alternate reality Trump has cre-
ated, getting out is near impos-
sible. It would require them to
admit they were conned, admit
they let a flashy meathead lure
them down a rabbit hole with
promises that could never be kept.
Accepting you’ve been
scammed is mentally painful. It’s
hard to pull yourself away from
hardcore believers once you’ve
invested your time and money
and soul. It’s hard to let go once a
movement defines you.
So when thinking about this
election, play the odds. Are Trump’s
supporters more likely to have a
sudden revelation about their
leader or simply stick with him?
They’ll stick. They’ll show up
in droves.
That means the rest of us need
to be in this election with more
than just commensurate force.
Consider it less an election and
more a national intervention, one
that could stretch well beyond
Election Day.
Because if you think Trump
will lose and go quietly, again, you
haven’t been paying attention.
And if you think he can’t win, I
have news for you: This isn’t a
candidate, it’s a cult. And cult
members show up.
rhuppke@chicagotribune.com

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Scabby, an inflatable rat, sits outside a building in Chicago’s Loop on Aug. 7, 2019. Scabby is a fixture at picket lines, but the NLRB is considering banning it.
WHO’S AFRAID OF
SCABBY THE RAT?
Steve Chapman
The federal Endangered Species Act
protects a wide array of threatened
creatures. But it doesn’t apply to
Scabby the Rat, which soon will be-
come extinct if the Republican-con-
trolled National Labor Relations Board
has its way.
Scabby is a giant inflatable rodent,
up to 25 feet tall, with angry red eyes,
exceptionally prominent front teeth
and sharp claws. Created some 30
years ago in Chicago, it’s a favorite
device of unions trying to draw atten-
tion to their grievances, and it works.
“Before, you could drive by and see six
guys with picket signs and probably
never notice them,” James Allen, presi-
dent of District Council 1 of the Inter-
national Union of Bricklayers, told the
Tribune last year. Scabby is harder to
miss.
I used to occasionally pass by one
incarnation on a sidewalk in the Loop.
The figure was set up to express dissat-
isfaction at a contractor’s use of non-
union workers. Even on a bleak day, the
OP-ART JOE FOURNIER
sight could bring a smile to my face.
But the NLRB’s general counsel,
appointed by Donald Trump, is not
smiling. Peter Robb, previously a man-
agement lawyer, “hates the rat,” one
unidentified senior NRLB official told
Bloomberg Law. At his direction, the
agency is trying to eradicate Scabby.
The effort isn’t likely to succeed.
Under Barack Obama, the NLRB ruled
that putting this huge air-filled mascot
outside the entrance of a hospital,
accompanied by a union member
holding a leaflet, was a form of free
expression protected by the First
Amendment.
Lawyers for the hospital insisted
that the use of Scabby was not pro-
tected because it could intimidate
people from entering the building.
They also claimed that it amounted to
picketing, which is illegal when used
against an employer who is merely
doing business with the employer that
the union has a dispute with.
But there is a critical line between
picketing, which typically forces peo-
ple to pass through a line of marching
and sometimes hostile workers, and
persuasion, which subjects passersby
only to images and words meant to
communicate the union’s point of
view. In 2011, NLRB reached the obvi-
ous conclusion that Scabby, red eyes
and all, was an example of the latter.
B Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Sunday, November 1, 2020
“The rat balloon itself was symbolic
speech,” said the board. “It certainly
drew attention to the union’s griev-
ance and cast aspersions on (the non-
union employer), but we perceive
nothing in the location, size or features
of the balloon that were likely to
frighten those entering the hospital,
disturb patients or their families, or
otherwise interfere with the business
of the hospital.”
I would not leap at the chance to
cross a picket line composed of beefy
Teamsters who woke up on the wrong
side of the bed. But in the times I have
passed by, Scabby failed to elicit a
twinge of anxiety in my peace-loving
self. It’s about as scary as Oscar the
Grouch.
Not that the comfort of me or any
other observer is the concern of the
First Amendment. It deliberately
places the freedom of people to ex-
press their views above the desire of
other people to avoid being exposed to
those views.
The fact that the means of expres-
sion here is a towering container of air
does not allow the government to ban
it. Some modes of communication —
burning American flags, wearing black
armbands, declining to salute during
the Pledge of Allegiance, staging a
silent sit-in in a segregated library —
are not literal speech. But the Supreme
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Court has ruled that they are constitu-
tionally protected expression.
In a 1943 Supreme Court decision
upholding the right of schoolchildren
to refuse to salute the flag, Justice
Robert Jackson wrote, “There is no
doubt that, in connection with the
pledge, the flag salute is a form of
utterance. Symbolism is a primitive but
effective way of communicating ideas.”
Nor does it matter that Scabby may
make employers gnash their teeth in
fury. As Justice Oliver Wendell
Holmes Jr. memorably wrote in 1929,
“If there is any principle of the Consti-
tution that more imperatively calls for
attachment than any other, it is the
principle of free thought — not free
thought for those who agree with us
but freedom for the thought that we
hate.” You don’t need a First Amend-
ment, after all, to protect inoffensive
expression.
Plenty of companies have critics, but
only a few find themselves under the
unblinking glare of a vinyl rodent
colossus. Those who do might as well
take Scabby as an honor.
Steve Chapman, a member of the
Tribune Editorial Board, blogs at
www.chicagotribune.com/chapman.
schapman@chicagotribune.com
Twitter @SteveChapman13
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Races I’ll be watching Tuesday night,
and what I expect to see
“I don’t know” is the most
common response you’ll hear if
you ask political journalists who
they think is going to win a close
race.
Such honesty and modesty! Of
course they don’t know. Election
results can confound expecta-
tions because of any number of
factors, from weather to late-
breaking news events to higher-
than-expected turnout among
certain demographic groups to
inaccurate or inadequate polling.
Sports journalists don’t know
which teams are going to win
either. Entertainment journalists
don’t know which artists are
going to take home Oscars, Gram-
mys, Emmys and so on. But their
lack of clairvoyance never seems
to stop them from making predic-
tions, just as general uncertainty
about the future doesn’t grind the
gambling and investment econo-
mies to a halt.
I’ve never been shy about offer-
ing predictions as a way to frame
thinking about the future, but I’ve
come to prefer presenting them
as best guesses. This seems to
limit the temptation certain read-
ers have for taunting me when
I’m wrong, which, sadly, I have
been, as Minnesota Sen. Amy
Klobuchar, the candidate I pre-
dicted in January would win the
presidency, would tell you.
That said, here, framed in
humility and presented for
amusement purposes only, are the
races I’ll be watching Tuesday
night and the results I expect (not
necessarily those I want):
Graduated income-tax
amendment. The ballot measure
to amend the Illinois Constitution
to eliminate the requirement that
all income be taxed at a single rate
has been the subject of heavy TV
advertising on both sides. To pass,
the referendum must get “yes”
votes from either a majority of all
those who cast ballots in the elec-
tion or more than 60% of those
who choose to vote on the ques-
CHANGE OF SUBJECT
tion. It’s a high threshold.
Best guess: Even though the
idea has polled very well in Illi-
nois, it feels to me as though
opponents have successfully
turned the question into “Do you
trust those schnooks in Spring-
field with greater latitude in
monkeying with tax rates?” The
referendum goes down to defeat.
U.S. Senate in Illinois. Demo-
cratic incumbent Dick Durbin is
not facing a particularly strong
field in his bid for a fifth term in
Washington, but philanthropic
entrepreneur Willie Wilson of the
Willie Wilson Party has a stronger
following than most third-party
or independent candidates
(nearly 11% in each of the last two
Chicago mayoral contests ) and
will eat into Durbin’s typically
solid support among African
American voters.
Best guess: Durbin wins, but
with slightly under 50% of the
vote.
Cook County state’s attorney.
First-term Democratic incum-
bent Kim Foxx would probably be
sailing to reelection were it not
ANTONIO PEREZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE
for how her office abruptly dis-
missed all charges against TV
actor Jussie Smollett for allegedly
filing a false police report, and for
how she has refused ever since to
provide a coherent explanation
for that decision. Republican
challenger Pat O’Brien, a former
prosecutor and judge, has re-
ferred to Foxx as a “crime lover”
for her reform-minded approach
to incarceration in this notably
nasty campaign, and his candi-
dacy promises a return to a
tougher form of justice.
Best guess: It’s never smart to
bet against a Democrat in Cook
County, particularly an incum-
bent. But O’Brien, whose TV ads
refer to him as a lifelong Demo-
crat, squeaks out a win.
Retention of Cook County
Judge Michael Toomin. Local
judicial retention races seldom
get much attention, but the effort
to oust Toomin led by Cook
County Board President Toni
Preckwinkle, chair of the Cook
County Democratic Party, has put
this one in the headlines. Party
officials and other foes claim to be
dissatisfied with Toomin’s over-
By Eric Zorn
sight of the juvenile court system.
But there’s little evidence of this
dissatisfaction in the news ar-
chives predating Toomin’s 2019
decision to appoint special prose-
cutor Dan Webb to reinvestigate
the Smollett case. Webb’s report
was highly critical of Foxx, Preck-
winkle’s former chief of staff.
Best guess: Voters, persuaded
in part by strong editorial support
for Toomin in the Tribune and
the Sun-Times as well as endorse-
ments from the Chicago Bar
Association, the Chicago Council
of Lawyers and the Cook County
Bar Association, will reject the
retaliatory effort of Team Toni to
punish a judge for doing his job.
Toomin stays.
Retention of Supreme Court
Justice Thomas Kilbride. Kil-
bride, a Democrat, is trying to
hang on to his seat in a Republi-
can-leaning Downstate district,
and he’s facing a well-funded
“vote no” campaign linking him
to controversial Democratic
House Speaker Michael Madigan,
his political sponsor. The Demo-
crats’ 4-3 control of the state’s
high court is at stake, and Kilbride
needs 60% support from voters in
order to prevail.
Best guess: Kilbride goes.
Control of the U.S. Senate. I
have lefty friends who tell me
that, if they had to choose be-
tween Democrats winning the
Senate or Democrats winning the
White House, they’d take the
Senate. I disagree, but it’s true
that without control of the Sen-
ate, a presidency is hamstrung.
Democrats will have to win a net
gain of four seats to have a major-
ity going forward (they currently
have 47 seats, counting the two
independents who caucus with
them). Friday, the polling analyt-
ics site FiveThirtyEight gave
them a 76% chance of doing so,
factoring in the chance that the
next vice president will be the
51st vote in case of ties.
Best guess: A blue wave vindi-
cates FiveThirtyEight. Democrats
prevail.
President. Lighting could strike
twice. The preelection polls in
key battleground states could be
off by just enough to give a second
Electoral College victory to Presi-
dent Donald Trump. A surge of
energy from his rabid base com-
bined with GOP voter-suppres-
sion efforts and friendly conser-
vative judges willing to toss out
ballots that were mailed before
Election Day but didn’t arrive
until after the polls closed could
deal us another surprise result.
But the political savants tell us the
fundamentals and circumstances
are quite different than they were
in 2016 and that Democratic
challenger Joe Biden is very likely
to win.
Best guess: Biden wins com-
fortably.
But, again, of course, I don’t
know. Maybe you think you do.
I’ve posted the link to a survey on
these races at chicagotri-
bune.com/zorn, and you can
check back there for results.
As always, please, no wagering!
Re:Tweets
The winner of this week’s
reader poll to select the funniest
tweet was, “Standing in line to
vote, somebody pulls up and asks,
‘How long have you been wait-
ing?’ Some guy yells back, ‘Four
years!,’” a tweet that appeared in
so many forms from so many
people in recent days that I was
unable to determine who first
came up with it.
The poll appears at chicago
tribune.com/zorn where you can
read all the finalists. For an early
alert when each new poll is
posted, sign up for the Change of
Subject email newsletter at
chicagotribune.com/newsletters.
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Twitter @EricZorn

John H. Johnson, publisher of Ebony magazine, circa June 1967. Ebony’s first issue was published on Nov. 1, 1945. By 1967, the publication had a guaranteed circulation of 1 million.
‘IT MEANT SOMETHING
TO BE ON THE COVER’
Ebony magazine gave a voice
and lens to Black America
By Darcel Rockett
C
harles Whitaker, dean at the Medill School of Journalism at
Northwestern University, says Ebony magazine is largely
why he became a journalist. When as a young student he
had to do a report based on a periodical, he chose Ebony
because it “was on every Black coffee table growing up” in the 1960s.
“My report was based on a
story by Charles Sanders who
once upon a time was the Paris
bureau chief of Ebony,” Whitaker
said. “It was all about Black expa-
triates living in Paris, and I
thought, ‘How cool is that?’ You
could actually write and go to
cool places and interview inter-
esting people. That’s what I
wanted to do — that was my in-
spiration for being a journalist.”
Much like Bibles have been a
mainstay in hotels and motels
across America, so was Ebony
magazine when it came to Black
homes and businesses. If you’re of
a certain age, the Chicago-based
publication was just a constant.
One never questioned its pres-
ence.
The monthly publication —
focused like Life magazine on
showing American lives —
chronicled the achievements of
those in the Black community
and was a success from its first
issue published on Nov. 1, 1945, by
founder John H. Johnson. The
25,000-copy press run of the
inaugural 52-page issue sold out.
By its 10th year, the magazine was
being read by 500,000 people.
By 1965, the press run was
900,000, and the average issue
was 169 pages. Readership sur-
veys showed that in Black com-
munities, Ebony outsold other
publications of the same type 15
to 1. By 1967, the publication
would end the year with advertis-
ing revenue of more than $7 mil-
lion, with a guaranteed circula-
tion of 1 million.
Johnson saw Ebony’s role as a
way “to portray the positive side
of Negro life because he believed
that every man must have a
wholesome self-image before he
is prepared to demand respect
from others,” the Tribune wrote.
“We try to present the good
things that Negroes are doing,
with emphasis on what can be
done, not on the handicaps, in a
lively colorful way that appeals to
our readers,” Johnson said.
The Ebony story began when a
25-year-old Johnson borrowed
$500 in 1942 using his mother’s
furniture as collateral to start his
CHICAGO FLASHBACK
first publication, Negro Digest — a
periodical that informed readers
about Black people fighting in
World War II. While the digest
would not stay, it served as the
foundation for Ebony and the
Johnson Publishing Co. Periodi-
cals would ebb and flow under
the Johnson Publishing banner —
the news digest Jet and Ebony Jr!
for 6- to 12-year-olds — but Ebony
magazine remained the flagship
publication.
By 1972, Johnson Publishing
would be headquartered in its
own now-landmarked building at
820 S. Michigan Ave. The mod-
ernist 11-story building, the first
and only high-rise in downtown
Chicago designed by an African
American, was a touchstone for
the Black community, much like
Ebony was, and it attracted digni-
taries and history-makers.
“They used to do these tours
for schoolchildren, and two years
after Ebony’s new building had
opened my freshman class in high
school went down there,” Whita-
ker recalled. “It was this gleaming
monument to African American
achievement on Michigan Ave-
nue. … Everyone from the person
who greeted you at the door to
John Johnson was African
American, and that was this won-
derful, inspirational experience.”
Whitaker would eventually
serve as an Ebony editor for close
to 10 years handling politics,
culture and world affairs. Joining
the ranks of Ebony gave him a
feeling of having arrived, he said.
Traveling to South Africa with
Coretta Scott King and Maya
Angelou and other Black civil
rights leaders, interviewing trail-
blazing Black mayors between
1985 and 1992, sitting at a lunch-
eon with novelist James Baldwin,
this was the norm at Ebony.
“That kind of stuff would hap-
pen all the time, and it was kind of
a magical place to be because of
that,” Whitaker said. “I traveled to
four continents and met with
heads of state. … The opportuni-
ties that it afforded me, this little,
working-class kid from the South
Side of Chicago, were phenome-
nal.”
Breaking history since 1847
Johnson Publishing’s landmarked building at 820 S. Michigan Ave.
was home to Ebony and Jet magazines and other enterprises.
EBONY MAGAZINE
Ebony magazine’s first issue was
published on Nov. 1, 1945.
That was the thing about Eb-
ony — every month, it showed
readers of my community our-
selves. Johnson Publishing pro-
vided us with a window for view-
ing the greatness and legacy of
our people. Young and old from
different communities would
discuss Ebony’s articles with one
another. Ebony was like television
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ERNIE COX JR./CHICAGO TRIBUNE 1987
before streaming: It was must-
see, must-read and must-share.
“If you called most Black peo-
ple and said you were from Ebony
and wanted to do a story on them,
they kind of dropped everything,”
Whitaker said. “It meant some-
thing to be on the cover.”
Ebony writes “with a candor
that the white press has generally
shunned,” the Tribune observed
in 1979 while discussing a special
Ebony issue about black-on-black
crime. Johnson and his staff
weighed in on the issues that
affected and reflected on the
community — from Black people
in media and entertainment to
the real buying power that mem-
bers of the community possessed;
from ongoing concerns like pov-
erty in Black neighborhoods to
the development of the Black
child, the special focus of a 1974
issue.
In 1975, Ebony tapped a multi-
tude of expert voices for its Au-
gust issue “The Bicentennial: 200
Years of Black Trials and Tri-
umphs,” wherein senior editor
Lerone Bennett Jr. wrote: “There
has never been a better opportu-
nity or better time” for Black
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE ARCHIVE
people “to remind white Ameri-
cans that we are not free.” There
are echoes of that sentiment in
The New York Times’ recent
undertaking “The 1619 Project.”
Looking at Johnson’s words
and Ebony’s work over the years,
it appears that not a lot has
changed. Case in point: In Eb-
ony’s 1979 issue about black-on-
black crime, Johnson wrote,
“Tens of thousands of young
Black men and women, the
flower of our youth, are riding
conveyor belts leading from petty
crime to reform schools to pris-
ons to major crimes to death
and/or the penitentiary.” Con-
cerns over the school-to-prison
pipeline and police in schools
haven’t abated.
Younger generations haven’t
embraced Ebony like their fore-
bears, Whitaker said. Johnson
Publishing sold Ebony and Jet in
2016 to a Texas-based private
equity firm, and its iconic build-
ing was sold and turned into
high-end apartments. Johnson
Publishing filed for bankruptcy in
2019 and sold its vast photo ar-
chives for $30 million to a group
of philanthropic foundations. As
of July, Ebony hadn’t published a
print edition in more than a year,
and CEO Willard Jackson was
forced out.
Whitaker said that without
Ebony, there’s not a mainstay
documenting monumental events
such as the social unrest that fol-
lowed the police killings of George
Floyd and Breonna Taylor.
“We don’t have a vehicle that is
chronicling this for us and help-
ing us put it in perspective,” said
the South Shore native. “Ebony
gave Black intellectuals and
scholars, but also people who are
just the voice of the time, a plat-
form and a forum to kind of put
this all in context for us.”
As for an heir apparent to the
Ebony brand, Whitaker said that
while there are many entities out
there trying to fill the void, noth-
ing has the universal resonance
that Ebony had.
“Partly that’s because there are
no barriers to publishing now
because in digital, anybody is a
publisher and anybody can put
something together and put it out
there,” he said. “No one’s cap-
tured the heart and soul of the
community in the same way that I
think Ebony did in its heyday. We
miss that.”
drockett@chicagotribune.com
Have a Flashback idea? Share your
suggestions with Editor Colleen
Kujawa at ckujawa@chicagotri-
bune.com.
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EDITORIALS

In conclusion: Vote No
on the Pritzker Tax
This Election Day is also Future
Day, or maybe Fulcrum Day. Which
way will Illinois tip?
If voters permit graduated in-
come tax rates, they’ll invite law-
makers to impose an endless
scheme of new revenue grabs. That
would further hobble Illinois’ jobs
climate and economic future. It
would intensify the Illinois Exodus
of employers, young people and
other taxpayers to better-managed
states.
If, though, voters reject what we
call the Pritzker Tax amendment,
they’ll be pressuring lawmakers to
do the hard work of restructuring
how this high-tax, high-spend state
does the people’s business. That
means forcing politicians to finally
deliver policy reforms and public
finance solutions — such as limiting
spending to the many billions of
dollars Springfield already collects.
The attitude of the politicians
eager to collect more billions boils
down to this: Give us your money
but don’t make us change anything.
As is, Illinois works just fine for us.
But it is not working for rank-
and-file taxpayers. We’re reminded
of a mother struggling with an
autistic child who wrote a letter to
the editor this fall against the
amendment, saying it would be
another empty promise from a state
failing its disabled population.
“There are approximately 19,500
people on the waiting list for state
aid and/or services, yet there are no
clear plans to solve this problem.
That’s why my family and I are
planning our move to Wisconsin.
“State leaders are failing our
most vulnerable. Yet they want us
to trust them, that — with this tax
hike — they will finally do right.
Illinois already has one of the high-
est tax burdens in the country and
still fails to provide legitimate,
easy-access services that people
with disabilities need.”
So keep her in mind as you study
your ballot on Tuesday. And con-
sider:
Have lawmakers protected
public pensions? If and when
Illinois pension systems go insol-
vent — unable to pay benefits due —
retirees can blame governors and
legislators too cowardly to rescue
pension funds from unsustainable
math. It’s easier for politicians to let
union members risk fund collapses
than it is to build consensus for
equitable pension reforms on future
benefits, not those already earned.
Has Gov. J.B. Pritzker kept his
promise of property tax reform
if the amendment went on the
ballot? No. He and other Demo-
crats want you to forget that prom-
ise.
Will lawmakers truly gouge only
the top 3% of taxpayers? Trust
lawmakers to keep that pledge only
if you don’t mind getting burned,
while keeping these broken promis-
es in mind: That they would spend
Illinois Lottery proceeds on
schools. That their income tax
surcharge was only “temporary.”
That taxpayers wouldn’t have to
bail out their doomed-from-the-
start “College Illinois” program.
That Tollway travel would be “Free
in ’73!” That their punishing in-
come tax hikes of 2011, and then of
2017, really would fix Illinois. That
all these FBI raids, search warrants,
wiretaps and federal charges of
brazen corruption are no reason to
deprive Springfield of new billions
in taxes.
Have they let you vote to im-
pose term limits? No. In some
cultures, failed leaders resign and
slink away. In Illinois, pols who’ve
made a disaster of state finances
keep running for office until they’re
retired or indicted.
Have they let you vote on redis-
tricting reform? What, and de-
prive incumbents of the right to
draw their own districts?
Have they consolidated many
of the 7,000 local governments
that drive runaway property
taxes? No.
Did they pair this Pritzker Tax
vote with spending reforms or
an amendment to slow the
growth of pensions? No. That
would require respect for taxpay-
ers as more than convenient
ATMs.
Would Pritzker & Co. endure
this much criticism, and buy all
these TV ads, if they wanted
only $3 billion a year? Or does
this divide-and-conquer strate-
gy foreshadow imminent in-
come tax hikes on middle- and
working-class taxpayers? That
question raises a question: Whenev-
er our lawmakers could make easy
money from tax hikes, or do the
hard work of fixing Illinois, which
did they choose?
You know the answer.
Vote No on this tax
amendment.

2020 General Election

Here are the Chicago Tribune endorsements in the Nov. 3 general election. Endorsements are made only in contested races.

PRESIDENT 61st District: Dan Yost KANE COUNTY

Joseph R. Biden and Kamala D. Harris
U.S. SENATE
Mark C. Curran Jr.
U.S. HOUSE
1st District: No endorsement
2nd District: Robin Kelly
3rd District: Mike Fricilone
4th District: Jesus “Chuy” Garcia
5th District: Mike Quigley
6th District: Jeanne Ives
7th District: Danny K. Davis
8th District: Raja Krishnamoorthi
9th District: Janice D. Schakowsky
10th District: Brad Schneider
11th District: Bill Foster
12th District: Mike Bost
13th District: Rodney Davis
14th District: Lauren Underwood
15th District: Mary Miller
16th District: Adam Kinzinger
17th District: Esther Joy King
18th District: Darin LaHood
ILLINOIS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Graduated Tax: Vote NO.
ILLINOIS SENATE
10th District: Anthony Beckman
11th District: Celina Villanueva
25th District: Karina Villa
31st District: Melinda Bush
34th District: Paul Hofmann
40th District: Eric M. Wallace
43rd District: Ben Bierly
46th District: Mary Burress
49th District: No endorsement
52nd District: Scott Bennett
55th District: Darren Bailey
ILLINOIS HOUSE
17th District: Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz
18th District: Sean Matlis
19th District: Lindsey LaPointe
20th District: No endorsement
35th District: Frances Ann Hurley
37th District: Tim Ozinga
38th District: Debbie Meyers-Martin
41st District: Grant Wehrli
42nd District: Ken Mejia-Beal
45th District: Seth Lewis
47th District: Deanne Marie Mazzochi
48th District: Peter Breen
49th District: Laura Curtis
50th District: Keith R. Wheeler
51st District: Mary Edly-Allen
52nd District: Martin McLaughlin
54th District: Thomas R. “Tom” Morrison
55th District: No endorsement
56th District: Scott Kegarise
62nd District: Jim Walsh
63rd District: Steven Reick
64th District: Tom Weber
65th District: Dan Ugaste
66th District: Allen Skillicorn
67th District: Maurice A. West II
68th District: No endorsement
70th District: Jeff Keicher
71st District: Tony M. McCombie
72nd District: No endorsement
74th District: Dan Swanson
76th District: No endorsement
77th District: Kathleen Willis
78th District: Joshua Flynn
79th District: Jackie Haas
80th District: No endorsement
81st District: Anne Stava-Murray
82nd District: Jim Durkin
83rd District: No endorsement
85th District: Dagmara “Dee” Avelar
87th District: Tim Butler
88th District: No endorsement
89th District: Andrew S. Chesney
90th District: Tom Demmer
91st District: Mark A. Luft
92nd District: No endorsement
93rd District: Scott Stoll
94th District: Randy E. Frese
95th District: Avery Bourne
96th District: Charles McGorray
97th District: Mark Batinick
100th District: No endorsement
102nd District: Brad Halbrook
103rd District: Carol Ammons
104th District: Mike Marron
105th District: Dan Brady
107th District: Blaine Wilhour
108th District: No endorsement
109th District: Adam M. Niemerg
110th District: Chris Miller
111th District: Amy Elik
112th District: Katie Stuart
113th District: No endorsement
114th District: No endorsement
115th District: Paul Jacobs
116th District: No endorsement
County races
COOK COUNTY
State’s attorney: Patrick W. “Pat” O’Brien
Board of Review, 1st District: Dan Patlak
Circuit court clerk: Iris Y. Martinez
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District:
M. Cameron “Cam” Davis, Kimberly Neely
Dubuclet, Eira L. Corral Sepulveda
DuPAGE COUNTY
Auditor: Bob Grogan
Circuit court clerk: Chris Kachiroubas
Coroner: Richard Jorgensen
Recorder: Babette Holder Youngberg
County board chairman: Corinne Pierog
State’s attorney: Robert Spence
Circuit court clerk: Thomas Hartwell
Auditor: Terry Hunt
Recorder: Sandy Wegman
LAKE COUNTY
State’s attorney: Michael Nerheim
Circuit court clerk: Erin Cartwright Weinstein
Coroner: Howard Cooper
Recorder: Mary Ellen Vanderventer
McHENRY COUNTY
County board chairman: Mike Buehler
Circuit court clerk: Katherine Keefe
Coroner: Michael Rein
Auditor: Shannon Teresi
WILL COUNTY
Chief executive: Nick Ficarello
Circuit court clerk: Andrea Lynn Chasteen
Coroner: Laurie Summers
Auditor: Kevin “Duffy” Blackburn
Recorder: No endorsement
Judicial races
ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT
Retention: Vote YES on Thomas Kilbride
5th District (Karmeier vacancy):
David Overstreet
ILLINOIS APPELLATE COURT
1st District: Vote YES on Aurelia Marie
Pucinski and Mary Katherine Rochford
COOK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
Retention: Vote YES on all judges except
three: Vote NO on Patricia Manila Martin,
Mauricio Araujo and Jackie Marie
Portman-Brown.
12th Subcircuit (Hanlon vacancy):
Frank R. DiFranco
13th Subcircuit (Kulys Hoffman vacancy):
Susanne Michele Groebner
DuPAGE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
Bakalis vacancy: James McCluskey
O’Shea vacancy: Richard Felice
Sutter vacancy: Ann Celine Walsh
Anderson vacancy: Monique O’Toole
KANE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
Spence vacancy: Elizabeth Flood
LAKE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
Schippers vacancy: Christopher Morozin
McHENRY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
Caldwell vacancy: David Gervais
Sullivan vacancy: Justin Hansen
Prather vacancy: Mark Gerhardt

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President Donald Trump acknowledges the crowd during his swearing-in ceremony Jan. 20, 2017, at the U.S. Capitol.
President Trump may be
most memorable for his lies
Clarence Page
For those who occasionally have
dared me to say something nice about
President Donald Trump, here you go:
His first — and, I pray, only — term in
office has taught me a lot.
The lessons began with Sean Spicer’s
blistering insistence as the new presi-
dent’s press secretary that the inaugura-
tion had brought out “the largest audi-
ence ever to witness an inauguration,
period, both in person and around the
globe.”
The lie was laughably false, as anyone
with vision could see by comparing his
crowd with those of former presidents,
particularly Barack Obama and Lyndon
Johnson.
But I was one of many who could not
laugh at the sense of menace in this
bizarre announcement. The lesson
confirmed repeatedly over the years has
been that, to this president, the blatant
obviousness of the lies doesn’t matter as
much as how many people let him get
away with them and actually become his
enablers.
All presidents lie from time to time,
Trump supporters have assured me, a
reality from which I take no comfort.
Some like to bring up as an example, “If
you like your health plan, you can keep
it.” That was Obama’s often-repeated
promise about his proposed health care
plan, quickly rebranded by Republican
critics as “Obamacare.”
Actually, most of us were able to keep
our health plans, if they offered enough
coverage to meet the Affordable Care
Act’s standards. But that’s not easy to
SCOTT STANTIS
PERSPECTIVE
squeeze into a catchy bumper sticker.
Still, we can only wish that President
Trump’s lies were as easy to count on
one hand. Instead they have been so
frequent that The Washington Post’s
Fact Checker keeps a running tally of
“false or misleading claims” — by the
end of August it topped 22,247 claims in
1,316 days.
More significant than the number of
falsehoods or exaggerations is how
easily he has gotten away with them. He
dismisses media corrections as “fake
news,” which tickles his base, the one
group to which he gives top priority.
Previous presidents tended to cam-
paign in the fashion President Richard
Nixon reportedly described as “run to
the right” in the primary campaigns
then “run to the center” in the general
election to pick up independent swing
voters and moderate Democrats.
Trump, a newcomer to elective office
but an old hand at salesmanship, broke
that mold. He continued to run to the
right during the 2016 campaign, reading
and reassuring his base at every turn.
That strategy won him 2.9 million fewer
votes than Hillary Clinton received, but
enough votes in the Electoral College to
win the White House — and rub it in the
faces of anyone who didn’t vote for him.
This, too, was educational. His Elec-
toral College victory led to divide-and-
conquer policies and a strategy of politi-
cal tribalism that would impress any
old-school big-city political boss: Em-
power your base and they will protect
you by intimidating any congressional
Republicans who might get in your way
— like, for example, the Grand Old Par-
ty’s elders who informed Nixon that it
was time for him to resign.
Instead, today’s GOP leaders in Con-
gress have become Trump’s enablers,
protecting him from impeachment and
innumerable other attempts to hold him
accountable for his playful relationship
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with reality.
“Truthful hyperbole” is how Trump
describes his frequent exaggerations in
his bestselling “The Art of the Deal.”
Let the buyer beware. The skimpi-
ness of his governing abilities appears to
be catching up to him this year as he
tackles such unexpected crises as the
COVID-19 pandemic.
His long-held belief in Norman Vin-
cent Peale’s “The Power of Positive
Thinking,” fortified with his “truthful
hyperbole,” seems to have distanced him
from negative realities. He repeatedly
declares that we’re “rounding the corner”
on the coronavirus, when plainly we are
not. His White House science office even
boasted this past week that one of his
major achievements has been “ending
the COVID-19 pandemic.” We wish.
In that fashion, the president’s avoid-
ance of bad news becomes dangerous
misinformation. He has divided Ameri-
cans along tribal lines and, aided by
some overly zealous conservative media,
nurtured an alternative reality of con-
spiracy theories about a nonexistent
“deep state.”
Ironically, this latticework of lies
actually endangers supporters in his
own base who are most likely to believe
his cavalier dismissals of the need for
masks, school closings and other pre-
cautions that can truly “round the cor-
ner” on the pandemic.
I’ve had some readers, detecting to
their apparent delight that I’m a trig-
gered liberal, sarcastically ask me what
I’m going to do if I don’t have this presi-
dent to kick around anymore. Good
question. I’m eager to find out.
Clarence Page, a member of the Tribune
Editorial Board, blogs at www.chicago
tribune.com/pagespage.
cpage@chicagotribune.com
Twitter @cptime
19
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Flying during the pandemic
Like many Americans, I am apprehensive
about flying during COVID-19. My American
Airlines flight on Oct. 27 only worsened those
fears.
I needed to go to a funeral, and flying was
the only option. There were signs and an-
nouncements in the airport, and the pilot
made announcements about COVID-19 rules.
But when people ignore the rules, the airline
staff need to say something.
As I boarded the plane, people were
crowded in the aisle waiting to be seated.
There was a man in first class with his mask
on his lap. I saw him when I entered the plane,
and certainly the flight attendant who was
greeting people could see him. People boarded
the plane with masks hanging down or noses
sticking out. Every seat on the plane was occu-
pied.
I mentioned my concerns to the flight at-
tendant. I never saw an attendant walk the
aisle asking people to put masks on. For the
entire flight, the woman sitting next to me and
the woman in front of me had their masks
under their noses. I mentioned it to them and
was ignored.
If the airline industry wants to convince us
it is safe to fly, they need to do more to con-
vince us.
— Fred Schectman, Chicago
Americans are
hurting for relief
In the spring of 1846, a group of pioneers
lured by the promise of a better life out West
left Missouri. By mid-October, the group had
suffered floods, drought, sickness and homi-
cide. After crossing a perilous desert and los-
ing several oxen, the group was exhausted, but
the worst was yet to come. Trapped by snow-
fall in the Sierra Nevada, half the Donner Party
died.
As the U.S. faces winter with coronavirus
cases on the rise and an economic stimulus bill
stalled in the Senate, our experience with this
pandemic is beginning to resemble that of the
Donner Party. Just as we thought we had
gotten over the worst of it, the worst is yet to
come. Without another stimulus package to
families, some of the population may not be
able to afford food or shelter this winter.
While the Donner Party was cut off from
relief by an impassable mountain range,
Americans today are cut off by the cruelty and
ineptitude of leaders who are denying econo-
mic aid and refusing to implement public
health measures that would save thousands of
lives. Millions of people have been left to their
own devices even as they live in a wealthy
society.
Congress needs to pass a stimulus bill that
includes direct payments to households, un-
employment benefits, student debt relief,
eviction moratoriums and more. And we the
people need to vote out the inept leadership
that steered us into these perilous circum-
stances in the first place.
— Clara Fang, Detroit
Sacrificing for greater good
The COVID-19 pandemic has been most
successfully controlled where the strictest
lockdown and quarantine procedures have
been put in place. The effects of climate
change and environmental degradation are
lessened when we switch from fossil fuels to
renewable energy sources.
These adjustments do not come without
pain. Yet we Americans have traditionally
prided ourselves on our ability to endure
short-term sacrifices for long-term gain. Take,
for example, the Civil War, World War II, and
the civil rights movement.
It would be a wonderful thing if citizens
across the political spectrum could agree to
unify around painful but necessary policies for
the sake of our health and that of the planet
upon which we all depend.
— Eugene G. Newman, Chicago
Give us rank choice voting
I find myself in the same quandary as Jenni-
fer N. Pritzker describes in an Oct. 26 com-
mentary (“Social liberal, fiscal conservative,
Biden voter”). In the 2016 presidential elec-
tion, I threw my vote away by voting Libertari-
an. There is an option that legislators could
implement, namely the rank choice voting
system used in Maine.
In its simplest form, it allows people to vote
first for the candidate of any party and second
for their choice among the two major parties.
If enough voters did this, new parties could
emerge for more choice.
— Bruce Chrisman, Glen Ellyn
Democrats would
have done same
I can understand the frustration and even
anger of Democrats over the confirmation of
Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.
However, everyone knows, and they do, too,
that if the president were a Democrat and the
Senate had a Democratic majority, they would
have done the same thing.
— Larry Craig, Wilmette
Collaboration in Washington
In this election, let’s elect political leaders
who can cross the aisle and work with each
other to solve our problems.
— Cary Ollerer, Des Plaines
For online exclusive letters go to www.chicago
tribune.com/letters. Send letters by email to
letters@chicagotribune.com or to Voice of the
People, Chicago Tribune, 160 N. Stetson Ave.,
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NATION & WORLD
In final stretch, Obama rips Trump
President’s focus
on Pa. as Biden
rallies in Mich.
By Steve Peoples,
Alexandra Jaffe and
Zeke Miller
Associated Press
DETROIT — Calling Joe
Biden his “brother,” Barack
Obama on Saturday accused
Donald Trump of failing to
take the coronavirus pan-
demic and the presidency
seriously as Democrats
leaned on America’s first
Black president to energize
Black voters in battleground
Michigan on the final week-
end of the 2020 campaign.
Obama, the 44th presi-
dent, and Biden, his vice
president who wants to be
the 46th, held drive-in ral-
lies in Flint and Detroit,
predominantly Black cities
where strong turnout will be
essential to swing the long-
time Democratic state to
Biden’s column after Trump
won it in 2016.
“Three days until the
most important election of
our lifetime — and that
includes mine, which was
pretty important,” said
Obama, urging Democrats to
get to the polls.
The memories of Trump’s
win in Michigan and the rest
of the Upper Midwest are
still searing in the minds of
many Democrats during this
closing stretch before Tues-
day’s election. That leaves
Biden in the position of
holding a consistent lead in
the national polls and an
advantage in most battle-
grounds, including Michi-
gan, yet still facing anxiety it
could all slip away.
As of Saturday, nearly 92
million voters had already
cast ballots nationwide, ac-
cording to a tally by The
Minority contact tracers
build trust in diverse cities
Knowing community
issues helps bridge
cultural divides
By Julie Watson
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO — When a
contact tracer called the
Iraqi woman to say her
18-year-old daughter tested
positive for the coronavirus
and could quarantine for
free in a hotel, the woman
panicked — recalling the
family’s terror of risking
separation forever during
their flight from Baghdad
after a bomb killed her
brother.
The contact tracer, Iraqi
immigrant Ethar Kakoz,
had made a similar harrow-
ing journey using smugglers
to get out of Iraq after her
parents were told she could
be kidnapped. So Kakoz
came up with a safe way for
the teen to isolate herself at
home in the San Diego
suburb of El Cajon, knowing
the mother couldn’t bear to
be away from her daughter.
Kakoz is among a grow-
ing legion of ethnically and
racially diverse contact trac-
ers hired by local health
departments to help immi-
grants, refugees and minor-
ities protect themselves
during a pandemic that has
American citizen kidnapped in Niger rescued in military operation
By Eric Tucker
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — An
American citizen kid-
napped in the West African
nation of Niger last week
has been rescued in a U.S.
military operation in neigh-
boring Nigeria, U.S. officials
said Saturday.
The man was taken from
his farm in Massalata in
southern Niger early Tues-
day by armed kidnappers
who demanded a ransom
from the man’s father. He
was identified earlier in the
Former President Barack Obama and presidential candi-
date Joe Biden speak Saturday in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Associated Press. Tens of
millions more will vote by
the time polls close Tuesday
night.
Speaking earlier in Flint,
Obama said he initially
hoped “for the country’s
sake” that Trump “might
take the job seriously. He
never has.”
Later in Detroit, Biden
ridiculed Trump for calling
himself a “perfect speci-
men,“ called him Russian
President Vladimir Putin’s
“puppy,” and joked about a
New York Times report that
showed Trump had spent
$70,000 on hair care.
Meanwhile, Trump made
an aggressive play for pivotal
Pennsylvania, focusing
largely on his white, work-
disproportionately affected
people of color.
They have fluency in a
multitude of languages,
helping them bridge cultur-
al divides and knock down
misinformation about the
virus circulating among im-
migrant, Black and His-
panic communities.
While many rich coun-
tries like South Korea use
extensive contact tracing to
contain the virus and re-
open their economies, the
U.S. has no national pro-
gram, and local efforts have
struggled to get people to
cooperate and keep up with
all the cases.
Concerns about privacy
abound among many
Americans, but an inherent
distrust of government in
communities of color is a
compounding factor.
The contact tracers make
cold calls from lists pro-
vided by local health de-
partments of people who
were reportedly within 6
feet of an infected person
for more than 15 minutes.
Their goal: convince them
to self-quarantine or take
precautions so the virus
won’t spread.
No prior health training
is needed for the program
Kakoz works for, a partner-
ship between San Diego
State University and San
week by a local government
official as Philipe Nathan
Walton, though other offi-
cials and news reports cited
slightly different spellings
of the man’s first name.
The Defense Depart-
ment confirmed the opera-
tion Saturday, saying it took
place in northern Nigeria.
“This American citizen
is safe and is now in the
care of the U.S. Department
of State. No U.S. military
personnel were injured
during the operation,” the
department said in a state-
ment.
ANDREW HARNIK/AP
ing-class base.
At an evening rally in
Butler, Pennsylvania, Trump
announced that he had is-
sued a memorandum that
calls on government agen-
cies to determine fracking’s
impact on the economy and
trade and the costs of ban-
ning the oil and gas extrac-
tion through fracking.
The president has repeat-
edly charged that Biden will
end fracking — a big industry
in Pennsylvania and other
states — even as the former
vice president has said he
does not support such a ban.
“In other words, if one of
these maniacs come along
and they say we’re gonna
end fracking, we’re gonna
destroy the Commonwealth
Diego County that hired
people from the region’s
Arabic-speaking, Spanish-
speaking, Filipino and Black
communities.
Elsewhere around the
U.S., Nashville, Tennessee,
has hired contract tracers
fluent in Bengali and Ne-
pali, and Ventura County
near Los Angeles is recruit-
ing people who speak Mexi-
co’s indigenous Mixtec lan-
guage.
“Beyond language,
knowing what things indi-
vidual communities care
about makes a difference
absolutely and is necessary
for this work,” said Matt
Leger, senior director of
CONTRACE Public Health
Corps, a consulting firm
launched six months ago to
help communities set up
contact tracing programs.
Kakoz lives in El Cajon, a
city of about 105,000 east of
San Diego, that is a melting
pot for refugees, many of
them from Arabic-speaking,
war-torn countries.
The pandemic, she said,
has triggered anxiety many
believed they left behind in
their home countries after
arriving in the U.S.
“For many of these fam-
ilies it’s really bringing them
back to the past and the
unsafety they felt during the
war, the lack of food, not
SEAL Team 6, along with
other members of a joint
special operations force,
conducted the rescue, ac-
cording to U.S. officials with
knowledge of the operation.
The officials were not au-
thorized to publicly discuss
the operation and spoke on
condition of anonymity to
provide details.
President Donald Trump
said in a tweet that “coura-
geous soldiers” had pulled
off a “daring nighttime res-
cue operation” and also told
reporters that “it was some-
thing that had to get done
President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Sat-
urday in Newtown, Pennsylvania.
of Pennsylvania,” Trump
said in announcing his
memorandum. “You can say,
sorry about that.”
Earlier in the day in a
small town on the eastern
edge of the state, Trump
raised baseless concerns
about election fraud, point-
ing specifically at Philadel-
phia, a city whose large
African American popula-
tion is key to Biden’s fate in
the state.
“They say you have to be
very, very careful — what
happens in Philadelphia,”
Trump charged.
The president also railed
against a recent Supreme
Court ruling that will allow
Pennsylvania to count mail
ballots received as many as
Iraqi immigrant Ethar Kakoz is among a legion of ethnically and racially diverse contact
tracers hired by health departments to rebuild public confidence in the U.S. health system.
being able to go to stores,”
Kakoz said.
That knowledge helped
Kakoz in her interview with
the Iraqi woman to come up
with a safe plan for the
family of six living in a
three-bedroom apartment
with two bathrooms.
The daughter would stay
in one bedroom and be the
only person using one bath-
room and all family mem-
bers would wear masks at
home. She also put them in
touch with counselors who
treat war trauma.
“I feel empathy,” Kakoz
said. “My responsibility is to
just educate them and tell
because they were playing
with American citizens.”
Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo said in a statement
that the rescue by “some of
our bravest and most skilled
warriors” underscores the
U.S. commitment “to the
safe return of all U.S. citi-
zens taken captive.”
Niger has faced a grow-
ing number of attacks by
extremists linked to both
the Islamic State group and
to al-Qaida. The kidnapping
comes two months after
IS-linked militants killed
six French aid workers and
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CHRIS SZAGOLA/AP
three days after polls close.
The extra time, Trump
claimed without evidence,
would allow for fraud and
potentially deny him a win
in the state.
Republicans are betting
Trump can win a second
term by driving up turnout
among his strongest sup-
porters — white, noncol-
lege-educated men and ru-
ral voters — while limiting
Biden’s advantage with
Blacks and Latinos. Demo-
crats in several swing states
worry voters of color may
not be excited enough about
Biden to show up in the
numbers they need.
Biden’s campaign an-
nounced it was sending
Obama to Florida and Geor-
them about what is the right
thing to do.”
After being called by a
Spanish-speaking contact
tracer when a relative in an
apartment upstairs from
her tested positive, 77-year-
old Mexican immigrant
Maria Tellez said she was
grateful someone was look-
ing out for her.
The contact tracer,
Veronica Pelayo, is the
daughter of Mexican immi-
grants. Tellez does not
speak English and said she
immediately trusted Pelayo.
Pelayo also makes calls to
people in the country il-
legally so she takes care to
their Niger guide while they
were visiting a wildlife park
east of the capital.
A U.S. official, who was
not authorized to publicly
discuss the rescue before an
official announcement and
spoke on condition of ano-
nymity, said there were no
solid indications that Wal-
ton’s kidnapping was ter-
rorism-related and that it
was instead “trending
toward a kidnapping for
ransom.”
But the official said the
U.S. government was con-
cerned that the hostage
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gia on Monday. He is the
campaign’s most valuable
asset to help energize the
nonwhite voters Democrats
need to defeat Trump. “Joe
Biden is my brother. I love
Joe Biden, and he will be a
great president,” Obama said
Saturday.
The press for Michigan’s
Black voters comes after
voting was down roughly
15% in Flint and Detroit four
years ago — a combined
48,000-plus votes in a state
Trump carried by about
10,700 votes. Overall, the
Black voter turnout rate
declined for the first time in
20 years in a presidential
election, falling to 59.6% in
2016 after reaching a record-
high 66.6% four years earli-
er, according to the Pew
Research Center.
Trump isn’t ceding Mich-
igan to Biden. He visited
Waterford Township, near
Detroit, on Friday and held a
rally in the state capital,
Lansing, this past week,
amid surging coronavirus
cases.
The worst week of the
year, in terms of new infec-
tions, arrived with Election
Day looming. More than
99,000 Americans reported
new infections on Friday, a
record high, according to
Johns Hopkins University.
Trump told Pennsylvania
voters that his administra-
tion has done “an incredible
job” dealing with the pan-
demic. He again promised
that the mass distribution of
a vaccine was “just weeks
away.”
Biden has focused almost
exclusively on Trump’s in-
ability to control the pan-
demic.
“We’re gonna beat this
virus and get it under con-
trol and the first step to
doing that is beating Donald
Trump,” Biden said in Flint.
GREGORY BULL/AP
let everyone she calls know
that their information is
confidential and attempts in
each call “to make it very
personal and be very under-
standing.”
In the call to Tellez,
Pelayo stressed the impor-
tance of wearing masks. She
then followed up by visiting
Tellez and the relative dur-
ing the quarantine period to
check on them and make
sure they had enough food.
Tellez said the attention
“kept our spirits up and
made us feel like everything
was going to be OK.”
“We no longer felt
afraid,” she said.
could be passed to another
terrorist group, or that the
kidnapping could become a
prolonged hostage-taking.
Walton is back in Niger.
A local government offi-
cial, Ibrahim Abba Lele, a
prefect in Birni-N’Konni
town, told The Associated
Press earlier last week that
the kidnappers had called
and demanded ransom
from Walton’s father, who
lives approximately one-
half mile away from his
son’s farm. No ransom was
paid, according to the U.S.
official.
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ELECTION 2020

Politics?
‘I try to avoid it’
HANNAH YOON/THE NEW YORK TIMES PHOTOS

More than 3.5 million eligible voters in Pennsylvania did not cast ballots for president in 2016. Above, campaign signs for Joe Biden dot a street Oct. 22 in Stroudsburg.

Millions did not vote in 2016. Many plan to opt out — again
By Sabrina Tavernise and Robert Gebeloff ingly angry at the political system,
The New York Times which she believes is tilted against
Black people like her and people

E
AST STROUDSBURG, Pa. — Like nearly half of all the
eligible voters in her county in 2016, Keyana Fedrick did not
vote.
Four years later, politics has permeated her corner of
northeastern Pennsylvania. Someone sawed a hole in a large
Trump sign near one of her jobs. The election office in her county is so
overwhelmed with demand that it took over the coroner’s office next
door. Her parents, both Democrats born in the 1950s, keep telling her she
should vote for Joe Biden. Anything is better than President Donald
Trump, they say.
But Fedrick, who works at a
hotel and at a department store,
does not trust either of the two
main political parties, because
nothing in her 31 years of life has
led her to believe that she could.
She says they abandon voters like
“a bad mom or dad who promises
to come and see you, and I’m
sitting outside with my bags
packed and they never show up.”
That is why Fedrick does not
regret her decision in 2016 to skip
the voting booth. She plans to
repeat it this year — something
that she and a friend have started
to hide from people they know.
“We said we’re just going to lie,
like ‘Oh yeah, I voted,’ ” she said. “I
don’t feel like getting crucified for
what I think.”
As the presidential campaign
reaches its final days, early voting
turnout in a number of states has
been higher than last time, mail-in
ballot requests are surging and
some are predicting the highest
turnout in many decades. But if
history is any indication, a signifi-
cant portion of Americans will not
participate, a signal of distrust and
disillusionment with the political
system that spans the partisan
divide.
Voting is fundamentally an act
of hope.
But since the 1960s, between a
third and half of eligible voters
have stayed home during presi-
dential elections, resulting in one
of the lowest rates of voter turnout
among America’s developed
peers. Since the early 1900s, the
high point for presidential turnout
was in 1960, when 63.8% of
eligible adults voted, according to
the United States Elections Proj-
ect that tracks voting data back to
1789. Most recently, the highest
peak was in 2008, when 61.6%
turned out.
An analysis of Census Bureau
survey data from the 2016 election
shows a deep class divide: Ameri-
cans who did not vote were more
likely to be poor, less likely to have
a college degree, and more likely
to be a single parent than the
people who voted. They were also
less likely to be in the labor force.
The data give a comprehensive
look at who voted and who did
not, and while no two elections
are the same, it points to patterns
for why some people are more
likely to vote than others.
Not voting has been a feature
of the American political land-
scape for decades.
But with razor-slim margins in
a number of swing states last time,
nonvoters have taken on an out-
size importance: Even a small
victory in converting some of
them may tip the scales.
Consider Pennsylvania. More
than 3.5 million eligible voters in
the state did not cast ballots for
president in the 2016 election, a
number that dwarfed Trump’s
margin of 44,292. Monroe County,
the Pocono Mountain vacation
spot where Fedrick lives, is a
microcosm of the state. About
56,000 eligible adults stayed
home, more than 100 times Hilla-
ry Clinton’s 532-vote margin of
victory.
In interviews in Monroe
County, some of the people who
did not vote in 2016 said they
planned to vote this year. The
stakes were too high to miss it,
they said.
“I never thought I’d be bo-
thered with this crap, but now it
really counts,” said Jack Breglia,
49, a retired tow truck driver in
Kunkletown, Pennsylvania. He
could not remember the last time
he voted but said he planned to
vote for Trump this time.
But many others said they
would not. They expressed a
profound distrust of politics and
doubted their vote would have an
effect. They felt a sense of fore-
boding about the country and saw
politics as one of the main forces
doing the threatening. Many were
not particularly partisan and said
they shrank from people who
were.
“I try to avoid it because it gets
angry and nasty,” said Susan
Miller, 42, a waitress at Compton’s
Pancake House in Stroudsburg,
who said she had voted once in
her life, for Barack Obama in 2008.
One predictor of political en-
gagement is growing up in a family
that talked about politics. Miller
did not. And she is so sick of the
one person in her life who is
loudly insisting that she vote — an
aunt who supports Trump — that
she has started simply pretending
that she will.
Like many people interviewed
for this article, Miller was scram-
bling to pay rent and buy grocer-
ies. Monroe County’s unemploy-
ment rate stood at around 13% in
August, as the pandemic bit into
the county’s tourism industry. Her
tips have fallen by half and she is
now working for Instacart to
make up the difference. Two close
relatives have died of COVID-19.
“Politics? It’s the least of my
worries,” she said.
She said she would vote again
Potential voters attend a presidential debate watch party Oct. 22 in Haddonfield, New Jersey.
Susan Miller, 42, is a waitress at Compton’s Pancake House in Strouds-
burg. She has voted once and doesn’t plan to do it again this election.
Kyle Marsh, who works for a beer wholesaler, worries about the effect
his vote might have on his friendships. Marsh, 23, doesn’t plan to vote.
“if the right person came in.”
But Biden is not that person,
she said.
Miller said she had not watched
any of the debates or kept up with
the candidates.
“I’m just trying to make it
through,” she said.
In recent decades, richer, more
educated people are far more
likely to vote. In the 2016 analysis,
about three quarters of those
living in households earning at
least $150,000 voted, compared
with less than half of those in
households earning less than
$25,000. About 76% of college
graduates voted, compared with
52% of people with just a high
school degree.
Marriage mattered too: Just
45% of single women who had
children and were eligible to vote
cast ballots compared with 70% of
married mothers.
MICHELLE GUSTAFSON/THE NEW YORK TIMES
Jennifer Martin, 46, a single
mother waiting in line in her car at
the Pleasant Valley Ecumenical
Network food pantry in Sciota,
Pennsylvania, said last time she
voted she was in her 20s. Politics,
she said, has little relevance to her
life.
A recent study found that peo-
ple like Martin who do not follow
politics closely have different con-
cerns from those who do. For
example, they say that low hourly
wages are among the most impor-
tant problems facing the country.
For hard partisans, who are more
likely to vote, the issue barely
registers.
“I work at a day care where they
pay their workers nothing,” she
said. “That’s why I have to come to
places like this to feed my family.”
Fedrick was one of those who
stayed away in 2016, but not
because she was not following the
news. She has become increas-
who are poor.
She grew up in Newark, New
Jersey, whose failing schools and
violent streets prompted her par-
ents — an art teacher and a city bus
driver — to move to East Strouds-
burg when she was 12.
College was a stretch finan-
cially. She said she has tried twice
for associate degrees, but has not
finished either. She ended up with
$5,000 in debt. At 31, she is still
living with her mother.
Her father, who grew up in
rural Georgia in the 1960s, keeps
telling her things have gotten
better. Government can be re-
sponsive, even if it is slow. Voting
matters.
She sees no evidence of prog-
ress. Minimum wage has been
stuck for more than a decade and
the problems of police violence
against Black people, joblessness
and incarceration only seem to get
worse.
“We need to break up with the
system,” she said.
Just 47% of African Americans
under 30 voted in 2016, compared
with nearly 70% of those over 65, a
pattern of youth disenchantment
common to Americans of all races
and ethnicities
Many interviewed in Monroe
County said they felt their vote did
not matter, pointing to the con-
tested 2000 presidential election
and to Trump losing the popular
vote.
“We love you and we wish you
good luck,” said Fannie Sanchez,
44, a New York-born daughter of
Colombian immigrants, of voters.
People who do not vote “already
saw that there’s something being
maneuvered back there. We just
unplug ourselves.”
Sanchez is part of a demo-
graphic that also had low turnout
in 2016: American-born Latinos.
She said in 2008 she swallowed
her cynicism and cast the first vote
in her life, for Obama.
“I had to just close my eyes and
say, ‘If this is fake, I don’t care. I
want to be part of this.’ ”
But she did not vote for him
again.
“They rent space in my brain
and they frustrate me, but in the
end, they do what they want
anyway,” she said.
Kyle Marsh, 23, an operations
manager for a beer wholesaler, is
not particularly political, but most
around him are. His mother, a
nurse, is furious at Trump. His
friends are angry too. On Insta-
gram recently, one said, “imagine
being dumb enough to vote for the
worst person in history?”
The post made him uncomfort-
able: He has a friend who likes
Trump. But he kept quiet.
“Do you know how many
friends I’d lose if I say some-
thing?” he said. Voting means
being part of the outrage. That is
why he will opt out.
Others see a reason to vote this
time.
Latoya Garrison, a single
mother who works nights at a
factory putting safety seals on
cosmetics, did not vote in 2016.
But the coronavirus changed her
mind this time. Her tips while
working as a waitress at the
Roasted Tomato dwindled to $30
a day, and this fall, a social services
agency helped her pay rent.
“I’m looking for who is more
into controlling this virus, so we
can go back to normal,” she said.
Three weeks ago, she voted by
mail for Biden.

ELECTION 2020
Courting the politically homeless vote
Black men are the
focus of efforts to get
them to the polls
By Aaron Morrison
Associated Press
NEW YORK — For Phillip
Agnew, engaging Black male
voters ahead of the general
election isn’t just about per-
suading them to choose for-
mer Vice President Joe Bid-
en over incumbent Donald
Trump.
As an activist and organ-
izer who gained acclaim af-
ter leading protests in Flor-
ida over the 2012 shooting
death of Trayvon Martin,
Agnew sees an opportunity
to keep the 14.4 million Black
men of voting age politically
engaged well beyond 2020.
That begins with keeping
it real about this year’s candi-
dates. Trump’s positions on
race and Biden’s decades-old
controversial record on
criminal justice make neither
candidate attractive to Black
men.
“You don’t lie, you ac-
knowledge the truth, and
admit that the choices before
Black people in the year
2020 are abysmal,” said Ag-
new, an organizer with Black
Men Build, a group created
to empower Black men.
His group has paid to run
targeted ads on TV and
music-streaming services
such as Hulu and Spotify,
supplemented by mailers
and organizers on the
ground. The message is
geared toward Black men
who feel politically home-
less.
“We are not choosing a
champion, we are choosing
an opponent,” Agnew said,
adding that he is also telling
Black men that “a Biden
presidency allows for terrain
to organize under that is
more favorable.”
Following an unprece-
dented surge of protests
against racial injustice and
the killing of Black people by
law enforcement, partisan
and nonpartisan organiza-
Those supporting the restoration of felons’ voting rights march to an early voting precinct Oct. 24 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
tions have poured signifi-
cant resources into increas-
ing Black men’s participa-
tion in the election.
And they’re doing so with
an acknowledgment that no
major political party can lay
claim to being a consistently
loyal advocate for Black men
and women. Whoever
comes out ahead among
Black men, advocates say,
will have succeeded in
reaching more of those who
are apathetic or feel politi-
cally left out.
Iraq War veteran Leo
Dunson is a 35-year-old
Black conservative activist
and former Democrat who
feels both parties have for-
gotten Black men. Dunson
said he’s not planning on
voting for Biden or Trump,
and is disappointed with
how both major parties han-
dled providing relief for
Black Americans during the
coronavirus pandemic.
Black men “would be job
creators too, if you gave us
$100 million,” he said, criti-
cizing the relief funding that
went mostly to large, white-
owned corporations.
In a political party, Dun-
son said he now wants “to
find something that is going
to work for us.”
There’s evidence that get-
out-the-vote campaigns tar-
geting Black men have
worked. As of Wednesday,
more than 67.1 million votes
had been cast in the 2020
general election, with Black
voters making up about 9%
of that total — a proportion
similar to the number of
registered voters who are
Black.
And 39% of those votes
were by Black men — a
similar gender breakdown
to numbers reported in the
2016 general election. Turn-
out has been boosted by
traditional grassroots organ-
izing within venues like
Black churches, where
“souls to the polls” cam-
paigns have stressed voting
early, in-person or absentee.
Energizing Black men as a
voting bloc has been impor-
tant to both campaigns.
While 81% of Black men
voted for former Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton in
2016, that’s still less than the
98% of Black women who
did so, according to a Pew
Research Center analysis.
Biden’s campaign has
regularly hosted virtual
roundtable discussions, tap-
ping Black celebrities, ath-
letes, political leaders, activ-
ists and others to parse
challenges faced by Black
men across the country.
And in more than a dozen
Black Voices for Trump
Community Centers placed
in African American neigh-
borhoods, the president’s
campaign has been drawing
contrasts with Biden and
Sen. Kamala Harris on is-
sues of criminal justice and
economics.
“In 2016, President
Trump asked Black Ameri-
cans, ‘What the hell do you
have to lose?’ The answer
was everything,” Kamau
Marshall, director of strate-
gic communications for the
Biden campaign, told the
Associated Press.
But Biden isn’t particu-
larly popular among Black
men, largely because of his
role in passage of the Violent
Crime Control and Law
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Enforcement Act of 1994,
federal legislation that
lengthened sentences for vi-
olent crimes, helped fill pris-
ons and flooded Black com-
munities with police offi-
cers. Harris’s tenure as a top
prosecutor in California in-
cludes the disproportionate
incarceration of Black men
for drug offenses.
Trump’s appeals to Black
men have included touting
economic policies early in
his administration that led to
historic lows in their unem-
ployment rates, funding for
historically Black colleges
and universities, and setting
up so-called opportunity
zones for economic redevel-
opment in distressed Black
communities.
“That’s what every Black
man wants for his own
family,” said Paris Dennard,
senior communications ad-
viser for Black media affairs
with the Republican Na-
tional Committee.
But these have been
eclipsed by Trump’s over-
tures to white supremacists
and denunciation of Black
Lives Matter, as well as his
23
response to the pandemic,
which has disproportion-
ately killed Black people and
left many Black men jobless.
In 2008 and 2012, at least
nine in 10 Black men and
women voted for former
President Barack Obama, ac-
cording to the American Na-
tional Election Studies sur-
veys of the electorate.
But Black men’s overall
election participation has
mostly been in decline since
2012, when 61% turned out to
vote, according to an AP
analysis of the Census Bu-
reau’s Current Population
Survey data. Turnout fell to
54% in 2016.
In addition, one in 16 Black
people of voting age are
without the right to vote
because of a felony convic-
tion — a disenfranchisement
rate 3.7 times higher than
that of other races, according
to a recent Sentencing Proj-
ect report. Not only are Black
men more likely to be
stopped, searched and ar-
rested by police, they were
about 2.5 times more likely
than white men to be killed
by law enforcement between
2013 and 2018, according to a
2019 study published by the
National Academy of Scien-
ces.
But, advocates point out,
Black men of voting age care
about many issues beyond
criminal justice and econo-
mic prosperity. Health care,
education and housing are
also on the list.
That’s why some desire a
new political home where
they don’t feel taken for
granted or ignored, said Wes
Bellamy, national co-chair of
the newly launched political
platform, Our Black Party.
“What we want to say is
that, ‘Yes, this is a home for
you,’ ” said Bellamy, who is
also chair of the political
science department at Vir-
ginia State University. “We
want to endorse and support
candidates. And even if we
get to the point of getting
ballot status later on, we want
to make sure we are running
folks who put Black first.”
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Demonstrators hold a silent vigil Saturday in London to call for more government funding
for the performing arts, which has been suffering amid the coronavirus pandemic.
England enters 2nd lockdown
as UK virus cases surpass 1M
By Jill Lawless
Associated Press
LONDON — British
Prime Minister Boris John-
son on Saturday an-
nounced a new monthlong
lockdown for England after
being warned that without
tough action, a resurgent
coronavirus outbreak will
overwhelm hospitals in
weeks.
On the day the U.K.
passed 1 million confirmed
COVID-19 cases, Johnson
confirmed that stringent
restrictions on business
and daily life would begin
Thursday and last until
Dec. 2.
He said at a news confer-
ence that “no responsible
prime minister” could ig-
nore the grim figures.
“Unless we act, we could
see deaths in this country
running at several thou-
sand a day,” said Johnson,
who was hospitalized earli-
er this year with COVID-19.
Under the new restric-
tions, bars and restaurants
can only offer takeout, non-
essential shops must close
and people will only be able
to leave home for a short
list of reasons including
exercise. Activities ranging
from haircuts to foreign
travel must once again be
put on hold.
Unlike during the U.K.’s
first three-month lock-
down earlier this year,
schools, universities, con-
NEWS BRIEFING
From news services
USPS told to deliver
ballots in time to be
counted in Mich., Wis.
SALEM, Ore. — A federal
judge has ordered the U.S.
Postal Service to take “ex-
traordinary measures” to
deliver ballots in time to be
counted in Wisconsin and
around Detroit, including
using a priority mail service.
Chief U.S. District Judge
Stanley Bastian in Yakima,
Washington, issued the or-
der Friday after being pre-
sented with data showing
on-time delivery of ballots
sent by voters was too slow
in Michigan and Wisconsin,
both considered battle-
ground states in Tuesday’s
election.
Delivery of ballots in the
USPS’ Detroit district, for
example, has dipped as low
as 57% over the past week,
Washington state Attorney
General Bob Ferguson’s of-
fice said Saturday.
National on-time deliv-
ery has been at 93% or
higher, said the statement
from Ferguson, who leads a
coalition of 14 states that
filed a lawsuit Aug. 18 over
changes to the Postal Serv-
ice.
Bastian, an appointee of
former President Barack
Obama, said that starting
Sunday and continuing
through Nov. 10, the USPS
must report to his court the
prior day’s “all clear” status
for each facility and proc-
essing center in the Detroit
area and a district covering
most of Wisconsin.
If the USPS identifies any
incoming ballots in its “all
clear” sweeps of these fa-
cilities, it must make every
effort to deliver those bal-
lots by 8 p.m. local time on
Election Day, including by
using Priority Mail Express
or other extraordinary mea-
sures, Bastian said.
Priority Mail Express is
an overnight service that
costs a minimum of $26.35
per envelope, according to
struction sites and manu-
facturing businesses will
stay open.
As in other European
countries, virus cases in the
U.K. began to climb after
lockdown measures were
eased in the summer and
people began to return to
workplaces, schools, uni-
versities and social life. The
Office for National Statistics
estimated Friday that 1 in
100 people in England, well
over half a million, had the
virus in the week to Oct. 23.
Johnson had hoped a set
of regional restrictions in-
troduced earlier in October
would be enough to push
numbers down. But govern-
ment scientific advisers
predict that on the out-
break’s current trajectory,
demand for hospital beds
will exceed capacity by the
first week of December.
The scientists warned
COVID-19 hospitalizations
and deaths could soon sur-
pass the levels seen at the
outbreak’s spring peak,
when daily deaths topped
1,000. The government’s
chief scientific adviser, Pat-
rick Vallance, said the mor-
tality rate had “potential to
be twice as bad, if not more”
than it was during the
pandemic’s first European
wave, if nothing was done.
As European countries
such as France, Germany
and Belgium imposed a
second lockdown amid
surging caseloads, it looked
the USPS.com website.
Asked for comment on
the judge’s order, Postal
Service spokesman Dave
Partenheimer referred to a
fact sheet posted Saturday
that says as of Friday, Postal
Service employees are au-
thorized to use the Express
Mail network to speed com-
pleted ballots to their in-
tended destinations.
Voting rally arrests: A
get-out-the vote rally in the
swing state of North Car-
olina on Saturday ended
with police using pepper
spray on some participants
and making several arrests.
Multiple people were ar-
rested outside Alamance
County’s courthouse and
police used pepper spray to
disperse the crowd, news
outlets reported.
Police did not immedi-
ately comment.
Tropical weather: A tropi-
cal depression has formed
in the central Caribbean Sea
and forecasters say it is
expected to become a hurri-
cane in the coming days as it
approaches Central Ameri-
ca.
The U.S. National Hurri-
cane Center in Miami said
Tropical Depression 29
emerged Saturday after-
noon about 315 miles south-
east of Kingston, Jamaica.
The Miami-based center
said the storm system is
forecast to become a hurri-
cane in a couple of days as it
approaches Nicaragua and
Honduras.
Forecasters said that if
the depression becomes a
named storm as expected, it
would be named Eta as the
28th named Atlantic storm
this season — tying the 2005
record for named storms.
Priest shot in France: A
Greek Orthodox priest was
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inevitable that Johnson
would have to follow.
Britain’s death toll from
the coronavirus is 46,555,
the highest in Europe ac-
cording to Johns Hopkins
University data.
Any new lockdown will
need Parliament’s approv-
al, and a vote is scheduled
for Wednesday. The new
restrictions would apply to
England. Other parts of the
U.K. set their own public
health measures, with
Wales and Northern Ire-
land already effectively in
lockdown and Scotland
under a set of tough restric-
tions.
Owners of businesses
that have struggled to get
back on their feet since the
first lockdown was eased
said the impact of new
closures would be devas-
tating.
“People have borrowed
up to the hilt and spent
money in order to get
COVID-secure,” said Kate
Nicholls of pub and restau-
rant industry group Hospi-
tality U.K. “There is no
spare capacity in the tank to
be able to fund a lockdown,
even for three to four
weeks.”
A government program
that has paid the wages of
millions of furloughed em-
ployees during the pan-
demic was due to end
Saturday, but will be ex-
tended during the new
lockdown.
Pride on display in Tawian: Amid the coronavirus, a crowd of more than 100,000 marched in Taiwan’s capital Saturday
in an annual LGBT Pride event. The self-governing island of 24 million has recorded 554 coronavirus cases with only seven
deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data. Taiwan says it hasn’t had a locally spread case in over 200 days.
shot Saturday while he was
closing his church in the
French city of Lyon, and
authorities locked down
part of the city to hunt for
the assailant, authorities
said.
The priest, a Greek citi-
zen, was hospitalized with
life-threatening injuries af-
ter being shot twice in the
abdomen, a police official
told The Associated Press.
The attacker was alone and
fired a hunting rifle, said the
official, who was not au-
thorized to be publicly
named.
The reason for the shoot-
ing was unclear. It hap-
pened two days after an
Islamic extremist knife at-
tack at a Catholic church in
the French city of Nice that
killed three people, and
amid ongoing geopolitical
tensions caricatures mock-
ing the Muslim Prophet
Muhammad published in
satirical French newspaper
Charlie Hebdo.
Quake rescue: Three chil-
dren and their mother were
rescued from the rubble of a
collapsed building in west-
ern Turkey on Saturday, less
Oregon may become 1st state
to decriminalize hard drugs
By Andrew Selsky
Associated Press
SALEM, Ore. — In what
would be a first in the U.S.,
possession of small
amounts of heroin, cocaine,
LSD and other hard drugs
could be decriminalized in
Oregon under a ballot mea-
sure that voters are decid-
ing on Tuesday.
Measure 110 is one of the
most watched initiatives in
Oregon because it would
drastically change how the
state’s justice system treats
people caught with
amounts for their personal
use.
Instead of being arrested,
going to trial and facing
possible jail time, the users
would have the option of
paying $100 fines or attend-
ing new, free addiction re-
covery centers.
The centers would be
funded by tax revenue from
retail marijuana sales in the
state that was the country’s
first to decriminalize mari-
juana possession.
It may sound like a radi-
cal concept even in one of
the most progressive U.S.
states — but countries in-
cluding Portugal, the
Netherlands and Switzer-
land have already decrimi-
nalized possession of small
amounts of hard drugs,
according to the United
Nations.
Portugal’s 2000 decrimi-
nalization brought no surge
in drug use. Drug deaths fell
while the number of people
treated for drug addiction
in the country rose 20%
from 2001 to 2008 and then
stabilized, Portuguese offi-
cials have said.
Oregon’s measure is
backed by the Oregon
Nurses Association, the Or-
egon chapter of the Ameri-
can College of Physicians
and the Oregon Academy of
Family Physicians.
“Punishing people for
drug use and addiction is
costly and hasn’t worked.
More drug treatment, not
punishment, is a better ap-
proach,” the groups said in
a statement.
Opponents include two
dozen district attorneys
than 24 hours after a power-
ful earthquake in the Aege-
an Sea killed at least 39
people and injured more
than 800 others.
The quake that struck
Turkey’s Aegean coast and
north of the Greek island of
Samos registered a magni-
tude that Turkish author-
ities put at 6.6 while other
seismology institutes said it
measured 6.9. It toppled
buildings in Izmir, Turkey’s
third-largest city, and trig-
gered a small tsunami in the
Seferihisar district and on
the Greek island. Hundreds
of aftershocks followed.
At least 37 people were
killed in Izmir, Turkish
President Recep Tayyip Er-
dogan said from a crisis
coordination center.
The health minister as
well as rescue worker Ah-
met Yavuz told HaberTurk
television hours later that
one of the rescued children
had died.
Wisconsin police shoot-
ing: An attorney for a Wis-
consin police officer who
has fatally shot three people
since 2015 says his client
shouldn’t be disciplined or
If the measure passes, possession of small amounts of
some hard drugs may mean no criminal punishment.
who say the measure “reck-
lessly decriminalizes pos-
session of the most danger-
ous types of drugs (and)
will lead to an increase in
acceptability of dangerous
drugs.”
Three other district at-
torneys back the measure,
including the top prose-
cutor in Oregon’s most
populous county, which in-
cludes Portland, the state’s
largest city.
“Misguided drug laws
have created deep dispari-
ties in the justice system,”
said Multnomah County
District Attorney Mike
Schmidt. “Arresting people
with addictions is a cruel
punishment because it
slaps them with a lifelong
criminal record that can
ruin lives.”
Jimmy Jones, executive
director of Mid-Willamette
Valley Community Action,
a group that helps homeless
people, said arresting peo-
ple who are using but not
dealing hard drugs makes
life extremely difficult for
them.
“Every time that this
happens, not only does that
individual enter the crimi-
nal justice system but it
makes it very difficult for
us, on the back end, to
house any of these folks
because a lot of landlords
won’t touch people with
recent criminal history,”
Jones said. “They won’t
touch people with pos-
fired simply because city
officials are worried he
might do it again.
Wauwatosa Officer Jo-
seph Mensah, who is Black,
has been cleared of any
criminal wrongdoing in all
three cases.
The most recent shooting
took place in February,
when Mensah shot an
armed teenager outside a
mall. The decision not to
charge him in that shooting
sparked several nights of
protests in the Milwaukee
suburb, some of which
turned violent.
The city’s police commis-
sion suspended Mensah in
July and is expected to
decide his fate this month.
Former federal prosecutor
Steven Biskupic issued a
report in October saying
Mensah should be fired
because the risk that he
would kill a fourth person
and expose the city to liabil-
ity was too great.
The officer’s attorney,
Jon Cermele, filed docu-
ments with the commission
last week arguing that state
law doesn’t allow the panel
to fire an officer because of
something that might occur
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session charges.”
The measure would de-
criminalize possession of
less than 1 gram of heroin or
methamphetamine; 2
grams of cocaine; 12 grams
of psilocybin mushrooms;
40 doses of LSD, oxyco-
done or methadone; and 1
gram or five pills of
MDMA.
Marijuana tax revenues
in excess of $45 million
annually would fund Ore-
gon’s addiction recovery
centers. Doing so would
reduce the amount given to
schools, the state police,
mental health programs
and local governments, ac-
cording to the ballot mea-
sure’s financial impact
statement published by the
Oregon secretary of state.
The Oregon revenue de-
partment said it received
about $133 million in mari-
juana taxes during the most
recent fiscal year that
started in July 2019 and
ended last June.
Opponents have seized
on the funding reductions
in an attempt to sway voters
to vote against the measure
and have also said that
decriminalizing hard drugs
would make young people
more likely to start using
them.
The state’s voters in 2014
legalized recreational use
and sale of marijuana. But it
passed by fewer than
200,000 votes of the 1.5
million counted.
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in the future. Terminating
him would create an “illogi-
cal and artificial rule” that
officers can use deadly force
a certain number of times.
“In each of the cases
identified, Officer Mensah
was simply responding to
risks he faced,” Cermele
wrote.
Armenia-Azerbaijan con-
flict: Armenia’s leader
urged Russia on Saturday to
consider providing security
help to end over a month of
fighting over Nagorno-
Karabakh, and both sides in
the hostilities accused each
other of breaking a mutual
pledge not to target residen-
tial areas hours after it was
made.
The fighting is the big-
gest escalation in decades
between Armenia and Azer-
baijan over the separatist
territory. As Azerbaijani
troops pushed into
Nagorno-Karabakh, Prime
Minister Nikol Pashinian
asked Russian President
Vladimir Putin to quickly
discuss possible security aid
to Armenia.
There was no immediate
response from the Kremlin.

CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK
Experts: It’s time for mask mandate
GOP strategist says
action would ‘go over
like a lead balloon’ in
some parts of the US
By Sheryl Gay
Stolberg
The New York Times
WASHINGTON — As
the nation heads into what
public health experts are
calling a “dark winter” of
coronavirus illness and
death, public health experts
are coalescing around Joe
Biden’s call for a national
mask mandate, even as they
concede such an effort
would require much more
than the stroke of a presi-
dential pen.
Over the past week, a
string of prominent public
health experts — notably,
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the gov-
ernment’s top infectious
disease specialist, and Dr.
Scott Gottlieb, a former
commissioner of the Food
and Drug Administration
under President Donald
Trump — have said it is time
to consider a national man-
date to curb the spread of
the virus.
Overseas, President
Vladimir Putin of Russia
this week became the latest
foreign leader to impose a
national mandate for citi-
zens to wear masks. Trump
is opposed to a mandate,
and Biden has conceded
that a presidential order for
all Americans to wear
masks would almost cer-
tainly face — and likely fall
to — a legal challenge.
Biden, the Democratic
presidential nominee, ech-
oed the “dark winter” lan-
guage during the most re-
cent presidential debate
and is already using his
bully pulpit to promote and
reinforce a culture of mask-
wearing. If elected, he will
almost certainly do more.
Biden has already said
that, as president, he would
mandate masks on all fed-
eral property, an executive
order that could have wide
reach. He could use his
authority under federal
transit law to require masks
on public transportation.
Central Europe hit with ‘terrifying’ shortages
By Karel Janicek
and Vanessa Gera
Associated Press
KYJOV, Czech Republic
— Soldiers in Poland are
giving coronavirus tests.
American National Guard
troops with medical train-
ing are headed to the Czech
Republic to work alongside
doctors there. A Czech uni-
versity student is running
blood samples to labs, and
the mayor of the capital is
taking shifts at a hospital.
With cases surging in
many Central European
countries, firefighters, stu-
dents and retired doctors
are being asked to help
shore up buckling health
care systems.
“This is actually terrify-
ing,” Dr. Piotr Suwalski,
head of the cardiac surgery
ward at a Polish hospital
said on a day when daily
COVID-19 cases rose 20%
nationwide. “I think if we
continue to gain 20% a day,
no system can withstand it.”
Even before the pan-
demic, many countries in
the region faced a shortage
of medical personnel due to
years of underfunding in
their public health sectors
and an exodus of doctors
and nurses to better paying
jobs in Western Europe
after the nations joined the
European Union in 2004.
Now, with the virus ripping
through their hospitals,
many health workers have
been sickened, compound-
ing the shortfall.
More than 13,200 medi-
cal personnel across the
Czech Republic have been
infected, including 6,000
nurses and 2,600 doctors,
according to the doctors’
union.
It’s not just clinicians
these countries need.
Both Poland and the
Czech Republic are build-
ing field hospitals as beds
fill up on wards, and author-
ities say there are only 12
ventilators left in all hospi-
tals taking COVID-19 pa-
tients in the region around
Warsaw, the Polish capital.
Just 69% of Americans wear masks, according to recent data. Above, bar patrons — some without masks — mingle Aug. 7 in Nashville, Tennessee.
He could also prod gover-
nors who are resisting mask
mandates to at least require
masks in public buildings in
their states.
But that is delicate politi-
cal terrain in the United
States, where Trump has
turned the act of wearing a
mask — or not wearing one
— into a political statement.
Public health and legal ex-
perts say it would be far
better for Biden — or
Trump, for that matter — to
use his powers of persua-
sion to convince Americans
that covering one’s face to
curb the spread of the virus
is a patriotic or civic-
minded action.
“Instead of making it
about the president’s co-
ercive authority under law,
it should be about whether
the president can support a
norm that supports public
health, which is in people’s
self-interest,” said Harold
Hongju Koh, a law profes-
Health care workers transfer a COVID-19 patient Oct. 22 from a hospital in Kyjov to a hospital in Brno, Czech Republic.
“We will do
everything. But,
of course, we are
afraid, who
wouldn’t be?”
— Dr. Jiri Vyhnal
This may sound familiar,
but not for these countries.
Many in the region imposed
tough restrictions in the
spring — including sealing
borders and closing schools,
stores and restaurants —
and saw low infection rates
even as the virus killed tens
of thousands in Western
Europe.
But now many Central
European countries are see-
ing an onslaught similar to
the one their western
neighbors experienced —
and the same dire warnings.
As he announced new
restrictions last week,
sor at Yale University and an
expert in national security
and human rights.
Trump, however, has
shown little interest in sup-
porting such norms. At a
rally this week in Arizona,
he mocked California’s
mask mandate, saying, “You
have to eat through the
mask.”
Experts say there is
growing scientific evidence
that masks can considerably
reduce the transmission of
respiratory viruses like the
one that causes COVID-19.
Even when mask-wearing
does not prevent infection,
it can reduce the severity of
disease by diminishing the
intensity of a person’s expo-
sure to the virus. Research
also shows that states that
have passed mask mandates
have had lower growth
rates of COVID-19, begin-
ning on the day the mandate
was passed.
In a study published re-
Czech Prime Minister An-
drej Babis put a date on
when his country’s health
system would collapse, if
the new regulations were
not imposed to slow the
virus’s spread: between
Nov. 7 and 11.
With one of the highest
infection rates in Europe,
the Czech Republic’s hospi-
tals are desperately looking
for volunteers. The govern-
ment is deploying thou-
sands of medical students to
hospitals and other stu-
dents to testing sites.
In the capital of Prague,
Mayor Zdenek Hrib, who
has a degree in medicine,
volunteered to help do ini-
tial exams of possible co-
ronavirus patients at a uni-
versity hospital. Soon, 28
medical personnel from Na-
tional Guard units in Ne-
braska and Texas are ex-
pected to arrive to help treat
patients at Prague’s military
hospital and a new field
hospital at the city’s exhib-
cently in the journal Na-
ture, researchers at the
Institute for Health Metri-
cs and Evaluation at the
University of Washington
estimated that “universal
mask use” — when 95% of
people wear masks in pub-
lic — could prevent nearly
130,000 deaths from
COVID-19 in the coming
months, though those
numbers are based on cer-
tain assumptions and could
change if people alter their
behavior. Currently, just
69% of Americans wear
masks, according to data
gathered by the institute.
Even so, any hint of a
sweeping federal require-
ment would “go over like a
lead balloon” and “divide
and harden areas of the
country in opposition,” said
Joel White, a Republican
strategist with expertise in
health policy. White said
the Trump administration’s
policy of letting state and
ition ground.
Croatia has asked former
doctors to come out of
retirement to help in hospi-
tals, while Slovenia has put
retired physicians and cur-
rent medical students on
standby in case its situation
deteriorates.
Poland, meanwhile, is
mobilizing soldiers to con-
duct testing, so medical
professionals can focus on
helping patients, as War-
saw’s National Stadium and
other spaces are being
transformed into field hos-
pitals. Three times this
week, the country reported
new records in daily infec-
tions, and Thursday it also
announced a record num-
ber of daily deaths — 301.
In Poland, deaths among
people with cancer and
other illnesses are also ris-
ing because doctors and
nurses simply cannot keep
up with their care, said
Suwalski, the head of the
cardiac surgery ward at the
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local leaders decide about
masks was “a far better way
to go.”
But that has not pro-
duced the kind of compli-
ance that public health ex-
perts say is necessary to
reduce the spread of the
virus. As of last week, 33
states and the District of
Columbia required mask-
wearing in public, accord-
ing to a list compiled by
AARP. But in certain parts
of the country, especially
heavily Republican states,
resistance is deep — even
when cases are soaring.
Many people in rural
areas view masks as unnec-
essary for them because
they do not live in crowded
cities; in North Dakota, co-
ronavirus cases are rising
faster than any other state in
the nation, but according to
the University of Washing-
ton’s data, just 46% of North
Dakotans are wearing
masks.
PETR DAVID JOSEK/AP
Interior Ministry Hospital
in Warsaw, the capital’s
main coronavirus hospital.
“The numbers of victims
of this pandemic are not just
the patients dying directly
from COVID-19,” Suwalski
said. “There are also (pa-
tients) who die because of
the change of conditions,
and even the collapse of the
medical system.”
The problem is felt espe-
cially keenly in small-town
hospitals that don’t have the
resources of university
medical centers, such as the
one in Kyjov, a southeastern
Czech town of 11,000.
The director of the hospi-
tal there, Lubomir Wenzl,
says staffing became critical
in October as the number of
COVID-19 patients doubled
over three weeks to almost
60, and 75 of the medical
staff fell ill.
He appealed for volun-
teers on social media and
got so many offers that the
hospital could pick who it
25
Gov. Doug Burgum, a
first-term Republican seek-
ing reelection, is opposed to
a mandate, saying that
while he favors masks, peo-
ple should do so out of
“personal responsibility.”
There is some evidence
that norms are changing.
Chris Christie, the for-
mer governor of New Jer-
sey, is now proselytizing
about wearing masks — a
lesson he took away from
his own bout with
COVID-19, which he be-
lieves he contracted either
at a ceremony at the White
House’s Rose Garden for
then-Judge Amy Coney
Barrett’s nomination to the
Supreme Court or during
debate preparations with
the president.
In a recent opinion piece
in The Wall Street Journal,
he offered his readers some
advice: “Wear it or you may
regret it — as I did.”
needed. Mostly, the hospital
chose people who have
some medical training.
They keep a roster of others
they can call if they need
them.
“I have healthy hands
and legs, and this is some-
thing as a firefighter I can
do,” said Antonin Kuchar,
the deputy mayor and a
volunteer firefighter who
has helped move patients
around the hospital.
Vojtech Coufal, a me-
chanical engineering stu-
dent at a university in Brno,
also answered the call. The
20-year-old has first-aid
training and was couriering
blood samples around the
hospital campus.
While the volunteers’
help is vital, their roles are
limited, said Dr. Jiri Vyhnal,
chief of the intensive care
unit in Kyjov that treats
COVID-19 patients in seri-
ous condition.
“It’s impossible to re-
place those doctors by any-
one else, because you need a
long time to gain experience
to become a good intensive
care specialist,” Vyhnal said.
“The problem is that a small
group of doctors and nurses
will have to take care of a
high number of patients
treated with lung ventila-
tion.”
As the number of co-
ronavirus patients rises, the
hospital has closed several
wards: ones for ear, nose
and throat, neurology, reha-
bilitation and orthopedics.
“We have been forced to
stop doing planned opera-
tions, but we have to go on
with urgent ones,” Wenzl
said.
The intensive care ward,
meanwhile, has 11 patients
and can accept up to 18,
Vyhnal said.
He said he and his staff
are ready to work on their
days off “to prevent an
Italian scenario,“ referring
to how hospitals there be-
came overwhelmed.
“We will do everything,”
he said. “But of, course, we
are afraid, who wouldn’t
be?”
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OBITUARIES

SEAN CONNERY 1930-2020

Much more than Bond, James Bond

Earned Academy descriptions of physical and
mental abuse, fueled by
Award as wised-up jealous rages over her own
Chicago cop success.
He wasn’t, as she saw it,
By Michael Phillips “able to cope” with what
Bond did for him. And to
More than anything else, him.
the movies’ first official and Though he provided the
best James Bond once said, voice of Sir Sean Connery,
“I’d like to be an old man aka himself, in a 2012 ani-
with a good face, like Hitch- mated feature “Sir Billi,” his
cock or Picasso.” last on-screen feature, “The
He got there, all right. League of Extraordinary
Over a career spanning sev- Gentlemen,” came in 2013.
en decades, Sean Connery A flop, it sealed the deal on
— who won his Academy Connery’s unofficial retire-
Award as the wised-up Chi- ment from screen acting at
cago beat cop who joins 73. “I’m fed up,” he said
Eliot Ness’ underworld cru- around that time, with “the
sade in “The Untouchables” ever-widening gap between
— gave audiences so much people who know how to
that had little to do with his make movies and the peo-
talent. ple who green-light the
That face. That Edin- movies.”
burgh Scots burr. The ef- Like so many, I grew up
fortless, just-this-side-of- and then continued to
caveman masculinity. And spend untold hours in the
the charm, wholly distinct company of Connery,
from the brittle, moneyed watching him kill off hun-
artifice of Roger Moore, a dreds of anonymous Bond
later incarnation of Sir Ian villain extras, energizing
Fleming’s idea of the male sublimely ridiculous mate-
paragon with the license to rial (“The Rock,” “Zardoz”),
kill. MATT SAYLES/ASSOCIATED PRESS taking on a formulaic heart-
Connery, who died Oct. Sean Connery, famous for his decades as James Bond in six movies, died Saturday; he was 90. warmer (“Finding For-
31 at the age of 90, brought a rester”) and somehow actu-
vital, often subtle fire to his (1987), something happens ally warming hearts in the
lines of screen work. Before in Connery’s first scene that process.
that, he had many others: feels like secret code be- I’ve only recently caught
milkman, enlistee in the tween actors of different up with lesser-known, often
United Kingdom’s Royal generations. I’ve always wrenching proof that Con-
Navy, 1953 Mr. Universe loved this scene, filmed on nery didn’t want to lose
contestant (he finished the lower level of the Michi- sight of his ambitions. No
third), member of the cho- gan Avenue Bridge on loca- one agrees to star in a harsh
rus in the London produc- tion in Chicago. As written procedural like the 1973
tion of “South Pacific.” Then by David Mamet, it’s a drama “The Offence”
he became an actor. And perfect jewel: weary, witty (Lumet again, in which
then an international movie experience, embodied by Connery plays a rage-fu-
star. Connery, patiently school- eled, disintegrating police
So many of the latter ing the idealistic U.S. Treas- detective) because it’ll
forget the former, or never ury Department greenhorn, make money.
were much interested in Kevin Costner. The unexpected humor
testing themselves after It’s also an acting lesson he brought to the humor-
stardom. Connery was dif- of the highest order. At this less Fleming superspy ce-
ferent. point in his career, Costner mented Connery’s star-
Five films into his Bond PROVIDED couldn’t make sense or hu- dom. In the eyes of film
superstardom, after “Dr. Andy Garcia, Connery, Kevin Costner and Charles Martin Smith in “The Untouchables.” man rhythms out of historian David Thomson,
No” (1962), “From Russia Mamet’s dialogue. He tries, writing in The New Repub-
With Love” (1963), but throughout “The Un- lic, the franchise was from
“Goldfinger” (1964), touchables” he’s outgunned the start “a decisive step
“Thunderball” (1965) and by nearly every scene part- forward in camp. The sex
“You Only Live Twice” ner. and violence flowered be-
(1967), Connery grew weary Connery, I suspect, sym- cause no one regarded
of the spy games. “Looks pathized with this much them as real — least of all
like you’re out to get me,” he younger actor over his head, Sean Connery, who was far
says in his first “Dr. No” charged with headlining a from English or upper-
scene, cigarette dangling, big Brian De Palma/Robert class. From ‘Dr. No’ on-
eyeing a female across the De Niro gangland movie. He ward, Connery looked at us
baccarat table. By “You Only likely knew that the project and winked. The cinema
Live Twice,” audiences could withstand a weak changed, and it’s hard now
were turning out to get leading man, but barely. So to make a serious film
more of him, but mainly what does Connery do? He about spies or secret agents
they were there for the toys. helps him out, without any — which may allow them to
Connery wanted more and, fuss or winking. Connery flourish more in life.”
in terms of spectacle, less. intuitively makes Costner a Maybe you believe that,
As early as 1964, while better actor, before our eyes, maybe you don’t. This much
firmly affixed to Bond in the just by being such fun to is certain: The man who
global public eye, he took on GETTY IMAGES work with, presumably. would be Bond held the
“Marnie,” Hitchcock’s Sean Connery in “Dr. No,” 1962. And such a pleasure to screen like few others, may-
fraught, financially unpop- watch, inarguably. be no others, of his genera-
ular “sex mystery.” Then, ters by circumstance. Con- ver Say Never Again” (1983). bered for all sorts of hits. There was, also inar- tion. He was a fine, commit-
with Sidney Lumet, another nery sang, pretty well, in the Throughout the 1970s, “The Hunt for Red Octo- guably, a dark and abusive ted actor before, during and
good, tough outing, set in 1960 Disney fantasy “Darby however, in everything from ber” (1990), as the Soviet side to the man. He admit- especially after Bond made
World War II: “The Hill.” O’Gill and the Little People.” John Huston’s rousing “The adversary of steel and wiles. ted it and never apologized. Sean Connery’s name
Well before Bond, in 1957 People went for the little Man Who Would Be King” Harrison Ford’s father in In a notorious Barbara Wal- nearly as well-known.
the young actor came to people, not for the nascent to Lumet’s sterling “Murder “Indiana Jones and the Last ters TV interview, Connery As he says in “The Un-
prominence on British tele- movie star. on the Orient Express” to Crusade” (1989). It’s sour reasserted what he saw as touchables”: Here endeth
vision in Rod Serling’s “Re- By the time I saw my first Michael Crichton’s minor revisionism, but Connery his right to physically as- the lesson.
quiem for a Heavyweight” Bond movie at 12, “Live and but diverting “The Great and Audrey Hepburn in sault a woman if a provoca-
and an adaptation of Eu- Let Die” — vicious, racist, Train Robbery,” the actor “Robin and Marian” (1976) tion “merits” it. His first Michael Phillips is a Tribune
gene O’Neill’s “Anna Chris- salacious and semi-appal- proved a constant source of warm up an ice-cold sub- wife, actress and “Tom critic.
tie.” He had the looks, but he ling, then and now — Moore delight to audiences. Even version of the Robin Hood Jones” Oscar nominee Di-
could plausibly handle had taken over, though Con- when the material wobbled; tale, the way no two other ane Cilento, was married to mjphillips@
brutes with hidden sensitiv- nery came back for an odd, he steadied it, all of it. actors ever could. the actor from 1962 to 1973. chicagotribune.com
ity, beaten out of the charac- jokey reprise himself, “Ne- He’ll be warmly remem- In “The Untouchables” Her autobiography contains Twitter @phillipstribune

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Death Notices
Allen, James T.
James T. Allen, 86 of Mt. Prospect was born August
29, 1934 in Chicago to William P. and
Christine H. (Fisher) Allen and passed
away October 19, 2020. Jim graduated
from Loyola University with a Liberal
Arts degree and went on to IIT Chicago
receiving a degree in mechanical and aero-space
engineering. He also served in the United States
Army retiring as a Captain and was a very active
parishioner at St. Cecilia Church in Mt. Prospect. Jim
was the beloved husband of Patricia C. (Halloran)
Allen; loving father of Jeanne (Mark) Doruff, Diane
(Gregory) Summers, Thomas (Victoria) Allen,
Nanette (Stanley) Kuc, Janet (Paul) Hagen, Robert
(Mary Dwyer) Allen and Susan (William) Tangney;
cherished grandfather of 23 and great-grandfather
of 9 with 2 more on the way and dear brother of the
late Ruth Weiher, William J. Allen, Joan Sommer and
Lawrence J. Allen and fond uncle of many nieces
and nephews. Funeral service and interment will be
private. To leave a condolence message, please visit
lauterburgoehler.com. Info 847-253-5423.
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Baker, Therese S. ‘Sue’
Therese S. “Sue” Baker (nee Metoyer), Age 87,
Born into Eternal Life on
October 28, 2020. Beloved
wife of the late Kenneth J.
Baker Sr. Loving mother of
Rev. Kenneth J. Baker, Jr. and
Susan (Peter) Womack. Proud
“Nana” of Peter and Kristen.
Dear sister of Barbara
Porter, Patricia Russi, the
late Margaret “Marge” (Jim)
Philon, Rosemary Carter, James (Melvina) Metoyer,
and Paul Metoyer. Fond aunt of many nieces and
nephews. Sue retired from the Chicago Board of
Education after 39 years as a School Clerk, with
over 25 years at Fernwood Elementary School. She
volunteered as a Religious Education Catechist.
Lifelong member of the Merrymakers Mother’s Club,
and member of the Carillon Community Chorus. Sue
had a great love for music, theater, watching her
granddaughter Kristen play hockey, and consum-
ing doughnuts from Beacon Doughnuts, where
her grandson Peter is a partner. Visitation Sunday,
November 1, 2020, 2-8pm at Curley Funeral Home
(Heeney-Laughlin Directors), 6116 W. 111th St.,
Chicago Ridge, IL 60415. Covid-19 guidelines for
social distancing and masks to be observed by at-
tendees. Family and friends will meet on Monday,
November 2, 2020 at St. Cletus Church, 600 West
55th St., LaGrange, IL 60525 for Mass of Christian
Burial at 12:00 Noon. All guests must register for
Mass using the link: https://www.signupgenius.com
/go/20f0d4ba4a923abfc1-therese. Attendees are
asked to arrive at church by 11:30am for Mass seat-
ing check-in. Livestream of the Funeral Mass will
be available beginning at 12:00 Noon using the link:
https://youtube.com/stcletusparish.Entombment
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Info: Heeney-Laughlin
Funeral Directors, 708-636-5500 or heeneyfh.com
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Bean, Phd, Philip Garth
Philip Bean, age 79, and Naperville resident for 38
years passed away October
26, 2020 of Interstitial lung
disease/idiopathic pulmonary
fibrosis in the ICU of Edward
Hospital. He had fought the
disease for four years. Philip
grew up in Enosburg Falls,
Vermont, about seven miles
from the Canadian border.
Occasionally on a Sunday
drive they would notice that the signs were in
French and that they must have accidentally ended
up in Canada. Then they would have to stick to back
roads to return to the U.S. He enjoyed celebrating
his July 14 (1941 ) Bastille Day birthday. One brother
remarked on a trip to France that the whole country
set off fireworks to celebrate. Philip received his
Doctorate in History from the University of Illinois
in 1976. He taught at Illinois Benedictine in Lisle
for 30 years and reached over 2500 students. He
brought an extra level of interest to his lectures by
coordinating his ties to them--ships, airplanes, rock-
ets, fife and drummers, etc. Dr. Bean was known
as a problem solver as he served as Head of the
Summer School and also the Evening School in ad-
dition to his teaching. He served as President of the
Lincoln Group of Illinois for 10 years and oversaw
its quarterly publication. He had an interest in his
family genealogy which included one of the Salem
witches His students enjoyed spoofing history by
having him dress as a warlock at Halloween. Philip
was preceded in death by his parents, Donald Bean
and Vivian Archambault Bean Nichols and his sister,
Sr. Rhea Bean RSM. He is survived by his beloved
wife of 51 years, Janet Richards Bean., brothers
Daniel Bean (Jeanette Voss), Lawrence (Larry) Bean
(Marie), David Bean, brother in law John Richards
(Diane) as well as numerous nieces and nephews
and grand nieces and nephews. Philip asks that
any remembrances be directed to St Catharine
Academy (Sr. Rhea Bean RSM Scholarship Fund),
2250 Williamsbridge Rd, Bronx, NY 10469. www.
scahs.org. Phone 718-822-2882. All services are
private. Arrangements entrusted to Friedrich-Jones
Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Naperville. For
more information, please call (630)355-0213 or visit
www.friedrich jones.com.
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Boehm, Arlene F.
Arlene F. Boehm, 94 of Bellwood passed away on
October 28, 2020. Beloved wife of Edward. Loving
mother of William, Edward and the late James.
Viewing on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 from 9:00
A.M. until time of service, 11:00 A.M. at Bormann
Funeral Home, 1600 Chicago Ave. Melrose Park,
Illinois 60160. Interment Mount Emblem Cemetery.
708-344-0714 or bormannfuneralhome.com for fur-
ther information.
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Boylan, Judith Marie
Judith Marie Boylan, age 72, went to heaven on
October 29, 2020. She was the cherished daughter
of the late Dorothy, née Kohlman, and Peter Boylan.
Judy had a life of service to others, being kind and
generous to all who knew her. A true animal lover,
she devoted much time and supplies to several ani-
mal shelters. Although we will all miss her terribly,
the memories of her and her special wit and humor
will be with us forever. God Bless Judy.
Private Visitation Tuesday, November 3rd, 10:00 a.m.
until time of prayers, 12:00 p.m. at Robert J. Sheehy
& Sons Funeral Home, 4950 W. 79th St. Burbank,
IL. Interment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. In lieu of
flowers, memorials to a charity of your choice, are
appreciated. 708-857-7878 or www.sheehyfh.com
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Breit, Jeffrey P.
Jeffrey Philip Breit, 67 years, of Oak Lawn, IL. Passed
away on October 29, 2020. Beloved husband
of Margaret “Meg” nee Collins. Loving father of
Christopher (Brooke), Matthew (Elizabeth), & Nicole
(Mike Harris). Cherished Papa of Brody, Tessa, Shane,
Maggie, Lucy, Brock & Nora. Devoted son of the late
Lucille nee Tomaszewski & Philip Breit. Dear brother
of Paul (Linda), Donna (Robert Messing), & Michael
(Gail). Kind & generous uncle & brother in law of
many. Funeral Tuesday 9:15 am from Thompson
& Kuenster Funeral Home, 5570 W. 95th St., Oak
Lawn to St. Gerald Church for Mass at 10:00 am.
Interment private. Visitation Monday from 3:00 pm
until 8:00 pm. Member of Local 21 IUBAC. In lieu of
flowers, memorials to Ronald McDonald House, ron-
aldhousechicago.org would be greatly appreciated.
thompsonkuensterfuneralhome.com 708-425-0500
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Carey, William
William Thomas Carey of Northfield, Illinois,
passed away at age 90 on
October 7, 2020. Bill, born
in 1929 to William and Grace
(nee McFadden) Carey on
Chicago’s South Side, was a
loving husband of 66 years to
Helen (nee Kuhn), proud fa-
ther to William (Linn), Joseph
(Renata), Elizabeth (Daniel)
Colston, and devoted grand-
father to Daniel (Allie) Colston, William Carey, David
Colston, Joseph Carey, and Nicholas Carey. Bill was
also the beloved brother of Joan (Jack) McGinty and
Patricia Carey (preceded in death) and fond uncle
of John (Karen) McGinty, Michael (Chris) McGinty,
William (Joni) McGinty, and Patrick (Dianne) McGinty.
Bill was a man of powerful words who won the
National Extemporaneous Debate Championship
while at the University of Notre Dame from which
he graduated Magna cum Laude in 1951. There, he
was a recipient of the prestigious Dome Award and
a member of the Blue Circle. He enlisted in the Navy
where he served aboard the cruiser USS Columbus
CA 74 from 1951 to 1955 as a Lieutenant in the
Korean War. Bill married his college sweetheart,
Helen, in 1954 and settled in Chicago where he
worked for the University of Notre Dame Foundation
with Father John Cavanaugh, then President of
Notre Dame. While studying law at DePaul University
from which he received his Juris Doctor in 1960,
he joined the family baking business, Delicious
Cookie Company, which he expanded nationally.
Subsequently, Bill and Helen invested in real estate.
Bill was a true renaissance man – a child actor in the
“Golden Age of Radio” on stations WCFL in Chicago
and KDKA in Pittsburgh. He was regularly “on the
air” from 1936 to 1947 in many programs, including
Tom Mix and Youth Looks at the News, throughout
grade and high school while also performing with
The Pittsburgh Theater Caravan. He was passionate
about Notre Dame football, his beloved White Sox,
and his ever-elusive golf “short game.” Bill loved to
tell stories, read voluminously, had a photographic
memory, loved all types of music and wrote a musi-
cal which was performed with a full cast at ND.
A larger-than-life personality who lit up every room
he entered, Bill was the compleat gentleman with
an abundance of Old World charm who exuded el-
egance, kindness and class. He fostered higher edu-
cation, supporting various colleges and universities.
Bill will be lovingly remembered for his intelligence,
wonderful tales, quotes and quick Irish wit. Bill
could speak to anyone brilliantly and knowledgeably
about an encyclopedic range of topics from politics
to movie stars and Broadway to batting averages.
A private Mass of Resurrection was celebrated at
Our Lady of Perpetual Help. In lieu of flowers, me-
morials may be made in Bill’s name to Guardian
Hospice (guardianhospice.org) or American Forests
(americanforests.org).
Info: www.donnellanfuneral.com or (847)675-1990.
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Colby, Carol Perel
Carol Perel Colby, 94, the strong, funny, indepen-
dent, often outrageous and
always loving mother of Sue
Colby (Larry Baill) and Marilyn
Colby Rivkin (Jeff), grandma
of Laura, Michael (Abby),
Sarah (Marc) and Anna, great
grandma of Jordan and Maya,
and adored wife of the late
Bernard Colby, died peace-
fully on October 28, 2020.
Carol was a passionate lead-
er and champion for the many causes
she believed in. Her wonderful stories,
warm heart, and generous spirit will
be remembered by family and friends
forever. Please send memorials to JUF
Chicago, NCJW, Inc., or a charity of your choice. For
information: 847-256-5700.
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Courney, Raymond J.
Raymond J. Courney, 79, a resident of Naperville since
1970, was born on January
8, 1941 to Raymond T. and
Catherine (Fluffy) Courney
nee Mulcahy, in Chicago,
Illinois. He met Karen Briski,
his beloved wife of 56 years,
at the St. Sabina’s Sunday
dances. He was a devoted
father to Caroline Mangan,
Jane (Scott) Grundberg, and
Raymond Michael (Mike). Much loved grandfather of
Carrie, Kaileen, Michael and Katie Mangan, and Lucy,
Emmett and Eli Grundberg. Fond brother of John
(Mary Lou) and Margie (Ed) Joy. Raymond graduated
in 1965 from the Loyola University School of Law
and practiced law in Oak Brook. In his retirement he
enjoyed many hobbies, including photography, bird-
ing, and Formula One racing. Ray was a ham radio
operator with the call sign N9WJI and had oversite
of the nightly “net” for many years. An active mem-
ber of the Naperville Sportsman’s Club, he par-
ticipated in trap shooting weekly. Raymond passed
away on October 25th 2020 at the Tabor Hills Health
Center. A Memorial Mass will be held on Saturday,
November 7th at 11:00 am at St. Thomas the
Apostle Church, 1500 Brookdale Road, Naperville.
Visitation at the church from 10:00 am until the start
of Mass. Private Internment immediately following
mass. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made
to Tabor Hills Health Center 2 East, 1347 Crystal
Ave., Naperville, IL 60563 for their loving care of
Raymond. Arrangements by the Beidelman-Kunsch
Funeral Homes & Crematory, 516 South Washington
Street, Naperville. Info 630.355.0264. www.beidel-
mankunschfh.com. Masks and social distancing will
be required.
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Crovetti, Dr. Aldo J.
Dr. Aldo J. Crovetti, 90, raised in Highwood, Illinois,
and a longtime resident of
Lake Forest, Illinois, passed
away peacefully in his home
at Lake Forest Place in Lake
Forest, Illinois, on October
27, 2020. He is survived by
his beloved wife Jean, mar-
ried for 61 years; his four
children: Mary L. Crovetti
(David J Avalos), Anna Marie
Crovetti, Donna (Robert) Storm, and Alan Crovetti;
his three grandchildren: Matthew (Morgan) Crovetti,
Grant and Cara (Pederson); his two great-grandchil-
dren Brynlie and Ryder Crovetti; his brother Eugene
(Carol) Crovetti; and many cousins, nieces and
nephews. Aldo’s greatest joy was his family. He was
very spiritual, patient, kind, generous, and shared
his vast wisdom with all. He was an avid reader,
enjoyed sports - especially golf and baseball, sto-
rytelling, traveling, passionate about great wine and
food, art and nature, music and gardening. A true
Renaissance man and loyal friend. Aldo attended
Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Illinois, earning
his B.S. degree in Chemistry, Math and Physics. He
continued his studies in post graduate work com-
pleting both his M.S. and PhD degrees in Organic
and Bio-Chemistry from the University of Illinois in
Urbana-Champaign, earning membership in several
Honor Societies. He then went on to serve as a spe-
cialist in the United States Army Chemical Corps
for two years of active duty before pursuing his
career, also serving an additional four years in the
Army Reserves. Dr. Crovetti spent his professional
career as an organic research chemist at Abbott
Laboratories in North Chicago, Illinois for 35 years,
extensively published, earning a substantial number
of U.S. patents, awards and achievements; most
notably the Fredericka L. Stahl Award, David Clark
Award, and the Abbott Research Award. He was
proud to be accredited in Who’s Who in America,
Who’s Who in Technology, and Who’s Who in Science
and Engineering. He was recognized as a notable
international speaker within his profession. In 2009,
the “Dr. Aldo J. Crovetti Prize in Chemistry” was
established at Lake Forest College. This prize ac-
knowledges an outstanding graduating senior in the
Chemistry Department selected by its faculty, which
is presented at Senior Honors Convocation. Aldo
was also a member of a variety of professional soci-
eties including the American Chemical Society, the
American Horticultural Society, et.al. His volunteer
work included being a member of the Alumni Board
and a mentor for Lake Forest College. He was also
a board member of the Highwood Historical Society.
Aldo volunteered for the “Kids & Chemistry” pro-
gram sponsored by the American Chemical Society.
He enjoyed volunteering at the Chicago Botanic
Gardens for over 20 years. In addition, he volun-
teered at the Botanical Gardens in Naples, Florida.
A memorial service and celebration of Aldo’s life will
be held on a future date. In lieu of flowers, donations
can be made in honor of Dr. Aldo J. Crovetti to: Lake
Forest College Chemistry Department, Lake Forest,
Illinois; or to the University of Illinois Chemistry
Department at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. Info:
Wenban Funeral Home, Lake Forest (847) 234-0022
or www.wenbanfh.com
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Davis, Karen Schlicht
Karen Davis died at home on October 14th, 2020.
Born Karen Anne in 1939 to
Arnie and Dollie Schlicht of
Sibley, Iowa, she attended lo-
cal schools and then Grinnell
College as an American
Studies major. After Grinnell,
she taught 7th grade for a
year in Arlington, Illinois, and
then worked as a salesper-
son and buyer for the Charles
A. Stevens Company in Chicago. Following marriage
in 1964, she spent three years in Bamako, Mali,
where she gained fluency in French, taught herself
how to cook out of a Julia Child cookbook, reveled
in daily shopping at the local markets, and began a
lifelong romance with the City of Light while vaca-
tioning in Paris. Once back in Chicago, she gave birth
to sons Jared and Cullen, mothered many of their
friends, worked through the intricate master-pet
relationship with two French Briards, acquired an
MA in Linguistics at UIC and began a career in real
estate-- all the while learning that relationships are
like pancakes, the first one is always a mistake and
needs to be tossed out. She read and re-read Proust,
discovered Reacher late in life, and continued to
savor vacation and retirement life in both Paris and
Provence. She was a devoted friend, a giver of won-
derful dinner parties and a devout Democrat who
made sure to vote before she passed on in hopes of
making a difference one last time. Jared and Cullen,
five grandchildren--Quinn, Jamison, Spencer, Delilah
and Wallace-- and her companion, partner and good
pancake of 25 years, Bruce Thomas, preserve and
cherish her memory. There are no immediate plans
for a memorial service. Karen would be pleased to
hear of contributions to the Shriner’s Hospitals for
Children in her memory.
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Dowd, George M.
George M. Dowd, formerly of Wheaton and Indian
Head Park, age 98. U.S. Army
Veteran. Beloved husband of
the late Patricia, nee Lafferty;
loving father of Barbara
Simpson, James (Jean) Dowd,
Mark (Lynn) Dowd and Paul
(Linda) Dowd; grandfather
of 10; great-grandfather of
17; dear brother of the late
Eleanor (late Carl) and the
late Lorraine; brother-in-law
of Tom (Janet) Lafferty, the late Peggy
(Bill) Mueller and the late Michael
Lafferty. Services are private. In lieu
of flowers, memorials to the Hesed
House Homeless Shelter (www.hesed-
house.org) appreciated. Arrangements entrusted
to Conboy-Westchester Funeral Home. For info
708-F-U-N-E-R-A-L.
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Drake, Lucille M
Lucille M. Drake, nee Santowski, 73, of Palatine, IL
Beloved wife of David. Loving mother of Jill (Dan)
Mobley, Joseph (Heidi) Chiaro, Amy (Chantel)
Chiaro, Christine (John) Ernst, David Jr. (Connie)
Drake, Daniel (Jessica) Drake and Scott (Brenda)
Drake. Cherished grandmother of Taylor, Jessica,
Anthony and Elijah Chiaro. Dear sister of Michael
(Bonnie) Santowski. Fond aunt to many nieces and
nephews. A Celebration of Lucy’s life will be held at
a later date. For information 847-359-8020 or www.
smithcorcoran.com.
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Epstein, LeRoy ‘Lee’
LeRoy “Lee” Epstein, age 86, passed away on
October 15, 2020. Devoted husband of Jeanette
“Jean” (nee Ochwat). Loving father of Christopher
(Sharon) Epstein, Catherine (James) Faxel, Steven
(Christine) Epstein and the late Linda Epstein.
Cherished grandfather of Joseph (Erin) Faxel,
Michael Faxel, Jaclyn Epstein, Paige Epstein and
Matthew Epstein. Doting great-grandfather of
Emma Lynn Faxel. Loving grandpa to his pups the
late Cubby and Casper. LeRoy was a lifetime mem-
ber of the Pipe Fitters Local #597 and the Park Lawn
Association Board Member.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in LeRoy’s name to
your favorite No Kill Animal Shelter are much ap-
preciated. Services were held privately for family
members. You may share a memory on his tribute
wall for all to cherish.
Arrangements entrusted to care of Damar-Kaminski
Funeral Home & Crematorium, 7861 S. 88th Avenue,
Justice, IL 60458 For more info, 708-496-0200 or
www.kaminskifamilyfuneralhomes.com
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Fliess, Winston S.
Winston S. Fliess, Jr., 91, of Lake Bluff, IL passed
away October 26, 2020
at his home with his wife,
Virginia, and beloved dogs at
his side. Winston was both
August 14, 1929 in Bronxville,
NY, the son of Winston and
Margaret (Kimmerle) Fliess.
Because of his father’s
career, the family lived in
various parts of the country
during Winston’s early years, eventually settling on
the upper east side of Manhattan. He graduated
from Trinity School and Columbia University in New
York and began a long career in the industrial liquid
handling field. In 1953, he married Dorothy W. Child
and that union produced 4 children: the late Cynthia
Scheel of Libertyville, IL, the late Salli Lindner of Lake
Worth, FL, Winston Fliess III of Boynton Beach, FL
and JoAnn Flisek of Aurora, CO. In 1963, the mar-
riage dissolved, and Winston took a position with
Liquid Controls Corporation of North Chicago, IL and
relocated to the Chicago area. At LC, he met his
future wife, Virginia (Saari), they married in 1965 and
began building their forever home in Lake Bluff, IL,
overlooking the sparkling waters of Lake Michigan.
Win embraced all facets of life and was always up
to trying new things. As he liked to say, he was not
championship caliber in any of his avocations but
better than average at many. In college he was
good enough at baseball to receive a professional
team tryout as a pitcher with the then St. Louis
Browns. He was an accomplished fly fisherman, a
decent amateur magician, an enthusiastic consum-
er of and participant in traditional jazz, good photog-
rapher, golfer, skier, woodworker, and 20+ year polo
player. He and Virginia spent many years traveling
the world and seeing the US from their motorhome,
stockpiling wonderful memories that he could enjoy
during his later, less mobile years.
Winston leaves behind his loving wife of 55 years,
two surviving children, eight grandchildren, eight
great grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild,
two totally spoiled English Springer Spaniels and a
40-year-old painted turtle.
Because of Covid, interment will be private and
celebration of life will be delayed until spring. Info:
Wenban Funeral Home (847) 234-0022 or www.wen-
banfh.com
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Foley, Parker
It is with great sadness that we announce the
passing of Parker Foley
on Wednesday, October
21, 2020, in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. He is the be-
loved son of Melissa & Joe
of Duxbury, Massachusetts,
and the treasured brother
of Caroline of Denver,
Colorado. Parker was born
in Summit, New Jersey, grew
up in Duxbury, and was graduated from Augsburg
College in Minneapolis in 2016. It was there in
Minneapolis that Parker was building his life, work-
ing for SmartCare Equipment Solutions and actively
engaged in all aspects of his community.
Parker believed in living life out loud. From his earli-
est days, he loved to be with people. He was a good
friend, a loving brother, and a caring son. Parker
wanted people to feel welcomed, and to be loved
and cared for. When a friend was down, Parker was
there to lift him up. To know Parker was to experi-
ence both the joys of high achievement and the pain
of life’s difficulties. Most of all, we remember Parker
for the energy, passion, and laughter he shared with
everyone who was lucky enough to have walked
beside him.
His family members include George and the late
Elaine Balbach of Lake Forest, Illinois; MaryJoan
and the late Joseph Foley of Annapolis, Maryland;
Vanessa and Charles Clarke of Lake Bluff, Illinois;
George Balbach of Lake Bluff, Illinois; Michael and
Kimberly Foley of Osterville, Massachusetts; Kate
Foley of Baltimore, Maryland; Patrick and Heather
Foley of Berlin, Maryland; Sean Foley of Burlington,
Connecticut; Brian and Jordanna Foley of Berlin,
Maryland and their families.
Visiting hours will be on Thursday, November 5th,
from 4 p.m.—8 p.m. at Shepherd Funeral Home, 216
Main Street, Kingston, Massachusetts. For addi-
tional information: www.shepherdfuneralhome.com
There will be a private funeral service on Friday,
November 6th, at 11 a.m. which will be live
streamed at: https://www.stjohnsduxbury.org/
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in
Parker’s memory to The Retreat, a treatment center
located in Wayzata, Minnesota https://info.ther-
etreat.org/donate-giving-form, or call 866-928-3434
and speak with Debbie Johnson.
May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
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Frank, Poczatek/Parks
Frank G. Poczatek/Parks, 92, of Inverness, IL.
Beloved husband for 66 years
of the late Lorraine Theresa,
nee Kawalec. Loving mother
of Frank M. (Lydia) Poczatek,
Elaine D. (Mark) Carlson,
Cherylynn (Jeffrey) Leach
and Tom (Barbara) Poczatek.
Cherished grandpa of Daniel
(Erin Damisch) Poczatek,
Justin (Kahla) Poczatek, Laura
(Joe Maish) Poczatek, Keith (Angela) Carlson, Scott
(Sara) Carlson, Christina (Duane) Carlson Grimm,
Elisabeth Kelly Leach, Ashley (Billy) Hazen, Courtney
(Dr. James) Gray, James (Jillian) Leach, Daniella (Luis)
Gutierrez, Matthew (Eve) Poczatek, Kevin (Mary
Margaret Skelly) Poczatek, Jeffrey (Ellie) Poczatek
and Melissa (Tyler) Kim. Proud great-grandpa of
21 plus 2 expected on the way. Frank, along with
his partner, Paul Spiewak, founded Century Tile in
1947. Frank worked his way up from a little store
on Austin Avenue in the city to owning and oper-
ating 12 stores throughout the Chicagoland area.
Frank was a keen businessman and determined
hard-worker. Frank always had a zest for life and
a sparkle in his eye! He always looked forward to
family gatherings with Polka music and 18 holes on
the golf course. He will be missed by many friends,
family and business associates. In lieu of flow-
ers, please make a gift to the American Diabetes
Association Research Foundation, P.O. Box 7023
Merrifield, VA 22116-7023 or visit Smith-Corcoran’s
website for a memorial link. Due to the COVID-19
pandemic and everyone’s safety all services have
been held privately. Entombment St. Michael the
Archangel Mausoleum. More info 847-359-8020 or
www.smithcorcoran.com.
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Franklin, David R.
David R. Franklin. October 24, 2020. Age 71 of
Grosse Ile, MI and Lisle, IL.
Dave worked for the USPS
Chicago Bulk Mail Center for
38 years. He retired in 2007.
Loving partner for 20 years of
Cheryl Yocum. Dear brother
of Joan Mastrodonato
and Mike (Virgie) Franklin.
Uncle of Phillip (Connie)
Mastrodonato and Ryan
Franklin; great uncle of John Mastrodonato. Also
survived by his Michigan family, Carole (John) Friel,
Lara Friel (Ken Brooks), Bryan (Stephanie) Friel
and Ryan & Julia Brooks. Arrangements by Molnar
Funeral Homes-Nixon Chapel. www.molnarfuneral-
home.com
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Germanson OP, Sister Michelle
Sister Michelle Germanson, OP, passed away Oct.
21, 2020. Born in Dixon,
IL and raised in Madison,
WI, Sr. Michelle entered
the Sinsinawa Dominican
Congregation in 1965. She
ministered in education and
leadership roles in Illinois
and Colorado before serv-
ing as the Dean of Students
at Rosary College (now
Dominican University.) Sr. Michelle assumed her
role in 1992 when she became the President of
Trinity High School. Her passion and unwavering
faith made her instrumental in leading this all girls,
Catholic high school for over 27 years. Sr. Michelle
ensured that every young woman graduated from
Trinity with self-confidence rooted in a foundation
of knowledge, community, and faith. Affectionately
referred to as “SMG,” she was known for encourag-
ing everyone to always remember to be AWESOME!
In addition to her Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters, Sr.
Michelle is survived by generations of empowered
women. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made
to Trinity High School. For more information on ar-
rangements, please visit www.Trinityhs.org/SMG.
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Geudtner, Robert Paul
Robert P. Geudtner, 93, of Lake Forest, Illinois passed
away on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 quietly at his
home in Lake Forest.
He was born to parents Paul and Evelyn Geudtner
on April 6, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated
from Senn High School and Iowa State with a de-
gree in Architecture. He is a veteran of World War
II. He was a life time member of the Chicago Yacht
Club where he was an Old Guard. At the time of his
death, the 3rd oldest member of the club.
He survived his wife, Virginia, the love of his life,
who he married in 1956 and had two children.
His daughter, Jennifer (Donald) Anderson and son,
David (Diana) Geudtner. He has two grandchildren,
Elizabeth Geudtner and Nicholas Geudtner. He
is also survived by his brother and sister-in-law,
Richard and Sandy Geudtner.
Bob was known for his wry sense of humor and
impish grin. He loved traveling, sailing, reading and
his beloved home, Beechwood in Michigan where
he and Virginia would summer. He started his ar-
chitectural career at a small firm, then going on to
American Marietta and then opening his own firm.
He and his brother grew the Lake Forest firm to in-
clude many associates and designed manufacturing
buildings, hospitals, churches and homes. A life well
lived.
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Gillies, Jean
Jean Gillies, age 91, of Evanston. Loving mother
of Janice Mueller, Laurie
(Keith) Pitner, Kendra (Scott)
Simpson. Dear grandmother
of Alison, Alexander (Megan),
Michael, Kerry, Kathryn, and
Jenna. Adoring great grand-
mother of Oliver. Kind sister to
the late Flora Martin and the
late Donald Gillies. Jean was
a renaissance woman. She
received her Ph.D. in Art History from Northwestern
University while raising her 3 daughters as a single
mom. After receiving her Ph.D. she began teaching
Art History at Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU).
While a professor of Art History she also was the
Coordinator for the Women’s Studies Program and
developed the course Images of Women in Art,
which led to the film “American Women-Daughters
of a Dream”. She retired from NEIU in 1999. Jean
was obsessed with the Bottecelli’s Primavera and
worked on a manuscript for years finally becoming
a book which was published in 2010 as “Botticelli’s
Primavera – The Young Lorenzo’s Transformation”.
Jean loved playing bridge and was an American
Contract Bridge League Life Master. She was a life-
long Chicago Cubs fan, loved going to the ballpark
and one of her favorite memories at Wrigley Field
was taking the rosin bag to the pitcher’s mound
in 2014. She loved to travel and said one of her
most adventurous things she did was driving on
the wrong side of the road in England and traveling
to Italy alone without knowing the language. Jean
is a long-time member of Lake Street Church in
Evanston.
Due to the restrictions of COVID-19 the Funeral
Service will be held privately. To view the Funeral
Service live on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, 1:00
p.m. go to www.donnellanfuneral.com
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be
made to Lake Street Church of Evanston, 607 Lake
Street, Evanston, IL 60201.
Info: www.donnellanfuneral.com or (847)675-1990.
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Ginsburg, Gerald “Jerry”
Gerald “Jerry” Ginsburg, 78, beloved husband of
Dale, nee Kaminsky; loving father of
Steve (Lori) Ginsburg and Robby (Maria)
Ginsburg; adored Zayde of Jack, Josh,
Sophia and Ian; devoted son of the
late Pauline and Morris Ginsburg; dear
brother-in-law of Lynn (Earl) Siegel; cherished cous-
in, treasured friend and source of joy to all he met.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Jerry’s memory may
be made to the Scleroderma Foundation (www.
scleroderma.org) and the Anti-Defamation League
(www.adl.org). Due to the pandemic, services are
private. To leave condolences and for information,
including link to view service: Shalom Memorial
Funeral Home (847) 255-3520 or www.shalom2.com.
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Glynn, Michael
Michael Glynn, age 69, a resident of Western
Springs, IL. Markasan, WI.
passed away on October 22,
2020, surrounded by the love
of his family. He was born on
January 24, 1951 in Chicago,
IL. He is survived by his lov-
ing wife Deborah Carlson-
Glynn; children, Nicole Glynn
(Michael Denslow) and
Elizabeth (Joshua) Sokacich;
his cherished granddaughter Olivia Marr; his dear
siblings, Jack Glynn, Mary Kay Slakaitis, Martin Glynn,
Patricia (Gary) Glynn-Springer; as well as numerous
nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Michael was
preceded in death by his parents, Elizabeth Hanlon
Glynn and Martin Glynn. Michael dedicated over
30 years of service to the Local Engineering Union
399. He was a volunteer firefighter and paramedic.
Michael enjoyed fishing and spending time with his
friends and family. The family has chosen to follow
the health guidelines in order to protect the health
and well being of their family and friends, a celebra-
tion of life in the spring of 2021. Please see the full
obituary and online guestbook at HJFunerals.com
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Godlewski, Diane L
Diane L. Godlewski (nee McKenna) beloved wife of
Thomas Godlewski; loving mother of Thomas, Traci
(Daniel) Harty and Tod (Susan) Godlewski; devoted
grandmother of Brittany, Maddi, Heather, Kelsey,
Ryan, Emma, Cooper and Taylor; cherished great
grandmother of Damien; dearest sister of Donna
(the late Larry) Mosses, Jeanette (Jim) Baker, Donald
McKenna and the late Joni Hilger; dear sister in
law of Thomas Hilger; proud aunt of many nieces
and nephews. Visitation Monday 3 P.M. until time
of Funeral Service 7:00 P.M. at Lawn Funeral Home
17909 S. 94th Ave. Tinley Park, IL 60487 Interment
Private. Due to Phase 3 of the State of Illinois
COVID-19 guidelines visitation is limited to 25 people
at all times. We kindly ask to keep your visitation
brief to allow all to attend to pay their respects. Due
to CDC guidelines, face masks and social distancing
is required. Family kindly requests to refrain from
bringing food into the building. Funeral info (708)
532-3100
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Golemis, George
George Golemis. Age 67 of Downers Grove. Beloved
father of Nick (Marina). Loving grandfather of Arden.
Loved partner of Katie Diederichs. Dear son of the
late Nick and Artemis. Devoted brother of Nancy (Ed)
McNulty. Loving former husband of Nancy Mason.
Also survived by many loving cousins. Visitation
Friday, November 6, 11:00 a.m. until time of service,
12 noon at St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox
Church, 2350 E. Dempster Street, Des Plaines, IL
60016. Interment Elmwood Cemetery, River Grove.
In lieu of flowers, memorials to St. John the Baptist
Greek Orthodox Church. Funeral Info. and to sign
the guestbook please visit, www.ryan-parke.com.
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Gotangco, Maria
Maria Gotangco, nee Villegas, age 102, of Chicago.
Beloved wife of the late Eutequio. Loving mother of
Maria Lourdes V., Tomasita (the late Eusebio), Cris
V. (Ruby), Ossie V.(Lydia), Mario V. (Neny), Angeles G.
(Ray), Fe V., Sr. Michaela V., Herman V. (Joy), Redempto
V. (Joy), Digna G. (Jony), and Rachel G. (John). Dear
grandmother of 28, great-grandmother of 34, and
great-great grandmother of 1. Funeral services to
be held privately. Information 773-736-3833
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Grzelak, Vincent H ‘Vince’
Vince Grzelak, age 78, formerly of Brookfield Illinois
passed away October 28th. Vince was born on
October 22, 1942. Vince married the love of his life
Karen Koci on August 25, 1962 and were married
for 52 years at the time of her passing. Vince was
an avid bowler holding the title of “King of Chicago”
bowler in 1965. He retired from American Wilbert
Vault of Des Plaines Illinois. Preceded in death by his
wife, Karen and his Brother Dennis Grzelak.
Survived by his son Gary (Lauri) Grzelak, daughter
Diane DeTorrice, grandchildren Abby DeTorrice,
Daniel DeTorrice, Allison DeTorrice, Dana Waddell,
Amy DeTorrice, Joseph Grzelak , sister-in-law Cathy
Grzelak, many nieces, nephews, and cousins. A pri-
vate memorial service will be held in Moab, Utah at
a later date for Vince and his wife Karen. Donations
can be given to the Abbie Hunt Bryce Home 4760
Pennwood Dr. Indianapolis, IN 46205 in his name
and the American Cancer Society.
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Heavey, Constance “Connie” P.
Constance “Connie” P. Heavey, 92 of Lake Zurich,
was born on December 5, 1927 and passed away
on October 28, 2020. Connie was the dear mother
of Bernard Heavey and Pamela (Rusty) Allen; loving
grandmother of Erin, Phil (Leanne Bornschlegel), and
Greg Heavey, Aimee (Wes) Sothen and Katie (Brett)
Bildstein; great-grandmother of Jace, Eliette, Brooks,
Ryan, Marlowe and Everett; beloved sister, aunt,
great-aunt and friend of many. She was preceded
in death by her husband, Francis Heavey. Services
will be held privately for her family at All Saints
Catholic Cemetery, Des Plaines. Arrangements
were entrusted to Davenport Family Funeral Home
and Crematory, Lake Zurich. To leave an online
condolence message for the family, please visit
davenportfamily.com or call 847-550-4221.
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Homola, Ronald S.
Ronald S. Homola, 84, passed away surrounded
by the love of his family on
October 29, 2020. Ronald
was born and raised in
Chicago with his parents and
sister. Ronald then enlisted
in the Army and went off
to Alaska. After fulfilling his
civic duty as a soldier, Ronald
moved to Peoria to pursue
his career and met the love
of his life, Marjorie with whom he happily shared 60
years of marriage. They lived in Elk Grove Village, IL
and raised three children. In pursuit of a successful
career, Ronald decided to take a risk for his family,
and with his hard work and determination, started
his own business: Frontier Electric Supply. He was
the founder and remained President from 1982-
2012. Ronald and Marjorie later relocated to Itasca,
IL where they joined Itasca Country Club and there-
after spent their winters in their home in Ft. Myers,
FL where they became members of The Forest
Country Club. They enjoyed golf, traveling, and hav-
ing fun with their family and friends. Ronald was a
strong patriarch for his family and a good friend to
all. He is loved dearly and will be missed by so many.
Ronald is survived by loving wife, Marjorie; children,
Stephen (Nancy) Homola and Michael (Rebecca)
Homola; 8 grandchildren, Tanya (Christopher)
Deckert, Eric (Jaclyn) Homola, Myles Homola, Sean
Homola, Katie Flanagan, Michael Homola, RJ Homola
and Kayla Homola; 2 great-grandchildren, Reece and
Connor; one sister: Marcia Felix. Visitation Tuesday,
November 3, 2020 from 3 to 8 p.m. and Wednesday,
November 4, 2020 10:00 a.m. until time of Service,
11:30 a.m. at The Oaks Funeral Home, 1201 E. Irving
Park Rd. (at Prospect), Itasca, IL. Interment will fol-
low at St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery, Palatine,
IL. For funeral info: 630-250-8588 or www.oaksfh.
com
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Jackson, Christopher J.
Christopher John Jackson, 50, of Long Grove, IL,
passed away on October 27, 2020 following a cycling
accident. He is survived by his wife, Karen (Edwards)
Jackson, daughter Lily Jackson, stepdaughter Abby
Crelman, parents, Anita and David Jackson, broth-
ers, Daniel (Branda) and Michael Jackson, and
father-in-law, Charles Edwards. An online memo-
rial service will be held on Sunday, November 1 at
3:00pm. Details can be found at www.kolhadash.
com/chrisjackson. In lieu of flowers, donations can
be made to the Chris Jackson Memorial Scholarship
Fund by visiting https://www.mightycause.com/
story/cjacksmemorial.
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Jacobek, Shirley Ginter
Shirley Ginter Jacobek, age 96, of Palos Park, IL
passed away on October 31, 2020. She was born
in Oak Park, IL on September 21, 1924 to Florence
Ginter and Harold Fredericks. Her sister, Jean, came
two years later. She spent her childhood in Forest
Park and enjoyed summers in Crystal Lake with her
beloved Grandma Lillian and Grandpa Walter. Shirley
met her husband, Warren, when both worked at the
McLellan’s Five and Dime Store in Forest Park. They
were married for 68 years. Together they founded
and operated Jacobek Insurance Agency. Warren
preceded her in death in 2012. Shirley was a com-
mitted member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
of the Good Shepherd in Palos Heights and also
an engaged member of the community her entire
life. Shirley was the epitome of a “life-long learner.”
She valued knowledge above all else. Reading was
perhaps her greatest passion. Shirley was also a
talented artist and particularly enjoyed develop-
ing her water painting skills. She was a woman
of deep wisdom, intellect and creativity and will
be greatly missed. Shirley is survived by her two
children: Kim Jacobek and Dr. Christine Jacobek, her
grandchildren: Kelly Zednick (nee Jacobek), Kathryn
Durkin (nee Jacobek), and Justin Jacobek. She was
also a proud great-grandmother to her eight great-
grandchildren: Madelyn, Audrey, and Emma Zednick;
Thomas, Matthew, and Mabel Durkin; and Henry and
Walter Jacobek. Services private. Express your
thoughts and condolences at colonialchapel.com
708-532-5400
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Kamm, Richard
Richard J. Kamm, formerly of Oak Park and Western
Springs, IL; Essex Junction,
VT; and Plymouth, MA died
October 24, 2020 at the age
of 71. Born May 30, 1949,
Rick was the sixth of Robert
F. and Helen M. (McDonald)
Kamm’s nine children. He at-
tended Fenwick High School
(‘67) and St. Norbert College
(‘71) where he met many
lifelong friends and his beloved wife of 48 years,
Susan (Kirwan). Together with Sue, Rick created a
wonderful life that included a successful career,
three children, five grandchildren, and more family
and friends than can be mentioned here. Rick held
a CPA and enjoyed a rewarding career in corporate
finance that included 10 years as VP, Treasurer, and
Controller at Blodgett Oven Co. in Burlington, VT.
Rick was a dedicated golfer, storyteller, and bal-
ancer of books. But his true passions were his family
and his friends. If he worked too much, it was to
provide for his family. If he laughed too loud, it was
because he was with those who made him happi-
est. And if he was at a table surrounded by those he
loved, it was the only place he wanted to be. Rick
was blessed with 12 additional years of life thanks
to the generosity of organ donors (including his son,
Chris and another who remains anonymous) and
the incredible work of the talented professionals
at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. Rick
will be dearly missed by his wife Sue; his children
Chris (Megan), Jeremy (Maureen), and Betsie; his
grandchildren Lucy, Alyssa, Colin, Jack, and Nora;
as well as by siblings Bob, Don, Helen, Rosemary,
Marilyn, Jay, Tom, and John along with their spouses,
children, and grandchildren. The family plans to hold
a celebration of Rick’s life in the near future. In lieu
of flowers please consider a donation to the United
Network for Organ Sharing or to the Greater Boston
Food Bank.
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Kelly, Anita
Anita Kelly, of Arlington Hts., and previous long-
time resident of Skokie was born on September
29, 1928 in Evanston to Mathew and Helen (nee
Garrett) Winandy. She died Wednesday, October 28,
2020 in Arlington Heights. Mrs. Kelly attended St.
Scholastica High School in Chicago and Mundelein
College in Chicago. She was most recently a
member of St. James Catholic Church in Arlington
Heights, and a founding member of St. Lambert
Parish in Skokie. Anita loved spending time with her
friends, both those from childhood, and those she
met later in life. She enjoyed reading, golf, tennis
and bridge, and was grateful for the opportunity to
travel extensively with her husband. She loved to
spend time with her family, especially her grand-
children and great-.grandchildren. Anita is survived
by her children, John H. (Lea) Kelly, III, Paul (Amy )
Kelly, Dr. Leo (Linda) Kelly, Jay (the late Kimi Nance)
Kelly and Sue (Jim) Longo; grandchildren, Erin (Eric)
Oganesian, John H. Kelly, IV, Jim (Molly) Kelly, Melissa
Kelly, Matthew (Lindsey) Kelly, Sarah Kelly, Payton
Kelly, Zachary (Caitlin) Kelly, Emily Longo, Rebecca
Longo, Gay (Cindy Charlier) Crain and Becka (Bob)
Chantry; great-grandchildren, Jack Kelly, Payton
Chantry and Taylor Chantry. She was preceded in
death by her husband, John H. Kelly, Jr.; her par-
ents; and brother, Lester (Iris) Winandy, Visitation
Tuesday, November 3, 2020 from 9:00 am until
the 10:00 am Funeral Mass, at St. James Catholic
Church (capacity limits, PPE requirement, and social
distancing in effect), 831 N. Arlington Heights Rd.,
Arlington Heights, IL 60004. Interment will be pri-
vate, at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines. In lieu
of flowers memorials may be given to Misericordia
Heart of Mercy, 6300 N. Ridge, Chicago. Funeral
Information and condolences can be given at www.
GlueckertFuneralHome.com or (847) 253-0168.
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Kolo, Lorraine M.
Lorraine M. Kolo (Floss), age 95, of Chicago, Illinois
passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 28,
2020. Lorraine was born June 5, 1925 in Chicago to
Margaret Rummel and Harold Floss. Loving mother
of Mary McQuillan (Jay), Kathleen Schatz (Joseph),
Lori Ann Houlihan (Timothy) and daughter-in-law
Carla Kolo. She was a loving Grams to Kathleen
McQuillan Burken, Colleen McQuillan O’Neal, Joseph
Schatz, Elizabeth Schatz Ivansek, Tara Kolo Goebel
and Molly Houlihan and great-grandmother “GG” to
Madison, Sydney, Meghan, Mac, Kaylee, Logan, Ada,
Woody, Jack and Addy. Left to cherish her memory
are her sister Rosemary Sullivan, brother Robert
Floss, sisters-in-law Lucille Floss and Donna Floss.
She was aunt to many nieces and nephews. Lorraine
was preceded in death by her husband John A. Kolo,
her son John H. Kolo, her brothers Harold, George,
William, Eugene, John and brother-in-law William
Sullivan.
A visitation for Lorraine will be held Sunday,
November 1, 2020 from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm at
Ridge Funeral Home (Edward A. Tylka Manager/
Director), 6620 West Archer Ave, Chicago, IL 60638.
Closing prayers will be on Monday, November 2nd
from 9:30 am to 9:45 am at the funeral home. A
Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 10:00 am, St.
Daniel the Prophet Church, 5300 S. Natoma Ave.,
Chicago, IL 60638. Interment private at Resurrection
Cemetery, 7201 Archer Rd., Justice, IL.
Lorraine was a proud Lady who never gave up.
She always looked forward and never back. She
treasured her family and many friends especially
Jerry, Mike and Nick from her Winston Family, Lil and
family, Helen and family, Lorraine and family and her
buddy, Eric. The family would like to thank Asbury
Gardens in North Aurora for the wonderful care
given to their Mom.
Due to Covid Restrictions there will be a Celebration
of Life at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please con-
sider a donation to the Mercy Home for Boys and
Girls, Chicago.
Ridge Funeral Home will adhere to current restric-
tions in the state of Illinois, which allows 25 or fewer
guests at a time. Proper social distancing must be
practiced and all guests will be required to wear
face masks at all times. For info: Please call 773-
586-7900 or www.ridgefh.com.
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Krawiec, John Francis
Our Beloved Uncle, John Krawiec passed away on
October 28, 2020. He was
born in Poland on June 15,
1919. He leaves behind many
nieces and nephews in the
States as well as in Poland.
He was a Journalist, A Fighter
for Political Freedom, A
Historian and a Teacher. In
WWII, he was arrested in
May of 1943 for publishing
the underground newspaper as part of the Polish
Resistance. He was imprisoned for two years in
Auschwitz – Buchenwald Concentration Camps and
bears his numbers on his left arm. Emigrating to
the US in 1949, he worked his way through Loyola
University; earning a degree in Political Science.
Serving as the Editor-in–Chief of the Daily Polish
Newspaper in Chicago, he was part of the press
pool for President Nixon’s trip to Poland; the only
way he could safely return to his homeland. He has
met several US Presidents and Popes in his career.
His retirement from the newspaper included vol-
unteering at the Holocaust Museum in Skokie. He
spoke to over 3,000 Chicago area school children.
If you ever asked him how he aged so well, he
would say “I drank good scotch with good friends.”
We toast you Uncle John, Na Zdrowie. We will miss
you.
In lieu of flowers please make all memorial dona-
tions to the Holocaust Museum of Skokie. There will
be no public services, due to Covid but please visit
his online guest book at MorizzoFuneralHome.com.
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Krehbiel, Fred Love ‘Pete’
Fred Love “Pete” Krehbiel,
January 17, 1965 - Oct 19,
2020
Chicago Philanthropist,
Molex Executive Who Valued
Family
Fred Love “Pete” Krehbiel
died October 19 at
Northwestern Memorial
Hospital in Chicago.
Pete’s career was with Molex
Inc., a worldwide leading manufacturer of electronic,
electrical, and fiber optic interconnection systems.
He joined in 1981 as an intern, working in the sum-
mers throughout high school. After graduating from
Dartmouth College with a Bachelor of Arts (1988)
and a Bachelor of Science in engineering (1989), he
joined Molex full time as a design engineer in the
company’s America’s Region automotive division.
In 1993 he was promoted to engineering manager
of the division, where he led the product develop-
ment team that won the largest connector contract
in Molex history. In 1994 he was named to Molex’s
board of directors and earned the Molex Excellence
in Product Design Award for the development of the
family of Delco filtered headers.
When Molex acquired Cardell Automotive in 1999,
Pete relocated to Molex’s new automotive division
headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich., and in 2000 was
named division president. In 2007 he was promoted
to vice president of product development and com-
mercialization for Molex’s new Global Divisions,
and in 2009 he was named senior vice president
of technology innovation. Pete retired from Molex
when the company was sold in 2013—with more
than 20 patents for his designs under his belt.
“Unlike many inventors Pete insisted on including
every engineer on the patent, no matter how small
their role,” said his uncle, Fredrick A. Krehbiel, Molex
Co-Chairman prior to its sale. “He always said it was
a team effort, and he wanted the full team to re-
ceive the credit. He knew that having a name on
a patent boosted your engineering career, and he
helped so many build their careers.”
Many More Accomplishments
Pete’s accomplishments stretch far beyond engi-
neering. He was extremely family-focused and was
a wonderful photographer, a combination that led
him to produce a hardbound book of photographs
commemorating the year’s highlights of shared
times together for each immediate and extended
family member.
Widely known for his generosity, he hosted numer-
ous large annual events to benefit a host of chari-
table organizations. His truest love, however, was
Chicago’s Lurie Children’s Hospital where he served
on the hospital’s Medical Center board for 16 years,
beginning in 2004.
Pete also cared deeply about children and their
wellbeing. He was a beloved uncle to his nieces,
nephews, and godchildren. Pete had a special tal-
ent in connecting with adults and kids through his
very funny sense of humor and his ability to engage
people of all ages.
Pete had a zest for life and loved Chicago where he
lived his entire life. He loved the architecture and
cultural institutions of Chicago, and he also loved
the city’s fabulous food. But, apart from Chicago,
his favorite place in the world was Lake Como,
Italy, where he soaked in the Italian sun, culture,
language, and food.
A Rare Combination
Pete was a talented and all-around athlete and an
inquisitive reader. A competitive ski racer in high
school and college, skiing remained a lifelong pas-
sion. He became a certified scuba diver in high
school and earned his pilot’s license in college. He
loved cars as well as hunting with his father, ten-
nis, water skiing, running, and road and mountain
biking. He also enjoyed fun, social city sports, such
as rollerblading, softball, kickball, and any other ac-
tivity that gave him a chance to get together with
family and friends. And, he was an avid reader of
science, technology, and world affairs, and he espe-
cially loved science fiction.
Pete is survived by his parents, John H. Krehbiel Jr.
and Posy Krehbiel; John’s wife, Karen Gray-Krehbiel;
his brother, Yaz (Kate) Krehbiel; his sister Meg
Krehbiel; his fiancé, Amy Halvorsen; and his nieces
and nephews. He is also survived by his uncle
Fred (Kay) Krehbiel and his close first cousins Liam
(Karen) Krehbiel and their children and Jay (Silvia)
Krehbiel and their children.
A special acknowledgment from the Krehbiel family
to Amy Halvorsen, who provided unwavering love
and support to Pete throughout his illness, and
the world-class care provided by Northwestern
Hospital’s extremely talented doctors and nurses
who cared for Pete.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, only a small family
service led by Father Wall was possible, which was
held October 22, 2020 at Old St. Patrick’s Church in
Chicago.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in
Pete’s name to Lurie Children’s Foundation, attn:
Erin Coleman, 225 E. Chicago Ave, Box 4, Chicago,
Il 60611.
Arrangements by CENTRAL CHAPELS-Chicago. Info.,
773-581-9000.
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Levin, Joseph
Joseph Levin, 90, beloved husband of Marlene, nee
Endless, for 67 wonderful
years; loving father of Ellen
(Donald) Robinson and Neal
Levin (Amy Morton); cher-
ished Papa of Rachel (Brian)
Wadkins, Jacob (Sara) Shulkin,
Laura Shulkin, Ruby Rae
Levin, Abra J Levin, Taluhla
Rose Levin and Amanda
(Sam) Schwartz; adored great
grandpa of Raizel Devorah Shulkin and
Blake Wadkins; devoted son of the late
Lillian and Icko Levin; treasured brother,
uncle, cousin and friend of many. Joe’s
infectious smile lit up every room he entered. He
was a role model for all men; kind, loving and always
put his family first.
Due to COVID restrictions, a private funeral service
was held on Friday, October 30th. In lieu of flow-
ers, donations may be made in Joe’s name to the
American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org) or the
Wounded Warrior Project (www.woundedwarrior-
project.org). For information, Shalom Memorial
Funeral Home, (847) 255-3520.
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Lobas, Germaine
Germaine Lobas, age 80, of Plainfield, IL passed
away surrounded by her loving family on October
28, 2020. She was born in Cicero, IL on July 12,
1940. Germaine is survived by her loving children;
David (Arlene) Lobas, Gary Lobas, Nicole (James)
Janiak, 3 grandchildren, 1 great-grandson and 2
sisters. She was preceded in death by her loving
husband, Ronald J. Lobas. Services are private and a
Memorial Celebration will be scheduled at a future
date. Memorials in Germaine’s name may be made
to the American Lung Association. Arrangements
entrusted to Beidelman-Kunsch Funeral Homes
& Crematory. Info: 630-922-9630 or www.beidel-
mankunschfh.com
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Lorenz, Richard T.
Richard Theodore Lorenz, Jr., 88, passed away on
October 24, 2020. He was
born on November 10, 1931
in Chicago, IL to Richard and
Catherine (nee Blumenthal)
Lorenz. Richard married Jane
(nee Benner) on September
10, 1955. He was a gradu-
ate of the University of Notre
Dame and Loyola University
School of Law. Richard prac-
ticed law in Chicago with McDermott Will & Emery,
before retiring as a partner in 1991. A lifelong fan
of Notre Dame, the Chicago Bears and Cubs, he
also enjoyed travel, photography, music, and mov-
ies. Richard is survived by his loving wife Jane, his
daughter Anne, pseudo-daughter Geri Yaccino, and
other family and friends. His family is grateful to
caretakers Patrick and Shaneisha. A private fu-
neral mass will be held at Church of St. Mary, Lake
Forest, with burial to take place at St. Mary Catholic
Cemetery, Lake Forest.
In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Richard
may be sent to St. Malachy School, 2252 W.
Washington Blvd., Chicago, 60612 or The Church of
St. Mary, 201 East Illinois Road, Lake Forest, 60045
Info: Wenban Funeral Home, Lake Forest (847) 234-
0022 or www.wenbanfh.com. GO IRISH!
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Malik, Jean A.
Jean A. Malik, 71, of Wheaton, passed away October
25, 2020. Beloved wife of Patrick B. Malik; lov-
ing mother of Jen (Tim) Burns and Doug (Angela)
Oest; proud grandmother of Benjamin, Alexander,
Catherine and Eleanor. Jean was a loving sister
and a dedicated teacher. She will be dearly missed.
Information at www.williams-kampp.com or (630)
668-0016.
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Mallory, Roberta ‘Bobbie’
Roberta Mallory passed away on October 19, 2020,
from COPD. She had 4 children: Harry; Michael; Dan;
and Jennifer (Eric). Roberta, born on November 11,
1939 to Frances and Ralph O’Neil. She has 5 grand-
children: Michael Mallory (Jason Menken);Danny
Dubow (Keti);Mark Dubow (Brittany); Thomas
Mallory, and Nicki Dahlem. She was preceded in
death by her parents, her husband, Harry Mallory,
and her son, Michael Mallory (2019). We will miss
you. Where ever you are, there’s a cat on your lap
and the Bear’s game is on. A Funeral Mass will be
held at the St. Paul on the Cross in Park Ridge on
May 29th 2021 at 10 am.
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Martorana, Vincenza ‘Gina’
Vincenza “Gina” Martorana, nee Butera of Elmwood
Park, Born in Casteltermini, Sicily on August 13,
1928; Loving wife of Carmelo Martorana who
preceded her in death along with their dear son
Michaelangelo Martorana. Gina leaves behind her
daughter, M. Stella (Michael) Weber; Daughter-in-law
Mary Martorana and her cherished grandchildren
and great-grandchildren, Annette (Jeffrey) Sowka,
Nicole (Tony) Ingraffia, Christine (Thomas) Dowgiallo,
Loredana Martorana-Weber, great grandchildren,
Olivia Ingraffia, Alex Ingraffia and Emma Ingraffia.
Loving sister of 8, survived by 5 sisters. Beloved
aunt to many. All services for Vincenza will be
held privately. Arrangements handled by Salerno’s
Galewood Chapels, 1857 N. Harlem Ave., Chicago.
For info (773) 889-1700
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Mazur, Mari
Mari Mazur nee Hillan, age 84, of River Grove; be-
loved wife of the late Daniel H. Mazur; loving mother
of Daniel (Holly Barnes) Mazur cherished grand-
mother of Toby and Will Barnes-Mazur; dear sister
of Sadie (Brian) Connell, Edward (Kay) Hillan, Mary
(Robbie) MacDonald and John (Clare) Hillan; fond
aunt and cousin of many. Mari is also survived by
her “stepson” Bob and his wife Anandi Thompson
and their son Buddy. Mari was a native of Crumlin in
Dublin, Ireland. Private services and interment were
held in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines. Memorials
are suggested to your favorite charity in memory
of Mari. Info: 708-383-3191 or drechslerbrownwil-
liams.com
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Milburn, Sue E
Sue Ellen (Moore) Milburn passed away peace-
fully at the age of 91 in the
home of her daughter in
Austin, TX on October 26,
2020 after a lengthy struggle
with Parkinson’s. Sue grew
up in Des Plaines, IL, raised
her family in Park Ridge, IL,
retired in Prospect Heights,
IL and moved to Austin, TX.
Sue and Jim (her husband)
were high school sweethearts at Maine (East) High
School, went to Bowling Green State University to-
gether and then were married in October 1950.
Even though she worked for 10 years at Lutheran
General Hospital in the Drug and Alcohol Unit, yet
when asked about her career, she would beam and
say, “I am a mom and a wife.” She was a member of
her college and high school’s synchronized swim-
ming team. Sue and Jim enjoyed ballroom dancing
and would dazzle on the dance floor. She was an
avid golfer, and at 87 years young, she achieved her
SECOND hole in one! In addition to golf, her other
favorite pastimes were bridge, crossword puzzles,
travel, and art.
For over 40 year Sue volunteered to help kids. She
was a fun and engaging Girl Scout leader; searched
for lost children for the Salvation Army; made hun-
dreds of Christmas stockings for children with the
Red Cross; knitted little caps for babies born with
HIV/AIDS; and for twenty years volunteered twice
a week at Euclid Elementary School in Prospect
Heights.
Sue will be dearly missed for her love and support,
kindness, generosity, warmth and sweetness. She
had a quick wit and silly sense of humor that made
people happy: everyone who knew her came away
a better person because she touched their lives.
Sue was the beloved wife of the late James S.
Milburn; loving mother of David (Gail), Tim (Tracy),
and Lynne (Gail Goodman); dear sister of the late
Bonnie (the late James) Eck; the late Florence (the
late Stanley) Holbrook and fond sister-in-law of the
late Joann (nee Milburn) and the late Bill Jensen;
cherished aunt of Nancy Rodie, Margery (Michael)
Burton, Lon (“Pookie”) Eck, James “Charlie” (Laura)
Eck, Ellyn (John Wach) Blauser, Karen (Daniel)
Kinnare, Diane (David) O’Brill, Sherrie (Steve) Richey,
Bill Jr. (Marti) Jensen, Julie (Dennis) McGowan, and
Jim (Amy) Jensen. She cherished her many great
nieces and nephews who called her “Aunt Sue,” and
numerous dear friends, especially Jim O’Connor from
Prospect Heights, IL, who was her close friend and
companion for 24 years. Sue was preceded in death
by her parents Alonzo Hough Moore and Florence
“Daisy” (nee Bonnell). Sue will be laid to rest next
to her husband at Town of Maine Cemetery in Park
Ridge, IL. Due to COVID, no services will be held
at this time and a memorial and celebration of her
life is planned for late Spring, 2021. In lieu of flow-
ers please consider a donation to the Parkinson’s
Foundation online at parkinson.org.
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Milke, Judith Marie
Judith(Judi) Marie Milke, aged 69, passed away in
her Shreveport home on
Monday 26oct2020 at the
end of a long respiratory ill-
ness. Daughter of Scottie and
Leonard Milke, she is sur-
vived by siblings Tom, Susan,
Deborah and David. Judi is
cousin to: Gary, Karen and
Mark, and aunt to: Jennifer,
Lisa, Bethann, Michael,
Jessica and Tommy.
She was born in Chicago where she lived until our
family moved to Glenview IL. She graduated from
Glenbrook South HS, the UofI (Champaign) and UW
Madison Law School. She moved to Shreveport LA
in the 80’s where she worked as an Attorney for
over 30 years, until retirement.
Judi accomplished a great deal in life. She never
followed the path of least resistance, particularly
when that path conflicted with her principles. For
myself, my sister spent a great deal of time guid-
ing me through my college years when she lived
in Madison - those years that I can recall with true
fondness, filled with great memories and jokes that
I still laugh about today.
In lieu of condolences, simply consider examining
“the path of least resistance” the next time it con-
flicts with your own principles – I think Judi would
be happy with that.
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Moses, Charles ‘Charlie’
Charles ‘Charlie’ Moses, age 93. Beloved husband
for 67 years of Ursula, nee Bloomfield.
Devoted son of the late Osias and Anna
Moses. Dear brother of the late Henry
(Marion) Moses; dear brother-in-law
of Ruth and the late Robert Kupchick;
Dear uncle and great-uncle and great-great uncle.
Private family graveside services will be held
Monday November 2, 2020 at 1 PM. Family and
friends that cannot attend the service are welcome
to view the service at Charlie’s webpage on www.
mitzvahfunerals.com live, or anytime after the fu-
neral. Info Mitzvah Memorial Funerals 630-MITZVAH
630-648-9824
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Nakagawa, Marian
Marian Nakagawa, nee Fujimoto, age 95, born in
Armona, California and lived in Chicago, Illinois,
mother of Susan and Nancy, passed away on
October 26, 2020. She was preceded in death by
her husband, Shunichi Nakagawa. Condolences can
be sent to Nakagawa, 3736 N. Bell, Chicago, Illinois
60618. Any memories or stories you can share of
her will be placed in a remembrance book for her
family and friends. Services private. Info 773-472-
6300 www.lakeviewfuneralhome.com
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Nielsen, Anna M.
Anna M. Nielsen, nee Ryder, age 85; Beloved wife
of the late Everett Nielsen; Loving mother of the
late Laura Gertonson-Kirby, and Charles (Susan)
Gertonson; Dearest grandmother of Nicholas
Gertonson and Andrew Gertonson; Loving sister
of Margaret Rita (the late George) Ribikawskis, the
late Irene (the late Bud) Cooper, the late Thomas
William Ryder, the late Patrick Joseph Ryder, and
the late James Robert Ryder; Loving aunt of many
nieces and nephews; Funeral and interment private;
Arrangements by Lack and Sons Funeral Home,
9236 S. Roberts Road, Hickory Hills, IL. 60457;
Information 708-430-5700
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Norwood, Leon ‘’Chops’’
Leon Norwood, age 72, passed away on October
21, 2020. Beloved husband
of over 50 years to his surviv-
ing wife Shirley A. Norwood.
Loving father of April
Norwood and five others;
proud grandfather of twelve
and a host of great grandchil-
dren, relatives, and friends.
Leon was a member of Union
Evangelistic Baptist Church
all his life and was part of the Usher Board for 20
years. An advocate for helping others, he was a pas-
sionate political advocate and supported women
running for office. Leon was preceded in death by
his mother Mary E. Norwood (Tyms), father John J.
Norwood, sister Audrey Norwood, brother Maurice
Norwood, his favorite sister-in-law Alma L. Martin
and other relatives. He is survived by his sister
Viola “Peaches” Norwood and sister-in-law Florence
Robinson and brother-in-law Allen R. Kennedy.
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O’Donnell, Joan Louise
Joan Louise O’Donnell, 84. Joan passed away
peacefully on October 21st,
2020 with her family and
grandkids by her side in La
Grange, Illinois. She was born
on July 22, 1936 in Boston
Massachusetts. She is the
daughter of the late John and
Norma Fraser. In addition to
her parents, she is preceded
in death by her sister, Joyce
Fraser Kingsfield. Joan loved her time at Lyons
Township High School and she co-chaired many of
her class reunions. She also loved to go to the Corral
on Friday nights where she met her husband, Tom
O’Donnell. Joan was an avid traveler. Her favorite
places were New Mexico, Europe’s river boats,
Ireland, Scotland, New England and Montana. Joan
also loved to travel with her close-knit group of high
school friends, “The Turkeys”. She made fast friends
with people she met and was beloved by so many.
She will be greatly missed and fondly remembered
by all who knew her. Her infectious laugh made oth-
ers enjoy life. An enthusiastic patron of Lucca’s in La
Grange; she loved pizza and Mickey. Joan’s biggest
strength was being the glue that held her tightly-
knit family together. Joan is survived by her loving
husband of 67 years, Tom O’Donnell, her three chil-
dren, Kathy O’Donnell, Mike (Jean) O’Donnell, and
Steve (Hannah) O’Donnell, and was devoted grand-
mother to Zak, Riane, Murphy, Maddy, McKenna, and
Molly. Interment at her church. In Lieu of flowers,
memorial contributions should be sent to the Music
Ministry at the First Congregational Church of La
Grange, 100 6th Avenue, La Grange, IL 60525.
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Osborn, James Morgan
Jim born July 16, 1951 in Oak Park, IL passed away
suddenly at home from natu-
ral causes on October 22,
2020 at the age of 69.
Jim is survived by his wife
Linda Whitby Osborn, sons
Morgan Osborn and Jackson
Osborn. His father Victor
Osborn, and sisters and
bothers Patricia (Thomas);
Michael (Jane); Vicky (Bill);
Dan; Mary (Dave), Matt (Becky); and fourteen nieces
and nephews and ten great-nieces and nephews.
Jim was proceeded in death by his mother Joan
Kerwin Osborn and sister Catherine Waddle and her
husband John.
Jim’s family was a big part of his life. He loved sports
and was a life long golfer. He marched with the
drum and bugle corp. during his youth. He was a
very gifted actor working throughout the Chicago
area to name a few the Franklin Park Players, Oak
Park Players, Second City, Steppenwolfe and The
Goodman. He loved the white Sox’s and even
posted a blog and went to their spring training. His
career was in wine and beverage sales and also in
management. To highlight a few moments, he man-
aged and opened the bar and lounge in Spiaggia on
the Million Dollar Mile. Opened, managed and set up
concessions and beverages for Stadium Club at the
new Comiskey Park.
A memorial mass was held at Our Lady of the Brook
Catholic Church with only the immediate family in
attendance following restrictions in place due to
COVID-19. A larger gathering to follow when per-
mitted. Cremation was handled by Hursen Funeral
Home.
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Ostrowski, James
James Ostrowski, 78, of Palatine, passed away
peacefully on October 30, 2020. Beloved husband
of Mary Ostrowski, nee Clayton. Loving father of
Jennifer (Richard) Seifert and Peter. Cherished
Grandfather “Dziadzia” of R.J. and Keira. Adored
brother of Joanne Behm. Son of the late Mary P.
and Edmund Bruno. He will be missed by many
friends and family. He retired from the Metropolitan
Water Reclamation District. Visitation will be held
on Tuesday, November 3rd from 3-7pm at Smith-
Corcoran Funeral Home, 185 E. Northwest Highway,
Palatine IL 60067. Mass of the Resurrection held at
St. Thomas of Villanova, if you’d like to attend mass
please reach out to the family directly. Inurnment
St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery. In lieu of flow-
ers, please make a donation JourneyCare. More
info 847-359-8020 or visit www.smithcorcoran.
com. Due to covid-19 restrictions 25 guests will be
allowed in the funeral home at one time and masks
will be required.
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Pagni, Carol
Carol Pagni nee Dombroski, Beloved wife of Angelo;
Loving mother Roberta (Roberto) Torres, Angelo
and Liana (Jason) Simonsen; Caring grandmother of
Gianna, Kayla, Karissa, Alyse, Alyssa and great grand-
mother of Aurora; Dear sister of Raymond (Barbara),
Robert (Celeste), John (Patti), Rick (Sue), Marilyn (late
Tom), Darlene (Don), late Danny (Annette) and the
late Gail. Caring sister in law of Enzo (Joy). Cherished
aunt of many nieces and nephews. Visitation is on
Monday 3:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Belmont Funeral
Home 7120 W. Belmont Avenue. Friends are asked
to meet at St. Alphonsus Church 411 N. Wheeling
Rd. Prospect Heights for Mass of Christian Burial
10:00 a.m. Entombment All Saints Cemetery. Due to
the current CDC regulations, limited to 50 people at
a time. We respectfully ask that you promptly exit
the funeral home after paying your respects, this
will allow other people the same opportunity. Face
masks are required. Info 773.286.2500 or www.
belmontfuneralhome.com
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Paleczny, John P.
On October 18, 2020 John P. Paleczny of Lake
Forest, IL, loving husband, fa-
ther, brother & uncle passed
away peacefully at the age
of 72. He was surrounded by
many of those that he loved
dearly.
John was born on November
17, 1947 in Chicago, IL to John
& Catherine Paleczny. He
graduated from Forest View
High School and was a proud alumnus
of Northwestern University. He also
served with honor in the United States
Marine Corps Reserves. Semper Fidelis.
John married Marlane, the love of his life, in 1973.
The two were inseparable for the next 47 years.
Together, John & Marlane raised their only child, Roy
Paleczny. The couple was blessed to share many
very happy and special memories together. They
traveled the world and shared a special fondness
for the Tuscan countryside.
John had a passion for all things Chicago – be it
his beloved Cubs, the annual Air & Water show or
the many neighborhood festivals that he enjoyed
frequenting with family and friends. John was also
an avid lover of music who displayed a particular
fondness for the Beatles and the Rolling Stones
among many others. He was known for his quick
smile, easy laugh and sound advice.
John was an avid golfer as well and loved being on
the course with family, colleagues and friends. For
many years he had a standing Saturday foursome
at Conway Farms Golf Club in Lake Forest, IL with
the many friends he had there. Conway Farms held
a special place in John’s heart.
John’s other true passion was his work at Petersen
Aluminum Corporation. Starting in 1970 as a ware-
house worker, he rose to become President of the
company. A true “rags to riches” story! He retired
from the company at the beginning of 2019. Among
his many business accomplishments, John was the
recipient of the Metal Service Center Institute’s
“Lifetime Achievement Award”, the organizations’
highest honor.
In death, John was preceded by his father John, his
mother Catherine as well as his sisters Kathleen &
Judy. He is survived by his wife Marlane, son Roy, sis-
ters Patricia (Michael) Czarkowski & Sandy (Jeffrey)
Seay, brother Michael (Kathryn) and a great many
nieces and nephews. All will miss John terribly, but
are thankful that he touched their lives with such a
loving impact.
At the present time a memorial service for John
is being planned. When it is safe to do so friends,
colleagues and family will gather to remember
a life, well lived. In lieu of flowers, donations may
be made in memory of John at the University of
Chicago Medicine. Checks may be made payable
to “The University of Chicago Medicine” and sent
to the following address: University of Chicago Gift
Administration and Business Data, John Paleczny
Memorial, 5235 S. Harper Court, 4th Floor, Chicago,
IL 60615. If preferred, you can donate online at: giv-
ing.uchicago.edu/john-paleczny. Alternatively, gifts
may be made to Mercy Home for Boys & Girls – 1140
West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60607. https://
www.mercyhome.org/
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Panico, Pat J.
Pat J. Panico, age 96, beloved husband of the late
Lillian; loving dad of Mary
Ann (Bill) Marr and Joe (Chris)
Panico retired CPD and
CCSD; cherished grandpa
of Bill (Maria) Marr, Gloria
(Joe) Lorusso, and the late
Pat “PJ” Panico; proud great
grandpa of Christopher,
Stephen, Mario, Leah, and
Mia. Donations In memory of
can be made to Wounded Warrior Project,
woundedwarriorproject.org or St.Jude Children’s
Research Hospital, stjude.org/memorial. Funeral
Services private. Entombment St. Adalbert
Cemetery. For info www.kolbusmayfh.com or (773)
774-3232.
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Peck, Mary C.
Mary C. Peck, nee Heraty, October 30, 2020, lifelong
resident of the Southwest Side of Chicago, of
Clearing neighborhood; beloved wife of the late
Ralph Peck; loving mother of Michael Peck, Mary
Ann (Tony) Dubczuk, and Ralph (Patricia) Peck;
proud grandmother of Ralph, Kelly, and Tracy Peck,
Maureen and Toni Marie Dubczuk; dear sister
of Barbara (late Robert) Smith, Eileen (Dr. John)
Zumerchik, and preceded by John, Paul, and Patrick
Heraty; fond aunt of many. Family and friends
will gather on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, at St.
Symphorosa Church, 6135 S. Austin Ave., Chicago,
from 9 a.m. until Funeral Mass of Christian Burial
at 10 a.m. Burial Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip,
IL. For those attending services, PLEASE NOTE
THAT COVID19 RESTRICTIONS WILL BE OBSERVED
FOR MAXIMUM GATHERING OF 100 PEOPLE AT A
TIME, WITH MASKS REQUIRED. Please omit flowers.
Contributions to St. Symphorosa Church, 6135 S.
Austin Ave., Chicago, IL 60638, greatly appreciated.
Please visit MARY C. PECK BOOK OF MEMORIES.
To express your thoughts or memories in the
online guest book, visit www.chapelc.com or www.
facebook.com/centralchapel. Arrangements by
CENTRAL CHAPELS-Chicago. Info., 773-581-9000.
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Piec, Joyce M.
Joyce M. Piec, age 91 of Batavia. She was born in
Great Yarmouth, England to
Leo and Florrie McDermott.
Joyce emigrated to the
United States with her hus-
band and young son in 1954.
She is survived by her three
sons; Christopher (Diana)
Piec, of St. Charles, Dave
Piec, of Geneva, Greg Piec,
of Batavia, five grandchildren; Derek Piec, Andrew
(Elizabeth) Piec, Brianna (Chad) Leistikow, Ryan
(Meredith) Piec, Eric (Lauren) Piec, eleven great-
grandchildren, and two brothers; Derrick (Christine)
McDermott and Michael (Annette) McDermott.
Joyce was preceded in death by her loving husband
Jan, and her sister Margaret Newman.
Joyce was a devoted wife and mother who fulfilled
her dream of making a better life for her children.
A South Sider at heart, she migrated her way from
the Back of the Yards to Burbank, Oak Forest, and
Plainfield finally settling at the Holmstad in Batavia
to be near her family. She will be remembered for
her hard work, perseverance, mince meat pies and
kolaczki.
Interment will be private due to Covid restrictions.
A celebration of her life will be held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, please make a contribution to a
charity of your choice.
For more information, please call Yurs Funeral Home
of St. Charles, 630-584-0060 or visit us at www.yurs-
funeralhomes.com .
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Poerio, Alex Craig-Schnidt ‘Poe’
Alex Craig Schmidt Poerio, age 27, passed away
on Friday, October 23, 2020
Community Hospital in
Munster. He was born on July
28, 1993, in Hazel Crest, IL.
Alex graduated from Purdue
University with his BS and
MBA in Finance. Though his
time here was short, he lived
a very full life and provided
his friends and family with a
lifetime of memories. He loved his work and in his
spare time enjoyed golf, skeet shooting, and being
anywhere near water.
He is survived by his mother and father, Kelly and
Craig and younger sister, Abby. He was the loving
nephew of Janet (Reinke), Karen & John (Stalmack),
Fred (Schmidt), Beth (Schmidt & Peter Frigo), Sue
& George (Cook). He leaves behind his cousins,
Valerie, Nick, Tony and Michael (Cepil) Kelly, Tom,
Joshua, Jillian (Hosek), Dennis and Joanna (Stalmack)
and Aaron (Schmidt). Along with numerous aunts,
uncles and cousins. His fraternal grandmother,
Eleanor (nee Malito) is heartbroken as he joins his
maternal grandmother and grandfather, Beverly and
Frederick Schmidt and fraternal grandfather Robert
and uncle Bob and David (Schmidt).
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Rebmann, Irene M.
Irene Mary Rebmann, (nee Shields), age 76 of Alsip,
passed away October 23, 2020. Beloved wife of
Dan; loving sister to Charles Shields and the late Kay
Elwood; devoted aunt to Julie (Dave) Servatius, Jim
Elwood, Karen (Jim) Brock, Mylene (Brian) Coleman,
Colette Rebmann, Al (Barbara) Rebmann, Sue
(Michael) Miles, Howard Machek, and April (Robert)
Soto; great-aunt to Ethan, Amelia, Charlie, Andrew,
Jacob, Kevin, Brandon, Patrick, Daniel, Natalie, Ben,
Will, Dylan, Landon, Emmeline, and Nolan; fond
sister-in-law to Noreen (Howard) Machek, the late
Renee (the late Bill) Kisha, and the late Stanley (Alda)
Rebmann; cherished daughter of the late Peter
and Catherine Shields; dear daughter-in-law to the
late Dan and Irene Rebmann; wonderful friend to
many. There will be a memorial mass held Saturday,
November 7, 2020 11:00 a.m. at Incarnation
Catholic Church, 5757 W. 127th Street, Crestwood.
Interment private. For more information: 708-422-
2700 or www.curleyfuneralhome.com
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Rosebraugh, Robert William
Bob Rosebraugh, longtime of Wheaton, IL, beloved
husband of Martha, loving father of Bob (Melinda)
Rosebraugh, Linda (George) Rosebraugh Neill, proud
grandfather of four and great-grandfather of six.
Born in Conway, Iowa May 26, 1922 he served in
the US Navy and retired from United Air Lines as a
captain on Boeing DC-10. A Celebration of Life will
be scheduled in the future when it is safe to gather
in groups. In lieu of flowers the family suggests con-
tributions to Disabled American Veterans at DAV.
org. Guest book and complete obituary at www.
hultgrenfh.com or 630-668-0027.
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Ross, Carole J.
Carole J. Ross nee Johan age 85; beloved wife of
Frank; loving mother of Frank (Carol), Christopher
(late Laura), Nicholas, Kathryn, Maureen Ross and
Carolyn (late Joseph) Mullen; cherished grand-
mother of Casey, Andy and James; dear sister of
Martin (Arlette) Johan; dearest daughter of the late
Rudy and the late Therese Johan; also survived by
other relatives and many friends. Visitation Monday
November 2, 2020; 4 pm to 8 pm at Kosary Funeral
Home 9837 S. Kedzie, Evergreen Park. Funeral
Tuesday November 3rd; 10:15 am from Chapel to
St. Bernadette Church for Mass of Christian Burial
11:00 am; Interment Private (708) 499-3223 or kosa-
ryfuneralhome.com
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Rymek, Collin A.
Collin A. Rymek, age 37, passed away on October
27th. Loving father of Adin Mitchel, Gabriel
Fredrick, Ellie Eden and Malakai Austin. Cherished
son of Carol and Paul Rymek. Dearly loved by his
brother Phillip Daniel, aunts and uncles, cousins and
many friends. Services are private, a celebration
of life will be scheduled at a later date. The family
requests that those who wish to express sympathy
to consider making a donation to the future college
education of Collin’s children. Checks made payable
to Bright Directions College Savings Plan can be
mailed to Edward Jones-6800 Main street, Suite
100, Downers Grove IL 60516. Please reference the
Rymek children in your notation.
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Saso, Louise ‘Jannet’
Louise “Jannet” Saso of Hillside, age 80; dear sister
of Josephine “Rose”; preceded in death by five
siblings; proud aunt of many nieces and nephews.
Family and friends will be received at the Conboy-
Westchester Funeral Home, 10501 W. Cermak Rd.,
Westchester on Monday, November 2, 2020 from
3:00 to 8:00 p.m. Funeral Tuesday 9:15 a.m. from
the funeral home to St. Domitilla Church for 10:00
a.m. Mass. Interment Queen of Heaven Cemetery.
Info 708-F-U-N-E-R-A-L. www.conboywestchesterfh.
com
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Schuldt, Stuart Nelson
Stuart Nelson Schuldt, 58, died surrounded by his
family on October 25, 2020 after a 19-month battle
with glioblastoma. Raised in Kenilworth, he was
the son of the late Robert F. and Barbara N. Schuldt.
While Stuart had a distinguished career in the finan-
cial services industry, it was his personal pursuits
- especially those in the outdoors - that truly defined
his life. Earning the Eagle Scout rank as a teen, Stu
was devoted to Boy Scouting and shepherded his
sons as well as scores of other young men through
the ranks as an Assistant Scout Master. Stuart was
an avid fisherman who shared his love of both bait
casting in Canada and fly-fishing in Colorado with
his family. A lifelong recreational sailor, he enjoyed
trying to pass that passion on to his sons. He also
spent countless hours gardening, putzing around
among his roses and other perennials. As a lifelong
athlete, Stuart especially loved coaching his sons
in any sport they participated in, regardless of his
knowledge of the sport. Most of all, he loved his
family and friends. Once you were Stu’s friend, you
were a friend for life, and he would go out of his
way to support and protect those he loved. Stuart
is survived by his wife and best friend Kathryn (née
Park), his favorite oldest son Jonathan, his favorite
youngest son Peter, and his best dog Sheffield.
He is also survived by his brother Robert (Cheryl),
brother-in-law Thomas (Mary) Park, his father-in-law
Dale (Rachel) Park, and 5 nieces and nephews. A
family memorial service with be livestreamed on
Sunday, November 1 at 1:00pm (CT) on www.kuc.
org. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made
in Stuart’s name to Ten Thousand Villages, 915
Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60202 or the American
Brain Tumor Association, 8550 W Bryn Mawr Ave,
Ste 550, Chicago, IL 60631. Arrangements by Wm.
H. Scott Funeral Home. For information please call
847-251-8200.
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Shaw, Robert R.
Robert Ralph Shaw, 89, of Richmond, IL; formerly
of Athens OH, Lake Geneva,
IL, and Florida; passed away
peacefully at home October
20, 2020.
The founder of Vehicle
Improvement Products
(V.I.P.), Bob manufactured
steering wheels for luxury
automobiles and freightliner
trucks.
He was a well-loved and much-respected collector
of classic cars, a member of the Rolls Royce Club of
Chicago, and a founding member of the Streeterville
Scramblers - That Chicagoland Motorcycle Club. His
Bugatti sits in the Schlumpf Collection at the Cité de
l’Automobile in Mulhouse, France.
Beloved husband of almost 25 years to Roberta
“Bobbi” Jane Kirkpatrick Shaw (nee Lichtenberger),
former spouse of the late Dottie Shaw.
Dear father of Jay, Robert, and the late Gregory
Shaw; grandfather of Cameron Choo and Austin,
Lilly, and Landon Shaw.
Beloved step-father of Kim Kirkpatrick, Randi Mikrut,
and Kristine Myerson Vollmer. Step-grandfather of
Tatum Kirkpatrick, Ryan Mikrut Faurie, Riely and
Reese Mikrut, and Kirk, Kyle, Kory, Kase, and Kent
Myerson. Great-grandfather of Raedyn Faurie, Kory
Lee, Jr and Knox Myerson, and Kylee and Kayden
Myerson.
Close friends and family will gather on August 15,
2021, to celebrate what would have been Bob’s
90th birthday.
Arrangements by Cremation Society of Illinois, 773-
281-5058 or www.cremation-society.com.
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Sheehan Jr., James W.
Of El Cajon, California went to be with the Lord on
October 28th, 2020 at age 86. Born in Chicago, Jim at-
tended St. Ignatius College preparatory school(class
of 1952) followed by Western Michigan University
(WMU class of 1956) where he was an integral
member of the cross country team. He was the lov-
ing husband of Marilyn Wild Sheehan and father to
Beth(Garry), Kathy (Bill), Michael(Nadine) Pat (Mike)
Daniel and Mary (Jim) grandfather to Ashley, Adam,
Alex, Jennifer, Aimee, Steve, Ben, Jack, Patrick, Matt
and Kerstin and great grandfather of nine.
Jim was a natural born leader and spent his entire
career leading teams at United Airlines and Pacific
Southwest Airlines (PSA). He rose to executive level
positions at both airlines and made many lifelong
friends during his career. Jim served in ROTC at
WMU and was a member of the USMC and trans-
ferred to the Army where he rose to be a Captain
in the late 1950s. In his retirement Jim joined the El
Cajon Rotary club and was a member for 24 years,
serving as president in 2000-2001. Additionally Jim
was a realtor, working for several real estate agen-
cies over the past 20 years.
Jim was a devout catholic and was very involved
with the Church of St Luke community, serving on
several advisory committees and enjoying a fel-
lowship lunch each week after mass. Jim enjoyed
travel and was able to see many countries during
his airline career and into his retirement. He was
especially proud of being Irish and was fond of
returning to Ireland any chance he got. He was
even seen lifting a pint or two in a local bar! Jim
was always a gracious host, opening up his home
to friends and family often. Enjoying the California
sunsets with a cocktail in hand was a nightly ritual
in the Sheehan household. Jim is predeceased by
his parents James and Florence Sheehan, his wife
Loys Sheehan, Andrew Lefkovitz and ex-wife Marge
Sheehan. At this time there are no services planned
due to COVID-19 restrictions. We are hopeful that
one day we can have a celebration of life honor-
ing Jim and all his many accomplishments. In lieu
of flowers please consider a donation in Jim’s name
to the El Cajon Rotary club at PO Box 643 El Cajon,
CA. 92022
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Shopiro, David Robert
February 5, 1952 - October 22, 2020
A bright light went out when
David Shopiro left this world
on October 22, 2020 after
losing his battle with cancer.
David’s passionate, exuber-
ant, yet caring nature left
a lasting imprint on those
whose lives he touched.
David grew up on Chicago’s
South Side, the son of
Florence & Gordon Shopiro, brother to Carolyn
Shopiro Davis. He attended the U of C Lab School,
then graduated Case Western Reserve later earning
his MBA degree from the University of Chicago.
As a restauranteur, originally owning Orly’s in Hyde
Park, he continued for years pursuing his own cre-
ative entrepreneurial spirit within the food service
industry. David took great joy in frequently and gen-
erously donating meals to those in need within his
community.
David was a voracious reader possessing an insatia-
ble intellectual curiosity. His other passions included
involvement in politics and an appreciation and love
of classical music. David was an avid Cubs and Bulls
fan and for many years was a competitive athlete.
He was a life-long caring and devoted dog owner
and his wonderful sense of humor, combined with
his at times irreverent but always playful wit, was
relished by all that knew him.
David’s enduring love for his only sibling Carolyn
was a constant. Their mutual bond was so very
remarkable and deeply cherished by both of them.
Over the last decade David shared his life with his
soul mate, Renee Bass. Together they embraced a
fulfilling and very special loving relationship.
Missing David will be very difficult for his entire fam-
ily (including his brother-in-law, Loren Davis) and for
his dear life-long friends. Hopefully in the not too
distant future a smile will return to the faces of all
those who were so very fortunate to know, to care
for, and to remember our dear David.
In David’s memory, any donations may be made to
the American Cancer Society or to ASPCA.
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Spachner, Sally P.
Sally P. Spachner, age 73, passed away peacefully
on October 28, 2020. Loving
mother of Sherri (William)
Roscoe, James and Derek.
Cherished Nana of Kyle,
David, Jake, Kacey, Brady,
Mackinzie and Kennedy. Dear
sister of Caesar (the late
Bette Ann) Vitale and Theresa
(Thomas) Wood. Sally is now
at eternal rest with her par-
ents Ben and Phyllis Vitale. Fond Aunt and a dear
friend to many.
Memorial Visitation Wednesday, November 4, 2020
from 3:00 - 9:00 p.m. at COLONIAL - WOJCIECHOWSKI
FUNERAL HOME, 6250 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago.
Funeral services Thursday, November 5, starting
with prayers at 10:45 a.m. from the funeral home,
proceeding to Immaculate Conception Church for
11:15 a.m. Mass. Inurnment will follow at St. Joseph
Cemetery in River Grove. Arrangements entrusted
to Green Burials of Love, Ltd., Marion O’Connor Friel -
Director. Info (773) 774-0366 or colonialfuneral.com
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Sr. Siminas, Lorraine Therese
Sister Lorraine Therese Siminas, SSC, 86, beloved
member of the Sisters of St. Casimir for 67 years,
died October 24, 2020. Sister Lorraine Therese
taught in elementary schools in Illinois, Maryland,
Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio, and
Pennsylvania. Since 2015 she served as a minister
of prayer and presence at Franciscan Village in
Lemont, IL. Sister Lorraine Therese is survived by
nieces, nephews, and cousins and by members of
the SSC Congregation. Her parents, Frank and Mary
Agnes Siminas and her brothers Leonard, Richard,
and Frank preceded Sister Lorraine Therese in
death. Visitation at Nativity BVM Church, 69 th
and S. Washtenaw, Chicago, Thursday, November
5, 2020, 10:30 a.m. to be followed by the Mass of
Resurrection at 11:30 a.m. Interment, St. Casimir
Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be
made to the SSC Retirement Fund. www.sistersof-
stcasimir.org or 2601 W Marquette Road, Chicago IL
60629 (David Gaidas, Funeral Director)
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Stepek, Robert J.
Robert J. Stepek, beloved husband of the late
Dorothy (nee Hansen); loving father of Susan
(Jerry) Wachowiak, Scott (Netta) and the late Rev.
Robert A. Stepek; devoted grandfather of Terri
(Christopher) La Via, Jeffrey (Nicole) Wachowiak,
Scottie Stepek and Robert (Fiancee Megan) Stepek;
cherished great grandfather of Bailee, Lily, Marco,
Andrew, Neil, MaKayla and Grace; dearest brother
of the late Dorothy (James) Maloney; fond uncle of
many nieces and nephews. Robert was a member
of Local 134 for 70 years. Visitation Saturday 9:00
AM until time of Service 10:30 AM at Lawn Funeral
Home 7909 State Road (5500W) Burbank,IL 60459.
Interment St. Mary Cemetery. Due to Phase 3 of
the State of Illinois COVID-19 guidelines visitation
is limited to 25 people at all times. We kindly ask
to keep your visitation brief to allow all to attend
to pay their respects. Due to CDC guidelines, face
masks and social distancing is required. Funeral
info 708-636-2320
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Straka, Frances P.
Frances P. Straka nee Monteleone, age 98, 68 year
resident of Lombard. Beloved wife of 62 years of
the late Edward L.; loving mother of Camille (Albert)
Brito, Janet (the late John), and Robert (Marquetta);
cherished grandmother of Michael (Mary Ann)
Brito, Jeffrey (Melissa) Brito, Gary (Aimee) Brito
and Christine (Justin) Tait; great-grandmother of 9;
dear sister of the late Elizabeth (the late Russell)
Larson; and many nieces and nephews. She was a
long-time member of Sacred Heart Church. She was
also a great cook, baker, gardener and seamstress.
Due to COVID, family visitation and Funeral Mass at
Sacred Heart Church will be private. Entombment
Assumption Cemetery Mausoleum. In lieu of flow-
ers, memorials to a charity of your choice appreciat-
ed. Arrangements made by Brust Funeral Home, 135
S. Main St., Lombard. Info www.brustfuneralhome.
com or 888-629-0094.
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SWADE, JOAN GRACE
Joan Grace Swade, 83, of Western Springs. Beloved
wife of Ronald. Loving mother of Susan May,
Maureen (Michael) Milligan, Dr. Terrence, M. D. (Dr.
Karyn, D. D. S.), Alan (Cathy) and Donald. Devoted
grandmother of Aaron and Heather May, Michael,
Jennifer and Emily Milligan, Sarah, Christopher,
Anne and Katie Swade, Corey, Kyle, Andrew and
Megan Swade. Dear sister of Marilyn (Frederick
“Rick”) Marrese, the late Thomas (Dorothy) and the
late Arthur (Mary) Gyrl. Fond aunt of many. Due
to Covid-19, services and interment are private. In
lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to Nazareth
Academy appreciated. Joan was loved by all her
grandchildren, who referred to her as “Pajama
Grandma.” Arrangements entrusted to Hallowell
& James Funeral Home at 708/352-6500 or www.
hjfunerals.com
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Szuberla, Stanley
Stanley Szuberla died peacefully at home October
21, 2020, from Chronic Congestive Heart Failure.
Born in Rzeszowice, Poland on April 17,1932. He
was a Siberian survivor. Son of his predeceased
parents Joseph and Marianna (nee Walat) Szuberla
and the brother to his predeceased siblings. Stanley
is survived by his beloved wife Christina (nee
Jamieson) of sixty-four years and by his devoted
children: daughter Lisa Maria (Paul) Dinning and son
Joseph Szuberla; loving grandchildren Kathrine and
Ian Dinning and Eligia and Stanley Szuberla. Due to
the pandemic, a private family memorial service
was held on Friday. May he Rest In Peace.
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Tadevich Jr., Edward V.
Edward V. Tadevich Jr., age 75, Army Veteran, beloved
husband of Jill S. (nee Bosmann); loving
father of Adrienne (Geoffrey) Stigler and
Keith (Kim) Tadevich; cherished grandfa-
ther of Ava and Ethan Stigler, Haley, Jack,
Nathan and Sarah Tadevich; dearest
brother of Rosemary (Daniel) Fritsch, Deidre (Jay)
Wright, the late Dennis and the late Darryl (Linda)
Tadevich; dear brother-in-law of Bruce (Marjorie)
Bosmann; fond uncle of many nieces and nephews.
Ed was a retired proprietor of Burr Oak Bowl, Mardi
Walker, Robert E. L.
Surrounded by family, former Wilmette resident,
Robert Walker (90) passed peacefully away on
October 11, 2020. Born in Dodge City, KS on
November 5, 1929 to Lancelot Lee and Kathryn
Walker, Robert was a Kansas Law School graduate
with a distinguished career in the banking industry.
Robert was a world traveler, intellectually curious,
and adventurous at heart. He is survived by his 7
children and 13 grandchildren. Private funeral
service will be held on November 5th at St Francis
Xavier church in Wilmette, IL
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Walton III, Stanley A. ‘Sandy’
(12-10-1939 to 10-28-2020)
With heavy hearts, we share
that Sandy Walton, 80,
passed away suddenly on
October 28, 2020. Sandy was
a friend to many, an adept
raconteur, dedicated to com-
munity-service, a passionate
traveler, movie connoisseur,
and most importantly a fam-
ily man who loved making his children and grand-
children laugh.
Sandy grew up in Clarendon Hills, IL and graduated
from Hinsdale High School where he met the love
of his life, Karen (Kayser) Walton. A man of diverse
talents, he starred in the senior class play and was
an All-Conference Varsity football lineman; many of
his teammates remained lifelong friends.
The years he spent earning his bachelor and law
degrees at his beloved Washington & Lee University
provided endless material for rollicking stories. He
was convinced his fraternity chapter was the inspi-
ration for “Animal House”.
A born entertainer with an irreverent sense of hu-
mor, Sandy was a hardworking and accomplished
litigator who became a partner at Winston & Strawn
and then Seyfarth Shaw LLP. He was also deeply in-
volved with his community. He served as a Hinsdale
Village Trustee, and was twice elected president
of the Hinsdale Historical Society -- spearheading
the purchase of Immanuel Hall and helping to pre-
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Wisniewski, Barbara M.
Barbara M. Wisniewski, was born in Poland May
4, 1934 and came to a new
country America, her country
she loved so much. She was
always eager to help her
friends with their problems
whenever needed. She was
highly appreciated by anyone
she worked for. She was very
appreciative of her neighbors
and friends who comforted
her during her illness. She is dearly missed by her
friend Frank and her nephews and nieces. Funeral
Services arranged by Skaja Terrace Funeral Home
7812 N. Milwaukee Ave. Niles. Funeral Services and
Interment private at Maryhill Cemetery. 847-966-
7302 or www.skajafuneralhomes.com
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Wolfson, Lee S.
Lee S. Wolfson, 64. Beloved husband of Naomi, née
Raysses; devoted father of Joshua and
Daniel Wolfson; dear brother of Mark
(Lynn) Wolfson and brother-in-law of
Kathryn (Jim) Benson; cherished son of
Lorraine and the late M. Robert Wolfson;
cherished son-in-law of the late George and Dee
Raysses; will be deeply missed by nieces, nephews,
cousins, and many close friends. Lee was the found-
er of SF Solutions and was well known in the real
estate community. Due to the current health situa-
tion, services will be private. In lieu of flowers, me-
morial contributions may be made to North Shore
Congregation Israel, www.nsci.org, or the University
of Chicago Oncology Program. Checks may be made
payable to the “University of Chicago Medicine” and
sent to the following address: University of Chicago
Gift Administration and Business Data, Lee Wolfson
Memorial, 5235 S. Harper Court, 4th Floor, Chicago,
IL 60615. Or, you can donate online at: giving.uchi-
cago.edu/lee-wolfson by entering only your contact
and credit card information, and the amount of your
gift (no other fields required).
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Every
serve the Zook Home and Studio. He joined with a
Gras Lanes and Oak Forest Bowl. Visitation Monday
group of concerned citizens in protecting Katherine Yntema, Ida G.
3:00 P.M. until time of Funeral Service 7:00 P.M. at Ida G. Yntema (nee Hoekstra), age 97, died peace-
Legge Memorial Park from development and spent
Lawn Funeral Home 7732 W. 159th St. Orland Park. fully on October 25, 2020, in her Western Springs
many years on the board of the Hinsdale Central
Due to Phase 3 of the State of Illinois COVID-19 home where she had lived for sixty years. She
Foundation. He also remained deeply involved in

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guidelines visitation is limited to 25 people at all was the loving wife of the late Dr. J.L. Yntema, the
the W & L Alumni Association and relished his year
times. We kindly ask to keep your visitation brief to devoted mother of Margaret Yntema Sereno, James
leading it as President.
allow all to pay their respects. Interment Private. In Yntema, Richard (Louise Captein) Yntema and David
lieu of flowers memorials to Susan G. Koman Breast (Esther Patrick) Yntema, the proud grandmother of
Sandy was a “desultory and eclectic”, as he called
Cancer 13770 Noel Rd. Suite 801889 Dallas TX Alexander (Stacy) Sereno, Samuel Yntema, Zane

himself, reader, who prepared yearly summaries for
75380. Funeral Info: 708 429-3200
his family and friends of the books he voraciously
read. Among the other joys of his life were his
Czech heritage, the Chicago Bears, the Northeast
Kingdom of Vermont, and -- after bravely conquer-
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deserves
Yntema and Calvin Yntema, and the loving aunt
of many nieces and nephews. She was born in
The Netherlands on March 8, 1923. She relocated
with her husband when he pursued his career as a

Telser, Sylvia Ruth

Sylvia Ruth Telser, (née Trossman), age 90, of
Chicago, Illinois died on Tuesday, October 27, 2020.
ing his fear of flying -- world travels. He and Karen
travelled to all 50 states and 50 countries.

He was enchanted by and treasured his multi-

She was born in Montréal, Canada on March 7, 1930.
She graduated from McGill University and came to
Chicago when she was 25 in 1955. She married
Lester G. Telser in June 1956. Over the years, she
was a social worker, and active in Hadassah. She
was passionate about gardening. She took great
joy in raising their son Joshua (Esther Tryban) and
their daughter Tamar (Ron) Schwartz. In later years
she also found great joy in being a grandmother
to Tamar and Ron’s daughters, Leena and Cara.
Graveside service will be private. In lieu of flowers,
donations can be made to a charity of your choice.
Arrangements entrusted to Lakeshore Jewish
Funerals, 773-625-8621
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Trygar, Michael Burke ‘Mike’
CHICAGO, IL - October 23, 2020, Age 66. Raised
in Southfield, MI. Beloved
brother of Nancy (Jim)
Artinian. Preceded in death
by his parents Michael and
Honor Trygar. He will be
dearly missed by his family
and friends. Services will take
place privately. Memorial
tributes to Capuchin Soup
Kitchen, American Heart
Association or charity of choice. A. J. Desmond &
Sons Funeral Home (248)362-2500. View obituary
and sign tribute wall at AJDesmond.com.
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talented wife, and was a devoted and generous
father to Kathy, Anne & Alex. Sandy was very proud
of and doted on his grandchildren Sam Lombardo,
Charlie, Luke & Jack Randall, and Julia, Emma,
Sophia & William Walton. He cherished his warm
relationships with his sons-in-law, Leigh Randall and
Ali Allabadi, and enjoyed the camaraderie he shared
with his surviving younger brother Jon.
We are so grateful to have been given the chance to
have him in our lives. He was astute, adventurous,
generous, handsome, humorous, firm, and commit-
ted. His huge presence will be deeply missed.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Stan and
Emily, and his brother Christopher.
The family is planning a celebration of Sandy’s life
in the spring. In lieu of flowers, donations in his
memory may be made to the Hinsdale Historical
Society, P.O. Box 336, Hinsdale, IL 60522.
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nuclear physicist at laboratories in Ottawa, Canada,
Princeton NJ and Pittsburgh PA before settling in
Western Springs near Argonne National Laboratory.
She loved gardening, cooking and reading and trav-
eled extensively with her husband and family. She
to be told.
was a loyal and steadfast member of the Western
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Van Zeyl, John J.

John Van Zeyl, beloved husband of Peggy (nee:
Podesta) for 52 years. Loving father of Tony (Lorie)
and Brian (Annie). Dear Pappa to Daisy, Riley,
Lily and Hunter. Brother of Robert and the late
James. Interment private with celebration of life
mass at later date. Donations to Misericordia and
St. Judes Hospital in name of John appreciated.
Arrangement by Salerno’s Galewood Chapels. For
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Voss, Sr., Peter

Peter Voss Sr., age 84, went to be with his Lord
and Savior on October 17,
2020. Beloved husband
for 63 years to Louetta,
nee Slager. Loving father
of Peter Jr. (Valerie), John
(Kimberly), David (Pamela),
Donna (Shawn) Matthuis,
Thomas (Cheryl) and James
(Rachel). Cherished grand-
father of 22. Dearest great-
grandfather of 28. Dear brother of Grace (Henry)
Kamp and the late Jacob (late Johanna) Voss, Jennie
(late Henry “Ike”) Iwema, Henry (late Grace) Voss,
Sadie (late Richard) Smits, Ted (Peggy) Voss, John
(late Frances) Voss, Anna (late Clarence) Haak and
Marie (late Edward) Pierik. Dear brother-in-law of
John (Madeline) Slager, Joyce (Ken) Ipema, Dorothy
(Jim) VanderVeer, and the late Beverly (Dave) Noort.
Fond uncle of many nieces and nephews. Pete was
a well known builder and developer in the South
Suburbs of Chicago. Visitation Thursday, November
5, 2020 from 3-8 p.m. at Colonial Chapel 15525 S.
73rd Ave. (155th/Wheeler Dr. & Harlem) Orland
Park, IL. To uphold safety guidelines, all guests are
asked to wear a mask and respect social distanc-
ing requirements. Private burial at Orland Memorial
Park Cemetery. A service to celebrate Pete’s life
will be held Friday, November 6, 2020 at 11:00 a.m.
at Orland Park Christian Reformed Church, 7500
Sycamore Dr., Orland Park, IL. To uphold safety
guidelines, all guests are asked to wear a mask
and respect social distancing requirements. A
live-stream of the service will be available, please
visit Pete’s obituary on Colonial Chapel’s web-site
at colonialchapel.com to view the live-stream of the
service. The link will be posted shortly. Memorials
to the Bible League International, 1 Bible League
Plaza, Crete, IL 60417-9902 (bibleleague.org) pre-
ferred. Express your thoughts and condolences at
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32 Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Sunday, November 1, 2020 B

CHICAGO WEATHER CENTER chicagoweathercenter.com By Tom Skilling and

SUNDAY, NOV. 1 NORMAL HIGH: 56° NORMAL LOW: 38° RECORD HIGH: 81° (1950) RECORD LOW: 21° (1879)

November starts colder with strong winds

LOCAL FORECAST NATIONAL FORECAST After a windy but other-
-10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s wise pleasant Halloween,
the first day of November
Saturday’s lowest: 6° at will bring afternoon tem-
Estcourt Station, Maine
International Falls
peratures about 20 degrees
Seattle
HIGH LOW 60/44
50s 32/26 colder than the last day of
October. A cold front pas-
Spokane Bismarck Concord sage Saturday night will
40 26 Steady or
rising at night Portland
65/39
58/31

Boise
Billings
60/44
49/34 30s
Green Bay
37/26 Boston
Albany
51/31
50/33
keep wind speeds high but
turn warm south winds to
■ Lakeshore flood 65/38 Rapid City 53/35 much colder northwest
advisory until 3 a.m. CST 60s 58/40 Minneapolis
Chicago
Detroit Buffalo 50s winds. The high tempera-
Monday for Lake County, 38/30 45/30 50/31 New York
Cheyenne
40/26
Pittsburgh 59/39 ture Sunday will have oc-
Indiana. Gale warnings Reno 60/40 Des Moines Cleveland 51/32 curred at midnight Sat-
in effect for southern 73/36 45/30
Omaha
52/37 urday night. Temps will
Lake Michigan. Did you Washington
move your clocks back
Salt Lake City
49/34 St. Louis Indianapolis
57/37
remain mainly in the 30s
San 66/40 48/28 48/27 through the daytime hours
one hour last night? Francisco Denver 50s
Kansas City
70/49 Las Vegas 65/42 51/35 Louisville Sunday, about 20 degrees
■ The high temp for 84/59 51/28 below normal. Wind gusts
Sunday will have occurred Wichita
Los Angeles Charlotte may approach 50 mph
at midnight. Afternoon 56/36
temps in the 30s.
86/61 Albuquerque
64/42
Little Rock
62/35
Nashville
58/31
68/34 60s through Sunday afternoon,
Phoenix potentially producing
■ Morning clouds diminish 94/70 Oklahoma City Atlanta
as the day progresses.
60s 61/38 Birmingham 68/35 waves of 15 to 20 feet on the
San Diego 68/36 Lake Michigan shores of
Gusty NW winds 25-35 78/60 El Paso Dallas Jackson Porter and La Porte Coun-
mph with gusts to 50 mph 71/46 68/41 68/39 ties in Indiana. A quick
possible through Saturday’s highest:
98° at Yuma, Ariz. Orlando
warmup begins Monday
afternoon.
Houston
New 86/60 with a high near 50.
■ Becoming clear and cold Orleans Warmer weather for the
76/50 73/51
overnight. workweek will include dry
(Precipitation at 7 a.m. CDT)
Miami
■ Nighttime winds 86/75 conditions through the first
diminish and turn west. SNOW RAIN week of November.

MONDAY, NOV. 2 TUESDAY, NOV. 3 WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4 THURSDAY, NOV. 5 FRIDAY, NOV. 6 SATURDAY, NOV. 7

HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
Steady or Steady or Steady or Steady or Steady or Steady or
50 35
rising at night 59 44
rising at night 63 48
rising at night 65 46
rising at night 65 51
rising at night 63 52
rising at night
Sunny, warmer and breezy. A Most of the U.S. will be dry Morning sun then increasing Continued dry, mild and Mostly sunny and comfort- Morning sun but clouds
little cool for early November for Election Day. Sunny, afternoon clouds. Warmer breezy. Some morning able with a high in the mid increase in the afternoon.
a high near 50. WSW winds continued dry, warmer and with a high in the low 60s, clouds, becoming mostly 60s, well above the normal Remaining dry and mild
15-20 mph gusting to 30 mph less windy. High near 60. SW about 10 degrees above sunny by afternoon. High in high of 53. Some increasing with the high in the low 60s.
diminish after sunset. winds 8-12 mph increase normal. Breezy SW winds the mid 60s. SW winds 10-18 cloud cover late in the S winds 8-12 mph. Partly
Scattered overnight clouds. slightly overnight. Mainly 15-20 mph. Partly cloudy mph diminish overnight. afternoon. Breezy SW winds cloudy overnight with S
Warmer with a low in the mid clear and warmer overnight and warmer overnight with Scattered overnight clouds. 10-20 mph. Partly cloudy winds 8-12 mph. An above
30s. with a low in the mid 40s. w in the upper 40s.
a low Loww ne
nearly 10° abo
above normal. overnight, normal low in the low 50s.

Chicago Chicago Chicago

Chicago Chicago Chicago

NOTE: Predicted high/low temps on Tribune weather page are chronological—the “high” refers to maximum reading expected during day and “low” is the minimum reading expected the following night.

ASK TOM CHICAGO DIGEST

Dear Tom, November normals and extremes—colder, shorter days ahead SATURDAY TEMPERATURES
LOCATION HI LO LOCATION HI LO

Louisiana has been hit NORMAL NORMALS/EXTREMES TWO OF THE FIVE RECENT NOVEMBERS HAVE HAD VARIED TEMPS, PRECIP, SNOWFALL Aurora 58 23 Midway 59 32
SNOWIEST NOVEMBERS November is tied with January as the second least sunny month as a percentage Gary 59 23 O’Hare 61 29
by multiple hurricanes this Normals
HAVE OCCURRED of possible sunshine with an average of 42%. December is the least sunny Kankakee 61 27 Romeoville 59 29
season. Has this happened Monthly maximum temp 48.2° IN THE PAST 5 YEARS month with the normal mothly sunshine being 41% of possible. Lakefront 59 35 Valparaiso 58 24
before? Monthly minimum temp 32.4° AVG DEP DEP DEP % OF DEP Lansing 59 26 Waukegan 58 21
Jack Hardekopf, Monthly average temp 40.3° MONTHLY FROM TOTAL FROM TOTAL FROM POSSIBLE FROM

Aurora Monthly precipitation 3.15” 14.8” 14.5” 14.3” DATE TEMP NORMAL PRECIP NORMAL SNOWFALL NORMAL SUNSHINE NORMAL CHICAGO PRECIPITATION
Monthly snowfall 1.2” 1940 1895 1951 2015 44.6° +4.3° 4.49” +1.34” 11.2” +10.0” 56% +14% PERIOD 2020 NORMAL

Percentage of possible sun 42% 2016 46.8° +6.5° 1.69” -1.46” Trace -1.2” 60% +18% Sat. (through 4 p.m.) 0.00" 0.10"
Dear Jack, Extremes 12.7” 11.2” 2017 39.7° -0.6° 1.75” -1.40” 0.1” -1.1” 45% +3% October to date 3.65" 3.15"
Louisiana ranks third 2018 2015 2018 34.6° -5.7° 3.24” +0.09” 12.7” +11.5” 28% -14% Year to date 34.95" 31.49"
Warmest mean avg. temp 50.0° (1931) 2019 34.8° -5.5° 1.87” -1.28” 3.7” +2.5” 33% -9%
among coastal states in Coolest mean avg. temp 31.6° (1873, 1880) CHICAGO SNOWFALL
hurricane landfalls, but Wettest 8.22” (1985) NOVEMBER HAS THE FASTEST TEMPERATURE DROP
ABOVE
PERIOD O’HARE MIDWAY
Sat. (through 4 p.m.) 0.0" 0.0"
well behind the runaway Driest 0.31” (1904) FROM BEGINNING TO END OF MONTH NORMAL NORMAL
Least snowy 0.0” (1944, 1999, 2001) Season to date Trace Trace
leader Florida and runner- Snowiest 14.8” (1940)
Chicago-O’Hare Airport—November normal Normal to date 0.2" 0.1"
up Texas; based on a tabu- Sunniest (highest % possible) 73% (1999) maximum/minumum/average temp from 1981 to 2010 BELOW SOURCE: Frank Wachowski
lation of tropical cyclone Least sunny (lowest % possible) 16% (1985) 60° Normal maximum temp
NOV. NORMAL
PRECIP LAKE MICHIGAN CONDITIONS
tracks dating to 1851. This During November, the length of day
Normal average temp
OUTLOOK SUNDAY MONDAY
year, Louisiana has been a shortens by about 2 minutes per day 50°
Normal minimum temp SOURCE: CPC NORMAL Wind NW 30-40 kts. WSW 20-25 kts.
veritable hurricane mag- DATE SUNRISE SUNSET LENGTH OF DAY Waves 5-8 feet 3-5 feet
net, logging a record five 11/1* 6:24AM 4:44PM 10 hrs. 20 min. 40°
NORMAL Fri. shore/crib water temps 41°/32°
named-storm landfalls: 11/5 6:29AM 4:39PM 10 hrs. 10 min. U.S. SNOW COVER
tropical storms Cristobal 11/10 6:35AM 4:34PM 9 hrs. 59 min. 30° ABOVE
OCT. 30 2020 2019
NORMAL
and Marco, and hurri- 11/15 6:41AM 4:29PM 9 hrs. 48 min. NOV. Area covered by snow 8.2% 16.9%
11/20 6:47AM 4:26PM 9 hrs. 39 min. TEMP
canes Laura, Delta and 11/25 6:53AM 4:23PM 9 hrs. 30 min.
20° Average snow depth 0.2" 0.6"
11/1 11/5 11/10 11/15 11/20 11/25 11/30 OUTLOOK
Zeta. 11/30 6:58AM 4:21PM 9 hrs. 23 min. SOURCE: CPC TRACKING THE COLD
Tropical cyclones have SOURCES: Frank Wachowski, NWS archives *Return to Central Standard Time on 11/1 MARK CARROLL AND JENNIFER M. KOHNKE / WGN-TV
SINCE OCT. 1 O’HARE MIDWAY
several approaches to Sub-32° highs 0 days 0 days
Louisiana; storms that Subzero lows 0 days 0 days

form in the Gulf of Mexi- MIDWEST CITIES OTHER U.S. CITIES WORLD CITIES CHICAGO AIR QUALITY
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 B Sunday, November 1, 2020 | Section 2

BUSINESS
Shortage
of coins
starting
to ease
Circulation improving,
but Chicago stores still ask
customers for exact amount
By Abdel Jimenez
Coins were in short supply last month at
El Nopal Bakery in Chicago’s Little Village
neighborhood as the coronavirus pandemic
and statewide shutdowns stymied the flow
of coins through the economy.
“We were almost at zero change last
month. … About 50% of our customers pay
with cash,” owner Ozzie Ocegueda said.
The bakery placed a sign on its counter
asking people to pay with exact change or a
debit or credit card. At times, the bakery
worked with customers to round up or
down the amount due, or gave them a
cookie if the store couldn’t provide change,
he said.
“You got to be able to accommodate it,”
Ocegueda said about cash transactions.
El Nopal Bakery is again receiving its
typical weekly coin orders of $250 from its
bank.
CHRIS SWEDA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE But even as some stores see coin
Outdoor plastic dining domes are seen Oct. 15 in the Fulton Market district of Chicago.
circulation improve, other business owners
say they’re still asking customers to ex-
change their coins for bills in order to
continue serving shoppers who pay with
CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK cash. For several businesses, including
laundromats, convenience stores and gro-

IT’S INTENSE?
cers, cash makes up a bulk of their
transactions.
“Bringing coins in helps retailers, but it
really helps our neighbor,” said Hannah
Walker, vice president of political affairs for
The Food Industry Association and a
member of the U.S. Coin Task Force.

GET IN TENTS.
There are about 7.1 million individuals,
including 7.3% of households in the Chicago
area, who don’t have traditional bank
accounts and rely on cash transactions,
according to a 2019 report by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corp.
The Federal Reserve created the U.S.
Restaurants eye structures to try to stay afloat amid pandemic, cold Turn to Coins, Page 2

By Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz But don’t expect to see sidewalks and parking lots dotted

C
with the structures while restaurants wait for the
hicago-area restaurants desperate to government to lift the ban on indoor dining.
keep outdoor dining alive amid plum- They must calculate whether it’s worth spending
meting temperatures and new co-
ronavirus restrictions are flooding tent
and dome rental companies with inquir-
ies.
thousands of dollars — sometimes tens of thousands — on
temporary outdoor solutions when it’s unclear how many
people are interested in eating outside in 20-degree
weather. And there are myriad logistical concerns, such as
Fed will
The suppliers, which suffered a
plunge in business when weddings and other events were
canceled in the spring, say they have plenty of inventory to
how servers will brave the elements as they shuttle back
and forth from the kitchen.
“Do I put them in snowsuits? Do I brand them?” said
ease terms
satisfy demand. One local dome installer started making
the geodesic bubbles in Chicago rather than rely on
manufacturers in China so he could respond to orders
Michelle Durpetti, co-owner of Gene & Georgetti, who is
considering erecting a tent on the sidewalk beside the for loans for
small firms
quickly. Turn to Tents, Page 3

Will support those as low

as $100K as expansion of
Main Street Lending Program
By Christopher Rugaber
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve

will reduce the minimum loan level in its
small business lending program and waive
some fees to try to boost participation in a
program that has so far provided little
assistance to struggling companies.
The Fed announced Friday that it will
support loans of as low as $100,000 in its
Main Street Lending Program, down from
an earlier minimum of $250,000. The Main
E. JASON WAMBSGANS/CHICAGO TRIBUNE PHOTOS
Street program seeks to support small and
John Schroeder and his company Synergeo, a Chicago-based supplier and maker of geodesic domes, are flooded with mid-sized businesses by buying 95% of a
calls as COVID-19 case counts grow and governments reimpose restrictions on restaurants and bars. LEFT: Joe India loan from participating banks. This is
begins to assemble the framework for a dome being installed on the rooftop of the River North bar Joy District on intended to limit the risk to banks and
Wednesday. RIGHT: Schroeder and his team fasten the dome together at Joy District. encourage them to lend more.
Yet so far the program has made just 400
loans for a total of $3.7 billion — far below
the $600 billion in total funding that the Fed
has said it is willing to lend. The Treasury
Department has provided $75 billion to
backstop any losses.
Main Street’s shortcomings have pro-
vided fuel to many critics who charge that
the Fed has done more to help Wall Street
and large corporations than small busi-
nesses during the pandemic. Fed Chair
Jerome Powell has responded that many
small companies, hit hard by the downturn,
likely need grants rather than loans. Yet the
Fed has only “lending powers,” Powell has
said, “not spending powers.”
To encourage banks to make the smaller
loans, the Fed will eliminate a 1% trans-
action fee that it charges banks for loans
below $250,000. It will also double the fee
that the Fed pays banks to service the loans
to 0.5%, from 0.25%.
Matt Schroeder, of the company Synergeo, pulls the covering over the framework for a dome being installed And the central bank said that companies
Wednesday on the rooftop of the River North bar Joy District. seeking to borrow from the Main Street
program may be able to exclude loans of up

Turn to Lending, Page 2

2 Chicago Tribune | Business | Section 2 | Sunday, November 1, 2020 B

UCC PUBLIC SALE NOTICE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on January 28, 2021 commencing at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Prevailing
Time (the “Sale Date”), via audio/video teleconference the details of which will be provided to
interested parties in advance of the Sale Date pursuant to the Terms of Public Sale (described below),
based upon the occurrence of one or more Events of Default under certain documents (the “Loan
Documents”) copies of which are available for inspection as hereinafter described, pursuant to such
Coins
Loan Documents and Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in the State of New York Continued from Page 1
(“UCC”), DB Brookview LLC (“Secured Party”) shall dispose of, by public sale, the right, title, and
interest of Atlas Brookview Mezzanine LLC as guarantor (“Debtor”) in and to the following assets
(collectively, the “Collateral”): (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the limited liability company interests
in Atlas Brookview LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Pledged Entity”); and (ii) all other
Coin Task Force in July to
assets pledged by Debtor under the Loan Documents. The public sale shall be conducted by Mannion address the circulation
Auctions, LLC, by William Mannion, Auctioneer, NYC DCA License No. 796322, and/or Matthew D.
Mannion, Auctioneer, NYC DCA License No. 1434494, or such other auctioneer licensed in the State of problem.
New York as is selected by Secured Party in its sole and absolute discretion.
Based upon information provided by Debtor, Pledged Entity, and certain other persons and
The U.S. Treasury esti-
entities affiliated therewith, it is the understanding of Secured Party (but without any representation mates more than $40 bil-
or warranty by Secured Party as to the accuracy or completeness of the following matters) that: (i)
Debtor owns one hundred percent (100%) of the limited liability company membership interests in lion worth of coins is in
Pledged Entity (the “Membership Interests”); (ii) Debtor indirectly owns a total of one hundred percent
(100%) of the fee interest in the real property known as 4200, 4250, 4300, and 4400 W Lake Avenue,
circulation, with most of it
Glenview, Illinois 60026 (the “Premises”), as more particularly described in that certain Mortgage, sitting inside 128 million
Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement dated as of September 20, 2017 delivered
by Pledged Entity to Secured Party, as successor in interest to TPG RE Finance 2 Ltd. (the “Mortgage”); households — in piggy
and (iii) the Premises are encumbered by and subject to, among other things, a first mortgage (the
Mortgage) held by Secured Party securing indebtedness under the Loan Agreement in the original
banks, car cup holders and
principal amount of $64,900,000. couch cushions.
The Sale was originally scheduled to take place on August 11, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern
Prevailing Time, and was subsequently adjourned to August 25, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Prevailing In June, Federal Reserve
Time and then temporarily restrained by order of the New York State Supreme Court, New York County
entered on August 24, 2020. By order dated October 15, 2020, the said court lifted said temporary
Chair Jerome Powell told
restraining order, which permits the Sale to be rescheduled. lawmakers that co-
The Collateral is offered “AS IS, WHERE IS”, with all faults, and Secured Party makes no
guarantee, representation, or warranty (including, without limitation, any representation or warranty of ronavirus-related state-
merchantability or fitness), express or implied, of any kind or nature whatsoever.
Secured Party will be permitted to bid at the sale, and notwithstanding any requirement herein that
wide shutdown orders
the sale of the Collateral be for cash, Secured Party may credit bid all or any portion of the outstanding were part of the reason
balance of the amounts due under the Loan Documents. Secured Party reserves the right, in its sole
and absolute discretion, to (a) reject all bids and terminate the sale or adjourn the sale to such other coin circulation slowed.
date and time as Secured Party may deem proper, by announcement at the place and on the date of
sale, and any subsequent adjournment thereof, without further publication, and (b) impose any other
Since mid-June, the Fed,
commercially reasonable conditions upon the sale of the Collateral as Secured Party may deem proper which manages coin inven-
in its sole and absolute discretion.
The Membership Interests are unregistered securities under the Securities Act of 1933 as tory, has been rationing
amended. Because of this, each prospective bidder seeking to be a “Qualified Bidder” (as determined
by Secured Party in its sole and absolute discretion) shall be required, among other things, to execute
coins to banks to spread
and deliver to Secured Party a “Bidding Certificate” certifying, among other things, that such bidder: out the supply. JOSE M. OSORIO/CHICAGO TRIBUNE
(i) will acquire the Collateral for investment purposes, solely for its own account and not with a view
to distribution or resale; (ii) is an accredited investor within the meaning of the applicable securities Chicago-area banks like Laura Greco, a store leader, collects quarters Thursday from the washing machines at
laws; (iii) has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so as to be
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investment and has sufficient financial means to afford
Fifth Third Bank and PNC Friendly Wash Laundromat in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood.
the risk of investment in the Collateral; and (iv) will not resell or otherwise hypothecate the Collateral Bank say they are able to
without either a valid registration under applicable federal or state laws, including without limitation
the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, or an available exemption therefrom.
The public sale of the Collateral shall be subject to the further terms and conditions set forth in the
fulfill more coin orders to
clients, but issues remain.
specific denominations. So,
for example, in a particular
“Every time I’m “We harvest coins from
machines more regularly.
“Amended and Restated Terms of Public Sale” dated October 23, 2020 (including without limitation
terms and conditions with respect to the availability of additional information, bidding requirements, “In the aggregate, we market we may have plenty out (shopping) If someone siphons $30 to
deposit amounts, bidding procedures, and the consummation of the public sale), which are available
have enough coinage but of quarters but are short $40 (from the change
online at www.brookviewuccforeclosure.com and by contacting: Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc., 330
Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10017, Attn: Brett Rosenberg, tel. (212) 812-5926, email
Brett.Rosenberg@am.jll.com.
are sometimes short of nickels or dimes,” Fifth I have to get machine), we need to make
Third Bank spokesman that up because people
Larry Magnesen said in an quarters. How won’t bring tons of quar-
email. ters when they come wash
The number of custom- else am I going their clothes,” Kahan said.
ers not getting a full order
has dramatically declined
to wash my Other businesses with
fewer cash-only customers
since the height of the clothes?” are going cashless in part
problem in June, Magne- because of changing con-
sen said. — Cornelia Bogdam, 67, sumer habits. The pan-
Cornelia Bogdam, 67, of of Chicago’s Lakeview demic has also pushed
the city’s Lakeview neigh- neighborhood some businesses to accept
borhood, has added a new only contactless forms of
routine to her weekly er- payments to minimize
rands: Find coins. mats to rely more on their interactions with custom-
The coin exchange own coin change machines ers out of concerns of
machine at her apartment to get coins. spreading the virus.
building, which has a coin- “We don’t want to end In February, 5.4% of
only washer and dryer, is up at the point we were in mobile payment company
running low on coins, so June,” Walker said. Square’s customers op-
she’s had to hunt for them The task force also be- erated cashless businesses.
in the past few weeks. gan a marketing campaign By August, it was 13.4%, the
Usually she gets them at on social media this month company said.
Jewel-Osco and other under the hashtag #Get- Felipe Chacon, an econ-
stores, she said. CoinMoving to educate the omist for San Francisco-
“Every time I’m out public on the importance based Square, said without
(shopping) I have to get of bringing their spare the pandemic, it would
quarters,” Bogdam said. change to stores. have taken the company
“How else am I going to Some laundromats are three years to see the share
wash my clothes?” depending more on the of cashless businesses
The coin task force has quarter inventory inside reach that level. He expects
identified a few factors washer and dryer mach- it will remain that high
slowing the flow of coins, ines and relying less on even after the pandemic, as
including a drop in coin banks to fulfill orders. more consumers shop on-
redemption at banks after Tony Kahan, co-owner line and use electronic
many branches limited ac- of Chicago chain The forms of payment.
cess to lobbies earlier this Friendly Wash, said em- “We don’t expect to see
year. ployees at three of its four things gravitate back to
To keep the supply mov- locations that accept cash what they were before,” he
ing, the group has recom- collect coins from washer said.
mended coin drives and and dryer machines daily.
consumer incentive buy- Over the summer, the laun- abjimenez@chicago
back programs, and told dromat received only a few tribune.com
businesses like laundro- rolls from the bank, he said. Twitter @abdel1019

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Albank: Chicago’s Concierge received from the Paycheck
Protection Program, the
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gram that was established
by the aid package Congress
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have pushed Powell at re-
program more attractive.
Yet Powell suggested in
testimony last month that
“creditworthy” small busi-
nesses may be able to bor-
row from banks without
any need for help from the
Fed.
William English, a fi-
nance professor at the Yale
School of Management and
a former senior Fed official,
said the changes announced
Friday will likely help boost
participation in the pro-
gram. English and Nellie
Liang, another former Fed
official, wrote in a study
earlier this year for the
Brookings Institution that
the Fed should reduce the
minimum loan amount and
increase fees.
Yet even if more loans are
made, the smaller sizes now
allowed suggest the dollar
amount of lending won’t
rise that much, English said.
Many small banks and
companies have been dis-
couraged by the burden-
some paperwork the pro-
gram requires, English said.
Main Street is intended
for companies that had
healthy businesses before
the coronavirus pandemic,
the Fed says, and will likely
return to full strength once
the pandemic is over.
But as the virus outbreak
worsens again, with con-
firmed cases reaching
record levels this week,
many businesses may not be
able to take on a loan,
English said.
One option would be for
the Fed to forgive all or part
of a Main Street loan, but
that would require an act of
Congress.
Under certain criteria —
say, if a state ordered busi-
ness shutdowns again — “it
would be very useful to be
able to say that some frac-
tion of the loan would be
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A plastic bubble is seen in the Fulton Market district Oct. 15. Outdoor dining is permitted, including inside of tents, greenhouses and plastic domes that comply with Chicago guidelines.
Tents
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Chicago steakhouse. “It’s an-
other expense because you
want it to feel cohesive and
experiential.”
Restaurants and bars, al-
ready devastated by lost
sales during the pandemic,
suffered a huge setback in
recent days as Gov. J.B.
Pritzker reinstated a ban on
indoor dining in areas of the
state where COVID-19 pos-
itivity rates and hospitali-
zations are rising. The indef-
inite ban, which applies to
most of the state, took effect
Friday in Chicago.
Outdoor dining is permit-
ted, including inside of tents,
greenhouses and plastic
domes that comply with
local guidelines, giving
restaurants hope of a reve-
nue stream outside of take-
out that can help keep their
servers employed and the
business afloat.
The hope often fades,
however, once they learn
how much those tents and
domes cost.
At Indestructo Party
Rental in northwest subur-
ban Des Plaines, rental
prices range from $5,000
per month for a small tent to
$80,000 per month for a
very large tent, said owner
Lynn Utaski. With social
distancing requirements al-
lowing for fewer tables, she
encourages restaurants to
commit to 30 days at a time
to make sure they’re making
enough money to make it
worthwhile.
Tents engineered to with-
stand the weight of snow are
particularly expensive, said
Suzanne Warner, co-owner
of Canadian tent maker
Tentnology in Vancouver,
British Colombia. Buying a
20-by-20-foot tent with
snow load costs $25,000
versus $2,500 for a standard
tent that size, she said.
“We feel really bad for
these restaurants,” said
Warner, who sees interest
from Chicago restaurateurs
fall off after they learn the
price. “If you buy a $20,000
tent, that’s a lot of coffees
and danishes to be serving to
capture the return on invest-
ment.”
Renting a dome costs less,
but each fits just one party.
Chicago-based Synergeo
charges $400 per week to
rent a 12-foot frameless poly-
carbonate bubble that seats
six, and $3,250 to buy it, said
founder John Schroeder. A
steel-framed version with a
heavy-duty vinyl cover costs
$500 weekly to rent and
$6,000 to buy. He suggests
restaurants recoup the mon-
ey by charging a reservation
fee for the romance of dining
inside a globe or getting
liquor sponsors for a
branded dome.
DineAmic Hospitality,
which owns half a dozen
restaurants in Chicago,
looked into domes but opted
to install tents at Bar Siena
and neighboring Bandit in
the West Loop so it could fit
more tables, said co-owner
David Rekhson.
John Schroeder removes protective coating from pieces of polycarbonate he will use to
construct geodesic domes.
Now it faces the creative
challenge of “how can we
create an ambiance where
people actually want to sit
outside,” Rekhson said.
At Bandit, it installed a
fall-themed pumpkin patch
that proved popular, and for
winter it is planning an apres
ski-themed patio with fake
snow, a ski lift and mountain
decor. Servers will be bun-
dled up and use warming
boxes to help keep the food
warm during its journey
outdoors.
Whether the effort will
generate enough revenue to
cover the expenses is only
part of the calculation. It is
also about keeping the brand
relevant and people em-
ployed, said Rekhson, whose
company employs about 750
people across all of its
restaurants and is exploring
outdoor options for its other
locations.
Mitch Dicker, president
of Celebration Authority, a
special events company in
Mundelein, has been work-
ing with restaurants to find
ways to make tents fit into
An employee cleans a dining table inside a small greenhouse at the The Darling on Oct. 22 in Chicago’s West Loop.
E. JASON WAMBSGANS/CHICAGO TRIBUNE
their unique outdoor spaces.
Customers range from high-
end restaurants to family
owned eateries to brunch
spots, though it isn’t feasible
in some locations.
“For some people we tell
them flat out, ‘It’s not going
to work,’” Dicker said. “It’s a
financial challenge and it’s a
real estate challenge.”
Restaurants must con-
sider numerous factors to
determine whether the in-
vestment is worthwhile, in-
cluding profit per plate, how
often they turn over tables
and how long it takes to get
the food from the kitchen to
the customer, Dicker said.
There are also logistical de-
tails, like where staff will
enter and exit the tent and
how many heaters are
needed to raise the tempera-
ture to a comfortable level.
Shortening the tent legs
allow for better heating be-
cause it lowers the ceiling,
Dicker said.
At Gene & Georgetti,
erecting a tent in the parking
lot at its Rosemont location
during the summer was a
B Chicago Tribune | Business | Section 2 | Sunday, November 1, 2020
“huge success,” Durpetti
said. The restaurant held
live music and film nights to
attract customers.
That location perma-
nently closed last weekend
after the business couldn’t
reach a compromise with its
landlord, the village of Rose-
mont, over a $120,000 tax
bill. Now Durpetti is doing
the math to see if adding a
winter tent to Gene & Geor-
getti’s sidewalk patio in
downtown Chicago, under
the Brown Line’s elevated
tracks, would pay for itself.
“In December when it’s
Chiberia, a cute blanket and
a patio heater under a tent
doesn’t sound like fine din-
ing to me,” Durpetti said.
Chicago requires tents
have at least 50% of the walls
open to allow for ventilation,
which means protection
from frigid weather is diffi-
cult. Single-party domes can
be enclosed as long as there
is some ventilation.
Still, some air quality ex-
perts worry the risk of
COVID-19 spread remains
in these structures.
Having two walls open
allows for “more than
enough air exchanges to
minimize risks for airborne
transmission,” but the chal-
lenge of heating the tent
could cause other problems,
said Ian Cull, president of
Indoor Science, a Chicago-
based air quality consulting
firm.
“A blast of warm air
passing over table one may
carry the larger droplets
over to table two and three
that would have normally
fallen out of the air via
gravity,” Cull said. “Restau-
rants need to be smart about
how they supply warm air.”
Domes present a higher
risk of transmission because
the air exchange is lower,
though if the diners already
are in close contact day to
day it’s less of a concern, he
said. Workers popping in
and out of the tent are only
briefly exposed, which re-
duces their risk, said Cull,
who is offering free ventila-
tion testing to local restau-
rants using domes to try and
identify the best configura-
tions for safety.
Despite the challenges,
tent and dome suppliers say
calls pour in from anxious
business owners after re-
ports of rising case counts or
new restrictions.
Anchor Industries, a 128-
year-old manufacturer in
Evansville, Indiana, saw
business plummet in March
and April then had a surge in
orders for tents during the
summer as rental companies
stocked up, said Blake Shu-
mate, a general manager.
Turnaround time
stretched to four weeks as it
added second shifts to pro-
duction lines and had cer-
tain machines running 24
hours a day.
For a while aluminum
frame systems were difficult
to get. The crunch has since
eased and turnaround is
closer to two weeks now,
Shumate said.
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CHRIS SWEDA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE
At dome-maker Synergeo,
Schroeder wanted to be
prepared for the potential
influx of orders from restau-
rants scrambling for outdoor
dining solutions.
The steel-framed domes
were manufactured in
China and would take a
month to arrive, and
Schroeder worried restau-
rants wouldn’t be willing to
wait that long. So he came
up with a frameless dome he
could make at mHub, an
innovation center near
Goose Island. The 500-
pound structures, which
look like floating glass snow
globes, are made of strong
polycarbonate that can
withstand cold and snow, he
said.
City Winery was a pio-
neer of dome dining when it
introduced the clear bubbles
to the Riverwalk in 2017,
allowing guests to enjoy the
view regardless of the
weather. The company is
moving those three domes
to its West Loop restaurant,
and is considering getting
three more and adding some
greenhouses to create out-
door seating in its wine
garden.
“It has moved from a
novelty almost into a neces-
sity,” said Nathan Holgate,
national director of opera-
tion and general manager of
the Chicago restaurants.
The restaurant plans to
keep the dome doors and
windows open to allow for
ample airflow. It disinfects
the inside of the domes
between seatings with an
electrostatic sprayer, letting
them air out for 30 to 45
minutes.
The goal is to make it feel
like a winter wonderland,
with guests sipping mulled
wine, spiced cocoas and
warm ciders to help stay
warm. They are encouraged
to bring their own blankets.
aelejalderuiz@chicago
tribune.com
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23.70
302500.00
-1.20
-16844.42 2 McDonalds Corp 158,493 213.00 t -15.71 +14.2
the idea germinated, the FTA’s funding agreement
Marathon Oil 3.96 -.48 Berkshire Hath B 201.90 -10.81
3 AbbVie Inc 150,187 85.10 s +.76 +8.8
project to build the South remotely, NICTD board
NASDAQ STOCK MARKET
Cisco Syst
CocaCola Co
35.90
48.06
-2.92
-2.46 4 Caterpillar Inc 85,043 157.05 t -11.54 +12.4
Shore Line’s West Lake Chairman Joe McGuinness
STOCK CLOSE CHANGE Comcast Corp A 42.24 -2.82 Corridor expansion re- signed a copy in person.
Costco Wholesale 357.62 -16.28 5 Boeing Co 81,500 144.39 t -22.97 -56.3
Apple Inc 108.86 -6.18 Danaher Corp 229.54 -3.12
ceived its final official fund- Earlier, Holcomb re-
6 Mondelez Intl 75,873 53.12 t -3.49 +2.9
Adv Micro Dev 75.29 -6.67 Disney 121.25 -7.10 ing Wednesday. called being in the room
Titan Pharmaceut .14 +.00 Facebook Inc 263.11 -21.68 7 Deere Co 70,794 225.91 t -13.62 +32.7
Miragen Therapeutics 1.31 +.82 HSBC Holdings prA 25.79 +.09
Officials from the Federal when Visclosky spoke to
8 ITW 61,930 195.88 t -10.82 +16.7
American Airlines Gp 11.28 -1.32 Home Depot 266.71 -16.29 Transit Administration and then-Gov. Mitch Daniels
Intel Corp 44.28 -3.92 Intel Corp 44.28 -3.92 9 CME Group 54,051 150.72 t -13.14 -22.5
Microsoft Corp 202.47 -13.76 JPMorgan Chase 98.04 -5.77 the Northern Indiana Com- about the West Lake proj-
10 Baxter Intl 39,268 77.57 t -3.52 +1.5
Cisco Syst 35.90 -2.92 Johnson & Johnson 137.11 -8.13 muter Transportation Dis- ect.
Facebook Inc 263.11 -21.68 MasterCard Inc 288.64 -40.97
Tesla Inc 388.04 -32.59 McDonalds Corp 213.00 -15.71
11 Exelon Corp 38,872 39.89 t -2.31 -9.1 trict signed the FTA’s $354.6 Visclosky was “passion-
DraftKings Inc 35.40 -7.34 Merck & Co 75.21 -4.62 12 Kraft Heinz Co 37,398 30.59 t -.78 +12.4 million agreement to help ate” about West Lake and
Sirius XM Hldgs Inc 5.73 -.25 Microsoft Corp 202.47 -13.76
Genius Brands Intl 1.05 -.50 Netflix Inc 475.74 -12.54
13 Walgreen Boots Alli 29,496 34.04 t -4.00 -37.2 fund NICTD’s $944.9 mil- what it would mean for
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS
Nike Inc B 120.08 -9.91 14 Allstate Corp 27,718 88.75 t -2.50 -16.2 lion project. Northwest Indiana to have a
Novartis AG 78.08 -6.35
STOCK CLOSE CHANGE Nvidia Corporation 501.36 -42.25
15 Motorola Solutions 26,836 158.06 t -16.72 +.4 The rest of the funding new connection to the Chi-
Oracle Corp 56.11 -3.79 16 Arch Dan Mid 25,693 46.24 t -5.63 +23.7 will come from state and cago economy, Holcomb
Direx S&P500Bear 3x 6.09 +.91 PayPal Holdings 186.13 -16.91
iPath Sh Term Fut 26.53 +4.36 PepsiCo 133.29 -6.27 17 Discover Fin Svcs 19,920 65.01 t -2.99 -19.0 local governments, with said.
iShs Emerg Mkts 44.71 -1.61 Pfizer Inc 35.48 -2.70 18 Gallagher AJ 19,857 103.71 t -4.21 +16.5 more than $300 million of “We knew it would take
iShares EAFE ETF 61.39 -3.59 Procter & Gamble 137.10 -5.28
iShs iBoxx HY CpBd 83.88 -.99 Salesforce.com Inc 232.27 -18.25 19 Grainger WW 18,751 350.02 t -11.01 +13.8 that from the state. The some courage, focus and
iShares Rus 2000
Invesco QQQ Trust
153.09
269.38
-9.98
-15.36
Taiwan Semicon
Tesla Inc
83.87
388.04
-4.44
-32.59
20 CDW Corp 17,491 122.60 t -7.40 -2.9 Northwest Indiana Re- teamwork,” Holcomb said.
ProShs UltraPro QQQ 117.45 -21.85 Thermo Fisher Sci 473.12 -7.05 21 Equity Residential 17,486 46.98 t -4.33 -44.5 gional Development Au- Visclosky, now near the
ProShs UltPro ShtQQQ
SPDR S&P500 ETF Tr
25.03
326.54
+3.43
-19.24
Toyota Mot
Unitedhealth Group
131.29
305.14
-1.99
-25.46
22 ConAgra Brands Inc 17,140 35.09 t -2.63 +32.2 thority and most of the end of his more than 30
SPDR Energy 28.72 -1.67 Verizon Comm 56.99 -.97 23 Nthn Trust Cp 16,287 78.27 t -6.14 -20.8 cities and towns in Lake years in Congress, spoke on
SPDR Financial
VanE Vect Gld Miners
23.86
37.49
-1.39
-1.33
Visa Inc
WalMart Strs
181.71
138.75
-16.30
-5.10 24 Dover Corp 15,938 110.71 t -5.56 +6.7 County also have commit- video about the future.
25 TransUnion 15,143 79.66 t -6.39 -2.8 ted funds for the project. The next steps for the
26 Zebra Tech 15,129 283.64 t -20.08 +22.9 “This is how it’s sup- South Shore Line, he said,
posed to work,” Indiana include getting an FTA
Largest mutual funds 27 Ventas Inc
28 IDEX Corp
14,725 39.47 t -2.77
12,866 170.39 t -21.24
-33.7
+5.2
Gov. Eric Holcomb said of agreement to help fund
Based on Total assets
CHG 1-YR CHG 1-YR 29 Ulta Salon Cosmetics 11,645 206.77 t -28.34 -15.1
the bipartisan cooperation NICTD’s Double Track
FUND NAV IN $ %RTN FUND NAV IN $ %RTN
30 Fortune Brds Hm&Sec11,172 80.87 t -4.60 +36.4
on the West Lake project, project between Gary and
American Century UltraInv 66.38 -4.70 +42.1 T. Rowe Price NewHorizons 80.68 -4.06 +45.4
31 Packaging Corp Am 10,857 114.49 t -4.71 +5.7
which he called “the largest Michigan City, and ensur-
American Funds AMCpA m 34.86 -2.00 +14.2 T. Rowe Price Rtr2020 22.61 -.74 +6.3 transit investment in Indi- ing that the West Lake
American Funds AmrcnBalA m 28.35 -.97 +5.2 32 Equity Lifesty Prop 10,781 59.19 t -3.08 -11.8
American Funds AmrcnMutA m 40.16 -2.16 -1.6
T. Rowe Price Rtr2025 18.20 -.69 +6.7 ana history.” project is “well-imple-
T. Rowe Price Rtr2030 26.45 -1.14 +6.9 33 Paylocity Hldg 9,983 185.52 t -5.29 +83.5
American Funds BdfAmrcA m 14.00 -.03 +9.2 T. Rowe Price Rtr2040 27.61 -1.40 +7.4 West Lake will be a 7.8- mented, on time and, hope-
34 United Airlines Hldg 9,852 33.86 t -4.15 -63.1
American Funds CptWldGrIncA m50.74-2.43
American Funds CptlIncBldrA m56.52 -2.29
+4.2
-4.6
Vanguard 500IdxAdmrl 302.03-17.99 +9.3 mile rail line between Ham- fully, a bit under budget.”
35 LKQ Corporation 9,734 31.99 t -.89 +.2
American Funds EuroPacGrA m 57.39 -2.44 +9.7
Vanguard BalIdxAdmrl 40.60 -1.47 +9.3 mond, Indiana, and the Visclosky also urged that
Vanguard CAITTxExAdm 12.23 +.01 +4.0 36 CBOE Global Markets 8,840 81.29 t -.43 -29.1
American Funds FdmtlInvsA m 59.63 -3.50 +5.5
Vanguard CptlOppAdmrl 162.93 -9.65 +11.2
Munster/Dyer border, those projects benefit “ev-
American Funds GrfAmrcA m 59.21 -3.52 +24.3 37 NiSource Inc
American Funds IncAmrcA m 21.40 -.88 -2.2 Vanguard DevMIdxAdmrl 12.65 -.75 -5.0
8,798 22.97 t -1.13 -12.1 along with four new sta- ery citizen of Northwest
American Funds InvCAmrcA m 38.92 -2.15 +7.5 Vanguard DevMIdxIns 12.67 -.75 -5.0 38 Morningstar Inc 8,171 190.38 s +5.82 +28.6 tions. When completed in Indiana,” that the housing
American Funds NewWldA m 73.88 -2.87 +10.8 Vanguard DivGrInv 29.93 -1.84 +4.7 39 CNA Financial 8,084 29.79 t -.94 -26.9 about four years, it will be in new developments
American Funds NwPrspctvA m 52.26 -3.08 +18.2 Vanguard EMStkIdxInAdm 36.57 -1.03 +7.3
American Funds SmCpWldA m 65.50 -3.68 +20.3 Vanguard EqIncAdmrl 69.32 -3.97 -6.1
40 IAA Inc 7,585 56.59 t -.20 +49.0 the first new passenger rail around South Shore sta-
American Funds TheNewEcoA m52.00 -2.37 +22.0 Vanguard ExplorerAdmrl 102.82 -5.83 +14.8
41 Aptargroup Inc 7,355 114.09 t -3.90 -3.5 line in northern Indiana tions is available to all, and
American Funds TxExBdA m 13.39 +.01
American Funds WAMtInvsA m 44.47 -2.75
+3.2
-1.0
Vanguard ExtMktIdxAdmrl 98.83 -6.59 +10.6 42 GrubHub Inc 6,824 73.96 t -5.39 +125.8 since 1908, when the South that the goal of a regional
Baird AggrgateBdInstl 11.78 -.03 +7.7
Vanguard ExtMktIdxIns 98.83 -6.58 +10.6 43 Hill-Rom Hldgs 6,065 91.07 t -1.31 -7.5 Shore’s predecessor began bus system not be aban-
Vanguard GNMAAdmrl 10.72 ... +3.7
Baird CorPlusBdInstl 12.11 -.03 +7.7
Vanguard GrIdxAdmrl 113.45 -7.16 +30.2
44 CF Industries 5,905 27.61 s +.03 -40.3 operating. doned.
BlackRock GlbAllcIncInvA m 19.75 -.82 +10.8
BlackRock HYBdInstl 7.43 -.10 +2.3 Vanguard GrIdxIns 113.46 -7.16 +30.2 45 Jones Lang LaSalle 5,844 112.86 s +1.00 -23.4 West Lake trains will go The idea of building a
BlackRock HYBdK 7.44 -.10 +2.4 Vanguard HCAdmrl 87.47 -4.93 +13.1 46 Stericycle Inc 5,699 62.30 t -5.07 +19.2 into downtown Chicago. new South Shore line in
BlackRock StrIncOpIns 10.04 -.06 +4.4 Vanguard HYCorpAdmrl 5.78 -.06 +2.9
47 Middleby Corp 5,536 99.54 t -9.14 -17.0 Passengers also can transfer western Lake County began
Columbia DivIncIns 22.71 -1.19 -.7 Vanguard HYTEAdmrl 11.68 +.02 +3.2
DFA EMktCorEqI 20.34 -.73 +.8 Vanguard InTrBdIdxAdmrl 12.55 -.04 +8.3 48 CDK Global Inc 5,238 43.10 t -3.31 -13.4 in downtown Hammond to in the 1980s. In the 1990s,
DFA EmMktsValInstl 23.93 -1.10 -10.1 Vanguard InTrInGdAdm 10.57 -.03 +9.1 49 First Indl RT 5,064 39.81 t -2.21 -1.2 South Shore trains going NICTD acquired the for-
DFA FvYrGlbFIIns
DFA IntlCorEqIns
10.89 +.01
12.08 -.74
+1.6
-6.6
Vanguard InTrTEAdmrl 14.64 ... +4.1 50 Brunswick Corp 5,043 63.71 s +1.09 +8.5 east to the Indiana dunes, mer Monon railroad right of
Vanguard InflPrtScAdmrl 27.99 -.11 +9.5
DFA USCorEq1Instl 25.24 -1.53 +5.1
Vanguard InflPrtScIns 11.40 -.05 +9.5 51 Old Republic 4,949 16.28 t -.60 -23.7 Michigan City and South way in Hammond and
DFA USCorEqIIInstl 22.79 -1.38 +3.8
Vanguard InsIdxIns 291.93-17.38 +11.0 52 Littelfuse Inc 4,818 197.94 t -4.63 +6.8 Bend. Munster, along which the
DFA USLgCpValInstl 31.40 -1.89 -12.0
DFA USSmCpInstl 31.00 -1.94 -5.8 Vanguard InsIdxInsPlus 291.94-17.38 +11.0 53 Ingredion Inc 4,748 70.89 t -5.72 -8.9
The trip from Dyer to new West Lake line will
Dodge & Cox Bal 91.83 -3.83 -2.2 Vanguard InsTrgRt2020Ins 24.76 -.68 +5.9
54 US Foods Holding 4,611 20.90 t -4.39 -47.3
downtown Chicago will run.
Vanguard InsTtlSMIInPls 69.43 -4.23 +11.6
Dodge & Cox Inc 14.65 -.05 +7.4
Vanguard IntlGrAdmrl 133.69 -6.03 +42.0 55 Navistar Intl 4,289 43.11 s +.35 +32.6
take about 45 minutes, Noland said Wednesday
Dodge & Cox IntlStk 34.91 -2.28 -14.9
Dodge & Cox Stk 163.34-10.77 -6.9 Vanguard LTInGrdAdm 11.68 -.07 +12.7 56 Envestnet Inc 4,126 76.74 t -7.38 +26.6
South Shore President that when he took his job at
DoubleLine TtlRetBdI x 10.67 -.03 +3.6 Vanguard LTTEAdmrl 12.03 +.01 +4.6
57 Kemper Corp 4,028 61.66 t -5.13 -14.9
Michael Noland said, add- the South Shore Line six
Edgewood GrInstl 48.33 -3.53 +38.7
Fidelity 500IdxInsPrm 113.51 -6.76 +9.4
Vanguard LfStrGrInv 36.15 -1.63 +5.5 ing: “I guarantee you can’t years ago, he was handed a
Vanguard LfStrModGrInv 29.27 -.99 +5.8 58 RLI Corp 3,897 86.70 t -6.79 -7.7
Fidelity BCGrowth 139.35 -9.10 +46.8 Vanguard LtdTrmTEAdmrl 11.20 -.01 +3.2
drive to Chicago from here “visionary plan,” developed
59 Equity Commonwlth 3,210 26.42 t -.28 -6.0
Fidelity Balanced 25.35 -1.07 +13.6
Vanguard MdCpIdxAdmrl 218.04-13.45 +5.2 in 45 minutes.” by his predecessors, that
Fidelity Cap&Inc 9.88 -.26 +3.3 60 Wintrust Financial 2,835 49.23 t -.93 -25.5
Fidelity Contrafund 16.15 -.97 +26.8
Vanguard MdCpIdxIns 48.17 -2.97 +5.2 Construction equipment included the West Lake
61 John Bean Technol 2,664 83.97 t -5.76 -19.4
Fidelity ContrafundK 16.18 -.97 +26.9 Vanguard MdCpIdxInsPlus 237.55-14.65 +5.2 from the project’s Chicago- Corridor and the Double
Vanguard PrmCpAdmrl 143.94 -8.33 +7.0 62 Stepan Co 2,609 116.44 t -1.83 +18.7
Fidelity EmergMketsOpps
Fidelity ExMktIdxInPr
21.50 -.74
66.49 -4.43
+13.4
+10.6 Vanguard RlEstIdxAdmrl 108.50 -5.37 -16.1
based contractors, F.H. Track projects.
63 GATX 2,389 68.28 t -1.37 -14.8
Fidelity Frdm 2020 16.14 -.49 +6.5 Vanguard SCpGrIdxAdm 76.23 -4.57 +17.1 Paschen and Ragnar Ben- Construction work on
Fidelity Frdm 2025 14.30 -.48 +6.7 Vanguard SCpValIdxAdm 48.95 -3.11 -11.8 64 TreeHouse Foods 2,194 38.84 t -3.31 -30.0 son Construction, sat by at West Lake will begin as
Fidelity Frdm 2030 17.64 -.68 +6.8
Fidelity GlobalexUSIdx 12.23 -.62 -2.5
Vanguard STBdIdxAdmrl 10.86 ... +4.6 65 Hyatt Hotels Corp 2,120 55.14 t -3.84 -24.7 the project’s ceremonial soon as NICTD gives
Vanguard STInfPrScIdIns 25.41 -.07 +4.4
Fidelity GroCo 30.27 -1.88 +55.3 Vanguard STInvmGrdAdmrl 10.97 -.01 +5.0
66 Teleph Data 1,819 17.00 t -.36 -34.1 groundbreaking site, on Paschen and Ragnar Ben-
Fidelity GroCo 25.49 -1.55 +58.0 Vanguard STTEAdmrl 15.93 ... +2.0 67 Federal Signal 1,732 28.68 t -2.98 -14.6 property that will become son the notice to proceed,
Fidelity GroCoK 30.34 -1.88 +55.5
Fidelity IntlGr 18.01 -.99 +9.3
Vanguard SmCpIdxAdmrl 75.16 -4.65 +2.0 68 Coeur Mining 1,723 7.07 t -.74 +34.0 West Lake’s Munster/Dyer Noland said. The contrac-
Vanguard SmCpIdxIns 75.16 -4.65 +2.0
Fidelity IntlIdxInstlPrm 38.51 -2.29 -6.7
Vanguard StarInv 29.01 -1.11 +13.1
69 Hub Group Inc 1,680 50.13 t -2.59 -.2 station. tors, working on a design-
Fidelity IntlVal
Fidelity InvmGradeBd
8.25 -.54
11.71 -.03
-12.9
+8.0 Vanguard TMCapApAdm 170.18-10.24 +10.5
70 Allscripts Hlthcare 1,642 10.08 t -.84 -8.1 Holcomb, Noland and build process, will deter-
Fidelity LowPrStk 42.45 -2.70 -1.2 Vanguard TrgtRtr2015Inv 15.69 -.31 +5.7 71 US Cellular 1,541 29.12 t -.30 -22.1 several other officials ar- mine where the work will
Fidelity Magellan 11.72 -.66 +21.5 Vanguard TrgtRtr2020Inv 33.39 -.92 +5.8 72 Addus HomeCare 1,528 97.57 t -3.59 +16.0 rived at the ceremony begin, but he anticipated
Fidelity OTCPortfolio 15.08 -.89 +37.1 Vanguard TrgtRtr2025Inv 20.27 -.67 +5.7
Fidelity Puritan 24.18 -.97 +14.9 Vanguard TrgtRtr2030Inv 37.06 -1.38 +5.7
73 Fst Midw Bcp 1,434 12.55 t -.06 -38.6 aboard two South Shore they’ll start in the middle of
Fidelity TotalBond 11.11 -.04 +7.4 Vanguard TrgtRtr2035Inv 22.77 -.95 +5.6 74 Horace Mann 1,402 33.91 t -1.87 -19.5 cars pulled by South Shore the project and work their
Fidelity TtlMktIdxInsPrm 93.03 -5.66 +9.6 Vanguard TrgtRtr2040Inv 39.34 -1.82 +5.4 75 Knowles Corp 1,305 14.25 t -2.03 -27.2 locomotives, on CSX tracks way south, then north.
Fidelity USBdIdxInsPrm 12.36 -.03 +6.6
Fidelity Advisor NewInsI 36.24 -2.15 +17.4
Vanguard TrgtRtr2045Inv 24.72 -1.25 +5.3
76 Adtalem Global Educ 1,215 23.44 t -3.49 -34.6 that parallel the new West
Vanguard TrgtRtr2050Inv 39.80 -2.02 +5.3
First Eagle GlbA m 55.42 -2.44 -1.2
Vanguard TrgtRtr2055Inv 43.20 -2.20 +5.3 77 Tootsie Roll 1,185 29.88 t -.68 -8.2 Lake route. Tim Zorn is a freelance
Franklin Templeton CATxFrIncA1 m7.65+.02
Franklin Templeton IncA1 m 2.07 -.06
+3.4
-5.2 Vanguard TrgtRtrIncInv 14.42 -.25 +5.8 78 Methode Electronics 1,154 30.77 t -1.59 -10.8 Elaine Chao, the U.S. Sec- reporter for the Post-Trib-
Franklin Templeton RisingDivsA m69.92-4.75 +6.8 Vanguard TtBMIdxAdmrl 11.53 -.02 +6.5
79 Retail Prop Amer 1,122 5.24 t -.64 -56.9 retary of Transportation, une.
Harbor CptlApprecInstl 99.18 -7.38 +42.1 Vanguard TtBMIdxIns 11.53 -.02 +6.6
Harding Loevner IntlEqInstl 23.96 -1.39 +7.4 Vanguard TtBMIdxInsPlus 11.53 -.02 +6.6 80 First Busey Corp 980 17.99 t -.71 -30.2
INVESCO DevMktsY 45.21 -1.81 +5.8 Vanguard TtInBIdxAdmrl x 23.32 +.02 +3.5 81 OneSpan Inc 884 21.93 t -1.85 +46.2
JPMorgan CoreBondI 12.34 -.04 +7.0 Vanguard TtInBIdxIns x 34.99 +.02 +3.5 82 Huron Consulting Gp 866 37.86 t -4.75 -35.2
JPMorgan CoreBondR6 12.35 -.05 +7.2 Vanguard TtInBIdxInv x 11.66 +.01 +3.4
JPMorgan EqIncI 17.17 -1.02 -4.9 Vanguard TtInSIdxAdmrl 27.41 -1.40 -2.2 83 Echo Global Logis 717 26.97 t -.96 +34.6
Lord Abbett ShrtDurIncA m 4.17 -.01 +2.1 Vanguard TtInSIdxIns 109.61 -5.58 -2.2 84 MYR Group 714 42.75 t -1.60 +32.1
Lord Abbett ShrtDurIncF b 4.17 ... +2.2
Vanguard TtInSIdxInsPlus 109.63 -5.58 -2.2 85 AAR Corp 684 19.46 t -1.11 -53.3
MFS ValI 39.84 -2.27 -4.2
Vanguard TtInSIdxInv 16.39 -.83 -2.2
Metropolitan West TtlRetBdI 11.57 -.01 +8.2 86 Gogo Inc 683 8.04 t -1.36 +41.9
Metropolitan West TtlRetBdPlan10.88 -.01 +8.2 Vanguard TtlSMIdxAdmrl 81.16 -4.94 +9.8
Old Westbury LgCpStrats 15.26 -.78 +8.7 Vanguard TtlSMIdxIns 81.17 -4.94 +9.8 87 Great Lakes Dredge 670 10.33 t -1.02 -4.1
PGIM Investments TtlRetBdZ 14.71 -.08 +5.9 Vanguard TtlSMIdxInv 81.13 -4.94 +9.7 88 Sanfilipo John 641 72.76 t -3.60 -22.5
PIMCO AlAstInstl 11.08 -.36 -1.2 Vanguard USGrAdmrl 148.53-10.70 +42.9
89 Century Aluminum 588 6.58 t -1.02 +10.7
PIMCO IncA m 11.70 -.06 +3.2 Vanguard ValIdxAdmrl 39.96 -2.29 -7.4
PIMCO IncI2 11.70 -.06 +3.5 Vanguard ValIdxIns 39.96 -2.29 -7.4 90 Groupon Inc 557 19.39 t -1.05 -63.9
PIMCO IncInstl 11.70 -.06 +3.6 Vanguard WlngtnAdmrl 74.07 -2.93 +4.5 91 Tenneco Inc 525 8.62 t -.59 -41.5
PIMCO TtlRetIns 10.86 -.02 +7.2 Vanguard WlngtnInv 42.90 -1.69 +4.5
Schwab SP500Idx 50.75 -3.03 +11.0 92 Acco Brands Corp 497 5.27 t -1.17 -41.9
Vanguard WlslyIncAdmrl 65.66 -1.63 +3.5
Schwab TtlStkMktIdx 57.62 -3.50 +11.3 93 QCR Holdings Inc 490 31.03 t -.34 -24.9
Vanguard WlslyIncInv 27.11 -.67 +3.4
T. Rowe Price BCGr 151.14 -9.42 +29.9
Vanguard WndsrAdmrl 62.58 -3.83 -6.2 94 Fst Mid Bancshares 464 27.76 t -1.49 -17.8
T. Rowe Price CptlAprc 33.27 -1.28 +11.1
T. Rowe Price EqInc 26.24 -1.56 -11.6 Vanguard WndsrIIAdmrl 61.84 -3.70 +3.3
95 Enova Intl Inc 462 15.35 t -2.06 -31.6
T. Rowe Price GrStk 87.36 -5.92 +27.9 Vanguard WndsrIIInv 34.85 -2.09 +3.2
WCM FocIntGrIns 21.33 -1.10 +21.1 96 Heidrick & Struggles 441 22.85 s +1.10 -16.6
T. Rowe Price HlthSci 92.00 -4.42 +25.9
T. Rowe Price LrgCpGrI 53.43 -3.49 +29.9 Western Asset CorBdI 13.61 -.04 +7.8 97 SP Plus Corp 425 18.43 t -.20 -53.4 Joe McGuinness, commissioner of the Indiana Depart-
T. Rowe Price MdCpGr 100.91 -5.86 +12.2 Western Asset CorPlusBdI 12.34 -.08 +7.0 98 Tribune Publishing 418 11.46 t -1.18 +40.8 ment of Transportation and NICTD chairman, celebrates
b - Fee covering market costs is paid from fund assets. d - Deferred sales charge, or redemption fee. 99 Heritage-Crystal Cln 383 16.48 s +.24 -39.9
m - Multiple fees are charged, usually a marketing fee and either a sales or redemption fee. s - fund after signing paperwork to launch the South Shore Line
split shares during the week. x - fund paid a distribution during the week. Source: Morningstar. 100 Lawson Prod 371 41.21 t -5.35 -12.1 West Lake Corridor project on Wednesday in Munster.
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BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION (HOLDINGS) USA, INC.
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Mgr Business Analyst
Riverwoods, IL
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exp in above listed skills. Pls apply thru https://jobs.discover.
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Dvlp value proposition for Salesforce’s products. Facilitate in-
ternal & external discovery around customer biz processes.
Req’s: MS(or equiv.)+2 yrs. exp. Or BS(or equiv.)+5 yrs. exp.
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efficient & effective risk & compliance mgmt practices by ad-
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Riverwoods, IL
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Oak Brook, IL
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OFFICE POLITICS
Campaign strategy: Forget about
the election—real political drama is
dominating the workplace
Tired of the political posturing?
The inflammatory accusations? The
get what they want, and once they get it,
they manage their projects and people like
anonymous tips? Unqualified ‘experts?’ they’re drowning since they have no real
Gossip hounds? Fake sincerity? idea how to do their jobs.”
Wait, you thought we were talking Whatever it takes
about the election? We’re talking about Carol, a former State Farm employee
your co-workers. who doesn’t want her last name used,
Engaging in workplace politics is as old says she has worked with a few of “those
as work itself. For centuries, people have people,” including one in particular who
jockeyed for position, trying to get ahead hastened her exit from the Bloomington,
while making others fall behind. It’s as Illinois, company. “I felt bad for the
American as a presidential election. people he duped, actually, because they
For many, though, the very idea of all have to clean up the mess he made,”
office politics is offensive, even if they she says. “The guy had no morals. He’d
often engage in it without realizing step over your body to get to the corner
it, according to Daniel Farrington, a office.”
corporate coach in Los Angeles. “Every According to Carol, the employee in
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bit of small talk at the watercooler or question – let’s just call him Employee
before your Zoom meeting is office X – was an office politics pro. “He knew
politics,” says Farrington. “Every email the names of your kids, where you liked
cc’d to your boss to show you’re not at to eat for lunch, which all sound good on
fault when a project goes bust is office the surface, but he also knew everything
politics.” about your job, like what you were
5935631 Farrington says political maneuvering supposed to do and whether or not you
Mail Resume in the workplace can help things get done. were doing it,” she says.
“People, by nature, compete with each And with that info, Employee X would
other,” he says. “The strong separate make “passive-aggressive statements
themselves from the weak and you get in meetings all the time, completely
classism right there at work. Office unsolicited, like ‘Hey Carol, I haven’t
politics is about surrounding yourself with seen the California update yet but I’m
the strong and leaving the weak to fight sure it’s because you’re pretty swamped
for themselves.” right now, so let me know if I can do
The problem, according to Farrington, anything to help,’” she says. “It was pretty
is when unqualified people try to thrust brilliant. He’d call you out and then offer
themselves into positions and situations to help. He’d pull a complete jerk move
that are far above their capabilities. to a co-worker and then look like a team
“We’ve all worked with those people player in front of the boss.”
Apply Online – the guy who throws his co-workers Farrington says office political pros like
under the boss even when it’s his fault; Employee X eventually get sifted out, but
the guy who thinks he deserves the job not always. “I’m sure there are numerous
because he’s been there the longest, even executives around the world who have
though he’s incompetent,” Farrington politicized their way to the top,” he says.
says. “You have to watch out for those — Marco Buscaglia, Careers
people. They’ll mislead their managers to
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MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC - is accepting resumes for the po-
sition of Staff Researcher, System in Chicago, IL (Ref. #84471).
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area of connectivity, authentication and security, machine MSID U.S., INC. (D/B/A MOTHERSONSUMI INFOTECH AND
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DESIGNS) - in Chicago, IL, is seeking Senior SAP Logistics De-
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lency degree accepted. EOE/Affirmative Action Employer. may req relo @ proj end. Mail resumes to: MSID U.S., Inc.
Motorola Mobility LLC is accepting resumes for the position (D/B/A MothersonSumi Infotech and Designs), ATTN: HR, 9 W.
of Advisory Software Researcher in Chicago, IL (Ref. #84423). Washington St., Suite 411, Chicago IL 60602
Conduct applied research in software and hardware technolo-
gies, connectivity, sensors and sensor fusion, IoT, augmented/
virtual reality, computer vision, natural language processing,
human computer interaction, authentication and security, and
distributed systems. Research new technologies and build
proof of concepts and prototypes that showcase state-of-the-
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art concepts for the company’s next generation devices and
services. To apply, go to http://lenovocareers.com/ and search Marketing and Business Development Analyst
for Job ID #(84423). No phone calls. Must be legally authorized
to work in U.S. without sponsorship. EOE. Motorola Mobility
Chicago, IL Apply by Mail
OCEAN TOMO, LLC - To perform research to identify potential
LLC is accepting resumes for the position of Baseband Electri-
cal Engineer in Chicago, IL (Ref. #84424). Perform baseband marketing opportunities in China. Requires: Bachelor’s degree
in advertising, marketing, television management or related
simulation, validation, optimization, and debug efforts in a lab
environment. Perform system level testing relative to carrier field (willing to accept foreign education equivalent) plus two
or certification body specifications. To apply, go to years of experience in marketing & business development
http://lenovocareers.com/ and search for Job ID #(84424). No or, alternatively, a master’s degree (willing to accept foreign
Apply by Mail phone calls. Must be legally authorized to work in U.S. with- education equivalent) & no experience. Specific skills/other
out sponsorship. EOE. Motorola Mobility LLC is accepting re- requirements – Must also possess the following (quantita-
sumes for the position of Staff HW Engineer in Chicago, IL (Ref. tive experience requirements not applicable to this section):
#84429). Take ownership of the full life-cycle development of WeChat, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Weibo & Zhihu social
the antennas, from fundamental design phases through prod- media platforms; Google Analytics; Final Cut Pro; Salesforce;
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and CXD teams to verify design proposals that work within tions; e-mail marketing; creating & editing marketing videos; &
Chinese market development & social media. Submit resume
the framework of the product. To apply, go to
http://lenovocareers.com/ and search for Job ID #(84429). No
phone calls. Must be legally authorized to work in U.S. without
to Ocean Tomo, LLC, Zachary Malone, 200 West Madison 37th
Fl, Chicago, IL 60606. Reference Position Number: 13
sponsorship. EOE. Motorola Mobility LLC is accepting resumes
for the position of Staff Engineer, RF Performance in Chicago, Marketing Coordinator 5904000
IL (Ref. #84430). Build and maintain expertise in international Chicago, IL amir_wassef@egusllc.com
RF Exposure standards compliance, including those for 5G
EGUS LLC - Plan and coordinate marketing policies for
products operating above 6 GHz (mm wave). Build and main-
tain expertise in international EMC standards compliance, expansion of soy food product sales in the Middle East. Fluen-
cy in Arabic and English required.Must travel to Egypt 3 times
particularly FCC. To apply, go to http://lenovocareers.com/
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authorized to work in U.S. without sponsorship. EOE.
Product Marketing Manager
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MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC - is accepting resumes for the
mngmnt plns for cnsmbl dntl care prods. Req’s: Bach or frgn
position of Senior RF Engineer in Chicago, IL (Ref. #84432).
equiv in Mrktg, Biomdcal Mtrls Sci or dntstry rltd fld & 3 yrs of
Responsible for the design, development, testing, and debug
of GSM/CDMA/WCDMA/LTE/5G transmitters and receivers.
Review and modify schematics and layouts to provide best
exp in any pstn in Prod/Clncl Rsrch & Dvlpmnt rltd in dntl or
mdcl dvce indstry. Reqs exp: 1 yr exp in Prjct Mngmnt in mdcl
dvce/hlthcr indstry, incldng mngmnt & exctn of prjcts rltd to
opportunity to meet performance requirements and to mini-
dntl prod dvlpmnt, lnch & pst-lnch, & pre-clncl rsrch; 1 yr exp
mize issues. To apply, go to http://lenovocareers.com/ and
search for Job ID #(84432). No phone calls. Must be legally
in dntl cre & rstrtve prod mrkt dt & trnds anlys, to dvlp dntl
cre prod pstng; 3 yrs exp in mtrl sci knwldg of dntl cre prod,
authorized to work in U.S. without sponsorship. EOE. Motorola
incldng dntl cmnts & rstrtve prdcts spcfctns, mtrls, & physcl
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also accelerating. People are realizing they want fewer, higher-

Wardrobe quality suits that are durable and will last and can be rotated
and more versatile for at-home wearing.
• Even in a remote, socially-distanced life, there’s still a role

revisited for suits, whether it’s a virtual interview or virtual date, and as
we begin to navigate re-openings across the country, suits will
come back, albeit in a more comfortable, flexible format.
Constance Hubbell, founder of The Hubbell Group, a Boston-
Dressing for work in a post- based strategic communications and reputation management
firm, agrees that more formal business attire isn’t dead quite yet.
pandemic world “When people are dressed professionally, they look and feel

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arlier this year, Richard Durham removed all
the striped shirts in his closet. “It was a purge,”
says the 27-year-old medical editor, who lives in
Columbus, Ohio. “I’m in video calls every day and
I realized I looked like a test pattern. My eyes hurt when I’d
see myself on screen.”
To replace his collection of “mostly blue, mostly thinly
striped” shirts, Durham went on an online buying binge,
although he says it wasn’t much to get excited about. “I bought
nine shirts — all solid colors,” he says. “They’re boring but
they look much, much better online.”
Navigating a wardrobe today is much different than it was as
recently as last year. Is it worth spending money on clothes that
are rarely seen when employees work from home? And if they
do buy new clothes, should they only concern themselves with
what’s happening from the waist up?
“All the rules have changed,” says Sarah Smith, a former
buyer for Macy’s. “We aren’t really sure about what we should
wear and that’s spilling over into what we buy.”
But Smith says that doesn’t mean people don’t care how they
look. Instead, she thinks today’s employees — whether they’re
working from home or not — view their wardrobe as one entity.
“They don’t break it up into work clothes, casual clothes, going-
out clothes,” she says. “Today, it’s all the same. And whether
they’re working from their kitchen or from the office, whether
they’re dressed up or dressed down, they want to look good.”
Emerging options
Lee Caraher, president and CEO of Double Forte, a
creative communications agency with offices in New York,
San Francisco and Eau Claire, Wisconsin, says two types of
workers are emerging from the stay-at-home scene. The first,
she says, is never going back to work attire for a combination
of reasons. “For starters, they don’t have to. The work world
has seen that work from home and work-casual actually works.
It’s the quality of the work that matters — space and style are
superfluous,” says Caraher. “Plus, they want to save money —
they’ve faced job losses and reduced retirement accounts; they
Work attire looks a little different because of
the pandemic.
won’t be buying ties or pumps.”
Caraher thinks today’s workers will build “capsule
wardrobes,” a collection of quality pieces of clothing that can
serve multiple scenarios and functions.
Suit up
But not everyone’s going casual, according to Caraher. She
thinks a second group of workers — when they return to the
office — will come back more formal than before. “They
endured the hoodies and baseball caps during stay-at-home but
they want that experience behind them,” she says. “They will
be back in the office and they will be dressed to the nines.”
Micky Onvural, CEO of Bonobos, a menswear clothing
brand based in New York, agrees that the lines between
workwear and casualwear, which were once clearly defined,
have become blurred, especially now that so many are working
remotely and may continue to do so for the long-term. “Remote
or not, work is no longer nine-to-five and so it crosses over
into every aspect of our personal lives and vice versa,” Onvural
says. “Casual workwear has emerged as a trend in and of itself,
allowing for personalization and self-expression.”
Onvural sees an increased desire for comfort-fitting clothes:
• Suits will be more flexible in terms of styling
• Treating jackets and pants as separates that can be worn
together in more formal situations and worn separately in more
casual situations.
• With many people working from home — life slowing
down in some regards — the quality over quantity trend is
more successful. That won’t change entirely but we likely will
see a step up from casual dress during the lockdown to smart
business casual as things reopen,” she says
Hubbell points out that when people began working
from home, they left a significant portion of their wardrobe
untouched. “During the shutdown, dry cleaners were closed
in many places and, as a result, people got used to getting by
without the cleaners,” Hubbell says. “This is another reason
why we may see more people dressing with a higher level of
casual instead of full executive attire.”
Checking in
Hubbell says she sees more employers surveying their
employees about their thoughts on a dress code that will work best
as offices reopen. “That’s a smart strategy: Ask about employees’
concerns and fears. If you don’t know, you won’t be able to
address those anxieties,” she says. “The initial survey might yield
other insights into how your employees’ hiatus has changed their
mindset about everything from social distancing to dress.”
Durham says some of his on-site projects required business
casual in the past but when he has shown up to three different
offices this year, he noticed a change in how his employer’s
full-time workers dressed. “As a contractor, I try to emulate
what the people who work there wear — everyone does, if
they’re smart. I don’t want to stick out,” he says. “But when I
had to go into the office, I was overdressed. Everyone was in
jeans, not khakis like before.”
Durham says he emailed his project manager to make sure
he wasn’t misinterpreting the new dress code. “And he sent me
survey results from their team,” he says. “They asked and people
answered. And the consensus was “professional but comfortable.”
Maybe that’s a new term, I don’t know, but I like it.”
Regardless, Durham says he’s confident his new attire — his
collection of solid, button-down shirts — will work if he has to
return to the office, no matter the dress code. “Business attire?
Tucked into my khakis. Casual? Untucked over my jeans,” he
says. “I’m set either way.”
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Time to accessorize: With options
limited, WFH employees opt for
camera-ready style
For women working from home who
spend more time in video conferencing,
Lee Caraher, president and CEO of
Double Forte, says earrings have
become the new shoes. “You’ll see
women focusing on the shoulders up for
their camera time and spending money
on a variety of big earrings -- just like
they used to focus on shoes for their
work ‘uniforms,’” she says.
Derek Albert, a marketing consultant
in San Antonio, Texas, says he
accessorizes with 12 pairs of reading
glasses. “And not the cheap kind,” he
says. “I’ve got kind of a problem. I’m
ordering them online all the time and
it’s become my thing, I guess. My
co-workers are disappointed if I wear
the same pair two days in a row.”
Albert says his favorite are what he
calls his “Yoko Ono cheaters,” which he
bought from a CVS last year as a joke.
“Now, I love them. They’re giant and
they’re clunky and they cover up 75
percent of my face but they’re great,”
he says. “And I can see a mile in these
things. They give me Superman vision.”
Michael Diaz, a paralegal in Chicago,
says the way he accessories is by
constantly changing up his facial hair.
“When I worked from home, I’d grow
a beard, trim it, shave everything but a
mustache or a goatee, then do it all over
again,” he says. “Boredom can spark a
lot of creativity.”
Now that Diaz is working in the office
two days a week, he tries to be clean-
shaven but he admits it’s hard. “You get
used to something and it’s hard to go
back,” Diaz says. “Now that it’s getting
colder, I might just grow a full beard
until spring and be done with it.”
If there’s a sure sign of COVID-19
accessorizing, it’s practically written
across our faces. “Masks will play
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says Constance Hubbell, founder
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“For many, the mask will become a
personalized expression of their taste,
a stylish twist for their working-day
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Lauren Block, a 31-year-old marketing
specialist in Tacoma, Washington, says
she tries to match her masks to her
outfit. “I pay visits to clients so I need
to dress to impress,” Block says. “And I
don’t want a throwaway surgical mask.
I want to look like I’m put together.”
The desire to match her masks to
her outfits has created a bit of a space
crunch for Block at home. “I don’t even
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says. “I stopped counting at 30. But
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drawer, so I probably have a lot more
than that now.”
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Tigers hang
on without
Lawrence
Freshman DJ Uiagalelei
threw for 342 yards and two
touchdowns in relief of Trevor
Lawrence, home with
COVID-19, and No. 1 Clemson
rallied from 18-points down in
the first half to defeat Boston
College 34-28 on Saturday.
Travis Etienne became the
ACC’s all-time rushing leader
and his second TD put the
Tigers (7-0, 6-0 Atlantic Coast
Conference) ahead for good. A
jarring week for Clemson
ended with its 28th straight
win over league competition,
10th straight over the Eagles
and 27th in a row at home.
Clemson was missing sev-
eral key players. Lawrence was
out after testing positive for the
SAINTS AT BEARS virus and starting linebackers
James Skalski and Mike Jones
3:25 P.M. SUNDAY, FOX-32 Jr. were missing because of

Identity
injuries.
The Eagles (4-3, 3-3) took
advantage, putting Clemson in
a 28-10 hole in the second
quarter with the virus-reduced
crowd stunned.

crisis
Clemson coach Dabo Swin-
ney told his team at halftime,
“Don’t flinch.”
“It’s been a long time since
we’ve been down like this,” he
said. “We’re fixing to find out
what this team’s made of.”
Matt Nagy, Bears trying It’s made of highly talented
players ready for the moment
to figure out what like Uiagalelei, who showed
why he was a five-star prospect
they do well, jump-start coveted by every college power
and the heir apparent once
offense stuck in neutral Lawrence leaves for the NFL.
Uiagalelei ran for a 30-yard
TD on Clemson’s opening
third-quarter drive to begin the
Bears coach Matt Nagy comeback, then threw an 8-
seemed at least open-minded yard scoring strike to Amari
at first to the suggestion of Rodgers that drew the Tigers
potentially giving up play- within 28-26.
calling duties to help his strug- Etienne, Clemson’s other
gling offense get on track. Heisman contender, put the
“There’s no opposition from Tigers in front for good with a
me if we feel like that that’s Dan 17-yard touchdown run with
what the issue is,” Nagy said Wiederer 11:34 to go.
Tuesday, a day after his of- On the Bears The Eagles got the ball back
fense went without a touch- with 1:24 to. But Phil Jurkovec
down in a lopsided loss to the Rams. “So we look was called for intentional
at that. Right now, with where we’re at, that’s grounding in the end zone for a
not where we think it’s at.” Tigers’ safety, a fitting end to a
To be clear, Nagy’s public consideration of second-half shutout by the
that potential move was never an indication of a Clemson defense. Etienne ran
leaning. By Thursday, when he was asked what for 84 yards, pushing him to
he might consider as a potential breaking point 4,644 in his four seasons and
to trigger such a transfer of power, Nagy under- past North Carolina State’s Ted
standably avoided entertaining a failure-based Brown (4,602) as the ACC’s
hypothetical. all-time leader.
“That feels like somewhat of a negative
thought that I would have in my head,” he said. — Associated Press
“Like, when are things going to go so bad that
I’m going to give up play calling? And when are
things going to go so bad that we’re going to do THE QUOTE
this or that? I know that’s where this world is at
today. There’s a lot of negativity and people feed “We’re still having
off that. … I understand the question, but I really
try hard not to go there.” additions in our
In short, Nagy believes other practical solu- cases, and that’s
Turn to Wiederer, Page 2 something we’ve
MORE COVERAGE got to get our arms
■ WR Allen Robinson likely to play in Sunday’s
game against Saints. Page 2
around and control
■ Switching play-calling duties likely wouldn’t be it.”
a cure-all for Bears, Brad Biggs writes. Back Page
— Wisconsin athletic director
Bears coach Matt Nagy said he would not give Barry Alvarez in regards to
up play-calling duties for Sunday’s game. COVID-19 cases rising to 22
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Like him or not, LaRussa’s here, so just live with it
Unhappy fans shouldn’t
let new manager lessen
their love for White Sox
The choice we face in these
polarizing times is a difficult one.
Either we march forward
together into the future, pushing
aside our differences for the
common goal, or continue to
wallow in our deep divisions over
a man many deem unfit for a job
that deeply affects our lives.
Paul Sullivan
In the Wake of the News
So what is it going to be, White
Sox fans? Are you going to accept
Tony La Russa as your new leader
or will #NotMyManager be the
FOOTBALL INSIDE
Notre Dame has no
stumbles against Geor-
MORE BASEBALL COVERAGE inherited Robin Ventura from gia Tech, rolls to win
Cubs pick up Anthony Rizzo’s 2021 former GM Ken Williams and ahead of showdown with
option for $16.5 million. Page 6 slid bench coach Rick Renteria No. 1 Clemson. Page 2
over when the rebuild began in Northwestern goes on
2017. 17-3 run to edge host
mantra in 2021? Like Cubs President Theo Iowa. Page 2
Never has an organization Epstein did on the North Side, Short-handed Illini
done as much to upset its fan base Hahn gained the trust of Sox fans stumble against
as the Sox have done with their by executing his game plan to Purdue, despite late
decision to hire the 76-year-old near-perfection over the last four rally. Page 3
La Russa as manager. years, backing up his words with
Michigan State upsets
This was supposed to be the deeds and watching it come to
Michigan in Ann Arbor.
first real managerial hire for
Page 4
general manager Rick Hahn, who Turn to Sullivan, Page 6
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Team
BEARS
FIRE
BEARS
WR Robinson likely to play
By Dan Wiederer
Bears receiver Allen Robinson
has cleared the league’s concus-
sion protocol and been given the
green light to play Sunday after-
noon against the New Orleans
Saints.
Robinson suffered his concus-
sion late in the fourth quarter
Monday night in a 24-10 loss to the
Los Angeles Rams and did not
participate in any of the team’s
Wiederer
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tions to enliven the offense must
be tried first.
“We feel very confident with
the players we have and with the
plays that we’re calling,” he said.
“And we realize there’s a lot more
to it than just (play calling). What
I said the other day was real. We
always look at everything. We
evaluate it all. But no.”
No, as in Nagy won’t be hand-
ing his laminated play sheet to
offensive coordinator Bill Lazor
or quarterbacks coach John De-
Filippo or passing game coor-
dinator Dave Ragone anytime
soon.
Not yet, certainly. Maybe not
ever.
That leaves the Bears to dial in
on their ongoing quest to estab-
lish an offensive identity, a task
that shouldn’t be taking nearly as
long as it has.
Week after week, starting
quarterback Nick Foles empha-
sizes the need for the Bears to
settle on that identity. And soon.
Foles’ wishes are echoes of
similar sentiments Nagy has
expressed dating all the way back
to training camp in 2019. Yet the
progress toward crystallizing an
identity has been minimal at best.
With a running game that is
the least productive in the NFL at
84.1 yards per game and an of-
fense that remains stuck in the
bottom five in total yardage —
29th at 308 per game — the Bears
aren’t doing much to keep oppos-
ing defensive coordinators up at
night.
They haven’t topped 300 yards
in any of Foles’ four starts, have
managed just seven touchdowns
before the fourth quarter all sea-
son and rank 27th as a team in
passer rating.
With the offense’s push to find
its identity ongoing — and seem-
ingly not going well — Foles was
asked this week what the most
important behind-the-scenes
discussions are that can aid in
that process.
“That’s a good question,” he
said. “Just keeping it generic, it’s
‘Who do we want to be with the
personnel and the coaches that
we have?’ That’s really the (main)
question and that’s what where
we’re working toward.”
Asked whether that meant first
identifying the strengths of indi-
vidual players and then blending
those with the strengths of the
offense as a whole, Foles nodded.
r“It’s everything,” he said. “It’s
what do we want to do sche-
matically with the personnel (we
have). So along with that, who are
our players and what do they do
well? And how do we scheme
around that? That’s what our
coaches are working toward. And
that’s what great offenses do.
They scheme around their per-
sonnel and who they have to put
their players in the best position
to be successful when it’s game
day.”
It sounds simple enough. But
for whatever reason, the Bears
haven’t been able to find that
groove. And Nagy’s fingerprints
are all over the struggles. Nagy’s
next big step might revolve
around his ability to take the
Bears’ best offensive playmakers
and those they have made heavy
investments in — guys such as
Allen Robinson, Jimmy Graham,
David Montgomery, Anthony
Miller and Cole Kmet — and
strategize so they are better posi-
tioned to have a significant im-
pact on every game and really
every series.
Lazor, who was the offensive
coordinator with the Dolphins for
two seasons in 2014-15 and with
the Bengals for two more in 2017-
18, was asked what he has found
to be the proper path to finding
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three practices this week. Because
of that, league rules required he be
designated as doubtful for the
game on Friday’s official injury
report.
But by clearing concussion pro-
tocol Saturday, Robinson no long-
er carries an injury designation
and is expected to play Sunday at
Soldier Field.
Robinson has 44 catches for
544 yards and two touchdowns in
the Bears’ 5-2 start. He has been
The Bears haven’t topped 300 yards of offense in any of Nick Foles four
starts at quarterback, including Monday’s 24-10 loss.
an offensive identity.
“The simple answer,” Lazor
said, “is to start with the vision of
the boss and what he wants it to
look like. And I don’t even mean
the specifics. I mean the vision,
big picture, what you want the big
descriptions of your team to look
like when you’re on the field.
“Then, No. 2, as a coaching
staff you work like crazy to make
sure you’re constantly evaluating
whether you are doing the best
things for the players you have.
That’s the quick answer.”
Lazor was then asked where
the 2020 Bears are in that process
as they head into their eighth
game and fifth with Foles as the
starting quarterback.
“With the production or lack
thereof and with our numbers
recently, I don’t think you can
answer that we are in a good spot
with it, right?” he said. “But that
doesn’t mean we don’t have a
vision of it. And maybe for some
of the vision we feel like, OK, our
strategy for getting to that wasn’t
the right one. For whatever rea-
son. Or maybe we ran up against a
team that took something away
that we (thought we) could rely
on. Or maybe it’s because we just
have to find a different way.”
Without question, the internal
aggravation at Halas Hall has
intensified.
“We put a lot into this, the
players and coaches, so when it’s
not coming out the way we want
it to, it’s frustrating,” Lazor said.
“It’s hard. We spend a lot of hours
here, a lot of time. We sacrifice a
lot of things to get it done. And
when it’s not the way you want it,
it’s frustrating. We’ve just got to
channel the frustration. We’re
human. But channel that into,
OK, if that didn’t work that way,
let’s keep our vision. Because
that’s what’s important to us. And
we’ll find a better way to do it.”
On Sunday afternoon at Soldier
Field, the Bears will encounter a
Saints offense that has been
tweaking its identity some this
season. Star receiver Michael
Thomas hasn’t played since the
season opener and is out for Sun-
day. Fellow receiver Emmanuel
Sanders remains on the reserve/
COVID-19 list. And the Saints
have been building a lot of what
they do around running back
Alvin Kamara, who’s on pace for
2,200 yards from scrimmage and
19 touchdowns.
Still, since coach Sean Payton
and quarterback Drew Brees
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Monday Tuesday
the most reliable and consistent
weapon in an offensive attack that
has struggled in the first half of the
season.
The Bears enter Sunday with
the league’s 29th ranked offense,
averaging just 308.0 yards per
game.
Since Nick Foles became the
starting quarterback in Week 4,
the Bears offense has managed
only five touchdowns in its four
games.
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united in 2006, the Saints have
had an established identity that
has allowed Brees to average
300.4 passing yards per game
with 478 total touchdown passes.
In addition, the Saints have had a
top-10 offense in every season
Brees and Payton have been to-
gether. (By contrast, the Bears
have had only one top-10 offense
and four bottom-five offenses
during that span.)
Payton was asked this week for
his big-picture philosophy on
solidifying an identity.
“It starts always with the inter-
nal evaluation of your personnel,”
he said. “At times we’ve fluctu-
ated, based on whether we’re
stronger at receiver or tight end.
Same way at running back. And
then hopefully you begin the
process of acquiring players to
your specific scheme. … There are
a number of different systems and
a number of different ways to call
plays as far terminology, depend-
ing on what you want to do. But a
lot of it is based on the personnel
that you’re playing with. That’s
how we look at it.”
Payton acknowledged Brees’
presence has certainly been a
major plus.
“The quarterback has been
constant,” he said. “That’s unusu-
al for 15 years. And we don’t take
it for granted. But outside of that,
there have been a lot of different
pieces.”
To that end, the Saints have
had six players lead the team in
receiving since 2006 and seven
players lead the team in rushing.
Overall, they have had 15 offen-
sive players besides Brees named
to the Pro Bowl.
Still, year after year, Payton has
proved his ability to mold his
big-picture vision around his
players. That’s an ongoing proc-
ess even for the best offenses. At
present, the Saints are 11th in the
NFL in total offense, averaging
384.5 yards per game.
For what it’s worth, even in a
“down year” by their standards,
the Saints total-yardage average is
higher than the Bears’ output in
six of their seven games this sea-
son and 31 of the 40 contests
they’ve played since Nagy became
coach in 2018.
At some point, the Bears’
promises to find their identity
have to be backed up by consis-
tent production on game days. If
they aren’t, perhaps more signifi-
cant changes might need to be
made and not just considered.
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Notre Dame running back Kyren Williams rushed for 76 yards and
scored two touchdowns Saturday to help defeat Georgia Tech.
NOTRE DAME 31, GEORGIA TECH 13
Irish not caught
looking ahead
By Paul Newberry
Associated Press
ATLANTA — Notre Dame
spent the past couple of weeks
prepping for the biggest game of
the year.
Now it’s here.
Bring on Clemson!
Kyren Williams ran for two
touchdowns, Ian Book passed
for another and No. 4 Notre
Dame turned in a dominant
defensive performance, stifling
Georgia Tech 31-13 on Saturday.
Next up for the Fighting Irish:
a showdown against top-ranked
Clemson in South Bend, Ind.
“This is an awesome opportu-
nity,” defensive end Daelin
Hayes said. “We don’t have to
beat around the bush anymore.
It’s Clemson week, baby.!”
Notre Dame (6-0, 5-0 Atlantic
Coast) won’t have to face Trevor
Lawrence, the star quarterback
who will have to sit out the game
after testing positive for
COVID-19.
“I feel for him,” Book said. “I
know this is probably killing him
inside. But he doesn’t play de-
fense. We’ve got to do what we
do.”
Book completed 18 of 26
passes for 199 yards in another
efficient performance. Williams
shook off a fumble that Georgia
Tech returned for a long touch-
down, scoring on runs of 2 and 4
yards. He finished with 76 yards
on 15 carries.
Notre Dame had nine tackles
behind the line, five sacks and
two forced fumbles.
Hayes was the standout, forc-
ing both fumbles and coming up
with his first two sacks of the
season. Safety Kyle Hamilton
contributed five tackles, two for
NORTHWESTERN 21, IOWA 20
Wildcats climb out
of big hole to win
By Adam Hensley
Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Jesse
Brown scored the go-ahead
touchdown on a 2-yard run in
the third quarter, and North-
western erased an early 17-point
deficit to beat Iowa 21-20 on
Saturday.
The Wildcats outscored the
Hawkeyes 21-3 after the first
quarter, eating up clock and
keeping the Hawkeyes offense
out of rhythm.
The Wildcats are 2-0 in the
Big Ten for the first time since
2014. Iowa is 0-2 for the first time
since 2000.
Peyton Ramsey threw for 130
yards on 11-of-18 passing and ran
26 yards, and Isaiah Bowser had
25 carries for 85 yards for the
Wildcats.
Spencer Petras threw all three
of his interceptions in the second
half, the last one on a tipped ball
that linebacker Blake Gallagher
picked off, allowing Northwest-
ern to go into victory formation.
Iowa’s 17-0 first-quarter lead
came after Northwestern gifted
the Hawkeyes with two turn-
overs — a muffed punt inside the
Thursday
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a loss, and broke up a pass.
“If Daelin continues to play at
that level with a Kyle Hamilton
and the other pieces to this
defense, then we’re gonna get to
where we want to be,” coach
Brian Kelly said. “That’s when
this defense really starts to
become special.”
There’s nothing special about
Georgia Tech (2-5, 2-4), which
has lost three in a row by a
combined score of 152-47.
“Yeah, their defense is pretty
good,” freshman quarterback
Jeff Sims said. “But I feel like if
we had executed the offense a
little better, it would’ve been a
different outcome.”
Leading the ACC in time of
possession and ranked in the top
10 nationally, Notre Dame lived
up to its ball-hogging reputation
on the first possession. Book
guided a 15-play, 81-yard drive
that included four straight third-
down conversions before an
8-yard TD pass to Joe Wilkins.
Georgia Tech’s bright spot
was provided by the defense.
With Notre Dame seemingly
driving for a two-touchdown
lead to start the second quarter,
Williams had the ball stripped
away by Juanyeh Thomas just
before the runner’s knee hit the
ground.
Zamari Walton scooped it up
and scooted 93 yards down the
sideline for the longest fumble
return in school history.
But that was merely a brief
stumble for the Irish, who re-
sponded with a 75-yard drive
capped by Williams’ 2-yard
score, led 17-7 at halftime and
finished off the home team when
C’Bo Flemister scored on a
3-yard scamper early in the
fourth quarter.
5-yard line and a fumble near
midfield. From there, though,
Northwestern regained control.
Kyric McGowan scored on a
3-yard run and Brown scored
from the 1 to pull the Wildcats
within 20-14.
Iowa punted three times, had
three passes intercepted and
turned the ball over on downs on
seven second-half possessions
that netted a total of 104 yards.
Northwestern won for the
fourth time in the least five
meetings and the third straight
in Iowa City.
For the second-straight week,
Iowa struggled to find consis-
tency on offense. Petras com-
pleted 26 of 50 passes for 216
yards, one touchdown and three
interceptions. There wasn’t
much help from the ground
game as the Hawkeyes averaged
just 3.3 yards per carry.
For the second straight week,
Northwestern held its opponent
to fewer than 80 rushing yards.
Aside from the two touchdown
drives — both coming off turn-
overs that gave it good field
position — Iowa couldn’t string
together much of anything
against the Wildcats.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PURDUE 31, ILLINOIS 24
Operating at a big deficit
Depleted Illini
fall short against
Boilermakers
By Shannon Ryan
Illinois started Saturday’s game with
a deficit.
The Illini were without 14 players —
two had contracted COVID-19 and
several others were out because of
contact tracing — for their home
opener against Purdue.
A decimated roster, shuffling at
positions and a slow start led to a 31-24
loss, dropping Illinois to 0-2.
The Boilermakers improved to 2-0
behind quarterback Aidan O’Connell’s
376 yards and two touchdown passes.
Here are three takeaways from the
game in Champaign:
1. The Illini went deep into depth
chart at quarterback.
Illinois starting quarterback Bran-
don Peters sat out after testing positive
Thursday for COVID-19. Isaiah
Williams, his backup, also missed the
game while in quarantine because of
contact-tracing protocols.
Third-string quarterback Matt Rob-
inson started the game but exited early
in the first quarter with a leg injury.
Bring in fourth-stringer Coran Tay-
lor.
“Stay ready to be ready,” Taylor, a
sophomore, said.
Low on the depth chart, Taylor
typically receives little action even in
practices. It wasn’t until Thursday after
Peters’ positive test that Taylor started
taking first- and second-team snaps.
After Illinois failed to score an
offensive touchdown in a 45-7 season-
opening loss to Wisconsin on Oct. 23,
Taylor showed he could provide a
spark. He went 17-for-29 for 273 yards
and two touchdowns while running for
32 yards.
His two fourth-quarter touchdown
passes helped cut into Purdue’s 31-10
lead and gave Illinois a chance at a
comeback.
He threw two interceptions and
coughed up two fumbles, leading to 14
Boilermakers points.
“When you’re fourth on the depth
chart, you don’t get a lot of plays during
practice preparing for the opponent,”
coach Lovie Smith said. “But Coran has
paid attention. He knows our offense,
and I thought he did a great job
considering the tough situation we
were forced to be in.”
Taylor seems like the likely starter
for Saturday’s game against Minnesota.
“It’d be real big, a big achievement
for me because that’s always been a
dream for me to start in college, any
college,” he said. “To start here is even
bigger. My family is happy, and I’m
proud of myself.”
2. Illinois also had to shuffle its
offensive line because of COVID-19
absences.
Quarterback wasn’t the only position
that needed replacements.
Center Doug Kramer sat out because
of COVID-19 contact-tracing protocols,
which led Illinois to move Kendrick
Green over from guard.
Jordyn Slaughter likely would have
filled in but also was out because of
COVID -19 quarantining. Alex
Pihlstrom filled in at guard.
Pihlstrom started as a walk-on tight
end in 2017. He didn’t play in 2018 and
appeared in just one game in 2019.
“The offensive line overall did a great
job, but especially Alex Pihlstrom,”
Smith said. “Kendrick Green moved to
center, and that’s tough, but for Alex to
move into that position, where he has
not played much at all, against that
Purdue defensive line, just like Coran
Taylor, our guys were put in tough
situations. But I thought they stepped
up and did a good job.”
Green said the team quickly focused
on coming together despite absences.
“We knew it was going to be hard but
we did better than anyone expected,”
Green said. “Coach always says we have
to come out and come together, so we
were able to do that.”
3. Rally comes up short on Illinois’
final drive.
If Illinois had scored on its final
drive, Smith said he would have been
aggressive and gone for the win with a
two-point conversion.
But it never came to that.
After the Illini rallied from a 31-10
deficit with two fourth-quarter touch-
downs — a 28-yard pass from Taylor to
Daniel Imatorbhebhe and a 9-yard pass
from Taylor to Brian Hightower — and
had the ball in Purdue territory.
On first down at the Purdue 15-yard-
line, Illinois opted for four straight
passing plays — and threw three
straight incompletions. On fourth
down, Taylor threw to Mike Epstein at
the Purdue 8 — well short of the
first-down marker despite an open
target in Luke Ford.
The Boilermakers took over and ran
out the clock.
“We had the ball with a chance to
win,” Smith said. “We were going to go
for two at the end. We had a chance at
the end of the game.”
Illinois quarterback Coran Taylor is upended by Purdue cornerback Simeon Smiley during the
first half Saturday in Champaign. The Boilermakers won 31-24.
What’s the college football season like
for those players who chose to opt out?
By Shannon Ryan
Ra’Von Bonner told himself not to cry.
The Illinois running back doesn’t regret
his decision not to play this season. But
watching a game instead of competing,
especially when his teammates struggled,
stirred up emotions Bonner had hoped
were quelled.
“It was really, really emotional for me. I
even cried after watching the game,”
Bonner said of the Illini’s 45-7 season-
opening loss at Wisconsin last week.
“Watching it, it’s different. I know the plays.
I know what people’s assignments are.
Those are still my brothers. It’s not like, ‘Oh,
I’m gone.’ I spent a lot of time there and
grew up with those guys. To see them lose
and lose like that, it was very hard. I don’t
like to cry.”
Bonner is one of 24 Big Ten players who
chose to opt out this season — an option
presented in light of the risks players might
be taking by competing during the
COVID-19 pandemic.
The NCAA Board of Directors ruled
schools must honor scholarships if players
elected not to play, and players can return
next season without losing eligibility.
High-profile players such as Virginia
Tech’s Caleb Farley, Miami’s Gregory
Rousseau and Penn State’s Micah Parsons
opted out, preferring to prepare for the
NFL draft instead. According to The
Athletic, 117 players opted out of the season.
Some, such as Minnesota receiver
Rashod Bateman and Ohio State corner-
back Shaun Wade, opted back in after the
Big Ten reversed course and voted to play
this fall.
Despite his emotions watching the Illini
loss with a few family and friends at his
mom’s home in Cincinnati, Bonner has no
regrets about skipping his senior season.
“I’m still at peace with my decision and
knowing I made the right one,” he said.
Some players who chose to sit out
experience a mix of emotions, a similar
resolve in their decision and the bizarre
feeling of having more free time than ever.
“I talked to some people, like, ‘What do
you do with your time?’ ” Iowa linebacker
Djimon Colbert said.
He has a German shepherd-Labrador
mix puppy who is “keeping me enter-
tained.”
Colbert, a junior who started every game
last season, watched Iowa’s 24-20 loss to
Purdue on Saturday alone in his apartment.
“I came to terms with my decision when
I made it,” he said. “(Watching the game)
wasn’t a bad experience for me. I watched
some of my guys out there get a chance to
play. It definitely was weird, though. I’ve
been out there two years playing. This is my
first time being at home for a Hawkeyes
football game.”
Colbert’s concerns about COVID-19 led
him to opt out early. He said several family
members have contracted the virus and his
uncle died after being hospitalized with it.
“That was pretty shocking,” he said.
“That made me look at the whole situation
differently.”
Seeing Wisconsin players contract the
virus after one game also validated his
decision.
“You don’t know much about this virus,
to pinpoint who has it, who doesn’t, which
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tests work, which don’t,” Colbert said
earlier this week when only Badgers
quarterback Graham Mertz’s positive test
was reported. “Seeing that stuff, it didn’t
make me feel better, like wanting to go out
there on the field.”
Since the Mertz news broke, Wisconsin
announced a team outbreak that forced the
cancellation of their game Saturday against
Nebraska.
But Colbert saw an added bonus to
opting out: extra time to heal.
He had surgery in January to repair a
torn labrum, which requires a six-month
recovery process and caused him to lose 20
pounds. He continued to work out but
COVID-19 restrictions kept him from some
team workouts this summer.
Extra time this season would allow him
to return next season in optimal shape,
Colbert said.
“I wasn’t making the progress I wanted
to make,” he said. “In the summer, I still
didn’t think I was where I wanted to be, so
that was another factor.”
Some players took the opportunity to
prepare for the draft instead of playing in a
season that could be canceled at any time.
Northwestern offensive tackle Rashawn
Slater decided to forgo his final season. He
returned to Texas, his home state, to train.
“It was really hard for me,” Slater told
The Athletic. “The guys on that team are
truly my brothers. But focusing on my
long-term goals was best for me. It is going
to be tough to watch those guys this
season.”
Bonner said the extra time without
workouts has given him more time to
dedicate to his graduate studies in social
work. He has loaded up on courses, taking
20 credit hours this semester, and is
involved in EMPOWER, a group for Illinois
athletes of color.
“There is so much that I’m learning,” he
said. “It’s just so cool. This is what I’m going
to do with my life. This is what I’m going to
be diving into, whether it’s learning how
law and social work go together or
cognitive behavioral therapy. It’s all great.
I’m really enjoying learning and just
growing as a young professional.”
Bonner decided to withdraw from
playing as the virus spread across the
nation. He has asthma, and both of his
grandmothers are cancer survivors.
He doesn’t use social media but said he
knows there are critics of those who
decided not to play.
“I don’t get into that drama,” Bonner
said. “Some people have to ask that and I
told them the same thing: I just didn’t think
it was the best decision. People can say
whatever they want to say. We’re the ones
risking (our) lives and risking the lives (of
others). That won’t be me.”
He hasn’t concentrated on whether he
should play next season, using his final
season of eligibility. He still is working out
to stay in shape.
“I don’t really have to think about it at
this moment,” Bonner said.
Meanwhile, watching the Iowa game
from the couch stirred another emotion in
Colbert.
“I definitely feel it already, that fire,” he
said. “It lights a fire under me to make sure
I’m in the best position for when I’m back
out there.”
3
COVID-19 strikes
again, this time
with QB Peters
The “We Want to
Play” campaign
never was a guaran-
tee that “We Will
Play.”
An ultimately
successful attempt
Shannon to push the Big Ten
Ryan into playing during a
On the Illini pandemic has left
many on the side-
lines in a season promising to be filled
with risks and pitfalls.
In just the second week of the season,
the conference is 0-for-2 in getting
through it virus-free.
Wisconsin’s and Illinois’ starting
quarterbacks, whose teams played each
other Oct. 23 in Madison, contracted
COVID-19.
Wisconsin announced earlier in the
week it canceled its Saturday game
against Nebraska as positive tests
mounted. As of Saturday, the team
knew of 22 positive tests — 12 players
and 10 staff members, including
quarterback Graham Mertz and coach
Paul Chryst.
Shortly before kickoff against Purdue
on Saturday in Champaign, Illinois
announced quarterback Brandon Peters
and tight end Griffin Moore would not
play in the home opener. They tested
positive Thursday and will sit out 21
days, per Big Ten rules.
Twelve other Illini players sat out.
Coach Lovie Smith said “most” missed
the 31-24 loss because of contact-tracing
quarantines, which Illinois followed at
the suggestion of the Center for Disease
Control and Prevention and local health
protocols. He would not say if any staff
members contracted COVID-19.
“It hit us late in the week,” Smith
said. “It’s hard to tell where it came
from. Did we go to Wisconsin? Yes. Did
we spend the night in Wisconsin? Yes,
we did. We were on a bus.
“We’re not in a bubble. We live in the
world. Things can happen. We don’t
have a big problem on our team with
guys who tested positive.”
On Thursday, Clemson quarterback
Trevor Lawrence, a Heisman Trophy
favorite, announced he contracted
COVID-19. More than 30 games
throughout FBS have been postponed
or canceled since the start of the season.
The Big Ten indicated it could be
different.
After watching the SEC, ACC and Big
12 continue to play, Big Ten presidents
and chancellors reversed course after
initially delaying its season until poten-
tially the spring. The conference faced
pressure from conservative politicians
— including the president — lawyered-
up parents of players and the prospect
of losing millions of dollars.
Many players pushed for stricter
protocols. And many campaigned with
the “We Want To Play” rally cry.
Touting its top-notch COVID-19
safety regulations that were stricter
than any other conference, the Big Ten
kicked off its season last weekend.
Daily testing was presented as a
near-guarantee — and interpreted that
way by legions of fans, players, players’
parents and others — the Big Ten plan
was as flawless as possible.
Instead, it’s not that much different
than other conferences so far.
None of this is shocking — but rather
predictable.
Illinois state health officials on Sat-
urday reported 7,899 new known
COVID-19 cases, surpassing Friday’s
single-day record and pushing the total
number of confirmed cases since the
pandemic’s onset to 410,300. Officials
also announced 46 fatalities, Saturday,
bringing the statewide toll to 9,757.
Wisconsin state health officials also
reported a single-day high Saturday
with 5,278 new cases, breaking Tues-
day’s record.
Yet too many coaches, fans and sports
media continue to discuss COVID-19 as
if it’s a sprained ankle instead of a con-
tagious and dangerous virus.
Whether Lawrence could return for
the top-ranked Tigers’ game against No.
4 Notre Dame on Saturday — Clemson
has ruled him out — was the topic of
conversations rather than his health or
if anyone outside of the team has been
infected. Wisconsin’s chance at a Big
Ten championship being in peril be-
cause of missed games is more of a
worry than what this means for Madi-
son, Wis., public health.
Long-term health effects, even for
young people who recover, are un-
known.
A test result is only as good as the
second it’s taken. Days can pass before
an asymptomatic carrier tests positive.
Athletes’ ability to spread the virus is
no different from anyone. It isn’t limited
to the confines of their stadiums. It can
be passed to vulnerable people in their
communities and their families in that
time.
“We don’t have a lot of positives,”
Smith said. “Contact tracing has
knocked more of our players out even
though we test each day.”
But as we have seen, that’s no
guarantee.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
MSU’s Connor Heyward celebrates after grabbing an onside kick to seal a win over Michigan on Saturday at Michigan Stadium.
MICHIGAN STATE 27, NO. 13 MICHIGAN 24
A Sparty party
1st-year MSU coach beats rival
behind Lombardi-White duo
By Larry Lage
Associated Press
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Outside of
Michigan State’s football program, few
expected the Spartans to beat No. 13
Michigan.
The people who mattered, though, had
all the confidence they needed to pull off
the upset.
Rocky Lombardi threw for 323 yards,
including 196 to Ricky White, and three
touchdowns to help Michigan State stun
the Wolverines 27-24 on Saturday.
“I know we were three-touchdown
underdogs, but everybody on this team
knew going into the game that we had a
chance and we had a good chance,”
Lombardi said.
The Spartans (1-1, 1-1 Big Ten) appeared
to be the better team all afternoon on both
sides of the ball in Mel Tucker’s debut as
coach in the rivalry. Tucker became just the
second coach to beat Michigan in his first
attempt with the Spartans, joining Alabama
coach Nick Saban, who did it in 1995. The
former Colorado coach started his career as
a graduate assistant for Saban at Michigan
State in 1997.
“Just to be mentioned in the same breath
with coach Saban is humbling for me,”
Tucker said. “But it’s more about our
players and our staff coming together.”
The Wolverines (1-1, 1-1) were favored to
win by 20-plus points and ended up
TEXAS 41, NO. 6 OKLAHOMA STATE 34 OT
Longhorns steer Cowboys away
Texas forces 4 turnovers in a
win that jumbles up the Big 12
By John Raby
Associated Press
STILLWATER, Okla. — Sam Ehlinger
threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Joshua
Moore in overtime and Joseph Ossai sealed
the victory by sacking Oklahoma State
quarterback Spencer Sanders as Texas
knocked off the previously unbeaten and
sixth-ranked Cowboys 41-34 on Saturday.
Oklahoma State (4-1, 3-1 Big 12) out-
gained Texas 530 yards to 287, but the
Cowboys turned the ball over four times
and saw their hopes to reach the College
Football Playoff take a major blow.
Same goes for the entire Big 12.
After Kansas State’s loss to West Virginia
earlier in the day, Oklahoma State entered
the game as the only remaining unbeaten
team in Big 12 play. Now, the race is jumbled
and Texas (4-2, 3-2) is back in the picture to
possibly play in the championship game.
Sanders passed for career highs of 400
yards and four touchdowns, but he fumbled
twice and threw an interception — turn-
overs that led to 17 Texas points. Tylan
Wallace caught 11 passes for 187 yards and
two touchdowns while Chuba Hubbard
was held to 72 yards on 25 carries for the
Cowboys.
Oklahoma State drove into Texas terri-
tory late in the first half with a 24-17 lead,
but Ossai stripped him and Texas defensive
tackle Ta’Quon Graham recovered and
returned the ball to the Oklahoma State 20.
D
Michigan’s Adam Shibley takes a knee after
the Wolverines lost to the Spartans on
Saturday at Michigan Stadium.
needing a late score to avoid losing by
double digits.
Jim Harbaugh’s team never led and
didn’t appear to have much energy in front
of family and friends in their mostly empty
stadium that holds 110,000-plus fans when
there isn’t a pandemic. Running back
Hassan Haskins scored on a 2-yard run with
37 seconds left to help Michigan pull within
three points. The onside kick was recovered
by Michigan State running back Connor
Heyward. Lombardi converted a fourth-
and-2 from the Michigan 36 with a sneak to
seal the victory.
Lombardi completed 17 of 32 passes and
Heyward caught two of his TD passes.
White, who averaged 24.5 yards on eight
receptions against a shaky secondary, also
scored on a catch in a breakout perform-
ance from a freshman wide receiver.
Texas’ Rafiti Ghirmai, 74, and the Longhorns celebrate their victory over OSU on Saturday.
The Longhorns got just a field goal out of it,
and Oklahoma State took a 24-20 lead into
the break.
Sanders threw his fourth touchdown
pass — a 9-yard toss to a well-covered
Wallace — to give Oklahoma State a 31-20
lead. Texas’ D’Shawn Jamison returned the
kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown. Texas
missed the extra point, and Oklahoma
State’s lead was 31-26 midway through the
third quarter.
Texas appeared to be stopped on its side
of the field in the fourth quarter, but a
roughing the punter call against Oklahoma
State extended the drive. On fourth-and-7 at
the Oklahoma State 12, Ehlinger rolled
away from pressure and found Jake Smith
NIC ANTAYA/GETTY PHOTOS
Play of the day
Late in the first half, a pivotal play helped
the Spartans pull off the upset.
Linebacker Antjuan Simmons, playing
across the street from where he played in
high school, broke up Haskins’ pass in the
end zone intended for tight end Carter
Selzer.
“He was open,” Haskins acknowledged.
“It was my fault. I should’ve put it up a little
more.”
The Wolverines settled for a field goal
that cut their deficit to 14-10 late in the first
half and that cost them four points in a
game lost by three.
“I said it last week after the game, that we
would be a better team this weekend,“
Simmons said. “I meant it.”
The takeaway
Michigan State: Tucker’s team bounced
back from a seven-turnover setback in last
week’s 38-27 loss to Rutgers with a
signature win early in his tenure.
“State fans and former players and
everyone deserve the brand of football that
we were able to show out there,” Tucker
said.
“Tough, physical, hard-nosed football,
team game, unselfish play, guys playing
together, guys playing for each other.”
Michigan: Harbaugh has a lot of work to do
to turn the team around, especially in the
secondary that was picked on early and
often by the Spartans.
“They were getting behind our de-
fense and getting the big play,“ Harbaugh
said. “That was a huge difference in the
game.”
BRIAN BAHR/GETTY
for the touchdown. Ehlinger connected
with Cade Brewer for the 2-point conver-
sion to put the Longhorns up 34-31 with
4:27 remaining.
Oklahoma State got a final shot in
regulation, getting the ball back with 1:13
remaining and no timeouts. Sanders com-
pleted 4 of 4 passes for 62 yards to put the
Cowboys in field goal range, then Alex Hale
hit a 34-yard field goal with 5 seconds
remaining to tie the score and force
overtime.
Poll implications
Oklahoma State likely will take a steep
drop after this loss at home. Texas could
find itself back in the Top 25.
NOTES
No Lawrence
next week vs.
Notre Dame
Associated Press
Clemson quarterback Trevor
Lawrence will not play for the top-
ranked Tigers at No. 4 Notre Dame next
week after testing positive for COVID-19.
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said
Lawrence would miss his second
straight week because of the virus.
Swinney was informed Thursday of
Lawrence’s test and ACC protocol re-
quires at least a 10-day isolation period,
plus medical testing post-isolation.
Freshman backup DJ Uiagalelei will
make his second college start with
Lawrence sidelined. The Tigers beat
Boston College 34-28 on Saturday with-
out Lawrence.
The Tigers had their latest round of
coronavirus testing on Friday.
Swinney said before the game
Lawrence was in good spirits and doing
well. The coach said Lawrence spoke to
the team that day via Zoom.
Illinois’ QB tests positive: Illinois
starting quarterback Brandon Peters is
not available for Saturday’s game against
Purdue, the team announced hours
before kickoff. Peters and tight end
Griffin Moore were announced as hav-
ing tested positive COVID-19 and were
ruled out against the Boilermakers. Both
tested positive on Thursday. Several
other players were ruled out because of
contact tracing. Peters and Moore are
eligible to return Nov. 21 against Ne-
braska, according to Big Ten rules.
Players in contact tracing will also miss
next week’s game against Minnesota,
though the university did not list who
was out specifically for contact tracing.
White leads Georgia: Zamir White
rushed for a carer-high 131 yards and a
touchdown, Stetson Bennett also ran for
a score and No. 5 Georgia beat Kentucky
14-3 on Saturday for its 11th straight win
in the series. Their scores opened both
halves as the Bulldogs (4-1 Southeastern
Conference) improved to 5-1 after byes
under coach Kirby Smart. Georgia’s 215
yards on the ground nearly outgained
the Wildcats’ total yardage (229). Ben-
nett completed 9 of 13 passes for 131
yards with two interceptions.
Iowa State keeps Kansas winless:
Breece Hall matched a career high with
185 yards rushing and two touchdowns,
Brock Purdy threw two TD passes and
had another score on the ground and
Iowa State routed Kansas. Purdy fin-
ished with 239 yards passing and Kene
Nwangwu also hit the end zone for the
Cyclones (4-2, 4-1 Big 12). They bounced
back from a tough loss to No. 6
Oklahoma State by beating the Jayhawks
for the sixth straight time. The only
bright spot for Kansas (0-6, 0-5) came on
a 100-yard kickoff return by Kenny
Logan in the second half.
Ridder keeps Cincy undefeated: Cin-
cinnati quarterback Desmond Ridder
spread the wealth, throwing touchdown
passes to three different receivers and
running for two, leading the undefeated
and No. 7 Bearcats to a surprisingly easy
49-10 win over Memphis, the defending
American Athletic Conference champi-
on.
Chants rout Georgia State: Grayson
McCall passed for 254 yards and four
touchdowns, Jaivon Heiligh scored
twice, and No. 20 Coastal Carolina
cruised to a 51-0 victory over Georgia
State. CJ Marable added two rushing
touchdowns and 100 all-purpose yards
for the Chanticleers.
Boise State QB out: Boise State
quarterback Hank Bachmeier did not
travel for the Broncos’ 49-30 win at Air
Force on Saturday. A reason was not
provided for his absence. BSU had to
turn to Jack Sears, a transfer from USC.
Bachmeier completed 20 of 28 passes for
268 yards with three touchdowns and no
interceptions in a 42-13 win against Utah
State last week. He threw for 1,879 yards
as a true freshman last season.
Mountaineers’ peak peformance:
Jarret Doege threw two touchdown
passes, Dylan Tonkery returned an
interception for a score and West
Virginia beat No. 16 Kansas State 37-10
on Saturday. Leddie Brown rushed for
102 yards and a score as the Mountain-
eers (4-2, 3-2 Big 12) knocked the
Wildcats from the top of the Big 12.
Missouri and Florida brawl: Missouri
and Florida got into a benches-clearing
scuffle at halftime that included several
players throwing punches. Coaches Eli
Drinkwitz and Dan Mullen got in the
middle of it, too.
Florida’s Mullen had to be pulled
away several times and was so irate by
the end of the exchange that he came
back out of the tunnel for a rousing
curtain call from the home crowd.
It all started when Missouri’s Trajan
Jeffcoat delivered a late hit on Florida
quarterback Kyle Trask after he released
a desperation pass at the end of the
second quarter. The ball fell incomplete,
and Trask landed hard on his back. His
linemen came to his defense. So did
Mullen, who started screaming at the
officials and the opposing sideline.
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NATIONAL SPORTS REPORT

PERSPECTIVE
SPORTS SHORTS

Donaldson leads Cyprus
Jamie Donaldson will look to seal his
first European Tour title in more
than six years after taking a one-
stroke lead at the end of the third
round of the Cyprus Open on
Saturday. “I’m just working hard,
really,” he told europeantour.com.
“I’m not getting any younger so it’s a
case of just deciding what you want to do, and what I
want to do is play golf. It’s a case of working really hard
to get back to playing decent again and contending,
which is what I’m doing now and it’s great.” Donaldson,
who is most famous for securing the winning point for
the European team at the 2014 Ryder Cup, birdied the
18th hole for the third time this week to shoot 2-under
69 and reach 14 under par. He won the last of his three
titles at the Czech Masters in 2014 and is playing on an
invitation this week. The 45-year-old Welshman
moved one shot ahead of five players at Aphrodite Hills
Resort — David Drysdale, Marcus Armitage, Thomas
Detry and the Finnish pair of Kalle Samooja and Sami
Valimaki. Samooja started the third round six strokes
off the lead but shot the lowest round of the day.
Rublev sets up Sonego final
Andrey Rublev advanced to his fifth
final of the season Saturday, setting
up a title match against Lorenzo
Sonego at the Erste Bank Open. The
fifth-seeded Rublev led 6-4, 4-1
when Kevin Anderson pulled out of
their semifinal with a right thigh
issue. Rublev is 4-0 in finals in this
shortened season and can become the first player with
five tournament wins. Sonego beat Dan Evans 6-3, 6-4,
a day after he upset top-seeded Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-1
in the quarterfinals. “I am really happy, after yesterday
it was not easy to play against Evans but I won and I am
so happy,” said Sonego, who had lost in qualification but
was added to the main draw to replace the injured
Diego Schwartzman and hasn’t dropped a set since.
The 42nd-ranked Italian is seeking his second career
title, after winning in Antalya last year. Rublev is 1-0
against Sonego after winning their duel at a clay-court
challenger event in 2016. Anderson, who won the event
in 2018, wore tape on his thigh from the start. He got a
medical timeout after losing the opening game of the
second set and asked for treatment again at 3-0.
Premier League familiarity
On a day uncertainty reigned in
England as the nation prepared to go
back into lockdown, the Premier
League returned to something re-
sembling normality. Three of the
teams expected to contend for the
title — Manchester City, Chelsea and
Liverpool — all picked up wins in
back-to-back fixtures on Saturday. There was also the
familiar sight of Liverpool, the defending champion,
back atop the standings thanks to a late goal that is
becoming its trademark. Diogo Jota came off the bench
and scored in the 85th minute to earn Liverpool a
hard-fought 2-1 victory over West Ham, extending the
team’s unbeaten record in league play at Anfield to 63
games — tied for the longest streak in the club’s history.
A well-controlled 1-0 win at Sheffield United saw City
return to the top half of the standings and stay five
points behind Liverpool, with a game in hand. Kyle
Walker was the scorer against his boyhood team.
Chelsea followed that with a 3-0 win at Burnley behind
goals by Hakim Ziyech, Kurt Zouma and Timo Werner.
— Associated Press

PREDICTIONS

Week 8
By Sam Farmer | Los Angeles Times

Last week against spread: 6-7-1. Season 59-45-1 (.567).

Patriots (2-4) at Bills (5-2)

Noon Sunday | Bills by 4 | O/U: 401⁄2
After losing two in a row, Buffalo had a
get-right matchup against the Jets last week
and looked “meh.” Bills 27, Patriots 14

Titans (5-1) at Bengals (1-5-1)

Noon Sunday | Titans by 7 | O/U: 51
One-win Bengals make games interesting,
particularly with the way Joe Burrow has
been slinging it. Titans 33, Bengals 28

Colts (4-2) at Lions (3-3)

Noon Sunday | Colts by 3 | O/U: 50
It would behoove the Colts to get the ball in
hands of Jonathan Taylor, as Lions are much
worse against the run. Colts 27, Lions 21

Jets (0-7) at Chiefs (6-1)

Noon Sunday | Chiefs by 191⁄2 | O/U: 49
Jets can’t do much of anything, and that
includes protecting the quarterback. Le’V-
eon Bell’s revenge. Chiefs 38, Jets 13

Steelers (6-0) at Ravens (5-1)

Noon Sunday | Ravens by 4 | O/U: 461⁄2
The Ravens are rested and ready to blitz Ben
Roethlisberger, but Roethlisberger gets the
ball out quick. Steelers 28, Ravens 24

Raiders (3-3) at Browns (5-2)

Noon Sunday | Browns by 21⁄2 | O/U: 491⁄2
Teams can run on the Raiders, and Kareem
ADRIAN KRAUS/AP Hunt could have a big day. Baker Mayfield
Bills quarterback Josh Allen looks to pass against the Chiefs during a game on Oct. 19 in Orchard Park, N.Y. has weapons. Browns 30, Raiders 28

Can Allen flip script vs. Vikings (1-5) at Packers (5-1)

Noon Sunday | Packers by 61⁄2| O/U: 50
Davante Adams had big game vs. Vikings in
Week 1, and Vikes’ defense doesn’t suggest

Patriots and Belichick?

different outcome. Packers 31, Vikings 23

Rams (5-2) at Dolphins (3-3)

Bills young quarterback is
0-3 against the Pats with a
passer rating of just 56.4
By Matt Parrino
Tribune News Service
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — To help
prepare for his first game of the
season against the Patriots, Bills
quarterback Josh Allen put on the
film from last year’s pair of games.
It wasn’t pretty.
“Looking back at last year’s tape,
especially the first game, it’s not fun.
Just knowing some of the mistakes
that I made,” Allen said on Wednes-
day. His Bills (5-2) host the Patriots
(2-4) in a pivotal AFC East clash on
Sunday.
Allen has gone 0-3 in his career
against the Patriots, which isn’t much
of a surprise considering how good
Bill Belichick has been against young
quarterbacks throughout his legend-
ary career. Allen’s passer rating
against the Patriots is 56.4 and he’s
completed just 48.4% of his passes for
three touchdowns and five intercep-
tions against New England.
After his second game against the
Patriots in Week 4 of last season, Allen
arrived at the realization that he had
to become a different quarterback —
or at least change his approach. He
threw three interceptions in that
game and eventually exited with a
concussion because of a blow to the
head suffered after scrambling from
the pocket.
Instead of trying to do everything,
which usually resulted in negative
plays like turnovers, sacks, or huge
chunks of lost yards, Allen promised
general manager Brandon Beane and
coach Sean McDermott he was going
to stop thinking home run first.
Instead he wanted to start working
from the bottom up instead of the top
down.
Since that game, Allen’s thrown 33
touchdowns and just seven intercep-
tions in 19 regular season games.
Allen, who’s on pace for 1,770
passing yards after the catch — he has
1,331 YAC yards in 2019 — explained
that taking what the defense gives
him is something he’s had to get used
to.
“The kind of mentality change that
I’ve had (is about) trusting the guys
underneath and allowing them to
catch the ball and create some
positive RAC (run after catch),” Allen
said. “If that’s what we got to do, that’s
what we’ll do. I’ll adjust. When we’ve
got big plays that present themselves,
we got to make sure that we capitalize
on them. It’s a game plan that I’m
willing to work with. It’s still football
and we got to find ways to move the
ball and win the game.”
The addition of no. 1 receiver
Stefon Diggs has helped Allen put up
some eye-popping numbers in 2020.
He ranks fifth in the NFL with 16
touchdown passes and his 84.2 QBR
rating is third in the league behind
just the Packers’ Aaron Rodgers and
the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes. Allen
was an MVP candidate after the first
four games, but the loss of receiver
John Brown in the last three games
(he played hurt against the Chiefs and
didn’t have a single catch) has taken
air out of the Bills’ deep passing game.
They’ve failed to score more than 20
points in the last three games after
going over that mark in their first four.
Allen thinks Brown, who is set to
return against the Patriots, could help
the Bills get their downfield aerial
attack back on track.
“I think the vertical presence that
he has — the speed and the quickness
that he has — he’s able to run some
really good in-breaking routes. He’s
another matchup that you have to
focus on,” Allen said. “You can’t just
play man to man and roll somebody to
Stef. You got to worry backside what
John’s doing too. Having another guy
like John, who I trust implicitly and a
guy that’s gonna work his tail off and
play for the team. It’s always great to
have a guy like that out there.”
With Brown out two of the past
three games, Allen has leaned on
veteran receiver Cole Beasley, who’s
on pace for a career season again in
his second year in Buffalo. He’s
caught 39 passes for 470 yards and
two touchdowns through seven
games. Beasley arrived between Al-
len’s rookie and sophomore season,
and he’s watched him develop rapidly
ever since.
Beasley said the Patriots game
Allen referenced back in September
of 2019 really did change things for
the 24-year-old passer.
“I feel like after that game he
started playing a lot better in those
situations where he’s scrambling and
trying to find guys to make plays. He
learned a lot from that game,” Beasley
said. “It’s great to see a guy react that
way. They can either go in the
dumpster or they can get better from
it. He’s the type of guy that got better
from it.”
Beasley said all players have bad
games like Allen against the Patriots.
“You’re embarrassed for what you
put on film. You could really tell it
hurt him and he let the team down,”
Beasley said.
Noon Sunday | Rams by 31⁄2 | O/U: 451⁄2
Tough draw for Tua Tagovailoa, getting his
first NFL start against this defense. The
Rams are near the top in sacks. Rams 34,
Dolphins 17
Chargers (2-4) at Broncos (2-4)
3:05 p.m. Sunday | Chargers 31⁄2 | O/U: 441⁄2
Justin Herbert (12 TDs, 3 INTs) doesn’t look
like QB who just picked up his first NFL
win. Broncos need big game from Melvin
Gordon. Chargers 21, Broncos 10
Saints (4-2) at Bears (5-2)
3:25 p.m. Sunday | Saints by 4 | O/U: 421⁄2
Saints aren’t looking great, but somehow
they’re finding ways to win. The Bears have
a really solid defense, but their offense has
looked lousy. Saints 21, Bears 17
49ers (4-3) at Seahawks (5-1)
3:25 p.m. Sunday | Seahawks by 3 | O/U: 531⁄2
As usual, it all depends on Russell Wilson,
because Seattle’s defense is terrible. The
49ers are still battling despite injuries.
Seahawks 31, 49ers 27
Cowboys (2-5) at Eagles (2-4-1)
7:20 p.m. Sunday | Eagles by 11| O/U: 43
The Eagles can’t protect QB, but they sure
can give the opposition fits with that pass
rush. It figures to be a long day for Cowboys
QB Ben DiNucci, who gets bested by Carson
Wentz. Eagles 20, Cowboys 13
Buccaneers (5-2) at Giants (1-6)
7:15 p.m. Monday | Buccaneers by 13 | O/U: 45
Tom Brady has lost two Super Bowls to the
Giants, and he would love to pick them
apart” That’s going to happen, too, as these
teams are heading in opposite directions.
Buccaneers 34, Giants 14
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fruition in 2020 with the fran-
chise’s first postseason appear-
ance in 12 years.
The appetizer was delicious,
and everyone was looking for-
ward to the entree in 2021. In-
stead, there’s only anger, confu-
sion and derision over a Chicago-
style hire that appeased only two
men — Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf
and La Russa.
Hahn, one of the more re-
spected executives in baseball,
deserved a chance to pick Rent-
eria’s replacement. Instead he
was kneecapped by his boss, who
probably wanted to hire La Russa
before we even knew Renteria
was a goner. Reinsdorf then put
Hahn in the unenviable spot of
either saying “no” or going along
backgrounds.
We won’t know that until the
2021 season begins, and with
spring training at least 3 1⁄2
months away, depending on the
pandemic, we’ll have plenty of
time to debate Reinsdorf’s deci-
sion as we quarantine over the
long, cold winter.
Suffice to say La Russa has a
difficult task ahead winning over
skeptical fans, many of whom
were not even born when he was
fired from his first stint as Sox
manager in 1986 by then-GM
Ken “Hawk” Harrelson.
La Russa won right away in
Oakland, and A’s fans immedi-
ately accepted him. He guided
the St. Louis Cardinals to the
National League Championship
Series in his first season in 1996
and became a Ditka-esque figure
in that baseball town over the
next 15 years.
The catchy nickname fans gave
he’s not coming in to act like a
dictator or kill the buzz they
created in 2020. That means
Anderson, Jose Abreu, Lucas
Giolito and Dallas Keuchel. If La
Russa can get those four in his
corner, it should be relatively
smooth sailing.
Then he has to create a rela-
tionship with the Chicago media,
as only WSCR-AM 670’s Bruce
Levine and NPR’s Cheryl Raye
Stout remain from his first go-
round on the South Side. Reins-
dorf doesn’t care about the local
media, but La Russa is smart
enough to know the beat writers
will help deliver his message to
Sox fans.
That doesn’t mean he has to
undergo a personality transplant
— though La Russa’s reputation
as a serial grouch does precede
him. There’s no need to emulate
Renteria’s “Ricky Sunshine”
approach either, but more trans- ARMANDO L. SANCHEZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

with the program.
Have you ever told your boss
“no”? If so, what was the job
search like?
But here we are, and here we
go. There is no turning back.
The start of La Russa 2.0 went
as well as the Sox could’ve asked
for Thursday, aside from the
technical glitch that inserted AJ
Hinch’s signature onto a photo
illustration of La Russa that was
emailed to some fans.
Oops.
During his introductory video-
conference with the media, La
Russa attempted to separate his
friendship with Reinsdorf from
his hiring, performed a 180 on his
2016 condemnation of Black
Lives Matter protests over police
brutality and social injustice and
gave his stamp of approval — sort
of — to Tim Anderson’s bat-flip-
ping and similar celebrations as
long as it’s “sincere and directed
toward the game.”
Whether you believe La Russa
or not, he answered all the ques-
tions in a direct manner and
didn’t show any signs of senility.
Still, whatever La Russa said
Thursday was irrelevant. It’s how
he acts as manager of a team
potentially on the cusp of great-
ness that will determine whether
his hiring was a sound move or
simply a byproduct of an Old
Boys Network that seemingly
died out with a new generation of
executives from business school
him, “La Genius,” was part-mock-
ing, part-tribute.
La Russa could have enjoyed
his golden years and still felt a
part of the game in front-office
roles in Arizona, Boston and Los
Angeles but claimed it was “tor-
ture” watching from a suite with-
out being able to affect games
from the dugout. That speaks to a
big ego, a strong desire to be a
part of the action and perhaps to
concerns about his legacy as one
of the game’s greatest managers.
La Russa is only 35 wins be-
hind John McGraw for second
place on the all-time managerial
wins list. Second is better than
third, and that’s where he’ll wind
up.
No matter the reason, La Russa
is here.
Deal with it.
So what does he do now?
First he must hire a quality
bench coach who potentially
could take over when La Russa is
done, whether that’s after 2021 or
’22. It should be someone who
knows La Russa well enough to
offer blunt advice and also can
handle a diverse clubhouse.
Fortunately there’s someone
available in current bench coach
Joe McEwing, who has the ad-
vantage of having the support of
current Sox stars and can be a
liaison between La Russa and his
players.
Next he has to reach out to the
team leaders to let them know
parency when answering ques-
tions would be much appreciat-
ed.
It’s baseball, not the CIA.
As for winning over die-hard
Sox fans, the solution is simple:
just win and let the players have
their fun.
The rest will take care of itself.
I’ve heard from friends who
insist they no longer can root for
a team managed by a polarizing
figure such as La Russa, but I
don’t buy it. I covered the Sox in
the mid-’90s when they had
Terry Bevington, the most polar-
izing manager in franchise his-
tory. I don’t recall anyone refus-
ing to watch the Sox on TV or go
to new Comiskey Park because
the manager was rude, crude and
inept.
You don’t have to like a man-
ager to love your team any more
than you have to like the owner.
And, as we all know, many Sox
fans have no love lost for Reins-
dorf and are still passionate about
their team.
The La Russa hiring was
shocking and disappointing to
many. Maybe it won’t work, but
it’s way too early to say. Either
way, it should not affect anyone’s
enjoyment of watching Ander-
son, Giolito and the rest of this
team do their thing.
If so, there’s another baseball
team in town that no doubt will
welcome your support.
No questions asked.
The Cubs picked up a $16.5 million option on Anthony Rizzo for next
season. They have committed about $93 million to six players for 2021.
CUBS
Team picks up
option on Rizzo
By Mark Gonzales
The Chicago Cubs picked up
the $16.5 million option on
three-time All-Star first base-
man Anthony Rizzo for 2021 in
what could be a farewell season.
The decision gives the Cubs
some stability as more difficult
decisions await them in what
figures to be a challenging off-
season. Rizzo, 31, is entering the
final season of a multiyear con-
tract he signed in 2013 but is
aware the core group that has led
the franchise to five playoff
appearances in six seasons could
break up.
On Friday, the Cubs declined
the $25 million option on left-
handed pitcher Jon Lester.
With COVID-19 inflicting sig-
nificant revenue losses and
about 100 layoffs in the baseball
and business departments, the
Cubs face the juggling act of
remaining a playoff contender
while adding young players and
defining the futures of shortstop
Javier Baez, third baseman Kris
Bryant and left fielder Kyle
Schwarber — who all can be free
agents after the 2021 season.
In addition, catcher Willson
Contreras is two years away
from free agency.
With Rizzo under control, the
Cubs have committed about $93
million to six players for 2021 —
not including Baez, Bryant,
Schwarber and Contreras.
Rizzo, the Cubs’ most consis-
tent left-handed hitter, batted
only .222 with 11 home runs, 24
RBIs and a .755 OPS — his lowest
since 2012 — in 58 games. But
over the last eight seasons with
the Cubs, Rizzo has 228 home
runs, 744 RBIs and an .866 OPS.
As expected, infielder Daniel
Descalso received a $1 million
buyout. Descalso missed all of
2020 because of an ankle injury
suffered in the final exhibition
game against the Minnesota
Twins.

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SCOREBOARD

NFL COLLEGE FOOTBALL SOCCER

NFC NORTH W L T PCT PF PA HOW AP TOP 25 FARED MLS
Green Bay 5 1 0 .833 197 159 No. 1 Clemson (7-0)
Chicago 5 2 0 .714 138 140 Eastern W L T PT GF GA
Detroit 3 3 0 .500 156 165 beat Boston College 34-28
x-Philadelphia 13 3 5 44 41 18
Minnesota 1 5 0 .166 155 192 No. 2 Alabama (6-0) x-Toronto FC 12 4 5 41 30 23
NFC EAST W L T PCT PF PA beat Mississippi State 41-0 x-Columbus 10 5 5 35 31 17
No. 3 Ohio State (1-0) x-Orlando City 9 3 8 35 35 21
Philadelphia 2 4 1 .357 163 196
Dallas 2 5 0 .285 176 243 at No. 18 Penn State, late x-N.Y. City FC 10 8 3 33 28 20
Washington 2 5 0 .285 133 165 No. 4 Notre Dame (6-0) x-N.Y. Red Bulls 8 8 5 29 25 25
N.Y. Giants 1 6 0 .142 122 174 beat Georgia Tech 31-13 x-New England 7 6 8 29 22 20
NFC SOUTH W L T PCT PF PA No. 5 Georgia (4-1) beat Kentucky 14-3 x-Nashville 7 6 8 29 21 19
Tampa Bay 5 2 0 .714 222 142 No. 6 Oklahoma State (4-1) Montreal 7 12 2 23 30 40
New Orleans 4 2 0 .667 180 174 lost to Texas 41-34 Chicago 5 9 7 22 28 33
Carolina 3 5 0 .375 179 193 No. 7 Cincinnati (5-0) Inter Miami CF 6 12 3 21 22 32
Atlanta 2 6 0 .250 209 224 beat Memphis 49-10 D.C. United 5 10 6 21 20 34
NFC WEST W L T PCT PF PA No. 8 Texas A&M (4-1) Atlanta 5 12 4 19 20 28
Cincinnati 4 13 4 16 11 32
Seattle 5 1 0 .833 203 172 beat Arkansas 42-31
Arizona 5 2 0 .714 203 146 No. 9 Wisconsin (1-0) Western W L T PT GF GA
L.A. Rams 5 2 0 .714 176 124 at Nebraska, ccd. x-Sporting KC 11 6 3 36 36 25
San Francisco 4 3 0 .571 181 136 x-Seattle 10 4 5 35 38 18
No. 10 Florida (3-1)
AFC NORTH W L T PCT PF PA x-Portland 10 5 5 35 44 33
beat Missouri 41-17
Pittsburgh 6 0 0 1.000 183 118 No. 11 BYU (6-0) x-LA FC 9 7 4 31 44 35
Baltimore 5 1 0 .833 179 104 x-FC Dallas 8 5 7 31 27 21
vs. Western Kentucky, late
Cleveland 5 2 0 .714 200 221 x-Minnesota 8 5 6 30 31 24
Cincinnati 1 5 1 .214 163 194 No. 12 Miami (5-1), idle San Jose 7 8 6 27 31 45
AFC EAST W L T PCT PF PA
No. 13 Michigan (1-1) Vancouver 8 13 0 24 24 43
lost to Michigan State 27-24 Real Salt Lake 5 8 7 22 24 31
Buffalo 5 2 0 .714 174 178
Miami 3 3 0 .500 160 113
No. 14 Oregon (0-0), idle Houston 4 9 9 21 29 38
New England 2 4 0 .333 115 143 No. 15 North Carolina (4-1) Colorado 5 6 4 19 26 26
N.Y. Jets 0 7 0 .000 85 203 at Virginia, late LA Galaxy 5 11 3 18 24 41
AFC SOUTH W L T PCT PF PA No. 16 Kansas State (4-2) x-clinched playoff spot
Tennessee 5 1 0 .833 188 153 lost to West Virginia 37-10 For the 2020 season, MLS will determine
Indianapolis 4 2 0 .666 157 115 No. 17 Indiana (2-0) beat Rutgers 37-21 standings using points per game.
Houston 1 6 0 .142 166 217 No. 18 Penn State (0-1)
Jacksonville 1 6 0 .142 154 220 SATURDAY’S RESULTS
vs. No. 3 Ohio State, late
FC Dallas 3, Houston 0
AFC WEST W L T PCT PF PA No. 19 Marshall (5-0)
Chicago 1, Nashville 1
Kansas City 6 1 0 .857 218 143 at Florida International, ppd.
SUNDAY’S MATCHES
Las Vegas 3 3 0 .500 171 197 No. 20 Coastal Carolina (6-0)
Denver 2 4 0 .333 116 153 Philadelphia at Columbus, 2:30 p.m.
beat Georgia State 51-0
L.A. Chargers 2 4 0 .333 149 154 Cincinnati at Atlanta, 6 p.m.
No. 21 USC (0-0), idle
N.Y. Red Bulls at N.Y. City FC, 6 p.m.
WEEK 8 No. 22 SMU (6-1) beat Navy 51-37
Orlando City at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.
No. 23 Iowa State (4-2)
SUNDAY’S GAMES D.C. United at New England, 6:30 p.m.
beat Kansas 52-22
Tennessee at Cincinnati, noon Minnesota at Sporting KC, 6:30 p.m.
No. 24 Oklahoma (3-2)
N.Y. Jets at Kansas City, noon Miami at Toronto FC, 6:30 p.m.
at Texas Tech, late
L.A. Rams at Miami, noon Seattle at Colorado, 8 p.m.
No. 25 Boise State (2-0)
Indianapolis at Detroit, noon Vancouver at Portland, 9 p.m.
beat Air Force 49-30
New England at Buffalo, noon Real Salt Lake at LA Galaxy, 9:30 p.m.
Las Vegas at Cleveland, noon SATURDAY’S RESULTS Los Angeles FC at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Baltimore, noon EAST
Minnesota at Green Bay, noon Indiana 37, Rutgers 21 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
L.A. Chargers at Denver, 3:05 p.m. Wake Forest 38, Syracuse 14 W T L GF GA PTS
New Orleans at Chicago, 3:25 p.m. W. Virginia 37, Kansas St. 10 Liverpool 5 1 1 17 15 16
San Francisco at Seattle, 3:25 p.m. Ohio St. (1-0) at Penn St. (0-1), late Everton 4 1 1 14 9 13
SOUTH Wolverhampton 4 1 2 8 8 13 RICHARD W. RODRIGUEZ/AP
Dallas at Philadelphia, 7:20 p.m. Chelsea 3 3 1 16 9 12
Open: Houston, Jacksonville, Abilene Christian 20, Mercer 17 Denny Hamlin waits on the grid before a NASCAR Cup Series auto race on Oct. 25 at
Aston Villa 4 0 1 12 5 12
Arizona, Washington Alabama 41, Miss. St. 0 Leicester 4 0 2 13 8 12
Auburn 48, LSU 11 Tottenham 3 2 1 16 8 11 Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.
MONDAY’S GAME
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Giants, 7:15 p.m. Clemson 34, Boston College 28 Man City 3 2 1 9 8 11
Coastal Carolina 51, Georgia St. 0 Leeds 3 1 2 12 9 10
THURSDAY’S RESULT
Atlanta 25, Carolina 17 Duke 53, Charlotte 19
Southampton
Crystal Palace
3
3
1
1
2
3
10
8
9
11
10
10
NASCAR
FAU 24, UTSA 3 Arsenal 3 0 3 8 7 9

Martinsville is set for a

WEEK 9 Florida 41, Missouri 17 West Ham 2 2 3 13 10 8
THURSDAY, NOV. 5 Georgia 14, Kentucky 3 Newcastle 2 2 2 8 10 8
La. Tech 37, UAB 34 (2 OT) Man United 2 1 2 9 12 7
Green Bay at San Francisco, 7:20 p.m. Brighton 1 2 3 10 12 5
SUNDAY, NOV. 8 Mississippi 54, Vanderbilt 21 West Brom 0 3 3 6 14 3
Seattle at Buffalo, noon Notre Dame 31, Georgia Tech 13 Sheffield United 0 1 6 3 10 1

Sunday of high stakes

Baltimore at Indianapolis, noon Rice 30, S. Miss. 6 Fulham 0 1 5 5 14 1
Tulane 38, Temple 3 Burnley 0 1 5 3 12 1
Chicago at Tennessee, noon
Detroit at Minnesota, noon Va. Tech 42, Louisville 35 SATURDAY’S RESULTS
Carolina at Kansas City, noon N. Carolina (4-1) at Virginia (1-4), late Man City 1, Sheffield United 0
Houston at Jacksonville, noon MIDWEST Chelsea 3, Burnley 0
Denver at Atlanta, noon Cincinnati 49, Memphis 10 Liverpool 2, West Ham 1
N.Y. Giants at Washington, noon Iowa St. 52, Kansas 22 SUNDAY’S MATCHES Martin Truex Jr. must win Martinsville to
Las Vegas at L.A. Chargers, 3:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Dallas, 3:25 p.m.
Michigan St. 27, Michigan 24
Northwestern 21, Iowa 20
Aston Villa vs. Southampton, 6 a.m.
Newcastle vs. Everton, 8 a.m.
3 of 4 slots are unclaimed in advance after an illegal spoiler last week
Miami at Arizona, 3:25 p.m. Purdue 31, Illinois 24 Man United vs. Arsenal, 10:30 a.m.
next week’s title-deciding race put derailed him in the standings.
New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 7:20 p.m. Kentucky (2-3) at Missouri (2-2), ppd. Tottenham vs. Brighton, 1:15 p.m. It’s a letdown situation for both Joe
Open: Cincinnati, Cleveland, Wisconsin (1-0) at Nebraska (0-1), ccd.
L.A. Rams, Philadelphia SOUTHWEST Gibbs Racing and Toyota: Three JGR cars
MONDAY, NOV. 9 Cent. Arkansas 52, Missouri W. 10 GOLF
By Jenna Fryer made the finale a year ago, but reigning
New England at N.Y. Jets, 7:15 p.m. S.F. Austin 64, Western St. (Colo.) 7 Associated Press champion Kyle Busch has already been
SMU 51, Navy 37 PGA TOUR
NFL TOP PERFORMERS eliminated. Truex is trying to make the
PASSING
TCU 33, Baylor 23 BERMUDA CHAMPIONSHIP MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Denny Ham-
502, Prescott, Dal vs. Cle 10/4 (41-58, 4 TD)
Texas 41, Oklahoma St. 34 (OT)
Texas A&M 42, Arkansas 31 3rd of 4 rds; At Port Royal Golf Course, lin’s dazzling season could potentially final four for a fourth consecutive year. If
472, Prescott, Dal at Sea 9/27 (37-57, 3 TD) Troy 38, Arkansas St. 10 Southampton, Bermuda; 6,842 yards;
collapse if things go sideways Sunday at Truex wins, it could eliminate Hamlin — if
Par 71
450, Prescott, Dal vs. Atl 9/20 (34-47, 1 TD)
450, Ryan, Atl vs. Sea 9/13 (37-54, 2 TD)
UCF 44, Houston 21
203 (-10) Martinsville Speedway, NASCAR’s oldest Hamlin finishes behind Keselowski.
La.-Lafayette (4-1) at Texas St. (1-6), late
415, Allen, Buf at Mia 9/20 (24-35, 4 TD) Oklahoma (3-2) at Texas Tech (2-3), late Doc Redman 65-71-67
and shortest track that has been slotted as “It’s up to us to get it done,” said Hamlin,
204 (-9)
406, Burrow, Cin vs. Cle 10/25 (35-47, 3 TD) E. Kentucky (2-4) at C. Arkansas (3-4), ppd.
Ryan Armour 64-70-70 the final playoff elimination race. a five-time Martinsville winner.
397, Newton, NE at Sea 9/20 (30-44, 1 TD) N. Texas (2-3) at UTEP (3-3), ppd.
388, Wilson, Sea at Ari 10/25 (OT) (33-50, 3 TD) WEST Wyndham Clark 66-68-70 NASCAR’s needed horsepower for its Truex, winner of the last two races at
385, Mahomes, KC at Bal 9/28 (31-42, 4 TD) Boise St. 49, Air Force 30 Kramer Hickok
205 (-8)
67-68-69
stale playoffs so Martinsville was shuffled Martinsville, hasn’t dismissed a three-peat
380, Murray, Ari at NYJ 10/11 (27-37, 1 TD)
371, Ryan, Atl at Min 10/18 (30-40, 4 TD)
San Jose St. 38, New Mexico 21
San Diego St. (1-0) at Utah St. (0-1), late Matt Jones 68-71-66 to the back of a revamped schedule. The but is realistic about the challenge.
371, Rivers, Ind vs. Cin 10/18 (29-44, 3 TD) W. Kentucky (2-4) at BYU (6-0), late Brian Gay 70-68-67
same guys raced the same 10 tracks in the “A must-win at any track, no matter how
Ollie Schniederjans 66-70-69
369, Brady, TB at LV 10/25 (33-45, 4 TD)
369, Brady, TB vs. LAC 10/4 (30-46, 5 TD)
Nevada (1-0) at UNLV (0-1), late
206 (-7) same 10-week order every year, and the good you’ve been there in the past, I think
San Jose St. (1-0) at New Mexico, ppd.
367, Bridgewater, Car at TB 9/20 (33-42, 0 TD) Adam Schenk 69-71-66
schedule had to change. is a challenge,” Truex said.
Doug Ghim 64-74-68
366, Tannehill, Ten vs. Hou 10/18 (OT)
Kiradech Aphibarnrat 71-66-69 So Martinsville was moved to the final Keselowski has yet to race in a final four
(30-41, 4 TD)
364, Rodgers, GB at Min 9/13 (32-44, 4 TD) AUTO RACING 207 (-6) elimination race and NASCAR created a since the format debuted in 2014, and he’s
363, Rivers, Ind at Jac 9/13 (36-46, 1 TD)
NASCAR CUP XFINITY 500 LINEUP
David Hearn
Anirban Lahiri
68-72-67
68-70-69 high-stakes last-chance Sunday at the not contended for a title since his 2012
360, Wilson, Sea at Mia 10/4 (24-34, 2 TD)
360, Murray, Ari vs. Sea 10/25 (OT) Race Sunday Ryan Brehm 68-74-65 historic Virginia paperclip. Three of four victory. This was a contract year with a
(34-48, 3 TD) At Martinsville Speedway; Peter Malnati 63-74-70
slots are unclaimed in next week’s title- new crew chief that could have started a
Ridgeway, Va. 208 (-5)
359, Watson, Hou vs. Jac 10/11 (25-35, 3 TD)
359, Wentz, Phi vs. NYG 10/22 (25-43, 2 TD) Lap length: 0.526 miles. Russell Knox 67-74-67 deciding race at Phoenix, which will host career decline. Instead, he’s angling to put
351, Minshew, Jac at Cin 10/4 (27-40, 2 TD) SP NO. DRIVER MK
Stewart Cink 66-74-68
its first championship, with Joey Logano two Fords in the finale and join Team
Will Zalatoris 69-72-67
350, Fitzpatrick, Mia at SF 10/11 (22-28, 3 TD) 1. 2 Brad Keselowski F Michael Gligic 68-71-69 the only driver already qualified. Penske teammate Logano in Phoenix.
RUSHING
212, Henry, Ten vs. Hou 10/18 (OT)
2. 19
3. 88
Martin Truex Jr.
Alex Bowman
T
C
Mark Anderson 69-70-69 It means at least one of NASCAR’s top “I don’t want to say (I’m) licking my
(22 att., 2 TD) 4. 11 Denny Hamlin T Beau Hossler
Emiliano Grillo
71-68-69
66-72-70 stars and perhaps a title contender won’t chops, but I feel like based on our season’s
5. 1 Kurt Busch C
181, Cook, Min vs. Ten 9/27 (22 att., 1 TD)
6. 4 Kevin Harvick F Luke Donald 69-68-71 advance out of Martinsville. Kevin Harvick performance to date, (it’s) the best chance
168, Jones, GB vs. Det 9/20 (18 att., 2 TD)
164, Drake, Ari at Dal 10/19 (20 att., 2 TD) 7. 22 Joey Logano F Roger Sloan 67-70-71
is probably cushioned by bonus points for us to go out and really have a chance to
8. 9 Chase Elliott C 209 (-4)
161, Edwards-Helaire, KC at Buf 10/19
9. 18 Kyle Busch T Johnson Wagner 66-74-69 earned through nine victories this year. win and get a second championship,”
(26 att., 0 TD)
151, Mixon, Cin vs. Jac 10/4 (25 att., 2 TD)
10. 12 Ryan Blaney F Hank Lebioda 68-72-69
That’s two slots for six drivers, and all six Keselowski said.
11. 95 Christopher Bell T Maverick McNealy 69-71-69
138, Edwards-Helaire, KC vs. Hou 9/10 12. 21 Matt DiBenedetto F Will Gordon 69-72-68 believe they can win to get in. Hamlin, Chase Elliott has three wins this season
(25 att., 1 TD)
130, Cook, Min at Hou 10/4 (27 att., 2 TD)
13. 24 William Byron C Sepp Straka 70-70-69 winner of seven races and the Daytona 500 and seemed steady enough to advance for
14. 3 Austin Dillon C
128, Gibson, Was vs. Dal 10/25 (20 att., 1 TD) 15. 41 Cole Custer F
Andrew Putnam
Padraig Harrington
69-73-67
67-71-71 this year, sparred with Kevin Harvick all the first time in four tries, but he’s below
124, Chubb, Cle vs. Cin 9/17 (22 att., 2 TD) 16. 14
17. 8
Clint Bowyer
Tyler Reddick
F
C Scott Piercy 67-70-72 season as co-favorites to win the Cup title. the cutline, tied with teammate Alex
121, Gurley, Atl vs. Car 10/11 (14 att., 1 TD)
119, Robinson, Jac at LAC 10/25 18. 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. C Denny McCarthy 70-67-72
Hamlin hasn’t been great in the playoffs Bowman in sixth. The Hendrick Motor-
(22 att., 1 TD) 19. 20
20. 10
Erik Jones
Aric Almirola
T
F PGA CHAMPIONS and he holds just a two-point lead over sports drivers, along with Busch from Chip
119, Henry, Ten at Min 9/27 (26 att., 2 TD)
118, Sanders, Phi vs. Bal 10/18 (9 att., 0 TD) 21. 6 Ryan Newman F TIMBERTECH CHAMPIONSHIP Brad Keselowski above the cutline. Ganassi Racing, are trying to put a
22. 37 Ryan Preece C
117, Michel, NE vs. LV 9/27 (9 att., 0 TD)
23. 38 John Hunter Nemechek F
2nd of 3 rds.; At The Old Course at Bro-
A bad day could end Hamlin’s quest for Chevrolet in the championship race for the
ken Sound, Boca Raton, Fla.; 6,906
116, Swift, Det at Jac 10/18 (14 att., 2 TD)
116, Henry, Ten at Den 9/14 (31 att., 0 TD)
24. 34 Michael McDowell F yards; Par 72 an elusive first Cup title, while teammate first time since Jimmie Johnson in 2016.
25. 13 Ty Dillon C
114, Henderson, LAR at Buf 9/27 (20 att., 1 TD) 26. 32 Corey LaJoie F 131 (-13)
113, Snell Jr., Pit at NYG 9/14 (19 att., 0 TD) 27. 48 Jimmie Johnson C Darren Clarke 69-62
113, Jones II, TB vs. GB 10/18 (23 att., 2 TD) 28. 17 Chris Buescher F Robert Karlsson 65-66
112, Wilson Jr., SF at NE 10/25 (17 att., 3 TD) 29. 96 Daniel Suarez T 132 (-12)
112, Mattison, Min at Sea 10/11 (20 att., 0 TD) 30. 15 Brennan Poole C Jim Furyk 64-68
31. 42 Matt Kenseth C 133 (-11)
RECEIVING
32. 43 Bubba Wallace C Cameron Beckman 67-66
200, Lockett, Sea at Ari 10/25 (OT)
(15 rec., 3 TD)
33. 7 Josh Bilicki C Kent Jones 67-66 IN BRIEF
34. 66 Timmy Hill T Scott Parel 65-68
196, Adams, GB at Hou 10/25 (13 rec., 2 TD) 35. 00 Quin Houff C

Giants’ Barkley has ACL surgery

Bernhard Langer 65-68
183, Kittle, SF vs. Phi 10/4 (15 rec., 1 TD) 36. 77 Garrett Smithley F 134 (-10)
179, Edelman, NE at Sea 9/20 (8 rec., 0 TD) 37. 53 James Davison F Gene Sauers 69-65
175, Jefferson, Min vs. Ten 9/27 (7 rec., 1 TD) 38. 27 JJ Yeley F
Rod Pampling 69-65
166, Jefferson, Min vs. Atl 10/18 (9 rec., 2 TD) 39. 51 Joey Gase F
135 (-9)
161, Cooks, Hou vs. Jac 10/11 (8 rec., 1 TD)
157, Jones, Atl vs. Sea 9/13 (9 rec., 0 TD)
C-Chevrolet; F-Ford; T-Toyota Miguel Angel Jimenez 68-67 News services The former Pitt quarterback finished his
156, Adams, GB at Min 9/13 (14 rec., 2 TD)
POINTS LEADERS Tim Petrovic 67-68 college career at James Madison, leading
1. Kevin Harvick 4137 Joe Durant 66-69
153, Brown, Ten vs. Pit 10/25 (6 rec., 1 TD)
2. Denny Hamlin 4122 136 (-8) Giants running back Saquon Barkley has that school to the FCS championship game
153, Diggs, Buf at Mia 9/20 (8 rec., 1 TD)
152, Fulgham, Phi at Pit 10/11 (10 rec., 1 TD)
3. Brad Keselowski 4120 Vijay Singh 69-67 had surgery to repair a torn ACL in his before getting drafted in the seventh round
4. Chase Elliott 4095 Tom Pernice Jr. 69-67
151, Hopkins, Ari at SF 9/13 (14 rec., 0 TD)
5. Alex Bowman 4095 Stephen Leaney 70-66
right knee. by Dallas. ... The Patriots have ruled
146, Lazard, GB at NO 9/27 (6 rec., 1 TD)
143, Cole, Jac vs. Det 10/18 (6 rec., 0 TD)
6. Joey Logano 4094 Retief Goosen 67-69 Giants coach Joe Judge confirmed the cornerback Stephon Gilmore out for Sun-
7. Martin Truex 4084 Kevin Sutherland 67-69 surgery on Saturday without giving specif- day’s road game against the Bills due to a
139, Kamara, NO vs. GB 9/27 (13 rec., 2 TD)
8. Kurt Busch 4039 Scott Hoch 67-69
138, Gallup, Dal at Sea 9/27 (6 rec., 1 TD)
137, Jones, Atl at Min 10/18 (8 rec., 2 TD)
9. Kyle Busch 2270 Duffy Waldorf 65-71 ics. Judge said Ronnie Barnes, the team’s knee injury. ... The NFL has suspended
137, Jones, Atl at Car 10/29 (7 rec., 0 TD)
10. Ryan Blaney 2251 137 (-7) senior vice president of medical services kicker Aldrick Rosas for four games as
11. Austin Dillon 2244 Olin Browne 68-69
137, Hopkins, Ari vs. Det 9/27 (10 rec., 0 TD)
12. William Byron 2213 Tom Kite 67-70 and head trainer, spoke with the surgeon in punishment for violating the league’s code
136, Ridley, Atl vs. Car 10/11 (8 rec., 0 TD)
134, Cooper, Dal vs. Cle 10/4 (12 rec., 1 TD)
13. Clint Bowyer 2199 Steve Flesch 67-70 Los Angeles and said the procedure of conduct policy. ... The 49ers announced
14. Matt DiBenedetto 2190 David Toms 67-70
132, Allen, LAC vs. Car 9/27 (13 rec., 1 TD)
15. Aric Almirola 2181 Brett Quigley 66-71
seemingly went well. they’ve activated running back Tevin
131, Hopkins, Ari at NYJ 10/11 (6 rec., 1 TD)
130, Ridley, Atl vs. Sea 9/13 (9 rec., 2 TD)
16. Cole Custer 2169 John Daly 64-73 Barkley, the 2018 NFL Offensive Rookie Coleman and cornerback K’Waun
130, Gesicki, Mia vs. Buf 9/20 (8 rec., 1 TD) WINS THIS SEASON
EUROPEAN TOUR
of the Year, was injured against the Bears in Williams off of injured reserve and both
Kevin Harvick 9
Denny Hamlin 7 APHRODITE HILLS CYPRUS OPEN the second game of the season when he will be available to play against the
ODDS
Brad Keselowski 4 3rd of 4 rds.; At The Aphrodite Hills Re- was tackled at the end of a run. He has been Seahawks on Sunday.
Chase Elliott 3 sort, Paphos, Cyprus; 6,299 yards; Par 70 waiting for the swelling in the knee to go
NFL Joey Logano 3 199 (-14)
Indianapolis
SP
3
OU
50
SUNDAY
at Detroit
Alex Bowman 1 Jamie Donaldson 65-65-69 down before having the surgery. Golf: Doc Redman found the wind far
at Green Bay 61⁄2 50 Minnesota
Martin Truex Jr. 1 200 (-13) “He seems to be in good spirits and we more manageable Saturday, and he took
Kurt Busch 1 David Drysdale 65-67-68
at Buffalo 4 401⁄2 New England
Kyle Busch 1 Marcus Armitage 66-64-70 look forward to getting him back on this advantage with a 4-under 67 for a one-shot
Tennessee 7 51 at Cincinnati
at Cleveland 21⁄2 491⁄2 Las Vegas
Ryan Blaney 1 Sami Valimaki 65-67-68 side of the country,” Judge said. lead going into the final round of the
Austin Dillon 1 Kalle Samooja 70-66-64
at Kansas City 191⁄2 49 NY Jets
William Byron 1 Thomas Detry 66-67-67
The Giants have struggled this season, Bermuda Championship. The wind came
LA Rams 31⁄2 451⁄2 at Miami
New Orleans 4 421⁄2 at Chicago
Cole Custer 1 201 (-12) posting a 1-6 record in Judge’s first season out of the opposite direction as the
NASCAR CUP CHAMPIONS Callum Shinkwin 67-66-68 as coach. previous day and it wasn’t quite as strong.
at Seattle 3 531⁄2 San Fran.
Jordan Smith 67-66-68
at Philadelphia
LA Chargers
11
31⁄2
43
441⁄2
Dallas
at Denver
2019: Kyle Busch Robert Macintyre 68-67-66 Barkley’s mother, Tonya Johnson, It showed in the scores and in the number
2018: Joey Logano
at Baltimore 4 461⁄2 Pittsburgh 2017: Martin Truex Jr.
Jeff Winther 68-68-65 posted a tweet saying that the surgery was of opportunities for players who never won
Garrick Higgo 68-66-67
SP OU MONDAY 2016: Jimmie Johnson 202 (-11) a success. The second pick overall in ’18, or have gone without winning in years.
Tampa Bay 13 45 at NY Giants 2015: Kyle Busch
pregame.com 2014: Kevin Harvick
Shubhankar Sharma 67-66-69 Barkley ran for 1,307 yards and 11 touch- Redman was at 10-under 203, one shot
Dale Whitnell 68-68-66
2013: Jimmie Johnson Matthias Schwab 67-67-68
downs and caught 91 passes for 721 yards ahead of Ryan Armour (70), Wyndham
ODDS TO WIN SUPER BOWL 2012: Brad Keselowski
Kansas City +425 2011: Tony Stewart
Adrien Saddier 67-69-66 and four TDs. He was limited to 1,003 yards Clark (70) and Kramer Hickok (69), who
Tampa Bay +575 2010: Jimmie Johnson rushing and 52 catches last season, when took three putts from a tough spot on the
Baltimore +650 2009: Jimmie Johnson TENNIS he missed three games and was slowed by fringe on the 18th at Port Royal.
Green Bay +900 2008: Jimmie Johnson
Pittsburgh +900 2007: Jimmie Johnson ATP ERSTE BANK OPEN 500
an ankle injury. The former Penn State star
Seattle +1000 2006: Jimmie Johnson
At Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna; indoors-
had 19 carries for 34 yards before being Tennis: Wimbledon champion Simona
New Orleans +1600 2005: Tony Stewart
LA Rams +2500 2004: Kurt Busch hard hurt this season. Halep has tested positive for COVID-19
San Francisco +2500 2003: Matt Kenseth Men’s Singles, Semifinals ■ The Cowboys declared quarterback and said Saturday that she is “recovering
2002: Tony Stewart #5 Andrey Rublev d.
Tennessee
Buffalo
+2500
+3000 2001: Jeff Gordon Kevin Anderson, 6-4, 4-1, ret.
Andy Dalton out Saturday for their game in well from mild symptoms.”
Indianapolis +3000 2000: Bobby Labonte Lorenzo Sonego d. Philadelphia because of a concussion, The 29-year-old Halep, currently ranked
Arizona +3500 1999: Dale Jarrett Daniel Evans, 6-3, 6-4. clearing the way for rookie Ben DiNucci’s No. 2 in the world, had skipped the U.S.
Chicago +4000 1998: Jeff Gordon Men’s Doubles, Semifinals
New England +6000 1997: Jeff Gordon #3 Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo d.
first start. DiNucci will appear in prime Open due to fears of catching the co-
Philadelphia +6000 1996: Terry Labonte Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies, time Sunday night against the Eagles ronavirus. She said in August that she
1995: Jeff Gordon
sportsbook.ag 4-6, 6-4, 10-8. (2-4-1) in his home state of Pennsylvania. preferred to stay and train in Europe.
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The Bears are 5-0 under Matt Nagy when playing on a short week, and they are 8-4 coming off a loss, evidence Nagy and the coaching staff do a good job of flushing the previous game.

Play-calling switch not a cure-all Scouting report

C.J. Gardner-Johnson, Saints CB
Information for this
Nagy would still take heat for offensive woes if he made change the menu at Steak ‘n Shake to the one at report was obtained
Gibson’s. from NFL scouts.
The confounding thing about not an answer that you all want to At the start of the season, 13 head coaches C.J. Gardner-Johnson,
the Bears offense is that in many hear. But we have to keep plugging doubled as offensive play callers. That num- 5-11, 210 pounds, is in
ways it looks like the same unit it away.” ber was reduced to 12 last week when Adam his second season
was at this point a year ago when Foles seems to be of the belief a Gase passed the job to Jets offensive coor- with the Saints after
the Saints came to Soldier Field. tight-knit roster eventually will dinator Dowell Loggains. The group in- they drafted him in the
They had an extra week in 2019 lead to a breakthrough. Whether cludes four Super Bowl winners — Andy fourth round out of
to prepare for the Saints after you buy that or categorize it as Reid in Kansas City, Jon Gruden in Las Florida in 2019. He
traveling to London, where they Brad Biggs fanciful thinking probably de- Vegas, Sean Payton in New Orleans and played in all 16 games as a rookie with
lost to the Raiders. This time the Bears essentials pends on your level of belief in the Doug Pederson in Philadelphia. Two are seven starts, making 46 tackles with
Bears find themselves on a short offensive line, skill-position parts Super Bowl runners-up — Sean McVay with eight passes defensed.
week on the heels of Monday night’s road and Foles. the Rams and Kyle Shanahan in San Fran- Gardner-Johnson has emerged as the
loss to the Rams. “If I had the answer right now, we prob- cisco. Frank Reich in Indianapolis and Matt team’s nickel back this season and is a
Perhaps that’s a good thing considering ably wouldn’t be talking about it,” Foles said. LaFleur in Green Bay each won a playoff versatile chess piece in the secondary
the team is 5-0 under Matt Nagy when “I’d say just keeping it real, this is where you game last year in their first seasons in the for defensive coordinator Dennis Allen.
playing on a short week. The Bears also are test your culture. This is where you test the dual role. Nagy has reached the playoffs Gardner-Johnson saw extensive work in
8-4 coming off a loss under Nagy, and maybe people you work with, whether it’s the once and lost, and the rest of the group is the Bears-Saints meeting last season
those two statistics are evidence he and the coaches and the players. Like, who are we made up of first-year coach Kevin Stefanski when he was targeted 12 times in the
coaching staff do a good job of flushing the going to be? Are we going to be in it together in Cleveland and second-year coaches Kliff passing game. The Bears completed
previous game and immediately focus on or are we going to go against each other? Kingsbury in Arizona and Zac Taylor in seven passes against him but for a total
the challenge ahead. “That’s sort of the crossroads and we’re Cincinnati. of only 21 yards as he excelled being
The offense has changed in the last very fortunate to be 5-2. Everything’s in For reference, six head coaches make the matched up on running back Tarik Co-
year,and assistant coaches were replaced. front of us, season’s not over. That’s impor- defensive calls for their teams, a group led hen. Gardner-Johnson had six tackles,
Nick Foles is at quarterback, the tight ends tant to remind every single person, not only by the New England Patriots’ Bill Belichick. two for a loss, and two passes broken
group was overhauled and rookie Darnell in the locker room but out there. … We have Tennessee Titans’ Mike Vrabel, Detroit up that day.
Mooney adds a speed element at wide re- to continue to work through this.” Lions’ Matt Patricia, Minnesota Vikings’ “He’s a really good fit for what Dennis
ceiver. Despite the changes, production Quarterback Mitch Trubisky no longer is Mike Zimmer and Fangio. Interim Falcons Allen likes to do because of his style,”
through the 5-2 start has been maddeningly the fall guy, not by himself, anyway, and that coach Raheem Morris shares play-calling the scout said. “He’s an aggressive
familiar to the morass of inconsistencies turns the ire of the public on Nagy with responsibilities with defensive coordinator player, and the versatility he adds as a
that plagued the organization a year ago many clamoring for him to hand off play- Jeff Ulbrich. coverage defender, as a player who can
when huge expectations were dashed. calling duties, something that originated in “I’ve been on a ton of staffs, a lot of ways play in space and matchup versus run-
The running game remains one of the 2019. Nagy said he wouldn’t do it last year to do it,” Lazor said. “One time I had a head ning backs, tight ends and slot wide
worst in the league — it’s ranked 32nd — and and has said multiple times this season if coach say, ‘Hey, guys, on gameday I really receivers. This guy can really do a lot.
the Bears can’t seem to buy explosive plays that is a solution the staff agrees will help, don’t want any talking on the headsets.’ He They’re listing him at nickel, but he
— they’re 30th in yards per play. Too often the Bears will go that route. But they haven’t said, ‘I hired you guys because I trust you, so really does everything for them. He can
they are forced to drive a long field needing reached that conclusion. if you have an idea on gameday, it will prob- play in dime package like an overhang
eight, 10 or 12 or more plays, which leaves Offensive coordinator Bill Lazor would ably be the right thing. But if you give an linebacker. I look at him as a slot safety,
too many opportunities for error or big plays be the logical first choice to inherit play- idea and it doesn’t work, I’m going to blame and he’s a good blitzer. They use him as
by the opponent. It’s worth noting the Saints calling responsibilities if Nagy were to dele- you, so you’re better off if you just don’t say an extra pass rusher.
are surrendering plenty of big plays on gate the job. Lazor was the Bears’ second anything.’ ” “He’s the one that got in the practice
defense and have been quite penalty prone. choice after they tried to hire Pat Shurmur, One week at a time, the Bears go about scuffle with Michael Thomas, and who
They trounced the Bears a year ago with who instead chose to join Vic Fangio’s Bron- trying to improve. It’s grossly oversimplified knows what went down with that. This
Teddy Bridgewater — who is now with the cos staff in January, presumably because to suggest changing play callers will fix is a nice scheme fit for the kid, but I
Carolina Panthers — at quarterback, but the that job came with the chance to call plays. things. Sure, giving Lazor or another assist- thought this secondary would be a lot
Saints defense is much leakier in 2020. Lazor has called plays previously in Mi- ant the task might spark the offense. The flip better this year. They’re giving up plays
Frustration has become unmistakable for ami and Cincinnati, but the idea that putting side is the Bears could continue to slog their down the field, they’re letting guys run
almost everyone involved with the Bears him in charge of play calling is going to way through the season on offense, and in wide open. They’ve got to get on the
offense, save for maybe Foles. Nagy clearly significantly reshape the offense seems a that situation, where would that leave Nagy? same page and be much more disci-
was peeved Monday night after the 24-10 stretch. The Bears suddenly aren’t going to He still would be in charge —and the one plined. They have talent, lots of it, with
loss to the Rams, when his defense resemble the Chiefs in terms of production taking the heat. Marshon Lattimore, excellent man-
outscored his offense 7-3. He has pledged if Lazor or quarterbacks coach John DeFil- The Bears are in a deep funk on offense — coverage corner, Marcus Williams, great
never to turn negative and stopped short of ippo — who previously called plays in Min- one that spans more than a calendar year — range at the safety position, and this
that but still was agitated the following day. nesota and Jacksonville — or passing game but they have yet to lose consecutive games secondary hasn’t put it together. Maybe
“It’s our job to get this thing figured out. coordinator Dave Ragone is at the controls. this season. And that cannot be overlooked this is their get-right game because the
We are going to look at everything,” he said. The Bears are going to be working from the by those calling most loudly for Nagy to Bears sure as heck aren’t throwing the
“We’re all in this thing together. I know it’s same playbook. It won’t be like going from make a change. ball.”

PREDICTIONS

Can Bears rebound to top Brees, Saints? Our experts say no.
Brad Biggs (5-2)
The Bears have been playing the entire season without a
major piece in the middle of their defense, tackle Eddie
Goldman, who opted out. Otherwise, they’ve been pretty
durable with the exception of losing left guard James
Daniels in Week 5. Now, injuries are adding up, and
they’re going to have adapt the way some of their
opponents have after missing key players for games
through two months of the season. The Saints have
figured out how to remain productive offensively
without wide receiver Michael Thomas, and he could
return.
Colleen Kane (5-2)
With a healthy Allen Robinson and Cody Whitehair, I
might have given this one to the Bears. But they’ve been
sidelined in practice this week, and they mean too much
to a Bears offense that already was scuffling. Bears
defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano called the Saints’
Alvin Kamara “a nightmare” as he’s piled up the
receiving and rushing yards this season, and Kamara
should do enough damage Sunday to help the Saints pull
off the win.
Dan Wiederer (6-1)
Heavy winds in the forecast might become a
much-needed equalizer for the Bears. Their struggling
offense didn’t have nearly enough firepower at full
strength to keep up with Drew Brees, Alvin Kamara and
Co. And now with significant injury concerns? Uh-oh.
Nothing we’ve seen through the first two months has
hinted at an offensive breakthrough. Big plays might be
needed in all three phases to pull off an upset.

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A polling place at Center On Halsted in Chicago is seen March 17, which was primary election day.
Weary from waiting
patience is a virtue that doesn’t always seem very American
By Christopher Borrelli
F
eel that?
That heaviness?
That’s the baro-
metric pressure of
an incoming elec-
tion and the anxiety of not know-
ing how it will turn out.
See that other thing, off in the
distance? That’s calm and clarity
at the end of an impossible year —
that’s the thing T.S. Eliot called
“the still point of the turning
world.” That’s a ways off.
So we wait. And while we wait,
in line to vote Nov. 3, for the re-
sults of an election that may not
be decided Nov. 3, for a vaccine to
return physically to classrooms
and enter a movie theater, for
justice for Black Americans killed
by police, to see loved ones again
(maybe next Christmas), to be
furloughed, to receive unemploy-
ment, while we wait for some-
thing resembling normal to re-
turn to everyday life, here’s a bit
of local history that’s rattling in
my head:
At the Museum of Contempo-
rary Art in 1975, the performance
artist Chris Burden asked the
MCA staff for a 4-foot-by-8-foot
sheet of glass and told the curator
As we head into a winter
lockdown, who will win?
Chris Jones
Last Saturday, I asked my wife
how she wanted to spend the
evening. “Well,” she said. “We
could take the dog for a walk or
watch something on a screen.”
My face must have fallen. “You
know what?” she said, brightly.
“We could do both.”
In the first phase of this perva-
sive COVID-19 nightmare,
screens dominated our locked-
down lives, providing education
for our children, a gateway to
buying stuff and almost all of our
entertainment options. The econ-
As 2020 winds down and election day draws close,
Performance artist Chris Burden presented “Doomed” at the Museum
of Contemporary Art in Chicago in April 1975, waiting under a piece of
glass for more than 45 hours. It was organized in conjunction with the
exhibition “Bodyworks.”
he would lie on the gallery floor
beneath it. Dennis O’Shea, now
the museum’s manager of techni-
cal production and then a mem-
ber of the tech crew, remembers
Burden being annoyed when he
was asked exactly how long he
planned to do this. Burden han-
ded the MCA a statement which
read that he was placing his life
into their hands.
“He expected the museum to
throw him out,” O’Shea recalls.
“And they didn’t.”
So Burden lay there, waiting.
omic consequence of this was a
massive win for international
in-home content facilitators and
providers like Zoom and Netflix,
a devastating loss for local restau-
rants and live music venues, and a
ground-shaking pivot toward
streaming from previously diver-
sified entertainment conglomer-
ates like Disney. The power base
in Hollywood has changed more
in the last six months than the
previous six years.
Futurists are predicting that
the pandemic has accelerated the
permanent decline of everything
from watching movies in tradi-
tional theaters to standing in line
at theme parks. But as we ap-
proach what is looking more and
more like a second lockdown, this
one timed alongside a cold, dark
winter here in the upper Mid-
west, are those in-home screens
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And the audience filtered past,
waiting.
Burden wet himself the first
night, some viewers tossed coins
at him, one man leaned in to say
the artist was boring and every-
one was waiting for him to do
something, anything.
“It became a big news item, yet
nobody at the museum knew
what to do next,” O’Shea said.
Until a doctor showed up and
said Burden would die if he didn’t
go to the bathroom or eat. So,
beside the artist, O’Shea placed a
An outdoor plastic dining bubble is seen Oct. 15. Restaurants are so
busy trying to keep ahead of COVID-19 changes that they have no ener-
gy left to figure out what their role in this new landscape should be.
going to dominate everything
again? Is Big Tech going to once
again take home all the spoils?
Are we all going to let that hap-
pen? Are we content to so reorder
our lives? Like, permanently?
It’s hard to say. Local cultural
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pitcher of water and a pan for
urination. And with that simple
act, after 45 hours and 10 min-
utes, Burden sat up. The show
was over. Burden, who died in
2015, was just waiting for help.
I’ve thought a lot about that
since last spring.
Partly because, as January
Parkos Arnall, the MCA’s interim
senior curator of performance
and public practice, explained: “It
was about our waiting for some-
thing, and the dread of not know-
ing if there is an end.”
That sounds familiar. But, like
Burden on the floor, we put our-
selves here.
If the past year and the election
season, pandemic and protests
were defined by waiting, they’re
also marked by our uneasy under-
standing of patience — the flip
side of waiting.
We are still waiting for yester-
day to return because we have
shown due patience and because,
conversely, for others, patience
ran out. To enter supermarkets,
clinics and schools, we stand in
lines now and wait, patiently. And
yet that look in the eyes of stu-
dents (and teachers) who are
virtually learning is like a Nin-
tendo energy meter measuring
their collective patience and fast
approaching zero.
The fact that it seems I can no
longer take more than a breath at
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enterprises tend to be more tac-
tile and intimate, since venture
capitalists prefer to focus on that
which can be duplicated and
scaled. The tactile and intimate is
not having a banner year.
In recent days, Illinois Gov. J.B.
a green light before someone
honks, that’s about patience — as
is my honk at the driver in front of
me reading texts. Their iPhone, a
cure for their own impatience,
means I wait, growing impatient.
“Take elections, a prime exam-
ple of something where wait
times produce frustration,” said
Jason Farman, author “Delayed
Response: The Art of Waiting
From the Ancient to the Instant
World” and director of the design
cultures and creativity program at
the University of Maryland.
“The complexity of elections
isn’t something most of us com-
pletely understand, so when it
takes longer than we’re used to
seeing it builds anxiety. I think
we’re all about to experience that
again, so I think the public would
benefit from some expectation
setting. If we just called this No-
vember ‘Election Month,’ see,
then that’s suddenly a very differ-
ent set of expectations.”
He said the way to think of
Election Night is to think of a
buffering icon.
Waiting … waiting …
As a measuring stick of impa-
tience, you might also consider
that moment in late May when
the White House saw protesters
tear-gassed and cleared from a
park so the president could hold a
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Pritzker announced a suspension
of indoor dining in Chicago and
much of the state, putting huge
financial pressure on restaurants
and bars forced to cope with a
dizzying procession of ever-
changing rules and regulations,
even as other businesses have
been allowed to operate far
nearer to normalcy. Justified as
they may be as the virus rages,
such restrictions inevitably result
in an advantage for national
chains better able to withstand an
economic downturn than a local
tavern-keeper who has rent to
pay this week. And once eateries
are forced to focus on home deliv-
ery, that diverts a big chunk of
spending to technology compa-
nies like DoorDash who’ve swal-
lowed up a huge share of what
once was a locally controlled
delivery market.
Live entertainment was al-
ready mostly shuttered but the
new rules have forced even the
gutsy comedy club Zanies, which
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Jazz master forges through pandemic
Howard Levy
releases an apropos
improvised album
Howard Reich
On Music
Everyone in jazz knows
that Chicagoan Howard
Levy commands a global
reputation as a harmonica
virtuoso.
Fewer realize that he’s
also an uncommonly fluid
jazz pianist. But even those
familiar with his pianism
may be surprised by “Look-
ing Inward,” his new album
of solo piano improvisa-
tions born of the pandemic.
“What was going on
with the pandemic influ-
enced the way I played — I
felt really isolated and
scared about what was
going on,” says Levy, who
recorded the music be-
tween April 20 and May 20,
when the world was realiz-
ing the gravity of a still-
escalating crisis.
“I actually had a great-
grandmother who died in
the 1918-19 pandemic,
which was a story in our
family, but I never really
thought of it. It was a trage-
dy that happened, and it
deeply affected my grand-
mother. She was trauma-
tized by it forever, prob-
ably.”
But Levy — like most of
us — never expected such a
scenario to roil our lives in
the high-tech 21st century.
With Levy’s schedule of
constant global touring
suddenly canceled, he
found himself not only
living through a pandemic
of the kind that had scarred
his family but also bearing
the weight of too much
time on his hands.
So he made music — at
home on his 1923 Steinway,
cracked soundboard and
all.
“I started to record some
Pearl Jam at 30
The enduring power of Seattle music’s cool uncles
By Michael
Rietmulder
Seattle Times
It was only two years
ago, but it feels like a life-
time. Seattle had been
abuzz for two weeks by the
time Pearl Jam took the
stage at what was then
Safeco Field for the first of
two shows in a stadium
rock doubleheader raising
millions for organizations
working with people expe-
riencing homelessness.
“About 28 years ago, we
played not too far down the
street,” a nostalgic Eddie
Vedder told the ballpark
crowd, easing into a col-
ossal three-hour concert.
“Our first show was maybe
seven or eight songs and
back then it took maybe 30
minutes to cover all the
issues. But now we live in a
much more complex time.
It’s gonna take a lot more
than 30 minutes to cover all
of the aspects of modern-
day life.”
That inaugural show
took place 30 years ago Oct.
22 at the old Off Ramp, now
punk/metal den El Cora-
zon — one of South Lake
Union’s last vestiges of grit
(at least for now). The band
marks the anniversary with
a wider release of its “MTV
Unplugged” concert and a
pay-per-view webcast of a
2016 Philadelphia show
where they played “Ten” in
its entirety. The club where
a new-in-town Vedder
debuted with the band
rising from Mother Love
Bone’s ashes is just a few
miles from Pearl Jam’s
center-field stage during
those 2018 Home Shows.
But Pearl Jam’s journey
from local club act to an
enduring arena filler was
even more of a marathon
than one of the Seattle
juggernauts’ famously
lengthy sets.
In 1990, a young Mookie
Blaylock — as Pearl Jam
was still known the night of
that first gig — was one
band among a close-knit
Jazz pianist Howard Levy released “Looking Inward,” his new album of solo piano improvisations born of the pandemic.
solo piano things,” he says.
“I thought: Well, this is a
good time. I’m totally iso-
lated. Why don’t I try to
record some solo piano
stuff I’ve written that I’ve
never put out?”
He soon hit a brick wall.
Though Levy loves to
perform, as anyone who
has attended his shows
knows, he felt strangely
self-conscious playing for
an audience of one: the
microphone.
“It’s hard to record by
yourself,” he says. “You
have to do it a lot to get
over it. So I started doing
free improvisations.
There’s no pressure on you
this way. Whatever comes
out, comes out. Sometimes
it’s going to be better,
sometimes worse.”
As he was riffing, Levy
found himself imagining
scenes — pictures or mov-
ies that played in his mind
as his fingers coursed over
the keyboard. That process
took him outside of himself
and eased his self-con-
sciousness, he says, en-
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Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam perform at Wrigley Field in
2018 in Chicago.
battalion of Seattle club
rockers that would unex-
pectedly shape ’90s pop
culture. Their peer group’s
a little different these days.
As an active 30-year-old
rock band capable of
playing stadiums (when
such things are allowed),
Pearl Jam is in rare com-
pany with some of the
classic rock deities who
influenced them like The
Rolling Stones and Vedder’s
hero-pals in The Who,
whose “maximum R&B” is
a foundational block Pearl
Jam continues to build
upon. Around their 30-year
marks, the Stones were
laying up their forgettable
“Voodoo Lounge” album
and fielding questions
about whether they still
had it as a touring band
(spoiler alert: They did and
still do). Meanwhile, The
Who was limited to one-off
reunions amid a 24-year
album-less gap.
Pearl Jam crosses that
30-year threshold with
more momentum. This
year the band broke a sev-
en-year album drought of
their own, sounding
recharged and at times
restless on “Gigaton,” their
11th studio album. It’s gen-
erally a win if so-called
legacy bands’ late-career
albums produce a few
tunes worth cracking the
set list on tours that will sell
abling musical ideas to
pour forth.
Time went by, and Levy
felt progressively more
comfortable with the proc-
ess, until he realized what
was happening: He was
creating new compositions
on the fly.
“I was not playing in a
quote ‘free improvisational’
style so much as improvis-
ing in a compositional
style,” explains Levy.
If that seems like a dis-
tinction without a differ-
ence, it’s quite clear on the
recording. Its tracks sound
like carefully constructed
miniatures, most running
between three and four
minutes, rather than free-
roaming improvisations.
You don’t have to know that
one of the works is titled
“Homage to Erik Satie” to
hear the deep imprint of
that early 20th-century
French master, whose own
keyboard vignettes (such as
his famous “Gymnope-
dies”) influenced genera-
tions of less-is-more mod-
ernists.
tickets whether they have a
new record or not. But with
their best album this cen-
tury, a still-hungry Pearl
Jam showed they can suc-
cessfully push themselves
while continuing to mine
the ’70s rock influences
they’ve long embraced — a
welcome exhibition after
sticking to their comfort
zone in 2013’s “Lightning
Bolt.” And while Vedder
might not hurl himself into
the crowd like he once did,
no one’s questioning
whether Pearl Jam’s live
show is up to snuff.
While “Gigaton” themes
like existential dread and
hope felt incredibly on the
nose for 2020, a Pearl Jam
album’s success hasn’t
needed relevance to any-
thing else happening in pop
music since the grunge
boom exposed Vedder’s
disdain for getting “swal-
lowed up by the main-
stream,” as the singer put it
in “Pearl Jam Twenty,” the
Cameron Crowe-directed
doc commemorating Pearl
Jam’s 20th anniversary.
(Still, curveball “Gigaton”
single “Dance of the Clair-
voyants” never feels out of
place on KEXP-FM’s indie-
centric airwaves among the
likes of art-pop visionary
Lido Pimienta and modern
post-punk darlings Idles, a
Jeff Ament favorite.)
As the mainstream
“I’m a big fan of late
19th-century and early
20th-century French piano
music,” says Levy. “A huge
admirer of Satie and Ravel
and Debussy, as are many
jazz musicians: Coltrane,
Herbie (Hancock), Miles
(Davis). Ravel was
Coltrane’s favorite com-
poser.”
Yet Levy’s solo piano
vignettes differ from Rav-
el’s and Debussy’s piano
works in one significant
way: While most of those
two masters’ piano pieces
are technically difficult and
complex, expanding the
piano’s vocabulary, Levy’s
“Looking Inward” pieces
are disarmingly simple and
direct. If you didn’t already
know they were created
and performed by Levy,
you’d never guess it, for he
commands ample key-
board technique.
The primary compari-
son to Debussy’s oeuvre
would be the “Children’s
Corner” suite. And, indeed,
it’s easy to envision many
of Levy’s pieces being
Pearl Jam were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2017.
winds shifted, Pearl Jam
effectively built their own
sustainable ecosystem,
nurturing a dedicated fan
base that’s largely north of
40 and frequently travels
for Pearl Jam’s lengthy
concerts, with set lists
varying nightly. Those
jam-scene ethos that
helped the Grateful Dead
earn its cult following are
rare in the hard-rock world
and have been central to
the band’s post-grunge
legacy.
Of Pearl Jam’s ’90s alt-
rock brethren still com-
manding arena-sized
crowds, Radiohead took an
alternate route. Whereas
Pearl Jam proudly em-
braced and celebrated rock
’n’ roll heritage, Radiohead
dismantled it, undergoing a
digital reconstruction that
was ahead of its time and
redefined what a rock band
could be. While Radiohead
hasn’t totally escaped the
“dad rock” charges thrown
at guitar-wielding Gen X
PEI YU PHOTO
transcribed for young pia-
nists to learn.
“I’m trying to tell stories,
rather than play the piano,”
says Levy, in explaining the
transparency of his new
works. “And the piano is my
storytelling vehicle.
“Also, I was really con-
centrating on coherence,
and I didn’t want to get off
into some sort of technical
realm. It’s just a different
thing. It’s a side of me that
probably doesn’t come out
in live performances as
much.”
Along these lines, this is
only the second album in
Levy’s large discography
that has no harmonica.
Instead, on some tracks he
has overdubbed his playing
on hand drums, bamboo
flute and mandolin.
It’s all quite delicate and
introspective, and perhaps
not surprisingly, a bit mel-
ancholy.
“This music is very much
music of this time, because
a lot of it has a somber
quality, which reflects the
somber realities of this
heroes, the Brits have
maintained enough rele-
vance with younger audi-
ences to headline Coachella
in 2017 without anyone
batting an eyelash. It’s
harder to picture Travis
Scott fans in throwback
NBA jerseys sprinting
across the field to watch
Mike McCready channel
Jimmy Page with sky-
bound guitar solos, and
that’s probably best for all
parties.
But in essence, both
bands achieved similar
longevity by doing whatev-
er the hell they wanted, a
lesson Pearl Jam gleaned
from its time on the road
with folk-rock maverick
Neil Young — or “Uncle
Neil,” as Vedder affection-
ately calls the “godfather of
grunge.”
In their hometown of
Seattle, Pearl Jam’s mem-
bers have in some ways
filled an avuncular role in
the local music community,
as has fellow ’90s star Sir
pandemic,” Levy acknowl-
edges.
“Sometimes I felt almost
like one of these medieval
monks who sat in his cell
writing illuminated manu-
scripts, working in solitude.
So I think that’s part of
what resonates with people
with this music, is that all
of us are spending a lot
more time isolated from
each other.”
To combat that isolation,
in August Levy launched a
“Thursday Night Happen-
ing” livestream (via his
website) in which he ex-
plored a different musical
theme each week. The
proceeds went to the Great-
er Chicago Food Depos-
itory, and “we raised
enough money for about
12,000 meals,” he says.
That series ended last
month (all the shows are
archived on Levy’s web-
site), but he plans to re-
sume it sometime. He’s also
teaching harmonica lessons
online to students around
the world and recording
harmonica tracks for other
artists, including one for
Chicago singer Grazyna
Auguscik’s next album.
Above all, though, Levy
credits “Looking Inward”
for having changed his
outlook on our current
troubles.
“From being extremely
down at the beginning of
this … through working on
this music, I’ve gotten more
positive energy in myself to
work on all these different
projects,” says Levy.
“It really led me to want
to connect with my audi-
ence again, when I put this
out. And it started me on
doing those Thursday night
livestreams.”
In a way, “Looking In-
ward” made it possible for
Levy to look outward again.
For more information on
“Looking Inward,” Levy’s
“Thursday Night Happen-
ing” videos and other work,
visit www.levyland.com.
Howard Reich is a Tribune
critic.
hreich@chicagotribune.com
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Mix-A-Lot, with a seen-it-
all credibility and a pen-
chant for shining their
spotlight on myriad causes
over the years. McCready,
in particular, has champi-
oned a number of younger
artists and put out 7-inches
from Seattle rockers like
Thunderpussy and The
Black Tones through his
HockeyTalkter label. Simi-
larly, Stone Gossard is
firing up his dormant
Loosegroove Records
again, with plans to release
music from local R&B/soul
artists Tiffany Wilson and
Brittany Davis, who plays
in Gossard’s latest side
project Painted Shield.
While its legacy is se-
cure, Pearl Jam’s story is
still being written. It could
be a while before they’re
allowed to fill another
Seattle sports complex. But
who knows, at this rate, the
enduring and endearing
rockers will probably out-
last the next new arena,
too.

Tiler Peck, a principal dancer with New York City Ballet, has curated a virtual evening of dance called “A New Stage” that began streaming recently.
Stepping up
to the stage
NYC Ballet dancer Tiler Peck missed
performing, so she found a way
By Jocelyn Noveck
Associated Press
When Tiler Peck started
giving Instagram ballet
classes from her mom’s
kitchen in California this
spring — a way of staying in
shape and keeping in touch
with dance fans — she
initially thought maybe 20
people would tune in.
She was startled to dis-
cover that thousands of
people were joining, from
as far away as Iran and
India, to take class with one
of the world’s top balleri-
nas. It was that obvious
hunger out there for dance,
says Peck, a principal danc-
er at New York City Ballet,
that inspired her to go
farther.
Dance troupes were
putting out great digital
content, but it wasn’t new
work. And theaters were
Armando Manzanero still Jones
master of romantic music
By Berenice Bautista
Associated Press
MEXICO CITY — Ar-
mando Manzanero still
has music to give. At 84,
the Mexican master of
romantic music, who has
penned Spanish classics
such as “Somos Novios”
and “Contigo Aprendi” is
still working the tunes on
his piano.
When answering the
phone for an interview
about the Lifetime
Achievement Award he
received recently at the
Latin Billboard Awards, he
was in the middle of a
recording session.
“Everything I say and I
compose, or feel, I record
so it doesn’t get lost,” he
said. “The only thing I
have to hope for, if God
still gives me time, is for
some artist to record a
couple songs.”
“Until three or four
years ago, I had that drive
to pursue the singers at
any cost,” he said. “But
time has also taught me
that that is not right, is not
fair. I am a man who has
worked hard, who has
fought every step of the
way. I started from the
bottom up, not the other
way around.”
Manzanero has written
over 400 songs, including
also “Adoro,” “Voy a Apa-
gar la Luz” and “Esta
Tarde Vi Llover.” Raphael,
Tony Bennett, Diego “El
Cigala” and Elis Regina are
among the artists who
have recorded his music.
In 2014 he became the
first Mexican to receive
the Lifetime Achievement
Award from the Recording
Academy, which bestows
the Grammy Awards. The
Latin Grammy winner was
also celebrated for his
career in 2010 by the Latin
Recording Academy.
In the interview, Man-
zanero looked back at
times when he had to fight
for his music, the great
stars he has produced and
some intimate details
about his family life. The
dark, their stages unused. “I
was getting so many mes-
sages, saying ‘I miss going
to the theater so much,’ ”
Peck says. “There was this
void there. And I started
thinking all of our theaters
are dark, the stages are
empty. Why can’t we put on
a performance?”
So Peck gathered to-
gether some of her favorite
artists, found a theater and
a partner in CLI Studios,
which specializes in dance
education, and launched “A
New Stage,” which began
streaming recently. The
first installment stars Peck
along with famed Memphis
“jookin” dancer Lil Buck,
Broadway singer Sierra
Boggess, ballet dancer
Brooklyn Mack, and the
female tap-dancing band
Syncopated Ladies.
Noted ballet and Broad-
way choreographer Chris-
Armando Manzanero arrives at the Billboard Latin Music
Awards on Oct. 21 in Sunrise, Florida.
answers have been trans-
lated from Spanish and
edited for clarity and
brevity.
Q: What are some of
your proudest moments
in your career?
A: I am the proudest
about still having to sing
“Adoro,” “Somos Novios,”
“Por Debajo de la Mesa”
when I go out to work.
And it turns out that,
when a new artist comes
out when I see young
people recording my mu-
sic or someone like
Sebastian Yatra wanting to
work with me, I feel very
satisfied. The songs I
made 50 or 60 years ago
are still alive. Even flowers
don’t last that long.
Q: You have not only
succeeded as a com-
poser. As a producer, you
have worked with artists
like Luis Miguel and
Angelica Maria. What
do you like the most
about that side?
A: When you talk about
Angelica Maria, you are
talking about an eternal
character. Who would
have imagined that an
unknown 23-year-old
man, a mere pianist and
composer, was going to
reach a lady like Angelica
topher Wheeldon contrib-
utes a world premiere,
choreographed via Zoom,
with Peck dancing to vocals
by Boggess. Other works
are by Chloe Arnold and
Jennifer Weber.
Peck, 31, talked about the
project, the challenges of
putting it together during a
pandemic, and the joy she
felt in performing on a stage
— even without an audi-
ence. (The interview has
been condensed for length.)
Q: It must have been
frustrating to not dance
for so many months.
A: I’m not the kind of
person that likes to sit
around. As a dancer, these
are some pivotal years for
me. We don’t get these
back. So I, I thought, I’m
going to use this time to
work with people that I
really want to work with.
Even if it is over Zoom, you
can create I was just so
grateful to be back in a
rehearsal room. Then when
we were all on stage, all of
us couldn’t believe that we
were in a theater. I remem-
ber the first time I went
center stage ... I got chills all
over my body.
Q: People know you for
ballet, but you actually
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Maria, who was then a
girl, and that she would
listen to him and take him
into account and recorded
“Eddy Eddy” and “Paso a
Pasito”? My friendship
with her is eternal, full of
gratitude and memories of
my beautiful beginnings.
With Luis Miguel we can
say that I closed that side
as a producer. His (bolero
albums) “Romances” are
among the works that left
me the best feeling, and
also the best benefit, as a
composer. I feel very
proud of having done all
that.
Q: The romantic song
is enormous in Mexico.
How do you feel as a
champion of this musi-
cal genre that has had a
global impact?
A: I carry the flag of the
best music in the world,
the most beautiful music,
and I am not the one who
created it. Someone like
Juventino Rosas did with
his waltz “Sobre las Olas,”
someone like Lorenzo
Barcelata with his song
“Maria Elena,” someone
like Mrs. Consuelo Ve-
lazquez with the most
sung song in the world,
“Besame Mucho.” I cham-
pion all that great music
that we Mexicans have.
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love the other dance
forms you’re using here.
A: I grew up doing every
style of dance. Actually
ballet was my least favorite
because I thought, “Oh, it’s
the most boring.” And so
my whole thing of being a
ballerina is to kind of break
the barrier down. I wanted
to have something for
everybody in these shows
and to get rid of the stigma
that every single form has
to have its own lane. Be-
cause I really don’t believe
that.
Q: You filmed in a thea-
ter, when most are dark.
What was that like?
A: Safety was literally my
first priority because my
family really hadn’t left our
house in about four or five
months, we have my 85-
year-old grandmother
staying with us. I was not
about to take any chances.
So everybody was tested.
We wore masks. We
cleaned every surface. It
was crazy, but it made me
feel safe. And I wanted to
make sure that everybody
had that experience.
Q: The dance commu-
nity has been especially
hard hit. So many danc-
ers live paycheck to pay-
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was operating at a reduced
capacity in both Chicago
and Rosemont, to close.
And independent music
venues seem to be march-
ing ever closer to extinc-
tion, alongside the neigh-
borhood bar.
Screens, of course, re-
main open for business.
So are we all looking at
more of the same over the
coming months? Is screen
fatigue (a) real and (b) in
any realistic way avoidable?
And will anything substan-
tial be done by govern-
ments to preserve the fab-
ric of our culture?
Some business col-
umnists are arguing that
the tech giants are not
going to repeat their explo-
sive growth this winter
because they’re already
tapped themselves out.
Consumers are getting
weary of their in-home
offerings and will now seek
out local options, or some
other escape from the Hulu
grind. In this line of think-
ing, the first lockdown led
people to binge on their
Amazon Prime queues,
staring at their screens all
night long, but that very
prospect now is about as
exciting as a cleaning the
apartment. One Netflix
series is starting to look like
another and we’re growing
tired of the de-localization
of what we are consuming.
It’s not nurturing or sus-
taining in the way that our
old lives used to be.
On-demand content
always seems to exist in a
vague ether, floating in time
and space, especially as the
length of time between
now and the old normalcy
starts to increase. Binging
was fine for a while in a
crisis, but it doesn’t connect
us to the kind of meaning-
ful community that many
people need.
And, of course, spending
your night watching a
screen is starting to feel a
lot like the same thing
many people are doing all
day for work.
This time around, per-
haps we are arriving at a
better understanding of
these dangers in where we
check.
A: Yes. I always say I’m
so grateful to have such a
big organization like New
York City Ballet behind me
so that it’s not self-employ-
ment work. And I never
would have thought I
would be in this position.
But I feel like because our
company is so big and we
are at Lincoln Center, it’s
going to be one of the hard-
est things to bring back
because it isn’t a little com-
pany. So for me, I was like,
there’s no way I can wait
until the next time we get
to perform in the company
because I don’t know when
that’s going to be. So I’m
just going to use this time. I
need to stay creative. I want
to be inventive. I want to
challenge myself.
Q: Some have said the
dance world may never
be the same.
A: So much of our audi-
ence is an older audience.
So even when we do go
back, I don’t know if those
people would feel comfort-
able being in seats. I think
the last few years we’ve
been trying to kind of get
that new audience and
bring works that would
appeal to a younger genera-
tion to get that new audi-
do or do not spend our
money.
The question, of course,
is how well these belea-
guered entities manage to
fight back against this
stealth takeover, now that
they have had several
months to get used to a new
world order that helped Big
Tech but only hurt them.
Will anyone outside of
Apple, Google, Facebook,
Amazon and Netflix be able
to effectively fight back in
this environment?
That question cannot be
answered without consider-
ing what governments do or
don’t do. So far, those poli-
cies have only accelerated
the growth of Big Tech at
the expense of the rest of
the economy. Chicago
restaurants, for example, are
so busy trying to keep ahead
of head-spinning changes in
regulations that they have
little or no energy left to
figure out how the world is
changing and what their
role in a new landscape
should be. After all, we all
have to be concerned not
just with what we are or are
not doing during this rough
winter, but what will still be
there when we eventually
come out the other side.
There are signs of hope.
Streaming by non-giant
entities is improving: the
huge demand for the Good-
man Theatre’s recent pre-
sentation of its classic pro-
duction of “Death of a Sales-
man” with Brian Dennehy
was a reminder of the pub-
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ence. But I do think it’s
going to be hard. It might
be different for a very long
time, unfortunately.
Q: Your Instagram
classes really seemed to
take off.
A: The most amazing
thing was seeing how many
different types of people
were taking this class. Peo-
ple in Africa, Iran, a full
family in India. And it was
really moving because it
was a family effort. My
mom (a dance teacher)
would help me the night
before, and my sister would
help me pick out the music.
So it became this thing in
my household that lifted us
up every day.
I think people (also)
really took to them because
they got to see my person-
ality. I mean, I’m very nor-
mal. I think sometimes
ballerinas, we get this un-
touchable or diva-like rep,
you know? And that’s so
not like me. I would make
mistakes. And then I’d say,
“Oh, gosh, guys, I know I
told you this and I just did
this, really sorry, but I’m
human too. Give me a little
slack.” I want them to know
this is the real me. In dance,
you don’t really get to use
your voice.
lic appetite for nostalgic
content that exists outside
of the heavily hyped chan-
nels. Innovative ideas (“An
igloo tonight, love?”) have
sprung up for outdoor
dining in a cold climate.
Comedians have taken to
performing shows on
pickup trucks. Drive-ins
now abound. Plans are
being made for better utili-
zation of the outdoors, even
in chilly weather. People
stand in line for food at
outdoor Christmas markets
all over the world. Maybe
more people will be willing
to put on their coats to
sustain the fabric of their
own communities: Amazon
is not known for its hygge.
Everyone is stymied, of
course, by the same agoniz-
ing question: for how long
are we all doing this? The
challenges of still being
there when this thing ends
(when? when? when?) are
different from doing cultur-
al business in the here and
now. People are being
ripped apart by trying to
tend to both of those things
at once.
Unless you’re Big Tech.
Or unless government
and private citizens figure
out what we are in danger
of losing and wake up to the
danger of total destruction
and domination.
Chris Jones is a Tribune
critic.
cjones5@chicago
tribune.com
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No mystery why we still read Christie
100 years after the first of her many
whodunits, author remains beloved
By Chris Hewitt
Minneapolis Star Tribune
I’ve had the good fortune
to fall in love with Agatha
Christie’s murder mysteries
twice.
I was in grade school
when my grandmother
introduced me to the writer
whose more than 2 billion
books sold makes her the
bestselling novelist of all
time. I’d never been to
England, couldn’t relate to
its class struggles and was
four decades younger than
Christie’s detectives, but I
was hooked immediately.
It happened again more
than 40 years later when I
reread her mysteries in
order and blogged about
them. Even when I remem-
bered whodunit, it was like
discovering the books all
over again.
The month of October is
the 100th anniversary of
Christie’s first novel, “The
Mysterious Affair at Styles.”
Somewhere in the world,
someone is probably read-
ing it for the first time right
now.
What gives?
Though it’s not one of
her best, “Styles” intro-
duces the Belgian ex-cop
who will become one of the
most popular characters in
all of detective fiction,
Hercule Poirot, who is
persnickety, droll and fully
formed right off the bat.
The post-World War I
setting launches what will
amount to a history of
20th-century England over
the course of about 80
books. And although her
writing would improve,
Christie immediately wins
a bet with her sister that
she could do better than
the mysteries they were
reading.
Christie died in 1976 but
remains a publishing pow-
BOOKS
when she could do little
wrong, but skip the ’60s,
when she attempted to be
groovy.
She’s a mystery
Maybe it’s no surprise
that the writer of the
world’s longest-running
play, “The Mousetrap,”
knew from drama. In 1926,
after her first husband left
her for his secretary, the
celebrity author vanished
for 11 days. Eventually, it
was discovered she had
checked into a spa under
the secretary’s name, but
Christie remained mum
about the details. A specu-
lative movie was made after
her death, starring Vanessa
Redgrave as the writer and
Dustin Hoffman as a ficti-
tious detective.
From page
to screen
In movies and TV, Chris-
tie is the gift that keeps on
murdering. “Death on the
Nile,” from director/actor
Kenneth Branagh, was set
to open this month but
shifted to December. A
witty earlier version of it
featured Peter Ustinov as
Poirot, a role he also played
in “Evil Under the Sun.”
The splashiest Christie
movie is “Murder on the
Orient Express,” which
won Ingrid Bergman an
Oscar and is superior in
every detail to Branagh’s
2017 remake. “Witness for
the Prosecution,” a clever
1957 thriller starring
Charles Laughton and
Marlene Dietrich, is sched-
uled for a Ben Affleck re-
make. PBS really loves
Christie, with TV movies
such as a recent “And Then
Were None” and the
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erhouse. Reading her
books, you notice patterns.
Familiarity is part of her
appeal; her books are called
“cozies” because they skip
blood and grief in favor of
the puzzle aspect of a mur-
der.
There’s something to be
said for each book, but if
you don’t have the time to
plow through all 80, here’s
what you need to know
about why we still love her.
Her work
holds up
If you want the best of
Christie, dive into “The
A.B.C. Murders,” “Murder
on the Orient Express” and
“The Murder of Roger
Ackroyd,” all with Poirot.
The best of wily, small-
town Miss Marple includes
“A Murder Is Announced,”
“Murder at the Vicarage”
and “The Moving Finger.”
When in doubt, grab a book
from the 1930s, a time
series that featured both
Poirot and Miss Marple.
Race, class
and sexuality
Because her main detect-
ives barely age over the
course of 50 years, Chris-
tie’s novels seem timeless,
but besides twisty plots and
vivid characters, they also
reflect the society she lived
in. Early novels reveal the
racism of a woman who
grew up sheltered in the
late 19th and early 20th
centuries, but Christie
traveled extensively, which
helped her escape that
provincialism. While she
remained rooted in Eng-
land’s class structure, her
views on race broadened
considerably.
Sense of
an ending
Christie was way ahead
Mystery writer Agatha Christie in her home in Devonshire, England, in 1946.
Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot in 2017’s “Murder on the
Orient Express.”
of of M. Night Shyamalan
in her ability to spring
surprises. Without spoiling
specific titles, her innova-
tions include one where a
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX
child did it, one where
everybody colluded, one
where the cop did it and
one where the narrator
confessed but turned out to
be wrong. Her controver-
sial “The Murder of Roger
Ackroyd” came early in her
career but has both her
best twist and best final
line.
Ripped from
the headlines
Christie often borrows
from history. Most fa-
mously, “Orient Express”
takes place in the after-
math of a daring kidnap-
ping based on the murder
of the baby of Charles and
Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
An actual tragedy in the
life of “Laura” actor Gene
Tierney inspired “The
Mirror Crack’d.”
She’s funny
Christie scowls in virtu-
ally every photo, which
might explain why she isn’t
known for her humor, but
she’s often hilarious. Her
mystery writer Oliver not
only eats apples in the
bathtub (so did Christie)
but she’s an amusing idiot
savant who never stops
complaining about the
foreign detective she
wishes she had never cre-
ated. Both Poirot and
Marple are funny in differ-
ent ways, and Christie
characters often toss off
observations such as this,
from “The Man in the
Brown Suit”: “Everyone on
a ship is always getting
engaged. There’s nothing
else to do.”
Fear the manor
Last year’s hit “Knives
Out” saluted Christie’s
trademark: assembling a
cast of suspicious types in a
grand house and bumping
them off, one by one.

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Jake Brigance returns in compelling Grisham novel

By Colette Bancroft
Tampa Bay Times
Deep in the night, a
woman waits in fear for
her boyfriend to come
home. Her two teenage
children cower in a locked
bedroom. When the man
appears, raging drunk, he
beats the woman, then
passes out. Her children
find her bloodied and
unresponsive.
A gunshot rings out.
That chilling chapter
kick-starts the 35th novel
by John Grisham, “A Time
for Mercy.” It’s a fine ex-
ample of his well-honed
skill at hooking readers
right into a story — a skill
that has helped sell more
than 300 million copies of
his books worldwide.
Most of his bestselling
novels are gripping legal
thrillers, centered on
courtroom drama and even
more on the machinations
that go on behind what
jurors and observers see in
‘A Time for
Mercy’
By John Grisham;
Doubleday, 480 pages,
$29.95
court. Grisham was a law-
yer himself before he
found success as a writer,
and his experiences bring
deep authenticity to his
books.
His first novel, “A Time
to Kill,” published in 1988
and made into a hit movie
in 1996, grew directly out
of his practice of law in a
small town in Mississippi.
Its lawyer hero, Jake Brig-
ance, took on a seemingly
unwinnable case boiling
with issues of race that
split the fictional small
town of Clanton, Missis-
sippi, and nearly cost him
his life.
Grisham wrote “Syca-
more Row,” a sequel to “A
Time to Kill,” in 2013, and
he’s brought Jake back for
a third act in “A Time for
Mercy.”
This book is set in 1990,
just five years after the
events of “A Time to Kill,”
and Jake is still hustling for
cases in Clanton. His high-
est hopes for a solid payday
rest on a lawsuit he’s pur-
suing involving a collision
between a car and a train
that left a family of four
dead. Jake is suing on
behalf of the infant daugh-
ter who wasn’t in the car
that night; his witnesses
say the crossing signals
weren’t working.
Then his old friend and
mentor Judge Omar Noose
(whose name sounds like
he wandered out of a Dick-
ens novel) hands him an-
other of those apparently
unwinnable, and probably
utterly unprofitable, cases.
That gunshot in the
night killed Stuart Kofer, a
county sheriff’s deputy.
The 16-year-old son of
Kofer’s girlfriend is
charged with capital mur-
der.
Drew Gamble shot
Kofer, with the deputy’s
own gun. There’s no ques-
tion about that; Drew has
admitted it, first to his
14-year-old sister, Kiera, as
she sat on the kitchen floor
cradling their mother, then
to the police when they
arrived in response to the
kids’ 911 call.
The question is why.
Drew and Kiera say that
they thought their mother,
Josie, was dead. Kofer had
harmed them before, and
they feared for their own
lives. The house was far
from town, with no help
nearby.
Josie, as it turns out, is
alive, although grievously
injured. With Kofer dead
and her mother hospital-
ized, Kiera is homeless.
The Gamble family has
struggled for years with
poverty and Josie’s drug
abuse, and there are no
relatives to take in Keira.
And Drew is in a jail cell.
In Mississippi in 1990, a
16-year-old can be tried as
an adult. And, thanks to a
recent change in law, the
murder of a law enforce-
ment officer, whether on
duty or not, is a capital
crime. Drew could go to
death row.
The blue line forms up
immediately. The town’s
police see Kofer as one of
their own and make clear
to Jake that they expect to
see his killer get the death
penalty. That opinion holds
even as it comes out that
many of Kofer’s friends on
the force knew he was a
violent drunk whose drink-
ing was escalating.
The sheriff, Ozzie Wall,
is furious to find he’s been
kept out of the loop on
Kofer’s deterioration. He
feels some sympathy for
Drew, but as the county’s
first Black sheriff, he walks
a tightrope every day.
As always in Grisham’s
novels, the intricacies of
legal strategy are laid out
clearly. On the job as well as
in his personal life, Jake is
an endearing protagonist
because he’s a plainly im-
perfect one. He makes
mistakes, sometimes major
ones; he cuts corners and
keeps secrets and some-
times skates out to the edge
of ethics.
But he learns from all of
it, and when it comes down
to the crunch, he does the
right thing.
 Chicago Tribune | Arts+Entertainment | Section 4 | Sunday, November 1, 2020 5

Book recommendations
from the Biblioracle
John Warner tells you what to read based
on the last five books you’ve read.

1. “Valentine” by Elizabeth Wetmore

2. “Writers & Lovers” by Lily King
3. “The Vanishing Half” by Brit Bennett
4. “Pull of the Stars” by Emma
Donoghue
5. “This Is Happiness” by Niall Williams
— Kara G., Winnetka
I think Kara will connect with the care
and kindness that Jessica Francis Kane
brings to her characters in “Rules for
Visiting.”

BIBLIORACLE
1. “Stamped from the Beginning: The

Need a bookish
Definitive History of Racist Ideas in
America” by Ibram X. Kendi
2. “My Life, My Love, My Legacy” by
Coretta Scott King

distraction on
3. “Where the Crawdads Sing” by
Delia Owens
4. “Severance” by Ling Ma
5. “The Country Girls” by Edna O’Brien
— Karyn G., Wilmette

election night? If Karyn can handle reading “Severance”

By John Warner
What’s your plan for election night?
Have you traditionally been a team-
gathering type, treating the election like the
Super Bowl, summoning the clan, putting
on the jersey and face paint, and following
the blow-by-blow action? If so, I hope
you’re planning on doing it over Zoom this
year, because while pandemic fatigue is real
and understandable, the virus itself doesn’t
seem to care.
Or maybe you’re a private fretter, some-
one who prefers to be alone or maybe with
your closest loved ones as you sweat out the
results — in which case, you’re good to go.
Me? I’m an out-of-sight, hopefully out-
of-mind type. It’s not that I don’t care about
the results — I care deeply — but I can’t
handle the anxiety of watching election
night on television. This anxiety is even
more pronounced having broken this rule
in 2016 by attending an election party that
turned into a wake for American democ-
racy, one that’s continued for the next four
years.
(That’s the paragraph that will result in
angry emails from supporters of President
Trump.)
Mrs. Biblioracle is much the same, so our
usual pattern on election night is to go to
the movies, a double feature if possible, and
return to the wider world after the out-
come is known.
That’s a no go for a lot of reasons this
year. For one, pandemic. For two, we’ve
been hearing for weeks that we may not
know the outcome of the election for days,
perhaps even longer.
My first choice to solve this dilemma is
to hire someone to bring a giant mallet to
my house and clobber me over the head
with it, rendering me unconscious with
little birdies flying around my head, car-
toon-style.
Failing that, I’m going to read. For those
who are dealing with this election in a
similar way, here’s some different choices,
depending on how long you’re going to
need to be diverted from the news.
Election night only
If you’re only needing diversion between
the time the polls close and bedtime, I
recommend these short but satisfying
reads:
“My Name is Lucy Barton” by Elizabeth
Strout. I read this during jury duty, and it
was so involving, I stuck around an extra
half-hour after I was dismissed so I could
finish the experience. It oozes with Strout’s
signature empathy for her characters.
“Mrs. Caliban” by Rachel Ingalls. The
story of a housewife’s affair with a 7-foot-
tall lizard man. Beautiful and romantic and
slyly funny. It’s on the short side, so make
sure to read slowly and savor.
a novel about a pandemic originating in
China during a period where we’re living
through a pandemic originating in
China, she can handle the propulsive,
but frankly unsettling new novel from
DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD/TAMPA BAY TIMES Rumaan Alam, “Leave the World Be-
hind.”
“The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” by
Muriel Spark. A gem of a novel that will
absorb you from the first page and keep 1. “A Complex Fate: William L. Shirer
you in its grips for the couple of hours it and the American Century” by Ken
will take to move towards completion. Culbertson
2. “The View from Flyover Country:
The longer haul Dispatches from the Forgotten
America” by Sarah Kendzior
Let’s imagine we have a disputed elec- 3. “Churchill and Orwell: the Fight for
tion, and you really need to check out for Freedom” by Thomas E. Ricks
a longer period. Here’s a couple of 4. “Spying on the South: an Odyssey
choices: across the American South” by Tony
Horwitz
Hillary Mantel’s “Cromwell Trilogy.” 5. “Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a
This starts with “Wolf Hall,” followed by Silicon Valley Startup” by John Carrey-
“Bring up the Bodies” and ending with rou
“The Mirror and the Light.” Plenty of — Gene V., LaSalle
political intrigue, but set in another coun- Gene’s locked into a rich vein of nonfic-
try during another century, so it’s safe tion, and while I’m tempted to shake
territory. things up with a novel, I also don’t want
to disrespect a clear preference. I am
“The Deptford Trilogy” by Robertson going to swerve just a bit from the his-
Davies. A series of three books set in a tory preference and go with a book
small Ontario town after World War I, that’s more urgent now than when it
with each novel (“Fifth Business,” “The was first published: “The Sixth Extinc-
Manticore,” “World of Wonders”) explor- tion: An Unnatural History” by Eliza-
ing the perspective and experiences of a beth Kolbert.
different character. Reading it is like
filling in a puzzle where the shape of the
whole may change at any moment. You
can buy all three books in a single volume, Get a reading from the
so you won’t run short of pages.
Good luck to us all.
Biblioracle
Send a list of the last five books you’ve
Twitter @biblioracle read to books@chicagotribune.com.

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6 Chicago Tribune | Arts+Entertainment | Section 4 | Sunday, November 1, 2020
Banking on viewers like you
A history
of the PBS
pledge drive
By Alexis Soloski
The New York Times
“Would you like to sub-
scribe to public television
or would you prefer a knee
in the groin?” asks a report-
er with a microphone.
“I’m not quite sure,” a
man in an unconvincing
wig answers.
This surreal exchange
was part of a 1975 pledge
spot for WTTW, Chicago’s
PBS affiliate, created by and
starring Graham Chapman
and Terry Jones of “Monty
Python’s Flying Circus,”
which had made it to
America the year before on
public television. In most
scenes, the interviewee gets
the knee.
Running a public televi-
sion station has always
meant asking viewers —
viewers like you! — to give,
generously. Over five dec-
ades, PBS stations have
found ways to nudge, cajole,
guilt-trip and straight-up
beg potential supporters.
(As methods go, threats of
violence are rare.) Public
television appeals have
sweet-talked their way into
episodes of “Seinfeld” and
“The Simpsons.” When PBS
presented its history of
comedy, “Make ’Em
Laugh,” in 2009, it opened
the satire episode with Billy
Crystal parodying pledge
breaks.
But for many stations, the
pledge drive has become a
brand-identity paradox. To
attract the most money to
support their mission of
quality television, many
stations diverge from their
usual lineup and resort to
pledge programming of
more doubtful merit —
infomercials, specials that
promote pseudoscientific
advice, music docu-
mentaries that exist just to
push you to choose a six-
CD set as your “thank you”
gift. Some stations have
more recently pushed back
against lengthy, on-air
pledge drives, but the ritual
remains stubbornly popu-
lar, bringing in new sub-
scribers while selling out
DVDs of “Aging Backward
3.”
The pledge break actu-
ally precedes PBS itself. In
the 1960s, Hudson Stod-
dard, a vice president at
WNET, New York City’s
then-fledgling public televi-
sion station, went on-air
himself to ask viewers for
Patience
Continued from Page 1
Bible for a photo. It was a
low point in waiting,
though in an arguably more
existential way so was the
sadly ironic news that “A
Charlie Brown Christmas”
and “It’s the Great Pump-
kin, Charlie Brown” would
be shown only on Apple
TV+ from now on.
In other words, a pair of
soothing and deliberately
paced, nearly meditative,
animated specials — both of
which had once required
generations of viewers to
wait all year for single
30-minute network win-
dows to catch — will no
longer be found on broad-
cast television because
audiences want everything
faster, on-demand.
SIGH.
Daniel Eisenberg, a pro-
fessor of film, video and
new media at the School of
the Art Institute of Chicago,
teaches a course about time
and its relationship to art.
Early into the pandemic,
watching how we were
handling ourselves, he
began thinking of Luis
Buñuel’s 1962 classic “The
Exterminating Angel.”
“It’s about these friends
in a fancy mansion who
find they can’t leave and
don’t know why they can’t
leave, but finally they are
released from this un-
known bondage and go into
a church to give thanks and
find themselves locked in
the church,” Eisenberg said.
“I think that film is really
instructive as a way to see
this somewhat predictable
time we are living in.
“We won’t get over this
Volunteers answer phones during a PBS pledge drive in Chicago. Pledge drives have infuriated viewers for decades, but stations find them hard to quit.
donations.
During PBS’ earliest
years, affiliate stations,
which WNET soon be-
came, handled fundraising
on an individual basis. But
in 1975, PBS created its first
coordinated pledge drive,
“Festival 75,” offering spe-
cial programs like “The
1975 Ski Jumping Champi-
onships,” “An Hour With
Joan Baez,” “The Grover
Monster-Jean Marsh Car-
toon Special” (in which a
Muppet and a creator and
star of “Upstairs Down-
stairs” showcased anima-
tion from “Sesame Street”
and “The Electric Com-
pany”). The event raised $5
million, which came to $6
million with matching
grants (more than $24
million and $29 million in
today’s dollars, respec-
tively).
During a drive, a station
interrupts its programs
with in-studio breaks, usu-
ally one per hour. Celebri-
ties, national and local, stop
by to proclaim their love for
public media and plead for
your support while volun-
teers in the background
answer phones.
“Become a friend,” Frank
Sinatra said during a 1979
break for the Las Vegas
affiliate, kissing his pinkie-
ringed hand and waving it
until we get over our frame
of mind. We are trained to
always accelerate and go
forward. This is a moment
requiring something
different.
“A virus doesn’t have a
consciousness; it just is. We
need to see it as no different
than a tree. We think we
can control the natural
world. We can’t, so we have
to figure out our place —
and frankly, that is a disci-
pline we are not prone to
do.”
Our history, in a way, is a
history of waiting.
Postage stamps, plumb-
ing and the wheel are,
fundamentally, about man-
aging time. At the turn of
the 20th century, Chicago
was so enthusiastic by the
potential for pneumatic
tubes that one inventor
mailed his 13-year-old son
inside a tube, just to prove
their safety as a mode of
travel.
Time is an artificial
construct, a man-made
conceit. Yet we’ve altered
our relationship to it so
radically we now distin-
guish time from “real time.”
“History is about at-
tempts at getting rid of
waiting,” Farman said, “and
you could chart it as the
technologies we invent to
save time.”
Occasionally when I am
using the map app on my
phone to plot a long drive,
for fun I estimate the trip
using the walking option.
According to my iPhone, if
I walk from Chicago to
Detroit, without taking a
break, it’ll take four days —
six if I decide to walk to
Minneapolis instead.
Weirdly, I fantasize
about following through.
Religion, after all,
toward the camera. The
likes of Julia Child, Tony
Bennett, Deepak Chopra
and the male two-thirds of
Peter, Paul & Mary have all
stopped in to chat on-air at
various stations.
The format has persisted
from decade to decade.
Watch clips — YouTube has
plenty — and you can see
the same sorts of volunteers
picking up the same sorts of
phones on the floors of
similar studios decked out
with similar banners. Only
the hairstyles change.
(Barely.)
But from the 1980s on,
pledge drives have bal-
looned in frequency and
length. Many affiliates hold
four drives annually, most
of them lasting multiple
weeks. Some stations regu-
larly spend a fifth of the
broadcast calendar trying to
generate donations.
The reason? Donations
from individuals keep sta-
tions afloat, providing on
average one-quarter of
station revenues, much
more at smaller stations. As
Jerry Seinfeld said in the
1994 “Seinfeld” episode
“The Pledge Drive” (the
one where Jerry appears on
a PBS affiliate and Kramer
accidentally bankrupts
Jerry’s grandmother),
“There’s no joking about
teaches us that waiting is a
natural state. Faith itself is a
form of patience.
“Yet patience in philoso-
phy is one of the trickier
things to pin down,” said
Bart Schultz, a senior lec-
turer of philosophy and
director of the Civic
Knowledge Project at the
University of Chicago.
“It crops up in every
major religious tradition as
a positive quality yet works
often paradoxically.”
He notes Martin Luther
King, Jr.’s 1964 book “Why
We Can’t Wait” as a fine
argument against patience.
Civil rights leaders in the
1960s — not unlike Black
Lives Matter leaders today
— were often urged to be
patient.
“But if someone counsels
patience, it’s usually a polit-
ically backwards move,”
Schultz said. “It’s smarter
to scrutinize patience when
it’s being applied to a social
movement that’s time has
come.”
So then, patience is not a
virtue?
“I’d press hard against
it,” he said.
Voters are often asked to
show patience with long
lines on cold November
election days, and yet those
lines seem to be more com-
mon in marginalized com-
munities. For his 2015
Court Theatre production
of “Waiting for Godot” — a
play famously about wait-
ing for whatever happens
next — director Ron OJ
Parson used an entirely
Black cast to reframe Sam-
uel Beckett’s surreal mile-
stone as more of a story
about social progress per-
petually delayed.
“When we did that show,
the protests in Ferguson
the financial crisis here at
PBS.”
In return for their gener-
osity, viewers can choose a
gift, typically station swag
or a recorded program. In
the ’80s, Stoddard devel-
oped the first station-logo
tote bag, allowing donors to
signal virtue as they schlep-
ped groceries. Early bo-
nuses like vinyl records and
VHS tapes gave way to CDs
and DVDs. “Sesame Street”
dolls are available. Also
socks patterned on Bob
Ross’ happy trees.
The programming dur-
ing pledge week favors a
big-tent aesthetic that ex-
plicitly aims to entice new
viewers. But that targeting
skews very boomer. A sam-
pling of programming from
recent drives: “Fever: The
Music of Peggy Lee,” “Suze
Orman’s Ultimate Retire-
ment Guide” and “Let’s
Talk Menopause.”
The PBS executives I
spoke to trumpeted a few
new offerings like “The
Avett Brothers at Red
Rocks” and a Prince special.
“It’s not just about Andy
Williams anymore,” said
Jerry Liwanag, the vice
president of fundraising
programming. But it is still
mostly about Andy
Williams. And Neil Dia-
mond. And John Tesh. And
were going on, the Laquan
McDonald shooting just
happened, so rehearsals got
emotional,” he said. “It
seemed to become about
waiting for justice and for
the solution to the turmoil
in life. I tried encouraging
the actors to really embrace
the moment.
“When you’re a Black
director in theater you’re
pigeonholed — people in
the Black community
would ask why I was doing
Beckett. But you want to
stretch, and here’s a play
partly about patience,
which was something that
ran out for people — just as
it ran out last summer for a
lot of people.”
Patience, of course, is
generally sold as positive,
upbeat. It pays to be pa-
tient, we’re told.
Michael Jordan, in a
moment of humility, re-
cently lamented that he
never coached because he
lacks the patience for the
job. Scientists have asked
for patience so that their
vaccine trials are safe. Chi-
cago police were thanked
(by their commander) for
showing patience toward
that guy who dangled off
Trump Tower for 13 hours.
A common assignment in
art schools is to chose a
single painting or sculpture
in a museum, then study it
in person for hours at a
time, to wait, linger and
wait some more to allow
the time it takes for the
work to reveal itself.
A hallmark of the golden
age of ’60s and ’70s film-
making was the long con-
templative take, silent and
still. One of my favorite
movie scenes comes at the
end of the original “Hal-
loween” (1978), just as the
Paul Simon.
Simon, however, isn’t
really the problem. Con-
certs like his and specials
like “Riverdance 25th
Anniversary Show” and
“Downton Abbey Live!”
remain on brand for PBS.
But affiliates also schedule
shows of more dubious
value, like nostalgia-driven
music retrospectives and
health-and-wellness con-
tent that “Nova” fans might
wonder at, like “How to
Live Forever With Gary
Null.”
The changes in pro-
gramming and the inter-
ruptions to the regular
schedule have generated a
backlash that Mister Rog-
ers, were he living, might
find quite unneighborly.
“I’ve been in public
media for almost 30 years,”
said Jim Dunford, the
senior vice president of
station services at PBS.
“Everyone loves to talk
about pledge and how
much they hate it.”
Cartoon characters, too.
There’s a 2000 episode of
“The Simpsons,” “Mission-
ary: Impossible,” in which
Homer becomes so infuri-
ated by the drive he makes
a fake pledge of $10,000 in
hopes of ending it. This
earns the murderous rage
of Yo-Yo Ma, the Teletub-
film winds down: For a
brief moment, John Car-
penter returns to the loca-
tions where the story just
happened, only now the
camera lingers in empty
spaces. Only time and fate
seem present.
That said, 40 years later
it’s considered provocative
to ask an audience to study
anything with that kind of
attention. To ask them to
hold on through any length
of a meander — to endure
— sounds counterintuitive.
Indeed, Donald Trump,
for those reasons, is com-
pared occasionally to per-
formance artists: Those
who get it, really get it, and
those who don’t, feel ex-
haustion.
Decades ago, when
Chris Burden was asking
audiences to sort out for
themselves what was hap-
pening during one of his
performances, the practice
of durational performance
— as the curatorial art
world calls it — was often
presented as a kind of dare
to audiences, said Parkos
Arnall of the MCA.
“Now a lot of the pa-
tience in (performance) art
goes into making a connec-
tion with audiences and
showing the benefits of
perseverance and fostering
the community who are
there,” she said. “It’s more
like an invitation to dig
deeper with an audience
and give them time and
conversation.”
She mentions Folayemi
Wilson and Norman
Teague of the Chicago
design studio blkHaUS
who led a collection and
conversation series around
the city last year that en-
couraged everyday people
to bring items from their
PBS
bies, Mister Rogers and
even various Muppets.
“Elmo knows where you
live,” the puppet screeches.
So does PBS. And in
recent years it has piloted
changes to pledge drives,
experimenting with central
phone banks and finally
allowing one-click dona-
tion, which routes money
to the appropriate affiliate.
But the pledge drive isn’t
going anywhere. Even the
pandemic couldn’t kill it.
(For many stations, reve-
nues are up.)
Imagine a world of well-
funded public media in
which PBS affiliates didn’t
have to go, logo cap in hand,
to beg for money every
quarter. Many PBS execu-
tives can. But those I spoke
to all said they would miss
the pledge drives. Nicole
Stern, membership director
at WDSE in Duluth, Min-
nesota, called pledge week
“the original crowdsourc-
ing campaign.”
“We are always working
to serve the needs of our
community,” she added.
“These drives allow our
community to then support
the public service that we
provide. It’s a beautiful
symbiotic relationship.”
Put that way, it does
sound nicer than a knee in
the groin.
personal collections to be
cataloged, as a way of ques-
tioning traditional practices
of what museums should
be exhibiting. Sessions
were long and patient.
Researchers routinely
cite the benefits of waiting
and patience. Having pa-
tience can not only help
with depression but can
lead to more cooperation
between strangers.
Still, Americans have
other ideas.
“We don’t see waiting as
productive,” Farman said.
“We see it as wasted pro-
ductivity. We think nothing
valuable comes of waiting
— which isn’t how people
around the world see this.”
In Japan and Italy, for
instance, waiting is often
woven into the rhythm of
community life. Americans
prefer to see waiting and
patience as a kind of in-
between time.
“We haven’t embraced
waiting as an investment in
our social fabric,” Farman
said, “and we could have
done so much more with a
quarantine.
“Instead, we think it’s
robbing of us of time. Yet if
you think of how my time is
wrapped up in your time —
which it is — then it serves
me well to wait.”
He says waiting is prac-
tice for hope. But unlike
hope, waiting is a natural
state.
Remember this while
you’re standing in line to
vote. You’re doing the right
thing. You’re taking the
time, and you’re building
your community.
As Beckett wrote, “It’s
already tomorrow.”
cborrelli@chicago
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Inheritance leads to tension and guilt
Dear Amy: My elderly parent passed
away earlier this year, and I inherited a
nice nest egg. Most of the funds were
designated to my husband’s and my retire-
ment accounts and to our child’s college
fund, but I set aside some funds to pur-
chase a luxury item for myself that I had
been wanting for 25 years.
I anticipate the item will be used daily
and will last me for the rest of my life.
I am, and always have been, the primary
earner in our household. My salary is
significantly more than my husband’s, and
almost all our money is pooled (my entire
paycheck goes to our shared accounts).
My husband has a separate business ac-
count but does not share the details of that
account with me. Although he would
never dictate how I use the inheritance, he
clearly disapproves of my spending money
on what he thinks is a completely nones-
sential item. This is making me feel in-
credibly guilty.
I am quite frugal. We live well within
our means and the cost of the item is less
than 3% of my inheritance.
Amy, is it reasonable for me to spend
this money on myself? Is this a purchase I
should defer or return, to be sensitive to
my husband’s opinions?
— Inherited Problems
Dear Inherited: This is your money. You
inherited it. It is kind, generous and prac-
tical for you to use this money for the
greater good and benefit of your entire
family, but it is yours.
Yes, it is reasonable for you to spend 3%
of this inherited money on a gift to your-
self. You should assume that this item will
be left to your child when you are gone,
thus creating a legacy.
Your husband disapproves. So what?
You obviously disapprove of his choice to
squirrel away his money into a separate
account, but he doesn’t seem to feel guilty
about that.
One note of caution: You seem to have
locked yourself into something of a guilt-
trap. If you can’t free yourself from this
feeling, you will never enjoy your inherit-
ance.
Dear Amy: I’ve been dating a lovely guy.
We’ve never had “the talk” about what we
are, but I know that we’re exclusive ro-
mantically/sexually with each other.
Lately I’ve become frustrated and jeal-
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ous of the amount of attention and time he
gives to his friends.
He will spend days and evenings with
his friend group several times a week and
over the entire weekend, where I typically
see him only once or twice per week.
His group of friends all work at the
same company, so I don’t feel like I belong
among them, and because I’m not his
“girlfriend,” I can’t raise the issue to be
more demanding of his time and attention.
I want him to love his friends, to do fun
things, and have personal enrichment in
the people he surrounds himself with.
But I feel like I’ll never be brought into
the fold if my time with him is so limited.
I am more than willing to be patient,
but I need help overcoming the unwanted
resentment I have building toward his
friends.
What is your opinion?
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likes you, and he likes spending time with
you, but he likes his friends more. You
don’t need to dig deeply into his psyche,
just do the math: He likes spending more
time with his friends than with you, and so
he does. If he wanted to fold you into this
friend group and spend time with all of his
favorite people at once, he would make the
effort.
Your jealousy toward his friends is
unwarranted. They aren’t forcing him to
spend fun weekends with them.
Perhaps your patience will be rewarded
with him drifting into the relationship you
want.
Just remember this: People do what
they want to do. Every time you find your-
self drifting into that hazy territory of
wondering what your guy really wants,
remember that.
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Recalibrate
your social
gatherings
With COVID-19 on the rise, here’s
what to consider before seeing
friends or family indoors this winter
By Alison Bowen
Encouraged by research
showing COVID-19 is less
likely to spread outdoors,
Chicagoans packed the last
few months with carefully
calibrated picnics, patio
dinners and porch drinks.
Now, the data paints a
darker picture, as
COVID-19 cases are on the
rise in Illinois — and winter
is coming.
Thinking ahead to cold-
weather months, many are
considering how they can
safely recalibrate social
gatherings. While big
events and holiday parties
are largely off-limits this
year, some questions re-
quire a little more nuance:
Do I see my elderly grand-
parent? What about young,
healthy adult siblings? Are
we really going to make it
through entire seasons
without any social interac-
tion?
In line with new city
data, Mayor Lori Lightfoot
and city public health com-
missioner Allison Arwady
are raising the alarm on a
possible second wave of
COVID-19. Gov. J.B.
Pritzker also warned Illi-
nois residents to take pre-
cautions, noting the coming
holiday season is “a time in
which we know people are
likely to drop their guard
and take greater risk.”
Cases in Chicago have
risen by more than 50% in
recent weeks, officials
noted. Chicagoans, they
said, should avoid social
gatherings. Basically, it’s
time to reshrink that social
bubble.
“I am extremely con-
cerned,” Lightfoot said.
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Residents should wear
masks and strictly limit
social gatherings — even
small ones. Even in a gath-
ering of 10 people, there is
at least a 14% chance that
someone is infected with
COVID-19, and the majority
of cases are spread between
people who know each
other, according to city
data.
Here’s the good news:
The experts realize that for
many reasons, seeing no
one for months might not
be feasible.
“We are not going to be
able to legislate that people
not get together in small
groups,” said Mercedes
Carnethon, an epidemiolo-
gist and vice chair of pre-
ventive medicine at North-
western University Fein-
berg School of Medicine.
“The best we can do is
recommend safe behaviors
that we know will help.”
First, keep that bubble
small. Really small. Even if
you are very careful but
choose to see many people,
you are at more risk for
exposure.
“Let’s think about who’s
most important for us to
see and what they’ve been
doing,” said Sheila Leen, an
advanced practice nurse at
Rush University. “And
instead of seeing all these
extended families, maybe
friends that you would
(normally) see, keep that
circle smaller.”
If you don’t feel comfort-
able asking someone where
they’ve been and what
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Many are thinking about how to recalibrate social gatherings as the number of positive COVID-19 cases again is rising.
enough relationship to
make the cut for the next
few months.
What if everyone gets
tested before a gathering?
That’s a tricky one, Leen
said.
“I feel like it could lull
someone into a false sense
of security,” she said. “They
could be exposed two days
prior, test negative and
three days later they’re
coming to your party. It’s
really the activities you do
two weeks before (seeing
someone) that are more
important than what that
test says.”
Throughout the fall, stay
outside as much as you can,
although warm days are
dwindling. Even as people
have spruced up their pati-
os with space heaters and
reconfigured outdoor
spaces to last as long as
possible, when it’s 10 de-
grees, that space heater
won’t do much.
The mayor wants Chi-
cagoans to rethink even
having people over in back-
yards. Carnethon noted that
as people drink, precau-
tions tend to ebb. And as the
weather gets cooler, it’s
going to be tempting to
invite people in to warm up.
Much of this involves
social unease, she said.
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“When you are invited
somewhere and you say,
‘No, I don’t feel comfort-
able,’ it almost feels as if
you’re making a judgment
on them, and that is un-
comfortable for people,”
Carnethon said. “It’s very
uncomfortable for me to
say, ‘Please, I’d feel better if
you put your mask on.’ It
makes me feel as though
I’m saying, ‘I think you
have something,’ and that’s
not it. It’s more, I’d like to
protect you from myself.
Trying to take the social
stigma out of protecting
yourself is very important.”
This is why it’s helpful to
take careful consideration
with planning and have
clear communication.
If you invite a few people
sparingly into your home,
wear masks. It’s better to
wear masks the entire time,
or take them off only to sip
a drink, versus having an
entire meal with masks off.
But aside from meeting
outdoors or not at all, the
best remaining option is a
short, limited conversation
with masks, Carnethon
said.
The more precautions
taken, the better chance of
limiting transmission.
Carnethon encourages
people to consider short-
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more than a two-hour
block — with masks. If you
must serve food, have one
person do the serving or let
individuals serve them-
selves, and consider TV
trays spaced far apart so
that people can keep dis-
tance. Skip the shared
foods; chips and dip are off
the menu in 2020.
You can keep a window
open, which helps airflow.
That’s not a bad idea if you
can stand it.
“However, who’s going
to keep the windows open
with their 70-year-old
grandmother there trying
to eat dinner?” Carnethon
said. “I don’t really see that
as very feasible or comfort-
able, yet that is probably the
best and only way to do it.”
She acknowledges every-
one has different situations.
Some might be wondering
whether they should see an
elderly family member who
might not be alive by the
end of the pandemic — or
in time for the return of
warm weather next year.
Finally, instead of long-
ing for a lingering dinner
party or trying to retain
things that feel normal, it is
time to focus instead on
getting creative and finding
new ways to see each other.
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Carnethon is planning a
Halloween party for her
children, but it will be
outdoors, with few people
and with those she knows
are taking similar precau-
tions to her own family.
They will have activities
such as dance parties,
which will hopefully help
keep the kids warm.
She doesn’t minimize
how hard this will be. In
March, she said, the shut-
down came at a time that
was very difficult but also
brought lengthening days
and the promise of warmer
weather.
“Right now it’s only
going to get worse,” she
said. “[But] if you can per-
sist and endure through
this very difficult time, we
can get back to normal
more quickly.”
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Kelly Jackson offers a toy ball to a 6-month-old kitten named Ida as she interacts with the feline for the first time at PAWS Chicago.

I adopted a cat during COVID-19

Here’s what I learned about online searches, socially distanced meetups and how to spot the right cat
By Nara Schoenberg

In 2013, choosing a shelter cat was a

long, leisurely process. I returned to my
local shelter again and again, hanging out
with various candidates and chatting with
helpful volunteers.
By the time my husband and I and our
twin boys, then 10, settled on a cat, I had
met the top candidate several times. In the
end, he actively picked us out, walking up
to two of us and just standing there, tail
raised in friendly greeting, ready to be
taken home.
If you’ve tried to adopt a cat during the
pandemic, you know that meeting up with
multiple cats for hours at a time is a thing
of the past.
For one thing, social distancing is a must.
For another, the competition is keen.
PAWS Chicago, which normally places
5,500 animals a year, has received 30,000
virtual adoption inquiries since March,
according to volunteer program manager
Grace Souza.
But that doesn’t mean you can’t make
the new process work for you.
We learned a thing or two during our
recent search for a new cat and ended up Kelly Jackson exits a visitor room with a 6-month-old kitten on Oct. 21 at Pippen Fasseas A 4-year-old cat named Sweater perches
with an affectionate and outspoken buff Adoption Center, 1997 N. Clybourn Ave. in Chicago. Jackson adopted the kitten and named on a window on Oct. 21 at Pippen Fasseas
tabby who delights us every day. it Sadie. Adoption Center at PAWS Chicago.

Here’s what you need to
know:
The search has moved online. Shelters
will let you meet a particular cat, but they
won’t let you browse in person, so it’s a
good idea to start with online searches at
Petfinder or Adopt-a-Pet, both of which
include helpful search filters. Large shel-
ters list cats on these websites, as do
smaller shelters and rescues. At Adopt-a-
Pet, private individuals can list their cats as
well.
Get your application in early. If you see
a cat that seems to be the perfect fit, re-
spond immediately. There are a lot of peo-
ple scanning the profiles, and in many
cases, applications are considered on a
first-come, first-served basis. You may
want to consider paying $10 a month for a
premium Adopt-a-Pet membership; you’ll
get early alerts that new cats have been
listed. We tried premium and found it
helpful.
Consider fostered cats. Cats that are
being fostered in private homes have some
big advantages. The people caring for them
are often experienced volunteers who will
be able to give you up-to-date information
about how a cat behaves in real-life situa-
tions, and they can alert you to any prob-
lems or challenges. (Foster cat parents
don’t want the cats to be returned, so they
have an incentive to tell you the full story.)
Try a few well-regarded shelters di-
rectly. I contacted two, and one seemed to
have some great cats. I never got off the
waiting list, but you may have better luck,
particularly if you’re flexible or up for a
challenge. PAWS is waiving adoption fees
for some long-term shelter cats through
Sunday.
Have a list of non-negotiables. We found
it very helpful to make a short but honest
list of what we really wanted: a big,
friendly, healthy cat that seemed to genu-
inely like us. As the process got more in-
tense, those rules helped us resist taking a
cat home because we felt sorry for him, or
because we were embarrassed to say no in
front of bighearted shelter employees.
You can still go to some shelters. When
our online search led us to a cat at the
Anti-Cruelty Society in Chicago, the shel-
ter set up an on-site meeting in a pleasant
private room with cat toys and treats. We
wore masks, socially distanced and played
with the cat. It wasn’t a bad way to size
each other up, and at the end of the inter-
view, both sides had come to a decision:
The cat tried to make a run for it, and we
said we were going to pass. We saw anoth-
er cat and made appointments to see two
more. Saying no felt terrible, especially in
the case of one cat that seemed wrong for
us but very determined to find a home. He
still haunts me a little, but the cat adoption
specialist told us he would very likely get
adopted in days; cats were going fast.
Listen to the cat. Like many cat people, I
subscribe to the theory that you don’t
choose the cat; the cat chooses you. I
wasn’t expecting the same insistent “Take
me home, you numbskulls” behavior ex-
hibited by our previous cat, but I did want
real chemistry. A few months into our
search, we went to the Anti-Cruelty Soci-
ety again to meet a cat we weren’t particu-
larly excited about. He wasn’t very big, and
we didn’t have much information about his
personality. And then we met him: a stray
still slender from his days on the streets,
with a frosty blond coat and the most ador-
able little pink nose. He took a few minutes
to warm up, which seemed catlike and
proper, and then proceeded to strut his
stuff. He played with toys; he took treats
from our hands. At the end, he actually lay
down next to me and snuggled his head in
the crook of my arm. It was a “drops mic”
moment — the perfect end to the perfect
interview — and my husband and I looked
at each other, stunned. We’d found our cat.
Be patient. Moving into a new home is an
adjustment for anyone. For the most part,
our new cat — shelter name, Tan Boy; real
name, TBD — has behaved remarkably
well. But there have been moments, most
notably when, about a week after his adop-
tion, he crouched right in front of me and
peed on my son’s backpack. I panicked a
little: Was this going to be the new normal?
But I did a little research and learned the
likely explanation: litter box fussiness. I
upped my litter box cleaning routine, and
the problem stopped. Now Cat, as we’ve
taken to calling him while vigorously de-
bating his new name, is a delight, a comfort
and source of much-needed entertainment.
I can say from experience, the right cat is
out there. Happy hunting.
nschoenberg@chicagotribune.com

SOCIAL GRACES

What if a friend tells you about cheating?

By Hannah Herrera
Greenspan
Chicago Tribune
Q: Your friend tells you
about cheating on a part-
ner. You feel uncomfort-
able hanging out because
share with just anyone.
While you may be hurt, this
is not the time or place to
offer your own perspec-
tives. Chances are your
friend knows what the
appropriate thing to do is.
You do not have to con-
plethora of reasons, and it is
understandable to be hurt
and skeptical about their
commitment to other
boundaries within other
relationships. Communi-
cate what this information
means to you and any con-
friend you are: uncondi-
tionally true blue or a fair-
weather friend. Be the kind
of friend you’d like to have,
and act accordingly.
Suppose you’re true blue,
no matter what. Keep this
secret, and let the chips fall APOMARES/GETTY

you know the truth. How
should you handle the
situation?
A: Ultimately, your
friend is telling you for a
reason. This type of infor-
mation is something they
recognize that they cannot
done a behavior of some-
one in order to support
them. You can be a listening
ear for them to determine
for themselves what their
best next steps are.
People engage in this
type of betrayal for a
cerns that may have sur-
faced regarding your
friendship because of it.
— Jeffrey Kraft, licensed
therapist at Pinnacle Coun-
seling
A: Decide what kind of
where they may. Tell your
friend that you’re there for
them without judgment, in
good times and bad.
On the other hand, if you
feel uncomfortable hanging
out with the couple, limit it.
But just as your friend was
This week, two experts advise on what to do when your
friend is cheating on their partner.
forthcoming with you, be — Heidi Dulebohn, eti-
honest and say that you are quette expert
uncomfortable being all
together when you know hgreenspan@chicago
the truth. tribune.com
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How to build an anti-racist STEM lab

Tips from a DePaul
University scientist
By Darcel Rockett
Environmental scientist
and ecologist Bala Chaud-
hary is used to her pub-
lished papers on microbes
getting, maybe, 100 clicks.
But the DePaul Uni-
versity assistant professor’s
latest paper, “Ten simple
rules for building an an-
tiracist lab,” (co-authored
with Asmeret Asefaw
Berhe, a University of Cali-
fornia at Merced professor
of soil biogeochemistry) has
been viewed over 13,000
times and downloaded
more than 7,000 times.
“Asmeret and I have
been floored by the re-
sponse,” Chaudhary said.
“So many people have said
that they used our paper to
guide the first conversa-
tions that they organized in
their lab surrounding anti-
racism and STEM (science,
technology, engineering
and math). I’m used to
bringing up anti-racism in
science spaces and getting
silence and some cringes
and some blank stares. And
it really feels different this
time, and I’m hopeful that
the energy surrounding it
will sustain.”
The paper came together
after “living while Black”
events in May, such as the
killing of George Floyd in
Minneapolis and a white
woman calling 911 on Black
birder Christian Cooper in
New York’s Central Park.
Hashtags like #BlackinNa-
ture and social media chan-
nels like @Black-
InTheIvory, where Black
academics share their sto-
ries about the racism they
encounter, also inspired the
co-authors.
Black scientists respond-
ed in June with a call for a
global, one-day strike to
protest institutional racism
in the academic and science
worlds. June 10 was the day
of protest. Under hashtags
#ShutDownSTEM, #Shut-
DownAcademia and
#Strike4BlackLives, partic-
Environmental scientist and ecologist Bala Chaudhary stands outside her home on Oct. 20 in Skokie.
ipants talked about sys-
temic racism and how to
address inequalities in the
research and STEM com-
munity.
Having led anti-racist
efforts in their own aca-
demic communities, Berhe
and Chaudhary met on
#ScienceTwitter and de-
cided to write a document
to guide anti-racism discus-
sions.
“The core of the paper is
‘how do we activate all of
these scientists that are all
of a sudden interested in
anti-racist work?’” Chaud-
hary, a Skokie resident,
said. “Asmeret and I have
worked in efforts to im-
prove the human diversity
of science for many years.
Then the May 2020 events
of racist violence brought
new attention to this need.
Many scientists that we
know were looking for
direction … how to enact
action in ways that they
had the power to do. I was
like: ‘Well, let me tell you.’”
Their 10 rules to help
labs develop anti-racists
policies and promote racial
and ethnic diversity, equity
and inclusion are:
■ Lead informed discus-
sions about anti-racism in
your lab regularly.
■ Address racism in your
lab and field safety guide-
lines.
■ Publish papers and write
grants with Black, Indige-
nous and people of color
(BIPOC) colleagues.
■ Evaluate your lab’s men-
toring practices.
■ Amplify voices of BIPOC
scientists in your field.
■ Support BIPOC scientists
in their efforts to organize.
■ Intentionally recruit
BIPOC students and staff.
■ Adopt a dynamic re-
search agenda.
■ Advocate for racially
diverse leadership in scien-
ce.
■ Hold the powerful ac-
countable, and don’t expect
gratitude.
The co-authors detail
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the difference between
building a lab that is ac-
tively anti-racist and build-
ing a lab that simply avoids
racism. And they talk about
the need for professors
leading research groups to
allow for diverse perspec-
tives in their labs. Their
paper concluded with a call
for peers to act immedi-
ately, rather than forming a
committee to work on
anti-racist issues.
“It’s a call to arms, but in
my mind, the next big step
is creating accountability
systems,” Chaudhary said.
“How do we create ac-
countability within STEM?
And what programs —
whether they’re at the
institution level or nation-
ally — do we develop and
initiate to really hold scien-
ce institutions accountable
for achieving these ac-
tions?”
While the list is straight-
forward, Berhe and Chaud-
hary know it may not be
easy to implement, given
the history and culture of
academic institutions. But
they said that is not an
excuse not to make anti-
racism everyone’s responsi-
bility. If not, science and
academic communities will
continue to look and feel
exclusionary to people of
color.
“There’s a lot of talk
about the leaky pipeline
and how people drop from
the academic system over
time. And minoritized
scholars, in particular, drop
out at a much faster rate
than white people or the
majority, but we had not
really talked about why,”
Berhe said. “Many of us …
in our community have
been working over the last
few years to highlight how
culture and climate in
academic institutions and
scientific research institu-
tions plays a huge role in
the underrepresentation of
folks from minoritized
communities.”
Berhe said she and
“I’m used to
bringing up anti-
racism in science
spaces and get-
ting silence and
some cringes
and some blank
stares. And it
really feels dif-
ferent this time,
and I’m hopeful
that the energy
surrounding it
will sustain.”
—Environmental scientist
and ecologist Bala
Chaudhary
Chaudhary are promoting
the paper’s ideas by engag-
ing with leadership and
members of a lot of institu-
tions through Zoom calls.
The requests to speak
about building anti-racist
labs are off the charts,
Chaudhary said. “It’s really
hard to say no because it’s
such an important issue,”
she said.
“Our paper is aimed
particularly at STEM lead-
ers who set the culture and
workplace climate in our
labs and research groups.
That was really a major
onus of the paper: to help
STEM leaders recognize,
through deep introspection
and development of poli-
cies, how we can make
academic environments
and STEM environments
less toxic for people of
color,” Chaudhary said. “So
often there’s this focus on
how do we diversify scien-
ce? But before we can di-
versify, we have to improve
inclusion and equity, and
the sense of belonging that
students of color don’t
always have.”
drockett@chicago
tribune.com

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Parents
plagued
by worries
During pandemic, many ask:
What’s all of this doing to my kid?
By Chris Colin
The New York Times
Raccoon? Possum?
Something was rustling
around between our house
and the neighbors’, and, as
they teach us in dad school,
I stood in the doorway
issuing ineffectual invec-
tives. This was in the early
days of the pandemic,
when an errant mammal
could still arouse concern.
My youngest child wan-
dered over, though he
seemed more interested in
me than the wildlife situa-
tion.
“Don’t you care that you
don’t have clothes on?” the
boy finally asked.
I think back to this mo-
ment because I assume we
all had some version of it.
As the pandemic began to
settle over our worlds,
inconsequential “before
times” concerns suddenly
vaporized — the need for
clothing, for instance.
(Neighbors: Feast your
eyes!) Only later would I
realize a bigger change was
underway.
The unfathomable
sphere of Deep Parental
Worry has tilted on its axis.
I’m not talking about all
the immediate worries
parents had to swap out for
new ones. Yes, concerns
about screen time and
overscheduling went out
the window, replaced by
transmission rates, dis-
tance-learning challenges
and finding the stupid
Zoom password. But those
aren’t the concerns I mean.
What I’m talking about
bubbles up late at night,
after the kids are down and
the bleary Netflix binge is
complete. Beneath the
mantle of acute apprehen-
sion burns a molten core of
profound, long-term worry.
To look in on that core
now is to behold an all-new
set of questions: What kind
of society emerges from
this mess, a decade or three
from now? What’s all of
this doing to my kid? Am I
handling things even close
to right? When the ques-
tions at this level change,
it’s because the operating
system itself is changing.
I started asking other
parents about changes to
their operating systems. My
friend Cary Weigle told me
he used to fear he wasn’t
enough of a tiger dad with
his young children. Then
the world turned inside
out, and suddenly what
mattered was basic well-
being.
“I just feel like growing
up in all of this is going to
be incredibly unmooring
for them,” he said.
Tina Barseghian, mother
of a high schooler, told me:
“I used to worry about my
kid growing up in this
culture of constant distrac-
tion. Now that feels quaint.
I worry now about there
being no culture at all, no
shared reality anymore.”
I stumbled into the uni-
verse of How Kids Are
Doing and How We Feel
About It back in March. In
those first weeks of shelter-
in-place in San Francisco, I
began publishing a free,
pandemic-related news-
paper by and for children
and teenagers.
I was a journalist with a
bunch of assignments on
For parents, beneath the mantle of acute apprehension burns a molten core of profound, long-term worry.
ice, and giving young peo-
ple an outlet at a bewil-
dering, frightening time
seemed worthwhile. “Our
editorial policy is YES,” I
announced — good lord,
why not? — and quickly
“Six Feet of Separation”
became a rollicking portal
into convulsed young
psyches around the country
and beyond.
It also gave me an occa-
sional window into what
their parents were going
through. As a rule I tolerate
minimal adult involvement
in the paper, but in corre-
sponding with moms and
dads I catch glimpses.
They are proud of their
14-year-old reporter, their
5-year-old essayist — and
quietly freaked about
where those kids, and the
world itself, are heading.
That palpably traumatized
grandparent who came of
age during the war, during
the Depression, during
polio: What version of that
are we incubating now?
For every delightfully
resilient book review or
interview or banana bread
recipe I publish, I’ve come
to picture the adverse: a
mother or father hovering
just out of frame, waiting
edgily to see how every-
thing turns out.
To parents with a pen-
chant for it, worry is a love
language, so primal as to
feel eternal. It’s not. By and
large, fretting over our
offspring’s happiness is a
modern hobby, the inven-
tion of a society that now
regards children as more
than just small factory
workers. As their prospects
gradually improved, our
concern evolved.
Over the past century,
parents came to agonize
over their children’s char-
acter, morality, spirit, work
ethic, sexuality, insolence,
social marginalization,
violent impulses and more.
Parental anxiety isn’t just a
sporadic twitch — it be-
came a full-on strain of
American culture, from
Tipper Gore’s record-warn-
ing labels to worrying about
insufficient masculinity or
femininity in our boys and
girls. Our hand-wringing
reflects modern life, and it
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Now that modern life is a
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Remember when Teen
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would do to the children?
OK, the Barbie thing is
actually bugging me all over
again, but my larger point
stands: We are fretting on a
whole new frequency now.
A national habituation to
mass death? Arguments
about whether science is
real? Sprawling fires burn-
ing one side of the country?
What is all of that doing to
the children?
Meanwhile, our worries
won’t hold still. As other
calamities reared up along-
side the pandemic — police
violence, wildfires, fraying
democracy — fears befitting
those took shape too. One
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to their internal metabo-
lisms when hugely signifi-
cant events no longer make
a dent in reality?
A father told me he
doesn’t have new worries
so much as a new cata-
strophic backdrop for his
old ones. Suddenly his
daughter’s interest in dumb
romance novels feels not
just like a subpar literary
habit but at odds with the
global state of affairs.
Maybe we’ll look back
and observe gratefully that
we jettisoned some of our
dumber baggage — say,
preoccupations over our
kids’ professional achieve-
ments or social skills. May-
be that’s how progress
happens sometimes: You
trade old worries for new
ones, and one day you can’t
even remember why Sally’s
skirt had to go past her
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Demand
for diapers
on rise
Struggling families’ need
grows as pandemic grinds on
By Alfred Lubrano
The Philadelphia Inquirer
PHILADELPHIA — Tania Sanchez
fears running out of diapers.
They’re a significant expense, calcu-
lated in her major monthly costs along
with food and rent. And it’s not as if her
6-month-old daughter will soon outgrow
the $80 worth of Pampers she goes
through every 30 days or so.
The pandemic has made a difficult
situation infinitely harder.
“Diapers cost so much, and now we
don’t have the budget for it,” said Sanchez,
who stays home to take care of the baby
and her 3-year-old son. Her husband’s
waiter job was slashed from 60 hours a
week to 20 because of the coronavirus.
Sanchez now must rely on the Aquinas
Center, a South Philadelphia nonprofit
that supports the local community, for
donated diapers. “I’m so thankful,” she
said. “It would be so hard otherwise.”
While it’s common knowledge that
low-income families must apply for food
stamps, stand in line at food pantries, and
generally fight to stay clothed, housed and
insured during COVID-19, many Ameri-
cans don’t realize how big a problem the
lack of diapers poses.
“Oh, my gosh, need is growing,” said Pat
Kennedy, executive director and founder
of the Greater Philadelphia Diaper Bank
in Kensington, which supplies diapers to
places such as the Aquinas Center.
Last year, the nonprofit distributed
820,000 in the Philadelphia area. Since
the coronavirus took hold in March, how-
ever, and individuals began losing jobs, the
diaper bank has given out 1.4 million, a
number that Kennedy expects will grow
to more than 2 million by the end of the
year.
Cradles to Crayons, a nonprofit that
provides diapers and other items to low-
income children, has already distributed 1
million diapers since the pandemic began,
a period of time when it would normally
disburse 650,000 disposables.
“People who never needed our help
before have lost income because of the
pandemic,” said Kennedy. “I don’t know
when we’re getting back to normal.”
The rest of the nation is witnessing
“unprecedented demand for diapers,”
according to Joanne Goldblum, chief
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Pat Kennedy, who runs the Greater Philadelphia Diaper Bank, said low-income people who already have a hard time affording diapers
have a bigger problem during the pandemic.
executive officer of the National Diaper
Bank Network, headquartered in New
Haven, Connecticut.
The network distributes 64 million
diapers annually to 200 member organiza-
tions, Kennedy’s included. Each of those
programs is giving away at least 50% more
diapers since the pandemic started; some
report increases of 400% or more.
Reliant on donations from diaper manu-
facturers as well as monetary contrib-
utions, Goldblum said her organization is
still hoping that $200 million in emergency
funding to support diaper distribution
programs will be included in the COVID-19
relief package being negotiated in Wash-
ington. Members of the House of Repre-
sentatives are also looking for solutions,
backing a continued push to pass the End
Diaper Need Act of 2019. The bill would
provide grants to diaper banks to distribute
diapers to those in need.
For Dewi Liani, 33, of South Philadel-
phia, hard times are approaching, because
she’s running out of the enormous cache of
diapers that generous friends gave her at
the baby shower for her 8-month-old son.
Liani, who worked at the same printing
company her husband does until the baby
came, said the cost of diapers and baby
wipes can be overwhelming. She doesn’t
want to put her son in day care for fear of
COVID-19, so she stays at home with him,
losing money.
“It’s not like we have extra cash lying
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Not surprisingly, it’s much cheaper to
buy diapers in bulk, which low-income
parents can’t afford. So, instead of purchas-
ing a 120-count box of Pampers for $31.10
on Amazon, many parents living in poverty
are forced to buy single diapers for $1 at
bodegas.
Because diapers are so dear, parents will
often keep children in wet and soiled dis-
posables for a long time — possibly even
rinsing and reusing them, said Michal
Smith, executive director of Cradles to
Crayons, which also has agencies in Bos-
ton, Chicago and New York City. Along
with the rashes and urinary-tract infec-
tions that kids in used diapers suffer, there
are other consequences, she said.
Uncomfortable children will fuss, and
that, in turn, can incite child abuse from
demoralized parents, Smith said. A Yale
University School of Medicine study in
2017 found that low-income mothers with
diaper need have been known to develop
depression.
Why not use cloth diapers?
Overall, just an estimated 5% of U.S.
families do. Experts say it’s unreasonable to
expect those in poverty to live life differ-
ently than the rest of the culture, as though
being poor means people should do with-
out cellphones, air conditioning, television
or disposable diapers.
Besides, cloth diapers have built-in
obstacles.
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Day care centers won’t allow parents to
drop off kids without disposable diapers.
That affects employment because many
parents would be unable to work without
day care.
Also, a family using cloth diapers would
need a washer and dryer, and many low-
income Americans don’t own them. Be-
yond that, commercial laundries don’t
allow cloth diapers to be washed in their
machines. And not many moms and dads
have the time or inclination to clean cloth
diapers in a bathtub or toilet, experts say.
Overall, lack of a sufficient supply of
diapers is one more burden a low-income
family bears. And the pandemic is yet an-
other stressor added to the pile.
“During COVID, many of the stores in
my neighborhood have had empty shelves
in the diaper section,” said Courtney Jenk-
ins, 32, a mother of three in Northeast
Philadelphia who works for an organiza-
tion that helps people with behavioral
issues.
For diapers, she’s turned to the Philadel-
phia Interfaith Hospitality Network, a
homelessness-prevention program that
distributes the disposables it receives from
the Philadelphia diaper bank.
Even with child support, Jenkins doesn’t
always have enough money to pay for what
she needs. “Since me and the kids’ father
split, sometimes I have to choose between
food and Pampers.
“Things can get scary without diapers.”
8 Chicago Tribune | Life+Travel | Section 6 | Sunday, November 1, 2020 C
Malo the Labradoodle puppy with his “parents,” Dana Bakich and Daniel Snyder, in Norcross, Georgia, in September.
Pooches on the move
On the packing list for this year:
masks, sanitizer, a very good boy
By Sarah Firshein
The New York Times
In mid-March, three days after
canceling their April wedding in
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, because
of the pandemic, Dana Bakich
and Daniel Snyder consoled
themselves by bringing home a
new puppy: a curly-haired, black-
and-white Labradoodle chosen
for his sweet disposition and
little-to-no likelihood of shed-
ding. Three months later, with
the pandemic raging on and
hoping to live closer to their
families, the couple packed up
their home in Los Angeles and
drove eastward toward the At-
lanta suburbs with Malo —
named for the French port city of
Saint-Malo, where his “parents”
got engaged — in tow.
Dog lovers are quick to point
out that dogs make any situation
better, but Bakich learned that
even with a canine co-pilot, no
road trip is fully disaster-proof —
especially when it begins in a
2006 Honda Civic stick shift
with 200,000 miles on it.
“On Day 2, we were driving
through Death Valley and the air
conditioner stopped working,”
said Bakich, 31, the founder of
Positive Equation, a social media
consultancy for nonprofits, and
HerDesk, a soon-to-launch line
of desks. “It was 108 degrees and
Malo hadn’t been groomed yet.”
The couple purchased trash
bags from a local drugstore and
filled them with ice, then cush-
ioned them around Malo in the
front seat.
“He slept; he was totally fine,”
Bakich said. “But the second we
got to Scottsdale we bought a
new car.”
Beyond the parade of snouts
on social media, there is plenty to
suggest that the “corona-puppy”
surge — for many, fueled by the
quest to find joy or purpose
while stuck at home — is real.
Breeders’ waitlists stretch into
2022. Animal nonprofits report
dramatic increases in adoptions
and fosters this year. But when
their humans want to jet off on
vacation for the weekend, pets
are not staying at home with
house sitters: For most people,
neither jetting off for the week-
end, nor even house sitters, are
possibilities right now. Instead,
these pups are curling up in the
back seat — or, like Malo, snug-
gling up in the front seat — and
enjoying the ride.
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When Lanto Griffin, 32, and
Maya Brown, 28, of Jacksonville
Beach, Florida, suddenly found
their careers on pause this spring,
Troy, their new shar-pei-lab res-
cue, helped them weather the
downswing. (Research suggests
that dogs can affect one’s physical
and emotional well-being, from
cardiovascular health to happi-
ness.) Brown lost her job as an
attorney and Griffin, a profes-
sional golfer, was idle when the
PGA Tour temporarily suspended
its season.
“When you’re used to being on
the road almost every week and
all of a sudden you’re home for
three months, Troy helped get my
mind off everything that was
going on,” Griffin said.
Golf has resumed and, al-
though dogs are not allowed at
tournaments, Troy has driven
with the couple around the East-
ern United States, with stops in
Hilton Head Island, South Car-
olina; Columbus, Ohio; and else-
where. From his perch in back, he
has routinely “upgraded” himself,
worming between the front seats
and resting his head on the air
vents.
“Troy has a pretty bad case of
FOMO” — fear of missing out —
“and he has to be right beside us
so he can know what’s going on,”
Brown said.
At one hotel in Detroit, as some
guests smoked marijuana (which
is legal in Michigan) in their cars
to celebrate July 4, Troy, who
loves cars, patrolled the parking
lot and sniffed around each set of
wheels.
“I think people thought he was
a police or narcotics dog, so Troy
and I got a lot of weird looks,”
Brown said. “I had to tell people
that he just wanted to get in the
car.”
Troy and Malo were hardly the
only pups relishing life on the
road this summer; the travel
industry abounds with data
showing that dogs are on the
move. BringFido, a website and
app that lists dog-friendly hotels,
restaurants and activities around
the world, has seen 27% more
user sign-ups over last summer.
The “Allows Pets” filter was the
second-most searched for ameni-
ty (after “Pool”) on Airbnb.
In August, the proportion of
pet-to-human passengers flying
on JSX, a low-cost hop-on jet
service, was more than double
January’s figure. VistaJet, a pri-
vate aviation company, is seeing a
Maya Brown and Lanto Griffin and their dog, Troy, who has driven with the couple around the Eastern United
States, near their home in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, in September.
68% increase in year-over-year
dogs on board. From Memorial
Day weekend through August, the
100,0000 campsites listed on
Campspot had more than 80,000
reservations with pets — about
40% more than last year.
At LoveThyBeast, a New York
City-based pet-accessories com-
pany, travel-carrier sales were
32% higher from March to July
than they were last year.
The Cottages at the Boat Basin,
a dockside resort in Nantucket,
Massachusetts, has had a 20%
increase in travelers with pets this
summer. One family even booked
a 12-day stay in one of the aptly
named “Woof Cottages” — pet-
friendly, human accommodations
that start at $160 a night and come
with their own “concierge” in the
form of Bailey, the resident black
Lab-Brittany spaniel mix — solely
for their 200-pound Newfound-
land to rest and cool down. The
family stayed on their boat,
docked just offshore.
Although many travel compa-
nies, including The Cottages, have
been pet friendly for a while, the
coronavirus has nudged others to
learn new tricks.
“In previous years, it was com-
mon to get a flurry of requests for
pet-policy updates in the first
quarter,” said Melissa Halliburton,
BringFido’s founder and chief
executive. “But this summer we
have seen an uptick in those re-
quests much earlier than usual,
plus requests to be added to the
website from hotels that just re-
cently began allowing pets.”
In July, as part of its COVID
reopening, Ireland’s Dromoland
Castle began welcoming dogs for
the first time in its 58-year his-
tory: An Instagram post featuring
Callie, the managing director’s
new springer spaniel, heralded
the news.
Although Amtrak’s overall
ridership dropped in March, the
proportion of animal-to-human
passengers was about three times
higher in June than it was in June
2019. This fall, the rail company
will expand its pet program —
which allows dogs and cats of a
certain size to ride in carriers
under seats — to all weekday
Acela trains (pets have histori-
cally only been allowed on Acela
on weekends).
Some airlines, meanwhile, have
become temporarily stricter
about pets. American Airlines
suspended checked pets (versus
pets that fit in the cabin) in late
March during the flurry of pan-
demic-related flight cancellations
and late-breaking government
restrictions. Delta Air Lines and
United Airlines have enacted
similar restrictions around cargo
pets.
But because so many flights
aren’t at capacity these days,
carry-on pets are living large.
When Angie Camus, 37, flew on
Southwest Airlines from New
York City to Atlanta for a vacation
in July, there was plenty of room
in the cabin for Marvel, her new
Pomeranian-mix puppy, to
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stretch her little legs.
Camus, who lives in New York,
had a difficult February and
March, even by 2020 standards,
losing her father-in-law and her
16-year-old Border collie.
Camus and her husband
quickly realized that, like every-
thing, adopting a dog is harder
during a pandemic. Most of their
20 applications were rejected or
unanswered. When they found a
shelter with puppies, their home
inspection was conducted over
Zoom and the adoption went
through.
Two months later, after resolv-
ing to take some much needed
time off with close friends — and
deciding that a road trip would
involve too many bathroom
breaks for Marvel — Camus and
her husband found themselves
sitting in a nearly empty
LaGuardia Airport, tossing
around a squeaky ball.
Marvel, for her part, was a
travel pro, basking in a chorus of
“oohs” and “ahhs” on the flight (at
$95 each way, the Southwest
Airlines pet fare cost about the
same as the human fares). On the
weeklong vacation in Jasper,
Georgia, she walked and swam in
the mountains and befriended
goats at a local vineyard.
“It was beneficial to both of us
mentally — it was a time to have
some fun and be outdoors and let
loose a little,” Camus said. “She
just loves being around her peo-
ple and living life, no matter
where we are.”
 C Chicago Tribune | Life+Travel | Section 6 | Sunday, November 1, 2020 9

Seaside traditions in Portugal’s Nazaré

Rick Steves
Tribune Content Agency
As we’ve had to post-
pone our travels because of
the pandemic, I believe a
weekly dose of travel
dreaming can be good
medicine. Here’s one of my
favorite memories from
Portugal — a reminder of
the fun that awaits us at
the other end of this crisis.
Settling into a grungy
fishermen’s bar in the
beach town of Nazaré (two
hours north of Lisbon), I
order a plate of barnacles.
Yes, barnacles — called
percebes here.
My waiter is happy to
demonstrate how to eat
them: dig your thumb
between the shell and the
leathery skin to rip off the
skin. The meat stays atta-
ched to the shell. Bite that
off victoriously and wash it
down with local beer.
Fresh barnacles are
expensive, as they cling to
rocks in the turbulent DOMINIC ARIZONA BONUCCELLI/RICK STEVES’ EUROPE

waves along the coast and
are difficult and dangerous
to harvest. Savoring my
plate of barnacles at sun-
down, I gaze out at the surf
attacking that stark bluff.
Because I know that’s
where they were gathered
just hours ago, investing in
a plate of barnacles feels
like money well spent. I’m
enjoying the endearing
charms of unassuming
Nazaré being itself.
Perched on a far corner
of Europe, Nazaré is one of
my favorite beach towns
anywhere. It greets me
with the energetic ap-
plause of the surf, widows
with rooms to rent, and
fishermen mending nets.
This fishing-town-turned
tourist-retreat, set between
cork groves, eucalyptus
trees and the open sea, is a
place to relax in the sun. I
join a world of ladies in
petticoats and men who
still stow cigarettes and
Nazaré hugs its wide beach on the Atlantic. The fishing-town-turned-tourist-retreat is a place to relax in the sun.
fishhooks in their stocking
caps.
Though many locals
seem older than most of its
buildings, the town feels
like a Portuguese Coney
Island, humming with
young people who flock
here for the beach. Off-
season, it’s almost tourist
free — the perfect time to
take in the wild surf and get
a feel for a traditional way
of life.
The town’s layout is
simple: a grid of skinny
streets with sun-bleached
apartment blocks stretch-
ing away from an expansive
beach. The beach — in
many places as wide as a
soccer field — sweeps from
the new harbor in the south
to stark cliffs in the north.
It seems that most of
Nazaré’s 15,000 inhabitants
are in the tourist trade. But
somehow traditions sur-
vive, and it’s not hard to
find pockets of vivid and
authentic culture. I stroll
through the market and
wander the back streets
where people happily
trade ocean views for a
little shade. Laundry flaps
in the wind, kids ride plas-
tic trikes, and fish sizzle
over tiny curbside hi-
bachis.
Nazaré is famous for its
traditionally clad women
who, at least according to
local lore, wear skirts with
seven petticoats. Is that
one for each day or for the
seven colors of the rain-
bow? Make up your own
legend.
While the story you’ll
hear may be an invention
for the tourists, it contains
an element of truth. In the
old days, women would
wait on the beach for their
fishermen to sail home. To
keep warm in the face of a
cold sea wind, they’d wear
several petticoats so they
could fold layers over their
heads, backs and legs as
needed.
Even today, older and
more traditional women
wear skirts made bulky by
several — but maybe not
seven — petticoats. The
ensemble, with boldly
clashing colors, is com-
pleted with house slippers,
a hand-embroidered
apron, woolen cape, head-
scarf and flamboyant jew-
elry, including chunky gold
earrings (often passed
down from mother to
daughter).
People-watching here is
like going to a living art
gallery. The beach, tasty
seafood and a funicular
ride are the bright lights of
my lazy memories. The
funicular leads from the
beach up to the Sitio neigh-
borhood atop the cliffs.
Sitio, with its own church,
museum and main square,
feels like a separate village.
Back down along the
beach, a local folk-music
group plays and dances.
This troupe, with petticoats
twirling to the beat of a
percussion section of bongo
gourds and extra-large pine
cones grating against each
other, has been kicking up
sand since 1934.
When these dancers
were younger, the vast
beach was littered with
colorful fishing boats that
were hauled in by oxen or
teams of fishermen. But
ever since a new harbor
was built south of town, the
working boats have been
moored out of sight. Today,
only a few historic vessels
remain, ornamenting the
sand. On the boardwalk —
an artful and traditional
mosaic pavement of black
and white stones — squad-
rons of sun-dried and
salted fish are stretched out
on nets left under the mid-
day sun. Locals claim
they’re delicious … but I’d
rather eat barnacles.
Rick Steves (www.rick
steves.com) writes European
travel guidebooks and hosts
travel shows on public
television and public radio.
Email him at rick@rick
steves.com and follow his
blog on Facebook.
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Stuck after someone stole Recalling

Q
American Airlines miles family
trips with
By Christopher Elliott
King Features Syndicate Lisa Roth
Someone stole 50,000 miles from my By Jae-Ha Kim
American Airlines AAdvantage account. Tribune Content Agency
The points were redeemed for a flight. Lisa Roth grew up in an
I reported the theft to the Internet artistic family. Her sur-
Crime Complaint Center and filed a police geon father was also an
actor, her mother was a
report, as requested by American Airlines.
sculptor and her older
The airline provided the names of the two brother, David Lee Roth,
passengers who flew using my miles. I was the frontman for Van
gave these names in my police report. But Halen. After a career as a
nutritionist, Lisa Roth
now, American says the suspects’ names co-founded “Rockabye
must show on the police report before it Baby,” which licenses EARL GIBSON PHOTO

reinstates my miles. music by artists such as

A: I’m sorry someone
stole your American Air-
lines miles. The airline is
under no obligation to
return the awards, if I’m
reading its terms and con-
ditions correctly. But a
representative assured you
in writing that you’d get
the miles back, so the
airline should do what it
said.
You kept a terrific paper
trail. It shows that the
American representative
would not accept the po-
lice report you filed be-
cause it redacted the
names of the suspects.
What a maddening bu-
reaucratic problem.
I can’t pass up the op-
portunity to say something
about the value of partici-
pating in a loyalty program.
According to American’s
terms, your miles have “no
cash value.” How refresh-
ingly honest! Many trav-
elers are better off booking
the best airline ticket for
their money instead of
the Beatles, Nirvana and the entire island of Moorea Q: What are your five
The sheriff’s department says the sus- U2 and reinvents them as before heading to the air- favorite cities?
pects’ names must be redacted because gorgeous lullabies. port. My friends jumped at A: Pasadena, Chicago,
there were no arrests. So I find myself Of her own childhood, the offer, and I sat there New York, Miami, Boston.
the Pasadena-based Roth quietly like a deer in the
caught in the middle with nowhere to go.
fondly recalled trips with headlights. What we got Q: Where would you
Could you help me get my 50,000 miles her family. “I remember was the most spectacular like to go that you have
back? taking the train from 30-minute wild ride high never been to before?
— Gail Louis, Placerville, California Boston to Miami to visit above the jagged, emerald A: Bali.
my grandparents when I green mountains, valleys
was four,” she said. “We and waterfalls of Moorea. Q: When you go away,
stayed in a hotel with a We did figure eights, nose what are some of your
playing the miles game. never share a password huge pool, which was all dives, ascents and circles must-have items?
You may be among them. between accounts. Security very exciting. I clearly over the most gorgeous A: Wipes for the plane,
When you’re caught in a breaches happen all the remember climbing out of and memorable scenery I headphones, cushy socks,
bureaucratic Catch-22, you time. Passwords are com- the pool with a tummy have ever seen to date — sweatpants, lots of snacks,
can sometimes request promised. And then you ache, climbing into my made all the more exhila- an extra set of toiletries to
additional documentation end up paying for a thief’s mother’s arms and throw- rating by the intel I had on keep with me in case my
from one of the parties. vacation trip. ing up into the front the pilot. luggage gets lost, my favor-
Maybe American would I contacted American on pocket of her polka-dot, ite pillow case, great read-
have accepted something your behalf. It says it never terry cloth coverup. It was Q: Where are your ing material, magazines
in writing from the sher- received a separate form a perfect aim and a great favorite weekend get- and my phone so I can take
iff’s department, verifying filed with the Internet trip.” aways? pictures and listen to mu-
that it had recorded the Crime Complaint Center. A: Palm Springs. It’s sic.
names of the suspects but Once you supplied Ameri- Q: What is your favor- only a one-hour and 45-
explaining why it couldn’t can with that form, the ite vacation destination? minute drive. There is Q: What would be
list the names on its crime airline returned your A: French Polynesia. something about the light your dream trip?
report. Bottom line: There 50,000 miles. The first time I visited was and color in the desert A: Right now, it would
might have been a way to If you need help with a as a young kid in the early that’s relaxing and beauti- involve a lush, isolated,
negotiate a solution. coronavirus-related re- ’70s. On the last day of my ful. I love it in the winter at tropical island with white
Finally, I think you could fund, please contact me. last trip there, we were the height of the tourist sand and turquoise water.
have appealed this to an You can send details waiting on a helipad for a season when it’s buzzing Lots of palm trees that
American Airlines execu- through my consumer helicopter to make a quick with visitors from all over rustle in the breeze and the
tive. I list the names, num- advocacy site or email me island jump from Moorea the country. Daytime tem- scent of local flowers hang-
bers and email addresses of at chris@elliott.org. to the airport on Tahiti. As peratures are moderate ing in the air. There would
the key managers on my we were boarding the and sunny, and the eve- be time for lots of sleeping,
consumer advocacy site Christopher Elliott is the helicopter, I overheard nings are cold. I also love it reading, running on the
www.elliott.org/company chief advocacy officer of someone share that the in the middle of summer beach, swimming and
-contacts/american Elliott Advocacy, a nonprof- pilot had been kicked out when it’s 110 degrees dur- eating simple, clean meals.
-airlines/. it organization that helps of the French air force, ing the day and cools to 87 I’m craving the peace and
Your case is a cautionary consumers resolve their because he had a drinking degrees at 10 at night. I beauty.
tale about computer secu- problems. Contact him at problem. My jaw dropped. love going to a late-night
rity. Remember to change elliott.org/help or chris@el- Once we took off, the pilot dinner dressed for a warm For more from the reporter,
your passwords often and liott.org. offered to give us a tour of summer day. visit www.jaehakim.com.
10 Chicago Tribune | Life+Travel | Section 6 | Sunday, November 1, 2020 C

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Ellen Warren
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Dear Answer Angel
Ellen: I have a 10-year-old
leather jacket in brown
that’s in like-new condi-
tion. It’s about hip length,
made of a “heavier” tex-
tured leather in a style
that’s form-fitting but not
tight like some of the new
styles. Kind of a “modified”
bomber jacket is how I’d
describe it. I hate to get rid
of it, but I don’t see many
women wearing leather
jackets any longer. Any
advice?
— Cynthia M.
Dear Cynthia: I’m a big
believer (especially after
cleaning out my closets like
a mad woman during the
you haven’t worn in a long
time. However, if you like
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As for leather clothing
being in or out of style — it
is very much in. That said,
faux (vegan) leather now
looks so much like the real
thing it is hard to tell them
apart and the synthetics are
lots cheaper. They also
appeal to those who want
to stay away from animal
products.
Dear Answer Angel
Ellen: This is a question
about repairing what used
to be my favorite vest —
until my parrot ate the
zipper! Actually, she re-
moved the zipper pull. I’ve
searched and searched for a
replacement zipper or for a
replacement vest — online
and in stores — without
success. The vest is revers-
ible, smooth on one side
and plush on the other. It
also zipped either from the
pulls, one reversible and
one ordinary. Do you have
any idea where I might
purchase a replacement
zipper? If I can’t buy anoth-
er zipper, do you know
where I can find a revers-
ible vest that zips both from
the top down and from the
bottom up? Unzipping
from the bottom is really
handy for getting into pock-
ets, or for freedom of move-
ment on a bike, etc.
— Paula M.
Dear Paula: If there were a
competition for the most
unexpected fashion acci-
dent — the naughty parrot!
— you win. I’ve searched
around a lot for you for a
reversible vest with a two-
way zipper (which is what
you need to type into your
search engine) and found
plenty of reversible ones,
but none with two-way
zippers. However, I’ve got
the answer to your prob-
lem. I’ve located a couple
resources for the kind of
way. Etsy has a shop called
zipperstop (zipper-
stop.etsy.com) that has a
breathtaking array of col-
ors, materials and sizes of
zippers (for a few dollars)
that fit your needs. Also try
zippershipper.com. And, if
your sewing skills aren’t up
to the job, order the zipper
and have a seamstress/
tailor install it. Finally, if
the vest you love gets
threadbare, you can always
buy a reversible vest online
(of which there are thou-
sands) and a two-way
reversible zipper to replace
the one in the new vest.
Sounds like a fair amount
of trouble, but it is a good
solution if you’re intent on
getting precisely what you
want. Let me know how it
goes.
Now it’s your turn
Send your questions,
rants, tips, favorite finds —
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Both a fashion label and an art project
Designer Thomas
creates own path
with Gallery Dept.
By Nathan Taylor
Pemberton
The New York Times
As the number of aban-
doned storefronts and
closed retail outlets contin-
ues to mount, the once
unremarkable activity of
shopping at brick-and-
mortar stores can feel like
reality askew. As this glum
new normal becomes, well,
the norm, signs of life can
be almost as jarring.
Take, for instance, a pair
of storefront windows in
West Hollywood. Just
recently they were lifeless
reminders of an upscale
furniture store, now de-
funct. Then, in August, they
began to fill with seemingly
unconnected objects: blue-
jeans piled in a mound, a
lounge chair upholstered in
denim, a mannequin in a
jumpsuit with an eyeball
for a head standing amid
drop cloths.
Hand-painted signage in
the other window offered
only that this “Appointment
Only” storefront with the
cryptic displays, and the
retail space behind them,
are the domain of Gallery
Dept.
Despite the name,
Gallery Dept. isn’t a gallery
or a department store but a
hybrid clothing label that
sits somewhere in the Venn
diagram overlap between
streetwear label, denim
atelier, neighborhood tailor
and vintage store. Just as
accurately, you could call
Gallery Dept. the personal
art project of its founder
Josué Thomas, a designer
whose own creative urges
are just as layered.
With so many small
brands in a state of retreat
this summer, Thomas’ label
has thrived. In less than
two years, Gallery Dept. has
moved from a crowded
Josué Thomas, the founder of streetwear label Gallery Dept., at his emporium Sept. 5 in
Los Angeles.
workshop to its new space
in part because its hoodies,
logo tees, anoraks and
flare-cut jeans — each
designed and hand-painted
by Thomas on upcycled or
dead-stock garments —
have become unlikely ob-
jets d’art in a crowded
streetwear market.
Gallery Dept. is some-
thing of a bespoke opera-
tion, offering streetwear
basics that are blessed with
an artist’s singular touch.
Thomas began to cut
jeans and screen-print
shirts as the mood struck in
2017, and since that time
Gallery Dept. has grown
from an underground cult
label for collectors to one
with atmospheric clout
after being worn by Kendall
Jenner, LeBron James,
Kendrick Lamar and two of
the three Migos (Offset and
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WHAT TO WEAR NOW
MAGGIE SHANNON/THE NEW YORK TIMES
Quavo).
Thomas’ abstract paint-
ings and writings fill the
spaces between clothing
racks and bright brass
shelves heavy with the
brand’s thick hoodies and
sweatpants. Over the chug
of sewing machines, one
can hear snippets of bossa
nova Muzak, a vinyl-only
mix also made by Thomas.
Gallery Dept.’s new
space was financed on the
strength of e-commerce
sales from this past spring
and not with the help of
venture capital or outside
investors, Thomas said on a
recent walk-through. This
freedom gives him and the
label the ability to operate
on their own esoteric
terms. And there are a few.
In the store’s dressing
rooms, there are no mirrors
to survey a fit. (“We’re
going to tell you if a piece
works or not,” he said.) Nor
are there price tags on its
garments.
“If the first thing you
look at is the price, it’s
going to alter your thinking
about a piece,” he said. “I’d
rather people engage with
the clothing first.”
Thomas, who turned 36
in September, never studied
fashion or garment making,
and he can’t work a sewing
machine. But growing up as
the son of immigrants from
Venezuela and Trinidad, he
watched as his parents
subsisted on their raw
artistic skills to create a life
in Los Angeles. For a short
time, his father even ran a
private womenswear label.
Similarly, in his early 20s,
Thomas worked at Ralph
Lauren. As one of the few
Black people in creative
Be polite when showing
displeasure of ‘mansplaining’
Judith Martin
Miss Manners
Dear Miss Manners: I’m
a woman in my 50s with
decades of professional
experience working for
high-profile individuals.
I’m more international
than many diplomats, as
well as trendy and attrac-
tive. Nevertheless, I am
overwhelmed with how
ageism and sexism are
affecting me.
In the last decade, my
family dumped a gravely ill
family member on me, I
went through a divorce
that left me penniless, and
I raised my children with
zero outside support. One
of my children has been ill
for years, so we’ve been
more on welfare than off,
leaving me with an illness
myself.
It’s become apparent
that my expertise is no
longer needed in a work-
place as I can’t even get
interviews, so I became a
tech entrepreneur.
I try to be patient until
people “get” me. However,
I am delirious with rage at
the number of arrogant
men between 20 and 35
who try to dominate me at
work. Younger women do
it, too, but catch on faster,
and I can handle the older
men. It’s the young men
with three to 10 years of
experience who are mind-
bogglingly condescending.
I’m known for being
friendly, polite and fair —
so maybe these guys are
taking me for an idiot?
I told one, whom I knew
pretty well, “You are
mansplaining, and it’s
annoying.” He cried and
we couldn’t work together
anymore. I want to nip this
in the bud as early as pos-
sible so we can get down to
business. Got anything for
me?
roles in a predominantly
white company, he soon
realized that the only way
to survive in the fashion
industry would have to be
with a project of his own
making.
“I was the ‘cool’ Black
guy, but there was nowhere
for me to go,” he said. “Best
case would have been
sourcing buttons for wom-
en’s outerwear or some-
thing.”
Gallery Dept.’s sponta-
neous inception came
about in 2016 when Thom-
as sold a hand-sewn denim
poncho off his own back to
Johnny Depp’s stylist. At
the time Thomas was fo-
cused on making beats and
DJ-ing, but after selling all
of the pieces he’d designed
for a small trunk show, he
realized he’d discovered a
new creative lane.
Working with heavy
vintage shirts, hoodies,
trucker hats and bomber
jackets, Thomas would
frequently screen-print the
brand’s logo, adding paint
or other flourishes as the
feeling struck.
Today that extends to
long-sleeve tees, sweat-
pants and socks. At the
time, he also began blowing
out the silhouette of vin-
tage Levi’s 501s and
Carhartt work pants into a
subtle flare, accented with
patches and reinforced
stitching, resulting in a
streetwise update of the
classic boot-cut jean.
“You can feel the warmth
of Josue’s hands on each of
the pieces,” said Motofumi
Kogi, the creative director
of the Japanese label
United Arrows & Sons. An
elder statesmen of Tokyo’s
streetwear scene, Kogi
found the label on a trip to
Los Angeles last year. It’s
not only Thomas’ artistic
touch that stands out to
him but his vision for re-
making a staid garment into
something that Kogi be-
lieves has not been seen
before.
Gentle reader: Yes: sym-
pathy. But only with the
caveat that, as irritating as
these young men may be,
you still have to be polite to
them. Telling someone
they are annoying or mak-
ing generalizations about
their demographic is nei-
ther friendly, polite nor fair
— traits for which you
claim to be known.
“Yes, I believe I just said
that” is a way to show
displeasure at “mansplain-
ing.” Or a reminder that
self-promotion, unless it is
on behalf of (credited)
shared victories is un-
seemly: “Oh, that was your
golf score? I’m sorry, but I
thought you were talking
about business matters. Let
us stick to that while we
are at work.”
The business world is
having a moment right
now wherein it is address-
ing the historically domi-
nant voices that have pre-
viously prevailed. Miss
Manners hopes that your
office will take advantage
of the restructuring. If not,
perhaps you can suggest it.
Dear Miss Manners: The
day after my father’s funer-
al, a friend who had been
in attendance called me on
the telephone. She pro-
ceeded to ask, “So, do you
think your mother will
start dating?”
I was appalled, and
replied, “I really don’t want
to think about that.” She
then scolded me with,
“You can’t be like that. It’s
your mother’s life and you
have to be supportive!” I
said firmly, “My father has
just died.” She replied,
“Too soon?” She said the
last in a tone that sug-
gested she felt her question
was perfectly reasonable.
Are such questions
appropriate?
Gentle reader: Her chief
thought is that you must
protect your mother
against such a person. The
callousness of those Get
Over It types means they
“He took this staple of
hip-hop culture and re-
freshed it,” he said, refer-
ring to the Carhartt pants.
Getting the people who
make that culture to buy in
was another matter. “The
first year we did the flare,
in 2017, skinny jeans were
in,” Thomas said. “Rappers
would come into the shop
and say they’d never wear a
flare. Now, everyone is
wearing it.”
On Instagram, fit pics by
rappers like Rich the Kid,
along with the aforemen-
tioned Migos, Quavo and
Offset, Gallery Dept.’s flare
has become a familiar
silhouette.
One fan of the jeans,
Virgil Abloh, sees Thomas’
“edit” of the classic gar-
ment as the next chapter of
its history.
Abloh considers Thom-
as’ work to be the fashion
equivalent of “ready-
made” art. He suggested
that he and Thomas come
from a lineage of Black
designers that is still in the
process of defining itself.
“He’s a perfect example
of someone creating their
own path from a communi-
ty that hasn’t traditionally
participated in fashion,”
Abloh said. “I see Josue as
making a new canon of his
own, showcasing what
Black design can do.”
Thomas didn’t argue
with that. But he was also
preoccupied with whatev-
er was taking place at the
tips of fingers to get lost in
the thought. The future of
his brand, after all, de-
pends on his ability to stay
in that moment.
“People want things that
aren’t contrived,” he said,
pulling at his own shirt to
drive the point home.
“This paint came from me
working. I wanted to recre-
ate this feeling. Once
something is contrived,
when you can see through
it, it’s ruined. There’s only
so much you want to ex-
plain.”
are likely to be persistent.
Miss Manners should
not have to bolster your
sense that such a suggesti-
on is outrageous to the
newly bereaved — as it is to
yourself, in suggesting that
you are acting against your
mother’s best interests —
and nosy ever after.
But you will have to be
stern about making that
clear by saying, “My
mother is in mourning, as
am I. If you cannot accept
that, I beg you to refrain
from upsetting us.”
Dear Miss Manners: My
wife and I wondered what
the proper etiquette is for
mask wearing at an out-
door sit-down restaurant.
We saw couples wearing
no masks at all, which
seemed rude to the staff
and risky to the diners. We
also saw couples wearing
masks the whole time,
lifting them up only to take
food or drink, but that
seemed impractical.
I want to be able to tuck
my mask out of the way
when eating and talking
with my quarantine com-
panion, but have it ready to
go when waitstaff come by.
What do you recommend?
Gentle reader: Consider
that rather than adding a
problem, this situation has
removed the problem of
whether you should wear a
tie. (All right, you wouldn’t
have anyway, but for the
sake of argument.) While
you are eating or drinking,
your mask should be worn
around your neck. That
way you can pull it up
quickly when needed,
instead of rummaging
around wherever you left
it.
To send a question to the
Miss Manners team of
Judith Martin, Nicholas
Ivor Martin and Jacobina
Martin, go to missmanner-
s.com or write them c/o
Universal Uclick, 1130
Walnut St., Kansas City,
MO 64106.
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REAL& ESTATE
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E. JASON WAMBSGANS/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Robyn Gevas and her 1-year-old son Rocco at their home in Lakeview. Her advice to other single women looking to buy property is to just go for it.

A home of her own

By Hannah Herrera Greenspan
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s role in getting While on the congressional banking

A
fter buying a condo in south-
west suburban Lemont last
fall, Brittainy Barattia not
only signed her name on the
dotted line, but also her
marital status.
“When you sign your homeowner-
ship paperwork, there are several times
when you have to sign the state of your
marital status,” she said. “And they have
to read it to you, so it would be like, ‘For
Brittainy Barattia, a single woman,
Brittainy Barattia, a single woman.’ I’m
like, ‘Mmm hmm, I get it. My mom gets
it, too — she is hearing you right now.’ ”
Single women in the United States
have outpaced single men when it
comes to homeownership since the late
1980s, according to U.S. Census Bureau
data. But it wasn’t until legal battles and
a law guaranteeing equal access to cred-
it passed just a few years earlier that
women could buy homes independ-
ently.
And among the women who helped
make it possible? None other than Ruth
Bader Ginsburg, the late U.S. Supreme
Court justice, who died in September at
87 after decades of championing gender
equality.
“Her strategy has been to chip away
women fair access to mortgage loans
paved the way for single-female
homeownership to rise
at decades and decades of discrimi-
nation,” said Wendy Singer, director of
education at the Illinois Holocaust
Museum and Education Center. “And
she started doing this at a young age, by
responding to letters at the New Jersey
ACLU and working on one case at a
time.”
As a lawyer with the American Civil
Liberties Union in the early 1970s, a
39-year-old Ginsburg co-founded the
Women’s Rights Project, taking on
hundreds of gender discrimination
cases. Many focused on financial issues,
while some turned to inequality that
men faced, building on a landmark case
she argued that resulted in the Supreme
Court ruling that the Fourteenth
Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause
prohibits discrimination based on any
gender.
“Her strategy was to focus on equal-
ity for all,” Singer said. “So she would
fight cases where men weren’t receiving
the same benefits as women.”
At the Skokie-based museum, the
exhibit “Notorious RBG: The Life and
Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg” focuses
on the feminist icon’s career, as well as
her life as a working mother in a male-
dominated field.
“She was a mom, she was a woman,
she was Jewish; all of those things were
against her when she was a young law-
yer coming out of the gate,” Singer said.
“She persevered, and she did it in a way
that was authentic and effective.”
These victories helped carve out
space for breakthroughs in financial
equality for women, including the Equal
Credit Opportunity Act, which prohib-
its creditors from discriminatory lend-
ing practices based on sex and marital
status — thanks in no small part to the
work of another feminist trailblazer,
U.S. Rep Lindy Boggs.
committee that reviewed the ECOA
before its passage, Boggs added the
provision barring discrimination based
on sex or marital status without telling
her fellow committee members. Later,
she told them she assumed it was an
omission, and the bill passed unani-
mously.
Prior to the law’s passage, while
women weren’t banned outright from
owning, purchasing or selling real es-
tate, they could not get mortgages or
manage their own bank accounts with-
out a male co-signer.
“The idea that a woman would need a
man … to sign on her behalf, either as a
husband or a father or something of that
nature, put her at a great disadvantage
— and at the mercy of the male figures
in their lives,” said John Russick, a his-
torian who oversees exhibitions and
research at the Chicago History Muse-
um. “The Equal Credit Opportunity Act
provided women with a new measure of
rights in the American monetary sys-
tem.”
The law had a swift impact on female
homeownership as the ’70s progressed.
In 1970, the U.S. Census recorded just
610 single women as heads of their
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ELITE STREET

‘Windy City Rehab’ star’s Bucktown home listed at $2.3M

By Bob Goldsborough
Interior designer and “Windy
City Rehab” host Alison Victoria
Gramenos and her boyfriend,
Michael Marks, listed their five-
bedroom house in Bucktown in
late September for $2.3 million.
Gramenos has hosted the
HGTV show since its 2019 pre-
miere. In it, she and her team
renovate and sell homes in Chi-
cago. But her work has faced
challenges, among them two
homebuyers separately suing
both Gramenos and now-former
business partner Donovan Eck-
hardt for alleged fraud, and com-
plaints from city building inspec-
tors over alleged housing viola-
tions.
With this as a backdrop, Gra-
menos and Marks are trying to
sell their brick-
and-limestone
home in Buck-
town. They
built it in 2018
on land they
purchased in
2017 for
$660,000.
Gramenos The house
has 4½ bath-
rooms, a family room with a fire-
place from Paris and a dining
room with a custom built-in cab-
inet. The all-white kitchen with
brass accents is outfitted with a
waterfall-edge marble island, a
banquette, a Miele coffee bar, a
butler’s pantry, custom cabinetry
and a 55-inch BlueStar range.
The primary bedroom suite
takes up half of the second floor
and has an oversize Closet Works
walk-in closet and a dual-vanity
marble bathroom featuring a
soaking tub and a full-slab Cala-
catta marble steam shower.
Other features include a wine
room and a theater room equip-
ped with a wet bar. Outside, a
deck is laid out over the garage, a
second rooftop deck offers sky-
line views, and a patio features an
outdoor kitchen with a brick
pizza oven and a built-in grill.
Gramenos and listing agent
Ryan Preuett of Jameson Sothe-
by’s International Realty declined
to comment.
The home itself was briefly the
subject of controversy, as one
couple suing Gramenos sought to
halt its sale earlier this month, the
Tribune reported. RENAE LILLY
Designer and “Windy City Rehab” host Alison Victoria Gramenos listed
Turn to Elite, Page 4 her five-bedroom house in Bucktown in September for $2.3 million.
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REAL ESTATE MATTERS

Are mortgage payments still tax deductible?

By Ilyce Glink and
Samuel J. Tamkin
Tribune Content Agency

Q: Is mortgage interest
still deductible on our
federal income taxes? Is
there something new that
I am not aware of? Is
there some reason to not
have a mortgage that is
different from what
we’ve always believed?
Here’s why I’m asking:
All of a sudden, it seems
like we can’t deduct the
interest in our tax prepa-
ration software. So, we do
our own taxes. My hus-
band is one of those peo-
ple who says doing taxes
is easy; just fill in the
blanks on the software.
And so far, he has done
them every year for the
past 51 of our joint adult
life. Our taxes are easy,
always one employer. We
are 73 years old and my
husband is still working
at a job that he loves.
But this year, as we’re
finally getting around to
filing, the software is
telling us we can’t write it
off.
A: Thanks for your ques-
tion; it’s a good one. Over
the last couple of years, you CHIP SOMODEVILLA/GETTY

may have missed our col-
umns about the interest
deduction on mortgage loan
payments and the new
limitations on the deducti-
bility of state income tax
and real estate taxes on
federal income tax returns
due to the Tax Cuts and
Jobs Act, or TCJA, which
was signed into law on Dec.
22, 2017. Some people refer
to this with the acronym
SALT, for state and local
taxes.
Let’s clear the air on the
first point: Payments you
make to a lender on your
home mortgage are still
deductible on your federal
income tax return. Howev-
er, one of the limitations
from the TCJA is that you
can only deduct the interest
on a loan of up to $750,000.
Most people have a mort-
gage on their primary resi-
dence and some even have a
President Donald Trump, flanked by Republican lawmakers, celebrates Congress passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act on the South Lawn of the White
House on Dec. 20, 2017, in Washington, D.C. The tax bill imposed new limitations on the deductibility of real estate taxes.
mortgage on a second
home. If you do, you can
only deduct the interest on
the loan amount up to
$750,000.
If you have a $750,000
loan and your interest rate
is 3% on that loan, you’ll
end up paying around
$23,000 in interest during
the first year you take out
the loan. (Your interest
payments are usually
higher when you first take
out the loan and gradually
go down over the life of the
loan even though your
monthly payments stay
constant. This is the way
the amortization of your
loan works over a mortgage
term.)
As a married couple, the
federal government gives
you a standard deduction of
$24,800 (or $12,400 if you
are single), so the standard
deduction is quite high
given where interest rates
are today and what most
homeowners pay in interest
on their home loans.
For you to benefit from
the deduction, your interest
payments along with any
other deductions you and
your husband can take on
your federal income tax
return must be higher than
$24,800.
For example, you can
deduct up to $10,000 in
local property taxes and
state income taxes, you can
deduct medical expenses
above a certain threshold
amount, you can deduct
charitable donations and
you can deduct casualty
and theft losses subject to
certain limits. These are erty taxes. That leaves you income taxes is easier and
just some examples, but for with $14,800 before you hit less complicated. And, as
most homeowners, the the standard deduction. If your husband says, it’s not
standard deduction is now your $300,000 mortgage too complicated when you
at a level that fewer taxpay- carries an interest rate of use software to help you
ers get any benefit from 4%, your annual interest out.
itemizing deductions. payments would be around That’s why you may be
If you live in a state that $12,000. (We’ve rounded unable to deduct interest
has no state income taxes the numbers for simplicity this year. We still think that
and low property taxes, it’s purposes.) With the state filing federal income taxes
likely you won’t have to and property deduction of is way too complicated and
itemize deductions unless $10,000 and the interest difficult for most citizens to
you give a substantial deduction of around figure out, and the rules
amount of money to chari- $12,000, you’d still be below and changes make it hard
ty. Your loan interest and the standard deduction of to know when you have
property tax payments will $24,800. done something right or
be much lower than the So, for most homeown- wrong. Even with software
standard deduction of ers, the standard deduction to help.
$24,800. is the way to go and the
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4 Chicago Tribune | Real Estate | Section 7 | Sunday, November 1, 2020 C
Sellers push back against commissions
A recent lawsuit says MLS databases are
anticompetitive, artificially inflate rates
By Ann Carrns
The New York Times
Consumer advocates
have long criticized tradi-
tional real estate commis-
sions as confusing and too
high. Now, those commis-
sions are coming under
increasing legal pressure.
A federal judge in Illinois
ruled recently that a poten-
tial class-action lawsuit
against the National Associ-
ation of Realtors and four
major brokerage compa-
nies could proceed.
The lawsuit, filed last
year in U.S. District Court
in Chicago on behalf of
several home sellers, al-
leges that the way broker-
ages charge commissions
and run property databases
called “multiple listing
services” is anticompetitive
and artificially inflates
commission rates paid to
real estate brokers. (A simi-
lar lawsuit filed in Missouri
is also pending, after a
federal judge declined last
year to dismiss it.)
Mantill Williams, a
spokesman for the Realtors
association, which repre-
sents more than 1.3 million
real estate professionals,
said in an email that the
trade group was “disap-
pointed” in the ruling but
was confident that it would
prevail in the suit. As the
case moves forward, he
said, “we intend to demon-
strate how the MLS system
creates competitive, effi-
cient markets that benefit
home buyers and sellers as
well as small business bro-
kerages.”
Homebuyers in many
parts of the country are
facing a strong sellers’
market. A lack of houses for
sale is pushing up prices,
impeding first-time and
lower-income buyers even
as mortgage rates remain
low.
In an order denying
requests by the Realtors
association and the broker-
ages to dismiss the suit,
Elite
Continued from Page 1
In March, Gramenos and
Marks transferred owner-
ship of the home to a Dela-
ware limited-liability com-
pany. While the couple
alleged the transfer could
be used as a means of
shielding personal assets
from a financial judgment,
a Cook County judge de-
nied their motion Oct. 16.
Gramenos’ lawyer has told
the Tribune that the HGTV
star has worked to resolve
the couple’s claims in good
faith.
In the days since the
motion was denied, Gra-
menos’ Bucktown home
has been featured on Peo-
ple.com, Yahoo and House
Beautiful.
Chicago Bulls champion
Toni Kukoc sells High-
land Park home for
$920,000: Retired Chi-
cago Bulls great Toni
Kukoc and his wife, Renata,
sold their longtime con-
temporary-style house in
Highland Park on Oct. 15
for $920,000.
The Croatia-born for-
ward played for the Bulls
Homes
Continued from Page 1
households, and that num-
ber more than doubled by
1979, six years after the
ECOA passed. Starting in
1986, single women out-
paced single men in home-
ownership and continue to
do so, according to a 2019
report from real estate-
focused advocacy group
Women in the Housing &
Real Estate Ecosystem.
“I think a woman having
a credit card, bank account
or mortgage in our own
names is so commonplace
that we might take for
granted that it’s always
been that way,” Felicia
Davis, president and CEO
of Chicago Foundation for
Women said in an email.
Earlier this year, real
estate agency Compass and
Better.com analyzed mort-
Judge Andrea R. Wood said
the plaintiffs would have
paid “substantially lower”
commissions if not for the
rules established by the
Realtors association and
followed by the brokerages.
The suit takes aim at the
way brokers who represent
homebuyers are paid. Typi-
cally, people seeking to sell
their home agree to pay a
listing agent a commission
— usually 5% to 6% of the
sale price — to place it on a
listing service maintained
by local Realtor groups and
to market the home. The
seller agrees that the listing
agent will offer to split the
commission — say, a 2.5%
share — with the agent
representing the buyer.
(Agents may share part of
their commissions with
their brokerages.)
Homebuyers pay noth-
ing directly to their own
agent and may believe they
are paying no commission
because, according to the
lawsuit, the Realtors associ-
ation allows buyers’ agents
to tell clients that their
services are free.
“In a competitive mar-
ket,” the suit says, “the
seller would pay nothing to
the buyer broker, who
would be paid instead by
the buyer, and the commis-
sion paid by the seller
would be set at a level to
compensate the seller
broker only.”
In effect, the suit argues,
the home seller is paying an
inflated commission that is
covering the buyer’s share
as well. By that analysis, a
seller paying a 5% commis-
sion on the sale of a
$500,000 home is overpay-
ing by about $12,500.
Consumer advocates and
some analysts say the prac-
tice pushes up home prices
because the commission for
the buyer’s agent ends up
being added to the asking
price of the home so the
seller can get a particular
net price.
“The money comes out
from
1993
until
2000,
helping
the team
win six
NBA
titles.
Kukoc After
retiring
from his playing career in
2006, Kukoc most recently
has been a special adviser
to Michael Reinsdorf, the
Bulls’ president and chief
operating officer.
Kukoc and his wife paid
about $1.2 million in late
1993 for the six-bedroom,
5,035-square-foot house.
They took a substantial loss
on the house, some 27 years
after buying it.
Built in 1990, the house is
in the Hybernia devel-
opment, and was one of the
neighborhood’s original
models. Features include
five full bathrooms, two
half-baths and an open
foyer. The living room and
family room feature two-
story-high ceilings, while a
private den or office is also
located on the first floor.
Four en-suite bedrooms
are upstairs, along with a
primary bedroom suite
with three walk-in closets
gage data and named Chi-
cago one of the top cities
for single women buying
property. A 2018 study by
Bank of America, mean-
while, found that 73% of
women prioritize owning a
home over getting married
and starting a family, com-
pared to 65% of men.
“I bought my first home
as a single woman,” Davis
said. “Despite the fact that
we still make, on average,
80 cents to our male co-
workers’ dollar, single
women far outpace their
male counterparts in pur-
chasing homes.”
Robyn Gevas, a travel
agent, bought her Lake-
view condo three years ago
because she wanted to take
the next big step in life,
despite doubts she’d ever
own a home.
“My rent increased,” she
said, “and I felt like I was
paying just as much for
rent that I could on a mort-
of somewhere,” said Mark
S. Nadel, a lawyer who has
published research on
broker practices.
In a report last year, the
Consumer Federation of
America found that few
people understood the
commissions they paid
when buying or selling a
home, partly because most
agents don’t make it easy
for consumers to learn
about them.
Also, the complaint says,
buyers’ agents can see,
through the listing service,
the commission split of-
fered for each home — but
homebuyers generally
Toni Kukoc sold his Highland Park home for $920,000.
and two sinks. The finished
basement includes a cus-
tom wet bar and an exer-
cise room, and the home
also has a heated three-car
garage.
The house is on a 0.24-
acre lot that backs up to a
pond.
“It was the original mod-
el at Hybernia, so it had a
lot of nice amenities, and it
was on the pond,” said
listing agent Ted Pickus of
@properties. “So it was a
very desirable house.”
The couple first listed
the house in March 2019
for $1.15 million, and then
cut their asking price to just
below $1.1 million in June
2019. They took the home
gage. So I looked around
and it was true; I was able
to buy for just about the
same amount of rent.”
Before buying her home,
Gevas lived in a studio
apartment for about $1,000
per month. Now she and
her one-year-old son live in
a two-bedroom condo with
outdoor space. Her mort-
gage is higher than the rent
for her studio — but not by
much.
When it came to learn-
ing about the homebuying
process, in addition to her
real estate agent and mort-
gage broker, Gevas said she
turned to the women in
her life — her mother and
grandmother — for advice.
Her advice to other
single women looking to
buy property is to just go
for it.
“It’s not anything to be
afraid of,” Gevas said. “You
just have to take it one step
at a time. When I wanted
cannot. Buyers’ agents,
then, may tend to “steer”
clients to homes paying
higher commissions.
Mantill, the Realtors
association spokesman,
maintained that the broker
commission structure
“ensures greater access for
first-time, low-income and
many other homebuyers
who otherwise couldn’t
afford a home purchase.”
That echoes an argu-
ment made by agents: that
if buyers had to pay brokers
directly, many would find it
difficult to afford a home.
Many buyers already strug-
gle to save enough to cover
VHT STUDIOS
off the market in October
2019 before relisting it in
June for exactly $1 million.
Kukoc and his wife are
remaining in Highland
Park, Pickus said.
Public records do not yet
identify the buyer. The
house had a $19,593 tax bill
in 2019.
Former Bears player
Nathan Vasher sells
Vernon Hills home for
$780,000 — just over
half what he paid before
recession: Former Chi-
cago Bears cornerback
Nathan Vasher and his
wife, Brandi, sold their
five-bedroom house in
Vernon Hills on Oct. 15 for
to start a family, I didn’t
have a husband or any-
thing, so I went out and
had a baby on my own, too
… One little step adds up to
the bigger picture.”
Barattia, an agent with
Chicago’s Gray Talent
Group, said owning her
own home was something
she wanted for herself, but
it wasn’t easy because of
loans she’d acquired as a
young adult.
“Leading up to purchas-
ing my home was incred-
ibly difficult,” Barattia said.
“I had student loans to pay
off, a car to pay off; I was a
young professional and I
work in the arts — not the
most incredibly lucrative
profession.”
To make it happen,
Barattia said she took on
odd jobs to help pay off her
student loans faster. Nerv-
ous about the process,
Barattia said she walked
away from the experience
a down payment and to
secure a mortgage.
Others, however, dismiss
that concern. Stephen
Brobeck, a senior fellow at
the consumer federation,
said buyers wouldn’t have
to come up with the cash
upfront. Rather, they could
finance the commission
through their mortgage just
as they finance other clos-
ing costs. And paying their
agent directly would allow
them the opportunity,
perhaps, to negotiate a
lower commission.
The plaintiffs, who are
seeking class-action status
for the suit, are asking for
$780,000.
Vasher, 38, played for the
Bears from 2004 until
2009, including starting for
the Bears in Super Bowl
XLI. A Pro Bowl selection
in 2005, Vasher was known
for making frequent inter-
ceptions. He now lives in
Texas and works as an
assistant football coach at
his alma mater, the Uni-
versity of Texas at Austin.
The Vashers took a sig-
nificant loss on their house
in Vernon Hills, which they
bought in 2007 for $1.32
million.
Built in
2005, the
5,300-
square-
foot
home
has 5½
bath-
rooms, a
two- Vasher
story
foyer with a wrought-iron
bridal staircase and custom
coffered ceilings.
The home also has Bra-
zilian cherry floors and a
full, finished English base-
ment with a home theater.
Unique features include a
1,000-gallon fish tank, a
cigar room with a ventila-
tion system, and a workout
feeling like she was spoken
to differently because she’s
a woman.
“I hate to say this, but I
think even the way that
people treat you when
you’re a female (changes),”
she said. “When you’re
calling the inspector, they
talk to you a different way
than maybe they would
talk to a man. Or the Real-
tor would show you differ-
ent things like, ‘Oh well,
look at this closet space’ as
opposed to like ‘This has a
really solid foundation.’ ”
Even after her loan was
approved, Barattia said the
stigma continued.
“I mean, I’m not a man,
so maybe they would talk
to a man in the same way,”
Barattia said. “But it did
feel a little bit like they
were holding my hand or
being slightly more deli-
cate, making sure that I
understood everything …
Some of it you appreciate
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damages and a halt to the
practice of having sellers’
agents pay commissions to
buyers’ agents.
The brokerages named
in the suit are Realogy, the
parent of Century 21, Cold-
well Banker and others;
HomeServices of America,
a Berkshire Hathaway
affiliate; Re/Max; and Kel-
ler Williams. HomeSer-
vices and Keller Williams
declined to comment. Re/
Max said it would “contin-
ue to vigorously defend”
itself against a “baseless”
suit. Realogy said in a state-
ment that the case was
“without merit.”
room with a dressing area.
A dry sauna and a wet bar
with a lounge area round
out the offerings.
Vasher and his wife first
listed the house in August
2019 for $998,500, while
also offering it for rent at
$5,000 per month. They
cut their asking price sev-
eral more times before
listing it at $799,900 and
finding a buyer.
Listing agent Lori Progar
of Coldwell Banker said the
sale price was a reflection
of the notion that the Chi-
cago-area housing market
“still has not rebounded
like the rest of the country”
from the Great Recession.
“The buyer fell in love
with the steam shower and
the basement, and chances
are, he may end up living
down there,” she said with
a laugh. “He loves it that
much.”
Public records do not yet
identify the buyer. The
house had a $28,816 tax bill
for 2019.
Bob Goldsborough is a free-
lance writer.
Join our Chicago Dream
Homes Facebook group for
more luxury listings and real
estate news.
too, because it is uncharted
territory. It’s a little scary,
so you want someone
thorough, but you also
don’t want to be talked
down to.”
Barattia suggested aspir-
ing homeowners set a
budget and explore what
type of homes are within
the budget; don’t over-
think; and be realistic
about renovations, and
figure out what tasks they
can handle themselves —
and which are best left to
professionals.
“It’s a really scary thing,
to own your own home
and to be a woman and
have what you think is
something that’s reserved
for people with a husband
or a family,” she said. “Peo-
ple shouldn’t be afraid to
just reach out and grab
that.”
hgreenspan@chicago
tribune.com
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Hummer EV can ‘crab walk,’
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By Henry Payne
The Detroit News
True to its military roots,
the GMC Hummer EV is
big, brawny and blingtastic.
And now it’s electric.
The gas-guzzling celeb-
rity toy has transformed
into an electron-guzzling
celebrity toy. The $112,595,
three-electric motor
“Edition 1” launch model
(the base model starts at
$80,000) will roll of the
line in late 2021 on massive,
35-inch of-road tires —
loaded to its removable roof
with the latest in automo-
tive technology. Promising
“zero limits” performance
to go with its “zero-emis-
sions” drive-train, General
Motors Co.’s Hummer
hopes to be as fashionably
athletic as its new spokes-
man, Lebron James.
In an indication of
Hummer’s performance
ambitions, GMC pirated
longtime Camaro chief
engineer Al Oppenheiser
to create the OMG EV.
“It’s an absolute of-road
beast with a unique e4WD
drive system that provides
maneuverability unlike
Fiat CEO calls COVID-19 ‘biggest single risk ever’ for auto industry
By Eric D. Lawrence
Detroit Free Press
The CEO of Fiat Chrysler
Automobiles says COVID-
19 is the biggest risk the
auto industry has ever
faced, and he and the asso-
ciation he leads are calling
on governments to spend
pandemic recovery dollars
to boost electric vehicles
and other types of alter-
natively powered cars in
order to meet climate goals.
Mike Manley, who is also
president of the European
anything GM has ever
ofered,” said the muscle
car veteran.
Here are five cool things
to look for:
Crab mode
With four-wheel steer-
ing, the Hummer will have
the ability to move like a
crab. That is, diagonally, in
order to get in and out of
tight spots of-road. Oi-
cially dubbed “CrabWalk,”
the system steers the front
and rear wheels at paral-
lel angles at low speeds,
enabling sideways move-
ment. With its underbelly
armored with skid plates,
the Hummer is designed
for harsh terrain like its
Army Humvee predeces-
sors.
Power
Perched high of the
ground with four-wheel-
drive and enough Ultium
batteries to take it 350 miles
of the grid, the Hummer is
a monster. But with three
electric motors making
1,000 horsepower (a
number usually associated
Automobile Manufactur-
ers’ Association, spoke
during an online confer-
ence. A news release from
the association noted that
car sales in Europe are fore-
cast to drop by a historic
25% in 2020 and that
production there is down
by 4 million vehicles this
year to date.
“The COVID pandemic
is clearly the biggest single
risk ever to face the auto
industry. It is adding
massive pressures on our
sector at a time when it is
RIDES
The Hummer EV’s design communicates extreme capability,
reinforced with rugged architectural details that are delivered
with a premium, well-executed and appointed interior.
with hyper-sports cars like
the Aston Martin Valhalla),
the silent rhino will hustle
from 0-60 in a neck-snap-
ping 3.0 seconds. Compare
that to Tesla’s upcoming,
1,100-horse Model S Plaid
trim that promises a run to
60 in 2 seconds.
Star view
Like a Jeep Wrangler, the
Hummer wants to put its
passengers closer to nature.
The big pickup’s roof
panels come of (including
a front compartment T-bar)
to ofer an unobstructed
view of the sky. Unlike the
navigating fundamental
technological shifts, as well
as the prospect of a no-deal
Brexit. We urgently need to
find ways to pull through
this with minimum damage
to jobs and investments,
while at the same time
keeping strong focus on
the climate challenge,”
Manley said, according to
the release.
Europe’s climate plan
requires massive invest-
ments from the auto indus-
try, Manley said.
“However, our invest-
Wrangler, the Hummer’s
doors are frameless, mean-
ing the view won’t be
obstructed by door frames.
Where to store the panels?
GMC has made room in the
front trunk — or frunk, as
it’s called. Ditching a gas
engine for batteries stashed
in its belly, Hummer now
has plenty of storage under
the hood.
Unreal Engine
Epic Games’ famous, 3D
Unreal Engine rendering
software dovetails nicely
with Hummer’s no-gas
engine theme. And with the
ments alone will never
be enough. If we want
zero-emission mobility to
become a real option for all
Europeans, we also need a
vast network of charging
points and refueling
stations right across the EU,
coupled with economically
sustainable incentives,”
Manley said, referencing
the European Union.
The release said the
association is calling for
government support to be
channeled toward these
areas to stimulate demand.
C Sunday, November 1, 2020 | Section 7
new generation of millen-
nial buyers that Hummer
hopes to appeal to. Unreal
Engine is legendary in the
gaming space as the 3D
rendition software behind
Epic Games’ PlayStation
and PC hits like Fortnite.
The Hummer team used
the software for stun-
ning, 3D images that can
be displayed in the truck’s
13.4-inch console screen.
The digital generation can
gaze on a big, 12.3-inch
display behind the steering
wheel as well.
The 3D look leads a
bevy of high-tech features
including 18 camera views
(including under the belly),
high-speed charging and
Super Cruise — GM’s
acclaimed, self-driving
system heretofore only
found on Cadillac.
eLuxury
Pickup trucks are the
new luxury class and
Hummer is marinated
in style. The bed can be
covered by an automatic
tonneau cover. The rear
window will automati-
cally roll down as well. This
being a GMC pickup, the
Hummer will also come
with a MultiPro tailgate
which can be configured
six diferent ways includ-
Fiat Chrysler’s CEO and the association he leads are calling
on governments to spend pandemic recovery dollars to boost
electric vehicles. JUSTIN SULLIVAN/GETTY
ing as stairs into the bed
or as an architect’s table.
Like its sibling GMC Yukon
SUV, Hummer will feature
air suspension so the truck
can be raised or lowered 6
inches for better access —
or of-road clearance.
All these features are
wrapped in a familiar
Hummer look. The truck
is designed with signature
square wheel arches, c-pil-
lar sail and high side sills
topped by a narrow green-
house. Like Hummers of
yore, the truck features a
tall front grille for extreme
of-road approach angles —
but with a twist.
As an EV, the Hummer’s
signature, six-slot grille will
light up with the Hummer
since the grille is no longer
needed to feed air to the
gas engine behind. The
Hummer EV comes a
long way from the crude
Hummer that AMG first
launched into the market
with the urging of celebrity
actor Arnold Schwarzeneg-
ger in 1992. That
diesel-powered animal was
a Humvee military vehicle
with lipstick.
The new Hummer EV
sits on an all-new electric
platform with a 21st-cen-
tury interior. GMC is
hoping buyers will ride it
into the future.
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Is friend who never changes

motor oil onto something?

Bob Weber
Motormouth
The 2021 Acura TLX sport sedan’s performance and handling improvements make it the Q: A friend of mine
brand’s best sedan in decades. MARK PHELAN/DETROIT FREE PRESS never changes the oil
in his car. He has gone

In TLX, Acura achieves

70,000 without a change.
He claims the oil never
wears out. He cites a
study of two New York

its best sedan in decades taxicabs going 40,000

miles each. One had
regular oil changes and
the other none. Both towels to give a finishing
DREAMSTIME

sensor and tuned it up.

By Mark Phelan
Detroit Free Press
Building a world-class
sport sedan is tougher
than it looks. The learning
curve is a bit — shall we say
“extended”? — for auto-
makers who want to chal-
lenge cars like the Audi
A4, BMW 3-series and
Mercedes C-class.
Honda’s been plugging
away at the sport sedan
business since launching
its Acura luxury brand
— Japan’s first by several
years, to give credit where
it’s due — in 1986.
Developed to compete
with compact sport
sedans like the 3-series
and A4 and bigger midsize
models, the 2021 TLX is
an attractive sedan with a
promising drivetrain and
competitive prices.
The TLX uses a new
platform that’s exclusive
to it — for the moment,
anyway; platforms are
expensive, expect a sporty
SUV or another sedan to
share it within a couple of
years. It retains the base
front-wheel-drive layout
of all Honda’s sedans and
SUVs, but does not share a
single platform component
with the Accord sedan, the
obvious donor in Honda’s
corporate tool bin. The
platform was developed
in the U.S., and the design
also came from a U.S.
studio, more evidence of
2021 ACURA TLX
Four-wheel drive, five-seat,
four-door sedan fastback
As tested:
$46,250
(excluding destination
charges)
Base price: $37,500
Engine: 2 .0 L four-cylinder
turbo
Transmission: 1 0-speed
automatic
Power: 2 7 2 hp @ 6,5 0 0
rpm; 28 0 pound-feet of
torque @ 1,6 00 -4 ,5 00
rpm
Estimated EPA fuel
economy: 2 1 mpg city/
29 highway/24 combined
Honda’s corporate strategy
to make the U.S. the home
of some Acuras.
In an odd, back-to-the-
future moment, the plat-
form’s key bragging points
include a double-wish-
bone front suspension.
That was the layout Civics
and Accords used back in
the 1980s when Honda
first won American hearts
as drivers’ choice among
small fuel-eicient cars.
The base powertrain is
front-wheel drive, but I
drove a pair of all-wheel-
drive models.
The engine revs fast and
free, delivering plenty of
power for quick, smooth
shifts. The AWD system
can send up to 70% of
torque to the rear wheels,
and all of that either right
or left, to aid traction and
handling in curves.
The steering is precise
and quick. Engineers
shifted the battery to the
rear to improve balance,
but the TLX remains nose
heavy, which becomes
apparent in fast curves,
when understeer feels
imminent.
I tested two TLX
models: A-spec and
Advance. Their features
difered slightly, but the
biggest diference was in
interior color, material and
personality. The A-spec
was black and gray, with
red stitching and alumi-
num pedals. Advance was
done in lighter shades and
wood. Wood and metal
trim are genuine, a sign
Acura’s been studying the
competition.
The controls are easy
to read, with big gauges
and dials and buttons for
audio and climate. I find
Acura’s “absolute position-
ing” touch pad much less
satisfying than a touch pad
for navigation and other
features, but some people
don’t mind it.
Net result, the ’21 TLX’s
performance and handling
improvements make it
the brand’s best sedan in
decades, and its price and
features could give smaller
sport sedans like the Audi
A3/S3 fits.
engines were examined
and no wear or tear on
cylinder and pistons on
either. What are your
thoughts?
B.F., Plymouth, Minne-
sota
A: Motor oil does not
wear out. The addi-
tives wear out. The base
oil remains and is often
refined and fresh addi-
tives blended in. What are
those additives? Deter-
gents, corrosion inhibi-
tors, dispersants, oxidation
inhibitors, viscosity modi-
fiers, pour point depres-
sants, anti-foaming agents
and more. If I owned a
crummy cab, I may not
care, but I don’t, so I
change the oil in my vehi-
cles on schedule. If you
need more information,
get in touch with a tribol-
ogist.
Q: I’m an 86-year-old
female who reads your
column all the time.
I live in the Mojave
Desert where we have
wind and dust storms
all the time. Once a year
there’s a sprinkle of rain
so our windshields are
constantly dirty. By acci-
dent one day I grabbed a
Mr. Clean Magic Eraser
Sheet and used it on
my windshield. Wow,
I couldn’t believe how
clean it got. No smudges
anywhere. I then used
the good old microfiber
touch. It also works great
on all lights and chrome.
My 2016 Buick Enclave
shines like a new dollar.
B.L., Mojave Desert
A: This tip sounded so
good, I had to try it. Wow
is right. Tree sap (actually
honey dew) and bugs came
right of. I am also a big fan
of microfiber towels for
washing and waxing the
car. They hold dirt and grit
between the fibers instead
of on the fabric’s surface.
Q: Thank you for
answering the ques-
tion of moisture in the
fuel tank. I park my car
outside. I am concerned
about someone putting
something into the tank
deliberately. Are locks
available to prevent this?
My Chevy dealer didn’t
have an answer and I
can’t find one online.
Thank you.
M.K., Des Plaines, Illi-
nois
A: Yes. They are called
locking fuel plugs. Ford
has ofered them for some
time. They are low profile
so as not to interfere with
the door.
Q: I have a 2000 Dodge
Ram 1500 with 100,000
miles. After start-up
warm or cold, it sputters
and misfires. No check
engine light has lit. Have
changed the fuel pumps,
crankshaft position
My local shop has been
unable to find a solution.
Any thoughts would be
appreciated.
T.D., Chicago
A: This type of prob-
lem is often due to a faulty
throttle position sensor but
can also be due to a dirty
throttle body. On a vehicle
that age, have the throttle
body thoroughly cleaned.
You may or may not need
to replace the sensor.
Q: I bought a used 2005
Jeep Wrangler X. While
driving on the express-
way, the front end began
to shake violently, at
speeds over 50 mph.
When I got home, I
noticed all four tires
were diferent sizes. I
replaced the tires, and
this helped for a while.
Now the shaking is back
and worse. I Googled
the problem and found
that this is common with
Jeeps and is referred to
as “death shake.”
S.O., Yorkville, Illinois
A: Jeep has released an
improved steering damper
that allows the fluid inside
to transfer faster than the
previous design. Steering
dampers are like shock
absorbers that reduce
oscillation.
Send questions along with
name and town to motor
mouth.tribune@gmail.
com.

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Across 62 Carne __ (burrito
1 Tinseltown trophy filling)
6 Smile broadly 64 Get a grin from
10 Soil-enriching 66 Tiny bit of dust
material 68 Had a sandwich,
15 Anti-fur org. perhaps
19 Witherspoon with 71 Xylophone kin
a 1 Across 72 Dennis the Menace
20 Best Picture 1 Across cartoonist
winner for 2012 74 Federal audit agcy.
21 Role model, slangily 75 Crossed marks
22 First to arrive 76 Long garment
23 Certain rural plane 77 Warner __
25 Getting going 78 Things we share
27 Nonarrival 79 DVR button
28 With no place __ 80 Aromatherapy
(SRO) liquid
30 Desserts, candies, 84 Tutu material
etc. 85 “You shouldn’t
31 Where a fork might have done that!”
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32 Actress Hannah might be
33 Shove off 87 Drinks for everyone
34 Red veggie 88 Succeed in a big way
37 Dairy-less diet 89 iPhone ancestors:
38 Post-op areas Abbr.
39 TV pro bono spot 90 Pasta “alla vodka”
42 Gladden greatly 91 Big beverage
43 Dench and Winslet, brewers
in a 2001 biopic 92 “Drat!”
45 Sign of condensation 95 Nickname
46 Dark blue alternative to Terry
47 What many 3 96 Mideast capital
Down have 100 Ubiquitous Japanese
48 Regarding restaurants
49 Title for Merkel 102 Where The Kiss is
50 Poetic preposition kept
51 Leno’s Tonight 104 French state
Show successor 105 Brief concession
55 Put forth, as a 106 Actor Epps
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56 Accepts lab
enthusiastically 108 Authors (as a verb)
58 Tilted type, for short 109 Group of naysayers
59 Snarky 110 Where L. Frank
60 Train patron Baum set his best-
61 Industrial tank known novel
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Across 99 Suite spot
1 Not yet bought 100 Mount Rainier’s
5 Kvetch Native American
10 Mushroom sought name ... and a
by mushroom Microsoft typeface
hunters 102 Soothing succulent
15 Econ. barometer 103 “Look before you
18 Bar on a truck leap,” e.g.
19 Swiss luxury brand 105 Ethereal glows
20 Butler’s love 108 Whitman’s
21 Provider of expert dooryard bloomers
advice 112 Pelican State
22 Swindler campus
24 “It’s hopeless” 114 Backfire sound
26 Subs 116 Co-star with
27 __ fly: run-scoring Chevy and Gilda
out 118 Open veranda
28 World’s largest 119 Cable company
tennis stadium offering
29 Social media 121 Fugitive trackers,
profile picture, at times
often 123 Big party
30 Clue follower 124 Caffeine-rich nuts
32 Muralist Rivera 125 Curling venue
34 Cybertruck maker 126 Vending machine
35 Rod’s partner inserts
37 “Over here!” 127 Rapper Lil __ X
40 Hoods at a 128 Look after
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43 Meat brand spelled 130 Overly curious
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48 C-SPAN addict, say 1 Has staying power
50 Miley Cyrus label 2 Stand out
51 Noisy bunkmate 3 Heartthrob
53 Prepare for 4 Deep-fried
another drive Japanese dish
54 Holiday lead-in 5 Boxer’s warning
55 Conspiring faction 6 Turns
58 Italy’s cont. 7 Trojan War saga
59 “Look before you 8 Joe who played
leap,” e.g. the thief Harry in
61 Advanced teaching “Home Alone”
deg. 9 Phone routing no.
62 2009 aviation 10 Rainy season
biopic 11 “I know! Pick me!”
64 Authoritative code 12 Utility bill figure
66 Art __ 13 Jazz or swing
68 Timely mnemonic, 14 Time-__
or what the circled 15 Gunpowder Plot
letters depict participant of 1605
75 Arcade giant 16 Hamburger’s three
76 Rear-__ 17 Free of
77 Hand at sea contaminants
78 Improv bit 21 Pump measure
81 Coordinated 23 Autumn blossom
84 Closest peeps 25 Coast Guard
86 Texas site of Pizza mission
Hut headquarters 28 Before now
87 Helen Reddy’s “__ 31 Sewer’s bottoms
Woman” 33 “Reader, I married
88 Flood control him” governess
89 Big name in 34 Taco truck fare
bowling shoes 36 The Beatles’ Penny,
92 Dudes e.g.
93 Some Nehi drinks 38 It’s driven on a trail
96 It may be cracked 39 Has a balance due
with a key 41 In real time
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Down
1 Predatory dolphin
2 One from Belgrade
3 Tops of org charts
4 Harshness of tone
5 Rudolph’s claim to
fame
6 Headquartered
7 Art Deco illustrator
8 Era
9 “Mere” people
10 Postcard sentiment
11 No later than
12 Would-be DA’s
hurdle
13 YMCA class
14 Taco topping
15 Instrument array
16 Small advantage
17 Stretched to the
max
18 Electrical measures
24 See 29 Down
26 “If only!”
29 With 24 Down, city
near Provo
32 Youngest Girl Scout
33 Look down on
34 Actress Zellweger
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concerned
36 “Take Five” jazzman 52 Race of 3+ mi. 68 Irritating to the eyes 83 Lose control 95 Tugboat sound
37 Strollers in Surrey 53 Sharp as __ 69 Cheers server 84 Ivy’s twiner 96 Straight __ arrow
38 SSA assignments 54 Hanukkah pancake 70 Canadian clod 88 “Shudder” starter 97 Port of Yemen
39 What surrounds 96 55 Scriptural poem 72 The elite for “some” 98 One word in the 10
Across 57 Advances in rank 73 Sort of steak 89 Browning and longest answers,
40 Not capricious 62 Playwright Fugard 76 Land around the Byron if one letter is
41 Highly perceptive 63 Salty water South China Sea 90 Coke alternative changed
43 Any of an ’80s PC 64 Keep from 78 Surpassed in 91 Uses a ridesharing 99 Descriptor for LAX
team happening splendor app or JFK
44 Lunar valley 65 Stirs or shakes up 80 Burdened 92 Planning, for short 101 Network launched
47 Common clickers 66 Marching band 81 Boutique 93 Can’t bear as CNN2
49 Melted, in Marseille group merchandise 94 Arab League 103 Thurman of Pulp
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42 Piece inside a
pumpkin
43 Seal-hunting
swimmers
44 Whippersnapper
45 Pole thrown by
Scots
46 “Seriously?”
47 Wild throw, usually
49 Crown collection
52 Wine and dine
56 Elite guests
57 Airport screening
likelihood
60 Pie crust ingredient
61 Gas brand with a
red “o” in its logo
63 Team from College
Station, Texas
65 Stefani of No Doubt
67 Show appreciation
69 Selection process
for MLB All-Stars
70 Crusoe creator
71 Swiss coin
72 National rival
73 Shaped like a
megaphone
74 Danish coin
78 Sound of resignation
79 Syrup used in
pecan pies
80 “It puzzles me”
82 Jon of “Chicago
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88 Stanford who co- Jumble Sudoku 11/1
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90 Winter Palace square, to form six words. Then arrange the 3-by-3 box in bold borders contains every digit
monarch circled letters to form the surprise answer, as 1 to 9.
91 Prison division suggested by this cartoon. Level:
94 Intellectual
nitpicker
95 Scoundrel
97 Sheer linen fabric
98 Grayish-yellow
green
101 Clown for the
camera
104 Tech whizzes
106 Put on a pedestal
107 Capital SSW of
Portland
109 Not allowed
110 Batting practice sites
111 Spacek of “The
River”
112 Texter’s parting
113 Where the iris is
114 Farm bundle
115 Med school subj.
117 Barcelona boy
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1. Define clues, writing in Words column over
numbered dashes.
2. Transfer letters to numbered squares in diagram.
3. When pattern is completed, quotation can be
read left to right. The first letters of the filled-in
words reading down form an acrostic yielding the
speaker’s name and the topic of the quotation.
Clues Words

Last week’s
answers can
be found
in today’s
“Puzzle Island
Solutions.”

By Erv
Kaczmarek.
Edited by
Linda and
Charles
Preston.
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Rhythmic
By Charles Preston

Across 56 Sicilian magma-maker: var. 26 Dial

1 Esteem 59 Actor Lloyd 27 Newcomer
5 Army transport 63 Cole Porter song, 1935 28 ___ S. Gardner
9 Foam 66 In company 29 Harry Lauder, e.g.
14 Stravinsky 67 Elvis follower 30 Polonius’s hiding place
15 Never again 68 Wendy’s barker 31 L ___ love
16 Regarding sound 69 Olympic great, Viren 34 Cugat’s Lane
17 Cole Porter song, 1936 70 Promise 36 Tickled
20 Eyed 71 Mild gripe word 37 Peregrinate
21 Opinion gatherer 38 Jug
22 A Gershwin Down 40 Droop
23 Dispatch 1 Popular pup 41 Blues singer James
25 Sites for bracelets 2 Startled 42 Desirable
27 Arouse 3 Hood 47 Bowl color
30 Burr or Spelling 4 Papa’s given name 48 Sarton or Levertov
32 Javelin’s path 5 Garfield’s keeper 50 More or less
33 Closes in 6 Competitor 51 Intrigue
35 Grimm baddy 7 Narcissus’s admirer 52 ___ Rogers St. John
39 Cole Porter song, 1934 8 Spring note 53 UT lilies
43 Hirsute Himalayan 9 Fire fuel 54 Strain
44 African tongue 10 Kind of corn 57 Warm up
45 Phalanx greeting 11 Not before 58 Memorable fiddler
46 Runs easily 12 US gold-medal skier 60 Fabulist
49 Merchant 13 Martinelli and Lanchester 61 The King and I role
51 Cuban strongman 18 Hanging out 62 Spiffy
54 Mew 19 Honeymoon address 64 Office-holders
55 Humorist George 24 Section 65 Gridiron zone
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Horoscopes
Today’s birthday (Nov.
1): You’re especially cre-
ative this year. Disciplined
practices build satisfying
results. Romantic dreams
abound. Shift directions
with shared accounts this
winter, before a surge in
your own income. Navigate
slower business next sum-
mer, before a collaborative
venture takes off.
Aries (March 21-April
19): Today is an 8. Adapt
and discover lucrative
opportunities. Luck favors
sweat equity. Your past
work speaks well for you.
Go for what you really
want. Collaboration is key.
Taurus (April 20-May
20): 8. Rely on experience
to navigate a personal chal-
lenge. An old method may
not work in a new situation.
Words can get twisted.
Observe and discover.
Gemini (May 21-June
20): 7. Finish what you’ve
begun. Talk doesn’t go as
far as action. Quiet produc-
tivity satisfies. Review your
options and adapt plans to
changing circumstances.
Cancer (June 21-July
22): 8. Work together with
friends. Avoid distraction or
chatter. Keep your patience
when another doesn’t. Col-
laborate for the common
good. Share resources,
ideas and connections.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): 8.
Get productive to manage
professional responsibil-
ities. Talk is cheap and
distracting. Focus on main-
taining momentum to keep
the ball in play.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
7. It’s too early to go out yet.
A barrier blocks the road.
Determine priorities and
responsibilities. Avoid gossip
or travel. Keep things simple.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
8. Revise and adjust budgets
with shared financial ac-
counts to take advantage of
an unexpected opportunity
for profits. Consult an ex-
pert. Consistent efforts win.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov.
21): 7. Compromise is essen-
tial. Unforeseen chances
require coordination and
collaboration. Plan and
strategize in detail. Clarify
miscommunications pa-
tiently. Provide a stabilizing
influence with your partner.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-
puzzle
island
Dec. 21): 7. Prioritize health
over stressful activities. Stay
calm and carry on. Maintain
physical routines and prac-
tices. Schedule carefully to
avoid overbooking. Treat
yourself with love.
solutions
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan.
19): 8. Relax and have fun
with someone beloved. Last week’s crosswords Last week’s Quote-Acrostic
Avoid risky situations and
hang with your inner circle. “PUMP-KIN PATCH” ADAM GOPNIK: THE REAL THING:
Play your favorite games. America has drifted right off in the
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. French imagination, like an old rival one
18): 7. Focus on home and competed with for years, only to have
family, to maintain healthy him suddenly leave his family, shave
systems. Delays could affect his skull and join a survivalist cult in
shipments, transportation Montana.
or traffic. Clean, beautify
and declutter your place. Last week’s Sudoku
Enjoy the results.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March
20): 7. Distractions abound.
Focus to meet your dead-
lines. Communications
could seem confusing or
chaotic. Patiently persist,
and discover unexpected
good luck.
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Bridge
Q.1—Neither vulnerable, as South, you hold: Word Game
♠ Q 7 ♥ 10 4 ♦ A Q 10 7 6 4 ♣ A Q 4
North East South West This game challenges
you to find as many words
1♣ Pass 1♦ 1♠ as you can, as quickly as you This week’s Jumble
2♣ 2♠ ? can, in one master word.
ALEWIFE (ALE-wife): A
What call would you make? North American fish relat-
Q.2—North-South vulnerable, as South, you hold: ed to the herrings.
♠ 10 5 ♥ K Q 9 7 6 ♦ K 10 4 2 ♣ 5 4 Can you find 17 or more
West North East South words in ALEWIFE?
2♠ Dbl 3♠ ? Average mark: 14 words
What call would you make? Time limit: 25 minutes
Q.3—East-West vulnerable, as South, you hold: Here are the rules:
1. Words must be four or
♠ AKJ72 ♥ J64 ♦ Q9 ♣ AJ3 more letters. 2. Words that
“Warm Up”
South West North East acquire four letters by the
1NT Pass Pass 2♣* addition of an “s,” such as
? “bats” and “cats,” are not
used. 3. Use only one form
*clubs and a major of a verb — either “pose” or
What call would you make? “posed,” not both. 4. Proper
Q.4—Both vulnerable, as South, you hold: nouns and slang terms are
♠ 986 ♥ AQ6 ♦ AK2 ♣ AQ92 not used.
South West North East Answers to the word
1♣ Pass 1♥ 2♦ game:
feel; file; flaw; flea; flee; flew
? wale; weal; wife; wile; fail;
What call would you make? alee; leaf; lief; life; waif; wail;
Look for answers on Monday.
— Kathleen Saxe,
— Bob Jones distributed by Andrews
tcaeditors@tribpub.com McMeel Syndication for UFS
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Dustin By Steve Kelley and Jeff Parker The Lockhorns

By Bunny Hoest and John Reiner
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Doonesbury By Garry Trudeau

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ANSWER
ANGEL
HOW TO HANDLE
BRA PADDING WOES

FASHION
STORE, DONATE
OR SELL CLOTHES
YOU’RE NOT WEARING

SINGER-SONGWRITER
JEWEL SHARES
HER ‘EMOTIONAL
MINDFULNESS TOOLKIT’

PIECES
OF ADVICE TRENT DAVIS BAILEY/THE NEW YORK TIMES
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Jewel shares pieces of advice
As debut album marks 25 years, singer-songwriter details her ‘emotional mindfulness toolkit’
By Ilana Kaplan
The New York Times
Jewel, the singer-songwriter,
has four pieces of advice when
dealing with anxiety: “One is turn
off the news,” she said. “Two is
watch what the environment and
the mood that is in your house.
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Three is start a gratitude practice.
I’d say four is learn to meditate.”
Jewel, 46, who gained fame at
age 20 with her first studio album,
“Pieces of You,” in 1995, began
practicing mindfulness — a form
of meditation that includes being
aware of your feelings and
thoughts without judgment — as a
teen. Since then she has devel-
oped a practice that includes
meditating every morning.
“Meditation is like building a
muscle, going to the gym and
doing a bicep curl,” she said. “But
if you don’t use that muscle dur-
ing your day, it won’t change your
life.”
She’s in the mountains of Col-
orado with her son, Kase Townes,
8, and is deeply concerned by the
effects of the pandemic, social
unrest and mounting unemploy-
ment on society: “I do think
there’s the potential to have a
greater loss of life from the mental
health fallout, possibly even than
from the virus, which would be a
tremendous tragedy,” she said.
She has a new single, “Grate-
ful,” and on Nov. 20, to com-
memorate the 25th anniversary of
“Pieces of You,” the album will be
reissued with a demo version of
her hit single “You Were Meant
for Me.” She’ll also hold a virtual
concert, performing the record in
its entirety.
A ‘chaotic’ upbringing
Born Jewel Kilcher, she grew
up in Homer, Alaska, on an 300-
acre ranch miles from the nearest
town and without indoor plumb-
ing. Her parents had a dinner
show for tourists at a local hotel,
and at 5, Jewel began singing with
them. Three years later, she began
singing at bars throughout An-
chorage with her father.
She remembers her upbringing
Singer-songwriter Jewel has made a meditation program available for free online.
as “chaotic.” Her parents di-
vorced; her father, Atz Kilcher, a
Vietnam veteran who developed
PTSD, was then an active alco-
holic.
Jewel described leaving home
at 15 and moving into a little cabin
in Homer. At 16, she earned a
partial scholarship to Interlochen
Arts Academy in Michigan, where
she studied classical vocal training
and began writing songs.
At 18, after refusing to sleep
with her boss at the computer
warehouse where she was work-
ing, she said, she was fired and
lived in her car, unable to pay rent.
She started having panic at-
tacks and kidney problems. “I
almost died in an emergency
room parking lot because they
wouldn’t see me because I didn’t
have insurance,” she said. She also
COVER STORY
TRENT DAVIS BAILEY/THE NEW YORK TIMES
had begun shoplifting as a form of dropped if she didn’t sell enough
self-love. To break the habit, she records. “That ended up saving
decided to develop a new one. my career for a long time, for
“Every time I wanted to steal, I many years, because it was a
just made myself write,” she said. failure for many years,” she said of
“And I ended up becoming very “Pieces of You.”
prolific.” The experience inspired In May 1995, Jewel opened a
her ballad “Hands” in 1998. set for Bob Dylan in San Diego.
She made a second album that
Finding mentors was never released. While she
Presented with a record deal at was in the studio, Dylan’s team
the end of 1993, Jewel promised reached out to get Jewel to open
herself she would prioritize her for him on tour. She joined him in
health. “The reason you see so April 1996 and would later find
much burnout in my field is be- out that her yodeling caught his
cause it’s not a healthy lifestyle, attention.
and nobody’s very concerned “He mentored me, he went
about your mental health,” she over my lyrics with me, gave
said. books to read and music to listen
She was offered a $1 million to, and it just came at that exact
“signing bonus” by almost every right time when nobody believed
major label, she said. She turned it in me,” she said. After touring
down because she feared being with Dylan, Neil Young took
Jewel under his wing too. Nearly
two years later, “Pieces of You”
started to gain momentum.
“They both just drilled into my
head that if you’re an artist, you
better suck it up. You don’t have to
cater to radio, you don’t have to
cater to anything but what you
believe is in your heart, and you
better fight for it, and it really just
invigorated me,” Jewel said.
Jewel, the activist
Nearly 20 years ago, Jewel
began the Inspiring Children
Foundation, a nonprofit group to
help youth development in under-
served communities. In 2019, she
produced a documentary, “The
Mindfulness Movement,” with
Deepak Chopra.
Recently, the foundation has
livestreamed conversations with
mentors, thought leaders and
celebrities who are passionate
about mental health. “The only
thing I ever used my celebrity for
was being able to get to sort of
superstar experts,” she said.
Alongside Dr. Judson Brewer, a
neuroscientist, Jewel has created
a curriculum for her youth foun-
dation.
“We work with kids that have
suicidal ideation and extreme
anxiety and depression that come
from very, very traumatic back-
grounds,” she said. “They have no
access to therapists, no money for
therapists. And so we give them
this emotional mindfulness toolkit
that worked on me.”
To reach a larger audience,
Jewel and Brewer made the pro-
gram available for free on a sepa-
rate website that explores medita-
tion and what Jewel calls “mind-
fulness in motion” or “doing exer-
cises that are practicable.” The
website outlines a series of exer-
cises and worksheets focused on
retraining your brain, forgiveness,
gratitude and more. Users can
also discuss the exercise topics
and their progress in a communi-
ty forum.
“It’s important that people
understand there’s a lot that you
can do yourself to feel better,”
Jewel said.
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ANSWER ANGEL

Chicago Tribune | Inside Shopper | Sunday, November 1, 2020

Solving bra padding woes

Ellen Warren
Dear Answer Angel Ellen: Many of
the bras and bralettes I buy have
removable triangular “pads.” The
problem is that during the wash cycle,

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the bra pads migrate around the in-
side of the bra or come out com-
pletely. These skimpy things are the
devil to get back in place through the
slots they slip in and out of inside of
the bras. Meanwhile, when dislodged
from the bra, they cling to other
clothes in the washer and are hard to
find (same as socks) in the load of
wash. Oh, one more thing, even in
expensive bras (including running/
exercise bras), the pads are so flimsy
that the “tricot” covering of the foam
pads starts to peel off, leaving the
foam exposed. The naked foam is
almost like Velcro, making it even
harder to locate in dried laundry and
to relocate back to their proper place-
ment. Is there a simple answer to all
this?
— Jonie P.

Dear Jonie: So annoying! Of course,

you can safety pin the pads to the bra,
but as the pads get older they fold or
scrunch up inside the bra even when
pinned. However, there is a better
way. I’m happy with the replacement
pads I bought to replace the flimsy DREAMSTIME

ones that come in the bra. They’re the
same size but more substantial than
the flimsy ones — thicker and stiffer,
but not in a bad way — and stay in
place better. And because the edges
are sewn, unlike the flimsies, they
don’t peel and stand up better to the
wash cycle. Mine by TopBine were
three pairs for $10.99 on Amazon.
Dear Answer Angel Ellen: My Face-
book feed is filled with ads for super
cute clothes — mostly dresses — that
are well priced, from China-based
websites. Are they legit? Do the
clothes actually arrive? How is the
quality and the sizing? Should I give
them a try? Are they all a rip-off?
— Mari J.
You can buy higher-quality replacement pads for the flimsy ones that often come with bras.
Dear Mari: Like many readers, I’ve
been cleaning out my closets and
finding that the last thing I need are
more “super cute clothes.” I don’t
wear most of the ones I already own.
But I get it. In this pandemic, stuck at
home, the itch to shop is fierce and
who doesn’t love a bargain?
So, I talked to several shoppers
about their experience with these
clothing sites.
Pam J. told me she was happy over-
all but warned that shipping took 10
days to three months. Also, “the sizes
are different than U. S. clothing and at
first I didn’t take that into consider-
ation. And often the fabric isn’t what
you thought it would be.”
Claire W. ordered a cute summer
dress for $30 and it arrived relatively
quickly and looked relatively the same
as the photo she saw online. She too
was satisfied. But a very cursory online
search turns up plenty of unhappy
shoppers, too.
Personally I wouldn’t risk it, but if
you decide to give it a try:
■ Do your homework. Search the
internet for reports of scams at the
sites you’re considering. Many of the
different websites are owned by the
same companies and the sites come
and go, so not finding complaints
online isn’t a guarantee that the site is
legit.
■ Read online info about what to look
for to make sure the sites are reliable,
such as travelchinaguide.com
(bit.ly/3iAC7MH) and check this list
of scam companies on the written-
with-love.com blog (bit.ly/3kptB3F).
■ Be skeptical of Facebook raves,
which are easy to manipulate.
■ Pay close attention to the size guide.
Now it’s your turn
Send your questions, rants, tips,
favorite finds — on style, shopping,
makeup, fashion and beauty — to
answerangelellen@gmail.com.
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FASHION
Sunday, November 1, 2020 | Inside Shopper | Chicago Tribune

How to store, sell and donate

the clothes you aren’t wearing
By Elizabeth Wellington
Philadelphia Inquirer

There was a time when I knew my

closet well.
I used to dip into her double doors
every morning for a crisp, button-up,
ponte pants and flats. If my day called
for a dressier look, I made a beeline to
the jewel-toned sheaths.
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These days I only pop in to my

closet once a week to grab a backpack
for a trip to the grocery store. My
primary wardrobe consists of work-
from-home yoga pants and tanktops.
My closet and I are strangers. I
know I’m not alone.
We probably won’t need one of the
cocktail dresses or the wrinkled blaz-
ers they are smushed between any-
time soon. And alas, our jeans may not
slip over our hips with the same ease
they once did.
It’s time to reconcile our old clothes
and our new lifestyles. I talked to some
experts to help find answers on how to
sort, store, resell, donate and give away
what we’re not wearing.

Sort your clothes

This is an excellent time to reevalu-
ate all of your clothes, says Joey Clark,
owner of closet editing service Kin
Boutique. Sort your clothes into three
categories: keep, maybe and give away.
Ask yourself: Do I love it? Does it
still fit? Does it make me feel good?
If it’s yes to all three questions, keep DREAMSTIME

it. If it’s yes to two questions, maybe. If
it’s yes to one question, give it away.
Find your new style
“This is a great time to get intro-
spective about your own personal style
and what works for you,” says Clare
Sauro, director of Drexel University’s
Robert and Penny Fox Historic Cos-
tume Collection. “One of the things
we’ve learned during this time is what
we can do without.”
Study the items you are keeping.
What do they have in common? Do
you like printed blouses? Are you in
love with the sheath silhouette? Make
these items the core of your wardrobe
and build a capsule collection around
them, says Sauro. This means that
everything new you buy should match
back to these items.
It may be time to reconcile your old clothes and your new COVID-era lifestyle.
Give away, resell, donate
Once you’ve decided what you are
are willing to part with, separate these
clothes into three piles: give away,
resell or donate.
Give away: If that red shirt no
longer fits and your best friend has
eyed it for years, give it to her. Think
about setting up a Zoom clothing swap
with your friends. But before you
make the contactless trade, thoroughly
wash the clothes.
Resell it: Consignment shops, ei-
ther brick-and-mortar or online bou-
tiques that offer you a percentage of
sales for the clothing they sell for you,
are hit and miss these days. So call in
advance to find out if they are taking
clothes and what their coronavirus
policies are.
Donate it: It’s also a good idea to
call donation centers first. The need
remains great, but because of
COVID-19, many have changed their
open hours or drop-off processes.
How to store what you’re not
wearing
Now it’s time to store what you
want to keep but aren’t wearing right
now.
Examine everything. Replace miss-
ing buttons. Repair holes. And most
importantly, Sauro said, make sure
your pieces are clean and pressed.
Use the right hangers. Plastic and
wire hangers often leave indentations
in clothing, especially sweaters. It’s
better to fold and stack your sweaters.
For clothes you need to hang, use
hangers covered in soft fabrics like
velvet, Sauro says, because the grip
ensures the clothes stay in place.
And make sure the hangers are the
right size when hanging blouses or
blazers. They should fit the width of
the shoulder.
Use garment bags. You definitely
want to store your most special pieces
— cocktail dresses, business suits and
ball gowns — in woven garment bags,
says Brian Lipstein, owner of specialty
menswear brand Henry A. Davidsen.
An opaque fabric will keep the ultravi-
olet light off clothing and help to pre-
vent fading.
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HOME

Chicago Tribune | Inside Shopper | Sunday, November 1, 2020

Bringing the outside in even more
By Alix Strauss
The New York Times

According to the Environmen-

tal Protection Agency, Americans
spend about 90% of their time
indoors. If the experience of
sheltering in a pandemic has
taught us anything, it is the
outscaled importance of that
other 10%.
“Being in nature drops our
cortisol levels, makes us calmer,

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reduces anxiety and improves our
mood,” said Bea Pila-Gonzalez,
an interior designer in Miami.
“It’s a physical yearning. We are
hungry for the experience of
what the outdoors brings to us.”
This appetite is the subject of a
recently released book, “Bio-
philia: You + Nature + Home”
(Kyle Books, $21.99). The author
is Sally Coulthard, an interior
designer and writer based in
North Yorkshire, England. She
recounts how biophilia, the idea
that humans are viscerally wired
to feel a communion with the
natural world, has shifted from a
hypothesis espoused by biologist
Edward O. Wilson and others to
the emergence of urban beekeep-
ing, increasingly diverse city
gardens, and wild ideas for resi-
dences and workplaces.
“Companies here are creating
gorgeous lighting schemes that
either incorporate plants into TAKUMI OTA VIA THE NEW YORK TIMES

their design,” so you have “light-
ing that mimics the sky, or uses
natural materials in some new or
interesting way,” Coulthard said
of Britain. “Others are using moss
walls or are bringing large trees
into indoor environments.”
One of her subjects even makes
home air filters from living plants.
The biophilic compulsion to
unite indoors and outdoors is
leaping beyond the familiar
tropes of eco-sustainability —
natural fibers, salvaged lumber
and the war against carcinogens
and toxins. Adherents want not
just personal and environmental
health but also psychological and
spiritual well-being.
“A lot of people who come to
me are seeking tranquillity and a
meditative feeling,” said Gennaro
Brooks-Church, the owner of
Brooks-Church Living Walls in
A two-family Stairway House, designed by the Japanese studio Nendo, in Tokyo.
New York, which designs and
installs the vertical panels of
plants that an increasing number
of U.S. residents have in their
homes and offices.
He said that from 2018 to 2019,
he received a 67% increase in
commissions. But a slice of the
outside does not come cheap. He
charges $20,000 for a 10-by-10-
foot wall, for which he uses more
than 600 plants, including philo-
dendrons, orchids, African violets
and xanthium.
“Each is purposely placed to
create a visual ordered chaos,” he
said. The “colors, natural patterns
of the plants and textures are
something we deeply resonate
with.”
The tug of biophilia also means
that plant matter used to cover
interior surfaces has broadened
beyond the living wall’s garden-
variety ferns and succulents.
Innerspace, a company in
Cheshire, England, designs fea-
ture walls consisting of preserved
moss, foliage, bark and charred
timber. In 2019, it created about
250 of these for homes, offices
and hospitals — twice the quan-
tity of the previous year, said Ian
Lamb, the company’s managing
director.
For a day care center in North
London, it fashioned bark and
moss into a two-dimensional tree
that surrounded an interior door-
way; to move from room to room,
the children must walk through
the trunk, which suits them just
fine.
A number of biophilic projects
pay special attention to the transi-
tion between exterior and interi-
or. The Canopy, a residential
tower in Hong Kong by Boutique
Design, offering 54 luxurious
duplexes, each surrounded by a
private garden of about 525
square feet, references in its cylin-
drical form a tree amid the city’s
striking natural landscape.
Even more unusual is the
plant-studded structure that
pierces the two-family Stairway
House in the Shinjuku ward of
Tokyo, rising through several
floors.
“There are four seasons in
Japan, and living in a space ex-
posed to these seasons has be-
come a luxury,” said Miho
Okuyama, a representative of
Nendo, the Japanese studio that
designed the house.
In the case of Temple Beth
Tzedek, in Amherst, New York,
near Buffalo, the transition is
visual rather than physical. After
merging with a neighboring con-
servative synagogue last year and
absorbing new members, the
temple expanded its footprint
with a 10,000-square-foot addi-
tion situated in a wooded area. A
window behind the altar in the
sanctuary is 60 feet wide and 35
feet high, giving the congregants a
feeling of praying in the forest.
Gazing out, worshippers see
“one particular tree toward the
middle left that seems to just
reach for the sky — which makes
you look up toward the heavens,”
said Harvey Sanders, chair of the
temple’s project committee.
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SAVVY SHOPPER
Sunday, November 1, 2020 | Inside Shopper | Chicago Tribune

Pandemic throws lives — and waistlines — into flux

By Anne D’Innocenzio
Associated Press

NEW YORK — When Allison

Weiss Brady and Michael Ladin
emerged from weeks of locking
down during the pandemic, they
needed new clothes in new sizes
— for different reasons.
Brady, 49, a charity fundraiser
from a Philadelphia suburb, had
been pulling back on her candy-
buying sprees during the lock-
down and stepped up the cardio
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workouts at her home gym out of

boredom. She lost 20 pounds and
went down two sizes. In contrast,
Ladin, 58, of Oak Park, Illinois,
gained 10 pounds this past spring
after sitting around eating chips
and dip.
“I’m not surprised,” said Ladin,
who works in marketing. “If I
don’t work out consistently, I gain
weight.”
Many Americans such as Ladin
and Brady are changing clothing
sizes depending on how they
spent their time sheltering at
home. And brands from Levi
Strauss & Co. to lingerie label
Cosabella are taking note. So are
body-measuring technology
companies, which report that
shoppers are changing their mea-
surements on their online pro-
files. FRANK FRANKLIN II/AP

The trend could be good for
clothing companies — new sizes
likely mean that customers’ ward-
robes need to be updated. But
retailers, already feeling the pain
of decreased spending during
uncertain economic times, are
also facing an increase in costly
returns as shoppers try to figure
out their new sizes.
“Anecdotally, we’re seeing
shoppers come back into stores
unsure of their size,” said Marc
Rosen, executive vice president
and president of Levi Strauss
Americas, in a statement. “For
most, it’s been a long time since
they’ve tried on a pair of jeans,
and they may be up or down a
size.”
Some companies are even
adding larger sizes in response to
shoppers’ gaining weight, or what
has been dubbed “COVID-15.”
Guido Campello, co-CEO of
luxury lingerie brands Cosabella
and Journelle, said that his two
brands have been adding more
Lauren Wire, a 32-year-old publicist who lives in Manhattan, poses for a portrait before a fitness class in July in New York. Many Americans are
changing clothing sizes depending on how they spent their time sheltering at home.
generous cuts of some of its most
popular styles in bras and sleep-
wear in recent weeks because of
interest from 2,100 store ac-
counts. Loyal customers at its
store locations are also requesting
new sizes while making more
exchanges.
Size fluctuations are bearing
out in data from body-measuring
app Perfitly LLC. It cites a 20%
increase in users redoing their
avatars in April and May, com-
pared with the same period a year
ago, according to the company’s
co-founder and CEO Dave
Sharma. That spike is similar to
what it sees in January after the
winter holidays, he says.
“Because it is a huge spike, we
think it is because of the weight
gain,” said Sharma, whose app
has about 50,000 users nation-
wide. “They are sitting around,
they don’t go to the gym and they
don’t go for jogs.”
Fit Match, a startup firm that’s
rolling out 3D technology to scan
customers bodies at malls, found
only one-third of the 100 women
it surveyed in Texas, where it
piloted its first program, had no
weight change during the lock-
down, says founder and CEO
Haniff Brown. Of the remainder,
15% gained more than five
pounds, while 20% lost more
than five. Brown called this
change “pronounced,” noting
two-thirds of customers typically
don’t have any weight change
during such a short time period.
Narvar Inc., a software com-
pany that powers returns for
more than 200 brands, says on-
line returns have doubled from
mid-March to early June, accord-
ing to founder and CEO Amit
Sharma. Retailers face more than
$800 million in expenses from
the additional returns in the
second quarter, in part because of
sizing issues but also because of
buyers’ remorse and shipping
delays.
Brady took advantage of sales
and spent several thousands of
dollars in recent weeks on a new
wardrobe that included, T-shirts,
inexpensive summer dresses and
designer sweatshirts. She also
sent her new measurements to
her personal shoppers at Neiman
Marcus and Saks.
“I feel great. My (old) clothes
are huge,” said Brady, who hadn’t
modeled in years but was re-
cently hired by a local agency.
Still, weight fluctuations may
be here to stay as surges in new
cases around the country force
states like California to re-close
businesses such as gyms and
encourage shoppers to shelter at
home again.
Lauren Wire, a 32-year-old
publicist who lives in Manhattan,
says she worries that another
lockdown could keep her gym
closed during the winter months.
She gained back 12 of the 50
pounds she lost leading up to the
pandemic because she was order-
ing in a lot from restaurants and
partaking in social-distance cock-
tails with friends. She says she
bought new shorts and swimwear
when she gained the weight but
now she’s starting to shed pounds
again by biking outside.
Ladin went to a local Kohl’s to
buy several pairs of shorts.
“This will be enough to get me
through the summer,” he said,
trying on his new clothes in the
Kohl’s parking lot because the
store’s fitting room was tempo-
rarily closed. “I am not buying
any more clothes until I lose
weight.”
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BEAUTY

Chicago Tribune | Inside Shopper | Sunday, November 1, 2020

Virus isn’t keeping people from cosmetic surgery
By Sara Bauknecht
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

PITTSBURGH — The spread

of COVID-19 has deterred people
from doing lots of things, but
going under the knife for cosmetic
surgery doesn’t seem to be one of
them.
Cosmetic surgeons across the
region have reported a steady flow
of patients since they were per-
mitted to resume invasive and
noninvasive procedures in May.

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Some have even noticed an uptick
in clients clamoring for a post-
quarantine makeover or seeking
skin treatments to address
“maskne” — acne around the
mouth and jaw caused by wearing
a face mask.
“We had a 90% increase in
cosmetic consults from mid-May
to the present and a 75% increase
in new patients,” said Ella Anti-
marino, director of marketing and
business development for Bellis-
simo Plastic Surgery & Medi Spa.
Antimarino and her husband,
plastic surgeon Dr. Jeffrey Anti-
marino, used the mandated shut-
down to put finishing touches on
the practice’s new aesthetics
center.
“We’ve been doing a lot of
tweak-ments,” which Antimarino
described as minor tweaks often
involving lasers or skin pro-
cedures with microneedling.
Demand for body contouring and
combination procedures — ones UNIVERSAL IMAGES GROUP

involving more than one part of
the body — also has been steady,
Antimarino said.
“With the downtime and being
shut down from work and outside
experiences, we think people
really ended up focusing on them-
selves. It’s one area of their life
they can control,” Antimarino
said.
The fact that many people are
still working from home has moti-
vated some to move forward with
liposuction, fillers and the like —
without their colleagues knowing.
“Most of the things we do have
very little downtime,” said Dr. Leo
McCafferty, a cosmetic, plastic
and reconstructive surgery spe-
cialist in Pennsylvania. “Specif-
ically, if it’s below the neck, you
could be theoretically on a Zoom
or videoconference call the next
The fact that many people are still working from home has motivated some to opt for cosmetic surgery.
day.”
Even face masks have given
some of his patients an extra boost
of confidence, including one who
went to the grocery store just a
couple days after a face-lift.
“She didn’t have much bruising,
but she wasn’t embarrassed to go
out even with stitches because she
had a face mask on,” McCafferty
said.
At The Skin Center, a medical
spa and cosmetic surgery center
with offices across Pennsylvania
and Ohio, clients have been re-
questing services to address fine
lines and wrinkles spotted during
Zoom conferences.
“Video calls are not the most
flattering to see yourself on,” said
Kirstie Ansell, The Skin Center’s
director of marketing. “So many of
our patients reached out to us
saying they couldn’t stop staring
at the wrinkles on their forehead
or their double chin.”
For 32-year-old Kelly D., who
requested her last name be with-
held, The Skin Center’s office for
Botox injections was one of the
first places she went after co-
ronavirus restrictions relaxed for
medical spas in Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania.
“I am a young mom. After
being stuck in the house for three
months, it’s important that you do
something for you,” she said. “I
think it’s important to take care of
yourself more than ever.”
Going in for a consultation or
procedure looks a little different
these days. Most now require
temperature checks upon arrival,
masks, a touchless check-in proc-
ess and changes in waiting rooms.
If you recently traveled to a state
where COVID-19 infections are
on the rise, expect to be asked to
delay your appointment for at
least 14 days.
Many surgeons also used virtu-
al consultations to keep foot traf-
fic in their offices to a minimum.
At Beleza Plastic Surgery & Med
Spa, in downtown Pittsburgh, Dr.
Anna Wooten invites prospective
patients to upload photos of their
areas of concern and complete a
medical history questionnaire.
At McCafferty’s office, patients
aren’t permitted to bring guests
with them for their consultations
for now, but they can join the
conversation from home via a
videoconferencing platform.
“It’s always nice to have anoth-
er set of ears listening, someone
you trust,” McCafferty said. “The
hardest thing is to not shake
hands with someone.”
Antimarino encouraged virtual
consultations when his office first
reopened, but now he’s back to
seeing many clients in person.
“When I sit in a room with
somebody face to face, I can really
bond with them and get a feel for
what their motivation is,” he said,
as well as get a better sense of
their skin texture, muscle tone
and concerns. “I think it’s very
difficult, at least for me, to do that
across a computer screen.”
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MIND GAMES
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Laughs Deductible ACROSS

1. Boston ___
66. Carries out

DOWN
27. Coeur d’___
28. Eared seal
5. Big League 29. That is: L.
10. Swedish 1. Capitol gofer 30. Author’s concern
rock group 2. Tax burden 31. Anesthetic
14. Dill herb 3. Ireland fuel 33. Disentangle
15. Winning margin 4. ___ the bit 37. Brew necessity
16. Fortified tower, 5. Impressionist 38. <I>Ile
in Olde England leader <I>playwright
17. With 58 Across, 6. Audit-time feeling 39. Failed to go off
timely ordeal
7. Guy 44. Dingle
19. Lad’s date
8. Ending for verb 45. Actor Wallach
20. IRS’s delights
9. Aroma 48. Stubborn as ___
21. City on the Douro
10. Poise 49. Sphragistic
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23. ___-bitty items

11. Stand
24. Kind of sch. 50. USN types
12. Outdo
25. Masqat man 51. Proficient
13. Too
28. Dental problem 52. Gravy base
18. Province
32. Regal residence of Greece 54. Le Roi d’Ys
34. ___ forty Form 22. Annum composer
35. Morse symbol accompaniment 55. Give the eye
36. Timely arrival 24. How some hope 56. Historic tax
40. Singer Janis to come out objects
41. Seaman 25. Visual 59. Encouraging sign
42. Isolate 26. Taj ___ 60. Bedevil
43. With adroitness
46. Chemical
compound
SOLUTION
47. Got off
48. Quasi
50. Pesto ingredient
53. Sweet clover
57. Agora coin
58. See 17 Across
61. Tax-time mood
62. ___ intents
63. Scat lady
64. Like some novels
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