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Chicago Public Schools is asking for
feedback on two proposals that would
alter the selective enrollment admissions
process in a way the district says would
ensure low-income students have a better
chance at snagging those coveted seats.
Both district proposals would affect
how seats are distributed within the tier
system, which is rooted in the socioeco-
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in Ukraine.
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Green-
field said Russia was playing out a scenario
put forth in the council last month by Secre-
tary of State Antony Blinken — that Russian
President Vladimir Putin would “fabricate
allegations about chemical or biological
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against the Ukrainian people.”
“The intent behind these lies seems
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looking forward to creating changes that
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equitable,” CPS policy program manager
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presentation to parents.
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custody
sought for
Smollett
Lawyers make request as
actor starts 150-day sentence
inside Cook County Jail
By Jason Meisner
and Megan Crepeau
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Thursday evening, his right fist raised
in defiance, Jussie Smollett walked out of
Judge James Linn’s courtroom and into
a monthslong stretch of Cook County
custody.
While Linn sentenced the former
“Empire” actor to 150 days in jail, it seems
likely he will be eligible for good-behav-
ior credit, which would cut his custody
sentence in half. Still, his attorneys
expressed shock that he was given jail
time.
“Anyone who is a lover of justice and
fairness should be appalled by this,”
his attorney Nenye Uche told report-
ers, saying that as a Black man he was
“personally offended” by the sentence.
“How much? Soon they will be asking for
the guillotine.”
Smollett’s attorneys requested that
he be put in protective custody, records
show, and Linn signed an order recom-
mending that placement.
Smollett is being housed in his own cell,
which is monitored by security cameras
and an officer with a body-worn camera
who is stationed at the entrance of the
cell, according to a statement Friday from
the Cook County sheriff’s office. He is
entitled to “substantial time” out of his
cell to use the phone, interact with staff
and watch TV; during that time, other
detainees will not be present with him in
the common areas.
“These protocols are routinely used
for individuals ordered into protective
custody who may potentially be at risk of
harm due to the nature of their charges,
their profession or their noteworthy
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workers, though it will be dealt with on a
case-by-case basis as the Lightfoot admin-
istration balances its public health poli-
cies with staffing problems in the Police
Department.
“All city employees, including Chicago
police officers, who fail to comply may also
face disciplinary action, up to and includ-
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Feb. 5, her instincts took over
comments and his attor-
ney’s prior remarks about
COVID-19 at the jail, a sher-
iff’s office statement Thurs-
day evening noted that “like
all individuals ordered into
custody at the jail, Mr. Smol-
lett will be given a compre-
hensive medical, mental
health, and security assess-
ment and will be placed in
appropriate housing.”
Smollett will be tested
for COVID-19 upon intake,
which is the jail’s protocol,
the statement noted. As of
Thursday there were 12 jail
detainees who were posi-
tive for COVID at the jail,
all of whom were identified
during the intake process
Meanwhile, a spokes-
woman for the city’s Law
Department said Friday the
office would “reconsider its
options” regarding the civil
suit they filed against Smol-
lett seeking to recoup the
overtime costs the city paid
to police.
In a letter filed with
the court, a Law Depart-
ment attorney along with
Chicago police Supterinten-
dent David Brown strongly
hinted that the suit would
be dropped if Smollett
were sentenced to pay the
$130,106 in restitution.
Even before Smollett’s
adamant remarks, his
hourslong sentencing hear-
ing was bombastic even by
Cook County’s blustery
standards.
Linn called the actor a
“charlatan,” claiming he
wanted to throw himself a
“pity party” and grab atten-
tion by staging the fake hate
crime.
The fact that Smollett and
his family have been deeply
who have pending vaccine
exemption requests will
be excused from the rule
until they receive a deter-
mination, and that those
denied exemptions will get
a six-week reprieve. Catan-
zara said hundreds of offi-
cers could fall into that
category.
Those statements
could not immediately be
confirmed by a City Hall
representative.
On Wednesday, when
announcing the appeal,
Catanzara said: “I don’t
know what happens over
the next 72 hours. All I can
tell you is we are not going
to stop punching. This easily
can be all averted before this
cliff becomes a reality.”
The “cliff” was a refer-
ence to the just-under 2,800
Chicago police officers who
remain unvaccinated — and,
according to Catanzara,
may walk off the force soon
unless they get religious or
medical exemptions to the
vaccination policy.
Catanzara in recent weeks
has sounded the alarm
over what he said will be a
“bloodbath” in Chicago if his
predictions of a mass resig-
nation come true. He did
not immediately respond to
questions Friday on why he
thinks a substantial share of
those 2,800 officers will quit.
As of March 3, 30
members of the Police
Department and 21 Fire
Department employees
were on no-pay status,
according to a city spokes-
person. Some city employ-
ees have lost pay over failing
to comply with an earlier
deadline to report their
vaccine status or to submit
to weekly COVID-19 test-
ing.
The arbitrator’s ruling
noted that 6,621 Chicago
police officers applied for
religious exemptions as of
December, about 58% of
and she got her colleague
breathing again.
Palomo’s heroics were
recognized by Mayor Ann
Taylor and the Waukegan
City Council on Monday
at City Hall for her heroics
saving the life of another
Amazon employee.
“She truly is a hero for
her actions,” Fire Chief
Gregg Paiser said. “If she
wouldn’t have jumped in
and they called 911, we are
still a couple of minutes away
before we get there. A couple
minutes without oxygen is
life-altering or death.”
While Paiser, Taylor and
others called Palomo a hero,
she said when she heard her
co-worker start to choke, she
began to react instinctively
even though she had never
done a Heimlich maneuver
committed to social justice
issues made it all the more
shocking that Smollett tried
to exploit those sentiments,
Linn said.
“You were so invested in
issues of social justice and
you knew this was a sore
spot for everybody in this
country, you know this was
a country slowly trying to
heal,” he said. “You took
some scabs off some heal-
ing wounds and you ripped
them apart for one reason:
you wanted to make your-
self more famous.”
Uche told reporters after
court that Linn himself
has given more lenient
sentences to other defen-
dants with Class 4 felo-
nies. And besides, he said,
Thursday’s sentencing was
“round two” of punish-
ment. Smollett had already
forfeited his $10,000 bond
as part of an agreement
that Cook County prosecu-
tors would drop his initial
charges.
“So regardless of where
anyone stands, in where
they feel or how they feel
about Jussie, the question
is, isn’t that beating a dead
horse? Isn’t that going too
far?” Uche said.
One of Smollett’s attor-
neys, Shay Allen, told
reporters that Smollett’s
sentence was a “travesty.”
“For Judge Linn to chas-
tise Jussie that way, and
speak about the Black
community and speak about
the LGBTQ-plus commu-
nity in a way that was so
demeaning, and then give
him a jail sentence on a
Class 4 felony ... I’ve never,
never ever seen such a
harsh sentence on a Class 4
whom were still waiting
for approval or denial. Only
1.5% of requests had been
granted.
Citywide, 11% of all
accommodations have been
granted, while 52% are
pending, according to the
ruling.
Catanzara in February
urged union members who
have been denied exemp-
tions to keep submitting
requests and to even file
a complaint with the U.S.
Equal Employment Oppor-
tunity Commission alleging
“health care discrimina-
tion.” This is all to pave a
way for a future legal fight
over the exemption process
itself, he said.
Also Friday, 12 aldermen
sent a letter to Lightfoot
announcing they would call
a special City Council meet-
ing if she did not respond
to their concerns over the
vaccination mandate. The
council members flagged a
“clear and present danger”
to public safety should
first responders be disci-
plined. The aldermen also
pointed to “natural immu-
nity” of workers who have
been infected with COVID-
19 — which public health
experts do not recommend
as a substitute for vaccina-
tion — and condemned what
they said were “lopsided”
numbers for exemptions
across city departments.
“We cannot afford to lose
one more police officer, fire-
fighter, paramedic and city
worker at this critical time,”
the aldermen wrote.
Under Lightfoot’s direc-
tive, all city employees had
until Oct. 15 to report their
vaccination status but could
choose to undergo regular
COVID-19 testing, rather
than get shots, through the
end of the year. After police
unions challenged the
vaccine mandate in court,
though, a judge suspended
on a choking person.
“I heard a cough, and
then I heard a cough and
a wheeze,” Palomo said. “I
saw she was choking. I went
behind her, and told her to
lift her head up to see if the
blockage cleared. I gave her
a strong hug from behind.
It took two hugs, and she
stopped coughing.”
Ken Mayfield, a battalion
chief in the Waukegan fire
department who read the
official proclamation recog-
nizing Palomo’s heroics,
said during the ceremony
the Heimlich maneuver is a
little more than giving a hug.
“It is as technique used
to relieve someone who
is choking by performing
abdominal thrusts from the
back of the person,” Mayfield
said at the meeting. “It is as
felony.”
Dan Webb, the prosecu-
tor appointed to investigate
the Smollett matter after
Judge Michael Toomin
ruled Cook County State’s
Attorney Kim Foxx’s recusal
was improper and the initial
case was all void, said they
were “extraordinarily
pleased” with the sentence.
Webb also pushed back on
Foxx’s characterization
in a Sun-Times op-ed that
Smollett’s second case was
a “kangaroo prosecution.”
“The Cook County state’s
attorney’s office dismissed
the entire indictment with
no punishment whatsoever,
no jail time, no restitution,
no criminal fine, no proba-
tion, no deferred prosecu-
tion,” Webb said. “Smollett
was allowed to go free and
basically give the finger
to the city of Chicago, and
Judge Toomin decided that
the handling of that case
was so inappropriate that a
special prosecutor needed
to be appointed.”
Gloria Schmidt Rodri-
guez represented the two
star witnesses against Smol-
lett, brothers Abimbola and
Olabinjo Osundario. Much
was made at trial of Olabin-
jo’s felony conviction, but he
tried to better himself after-
ward, she noted, and urged
Smollett to do the same.
“We can only hope to
convey that message to
Mr. Smollett. Don’t let
this mistake define you. It
doesn’t have to. Make some-
thing good from this.”
jmeisner@chicagotribune.
com
mcrepeau@chicagotribune.
com
the Dec. 31 date for members
to be fully inoculated, saying
that needed to go through
arbitration.
Other unions represent-
ing city workers, including
firefighters, sought to do
the same but failed when
an arbitrator sided with the
city in December. In Febru-
ary, the same arbitrator also
handed a defeat to the police
unions.
As the city’s newest
deadline for the first shot
nears, Lightfoot faces tough
choices about enforcing the
mandate. Police Department
staffing is significantly down
since 2019 and the city has
struggled to recruit replace-
ments for cops who have left
the job. Chicago is also in the
midst of a major crime spike
that began in early 2020.
Cook County Judge
Raymond Mitchell, in deny-
ing the FOP’s bid to toss the
arbitration result Wednes-
day, made a plea for the
two sides to come together
despite the contentious road
they have gone down. While
nodding to his belief that
“Chicago needs its police”
and that “extraordinary and
unrelenting challenges”
plagued both city leadership
and police, the judge said it
wasn’t too late to sit down
one more time.
“These have been tough
times. Relationships may
have frayed,” Mitchell wrote.
“But even now, the parties to
this case still have it within
their power to … negotiate a
compromise.”
That same day, Catanzara
in a YouTube video casti-
gated Lightfoot and police
Superintendent David
Brown as having “absolutely
stupid leadership.”
Chicago Tribune’s John
Byrne contributed.
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technique that can only be
used for people who are
choking.”
Once the co-worker
stopped choking, Palomo
said the woman began
breathing normally again.
“I’m just glad she was
fine,” she said.
When Palomo first real-
ized her co-worker was
choking, she acted instinc-
tively. She was the first
person to act, as others
then watched her save their
colleague’s life. Mayfield said
no other aid was needed. In
cases like this, Paiser said it is
not uncommon for bystand-
ers not to act.
“So many people would
look the other way or not
offer their assistance,” he
said. “She jumped right in
and saved this person’s life.”

Members of Plumbers Local 130 dye the Chicago River green to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on March 13, 2021.
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Unpleasant weather ahead
for St. Patrick’s celebrations
By Olivia Olander
Chicago Tribune
Revelers hoping to get
lucky with another warm
Saturday could instead find
themselves huddled over the
green Chicago River in high
temperatures 20 degrees
below normal, according
to the National Weather
Service.
A cold front was expected
to tank temperatures, with
windchills between 5 and
15 degrees below zero at
sunrise Saturday, weather
service meteorologist Matt
Friedlein said.
It’s expected to get
Round Lake Beach man charged
with kidnapping, battering woman
By Yadira Sanchez Olson
For News-Sun
A Round Lake Beach man
was in custody at the Lake
County jail after he allegedly
kidnapped a Mundelein
woman from her home and
took her to a barn at a prop-
erty he owns early Friday
morning.
According to a Lake
County sheriff’s office news
release, deputies respond-
ing to a domestic dispute call
at approximately 1:30 a.m.
South Side Irish Parade queen finally
getting chance to ride down Western Ave.
By Jeff Vorva
For Daily Southtown
When Bailey O’Con-
nell was growing up, she
marched in the South Side
Irish Parade.
Her grandfather, Jim
O’Connell, was a bagpipe
player for the Emerald Soci-
ety. So, she walked behind
him during a couple of
parades and had some fun.
She also remembers seeing
the parade queen in a car
waving.
“I want to do that,” she
recalled saying.
Years later in 2020, she
was named the South Side
Irish Parade Queen, and she
was about to see her dream
of riding in the parade come
to fruition.
COVID-19 had other ideas.
Shortly after O’Con-
nell was named queen, the
parade was canceled at the
outset of the pandemic.
Since she didn’t get a chance
in 2020 to be in the parade,
she was named queen for
another year. But 2021 saw
another cancellation.
She was named queen
again for 2022 and it looks
like Sunday it’s finally going
to happen. The 44th running
of the parade steps off at
noon from 103rd Street and
CHICAGOLAND
warmer throughout the
duration of any morn-
ing bar crawls, peaking in
the mid-20s early Satur-
day afternoon, Friedlein
said. But that’s still 20
degrees below normal for
mid-March, he said.
St. Patrick’s Day is next
week, but Chicago is hold-
ing its celebrations includ-
ing the annual dyeing of the
river Saturday.
The cold front comes after
a storm moved across Illi-
nois on Thursday night. The
storm brought about 0.5 to
1 inch of snow to the north-
ern metro area, and 2 to 4
inches in the south suburbs,
Friday at a barn in the 32800
block of Fairfield Road in
unincorporated Mundelein,
and arrested 44-year-old
Claudio Gutierrez-Ocampo.
A preliminary investi-
gation determined Gutier-
rez-Ocampo, whom officials
identified as an ex-part-
ner of the victim, unlaw-
fully entered her home and
began to argue with her after
waking her up.
The victim’s adult daugh-
ter heard the commotion and
woke up.
Western Avenue and heads
south to 115th Street and
Western.
Jim O’Connell died in
2010, but if he were still
around Bailey said he would
have been proud to see her as
the queen.
“For sure, for sure,” Bailey
said. “This is something he
would have wanted.”
From the time she was
first named queen to this
year, there have been a lot of
changes in her life.
In 2020, the Mother
McAuley graduate was a
senior at Eastern Illinois
University majoring in recre-
ation.
Now as she prepares to
step off in the parade, the
Mount Greenwood resident
is a two-year veteran of the
working world, as a recre-
ation supervisor for the
Tinley Park-Park District.
O’Connell remembers the
thrill she felt when she was
named queen in 2020 at an
event at 115 Bourbon Street
in Merrionette Park. She beat
out nine other candidates for
the honor.
“It was shocking,” she
said. “It was great because
all of my friends and family
were there. It was exciting.
It’s still exciting now that I
get to make it down Western
according to the National
Weather Service.
Areas with the most snow
included Kankakee County,
at 4.3 inches, and parts of
Lake County, Indiana, with 5
inches measured in Hobart,
Friedlein said.
Illinois State Police in
Chicago responded Thurs-
day night to 10 crashes
in which someone was
injured and 31 crashes that
damaged property, state
police said.
The storm followed
a pattern of others last
month, in which relatively
more snow fell over central
and southern Illinois than
Gutierrez-Ocampo then
battered the victim, forced
her into his van and drove
her to a barn at a property he
owns in Mundelein, accord-
ing to the release.
He then locked the victim
in a makeshift bedroom
inside the barn at the prop-
erty and forcefully removed
her clothes, the release said.
When the victim’s daugh-
ter realized her mother had
been kidnapped, she drove
to the Mundelein property
and saw Gutierrez-Ocampo’s
Avenue.”
Being a queen for three
years has been a unique
experience.
“It was weird because a lot
of these events were planned
for far in advance,” she said.
“I was able to attend the Soda
Bread Contest at Reilly’s
Daughter in 2020 but then
the parade was canceled.
“In 2021, we were waiting
to see if things were going to
lighten up. They didn’t have
it again, but I was able to be
a judge for the house deco-
rating contest. It was great.
A lot of people participated.
It raised a lot of money for
businesses.”
She said she will be think-
ing of her grandfather when
she participates this year.
The 2018 queen, Colleen
Krahn, said she is happy
O’Connell will finally get the
thrill of participating in the
parade.
“She will love it,” Krahn
said, “For me, it was an honor
to represent my family,
my neighborhood and my
parish. I loved everything
about it.
“It was an awesome time.
It was a sunny day, and a lot
of friends and family were
out. Streets were lined. It was
a blast. It was a lot of waves
and a lot of smiles.”
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farther north. That’s some-
what atypical over the
course of a season, meteo-
rologist Friedlein said.
“Far northern Illinois
and far southern Wisconsin
— there’s been a hole there
where there’s less snow,”
Friedlein said.
There is another chance
for snow Saturday night,
he said. It’s not expected to
stick for long, as highs on
Sunday are forecast in the
50s.
But with wind gusts
expected up to 30 miles per
hour Sunday, “it’ll still have
a little bit of nip in the air,”
Friedlein said.
van outside, according to the
release. She called 911 after
she couldn’t get into the barn
because it was locked.
Sheriff’s deputies were
able to rescue the victim.
She suffered injuries from
the battering, but none were
considered life-threatening,
the release said.
Gutierrez-Ocampo was
charged with several felony
counts of kidnapping, home
invasion, unlawful restraint
and a misdemeanor for
domestic battery.
The grand marshals for
the 2022 parade will be
a group of teachers from
Catholic schools Christ
the King, Holy Redeemer,
Queen of Martyrs, St. Barna-
bas, St. Cajetan, St. Gerald, St.
Germaine, St. John Fischer,
St. Linus and St. Walter/St.
Benedict.
The Pappa Hops Tom
Hopkins Foundation will
honored.
Some of the parade high-
lights will include 14 pipe
and drum marching bands,
students from Irish dance
schools performing, an
appearance by Consulate
General of Ireland Council
Kevin Byrne and the original
baby buggy parade float from
the first parade in 1979.
Two South Side Olym-
pians will be a part of the
parade, as Kendall Coyne,
of Palos Heights, and Abbey
Murphy, of Evergreen
Park, will show up with
the women’s hockey silver
medals that they won in
China in February.
Organizers said that there
will be strict security and
fines for open containers of
alcohol will be enforced.
Jeff Vorva is a freelance
reporter for the Daily
Southtown.
NAPERVILLE
Commission gets first
look at housing project
By Suzanne Baker
Naperville Sun
Families of children and
adults with special needs
packed the Naperville City
Council chambers Monday
to support the city’s efforts
to build affordable housing
for seniors and adults with
intellectual and develop-
mental disabilities.
Presentations from two
companies interested in
building the affording hous-
ing on 6 acres of city-owned
property near Route 59 and
103rd Street were made
during a Naperville Rights
and Fair Housing Commis-
sion meeting.
Representatives from
Gorman and Co., head-
quartered in Wisconsin,
and Chicago-based Mercy
Housing Lakefront compa-
nies said their design ideas
are very preliminary.
Ron Clewer, Gorman’s
Illinois market president,
said they had people drive
through the neighbor-
hoods surrounding the site
to ensure what they propose
is a good fit.
“We did indeed do an
architectural survey to look
at the roof lines and look
at the finishes and look at
the designs,” Clewer said.
“They’re incorporated in
here. But this is not our final
design by any means.”
What Gorman would
strive to build, he said, is a
development with many
visible amenities.
“We want people to visit
and say, ‘I want to live there,’
and then realize that they
can’t,” Clewer said. “And
we want it to be indicative of
the real estate of the neigh-
borhood.”
Gorman initially became
involved several year ago
when Naperville parents
reached out to the company
about creating indepen-
dent-living housing for their
adult children with intel-
lectual and developmental
disabilities, he said.
Parents worry what will
happen when they die or
become too old to care
for their children, and the
city’s request for proposals
in late fall was the result of
conversations they had with
Naperville leaders.
Gorman is partnering
with the Ray Graham Asso-
ciation of Lisle to ensure
support services are avail-
able on site for the residents
with special needs.
Clewer said his company
also understands the apart-
ments will serve seniors 62
and older who are choosing
one of the last places they
may live.
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and family to say they’ve
arrived when they show
up, so that’s how we’ve
designed this,” he said.
Gorman initially is
proposing 60 apartments,
45 for seniors and 15 for
adults with disabilities.
Mark Angelini, president
of Mercy Housing Lake-
front, said his company
does not use a “cookie cutter
approach” to specialized
housing like this.
“We do spend a lot of time
trying to understand the
design palette, if you will, of
a community,” Angelini said.
Equally important, he
said, is understanding the
community’s vision because
whatever gets built is “obvi-
ously not just for the people
living at the site.”
Edgar Flagg, Mercy’s
regional director of real
estate development, said
when the company became
aware of the city’s proposal
request in November it eval-
uated the best approach
for looking at the site and
understanding what is
desired.
The message that came
across “loud and clear” was
this project was more than
just affordable housing for
older adults, but a push to
increase and create hous-
ing opportunities for adults
with intellectual and devel-
opmental disabilities.
That is why, Flagg said,
the Mercy team brought in
Lore Baker, president and
CEO of the Association for
Individual Development,
a group that works with
people with physical, devel-
opmental, intellectual and
mental health challenges as
well as working with Cath-
olic Charities.
Amy Emery, opera-
tions manager for the city’s
Transportation, Engi-
neering and Development
department, said the next
step is to discuss the propos-
als with the Naperville City
Council and review the
comments provided by resi-
dents and commissioners,
she said.
Based on what the coun-
cil deems as must-have
elements, the two compa-
nies will prepare bids
and finalize development
concepts by May or June,
at which point the council
will identify the firm that
will move forward with its
plans, Emery said.
The company will have
to go through the same
community vetting process
other developers follow,
she said. That could take
anywhere from six months
to a year.
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Second Park Ridge marijuana

dispensary gets preliminary approval
By Jennifer Johnson where the dispensary is they did not want a dispen-
Pioneer Press proposed, but will be leav- sary so close to where a
ing the City Council in May. large number of children
Plans for a second mari- “I think some of the other live, play and wait for the
juana dispensary in Park potential uses (for this school bus.
Ridge moved another step property) won’t be popu- “Do we want a busi-
forward this week after a lar with the locals either ness that requires multi-
tie-breaking vote by the because they will generate ple armed guards next
city’s mayor. traffic,” Joyce said. “At this to homes with chil-
Park Ridge Mayor Marty point, I’m in favor of (the dren?” asked resident
Maloney on Monday cast a dispensary).” Susan Kavathas-Annes,
vote in favor of a special-use Voting against the who promised that she
permit for a recreational dispensary were 3rd and other neighbors will
marijuana dispensary Ward Ald. Gail Wilkening, protest in front of the
at the northwest corner 4th Ward Ald. Harmony dispensary if it is allowed
of Higgins and Canfield Harrington and 6th Ward to open and will “make it
Roads after aldermen tied Ald. Rick Biagi. impossible to be a customer
3-3 on the measure with 5th “It’s the wrong location there.”
Ward Ald. Charlie Melido- for our town,” Harrington Leonore Pietropinto
sian absent. said, her comments echoed acknowledged that she Whitney Young Magnet High School, shown in 2020, is one of the selective enrollment high
The vote angered the by Biagi and receiving voted in support of allow- schools in Chicago Public Schools. BRIAN CASSELLA / CHICAGO TRIBUNE
crowd of residents who applause from the audi- ing marijuana dispensa-
had gathered at City Hall ence. ries in the city when the
Proposals schools have these great Changes to pre-K
to object to the proposed Prior to the vote, the question appeared on the resources and are given
dispensary’s location in council voted 4-2 in favor November 2020 election from Page 1 equitable resources,” he enrollment also
their neighborhood. The
group, which included
of rezoning 10 W. Higgins
from residential to B2 busi-
ballot, believing such busi-
nesses would be beneficial tary schools and 11 selective
said. “So that way it doesn’t
make a difference (which
on the way
several children, walked ness in order to accom- to vacant properties in Park enrollment high schools. school you attend). During Thursday ’s
out as the vote was taking modate a dispensary or Ridge, but was opposed to These schools allot 30% “A parent will say, ‘Hey, virtual presentation, CPS
place, some yelling “for another commercial use one so near her home. of their seats to students my neighborhood school also announced proposed
shame” at the council. if the dispensary does not “I was disheartened to with the highest grades got these great, wonder- changes to the prekinder-
What the audience was open. hear (a dispensary) was and scores on the district ful things just like Jones garten application process,
not told was that the coun- Last month, all seven of coming to the end of my admissions test, regardless (College Prep) or Whit- which is scheduled to open
cil’s vote was not its last. the city’s aldermen voted street, literally doors away of their ZIP code or income ney Young (Magnet High April 19. Children would
A second vote is still to approve a recreational from where my son rides level. School).’ So when we talk be able to rank up to five
required to formally marijuana dispensary for his bike,” she said. The remaining 70% of about that policy, fami- schools they are interested
approve the dispensary 1036 W. Higgins Road, The close proximity to seats are divided equally lies and people need to be in attending, instead of
and, later during Monday’s located just a half-mile on- and off-ramps for the among high-achieving educated about the history two. CPS would prioritize
meeting, it was decided to the west of the 10 W. Kennedy Expressway was students within four resi- of it all, part of the history students in temporary living
the matter will return for Higgins site. also an issue for some resi- dential tiers, which are being that history of deep situations; students with
a second vote on April 4 Unlike the 1036 W. dents who said this would determined by factors such segregation here.” individual education plans;
instead of March 21 so that Higgins dispensary, the draw many more custom- as median income, percent- Of the 330,000 students siblings of students already
all aldermen can poten- new dispensary proposal ers and cars than a dispen- age of families who own enrolled across 600-plus enrolled; and students who
tially be present. generated objections from sary not located next to a homes and percentage of CPS schools, nearly 47% live nearby the school.
“Ald. Melidosian is many neighbors. Concerns highway. single-parent homes in the identify as Latino, 36% For students who want
pretty darn important,” about traffic, crime, secu- Representatives of the student’s neighborhood. Black, nearly 11% white and to attend a magnet kinder-
Maloney said. “His atten- rity, customers using mari- dispensary denied that The district said it found 4% Asian. garten, CPS is proposing
dance could change this juana products after they the business will lead to selective enrollment In a Wednesday discus- prioritizing students within
where it wouldn’t be a tie leave the dispensary and more crime in the area and schools are dispropor- sion hosted by the the attendance boundar-
and I wouldn’t vote (on the the nature of the busi- stressed that state-required tionately white and Asian Economic Club of Chicago, ies, siblings of students who
second reading).” ness itself were expressed security measures will be in compared to other CPS CPS CEO Pedro Marti- already attend the school,
A recreational marijuana by nearly 30 speakers on place. schools because the “vast nez said there will be a children of staff members
dispensary, which would Monday. Park Ridge Police Chief majority” of students who reimagining of neighbor- and prekindergarten
operate under the name “I do not see any way Frank Kaminski said he is earned the first 30% of seats hood schools to make sure students already enrolled
Bridge City Collective, is a cannabis dispensary is unaware of any statewide come from higher-income high-quality programs are in the school before relying
proposed for the former good and proper for a resi- studies on the impact of neighborhoods. In that 30% available across the district. on results of the citywide
Park Ridge VFW hall at dential neighborhood,” said dispensaries on crime, but rank, 85% of elementary He did not give details on lottery.
10 W. Higgins Road. Plans Linden Avenue resident did say that in talks with school seats and 73% of high these plans but said “more “We did not have, for the
call for remodeling the Wayne Allen. other suburban police school seats go to students to come.” longest time, attendance
exterior and interior of the “We don’t think the chiefs, none had identified in the top two socio-eco- Lauren Sartain was part boundaries or requirements
vacant building and using south end of Park Ridge significant problems. nomic tiers, according to of a team at the University or even enrollment poli-
the existing parking lot for should have two dispensa- “They have to jump CPS. of Chicago Consortium cies for pre-K,” said Leslie
parking. ries within a mile of each through a lot of hoops to In one proposal, schools on School Research that McKinily, deputy chief of
Voting in favor of the other,” said Jim Conv- make sure it’s a secure site,” would continue to reserve used CPS data to compare the Office of Early Child-
proposal were 1st Ward ery, a Brickton Place resi- Kaminski said of dispen- 30% of seats for the outcomes for students who hood Education. “So as a
Ald. John Moran, 2nd Ward dent. “The south end of sary operators. high-performing students, attended selective enroll- result of that we noticed that
Ald. Fred Sanchez and 7th Park Ridge should not be a but more seats would be ment high schools to those only about 68% of our pre-K
Ward Ald. Marty Joyce. dumping ground.” jjohnson@chicagotribune. allocated to students from who attended nonselec- students remain in the same
Joyce represents the ward Several residents said com the “less-advantaged tiers.” tive, high-performing high school for kindergarten as
The second proposal schools. they did for pre-K.
would eliminate the 30% “Really, on average, “We really heard a lot

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about nuclear war. Maybe we should.
By John Keilman
Chicago Tribune
I was in middle school the last time I
contemplated dying in a nuclear fireball. It
was 1983, and I had just seen “The Day After,”
a TV movie that depicted a fictional but
horrifying U.S.-Soviet war.
The movie showed plenty of graphic
destruction when the warheads struck the
Midwest, but what shook me the most was
the moment before impact, when a crowd at
a football game watches Minuteman missiles
soar into the blue afternoon sky.
“They’re on their way to Russia,” says a
character played by John Lithgow. “They
take about 30 minutes to reach their target.”
His companion glances at him.
“So do theirs — right?”
The movie was a Generation X milestone,
part of an age when Armageddon was baked
into pop culture. Looking back, though, it
was a milestone of another kind — a moment
when things actually started to change.
President Ronald Reagan, the steely
defense hawk who months earlier had
referred to the Soviet Union as “the evil
empire,” got a sneak peek of the film at Camp
David. He reputedly was so moved that he
was inspired to slow the arms race.
Four years after the broadcast, the U.S. and
the Soviet Union signed a treaty to reduce
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Happy to be Irish
Kiss me! I’m Irish!
In response to David McGrath’s op-ed
(“My family’s Irish heritage made me
proud. Then my sister got a DNA test.,”
March 5), I was definitely going to tell him,
“Kiss me! I’m Irish!” but given the current
state of the world, perhaps it would be
better if I said, “Eat your heart out!”
My Ancestry.com results are in: I’m Irish.
A whopping 72% from Ireland and 26%
from Scotland. The remaining 2% is from
England and an extremely tiny squiggle of
coast in Northwestern Europe, but I under-
stand a real Irish person never mentions
that. So, Irish it is.
So what’s the big deal here for a White
Sox fan from the Southwest Side? It fits,
no? Not if you were raised by second-gen-
eration Polish parents with a mother who
died never mentioning you were adopted.
But that worked out just fine for me.
To this day, I consider golumpki the
undisputed world-champion comfort
food. Plus, who can resist kolaczki, except
for the prune ones, or paczki, everyone’s
favorite any time of year, not just on Fat
Tuesday? Although everyone in my family
calls paczki fry cakes or jelly doughnuts,
including those relatives who owned a
Polish bakery in a Polish neighborhood for
a couple of generations.
So now I’m learning to be Irish. Bought
a bottle of Jameson. Tried Guinness. Read
Timothy Egan’s “The Immortal Irishman.”
Immersed myself in the 24-part video
lecture series “The Celtic World.” Even
bought raffle tickets from the Irish Amer-
ican Heritage Center. I have also become
addicted to Innisfree perfume. Learned
about the poem “The Lake Isle of Innis-
free” by William Butler Yeats and found out
that Innisfree is a real place! It’s an unin-
habited island within Lough Gill in Ireland.
I forgot to mention that along with the
DNA results came a full-blooded Irish
sister and brother, as well as about 100
other “close” relatives who all live within
10 minutes of each other in central Massa-
chusetts, who had no clue that I existed.
But that’s another story.
McGrath and I have both been given a
magical, mystical gift. Let’s embrace this
fabulous moment to treasure what has
made us who we are and the journey that
has only just begun. How about if I send
you my recipe for golumpki and you send
me your Irish soda bread recipe?
— Susan Burritt, Chicago
Test disruptive to lives
I feel the pain of op-ed writer David
McGrath in his accounting of the results
of the DNA ethnicity test a family member
had done. My problem is with the DNA
tests. What do we gain from these tests?
The results often disrupt lives more than
they enrich them.
Our parents are who loved and raised us.
If they aren’t our birthparents, it shouldn’t
matter at all. These tests dredge up more
questions and make lives that were happy
feel more lost. The McGrath family is
forever disrupted. Now this wonderful
family feels it was living a lie.
— Sue Atkenson, Frankfort
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YOUR VOICE
have since joined the nuclear club, with Iran
reportedly in hot pursuit — fixating on them
came to seem like the quixotic pastime of
ex-hippies and radical nuns. Personally, I
didn’t give them a thought.
I’m sure thinking about them now.
Vladimir Putin’s gossamer-veiled threats
to use some of his 6,000 nukes during
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has revived the
old menace. Deep down, I still don’t fear the
apocalypse — President Joe Biden, for what
it’s worth, recently said Americans shouldn’t
worry about nuclear war — but if the last two
years have taught us anything, it’s that we
shouldn’t dismiss the worst-case scenario.
I wasn’t exactly reassured when I sought
official advice on what to do if the missiles fly.
The Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion, citing the World Health Organization,
offers nuggets verging on the absurd: “If you
are near the blast when it occurs: Turn away
and close and cover your eyes to prevent
damage to your sight.”
The Illinois Emergency Management
Agency doesn’t include military-grade
nuclear strikes among its list of potential
disasters, though it has produced recom-
mendations about dealing with improvised
nuclear devices and dirty bombs. (Long story
short: Go inside, get rid of your clothes, take a
shower and wait for official instructions.)
A spokesman said the agency no longer
keeps an active list of fallout shelters. When
WBEZ-FM looked for some in Chicago five
years ago, the few they found were beneath
Support home health bill
The pandemic has shown the limitations
and risks of skilled nursing facilities — as
well as the importance of extended care
at home beyond the pandemic. There is a
better way to care for seriously ill Medi-
care beneficiaries after hospital discharge.
Fortunately, bipartisan lawmakers in
Congress are sponsoring legislation that
would expand home-based care options for
seniors in our community.
This legislation, the Choose Home
Care Act, would establish an additional
patient-centered home health option
called Choose Home to help meet seniors’
comprehensive care needs. Choose Home
would offer extended care services in the
comfort and convenience of a patient’s
home after hospitalization instead of requir-
ing them to stay in a skilled nursing facility.
It would also provide support, training and
education for family caregivers.
I hope our state’s federal lawmakers will
resolve to support this important biparti-
san legislation.
— Elizabeth Doheny, Barrington
Similarities
between Russia, US
What’s the difference between Russia’s
new law criminalizing calling the war in
Ukraine a war or otherwise failing to toe
the party line and Republican-sponsored
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Phil Jurik, Amanda Kaschube,
South Side firehouses and had been turned
into storage areas.
Even if you were to survive the blast, you
might soon wish you hadn’t. In their book
“Nuclear Choices for the Twenty-First
Century,” scientists Richard Wolfson and
Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress paint a horrifying
picture of the world after nuclear war, with
food stores destroyed, social structures
shattered, and enough smoke and soot in
the air to cause a disastrous temperature
plunge.
“Fallout from an all-out war would expose
most of the belligerent nations’ surviving
populations to radiation levels ranging from
harmful to fatal,” they write. “And the effects
of nuclear war would extend well beyond the
warring nations, possibly including climate
change severe enough to threaten much of
the planet’s human population.”
The University of Chicago-based Bulletin
of the Atomic Scientists has for decades kept
a symbolic Doomsday Clock meant to focus
public attention on the threat of nuclear war.
The closer the big hand gets to midnight, the
greater the risk.
At the height of the Cold War, just after
the Soviet Union detonated its first thermo-
nuclear bomb, the clock was set at 2 minutes
to midnight. That was as close as it got until
2020, when the bulletin’s experts, citing
climate change and disinformation as addi-
tional concerns, moved it to 100 seconds to
midnight.
The panel reconvened recently to ponder
MIKE LUCKOVICH/ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
“don’t say gay” legislation and bills criminal-
izing teaching American history that makes
white reactionaries feel uncomfortable?
— John Podulka, Wolverine, Michigan
How Russia’s war affects us
The past several decades have seen
growing globalization, which affects trade
among countries and the flow of materials,
agricultural products and energy resources.
All of these inputs affect the manufactur-
ing of just about everything. All nations and
every citizen of those nations have a lot to
lose because of Russia’s aggressive war of
choice in Ukraine.
Russia needs to be isolated and punished.
However, in the short term, Ukrainians and
their land are going to suffer horribly. Help
can be provided, but the final result, at least
in the short term, is clear. Russia is going to
overrun Ukraine.
However, the world’s interdependence
may win out, and Ukraine will become a
sovereign nation again.
— Mary F. Warren, Wheaton
Grateful
for the Marine Corps
YouthBuild sounds like a great program
for high school dropouts (“For students
who struggle or drop out, an alternate
path,” March 7). Back in the 1950s when I
dropped out, programs like this didn’t exist.
DIRECTORS OF CONTENT
Todd Panagopoulos,
Rochell Bishop Sleets
whether the big hand should move again
after Putin’s nuclear threats, but in the end
decided to leave it alone. Rachel Bronson,
the group’s president and CEO, said Russia’s
moves so far appear to be saber-rattling,
though that’s scary enough.
“It’s very worrisome,” she said. “We know
in conflict misperception has often led to
unintended consequences, but in terms of
the rhetoric, which is terrifying, and some of
the movement, we haven’t really seen those
being aligned, so in part that’s why we didn’t
move it.”
I told Bronson I thought younger people
weren’t tuned into the threat because they
didn’t grow up with visions of annihilation
woven into the cultural wallpaper. She had
a different take, saying that with climate
change, nuclear proliferation and COVID-19,
they’ve never been able to take security for
granted.
At the moment, it doesn’t look as if it will
get any better. Citing government figures,
Bronson said the U.S. will spend more than $1
trillion on its nuclear arsenal over the next 30
years. No matter what happens in Ukraine,
we seem fated to keep playing the world’s
most dangerous game of chicken.
“I mean, shame on us, we’re committing
(younger generations) to that,” she said.
“They just don’t know it.”
jkeilman@chicagotribune.com
Twitter @JohnKeilman
Luckily I turned to the U.S. Marine Corps,
and after three months of boot camp, I had
a new attitude and a fresh outlook on life.
When I was discharged four years later
with a GED, I got a job and enrolled in night
school. Many years later, I earned a law
degree and became a lawyer.
Yes, YouthBuild sounds like a great idea,
but lucky for me, the Marines were even
better.
Thank you, Marine Corps. Semper fi.
— Wayne Meyer, Chicago
A spotlight on kids
In social studies, we have an assign-
ment to write to someone who works in
government or the editor of the newspaper.
I chose to write to the Tribune Editorial
Board. When we received the assign-
ment, my teacher told us that the Chicago
Tribune at one time had a kids section
once a week. He has been teaching for a
long time (39 years). He said some of his
students back in the late 1980s or early ‘90s
had their letters to the editor published in
this section.
I feel that the Tribune should bring back
this kids section. The reason is I think it
would add more readers to your paper, and
it would be cool knowing that my friends or
I could have our letters in the Tribune. My
teacher said this was a thing in 1990. I think
you should bring it back!
— Kaydon Vega, fifth grader,
St. John Berchmans School, Chicago
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A shell fired by a Russian tank explodes in an apartment building on Friday in Mariupol,
Ukraine. EVGENIY MALOLETKA/AP
Ukraine
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invasion, which began Feb.
24.
Russia had requested the
meeting to address its allega-
tions of U.S. “biological activ-
ities” in Ukraine — a charge
made without any evidence
and denied by both Washing-
ton and Kyiv.
Russia’s U.N. Ambassa-
dor Vassily Nebenzia said its
Defense Ministry had docu-
ments charging that Ukraine
has at least 30 biological labo-
ratories carrying out “very
dangerous biological experi-
ments” involving pathogens,
and its work “is being done
and funded and supervised
by the Defense Threat Reduc-
tion Agency of the United
States.”
Ukraine does have a
network of biological labs
that have gotten funding and
research support from the
U.S. — but they are owned and
operated by Ukraine and are
part of an initiative called the
Biological Threat Reduction
Program that aims to reduce
the likelihood of deadly
outbreaks, whether natural
or man-made. The U.S. efforts
date back to work in the 1990s
to dismantle the former
Soviet Union’s program for
weapons of mass destruction.
“The labs are not secret,”
said Filippa Lentzos, a senior
lecturer in science and inter-
national security at King’s
College London, in an email
to The Associated Press.
“They are not being used in
ON MARCH 12 ...
In 1664, New Jersey became
a British colony as King
Charles II granted land
in the New World to his
brother James, the Duke of
York.
In 1857 the opera “Simon
Boccanegra,” by Giuseppe
Verdi, premiered in Venice,
Italy.
In 1912 Juliette Gordon Low
founded the Girl Guides,
which later became the Girl
Scouts of the United States
of America. Also in 1912, at
Jefferson Barracks, Mo.,
Army Capt. Albert Berry
made the first parachute
jump from an airplane.
In 1922Jack Kerouac, the
Beat Generation novelist
(“On the Road”), was born
in Lowell, Mass.
In 1925 Chinese revolution-
ary leader Sun Yat-sen died
in Beijing; he was 58.
In 1928 playwright Edward
Albee was born in Washing-
ton.
In 1930 political and spiritual
leader Mohandas Gandhi
began a 200-mile march in
India to protest a British tax
on salt.
In 1933 President Franklin
Roosevelt delivered the first
of his radio “fireside chats,”
telling Americans what was
being done to deal with the
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relation to bioweapons. This
is all disinformation.”
Britain’s U.N. Ambassa-
dor Barbara Woodward,
called the allegations “utter
nonsense” and said “Russia is
sinking to new depths today,
but the council must not get
dragged down with it.”
U.N. disarmament chief
Izumi Nakamitsu told the
council she was aware of
media reports about the alle-
gations of and said: “The
United Nations is not aware
of any biological weapons
programs.”
Thomas-Greenfield also
denied that Ukraine has a
biological weapons program
or biological weapons labs
as Russia claimed, saying
the public health laboratory
facilities are used to detect
and diagnose diseases like
COVID-19, with U.S. help.
Thomas-Greenfield said
that ever since Russia began
building up forces near
Ukraine’s borders, Wash-
ington’s strategy has been to
counter Moscow’ tactics and
share what it knows with the
world.
“We’re not going to let
Russia get away with lying
to the world or staining
the integrity of the Secu-
rity Council by using it as a
venue for legitimizing Putin’s
violence,” she said.
“We do not sit in this
chamber to be an audience
for Russia’s domestic propa-
ganda,” Thomas-Green-
field added. “And we should
not allow Russia to abuse its
permanent seat to spread
disinformation and lies and
nation’s economic crisis.
In 1938 the Anschluss took
place as German troops
entered Austria.
In 1940 Finland and the
Soviet Union concluded an
armistice during World War
II. (Fighting between the
two countries flared again
the following year.)
In 1947President Harry
Truman established what
became known as the
“Truman Doctrine” to help
Greece and Turkey resist
Communism.
In 1951 “Dennis the Menace,”
created by cartoonist Hank
Ketcham, made its syndi-
cated debut in 16 newspa-
pers.
In 1955 jazz saxophonist and
composer Charlie Parker
died in New York; he was 34.
In 1959 the House joined the
Senate in approving state-
hood for Hawaii.
In 1967 Indira Gandhi was
chosen unanimously as
leader of the Congress Party
in India and became prime
minister.
In 1980 a Chicago jury found
John Wayne Gacy Jr. guilty
of the murders of 33 men and
boys. (The next day, Gacy
was sentenced to death; he
was executed May 10, 1994,
at Stateville Penitentiary
near Joliet.)
In 1985 conductor Eugene
Ormandy, director of the
Philadelphia Orchestra for
more than four decades, died
in Philadelphia; he was 85.
In 1987 “Les Miserables”
opened on Broadway.
In 1989 about 2,500 veterans
and supporters marched at
the Art Institute of Chicago
to demand that officials
remove an American flag
placed on the floor as part of
a student’s exhibit.
In 1993 Janet Reno was
sworn in as the nation’s first
pervert the purpose of the
Security Council.”
She also accused Russia’s
ally, China, of “spreading
disinformation in support of
Russia’s outrageous claims.”
China’s U.N. Ambassador
Zhang Jun expressed concern
at Russia’s accusations and
urged an investigation to
“provide a comprehensive
clarification and accept a
multilateral verification.”
Britain’s Woodward said
the Security Council must not
be “an audience for Russia’s
domestic propaganda” and
must remain focused on
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The U.N. human rights
office, meanwhile, has
received “credible reports”
that Russian forces are using
cluster munitions in Ukraine,
including in populated areas
which is prohibited under
international humanitarian
law, Undersecretary-Gen-
eral Rosemary DiCarlo told
the Security Council, adding
that their use may amount to
“war crimes.”
Ukrainian President Volo-
dymyr Zelenskyy also denied
Russia’s accusation, saying
the accusation itself was a
bad sign.
“That worries me very
much because we have
often been convinced
that if you want to know
Russia’s plans, they are
what Russia accuses others
of,” he said late Thursday.
“No chemical or any other
weapon of mass destruc-
tion has been developed on
my land. The whole world
knows this.”
female attorney general.
In 1994 the Church of
England ordained its first
female priests.
In 1999 Hungary, Poland and
the Czech Republic joined
NATO. Also in 1999 violin-
ist Yehudi Menuhin died in
Berlin; he was 82.
In 2000 Pope John Paul II
asked God’s forgiveness for
the sins of Roman Catholics
through the ages, including
wrongs inflicted on Jews,
women and minorities.
In 2001 a U.S. Navy jet
mistakenly dropped a
bomb on a group of mili-
tary personnel at a bomb-
ing range in Kuwait, killing
five Americans and one New
Zealander.
In 2002 Houston home-
maker Andrea Yates was
convicted of murder in the
drowning deaths of her five
children in the family bath-
tub. (Yates was later retried
and found not guilty by
reason of insanity.) Also in
2002 Homeland security
chief Tom Ridge announced
that America was at yellow
alert as he unveiled a color-
coded system for terror
warnings. Also in 2002
the U.N. Security Coun-
cil approved a U.S.-spon-
sored resolution endorsing
a Palestinian state for the
first time.
In 2003 Elizabeth Smart,
the 15-year-old girl who had
vanished from her bedroom
nine months earlier, was
found alive in a Salt Lake
City suburb with two drift-
ers. Also in 2003 Serbian
Prime Minister Zoran
Djindjic was assassinated
in Belgrade; he was 40. Also
in 2003 author Howard Fast
died in Greenwich, Conn.; he
was 88.
In 2005 Terry Ratzmann,
a longtime member at the
Living Church of God in
Brookfield, Wis., shot and
killed seven parishioners
and wounded four others
before killing himself.
Death Notices
Berkowitz, Nina
Nina (Kessler) Berkowitz, 93, of Lombard and
Timberlake, a wife, mother, grandmother, and friend
to many, died March 10, 2022. She came as an infant
with parents Shia and Shifra Kessler (Kostrzewa)
from Poland to Windsor, Ontario and moved to
Detroit. She was a social worker for children and
families (BA-UMich, MSW-UChicago). Kind, warm-
hearted, and resilient, she loved people, books, trav-
el, and dancing and always had a positive attitude.
Predeceased by her husband of 62 years, Joseph,
parents, brother Sol, and mother-in-law Margaret
Berkowitz. Survived by 2 sons, David (Ania), Ari
(Marshall), and 4 grandchildren, Carina, Noemi and
Avery, Dalya.
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Dineff, David C.
David C. Dineff, 73, a long-time neighborhood attor-
ney who enjoyed taking care
of his many clients for over
45 years from his offices first
in the Village of Summit and
then in the Village of Justice.
Much loved and cherished
by his wife and soulmate,
Suzie, (nee Raetz); this July
they would have been mar-
ried for 40 years. He was so
very loved and adored his children, Christi and David
Laz. Beloved brother of Alan (Jane), Laurel (Ronald
Dames) and the late Louis C. and Beverly Dineff; son
of the late Christ and Dora Dineff; and son-in-law of
the late George and Joan Raetz. Beloved uncle and
cousin to many. David was outgoing, kind, and was
considered a friend to everyone who met him. He
also loved animals, and along with their family pets,
David and Suzie (who worked with him for over 44
years) always had rescue cats at his law office, which
calmed many a nervous client. David cherished his
family and all his friends and never passed up an
opportunity to go to his second home in Las Vegas,
go out to eat, see a movie, catch a White Sox game,
or really any opportunity to simply spend time with
the people he loved the most. Visitation Monday,
March 14th from 2;00 pm until 9:00 pm at Damar-
Kaminski Funeral Home & Crematorium 7861 S.
88th Ave. Justice, Il. Where Funeral Services will be-
gin on Tuesday, March 15th at 9:15 am and process
to St. Patricia Church 9040 S. 86th Ave. Hickory Hills,
Illinois Mass 10:00 am. Interment Private. In lieu of
flowers memorials to Triple R Pets, (triplerpets.org/
donate) P.O. Box 86, Western Springs, Illinois 60558
or Homeward Bound Cat Adoptions (homeward-
boundcats.org/donate-2/) 2675 East Flamingo Road,
Suite 3, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89121. For additional
information please call Damar-Kaminski Funeral
Home and Crematorium 708 496-0200 or https://
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Durante, Phil M.
Phil M. Durante Beloved father of Marisa Durante;
Beloved son of Frank Durante; Beloved of Cheryl
Durante. Services were private. Arrangements en-
trusted to The Oaks Funeral Home. 630-250-8588 or
oaksfh.com
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Fairchild, Gary Lee
Gary Lee Fairchild was a lawyer who rose to be-
come Managing Partner of
one of Chicago’s largest law
firms, after starting his career
mopping floors at a bank. He
died peacefully in Clearwater,
FL on March 9th, surrounded
by family and loved ones,
from complications of MS.
Prior to his diagnosis, he was
an active runner. Fairchild
was born on 3/9/43 in Johnstown, PA to Theodore
and Jeanne Fairchild.
He is survived by his wife, Carol Allen, sister, Carol
Thompson, children Deirdre, Courtney, Jimmy and
Caroline, stepsons BJ and Cameron, seven grand-
children, and one great-grandchild.
A private family ceremony will be celebrated at a
later date. In lieu of flowers, the family asks to con-
sider donating to The National MS Society.
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Mishima, Georgia
Mishima, Georgia (nee Sato) who recently moved
from Chicago, IL to Saint Peters, MO, passed away
Thursday, March 10, 2022 at the age of 76. Beloved
daughter of the late Tamotsu and Suzuye Sato; dear
sister of Peggy Sato, Ron Sato, Toni (Butch) Reyes,
Janice (Paul) Meiburger; sister-in-law of Linda Sato;
cherished aunt of Peter, Jason, Erin, and Kristen.
Georgia was a wonderful hairstylist. She had many
clients in Chicago, IL. She absolutely loved to cook
and was amazing at it. Georgia was fascinated with
Japanese: culture doll making, drawings, art, and
origami. She was a voracious reader and was quite
intelligent. Georgia was dearly loved and will be
greatly missed by all who knew her.
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Zimmerman, Fern
Fern Zimmerman, nee Brownstein, age 93.
Beloved wife of the late Lawrence
K. Zimmerman. Loving mother of
Howard (Linda) Zimmerman, Martin
(Gail) Zimmerman, and Susan (David)
Diamond. “Nonny” Fern, cherished
grandmother of Michael (Jordan) Zimmerman,
Craig Diamond, Howie Diamond, Rachel (Jeff)
Kanterman, Jennifer (Josh) Barr, Michael (Robyn)
Diamond, Stefanie (Lars) Gouwerok, Aaron
(Ariella) Zimmerman, Aviva (Elie) Fink, and Yosef
Zimmerman. Great(est) grandmother of Jake, Rosie,
Max, Olivia, Willem, Lilah, Harrison, Evan, Micaela,
Harper, Tali, Liam, and Maeve. Services Sunday
12PM at Chicago Jewish Funerals, 8851 Skokie Blvd.,
(at Niles Center Road) Skokie. Interment Westlawn
Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions to your
charity of choice would be appreciated. To attend
the funeral livestream, please visit our website.
Arrangements by Chicago Jewish Funerals - Skokie
Chapel, 847.229.8822, www.cjfinfo.com
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Underwood, Henry J. ‘Hank’
Henry J. Underwood, Jr., 78 years old.
1944-2022
Henry J. Underwood, Jr.
(“Hank”) died Wednesday,
March 9, losing a long and
tough battle with cancer.
Hank was a leading attorney
in Chicago for decades. He
served as Managing Partner
of local firm Defrees & Fiske for over a decade, ne-
gotiated its 2009 merger with Howard & Howard,
and headed its Chicago office until 2021. He was
a consummate corporate attorney, who helped
and guided numerous local companies, including
Martin-Brower, SigmaTron International, General
Packaging, and Bard Associates.
Jon D. Kreucher, CEO of H&H described Hank as fol-
lows: “He was a gentleman…thoughtful, insightful,
strategic, generous, fearless, kind, and deeply com-
mitted to our Firm. He was a great teacher, keenly
aware of the importance of mentoring lawyers of all
ages on how to practice law and serve the client.”
Gary Fairhead, CEO of SigmaTron, commented,
“During the nearly four decades Hank served as our
corporate counsel, we relied on his legal expertise,
respected his business acumen, and valued his
support and friendship. He was a critical part of
our long-term growth and success.” Tim Johnson,
Founder of Bard Associates, said, “Hank was instru-
mental in the 40-year success of Bard Associates,
providing sound and practical counsel for all of that
period.”
Hank was actively involved in several charitable
endeavors. He was an early and enthusiastic sup-
porter of Altus Academy, a faith-based, independent
middle school, located in Chicago’s Lawndale area,
that serves Hispanic and African American children
of low-income parents. It proudly seeks to develop
character in its students and help its graduates
excel in college preparatory high schools. Founder
John Haybach remarked that Hank, “was a great
friend and supporter of Altus from its inception.
He served on our Board, where his guidance was
always valuable, his legal assistance was critical,
and his direct support was very generous. He will
be sorely missed.”
Hank was also active in his church, St. Paul and
the Redeemer, in Hyde Park, where he served two
terms as warden and chancellor, served two years
in its Vestry, formed the Finance Committee, and
managed the church’s investments for many years.
Hank was born and raised in Clinton, North Carolina.
He attended the University of North Carolina and
was a diehard Tar Heels fan all his life. At his death,
he still had excellent seats to UNC basketball
games. Law school brought him to Chicago, where
he earned his J.D. at the University of Chicago in
1969. After earning an LL.M. at the London School
of Economics, he returned to Chicago to work at
Defrees & Fiske, where he stayed for life. He was a
member of the Illinois and Chicago Bar Associations
and served on the latter’s Commercial Law
Committee and Securities Law Committee.
He married Janet Bard Johnson in 1974, and they
made a home first on the north side of Chicago
and later in Hyde Park, where they lived in the
same house for 41 years. He is survived by Janet
and their two children, Patrick Underwood and Lucy
Teddy (spouse Rose Teddy). Hank’s younger brother,
Richard Underwood, died in 2012.
A dog lover, avid bogey golfer, and lifelong wine
enthusiast, Hank adored weekends at the family’s
lakeside retreat in New Buffalo, Michigan, where he
played golf with Patrick, took long walks with Janet
and their two mini-longhaired dachshunds, and did
a bit of gardening.
A funeral is planned for Saturday, March 26th, at St.
Paul and the Redeemer in Hyde Park. In lieu of flow-
ers, contributions to Altus Academy or St. Paul and
the Redeemer would be appreciated.
For further information, contact Diane Moseley, of
the Cremation Society, at 773-752-6400.
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Westerfield, Portia
On February 20th, Portia Westerfield, of Lakeland,
Florida, passed away with a
smile on her face and in the
loving company of her hus-
band, James Kroll.
Born in Evanston, Illinois,
on November 15, 1930
to Eleanor and Alexander
Patterson, Portia lived a rich
and robust life. She was
raised in Paoli, PA and on the upper east side of
Manhattan. She attended the Brearley School and
the Master’s School at Dobbs Ferry before graduat-
ing in 1952 from Vassar College with a degree in art
history.
Portia’s love for art and design led her to work at
McCalls Magazine in New York, where she was in-
troduced to a young Naval lieutenant named Robert
Harmon Westerfield. Bob (“Westy”) and Portia were
married in 1954 and enjoyed nearly forty years to-
gether in NY, London, Chicago and Florida before
Westy’s untimely death in 1993. Together they
raised three sons with imagination and creativity
and endured the loss of a fourth with fortitude and
dignity.
After Westy’s death in 1993, Portia met and mar-
ried James Kroll of Lakeland, FL. Fifteen years her
junior, Jim gave Portia a whole new beginning after
Westy passed away. Together they shared an active
life full of new friendships, travel, Broadway shows
and love of the outdoors and the Unitarian church.
Portia tirelessly carpooled her children to music les-
sons, ski trips and tennis tournaments; entertained
with style; worked as a realtor, paralegal, and fash-
ion model; and, together with Westy, helped found
and manage a successful executive search firm. Her
passion for volunteering wherever she lived under-
scored the breadth of her interests - from educa-
tion and reading, art history and gardening to social
justice and dignity in dying.
Portia had a uniquely adventurous spirit. She trav-
eled widely with Westy and later with Jim, and even
on her own ventured to spots as far flung as the
southern island of New Zealand and the mountain-
ous peaks of Peru. She loved oil painting, bicycling,
tennis and golf - but perhaps most of all, simply en-
joying a good book on the beaches of Boca Grande,
her “second home” in Florida for over thirty years.
Portia is survived by her husband, Jim, along with
three sons, Richard, John and Evan, seven grandchil-
dren and one great grandson. She leaves behind a
legacy of extraordinary vitality, laughter, resilience
and courage, elegance and charm. She will be
greatly missed by everyone who knew her.
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GOVERNMENT/EDUCATION NOTICES
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK
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NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
Notice is given you, HENRY JACKSON
(FATHER), respondents, and TO ALL WHOM
IT MAY CONCERN, that on March 1, 2022,
a petition was filed under the Juvenile Court
Act by KIM FOXX, STATE’S ATTORNEY
OF COOK COUNTY through her assistant
State’s Attorney in this court and that in the
courtroom of Judge DARRYL JONES in the
Cook County Juvenile Court Building located
at 1100 South Hamilton, Chicago, Illinois on
March 21, 2022 at 9:00 A.M. IN CALENDAR
57 COURTROOM 7 ,
or as soon thereafter as this case may be
heard, an adjudicatory hearing will be held
upon the petition to have the minor declared
to be a ward of the court and for other relief
under the Act. The court has authority in
this case to take from you the custody and
guardianship of the minor.
Unless you appear at the hearing and show
cause to the contrary, an order or judgment
by default may be entered against you for
the relief asked in the petition.
Iris Y. Martinez, CLERK OF COURT
March 12, 2022
ASSISTANT STATE’S ATTORNEY:
D. DEVITT, C. COSTA
ATTORNEY FOR:
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
ADDRESS: 1100 SOUTH HAMILTON
CITY/STATE: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60612
TELEPHONE NUMBER: (312) 433-7000
ATTORNEY NO.: 33182
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT,
COOK COUNTY OF ILLINOIS
March 12, 2022 7167923
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK
COUNTY, ILLINOIS JUVENILE JUSTICE AND
AND CHILD PROTECTION DEPARTMENT
JUVENILE JUSTICE DIVISION
IN THE INTEREST OF
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direct testimony) regarding the reconciliation of
revenues collected from its customers under
its Rider ECR, with costs incurred in connection
with certain environmental remediation activi-
ties associated with former manufactured gas
plant sites in Illinois.
A copy of such evidence may be inspected by
any interested party at ComEd’s office located
at Three Lincoln Centre in Oakbrook Terrace,
Illinois.
All parties interested in this matter may obtain
information with respect thereto either directly
from ComEd or by addressing the Chief Clerk
of the Illinois Commerce Commission, 527 East
Capitol Avenue, Springfield, Illinois 62706.
COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY
By: E. Glenn Rippie
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
3/5/2022, 3/12/20227161542
COOK COUNTY – ASSUMED NAME LEGAL
NOTICE ASSUMED BUSINESS NAME
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An
Act in relation to the use of an Assumed
Business Name in the conduct of transaction
of Business in the State,” as amended,
that a certification was registered by the
undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook
County.
Registration Number: Y22008738 on March
4, 2022. Under the Assumed Business
Name of NETWORK PRODUCTIONS with the
business located at: 6957 W NORTH AVE.,
OAK PARK, IL 60302 USA.
The true and real full name(s) and the
residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s)
is: ERIC HENRY and 2020 N 73RD CT
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March 8, 2022, a petition was filed under
the Juvenile Court Act by KIM FOXX, STATE’S
ATTORNEY OF COOK COUNTY through her
assistant State’s Attorney in this court and
that in the courtroom of Judge DARRYL
JONES in the Cook County Juvenile Court
Building located at 1100 South Hamilton,
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LEGAL REPRESENTATION NEEDED
NAACP and ACLU member, Alexandra
Collins, 30, of Granite City, IL., is a victim
of whistleblower retaliation, hate crime,
identity theft, cybercrime, and harassment
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ASSUMED
NAMES
Notice is hereby given, Pursuant to “An
Act in relation To the use of an Assumed
Business Name in the conduct or transaction
of Business in The State” as amended, that
a Certification was filed by the Undersigned
with the County Clerk of Cook County File
No. Y22008755 on the
Date: MARCH 8, 2022
Under the Assumed Name of: LIVRE
FINANCIAL COACHING
with the business located at:
2414 Spruce St
River Grove, Illinois, 60171
The true name and residence Address of
the owner is: EDGAR OJEDA
2414 Spruce St
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LEGAL NOTICES
GOVERNMENT/EDUCATION

SUPPLEMENTAL TRANSPORTATION
WANTED - SEALED BIDS
Cicero School District 99 (“School District”)
is requesting sealed bids offering
supplemental student transportation for the
2022-2023 school year. Specifications will
be available on our district website, www.
cicd99.edu beginning Friday , March 11,
2022 until bid opening day. Sealed bids must
be received by the Administration Building,
5110 West 24th Street, Cicero, Illinois 60804,
on or before 8:30 am on Monday, March
28, 2022. Bids will be publicly opened and
read at that time. Indicate on the face of
the sealed envelope: “SEALED BID FOR
SUPPLEMENTAL TRANSPORTATION FOR
FY 23”. Unsigned or late bids will not be
considered. The bidder assumes the risk
of any delay in handling or delivery of the
mail. Cicero School District 99 reserves the
right to accept or reject any or all bids when
there are sound documented reasons to
do so and to waive informalities and minor
irregularities in bids received.
March 12, 2022 - 7167741

MILK BIDS WANTED

Cicero School District 99 (“School District”)
is requesting sealed bids for Milk for the
2022-2023 school year. Specifications will
be available on our district website, www.
cicd99.edu beginning Friday , March 11,
2022 until bid opening day. Sealed bids must
be received by the Administration Building,
5110 West 24th Street, Cicero, Illinois 60804,
on or before 9:00 am on Monday, March
28, 2022. Bids will be publicly opened and
read at that time. Indicate on the face of
the sealed envelope: “SEALED BID FOR MILK
FOR FY 23”. Unsigned or late bids will not
be considered. The bidder assumes the risk
of any delay in handling or delivery of the
mail. Cicero School District 99 reserves the
right to accept or reject any or all bids when
there are sound documented reasons to
do so and to waive informalities and minor
irregularities in bids received.
3/12/22 7167198

PUBLIC NOTICE
Chicago Public Schools Notice – April 25,
2022 Chicago Public Schools intends to
submit an application to the Illinois State
Board of Education Notice of Funding
Opportunity/Request for Proposals for
Fiscal Year 2022 Nita M. Lowey 21st Century
Community Learning Centers (CCLC). CSFA
Number: 586-46-0423; CFSA Title: Title
IV - Nita M. Lowey Twenty-First Century
Community Learning Centers. This notice
is not a guarantee that an award will be
received, only an intent to apply.
3/12/22 7167216
8  Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Saturday, March 12, 2022

CHICAGO WEATHER CENTER

chicagoweathercenter.com | BY TOM SKILLING AND

SATURDAY, MARCH 12 NORMAL HIGH: 46° NORMAL LOW: 30° RECORD HIGH: 81° (1990) RECORD LOW: 1° (1948)

Frigid Saturday, but rapid warm-up on the way

LOCAL FORECAST NATIONAL FORECAST As polar-source high
-10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 990s
0s 1100s
00s 110s pressure makes its way
toward the Mississippi
10s valley, temps more typical of
Seattle Spokanee International Falls mid-January will continue
HIGH LOW 57/42 57/38
50s 18/13 40s to settle across the Midwest
Bismarck 20s Concord in the wake of our late week
26 21
Steady or
rising at night Portland
57/45
Boise
Billings
52/37
49/22

Buffa
falo
o 30s 20s Green Bay
21/16
6
Albany 41/ 19
37/ 17
Boston
snowfall. Brisk NW winds
will compound the single
■ Winds deliver January- 25/ 15
5 digit-degree cold, lowering
level temps to region. 50s 60s 63/41 Rapid City Detroiit
Minneapolis
30s 48/23
55/27 Chicago 25/16 27/25
New York wind chill readings to as low
Pittsburgh
■ Very cold early. Daybreak
temps from single digits in
Friday’s lowest: -36°
Reno at Grand Lake, Colo.
Cheyenne Des Moines 26/21
40s
25/12
44/221 as -10. As has been typical of
47/31 35/28 Cleveland d March thus far, another
the suburbs to low teens 64/40 Omaha 23/116 20s rapid temperature change is
city and NW Indiana. Salt Lake City 43/30
■ Biting NW winds 20-30 San 60s 50/38
St. Louis Indian
34/27
napolis
25/ 19
9
s Washington
38/ 17 30s forecast for the latter half of
Francisco Denver the weekend. High pressure
mph create sub-zero wind 59/50 Las Vegas 56/30 40s Kansas City Louisv ville
will shift east by Sunday
chills early. Winds subside 70/45 37/30
Wichita
30/2 22
50s 30s morning allowing winds
in the afternoon. Los Angeles Charlotte
54/31 Little Rock
■ Sunny except variably 72/50 Albuquerque Nas shville 45/21 across the central U.S. to
57/31
cloudy with snow showers 70s
Phoenix
78/49
45/33 32/20 Atlanta a
40s
turn SW and increase,
into midday heading
Oklahoma City
57/36 Birmingham
B r
37/23 50s drawing much milder air
toward SW Michigan. San Diego
70/49 38/22 into the Midwest. Sunday
■ Afternoon temps peak in Dallas 60s
Jackson 50s afternoon readings are
the mid 20s. El Paso 58/37
Houston
44/25 40s 60s forecast to reflect a 24-hour
62/34
■ Clouds increase late 58/36
New
Orlando
70s temperature rise of around
with a period of snow 79/38 30 degrees essentially
possible toward morning.
Orleans 60s
Not as cold. Evening
52/36
Miami
80s equating to a transition
temps near 20 slowly rise
(Precipitation at 6 a.m. CST)
Fridday’s highest: 91° 88/54 from January to early April
overnight. SNOW RAIN at Dund
dee, Fla. in 1 day.

SUNDAY, MARCH 13 MONDAY, MARCH 14 TUESDAY, MARCH 15 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 THURSDAY, MARCH 17 FRIDAY, MARCH 18

HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW

52 35 56 31 48 34 65 45 62 39 54 35
Steady or Steady or Steady or Steady or Steady or Steady or
rising at night rising at night rising at night rising at night rising at night rising at night
Winds become SW-W 15-25 Partly-mostly cloudy. Windy, High pressure over the Mild air sweeps back across Late April-level temps Temps trend downward
mph bringing a noticeable mild. Temps peak in the Great Lakes provides the Midwest as S-SW winds continue for St. Patrick's under a lowering overcast.
rise in temps. Morning mid-upper 50s. SW winds generous sunshine, but increase to 20-30 mph. Sun day despite an increase in Miday highs range from mid
clouds exit the area leaving 20-30 mph diminish in the NE-E winds limit daytime dominates the day though cloudiness. Highs again 40s near the lake to mid
skies mostly sunny. Temps afternoon. Cold front warming. Highs range from scattered clouds develop by reach the low-mid 60s. SW 50s well inland. Chance of
reach the low 50s mid-late passes toward evening low 40s near the lake to low midday. Temps climb to the winds early, turn NW at rain in the afternoon. NE
afternoon. lowering temps to the 30s 50s well inland. low-mid 60s. 10-20 mph. Clouds thicken winds 10-20 mph.
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ASK TOM CHICAGO DIGEST

Dear Tom,
You have recently used the
Wintry weather moves east, big warm-up headed our way FRIDAY TEMPERATURES
LOCATION
Aurora
HI
28
LO
16
LOCATION
Midway
HI
33
LO
22
SPRING AHEAD TONIGHT STRONG NOR’EASTER TO BRING HEAVY
H
term “meridional trough.” Daylight time begins at 2 AM WARMING SNOW TO APPLACHIANS Gary 32 23 O’Hare 31 20
What is it? Saturday PREDICTED Forecast snow totals Kankakee 28 21 Romeoville 29 19

—Malcolm Rice ■ Sunrise: 6:07 AM CST SUNDAY +20 to +25° 6 AM Saturday Lakefront 31 21 Valparaiso 28 22
to 1 PM Sunday Lansing 30 22 Waukegan 33 19
■ Sunset: 5:55 PM CST AFTERNOON
Dear Malcolm, Sunday
CHICAGO PRECIPITATION
How much PERIOD 2022 NORMAL
When winds in the upper ■ Sunrise: 7:05 AM CST warmer than Fri. (through 6 p.m.) 0.01" 0.07"
atmosphere, say above five ■ Sunset: 6:56 PM CST Sat. afternoon? Month to date 0.52" 0.85"
thousand feet, are parallel to 24-hour change +25 to +30° Year to date 3.95" 4.81"
in temperature 2 to 4”
or nearly parallel to lines of 4 to 8” CHICAGO SNOWFALL
latitude (meaning winds 8 to 12” AREA SNOWFALL TOTALS PERIOD O’HARE MIDWAY
+20 to +25° Fri. (through 6 p.m.)
blowing from west to east in > 12” Thursday/Thursday night
Season to date
0.3"
32.4"
0.7"
40.8"
Porter, Ind. 5.3”
the Earth’s mid latitudes), the Hobart, Ind. 5.0” Normal to date 34.4" 35.0"
MAJOR STORM SYSTEM DISTURBANCE
wind pattern is termed TO IMPACT EASTERN BRINGS LIGHT Cedar Lake, Ind. 4.6” SOURCE: Frank Wachowski

“zonal.” When winds cross U.S. ON SATURDAY SNOWFALL TO Chesterson, Ind. 4.5” LAKE MICHIGAN CONDITIONS
latitude lines at a sharp angle, Warnings/advisories MUCH OF AREA Valparaiso, Ind. 4.5” SATURDAY SUNDAY
Kankakee 4.3”
the wind pattern is termed in effect Saturday/ Greater amounts
Roselawn, Ind. 4.0”
Wind
Waves
NW 25-35 kts. WSW 15-25 kts.
Saturday night from south of city 6-9 feet 2-4 feet
“meridional” because air flow Gulf Coast to Emington 4.0” Fri. shore/crib water temps 36°/36°
tends to follow meridians. Snowfall totals Peotone 3.3”
northern
as of noon Friday Streator 3.0” U.S. SNOW COVER
Meridional troughs (and New England
Joliet 2.4” MAR. 11 2022 2021
associated surface low Winter storm warning
Trace to 1”
Oak Forest 2.0” Area covered by snow 38.1% 23.1%
1 to 2”
pressure systems) and Winter weather advisories
2 to 4”
Chicago MIdway 1.6” Average snow depth 3.7" 3.3"
St. Charles 1.5”
meridional ridges (and Freeze warning
> 4” Chicago O’Hare 0.9”
TRACKING THE COLD
associated surface high SOURCES: Frank Wachowski, National Weather Service archives PAUL MERZLOCK, BILL SNYDER AND JENNIFER M. KOHNKE / WGN-TV
SINCE OCT. 1 O’HARE MIDWAY
Sub-32° highs 35 days 28 days
pressure systems) tend to be Subzero lows 2 day 1 days
stronger and slower moving.
CHICAGO AIR QUALITY
Depending on your position MIDWEST CITIES OTHER U.S. CITIES WORLD CITIES
Friday’s reading Good
relative to the troughs and SAT./SUN. FC HI LO FC HI LO SAT./SUN. FC HI LO FC HI LO SAT./SUN. FC HI LO FC HI LO SAT./SUN. FC HI LO FC HI LO SATURDAY
Acapulco
FC HI LO
su 83 71
SATURDAY FC HI LO
Saturday’s forecast Good
Illinois Abilene su 59 36 w 68 47 Fairbanks su 14 -15 su 13-18 Palm Beach sh 86 56 pc 70 66 Kyiv cl 37 28
ridges, your weather will be Carbondale su 33 24 su 57 39 Albany sn 37 17 pc 34 24 Fargo ss 27 25 cl 29 12 Palm Springs su 82 54 pc 84 59 Algiers
Amsterdam cl
sh 64
58
46
47
Lima cl 78 68 Critical pollutant Ozone
Champaign su 25 19 w 53 36 Albuquerque su 57 31 su 64 38 Flagstaff su 48 19 su 51 23 Philadelphia ts 47 21 pc 38 32 Lisbon rn 58 47
fair or stormy. Forecasting the Decatur su 26 20 pc 55 37 Amarillo su 62 33 w 72 40 Fort Myers ts 80 41 su 74 54 Phoenix su 78 49 su 81 53 Ankara
Athens
cl
ts
30
43
16
32
London sh 54 46 SATURDAY’S RISE/SET TIMES
Moline su 29 22 su 57 37 Anchorage cl 38 24 cl 31 14 Fort Smith su 49 32 su 66 41 Pittsburgh w 25 12 cl 39 33 Madrid pc 57 42
weather in meridional flow Peoria su 27 21 su 55 36 Asheville w 29 14 su 52 28 Fresno su 77 49 pc 72 45 Portland, ME ts 43 20 su 34 23 Auckland
Baghdad
cl
cl
77
63
63
43
Manila ts 91 79 Sun 6:07 a.m. 5:53 p.m.
Quincy su 29 23 su 55 38 Aspen su 40 16 su 43 19 Grand Junc. su 48 29 pc 54 29 Portland, OR rn 57 45 rn 51 45 Mexico City su 79 43
situations tends to be more Rockford su 26 20 pc 52 34 Atlanta w 37 23 su 55 34 Great Falls w 53 31 sh 44 30 Providence ts 48 22 su 38 29 Bangkok
Barbados
pc
sh
94
83
81
75
Monterrey su 63 37
Moon 12:00 p.m. 3:13 a.m.
Springfield su 28 21 su 55 36 Atlantic City ts 49 20 su 39 31 Harrisburg sn 39 18 cl 37 28 Raleigh ts 54 21 su 51 32 Montreal ss 34 13
difficult. Sterling su 26 20 su 53 33 Austin su 58 29 su 68 49 Hartford ts 41 20 su 36 25 Rapid City w 55 27 pc 54 28 Barcelona
Beijing
rn
rn
56
59
49
38
Moscow ss 33 21
Baltimore ts 44 18 pc 41 30 Helena pc 55 33 cl 46 32 Reno su 64 40 pc 57 32 Munich pc 52 23
Indiana Billings w 52 37 cl 48 30 Beirut sh 53 49 Nairobi su 88 59
Honolulu pc 83 70 su 83 70 Richmond ts 51 19 su 47 32
Bloomington su 26 19 pc 53 37 Berlin su 50 29
Write to: ASK TOM Evansville su 31 22 pc 54 36
Birmingham pc
Bismarck pc
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49
22
22
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ss
57
38
33
21
Houston
Int'l Falls
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cl
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18 13
su
cl
66 52
22 0
Rochester
Sacramento su
pc 26
71
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49
pc
pc
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67
31
42 Bermuda w 73 64
Nassau
New Delhi
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su
82
89
66
65
Fort Wayne w 20 16 w 48 33
2501 W. Bradley Place Indianapolis pc 25 19 w 53 36
Boise
Boston
su
ts
63
48
41
23
sh
w
50
38
34
30
Jackson
Jacksonville
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69 28
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61 36
55 40
Salem, Ore. rn
Salt Lake City su
59
50
45
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52
44
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Bogota
Brussels
ts
cl
65
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Oslo
Ottawa
pc
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Mar 18 Mar 25 Apr 1 Apr 9
Lafayette su 23 18 pc 53 36
Chicago, IL 60618 South Bend ss 21 17 pc 49 34
Brownsville w
Buffalo ss
59
25
45
15
pc
ss
70
34
59
32
Juneau
Kansas City
ts
su
40 34
37 30
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su
40 30
62 42
San Antonio su
San Diego su
59
70
32
49
su
su
69
65
49
48
Bucharest
Budapest
pc
su
41
44
24
20
Panama City ts
Paris sh
90
52
72
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Burlington
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sn
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36
45
14
21
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53
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su
pc
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25 14
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74 49
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San Francisco su
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72
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78
62
54
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INSIDE BUSINESS • ARTS & LIVING
WAR IN UKRAINE
Wider offensive hits airfields, cities
Big Russian convoy
on the road to Kyiv
appears to fan out
By Yuras Karmanau
Associated Press
LVIV, Ukraine — Russia
widened its offensive in
Ukraine on Friday, striking
airfields in the west and a
major industrial city in the
east, while the huge armored
column that had been stalled
for over a week outside Kyiv
appeared to have spread out
near the capital.
Military analysts were
divided over whether the
maneuvering by the Russian
convoy signaled the immi-
nent start of a siege of Kyiv or
was just an effort to disperse
some vehicles to more
protected positions.
On the economic and polit-
ical front, the U.S. and its allies
moved to further isolate and
sanction the Kremlin. Pres-
ident Joe Biden announced
the U.S. will dramatically
downgrade its trade status
with Russia and also ban
imports of Russian seafood,
alcohol and diamonds. The
move to revoke Russia’s
“most favored nation” status
was taken in coordination
with the European Union
and Group of Seven coun-
tries.
On the ground, the Krem-
lin’s forces appeared to be
trying to regroup and regain
momentum after encounter-
ing heavier losses and stiffer
resistance than anticipated
over the past two weeks. Brit-
ain’s Ministry of Defense said
Russia is trying to “reset and
reposture” its troops, gearing
up for operations against Kyiv.
Warsaw overwhelmed by
refugees from Ukraine
More than 1.5M
fleeing war have
entered Poland
By Vanessa Gera
Associated Press
WARSAW, Poland —
Warsaw’s mayor is appeal-
ing for international help
as the city becomes over-
whelmed by refugees, with
more than a tenth of all those
fleeing the war in Ukraine
arriving in the Polish capital.
Some seek to wait out
the war or settle in the city,
while others merely use
Warsaw as a transit point
to head farther west, turn-
ing its train stations into
crowded hubs where people
are camping out on floors.
“We are dealing with the
greatest migration crisis in
the history of Europe since
World War II. ... The situ-
ation is getting more and
more difficult every day,”
Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski
said, adding that “the great-
est challenge is still ahead of
us.”
The welcome Warsaw
has given Ukrainians as the
neighboring nation strug-
gles to resist Russia’s inva-
sion is wholehearted. Across
the city, people have mobi-
lized to help. They are taking
Ukrainians into their homes,
gathering donations and
Iran nuclear talks go on ‘pause’ after Russia demands sanctions relief
By Jon Gambrell
Associated Press
DUBAI, United Arab
Emirates — Negotiations
aimed at restoring Iran’s
tattered nuclear deal with
world powers went on what
its European hosts described
as “a pause” on Friday, after
Russia demanded relief from
sanctions targeting Moscow
over its war on Ukraine.
Diplomats offered no
timetable for when the
monthslong talks in Vienna
would resume. Negotiators
NATION & WORLD
A Ukrainian soldier rests during a lull in fighting Friday in the eastern Luhansk region. ANATOLII STEPANOV/GETTY-AFP
“It’s ugly already, but it’s
going to get worse,” said Nick
Reynolds, a warfare analyst at
Royal United Services Insti-
tute, a British think tank.
With the invasion in its
16th day, Russian President
Vladimir Putin said there had
been “certain positive devel-
opments” in Russia-Ukraine
talks, but gave no details.
For his part, Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelen-
skyy said Ukrainian forces
had “reached a strategic turn-
ing point,” though he did not
elaborate.
“It’s impossible to say how
many days we will still need
to free our land, but it is possi-
volunteering at reception
centers. City monuments
and buses fly Ukraine’s blue-
and-yellow flag in solidarity.
But the challenge is enor-
mous. Much of the burden so
far is being carried by volun-
teers taking time off work, a
situation not sustainable in
the long run.
Trzaskowski noted on
Friday that child psychol-
ogists, in one example, had
been volunteering to help
refugees but soon will need
to return to their jobs.
Housing is also a grow-
ing problem. When the
war began, 95% of Ukrai-
nians arriving in Warsaw
were people who already
had friends or family here
and were taken in by them.
Today that group is 70% of
the new arrivals meaning
that 30% of them “need a
roof over their heads” and
other support, the mayor
said Friday.
The decline in the city’s
ability to absorb a massive
number of new arrivals
comes as the people flee-
ing war are those who have
witnessed greater trauma
than those who arrived
earlier, or who are more
vulnerable.
Late Thursday, 15 disabled
Ukrainian children arrived
at the Medyka border cross-
ing in Poland, and were put
on a special makeshift medi-
on Friday maintained that a
road map was near for how
the United States could
rejoin the accord it unilater-
ally withdrew from in 2018,
and for Iran to again limit its
rapidly advancing nuclear
program.
While Josep Borrell, the
European Union’s foreign
policy chief, only referred
to “external factors” forcing
the pausing, it appeared the
Russian demand caused the
disruption.
“The real issue for this
pause here is what Russia
ble to say that we will do it,”
he said via video from Kyiv.
He also said authorities
were working on establishing
12 humanitarian corridors
and trying to ensure food,
medicine and other basics get
to people across the country.
Thousands of civilians and
soldiers on both sides are
believed to have been killed
in the invasion.
So far, the Russians have
made the biggest advances
on cities in the east and south
— including in Mariupol, the
heavily bombarded seaport
where civilians scrounged for
food and fuel amid a harrow-
ing 10-day-old siege — while
cal train taking them to vari-
ous hospitals in the country.
Dr. Dominik Daszuta, an
anesthesiologist at Central
Medical hospital MSWIA in
Warsaw, described how the
medical train was outfitted
with intensive care capa-
bilities. He spoke as medi-
cal staff lifted children in
their strollers onto the train
bound for Gdynia.
“At the beginning the
people who came here
were running away in panic
from the war they saw in
the media and that they
heard about. Now we find
there are people escaping
from bombs,” said Dorota
Zawadzka, a child psycholo-
gist volunteering at a center
for refugees set up in the
Torwar sports center.
“This is a completely
different kind of refugee.
They are afraid of every-
thing. They sit in their jack-
ets. Children are scared,
they don’t want to play, their
mothers have such empty
eyes.”
Lena Nagirnyak, a 35-​
year-​old from Kyiv, found
shelter at Torwar with
her children after initially
hoping to stay in Ukraine.
They fled on foot from
Bucha to Irpin after hearing
a bomber flying low.
“The next day, the street
we were walking on was
bombed. If we had left a day
has thrown on the table,
which is essentially a
grenade in the middle of
the negotiations,” said
Henry Rome, deputy head
of research at the Eurasia
Group who has been follow-
ing the talks.
Last week, Russian
Foreign Minister Sergey
Lavrov said he wanted
“guarantees at least at the
level of the secretary of
state” that the U.S. sanctions
would not affect Moscow’s
relationship with Tehran.
While American officials
Plus TV, comics and puzzles
struggling in the north and
around Kyiv.
On Friday, Putin’s forces
continued to launch
airstrikes in urban areas such
as Kyiv, Kharkiv and Mariu-
pol, while also pounding
targets away from the main
battle zones.
Russia said it used
high-precision long-range
weapons to put military
airfields in Lutsk and Ivano-
Frankivsk in the west “out of
action.” The attack on Lutsk
killed four Ukrainian service-
men, the mayor said.
Russian airstrikes also
targeted for the first time
Dnipro, a major industrial
Refugees from Ukraine seek shelter in a sports center Friday in Warsaw, Poland. More than a
tenth of all those fleeing the war have arrived in the Polish capital. CZAREK SOKOLOWSKI/AP
later, we might have died,”
she said.
The war has forced 2.5
million to flee, according to
the International Organiza-
tion for Migration on Friday,
and more than half of those
go to Poland. As of Friday
more than 1.5 million refu-
gees had entered Poland,
according to the country’s
Border Guard agency.
Trzaskowski said over
320,000 have traveled
through Warsaw since the
start of the war and 230,000
people were staying in the
city of more than 1.7 million.
Other parts of the region
sought to describe the
demand as not related to the
Vienna talks, matters swiftly
stalled Friday with a tweet
from Borrell.
“A pause in #ViennaTalks
is needed, due to external
factors. A final text is essen-
tially ready and on the table,”
Borrell wrote. “As coordi-
nator, I will, with my team,
continue to be in touch with
all #JCPOA participants
and the U.S. to overcome
the current situation and to
close the agreement.”
The JCPOA, or the Joint
Chicago Tribune | Section 2 | Saturday, March 12, 2022  1
hub in the east and Ukraine’s
fourth-largest city, with
about 1 million people. One
person was killed, Ukraine
said.
In images of the after-
math released by Ukraine’s
emergency agency, firefight-
ers doused a flaming build-
ing, and ash fell on bloodied
rubble. Smoke billowed over
shattered concrete where
buildings once stood.
In another potentially
ominous development for
Ukraine, new satellite photos
appeared to show that the
massive Russian convoy
outside the capital had split
up and fanned out into towns
are also under strain. Even
the Czech Republic, which
does not border Ukraine
directly, has an estimated
200,000 refugees, many in
Prague. As the capital runs
out of housing options, city
hall has begun preparing
temporary accommodation.
“The demand for accom-
modation in Prague is enor-
mous and by far surpasses
what we can offer,” Prague
Mayor Zdenek Hrib said.
Meanwhile, the national
government appealed to
Czech citizens to house
refugees in their own homes,
promising that it would find
Comprehensive Plan of
Action, is the formal name of
the 2015 deal that saw Iran
limit its uranium enrich-
ment in exchange for the
lifting of economic sanc-
tions.
EU negotiator Enrique
Mora met Friday with
Iranian officials before tell-
ing journalists that “we are
almost there” with the talks.
“Almost everything is
done,” Mora said.
Iranian Foreign Ministry
spokesperson Saeed Khatib-
zadeh said the pause “could
and forests.
Howitzers were towed
into firing position, and
armored units were seen
in towns near the Antonov
Airport north of the city,
according to Maxar Tech-
nologies, the company that
produced the images.
The 40-mile line of tanks
and other vehicles had
massed outside Kyiv early
last week. But its advance
had appeared to stall amid
reports of food and fuel
shortages, muddy roads and
attacks by Ukrainian troops
with anti-tank missiles.
Mathieu Boulegue, a
researcher at the U.K. think
tank Chatham House, said
the redeployment means the
long-awaited battle for Kyiv
is just hours or days away. He
predicted a drawn-out siege,
not an immediate storming
of the city.
“This is going to be a very
long battle of attrition. This
is going to be an atrociously
casualty-heavy battle and a
siege, the likes of which we
have rarely seen in modern
history,” Boulegue said.
But a senior American
defense official said that
while elements of the convoy
have broken off and moved to
the tree line, the U.S. believes
those are efforts to hide
and better protect the vehi-
cles, which are largely for
supplies and haven’t made
any substantial progress
toward the city.
However, the official,
who spoke on condition of
anonymity to describe the
U.S. military assessment, said
other forces from the north-
east had moved closer to Kyiv
and were about 12 to 19 miles
east of the city center.
a way to compensate them.
Poland has already taken a
similar step, with the parlia-
ment approving a law offer-
ing people $9.20 per day
for each refugee they give
shelter to. It’s part of a new
legislative package that also
offers some financial help
and health insurance to the
Ukrainians.
In Germany, the influx
so far has been concen-
trated in the capital, Berlin,
which is about an hour from
the western Polish border
and the main destination
for trains and buses from
Poland.
be a momentum for resolv-
ing any remaining issue”
ahead of restoring the deal.
“Successful conclusion
of talks will be the main
focus of all,” he wrote on
Twitter. “No external factor
will affect our joint will to
go forward for a collective
agreement.”
Khatibzadeh did not iden-
tify the “external” issue —
Iran has been careful in the
waning days of the talks not
to upset Russia, which it
views as an ally against the
U.S.
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Many teachers stay put — for now

Exodus of educators
yet to happen, but
concerns still persist
By Matt Barnum
Associated Press
Teachers have been work-
ing longer hours. They’re
more stressed out. And
many say they’ve considered
quitting. Yet the vast major-
ity of teachers have stayed in
the profession throughout
the pandemic, according to
a Chalkbeat analysis of the
latest data from a number
of states and large school
districts.
Teacher resignation
rates actually dipped
after COVID-19 first hit
schools. As this school
year approached, the data
shows, departures gener-
ally returned to pre-pan-
demic levels.
Together, the numbers
indicate that a feared
teacher exodus has not yet
come to pass — although
concerning signs about the
health of the profession
remain.
“I still worry,” said Gema
Zamarro, a researcher at the
University of Arkansas who
has studied teacher turn-
over. “Teachers are stressed
and burned out. Even if
they don’t leave, that could
be bad.”
Comprehensive national
data on teacher turnover is
not available. The federal
government does not keep
annual records, and neither
do some states, includ-
ing California. Others, like
Texas, release data on a year-
long lag.
But data obtained from
five states and 19 large U.S.
school districts, including
New York City and Houston,
shows that turnover going
into this school year was
comparable to rates before
the pandemic.
In Maryland, teacher
attrition hovered between
9% and 10% from 2011 to
2019. In 2020, it fell to 7.3%,
but it ticked back up to 9.3%
ahead of this school year,
according to data provided
Kathleen Sannicks-Lerner, a veteran elementary school teacher in Philadelphia, is currently on sabbatical. MATT ROURKE/AP
by state officials.
“Our retention rates over-
all are holding steady,” said
Mohammed Choudhury,
Maryland’s state superin-
tendent. “It is not some kind
of broad-stroke, red-alert
type of concern.”
Elsewhere, turnover was
a bit higher than usual but
still near rates before the
pandemic.
In Washington state, 9.2%
of teachers left teaching in
public schools in the typical
year before the pandemic.
In 2021, that rose to 10%,
according to a new analysis
of state data.
Recent turnover figures
were also comparable to
pre-pandemic numbers in
Hawaii, Massachusetts and
South Carolina. That was
true of a number of large
school districts, too, includ-
ing Dallas, Houston, and
Clark County, Nevada —
home to Las Vegas — though
Detroit and Chicago saw
bigger increases.
In New York City, about
6% of teachers left the
district in each of the three
years before the pandemic.
more likely they would leave
COVID-19 cases in the US the profession early.
New cases per day, scale in thousands Tom Keiser, a middle
1,500 school math teacher in
March 9: 49,710 Missoula, Montana, is among
the teachers who have
1,200
pondered quitting. He’s been
concerned about the bitter
debates locally about masks
and the rise of laws restrict-
900
ing teaching about racism.
Keiser even consulted
with friends who had left
600 teaching and briefly scanned
a job-search website. Ulti-
mately, he decided to stay.
300 “What would I do? How
the heck would I even figure
out what that is?” he said.
“I’ve worked 12 years to try
March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. to get better at this job.”
SOURCE: CDC TNS Like Keiser, most teach-
ers who ponder leaving end
After the pandemic hit, turn- Zamarro, who reviewed the up staying put, since doing
over fell, then rebounded to data compiled by Chalkbeat. so midcareer often means
5.8% in 2021. Survey data shows more entering a new field and
In Philadelphia schools, teachers have considered giving up retirement bene-
the teacher turnover rate leaving the classroom during fits. One recent study, using
was 9.3% in 2021, up from the pandemic than before data before the pandemic,
2020 but slightly lower than it began. One poll by the found that only about a
it was in 2019. National Education Associ- third of teachers who said
“2021 — it doesn’t look ation, the country’s largest in a survey that they “defi-
worse than before the teachers union, found that nitely plan to leave teaching
pandemic. If anything, it more than half of its members as soon as possible” actually
looks like other years,” said said the pandemic made it left the following school
year.
The economy also plays
a part in whether teachers
exit.
Across 14 states, teacher
turnover fell by a percent-
age point in 2020, accord-
ing to a new study. “This
likely reflects teachers
hunkering down after the
2019-2020 school year in
the midst of the uncertainty
of a pandemic,” wrote the
researchers who studied
turnover in Washington
state.
The economic and
pandemic conditions have
changed, though, and it’s not
clear what that will mean for
turnover moving forward.
For Kathleen Sannicks-​
Lerner, a veteran elementary
school teacher in Philadel-
phia, this school year proved
so taxing that she went on
sabbatical in January. It was
challenging to make sure
students kept their masks
on, to fill in when substitutes
didn’t show up, and to work
in a school with low morale
and limited resources.
“It’s just been very, very
difficult to do the work that
we are required to do with-
out the support and the tools
that we need,” she said. “I
was done.”
Even small increases in
turnover could be worrying.
Research has linked teacher
churn to lower test scores,
particularly if it happens
in the middle of the school
year, and high-poverty
schools tend to see higher
quit rates.
Regardless of whether
teachers decide to leave,
their heightened stress still
matters — for them, their
schools and the future of the
profession. Interest in teach-
ing among high school and
college students has been
declining for years, and
dissatisfied current teach-
ers could dissuade would-be
educators.
Choudhury, of Maryland,
said the state has recently
run an ad campaign trying
to persuade high school
students to pursue teaching.
“Not a lot are biting,” he
said.

After 1 year, Biden’s big relief

plan receives mixed reviews
By Chris Megerian
and Zeke Miller
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — It’s
not often that a president
gets everything he asks for,
but that’s what happened.
President Joe Biden
wanted $1.9 trillion to help
the country climb out of the
coronavirus crisis last year,
and Democrats in Congress
delivered.
The American Rescue
Plan was stuffed with rental
Police gather Friday at the site of a drone crash in Zagreb, Croatia. The drone flew from the assistance, tax rebates,
Ukrainian war zone over several NATO countries before going down. DARKO BANDIC/AP direct payments and money
to distribute vaccines that Two months after being inaugurated, President Biden signed

Drone flying from Ukrainian had just become available.

Less than two months after
Biden took office, it was a
the American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion relief package to
combat the COVID-19 pandemic. ANDREW HARNIK/AP

war zone crashes in Croatia

By Darko Bandic
Associated Press
ZAGREB, Croatia — A
drone that flew over several
NATO countries all the way
from the Ukrainian war
zone crashed overnight on
the outskirts of the Croatian
capital, Zagreb, triggering a
loud blast and damaging
parked cars but causing no
injuries, authorities said
Friday.
A NATO official, speaking
on condition of anonymity,
said the alliance’s “inte-
grated air and missile
defense tracked the flight
path of an object which
subsequently crashed in
Zagreb.”
Earlier, Croatian Presi-
dent Zoran Milanovic had
expressed concern at “how
a relatively unsophisticated
drone flew for over an hour
over NATO countries with-
out being detected.”
Milanovic said “it is
clear” it came from Ukraine.
A statement issued by Croa-
tia’s government said the
“pilotless military aircraft”
entered Croatian airspace
from neighboring Hungary
at a speed of 430 mph and
an altitude of 4,300 feet.
“According to informa-
tion I have so far, this flying
object was Russian-man-
ufactured, we are not sure
whether it belongs to the
Russian or Ukrainian army,”
Croatian Prime Minister
Andrej Plenkovic said. “(It)
arrived in Croatia from the
direction of Hungary, and
according to (Hungarian)
Prime Minister (Viktor)
Orban, it arrived to Hungary
from the direction of Roma-
nia.”
The government said a
criminal investigation will
be launched and NATO was
informed. The crash means
that the large drone flew for
at least 350 miles over Croa-
tia, Hungary and Romania,
all NATO members.
Military experts of The
War Zone online magazine
said the aircraft is likely a
Soviet-era Tu-141 “Strizh”
reconnaissance drone
that must have severely
malfunctioned. It said
Ukraine is the only known
current operator of the
Tu-141, which has a wing-
span of nearly 12 feet and
weighs just over 6 tons.
Ukrainian defense
ministry adviser Mark-
ian Lubkivskiy was quoted
by Interfax news agency
as denying the drone was
Ukrainian. He blamed
Russia.
hopeful sign that he could said Gene Sperling, a Biden Furman estimated that the
fulfill his campaign promise adviser tapped to oversee rescue plan was responsi-
to get Washington working the legislation’s implemen- ble for about 2.5 percent-
again. tation. age points. Michael Strain,
“This drone did not “Thank God you did it,” A fraction of the bill’s director of economic policy
have Ukrainian markings,” Biden told House Demo- spending was devoted studies at the conservative
he was quoted as saying. crats during a caucus retreat to directly combating American Enterprise Insti-
“There were red stars on it” Friday in Philadelphia. the pandemic, including tute, pegs the figure at 3
— a symbol of the Russian “Few pieces of legislation, purchasing shots and treat- percentage points.
military. no hyperbole, in American ments, supporting test- Administration offi-
The Russian Embassy in history have done more ing and vaccination sites, cials point to a study from
Zagreb said that the drone to lift this country out of a and treating those infected the San Francisco Federal
was made in Ukraine and crisis than what you did.” with the virus that has killed Reserve Bank that said the
that the Russian forces But the legislation’s nearly 970,000 in the U.S. rescue plan contributed to
stopped using Tu-141s since legacy is more complicated The rest was intended less than 1 percentage point
the breakup of the Soviet than it originally appeared. to backstop state and local of the increase.
Union in 1991. Depending on who’s telling governments, ease the pain “The stark reality is that
Croatian President the story, it’s either Biden’s of job losses and pump there are higher prices
Milanovic said the drone first success or a trap that he money into American pock- and supply chain shocks in
crashed in Zagreb after set for himself. etbooks. virtually every major econ-
running out of fuel. It may well prove to have Critics say the latter set omy in the world,” Sperling
The Croatian defense been a bit of both. of policies has driven up said.
minister and the army chief Friday was the anniver- prices by fueling consumer However, inflation was
of staff both described the sary of Biden’s signing of the demand at a time when paramount when Sen. Joe
incident as “serious,” but American Rescue Plan, and supply chains couldn’t keep Manchin, D-W.Va., killed
said more details will be the second anniversary of up, sapping momentum Democratic dreams of
revealed after the ongoing the World Health Organi- from Democratic efforts to using their unified control
investigation. zation’s declaration that the enact generational changes of Washington to greatly
The two officials said coronavirus had become a including financial incen- expand the social safety
at a news conference that pandemic. Looking back, tives for fighting climate net. Biden’s arguments that
Croatia responded last administration officials change. his agenda, known as “Build
night with the closure of defend the relief package as “The gamble was it would Back Better,” would limit
its airspace. They said they a necessary step to insulate create a success that would rather than increase prices
have been in contact with the economy and promote make people want to do did not stick.
neighboring countries and a national rebound, and more,” said Jason Furman, Emilie Simons, a spokes-
NATO, and refused to reveal they point to historically a Harvard professor and woman for the White
whose drone it was. low unemployment now as former top economic House, said the president
“We can’t say at this proof of their success. adviser to President Barack “continues to work with
moment whose it was. “Looking at how resilient Obama. “But it contrib- Congress on his agenda to
Those are relatively old-era and equitable the recovery uted to inflation that made lower kitchen-table costs
flying objects that were has been in the face of delta, people want to do less.” for American families —
used in the Soviet Union,” omicron and now military Inflation hit 7.9% over the by addressing prescrip-
said Chief of Staff Adm. conflict in Europe, that last 12 months, the high- tion drug prices, child care,
Robert Hranj. strategy already looks wise,” est in four decades, and energy costs and more.”

WAR IN UKRAINE
US colleges cutting ties with Russia
But many refusing
to kick out students
studying in America
By Collin Binkley
Associated Press
Colleges across the coun-
try are pulling students from
study abroad programs in
Russia, ending research
partnerships and cutting
financial ties as part of a
global wave of condemna-
tion over the invasion of
Ukraine.
At the same time, colleges
have promised to support
Russian students on their
campuses, opposing calls
from a few in Congress to
remove them from the coun-
try as a sanction against their
homeland.
The moves are mostly
symbolic — U.S. colleges
have little power to sway
Russia or squeeze its
finances, and academic
exchange between the
nations has always been
meager. But the suggestion
that some or all Russian
students should forfeit the
opportunity to study here
has drawn new attention
to the role of universities in
global disputes.
Last academic year, U.S.
colleges hosted nearly 5,000
students from Russia, less
than 1% of all international
students. Advocates for
international education say
losing those students would
forgo a chance to expose
them to western ideals,
and they say Russians who
choose to study in America
are already more likely to
want change back home.
“Leaders need to make
a distinction between
(Russian President Vlad-
imir) Putin and Russian
people who want a better
life,” said Jill Welch, a senior
adviser for the Presidents’
Alliance on Higher Educa-
tion and Immigration, a
coalition of university presi-
dents. “Sending anyone back
wouldn’t shorten any war by
a day.”
Many universities have
Europe now wonders: Which nation is next?
Countries not in EU
or NATO vulnerable
to Putin, experts say
By Dusan Stojanovic
Associated Press
BELGRADE, Serbia — For
some European countries
watching Russia’s war in
Ukraine, there are fears that
they could be next.
Western officials say the
most vulnerable could be
those who aren’t members
of NATO or the European
Union, and thus alone and
unprotected — including
Ukraine’s neighbor Moldova
and Russia’s neighbor Geor-
gia, both of them formerly
part of the Soviet Union —
along with the Balkan states
of Bosnia and Kosovo.
But analysts warn that
even NATO members could
be at risk, such as Estonia,
Latvia and Lithuania on
Russia’s doorstep, as well
as Montenegro, either from
Moscow’s military interven-
tion or attempts at political
destabilization.
Russian President Vlad-
imir Putin “has said right
from the start that this is not
only about Ukraine,” said
Michal Baranowski, direc-
tor of the German Marshall
Fund’s Warsaw office.
“He told us what he
wants to do when he was
listing his demands, which
included the change of the
government in Kyiv, but he
was also talking about the
eastern flank of NATO and
the rest of Eastern Europe,”
Baranowski said.
But the United States is
aware of concerns in East-
ern and Central Europe
that the war in Ukraine
may be a prelude to broader
attacks on former Warsaw
Pact members in trying to
restore Moscow’s regional
dominance.
A look at the regional situ-
ation:
Moldova: Like its neigh-
bor Ukraine, the ex-Soviet
republic of Moldova has a
separatist insurgency in its
east in the disputed territory
Tulane senior Zavier Ridgley returned to the U.S. after a program to study abroad was suspended. Above, a self-portrait at Moscow State University in Russia.
called for compassion for
students from Russia who,
like those from Ukraine, may
fear for the safety of family
members or face sudden
financial difficulty.
In a message to students,
Columbia University’s presi-
dent said students from both
countries face a “bewil-
dering and uncertain road
ahead.”
At the University of Wash-
ington, President Ana Mari
Cauce said the campus
stands with Ukraine but
“must also take care to not
let the actions of Russia’s
authoritarian government
affect our treatment of
Russian students, scholars
and community members
who have no role in its poli-
cies.”
Some in Congress have
pushed for visa restrictions
against Russian students.
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Ca-
A man passes a mural of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Kosovo, which split from Serbia in 1999. DARKO VOJINOVIC/AP 2018
known as Trans-Dniester,
where 1,500 Russian troops
are stationed. Although
Moldova is neutral militar-
ily and has no plans to join
NATO, it formally applied
for EU membership when
the Russian invasion began
in a quick bid to bolster its
ties with the West.
The country of 2.6 million
people is one of the poorest
countries in Europe, and it’s
hosting tens of thousands of
Ukrainians who fled the war.
The invasion has prompted
heightened concerns in
Moldova not only over the
humanitarian crisis, but also
because of fears that Putin
might try to link the sepa-
ratists east of the Dnies-
ter River with Ukraine via
the latter’s strategic port of
Odessa.
Secretary of State Antony
Blinken visited Moldova
last week and pledged: “We
stand with Moldova and any
other country that may be
threatened in the same way.”
Moldovan President
Maia Sandu said there was
lif., speaking on CNN last
month, said the U.S. should
consider “kicking every
Russian student out of the
United States” as a way to
stir backlash against Putin.
The idea has gained
little support in Washing-
ton, but the White House
later suggested that its
separate sanctions against
Russian oligarchs are partly
intended to block access to
U.S. universities.
“What we’re talking about
here is seizing their assets,
seizing their yachts, and
making it harder for them
to send their children to
colleges and universities
in the West,” press secre-
tary Jen Psaki said last week
while discussing the sanc-
tions.
College leaders aren’t
fighting the idea that
oligarchs and their chil-
dren should lose access to
no indication that Russian
forces in Trans-Dniester had
changed their posture.
“In this region now there
is no possibility for us to feel
safe,” Sandu said.
Georgia: War erupted
between Russia and Geor-
gia in August 2008 when
Georgian government
troops tried unsuccessfully
to regain control over the
Moscow-backed breakaway
province of South Ossetia.
Russia routed the Geor-
gian military in five days of
fighting and hundreds were
killed. Afterward, Russia
recognized South Osse-
tia and another separatist
region, Abkhazia, as inde-
pendent states and bolstered
its military presence there.
The government of West-​
leaning Georgia condemned
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,
but hasn’t shown the
same solidarity that Kyiv
displayed during the Geor-
gia-Russia war. Hundreds
of Georgian volunteers were
stopped by authorities from
American education. But
wider action against Russian
students would carry echoes
of America’s discrimina-
tion toward Japanese and
German immigrants during
World War II, advocates say.
“In our country, we do
not punish children for the
crimes of their parents,”
said Barbara Snyder, pres-
ident of the Association of
American Universities and
a former president of Case
Western Reserve University.
“You have to think carefully
about the consequences of
targeting people because of
their country of origin.”
For many colleges, the
first priority has been to
remove American students
studying in Russia or
Ukraine, although few are
believed to have been there.
A total of 1,400 Americans
studied in those nations
in 2018, and overall study
joining an international
brigade fighting Russia in
Ukraine.
Georgia’s seemingly
neutral stance has turned
out thousands in nightly
rallies in central Tbilisi in
solidarity with Ukraine. Last
week, Georgia’s government
applied for EU member-
ship just days after declar-
ing it wouldn’t accelerate
its application as fears of a
Russian invasion grew.
The Baltics: Memories of
Soviet rule are still fresh in
Latvia, Lithuania and Esto-
nia. Since the invasion of
Ukraine, NATO has moved
to boost its troop presence in
its eastern flank allies, while
Washington has pledged
additional support.
To residents of the Baltic
nations — particularly those
old enough to have lived
under Soviet control — the
tensions prior to the Feb. 24
invasion recalled the mass
deportations and oppres-
sion. The three countries
were annexed by Josef Stalin
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abroad figures have plum-
meted during the pandemic.
Middlebury College in
Vermont suspended a study
abroad program in Russia at
the end of February citing
safety concerns, urging the
12 students to return home.
Among them was Zavier
Ridgley, who was studying
in Moscow when he was
told to book a flight home
quickly. The 22-year-old
said he respects the decision
but was disappointed.
A senior at Tulane Univer-
sity, he had been trying to
get into the Middlebury
program since 2019, but it
had been delayed by the
pandemic.
“The month I’ve been
here has been nothing short
of the opportunity of a life-
time, and to have it cut so
short so abruptly really is
terribly sad,” said Ridg-
ley, who has since returned
during World War II and
only regained their inde-
pendence with the breakup
of the Soviet Union in 1991.
They joined NATO in
2004, putting themselves
under the military protec-
tion of the U.S. and its West-
ern allies. They say it is
imperative that NATO show
resolve not just in words but
with boots on the ground.
“Russia always measures
the military might but also
the will of countries to fight,”
said Janis Garisons, state
secretary at Latvia’s Defense
Ministry. “Once they see a
weakness, they will exploit
that weakness.”
The Balkans: It would be
hard for Russian troops to
reach the Balkans with-
out engaging NATO forces
stationed in all the neighbor-
ing countries. But Moscow
could destabilize the region,
as it already does, with the
help of Serbia, an ally that it
has been arming with tanks,
sophisticated air defense
systems and warplanes.
home.
Other schools have joined
in barring student travel to
Russia, and some, including
Dartmouth College, have
canceled upcoming study
abroad programs. A grow-
ing number are also sever-
ing financial and academic
ties as a rebuke of Putin, but
the U.S. response has been
more scattered compared
with Europe, where nations,
including Germany, the
Netherlands and Denmark,
have ordered colleges to
freeze academic exchange
with Russia.
After Colorado Gov. Jared
Polis urged universities to
cut investments with Russia
last week, the University of
Colorado said it was divest-
ing all holdings in the coun-
try. Several other states
have also told colleges to
pull investments, including
Arizona, Ohio and Virginia.
The Kremlin has always
considered the region its
sphere of influence although
it was never part of the
Soviet bloc. A devastating
civil war in the 1990s left
at least 120,000 dead and
millions homeless.
Serbia, the largest state
in the Western Balkans, is
generally blamed for start-
ing the war by trying to
prevent the breakup of Serb-
led Yugoslavia with force — a
move resembling Moscow’s
effort to pull Ukraine back
into its orbit.
There are fears in the
West that the pro-Moscow
Serbian leadership, which
has refused to join inter-
national sanctions against
Russia, could try to use
the attention focused on
Ukraine to further destabi-
lize its neighbors, particu-
larly Bosnia, where minority
Serbs have been threatening
to split their territories from
the joint federation to join
Serbia. Serbian officials have
repeatedly denied they are
meddling in the neighboring
states, but have given tacit
support to the secessionist
moves of the Bosnian Serbs
and their leader, Milorad
Dodik.
Kosovo, which split from
Serbia after a 1999 NATO air
war against Serbian troops,
has asked the U.S. to estab-
lish a permanent military
base in the country and
speed up its integration into
NATO after Russia’s inva-
sion of Ukraine.
Kosovo’s 2008 declaration
of independence is recog-
nized by more than 100
countries, mainly Western
nations, but not by Russia or
Serbia.
Montenegro, a former
ally that turned its back
on Russia to join NATO in
2017, has imposed sanctions
on Moscow over the war
in Ukraine and is seen as
next in line in the Western
Balkans to join the EU.
The country is divided
between those favor-
ing pro-Western policies
and the pro-Serbian and
pro-Russian camps, raising
tensions.
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NEWS BRIEFING

Immigration arrests
in US drop amid focus
on most dangerous
From news services
WA S H I N G T O N —
Immigration enforcement
arrests within the U.S. fell
sharply over the past year
as the Biden administra-
tion shifted its enforcement
priorities to focus on people
in the country without legal
status who have committed
serious crimes, officials said
Friday.
As it released its annual
report, reflecting eight
months under President
Joe Biden, U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement
said immigration arrests
dropped nearly 40% from
the previous year while the
number of people appre-
hended who had committed
“aggravated felonies” nearly
doubled.
Total deportations fell to
the lowest in the agency’s
history, down nearly 70% to
59,011, a number that, in part,
reflects use of a public health
order implemented during
the COVID-19 pandemic to
expel people without formal
deportation proceedings.
Officials portray this
strategy as an efficient use
of limited law enforcement
resources, but it puts the
administration in a bind
between critics, primarily
on the right, who want to
see more apprehensions and
progressive Democrats who
have called for dramatically
scaling back the mission of
ICE or even eliminating it.
At a minimum, it also
reflects a departure from
the strategy pursued under
former President Donald
Trump, who early on
directed ICE to apprehend
anyone who was in the
country illegally regardless
of other circumstances.
“ICE’s officers and special
agents focused on cases
that delivered the greatest
law enforcement impact
in communities across the
country while uphold-
ing our values as a nation,”
acting Director Tae Johnson
said in a statement announc-
ing the results.
Critics say the Biden
administration’s enforce-
ment policy encourages the
irregular migration that a
succession of U.S. presidents
have struggled to control.
“The Biden administra-
tion has turned the United
States into a sanctuary
country, plain and simple,”
said Mark Morgan, who
was acting commissioner of
Customs and Border Protec-
tion under Trump.
ICE said nearly half the
arrests and deportations
since Biden took office
consisted of “serious crim-
inals,” which the adminis-
tration defines as people
convicted of both felonies
or “aggravated felonies,”
without providing a more
detailed breakdown.
Texas abortion law: Texas
abortion providers on Friday
conceded a final blow to
their best hope of stopping
the nation’s most restrictive
abortion law after a new
ruling ended what little path
forward the U.S. Supreme
Court had left for clinics.
The decision by the Texas
Supreme Court, which
is entirely controlled by
Republicans, spelled the
coming end to a federal
lawsuit that abortion clin-
ics filed before restrictions
took effect in September, but
were then rejected at nearly
every turn afterward.
Although Texas abortion
clinics are not dropping the
lawsuit, they now expect it
will be dismissed.
The Texas law bans abor-
tion after roughly six weeks
of pregnancy and makes no
exceptions in cases of rape
or incest. Abortions in Texas
have plummeted by more
than 50% since the law took
effect.
Investigations blocked:
A Texas judge on Friday
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anniversary of a massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear disaster. Today, about 33,000 people are unable to
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blocked the state from
investigating as child abuse
gender confirming care for
transgender youth.
District Judge Amy
Clark Meachum issued
a temporary injunction
preventing the state from
enforcing Republican Gov.
Greg Abbott’s directive to
compel the Department
of Family and Protective
Services to investigate.
The injunction broadens
Meachum’s earlier order
blocking the state’s inves-
tigation of the parents of
one transgender teenager.
The American Civil Liber-
ties Union and Lambda
Legal sued on behalf of the
parents of the 16-year-old
girl over the investigation
and Abbott’s directive.
The lawsuit marked
the first report of parents
being investigated follow-
ing Abbott’s directive and
an earlier nonbinding
legal opinion by Republi-
can Attorney General Ken
Paxton labeling certain
gender-confirming treat-
ments as “child abuse.”
Christmas parade crash:
A judge set an October
trial date Friday for a man
accused of killing six people
and injuring dozens of
others by driving his SUV
into a Christmas parade in
near Milwaukee last year.
Darrell Brooks Jr. has
pleaded not guilty to more
than 70 charges, includ-
ing six homicide counts in
connection with the Nov. 21
incident in Waukesha.
Waukesha County Circuit
Judge Jennifer Darow
scheduled Brooks’ trial to
begin Oct. 3 and run through
Oct. 28. Prosecutors told her
they would likely need five
to seven days to present
their case. Brooks’ attorneys
said they didn’t know how
much time they would need.
Darow also ordered both
sides to begin drafting a
survey to mail to prospective
jurors in Waukesha County
to gauge whether an impar-
tial jury can be selected.
The judge made the move
after Brooks’ attorney filed
a motion last month seek-
ing to move the trial out of
Waukesha County or pull
jurors from another county
because publicity about
Brooks has been so perva-
sive and negative.
Child abuse apology: The
Northern Ireland govern-
ment issued a formal apol-
ogy on Friday to people who
were abused in orphanages
and children’s homes.
Ministers from all five
political parties in the
Northern Ireland Assem-
bly read out apologies to
survivors at the Stormont
government buildings near
Belfast. Representatives of
six institutions where abuse
took place also publicly said
sorry to those harmed.
“We neglected you,
rejected you, we made you
feel unwanted,” said Educa-
tion Minister Michelle
McIlveen, from the Demo-
cratic Unionist Party. “It was
not your fault.”
The formal apology
came more than five years
after it was recommended
by the Historical Institu-
tional Abuse Inquiry. The
yearslong inquiry found
shocking levels of physical,
sexual and mental abuse at
institutions run by the state,
churches and charities
between 1922, when North-
ern Ireland was founded as
a state, and 1995.
Indonesia volcano: Indone-
sia’s Mount Merapi contin-
ued to erupt Friday, forcing
authorities to halt tourism
and mining activities on the
slopes of the country’s most
active volcano.
The volcano on the
densely populated island
of Java unleashed clouds
of hot ash shortly before
midnight Wednesday into
early morning Thursday
and fast-​moving pyroclastic
flows — a mixture of rock,
lava and gas — traveled some
3 miles down its slopes.
Friday’s eruption spewed
a column of hot clouds about
100 yards into the air with
avalanches of incandescent
lava at least 15 times, accord-
ing to the Geological Disas-
ter Technology Research
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US slashes trade status
with Russia over invasion
‘Most favored nation’ revocation includes import ban of alcohol, diamonds
By Josh Boak, Chris Megerian
and Zeke Miller
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden
announced Friday the U.S. will dramatically
downgrade its trade status with Russia as
punishment for its invasion of Ukraine and
also ban imports of Russian seafood, alco-
hol and diamonds.
The broad trade shift, which revokes the
“most favored nation” status for Russia, is
being taken in coordination with the Euro-
pean Union and Group of Seven countries.
“The free world is coming together to
confront Putin,” Biden said from the Roos-
evelt Room of the White House. He also
said countries were adding new names to
a list of Russian oligarchs who are facing
sanctions, and the U.S. is cutting the flow
of high-end American products such as
expensive watches, cars and clothing.
“We’re banning the export of luxury
goods to Russia,” he said.
Biden said there would be further retal-
iation if Ukraine is targeted with chemical
A person walks near a closed barber shop in Cleveland soon after the coronavirus pandemic took hold in the U.S. TONY DEJAK/AP 2020
Was the PPP plan worth it?
Two years after $800B federal
payroll program’s debut during
the pandemic, results are mixed
By Josh Boak
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Donald
Trump rolled out the Paycheck Protec-
tion Program to catapult the U.S. economy
into a quick recovery from the coronavi-
rus pandemic by helping small businesses.
President Joe Biden tweaked it to try to
direct more of the money to poorer commu-
nities and minority-owned companies.
Almost two years later, the question is
what taxpayers got for the $800 billion.
The Biden administration says its version of
the program helped prevent racial inequal-
ity from worsening, while a prominent
academic study suggests the overall price
tag was high per job saved and most of the
benefits accrued to the affluent.
Nearly a year after the implementation of
its $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package,
the Biden administration is arguing that
it made critical adjustments to the forgiv-
able loan program, pointing to internal
figures showing that more benefits went
to poorer communities, racial minorities
and businesses in which the owner is the
Justice Dept. taps pandemic fraud prosecutor
By Jennifer McDermott
Associated Press
The Justice Department has named
a chief prosecutor for pandemic fraud,
following through on President Joe Biden’s
State of the Union promise to go after crim-
inals who stole billions in relief money.
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco
said Kevin Chambers, an associate
deputy attorney general, will lead crimi-
nal and civil enforcement efforts targeting
pandemic-​related fraud. Monaco on Thurs-
day convened the department’s COVID-
19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force, which
includes nearly 30 agencies that administer
and oversee pandemic relief funding.
The Justice Department has already
BUSINESS
weapons, a possibility that administration
officials have warned about in recent days.
“Russia would pay a severe price if they
used chemical weapons,” he said.
Stripping most favored nation status
from Russia would allow the U.S. and allies
to impose higher tariffs on some Russian
imports, increasing the isolation of the
Russian economy.
The change on Russia’s trade staus
comes days after the president moved to
ban imports of Russian oil and gas products.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.,
said lawmakers would pass legislation to
formalize the trade downgrade.
This week’s moves are the latest in a
series of sanctions aimed at crippling the
Russian economy and a sign that the U.S.
and its allies will continue to use their
financial heft to retaliate against Russian
President Vladimir Putin. The other
measures include the freezing of central
bank assets, limits on exports and sanctions
against Russian oligarchs and their fami-
lies. These financial tools have led to the
Russian ruble losing 76% of its value against
sole employee.
However, an outside study suggests that
the program — commonly known as PPP
— was troublingly expensive per job saved
and the payments mostly benefited busi-
ness owners who were best prepared to
weather the pandemic. On the whole, the
study implies that just 23% to 34% of PPP
dollars went to workers who would have
lost jobs, at a cost of as much as $258,000
per job retained.
Across two presidencies, Congress
approved an unprecedented $5.8 trillion
in relief spending that included new inter-
ventions such as forgivable loans, direct
payments and an expanded child tax credit
that was deposited into people’s bank
accounts monthly.
When MIT economist David Autor
analyzed PPP with other economists, he
saw a tool that was too blunt. The U.S.
never developed the data systems to moni-
tor what was happening to individual
businesses’ payrolls, unlike in Canada, the
Scandinavian region, Portugal and Brazil.
Those systems would have made it easier
to allocate money based on genuine need
during a downturn. The U.S. failed to invest
in its own data resources and could not
target the aid as a result.
“The U.S. has instead ‘starved the beast,’ ”
Autor said. “The result is not less govern-
taken enforcement actions related to more
than $8 billion in suspected pandemic
fraud, Monaco and Attorney General
Merrick Garland said Thursday. That
includes bringing charges in more than
1,000 criminal cases involving losses in
excess of $1.1 billion, opening civil cases
against over 1,800 individuals and busi-
nesses for alleged fraud involving more
than $6 billion in loans, and seizing more
than $1.2 billion in relief funds.
Garland said they know their work is not
done and the department remains commit-
ted to using every criminal, civil and admin-
istrative action available to combat and
prevent pandemic fraud. Monaco added
that the crimes are not victimless, that
“every stolen dollar is taken from somebody
Chicago Tribune | Section 2 | Saturday, March 12, 2022  5
the U.S. dollar over the past month, which
has caused destructive inflation that could
erode Putin’s ability to wage a prolonged
war in Ukraine.
Most favored nation status has been
a baseline for global trade, ensuring that
countries within the World Trade Orga-
nization are treated similarly. Some coun-
tries in the WTO have special privileges
due to their status as developing econo-
mies. Russia would join the ranks of Cuba
and North Korea by not having MFN status
from the U.S.
The revocation carries mostly symbolic
weight. The earlier sanctions on imports
of Russian oil, gas and coal already cut off
about 60% of U.S. imports from the country,
and the new import bans announced Friday
add up to only about $1 billion in revenue,
according to White House figures.
Russia provided less than 1% of U.S.
vodka imports in December, according to
the Distilled Spirits Council of the United
States, and less than 2% of U.S. seafood
imports by volume, according to federal
statistics.
ment. It’s simply less effective government.”
When the Trump administration
unveiled PPP in 2020, the full impacts from
the pandemic were just beginning to be
felt in the economy. There was a race to get
money out as quickly as possible because
of how unpredictable the situation was, so
the loans went through major banks that
often had existing relationships with eligi-
ble businesses for the sake of expediency.
The need for speed also made it harder
for historically disadvantaged groups to
access the money. That’s why the Biden
administration changed the guidelines
and rules.
As a result of the changes, PPP issued
about 2 million loans last year to businesses
in low- to moderate-income communities, a
67% increase from a year earlier, according
to figures from provided by administration
officials. There were 6 million businesses
with fewer than 20 employees that got
loans, a 35% increase from the program
during the Trump administration.
Still, the analysis by Autor and other
economists says the distributions during
the Biden administration “had no discern-
able effect on employment.” That’s likely
because the job market began to recover in
May 2020 despite waves of infections that
slowed momentum. With fewer jobs at risk,
there were fewer jobs to save.
who needed it.”
Biden said in his March 1 address that
the Trump administration “undermined
the watchdogs whose job was to keep
pandemic relief funds from being wasted.”
He announced the chief prosecutor posi-
tion, saying he has welcomed the watch-
dogs back.
The COVID-19 relief programs were set
up to help small businesses and millions of
people who lost jobs due to the pandemic.
About $5 trillion in spending was approved.
The Secret Service said in December that
potential fraudulent activity was nearing
$100 billion. Most of it came from unem-
ployment fraud. That figure was based on
reports from the Labor Department and the
Small Business Administration.
Congress
OKs cyber
incident
report bill
By Alan Suderman and Eric Tucker
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Companies crucial
to U.S. national interests will now have
to report when they’re hacked or they
pay ransomware, according to new rules
approved by Congress.
The rules are part of a broader effort by the
Biden administration and Congress to shore
up the nation’s cyberdefenses after a series
of high-profile digital espionage campaigns
and disruptive ransomware attacks. The
reporting will give the federal government
much greater visibility into hacking efforts
that target private companies, which often
have skipped going to the FBI or other agen-
cies for help.
“It’s clear we must take bold action to
improve our online defenses,” said Sen.
Gary Peters, D-Mich., who leads the Senate
Homeland Security and Government Affairs
Committee and wrote the legislation.
The reporting requirement legislation
was approved by the House and the Senate
on Thursday and is expected to be signed
into law by President Joe Biden soon. It
requires any entity that’s considered part
of the nation’s crucial infrastructure, which
includes the finance, transportation and
energy sectors, to report any “substantial
cyber incident” to the government within
three days and any ransomware payment
made within 24 hours.
Ransomware attacks, in which criminals
hack targets and hold their data hostage
through encryption until ransoms have been
paid, have flourished in recent years. Attacks
last year on the world’s largest meat-packing
company and the biggest U.S. fuel pipeline
— which led to days of gas station shortages
on the East Coast — have underscored how
extortionist hackers can disrupt the econ-
omy and put lives and livelihoods at risk.
BUSINESS BRIEFING
EU to phase out
Russian energy
VERSAILLES, France — European Union
leaders on Friday agreed to phase out depen-
dency on Russian gas, oil and coal imports
“as soon as possible” and decided to draw
up a plan soon to support the continent’s
economies as they face skyrocketing energy
prices amid a crisis aggravated by the war
in Ukraine.
Heads of state and government, who
gathered at the Versailles palace, west of
Paris, said in a statement that the strategy
will involve accelerating the reduction of
an overall reliance on fossil fuels, diversify-
ing supplies and routes for gas and oil, and
speeding up the development of renewable
energy. They asked the EU’s executive arm,
the European Commission, to make propos-
als by the end of May.
Toyota to scale
back production
TOKYO — Japan’s top automaker Toyota
will scale back domestic production over
the next three months because of a supply
crunch in chips and other parts that have
slammed the global auto industry.
Toyota Motor Corp. will cut back vehicle
production in Japan by about 20% in April,
by 10% in May, and 5% in June, compared
to what was planned, spokeswoman Shiori
Hashimoto said Friday.
Under a “recovery plan,” Toyota had
raised production targets starting in April
to catch up on lost production caused by
parts shortages related to the COVID-19
pandemic, she said.
Automakers worldwide have been hit
hard by delays from suppliers as regions
observed lockdowns and other restrictions.
Consumer Price Index
In February, the consumer price
index increased 0.8 percent.
CPI ONE-MONTH PERCENT CHANGE
Seasonally adjusted
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
-0.2 Feb. 2022:
0.8%
-0.4
-0.6
FEB. FEB.
'21 '22
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics TNS
6  Chicago Tribune | Section 2 | Saturday, March 12, 2022

Financial pariah? Bank loans

$100M to Trump’s company
By Bernard Condon
Associated Press

NEW YORK — A bank’s

decision to loan Donald
Trump’s company $100
million is the latest evidence
the former president might
survive fraud investigations
and a business-world back-
lash over his efforts to stay
in office after losing the
2020 election.
San Diego-based Axos
Bank finalized the loan with
the Trump Organization on
Feb. 17, according to docu-
ments filed with the city
Tuesday.
That’s three days after
public revelations that
Some social media users believe that the Biden administration is behind the recent surge in the Republican’s longtime
U.S. gas prices. Above, a gas station on Tuesday in West Hollywood, California. JAE C. HONG/AP accountants had disavowed
a decade’s worth of his

Surge in fuel prices leads to financial statements amid

allegations by New York’s
attorney general that they Donald Trump’s company has secured a $100 million loan

conspiracy theories over EVs

By Amanda Seitz
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Some
social media users suggest
that soaring fuel prices in
the U.S. aren’t the result of
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,
increased consumption or
supply chain issues as daily
life resumes after two years
of stagnation brought on by
the coronavirus pandemic.
Instead, the flurry of
Facebook and Twitter posts
offer, without evidence,
that a nefarious scheme is
underway: President Joe
Biden’s administration is
intentionally driving up
the price of gas to get more
American drivers behind
the wheel of an electric car.
“$6.00 a gallon gas is how
you get people to buy elec-
tric cars,” claims one popu-
lar meme, shared thousands
of times across Facebook
and Instagram since Tues-
day.
The newest internet
fabrication shows that
Americans’ obsession with
conspiracy theories contin-
ues to play an outsize role
in how they interpret polit-
ical decision-making, even
during times of war.
“At this point, conspiracy
theories have become so
ingrained in people’s psyche
and because of social media,
they spread like wildfire,”
said Mia Bloom, a Georgia
State University profes-
sor and author. “If it’s not
this conspiracy theory this
week, it’ll be another one
next week.”
The conspiracy theory-​
laden memes, Twitter posts
and videos began swirling
as the average price of regu-
lar gas broke $4 a gallon for
the first time in nearly 14
years. The output of posts
increased Tuesday after
Biden announced a ban on
Russian oil imports, a move
he warned would almost
certainly drive up U.S. gas
prices further but would
deal a “blow” to Russian
President Vladimir Putin’s
offensive in Ukraine.
The claims about elec-
tric vehicles echo the core
themes at the center of
several conspiracy theo-
ries peddled at the start of
the COVID-19 pandemic
by followers of QAnon, a
conspiracy theory that cast
then-President Donald
Trump as a hero fighting a
cabal of elites who operate
child sex trafficking rings.
Many QAnon social media
accounts pushed false
conspiracy theories that
had exaggerated his wealth.
The Axos loan is being
used to pay back an old
loan backed by commercial
the government would try space at Trump Tower that
to microchip people with a was coming due in Septem-
vaccine or that a coin short- ber.
age during the pandemic A year ago, it looked
was a plot to push Amer- possible that Trump might
icans into a cashless soci- become a pariah after his
ety that would be easier for supporters stormed the U.S.
the federal government to Capitol in an attempt to stop
control. a vote certifying President
The electric vehicle Joe Biden’s election win.
appears to be the latest reit- Banks, insurers and other
eration of those conspiracy business partners all cut ties
theories. following the riot.
Some social media posts Last year, the Trump
have suggested that the Organization was indicted
government wants to push in New York on charges it
people to use electric vehi- helped executives evade
cles so they can shut down a taxes. And for two years,
driver’s car at will. the company has been the
“I don’t know who needs subject of civil and criminal
to hear this, but high gas investigations by New York
prices will push more Attorney General Letitia
people to electric cars that James and the Manhattan
can be frozen just like your district attorney.
bank account,” one false But in the fall, Trump
post circulating across struck a deal to sell his
social media platforms Washington hotel for far
claims. more than expected. And
Electric vehicles work a partnership he’s involved
similarly to gas-powered with that owns two office
ones and the government towers recently took out
cannot shut down individ- new loans for far more than
ual vehicles at will. With needed to pay off old ones
electric cars, drivers can coming due.
use public or at-home, “He bounces back,”
private charging stations. says Barbara Res, a former
In fact, 80% of electric vehi- Trump Organization exec-
cle charging is done from a utive who is not a fan and
driver’s home, according to even urged people not to
the Energy Department. vote for him.
from a California bank to pay back an old loan backed by
commercial space at Trump Tower. JOHN MINCHILLO/AP 2021
“If a guy brings me a
property with good cash
flow, a good location and
good tenants, why do I care
what his politics are?” says
Mike Offit, a former Deut-
sche Bank lender to Trump
who now consults on real
estate finance. “Trump has
good buildings and manages
them well.”
The Trump Organiza-
tion declined to disclose
the interest rate on the
new loan and other terms.
Axos, citing customer
privacy rules, would not
comment.
Asked for comment for
this story, one of Trump’s
sons lashed out at journal-
ists for depicting the family
company as struggling.
“We should have never
been underestimated,” Eric
Trump said in an emailed
statement.
Assessing the Trump
Organization’s overall
financial health is challeng-
ing, given that it is a private
company that releases few
figures publicly.
During his presidency,
Trump’s name was stripped
off hotels and residential
towers in several cities.
His Scottish golf course
lost millions, and condos
in his apartment buildings
have been selling at deep
discounts.
Coronavirus shutdowns
added to the trouble. Reve-
nue at the company’s
biggest golf property, the
Doral outside of Miami,
plunged $33 million in the
two years through 2021,
down 44%, according to
financial records obtained
by a government ethics
agency.
Then came the riot and
a rush to exits as Trump’s
longtime commercial office
broker, his two biggest lend-
ers, and others cut ties.
Trump’s company still
has other loans to refinance,
including a $125 million one
involving Doral, due next
year.
More than a dozen hotel
brokers and experts who
talked to The Associated
Press in recent months
had estimated Trump was
unlikely to make money off
a sale of his long-term lease
of the Old Post Office build-
ing, a federal property he
started turning into a hotel
nearly a decade ago.
But a Miami firm joined
with former MLB star Alex
Rodriguez to offer $375
million for the money-​
losing property. The deal
still needs to be approved by
a federal agency overseeing
the building.

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ARTS & LIVING

Haley Blomquist and Bridget Stiebris of the Chicago indie band OK Cool. TRACY CONOBOY

Not afraid of experimentation

Chicago indie rock band OK Cool has accomplished a lot in its short time
Britt Julious
“The whole venture of this band,
the idea of this band anyways,
it’s still pretty recent,” said Brid-
get Stiebris, one half of indie rock
band OK Cool. Stiebris, along with
fellow band member Haley Blom-
quist, only began crafting music
for the group two years ago. But
the two have accomplished a lot
in their short time span, including
releasing a series of stellar singles
that capture an innocent DIY spirit
full of future promise. Their latest
release, the two-track “Songs From
the Spare Room” released in Febru-
ary, is their most accomplished yet.
Part of this is unsurprising. Stie-
bris and Blomquist entered the
music world with formal train-
ing. Both were part of local music
schools, Downers Grove’s Rock
Academy and Arlington Heights’ El
Rey Music Center. And it was their
music schooling that ultimately
brought them together when the
owner of Blomquist’s music school
decided to put together an all-girl
cover band.
After some lineup changes,
Blomquist found Stiebris on Face-
book. “She originally hit me up
because I had a guitar on my profile
picture,” Stiebris admitted. “Like
we had never talked or anything.”
Not content on just focusing on
“It’s fun to kind of get together and fly things starting their own label. “Kind of
growing through that and work-
around and mess with the structures and everything. ing on our own writing together,
I think we just really like for it to be organic because and putting out more and more and
kind of honing our sound with each
songwriting two years into this [is] still another one of those [releases].”
The elevation in OK Cool’s
one of those concepts that’s really new to us. And sound from early singles like the
we haven’t really, in the grand scheme of things, minimalism of “I Can’t Stand in
Ice Skates” to their latest release,
written very much at all.” brimming with confidence, speaks
— Bridget Stiebris to the continued development of
their artistry. This is a new group,
but one with a point of view and
one not afraid to test things out as
“one thing long enough,” Stie- of their comfort zone. Used to they learn and grow along the way.
bris was in the process of learn- performing in the background as They even admit to experimenting
ing how to play drums when the part of the rhythm section of other in their songwriting style, jumping
two met. Originally turning down bands (Blomquist plays bass and from jam sessions one day to poetry
Blomquist’s offer to join the group, Stiebris plays drums), forming workshops the next. Nothing,
Stiebris eventually joined when a their own group has forced the two essentially, is off the table.
drummer was needed. musicians to redirect the spotlight “It’s fun to kind of get together
“It was really good. We were onto themselves. and fly things around and mess
hanging around the summer. It was “The funny thing is that neither with the structures and every-
a good place to kind of hone your of us have ever been singers, or have thing,” Stiebris said. “I think we
skills and figure out that part of it,” ever had a desire to be singers,” just really like for it to be organic
Blomquist said. Before OK Cool, the Stiebris said. “Writing our own because songwriting two years into
two were also in a group called The lyrics was this whole other side of this [is] still another one of those
Weekend Run Club, but it wasn’t music we’d never really gone into concepts that’s really new to us.
until 2020 that they began writing before. This active time of going And we haven’t really, in the grand
songs together officially as OK Cool. from the background to the fore- scheme of things, written very
“And we’ve made a couple of front all at once has been this crazy much at all.”
records now, but I definitely feel social experiment we’re doing to Rejecting the pressures of what
like we’re still figuring it out. And ourselves, but it’s a ton of fun.” it means to be an artist or how
that’s a kind of a fun feeling,” Stie- In addition to making music, the much to release or what their
bris said. “Like, I don’t feel like we two also formed their own label, music should even sound like gives
have to kind of settle on a specific Take a Hike Records, as a way to the duo room to treat all of it as one
sound or anything.” stay involved and supportive of large inquiry into making music.
Unlike other artists, the isola- their local music community. It’s a safer place to play around in.
tion and downturn of the COVID- “We wanted to figure out And for audiences, a fun one to
19 pandemic brought the two more things for other people and experience.
together creatively. And it also be more involved in our music
inspired them to step outside community,” Blomquist said about Britt Julious is a freelance critic.

8 THINGS TO DO AROUND CHICAGO

St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Women’s

Day Market and Les Paul tribute
By Samantha Nelson
For Chicago Tribune
“The 25th Annual Putnam
County Spelling Bee”: The Saint
Sebastian Players perform the
Tony-winning musical comedy
about tweens engaged in an
intense competition to spell
words that might be made up
while also sharing funny and
sweet stories about themselves.
Willing audience members may
also get a chance to play. 7:30 p.m.
Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m.
Sunday at St. Bonaventure, 1625
W. Diversey Parkway; tickets $30
at 773-404-7922 and saint
sebastianplayers.org
Shamrock’n the Block: Celebrate
St. Patrick’s Day with a street
festival spread across tents and a
heated beer garden that features
Irish food and beer, kids’ activ-
ities, a raffle and performances
by St. James Gate, Whiskey Mick
and the Shannon Rovers Irish
Pipe Band. Noon to 6:30 p.m.
Saturday at Old St. Patrick’s, 700
W. Adams St.; tickets $10-$15 at
312-648-1021 and oldstpats.org
St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago: The
annual downtown celebration
begins 10 a.m. Saturday with the
dyeing of the Chicago River from
Columbus to Orleans. The parade
steps off at 12:15 p.m. on Colum-
bus between Balbo and Monroe.
Entry to the parade route opens
at 10 a.m., only at Jackson Avenue
and Ida B. Wells Drive. The view-
ing stand will be located in front
of Buckingham Fountain; www.
chicagostpatricksdayparade.org.
Then on Sunday, the South
Side Irish Parade begins at noon
at 103rd Street and Western
Avenue, marching south to 115th
and Western; southsideirish
parade.org
“Creating ARThur”: In Last
Nerve Live’s performance of
Bill Ball’s farce, two estranged
brothers with no knowledge of
the art world come together to
try to fulfill their dead sibling’s
wish to have his work displayed
in a major museum and wind up Boats move through the water as the Chicago River is dyed green for St.
committing bank and identity Patrick’s Day in March 2018. ERIN HOOLEY/CHICAGO TRIBUNE
fraud. 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3
p.m. Sunday at Theater Wit, 1229 Institute of Chicago artist-in-res- Grammy-winning musician.
W. Belmont Ave.; tickets $45 at idence and jazz vocalist Tammy Les Paul Foundation Program
773-975-8150 and theaterwit.org McCann perform alongside Director Sue Baker shares stories
pianist Tom Vaitsas, bassist Eric before the show about Paul’s life,
“A Tribute to Les Paul”: Guitar- Hochberg and drummer Sam
ist Russell Malone and Music Jewel at a show celebrating the Turn to Events, Page 8
8  Chicago Tribune | Section 2 | Saturday, March 12, 2022

CELEBRITIES

Morris to tour behind new album ASK AMY

From news services
Grammy-winning coun-
try star Maren Morris was
on turbo speed after her
first two records, scoring
multiplatinum hits and
crossover success with
songs like “The Middle”
and “The Bones.”
But as she heads back
on tour after an extended
break due to the pandemic
and becoming a mother,
she’s just not ready for
arenas, even if she’s likely
to sell out.
“My outlook and strat-
egy from the get go, even
with my first record, was
like, do the underplay as
long as you can and not
overshoot too quickly,”
said Morris. “I still, in some
weird way, always feel like
I’m wanting to pay my
dues.”
In support of her
upcoming third major
label album “Humble
Quest,” due out March 25,
Morris is heading out in
June on a 41-date tour of
mostly amphitheaters,
wrapping with a final
arena show in Nashville,
Tennessee, in December.
“I wanted to do amphi-
theaters because we were
already naturally moving
into that venue size,” said
Morris, who is also nomi-
nated for two Grammys at
the April 3 ceremony. “This
album felt very outdoorsy,
like I wanted to be able
to play these songs in the
elements.”
The tour will include
opening acts Brent Cobb,
Ruston Kelly, Lone Bellow
and Brittney Spencer, as
well as her songwriter
collaborators Hemby and
Joy Oladokun.
Davis opens archive for
series: Clive Davis — the
legendary music mogul
who helped guide the
careers of Whitney Hous-
ton, Bruce Springsteen,
Aretha Franklin and Alicia
Keys, among others — is
opening up his storied
performance archive and
doing a lot of talking for
Maren Morris, who is seen on Aug. 24, will release her new
album, “Humble Quest,” on March 25. AMY HARRIS/INVISION
his upcoming Paramount+
miniseries.
Excerpted from his
virtual 2021 pre-Grammy
Gala events, the four-part
“Clive Davis: Most Iconic
Performances” featur-
ing the Arista Records
founder’s favorite archival
music performances and
his exclusive interviews
with musicians will start
streaming March 23.
“These interviews stand
out among my proud-
est achievements,” Davis
said in the announce-
ment. “They’ve received
phenomenal response,
presenting these all-time
artists in a light never seen
before.”
Pianist Nelson dies: Bobbie
Nelson, 91, the older sister
of country music legend
Willie Nelson and long-
time pianist in his band,
has died, her family said.
An original member
of the Willie Nelson and
Family Band, Bobbie
Nelson played piano for
more than 50 years with
her brother. She died
Thursday “peacefully and
surrounded by family,”
the Nelson family said in
a statement. A cause and
location of her death were
not released.
Raised in Abbott, Texas,
Bobbie Nelson played
honky-tonks alongside
her brother but gave up
playing music to attend
business college after her
husband, Bud Fletcher,
died. In 1972, she joined
her brother’s backing band
and played with him for
decades.
March 12 birthdays: Actor
Barbara Feldon is 89.
Actor Liza Minnelli is 76.
Singer James Taylor is 74.
Actor Jon Provost is 72.
Actor Lesley Manville is
66. Singer Marlon Jack-
son is 65. Actor Courtney
B. Vance is 62. Actor Titus
Welliver is 60. Actor Aaron
Eckhart is 54. Actor Samm
Levine is 40. Actor Jaimie
Alexander is 38.
Personal Facebook share leads to questions
Dear Amy: Last week, I had
major surgery on my back.
The morning of the
surgery, I posted on social
media: “Wish me luck, I’m
having back surgery today.”
All my friends wished
me luck, sending their
prayers and positive
thoughts.
A friend with whom I
worked with 35 years ago
asked, “What happened?
Fill us in. What is wrong
with your back? Need
details!” I ignored that.
They send me a card. I
thanked them via private
message.
That generated more
nosy questions: “Was
it this? Is this why you
stopped running? What
happened? Did this
happen suddenly? Are you
in a lot of pain?”
My back surgery was
totally unrelated to an old
leg injury I had four years
previously.
This really rubbed me
the wrong way. No one else
had to know all the “deets.”
I wrote the name of my
surgery and expected them
to just Google it, but they
were persistent.
What does one say to
nosy people asking for
details on a personal situ-
ation like this? I wanted to
say, “What, are you writing
a book?” or, “Why do you
need to know the details?”
but I didn’t want to get
confrontational.
— Just Say: Get Well
Soon!
Dear Get Well Soon!: The
complication regarding
sharing personal news on
social media is that once
you put your bulletin out
there, you can’t control
how other people interpret
your news, respond to it or
share it with others.
Your interpretation of
By Amy Dickinson
askamy@amydickinson.com Twitter@askingamy
“nosy” might be someone
else’s: “I’m interested in
what’s happening to you —
because I care.”
Given that you want
to control how people
respond, you could have
been more specific in your
original posting: “Wish
me luck. I’m having back
surgery today. I’d appreci-
ate your good thoughts but
am not supplying details
just now. I’ll check back in
during my recovery.”
And then you turn off
Facebook until you feel
well enough to cope with
questions.
Please remember this:
Just because someone asks
a question on social media
doesn’t mean that you have
to answer it. Just let it float
on by.
Dear Amy: I have been
divorced from my ex-hus-
band for 22 years. Is there
a standard as to how I
should pay my respects to
my ex’s relatives when one
of them dies?
While I was married, I
was very close to all of my
former husband’s relatives.
As many of them are
entering into their later
years, I’m wondering if it
is appropriate to attend
their viewing and funeral
services?
It would be easy to say
that I’m there for my adult
children, given that these
people would be their
aunts, uncles and cous-
ins, but I don’t want to put
them in a weird situation.
— Paying my Respects
Dear Paying: There is no
one answer to this ques-
tion.
You were close to these
family members while
you were married to your
ex-husband, but it sounds
as if you haven’t necessar-
ily stayed close to them
during the 22-year period
you’ve been divorced.
If you have stayed in
touch with these people
during these past two
decades, and if you have a
cordial relationship with
your ex-husband (and his
current spouse, if appli-
cable), then you would
consider attending any
services in person.
However, if you have not
kept in touch with your
former husband’s parents
and siblings through the
years, and if they pass
away, then you should pay
your respects through
sending a note to your
former husband and any
surviving relatives you
were close to.
Recognize this loss to
your children and encour-
age them to attend any
celebrations in person, and
— if they get a chance — to
verbally pass along your
expression of sympathy.
Dear Amy: The letter from
“Stuck with the Memo-
ries” really got to me.
This reader was
wondering what to do with
an old stuffed panda bear
passed down through the
family that was much the
worse for wear.
She should check out
freecycle.org, which helps
to connect used items
with new owners, keeping
things out of landfills.
— Freecycler
Dear Freecycler: I love this
movement, devoted to
recycling well-loved items.
It is definitely a step in the
right direction.
Copyright 2022 by Amy
Dickinson
Distributed by Tribune
Content Agency

Events “National Geographic Live —

from Page 7
inventions and time in Chicago.
7:30 p.m. Saturday at Nichols
Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Ave.,
Evanston; tickets $25-$50 at
847-905-1500 and musicinst.org/
nch
“Stravinsky, Ravel & Abels”: The
Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra
performs three works based on
children’s stories and fairy tales.
Michael Abels, who composed
the scores for Jordan Peele’s
“Get Out” and “Us,” will narrate
his piece “Frederick’s Fables,”
which is based on Leo Lion-
ni’s children’s books. The show
also features Igor Stravinsky’s
“The Firebird Suite,” which
was featured in Fantasia 2000,
and Maurice Ravel’s “Mother
Goose Suite.” 3 p.m. Saturday at
Ozinga Chapel at Trinity Christian
College, 6601 W. College Drive,
The Gift Theatre’s 2022 season playwrights and directors include Naomi Iizuka, Lavina Jadhwani, Michael Palos Heights; tickets $10-$57 at
Patrick Thornton, Jennifer Rumberger and John Gawlik. GIFT THEATRE 708-481-7774 and ipomusic.org
Wild Hope”: Photographer and
filmmaker Ami Vitale shares
stories from her career, which
has taken her to more than 100
countries to cover war zones,
wildfires and conservation
efforts including the reintro-
duction of the northern white
rhino to the wild and Kenya’s
first Indigenous-owned and
run elephant sanctuary. 2 p.m.
Sunday at the Auditorium
Theatre, 50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive;
tickets $51-$63 at 312-341-2300
and auditoriumtheatre.org
International Women’s Day
Market: Sip pours of wine while
shopping for products from more
than two dozen women-owned
Lincoln Square and Ravenswood
businesses including jewelry
from Pieces of Blonde, candles
from Mecalma, stationery from
Current Location Press and cook-
ies from Stir Whisk and Roll. 11
a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Artifact
Events, 4325 N. Ravenswood Ave.;
tickets $5 at eventbrite.com

Gift Theatre announces 2022

season and a return to live shows
By Kayla Samoy
Chicago Tribune
Chicago’s Gift Theatre on
Wednesday announced a new
season of shows for 2022, which
starts this spring with a return to
live performances. The company
recently left its longtime home at
4802 N. Milwaukee Ave. and is
working to open a new perfor-
mance space in the Jefferson
Park neighborhood.
“We believe it is a season that
is provocative, hopeful and full
of new poetry,” said the Gift’s
new trio of co-artistic directors
Brittany Burch, Emjoy Gavino
and Jennifer Glasse.
“At the Vanishing Point” (April
28 to May 2): This is the Chicago
premiere of the show, which
paints a portrait of a commu-
nity by weaving historical fact,
myth and memory to give voice
to people who would otherwise
be forgotten. Written by Naomi
Iizuka and directed by Lavina
Jadhwani. Performed at Fila-
ment Theatre.
“Mud City” (spring 2022): This
10-episode streaming radio
drama is set in 1940 and follows
Lacey McGill, who was once a
journalist but is now a down-
on-her-luck private detective.
She makes progress on the case
about the disappearance of her
daughter four years ago but Mud
City is a crooked city of mob
bosses, business tycoons and
secret clubs. Written by found-
ing artistic director Michael
Patrick Thornton.
“The Locusts” (Oct. 20 to
Nov. 19): This world premiere
follows Ella, who has a busy
career in the Miami police
force but is called back to her
small hometown of Vero Beach,
Florida, to help catch a serial
killer. As the murders continue,
Ella realizes she must confront
the events of her dark past in
order to stop the killer. Writ-
ten by Jennifer Rumberger and
directed by ensemble member
John Gawlik. Performed at
Theater Wit.
There is also a new play read-
ing series called “In the Works.”
“At the Vanishing Point” will be
performed at Filament Theatre,
4040 N. Milwaukee Ave., while
“The Locusts” will be performed
at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont
Ave. Early Bird season subscrip-
tions are on sale for $99 through
March 17 and are available at
773-283-7071 and thegifttheatre. In “National Geographic Live — Wild Hope,” photographer and filmmaker
org Ami Vitale shares stories from her career. MICHAEL DAVIE

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to watch YOU’LL LOVE
Emily’s (Kayla Wallace) booming butterfly
business delivers monarchs to a birthday
party where she meets single dad Garrett
(Kevin McGarry). With the help of Garrett and
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March 12, 2022
All times Central. Start times can vary based
on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on
your on-screen guide.
Clue
MOVIES!, 10:15 a.m.
This cult favorite 1985 mystery/comedy is at
least as much fun as the classic board game
on which it is based. Set in 1954, the plot
introduces six strangers who are summoned
to a mysterious dinner at a secluded
mansion, where they are given pseudonyms
familiar to anyone who has played Clue:
Mrs. White (Madeline Kahn), Professor Plum
(Christopher Lloyd), Col. Mustard (Martin
Mull), Mr. Green (Michael McKean), Mrs.
Peacock (Eileen Brennan) and Miss Scarlett
(Lesley Ann Warren). The visitors think they
will finally meet the person who has been
LIFETIME
in home video releases and television
airings.
NCAA Men’s
College Basketball:
Atlantic 10
Tournament Semifinals
CBS Sports Network, Noon & 2:30 p.m.
The Atlantic 10 men’s college basketball
tournament enters its penultimate day with
two matchups this afternoon, beginning
with Game 12, pitting the winner of Game 7
against the winner of Game 8, followed by
the winner of Game 9 taking on the winner
of Game 10. The winners of these games will
face off in the championship game, which
Cruel Instruction
Lifetime, 8 p.m.  Original Film
Inspired by actual events and starring
Camryn Manheim (The Practice, Law &
Order), this film depicts the harrowing ‘Daddy’s Home 2’
journey of two young women forced to CLAIRE FOLGER
attend a teen residential treatment program,
only to experience the dark hidden reality A League of Their Own (1992,
that the institution relied almost exclusively Comedy-drama) Tom Hanks, Geena
on abusive punishments. With over 50,000 Davis USA, 5 p.m.
teens sent annually to underregulated Cliffhanger (1993, Action)
behavior modification facilities, Lifetime
partners with the nonprofit organization
Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow
Sundance, 5 p.m.
Breaking Code Silence to shine a light on
the abusive practices of teen residential No One Would Tell (2018, Drama)
treatment programs and the new revelations Shannen Doherty, Matreya
about highly profiled institutions that came Scarrwener Lifetime, 5 p.m.
to the forefront in the media in 2020 when
Paris Hilton told her story. Weekend at Bernie’s (1989,
Comedy) Andrew McCarthy,
Mash-Up Our Home Jonathan Silverman IFC, 6 p.m.

blackmailing them; instead, murder is on the
menu. The hilarious cast is also led by Tim
Curry as the butler, Wadsworth, and Collen
Camp as maid Yvette. Befitting the whodunit
nature of its source, when Clue first hit
theaters, it was released with three different
endings as to “whodidit.” All three endings
have generally been tacked on sequentially
airs tomorrow on CBS.
Murdoch Mysteries
Ovation, 6 p.m.
Murdoch (Yannick Bisson) pursues Inspector
Giles (Nigel Bennett) after he escapes from
prison to vindicate a murderer.
HGTV, 8 p.m.  New Series Casino (1995, Crime drama)
Torn between colorful style and neutral Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone BBC
America, 7 p.m.
minimalism, a couple can’t agree on how to
renovate the tiny kitchen and unused garage
Feeling Butterflies (2022,
in their bungalow. Husband-wife team Kele Romance) Kayla Wallace, Kevin
Dobrinski and Christina Valencia come up
McGarry Hallmark, 7 p.m.
with a harmonious design blend without
either homeowner having to give an inch. If Beale Street Could Talk (2018,
Crime drama) KiKi Layne, Stephan
James BET, 7 p.m.

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31 Days of Oscar:
Best Supporting Actor
Winners & 1980s Winners
TCM, Beginning at 5 a.m. & 7 p.m.
From the morning into the early evening
today, Turner Classic Movies’ 31 Days of Os-
car celebration will spotlight six films that
earned Best Supporting Actor wins for one
of their costars: Come and Get It (1936,
Walter Brennan), Johnny Eager (1941, Van
Heflin), The Subject Was Roses (1968, Jack
(1967, George Kennedy), Topkapi (1964,
Peter Ustinov) and Spartacus (1960, Usti-
nov again). Starting in primetime, TCM then
airs four Oscar-winning favorites from the
1980s: Chariots of Fire (1981) — seven
nominations, four wins, notably including
Best Picture and Best Music, Original Score
(Vangelis); Arthur (1981) — four nomina-
tions, two wins: Best Supporting Actor (John
Gielgud) and Best Music, Original Song (“Ar-
thur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)”); Vic-
tor/Victoria (1982) — seven nominations,
one win: Best Music, Original Song Score
and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score
(Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse); and
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Daddy’s Home 2 (2017, Comedy)
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Diesel, Paul Walker Bravo,
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Douglas Booth, left, and Dominic Cooper in “That Dirty Black Bag.” STEFANO C. MONTESI/AMC+

‘That Dirty Black Bag’ pays

homage to spaghetti Westerns
By Luaine Lee
Tribune News Service
Westerns used to be the
surefire money makers in
Hollywood. Directors like
John Ford, Sam Peckinpah
and Sergio Leone elevated
the genre to fine art. But
comic book heroes nudged
the cowboys off the big
screen, and the Hollywood
Western rode off into the
sunset.
Still there is hope on
that distant horizon as TV
is resurrecting the clas-
sic Western. With shows
like “Yellowstone,” “Hell
on Wheels,” “Godless” and
now, “That Dirty Black
Bag,” the Western is gallop-
ing back into the main-
stream.
Nurtured in the style of
Sergio Leone’s spare and
bloody spaghetti West-
erns, “That Dirty Black
Bag” recently premiered
on AMC+. It tells the tale of
an upright sheriff (Domi-
nic Cooper) burdened
by a twisted past and a
scurrilous bounty hunter
(Douglas Booth) known for
decapitating his enemies
and toting them around in
— you guessed it — a dirty
black bag. With laconic
Leone logic he explains:
“Heads weigh less than
bodies.” Europe at all. So, you can
The eight-part series was see why, historically, people
filmed in Morocco, Italy over many years, have come
and Spain — where Leone there to make these iconic
crafted most of his stylistic films.” By Jacqueline E. Mathews. © 2022 Tribune Content Agency, LLC. All rights reserved.
3/12/22
movies. One major site was Not only was the cast and
Almeria, Spain. crew besieged by debilitat- ACROSS 47 Suffer defeat Solutions
“We shot in ‘Fort Bravo,’ ing heat in Morocco, but 1 Your, to 48 Croquet setting
Shakespeare 51 Wood slivers
a lot of the Leone movies also they had to cope with
4 __ spades; high 56 Was in the red
were shot there. And when the coronavirus pandemic card 57 Exhilarate
we were doing our horse and the capricious weather. 9 “Heidi” setting 58 Quarter, for one
training, we could ride “We had a problem after 13 Housetop 60 Banana casing
from one classic film set to we were filming for several 15 “Good job!” 61 Classic dog’s
another. You would be in a weeks for the first time in 16 Songwriter name
Western town, and the next many, many years they had Porter 62 Alan of
minute, you’d be outside a a very wet season,” Cooper, 17 “Om” chanter’s “Gilligan’s Island”
little church in Mexico. So 43, says. exercise 63 Catch sight of
that was quite fun,” says The filmmakers didn’t 18 Crowbar 64 TV’s “Dancing
Booth, 29. plan to duplicate what 19 Bit of evidence with the __”
“You’d watch the movie Leone had done, says 20 Sky 65 Nickname for
the night before and then Cooper. “We wanted to 22 Bark beetles’ Dorothy
doing the horse training the replicate and play our victims
next day, you’d be riding childhood dreams out, but 23 Labyrinth DOWN
around the (original) sets. we also wanted to be part 24 Elected official: 1 Endeavor
That was very cool.” of something that was new, abbr. 2 Dobbin’s foot
26 Umpire’s cry 3 Picnic basket
Booth says one of the fresh and had a reason to be 29 Artistic lover of cartoons 26 Leftover 41 Drill tip
sites was the location of being made,” he says. 34 Wading bird 4 On fire fragment 42 Life jacket
Leone’s first spaghetti “And I think that all those 35 Fight on 5 __ de menthe 27 Peace 44 Good-hearted
Western, “A Fistful of reasons were given to us by horseback 6 Wasp nest site agreement 45 Company
Dollars,” starring Clint the producing team and the 36 Hightailed it 7 Heating 28 Makes a scene shunners
Eastwood. “It made quite directing team, and it had 37 Ladder piece chamber 29 Sky streaker 47 Liquid measure
a nice coffee break going a very, very distinct style. It 38 Capitol roofs 8 Military 30 Had regrets 48 Easy stride
out and looking through all was, yes, an homage to the 39 Leave suddenly stronghold 31 Small appliances 49 Flabbergasts
those classic sets. But the spaghetti Western, but ... it 40 Do something 9 Put up with 32 Worth 50 Bawl
feeling of the space — it’s was clearly its own thing. 41 Raise AKC dogs 10 Recline lazily 33 Break and __; 52 Story line
so visually stunning, and it And we all agreed that 42 Trial setting 11 Little Jack commit burglary 53 Vesuvius’
goes on and on forever — when we read it ... You read 43 Most irritating Horner’s prize 35 Montana & outflow
these dry, rolling hills that a lot of material. And this, 45 Inferior 12 Notices others 54 “Abbey __”;
you’ve built completely like you couldn’t help but want 46 “You can’t judge 14 Agriculture 38 Pieces of Beatles album
a book by __ 21 Manufacture furniture 55 Storage building
you’re in the Wild West. It to know what was happen-
cover” 25 Break a fast 39 Implore 59 Hair covering
doesn’t feel like you’re in ing next.”
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Horoscopes Dilbert By Scott Adams

Today’s birthday (March 12): Prepare to

realize a bold vision this year. Implement
plans with steady, methodical coordination.
Creative communications flower this spring.
Summer explorations take an unexpected
twist. Make incredible educational discov-
eries this autumn, before winter news alters the plot. Thrive
and grow behind closed doors.
Aries (March 21-April 19): Today is a 7. Advance a domestic
dream closer to reality. Clean and prepare for the changes
you’d like. Get supplies and materials together.
Taurus (April 20-May 20): 8. Creativity flowers with encour-
agement. Draw, sketch and record. Write your piece. Imbue it
with life and vigor. Connect the dots. Share a powerful story. Baby Blues By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott
Gemini (May 21-June 20): 9. Develop lucrative possibilities.
Discover unexpected fringe benefits. Keep your sense of
humor. Get more for less with shrewd planning. Strategize
for maximum gain.
Cancer (June 21-July 22): 9. Luck favors ambition and initia-
tive. Go for what you want. Others provide a boost. Accept
support graciously. A dream calls to you. Follow your heart.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): 7. Peaceful solitude suits you fine.
Clean, organize and put things away. Meditate and recharge.
Imagine and dream. Plan and prepare for what’s next.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): 8. Good things flow through your
social networks. Share the load when it’s heavier. Share
resources, solutions and ideas. Share from your heart.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): 8. A professional deadline has your
attention. Upgrade workplace technology if necessary. The Zits By Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman
impossible seems accessible. Push for extra gain.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): 8. Adventure calls. Explore and
learn new tricks. Widen your understanding. Broaden your
horizons. Monitor conditions and avoid risks. Educational
inspiration spurs action.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): 8. Establishing efficient rou-
tines now saves money later. Fix something before it breaks.
Collaborate to manage shared accounts.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): 9. Take advantage of an unex-
pected opportunity with your partner. Follow a bright idea
to a special connection. Get into something fun together.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): 9. Your energy is in demand. Juggle
work and personal responsibilities skillfully. Physical action
gets satisfying results. Savor special workout time for yourself.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): 8. Practice your arts and skills Mr. Boffo By Joe Martin
to grow. Prioritize love. Abandon yourself to fun, passion
and romance. Someone finds you especially attractive and
charming.

— Nancy Black, Tribune Content Agency

The Argyle Sweater By Scott Hilburn

Frazz By Jef Mallett

Bliss By Harry Bliss Classic Peanuts By Charles Schulz

Pickles By Brian Crane

Bridge
East-West vulnerable, South deals
North
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West ♦ AK74 East
♠ A J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 ♣A8532 ♠2
♥ Void ♥ 10 8 7 3
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West was “walking the dog” when he passed at his first
turn. He was feigning weakness, planning to back into the
auction later. Hopefully, he would look like a fool about to
lose a lot of money. Nice plan for another day, but he was
outgunned on this
The bidding: deal. An immediate
four-spade bid might Animal Crackers By Mike Osbun
South West North East have worked better,
2♥ Pass 2NT* Pass but we think North
3♣** 4♠ 6♥ All pass would have bid slam
anyway.
*Asking
**Non-minimum with something
West started with
in clubs
the ace and another
spade. South, who
Opening lead: Ace of ♠ had smelled this rat
before, ruffed with
dummy’s ace of hearts. The king of hearts revealed the bad
split, but South drew the trumps easily with the help of a
finesse for East’s 10. South played dummy’s ace and king of
diamonds and ruffed a diamond, leaving this position:
North
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West ♦7 East
♠ 10 9 8 ♣A85 ♠ Void
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♦ Void South ♦Q
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South cashed his last heart, discarding a low club from
dummy. East could not defend the position. A diamond
discard and dummy’s seven would be high, so East parted
with a club. The ace, king, and seven of clubs took the last
three tricks. Nicely done!

— Bob Jones, tcaeditors@tribpub.com

 Chicago Tribune | Section 2 | Saturday, March 12, 2022  11

Dustin By Steve Kelley and Jeff Parker

Sudoku 3/12

For Better or for Worse By Lynn Johnston

Complete the grid

so each row, column
and 3-by-3 box in
bold borders contains
Blondie By Dean Young and John Marshall every digit 1 to 9.

Friday’s
solutions
By The Mepham Group
© 2022. Distributed by
Tribune Content Agency,
LLC. All rights reserved.

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

Mutts By Patrick McDonnell

Answer here

Friday’s answers

By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek. © 2022 Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
All rights reserved. PlayJumble.com

WuMo By Mikael Wulff and Anders Morgenthaler Crossword 3/12

Sherman’s Lagoon By Jim Toomey

Brewster Rockit: Space Guy! By Tim Rickard

Across 36 Thingamabobs 11 Six-pack makeup

1 Alaska’s flag includes 37 Verbal shrug 12 Phoenix and
the best-known part 38 Means of filling up for Washington, e.g.
of it less? 13 Subjected to flak
Broom-Hilda By Russell Myers 10 Stop orders 40 Swain 14 Uneven do
15 2002 Emmy winner 41 Attacked en masse 21 Rock or Rivers
for Outstanding Lead 42 Puts on a coat 23 Word in some rap
Actor in a Comedy 44 Dazed handles
Series 45 Guaranteed, as a 25 Letters atop a face
16 Caribbean sorcery victory 26 Lake formed by the
17 Bagel-shaped 46 Surly sort Hoover Dam
confection 47 Like Oz, but not 27 Utah’s state fossil
18 First Japanese tennis Kansas 28 Unpleasant journeys
player with a WTA #1 50 Banana Boat no. 29 Turned over
ranking 53 Ram among the stars 30 Tend
19 Cute 55 Its formal name 33 Sports radio host Jim
20 Shrink includes “Patient 34 Conclusion beginning
Protection,” informally
Trivia Bits Jumble Crossword 22 Get it, in slang
23 Blinking aids 57 Sanjay of CNN
36 “IMHO ... ”
39 LAPD unit?
The classic 24 Fugu danger 58 Kept track of 40 Nod, at times
“mocktail” made 26 Ars __: chiromancy, e.g. 59 Literary work that 43 Deal with lawn thatch
with ginger ale 29 Feline defense sounds like two of its 45 Glazer of “Broad City”
and grenadine 31 Jewish month after Av letters 46 Batting practice
garnished with a 32 Go-ahead 60 Doves setting
maraschino cher- 35 Clay, beginning in 1964 48 Freebie
ry is named for Down 49 The duck, in “Peter
what film star? Friday’s solution 1 Bing results and the Wolf”
A) Fred Astaire 2 Something to travel by 50 It’s a wrap
B) Judy Garland 3 “Resident Alien” 51 Head Start class
C) Mickey Rooney network 52 DEA agents
D) Shirley Temple 4 I won’t use it, but you 54 Flight board abbr.
will 56 Scam
Friday’s answer:
Knygnesiai smug- 5 Assembled artwork
gled books into 6 “The Hill We Climb”
poet
Lithuania after Rus-
sia banned certain 7 Diner cupfuls Want more
Lithuanian-lan- 8 Torts taker
9 “Gilmore Girls” girl
puzzles?
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© 2022 Leslie Elman. Dist. Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis.
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CHICAGO SPORTS
Poles showing that he’s serious about change
Khalil Mack was the first to go,
and he was far from the last as
first-year general manager Ryan
Poles begins the long process of
rebuilding the Bears, who had the
second-oldest roster in the NFL
at the start of a 2021 season that
ended with a 6-11 record.
The question after the Mack
deal was what’s next — or maybe
more important, who’s next?
The answer turned out to be
running back Tarik Cohen and
nose tackle Eddie Goldman, both
of whom the Bears will release.
And others are likely to join them
in the coming days and weeks.
You can’t go halfway if you’re
going to tear down a team that
Trayce Jackson-Davis, of Indiana, and Trent Frazier, of Illinois, fight for the ball as time expires in Friday’s Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal in Indianapolis. JUSTIN CASTERLINE/GETTY
A sobering effect
BIG TEN TOURNAMENT QUARTERFINAL INDIANA 65, ILLINOIS 63
Cuteness doesn’t cut it for Illini as top seed gets knocked out of by Hoosiers
INDIANAPOLIS — Illinois
guard Andre Curbelo executed a
beautiful behind-the-back drib-
ble during the first half of a Big
Ten Tournament quarterfinal
against Indiana — then blew the
layup.
Later in the half, the flashy
guard who sometimes plays
without brakes missed another
easy layup attempt.
“Cute, Curbelo,” a fan yelled.
CUBS
Report: SS Simmons
agrees to 1-year deal
By Meghan Montemurro
Chicago Tribune
MESA, Ariz. — The Cubs needed
a veteran infielder, and they landed
one of the best defensive players
available.
The Cubs agreed to a one-year
contract with shortstop Andrelton
Simmons on Friday worth $4
million plus incentives, according
to MLB Network’s Jon Heyman.
The team hasn’t announced the
deal.
Simmons, a four-time Gold
Glove winner at shortstop, will
boost the middle infield defense
and give manager David Ross
Chicago’s best sports section, as judged by the Associated Press Sports Editors
Brad Biggs
On the Bears
has had one winning season in
the last nine years. Any player
who isn’t deemed to be poten-
tially part of the future when the
Bears are ready to contend again
should be available or considered
for replacement.
The Bears struck a deal with
the Los Angeles Chargers on
Thursday, agreeing to trade Mack
Paul Sullivan
In the Wake of the News
“Keep missing those layups.”
Curbelo looked into the stands
at Gainbridge Fieldhouse and
injury insurance and options with
Nico Hoerner and Nick Madri-
gal expected to get regular time at
shortstop and second base, respec-
tively. Both young infielders are
coming off injury-plagued seasons.
Madrigal tore his right
hamstring in June and missed the
rest of the season. Hoerner dealt
with three separate injuries (right
forearm strain, left hamstring
strain and right oblique strain) in
2021, finishing with only 170 plate
appearances in 44 games.
Solidifying the infield defense is
important behind a pitching staff
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in exchange for a second-round
draft pick this year and a sixth-
rounder in 2023.
Poles didn’t kick off the make-
over at Halas Hall with a minor
transaction. He signaled this is a
major renovation, not a project
for a weekend warrior.
The trade will saddle the Bears
with $24 million in dead sala-
ry-cap space for this season, but
it frees up $6 million in space for
2022.
And Mack will be off the team’s
books in 2023, when his cap
number was to climb to $28.5
million, a huge number because
Turn to Biggs, Page 2
smiled.
But by the end of a wild after-
noon in Indianapolis, no one on
the Illinois bench was smiling.
The top-seeded Illini fell
65-63 to the ninth-seeded
Hoosiers, a bubble team that
might have clinched an invita-
tion to the NCAA Tournament
while advancing to the Big Ten
semifinals.
The Hoosiers play Iowa on
White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson
walks to the dugout after the
second inning of Game 3 of the
American League Divisional Series
on Oct. 10 in Chicago. ARMANDO L.
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Bears outside linebacker Khalil Mack stands with other members of the
defense Oct. 17 at Soldier Field. ARMANDO L. SANCHEZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Saturday afternoon for a chance
to go to the championship game,
while the Illini head back to
Champaign to await Sunday’s
NCAA Tournament selection
show to find out whom and
where they’ll play in the Big
Dance.
This was a game Illinois
could’ve and should’ve won. But
Turn to Sullivan, Page 4
WHITE SOX
‘Good to be back’
Anderson among
Sox players to arrive
at spring training 1 day
after MLB lockout ends
By LaMond Pope
Chicago Tribune
GLENDALE, Ariz. — All-Star
shortstop Tim Anderson drilled
liners up the middle during
batting practice.
Infielder Danny Mendick
chatted with manager Tony La
Russa near home plate. Infielder/
outfielder Andrew Vaughn smiled
and said, “We’re back,” as he
greeted reporters.
Chicago White Sox players
returned to Camelback Ranch on
BIG TEN TOURNAMENT
At Gainbridge Fieldhouse in
Indianapolis
Friday’s quarterfinals
#9 Indiana 65, #1 Illinois 63
#5 Iowa 84, #4 Rutgers 74
#7 Michigan State 69,
#2 Wisconsin 63
#3 Purdue vs. #11 Penn State, late
Saturday’s semifinals
#5 Iowa vs. #9 Indiana, noon, CBS-2
#7 Michigan State vs. Purdue-PSU
winner, 2:30 p.m., CBS-2
Sunday’s championship
Semifinal winners, 2:30 p.m., CBS-2
Friday, a day after Major League
Baseball ratified a new collective
bargaining agreement and ended
a 99-day lockout.
“Definitely felt good to be back
at the facility and be around the
guys and be around people in
the organization,” Anderson said
after Friday’s workout. “I was
trying to stay ready whenever it
was time. I wanted to make sure
I was in shape and ready to go.”
Players weren’t able to commu-
nicate with coaches during the
lockout, but that didn’t alter
Anderson’s preparation.
“I stick to the same plan,” said
Anderson, who finished in the top
four in American League batting
the last three seasons. “Just keep
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BEARS
Goldman, Cohen
released as Poles
reshapes roster
By Dan Wiederer and Colleen Kane
Chicago Tribune
Bears general manager Ryan Poles contin-
ued to make drastic overhauls to the roster
he inherited, following Thursday’s agree-
ment to trade Khalil Mack to the Los Angeles
Chargers with moves Friday to release nose
tackle Eddie Goldman and running back
Tarik Cohen.
Poles is operating with an emotion-free
mindset and working quickly to reshape his
depth chart according to his vision while
also making efforts to free up additional sala-
ry-cap space and acquire draft picks. And
with the Bears shifting to a 4-3 base defense
under new coach Matt Eberflus and Gold-
man carrying a weighty salary heading into
his seventh season, Poles made the practical
decision to send the veteran nose tackle on
his way.
NFL Network first reported Goldman is
being released, while ESPN first reported
the Bears are releasing Cohen with an injury
designation.
The Bears had been shopping Goldman,
28, but reportedly couldn’t find a willing
trade partner. By releasing Goldman, they
should save more than $6.5 million in sala-
ry-cap space but will incur a dead cap hit
north of $5 million for 2022. Goldman was
set to earn more than $8 million next season.
A second-round pick by former general
manager Ryan Pace in 2015, Goldman was a
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Pro Bowl alternate in 2019 and was a key cog
in the defense, particularly in 2018, when the
Bears led the NFL in takeaways and points
allowed. Goldman opted out of the 2020
season because of COVID-19 concerns. He
qualified as a “Higher Risk Player Opt Out”
because of a medical condition.
Heading into last season, Goldman
decided against getting vaccinated and
wound up on the league’s reserve/COVID-
19 list multiple times. He played in 14 games
last season but failed to make a major impact.
Cohen hasn’t played in a game since Sept.
27, 2020, when he tore his ACL against
the Atlanta Falcons. His departure is not a
surprise, especially after Poles declined to
discuss Cohen’s health at the NFL scouting
combine last week.
Former Bears GM Ryan Pace and coach
Matt Nagy also often declined to detail the
setbacks that kept Cohen off the field for
most of the last two seasons.
ESPN reported Cohen wasn’t able to pass
a physical yet but still hopes to be ready for
the 2022 season.
Pace drafted Cohen in the fourth round
out of North Carolina A&T in 2017, and he
was an electric addition to the Bears in his
first two seasons.
Early in the 2020 season, the Bears signed
Cohen to a three-year contract extension
worth up to $18.25 million. More than $9.5
million was fully guaranteed. In 51 games
until his injury, Cohen totaled 1,101 rushing
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yards and five touchdowns plus 1,575 receiv-
ing yards and nine touchdowns. He also was
an All-Pro punt returner in 2018.
His best season came in 2018, when he had
444 rushing yards and three touchdowns
and 725 receiving yards and five touch-
downs. He also had 33 punt returns for 411
yards that season. His production dropped
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from Page 1
the team repeatedly had restructured his
contract to create cap space as it went
along.
Mack was the highest-paid player on
the roster. His departure raised legitimate
questions for three of the four players with
the next-highest salaries for 2022 — one
of whom was Goldman, whom a league
source said the team actively shopped
before deciding to release him.
DE Robert Quinn
$12.8 million base salary, $17.14 million cap
figure
Coming off an 18 1/2-sack season, there’s
no question Quinn would have decent
trade value. The return for Quinn, who will
be 32 in May, might not be as good as it was
for Mack, but he clearly has gas remaining
in the tank.
Dealing Quinn would leave the cupboard
at defensive end nearly bare for new coach
Matt Eberflus, which could be a factor.
Maybe the smart play would be to
hang on to Quinn for now and wait for a
contending team to have a need.
Provided he’s healthy and performing
well, Quinn could be valuable at the trade
deadline, and an acquiring team wouldn’t
need a huge amount of cap space to fit him
in. But if Poles really wants to tear this
thing all the way down, he would gauge the
market for Quinn now.
S Eddie Jackson
$11 million base salary, $15.09 million cap
figure
The Bears signed Jackson to a four-year,
$58.4 million extension just after the 2019
season, and he hasn’t been the same player
since reaching the top of the pay grade at
his position.
It’s unknown how Poles, his staff and the
coaches evaluated Jackson on film from
2021, but the safety wasn’t an impact player
and the tape certainly doesn’t say $11
million. That salary would make trading
him a challenge. The Bears could approach
Jackson about a pay reduction, but it’s
unknown how he would react. Releasing
him would create $18.56 million in dead
cap space, more than the space he would
take up on the roster.
Paying him $11 million this season might
make less sense than swallowing a huge
cap hit, but cutting Jackson would leave
the Bears with almost nothing at the safety
position.
DT Eddie Goldman
$8.76 million base salary, $11.81 million cap
figure
Goldman, 28, still could flash at times
and be a monster in the middle of a run
defense. But it’s a passing league, and he
wasn’t the same player he was before a
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off during the Bears’ offensive struggles of
2019, and he didn’t get much of a chance to
rebound in 2020 before the injury.
The Bears have running backs David
Montgomery and Khalil Herbert set to
return. Pro Bowl returner Jakeem Grant
will be a free agent if the Bears don’t try to
re-sign him.
Bears outside linebacker Robert Quinn
celebrates a win after setting the team’s
single-season sack record Jan. 2 at Soldier
Field. BRIAN CASSELLA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE
contract extension and then opting out
of the 2020 season because of COVID-19
concerns.
Goldman’s high base salary likely made
getting even a late-round pick in return
difficult, especially if teams figured the
Bears would cut him if they couldn’t find
a taker. Cutting Goldman will create more
than $6.5 million in cap savings.
Cohen will be released with an injury
designation. He has missed the last 30
regular-season games since suffering a torn
ACL in his right knee, and his base salary
for 2022 was $3.9 million — a big chunk for
a gadget player and punt returner.
The Bears have more decisions to make.
Linebacker Danny Trevathan, whose
play slipped considerably the last two
seasons, is expected to be released. The
Bears already are carrying $45 million in
dead cap space for 2022 after adding $5
million for Goldman, and releasing Trev-
athan would add more than $8.9 million to
that figure. But he simply didn’t have any
range last season.
Outside linebacker Jeremiah Atta-
ochu could be the victim of a scheme
change. The Bears can release him before
a $250,000 roster bonus is due. Defen-
sive lineman Angelo Blackson has a simi-
lar $250,000 roster bonus the team must
decide on, but cutting him would create
even more depth issues at the position.
Maybe the Bears will find a taker for
quarterback Nick Foles now that they have
paid him $16 million the last two seasons.
He’s owed $8 million in 2022, $5 million of
which is fully guaranteed. A deal would be
easier after March 20, when a $4 million
roster bonus is due. Flipping Foles would
put the Bears in the market for a new
backup quarterback, and it’s hard to say
what they could get in return.
Poles has difficult decisions to weigh as
he considers efforts to add additional draft
picks this year, clear salary-cap space for
2023 and build a roster with existing play-
ers he wants to be part of the process.
It’s a long play, one Poles proved he’s
eager to begin after agreeing to trade Mack.
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BASEBALL

Sox
from Page 1

working and getting better. I know

my routine, my schedule. It’s really
come in and get right to work.”
Anderson, Mendick and Vaughn
were among the Sox position play-
ers at the complex. All-Star starter
Lance Lynn, All-Star closer Liam
Hendriks and reliever Garrett
Crochet were some of the pitch-
ers throwing.
General manager Rick Hahn
hopes to have “just about every-
one” in camp by Sunday. The
phones became active, for a variety
of reasons, once the lockout ended.
“We’re obviously in the process,
communicating with our guys,
getting everyone out there (to
Arizona) and preparing for how
we’re going to get ready for open-
ing day (April 8) in Detroit,” Hahn
said during a video conference.
“But it’s also like the winter meet-
ings are going on at the same time
in terms of the amount of dialogue,
the conversations with agents
(and) other teams late into the
night (Thursday) and then once
they pick up again (Friday) morn-
ing.
“There is that sort of excite-
ment that you get in December
combined with the excitement
you get in February when you’re
reporting to camp. It’s unique and
interesting and an exciting time.”
Pitching depth is at the top of the
Sox wish list.
“The combination of the short-
ened ramp-up (to the season),
the lack of dialogue over the last
few months (with players on the
40-man roster), as well as obvi-
ously our high expectations for
this season, has created the expec-
tation that pitching depth is going
to be a priority,” Hahn said. “I think
Cubs manager David Ross disputes a call during the fifth inning against the Kansas City Royals on Aug. 22 at Wrigley Field. ERIN HOOLEY/CHICAGO TRIBUNE all 29 other clubs would probably
say something similar in terms of
CUBS trying to protect those very import-

Ross gets 3-year extension

ant elements of the club.
“But certainly from our perspec-
tive, being able to start the season
off with the depth we need and
build hopefully for over seven-plus
months of baseball, having that
pitching depth is going to be key.”
By Meghan Montemurro | Chicago Tribune the job you’re scheduled to do. “I can’t imagine anyone representing us A familiar face went off the
“So that part I’ve never understood. As a better than he does.” market later Friday when former
MESA, Ariz. — Cubs manager David Ross player, I never looked at it like that. I think your Ross preferred describing his first two Sox pitcher Carlos Rodón report-
stood near the warning track in left-center leadership is your leadership until it changes.” seasons as unique rather than challenging. edly signed a two-year deal with
field shagging fly balls with his son. The sides had been talking for a long time “I feel like I’ve been able to weather some the San Francisco Giants.
For the first time in months, Ross was about a new deal, and president of baseball storms and I’ve learned a ton in the first two The Sox earned playoff berths
watching big-league batting practice as Nico operations Jed Hoyer expected something years,” he said. “I’ve learned a ton just dealing in each of the last two seasons,
Hoerner, Nick Madrigal, Greg Diechmann and would get worked out during the lockout. The with things outside of our control and trying including winning the AL Central
Alfonso Rivas took turns. Minutes earlier, a Cubs are 105-117 in Ross’ two seasons at the to follow the lead of the great leadership that title in 2021. They have decisions
long-expected deal became official. helm, including a National League Central title I have.” to make at second base and right
The Cubs have locked in their manager, in the pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign. Since Ross was hired in October 2019, Hoyer field as they try to take the next
agreeing to a three-year contract extension As the Cubs try to build another title has seen him work hard to increase his knowl- step after being eliminated in
with Ross that includes a team option for 2025. contender, there will be more focus on Ross’ edge in all areas — frequently utilizing the their opening postseason series in
Ross, 44, was entering the final guaranteed decisions, especially in-game moves, and how research and development department, delv- 2020 (wild-card round against the
year of his original contact, which also had a he continues to grow and improve in the role. ing more into analytics and in-game strategy Oakland Athletics) and 2021 (AL
club option for 2023. Hoyer spoke highly of how Ross handled — while learning from mistakes. Division Series against the Hous-
The extension eliminates scrutiny he might a challenging two seasons. Between the Ross acknowledged near the end of last ton Astros).
have faced in 2022 if he managed on a poten- pandemic-affected 2020 season and an season he wasn’t used to losing, and it required “We’re prepared to go forward
tially expiring deal. Instead, the organiza- up-and-down 2021 that saw former team- an adjustment to figure out how to channel with the roster we have right now,”
tion showed a commitment to Ross through a mates traded, it certainly put him to the test as those frustrations. Watching the roster get Hahn said. “However, we are
potential transitional stretch. a first-time manager. dismantled added another element to a diffi- fully aware that there are places
“It’s always been a little funny to me that you “The fact that it wasn’t two easy years is part cult season. where we can get ourselves better.
sign a three-year deal but yet you’re a lame duck of why we have such comfort in giving him “Emotionally, I think it was hard for him, but ... Generally if there is a way to
the last year. It doesn’t make any sense to me,” an extension,” Hoyer said Friday. “He’s had to he didn’t waver and he understood why we did improve the club, we’re going to
Ross said Friday, laughing. “But you guys write deal with real adversity, real uncertainty, and it,” Hoyer said. “And I think that gave a lot of exhaust those opportunities over
what you write and you’re under contract for he’s done it really smoothly. Players love him, comfort. Now, let’s have a lot of fun moments the next few weeks.”
however long you’re under contract. And that’s as they should. with him.” Hahn wants to make sure that
when everyone arrives, they take
the proper precautions to prepare
for the season.
“Over the course of the next 10
Cubs days and two weeks,” he said, “it’s
going to be a fair amount of effort
from Page 1 and communication involved in
making sure guys don’t try to do
that projects to rely on ground- too much too soon, trying to make
ball outs for success, particularly up for any lost time or force the
Kyle Hendricks, Marcus Stroman issue in terms of their preparation
and Wade Miley. and getting them lengthened out.
Stroman had the 11th-highest “It’s going to be a challenge for
ground-ball rate (50.8%) among all 30 teams, but quite frankly we’re
68 major-league pitchers with at thrilled to be in the position we’re
least 100 innings in 2021, while at right now where we’re talking
Miley ranked 13th (49.4%) and about baseball and we’re talking
Hendricks 32nd (43.1%). The about getting our guys ready for
Cubs were roughly at the league an exciting season.”
average in advanced defensive The Sox begin Cactus League
metrics last season. play March 19 against the Cleve-
Simmons’ 15 defensive runs land Guardians at Camelback
saved were second by a shortstop Ranch as part of a revised spring
behind the Houston Astros’ Carlos training schedule that MLB
Correa in 2021. But he likely won’t announced Friday.
add much offensively. The spring training finale is April
The 32-year-old’s production 5 against the San Diego Padres in
has declined steadily over the last Peoria, Ariz., with the lone meeting
three years, and he’s coming off a with the Chicago Cubs coming the
.233/.283/.274 line with a 57 OPS+ day before in Mesa.
with the Minnesota Twins. The Royals’ Nicky Lopez is caught trying to steal by Twins shortstop Andrelton Simmons during a 2021 game. MLB
After watching big-league Network reported Friday that Simmons had agreed to a one-year deal with the Cubs. CHARLIE RIEDEL/AP
batting practice at the Cubs
complex Friday, Ross was asked Cubs. Unless Correa is willing to “I think all these guys are ready San Francisco Giants.
whether he had any shortstops in take a shorter contract with a high to go,” Ross said Friday. “It was They will play 19 exhibition
mind for the team to sign. annual average value, it’s hard to nice to get a response and I defi- games, including one set of split-
“Well, there’s a good one behind envision the Cubs signing him to nitely know that I need to get squad games, with nine home
me that’s been there,” said Ross, a long-term deal. more friends in my life because games. Their opener at Sloan Park
referring to Hoerner. “I leave that I definitely was bored without is March 19 versus the San Diego
stuff up to the front office and we Cubs big-leaguers start report- talking to players.” Padres. They host the White Sox
communicate regularly. ing to camp: Ian Happ took a deep Twelve players from the on April 4.
“They’re up there in their breath “for the first time in six Cubs’ 40-man roster reported
offices hunkered down and work- months” after he learned players to the complex Friday: Stro- Cubs make coaching staff
ing on filling out the rest of the had voted Thursday to approve man, Hendricks, Happ, Hoerner, adjustments: The Cubs have
roster. But hopefully soon we’ve the collective bargaining agree- Madrigal, Steele, first base- made a couple of tweaks to their
got some different news for you.” ment. man-outfielder Alfonso Rivas, big-league coaching staff.
Theoretically, signing Simmons Justin Steele began a happy outfielder Greg Deichmann, Mike Napoli is now the first-
does not prevent the Cubs from dance with his girlfriend when catchers Yan Gomes and Miguel base coach, and Craig Driver took
also adding Correa. But as the he read the message from Happ, Amaya, and relievers Brad Wieck over as game strategy/catching
Cubs have made clear since the the Cubs’ players union rep, in a and Manuel Rodríguez. coach. Driver essentially replaces
end of last season, any deals will group chat: “We’ve got the vote.” Players on the 40-man roster the departed Mike Borzello.
be made with the future in mind. Ross learned of the good news are required to report by Sunday. Napoli spent the previous two
They won’t compromise the while in a mall helping his oldest Workouts officially begin Monday. seasons as a quality assurance White Sox general manager Rick
financial flexibility they are creat- daughter find a dress for an event coach. Hahn watches players warm up
ing in order to hand out a massive Saturday night. Once the lockout New Cactus League schedule Garrett Lloyd joins the staff as a before Game 3 of the American
contract. was lifted, Ross sent text messages set: MLB released a new spring bullpen coach. He is in his second League Divisional Series against
This is why Stroman’s three- to every player while his daughter training schedule Friday. The year with the Cubs and worked the Astros on Oct. 10 in Chicago.
year, $71 million deal with an tried on dresses. Willson Contre- Cubs open Cactus League play as a minor-league developmental ARMANDO L. SANCHEZ/CHICAGO
opt-out after Year 2 works for the ras responded almost immediately. March 18 on the road against the coach in 2021. TRIBUNE
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SPORTS
Bulls guard Alex Caruso gestures after making a 3-pointer on Dec. 19 at the United Center. ARMANDO L. SANCHEZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE
BULLS
Caruso practices
without restrictions
Bulls guard says he’s ‘close’
to returning to games
By Julia Poe | Chicago Tribune
Alex Caruso could be back on the court in
a Bulls uniform within the next week after
participating in all team activities Friday,
including contact scrimmages during prac-
tice.
Caruso underwent surgery in late Janu-
ary after suffering a right wrist fracture Jan.
21 against the Milwaukee Bucks. He said
the fracture is completely healed, which
prompted team doctors to clear him for
contact without restrictions.
Coach Billy Donovan didn’t rule out
Caruso’s availability for Saturday’s game
against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Caruso
still is feeling some soreness in the wrist
Sullivan
from Page 1
the Illini shot 35.7% from the field and
missed 8 of 23 free-throw attempts.
Hoosiers forward Trayce Jackson-Da-
vis scored 21 points and outplayed Illini
center Kofi Cockburn, while the Illinois
guards went into an early shooting funk
from which they never emerged.
Jackson-Davis pointed to a Feb. 5 loss to
the Illini in which Cockburn dominated
him as the impetus for his big day.
“So Illinois was a bully today, and I
think we took care of that problem,” he
said.
“Bully” isn’t a term often used to
describe the Illini, who are closer to the
“Showtime” Los Angeles Lakers than the
“Bad Boy” Detroit Pistons.
Illinois came into the tournament
confident and refreshed after Sunday’s
dramatic win over Iowa that gave it a
share of the Big Ten regular-season title.
Then the Illini came out and played as if
they never had been there before. Most of
the starters played on the same court in
last year’s title game win.
The Illini failed to convert on a handful
of easy scoring opportunities in the first
half, including Curbelo’s misfires. Omar
Payne failed to convert a slam on a perfect
lob, and Coleman Hawkins lost control of
the ball while going up for another dunk.
“You can’t miss free throws, and we
missed six layups in the first half and I
don’t know how many in the second,” Illi-
nois coach Brad Underwood said. “And
you can’t do that and win games.”
Underwood acknowledged that
Hawkins, who hit four 3-pointers and
scored 18 points, was “terrific,” but the
coach also singled out the play Hawkins
didn’t make.
“He’s got a wide-open dunk and lets
the ball slip out,” Underwood said. “I’ve
already talked to him about that, so I’m
not afraid to do it here. But you can’t do
that in postseason play, you just can’t do
that. We turned it over a couple of times
late.”
The final turnover, by Trent Frazier,
proved to be the backbreaker. After a pair
of free throws by Cockburn gave the Illini
a one-point lead with 33.3 seconds left,
Jackson-Davis was fouled seven seconds
later and hit his free throws to regain the
lead.
After the Illini nearly fumbled the ball
away, Underwood called timeout with
and might need more practices before he’s
ready to jump back into a game, but he
spoke hopefully after his first practice in
nearly two months.
“We’re close,” he said.
Caruso’s injury fueled outrage through-
out the Bulls fan base, which loudly booed
Milwaukee Bucks guard Grayson Allen —
whose flagrant foul caused Caruso’s injury —
during a game last week at the United Center.
But Caruso said any anger he felt died
down during his weeks of recovery. He said
he never heard from Allen, who defended
the foul on a social media account and said
he never intended to cause an injury.
Forward Patrick Williams joined Caruso
in practice Friday, although his contact
was limited to isolated drills with coaches.
Williams and guard Lonzo Ball are on
schedule to return by the end of March,
bringing the Bulls closer to fielding a whole
Indiana guard Xavier Johnson knocks the ball away from Illinois center Kofi Cockburn during the
second half of Friday’s Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal in Indianapolis. MICHAEL CONROY/AP
15.3 seconds remaining for one last play.
Frazier, their best free-throw shooter,
would drive the lane. But Frazier’s pass to
Hawkins went out of bounds for a turn-
over.
“They help our strong-side corners, so I
thought Coleman would be in the corner
for an open 3,” Frazier said. “That’s what
they’ve been doing all game. We had a
little bit of confusion right there where he
came up on top.
“But, I mean, I made a bad decision. I’m
disappointed in myself on that. I’ve got to
do a better job of at least getting the ball
on the rim and just talking with my team-
mates. I’m very disappointed in that last
turnover I had.”
Still, the Illini had another chance after
Miller Kopp missed the front end of a
one-and-one with 10 seconds remaining.
But Curbelo missed on a drive inside, and
Jackson-Davis hit a free throw for the
final margin.
Curbelo shot 1 of 7 from the field, while
Alfonso Plummer made 2 of 12. Cockburn,
the only player in the nation averaging 20
or more points and 10 or more rebounds,
didn’t have a field goal until 9:25 remain-
ing in the first half. He finished with 23
points but wasn’t the dominant player the
Illini need him to be on the big stage.
“In the second half late, he started
roster for the postseason.
The Bulls would relish any opportunity
to strengthen their guard depth as Zach
LaVine’s availability continues to be incon-
sistent. LaVine did not practice Friday as
he continues to manage soreness in his left
knee, which previously prompted him to fly
to California for a series of injections from
a specialist.
Although those injections — which
included cortisone and platelet-rich
plasma — offered temporary relief, LaVine
and Donovan both described the treat-
ment as a “Band-Aid” until LaVine can
undergo more extensive treatment in the
offseason.
Until then, the Bulls will manage
LaVine’s health on a day-by-day, game-to-
game basis. Donovan said LaVine is ques-
tionable to play Saturday and it could be a
game-time decision.
getting a lot of buckets, but we really shut
their guard play down,” Jackson-Davis
said of Cockburn. “So basically we were
just trying to let me play one-on-one with
him and then have our guards taking away
(the Illini guards), and that’s what we
did.”
The loss wasn’t devastating for the
Illini, who knew they were in the NCAA
Tournament no matter what happened in
Indy. But they’ll have to play a lot better,
and more under control, if they hope to
advance beyond the first round.
Underwood pointed to defending
national champion Baylor and UCLA
losing in their conference tournaments
last year, suggesting there’s a silver lining
in missing out on the final two days of the
Big Ten Tournament.
“They still found a way to make it to the
Final Four,” he said. “It will be refreshing
to get a couple days away. And, no, we’re
not playing another Big Ten team. I’m
tired of this league right now. I’m tired of
these guys.”
It only gets tougher from here, so
Underwood will need to get the Illini
prepared for the NCAA Tournament,
especially after they were upset by Loyola
in the second round last March.
Cuteness is all well and good. But it
doesn’t matter much come March.
BRUINS 4, BLACKHAWKS 3
LATE THURSDAY
Kane hits
another
milestone
in loss
By Phil Thompson | Chicago Tribune
BOSTON — Patrick Kane tied Bobby Hull
for the second-most points in franchise
history, but the Chicago Blackhawks lost to
the Boston Bruins 4-3 on David Pastrnak’s
goal with 17.2 seconds left Thursday night
at TD Garden.
“Yeah, it sucks,” Alex DeBrincat said. “We
played pretty well the whole game, played
for each other, and (it) just didn’t work out
in the end.”
In the first period, Kane and DeBrincat’s
two-on-one rush against Bruins defenseman
Jack Ahcan turned into a four-on-one, with
Kane pulling up and dishing to DeBrincat,
who scored for the fifth straight game.
The assist was Kane’s 1,153rd career point,
tying him with Hull and leaving him 314
behind franchise leader Stan Mikita (1,467).
Kane has 16 assists in his last 15 games,
including five Tuesday in an 8-3 win against
the Anaheim Ducks. Kane added a goal
against the Ducks for the first six-point game
of his 15-year career.
He has 12 points over the last five games
with at least one point in each.
“He’s been great as of late and pretty good
all year,” DeBrincat said. “It’s definitely fun
to watch.”
DeBrincat’s first-period goal came 2
minutes, 29 seconds after Charlie Coyle put
the Bruins on the board with a wrister off a
rebound of a Connor Clifton shot.
Four minutes, 12 seconds into the second,
Brandon Hagel gave the Hawks the lead
with his second goal in as many games after
Jonathan Toews and Kirby Dach took turns
digging the puck out of a wall battle.
What the Hawks couldn’t afford to do
was wage a special teams battle: Both of the
Bruins’ units are better.
But the matchup of the Bruins’ seventh-
ranked power play against the Hawks’
24th-ranked penalty kill dogged the visitors.
The Hawks committed three penalties in the
second period, and the Bruins cashed in on
two of them.
On the second power play, Ahcan tapped a
puck to himself around Riley Stillman in the
slot and lifted it past Kevin Lankinen for his
first career goal.
The Bruins again had the man advantage
when Pastrnak whipped the go-ahead goal
off Charlie McAvoy’s seam pass.
“They’re tough,” Hawks coach Derek
King said. “It’s a young crew, young guys
up top, stick’s not in the right position, they
seam you and a guy like that’s going to put
the puck in the net.”
The Hawks came up empty on their first
two power plays, but Coyle hooked Dylan
Strome in the third, and Hagel tied the game
at 3-3, cleaning up DeBrincat’s rebound.
Hagel has five points in his last three
games, and his two goals gave him 20 on the
season, surpassing Kane for second on the
team behind DeBrincat (34).
“Obviously our penalty kill could have
been a bit better, but we stuck together as
a team, came back in the third period and
made it a game,” Hagel said.
Patrick Kane skates to the bench after
the Blackhawks’ 4-3 loss to the Bruins on
Thursday at TD Garden in Boston.
MADDIE MEYER/GETTY

SCOREBOARD
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC W L PCT GB
Philadelphia 40 25 .615 —
Boston 40 27 .597 1
Toronto 35 30 .538 5
Brooklyn 34 33 .507 7
New York 28 38 .424 12 1/2
SOUTHEAST W L PCT GB
Miami 44 23 .657 —
Charlotte 32 35 .478 12
Atlanta 31 34 .477 12
Washington 29 35 .453 13 1/2
Orlando 18 50 .265 26 1/2
CENTRAL W L PCT GB
Milwaukee 42 25 .627 —
Chicago 40 26 .606 1 1/2
Cleveland 38 27 .585 3
Indiana 22 45 .328 20
Detroit 18 48 .273 23 1/2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
SOUTHWEST W L PCT GB
Memphis 45 22 .672 —
Dallas 40 26 .606 4 1/2
New Orleans 27 39 .409 17 1/2
San Antonio 25 41 .379 19 1/2
Houston 17 49 .258 27 1/2
NORTHWEST W L PCT GB
Utah 41 24 .631 —
Denver 40 27 .597 2
Minnesota 38 30 .559 4 1/2
Portland 25 40 .385 16
Oklahoma City 20 46 .303 21 1/2
PACIFIC W L PCT GB
x-Phoenix 53 13 .803 —
Golden State 45 22 .672 8 1/2
L.A. Clippers 35 33 .515 19
L.A. Lakers 28 37 .431 24 1/2
Sacramento 24 44 .353 30
x-clinched playoff spot
FRIDAY’S RESULTS
Orlando 118, Minnesota 110
Detroit at Boston, late
L.A. Clippers at Atlanta, late
Charlotte at New Orleans, late
Cleveland at Miami, late
Dallas at Houston, late
New York at Memphis, late
Utah at San Antonio, late
Toronto at Phoenix, late
Washington at L.A. Lakers, late
SATURDAY’S GAMES
Cleveland at Chicago, 7p.m.
Indiana at San Antonio, 7p.m.
Minnesota at Miami, 7p.m.
Milwaukee at Golden State, 7:30p.m.
Sacramento at Utah, 9p.m.
Toronto at Denver, 9p.m.
Washington at Portland, 9p.m.
SUNDAY’S GAMES
New York at Brooklyn, noon
L.A. Clippers at Detroit, 2p.m.
Dallas at Boston, 2:30p.m.
Philadelphia at Orlando, 5p.m.
Houston at New Orleans, 6p.m.
Indiana at Atlanta, 6p.m.
Memphis at Oklahoma City, 6p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 8p.m.
THURSDAY’S RESULTS
Brooklyn 129, Philadelphia 100
Golden State 113, Denver 102
TENNIS
BNP PARIBAS OPEN
At Indian Wells Tennis Garden, Indian
Wells, Calif., hardcourt-outdoors
MEN’S SINGLES, ROUND OF 128
Emil Ruusuvuori d.
Philipp Kohlschreiber, 6-3, 6-3.
Oscar Otte d.
Richard Gasquet, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3.
Andy Murray d.
Taro Daniel, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Jaume Munar d.
Shang Juncheng, 6-3, 6-4.
Dominik Koepfer d.
Benoit Paire, 2-6, 7-5, 6-4.
JordanThompson d.
David Goffin, 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(3).
Miomir Kecmanovic d.
Liam Broady, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
Holger Rune d.
Ugo Humbert ,6-3, 6-2.
Tommy Paul d.
Mikhail Kukushkin, 6-4, 6-4.
Ilya Ivashka vs.
Jan-Lennard Struff, ccd.
Facundo Bagnis vs.
Henri Laaksonen, late
Kamil Majchrzak vs.
Aljaz Bedene, late
Steve Johnson vs.
Daniel Altmaier, late
Tennys Sandgren vs.
Botic van de Zandschulp, late
Tallon Griekspoor vs.
Sam Querrey, late
Adrian Mannarino vs.
Brandon Nakashima, late
WOMEN’S SINGLES, ROUND OF 64
#3Iga Swiatek d.
Anhelina Kalinina, 5-7, 6-0, 6-1.
Danka Kovinic d.
#7Karolina Pliskova, 2-6, 7-5, 6-4.
Alison Riske d.
#8Garbine Muguruza, 0-6, 6-3, 6-1.
#11Emma Raducanu d.
Caroline Garcia, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1.
Harriet Dart d.
#12Elina Svitolina, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Petra Martic d.
#19Tamara Zidansek, 7-5, 7-6(6).
#23Daria Kasatkina d.
Katie Volynets, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.
#24Simona Halep d.
Ekaterina Alexandrova, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2.
#26Sorana Cirstea d.
Ajla Tomljanovic, 6-4, 7-5.
#28 Ludmilla Samsonova d.
Ann Li, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Anna Kalinskaya d.
#33Alize Cornet, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2.
Clara Tauson d.
Beatriz Haddad Maia, 6-4, 6-3.
#22Belinda Bencic vs.
Kaia Kanepi, late
#16Coco Gauff vs.
Claire Liu, late
#15Angelique Kerber vs.
Qinwen Zheng, late
#25Madison Keys vs.
Misaki Doi, late
AUTO RACING
NASCAR CUP
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Sunday: Ruoff Mortgage 500, Avon-
dale, Ariz.
March 20: Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500,
Hampton, Ga.
March 27: Echopark Texas Grand Prix,
Austin, Texas
April 3: Toyota Owners 400, Richmond, Va.
ODDS
COLLEGE BASKETBALL SATURDAY
FAVORITE
at Princeton
LINE UNDERDOG
6 Cornell
at Vermont 15 UMBC
at Arkansas 61/2 Texas A&M
at Iowa 6 Indiana
at Davidson 31/2 Saint Louis
at Yale 3 Pennsylvania
at Houston
at UAB
12 Tulane
3 Louisiana Tech
NBA SATURDAY
FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG
at Miami 6 (2241/2) Minnesota
at San Antonio 51/2 (2351/2) Indiana
at Chicago 21/2 (221) Cleveland
Milwaukee 1 (2311/2) at Golden St.
at Utah 10 (2311/2) Sacramento
at Denver 51/2 (225) Toronto
Washington 7 (2151/2) at Portland
NHL SATURDAY
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG Line
at Nashville -126 St. Louis +105
at Carolina
at Boston
-330 Philadelphia
-450 Arizona
+260
+340
at Montreal -132 Seattle +110
at Calgary -500 Detroit
at New Jersey -118 Anaheim
+375
-102
at Ottawa -115 Chicago -104
at Dallas -138 N.Y. Rangers +115
Los Angeles Off at San Jose Off
Tampa Bay -152 at Edmonton +126
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EASTERN CONFERENCE FRIDAY MEN’S SCORES
ATLANTIC GP W L OT PTS GF GA TOURNAMENTS
American Athletic, Quarterfinals
Florida 58 40 13 5 85 243 170 Houston 69, Cincinnati 56
Tampa Bay 57 37 14 6 80 197 166 Tulane 69, Temple 60
Toronto 58 37 16 5 79 217 176 SMU 83, Tulsa 58
UCF vs. Memphis, late
Boston 58 35 18 5 75 177 158
Atlantic 10, Quarterfinals
Detroit 58 24 27 7 55 170 218
Davidson 74, Fordham 56
Ottawa 57 21 31 5 47 151 183
Saint Louis 57, St. Bonaventure 54
Buffalo 59 19 32 8 46 157 210 Dayton 75, UMass 72
Montreal 57 15 35 7 37 140 217 Richmond vs. VCU, late
METRO GP W L OT PTS GF GA Atlantic Coast, Semifinals
Carolina 57 40 12 5 85 193 134 Duke 80, Miami 76
Virginia Tech vs. North Carolina, late
Pittsburgh 59 35 15 9 79 193 158
Big 12, Semifinals
N.Y. Rangers 58 36 17 5 77 173 150 Kansas 75, TCU 62
Washington 59 31 18 10 72 193 166 Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech, late
Columbus 58 28 27 3 59 190 216 Big East, Semifinals
N.Y. Islanders 54 22 24 8 52 143 152 Creighton 85, Providence 58
New Jersey 58 21 32 5 47 177 207 UConn vs. Villanova, late
Big Sky, Semifinals
Philadelphia 57 18 29 10 46 144 199
Montana St. 69, Weber St. 66
Portland St. vs. N. Colorado, late
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Big Ten, Quarterfinals
CENTRAL GP W L OT PTS GF GA
Indiana 65, Illinois 63
Colorado 59 41 13 5 87 230 170 Iowa 84, Rutgers 74
St. Louis 57 33 17 7 73 201 157 Michigan St. 69, Wisconsin 63
Minnesota 56 34 19 3 71 214 184 Penn St. vs. Purdue, late
Big West, Semifinals
Nashville 57 33 20 4 70 180 157
UC Santa Barbara vs. Long Beach St., late
Dallas 56 32 21 3 67 166 162 Hawaii vs. Cal St.-Fullerton, late
Winnipeg 58 26 22 10 62 176 179 Conference USA, Semifinals
Chicago 59 21 30 8 50 155 205 Louisiana Tech 42, North Texas 36
Arizona 57 18 35 4 40 146 207 UAB 102, Middle Tennessee 98(3OT)
PACIFIC GP W L OT PTS GF GA Metro Atlantic Athletic, Semifinals
Monmouth (NJ) 72, Rider 68
Calgary 57 35 15 7 77 201 140 Quinnipiac vs. St. Peter’s, late
Los Angeles 59 32 19 8 72 175 166 Mid-American, Semifinals
Vegas 60 32 24 4 68 188 177 Akron 70, Toledo 62
Edmonton 58 31 23 4 66 189 186 Kent St. 67, Ohio 61
Mid-Eastern Athletic, Semifinals
Vancouver 58 29 23 6 64 169 168
Norfolk St. 72, Morgan St. 63
Anaheim 60 27 24 9 63 176 191
Coppin St. vs. NC Central, late
San Jose 57 25 25 7 57 149 182 Mountain West, Semifinals
Seattle 60 17 37 6 40 155 217 Wyoming vs. Boise St., late
San Diego St. vs. Colorado St., late
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point Pacific-12, Semifinals
for overtime loss. Top three teams in Colorado vs. Arizona, late
each division and two wild cards per USC vs. UCLA, late
Southeastern, Quarterfinals
conference advance to playoffs.
Texas A&M 67, Auburn 62
Arkansas 79, LSU 67
FRIDAY’S RESULTS Tennessee 72, Mississippi St. 59
Pittsburgh 5, Vegas 2
Minnesota at Columbus, late
Vanderbilt vs. Kentucky, late
Southland, Semifinals
Winnipeg at N.Y. Islanders, late Texas A&M-CC 71, Nicholls 64
New Orleans vs. SE Louisiana, late
Washington at Vancouver, late
Southwestern Athletic, Semifinals
SATURDAY’S GAMES Texas Southern 73, Grambling St. 54
Alabama A&M vs. Alcorn St., late
St. Louis at Nashville, 11:30a.m.
Philadelphia at Carolina, 2p.m.
Western Athletic, Semifinals
Anaheim at New Jersey, 6p.m.
Grand Canyon vs. New Mexico St., late
Abilene Christian vs. Seattle, late
Arizona at Boston, 6p.m.
Chicago at Ottawa, 6p.m. NCAA TOURNEY AUTOMATIC BIDS
Detroit at Calgary, 6p.m. Bryant: Northeast
Seattle at Montreal, 6p.m. Chattanooga: Southern
Colgate: Patriot League
N.Y. Rangers at Dallas, 7p.m.
Los Angeles at San Jose, 8:30p.m. Delaware: Colonial Athletic
Tampa Bay at Edmonton, 9p.m. Georgia State: Sun Belt
Gonzaga: West Coast
SUNDAY’S GAMES
Jacksonville State: Atlantic Sun*
Carolina at Pittsburgh, noon
Longwood: Big South
Loyola Chicago: Missouri Valley
Toronto vs. Buffalo Murray State: Ohio Valley
at Tim Hortons Field, 3p.m. South Dakota State: Summit League
Montreal at Philadelphia, 6p.m. Wright State: Horizon League
Nashville at Minnesota, 6p.m. America East, Saturday
Atlantic Coast, Saturday
Vegas at Columbus, 6p.m.
Winnipeg at St. Louis, 6p.m. Big 12, Saturday
Anaheim at N.Y. Islanders, 6:30p.m.
Big East, Saturday
Big Sky, Saturday
Calgary at Colorado, 7p.m.
Florida at Los Angeles, 9p.m.
Big West, Saturday
Conference USA, Saturday
Tampa Bay at Vancouver, 9p.m. Metro Atlantic Athletic, Saturday
Mid-American, Saturday
Mid-Eastern Athletic, Saturday
MONDAY’S GAME
Arizona at Ottawa, 6:30p.m. Mountain West, Saturday
Pac-12, Saturday
Southland, Saturday
THURSDAY’S RESULTS
Winnipeg 2, New Jersey 1
Southwest Athletic, Saturday
Arizona 5, Toronto 4(OT)
Western Athletic, Saturday
American Athletic, Sunday
Carolina 2, Colorado 0
Buffalo 3, Vegas 1
Atlantic 10. Sunday
Big Ten, Sunday
Ottawa 4, Seattle 3(OT) Ivy League, Sunday
Boston 4, Chicago 3 Southeastern, Sunday
*-Bellarmine ineligible for bid
Florida 6, Philadelphia 3
Minnesota 6, Detroit 5(SO)
N.Y. Islanders 6, Columbus 0 FRIDAY WOMEN’S SCORES
TOURNAMENTS
St. Louis 6, N.Y. Rangers 2
Nashville 4, Anaheim 1
America East, Championship
Albany (NY) 56, Maine 47
Calgary 4, Tampa Bay 1 Big 12, Quarterfinals
San Jose 4, Los Angeles 3(OT) Oklahoma 80, Kansas 68
Baylor 76, Oklahoma St. 36
SOCCER Iowa St. 66, West Virginia 60
Kansas St. vs. Texas, late
Big Sky, Championship
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
EASTERN W L T PT GF GA
Montana St. 75, N. Arizona 64
Big West, Semifinals
N.Y. Red Bulls 2 0 0 6 7 2 Hawaii 69, UC Riverside 55
D.C. United 2 0 0 6 4 0 UC Irvine 84, UC Davis 75(OT)
Colonial Athletic Assn., Quarterfinals
Columbus
Orlando City
1 0 1 4 7 3
1 0 1 4 2 0
Drexel 60, Hofstra 39
New England 1 0 1 4 3 2
Coll. of Charleston 70, Elon 59
Delaware 61, William & Mary 35
Philadelphia 1 0 1 4 3 2 Towson 58, Northeastern 49
Conference USA, Semifinals
Atlanta 1 1 0 3 3 4
Chicago 0 0 2 2 0 0 Charlotte 66, North Texas 63
New York City FC 0 1 1 1 0 1 La. Tech vs. Middle Tennessee, late
Ivy League, Semifinals
Toronto FC
Inter Miami CF
0 1 1 1 2 5
0 1 1 1 1 5
Princeton 72, Harvard 67
CF Montréal 0 2 0 0 1 4
Columbia 67, Yale 38
Metro Atlantic Athletic, Semifinals
Charlotte FC
Cincinnati
0 2 0 0 0 4
0 2 0 0 0 6
Fairfield 75, Niagara 38
Manhattan 72, Quinnipiac 59
WESTERN W L T PT GF GA Mid-American, Semifinals
Austin FC 2 0 0 6 10 1
Ball St. 71, Toledo 66
Buffalo 82, Akron 43
LA Galaxy 2 0 0 6 2 0 Mid-Eastern Athletic, Semifinals
Los Angeles FC 1 0 1 4 4 1 Howard 68, Md.-Eastern Shore 54
Nashville 1 0 1 4 2 1 Norfolk St. 53, Morgan St. 51
Real Salt Lake 1 0 1 4 1 0 Missouri Valley, Quarterfinals
S. Illinois 77, Indiana St. 61
Colorado
Kansas City
1 1 0 3 3
1 1 0 3 2
3
3 Illinois St. 68, Loyola Chicago 52
Portland 0 0 2 2 3 3
Missouri St. 63, Drake 49
Valparaiso vs. N. Iowa, late
Minnesota United 0 0 2 2 2
FC Dallas 0 1 1 1 1
2
2
Northeast, Semifinal
Bryant 44, Fairleigh Dickinson 38
Houston 0 1 1 1 0 1 Mount St. Mary’s 62, Wagner 50
San Jose 0 1 1 1 4 6 Patriot League, Semifinals
American 70, Boston U. 48
Vancouver 0 1 1 1 0 4
Seattle 0 2 0 0 0 2 Bucknell 64, Navy 44
Three points for win, one point for tie.
Southland, Quarterfinals
Incarnate Word 90, McNeese St. 63
SATURDAY’S MATCHES
SE Louisiana 80, New Orleans 66
Southwestern Athletic, Semifinals
CF Montréal at New York City FC, noon Alabama St. 74, Grambling St. 59
Toronto FC at Columbus, 12:30p.m. Jackson St. 59, Southern U. 46
Los Angeles FC at Miami, 12:30p.m. Western Athletic, Semifinals
Stephen F. Austin 68, Utah Valley St. 42
LA Galaxy at Seattle, 2:30p.m.
Grand Canyon 64, Cal Baptist 60
Vancouver at Houston, 5:30p.m.
Chicago at D.C. United, 6:30p.m.
Salt Lake at New England, 6:30p.m.
WOMEN NCAA AUTOMATIC BIDS
Albany: American East
Cincinnati at Orlando City, 6:30p.m. Belmont: Ohio Valley
San Jose at Philadelphia, 6:30p.m. Gonzaga: West Coast
Nashville at FC Dallas, 7:30p.m. Iowa: Big Ten
Sporting KC at Colorado, 8p.m. IUPUI: Horizon League
Austin FC at Portland, 9p.m. Kentucky: Southeastern
Longwood: Big South
SUNDAY’S MATCHES Mercer: Southern
Charlotte FC at Atlanta, 3:30p.m. Montana State: Big Sky
NC State: Atlantic Coast
Minnesota at N.Y. Red Bulls, 6p.m. UMass: Atlantic 10
South Dakota: Summit League
SATURDAY, MARCH 19 Stanford: Pac-12
Miami at Cincinnati, noon
Philadelphia at New York City FC, noon
Texas-Arlington: Sun Belt
UConn: Big East
D.C. United at Toronto FC, 2p.m. UCF: American Athletic
Orlando City at LA Galaxy, 2:30p.m.
CF Montréal at Atlanta, 3p.m.
UNLV: Mountain West
Atlantic Sun, Saturday
Sporting KC at Chicago, 5p.m. Big West, Saturday
Conference USA, Saturday
New England at Charlotte FC, 6p.m. Ivy League, Saturday
San Jose at Minnesota, 7p.m.
Portland at FC Dallas, 7:30p.m.
Metro Atlantic Athletic, Saturday
Mid-American, Saturday
Colorado at Houston, 7:30p.m. Mid-Eastern Athletic, Saturday
Nashville at Real Salt Lake, 8:30p.m. Southwest Athletic, Saturday
Western Athletic, Saturday
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Atlantic 10, Sunday
Big 12, Sunday
CLUB GP W D L GF GA PT
Colonial Athletic, Sunday
Man City
Liverpool
28 22 3 3 68 18 69
27 19 6 2 71 20 63
Missouri Valley, Sunday
Northeast, Sunday
Chelsea 27 16 8 3 56 19 56 Patriot League, Sunday
Arsenal 25 15 3 7 41 29 48 Southland, Sunday
Man United 28 13 8 7 45 38 47
West Ham 28 13 6 9 46 35 45
BASEBALL
Tottenham 26 14 3 9 40 32 45
SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE
Wolverhampton 28 13 4 11 28 23 43
Aston Villa 27 11 3 13 40 37 36 Times TBA
Southampton 28 8 11 9 35 43 35 THURSDAY, MARCH 17
Minnesota at Boston
Crystal Palace 28 7
Leicester
12 9 39 38 33
25 9 6 10 40 43 33 Arizona at Colorado
Brighton 27 7 12 8 26 32 33 FRIDAY, MARCH 18
Newcastle 27 7 10 10 32 47 31 Houston at St. Louis
Tampa Bay at Boston
Brentford 28 7 6 15 30 45 27
Leeds 28 5 8 15 29 64 23 Toronto at Baltimore
Everton 25 6 4 15 28 46 22 Philadelphia at Detroit
Minnesota at Atlanta
Burnley
Watford
26 3 12 11 22 36 21
28 5 4 19 27 54 19 Miami at Washington
Norwich 28 4 5 19 17 61 17 N.Y. Yankees at Pittsburgh
Cincinnati at Cleveland
SATURDAY’S MATCHES Colorado at Arizona
Brighton vs. Liverpool, 6:30a.m. LA Angels at Oakland
Brentford vs. Burnley, 9a.m. Seattle at San Diego
Chicago Cubs at San Francisco
Man United vs. Tottenham, 11:30a.m.
Kansas City at Texas
SUNDAY’S MATCHES Milwaukee at LA Dodgers
SATURDAY, MARCH 19
Chelsea vs. Newcastle, 9a.m.
Everton vs. Wolverhampton, 9a.m. N.Y. Mets at Washington
Leeds vs. Norwich, 9a.m. Detroit at Pittsburgh
Boston at Minnesota
Southampton vs. Watford, 9a.m.
West Ham vs. Aston Villa, 9a.m. Toronto at Philadelphia
Arsenal vs. Leicester, 11:30a.m. Atlanta at Tampa Bay
Houston at Miami
N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore
MONDAY’S MATCH
Crystal Palace vs. Man City, 3p.m. Arizona at LA Angels
Oakland at Cincinnati
San Diego at Chicago Cubs
WEDNESDAY’S MATCHES
Brighton vs. Tottenham, 2:30p.m. LA Dodgers at Seattle
Arsenal vs. Liverpool, 3:15p.m. San Francisco at Colorado
Cleveland at Chicago White Sox
Milwaukee at Texas
Chicago Tribune | Section 3 | Saturday, March 12, 2022  5
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Partial 1st of 4 rounds, TPC Sawgrass,
Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., 7,256 yards;
Par: 72, suspended due to weather
Tommy Fleetwood 33-33—66 -6
Tom Hoge 31-35—66 -6
Kramer Hickok 33-34—67 -5
Joaquin Niemann 32-35—67 -5
Keith Mitchell 33-34—67 -5
Anirban Lahiri 32-35—67 -5
Brian Harman 32-36—68 -4
Sam Burns 32-36—68 -4
Abraham Ancer 35-33—68 -4
Taylor Pendrith 34-34—68 -4
Kevin Kisner 33-35—68 -4
Harold Varner III 34-35—69 -3
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Louis Oosthuizen 35-34—69 -3
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Alex Noren 34-35—69 -3
Andrew Putnam 34-35—69 -3
Sam Ryder 36-33—69 -3
Russell Henley 33-36—69 -3
Jason Day 33-36—69 -3
Texas A&M’s Quenton Jackson dunks the ball against
Maverick McNealy 38-32—70 -2 Auburn during a quarterfinal game of the SEC Tournament
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Pat Perez 35-35—70 -2
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Scott Piercy 34-36—70 -2
Chesson Hadley 36-34—70 -2
Talor Gooch 36-34—70 -2
Russell Knox 37-34—71 -1
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Doc Redman
Richy Werenski
37-34—71 -1
35-36—71 -1
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Sergio Garcia 35-36—71 -1 second half after suffering
Erik van Rooyen
Ryan Palmer
36-35—71 -1
37-34—71 -1
Texas A&M isn’t done what appeared to be a right
Adam Long 34-37—71 -1 reviving its season after an foot or ankle injury. He was
Viktor Hovland 37-34—71 -1 arduous, month-long tail- able to finish the game.
Gary Woodland
Chris Kirk
34-37—71 -1
36-35—71 -1 spin threatened its chances
Cameron Young 34-37—71 -1 of earning a spot in the Arkansas tops LSU for
Lee Hodges
Mito Pereira
37-35—72
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E
NCAA Tournament. the third time: Au’Diese
Sungjae Im 37-35—72 E The Aggies improved Toney, JD Notae and
Martin Laird
Cameron Champ
35-37—72
37-35—72
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to 7-1 since an eight-game their Arkansas teammates
Patrick Cantlay 36-36—72 E skid, bolstering their case watched LSU’s interviews
Brandt Snedeker 36-36—72 E to get at least an at-large over and over again Thurs-
Matthew Wolff
Hank Lebioda
35-37—72
37-35—72
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Hayden Buckley 38-34—72 E over fourth-ranked the Tigers insisted they
Keegan Bradley
Mackenzie Hughes
37-35—72
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E
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Jason Kokrak 36-36—72 E nals of the SEC Tourna- backs for a third time this
Wyndham Clark
Kevin Streelman
35-38—73 +1
34-39—73 +1
ment on Friday. season.
Roger Sloan 37-36—73 +1 “It’s something that It was all the motivation
Patrick Reed 40-33—73 +1 we needed to go through. Arkansas needed.
Patrick Rodgers
Kevin Tway
35-38—73 +1
39-34—73 +1 Everything that we “Like, they want to play
Dylan Frittelli 40-33—73 +1 went through earlier in us?” Notae quipped.
Shane Lowry
Ian Poulter
38-35—73 +1
39-34—73 +1
the season literally has Fueled by the perceived
Henrik Norlander 36-37—73 +1 prepared us for now. Every slight, the 15th-ranked
Brian Stuard
Lee Westwood
36-37—73 +1
39-34—73 +1
game that we lost was a Razorbacks delivered their
Cameron Tringale 36-37—73 +1 test,” Aggies leading scorer most- lopsided victory in
Thomas Pieters 33-40—73 +1 Quenton Jackson said. three games against LSU,
J.J. Spaun
Hudson Swafford
37-36—73 +1
39-34—73 +1 “At some point you’ve a 79-67 victory that sent
Charley Hoffman 35-39—74 +2 got to pass the test,” Jack- Arkansas to the semifinals
Kyle Stanley
Garrick Higgo
37-37—74 +2
37-37—74 +2
son added. “You study, you of the SEC Tournament.
Lucas Glover 40-34—74 +2 study, you study, you study.
Matt Fitzpatrick
James Hahn
36-38—74 +2
34-40—74 +2
We failed eight times. But Spartans upset Badgers:
Ryan Brehm 36-38—74 +2 the ninth time, we won.” Marcus Bingham Jr.
Webb Simpson 38-37—75 +3 Tyrece Radford scored matched his career high
Nick Watney
Tony Finau
37-38—75 +3
38-38—76 +4 19 points and Jackson with 19 points and Tyson
Brian Gay 38-38—76 +4 made five free throws in Walker scored nine of
Matt Wallace
Harry Higgs
40-36—76 +4
39-38—77 +5
the final minute Friday as his 11 points in the final
Adam Schenk 41-37—78 +6 the Aggies avenged a 75-58 minute and a half to send
Adam Scott
Brandon Hagy
39-39—78 +6
40-38—78 +6
loss in February to the SEC seventh-seeded Michigan
Matt Jones 38-41—79 +7 regular-season champs State by No. 12 Wisconsin
DID NOT FINISH and advanced to Saturday’s 69-63 in Friday’s Big Ten
Brice Garnett
Dustin Johnson
Daniel Berger
Scottie Scheffler semifinals against No. 15 Tournament quarterfinals.
Patton Kizzire Doug Ghim Arkansas. The Spartans (22-11)
Brooks Koepka
Lucas Herbert
Xander Schauffele
C.T. Pan
lost five of their last seven
Jordan Spieth Sepp Straka Tennessee rolls: Josi- regular-season games but
Justin Thomas
Justin Rose
Max Homa
Marc Leishman
ah-Jordan James led five have reached the confer-
Zach Johnson Denny McCarthy players in double figures 16 ence tourney semifinals by
Michael Thompson Brendan Steele points, 14 of them during winning two straight.
Emiliano Grillo
Branden Grace
Cam Davis
Billy Horschel a six-minute stretch in
Seamus Power Si Woo Kim which ninth-ranked Creighton shocks Prov-
Adam Hadwin
Joseph Bramlett
Danny Lee
Collin Morikawa
Tennessee pulled away idence: Arthur Kaluma
Matt Kuchar Scott Stallings to a 72-59 victory over scored 17 points and keyed
Matthew NeSmith
Bubba Watson
Carlos Ortiz
Rory McIlroy
Mississippi State in the an overwhelming blitz that
Henrik Stenson Charl Schwartzel quarterfinals of the SEC sent Creighton to a stun-
Troy Merritt Robert Streb tournament on Friday. ning 85-58 rout of No. 11
Taylor Moore
Stewart Cink
Sahith Theegala
Stephan Jaeger The Volunteers (24-7) Providence and into the
J.T. Poston Brendon Todd won for the 10th time in 11 Big East title game Friday.
Chez Reavie
LEADERBOARD THRU
games to advance to Satur- Alex O’Connell had 18
Tommy Fleetwood -6 18 day’s semifinals against points and Ryan Kalk-
Tom Hoge
Brice Garnett
-6
-6
18
13
either No. 5 Kentucky brenner added 15 points
Kramer Hickok -5 18 or Vanderbilt. Kennedy and nine rebounds for the
Joaquin Niemann -5 18 Chandler had 11 points for fourth-seeded Bluejays
Keith Mitchell
Anirban Lahiri
-5
-5
18
18 Tennessee despite miss- (22-10).
Daniel Berger -5 16
Brian Harman -4 18
Sam Burns -4 18
Abraham Ancer -4 18
Taylor Pendrith
Kevin Kisner
-4
-4
18
18
IN BRIEF
Jays will not host any
HONDA LPGA THAILAND
2nd of 4 rounds, Pattaya Old Course,
Chon Buri, Thailand, 6,576 yards; Par 72
unvaccinated players
Nasa Hataoka 63-65—128 -16
Su-Hyun Oh 63-65—128 -16
Celine Boutier 65-64—129 -15
Nanna Koerstz Madsen 65-64—129 -15
Xiyu Lin 64-66—130 -14
Brooke Henderson 65-67—132 -12
Jennifer Kupcho
Carlota Ciganda
65-67—132 -12
66-67—133 -11
News services on seven days’ paid leave
Alison Lee 65-68—133 -11 July 2 under the union
Minjee Lee
Esther Henseleit
69-64—133 -11
63-71—134 -10
Major League Baseball and MLB’s joint domestic
Hyo Joo Kim 69-65—134 -10 players who are not vacci- violence and sexual assault
Jeongeun Lee 66-68—134 -10 nated against the corona- policy after a Southern
Gaby Lopez 68-66—134 -10
Jaravee Boonchant 70-65—135 -9 virus won’t be allowed to California woman said he
Hannah Green 70-65—135 -9 travel into Canada to face choked her into uncon-
Danielle Kang 66-69—135 -9
Min Lee 67-68—135 -9 the Blue Jays in Canada sciousness, punched her
So Yeon Ryu 69-66—135 -9 and won’t be paid for those repeatedly and had anal
Hinako Shibuno
Amy Yang
67-68—135 -9
66-69—135 -9 games. sex with her without her
Megan Khang 69-67—136 -8 Canada’s government consent during two sexual
A Lim Kim
Jeong Eun Lee
67-69—136 -8
68-68—136 -8
requires a person must encounters earlier last
Lucy Li 67-69—136 -8 have received a second year.
Yu Liu
Leona Maguire
66-70—136 -8
70-66—136 -8
vaccine dose — or one dose
Lizette Salas 66-70—136 -8 of Johnson & Johnson — at NFL: The Cowboys waived
Lindsey Weaver-Wright 65-71—136 -8
In Gee Chun 68-69—137 -7
least 14 days prior to entry. tight end Blake Jarwin
Stacy Lewis 67-70—137 -7 The provision that they and released kicker Greg
Emily Pedersen
Madelene Sagstrom
70-67—137 -7
68-69—137 -7
won’t be paid is contained Zuerlein on Friday, moves
Sarah Schmelzel 68-69—137 -7 in a side letter between that bring modest savings
Patty Tavatanakit
Atthaya Thitikul
71-66—137 -7
70-67—137 -7
MLB and the players’ under the salary cap. ...
Marina Alex 71-67—138 -6 association, and was first Browns center JC Tretter
Matilda Castren 70-68—138 -6 reported by Boston televi- has been re-elected for a
Moriya Jutanugarn 70-68—138 -6
Kaitlyn Papp 68-70—138 -6 sion station WCVB. second term as president
Yuka Saso 68-70—138 -6 The Blue Jays open at of the NFL Players Asso-
Emma Talley 69-69—138 -6
home against the Rangers ciation.
MYGOLFLIFE OPEN on April 8.
2nd of 4 rounds, Pecanwood G&CC,
Hartbeespoort; South Africa,
„„Dodgers pitcher Trevor NHL: The Stars have signed
7,697 yards; Par: 72 Bauer’s administrative forward Joe Pavelski to a
Hennie Du Plessis 62-65—127 -17 leave was extended Friday $5.5 million, one-year
Nacho Elvira 62-66—128 -16
Pablo Larrazabal 63-65—128 -16 for a week by MLB and the contract extension. The
Tristen Strydom 62-66—128 -16 players’ association. The 37-year-old leads the team
Richard Sterne
Aaron Cockerill
64-65—129
65-66—131
-15
-13 extension begins Sunday, with 37assists (37) and 59
Laurie Canter 65-67—132 -12 the mandatory reporting points
Ross Fisher
Trevor Fisher
62-70—132
65-67—132
-12
-12
date for spring training,
Jazz Janewattananond 66-66—132 -12 and runs through March Tennis: Andy Murray
JJ Senekal 65-67—132 -12 19. Bauer will not report outlasted qualifier Taro
Brandon Stone 66-66—132 -12
Marcus Armitage 66-67—133 -11 to spring training during Daniel 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 on
Dean Burmester 65-68—133 -11 the extension or before Friday in the first round of
Darren Fichardt
Thriston Lawrence
66-67—133
66-67—133
-11
-11 the mandatory report- the BNP Paribas Open for
Jordan L. Smith 68-65—133 -11 ing date. He was placed his 700th career victory.
6  Chicago Tribune | Section 3 | Saturday, March 12, 2022

NATIONAL SPORTS REPORT

SHORTS

No indictment for Texans’ Watson
A grand jury on Friday declined to
indict Texans quarterback Deshaun
Watson following a police investigation
sparked by lawsuits filed by 22 women
who have accused him of sexual assault
and harassment. The grand jury’s deci-
sion came about a year after the women
first filed their suits, accusing Watson of
exposing himself, touching them with his penis or kissing
them against their will during massage appointments.
One woman alleged Watson forced her to perform oral
sex. Houston police began investigating Watson in April
2021 after a criminal complaint was filed. The FBI also was
reviewing the allegations. Prosecutors presented evidence
and testimony to the grand jury for over six hours on
Friday related to nine criminal complaints against Watson,
Johna Stallings, chief of the adult sex crimes and traffick-
ing division with the Harris County District Attorney’s
Office, said. She declined to say what possible charges
were presented to the grand jury for consideration. Stall-
ings said that decision ended criminal proceedings related
to Watson in Harris County, where Houston is located.
British sanctions could sink Chelsea
Lavish spending, sustained only by
the investment of Roman Abramov-
ich, pictured, funded Chelsea’s 21
trophies during his 19 years as owner.
Now there are fears the Premier League
club could run out of money after the
British government sanctioned the
Russian oligarch and froze his assets.
A team that won the Champions League last year and was
crowned world champions by FIFA a month ago has now
had some banking facilities frozen with officials unable
to use corporate credit cards while Barclaycard assesses
what is permitted under government rules. Chelsea is only
allowed to continue operating and playing games under
conditions set out by the government through a special
license, with caps on spending and a prohibition on sell-
ing tickets that will impair the cash flow for a club with a
last published wage bill of almost 28 million pounds ($36
million) a month. Chelsea officials spent Friday in talks
with the government to discuss how the club can continue
to pay staff, operate Stamford Bridge on matchdays and
ensure the club can be sold.
Russia set to fight isolation in sports
Russia stepped up its legal fight against isolation in sports
because of the war in Ukraine when its national Olympic
body made an urgent appeal Friday to overturn a ban on
its athletes competing at a European youth winter sports
festival. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said it was
setting a timetable for the case ahead of the Winter Euro-
pean Youth Olympic Festival being held in Finland from
March 20-25. Russian officials had promised to challenge
athlete bans imposed by most Olympic sports bodies this
month, though no appeal to CAS has been announced
relating to the figure skating world championships which
start March 21. The International Skating Union is orga-
nizing that event in Montpellier, France. The appeal by the
Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) challenges the Euro-
pean Olympic Committees, whose executive committee
decided on March 2 to exclude Russian and Belarusian
athletes. CAS said Friday the ROC has not asked for an
interim ruling — so-called “provisional measures” — to
freeze the ban, suggesting the full merits of the case could
be decided over the next week. The appeal joins Russian
soccer in going to CAS to push back against the country’s
sporting isolation after the invasion of Ukraine. —AP

GOLF

Fore-cast: Players
hit hard by rain
By Doug Ferguson
Associated Press

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The Players Cham-

pionship delivered only four hours of golf Friday before
rain saturated the TPC Sawgrass, assuring the PGA Tour’s
premier event will not end until Monday.
So much for Saturday being “moving day.”
Based on the forecast of overnight rain and raging wind,
the tour said there was no chance of even making the cut
until Sunday.
Play was stopped at 11:15
a.m. The conditions and the
forecast were so bad the first
round was not scheduled to
resume until 11 a.m. Satur-
day, and that was described
as a best-case scenario.
“The golf course has just
reached a point of satura-
tion, and unfortunately the
weather conditions are not
providing us any relief,” Rory McIlroy tries to stay
said Gary Young, the chief dry during The Players
referee of The Players. Championship on Friday.
Puddles formed on the GERALD HERBERT/AP
putting surfaces when play
was stopped, and the rain kept coming. Young said the
Stadium Course — formerly a swamp before the late archi-
tect Pete Dye worked his magic — had received some 3
inches of rain over a period of 36 to 48 hours.
It will be the eighth Monday finish since The Players
Championship began in 1974, and the first since 2005. All
the Monday finishes have occurred in March. The Players
was held in May for 12 years until returning to its earlier
date in 2019.
But it’s never been as disjointed as this.
The opening round was delayed an hour at the start,
and then was suspended for 4 hours, 15 minutes. Thurs-
day ended with Ian Poulter running from tee-to-green on
the par-3 17th so he could tee off on the 18th and assure his
group could finish before darkness.
There’s a good chance Poulter might not hit another
shot until Sunday morning.
Only 96 players from the 144-man field have finished
18 holes.
Tommy Fleetwood and Tom Hoge finished on Thursday
and each posted a 6-under 66. At best, they won’t start the
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred answers questions during an owner’s meeting on Feb. 10 in Orlando. JULIO AGUILAR/GETTY second round until late Saturday afternoon.
Brice Garnett holed out for eagle from the fourth fair-
way and was at 6 under with five holes to play when he
MLB returns Saturday.

Stand the test of time

True evaluation of deal to
come for players in 2026
By Ronald Blum
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Now comes the test:
Will baseball players be happy with
their new collective bargaining agree-
ment in 2026?
They clearly were unhappy with the
just-expired five-year contract, which
saw payrolls drop to their lowest level
since 2015. The agreement reached
Thursday raises the competitive-bal-
ance tax threshold by $34 million over
five years, up from a $21 million hike
over the 2017-21 deal and an $11 million
rise from 2011-16.
“I think that the MLBPA historically
has wanted a market-based system.
Over multiple negotiations that has
been a primary objective of theirs,”
baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred
said after Thursday’s deal ended a
99-day lockout.
“Markets produce market results.
And I think that the changes that were
made in this agreement moved dramat-
ically in their direction on topics like
the CBT threshold, and I think you’ll
probably see a little different market
results as a result of the changes.”
Players and management have
had tense relations in recent years.
Manfred said he hopes to improve that.
“I expect there to be disagreements,
particularly when the interests and
passions that the players have for
protecting the game and the integrity
of it is as strong as it is,” union head
Tony Clark said Friday.
Young star players were the biggest
beneficiary of the deal. Shohei Ohtani
earned $545,000 in 2018, when he
was voted AL Rookie of the Year. Had
the new agreement been in place
then, he would have earned an addi-
tional $750,000. Cody Bellinger was
at $605,000 in 2019, when he won NL
MVP. Under the new deal, he would
have gotten an extra $2.5 million.
The minimum salary goes from
$570,500 to $700,000, a 22.7% rise that
is the largest in a season since 2003.
The union also hopes the deal boosts
the middle: The median salary was
$1.15 million at the start of last season,
according to calculations by The Asso-
ciated Press, down 30% from the $1.65
million record high at the start of 2015.
“The deal pushes the game forward,”
Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole, a member
of the union’s executive subcommittee,
said. “It addresses a lot of the things
that the players in the game should be
focused on: the competitive integrity
aspect of it.”
Veteran players in leadership hoped
to get more. The union’s executive
subcommittee voted 8-0 against the
deal: Zack Britton, Jason Castro, Cole,
Francisco Lindor, Andrew Miller,
James Paxton, Max Scherzer and
Marcus Semien. Five of the eight are
represented by agent Scott Boras, and
Castro, at $3.5 million, is the only one
of the eight who earned under $12
million last year. Team player repre-
sentatives voted 26-4 in favor, leaving
the overall player executive committee
vote 26-12 to approve.
“You call it a division, I call it a
healthy dialogue and conversation,”
Clark said. “From our standpoint, the
process worked. Each group and each
team, each player, have had an oppor-
tunity to engage their team and and
voice their particular vote against the
backdrop of the other 25 members
or 39 members, I guess I should say,
of their club. The individual subcom-
mittee members who were invested
from start to finish, who were pushing
to make the gains that we all wanted to
make, they offered their vote against
the backdrop of that democratic
system.”
Clark and Manfred notably did not
have a joint news conference.
“I spoke to Tony after their ratifica-
tion vote. I told him that I thought we
had a great opportunity for the game
in front of us,” Manfred said. “One of
the things that I’m supposed to do is
promote a good relationship with our
players. I’ve tried to do that. I think
that I have not been successful in that.
I think that it begins with small steps.”
The union pushed for and gained
an amateur draft lottery in an effort
to spur competition and provisions to
discourage service time manipulation.
“The metrics that we used in analyz-
ing the system leading up to this nego-
tiation suggested to us the changes that
needed to be made and the issues that
needed to be addressed. And we looked
to address them and did address them
at the table,” Clark said. “As a result,
we’ll determine here how the system
responds to what we believe the fixes
needed to be and address them accord-
ingly at the end of the five-year term.”
Clark said Manfred called him on
Thursday to congratulate him on the
union’s ratification vote.
“There’s a lot of work to do moving
forward with respect to where our
game is at and where it needs to head,”
Clark said.
Daniel Berger was among those at 5 under, and he was
the first sign the conclusion of the opening round might
have to wait. He was just short of the par-5 11th green when
he called for an official because of water in the area where
he wanted to land his pitch.
Out came the squeegees, and a delay waiting for them
to move away the water. Jordan Spieth’s second shot into
the 12th was in the middle of a puddle, and he stood over
his mark as the squeegee crew cleared away the water.
Dustin Johnson had three birdies in his opening four
holes and went out in 32 before the wet greens twice fooled
him and led to three-putt bogeys — a 40-foot putt he left
well short on the 10th, a downhill putt from 30 feet that
ran 6 feet by on the 13th.
Berger figured them out. He holed a 40-foot birdie putt
from the fringe on No. 12 and, just as important, hit a beau-
tiful lag putt from 50 feet on the 13th. He followed with
birdie putts from 18 feet and 15 feet to reach 5 under.
Johnson was at 4 under when he walked off the green
at the par-5 16th with the rain falling harder than it had all
morning. Johnson is among the fastest players in golf (until
he gets to the green), but not on this occasion. He took his
time as he stared at the island green of the par-3 17th in a
driving rain. He fiddled with his glove. He slowly reached
into his bag for a rain jacket.
A horn to stop play was coming, just not fast enough.
He finally hit wedge near the hole and was happy it spun
back only 20 feet.
And then play was stopped before he putted. Stand-
ing in a tunnel beneath the bleachers, Johnson talked
about his timing with having to hit the tee shot, but had
no complaints.
“I will take that shot just where it is,” he said with a big
grin.
Spieth illustrated why the island green is not really an
island. His tee shot was a little long and a little left, and it
caught the walkway and rolled down the slope as it hugged
the edge. Because players can lift, clean and place golf
balls in closely mown areas, he didn’t have to stand on the
wooden frame to attempt his pitch. He barely got it on the
green, and chose to mark his ball. It will be nearly 24 hours
before Spieth, who was 2 under, hits his par putt.
That wasn’t the only good break for Spieth.
He was in under the edge of a palmetto bush right of
the 12th fairway, with no option but to go sideways to the
fairway. He hit a tree on the 15th and dropped down into a
flower bush, from where he could only hack out.
In both cases, the ball was embedded. He received a
drop one club length away. Two embedded balls, two pars.
And still a long way to go before this tournament takes
shape.