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CLOSER LOOK: CHANGING LANDSCAPES – PART TWO

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Mary Heineman of Sugar Grove walks her dog, Casey, through the Dick Young Forest Preserve at Nelson Lake near Batavia.

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eneva High School officials and maintenance personnel were scrambling to repair the school’s soggy softball field Wednesday morning. Players huddled under blankets as it was decided whether the field was too wet to play on.

The decision finally was made to postpone the game by two and a half hours. It was official – my spring season had begun with outdoor sports. Finally, my first outdoor sports assignment was being played, instead of being canceled and postponed to later in the season.

Time to dig out my hats and gloves for some cold games ahead.

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KANE COUNTY

Sheriff seeks help with foreclosures

By JONATHAN BILYK jbilyk@shawmedia.com GENEVA – As foreclosures continue to trouble the local housing market, the Kane County Sheriff’s Office has asked for help in processing the distressed properties.

Next month, the County Board is expected to consider a request from the sheriff’s office to pay an additional $41,000 a year for a new office worker to schedule and push through paperwork on the hundreds of foreclosure sales staged by the office each month.

The request comes as representatives of Kane County Sheriff Pat Perez report that the sheriff’s office has become buried under the strain of a continuous stream of home foreclosure judgments requiring processing.

From 2011 to 2012, for in-

stance, the sheriff’s office reported that foreclosure sales processed by the Kane County Sheriff’s Office increased 108 percent. Last year, the sheriff’s office processed 5,944 foreclosure sales.

And Kane County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Ron Grommes said officials expect to again process a similarly large number of foreclosure judgments in 2013 and for several years to come.

Grommes noted that the sales can lag the judgments by about two years. So even if no further foreclosures were added to the current inventory, the county “would still be two years out” from processing the last of the foreclosure sales.

Grommes said the foreclosure sales are processed by a deputy, who was reassigned from other duties. But he said the sheriff’s office now needs that employee in the previous

job and needs the new foreclosure clerk to prevent the office from falling further behind in the scheduling of foreclosure sales.

Grommes noted in a memo to the County Board that the sheriff’s office now schedules 100 sales a week, and with an additional foreclosure clerk could increase that total to 130 sales a week.

The request was presented first to the County Board Judicial and Public Safety Committee last week. This week, the matter was heard by the County Board Finance Committee.

The committee noted that the foreclosure sale scheduler position could pay for itself because processing foreclosure judgments last year brought in $2.7 million to the sheriff’s office, through the collection of a $600 fee from lawyers representing lenders.

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Where did you grow up?

Beaufort, Mo. Pets? Two cats, Sammy and Cocoa Who would play you in the movie of your life? Ben Affleck. But my wife would like Hugh Jackman or Channing Tatum.

First job? Mowing lawns As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? A football coach. And I coached for two years in college part time. Now I sell insurance.

A movie you’d recommend? “Miracle” Hobbies? I’m a sports enthusiast.

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The Turf Room in North Aurora What is an interesting factoid about yourself? I grew up in a town of less than 100 people.

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Kane County Audubon sets bird walk in Batavia WHAT: Kane County Audubon has planned a bird walk at the Nelson Lake/Dick Young Forest Preserve. Meet in the parking lot by the silo. The public is invited.

WHEN: 8 a.m. April 6 WHERE: Nelson Lake/Dick Young Forest Preserve on Nelson Road, south of Main Street in Batavia INFO: Contact leader Terry Murray with questions at 630-896-3219.

Bethany Lutheran Church plans community supper WHAT: The Bethany Community Supper will be held at Bethany Lutheran Church. The

Newsstand price 50 cents Tuesday Friday, $1.50 Saturday. Basic annual rate: $182 Tuesday - Saturday.

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menu for this month is pork roast, scalloped potatoes, green beans and its “famous sundae bar.” The meal is free to the community.

Today is also Good Friday. After supper, the church will have its Tenebrae Good Friday Service at 7:30 p.m.

WHEN: 5 to 7 p.m. today WHERE: Bethany Lutheran Church on the corner of Wilson and Lincoln streets, Batavia INFO: Call 630-879-3444 or visit www. bethanybatavia.org.

‘Guest Bartender Night’ benefits scholarship fund WHAT: Fox Valley Jewish Neighbors will host its first “Guest Bartender Night” fundraiser to raise funds for its newly established Fox Valley Jewish School Scholarship Fund. Two FVJN participants will act as bartenders for the evening. The evening will include prize raffles as well as a 50/50 raffle. In addition, local guitarist, singer and songwriter Jim Green will perform. He is donating his time for this event. All funds raised will be used to establish the new FVJS Scholarship Fund.

WHEN: 6 to 9 p.m. April 22 WHERE: McNally’s Traditional Irish Pub, 109 W. Main St., St. Charles INFO: To donate to the raffle, email Kimberly Fivelson at kfivelson@fvjn.org. For information and upcoming events, visit www.fvjn. org.

St. Charles plans annual Arbor Day party event WHAT: St. Charles’ annual Arbor Day event featuring live music, a tree raffle and tree care demonstrations is set at Lincoln Park.

Children in the fifth grade and younger may enter an art contest. Draw or create artwork about trees. Sixth-graders through adults may enter a writing contest. The subject is “trees in my life” and essays should be no more than 300 words. Winners will receive a prize and special recognition at the Arbor Day festivities. Winning submissions will be displayed at the St. Charles Municipal Building through April.

WHEN: 4 p.m. April 26 WHERE: Lincoln Park at Fourth Street and Route 64 in St. Charles INFO: Submit entries no later than April 5 to the Public Works office at pw@stcharlesil. gov, with the subject “Arbor Day Contest.”

Entries can be mailed to or dropped off at the city of St. Charles, Attn: Public Works – Arbor Day Contest, 2 E. Main St., St. Charles, IL 60174. Photos are welcomed but optional. Include your name, address, phone number and current grade level, if applicable.

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How often do you visit a forest preserve in Kane County?

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WHAT: The Elburn Lions Club will host bingo at the clubhouse. The public is invited. Early bird bingo is followed by the first of four progressive raffles and regular bingo will include two split-the-pot games. Food and drink are available for purchase. Proceeds go toward Elburn Lions Charities for the sight and hearing impaired.

WHEN: Every Friday night through May 5.

Doors open at 5 p.m., early bird bingo starts at 6:30 p.m. and regular bingo starts at 7 p.m.

WHERE: Elburn Lions Club clubhouse at 500 Filmore St., Elburn INFO: Call 630-365-6315.

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ST. CHARLES

BATAVIA

Mayoral candidates talk taxes

Fermilab gets funding cut by 9 percent

Business revitalization, downtown plans also discussed at forum

By ASHLEY RHODEBECK arhodebeck@shawmedia.com ST. CHARLES – With the April 9 election less than two weeks away, the city’s four mayoral hopefuls fielded questions Thursday from members of Union Latina St. Charles at the St. Charles Public Library.

The candidates – Jotham Stein, Jake Wyatt, John Rabchuk and Ray Rogina – addressed questions about John business revital- Rabchuk ization, property taxes, downtown plans and the city’s role in accepting people of different ethnic groups before answering Jotham questions from Stein the audience.

Stein billed himself as the only candidate saying he would lower the city’s property taxes. He would do so by bringing more businesses to St. Charles, thus lessening the burden on homeowners, he said, noting taxes recently went up 5.2 percent.

Rogina, a 3rd Ward alderman, disagreed with Stein’s claim, saying St. Charles has charged its citizens the same dollar figure in recent years.

With respect to a balanced budget, Rogina said, revenue is key because the city has cut 11 percent of its expenses, and cutting more would compromise services.

As a businessman, Rabchuk said, he has followed the lean principle, which aims for efficiency. While the city has controlled expenses fairly well, it has yet to go through the lean process, he said, also noting the importance of business revitalRay ization.

Rogina Wyatt proposed quarterly meetings with other taxing bodies to review budgets and their effect on taxpayers.

Jake He agreed Wyatt that business growth is needed to support the city’s budget. Before shifting the focus on recruitment, the city should see what it can do to help existing businesses, Wyatt said, proposing a small-business owners forum.

Rogina supports lifting the restrictions imposed by the downtown overlay district, recruiting foreign industrial business and having business incubators that would provide startup money.

Election Central To learn more about the candidates in the April 9 consolidated election, visit the Kane County Chronicle Election Central website at www.kcchronicle.com/election.

By ERIC SCHELKOPF eschelkopf@shawmedia.com

If you go The League of Women Voters of Central Kane County will host a candidate forum at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Kane County Branch Court at the circuit clerk’s office, 530 S. Randall Road, St. Charles. Candidates for the St. Charles School District 303 board and the St. Charles mayoral race have been invited.

Rabchuk said the city has a reputation of being bad for business because the hurdles are high and the rules change.

St. Charles needs leadership around a vision, he said.

Recruiting businesses is Stein’s priority, he said, noting he has more than 20 years of experience advising businesses of all sizes. He would refocus the economic development department and work with other organizations, including the St. Charles Chamber of Commerce and the St. Charles Convention and Visitors Bureau, to recruit businesses, he said.

BATAVIA – Fermilab Director Pier Oddone said the high-energy physics laboratory plans to reallocate funds from other projects in light of a 9 percent cut in federal funding.

Oddone announced earlier this week that Fermilab is expected to receive $368 million in funding this year, 9 percent less than last year.

“We have been spending at a lower level since the beginning of the year in anticipation of these cuts, proposed last February,” Oddone said in a statement.

“However, sequestration has resulted in even greater cuts than anticipated, which has required some significant adjustments on our part. To accommodate these additional cuts with minimum impact to our scientific mission and our staff, we have made a proposal to the Department of Energy to reallocate some funds from projects, which can take some delay.”

Oddone said no furloughs are expected.

U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Winfield, expressed disappointment in the Fermilab cuts.

“The work done by scientists and researchers like those at Fermilab is essential to our economy by unlocking untapped potential for growth across countless job-supporting industries,” Hultgren said in a statement.

“On Friday, I sent a letter to President Obama co-signed by 17 members of Congress from around the country, Democrat and Republican, urging the White House to prioritize funding for essential scientific research and reverse their disproportionate slashing of the programs at Fermi, which threaten to undermine critical research and job creation initiatives at a time when we need them most.”

Former Fermilab scientist and U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-Naperville, said the cuts “were about what people were guessing.”

ST. CHARLES

Woman indicted on forgery, theft, exploitation charges

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com A Kane County grand jury has indicted a St. Charles woman on six felony counts of financial exploitation of the elderly, forgery and felony theft, according to court records.

Lynn A. Pranga, 56, of the 200 block of Fairhaven Drive, a former branch manager of MB Financial Bank, 2607 Lincoln Highway, St. Charles, was released on $3,000 bond after she

first was charged last year.

According to the March 19 indictment, Pranga is charged with two counts of financial exploitation of an elderly person over age 70 by obtaining control over more than $15,000 in one count and more than $5,000 but less than $100,000 in the other count; three counts of theft of more than $10,000 but less than $100,000; and one count of forgery of a cashier’s check for $3,500 in the victim’s name, dated July 24, 2009, payable to

MetLife, with the intent to defraud the victim.

The felonies carry penalties of two to five years in prison, three to seven years in prison and four to 15 years in prison, with fines of up to $25,000 each.

Pranga’s next court date is Thursday.

The indictment stems from charges filed in July after St. Charles police met with MB Financial Bank representatives who reported that a customer, who was older than 60, claimed

his five-year CD was changed to a one-year CD and had less money in it.

The victim was told he had made several withdrawals on the account, but he denied making any withdrawals, according to police.

Bank officials and the police investigated the man’s claim.

Over six months, they found several withdrawals and deposits were made on the victim’s account from the original fiveyear CD account and the man’s

other two accounts at the bank, police said. These allegedly occurred between June 2009 and June 2011.

Through investigation, police said they determined the withdrawals and deposits had been made by Pranga, and she had control and responsibility over the accounts as part of her professional duties. At the time Pranga was charged in July, police said more than $20,000 was still unaccounted for between the three accounts.

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DISTRICT 304

Batavia Highlands residents ‘up in arms’ over school boundaries

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com GENEVA – The parents of 16 children who live in the Batavia Highlands subdivision and attend Williamsburg Elementary School have vowed to fight a recommendation that their children be transferred to Western Avenue School.

Batavia Highlands is in the city of Batavia, but it also is within Geneva School District 304. The subdivision is bounded on the north by East Fabyan Parkway and on the west

by Route 25 at the northern edge of Batavia.

“The neighbors are all up in arms about it,” said Erica Herrington, whose 8-year-old daughter is in third grade at Williamsburg. “We just can’t see what advantage it serves.

Educationally and socially, it’s going to impact them.”

Angie Morrison, mother of a second-grader, also blasted the district’s boundary task force for focusing on their subdivision and excluding other neighborhoods. Morrison said the task force had, at first, focused on four neighborhoods, including Mill Creek students and an area in Geneva’s historic district, then it was down to two neighborhoods and 60 children to be moved.

“Now they’re taking everyone off the table ... the only kids they’re talking about moving are 16 kids from Batavia Highlands,” Morrison said. “You can’t tell me they’re trying to ‘balance’ attendance at schools. Sixteen kids is not balancing squat.”

Morrison said five years ago, Batavia Highlands parents successfully stopped another planned school move.

But school board member Mary Stith, who served on the boundary task force, said moving the Batavia Highlands

“Now they’re taking everyone off the table ... the only kids they’re talking about moving are 16 kids from Batavia Highlands.

You can’t tell me they’re trying to ‘balance’ attendance at schools. Sixteen kids is not balancing squat.”

your source.

Angie Morrison Mother of a second-grader students is a recommendation the school board is expected to act on at its April 22 meeting.

“There is nothing set in stone,” Stith said.

Stith said the task force looked at balancing enrollment and efficiencies and held four forums to allow public input. Other neighborhoods were removed from consideration because moving them would not balance enrollment or add transportation efficiencies.

Moving Batavia Highlands’ 16 children, Stith said, creates efficiencies in busing costs and in having children attend schools closer to their neighborhoods. Western Avenue, she said, is closer than Williamsburg.

“They have been moved three times,” Stith said of Batavia Highlands children. “We are not targeting them. Five years ago, they fought it and the board did not support it [the boundary change], and that is fine.”

But Stith said five years later, the board is looking at population bubbles, redefining neighborhoods and creating efficiencies in transportation.

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CHANGING LANDSCAPES

Why does it matter?

Supporters say open space saves taxpayers money and provides benefits

By NICOLE WESKERNA nweskerna@shawmedia.com No matter what time of year, Mary Heineman usually can be found outdoors.

Whether it be hiking, biking, cross-country skiing or running in Kane County’s forest preserves, she enjoys nearly everything nature has to offer when she heads outside.

Heineman, of Sugar Grove, and her family have been part of restoration workdays in area forest preserves and spend recreational time as a family outdoors. Even a few of the family’s holiday traditions – hiking through a forest preserve to offset Thanksgiving dinner and sledding down Johnson’s Mound in Elburn at Christmas time – take advantage of local open space.

There are many types of land that qualify as open space, including forest preserves, parks, athletic fields, farmland, walking trails and water retention ponds. Some consider open space to be land that has never been built upon, while others might consider it a playground in the middle of a subdivision.

Heineman chooses to spend much of her leisure outdoor time at one of the county’s many forest preserves.

“The changing of the seasons are more appreciated in a forest preserve. The colors are more vibrant,” Heineman said. “It’s a great amenity in Kane County.”

Heineman is one of thousands of voters who have supported referendums to allow the county to purchase more forest preserve land. Even though it means paying more in taxes, she has supported those referendums because she believes open space increases property values.

“For me, I think it’s money well spent to continue to grow open spaces in Kane County,” she said.

The Kane County Forest Preserve District has run four

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Coda plays with his owner, Fred Kropp, at the off-leash dog walking area at Hickory Knolls Natural Area in St. Charles.

On the Web The Kane County Chronicle is taking a closer look at the changing open space landscape in Kane County. This is part two of a three-part series.

THURSDAY • A look at the definition and history of open space in Kane County.

TODAY • A look at the importance of open

space and the strong support of open space referendums.

SATURDAY • A look at the balance between preservation and development, and the importance of volunteers.

successful referendums, totaling $260 million, since 1999.

Even in the midst of 2011’s economy, voters chose to pay more in taxes so the county could acquire additional forest preserve land.

“It is the one referendum which has been repeatedly approved by the supermajority of Kane County,” said John Hoscheit, president of the Kane County Forest Preserve District Board.

To view a map of existing and planned open space in Kane County, visit this story at www.kcchronicle.com.

Referendums The process of acquiring land ramped up in the late 1990s, when the county started feeling pressure from developers wanting to build in the county. Hoscheit said the public was vocal to county officials and “basically said, ‘We want you to preserve property.’ ” A group called The Conservation Foundation helped form a citizen advisory committee that provided feedback

about issues, such as buying more land to preserve.

Hoscheit said officials described the forest preserve referendums as the “ultimate tax cap” because preserving land, rather than developing it, saves taxpayers money.

For example, he said adding a dense subdivision would require new schools to be built, which means homeowners

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Board president: Forest preserve referendums cheaper in long run • SPACE Continued from page 8

Fast facts Kane County voters have approved four referendums since 1999 so the forest preserve district could acquire more land • 1999: 66.5 percent of voters approved a $70 million referendum • 2005: 66 percent of voters approved a $75 million referendum • 2007: 64 percent of voters approved an $85 million referendum • 2011: 54 percent of voters approved a $30 million referendum

Source: Kane County Chronicle archives

Serving a purpose Open space also serves as functional land, another reason planners want to preserve it. Open space helps with flood control, and a forest provides a wind buffer, absorbs carbon dioxide, produces oxygen and cools the air.

Many area municipalities also depend on groundwater to recharge aquifers for drinking water, which can’t happen if a large area is covered in concrete.

“You have this natural thing that you just take for granted when in reality, you can’t take it for granted,” said Jon Duerr, who retired several years ago as director of the Kane County Forest Preserve.

Without natural habitats, certain animal species start to suffer. Mary Ochsenschlager, who has retired from the St. Charles Park District as assistant superintendent of natural areas and interpretive services, said ground prairie birds are among the most endangered in this area.

Pam Otto – manager of nature programs and interpretive services at the Hickory Knolls Discovery Center, which is a facility of the St. Charles Park District – said the area used to be the native home of Blanding’s turtles, which never were in great abundance to begin with.

As Kane County has been built up, those turtles suffered because they started getting

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An area of Hickory Knolls Natural Area called Metra Prairie is seen.

Hidden gems in open spaces

By NICOLE WESKERNA nweskerna@shawmedia.com Kane County’s open spaces have a lot to offer, including native flowers and geological features.

But some of the jewels of those open spaces may not be as easy to find as, say, the historical Fabyan Windmill on the east side of Fabyan Forest Preserve along Route 25 between Geneva and Batavia, or the popular sledding hill, Johnson’s Mound, located off Hughes Road in Elburn.

Pam Otto, manager of nature programs and interpretive services at the Hickory Knolls Discovery Center, said there are a couple of spots within the St. Charles Park District boundaries where she loves to spend time. Persimmon Woods is one, and by sometime around April 15, she said woodland wildflowers begin to crop up.

Norris Woods Nature Preserve, near Johnor and Third avenues in St. Charles, is a 73-acre preserve that also features in-

teresting spring wildflowers, Otto said.

Some native wildflowers that can be found in the Kane County area include hepatica, trout lily, wild hyacinth, bloodroot, wood anemone and spring beauties.

Those looking for seasonal colors can visit the Hickory Knolls Natural Area on Campton Hills Road, west of Peck Road in St. Charles.

Otto said this is a vibrant area with great spring, summer and fall colors.

“There are so many preserves with so many unique qualities,” she said.

Otto said prickly pear cactus can be found growing at the Jon J. Duerr Forest Preserve, located at 35W003 Route 31 in South Elgin. While there’s debate as to whether the plants grew there naturally or were placed there, they seem to thrive in that area, Otto said.

While native plants may be easy to spot, a significant geological formation in Bliss Woods Forest Preserve, 5S660 Bliss Road, Sug-

ar Grove, may not be as easy to notice.

Known as the “Kaneville Esker,” a glacial formation sits on the east side of Bliss Road. It looks like a hill, but it’s actually a winding ridge of stratified gravel deposited by a glacial river.

“It was famous,” said Mary Ochsenschlager, who now is retired from the St. Charles Park District as assistant superintendent of natural areas and interpretive services. “Early in the century, professors brought geology students to observe it. Most of it’s been graveled out [since].”

Otto said nature lovers can see great horned owls nesting this time of year, and it’s almost time for a pod of white pelicans to head into the area. She said the pelicans can be found in late March and early April, and they tend to settle at the Dick Young Forest Preserve on Nelson Lake Road in Batavia. But they’re only here for a short time.

“I imagine it won’t be too much longer before we start seeing them,” she said.

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have to pay a permanent tax increase to fund it. Supporting a forest preserve referendum, he said, means supporting a temporary tax increase that lasts 15 to 20 years and ends up being cheaper long term.

“The incremental cost per household is 10 percent of what it would cost to pay for new schools, which is a permanent increase,” Hoscheit said. “We had support from people who saw no interest in open space, but voted for it to avoid major increases in the perpetual tax rate.”

He said the referendums were successful because they had support from a range of voters, from those passionate about conservation to conservative taxpayers.

The Little Woods Forest Preserve, a 162-acre preserve in Wayne, was part of the county’s 2011 land acquisition. Other recent investments include a 134-acre purchase in Batavia that’s adjacent to the southern edge of Dick Young Forest Preserve, south of Seavey Road, and a 136-acre addition to the Burlington Prairie Forest Preserve in Sycamore.

Some area townships also have been proactive in preserving open space.

In 2005, Campton Township voters – by a 3 to 1 margin – supported the purchase of $28 million worth of land, about 1,000 acres, to be used for preservation purposes. Township voters also passed a referendum in 2001 to purchase 1,000 acres.

Neal Anderson, who was Campton Township supervisor from 2001 to 2009, said he grew up in the area and watched the rapid population growth.

“For me, it was really hard to see homes come in and take away all the gorgeous farmland,” he said, noting that Kane County has some of the best soil in the world. “That’s why I got involved – to try to bring people together so we could all enjoy it and also try to protect some of what was here.”

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Library’s Book Nook Cafe to reopen

By NICOLE WESKERNA nweskerna@shawmedia.com SUGAR GROVE – A new vendor has plans to start serving coffee and other specialty drinks out of the Sugar Grove Public Library’s Book Nook Cafe.

The library board agreed to enter into a contract with Java Plus, a mobile coffee company that has been at the Sugar Grove Corn Boil, the Kane County Flea Market, the Kendall County Fair and farmers markets. The company also sells coffee, tea and other items online.

“We did a lot of events out in the Sugar Grove area, and we’ve gotten to know the people out there, and we like the area and we like the people.”

Mike Morkert, runs Java Plus Java Plus @ the Book Nook will open the cafe with special weekend hours beginning May 18. Beginning June 4, the cafe will be open for weekday hours from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Book Nook has been closed since mid-July.

Mike Morkert of Aurora, a soon-to-be retired teacher who has run Java Plus with

his wife, Vicki, for seven years, said he is looking forward to moving into their first “brick-and-mortar” retail space.

“We did a lot of events out in the Sugar Grove area, and we’ve gotten to know the people out there, and we like the area and we like the people,” he said. “The library kind of

GENEVA

Fox Valley Orthopedics kicks off 40th anniversary celebration

By NICOLE WESKERNA nweskerna@shawmedia.com GENEVA – To celebrate 40 years in business in the Tri-Cities, Fox Valley Orthopedics is kicking off a campaign today to inspire people to get moving.

Through the next 40 weeks, Fox Valley Orthopedics in Geneva is planning to post 40 ways to inspire motion on its website, www.fvortho.com.

The website will feature patient success stories, such as that of Sam Hill, who had a hip replacement and went on to win the Dancing with the Geneva Stars competition in February.

To kick off the campaign, the company is supporting Geneva’s Bike + Rack = Art Sculptural Bicycle Public Art Program.

The program combines art with movement by encouraging transportation by bicycle. The program will bring a permanent sculptural bike rack that serves a functional purpose. Thanks to support from Fox Valley Orthopedics,

the first sculptural bike rack will be placed in front of the Geneva History Center, 113 S. Third St. Mary O’Brien, CEO of Fox Valley Orthopedics, said the business started in St. Charles in 1973 when Dr. Eugene Wittenstrom saw the need to offer orthopedic services in the area. About a year later, he was joined by Dr. Merle Denker, who served as the first team physician, serving the needs of St. Charles High School football players.

O’Brien said when she started as an administrator in 1985, the company had a small office with about five exam rooms, one X-ray and five doctors. In 1994, the business moved to its Geneva location at 2525 Kaneville Road. The business also has an Elgin office. Today, 12 doctors serve patients.

O’Brien said part of Fox Valley Orthopedics’ continued success can be attributed to patient care.

“I think the dedication to quality here is really excellent,” she said. “I’ve worked in

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the health care field at several offices for all of my career, and I just think that the patients have always come first here.”

O’Brien said Fox Valley Orthopedics was the first business in this area that offered cutting-edge procedures, such as arthroscopic surgery, which was much less invasive than traditional means of surgery. She said a procedure that used to leave a 10-inch scar left only a 1-inch scar with that technology in place.

Dr. Craig Torosian, an orthopedic surgeon and president and medical director at Fox Valley Orthopedics, has been with the practice since 1995. He said the patients and the community have kept the business rooted in the Tri-Cities for four decades.

“One of the things that struck me about the practice is the community we live in,” he said. “It’s an honor and a privilege to take care of such nice people. We’ve been in business for 40 years I think because of a lot of reasons, but part of it has to do with the community we live in.”

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makes the perfect setting for us at this stage.”

Once opened, the cafe will offer coffee drinks, smoothies, specialty blended drinks, teas, continental breakfast foods – including Jake’s Bagels out of Aurora – and soups and sandwiches for lunch.

He said one thing that won’t be on the menu is soda.

Instead, he said he plans to carry healthier bottled drinks, such as Vitamin Water.

Before opening, Morkert hopes to stop by the library on select weekends and eve-

nings to give away samples and host an informal open house.

Library Director Carol Dolin said the Morkerts signed the contract last week, and she looks forward to bringing a business to the Book Nook Cafe, especially because the library has seen increased traffic and circulation numbers in the past year.

“We’re looking for another reason for people to come to the library,” she said. “...

Traffic and circulation are up significantly for the year, and we’re hoping to build on that momentum.”

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By JONATHAN BILYK jbilyk@shawmedia.com GENEVA – The chance to land a part-time government job that pays $25,000 a year but comes with full-time benefits has prompted two dozen current and former public officials and others to apply to be Kane County’s next representative on the Regional Transportation Authority’s Board of Directors.

Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen released the

list of applicants Thursday.

Lauzen likely will appoint the county’s RTA representative next month, after a selection advisory panel he impaneled submits a list of three finalists to him.

The list of names include current and former Kane County officials and others who have served in public posts throughout the county.

The list of applicants seeking the job, which includes health insurance and a pen-

sion, include: Former County Board member Jim Mitchell, who served as one Lauzen’s campaign chairmen during Lauzen’s run for countywide office; St. Charles Mayor Don DeWitte; former Kane County Auditor Bill Keck; former Kane County Transportation Director Nabi Fakrodden; County Board member Mike Donahue; former County Board members Bonnie Kunkel and Tom Van Cleave.

Also on the list are former St. Charles Mayor and candidate for County Board chairman, Sue Klinkhamer; former Carpentersville village president and candidate for County Board chairman Bill Sarto; West Dundee Village President Larry Keller; North Aurora Village President Dale Berman; retired judge Manuel Barbosa; and Sugar Grove Village Board member Mari Johnson.

The list is rounded out by Gustavo Cuevas, Gilbert Fe-

liciano, Donald Glaze, Frank Imhoff, Michael McDonnell, Gregory Meyers, Jay Moffat, Bob Moga, Jim Pilmer, David Reece and Bernard Thomas.

The position will become open when the term of current Kane County RTA representative and former County Board member Jan Carlson expires this year. Carlson has served on the RTA board since he was appointed to the position by former County Board Chairman Karen McConnaughay.

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Foster is pushing legislation known as The National Fab Lab Network Act of 2013, which would establish a network throughout the United States. The bill has been introBill Foster duced with bipartisan support from 15 original co-sponsors, including U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Winfield.

Fab Labs are state-of-the-art fabrication laboratories where youth and adults can invent, design and manufacture prod-

ucts. Sobek said Waubonsee wants to collaborate with area high schools on the endeavor.

“We are hearing that students don’t have the opportunity to be hands-on,” Sobek said.

“We are excited about being able to house it. The challenge we have is funding it. Part of it is trying to communicate what a Fab Lab is.”

Approval of the Fab Lab legislation would allow for federal funding for the program. Foster said starting a lab at Waubonsee’s Aurora campus could cost about $200,000.

Steven Kase, board chairman of the Tooling and Manufacturing Association and president and CEO of Aurora-based

ASK Products, is enthusiastic about the idea. ASK Products is a terminal lug manufacturer and supplier.

“This program has opportunities for students, for employers, for training,” Kase said. “I know WCC is one of the leaders in education that would support advanced manufacturing.”

Weisner also is a supporter of the program.

“Not all students are going into undergraduate studies,” he said. “They need to be prepared to work when they graduate. We are working hard to make sure our young people are prepared for the world of work.”

ECC to host ice cream social for Relay for Life

H.E.L.P. to hold dinner, auction in Geneva

ELGIN – The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Elgin Community College is hosting its inaugural Cancer Survivor and Caregiver Ice Cream Social at 6:30 p.m. April 25 at Colonial Café, 600 S. McLean Blvd. in Elgin. Survivors and their caregivers will gather for free ice cream, trivia games and to learn about the 2013 Relay For Life. Survivors and caregivers are encouraged to RSVP to 630879-9009, ext. 3.

GENEVA – Homes for Endangered and Lost Pets will be hosting, “Thank You for Being a Lifesaver,” its annual dinner and auction, from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

May 3 at Mill Creek Golf Club, 39W525 Herrington Drive in Geneva. All proceeds will benefit the dogs and cats in H.E.L.P. foster care. Tickets include dinner (barbecue beef brisket, blackened chicken, vegetable lasagna, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, classic tossed Caesar

salad, dinner rolls, mini sweet tray, lemonade, iced tea and coffee). An open bar will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., and dinner will be served at 7:15 p.m.

Cash bar after 7:30. Tickets are $50 a person. Tickets must be bought in advance. Visit www. helpinganimals.org to order via PayPal or email Michelle Clancy at mandmclancy@att.net.

Christ, 40W451 Fox Mill Blvd., will sponsor a church auction gala at 7 p.m. April 13 in Fellowship Hall. “Come see the world with us” is the theme.

Auction items include an original framed watercolor, handmade quilts, a Coach purse, dinners, vacation stays and a cottage for a week in Ireland.

The public is invited to attend for free. Call 630-584-0929 for information.

By ERIC SCHELKOPF eschelkopf@shawmedia.com AURORA – U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-Naperville, and Waubonsee Community College President Christine Sobek on Thursday announced a proposal to put a manufacturing laboratory in Waubonsee’s downtown Aurora campus as a way to invest in the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators.

“Manufacturing is the way a city grows,” Foster said during a roundtable discussion with Sobek, Aurora Mayor Tom Weisner and other business and community leaders. “Kids don’t build stuff anymore. This

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8LOCAL BRIEFS Leos to host pancake breakfast, Easter egg hunt SOUTH ELGIN – The South Elgin Leos Club will host a pancake breakfast and Easter egg hunt on Saturday. Breakfast will be served between 8:30 and 11:30 a.m. The cost is $6 for adults, $3 for those ages 3 to 10. The Easter egg hunt will begin at 10:30 a.m.

The South Elgin Lions Club is at 500 Fulton St., South Elgin. For information, call 847-608-9091.

All net proceeds will benefit the South Elgin Leos Club and its charities.

Help discover, document the largest native trees ST. CHARLES – Help discover and document the giants as part

of the Illinois Big Tree Registry.

This statewide program encourages citizens to appreciate, record and report the largest native trees. Learn how to get involved during a workshop led

by Jay Hayek, extension specialist forester with the University of Illinois. The workshop is from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at Creek Bend Nature Center, which is located at 37W700 Dean St., St. Charles, within LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve.

Registration for this “Learn from the Experts” program is $15 per person and is for adults ages 16 and older. To register, call 847741-8350 or email programs@ kaneforest.com.

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8OBITUARIES Born: Feb. 7, 1958; in Elmhurst Died: March 26, 2013

In 25 years of marriage, the Cudworth family had not owned a dog, and Linda claimed she’d one day write a book titled “1001 Reasons Never to Own a Dog.” But when her son, Evan, rescued a terrier/poodle mix named Chuck off the streets of Chicago, Chuck came to live in the Cudworth home and became part of the family.

A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. April 13 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1145 N. Fifth Ave., St. Charles. Burial will be private.

Contributions may be made to Bethlehem Lutheran Disaster Fund for families in need of financial assistance or to Cadence Health Foundation, 0S050 Winfield Road, Suite 200, Winfield, IL 60190, or www.cadencehealth.org/Giving.aspx.

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BATAVIA – Esther E. McConkey, 96, of Batavia, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2013, at Rosewood Care Center in St. Charles. She was born April 11, 1916, in Broughton, Pa., the daughter of Joseph and Agnes (nee Sorger) Smith. She was united in marriage to William B. McConkey on July 23, 1936, in Covington, Ky. Esther was a member of the Batavia Covenant Church.

She is survived by a son, W. Bruce (Linda) McConkey; daughter, Karen (Jerry) Miller; daughter-in-law, Glenda McConkey; seven grandchildren, Ron (Ronda) McConkey Jr., Warren (Kimberly)

McConkey, Kirk (Laura) Miller, Keith (Teresa) Miller, Kyle (Jill) Miller, Sara (Kyle) Lojewski and Lisa McConkey; 11 great-grandchildren; a sister, Grace Witzel; brother, William (Betty) Smith; sister-in-law, Nina Barker; and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William B. McConkey; a son, Ronald McConkey; and a sister, Olive Green.

A funeral service will be at 1 p.m.

Monday, April 1, at Moss Family Funeral Home, 209 South Batavia Ave. in Batavia. The visitation will be from noon until the service.

Interment will be in Lincoln Memorial Park in Aurora.

Contributions in her memory may be made to Batavia Covenant Church, 1314 Main St., Batavia, IL 60510.

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dow broken out Sunday, March 24.

Damage was estimated at $500.

• Dennis R. Herren, 48, of the 0-100 block of South Jackson Street, was charged Sunday, March 24, with disorderly conduct and breach of peace after an incident at Burger King, 107 N. Batavia Ave. • An unknown offender took a carton of cigarettes out of a victim’s hands and ran out of the Mobil gas station, 2074 Main St., during an incident on Saturday, March 23. The offender was described as being 5 feet, 11 inches tall, 22 to 23 years old and wearing a dark jacket and dark pants, along

with having short black spiked hair and tattoos on both sides of the neck.

• Matthew J. Simon, 27, of the 1100 block of Essex Court, Batavia, and Adam C. Benner, 22, of the 1100 block of Hanover Drive, Batavia, were charged Thursday, March 21, with possession of marijuana at Full Moon Bar, 113 S. Batavia Ave. • An Apple iPad valued at $400 was reported taken Wednesday, March 20, from Lumes restaurant, 1902 W. Fabyan Parkway.

• According to police reports, $350 in cash was taken Tuesday, March 19, from Riverain Point

apartment complex, 200 N. Island Ave. There were no signs of forced entry.

• Duncan M. Powers, 21, of the 300 block of East South Street,

Elburn, was charged Saturday, March 23, with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence of alcohol and improper lane use.

ESTHER E. MCCONKEY Born: April 11, 1916; in Broughton, Pa. Died: March 28, 2013; in St. Charles

8POLICE REPORTS Batavia • An electric drill valued at $200 and a radio valued at $150 were taken between Friday, March 22, and Monday, March 25, from a car parked in the 1500 block of Whitehall Court. There were no signs of forced entry.

• Two mailboxes were removed from their posts Sunday, March 24, from the 2000 block of Wagner Road. One mailbox was valued at $100, and the other mailbox was valued at $50.

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Otto: Chemical use, road salts hurt frogs • SPACE Continued from page 9 hit by vehicles as they moved from one wet patch to another.

She said frogs also are a good indicator of environmental health because they live on land and water.

“If something happens to frogs, it means potential problems for humans and amphibians. If we lose that open

space, what else are we going to lose that’s going to be able to inform us of what we’re doing environmentally?” Otto said.

Otto said excessive chemical use and road salts are becoming more prevalent and can cause health problems for frogs, and when frogs are affected by chemicals, it means there’s a chance that those chemicals could enter the water supply.

“We’re the ones that end

up losing from that in the long run,” she said.

If the Kane County Citizen Advisory Committee provides positive feedback about acquiring forest preserve land, county officials may consider moving forward with another referendum. Hoscheit said the county may consider such a referendum as soon as 2016 because some of the 1999 bond issuances will be paid off by then.

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BATAVIA – Linda Cudworth, 55, of Batavia, died surrounded by her loving family March 26, 2013.

She was born Feb. 7, 1958, to Melvin and Joan Mues in Elmhurst.

She is survived by her loving husband, Christopher; son, Evan Cudworth, 26; and daughter, Emily Cudworth, 23; mother, Joan Mues, 83; sister, Diane Mues, 52; and brother, Paul Mues, 50.

She was preceded in death by her father, Melvin Victor Mues, in 2012.

Linda Cudworth was a pre-K teacher at St. Mark’s Preschool in St. Charles for 18 years. Prior to that, she was a teacher in special education in the West Aurora School District for 10 years.

An avid gardener, Linda

Cudworth grew perennials, annuals and a woodland garden around her Batavia home. She also “ranched” monarch butterflies, harvesting eggs from the milkweeds she grew and released dozens of the insects back into the wild each summer. Her love of nature included long walks in local forest preserves and the Morton Arboretum, where she and her husband, Chris, were longtime members.

Linda also loved classical music.

Her sister, Diane, plays viola in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Her son, Evan, played cello, and Emily played the violin.

Throughout her cancer treatments over the years, Linda continued pursuing her keenest interests. Despite the difficulties of chemotherapy and surgeries, she declined to let the disease define who she was, pursuing vacations with friends each summer to visit the works of Frank Lloyd Wright in Wisconsin, Chicago and Pennsylvania.

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OPINIONS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Bringing back a sense of community To the Editor: As a resident of Sugar Grove, I find the upcoming election to have great relevance. The race for village president will be very tight; however, I feel that the best candidate for this position is Kevin Geary.

He has been an honest and trustworthy individual that has stood by his word. He works hard for his friends and neighbors and wants to make Sugar Grove a community we can all be proud of. He wants to

bring the community together and make it not only a place to live but a hometown.

Under the current regime, the village has become disjointed and is no longer seen as a whole community. There is no sense of “village” or “hometown” – for many, this is merely a place to rest their head.

Kevin Geary plans to bring back that sense of community and make this, once again, our hometown.

April Carvelli Sugar Grove

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‘Project Publish’ winners describe journey “I heard my name called,” Stephen Poulos said, “and I felt a wash of emotion come over me.”

“When I was up there,” Wren Roberts smiled, “it was pretty overwhelming.”

No, Steve and Wren hadn’t been conversing with St. Peter at the gates of heaven.

Moments before, Batavia Mayor Jeff Schielke announced the first-place winners of the literary and acting reality game show, “Project Publish.” Steve won for his performances and Wren for her scripts.

After watching the finale Sunday, aired live at Batavia’s BATV studios, I had the pleasure and privilege of talking with them.

“I put as much as I could into every piece I acted out,” Steve said. “Every day I came home and worked on the

VIEWS Rick Holinger manuscript. What kind of character am I going to do it in? What kind of voice?”

“Project Publish” allows actors only three days to prepare an interpretation of the prose or poetry created by their team writer.

“One performance can make or break you,” Steve said. Looking at Wren, he added, “I credit your writing style.”

He had interpreted Wren’s hilarious twist on the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale while wearing a white tunic and rope belt, looking like a thinner, bearded, handsomer Shrek.

“I did Sleeping Beauty because it’s the fairy tale I

hate the most,” Wren laughed.

“I did kind of a Monty Python number on it.”

“I dig medieval times,” Steve said. “I got to be my crazy peasant self.”

Of the narrative and acting, writing judge Don Bingle said, “It was a very funny story.” Guest host Schielke praised, “Exceptionally well done.” Performance judge Amber Mitchell, owner of Stageworks, “loved the ‘Spamalot.’ ” Wren, in her 20s, works with special needs students and is writing a science-fiction thriller. She hopes writer and Fox Valley Writers Group facilitator Kevin Moriarity, volunteering his expertise to the winners, will help her get published.

“I wasn’t originally going to get involved,” Wren con-

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fessed, “but my friends said that I always tell them they should say yes to new challenges, so they got me to say yes to this one.”

“I’m very proud,” Steve summed up, “to have done this performance for Batavia, for my students, for my family and for the Batavia Fine Arts Center. Everything has come to fruition.”

“Steve did a great job with my piece,” Wren said. “And I’d just like to thank everyone who voted for me.”

These two young artists bear out the final stanza of Richard Graves’ poem he read at last summer’s Batavia Arts Fair, when Kimberly Kozar, the show’s producer, heard it, inspiring “Project Publish”: A season of battles ... and when it’s all over, One lucky pair will be dancing in clover.

A tense final week, then joy hard to bridle As first season winners of “Open-Mike Idol.”

To follow Season 1 in pictures and posts, read the entire poem, and learn about Season 2, visit www.facebook. com/groups/projectpublish.

As Kozar posts there, “Really, every single one of the contestants, crew, and creators are winners for bringing this idea to life.”

• Rick Holinger has lived in the Fox Valley and taught high school English there since 1979. His poetry, fiction, essays, and book reviews have appeared in more than 100 literary journals. He founded and facilitates the St. Charles Writers Group.

Contact him at editorial@ kcchronicle.com.

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St. Charles North won two relays to boost the North Stars boys at the Illinois Prep Top Times finals Saturday at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington. PAGE 22

GENEVA 13, MARMION 10

A Mitch in time ...

Geneva’s Endriukaitis keys big rally

By DENNIS D. JACOBS GENEVA – Mitch Endriukaitis started the Geneva baseball team’s improbable eight-run seventh-inning rally Thursday with a base hit, clubbed the go-ahead threerun homer later in the frame, and for good measure picked up the save on the mound as the Vikings outlasted Marmion, 13-10.

Geneva, technically the visiting team because this was supposed to be a home game for the Cadets – field conditions at Marmion forced the location change – entered the top of the seventh trailing, 10-5.

In addition to Endriukaitis’ lead-off single, the Vikings got clutch hits from Anthony Bragg, Brock Chenier and Luke Polishak to keep the rally alive before Endriukaitis took Marmion reliever Zach Siwiec deep over the left-field fence.

Endriukaitis didn’t have much time to think about his second at-bat of the inning because he was working in the bullpen in case he was needed in the bottom of the frame and the Cadets chose to intentionally walk Nick Derr in front of him to load the bases. Marmion (1-1) was clinging to a 10-9 lead with two outs at the time.

“I was down warming up and then I was on deck, so I sprinted up here,” Endriukaitis said. “Luckily, coach [Matt] Hahn helped me out and called time to let me catch my breath and regain my focus. It was the right pitch and I swung and it was a home run.”

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Geneva’s Bobby Hess slides safely into second base as Marmion’s Edgar Sanchez grabs the throw during their game Thursday at Geneva. tially was not going to grant Endriukaitis time, so Hahn forced the issue by pointing out that the coach could call for an offensive conference with his hitter.

“I’ll credit our sophomore coach [Fred Fortman],” Hahn said. “He got in my ear to call timeout and the umpire didn’t want to give it to us. Our sophomore coach said, ‘Call time, call time. Let him catch his breath. His heart’s probably racing.’ So I’ll give Fred cred-

it.”

The first pitch Endriukaitis saw was a wild pitch that tied the game. Then he drilled the next pitch over the fence.

“We work hard every day and that’s one of the things we focus on – that if we’re down, we never give up,” Endriukaitis said. “Our trip down to Jacksonville, we were down in two of our games, but we came back. That’s how this team is.”

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Saluting the regional running community is a chief reason behind the store addition.

“It’s the running boom that’s with us right now and so many people finding that it’s a great way to lose weight,” Kamps said. “There’s nothing like moving your body mass across the planet that really burns the calories to lose the weight.”

Kamps and company are especially excited to show off

the expansion to one customer in particular.

St. Charles resident Steve Spear, a former pastor at Willow Creek Community Church in West Chicago, is expected to pass through home in July as he runs from Los Angeles to New York in a fundraiser to build a clean water and sanitation system in Kenya.

Spear will average about a marathon – 26.2 miles – per day beginning April 4. Kamps envisions a parking lot filled with lively Dick Pond patrons and supporters whenever Spear stops by.

“We’re just honored that we know him and that he’s doing this and that we’ll be able to say hi and shake his hand

SOFTBALL: PLAINFIELD NORTH 11, BATAVIA 0

Bulldogs scuffle against Tigers, absorb blowout

By VINNIE DUBER editorial@kcchronicle.com

BATAVIA – Two days after Batavia posted six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to complete a comeback victory over West Chicago, the Bulldogs were on the opposite end of a crooked number in the final frame.

For much of Thursday’s softball game against Plainfield North, the Bulldogs were in striking distance, but the Tigers poured on eight runs in the seventh inning to ice the contest, sending Batavia to an 11-0 defeat.

Batavia trailed, 3-0, heading to the seventh, but Plainfield North sent 13 batters to the plate in the inning and scored eight runs on six hits – including five doubles – off a pair of Bulldogs pitchers.

“In the last inning there, I think they hit the ball hard a little bit,” Batavia coach Lupe Castellanos said. “Our pitchers,

we need to throw a few more strikes, but for the most part I think Plainfield North did a great job of hitting the ball a little bit hard in that last inning to move some of those runs around the bases.”

The Tigers were a well-oiled machine in all facets, as sophomore pitcher Sydney Schimmel kept the Bulldogs (1-2) off the scoreboard while scattering eight hits. Plainfield North flashed strong defense in the field, turning two double plays that squelched rallies before they got started.

After Plainfield North (2-0) scored its first two runs in the top of the fourth, the Bulldogs had an excellent scoring chance in the bottom of the inning. Trailing, 2-0, Batavia led off the inning with three straight singles, but after a conference on the mound, Schimmel got a strikeout, a forceout at home plate and groundout to second to end the threat.

“We just need to come up with a big hit in those situations,” Castellanos said. “We had the bases loaded there with nobody out, and we couldn’t get that big hit that we needed. I’ve got to give credit to Plainfield North. They kept their composure and played some pretty good defense and got out of that inning. But I think we need to come through with a big hit in that situation to score some of those runs.”

Bulldogs senior third baseman Selena Kweder tallied a hit in all three of her at-bats, including a pair of doubles. Outfielder Lauren Mueller – whose sister, Alicia, allowed two runs in the first four innings on the mound – singled twice.

Kweder also made several solid plays at third base, but she echoed her coach when describing the Bulldogs’ lack of clutch hitting.

“We just need that one person to show up and get a big hit,” Kweder said.

and there he goes,” Kamps said. “And then he’ll still have about half his journey to go.”

Considering the company started with its late namesake selling shoes out of his car and Glen Ellyn basement, the thought of six retail outlets – including those in Carol Stream, Carpentersville, Lisle, Park Ridge and Schaumburg – is especially endearing to Kamps, a longtime employee.

The St. Charles store is growing. Kamps hopes folks’ fitness aspirations keep following suit.

• Kevin Druley is a sports writer for the Kane County Chronicle. He can be reached at 630-845-5347 or kdruley@ shawmedia.com.

Rakow looks at Marmion’s loss as ‘bump in the road’ • VIKINGS Continued from page 15 Sophomore Ben Slattery picked up his first varsity win for the Vikings (3-1) by getting the final two outs of the sixth inning. Starter Tony Landi went four innings, giving up five runs on seven hits. Errors contributed to several of those runs.

“Our defense, which we think will be one of the strengths of our team, kind of let us down a little bit today,” Hahn said. “But you look at the guys who kind of came through in the clutch there and you look to our seniors. You look at the best varsity teams and their seniors come through when you need them.”

In addition to Endriukaitis, who was 3 for 4 with four RBIs, seniors Bobby Hess, Chenier and Polishak all had a pair of hits.

Catcher Brady Roberts had a pair of doubles and an RBI for the Cadets, and designated hitter Edgar Sanchez also had two hits and drove in a run.

Marmion took a 2-0 lead in the second inning and never trailed until the seventh.

“We played pretty well for six innings,” Marmion coach Dave Rakow said. “The last inning got us, but the cup half-full is that this is a young team and maybe this is just a bump in the road. …

I think our guys know they have talent, but they have to learn how to win games at the varsity level and we’re not there yet.”

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PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Baseball: Naperville North at Batavia, 10 a.m.; Kaneland at O'Fallon, 4:30 p.m.

Softball: West Aurora at St. Charles East, 11 a.m. (DH); Burlington Central at Edwardsville, 4 p.m. (DH)

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Dick Pond Athletics-St. Charles manager Glen Kamps holds his running specialty store in high esteem.

“We’re a little more than a store,” Kamps said. “We’re a place where people come to change their lives.”

All the better, then, that the location at 303 N. 2nd St. is expanding. Ongoing construction due for completion in May will see the facility more than double in size, going from 1,400 to 2,960 square feet.

The St. Charles location – shuffle-jogging ever closer to the 10th anniversary of its opening in May – remains open through construction.

Kamps said the store growth doesn’t so much accommodate an influx of inventory as it

Pro hockey Anaheim at Blackhawks, 7:30 p.m., NHLN, CSN Two of the top teams in the Western Conference square off more than a week since their last meeting March 20, which the Ducks won, 4-2. The Hawks enter with a 25-4-3 record while the Ducks are 22-7-4.

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By TOM MUSICK tmusick@shawmedia.com CHICAGO – Patrick Sharp has stepped in front of plenty of pucks during his career, but he never has wrestled down a 250-pound athlete quite like LeBron James.

That’s why Sharp tried to recruit Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich to join the Blackhawks after watching from a courtside seat as the lightweight guard held his ground, tackled the barreling Miami Heat superstar and earned a spot on countless highlight reels.

VIEWS Tom Musick “I told him after the game we should get some hockey pads on him,” Sharp said with a smile Thursday after practice. “[We could] put him on the penalty kill or something.”

Not likely.

For one, the injury-riddled Bulls are shorthanded enough. Two, the Blackhawks might be willing to part

with a top prospect, but his ice skates would tear up the hardwood.

Time for another plan.

The NHL trade deadline arrives Wednesday, which will present Hawks general manager Stan Bowman with two options.

Option A: Stand pat with one of the best teams in hockey.

Option B: Try to improve one of the best teams in hockey.

Too simplistic? Yes, probably.

But a record-setting start

deserves a banner-raising finish. Bowman knows not to be reckless, but if he has a chance to trade a few tomorrows for today, he should do so.

For reasons why, look no further than the Pittsburgh Penguins.

At 26-8-0, the star-studded Penguins are to the Eastern Conference what the Hawks are to the Western Conference. Led by 25-year-old center Sidney Crosby, they boast four players with at least 15 goals this season and entered Thursday with a 13-game win

streak.

Yet the Penguins refused to be comfortable. In the past few days, they have added 500-goal scorer Jarome Iginla from Calgary, 245-pound defenseman Douglas Murray from San Jose and gritty veteran Brenden Morrow from Dallas.

Surely, Bowman has taken notice. His players have.

“I don’t know how much cap space they have over there,” defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson said with a chuckle. “They’ve got a lot of guys there.”

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Batavia girls soccer ties Buffalo Grove KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE SCHAUMBURG – Alexis Bryl’s free-kick goal midway through the second half helped the Batavia girls soccer team forge a 1-1 tie against Buffalo Grove on Thursday.

The result allowed the Bulldogs to finish second in the four-member, round-robin Lake Park tournament at Olympic Park. The tournament champion Bison entered the game having outscored opponents, 21-1, in five straight victories to open the season.

“Buffalo Grove has been taking people to the woodshed, and they’ve been doing pretty well overall,” Bulldogs coach Mark Gianfrancesco said. “I thought we played pretty well against them, responded well being down a goal.”

Batavia (2-0-2) benefited from strong possession and communication in the back to draw even.

St. Charles East 6, Wausau (Wis.) 0: At West Chicago, Amanda Hilton and Carly Pottle tallied two goals apiece for East (2-1), while Kendra Sheehan recorded the shutout.

The game was moved to West Chicago to keep Norris Stadium in shape for the Saints’ Saturday home match against Batavia.

Downers Grove South tournament: Neuqua Valley 1, St. Charles North 0: Neuqua Valley converted a penalty kick with 11 minutes remaining to hand North (3-1) its first defeat of the season. The North Stars’ Shelby Stitz had six saves.

BASEBALL St. Charles North 13, Eldorado 3 (5 inn.): At Rent One Park in Marion, North set the tone early with seven runs in the first inning and four more in the second. Kurt Barbeau, Anthony Lambert, Ryan Thomas and Cory Wright drove in two runs apiece for the 3-2 North Stars.

St. Francis splits pair: At

Wheaton, St. Francis opened its season with an 8-7 win against Waukegan before falling to Ridgewood, 5-1.

Jack Petrando smacked a game-winning, two-run double in the bottom of the seventh inning against Waukegan. Josh Croci went 3 for 4 with three steals in the Ridgewood game.

SOFTBALL St. Charles North 9, Montini 6: At The Dome At The Ballpark in Rosemont, Abby Howlett had two hits and three RBIs in North’s season-opening victory.

Sabrina Rabin spaced four strikeouts, three hits and zero

earned runs in the complete game while going 3 for 5 at the plate. Mickey Goetz added three hits.

Geneva 8-11, Wheaton North 7-13: At Geneva, Geneva split a wild doubleheader, outscoring the Falcons, 6-2, in the final two innings to win the opener. In the nightcap, the Vikings (2-1) tied the game with a five-run seventh before falling in nine innings.

Emily Plocinski was 4 for 4 in the opener, while Kirsten Searcy had a home run and four RBIs. Alexis Garibay had three hits and two RBIs in Game 2.

Rosary 15, Sandwich 3 (6 inn.): At Sandwich, Rosary

used five-run rallies in the fourth and sixth innings to blitz the home team. Winning pitcher Cara Smoczynski struck out eight in the complete-game effort, while going 2 for 3 with a home run and five RBIs. Katherine Witte drove in two runs for the Royals.

BADMINTON St. Charles East 12, Elgin 3: At Elgin, East captured four of five doubles matches in the Upstate Eight Conference River Division romp. Lauren McNally, Sam Nitti, Abbie Kielhack and Victoria Cardona were among the Saints’ double winners.

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Insider A closer look at prep track

IN THE GROOVE ZACH KIRBY St. Charles North, Sr. What he did: One of several standout North sprinters at the Illinois Prep Top Times meet over the weekend, Kirby was part of the 3A third-place 4x400-meter relay team and took third in the individual 400. He recently committed to North Central College.

KATIE TRUPP Burlington Central, Sr. What she did: Trupp was a double medalist in the girls Class 2A finals at Saturday’s Illinois Prep Top Times meet, finishing as runner-up in the high jump (5 feet, 6 inches) and third in the pole vault (11-6).

WHAT WE LEARNED LAST WEEK ...

The St. Charles East girls are just getting started. Paced by the championship 4x400 relay of Elizabeth Chmelik, Jordan Shead, Allison Chmelik and Britney Williams, the Saints challenged for the 3A team title at the Illinois Prep Top Times meet in Bloomington. East captured the Upstate Eight indoor title earlier this month.

WHAT WE’LL LEARN IN THE WEEK AHEAD ...

How athletes finish their recuperating. While teams still have held workouts during spring break, there is a welcome lull between the end of indoor season and the beginning of outdoor meets in April. “The kids have worked hard and are looking forward to the little break,” Batavia boys coach Dennis Piron said. “Hopefully, we’ll get a patch of good weather as we start to get outdoors.”

NOTEWORTHY Relays boost North boys St. Charles North won a pair of 3A boys relay medals at Saturday’s Illinois Prep Top Times finals at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, the unofficial indoor state meet.

The North Stars aspire to qualify each of their four relays for the outdoor state meet in Charleston on Memorial Day weekend.

With a wealth of sprint and distance depth, there’s reason for optism on Red Gate Road. Several athletes are brimming with it, which truly is the idea as relay spots are fluid week to week.

“I tell the kids nobody’s job is safe, so to speak,” North coach Don Spencer said. “I urge each and every one of them to run their best all the time, and I think that keeps them going and motivated.”

At Prep Top Times, the quartet of Jack Feeney, Grant Loess, Connor Larson and Josh Phelan finished second in the 4x200-meter relay with a team-record run of 1:31.46.

Later on, Feeney and Larson teamed with Zach Kirby and Tyler Ingham to take third in Jeff Krage – For the Kane County Chronicle the 4x400 in 3:27.29 St. Charles North’s Erik Miller competes in the high jump March 16 during the Upstate Eight Boys By whatever configuration, Indoor Conference Meet at Batavia High School.

North’s 4x100 and 4x400 “He said, ‘Let’s make this new this time of year, or on the end of practices. teams have been invited happen,’ and we did.” weekends during outdoor to compete in the presti“At this point in the season. gious Penn Relays over the season, they become pretty Centrally located “That’s just part of track, last weekend in April. self reliant and they know Burlington Central girls you know, especially when what they need to do,” Neil Spencer, who will step down coach Vince Neil tracked you work with multiple said. “Especially those kids to spend more time with downstate – they really the exploits of the Rockets’ different events,” Neil said. family at season’s end, apstepped up and performed.” athletes at Prep Top Times “Your mind is in 18 differplied in late 2012 and heard Kayla Wolf repeated as remotely. ent areas and that’s just of the acceptance from While an assistant coach normal. It’s just another day 2A champ in the 800, while North athletic director Dan fellow senior Katie Trupp represented BC in Bloomof track and field with that, Dolney in February. captured separate medals in ington, Neil traveled to the I guess.”

Spencer credits Dolney the high jump (second) and Sterling Invitational with Athletes learn to adjust, and the school’s athletic pole vault (third). the rest of the team. knowing they’ll eventualy boosters.

– Kevin Druley Split-squad workouts and be around the full squad “[Dolney] was just as excitkdruley@shawmedia.com competitions are nothing more than just huddles at ed as I was,” Spencer said.

COACH SLY SEZ ...

Pretty solid showing for Chronicle-area athletes at the Prep Top Times meet downstate.

Some years that’s a harbinger for outdoors and some years it’s not, but either way, it exposes sprinters, runners, throwers and jumpers to a big-meet atmosphere again.

Here’s to seeing athletes progress with their training and finishes in the next few weeks in the build-up to the excitement of the state meet in Charleston.

Things already were competitive, but now it could get crazy.

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Sharing experiences of hope, sacrifice this Easter

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The Geneva High School Robotics Team will compete at the regional U.S. FIRST Robotics competition, which will take place April 4 through 6 at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

Robotics team to compete in regionals KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE neighbors@kcchronicle.com GENEVA – The Geneva High School Robotics Team built approximately a $3,500 robot for the upcoming regional U.S. FIRST Robotics competition, which will take place April 4

through 6 at the University of Illinois-Chicago Pavillion.

This year’s competition, called “The Ultimate Ascent,” will involve about 50,000 students worldwide who are building robots to sling Frisbees into various levels of goals for points.

At the end, the robot may at-

tempt to climb a pyramid for bonus points.

GHS students began designing their robot in January with the help of local volunteers and funding from their sponsors, The Label Printers, MayTec, Burgess Norton and Dan Ross Allstate Agency.

CAMPUS NOTES John A. Logan College Johnathon Hondlik was inducted into the Upsilon Pi Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at John A. Logan College on Feb. 27.

Hondlik is the son of Phil and Therese Hondlik of St. Charles. He is majoring in business.

Culver Military Academy Peter Brotherton of Batavia has earned a Silver A at the Culver Academies in Culver, Ind.

The award is the second highest academic honor for a semester. To be eligible for a Silver A a student must attain a two-term cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.4, no grade lower than a B, and be citizenship eligible.

Brotherton is the son of Nicholas and Jill Brotherton of Batavia. He is on the Culver Military Academy varsity swim team, and is a regimental drum major.

Culver Academies are a coeducational college preparatory boarding school for grades 9 through 12.

For a time this week many persons of faith come closer, sensing the shared experiences of sacrifice and – particularly – hope.

There was news this week that Monsignor Robert Hoffman came to the end of his long struggle with health issues. “Father Bob” as he was known in many circles, was said to have many gifts as a mentor and teacher and as an outgoing leader.

We spoke to a particular group of his colleagues, clergymen who met regularly, across the boundaries of their denominations, for mutual dialogue and support.

“He had an ecumenical heart,” said Pastor Larson of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in St. Charles.

Retired Methodist Pastor Al Patten stressed Father Bob’s excellent mind and loving compassion for others.

Pastor Rodgers of the Congregational Church related the experience of the monthly breakfast meetings at Corfu for the vigor of their discussions, particularly as they were influenced to cross the built-in boundaries.

“Father Bob and I shared a passion for the mountains,” added Pastor Rodgers.

Sharing, indeed, characterized this improbable yet significantly productive and caring relationship between men of varying yet connected visions.

A connecting and familiar scripture resounds.

VIEWS Joan Arteberry Speaking of hope, there’s good news about Hearts of Hope. The dramatically powerful agency that serves the community with support for families impaled by heroin addiction has a bright new location.

The facilities have moved from the Geneva Drive location to Commonwealth Drive on the eastside.

For details about the family support meetings on second and fourth Mondays, a wealth of information about addiction, referrals and a network of support and action,visit heartsofhope.net or call 630-327 9937; or perhaps you might see agency founder and director Lea Minalga charging past in her Oprah-awarded Volkswagon. She’s got hope in her heart to spare.

May the hope of this week – a bit more sunshine – and the gatherings of family and friends bring you much to celebrate.

Come on, tulips and daffodils!

• Joan Arteberry is a long-time resident of St. Charles. Her columns are featured in the Kane County Chronicle’s Neighbors section every other Friday.

Write to her at joanarteberry38@gmail.com.

NEIGHBORS BRIEF Citizens can join academy Kane County Sheriff Pat Perez is accepting applications for his Spring 2013 Citizens Police Academy.

Anyone who works or lives in Kane County is welcome to apply.

The academy will start from 6 to 9 p.m. April 3 and run for 10 consec-

utive Wednesdays.

For a copy of the application and information about the Sheriff’s Citizens Police Academy, visit www.kanesheriff.com.

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Lexus RX 350 excels in marketplace Through 2012 and into 2013, the Lexus RX 350 remains the best selling luxury crossover vehicle in the United States.

Something must be going on that is right with this vehicle.

As in the past, the RX 350 has an economical and muscular powerplant plus an interior that is hard to beat when it comes to comfort, layout and versatility. The roomy split rear seat (40-20-40) reclines and slides to accommodate varying physiques. The split rear seat also folds to lie flat to allow for an optimal 80.3 cubic feet of storage space. When they are upright, storage is 40 cubic feet.

Prices are $39,660 for a gasoline-powered, front-wheeldrive RX and $41,060 for the allwheel-drive version. A hybrid RX 450h starts at $46,310. The F Sport model is new and it was the one that arrived for a test drive.

It was priced at $47,000 and requires AWD. The F Sport replaces a six-speed with an eight-speed shiftable automatic transmission, and increases tire and wheel size from 18 to 19 inches. The tires are wide 235s and the five wheel spokes are alloy with a chrome finish. The suspension also is sport-tuned.

The engine is a responsive and extremely quiet 3.5-liter, 270-horsepower, four-cam, 24-valve V6. The transmission includes a “snow mode” for more torque delivering power to the axle with the wheels that need the most help. The 4,178-pound RX 350 has been tested from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 7.1 seconds.

Braking from 60 mph to a stop can be done, as tested, in 114 feet or about 10 fewer feet than the average stopping distance of other vehicles in its weight and size class.

With a strut suspension (coil springs over gas shocks) in front, multilinks in the rear, and stabilizer bars front and rear, the crossover rides like a

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An eight-speed automatic transmission is mated to a 3.5-liter, 270-horsepower V6 engine in the 2013 Lexus RX 350 midsize sport utility/crossover vehicle.

REVIEWS Jerry Kuyper luxury sedan. It is still a sport utility vehicle, though, with a 7.5-inch ground clearance and a viscuous center limited-slip differential.

Regular unleaded gasoline can fill the 19.2-gallon fuel tank.

During the test week with two adults aboard in mixed suburban and interstate driving, the F Sport averaged 21.4 miles per gallon, which is close to the figures provided by the Environmental Protection Agency. The agency rates the vehicle at 18 mpg city, 26 mpg highway and 21 mpg in combined usage.

Disc brakes front and rear are in the 11-inch category.

Standard safety features include a four-wheel antilock

braking system, stability as well as traction control, brake assist, electronic brakeforce distribution, tire pressure monitoring system, daytime running lamps, variable intermittent wipers, rear wiper and defogger, and five seatbelts mated with adjustable headrests. The front seatbelts are equipped with pretensioners and force-limiters.

Safety fare also includes airbags in front, airbags on sides front and rear, curtain head protection front and rear and knee airbags for driver and front-seat passenger. Tool and first aid kits are standard.

Power features include front seats, exterior heated mirrors, door locks, four onetouch up-and-down express windows, remote entry and smart start, rear liftgate, moonroof and the tilt and telescoping leather steering

wheel.

On the exterior, a ridged and sloping sport design includes a spoiler atop the liftgate in the rear, lengths of metal trim along the rocker panels, and a beguiling front end that tapers and flows down to fog lamps and merges with the vehicle undergarments that shield vital parts from off-roading damage. Overhead, roof rails with cross bars are capable of safely carrying 200 pounds of luggage.

Real wood decorates the interior; floors are carpeted with thick, heavy mats; and, besides the normal AM-FM radio, compact disc and auxiliary audio input offerings, the nine-speaker sound system includes satellite radio and Bluetooth technology, 24-hour safety connect emergency communication system, compact disc changer (storage for

six), and iPod and USB ports.

Cruise control, intermittent wipers, trip computers, redundant sound controls on the steering wheel, air vents front and rear and privacy glass represent more standard equipment as do xenon headlamps, LED daytime running lamps, and rain-sensing windshield wipers, remote entry, smart start, trip computers, redundant sound controls on the steering wheel, air vents front and rear and privacy glass.

An LCD screen is provided for ventilation, audio, trip computer, outside temperature display and clock.

Grab handles, two 12 volt outlets, reading lights and cupholders are taken for granted, but Lexus also provides a lighted storage bin, self-dimming mirrors and wood inserts serving as trim front and rear.

The wood trim even is found on the front and rear one-touch (to open) center consoles.

Legroom is extensive in front and should accommodate even those who are 6-feet, 5-inches in height. Climate and sound controls are within easy reach. Lexus has simplified the sound system with round dials to control volume and accommodate station searches. Road and engine noise is minimal.

Warranty coverage is four years or 50,000 miles with 24hour roadside assistance, five years or 70,000 miles on the powertrain and free first and second scheduled maintenance services.

The 2006 RX 330 turned into RX 350 in 2007 when the 3.3-liter V6 engine with 223 horsepower was replaced by a 3.5-liter V6 with 270 horses.

The RX 350 maintains a classy exterior look with slanted vertical-bar grille in front, bright lamp clusters front and rear, and lower cladding on the sides.

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TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Earl Campbell (1955), football player; Amy Sedaris (1961), actress; Elle Macpherson (1963), supermodel/actress; John Popper (1967), musician; Robert Gibbs (1971), political adviser; Lara Logan (1971), journalist.

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By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association TODAY – Several career opportunities might come your way in the year ahead.

One could be something you’ve always hoped to achieve, and you just might get it.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – It won’t be an absence of good ideas that could bog you down. Your problems are likely to come from the way you try to implement them.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Even though you’ll have the ability to gain ground on an endeavor, if you let your guard down, you’re likely to lose a little in the end. Be steadfast through it all.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Associate with friends who appreciate material things as much as you do. Pals who are far too loose with their dollars could trigger extravagance in you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Your judgment in career matters is quite astute, yet there’s a chance you could suddenly change your plans and not follow through on your intentions. Try to stay the course.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Unfortunately, not everyone you encounter can be taken seriously. If you’re smart, you’ll keep your guard up, especially when dealing with any unknown quantities.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Although at times you can be a very generous person, this might not be the case today. You’re not likely to share any gains, even with those who deserve a reward.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Be as diplomatic as you can, especially if you’re trying to get others to endorse a difficult position. Market your conviction with authority.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Devote your time to persons who truly are in need of your help and expertise, not to those who are capable of making it on their own. Much joy can come from helping deserving parties.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – If it becomes necessary for you to seek advice from a trusted counselor, be sure to impart the whole situation. Don’t hold back on any of the warts.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Your industrious efforts are likely to count for little if you work at such a speed that you fail to see what you’re missing. Slow down a bit.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Proposals might sound good and even look great on paper, but don’t jump on board without first checking things out. They might not hold up under close scrutiny.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Do not make a commitment that you know is likely to collapse in a heartbeat. If it turns out that you can’t do what you promised, you had better beat a hasty retreat.

‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation,’ not really a sequel Comedy legends Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner get together almost every night to watch a movie, and Reiner says they love movies that contain the line “Secure the perimeter!”

Note to Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner: Rent “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” the moment it becomes available on home video. It’s your kind of movie.

“Retaliation” is a sequel that doesn’t want to be a sequel. For starters, almost the entire cast of 2009’s “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” is missing, presumed dead, and the original star, Channing Tatum, dies in the first 20 minutes.

If “Retaliation” had been released last summer, as originally planned, I would have considered that a spoiler. But it has been well established that “Retaliation” was yanked from the release schedule at the last minute because preview audiences were incensed the filmmakers would kill off Tatum’s character, Duke, the leader of the elite special forces team called G.I. Joe. The sequel’s release date was pushed back until this spring so that Tatum could shoot additional scenes (as well as to convert “Retaliation” to 3-D, which does little except spoil the movie’s look). Many people believed this meant the moviemakers would magically unkill Tatum, but the new footage all occurs before Duke’s demise.

Turns out that the added scenes don’t reduce the sting of Tatum’s death so much as ease the transition to the new star, Dwayne Johnson, whose character is codenamed Roadblock (they all go by catchy code names, in case you’re not up to speed with the G.I. Joe mythos). “Rise of Cobra” was a team movie

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Dwayne Johnson stars in “G.I. Joe: Retaliation.” that maintained the spirit of the 1980s comics and cartoons that inspired it, but “Retaliation” is an often brutal action vehicle for The Rock.

Johnson may as well go back to calling himself The Rock when he makes movies like this, just as serious authors used pen names when they wrote paperback thrillers.

The Joes are sent to secure nuclear warheads in Pakistan, now in the midst of a civil war. They do this without a hitch, but as they wait for the transport planes that will bring them home, a squadron of friendly gunships swoops in and blasts them all to kingdom come.

Only three Joes survive, Roadblock and a pair of young and sexy recruits, Lady Jaye (Adrianne Palicki) and Flint (D.J. Cotrona).

With the help of a few tight-fitting outfits, Palicki at least makes an impression, but Cotrona is so bland it’s a wonder he was chosen to survive the ambush.

Roadblock tells the others they were betrayed by their leaders and that they must

REVIEWS Jeffrey Westhoff prove their innocence by tracking down the villains and foiling their scheme, which is the underlying plot of all but one of the “Mission: Impossible” movies. By an unexplained leap of logic, Roadblock intuits that they were betrayed at the very top.

“There’s only one man who can authorize a strike like that,” he says, “and I voted for him.”

Sure enough, technical genius Lady Jaye determines that the U.S. president (Jonathan Pryce) is an imposter because he used to say “pop” and now he says “soda.”

Viewers of the first film already knew this, because it concluded with Cobra’s master of disguise Vartan taking the president’s place. The phony president calls a news conference to accuse the Joes of attempting to steal Pakistan’s nukes and announces that thank goodness all the traitors were killed in that air

strike.

One other Joe has survived, the silent and faceless ninja Snake Eyes, because the filmmakers would have been insane to get rid of the franchise’s most popular character. Again played by martial artist Ray Park, Snake Eyes features in a convoluted subplot practically annexed onto the rest of the movie. He and a new character, the female ninja Jinx (Elodie Yung), sneak into a Himalayan monastery to capture his sworn enemy, Storm Shadow (Byung-hun Lee).

This leads up to the sequel’s one genuinely thrilling sequence, a dizzying cliffside battle where Snake Eyes and Jinx take on a ninja army while rappelling at high speeds and swinging from one Himalayan mountain face to the next.

The sequel, directed by Jon M. Chu (of the second and third “Step Up” movies), throws away that stylized setting and mistakenly sets up shop in the real world. A grown man wearing a Halloween costume like Snake Eyes looks natural in an underground base with rows of CGI tanks in the background but looks ridiculous strolling through a suburban home.

The suburban home belongs to a retired general played by Bruce Willis in a performance that would qualify as a cameo if he had any less screen time.

In the end, the heroes puff out their chests to collect their medals in front of the Washington Monument and smile as if good has triumphed over evil, not sparing a thought to the allied nation across the ocean whose people will be grieving for decades to come.

But hey, what do we care?

They’re not America. Our perimeter is secure.

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips

Dear Unsure: Yes, it would be wrong. The first time you have sex it should be because you are 100 percent sure you are ready, and he is the right person. If that’s not the case, you will be cheating yourself.

And as for feeling guilty because you are leaving him frustrated – I have a solution.

Socialize with him in group settings and spend less time alone together. That way there will be less frustration for him and less temptation for both of you.

Dear Abby: I am a single mother raising a 15-year-old son. For most of his life it has just been the two of us. I now regret that I put him in bed with me when he was a baby.

As he grew older, I encouraged him to sleep in his own bed, but it would last only a few nights, and then he would sneak back into my room.

I was married for three years when he was around 11, and he’d sneak into my husband’s and my

bedroom after we were asleep and sleep on a couch in there.

His problem is he is terrified of the dark and believes in ghosts, monsters, etc.

He says he has a phobia and I believe him. I tried getting a dog for him to sleep with and nightlights, but nothing worked. If I lock him out, he lays awake all night, scared to death.

I kept thinking he would grow out of this, but he hasn’t.

Please help. I can’t really afford therapy, but if you think he needs it, I will try. – Troubled In Arizona Dear Troubled: Some sessions with a psychologist who specializes in phobias would be the quickest way to help your son overcome his problem.

And when you consult with one, I am sure the therapist will recommend that your son stay away from violent video games, and movies or television shows that feature ghosts, monsters or anything else that goes “bump” in the dark because they could only increase his fears.

• Write Dear Abby at www. dearabby.com.

Nuts to those who say that nuts are bad!

Dear Doctor K: You’ve mentioned nuts as a healthy snack in previous columns. I thought nuts were high in fat and calories.

Dear Reader: Nuts are high in fat and calories, and they are also a great food. Am I nuts?

As we’ve often said in this column, there are “good fats” and “bad fats.” Nuts mainly have the former. The “good fats” are monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. Those fats are essential and deliver lots of health benefits, as I’ll discuss in more detail. And nuts have relatively few “bad fats” – artery-clogging saturated fats, trans fats and cholesterol.

With small portion sizes, you can keep the calories in check. I love nuts, and the only way I can discipline myself is to buy them prepackaged in small bags and limit myself to no more than one or two bags per day.

Nuts pack a nutritious punch of protein, vitamin E, folic acid, magnesium, potassium and fiber. Almonds, walnuts, peanuts (though peanuts actually are a legume, not a nut), cashews and hazelnuts are all good choices.

(On my website, AskDoctorK.

ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff com, I’ve put a table listing the amounts of calories, fat and protein in a variety of nuts.)

Nuts contain very little carbohydrate. Fats of all types are better at satisfying your appetite than carbs. Unlike chips and other high-carbohydrate snacks, nuts don’t leave you hungry right away. As a result, you’re less likely to overeat.

Even though nuts are high in calories, people who eat them more frequently are less likely to gain weight or be obese. How can that be? Weight loss is about eating fewer calories (and increasing physical activity). So, if nuts make you feel full, perhaps you’ll eat less overall.

Nuts seem to protect against heart disease as well. Switching to a nut-filled diet tends to improve cholesterol levels, lower blood pressure and reduce inflammation. These changes may translate into real benefits: In observation-

al studies, people who eat more nuts have lower rates of heart disease.

Nuts may help with diabetes, too. Normally, blood sugar spikes after we eat. Those post-meal spikes contribute to diabetes in people vulnerable to getting it, and these spikes must be controlled in people who already have diabetes. Nuts don’t cause blood sugar to spike. What’s more, nuts can blunt the effects of carbohydrates on blood sugar.

There are lots of ways to incorporate nuts into your diet.

Add almonds or walnuts to your cereal or low-fat yogurt at breakfast. Toss them into a pasta dish, or use finely chopped nuts in place of breadcrumbs as a coating for chicken or fish. My favorite way? Enjoying a small handful of nuts as an afternoon snack. And among them must be almonds – in my opinion, the most delicious nuts of all.

• Dr. Komaroff is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. Visit www.AskDoctorK. com to send questions and get additional information.

Dr. Wallace: I’m a 17-year-old girl who needs your opinion.

Last weekend, after my parents went to bed, I snuck out of my house to meet my boyfriend.

It so happened that my mother woke up with a headache and went into my bedroom to get an aspirin at 1 a.m.

When I got home at 2:30 a.m. she was sitting in my room waiting for me. I am now grounded for a month, and my parents will not allow me to go out with my boyfriend ever again.

They said that if I am caught with him, I’ll be grounded for one full year.

I can accept being grounded for one month, but I can’t accept that I can’t see my boyfriend again. After all, we care for each other very much, and it would be very difficult for us to stay apart. Please give me your opinion on what I should do. – Nameless, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Dear Nameless: Don’t discuss the situation with your parents until after you are off restriction. Then when they are in a good mood, bring up the subject.

Tell them you and your boyfriend are sorry for breaking the trust they had in you. Slowly encourage them to give you and your boyfriend another chance. Remember, don’t rush things!

You and your boyfriend are both to blame for the stupid behavior, but you are more than him. You are old enough to accept responsibility for your actions.

Dr. Wallace: We have a Canadian foreign exchange student attending our high school. He and I are good friends and discuss a lot of things that are different in our two countries.

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace One thing that really caught my interest was our discussion regarding teen marijuana use.

He said teens used a lot of marijuana products in Canada because the marijuana laws are very weak regarding pot. Is this a fact, or is he just trying to get me to move there because I enjoy puffing marijuana. If what he said is true, I might move to Canada after I graduate from high school. – Nameless, Tacoma, Wash.

Dear Nameless: I suppose you will probably start packing your bags. According to a study conducted by the province of Alberta’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission, marijuana use is more widespread among Canadian teens than tobacco.

The commission questioned 3,394 students in grades 7 through 12 about substance use. Among the findings, 27 percent had smoked marijuana and 16 percent had smoked cigarettes.

This study also found that older teens (in grades 10-12) were almost twice as likely to try marijuana than tobacco. The survey reported that 43 percent had smoked marijuana at least once over the course of a year, in contrast to the 24 percent who had puffed on a cigarette. Marijuana is no doubt more popular than cigarettes among Alberta teenagers because Canadian law regarding its use is far less severe than U.S. law.

• Email Dr. Robert Wallace at rwallace@ galesburg.net.

• Friday, March 29, 2013

Dear Abby: My boyfriend and I have been dating for several months. He’s fun and caring, and we spend a lot of time together.

He’s different from other boys I have dated. We can talk to each other about anything.

My only concern is our relationship physically. He makes it very clear that he wants to go all the way with me. He isn’t rude or pushy about it.

I don’t want to rush into anything. We are both virgins (he does have more experience), and while I have known him for a long time, I don’t know him as well as I’d like.

I want to wait until we have dated for at least six months. He says he respects my decision and says he doesn’t want to pressure me. I still feel a little rushed.

All of our friends have had sex, but I don’t want it to be about our hormones in the heat of the moment.

I hate saying no to him. I know he won’t leave me, but I feel bad for leaving him frustrated. Would it be wrong to agree to having sex with him – something we both want – even if I don’t know if we’re ready for the next step? – Unsure In Canada

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He was not thinking about bridge, but he could have been. When you are in a trump contract, you should start by counting your losers. Then, if there are not more than you can afford, you should draw trumps as quickly as possible. But if the loser count is too high, you must calculate how to reduce the number.

In this deal, how should South plan the play in four hearts? West leads the club queen.

After South opens two hearts, showing a decent six-card suit and 6 to 10 high-card points, some players would be unable to resist responding two spades. But when you know of a nine-card major-suit fit, why look elsewhere?

Also, South’s hand will probably be useful only with hearts as trumps. North’s high cards will still be worth tricks in hearts.

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Cert. # 2010-03808

PUBLIC NOTICE TAX DEED NO. 13-TX-76 FILED March 15, 2013

(Published in the Kane County Chronicle March 27, 28 & 29, 2013.)

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TAKE NOTICE TO: JOHN A. CUNNINGHAM, KANE COUNTY CLERK; Catherine J. Mall; John J. Mall; Charles Mall; Randolph Mall; Occupant; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF Catherine J. Mall and John J. Mall; UNKNOWN OWNERS OR PARTIES INTERESTED; AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS.

TAX DEED NO.13-TX-79 FILED March 15, 2013 TAKE NOTICE TO: JOHN A. CUNNINGHAM, KANE COUNTY CLERK; U.S. Bank NA, as successor in interest by assignment from the FDIC as receiver for Park National Bank, Oak Park,

Illinois f/k/a Cardunal Savings Bank FSB; Edward G. Fako; Village of Carpentersville; Service Master Dundee Restoration; Chantel McCarthy; Ruben Acuna; Tony Garcia; Occupant; UNKNOWN OWNERS OR PARTIES INTERESTED; AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS.

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ittany filing sion - Unit Two, in the Village of Al- Petition for Tax Deed on the followgonquin, Kane County, Illinois. ing described property:

On August 12, 2013 at 9:30 a.m. the Petitioner intends to make application for an order on the petition that a Tax Deed be issued. The real estate was sold on October 25, 2010 for general taxes of the year 2009. The period of redemption This is NOTICE of the filing of the will expire July 31, 2013.

Petition for Tax Deed on the following described property: Heather Ottenfeld, Attorney for Petitioner (312) 251-1333 That part of the Northwest fractional quarter of Section 22, Township 42 North, Range 8 East of the Cert. # 2010-00864 Third Principal Meridian, described as follows: Commencing at a point (Published in the Kane County on the Westerly line of the highway Chronicle March 27, 28 & 29, running from Dundee to Carpen- 2013.) tersville, at the Northeast corner of Lot 13 of Hugh Todd's Out Lots; PUBLIC NOTICE thence North 44 degrees 30' West along said Westerly line 246 feet; TAX DEED NO. 13-TX-80 thence South 45 degrees 30' West FILED March 15, 2013 152 feet to the Westerly line of a tract of land conveyed to Thomas TAKE NOTICE Wilbern by deed dated February 20, 1885 and recorded April 20, TO: JOHN A. CUNNINGHAM, 1885 in book 232, page 294 as KANE COUNTY CLERK; Ewa S. document 1638; thence Southerly Bebenek; Adam S. Bebenek; Baralong said Westerly line 180 feet clays Bank Delaware; Brittany Hills for the point of beginning; thence Homeowners Association Inc.; FirstSouth along said Westerly line 60 Merit Bank NA, as successor in infeet to the Southwest corner of said terest to Midwest Bank & Trust Wilbern tract; thence Easterly along Company, as successor in interest the Southerly line of said tract 163 to Fairfield Savings Banks FSB; Ocfeet to the Westerly line of said cupant; UNKNOWN OWNERS OR highway; thence North 44 degrees PARTIES INTERESTED; AND NON30' West along said Westerly line RECORD CLAIMANTS. 60 feet to a line drawn North 45 degrees 30' East from the point of This is NOTICE of the filing of the beginning, in the Village of Carpen- Petition for Tax Deed on the followtersville, Kane County, Illinois. ing described property: Property Index Number 03-22-

Property Index Number 03-08- Lot 19 in Block 11 of Plat of Subdivision of Golf View Highlands 230-014 Addition to Meadowdale, Unit 4, On August 12, 2013 at 9:30 being a Subdivision of the W. 1/2 a.m. the Petitioner intends to make of the S.W. 1/4 of Sec. 12, Townapplication for an order on the peti- ship 42 North, Range 8 and the W. tion that a Tax Deed be issued. The 1/2 of the N.W. 1/4 of Sec. 13, real estate was sold on October 25, Township 42 North, Range 8, ex2010 for general taxes of the year cept the South 17.5 chains of the 2009. The period of redemption S.W. 1/4 of said North West 1/4 of Sec. 13, East of the 3rd Principal will expire July 31, 2013.

Meridian, in the Village of CarpenHeather Ottenfeld, tersville, Kane County, Illinois.

Attorney for Petitioner (312) 251-1333 Property Index Number 03-12352-004 Cert. # 2010-00646 On August 12, 2013 at 9:30 (Published in the Kane County a.m. the Petitioner intends to make Chronicle March 27, 28 & 29, application for an order on the peti2013.) tion that a Tax Deed be issued. The real estate was sold on October 25, 2010 for general taxes of the year PUBLIC NOTICE 2009. The period of redemption will expire July 31, 2013.

TAX DEED NO. 13-TX-81 FILED March 15, 2013 Heather Ottenfeld, Attorney for Petitioner TAKE NOTICE (312) 251-1333 TO: JOHN A. CUNNINGHAM, KANE COUNTY CLERK; Unifund Cert. # 2010-00719 CCR Partners; Gladys Feliciano; Long Beach Mortgage Company; (Published in the Kane County Village of Carpentersville; Steve Chronicle March 27, 28 & 29, Newell; Samuel G. Feliciano; Jose 2013.)

Ortiz; Occupant; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF Gladys Feliciano PUBLIC NOTICE and Samuel G. Feliciano; UNKNOWN OWNERS OR PARTIES INLEGAL NOTICE TERESTED; AND NONRECORD NOTICE TO BIDDERS CLAIMANTS. Sealed bids will be received at Lot 157 in Brittany Hills Subdivi- This is NOTICE of the filing of the St. Charles Township Office, 1725 De St St. Charle Illi is

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