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a kirnirAM ebtimes.com www.mywi I PROFILE LOOKS I AT THE 1 SIGNATURE 1 SONGS OF COUNTRY limes MUSIC INSIDE Est. 1844 Volume 164, No. 45 FRIDAY, February 22, 2008 50 cents DAILY DIGEST I Local Sports Life Last Picture Show RRFalBw Jr Josh Rivera (left) of Somonauk is congratulated by teammates David Baumann (middle) and Scott Powers after picking up a steal and a score Thursday In Class 1A boys basketball regional semifinal action against Hinckley-Big Rock at Woodland High School. The Bobcats won 51-37, advancing to tonight's regional championship game. SPORTS aH LaRRaHHflr Ldlil awTalnfl 'LaaaaaaaaM aVRaaa! 9aa9aBL A 'MaM BaaaaaaaaaaV RSSaaaa HsH RJ Hwl Rn z3KT0Wf aRT I -1 i (rrrY RRlwXf aaRRal FV9I Mmmh Hi LaaaaBBRRaW aCs JLjtzRaavLaBBBY Ram BnH Bar jT jm Bb 1 aft- bbbbi RK JIRK bbbbi a IMF i BBBr Crash claims life of Sheridan man A Sheridan man died late Thursday night following a single-vehicle crash in rural Newark.

Brian J. Boe, 35, died at 11:21 p.m. at Valley West Community Hospital in Sandwich. At 10:39 p.m., La Salle County deputies responded to the accident on East 30th Road, south of Route 71. Boe's vehicle left the road for an unknown reason, went into a ditch and rolled over, according to the sheriffs office.

The vehicle came to a rest on its top in a field, the DeKalb County Coroner's Office reported. Boe was the vehicle's only occupant. The accident is under investigation by the sheriffs office and DeKalb County Coroner's Office TAMMIE SLOUP tammiesa mywebtimes.com 815-431-4048 The TimesDoug Larson Northpoint Cinema employees (from left) Robert Johnson, manager Kayla Kudrick and Jake Wiechman diligently work the final rush Thursday night after learning Wednesday the theater would close after Thursday's final screening. Northpoint showed six films Thursday, all starting at 7 p.m. People who opted to see "Fool's Gold," with a run time of 113 minutes, were the last In their seats.

Northpoint Cinemas' doors closed after 9 years 'The logistics of having three theaters in downstate Illinois and one up there isn't really feasible anymore. We drove up there every week with supplies and that's a lot of money in Dm Rogers, ttoatar owner Northpoint Cinemas. Rogers said they were offered positions at RMC's downstate theaters, but all declined. Rogers also said property taxes for the theater rose significantly, from $5,000 a few years ago to $20,000 this year. He blamed school districts for pulling out of an enterprise zone three years ago, which resulted in higher taxes for his property.

He said taxes would double next year to $40,000 after the enterprise zone expires. Rogers added that the downtown Majestic Theatre's reopening last year didn't help him financially, either. Majestic operator Kyle Mitchell heard about the closing Tuesday and thought Northpoint's fate might be blamed on his establishment. "I kind of worried that people would say we drove them out of town," Mitchell said. "We really did not want to do that." CRAIG WIECZORKIEWICZ craigwamywebtimes.com 815-673-6374 Tax, wage, fuel and other cost-of-business increases factored into the decision to close Northpouit Cinemas after Thursday's shows, theater owner Dan Rogers said.

"It's all economics," Rogers told The Times. "It's based on prices for everything going up, taxes going up, wages going up." Rogers' company, RMC Cinemas, owns three other movie theaters in downstate Illinois. Those movie houses, in Effingham, Waterloo and Jacksonville, will remain open. "The logistics of having three theaters in downstate Illinois and one up there isn't really feasible anymore," Rogers said Thursday. "We drove up there every week with supplies and that's a lot of money in Photo providedKris Jackson a common site throughout the region.

Two minimum wage increases since Gov. Rod Blagojevich took office also contributed to the decision, Rogers said. With about 100 employees chainwide, last year's increase from $6.50 to $7.50 an hour resulted in a $50,000 hit to the company's bottom line, he said. Eight people were employed at See THEATER, page A7 but one in particular caught the attention of Seneca resident Kris Jackson. On a road she drives regularly, a profile of Jesus' face appeared in the form of a pothole.

"(It) just came up and hrt me in the face as I was driving one day," Jackson, a Milton Pope School Board member, wrote in an e-mail. Jackson describes the formation on East 29th Road as the "perfect profile. I was so moved and shaken, I couldn't believe it! I went back with my son and thought, I'm realty going to freak out if it's not there, because I know I saw It'" Sure enough, it was there, so Jackson went back the next day and captured the image with her camera. Future of bed and breakfasts to be decided soon TAMMIE SLQUP tammiesniywebtimes.com 815-431-4048 As part of the review process of Ottawa's bed and breakfast regulations, Plan Commission members will hear from the public Monday as they look at possible changes. In recent months, an ad hoc committee formed by the Plan Commission has been reviewing the city's zoning and bed and breakfast ordinances, research Siblings excel in martial arts A love for martial arts must run in the Gonzalo family's blood.

Steven Gonzalo and Kathryn Gonzalo-Duque both recently received their black belts Gonzalo in hapkido and Gonzalo-Duque in tae kwon do. The siblings both teach at Duque Institute of Martial Arts in Ottawa. Martial arts help improve balance, coordination, flexibility, stamina, self-control of the body, mental toughness and focus. Gonzalo-Duque teaches tae kwon do to students ages 8 to 12. "I like it because they come in all spunky and excited," she said.

LIFE ft they are proposing to do," said Sue Wren, who now lives in La Salle, but helped her former husband research the issue when a bed and breakfast was proposed last year near his Ottawa property. "A and is a private residence, several rooms of which are set aside for overnight guests whose paid accommodations include breakfast. "The residential use remains the primary function of the home and the and use is secondary." See page A7 Commission, which will conduct a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Monday. One specific proposal, as outlined in a resolution recently approved by the City Council, entails removing a clause in the city's bed and breakfast ordinance that states guestrooms must be part of the primary residential structure and cannot be constructed for rental purposes.

A former Ottawan who spoke to The Times strongly opposes such a recommendation. "The definition for a (bed and breakfast) is nothing like what rules should be friendly to business Editorial -A4 Resident urges other residents to speak up Utter -A4 about their experiences regulating bed and breakfasts in their communities, among other tasks. After reviewing the ad hoe's report, City Council members approved a resolution sending the issue back before the Plan ing bed and breakfast ordi nances in other cities and inter viewing city planning stalls WEATHER INDEX UP NEXT SATURDAY at 31 HL OBITUARIES HOLLAND, Jason Streator LONG, Doris La Salle MINARICH, Agnes Marseilles O'HERRON, Richard Streator PRATER, Marcella Marion PRISBY, Christopher Ottawa SEVERSON, Gerhard Newark TRESCHAK, Evelyn lola, Wis. OBITUARIES B4 ANNIE B2 CALENDAR A2 CLASSIFIED Dl-5 COMICS D6 CROSSWORD D6 LIFE Bl LOCAL A3.5-8 LOTTERY A2 EDUCATION B5 OPINION A4 PEOPLE A2 POLICE A5 SPORTS L.C1-6 3115 HIGH LOW Weather, A2 ANNIVERSARY 75 years of FFA at Streator High SchoolLOCAL JOE TEMPLE Who can I get to trim my tree? GARDENING BOYS BASKETBALL Pirates go fpr NCIC TitleSPORTS.