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OPENING NIGHT LOSS THE RIVER BANDITS DEFEAT THE COUGARS, 7-2, AT THEIR SEASON OPENER. PAGE 16

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Jacob Misener of Oswego waits outside Fifth Third Bank Ballpark on Thursday before the gates open for the Kane County Cougars’ opening night game against the Quad Cities River Bandits.

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CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS

IN FOCUS A weekly feature by Sandy Bressner, photo editor at the Kane County Chronicle

Accuracy is important to the Kane County Chronicle, and we want to correct mistakes promptly. Please call errors to our attention by phone, 630-8455355; or email, editorial @kcchronicle.com

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buzz was in the air Tuesday as the Kane County Cougars prepared for their first season as an affiliate of the Chicago Cubs.

This was my fourth year attending the Kane County Cougars Media Day at the team’s home, Fifth Third Bank Ballpark

in Geneva. Each year, photographers and reporters gather in the visiting team clubhouse, set up lights and wait for players to line up for their mandatory head shots.

After their head shots are taken, the players head into the home clubhouse for interviews

8LOCAL BRIEF Folk/jazz collision event set at Lutheran church ELGIN – A folk/jazz collision event is set for 7:30 p.m. April 20 at Christ the Lord Lutheran

Church, 12N462 Tina Trail, Elgin.

The cost is $20 at the door (cash only) or $15 in advance. For information, call 224-535-9261.

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with reporters. This also was the time they signed the dozens of baseballs the team gives away.

This year was no different,

except for the huge C’s all over the stadium and all that Cubbie blue.

It was a nice change of pace.

– Sandy Bressner

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FACE TIME WITH JOHN GILMORE

Where did you grow up? I was born in Marlton, N.J., but I spent most of my years in Charlotte, N.C. Who would play you in the movie of your life? Kevin James First job? Cleaning a store my father managed as the janitorial service As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? My mom always laughed that when I was a kid, I said I wanted to drive the “woo woo car.” She was the only one who could understand that I wanted to be a police officer because the car went “woo woo.” I instead became an administrative pastor.

A book you’d recommend? “Doctrine: What Christians Should Believe”

by Mark Driscoll

Favorite charity? We do a lot here with Feed my Starving Children; we also work with Lazarus House and Hesed House.

Hobbies? My favorite thing to do is to go out and wash my car or wash my friends’ cars. What it is for me, is taking something that is completely dirty and helping make it clean and presentable again. I also like to watch sports on TV. Favorite local restaurant? Vino Thai in St. Charles What is an interesting factoid about yourself? When I was in third grade, it was the holiday time and I was dared to stick my tongue to a street pole and I did it. And it stuck. My friend had seen “A Christmas Story” the day before. I had never seen the movie.

How did you get unstuck? I put both my feet up against the pole and leaned back and just let what happens happen.

Good thing the tongue is the fastest healing part of your body.

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Kane County Chronicle staffers pick the best of what to do in your free time

Vegetable Gardening 101 at Wasco Nursery WHAT: Wasco Nursery and Garden Center has planned a session, Vegetable Gardening 101, as part of its Tuesday Lunch & Learn Program Series. The session will discuss the ins and outs of starting seeds vs. pre-started plants, equipment and supplies, soil types, raised beds, types of vegetables and fruits, garden layout and size, as well as dabble with some herbs. The cost is $10, which includes a box lunch. Advance registration and payment is required.

WHEN: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 16 WHERE: Wasco Nursery, 41W781 Route 64, St. Charles INFO: Register by Friday, April 12, either in person, by phone at 630-584-4424, or email info@wasconursery.com.

Benefit spaghetti supper April 13 in Sugar Grove WHAT: A benefit spaghetti supper is set. The event includes spaghetti with a special homemade sauce, garlic bread, salad and a variety

of desserts and beverages. Donations will be used to support the Sugar Grove United Methodist youth ministries.

WHEN: 4:30 to 7 p.m. April 13 WHERE: Sugar Grove Community House, 141 Main St., Sugar Grove INFO: Call 630-466-4501.

Hands Around the Courthouse in Geneva WHAT: CASA Kane County will host its ninth annual Hands Around the Courthouse event to bring awareness to the plight of abused and neglected children.

WHEN: Noon Thursday WHERE: Kane County Courthouse at 100 S. Third St., Geneva

STEM Career Expo on Wednesday at Fermilab WHAT: A STEM Career Expo is set. This annual event gives high school students the chance to meet professionals in science, technology, engineering and math careers, and ask them one-on-one questions. There

also will be a series of panel discussions.

WHEN: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday WHERE: Wilson Hall at Fermilab, which is at Kirk Road and Pine Street, Batavia INFO: For information, visit http://ed.fnal. gov/programs/careerfair.

Training session at Hickory Knolls WHAT: Are you a lover of all animals and reptiles? Hickory Knolls Discovery Center needs your help. The turtles need direct sunlight, the rabbit needs a clean cage, the fish need to be fed and the lizard needs to run. Learn how to care for the critters. A training session is required. The fee is $10 for residents and $15 for nonresidents.

WHEN: Choose from two training dates: 4 to 5 p.m. April 18, or 10 to 11 a.m. April 20 WHERE: Hickory Knolls is at 3795 Campton Hills Road, St. Charles INFO: Call 630-5134399 or visit www. stcnature.org to sign up online

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Aurora resident John Gilmore, 29, was working as administrative pastor at his church, The Well in Geneva, when he answered 11 questions for the Kane County Chronicle’s Brenda Schory.

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ST. CHARLES

Park candidates express love for district

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com ST. CHARLES – Five candidates are vying for four, four-year terms on the St. Charles Park District Board, including three incumbents.

The consolidated election is Tuesday.

Incumbents are Jean Cabel, Karrsten Goettel and Robert Carne; challengers are Vanessa Bell-LaSota and Brian Charles.

Goettel, 41, is seeking a third term to continue the park district’s success.

“We have done a great job of adding services and amenities that taxpayers were seeking,” Goettel said.

“And at the same time, maintaining a very balanced and healthy budget that continually receives high marks for fiscal responsibility.”

A lifelong resident and graduate of St. Charles High School, Goettel said he came back to raise a family that has enjoyed the park district’s amenities for years.

A park board member for eight years – four as vice president – Goettel said he

has assisted in guiding the district through growth and being responsive to community needs.

The park district was a finalist in 2007, 2008 and 2012 for the National Park and Recreation Vanessa A s s o c i a t i o n Bell-LaSota Gold Medal.

The district also played a significant role in the award St. Charles received in 2011

by Family Cir- Robert cle Magazine as Carne the best place to raise a family, Goettel said.

His professional experience as a transactional attorney also Karrsten has given him Goettel insight and knowledge on many fronts serving the park board, he said.

Carne has served on the park board for 18 months, ap-

pointed to fill the unexpired term of John Forni when he stepped down. Now Carne wants to continue that service.

“I’ve lived here 14 years; my family are heavy consumJean ers of the park district,” Carne Cabel said. “I love the park district. My goal is to continue to build up on its strengths and improve on some of the Brian areas of weakCharles ness … to just keep building our programs and facilities to be best in Illinois, the best in the country ... . Hopefully, people like what I’m doing and will vote me in.”

Carne’s career in marketing and sales enabled him to provide input for the district’s social media strategy.

Although Cabel has been on the board since only November – she was appointed to fill an unexpired term

Public Library, 10 S. Batavia Ave. This workshop is presented

by AFS volunteers and high school exchange students. It is open to the public.

Email bDeignan@afsusa.org to register, or call 646-381-3316

for information. AFS Northern Illinois volunteers help host and send abroad high school exchange students every year working with AFS-USA and more than 50 partner organizations in other countries.

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.

after board member Jack Kerr’s death – she wants to continue on the board.

“I am a 23-year resident of St. Charles and am knowledgeable about our community,” Cabel, 53, said. “I want to continue working with the board, enriching the lives of residents. I am very impressed with the facilities, programs and services the park district provides.”

Cabel has worked in education for 28 years, all but five years in St. Charles School District 303.

Newcomer Charles, 45, said he is running to ensure the park district facilities and services maintain their quality. A 19-year resident of the community, Charles said his family members are

heavy users of the park district’s facilities and amenities.

“As a consumer of those services with a family, what I’ve realized as I visit other communities in Illinois and across the country and other countries, is it’s easy to blink and lose sight of what your objectives are,” Charles said. “I would always seek the maximum return on investment for taxpayers.”

Working as a technology advisor to corporations has taught him to define and deliver on strategic planning.

Bell-LaSota, 57, has a 20year history in public service with many organizations.

She was co-applicant and consultant for landmarking one of the last two remaining farms originally owned by Colonel Baker, Seven Oaks Farm on Red Gate Road.

“It’s an outgrowth of working on that landmarking project between the city and the Kane County Office of Reinvestment,” Bell-LaSota said. “I thought this is a place for me. It’s a natural outgrowth and a broader responsibility.”

8LOCAL BRIEF AU theater department to stage ‘These Shining Lives’ AURORA – The Aurora University theater department will stage “These Shining Lives” at 7:30 p.m. April 12-13 and April 17-20 in Perry Theatre at Stephens Hall, 1305 Kenilworth Place in Aurora.

The public is invited. Admission is free. Director Kelly Roush of St. Charles, assistant professor of theater, will lead a post-show discussion April 13. A post-show discussion with the cast is scheduled for April 19.

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National Weather

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48/33 McHenry Statistics through 4 p.m. yesterday Belvidere 46/34 Temperatures Waukegan 50/36 42/31 High/low ....................................... 57°/23° Normal high ......................................... 55° Rockford Crystal Lake Deerfield Record high .............................. 77° (1999) Algonquin 50/36 50/36 42/34 46/34 Normal low .......................................... 36° Hampshire Record low ............................... 13° (1975) Schaumburg 48/35 Elgin 46/35 Peak wind ........................ WNW at 13 mph 48/34 DeKalb Precipitation 50/36 Tri-Cities Chicago 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. ........... 0.00” 50/36 45/36 Month to date ................................... 0.00” Normal month to date ....................... 0.42” Oak Park Year to date ...................................... 7.58” 45/37 Aurora Normal year to date .......................... 6.19” Dixon 50/37

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Reading as of Thursday

City Arlington Hts Aurora Deerfield Des Plaines Elgin Gary Hammond Janesville

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Fox River Stages 0-50 Good; 51-100 Moderate; 101-150 Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200 Unhealthy; 201-300 Very Unhealthy; 301-500 Hazardous Source: Illinois EPA

Pollen Count Data as of Thursday

Fld: flood stage. Prs: stage in feet at 7 a.m Thursday. Chg: change in previous 24 hours.

Station Fld Prs Chg Station Fld Prs Chg Algonquin................. 3....... 1.59....... none Montgomery........... 13..... 12.05....... none New Munster, WI .... 19....... 9.45...... -0.23 Burlington, WI ........ 11....... 8.36...... -0.16 Princeton .............. 9.5....... 6.82....... none Dayton ................... 12....... 7.63...... -0.02 Waukesha ................ 6....... 4.25...... -0.21 McHenry .................. 4....... 2.71...... -0.05

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GENEVA

Burns, McQuillan clash at forum

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com ST. CHARLES – Geneva mayoral candidates incumbent Kevin Burns and challenger Bob McQuillan slung stinging rebukes at each other Thursday during the last forum before Tuesday’s election.

Burns and McQuillan spoke sharply to their differences and their perceived faults during a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Central Kane County and held at the Kane County Branch Court in St. Charles.

In drawing a contrast to McQuillan, Burns said Geneva needs a mayor “who knows how to invest the taxpayers’ money wisely and prudently and for the long term.”

“What you have seen here tonight, folks, the tone and tenor of my opponent – that is not what the city of Geneva needs in the mayor’s office.

That is not what professional staff needs in order to do their jobs effectively. It is not what a City Council needs in a leader. That is not the type of person we want representing – as an ambassador – this community.”

McQuillan characterized himself as “the underdog …

I’m from Philly,” but said, “And coming into this race, I certainly was the underdog.

But when we cross the finish line, I do not expect to be the underdog.”

He pledged to be the kind of mayor who “thinks like a taxpayer and spends taxpayer money as if it were their own.”

Burns touted his record of

Burglary suspect faces new charge

By ASHLEY RHODEBECK ST. CHARLES – The 49-year-old Aurora resident accused of breaking into businesses throughout the Fox Valley has been charged with another count of burglary in St. Charles, the St. Charles Police Department said Thursday.

Mark E. Swienton is accused of breaking into Valley Mark E. Springs Auto, Swienton 3255 W. Main St., St. Charles, on March 22, the same night authorities took him into custody during a burglary at an auto parts store in St. Charles, police said.

A cash drawer and money were reported stolen from Valley Springs Auto.

Swienton was being held

lion to $3.9 million.”

Concerning the .44 percent increase in the city’s levy – which Burns said was just the new construction – McQuillan said it was a punishment to all the taxpayers who had to pay for it.

“Last year the city of Geneva levied for new construction only, that equated to .44 percent increase for a total dollar value of $19,000 compared to the previous year,” Burns said. “... I supported it 100 percent. The reality is, if we let it go, then services are impacted, opportunities are impacted, and quite frankly, it’s a short term slogan, not a long term solution.”

McQuillan took Burns to task for a former city employee, Stephen LeMaire, who was convicted of using a city credit card to buy $24,000 worth of

personal items over an eightyear period.

“The employee theft, I think, was partly due to the fact that our bank statements were not reconciled on monthly basis. For more than a year, they did not reconcile the monthly bank statements,” McQuillan said. “I was in sales and sales marketing for 35 years, and every expense report had to have original receipts in 1981, even if it was a 50-cent toll.”

To remedy the situation, Burns said the city hired a firm to do a forensic audit and implemented new procedures to check and double-check credit card expenditures, and LeMaire is paying the money back.

“What was happening before?” McQuillan asked. “He’s paying back $200 a month.”

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economic development with more than 700,000 feet of commercial space and more than 500,000 square feet of industrial space were developed.

“We have enhanced transparency in everything we do … and responsible and rational stewardship of tax dollars,” Burns said. “Unparalleled engagement of citizens of all ages … Our workforce is doing more with less. In fact staffing levels today are now less than they were in 2003.”

Burns said under his leadership, the city’s expenses were reduced by 30 percent over four years and its debt reduced by 32 percent.

But McQuillan challenged Burns’ characterization, saying expenses did not decrease, “the funding from the state decreased 30 percent and tax rates increased from $2.9 mil-

Geneva Chamber to hold citywide garage sale

Thursday at the Kane County Correctional Center.

Bond for Swienton was set at $130,000 on the first burglary charge, and bond for the additional charge was set at $30,000, bringing the total to $160,000, police said. Burglary is a Class 2 felony.

Police said Swienton is on parole for burglary through the Illinois Department of Corrections, which has a parole hold on him.

GENEVA – The Geneva Chamber of Commerce will host a citywide garage sale in Geneva from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

April 26 and 27.

Participants will have their address and key items listed on a map to be distributed to key locations in town, posted on the Chamber’s website and available on the Garage Sale Rover mobile app. Participants will receive a garage sale sign to post.

To participate, register online at www.primegaragesales.com/geneva.html or

print out a registration form at www.genevachamber. com or pick one up at the Chamber office at 8 S. Third St., Geneva. Register by April 12 for early bird cost of $25; after April 12, the cost to register is $30. For information, call the chamber at 630-2326060.

St. Charles launches app for smartphones ST. CHARLES – The city of St. Charles has launched St. Charles Connect, a mobile application giving citizens direct access to the city from their smartphones.

Users can report an issue, such as broken streetlights and potholes. It is free to download. It is available in the iPhone and Android app stores now and soon will be available for Windows 8 and Blackberry. It also is accessible at www.stcharlesil.gov.

Reports sent through St. Charles Connect will be handled during normal business hours. For emergencies, call 911. Continue reporting electric outages to the dedicated hotline, 866-444-0016. For information, call Penny Lancor at 630-762-7089.

– Kane County Chronicle

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ST. CHARLES

Candidates support ban; some say they could be swayed under certain terms

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would seek input from residents before any vote.

Regarding liquor licenses and the city’s liquor code, Wyatt said nothing good happens after midnight.

The liquor Ray codes are too Rogina loose, and he said he wants distinctions made between restaurants and taverns and defined escalation of penJake alties.

Wyatt Rabchuk said the troubles with the bars downtown are symptoms of a problem rather than the cause. St.

• It’s Your Planet – Healthy planet, healthy girls.

Troops are scheduled to begin the week of April 15.

The date, time and location of troop meetings are flexible to volunteer needs. Volunteers are especially needed in Geneva. For information in the Geneva area, contact Rebecca Gronke at 630897-1565, ext. 7181, or rgronke@ girlscoutsni.org.

should be flexible in size so that it may be used large or small. It must contain color. The deadline for entries is April 26.

Entries must be emailed to info@foxvalleyrep.org with “Logo contest” in the subject line. Artists must include their name, school, grade and contact information with their logo design. The winner will be announced May 1. For information, visit www.foxvalleyrep.org/ education/talentconest.

8LOCAL BRIEFS Art opening, music, wine tasting at Gibby’s today GENEVA – An art opening, wine tasting and live music event is set from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Gibby’s Wine Bar and Market at 1772 S. Randall Road, suite 220, Geneva. The event features the “New Works” of Kathy Kuchler and the Sam Hight Duo. Admission to the tasting event will be $5. For information, call 630-208-6424 or visit www. gibbys-wine.com.

Volunteers sought to lead Girl Scout journeys Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois needs volunteers, ages 18 and older, to lead six-week Girl Scout troop opportunities for girls in kindergarten through fifth grade.

Volunteers will be provided training and support materials focusing on one of three Girl Scout journeys: • It’s Your Story – Self-esteem through the arts.

• It’s Your World – Community exploration.

Performing arts academy seeks contest logo entries ST. CHARLES – The Fox Valley Rep Performing Arts Academy seeks creative youths to design its first GOT TALENT? Contest logo, taking place June 22 on the Pheasant Run Resort Mainstage.

Pheasant Run is at 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles. The winning logo may be used online, in print, on marketing materials and in other media. The logo design should be submitted as a scalable vector graphic in EPS format or as a JPEG. The design, which must contain the words “Got Talent?,”

Collie Rescue plans craft, vendor fair in Aurora AURORA – Collie Rescue of Greater Illinois has planned its second annual craft and vendor fair, the Collie Craft and Vendor Corral, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

April 20 at the Vaughan Community Center, 2121 W. Indian Trail, Aurora. There will be more than 75 exhibitors and a bake sale. Collies will be on hand. For information, visit www.collierescue.org.

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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.

Charles needs a vision for downtown, he said.

Rogina, a 3rd Ward al-

derman, noted he proposed changes to the liquor code at a recent meeting, including the distinction between bars and restaurants and the creation of a multimember Liquor Commission to review violations.

As a lawyer, Stein said he would enforce the existing liquor laws. The key, he said, is to bring more businesses downtown; the bars will stick out less, and the bad ones will go out of business.

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ST. CHARLES – The city’s next mayor likely will support St. Charles’ ban on video gaming, although certain conditions could change some candidates’ minds.

The candidates – Ray Rogina, Jotham Stein, Jake Wyatt and John Rabchuk – addressed this and other topics Wednesday during a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Central Kane County.

The election is Tuesday.

It would take a lot to persuade Rabchuk to support video gambling, the 62-yearold said, noting he doesn’t see where the activity fits in the city’s identity.

Although Rogina, 65, be-

lieves residents of his ward aren’t interested in allowing video gaming in St. Charles, he said he could support the activity if it is set up to share proceeds with a social agency.

S t e i n , 5 1 , John said he opposes Rabchuk video gaming, which preys on the most unfortunate. However, he would rethink his position if neighboring cities al- Jotham low the practice Stein and draw business away from St. Charles.

Wyatt, 65, said he agrees with Stein’s caveat, but he

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Man gets 72 months for two burglaries

Campaign restrictions frustrate incumbent

By ASHLEY RHODEBECK arhodebeck@shawmedia.com ST. CHARLES – A 39-yearold St. Charles man pleaded guilty this week to two residential burglaries and was sentenced to 72 months in the Illinois Department of Corrections, according Carl Dean to court records. Newsome Carl Dean Newsome reportedly will receive credit for 64 days served.

St. Charles police arrest-

ed Newsome after a resident of the 1100 block of Millburn Court reported seeing him burglarize a neighbors’ home Jan. 30.

Newsome also was tied to a Jan. 26 residential burglary in which he reportedly entered a house in the 400 block of South 13th Street while the residents were home. After he left, the residents noticed a wallet was missing from a short wall near the front door, police have reported.

Newsome was on parole for past St. Charles burglaries at the time of his arrest, police have said.

8LOCAL BRIEFS Ballpark to partake in ‘Strike Out Hunger’ GENEVA – Fifth Third Bank will celebrate its namesake birthday – May 3 – by joining with the Kane County Cougars to conduct a food drive. The campaign named “Strike Out Hunger” will be from April 18 to May 2. Attendees of Kane County Cougar home games will be asked to collect food and bring it to Fifth Third Bank Ballpark, 34W002 Cherry Lane, Geneva.

Anyone who donates food will receive special discounted admission of $5.30 to the year’s first baseball game with fireworks May 3.

Visit www.kccougars.com for team schedule and information.

The public is invited to participate by bringing donated can goods and nonperishable foods to Fifth Third Bank Ballpark on April 18, April 23, May 1 and May 2.

Sugar Grove seeks office assistant for public works SUGAR GROVE – The village of Sugar Grove is hiring a full-time (40 hours a week), office assistant to provide administrative

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support for the Public Works Department.

This position reports directly to the public works director.

For information on the requirements for this position and how to apply, visit www. sugar-grove.il.us/employment. htm.

Garfield Farm Museum to hold preservation awards WAYNE – On April 27, Garfield Farm Museum will hold its 25th annual Garfield Farm Museum Awards for historic, agricultural, and environmental preservation at the Dunham Woods Riding Club, 33W333 Army Trail Road, Wayne.

These awards recognize individuals and groups whose efforts parallel the museum’s three themes: history, farming and the environment. The evening begins with a reception and dinner at 6 p.m.

Dinner is $50 a person.

Reservations are required and can be made by contacting the museum at 630-584-8485 or via email at info@garfieldfarm. org.

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com GENEVA – The irony in the race for Geneva Township highway commissioner ratcheted up a notch after incumbent Mark Wissing protested that the challenger, Michael Abts, was campaigning in the Geneva Township Senior Center, right in the township offices where Wissing’s office is.

But Wissing cannot do the same.

“Is it OK for the man running against me … to campaign at the township offices?” Wissing asked.

Apparently, it is, according to the township ethics ordinance.

“I don’t think it’s fair that he’s here every day when we serve lunch to seniors – plus it’s my office,” Wissing said.

The two are on the April 9 consolidated election ballot.

Wissing is seeking a second term, and Abts is challenging him.

“If he is an elected official, he can’t pass out stuff,” Abts said. “I’m not elected – yet.

I’m also a senior citizen, age 55, according to their rules.

And I’m a resident.”

Township Supervisor Patrick Jaeger said the ethics ordinance, pursuant to state statute, prohibits the supervisor, assessor, clerk, highway commissioner, trustees or any township employee from conducting any campaign activity on township property.

The restriction does not apply to those who are not yet elected, Jaeger said.

In an email sent to Wissing, Jaeger said he directed senior center director Sheri McMurray to remove campaign literature left in the building and to “prevent any candidate from conducting

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a ‘campaign event’ in our building.”

Although Jaeger wrote that he preferred “absolutely no campaigning at all in the township’s facility,” he noted that Abts is a resident, old enough to participate in the senior center “and is otherwise entitled to be in the senior center and may, if he so wishes, speak to people individually as long as he is not conducting a campaign ‘event.’ ” The ethics ordinance prohibiting Wissing from campaigning on township property “does not prohibit Mr. Abts from doing so. Clearly an unfair outcome,” states Jaeger’s email. “Nonetheless, this is what the legislature has required. I do not think that the township is able to prevent Mr. Abts from using the center and exercising his constitutional right to free speech.”

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Felony filings continue downward trend

By NICOLE WESKERNA ST. CHARLES – Joe McMahon counts what he considers “historical” felony conviction rates, along with several significant murder convictions, among the most notable accomplishments of the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office in 2012.

McMahon, Kane County state’s attorney, said the county’s felony division disposed of 2,800 cases with a 95 percent conviction rate.

That division saw more than 100 felony trials in 2012.

Overall, the state’s attorney’s office authorized 2,602 felony cases last year, which was 278 fewer felony cases than 2011. That’s down from

a few years ago; more than 3,800 felony cases were authorized in 2007.

“Felony filings have been down over the last couple of years,” McMahon said.

“Over the last decade, the trend is that filings go up and go down. There’s not much of a pattern.”

He said one reason for the recent drop in filings could be attributed to lower police staffing levels because of municipal budget cuts.

Misdemeanor offenses also are trending downward.

Cases filed involving driving under the influence fell from 1,720 in 2011 to 1,373 in 2012. Domestic violence cases fell slightly, with the state’s attorney’s office seeing 44 fewer cases in 2012

compared with the previous year.

McMahon also noted several significant murder convictions, including that of Juan Vargas, a gang member from Aurora who was sentenced to 31 years in prison for the 2005 murder of Jorge Caro; and the 73-year sentence for Dion Spears of Chicago, who shot Derrick Bey in 2008 outside of an Elgin nightclub.

Other notable convictions included sentences for gang-motivated murder, sexually preying on a child and severely beating a toddler.

While the state’s attorney’s office tried several notable cases last year, McMahon said, the rate of violent crime has decreased in the

8LOCAL BRIEF

8FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS Linda Cudworth: A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 13, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1145 N. Fifth Ave., St. Charles. Burial will be private.

George N. (Bud) Hoffer: A memorial service and reception honoring his life will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 7, at Baker Memorial Methodist Church in St. Charles.

Judelle E. Kaar: A memorial service celebrating her life will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 6, with family visitation at United Methodist Church of Geneva, with services at 11 a.m.

Faye E. Chesley Leffelman: Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 6, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Sublette followed by a luncheon at the church hall.

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St. Patrick Cemetery in Amboy (immediate family only). The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 5, and 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the church.

Donald “Harvey” McClurg: There will be a celebration-of-life service at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 23, at Portage United Methodist Church in Portage, Wis. Elsie Ottens: The visitation will be from 10 to 11:45 a.m. Friday, April 5, at Conley Funeral Home, 116 W. Pierce St., Elburn. A funeral service to celebrate her life will follow visitation at noon, with interment in Blackberry Township Cemetery in Elburn.

Douglas E. Porter Jr.: Funeral prayers will be at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, April 6, at Malone Funeral Home, 324 E. State St. (Route 38), Geneva, proceeding

region.

“You appreciate it when it does go down, but what’s important is you have to be ready for any increase,” he said.

Not all areas of crime are decreasing. McMahon said there’s been an uptick in heroin cases over the last year. He said the heroin on the streets now is much more potent than it was that last time there was a spike in use in the 1970s and ’80s.

He said heroin users range from teenagers to people “well into their 40s.”

“We see professionals, the unemployed, people who work in the trades, people sitting behind a desk [using heroin],” he said. “It touches all different areas.”

to St. Peter Catholic Church, 1891 Kaneville Road, Geneva, for celebration of funeral Mass at 10:30 a.m. Entombment will follow in Resurrection Cemetery in Geneva. The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 5, at Malone Funeral Home.

Dorothy L. Reinert: A memorial Mass will be celebrated at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Elgin.

Arsenio G. Sala: A memorial celebration of Arsenio’s life will be Memorial Day weekend at Garfield Farm Museum.

Arthur Gordon Simonson: Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 5, at Moss Family Funeral Home, 209 S. Batavia Ave., Batavia. Interment will be at Lincoln Memorial Park in Aurora.

ECC event to feature John Lennon’s music ELGIN – The Elgin Community College Arts Center has planned “Just Imagine” featuring the music of John Lennon.

This event integrates archival footage and photos as Tim Piper, backed by rock band Working Class Hero, delivers Lennon’s songs as well as the stories behind them.

The event will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Elgin Community College Arts Center, Building H, 1700 Spartan Drive. Ticket prices range from $33 to $35. For information, call 847-622-0300 or visit http://tickets.elgin.edu.

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BATAVIA – Diana K. Gritzner, 61, of Batavia, passed away April 3, 2013, at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield. She was born July 16, 1951, in Independence, the daughter of Edward and Marjorie (nee Miller) Meyer.

Diana started her professional career opening a beauty parlor named Diana’s Magic Mirror in Allison, Iowa. She closed the beauty parlor and was united in marriage to Daniel Gritzner June 13, 1971, in Clarksville, Iowa. Diana and Daniel have lived in Batavia for more than 30 years and raised four children.

While her children were in elementary school, Diana worked at the Harrison Street School in Geneva as the library aid. Diana devoted her life to raising her children and supporting her loving husband.

She is survived by her husband, Daniel; four children, Nathan (Sara) Gritzner of St. Charles, Gia Vasey of Highlands Ranch, Colo., Mitchell (Julie) Gritzner of Montgomery and Gretchen (Hasan) Cebi of Plainfield; six grandchildren, Ashland, Jadin, Hunter, Leah, Drew and Will Gritzner; her mother, Marjorie Meyer; eight siblings, Anita (Jim) Kowalski, Steven (Barbara) Meyer, Rosemary (Joel) Sult, David Meyer, Stanley (Denise) Meyer, Heidi (Jeff) Kayser, Thomas (Brenda) Meyer and Ginger (Scott) Schild; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her father, Edward.

The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, April 7, at Moss Family Funeral Home, 209 S. Batavia Ave. in Batavia.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m.

Monday, April 8, at United Methodist Church of Batavia, 8 N. Batavia Ave. in Batavia. She will lie in state from 10 a.m. until the service at the church. Interment will be at East Batavia Cemetery in Batavia.

For information, call Moss Family Funeral Home at 630-879-7900 or visit www.mossfuneral.com.

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KANE COUNTY

Former board members eligible for RTA panel Ordinance applies only to positions within county

By JONATHAN BILYK jbilyk@shawmedia.com GENEVA – Former County Board members would be eligible to serve as the county’s representative to the Regional Transportation Authority board, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office said.

Thursday, County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen released a letter sent to him by Kane County Assistant State’s Attorney Joseph Lulves addressing whether the chairman legally could appoint county elected officials to the RTA board.

The RTA holds budget oversight of Metra, Pace and the Chicago Transit Authority.

In the letter dated Wednesday, Lulves said the law governing the RTA board would bar any county elected officials from serving simultaneously at the RTA and the county.

However, Lulves said the Kane County ethics ordinance does not prohibit former county elected officials from serving on the RTA board.

The ordinance declares that county elected officials cannot be appointed to a different position with the county within a year of leaving office.

The potential ethical concerns prompted County Board member Mike Donahue, R-Geneva, to withdraw his name from consideration for the RTA post.

“Initially, I did not read the ordinance to include boards and commissions such as the RTA,” Donahue wrote in a letter sent to Lauzen. “But upon further reflection I agree that the spirit and intent of the ordinance, which we just reaffirmed last year, is to prevent current and recently retired County Board members and county elected officials from receiving undue political consideration from their peers in the appointment process.”

Lulves, however, said he does not believe the RTA board appointment would be subject to that rule, as the RTA “is not a division or department of Kane County.”

RTA directors earn a salary and benefits that are paid by the RTA. Lulves did not

reference this in his letter.

Lauzen has said he intends to appoint a new representative from Kane County to the RTA board soon to fill the expiring term of Jan Carlson, a former County Board member who has represented the county at the RTA since he was appointed by then-County Board Chairman Karen McConnaughay in 2008.

Lauzen on Thursday said a three-person committee – made up of County Board members Drew Frasz, R-Elburn; Brian Pollock, D-Aurora; and T.R. Smith, R-Maple Park – have narrowed a list of two dozen applicants down to a “short list” of six names.

Those still under consideration include retired judge Manuel Barbosa; St. Charles Mayor Don DeWitte; former Kane County Division of Transportation Director Nabi Fakroddin; former County Board members Bonnie Kunkel and Jim Mitchell; and Pingree Grove Trustee Bernard Thomas.

Mitchell also served as a campaign chairman for Lauzen during his successful campaign for chairman.

STC to begin flushing water main system ST. CHARLES – St. Charles will begin flushing the water main distribution system over the next few weeks. The flushing is conducted by dividing the city into quadrants. The north/ south quadrants are divided

by Main Street, and the east/ west quadrants are divided by the Fox River. Flushing of a particular quadrant usually lasts one to two weeks depending on conditions.

The schedule is as follows: • Northwest quadrant – 7 a.m.

April 15 to 19 • Southwest quadrant – 10 p.m. April 21 to 26 • Southeast quadrant – 7 a.m.

April 29 to May 3 • Northeast quadrant – 7 a.m.

May 5 to 17 Flushing removes accumulation of insoluble iron inside the water mains. Residents might notice rusty-colored water during the procedure. If this happens, wait until the flushing is over, then run the cold water tap until it runs clear. Although the water is safe, it might stain laundry. The city offers a free stain removal product for residents at Public Works, 1405 S. Seventh Ave.; City Hall front reception desk, 2 E. Main St.; St. Charles Police Department, 211 N. Riverside Ave. For information, call 630-377-4405.

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ELBURN

Route 47 train crossing to close today

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alagattolla@shawmedia.com ELBURN – Those driving through Elburn should be prepared for traffic delays starting today because the train crossing at Route 47 will be closed so Union Pacific can perform maintenance.

The crossing is to be closed from 9 a.m. today through 3 p.m. Wednesday. Drivers can cross the tracks at First Street, which is just east of Route 47.

But John Nevenhoven, the village’s superintendent of Public Works, expects there will be traffic delays, and people should allow extra time to reach their destination.

Nevenhoven said he hopes drivers will “be patient, and be kind and courteous.”

The official detour will be to use Meredith Road and go south from Route 38 and north from Keslinger Road. Other

The Route 47 train crossing in Elburn will be closed from 9 a.m. today to 3 p.m. Wednesday. The following are a list of alternate routes: • Drivers can cross the tracks at First Street, which is just east of Route 47.

• The official detour will be for drivers to use Meredith Road and go south from Route 38 and north from Keslinger Road.

• Drivers also could use Pouley Road or Harley Road.

For information, visit www.elburn. il.us.

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Route 47 at the train tracks in Elburn will be closed today until Wednesday. possible detours are at Pouley Road or Harley Road. But

First Street is a closer option, although Nevenhoven has

pointed out that First Street “was not made for that much

traffic.”

Street signs alerting drivers to the closure have been posted in downtown Elburn.

The village has information available on its website – www.elburn.il.us.

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an English teacher entered wrong grades in addition to lowering grades, according to the allegations.

“These kinds of retaliating actions caused extreme anxiety and emotional stress to the student,” according to the complaint.

Sandra Stanek said in an email that her family learned they were not alone after talking with other District 303 parents who have children with the disability – that they, too, had similar experiences but were afraid to speak out for fear of district retaliation.

“We are hoping to send the [message] that retaliation and discrimination against the children with [the] disability won’t be tolerated by our community since this kind of behavior oversteps the bounds of civil society,” she said in the email.

In their complaint, the Staneks ask for compensatory educational services to include a mentor or tutor for 10

hours a week for 44 weeks a year over the next two years.

As compensation for their son’s humiliation, emotional stress, loss of self-esteem and trust in adults, they also

seek $300,000 for him and each parent, according to the complaint.

The case is due before Judge Edward Schreiber on June 20.

• Friday, April 5, 2013

ST. CHARLES – Parents of an 18-year-old autistic high school student are suing St. Charles School District 303 on allegations that teachers failed to follow his individualized education program and created a hostile environment in which he was “humiliated, harassed, retaliated and discriminated against and mentally abused,” according to court documents filed this week.

Sandra and Bogdan Stanek are appealing to the 16th Judicial Circuit Court after a hearing officer with the Illinois State Board of Education dismissed their request for a due process hearing under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, according to the complaint.

The Staneks allege District 303 violated their son’s rights to a free, appropriate public education.

District spokesman Jim Blaney said the district doesn’t comment on pending litigation.

In their complaint, the Staneks claim their son, a student at St. Charles North High School, was denied special accommodations in his Advanced Placement psychology class and honors Spanish class.

The teachers reportedly insisted their classes were too advanced for a special education student and insisted he move to regular, nonhonors classes. When he refused, the teachers retaliated by not following his IEP and refusing to accommodate his needs as a special education student, according to the complaint.

The teen also faced retaliation in other classes after his parents asked that he have extra time to turn in graded assignments, according to the complaint. A math teacher wouldn’t show him graded papers, tests or quizzes, and

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OPINIONS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The right person To the Editor: Husband, father, son, educator, learner, listener, visionary, leader, compassionate, smart. These are just some of the terms I use to describe Ray Rogina to those that don’t know him.

I have known Ray for quite some time and have had the privilege to work and collaborate with Ray as members of the City Council. What I find most interesting about Ray is his ability to dig a little deeper into a subject. Recognizing his teaching background, Ray will ask “the question” that enlightens a subject in a different manner. This skill assists all of us on the City Council in making better decisions for St. Charles. Ray is the right person at the right time to lead our wonderful city.

I urge you to vote for Ray Rogina for mayor. And one more word I use when describing Ray – friend.

Clifford X. Carrignan St. Charles 2nd Ward alderman

A candidate who will effectively manage To the Editor: I would like to take the opportunity to inform the voters of Sugar Grove about an excellent candidate currently running for the position of Sugar Grove township supervisor. Curt Karas has lived in Sugar Grove for about 26 years. His concern for the community he lives in is stellar.

I have known Curt Karas since childhood and have had the privilege of watching him grow up. He was a Boy Scout for many years and earned the distinguished Eagle Scout

Award at the age of 15. As a young man, Curt earned a triple major from Carthage College in accounting, business and marketing. In 1985, he received the title of certified public accountant from the University of Illinois, and in 1993 earned a master’s in business administration from Northern Illinois University.

Not only does Curt’s education qualify him for this position, but his service to the Sugar Grove community does as well. He was treasurer for the Sugar Grove Methodist Church. As a young father of John and Alex, Curt was the head coach in the youth football program, coached youth T-ball, and youth baseball for many years. He was a Cub Scout leader for four years, and as his children grew older became a coach for the seventh-grade Kaneland football team. During the years his son, Alex, attended Marmion Military Academy, Curt was a member of the Dad’s Club.

Curt has his own accounting business in Sugar Grove (Curt John Karas, CPA, MBA, PC) and provides accounting, tax, payroll, business and investment services to businesses in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Florida and Colorado.

Rarely does a candidate come along with the intelligence, education, integrity and drive that Curt Karas has. If you are looking for a candidate who will efficiently and effectively manage the operations of the township, review property tax assessments and be a good steward of your tax dollars, vote for Curt Karas.

Nancy Schnaitman Elburn

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Ethanol in your gas no reason to pay more at the pump BLOOMBERG NEWS U.S. oil production has reached a 20-year high and, since March 2012, demand for gasoline has fallen almost 5 percent. So why have prices at the pump jumped? From mid-December through the end of February they rose almost 20 percent, though they have declined a bit in recent weeks.

Some of the blame for the increase goes to the federal mandate on ethanol use in the U.S. fuel supply.

Fuel blenders are required to mix 13.8 billion gallons of ethanol with gasoline this year, under an energy bill passed in 2005 and revised two years later – at a time before domestic energy production surged and motorists began using less gasoline.

Now, the fixed ethanol mandate could force blenders to make gasoline that’s more than 10 percent ethanol – more than some cars are equipped to burn. Some automakers have said that using a mix of 15 percent ethanol, which the Environmental Protection Agency plans to order blenders to produce, might void engine warranties.

The solution for blenders is to buy credits, which give them a break on how much ethanol they must mix into the gasoline they sell. The price of credits has soared; however, reaching

Editorial board J. Tom Shaw, publisher Jay Schwab

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Al Lagattolla Kate Schott

more than $1 a gallon in early March, after trading at just 7 cents in January.

The same law, the Energy Independence and Security Act, requires refiners and blenders to use ethanol derived from cellulosic fiber, such as grass, wood and agricultural waste. The trouble is, there’s not enough ethanol from these materials to meet EPA targets. A federal appeals court in January had the good sense to reject that mandate, though it seems as if the EPA didn’t get the message – the agency increased the amount of cellulosic ethanol that blenders are supposed to use next year.

Rather than require blenders to mix a fixed quantity of ethanol into gasoline, the EPA should let them use the amount needed to maintain a 10 percent mix and abandon plans to require a 15 percent blend. If gasoline consumption keeps falling, consumers should be able to benefit from lower prices.

Better yet, Congress should end the outdated mandate altogether.

Ethanol may have its place. It can help gasoline burn more efficiently in older car engines, and is less toxic than the alternatives used to boost fuel octane ratings. Those advantages shouldn’t be compromised by a rigid rule that contributes to higher gasoline prices.

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The Geneva baseball team explodes for 16 runs to defeat Metea Valley in an Upstate Eight Conference crossover game. PAGE 21

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• CROWD DOUBLES IN COUGARS’ FIRST GAME AS CUBS MINOR LEAGUE AFFILIATE. PAGE 16 • REGARDLESS OF WHO THE COUGARS ARE AFFILIATED WITH, PATIENCE ALWAYS CALLED FOR IN CLASS A, WRITES SPORTS REPORTER KEVIN DRULEY. PAGE 17 Sandy Bressner – sbressner@shawmedia.com

Kane County Cougars third baseman Jeimer Candelario throws to first as shortstop Marco Hernandez looks on during Thursday’s season-opener against the Quad Cities River Bandits at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark in Geneva.

Prep track insider

Still perfect

The St. Charles East girls track and ield team can count on the strength of its stable of sprinters as the outdoor season begins. That and more in this week’s edition. PAGE 20

The Batavia baseball team improves to 7-0 after defeating Waubonsie Valley in an Upstate Eight Conference crossover game after outscoring the Warriors 9-1 after the fourth inning. PAGE 22

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WHAT TO WATCH

COUGARS SHORT HOPS

Pro baseball N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, noon, MLB St. Louis at San Francisco, 3:30 p.m., MLB Cubs at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m., CSN+ Seattle at White Sox, 7:10 p.m., WCIU Pro basketball Orlando at Bulls, 7 p.m., CSN Oklahoma City at Indiana, 7 p.m., ESPN Houston at Portland, 9:30 p.m., ESPN

Up next Cougars (RHP Tayler Scott) vs. Quad Cities (RHP Lance McCullers), 6:30 p.m. today, AM-1280

Turnstile report A crowd of 4,962 attended Thursday’s game. The Cougars drew 2,310 fans to their 2012 home opener.

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PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Baseball: Batavia at East Aurora, 4:30 p.m.; Geneva at Lake Park, 4:30 p.m.; St. Charles East at Bartlett, 4:30 p.m.; St. Charles North at Neuqua Valley, 4:30 p.m.; Marmion at Maryville Daily Times Baseball Classic (at Maryville, Tenn.); Aurora Central Catholic at Tuscola Invite (at Tuscola); Timothy Christian at Aurora Christian, 4:30 p.m.

Softball: Waubonsie Valley at Batavia, 4:30 p.m.; Lake Park at Geneva, 4:30 p.m.; Metea Valley at St. Charles East, 4:30 p.m.; South Elgin at St. Charles North, 4:30 p.m.; Immaculate Conception at Rosary, 4:30 p.m.; Guerin Prep at Wheaton Academy, 4:30 p.m.

Girls soccer: St. Francis at Glenbard South, 6 p.m.

Boys tennis: St. Charles North at Normal West, 4 p.m.

Boys volleyball: Geneva at St. Charles Invitational, 4:30 p.m.; St. Charles North at Marian Central Catholic Tournament, 5 p.m.

Sight seen

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Kane County Cougars second baseman Gioskar Amaya gets Ariel Ovando of the Quad Cities River Bandits out at second during Thursday’s opening night game at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark in Geneva. The Cougars lost, 7-2, to the River Bandits.

RIVER BANDITS 7, COUGARS 2

Opening celebration Fans flock to see Cougars’ first game as Cubs affiliate

By KEVIN DRULEY kdruley@shawmedia.com GENEVA – The Cougars entered Thursday’s season opener with a little extra early-April oomph.

That momentum grew as a crowd more than double the size of the club’s 2012 home opener turned out to watch the team’s first game as a Cubs affiliate.

Kane County’s 7-2 loss to Quad Cities might have soured the proceedings, but the Cougars haven’t exactly been perfect in all-time home openers, anyway. Thursday’s result made the team 12-11 in that category, and the rest of a six-game homestand provides the opportunity to erase any sting.

Cougars designated hitter Rock Shoulders provided the offense with a lofty two-run home run to right field in the fourth inning.

The Cougars trailed, 6-0, before Shoulders’ swing.

Recovering from a shaky first inning in which they struck out twice against Cougars righty Pierce Johnson, the River Bandits struck with a five-run second. The inning was fueled by a throwing error from Cougars shortstop Marco Hernandez.

Pitchers Justin Amlung, Brian Smith, Steve Perakslis and Eddie Orozco combined

More online Be sure to check out www.kcchronicle.com/blogs/ wrigley-west/ regularly throughout the season for the latest info on the Cougars. Also, visit KCChronicle. com today for video highlights of Thursday’s season opener. on 6⅔ innings of three-hit, two-run relief after Johnson left with one out in the third.

The Cougars were limited to five hits, including two from touted first baseman Dan Vogelbach.

Quad Cities boasted a historical advantage in Cubs affiliation entering the game. The River Bandits were aligned with North Siders from 1946-47 in the Three-I League and from 1979-84 in the Midwest League.

The Cougars – beginning their 23rd season in Geneva after the Wausau, Wis., club relocated in 1991– served as farmhands of the distant Baltimore Orioles, Florida Marlins, Oakland A’s and Kansas City Royals before September.

That’s when the Cougars and Cubs agreed to a two-year player-development contract amid significant MWL shuffling that saw six of the league’s 16 clubs find new parents.

See COUGARS, page 17

On the first night the Cougars played as a Cubs affiliate, several spectators didn’t hesitate to sport White Sox paraphernalia. Then again, there was a fan wearing a teal Florida Marlins cap, too. Venerable mascot Ozzie T. Cougar wore a blue Cubs jersey and lost his third-inning fan race when a group of pesky media played the foil.

Cubs brass will be excited because Burly middle of the lineup bats Dan Vogelbach (first base) and Rock Shoulders (designated hitter) provided fireDan Vogelbach works, namely with Shoulders’ two-run homer to right in the fourth.

Cubs brass will cringe because The Cougars made a pair of errors, including a throwing error from shortstop Marco Hernandez that set up Quad Cities’ five-run second.

The Closer The loss brings the Cougars closer to .500 in all-time home openers, but Game 1 does not a season make, especially with the promotions schedule still set to kick in.

VIEWS Kevin Druley

Sandy Bressner - sbressner@shawmedia.com

The Kane County Cougars opened their first season as a Cubs minor league affiliate Thursday with a 7-2 loss to Quad Cities at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark in Geneva. op them and get them out of here as soon as possible,” Cougars manager Mark Johnson said this week.

“But you have cases where it doesn’t matter how good they do at this level, they’re going to stay here and there’s nowhere to go. So you just continue to develop and create and build with the personalities. Not so much just on the field, but also building character and things like that.”

Losing builds character, the saying goes, and the Cougars absorbed a 7-2 defeat in their opener. There were throwing errors, two-strike swings at pitches above the neck and other no-nos.

That figures to be the case in spots all season, though perhaps gaffes will be more tolerable – or at least relatable – to fans because the guys on the field are vying to be future Cubs. Either way, players know they won’t be babied or

have things sugarcoated.

Why should they? Mark Johnson, a former major league catcher, and pitching coach Ron Villone, a former big league lefty, have earned organizational plaudits through their blend of honesty and accessibility.

“They tell us what it’s really like up there, no lies or no fairy tales, stuff like that.

Tell us what’s real and what really happens up there,” Cougars outfielder Bijan

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

Cougars’ game ‘family-friendly atmosphere’ • COUGARS Continued from page 16 Now a grandparent, Cougars fan Barbara Watters of Elgin channeled her childhood while watching the Cougars, clad in blue Cubs warmup jackets, signing autographs before the game.

Although they only met later on a blind date, she and husband Fred grew up a few blocks from Wrigley Field and attended games as often as they could, recalling interactions with players such as Ron Santo and Billy Williams.

Watters has been attending Cougars openers for the past several years because of similar player accessibility that seems to have been drained from today’s major

“Here, they go out there, it’s just like having our Cubs all over again.”

Barbara Watters Elgin resident

leagues.

She and her family attend a handful of weekend games each summer for the same reason.

“Here, they go out there, it’s just like having our Cubs all over again,” Watters said. “And that’s what I come for, is the kids. And even when my kids were littler, that’s why we came, because they could interact with [players] and they talked to them and everything

else. I won’t go to a Cubs game. The only way we go is if we get free tickets.”

Recent Augustana College graduate Jake Misener sported a River Bandits cap and a pinstriped No. 31 Greg Maddux Cubs jersey. He’s a Cubs fan and a former Quad Cities broadcasting intern, so he appreciated the chance to see prospects from both sides.

His brother, admittedly a baseball neophyte, tagged along, and that comforted Misener, too, as he forecast a jump in 2013 attendance.

“You get the family-friendly atmosphere here. There’s stuff for kids. Even if you’re not a huge baseball fan, the between-innings Sandy Bressner – sbressner@shawmedia.com stuff is great,” Misener said. “You’ll get to see that and still get to see Kane County Cougars’ Rock Shoulders celebrates some of the top talent in baseball.” his home run in the fourth inning Thursday.

• Friday, April 5, 2013

GENEVA – Right-hander Pierce Johnson breezed through the first inning of the Cougars’ first season as a Class A-short season Cubs affiliate in 10 pitches Thursday.

He struck out two Quad Cities River Bandits to boot, and looked exactly like a 2012 Cubs supplemental firstround draft pick.

The Cougars batted in the bottom half and the first inning turned into the second, which was when one fan murmured, “Welcome to A-ball.” A five-hit, one-error, 31-pitch encore in the top of the second will do that.

While it’s much too soon to evaluate Johnson or any of the teammates who leaned against the first-base dugout railing in blue Cubs jackets, parroting that “A-ball” salutation remains a safe bet.

Even as this seemingly perfect Cubs-Cougars marriage finishes its prep classes and goes legit, that’s precisely the simple truth.

Seeing the future, per the Cougars’ marketing slogan, will still include some road bumps.

“That’s our job is to get these guys better and devel-

Rademacher said before the game.

“So it helps us out because we want to prepare ourselves just to be in that moment, and they tell us all the time.

It really helps, because if we get out of line either in the locker room, away from the field or even on the field, they’re right there on us. But we know in the next moment, they’re just looking out for our best interests.”

A survey of the crowd revealed a diverse cross-section of spectators. Some fans knew Baseball America touts Pierce Johnson, first baseman Dan Vogelbach and third baseman Jeimer Candelario among the Cubs’ top organizational prospects.

Some just wanted to add to their collection of free Opening Day hats.

The crowds, the giveaways and the scope of what this season could mean to the 23-year-old Cougars franchise will grow as the calendar approaches summer.

The Cougars hope the losses don’t, but know they’re equipped to handle the ups and downs of most players’ first full seasons either way.

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Insider A closer look at prep track

IN THE GROOVE LUKE JURIGA Marmion, So., throws What he did: Juriga won the shot put (41 feet, 6 inches) and discus (122-3) Tuesday as the Cadets won a home triangular.

WHEATON ACADEMY FRESHMEN What happened: Newcomers Jacob Robleski (11:13) and Mitchell Smith (11:16) finished second and third, respectively, in the 3,200 at the Marmion quad.

Clark Brooks for Shaw Media

St. Charles East’s Jordan Shead (center) helped the 4x400-meter relay team win a state title at the Illinois Prep Top Times meet late last month. Shead, Elizabeth Chmelik, Allison Chmelik and Britney Williams finished in 3:57.75.

NOTEWORTHY Saints’ 4x400 keeps shining St. Charles East captured the 3A girls 4x400 meter relay title at the Illinois Prep Top Times meet in downstate Bloomington last month using the speedy quartet of Elizabeth Chmelik, Jordan Shead, Allison Chmelik and Britney Williams.

That group finished in 3:57.75, almost 10 seconds faster than in mid-March, when Elizabeth Chmelik, Kimberly Abels, Monika Stoskute and Allison Chmelik won the Upstate Eight Conference indoor title to help East take the UEC team crown.

The Saints’ stable of sprinters is among the team’s many strengths, and leaves East encouraged as outdoor season begins.

“At indoor conference when we won overall, we just realized we had a lot of depth on the team and that we were going to be pretty good this year,” Shead said. “We just go to practice and work hard every day and we wait until after the meet to celebrate. Then we

just get back to working hard.”

Kaneland boys vault competition ratchets up The Kaneland boys program has advanced at least one pole vaulter to the state meet in each of the past 30 seasons.

While extending the streak to 31 naturally enters into the Knights’ minds, those thoughts can just as easily be tabled.

“It’s definitely something to be proud of, but that’s not the huge focus every year,” said senior Kory Harner, a twotime returning state qualifier. “The huge focus is placing at state, helping the team, just doing the best you can every day to get better. When you work hard, those things just kind of happen.”

Harner appreciates the competition, and knows he’ll receive his share from fellow Knights such as Dylan Kuipers and J.R. Vest.

“It’s like a meet during practice,” Harner said.

To pole-vault coach Andy Drendel, a 2005 Kaneland graduate, the biggest suspense comes in the Knights’ real competitions.

Drendel is all but certain his top mark of 12 feet, 6 inches will be wiped from the Knights’ top 50 all-time vaults list this spring.

“It’s kind of cool that I’m going to coach myself off the list,” Drendel said, “because it was such a big deal for me to get on there in high school. … The kids are all jacked up about knocking me off there, which is fine with me. I don’t want to be on there anymore. they should be on there.”

Kaneland boasts three state champions during its state-meet run, as well as a trio each of runners-up and thirdplace finishers. The Knights’ streak is believed to be the second longest in the state, trailing only Ottawa’s run from 1960 to 1995.

– Kevin Druley kdruley@shawmedia.com

COACH SLY SEZ ...

Bring on the great outdoors.

Chronicle Country on Saturday, so see about findAfter a long stretch of indoor training and compe- ing your way to one if you’ve got the itch. tition that started in late 2012 for most programs, athletes are eager to reach the point they’ve been • You can respond at kcchronicle.com/blogs/ training for. sly.

There are a handful of meets being held around

WHAT WE LEARNED LAST WEEK ...

Spring break came at a good time.

While teams still held workouts during the week off, many were abbreviated, which certainly helped as athletes recharged their batteries for the transition from indoor season to outdoors.

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

How things look outside. A handful of outdoor invitationals are scheduled this weekend after midweek meets were held to kick off the outdoor season. Batavia, St. Charles East and Aurora Central Catholic will hosts boys invitationals Saturday. The St. Charles North and Kaneland girls play hosts, as well, along with ACC.

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BASEBALL: GENEVA 16, METEA VALLEY 10

By JAY SCHWAB jschwab@shawmedia.com

bunt in the third, singled in the fourth and reached on an error in the fifth.

The Mustangs (3-3, 1-1 UEC Valley) used four pitchers who combined to walk seven and hit three batters.

“I think it was four out of the six innings we started out the inning with a walk [or hit batsman] – you’re not going to win many games that way,” Metea coach Craig Tomczak said.

Trailing 11-5 after five innings, Metea Valley scored four runs in the top of the sixth inning, chasing Vikings starting pitcher Tony Landi, to make a game of it.

But Geneva’s five-spot in the bottom half of the sixth, which featured a two-run single by center fielder Bobby Hess (3 for 4, walk, three RBIs) in addition to Guenther’s home run, put the Vikings back in command.

Freshman shortstop Nick Derr (2 for 4, walk, two RBIs)

and senior Brock Chenier (2 for 4, hit by pitch) also had multiple hits for the Vikings.

Chenier shifted from right field to third base after Endriukaitis had to leave in the top of the fourth inning.

Endriukaitis appeared to jam his hand on the helmet of a Metea baserunner while applying a tag to complete an unassisted double play.

Hahn said the preliminary report is a broken middle finger on his right, throwing hand, which he said would likely sideline Endriukaitis for 4 to 6 weeks. A three-year varsity player, Endriukaitis is the No. 2 hitter in the Vikings’ batting order.

Hahn said it will take more than Chenier to compensate for the loss.

“We’re expecting Brock to pitch, too, so it’s going to take a collective effort of guys,” Hahn said. “It might be you today and somebody else tomorrow. I might have to get

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a little creative with how we handle that. It might be trial by error at first, and then we’ll see what happens.”

Junior Max Novak relieved Landi (2-0), pitching the final 1⅔ innings to help stem the Mustangs’ momentum.

The Vikings projected to be led by a talented pitching staff this season but that hasn’t necessarily been the case early on. One of the team’s top pitchers, senior Jordan Touro, is expected to make his first start today at Lake Park after suffering a dislocated finger while pinch-running in the team’s opener.

“I thought pitching and defense were going to be the hallmarks of our team this year and we’re putting up double-digit runs in several games now,” Hahn said.

“Three of our seven games, we’ve put up double-digit runs. I don’t have a read yet.”

• Friday, April 5, 2013

GENEVA – A sun-splashed spring afternoon turned chilly and short on light by the time the Geneva and Metea Valley baseball teams were through Thursday.

Geneva coach Matt Hahn estimated the temperature dropped a solid 10 degrees during the long, twist-filled game.

“At the start of the game, I’m like ‘It’s really nice out here,’ ” Hahn said. “By the sixth inning, ‘It’s really cold out here.’ ” Like the weather conditions, what happened on the field was a double-edged sword for the victorious Vikings. A relentless offensive performance fueled the Vikings to a 16-10 win against the Mustangs in the Upstate Eight Conference crossover but Geneva likely lost standout third baseman Mitch

Endriukaitis for most of the season with an apparent broken finger.

Geneva left fielder Matt Guenther belted a three-run home run as part of a five-run bottom of the sixth for the Vikings. Until then, Geneva’s productive day came in nickel-and-dime fashion. The left-handed Guenther’s blast to right was the Vikings’ lone extra base hit on the day.

“It was just a hit parade today,” Geneva first baseman Anthony Bragg said. “We just stringed some together. Got some bunts down, put runners in scoring position. It’s nice to get guys in that way.”

Bragg’s day was a prime example of the diverse fashion with which Geneva (4-3, 1-1 UEC River) pestered the Mustangs’ beleaguered pitching staff.

Bragg reached on a squeeze bunt that scored a run in Geneva’s five-run first inning, laid down a sacrifice

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By VINNIE DUBER editorial@kcchronicle.com BATAVIA – At times during Thursday’s game, it was hard to figure out which was faster: the speed with which Laren Eustace was flying around the bases or the frequency with which the Bulldogs were scoring runs.

The scoreboard operator had just as tiring a day as the players on the field during Batavia’s 13-6 victory over Waubonsie Valley on Thursday, the Bulldogs’ seventh consecutive win to start the season.

The Bulldogs were an offensive machine, scoring in every inning and scoring multiple runs in all but one.

“Our offense got back on track,” Batavia coach Matt Holm said. “I think we had

cold bats on Tuesday when we were playing against Bartlett.

It was nice to have those back.

We’ve got a little bit to work on in the lineup, I think, but overall we’re a pretty tough offensive team right now.”

Eustace, Batavia’s lightning-quick junior left fielder, went 2 for 3 with a triple, a double, a walk, a sacrifice fly, three RBIs and three runs scored. In his second at-bat, he laced a triple to the wall and just kept running as the second baseman bobbled the relay throw, allowing Eustace to score.

The speedster was also involved in what proved to be the game-winning hit, an RBI double off the bat of junior first baseman Micah Coffey in the fourth inning. Eustace, who drew a one-out walk two batters before, scored on the

hit to break a 5-5 tie. The Bulldogs didn’t look back and outscored the visiting Warriors, 7-1, after snapping the stalemate.

“The thing is you don’t want to pitch to him because he hits the ball so hard,” Holm said of Eustace. “On the other hand, if you don’t pitch to him, he’s a stolen base, maybe Laren Eustace two. That’s a great element for a baseball team to have, especially with the guys we have behind that are contact hitters that can move him around and score runs.”

“It’s about time for me because a little bit earlier during the season, I was kind of slumping a little bit,” Eus-

tace said. “I just needed to figure it out and find my groove, and I think I’ve found it so far.

I’ve just got to continue what I’m doing.”

Other offensive stars for the Bulldogs included senior shortstop Billy Zwick, who reached base four times including twice by triples, and senior designated hitter Luke Horton, who picked up three hits and a pair of RBIs. Jacob Piechota pitched three innings of one-run ball for the Bulldogs in relief of starter Colby Green.

The game was tight for a moment because of a four-run third by Waubonsie Valley, which included back-to-back home runs to briefly give the Warriors a 5-4 lead before Batavia tied the game with a run in the bottom of the inning.

But it was all Bulldogs from

“It’s about time for me because a little bit earlier during the season, I was kind of slumping a little bit. I just needed to igure it out and ind my groove, ...”

Laren Eustace Batavia junior left ielder

there.

The Bulldogs sit at a perfect 7-0, including 2-0 in Upstate Eight Conference River Division play after wins over Bartlett and Waubonsie Valley.

“It’s special so far,” Eustace said. “7-0, you can’t get better than that.”

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Kaneland softball wins NI Big 12 East opener KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE ROCHELLE – The Kaneland softball team thrived Thursday in its first in-state game of the season, defeating Rochelle, 10-4, in a Northern Illinois Big 12 East game.

The Knights (4-1, 1-0 NI Big 12 East) started the season by winning three of four games on a spring break trip to Kentucky.

Senior second baseman Sarah Grams went 3 for 4 with four RBIs for the Knights.

“She kind of got people going,” Kaneland coach Brian Willis said. “It was one of those games where people kind of fed off of Sarah today.

She was pretty much our catalyst offensively.”

Senior Elissa Eckert (3-0) was the winning pitcher for the Knights, who will return to action Saturday in a recently scheduled doubleheader at Batavia.

St. Charles North 10, Wheaton Warrenville South 7: At St. Charles, Sabrina Rabin went 3 for 3 with a walk and three runs scored and Mickey Goetz went 3 for 4 with two RBIs to

help North (4-0) remain unbeaten.

Burlington Central 3, Marengo 0: At Burlington, Brooke Gaylord threw a complete game four-hitter to lead Central (6-1, 2-0 Big Northern East) to the win.

Mt. Assist 10, Wheaton Academy 7: At Lemont, Wheaton Academy (1-1) fell in nonconference play.

BASEBALL South Elgin 2, St. Charles East 1 (9 inn.): At St. Charles, East’s Nick Huskisson pitched seven innings of shutout ball but the Saints dropped the Upstate Eight Nick Huskisson C o n f e r e n c e crossover in extra innings. Jack Dellostritto was the lone Saint with two hits.

St. Charles North 18, East Aurora 3 (5 inn.): At St. Charles, North scored the game’s first 15 runs spanning the first three innings to dominate the UEC crossover.

Rockton Hononegah 4, Kane-

land 0: At Rockton, Kaneland (2-6) managed only two hits and dropped the nonconference game.

Aurora Central Catholic 4, Wheaton Academy 1: At Aurora, Matt Miller threw a complete game for ACC by striking out 12, while also contributing a triple and two RBIs for the Chargers (5-1).

Shawn Soris added three hits for ACC.

Burlington Central 19, Marengo 9 (5 inn.): At Marengo, Alex Bell went 4 for 5 with three RBIs and Mike Scott added two hits and four RBIs to boost Central (3-1, 2-0 Big Northern East).

GIRLS SOCCER Augsburg-Drach Invite: Host St. Charles East and Naperville Central battled to a scoreless tie in a closely contested match in the second round of pool play. Shannon Rasmussen hit the crossbar

in the best scoring chance for East (5-1-1).

Also in pool play at the tournament, Geneva fell for the second straight night, this time to Schaumburg, 2-1. Amanda Lulek scored an unassisted goal for the Vikings (3-4).

Blackhawk Tournament: At Aurora, Rosary (3-1-1) defeated East Aurora, 7-0, behind two goals from Olivia Cozzoni and two assists from Eden Warda.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL South Elgin 2, Wheaton Academy 1 (22-25, 25-23, 27-25): At South Elgin, Wheaton Academy fell as South Elgin’s Nate Marotta supplied 22 kills.

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North’s Dominick Amalraj beat Ryan Sterling at No. 1 singles, 6-3, 6-0.

Geneva 7, Streamwood 0: At Geneva, Nick Huang, Nick McCarty and Brad Burgess each earned straight-sets singles wins for the Vikings.

GIRLS BADMINTON Geneva 15, Streamwood 0: At Streamwood, Geneva swept UEC River foe Streamwood, including a 21-11, 21-11 win at No. 1 singles for Ann Green.

Glenbard West 11, St. Charles East 4: At Glen Ellyn, Krupa Patel was victorious in both singles and doubles for East, which dropped the nonconference match.

BOYS WATER POLO Neuqua Valley 14, St. Charles North 7: At St. Charles, North (5-7-1) lost despite two goals apiece from Justin Simmonds and Kyle Gannon.

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Acura has put the RL nameplate to rest but do not panic The RL lives on as the 2014 RLX. The replacement flagship is similar to the old one but there are differences. The RLX is two inches longer in wheelbase, plus a bit wider, and offers a few more delights such as LED headlamps that sparkle like jewels, LED-illuminated door handles, additional comfort and amenities in the cabin and more leg room in the rear seat.

Officially the 38.8 inches of rear seat leg room beats that of competitors such as the Lexus GS, Mercedes-Benz E-Class and Audi A6. Prices are similar to those competitors as the base RLX carries a sticker of $48,450.

With sound and several technology packages included, the price can rise to $60,450.

Naturally, the RLX delivered for a week of reviewing was the loaded $60,450 model. Manufacturers like to put cars loaded with goodies into the hands of reviewers.

This year’s RLX also differs from the old RL in that it has P-AWS which stands for Precision All Wheel Steer. With steering and braking input, this system slightly alters the angle of the rear wheels rendering the vehicle more agile and safe.

A 3.5-liter, 310-horsepower, single overhead cam V6 provides the energy for this 3,997-pound sedan. It has 10 more horsepower than the 3.7 liter engine in the RL. Fuel usage during the test week in a pre-production model of the RLX averaged 24.5 miles per gallon, which is better than the norm for a vehicle of this size and weight.

The Environmental Protection Agency rates the vehicle at 20 mpg city and 31 mpg highway. Premium fuel is required to fill the 18.5-gallon tank.

This year the fenders, hood and doors are aluminum and not sheet metal, reducing the RLX weight by 160 pounds compared to the former RL. The weight reduction contributes to better fuel economy.

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Braking on dry pavement from 60 to 0 mph takes about 120 feet. Both these figures are average for a mid-sized luxury sedan. Brake discs measure 12.3 in front (ventilated) and 12.2 in the rear (disc).

This sedan provides an even ride. It does not sway around corners and holds its own on 90-degree turns. Pleasant and quiet rides were the order of the day and night during test week.

Acura has done an admirable job with insulating cavities so engine and road noise are kept to a minimum. The suspension system relies on double wishbones in front with lower control arms, multilinks in the rear with coil springs and stabilizer bars front and rear.

Standard fare includes P245 all-terrain tires supported by aluminum alloy 19-inch wheels.

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Acura has split up information screens into upper and lower configurations. Climate and sound controls appear on the lower screen and an enhanced navigation system on the upper screen. This separation works

well as a map detailing route instructions can be utilized while, at the same time, sound and climate controls can be seen on the second screen and manipulated to a driver’s or passenger’s satisfaction.

Legroom has been lengthened with the RLX and, during the test week, two passengers (one of them a 6-footer), commented on the comfort provided in the rear seat. The official 38.8 inches of rear seat legroom is a lot where the norm is 36 or 37 inches.

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RL sales were 1,096 for the entirety of 2012, which is a monthly average of 91. There were nameplates that did worse, but they were in the upper echelon of the luxury market, such as Rolls-Royce ($250,000 starting price) with sales of 384 in 2012 or a monthly average of 32.

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‘Bartender Night’ to raise funds for religious school scholarships KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE neighbors@kcchronicle.com

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Steve Berzins of North Aurora and sons Logan (front) and Quinn push off from the Batavia start line on the Fox River during last year’s Mid-American Canoe and Kayak Race. The 52nd annual race will take place June 2.

Registration under way for 52nd annual canoe, kayak race KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE neighbors@kcchronicle.com AURORA – Registration is currently being accepted for the 52nd annual Mid-American Canoe and Kayak Race.

The race will take place June 2 on the Fox River.

The event – hosted by the Fox Valley Park District in Aurora – will feature two different lengths for paddlers to choose from: the 10-mile run begins in St. Charles and the six-mile run leaves from Batavia, with both races finishing at McCullough Park in Aurora.

The 10-mile race will begin at 9 a.m. and leave from Mount St. Mary Park in downtown St. Charles. The

6-mile race starts at 10:30 a.m. and leaves from the VFW in Batavia, just south of downtown.

Boats will be launched four minutes apart and in heats of 10.

There will be free shuttle buses beginning at 7:30 a.m. for participants and spectators. The shuttle will run continuously from McCullough Park to both starting sites.

There will be all-inclusive canoe and kayak discounted rental packages available with start – area delivery and rental boat finish-line pickup included.

There will also be a tailgate-style party for all paddlers and event attendees at

the finish area – McCullough Park – which will feature food, prize drawings and vendors.

The awards, which were created at Blackberry Farm, will be given for first-, second- and third-place finishers in each division for both races.

Registered paddlers will receive a commemorative T-shirt, goodie bag, sub sandwich lunch with chips and drink and be eligible for prize drawings at the postrace party.

For more information or to register, visit www.foxvalleyparkdistrict.org.

Registration forms also are available at all park district community centers.

ST. CHARLES – The Fox Valley Jewish Neighbors group is hosting its first ever “Guest Bartender Night” on April 22 at McNally’s Irish Pub in St. Charles.

The event will raise funds for Fox Valley Jewish School scholarships for students in need.

The event will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. at McNally’s, 109 W. Main St., St. Charles.

Two Fox Valley Jewish Neighbors members will act as bartenders for the evening. The evening will also include prize raffles.

Local guitarist, singer and songwriter Jim Green will perform live music at the event.

According to a news release, Green was named “One of the best independent artists in the Midwest” by Billboard Magazine, and won the title of Guitar Idol 2004.

All funds raised at the event will be used to establish a new scholarship fund.

For more information about the event, contact Rachel Yackley by emailing her at ryackley@aol.com.

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The Fox Valley Jewish Neighbors group is hosting its first ever “Guest Bartender Night” on April 22 at McNally’s Irish Pub in St. Charles.

Valley Jewish Neighbors in Geneva, offering religious education to students in preschool through eighth grade, and Hebrew classes to students in third through eighth grades.

Fox Valley Jewish Neighbors is a nonprofit community group composed of Jewish individuals and interfaith families in central Kane County and nearby towns.

Fox Valley Presbyterian Church to host parenting workshop April 19 KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE neighbors@kcchronicle.com GENEVA – Fox Valley Presbyterian Church will host a workshop for parents called “The Informed and Equipped Parent: Teaching Teens to Make Healthy Choices” on April 19.

The workshop will take place from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the church, 227 East Side Drive, Geneva.

The free parenting workshop will provide parents with an overview of the consequences of sexual activity, including up-todate information on STDs, teen

pregnancy and consequences.

The workshop also will take a look at the world from a teen’s perspective while cataloging the pressures teens face from media and their peers.

The workshop should help inform parents on how to communicate with their child about the things that will be brought up as the teen moves through adolescence and into adulthood.

Attendees will also leave with helpful resources, including a free booklet.

For more information, call the church office at 630-232-7448.

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Church of Geneva expands ministry to those with special needs

By DEB ABBS neighbors@kcchronicle.com For Sally and Ken Marino and their five children, the special needs ministry at First Baptist Church of Geneva is worth the drive from Hinckley.

Without the extra support for Joey, the Marino’s 8-yearold son who has cerebral palsy and is in a wheelchair, attending church and especially being able to serve at church would be very difficult.

The family said that Joey loves the church and gets excited about attending.

While the church has had Masterpiece Ministry – the name for the special needs ministry – since the early 2000s it is now expanding its ministry.

Michelle Demaray, Ph.D, is a professor in psychology at Northern Illinois University and co-coordinates Masterpiece Ministry along with Andrea Koster, a pediatric occupational therapist.

“I’m excited about how we are able to individualize the services for each child or teen that comes to church,” Demaray said. “Some children, for example, spend the entire time in their Sunday school classroom with a mentor, and others are more comfortable spending the majority of time in our special needs classrooms.”

In the past, there has been a special needs room for younger children but now a special needs room is also available for students in fifth through eighth grade.

Both of the special needs rooms are located at the church’s west campus, 3435 Keslinger Road, Geneva.

Michelle Frediani is a volunteer in the birth through fourth grade Masterpiece room, and said of the experience: “It’s fulfilling to be able to help. And I also learn so much in the process.”

Frediani became interested in helping those with special

needs after she became friends with a Batavia neighbor who has two special needs sons.

The church also holds a support group for caregivers of those with a special need called Renaissance Support Group. The group meets the first Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. on the west campus and is open to the public.

The church also hopes to hold respite care breaks for caregivers in the near future.

The church’s east campus is located at 2300 South St. in Geneva.

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TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

– United Feature Syndicate

HOROSCOPE

By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association TODAY – In the year ahead, it’s quite likely that you will find yourself entertaining some grandiose hopes. Others might find your thinking to be wishful and extravagant, but that’s because they lack your luck.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Your best qualities will be front and center in most of your undertakings with others. It can’t help but win you the admiration of many of your peers.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – You won’t settle for being second best and, consequently, you’ll be able to effectively handle every challenging situation. You’ll thrive under pressure.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – There’s a chance you could run into someone whom you long ago lost contact with. It’ll be good to catch up, and initial awkwardness will soon give way to the old bonhomie.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Don’t despair if you’re disappointed by someone upon whom you were relying, because someone else will turn out to be a better source for what you need.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – The best way to handle a delicate situation is to be a good listener. Once the injured party has aired his or her mind, he or she is likely to be receptive to your input.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – This could turn out to be an interesting day, mostly because of an unplanned but pleasant event that ends up favorably altering your routines.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Lucky you, because Cupid has singled you out for some special attention. He’ll be working hard for you, assuring that there will be plenty of harmony between you and yours.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Certain tasks or assignments you usually find to be a bit overwhelming will be more like play today.

This is because your mind will only be focused on successful results.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Your charismatic personality will be focused on igniting as much warmth and happiness in others as possible, sparking them to do the same.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – A unique opportunity may develop in a rather unusual fashion. It’s likely that you’ll be able to acquire something that you’ve always wanted. Make the most of it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – A project that you got a friend involved in will turn out for the best. It will be an asset for your pal, and for others.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Instinctively, you’ll have the ability to see value in things that seem to be of small worth to others. This gift is, perhaps, one of your most profitable assets.

A married couple take on the Pacific Crest Trail in ‘I Promise Not to Suffer’

By RAE PADILLA FRANCOEUR GateHouse News Service If you think it’s challenging to hike the Pacific Crest Trail solo, a feat author Cheryl Strayed describes so well in her bestselling book “Wild,” try it with your spouse.

Gail Storey has given us another PCT gem. This time, we experience the trail from the point of view of a husband and wife, each of whom confronts as many vexing personal issues as icy river crossings.

Could there be a trickier place to confront demons than the High Sierra, where one distracted step could be your last?

In “I Promise Not to Suffer: A Fool for Love Hikes the Pacific Crest Trail,” Gail and her husband Porter, a physician specializing in hospice and palliative care, hike 900 miles of the trail together before Gail’s weight loss forces her to abandon the trail – though not necessarily the journey. It turns out that she leaves in time to attend to her mother in the last days of her life, ministering with a newfound loving grace.

The Pacific Coast Trail begins at the border between Mexico and California border and ends at the Canadian border.

A few hundred through-hikers begin the 2,663-mile hike each year but only about a quarter of that number make it to the end.

Porter, 52, a long-time outdoorsman, may be older than the average hiker, but his determination to travel light and plan intelligently – along with his enviable conditioning – gives him a significant boost.

Gail, 56, while not a hiker, has recently accompanied her husband on a series of cross-country tandem cycling trips.

But she’s 5 feet 7 inches, 125 pounds, with only 16 percent body fat.

The 7,000-plus calories they consume each day on the trail don’t prevent a 22-pound weight loss over 900 miles.

They trek through the Mojave Desert and the High Sierra, through searing heat and extended periods of cold so extreme that they must put on frozen socks and shove their feet into frozen shoes. “Even as my body wore down, my

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A couple sets out to hike the Pacific Crest Trail in “I Promise Not to Suffer” by Gail Storey. heart opened,” she writes. “I never felt so alive,” Porter says.

When Gail and Porter start out, they are a loving couple but separate in just about everything they do. Porter is anxious and self-contained. Gail is effusive in expressing her suffering. Because Porter cannot bear to see his wife’s pain, she eventually utters what comes to be the title of the book: “I promise not to suffer.”

Porter begins a campaign to get her off the trail. He even buys a solo sleeping bag and carries it at the bottom of the pack. But Gail is enamored of the journey and refuses to consider abandoning the trail.

Even after they’ve worked up to the 20-mile-a-day minimum required to get to the northern terminus before winter sets in, Porter cannot relax at a summit and take in a hard-won view.

Gail has what appears to be a life-changing moment when she and a female mountain lion meet face to face on the trail.

Mountain lions kill human beings.

She should have been frightened. But something different happens. Gail absorbs a deep understanding of wildness and the natural environment. Somehow the mountain lion brings her to a place of peace.

Gail grew up in poverty and violence. Her father was a violent drunk who beat her mother.

She spent her life working for balance and serenity, taking yoga, antidepressants, working as a successful author. Porter is a talented and empathetic caregiver whose work with the dying and their families is satisfying but immensely draining. He is between jobs on the trail, out of necessity, and is caught up in a career crisis. At first his anxieties cloud his ability to give himself over to the trail experience.

The trail, they discover, is a life form in itself. And it has plans for this couple.

There are mountains to climb, one after another, day after day. Rattlers to watch out for. A dire thirst. Maddening winds. Along with gratifying meals shared with fellow hikers at way stations.

The couple move from solo, parallel hikers to two soul mates, deeply synched, hand reaching for hand as they pass through the hazards, the reveries and the sobering grandeur.

Storey is an award-winning writer with a great sense of humor. She writes well of the adventure and received the Barbara Savage Memorial Award.

Savage cycled with her husband around the world.

She and her husband wrote “Miles from Nowhere,” one of my all-time favorite adventure stories. She was killed on her bicycle shortly after returning home and her husband instituted this memorial award to be given to writers like Barbara.

“It’s an accomplishment to live out in the rain,” Porter tells Gail as he walks away from her and heads into the rainy woods. She watches him disappear.

“Out here,” she writes, “there was no ‘inside’ to go to except one’s own.”

“Out here,” she learns, is everywhere.

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Man battling booze feels he’s drowning Stop trying to Dear Abby: I met the woman of my dreams about a year ago.

Her husband had died about two months before our paths crossed.

She has two teenage daughters I’m very fond of.

I have a history of alcoholism and she’s a hoarder. A week ago, I had an “epiphany”: I am desperately trying to quit drinking for my own sake.

Abby, I am a clean freak living with a hoarder. I come home from work and get depressed and stressed from looking at all the clutter. It is driving me insane. I feel like it is triggering me to stay drunk every night.

I don’t want to lose this woman and her family, but I can’t co-exist in this house. I have left several times, only to miss her and go back. I’m trying to kick the booze, but I know I won’t be able to achieve sobriety while living in this house. – Truly Torn In Texas Dear Truly Torn: If you quit drinking only a week ago, it is important that you find an AA group to help you hang onto your

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips sobriety. That’s step one.

Next, realize that you and the lady you’re living with may share a similar problem. You say you are a “clean freak.” This can be a symptom of an obsessive-compulsive disorder. Hoarding can be a symptom of the same disorder.

The International OCD Foundation is a reliable resource that may be able to help you both. It offers individuals with this disorder the support they need to manage their symptoms, and has many local chapters. You can locate it online at www.ocfoundation.org or reach it by calling 617-973-5801.

Dear Abby: Maybe you would like to pass this on to the parents of teenage boys. It worked for me when I had the sex talk with my sons. I knew their brains had not yet fully developed. They thought they were invincible and had an

“it could never happen to me” attitude.

Because money seems to be the one thing at that age they can relate to, I decided to turn it into a mathematical problem: I told them that if they got a girl pregnant, they could figure on a minimum of $300 a month child support, multiplied by 12 months for 18 years. (That totals $65,000 – unless the girl has twins, which would double the amount.)

Then I told them if they were tempted to have unprotected sex, they should look at the girl and ask themselves if they would pay her $65,000 to have sex with them.

If they couldn’t answer yes, then they needed to walk away.

Abby, it worked! No grandchildren appeared until after they were married. – Tony In San Diego Dear Tony: Gladly. I’m passing your technique along because money is a great motivator, and your idea makes “cents.”

• Write Dear Abby at www. dearabby.com.

Unfortunately, there’s no quick fix for a hangover Dear Doctor K: Why do I get a hangover when I drink? What’s the best way to get rid of it?

Dear Reader: Last night was great – friends, food, fun and wine. Lots of wine. But this morning your head is pounding and your mouth is dry. The lights are too bright and every noise sounds like a jackhammer.

Breakfast? You can’t bear the thought of it.

There’s a lot we don’t know about hangovers – but we do know about the effects of alcohol on the body. And what we know may explain some of your hangover symptoms.

For example, alcohol: • Dehydrates you. It interferes with the antidiuretic hormone (ADH), which prevents urination. So the more alcohol you drink, the more you urinate. This could explain your headache and dry mouth.

• Irritates the stomach lining.

This could explain nausea or heartburn.

• Causes increased levels of acid in the blood, low blood sugar and a buildup of toxins. The effects could leave you feeling fatigued, drowsy or generally unwell.

• Alters normal body rhythms, including sleep and body temperature. That may be why you

ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff woke up, wide awake, at 3 a.m.

If you find yourself with a bad hangover, there’s no quick fix – and some common hangover remedies can be harmful. Acetaminophen (Tylenol) might help with a headache, but it can injure the liver. This is particularly true if you take high doses (more than 2 to 3 grams a day) and you’re a regular, heavy drinker.

That’s because alcohol abuse injures the liver and makes it more vulnerable to damage from acetaminophen. Pain relievers such as ibuprofen (Advil) or naproxen (Aleve) may irritate your already unhappy stomach.

Even coffee might not be the best idea. Caffeine can counter some of your fatigue and lethargy, but it can worsen dehydration, heartburn and an upset stomach. So, if you use caffeine to perk up, be sure to also drink four to five tall glasses of non-caffeinated fluid.

Here are two suggestions that may help prevent another hangover and are harmless enough to recommend: • Eat something before or

while you are drinking. Fatty foods, in particular, slow absorption of alcohol.

• Drink water or a sports drink before and between alcoholic beverages.

Think of a hangover as an unpleasant experience that serves a good purpose: to remind you to drink in moderation. Just having an occasional hangover does not mean you have a problem controlling your use of alcohol.

However, if it happens often enough – arbitrarily, I’d say once every two to three months – it may mean you do have an alcohol problem.

The hangover itself doesn’t produce any lasting damage, at least that we know of. But hangovers do show that alcohol temporarily interferes with normal brain function, and people who drink enough to have frequent hangovers can get lasting brain damage from alcohol. So, don’t just follow my advice about how to avoid a hangover; also consider if you might have a problem controlling the amount of alcohol you drink.

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

change your guy Dr. Wallace: My boyfriend is a good guy and is very popular at school.

He is an all-league football player and will probably get a college scholarship to play football. He is also a good student and a caring human being. But sometimes I get the feeling that he is too caring.

Whenever we are at an after-school function (dance, pep rally, play practice, etc.) he talks to a lot of girls. That I don’t mind, but what makes me angry is that he feels he has to put his arm around their waist or shoulders when he is talking to them. What makes me super angry is that these girls seem to enjoy it. If a guy other than my boyfriend came up to me and put an arm around my shoulders or waist, I would move away and say, “Excuse me!”

I’ve asked him to stop putting an arm around the girls he’s talking with and to confine himself to smiling at them. When I discuss this with him, he always says, “I’m just a friendly guy and putting an arm around a girl shows it.”

What can I do to make him stop putting his arm around other girls and save this “friendly” habit just for me? I could reciprocate by hugging guys I talk with, but that’s not me.

I only want to put my arms around my guy.

Other than this little irritation, this guy is perfect, and I have no fear that he would be seeing any of the “touchees” behind my back. I’ve been told that I’m a better-looking girl than he is a boy, and he is super good-looking! In other words, I wouldn’t have a problem getting another guy if I wanted to! – Dawn, Pittsburgh,

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace Pa.

Dear Dawn: Relax and stop trying to change “your guy.” Since his touching habit is friendly and innocuous, there’s no reason for you to be so “touchy” about it. If he puts his arm around other girls, but only has eyes for you – he’s a keeper!

Dr. Wallace: I’m 13 and would like to find out some information on the “facts of life.” I’ve asked my mother several times to talk to me about things I want to know, but she always says, “In due time. You are too young for all that sex talk.” I can’t talk to anyone at my school since we don’t have any sex education classes because I attend a Christian school and discussing sex is not permitted. We are told that sex discussion should be held with our parents.

My mom’s younger sister is 19 and has had a few steady boyfriends, so she should know how to answer my questions.

Would you suggest that I take my questions to my aunt? – Nameless, Anaheim, Calif.

Dear Nameless: Don’t go to your aunt for answers. Your mother still is your best source of information. One day, when Mom is in a good frame of mind, tell her that you are well aware of the facts but have a few personal questions.

Ask her to please answer them. If she still refuses, ask her to please allow you to talk with your doctor.

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

CROSSWORD

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• Friday, April 5, 2013

CELEBRITY CIPHER

Francis Bacon wrote: “Travel, in the younger sort, is part of an education; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school and not to travel.”

I suppose that has a parallel in bridge. He that playeth on one suit before he hath some sort of entrance into that hand elsewhere, goeth to destruction and not to success. In this deal, how should South play in three no-trump after West leads a low heart?

North’s three clubs was a weak jump overcall, showing a good six-card suit and 6 to 10 high-card points. South bid what he hoped he could make. West wisely allowed the unfavorable vulnerability to silence him.

West, deciding that South was prepared for a spade lead, tried a sneaky heart attack.

Clearly, South needed to establish and run dummy’s club suit. However, assuming the defender with the club ace had learned the game more than an hour ago, he would know not to take the first round of clubs, but to wait until the second round.

Then declarer realized that he would need a dummy entry. So, instead of taking a cheap first trick with dummy’s heart 10, he overtook with his ace and played on clubs, starting with his jack, the honor from the shorter side first.

East won the second club and shifted to a spade, but South took that trick with his ace and led a heart to force a dummy entry.

In whatever language you speak, when you are establishing a long suit in one hand, always check your entrance situation.

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Get Fuzzy is on vacation. Please enjoy this strip from Jan. 28, 2011.

Crankshaft

The Pajama Diaries

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AT YOUR YOUR SERVICE PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby given that on March 21, 2013 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and 2 BDRM ~ 2 BATH addresses of all persons owning, $1020 - $1030 PUBLIC NOTICE conducting and transacting the business known as CULTURAL Fireplace, heat, gas, water incl.

Kane County is accepting Sealed CONNECTION located at 41W271 A/C, D/W, disposal, microwave, Bids (16-013 Food Providers) Prairie View Lane, Campton Hills, blinds, patios, clubhouse, pool. seeking qualified, authorized, and Garages available, small pets OK. experienced Food Providers for the IL 60119. purchase and delivery of bulk Dated: March 21, 2013.

630-232-7226 foods, breads, and dairy products /s/ John A. Cunningham St. Charles - Newly Renovated for the Kane County Juvenile Justice Center.

Kane County Clerk 1BR $650 and 2BR $850.

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Lrg 1BR $769, Lrg 2BR from $829/mo. Incl heat, water, cook- they will be publicly opened and read.

PUBLIC NOTICE ing gas, Appliances & laundry.

630-584-1685 Christopher Rossman ASSUMED NAME Will pay extra for County Purchasing Director PUBLICATION NOTICE Honda, Toyota & Nissan (Published in the Kane County Public Notice is hereby given Chronicle, April 5, 2013.) that on March 21, 2013 a certifi815-814-1964 cate was filed in the office of the St. Charles 2BR 1 Mo Free Rent PUBLIC NOTICE or County Clerk of Kane County, IlliW/D in unit, all utilities and cable nois, setting forth the names and 815-814-1224 included. No pets, no smoking.

LEGAL NOTICE addresses of all persons owning, $1150/mo + sec. 630-232-7535 Campton Township conducting and transacting the !!!!!!!!!!!

2013 Annual Town Meeting ST. CHARLES WEST business known as SCHMIDT One BR 2nd flr $550/month plus GROUP BUSINESS SOLUTIONS Notice is hereby given that the located at 41W271 Prairie View utilities. No Pets, No Smoking.

Annual Town Meeting shall be Held Reference needed. $300 security.

Lane, Campton Hills, IL 60119. on April 16th at the hour of 7:30 630-772-4781 p.m. at Campton Township Com- Dated: March 21, 2013.

ST. CHARLES, 2 bedroom, 1 munity Center 5N082 Old LaFox bath, laundry, air, heat incl. No Road, St. Charles, Illinois 60175. /s/ John A. Cunningham pets + security deposit. $875/mo. The following agenda is hereby Kane County Clerk Avail. now. 630-289-7484. posted: (Published in the Kane County AGENDA Chronicle, March 22, 29 & April 5, 2013.)

1. Call to Order ST. CHARLES NICE 2BR TH 2. Pledge to the Flag 1.5BA, fresh paint, new carpet. 3. Elect a Moderator NORTH AURORA FSBO $150K 4. Oath of Moderator Basement with W/D, 2 car garage.

3BR Tri-Level, all appliances stay.

Nice yard. Call 630-355-4456 M-F $1,350/mo. 630-988-1200 5. Set Moderator's Salary 6. Approval of Minutes America s Best Buy! 20 Acres-Only 8a-4p or cell, 630-201-0815 $99/mo! $0 Down, No Credit 7. Supervisor's Annual Financial Checks, MONEY BACK GUARANReport TEE Owner Financing. West Texas Sandwich. Spacious 3BR, 2.5BA, 8. Comments by Supervisor 2 car garage. Full bsmnt. Large 9. Presentations Assessor's Report, Beautiful Mountain Views! Free Color Brochure 1-800-755-8953 Highway Commissioner's fenced yard. Close to town.

Report, Open Space Update www.sunsetranches.com No pets. Avail now. $1200/mo.

10. Comments by Electors 815-519-9585 DISH Network Starting at 11. New Business $19.99/month (for 12 mos.) & 12. Annual Meeting Set Date High Speed Internet starting at a) April 8th, 2014 $14.95/month (where available).

13. Adjournment SAVE! Ask About SAME DAY Installation! CALL Now! (Published in the Kane County St. Charles 1-800-357-7024 Chronicle, April 5, 2013.)

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KANE COUNTY BOARD PUBLIC SERVICE COMMITTEE MEETING NOTICE OF TIME CHANGE - Notice is hereby given by the County of Kane, that the Kane County Board PUBLIC SERVICE COMMITTEE Need Legal Help? FREE REFERRAL Call 877-270-3855 meetings scheduled on 4/18, Courtesy of the 5/23, 6/20, 7/18, 8/22, 9/19, Illinois State Bar Association at 10/17, 11/21 & 12/19 will begin at 10:30 a.m. or immediately fol- www.IllinoisLawyerFinder.com lowing the Administration Commit- Purchase State of Illinois surplus tee meeting in the County Board vehicles and equipment at Room, Bldg. A, Kane County Gov- iBid.illinois.gov Learn more about ernment Center, 719 S. Batavia buying from the state of Illinois at Ave., Geneva, IL. http://cms.illinois.gov (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, April 5, 2013.)

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