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Upcoming cooking contest is heating up Friday, I’ll be competing in the 30 Men vs. 30 Women Who Cook competition at the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles. The fundraiser is hosted by the Geneva Chamber of Commerce, and earlier this week, Laura Rush, communications manager for the Chamber, emailed me to let me know former Kane County Chronicle editor Joe Grace had listed me as the chef he’d like to challenge at the event. With the gauntlet thrown down, Joe and I engaged in an email discussion about the upcoming competition. An edited version of our conversation follows. KG: So, Joe, you and I are friends. But now Laura Rush says that – out of all the chefs who are participating in 30 Men vs. 30 Woman Who Cook – you want to challenge me. What are you cooking? And, more importantly, what makes you think you can top the chili I’ll be making? JG: OK, old friend, this is how it’s going to go down. I’ll

EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK Kathy Gresey be making my famous Going for Gusto Gumbo. And by famous, yes, I mean edible. Now while it’s true I’ve never made gumbo before, I’ve also never made most foods before, so I believe my vast experience with not making foods is really going to help me in this competition. Also, as a longtime veteran of these fundraisers, now in my fourth year of competitively cooking as a man, I have the added bonus of knowing how to properly panic at 2 a.m. the night before when I realize I still have 200 portions of an item to make. So, I believe the real question is, what makes you think your chili can top my panic-flavored gumbo? KG: I’ll give you the “veteran” factor. But I have something even bigger going for the chili I’ll be making – Fat Pete’s Chili, as this chili is called, already has won a first-place

Know more For information about 30 Men vs. 30 Women Who Cook, visit the Geneva Chamber website, www. genevachamber.com, and check out the Kane County Chronicle next week for an article on the event.

award for best chili. That was at a work function a few years back. The chili is made with an array of beans, meat, peppers, spices and other ingredients. What are you throwing into your gumbo? JG: That chili sounds awesome. As for what I’ll be throwing in my gumbo, that’s a secret, even from myself. This is because I may or may not know what actually goes into a gumbo. Chicken and sausage and rice and other stuff, right? I’m sure I can figure out the other stuff by next week. Are you looking forward to your first true cooking competition? KG: I am definitely looking forward to the event. I attended last year and really enjoyed

the atmosphere and tasting the different foods. You? JG: I love this event! It was one of the highlights of my year when I was editor and continues to be so afterward. There are so many chefs who – unlike me – are very talented and prepare some simply delectable morsels. But I must know one more thing. Your chili – does it have a secret ingredient? KG: I will be honest. One of the characteristics of this particular chili is that it has no exact recipe. The chili is named after my dad, Pete (hence the name). I’ve made the chili with my dad since I was a little kid. We don’t use measuring cups or teaspoons. It’s a can of this one day and a dash of something else another. But it’s always good. Anyway, I do wish you the best of luck Friday. May the best chef win!

• Kathy Gresey is editor of the Kane County Chronicle. Contact her at kgresey@shawmedia.com or 630-845-5368.

8LOCAL BRIEFS Cougars announce ‘Meet the Team’ party dates GENEVA – The Kane County Cougars have announced three “Meet the Team” party dates during the 2013 season. Fans can buy a ticket that provides an opportunity to meet Cougars players and coaches after three pre-selected home dates and enjoy complimentary soft drinks and bottled water inside the Hyundai upper deck level at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark. The cost is $25, and proceeds will be donated to the Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation. Founded by the Cubs first baseman, the nonprofit organization raises money for cancer research and provides support to children and their families battling the disease. Cougars “Meet the Team” party dates will be April 20, June 2 and Aug. 11. All three games are at 1 pm. The “Meet the Team” events are scheduled to begin about 30 minutes after the game’s conclusion and will last for one

hour. Each event is limited to the first 100 people. A separate ticket is required for fans who are interested in attending that day’s game. Fans can order “Meet the Team” tickets by visiting www.kccougars.com or by calling the Cougars at 630232-8811.

CASA to hold special recruitment meetings ST. CHARLES – CASA Kane County, a nonprofit organization that trains volunteers as Court Appointed Special Advocates for abused and neglected children, is holding special recruitment meetings for men interested in volunteering. Meetings are set for: • 5:30 p.m. Monday at Elgin Public House, 219 E. Chicago St., Elgin. • 5:30 p.m. April 22 at McNally’s Irish Pub, 109 W. Main St., St. Charles. • 5:30 p.m. April 29 at Two Brothers Roundhouse, 205 N.

Broadway, Aurora. To RSVP, contact Deb McQuaid at debm@casakanecounty.org or 630-444-3110. CASA volunteers must complete 40

hours of training before being sworn in by the Juvenile Court judge. All training is provided by CASA Kane County.

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CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS • On page 1 of the April 12 edition of the Kane County Chronicle incorrect information appeared. The sports teaser should have said St. Charles North defeated Batavia in girls soccer. The Chronicle regrets the error. Accuracy is important to the Kane County Chronicle. Please call errors to our attention by phone, 630-845-5355; or email, editorial@kcchronicle. com.

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FACE TIME WITH ANA HERNANDEZ

Where did you grow up? Elgin Pets? Two parakeets, Sky Blue and Skittles, and a dog named Pecos Bill. He’s a Shih Tzu-poodle mix. Who would play you in the movie of your life? Anne Hathaway First job? Dog sitting What do you want to be when you grow up? A veterinarian A book you’d recommend? “The Diary of Anne Frank” Favorite charity? Salvation Army Hobbies? Drawing and riding my bike Favorite local restaurant? Ray’s Family Restaurant in Elgin What is an interesting factoid about yourself? I met Chris Tomlin when he came to sing at my church, Willow Creek Community Church.

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Campton Hills Kiwanis to celebrate anniversary WHAT: The Campton Hills Kiwanis will celebrate its first anniversary. Kiwanis invites the residents of Campton Hills to learn more about club membership. Families are welcome. There will be a kids activity table and a raffle. WHEN: 5 to 7 p.m. April 21 WHERE: The Lodge Bar and Grill, 41W379 Route 64, Wasco COST: A dinner plate costs $14 to $17. INFO: For information, visit www.camptonhillskiwanis.org or email serve@camptonhillskiwanis.org.

Spring event at Wasco Nursery WHAT: Wasco Nursery and Garden Center will host its annual Spring Celebration. Participants can visit with the garden center’s vendors, ask questions and learn about new plant varieties and products. Participants also can register for prize drawings. Seminars include “Butterfly Gardening with

Native Plants” by Janie Grillo from Midwest Groundcovers at 10 a.m. and “New Perennial Introductions for 2013” by Marlene Frisbie from Hoffie Nursery at 11:30 a.m. WHEN: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 20 WHERE: 41W781 Route 64, Campton Hills

Healing Gardens to open for 2013 WHAT: Healing Gardens, a two-acre expanse of woodland and perennial gardens announced its opening session for the 2013 season. The gardens are open to the public on set dates for the purpose of enjoying the natural wooded setting and perennial gardens. Healing Gardens is cultivated and hosted by Deborah Marqui owner of Stone Hill Farm with her husband Buzz Marqui. WHEN: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday WHERE: 37W249 Dean St., St. Charles COST: The admission cost is $5 a person and $10 a family. Call for discounted group rates. Cancer survivors are always free. Donations of time or money for upkeep are welcome. INFO: For information call 630-377-1846 or visit

www.healinggardensatstonehillfarm.com.

Waterline Writers at Water Street Studios WHAT: The next Waterline Writers event is set for later this month. Hear Cole Downey make a case for poetry that doesn’t rhyme, Laura Young work her special brand of magic into life’s deepest wounds, Cecilia Pinto untether a shared and quirky dream from its unquiet dreamers, Rick Holinger reveal that Not Everybody’s Nice, T.S. Rhodes (Treva Rodemaker) find the measure of love in a treasure from the sea, and Michael Balcom-Vetillo thread a needle to trace the patterns that will shape the cloth and cut of a young boy’s life. WHEN: 7 p.m. April 21 WHERE: Water Street Studios, 160 S. Water St., Batavia COST: The event is free. INFO: For information, visit www. waterlinewriters.org.

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Sheriff considers training options Perez continues push of plan to build shooting range on jail grounds

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By JONATHAN BILYK ST. CHARLES TOWNSHIP – A Batavia man Friday was found guilty of having sexual contact with a young child he knew. Juan Olmedo Torres, 26, was found guilty by circuit judge John Barsanti of one count Juan of aggravated Olmedo criminal sexu- Torres al abuse, a felony. Torres waived his right to a jury trial. Between June 12, 2011, and Aug. 19, 2012, Olmedo Torres had sexual contact with the victim, whom he knew, according to the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office. The victim was 5 years old at the time. Torres will appear again in court May 30. He could receive a sentence of probation, or three to five years in prison.

jbilyk@shawmedia.com ST. CHARLES TOWNSHIP – The Kane County Sheriff’s Office has begun talking with a private business about leasing space at a yet-to-be-built shooting range to help deputies and jail guards, among others, keep their firearms skills up to date. But Kane County Sheriff Pat Perez has continued his office’s push to line up the support of the County Board for a plan to build a new permanent county-owned shooting range on the same ground as the county jail. “There are options we’re exploring,” Perez said. “But for the long term, the best option is to build our own facility.” Friday, the County Board Judicial and Public Safety Committee recommended the board approve a request from the sheriff to use $67,500 from a county contingency fund

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– essentially, an account set aside for spending on unanticipated expenses – to hire an architect to draft plans and cost estimates for the eventual construction of such a firearms range. The matter will next advance to the County Board Executive Committee on May 8. From there, it could move to the full board May 14. Perez raised the issue in February after floods at the sheriff’s office existing shooting range at the otherwise-abandoned old county jail site on Fabyan Parkway in Geneva left the site contaminated with mold and lead and unusable. That left the sheriff’s office’s 242 sworn personnel without a place for training to receive their required firearms certifications, Perez said. Without such regular certifications, the county could be exposed to higher levels of liability, should deputies injure someone in an

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incident in which they were forced to fire a weapon. Perez has proposed building a firing range at the county’s jail site at Peck Road and Route 38 in St. Charles Township. He has proposed paying for it using money generated from payments from the federal government for housing inmates in custody of the U.S. Marshals. He has acknowledged the project might be costly, but he is hesitant to guess at a price. “This is a big first step,” Perez said. “[The architects] can give us a true estimate of the cost, which we can’t do right now.” In the meantime, Perez said he has begun talks with a businessman who has contacted the sheriff’s office with an offer to lease future space at a shooting range that is being planned for an industrial building near Dean Street, east of Randall Road, in St. Charles. Perez said this business-

man, whom Perez declined to identify, has expressed a willingness to accommodate the sheriff’s office needs, including four reserved shooting lanes, a private entrance for law enforcement personnel and a locker for the sheriff’s office’s training ammunition. Perez said the developer of the shooting range has not obtained permits from the city of St. Charles to build the range. “But he read in the newspaper that we had a need, and he has offered to help us,” Perez said. However, Perez said any such arrangements would only temporarily help his office because a permanent shooting range on the sheriff’s office site would allow all sheriff’s office personnel to obtain their training and certifications without time-consuming offsite travel or the need to pay overtime for officers to train outside their normal work shifts.

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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

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Fld: flood stage. Prs: stage in feet at 7 a.m Friday. Chg: change in previous 24 hours. Station Fld Prs Chg Station Fld Prs Chg Algonquin................. 3....... 1.63...... -0.14 Montgomery........... 13..... 12.76..... +0.13 Burlington, WI ........ 11..... 11.51..... +0.38 New Munster, WI .... 19..... 13.04..... +0.63 Dayton ................... 12....... 9.61..... +1.67 Princeton .............. 9.5....... 8.17..... +0.14 McHenry .................. 4....... 3.75..... +0.24 Waukesha ................ 6....... 6.60....... none

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8LOCAL BRIEF

Judge to decide fate of house next month

Spaghetti dinner to benefit youth ministries

By ERIC SCHELKOPF eschelkopf@shawmedia.com GENEVA – Kane County Judge David Akemann next month will decide what should happen to St. Charles resident Clifford McIlvaine’s home-improvement project, which was started decades ago. Akemann on May 1 will review a petition by the city of St. Charles to demolish or repair the property at 605 Prairie St., St. Charles. The city asked for a hearing date during Friday’s hearing on the case at the Kane County Courthouse in Geneva.

“I think the city’s patience has worn out with Mr. McIlvaine,” Phil Luetkehans, an attorney for St. Charles, said after the hearing. “The project remains a safety hazard. There are electrical issues that are not done, plumbing that is not done, and you Clifford have a roof McIlvaine that’s partly done. These are life safety issues.” The city last inspected the project Tuesday. McIlvaine started it in 1975.

McIlvaine told Akemann that he would have more time to work on the house if he didn’t have to keep responding to the city’s motions. City officials want McIlvaine to comply with a court order to finish the project. The project was supposed to have been completed by the end of September, according to the order. The city sued McIlvaine in 2010, pushing him to get the project finished. A work schedule later was agreed upon in court. McIlvaine had corrected the plumbing system in his house as ordered by the court

SUGAR GROVE – A benefit spaghetti supper is set from 4:30 to 7 p.m. today at the Sugar Grove Community House, 141 Main St., Sugar Grove. The event includes spaghetti with a 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. For information, call 630-466-4501.

and St. Charles city officials. McIlvaine had been warned that he had to prevent his cistern water system from connecting to the city’s water supply or the city would proceed with an application for demolition or repair of the house. A cistern is a tank for storing rainwater. McIlvaine has signed a court order saying he will not use it for bathing or drinking water, and the city wanted to make sure the system does not pollute city water. He had been jailed for two weeks in 2012 after a judge found him in contempt of court.

– Kane County Chronicle

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‘She is Geneva’

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Geneva resident Jamie Daniel points at a photo of her from high school in Mississippi. Daniel serves as historian emerita for the Geneva History Center since retiring from her real estate company, Miscella. county’s branch court, there was Daniel, with the other League women, ushering in the candidates and the public. Her recognitions and honors are extensive, including Realtor of the Year, Who’s Who in American Women, Preservation Partnership Award, Geneva’s Wood Award in 1972. Daniel served on the boards of several organizations, including the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois, Restorations of Kane County, Tri-City Family Services, Geneva Chamber of Commerce, River Park of Geneva and League of Women Voters of Illinois. She also was a founding

member of Mutual Ground, a women’s shelter in Aurora. As to the freedom women celebrate in today’s world, Daniel regrets one thing: The way many of them dress. “We worked so hard to stop having women ... get ahead in the world just based on looks and their sexy actions,” Daniel said. “We worked so hard to have women be treated as persons. And now I see these women dressing so provocatively, and it bothers me.” ••• Daniel graduated high school at 16, class of 1938. She was offered two full scholarships to college. The scholarships would have paid for her

education only, not the other expenses, so she did not go. “It was the end of the Depression, and there was no way my family could afford even to buy my train ticket to college,” Daniel said. She married two years later and had four children with her first husband, who died in 1954. After she re-married, he found a job in Joliet, and they moved to Geneva, where they settled, and she had two more children. “I did not want to live in a big city, and Geneva was very much like the town I had grown up in,” Daniel said. “I had too many in-laws and relatives there [in New Albany],

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GENEVA – Jamie Daniel sits at her desk in her Geneva home, surrounded by 35 years’ worth of files and boxes, voluminous papers from her real estate firm. Into the first box go the things for the shredder. Into the second go the files she will keep. Into the third go the records that the Geneva History Center could use. As the center’s historian emerita, Daniels, 91, is happy to give the center records that have a local historic interest. Daniel is a fixture in the city she adopted in 1956. She used to attend every City Council and Committee of the Whole meeting in person. Now she watches the broadcast. “She is a great resource for us,” said Geneva History Center Executive Director Terry Emma. “She has so much knowledge.” Daniel retired at age 90 last year from Miscella, the real estate firm she founded in 1977, and she is not quite sure the quieter life suits her. “If you’ve been in the middle of knowing what’s going on in town for years, and then all of a sudden, you don’t know anymore, you’re not out and around, it really is a shock,” Daniel said. “I just miss knowing what’s going on. It’s a major change.” Daniel, who grew up in New Albany, Miss., can name the stages of her long, unusual life – perhaps even count them as several lives: High school graduate, bride, mother, widow, wife, divorced mother, grandmother, volunteer, activist, preservationist, employee, small business owner, employer, real estate agent, great-grandmother and local historian. But Daniel said she does not feel old. “I woke up one day, and I was 90,” Daniel said. “When did that happen?” ••• At a recent League of Women Voters of Central Kane County candidate forum at the

and we needed a fresh start so we would be a family. I was happy to move.” Geneva in 1956 was the same size as New Albany with 6,500 people, Daniel said. It had one main street, a highway, a river on one side and a railroad track on the other, just like Geneva. It was home. But not everyone back home was happy about the move. “One of my mother’s friends stopped me on the street and she said, ‘Honey, what do you mean taking those precious little children up to Chicago where all the gangsters are?’ ” Daniel laughed, but found local misconceptions about her home state, as well. “One of my best friends, a graduate of Vassar, said, ‘I thought the schools in Mississippi were no good and your oldest, who went to school in Mississippi, is a merit scholar.’ ” Daniels shook her head. “It’s ignorance on both sides.” While growing up in Mississippi, Daniel said she did not witness the type of racism often described in her home state. In the area where she lived, although there was segregation, where housing was concerned, people were divided by economics rather than race. Daniel said she also encountered local prejudice over her accent. When the family was trying to find a place to rent in Aurora before buying a house, landlords would not accept tenants with a Southern accent. And when they bought their first house, Daniel said the deed was “restricted.”

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8OBITUARY Born: Dec. 16, 1963; in Aurora Died: April 11, 2013 ELBURN – Marilyn Gould, 49, of Elburn, passed away Thursday April 11, 2013. She was born Dec. 16, 1963, in Aurora, the daughter of Merle and Esther Marie (Boecker) Miller. Marilyn graduated from Aurora Central Catholic High School in Aurora in 1981. Marilyn was a manager at Schmidt’s Towne Tap in Elburn for many years. Marilyn also worked at Gould Cider and Apple Pressing every fall. She was a member of the American Legion Post 630 Ladies Auxiliary. In her free time, Marilyn had a passion for being artistic with crafts, decorating and painting. She loved traveling, boating and swimming with family and friends. She is survived by her husband,

Thomas Gould of Elburn; her son, Peter Gould of Elburn; her daughter, Lauren Gould of Elburn; her father, Merle Miller of Aurora; her brothers and sisters, Lynda (Bill) Goheen, Bill (Lisa) Miller, Marie (Paul) Reuland, Kathy (Frank) Evans, John (Ellen) Miller, Thomas Miller and Robert (Barbara) Miller; and many nieces and nephews, relatives and many friends. In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by her grandma, Esther Marie Boecker (Gram). The visitation will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, until the service at 8 p.m. at The Healy Chapel, 370 Division Drive in Sugar Grove. Interment will be private. For information, call 630-4661330 or visit www.healychapel.com to sign the online guest book. Please sign the guest book at www.legacy.com/kcchronicle.

Elizabeth Colpen: A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 13, at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 101 S. Sixth Ave., St. Charles, where she will lie in state from 9:30 a.m. until the service. Interment will follow in North Cemetery in St. Charles. 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. Robert “Bob” Hansel: A memorial Mass will be at noon Saturday, April 13, at St. Patrick’s Church, 400 Cedar St., St. Charles. Dorothy L. Reinert: A memorial Mass will be celebrated at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Elgin.

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or by volunteering to pick up and sort food in St. Charles. Personal care items and pet food also will be accepted. Drop-off sites are at both post offices in St. Charles, with the east location accepting only until noon. To volunteer May 11, call Regina Morgan at the St. Charles Post Office at 630-5842318.

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Continued from page 7 “The deed said, ‘You may not sell to anyone except a Caucasian. No one may live here except a Caucasian, except for household help.’ And that was in 1956.” In 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that these restrictions could no longer be enforced, but real estate agents and property owners could legally discriminate based on race until Congress passed the Fair Housing Act Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968. ••• Daniel was involved in volunteer work, everything from the PTA to church women’s groups and the League of Women Voters. A progressive, Daniel worked for the Equal Rights Amendment – which failed under pressure from conservative Phyllis Schlafly’s Stop ERA campaign in the 1970s. “I continued to do what I did in Mississippi, be a career volunteer,” Daniel said. “PTA, hospital auxiliary, den mother, various church committees, League of Women Voters, local league president and on the state board. I was lay member for the annual conference of the Methodist Church for 21 years. Playmakers. I was only in one of them, in the chorus of ‘Brigadoon.’ I did public relations.” In 1973, Daniel became public information officer for Mark VII, a company that wanted to build a 3,000-acre subdivision in Elburn called Blackberry Center. She would be earning her own money for the first time in her life, a part-time, short-term job just until they got zoning. “I said I have to go home and talk to my husband first,”

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Geneva resident Jamie Daniel sits in her home. Daniel worked for the Equal Rights Amendment – which failed under pressure from conservative Phyllis Schlafly’s Stop ERA campaign in the 1970s. Daniel recalled. “Part of my job was attending Elburn Village Board meetings and school board meetings – and I would be gone at night. So I asked his permission.” He gave it. But their marriage broke up four months later, and they divorced. She took her maiden name of Daniel back and worked through three years of public meetings for nothing to get built because the project could not get zoning. “So when the mortgagor took over the land, they said, ‘Go to work for us.’ And I said, ‘I won’t ever work for anybody again. I’ll do what you need by the day, by the job or by the hour, but not on a salary.’ And they said, ‘Sell this land.’ ” So in 1977, at age 56, she got a real estate license and founded Miscella Real Estate. This was backward, she said, as most people work for a living in their younger years and then volunteer when they are older. ••• Now Daniel is focused on

clearing out her records in service to the history center. Emma credits Daniel with knowing things no one else does. “Jamie always has ‘the rest of the story,’ ” said Emma, referring to the late Paul Harvey’s famous tag line. “People will bring up things, and she will say, ‘I can tell you.’ When she comes to our brown bag lunches, and someone has a question, she can say, ‘I can answer that.’ It is just amazing, the memories she has and connections she has. She is really an amazing woman.” Geneva is known for its progressive and strong women and Daniel fits that character, Emma said, starting with the city’s founding family – Charity Herrington raised 10 children on her own after her husband, James, died. “She is a true lady,” Emma said of Daniel. “She is today’s Charity Herrington in different ways. She represents the progressive women of Geneva. She is progressive. She is Geneva.”

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ST. CHARLES – It’s been 50 years since Pheasant Run Resort opened in St. Charles, and on Wednesday, the management hosted an anniversary gala for about 500 local dignitaries, retailers, longtime clients, business partners and members of the resort’s fitness and golf clubs. “The event went well beyond our imagination,” said Tim Foley, general manager of Pheasant Run. In keeping with the resort’s New Orleans theme, there was Cajun cuisine and Louisiana-style music from the Chicago-based band, Hurricane Gumbo. And then there were prizes that included a four-night trip for two to New Orleans, a pair of gold diamond earrings, overnight stays in luxury locations across the U.S., a skybox suite for a Kane County Cougars game, tickets for the Arcada Theater and a weekend spa getaway at Pheasant Run. Guided tours were offered to showcase the resort’s renovations and new amenities.

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Spring wildflowers wait to be discovered at Persimmon Woods in St. Charles. The concept of “hidden in plain sight” is, and always will be, popular, so why not take advantage of it with a walk outside? Believe it or not, those on-screen images of butterflies fluttering, birds singing, even worms squiggling are even better when you witness them live – or, as ABC Sports used to say, Up Close and Personal. It’s true, the butterflies, birds and worms might not be immediately apparent. But a little bit of searching can yield rich rewards. Powers of observation improve, as does that all-important life skill – patience. Parents probably will be quick to point out that their offspring are used to instant gratification and quickly will become bored if they can’t find something to look at and be entertained by right away. To this point, I have two

responses. One, kids love – and I mean looooove – to look for hidden objects. We regularly place scavenger hunt items around the building at Hickory Knolls, and I can’t tell you the excitement they generate. And look at the longevity of the Where’s Waldo and Eye Spy series. The concept of “hidden in plain sight” is, and always will be, popular, so why not take advantage of it with a walk outside? Two, when you are outside, you always can find something to look at and be entertained by. The great thing is, you don’t even have to know what you’re observing to begin learning about it. Start with some basic questions – is it living or dead? Was it ever

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• Pam Otto is the manager of nature programs and interpretive services at the Hickory Knolls Discovery Center, a facility of the St. Charles Park District. She can be reached at 630-513-4346 or potto@stcparks. org. She wouldn’t be doing her job if at this point she didn’t remind everyone that the HKDC naturalists will be leading not one but two seasonal discovery walks April 27 at Persimmon Woods in St. Charles. A walk for adults ages 18 and older begins at 1 p.m., and an all-ages walk for families with children begins at 3 p.m. Meet at the park entrance on Keim Trail. Registration is required. For information, call the Hickory Knolls front desk at 630-5134399.

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Joe White wouldn’t describe the soil in which he plans to plant his corn and soybeans as replenished. But White, president of the Kane County Farm Bureau, who farms near Elburn, said he’d begrudgingly grant that the drought that plagued Kane County and much of the country in 2012 has ended “The ground down a few inches is still pretty dry, and the subsurface moisture isn’t recharged,” White said. “But I suppose, technically speaking, the drought is over.” From spring 2012 into 2013, the region’s weather was characterized by dryness. Illinois State Climatologist Jim Angel said that drought already had begun to make its presence felt in the region by this time last year. From January-mid-April 2012, Kane County had logged about 6.9 inches of liquid precipitation, running about an inch behind average. And the region’s rivers and lakes also had begun to show the impact, with stream and pool levels running at levels more typical of midsummer than early spring. “But that was just the beginning,” Angel said. “As we all know, the worst was yet to come.”

By the end of August, almost 70 percent of Illinois was considered by the U.S. Drought Monitor to be in “extreme drought.” But that situation could not be more different this year, Angel said. He noted that Kane County has received about 8.9 inches of precipitation year-to-date, thanks largely to “surprising” amounts of snow in late winter and recent rains, Angel said. As a result, river and lake levels have recovered to normal or above-normal levels for the spring, Angel said. He noted that the water level on the Fox River this week was running about 87 percent higher than this time last year. The latest Drought Monitor report, released Tuesday, shows no dry conditions in Illinois. White said farmers have noted water in ditches and ponding in low spots in their fields, buoying hopes that the water will percolate down to the dryer soils beneath to nourish crops during the hot summer months. White said farmers also are hoping for a few sunny days – and warmer weather, in particular – to help ready the ground for planting. “But I don’t want anybody saying that I said I want it to stop raining,” White said. “Because, it can always shut off.”

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Kane County Cougars players wait to take the field during opening day April 4 at Fifth Third Ball Park in Geneva. Thumbs up to the beginning of a new era of Kane County Cougars baseball, with the team being a Cubs affiliate. The Cougars have long been a jewel of the area’s entertainment scene, a popular option for both baseball-lovers and more casual fans looking to enjoy a summer day in a family-friendly setting. The vibe around Fifth Third Bank Ballpark in Geneva is even more exciting this season – especially for the area’s many Cubs fans – as evidenced by the plethora of red and blue gear fans wore during the team’s recently completed opening homestand. This is just the beginning of what promises to be a great partnership. Darwin Barney, the Cubs’ starting second baseman, likely would have been Kane County-bound for a rehabilitation stint this weekend if the Cougars were not on the road. Such cameos from Cubs players figure to be a semi-regular occurrence for the Cougars, another perk worth savoring for local baseball fans. Thumbs down to the conduct of the ownership at The House Pub in St. Charles. The downtown bar was recently issued a three-day liquor license suspension for poor treatment of police officers who entered the bar March 15 to discuss the behavior of a visibly intoxicated man. Bar ownership reportedly argued with police, using obscenities, and ordered police to leave. In discussing the punishment, St. Charles Mayor Don DeWitte said such behavior “will not be tolerated.” Nor should it be. Regardless of the details that led police into The House Pub, police officers have a difficult job to do and deserve to be treated with respect. Such a public dust-up is especially regrettable considering the ongoing concerns the city has with rowdy, late-night behavior downtown, and the spotlight that has shined on bars’ 2 a.m. closing time. Considering that backdrop, The House Pub did not do its fellow St. Charles bar owners any favors by displaying this type of behavior.

WRITING TO US The Kane County Chronicle welcomes original letters on public issues. Letters must include the author’s full name, home address and day and evening telephone numbers. We limit letters to 400 words. All letters are subject to editing for length and clarity at the sole discretion of the editor. Letters can be emailed to letters@ kcchronicle.com, faxed to 630-444-1641 and mailed to Letters, Kane County Chronicle, 333 N. Randall Road, Suite 2, St. Charles IL 60174.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Just remember To the Editor: We are starting to see the negative impact of the sequester on the economy, just as President Barack Obama correctly predicted. And it will continue to prevent hiring and investment as the economy slows down. Forget a robust recovery. After all, the constant budget cuts have worked so well in Europe that conservatives want to adopt that approach here in the U.S.

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The Republicans, as Speaker John Boehner has said, are “pretty happy” with the federal budget cuts. So, once again, the right-wingers in the GOP are – through constant filibusters in the Senate (60 votes required, instead of a simple majority) and refusal to bring up legislation for a vote in the House (something might actually pass) – forcing drastic cuts, instead of presenting a balanced approach that would more fairly spread

the pain. When it comes time to vote in the 2014 mid-term elections, just remember the Republicans stalled the recovery via cutbacks, just like the politicians in Europe. Thus, we have another demonstration of right-wingers opposing the president, instead of creating more middle-class jobs and improving the economy. Tom Minnerick Elgin

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8SOUND OFF What an inspiring article about Kaneland pole vaulter Alex Markuson. I saw this young man compete earlier this year, and when he vaulted, it was like the whole place stopped to watch him. Too often, we take things for granted and watching him compete was a really humbling experience for many of us there. His technique also looked better than many of the athletes who were competing at the higher heights. Great work, Knights, and good luck on the rest of the season, Alex. You’ve definitely earned some more fans.

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Blame yourself Yesterday was election day, and it appears that the complacency of the people in Kane County still exists. About 13 percent of the eligible voters voted, which means that 13 percent out of 100 percent determined what 100 percent of us taxpayers are going to pay for. This is unacceptable. We need to be a part of our government. We cannot be saying to people, “We’re not happy with this,” and then we don’t even have the courage to get out and vote and campaign for the people who should be running. The

What’s next? What is happening to America? We have a president who gives away millions to countries who hate us and wants to cut Social Security payments. I’m glad I can still complain about this. What’s next?

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elections. Let’s start attending some of these council meetings. Actually, not the council meetings, let’s attend the committee meetings because the committee meetings are where all the action is and where all the things are determined. Let’s attend these school board meetings and the school committee meetings, so you know what’s going on. These are your tax dol-

With the spring weather coming, I’m reading in the paper that there are a lot of people who rob homes, and the judges release them, and they go out and rob another home. Judges, keep them in longer, keep them in jail. We don’t need them running around in our community. We need to keep our community safe.

Government struggling to perform on E-verify President Obama and Congress are trying to work out gun-control legislation, which will involve a background check. Isn’t this the same government that could not get the E-verify for employers to check the Social Security and legal status of employees without errors? How can the government take on additional responsibilities without fixing the E-verify system?

Sounds like Bill Clinton I’m kind of a fan of Mr. Obama, up until lately. He’s got Bill Clinton stomping for him, and Bill Clinton had escapades with Gennifer Flowers, and he was impeached because of Monica Lewinsky. Also, Mr. Obama has Mr. Jesse Jackson Sr., who has a convicted son and has his own love child admissions. But now Mr. Obama was apologizing for the California attorney general, who he said happens to be the best-looking attorney general in the country. Please. That sounds like Jesse, and it sounds like Bill Clinton.

Batavia Lions Club to hold pancake breakfast BATAVIA – The Batavia Lions Club has planned its 35th annual pancake breakfast, from 7:30 to 11 a.m. today at the Shannon Hall at the Batavia Park District’s East Side Center, 14 N. Van Buren St., Batavia. The all-you-can-eat meal costs $5 for adults and $1 for those ages 3 to 12. The event will raise money for the Batavia Lions High School Scholarship program.

Postal service hosting business program St. CHARLES – The United States Postal Service invites small businesses to attend a “Grow Your Business Day” workshop that will help entrepreneurs and proprietors to promote their businesses using direct mail, without the cost of mailing lists or permits. In this one-hour presentation, postal experts will show how to select a campaign message, target an audience and prepare Every Door Direct mailings. An Every Door Direct workshop will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Fox River Harley-Davidson Store, 131 S. Randall Road, St. Charles. Seating is limited, so those interested in attending are encouraged to register at eddmrsvpcid@usps. gov.

UMC to hold special worship services ST. CHARLES – Baker Memorial United Methodist Church will hold special, musically themed worship services at 9 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday at the church, 307 Cedar Ave., St. Charles. All are welcome. Gospel is the focus. The services will feature the music of contemporary gospel composers Keith Hampton and Rollo Dilworth, both of Chicago. Several of Baker’s musical ensembles will participate in the two services. Musical theater will be highlighted April 28. For information, call 630-584-6680 or visit www. bakermemorialchurch.org. – Kane County Chronicle

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I’m calling to congratulate Kevin Burns in Geneva. He truly is a terrific mayor, the longest-serving mayor Geneva ever had and far and away the best mayor in the entire Tri-Cities. I wish we could trade ours for him. Anyway, I congratulate him. You’ve been a great mayor, and you always will be.

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Ex-St. Charles fire chief hired in Algonquin-LITH By JOSEPH BUSTOS jbustos@shawmedia.com The former St. Charles fire chief is set to become the next chief for the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District. Patrick Mullen, who retired from the St. Charles Fire Department, tentatively is scheduled to begin work with the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills department Wednesday. A contract has yet to be finalized, and board President Virgil “Corky” Corless would not comment on Mullen’s pay until a deal was signed. Interim Chief Patrick Gericke will stay on until at least Friday to help with the transition. Gericke did not apply for the full-time job, Corless said. Mullen worked for St. Charles from 2007 through November 2012 and retired as the chief. He was with the Naperville Fire Department from 1988 to 2007, and left that department as the assistant chief of operations. St. Charles is similar in size to Algonquin’s department when it comes to person-

nel and call volume, Corless said. “He works with [an] accreditation association, going out doing evaluations, works with departments going through the accreditation process, and he has extensive background working with labor [unions],” Corless said. “He came across as a very progressive, disciplined professional.” Mullen will look into whether the district goes through the accreditation process, Corless said. “A majority of the board is still there, I would think they’re going to look into that very seriously,” Corless said. “It’s about a three- to fouryear process.” Corless lost his bid for re-election to the board Tuesday. The fire district needed a new chief because its former chief, Kevin Rynders, agreed to resign in January. Mullen was one of 27 people who applied for the job. Six people interviewed. The fire district paid $2,000 to the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association to conduct the search.

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St. Charles North’s Riley Coomes can’t come up with the throw as Bartlett’s Matt Vitulli slides safely into second during their game Friday at Bartlett. St. Charles North lost, 13-2.

OUT OF SOUTH AFRICA Tayler Scott (left) is getting adjusted to pitching in his first full professional season for the Kane County Cougars. PAGE 19

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St. Charles North’s Nick Drawant slides safely into third base during the game Friday at Bartlett. St. Charles North lost to Bartlett, 13-2.

St. Charles North starting pitcher only gives up three earned runs By MICHAEL GIBBS editorial@kcchronicle.com BARTLETT – St. Charles North baseball coach Todd Genke could have pointed to many things to blame after his team’s 13-2 loss to Bartlett on Friday in Upstate Eight Conference crossover action. But after his team was dispatched in just 5 freezing innings, a victim of the 10run mercy rule, Genke took the heat. “I’ll take the blame,” Genke said. “We did not come prepared, and that’s my fault. I just think the coaching staff needs to do a better job preparing [our players], and [our players] need to understand in baseball you have to be ready every single game. “When you are in the grind of a conference season, you have to come ready. If you don’t, this is what happens.” The North Stars (6-6, 2-4 UEC River) scored a run in the top of the first when Tim Misner doubled and scored on an error. But Bartlett (5-2, 4-2 UEC Valley) came right back against North Stars starter Sawyer Chambers, scoring four runs, two of them earned, on five hits

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St. Charles North’s Jack Dennis hits a ground ball during the game at Bartlett Friday. and an error. North got a run back in top of the second, as Cory Wright and Jack Dennis singled and Kurt Barbeau knocked in Wright with a single. However, the Hawks exploded for six runs in their half of the second, with only one of the runs earned as the North Stars committed two more errors, knocking Chambers out of the game in the process. “[Thursday’s cancellation] gave us a chance to work on some things fundamentally, like hitting,” Hawks coach Chris Pemberton said. “Some of that paid off. The guys had a good attitude, didn’t let the elements bother them and

made contact from the get-go.” Bartlett added one run in the third and two in the fourth to close the game out. “I hate to state the obvious, but we need to pitch better, play better defense and hit better,” Genke said. “It starts on the mound. We didn’t have a good performance on the mound. We didn’t play well defensively. You can’t give up extra outs. You can’t let pop flies drop. You cannot drop balls in the infield.” Chambers allowed 10 runs, only three of them earned, on 10 hits, no walks and a strikeout. He was relieved in the second by Drew Underwager. Doug VanDyke, making only his second varsity start, earned his first win for Bartlett, going the distance and allowing seven hits and a walk while fanning five. “For the first time this year we had some confidence,” Pemberton said. “Teams are going to make mistakes and you need to take advantage. I am happy after seven games we finally had some confidence.” Misner had two doubles for North and Wright, a sophomore, added two singles.

Baseball: West Aurora at Batavia, 1 p.m.; St. Charles North at Elk Grove, 1:30 p.m. (DH); Kaneland at Oswego, 10 a.m.; Genoa-Kingston at Aurora Central Catholic, 1 p.m. (DH); Aurora Christian at Westmont, 10 a.m. (DH); Burlington Central at Glenbard South, 2 p.m. Softball: Batavia at Rosary, 1 p.m.; Oswego at Rosary, 3 p.m.; Marengo at St. Charles North, 10 a.m. (DH); Kaneland at Maine West, 11 a.m. (DH); Aurora Central Catholic at Sandwich, 1 p.m. (DH); Lane Tech at St. Francis, 1 p.m.; Geneva at Burlington Central, 2 p.m. Girls soccer: Rosary at Geneva, 2 p.m.; St. Charles East at Kaneland, 3 p.m.; IMSA at Aurora Central Catholic, 2 p.m.; Burlington Central at DeKalb Tournament, TBA; Wheaton Academy at Pepsi Challenge, TBA (at Olympic Park) Boys track and field: Batavia at Glenbard West Invite, 9 a.m.; Geneva, Burlington Central at Geneva Invitational, 9 a.m.; St. Charles East at West Aurora Invitational, 10 a.m.; St. Charles North, Marmion at Metea Valley Invitational, 10 a.m.; Kaneland at Ottawa Invitational, 12 p.m.; Aurora Christian at Hall Invitational, 10 a.m. Girls track and field: Batavia, Geneva, Burlington Central at Geneva Invitational, 9 a.m.; Kaneland, Rosary at Kaneland Invitational, 10 a.m.; Aurora Christian at Hall Invitational, 10 a.m. Boys tennis: Batavia at Maine South, 9 a.m.; Geneva, St. Charles East, Marmion at Geneva Invitational, 9 a.m.; St. Charles North at St. Charles North Invitational, 8 a.m.; Aurora Central Catholic at Hampshire Quadrangular Meet, 1 p.m.; St. Francis at Brother Rice Tournament, 8 a.m. Boys volleyball: St. Charles East at Schaumburg Invitational, 8:30 a.m.; St. Francis, Wheaton Academy at Streamwood Invitational, 9 a.m. Girls badminton: St. Charles East at St. Charles East Quandrangular, 10 a.m.; St. Charles North at Rolling Meadows, 8 a.m. Boys water polo: St. Charles East at Bremen Invitational, 9 a.m.; St. Charles North at Carl Sandburg Invitational, 8 a.m. Girls water polo: St. Charles North at St. Viator Invitational, 9 a.m.

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Cougars right-hander looks to work his way up the Cubs’ ranks By KEVIN DRULEY

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GRAND CHUTE, Wis. – Friday’s doubleheader between the Cougars and the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers has been postponed because of snow at Time Warner Cable Field. The Cougars and Timber Rattlers will make up the contests as part of doubleheaders at 1:05 p.m. today and at 1:05 p.m. Sunday. The Cougars will play two seven-inning contests each day with their pitching staffs to be determined. Right-hander Jose Arias (0-0) was the scheduled starter for the Cougars on Friday in game one while right-hander Ian Dickson was supposed to pitch the second ballgame. Wisconsin will likely throw right-hander Tyler Wagner in game one today and southpaw Mike Strong in the second contest.

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Kane County Cougars pitcher Tayler Scott, a right-hander from South Africa, is in his first full professional baseball season. Scott made 15 starts for Short-A Boise last season. eled to Syracuse, N.Y., and the University of Southern California for separate camps in the summer. At USC, former major league left-hander and noted pitching guru Tom House marveled at Scott’s velocity and raw talent and told his parents the best course of action – if Scott were serious about a possible career – was to send him to an American high school. The Scotts followed through less than two years later, as Tayler arrived in Arizona midway through his sophomore year of high school. He brings a low-90s fastball, slider and sinker for Cubs coaches to mold, and is eager to start meeting the projections several scouts have set. Working in foreign conditions (read: cold, wet weather) in both his 2013 starts to date, Scott debuted with a six-inning no-decision against Quad Cities on April 5, spacing one run, four hits and six strikeouts. He wasn’t as sharp on Wednesday, taking the loss after allowing

four runs and three hits while walking five Clinton batters in two innings. “You know, it’s a learning process. You have to understand that we’re here to learn baseball just as much as pitching,” Cougars pitching coach Ron Villone said. “Tayler, he’s a good athlete and he’s a smart young man. I think he’s going to learn a lot from himself this year.” Scott already has found his pitches move better in cooler conditions. He may or may not have been sly with that information while visiting with countryman and Clinton righty Dylan Unsworth this week. Unsworth, who sputtered during Monday’s start against the Cougars, knew Scott casually growing up. These days, they’re corresponding regularly while charting the pursuits of fellow South Africans in pro ball. Scott said there were seven at his last check, with Altoona, Pa. (Double-A PIttsburgh Pirates) shortstop

Gift Ngoepe among the most prominent. The Cubs politely declined Scott’s opportunity at some potential TV time this spring. South Africa inquired about including Scott on its World Baseball Classic roster, but the Cubs didn’t want to compromise Scott’s season

innings limit. Either way, Scott’s teammates are talking about him. They hope “Taylaa” doesn’t mind. “We just give him a hard time, mostly, about his accent,” Johnson said. “Just because we all wish we had one, honestly.”

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ENEVA – Pierce Johnson playfully mimicked the South African accent of fellow Cougars right-hander Tayler Scott this week, dropping a broad, “Ello, Taylaa,” as Scott walked past. Scott returned Johnson’s smile, and that was that. It won’t be their last such encounter this season. Assimilating with teammates has come easily since Scott left his family to play Arizona high school baseball four years ago. He realizes ascending the parent Cubs’ minor league system likely won’t be so seamless, but is greeting his first full professional season just as openly. “Great guy. Good character. Awesome guy to have in the clubhouse,” Johnson said. Call that distinct brogue a signing bonus. The Cubs drafted Scott out of Notre Dame Prep in Scottsdale, Ariz., in the fifth round in 2011 and began the hopeful process of grooming him for success. Leading the rotation alongside Johnson, a 2012 first-round pick, Scott went 5-1 with a 2.52 ERA in 15 starts for Short-A Boise last season, helping the Hawks advance to the Northwest League championship series. A soccer forward for various select clubs as a child in Roodeport, South Africa, Scott began playing baseball recreationally when he was 10. He soon learned he liked baseball better. His parents had a hunch about what that eventually would mean. “Playing there and getting started, I knew if I wanted to pursue this, I have to go to America. That’s where baseball is,” Scott said. “So we looked up on the Internet, saw a couple camps and decided to go there. And that’s pretty much how it wound up happening.” Scott was 14 when he trav-

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Geneva volleyball player commits to University of Mobile PREP ZONE Jay Schwab A husband-wife duo team up on the University of Mobile women’s volleyball coaching staff, and Geneva senior Hannah Buck had trouble recalling which one was the head coach. Buck felt more certainty that the Mobile, Ala., school is the place for her. On Thursday night, Buck, an outside hitter, committed to the Rams’ women’s volleyball program, where head coach Jon Campbell is assisted by Amber Campbell. “Their coaching style is really nice because they help each other out,” Buck said. “They’re married so they can say whatever and they [won’t] get mad at each other.” Buck said current Mobile players gave the tandem’s coaching style favorable reviews, and Buck was able Hannah Buck to see for herself during a visit to campus with her mother, Lisa, last weekend. Choosing a coastal locale was no accident. Buck picked the University of Mobile, an NAIA program, over Barton College (N.C.). “I’m kind of interested in marine biology,” Buck said. “I always have liked marine life and stuff like that.” It’s not only studying what’s in the water that appealed to Buck on her campus tour. “I really liked it,” Buck said. “They have a pool on campus and the beach is close, so that was one of the deciding factors for me.” The Rams’ program launched in 2005, and Jon Campbell has been head coach the entire time. Mobile went 24-13 last season. Buck is in the midst of her club volleyball season

with Fusion South in Batavia. When it’s time to head off to school, she hopes she has a travel partner. Fellow Geneva senior Jordan Touro, a friend of Buck’s, has committed to the South Alabama baseball program. South Alabama also is located in Mobile. “It was really nice because we can either drive down together or fly down,” Buck said. “Hopefully we’ll have the same breaks and stuff.”

Payne checks out Virginia Tech: St. Charles North senior boys basketball player Quinten Payne was scheduled to visit Virginia Tech

on Friday, his father, Kent Payne, confirmed. Payne, the Kane County Chronicle Boys Basketball Player of the Year, originally signed with Loyola, but was released from his letter of intent last month in conjunction with the announcement that his older Quinten Payne brother, Cully Payne, would not return to the Ramblers for his senior season. Virginia Tech, an Atlantic Coast Conference member, is coached by James Johnson, who will be enter-

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ing his second season with the Hokies. Payne, a 6-foot-4 guard, averaged 19.8 points a game for the North Stars as a senior.

Berry snares second offer: St. Francis freshman quarterback Justin Berry received a scholarship offer from Arizona State during a recent visit to the Sun Devils’ campus. Berry, of St. Charles, already holds a scholarship offer from Temple. He is hoping to challenge for the varsity quarterback spot with the Spartans in the fall. Back-to-back: St. Francis boys basketball coach Bob Ward was named District 7 coach of the year for the

second straight season by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association. Ward, who also has been the Kane County Chronicle’s Bob Ward Boys Basketball Coach of the Year for consecutive seasons, led St. Francis to a 22-8 record and IHSA Class 3A supersectional berth this season.

• Jay Schwab is sports editor of the Kane County Chronicle. He can be reached at 630-845-5382 or jschwab@ shawmedia.com.

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a 20 mph wind out of the west made it feel more like 30 degrees and also periodically pelted the players with an annoying drizzle. “We really keep each other up and coach kept us in the game,” Hupe said. “We all are mentally tough and so we pushed through it.” Horan took no credit for her team’s resolve. “When it’s a day like this, where it kept getting colder, you’re battling the opponent and you’re battling the weather,” she said. “It doesn’t matter what I do or my assistant does, you can’t teach mental toughness and, by God, that was tough. They’re tough.”

Battling the weather was a challenge for East pitcher Haley Beno, who gave up a pair of solo home runs. Kelly O’Neill hit a line drive over the center field fence in the first inning and Mari Colucci hit another in the third to right that got some help from the wind to leave the park. “I was trying to stay focused and not let it get to me,” Beno said of the homers. “I knew they were good hitters coming in, so I was trying to hit my spots and make my pitches work.” Beno gave up six hits in six innings. She walked two and struck out five. Colucci’s homer cut the

East lead to 3-2, but the Saints blew the game open with a seven-run fourth. Kate Peterburs drove in a pair of runs with a hit and East took advantage of three errors in the inning by the Lancers. “They just came out and hit the ball all over the ballpark,” Lake Park coach Tom Mazzie said. “We kicked the ball around the infield, too.” Olivia Lorenzini contributed three hits and three RBIs to the Saints’ 16-hit attack. Sarah Collalti and Katie Kolb each singled and doubled and drove in a pair of runs. Alex Latoria singled, was hit by pitches twice and scored three runs.

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Green pitches Batavia baseball team to win against South Elgin KANE COUNTRY CHRONICLE BATAVIA – Colby Green turned in the Batavia pitching staff’s first seven inning, complete game of the season on Friday, helping the Bulldogs baseball team knock off South Elgin, 2-0, in an Upstate Eight Conference crossover. Bulldogs coach Matt Holm said Green was “absolutely fantastic.” “Today he did a real nice job of setting people up, getting ahead of counts and getting the outs for us,” Holm

said. Green allowed two hits, striking out five and walking one. He worked around a leadoff triple by the Storm in the fourth inning. Catcher Dino Simoncelli went 2 for 3 and right fielder Aaron Hurd added an RBI single for the Bulldogs (10-1, 5-1 UEC River), who outhit the Storm, 8-2. The game was originally scheduled to be played in South Elgin but was moved to Batavia because of field conditions.

Geneva 11, East Aurora 0 (5 inn.): At Geneva, Jordan Tou-

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ro and Tony Landi combined on a two-hitter for Geneva (56, 2-4 UEC River) in the crossover win. Anthony Bragg homered and had four RBIs.

BOYS TENNIS Glenbard North 4, Wheaton Academy 2: At Carol Stream,

SOFTBALL South Elgin 5, Geneva 2: At South Elgin, Geneva out-hit the hosts, 11-5, but was unable to overcome four errors in falling to 3-5 (1-4 UEC River). Emily Plocinski and Bridget Weitzel had two hits apiece

Wheaton Academy registered both its victories at doubles, including a 7-6, 7-6 win from Matt Hamm and James Drury in the No. 3 slot.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL St. Francis 2, Benet 1 (25-20, 22-25, 25-19): At Wheaton, in front of a packed house, St. Francis (9-2) won a rivalry match behind big nights for

Patrick Flood (12 kills), Jeff Jendryk (nine kills), Greg Churney (eight kills), Matt Metzler (six kills), Alex Shulski (16 assists, seven service points) and Robert Smith (17 assists, four service points).

BOYS WATER POLO Sandburg tournament: Sandburg 17, St. Charles North 10: At Orland Park, North (6-10-1) lost its tourney opener despite four goals from John Pretet. The Eagles led, 11-4, at halftime.

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“That’s one of the better teams in the state,” East coach Kelly Horan said. “We faced their really good pitcher and we had a good attack at the plate. We kept coming and coming. I’m really proud of the kids.” Center fielder Tess Hupe finished 4 for 5 for the Saints and drove in three runs. “Last week I was in a little bit of a slump, but I just knew I had to stay relaxed and be positive,” Hupe said. “That worked for me.” Being positive was not an easy task considering the chilly and damp weather conditions. The game-time temperature was 40 degrees, but

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Kaneland senior catcher Josh Cohrs has been one of the Knights’ most consistent bats in the season’s early going. The Elburn resident spoke with sports editor Jay Schwab for this week’s Weekend Chit-chat, in which he discussed the team’s spring break trip to southern Illinois, the after-effects of the Knights’ 2011 state title and some of the big-league players he looked up to as a boy. The following is an edited transcript:

unpredictable, so that makes it a little bit of a challenge. And obviously anybody who maybe is having a little bit of an off day can be a little bit tougher than normal.

Who’s the toughest pitcher on staff to handle?

What’s the most pain you’ve ever been in behind the plate?

I guess it would kind of depend on the day. I would probably say maybe Curt Thorson. He’s more of a finesse guy so he throws a little bit more off-speed stuff and it’s a little bit more

I took a foul ball off a collarbone once; that was pretty bad. Any time some kid comes in spikes-high, if it gets you up on the arm, that would hurt pretty bad. But probably the collarbone was

Do you like it when pitchers throw over to first a lot or would you rather just keep the game moving? It depends on the situation. I think most of the time I’d rather keep the game moving just so I can kind of get in a rhythm behind the plate.

Weekend Chit-chat with KANELAND CATCHER JOSH COHRS most painful.

What was the most fun part of the spring break trip? We went laser-tagging, and we watched the [NCAA men’s college basketball] tournament. That was pretty fun, and then as far as game-wise goes, we took O’Fallon into extra innings. … They’re a really good team from down

south, and that was only our fourth day outside, so that was a pretty fun game.

That state championship a couple years ago, is that memory starting to fade a little within the program or is it still on the front-burner in terms of motivation for you guys? … You’re not really thinking about trying to repeat. I think that every season you go in and reset a goal to win a regional and our coach is always saying ‘Let’s win conference, let’s win a regional,’ and we’ll take it one game at a time after that because setting a goal of getting to a state championship at the beginning of the season, that’s a long time down the road.

Did you have a pro player you looked up to in particular

growing up? I spend a lot of time watching the White Sox with my dad so I was always a big fan of Paul Konerko, and I was always a big Joe Mauer fan. [Aside from him being a lefty], he’s a big catcher behind the plate and I’m a pretty tall kid so when I was growing up, a lot of people would say tall catchers have a tough time behind the plate. … But he’s 6-6 back there, so that’s always fun to watch.

Do you have a favorite pregame meal or snack on game days? Normally, I drink a couple bottles of water, but I always have to chew gum during games. I don’t eat seeds on the bench or anything. I’ve got to chew gum.

Masters TV with Chicago teams a click away Murf’s ’Mote Kevin Murphy Shaw Media sports copy editor Kevin Murphy picks his top sports events to watch this weekend:

MUST SEE TV Golf: Masters Tournament, final round, at Augusta, Ga., 1 p.m. Sunday, CBS Tiger Woods. That’s the only person I want at the top of the leaderboard at the end of the week. Sports need their superstars. And Tigers Woods fulfills that requirement. Call me selfish. It’s the same reason I want to see Serena Williams and Roger Federer win tennis tournaments. Golf needs Woods to be No. 1 and winning majors. He’s due. I hope he wins.

Hockey: Blackhawks at St. Louis, 11:30 a.m. Sunday, NBC Meet me in Saint Louis. While I don’t see this rivalry as bitter as Hawks and Detroit Red Wings or Cardinals-Cubs (for you St. Louis enthusiasts), it’s still a classic. As Shaw Media sports

columnist Tom Musick said in his column the other day, the Blues’ recent revival has pumped some life into an Interstate-55 showdown. After this game on Sunday, the Hawks will have seven games left in the regular season, with a regular-season finale at the Blues on April 27.

SET THE DVR Pro basketball: Bulls at Miami, noon, Sunday, ABC Seriously? How do the Bulls lose to Washington and lose at home against Toronto and then go snap the New York Knicks’ 13-game winning streak. Admittedly, it’s been a frustrating season to watch with Nate Robinson running the show with Derrick Rose on the sidelines, but it’s been a blast to watch, too. All Robinson did was drop 35 points on the Knicks the other night, and it’s fun to watch the little guy walk around with so much swagger. Plus, watching him feed Jimmy Butler for so many thunderous dunks this season, you can’t help enjoy yourself watching the Bulls for the rest of the regular season.

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Glasglow and St. Francis graduate Kyle Bosch.

The Sox dropped a tough series out in Washington. Hopefully, they’ll have better luck as they continue their 10-game road trip.

The Wolverines will play their spring football game earlier in the day. Locals on the Michigan roster include Marmion graduates Ryan and Graham

• Agree? Disagree? Is someone from the Kane County Chronicle coverage area going to be on TV? Let Kevin Murphy know at kmurphy@ shawmedia.com.

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Knights stepping up Kaneland has one heck of a 72-hour period at hand. The Knights scheduled a pair of larger, Class 3A nonconference opponents, both of which carry a heavy local flavor. Kaneland is to host St. Charles East this afternoon before visiting Geneva on Monday night. “What’s the old saying, ‘What doesn’t

A closer look at prep girls soccer

IN THE GROOVE KELLY MANSKI St. Charles North, Sr., M What she did: The high-energy Manski was all over the field in 2-0 conference wins at Geneva on Tuesday and at Batavia on Thursday. She scored one of the goals against the Vikings and assisted on Alyssa Brandt’s goal against the Bulldogs.

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Geneva’s Megan Newingham (right) goes up for a header against St. Charles North’s Elizabeth Parrilli on Tuesday in Geneva.

kill you makes you stronger?’ I guess that’s what we’re going with here,” Knights coach Scott Parillo said. After an 0-2 start, Kaneland has found a groove, going 3-0-1 since. Still, Parillo said the Knights will have to raise their game substantially to have a chance to defeat the Saints or the Vikings. Parillo noted the Kaneland boys soccer team tied Geneva in the fall, and he said that result was a confidence boost en route to a strong season. Parillo, in his ninth season coaching the Kaneland girls, said this is the first time in his tenure the girls team has faced St. Charles East. He said scheduling stiff competition is a better way to go than racking up wins against lesser teams. “If you don’t do anything in the playoffs, what does it really matter, so we decided to up the ante and play a few more challenging teams than we do normally, but we felt it’s for the good of the cause, so we’ll see what happens,” Parillo said.

Batavia hoping to toughen up Batavia lost to St. Charles North, 2-0, on Thursday night, but Bulldogs coach Mark Gianfrancesco hopes the North Stars’ rugged ways rub off on his team the rest of the spring. “We haven’t played somebody like that,” Gianfrancesco said. “Buffalo Grove, good team, but not physical like this. Wheaton South, not physical like this. We were actually the aggressor in the physical department. “So when you’re looking to gauge with any of the other teams we’ve played, they’re nowhere near as physical as these guys. [St. Charles East], nowhere near as physical as these guys. So that was a big part of it, and winning balls in the air.” The loss dropped Batavia to 1-2 in the Upstate Eight Conference River Division, but the Bulldogs already have both of their matches with the conference leaders – St. Charles North and St. Charles East – out of the way. – Jay Schwab, jschwab@shawmedia.com

COACH SLY SEZ ... Anyone smelling a repeat? St. Francis won its first girls soccer state title in program history last season, and so far, there’s nothing telling Sly that the Spartans can’t bag their second this spring. Coach Jim Winslow’s Spartans are unbeaten through the first month of the season, and most of the matches haven’t

been close. They’ve got a great keeper, extremely stingy defense and seem to have some new scorers stepping up. It’ll be interesting to see if conference rivals like Rosary and Wheaton Academy can slow the Spartans down any between now and regionals. • You can respond at kcchronicle.com/blogs/ sly.

QUINCY KELLETT Rosary, So., F What she did: Kellett had a goal and an assist in Tuesday’s win against Chicago Christian, then added two goals and an assist Wednesday as the Royals beat host West Aurora, 6-2, in a tournament match.

WHAT WE LEARNED LAST WEEK ... Rosary’s offense is coming to life. After a sluggish start to the season, goals are coming more readily for the Royals, who scored six times in Wednesday’s tournament-clinching triumph at West Aurora. In addition to Kellett, Kaitlin Johnson, who recently returned from a concussion, scored two goals for the Royals.

WHAT WE’LL LEARN IN THE WEEK AHEAD ... Which team is going to win the Upstate Eight Conference River Division, for all practical purposes. The last two unbeaten teams in conference play – crosstown rivals St. Charles North and St. Charles East – are due to hook up at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at East. Both teams have been dominant in conference play, including wins against the other Tri-Cities teams, Batavia and Geneva.

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Elizabeth Parrilli’s decision to give high school soccer a whirl has added another valuable piece to powerhouse St. Charles North. Parrilli, a gifted sophomore midfielder, focused on club soccer with the Eclipse as a freshman, so she wasn’t around for the North Stars’ run to second place in Class 3A last spring. But Parrilli decided to suit up for the North Stars this season, and immediately added to the mix for the North Stars, who are 9-1 and have allowed only one goal this season. Parrilli headed in North’s second goal in Thursday night’s 2-0 win at Batavia. “I’m definitely glad I made the decision,” Parrilli said. “It’s been a real treat. I love everybody on the team. Everybody’s really nice. It’s been really welcoming. I think we’ve gotten off to a great start.” North coach Ruth Vostal called Parrilli a quality distributor and is especially heartened to see her gain momentum as a scoring threat. Thursday’s goal was Parrilli’s second in the last three matches. Although high-level club soccer is considered a step above high school soccer from a competition standpoint, North isn’t a typical high school team. The 5-foot-5 Parrilli said she’s been impressed by the hard-nosed nature of high school soccer. “It’s a lot more physical,” Parrilli said. “I think because I’m one of the younger girls, it’s different to play with girls bigger and stronger than me, but it’s definitely been fun.”

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8SPORTS NEIGHBORS BULLETIN BOARD St. Charles North grad brings home a national title Patrick Sullivan of St. Charles participates on the University of Illinois Men’s Club Volleyball team that took first place in the National Collegiate Volleyball Federation Championship last weekend in Dallas. Sullivan’s intercollegiate men’s volleyball team also won the Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball D-II Championship last month. He played on the St. Charles North High School Boys Volleyball 2010 regional championship team. “One of the best parts of the tournament was seeing all the St. Charles players who are competing on college club volleyball teams,” Sullivan said. The competitors included several other students who graduated from St. Charles North, including Ali VanDril (Ohio State), Sarah Clarkson (Illinois State), Kourtney Kurtz (University of Georgia) and Ashleigh Krage (University of Missouri) for the women’s teams and Jahred Zmolek (Marquette), Dan

Ardelan (Augustana) and Jack Ardelan (Augustana) who competed for their respective men’s teams. Bill Russell, who attended St. Charles East, represented University of Illinois on the Illinois Blue Men’s Club Volleyball Team at the NCVF tournament. The Illinois Blue Men’s Volleyball Team also was successful, making it to the semifinals of the Gold bracket in their division at the NCVF National Tournament.

St. Charles North’s Jordan Bergren honored at invite St. Charles North sophomore linebacker Jordan Bergren was a top performer at the Adidas Invitational March 24 at Grand Valley State University in Allendale Charter Township, Michigan. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound 15-yearold was one of only 300 football players from the Midwest invited to participate in the event. “It was an honor to be invited and test my skills against some of the Midwest’s best high school football players,” Bergren said.

“I have been working hard in the off-season to get ready for college camps this summer and solidify my dream of playing football at the next level. To be a top contender against guys like Jason Cornell [St. Paul, Minn.] and Jayru Campbell [Detroit], both who have offers from schools such as Iowa, Notre Dame, Alabama and Michigan State, further proves to me that I am ready to play at the next level and motivates me to work even harder to make sure I get there.” The Adidas Invitational, which historically is a proving ground for Division 1 football talent, is a oneday event consisting of combine testing and one-on-one drills. Bergren is the younger brother of Jake Bergren, a 2012 St. Charles North graduate and Division I baseball player at Minnesota. Bergren also has been invited to the Rivals. com Showcase in Chicago May 4th and plans on attending college recruiting camps at Purdue, NorthPhoto provided western, Michigan State and the Patrick Sullivan of St. Charles participates on the University of Illinois University of Illinois this summer. Men’s Club Volleyball team that took first place in the National Col– Kane County Chronicle legiate Volleyball Federation Championship last weekend in Dallas. Your free Monday Kane County Chronicle e-Edition is brought to you by:

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Sometimes all you can do is pray for peace Before my feet even hit the floor last Saturday morning my firstborn strolled in with the latest news about Kim Jong Un, that puzzling, young communist dictator-guy in North Korea who appears poised to stop at nothing, even a missile strike aimed at longtime foe South Korea – or possibly even, Noah has heard, Hawaii, in efforts to establish his supremacy. My son was clearly affected by the gravity of this news. I desperately wanted to hear his concerns, but the truth is, I hadn’t even gotten out of bed yet, and, you know, nature was calling. But when a boy speaks his mind, a wise mom drops everything and listens. I winced and crossed my legs. North Korea is reportedly poorer than Ethiopia. I had no idea. In fact, most of its citizens are malnourished and lack basic electricity or running water, enjoy no freedoms or human rights, and an estimated 200,000 of these poor souls are even confined to concentration camps. Noah explained that the United States is upset that we gave humanitarian aid to Kim Jong Un’s people, which the dictator used instead to strengthen his arms program. His nuclear arms program. He has since declared a “state of war” on South Korea, our ally, and should he open fire, the U.S. is reportedly prepared to

TALES FROM THE MOTHERHOOD Jennifer DuBose retaliate. Oy vey. That’s some pretty heavy stuff. I considered making a run for the bathroom before things got worse, but feared that if I did, the spell would be broken and my boy would stop talking. So, I didn’t. “Are you worried?” I asked. He shrugged and continued explaining the delicate arms situation we’re facing, as he understood it. “But what makes us [the U.S.] any different?” I asked. Forgive me my ignorance, for I haven’t critically examined Korean politics, let alone much of our own, as it all starts to sound pretty much the same after a while. This guy wants power, that guy doesn’t want him to have it, thus claiming power for himself, and before long, it’s hard to tell them apart. But this mattered to my son, and hey, he was talking. As any parent of a teenager knows, that’s reason enough to keep listening – so I did. Noah went on to enlighten me about

the legacy that North Korea’s rookie communist dictator inherited from his deceased father and grandfather, also self-proclaimed “supreme leaders,” who left behind a rather odious psychological-warfare playbook of sorts that their progeny seems only too happy to follow. But he’s a bit of a wild card, this one, thus far untested, with only one year at the helm under his belt. Precious little is known about him though he reportedly enjoys playing basketball – and hates to lose. Not reassuring news, to this mom. Noah quipped that the fate of the free world may well be in the hands of American Basketball Hall-of-Famer Dennis Rodman, who recently visited with the dictator and is apparently the only American who has ever scored any real face time with him. Again, not exactly reassuring. After my conversation with Noah Saturday morning, I felt an impulse – as a mom and as a person concerned about what gives rise to such ways of being in a person, that of withholding aid to his suffering countrymen and asserting such a bluster-filled posture on the world stage (this young dictator is only 30, for Pete’s sake) – to sit with Kim Jong Un and quietly listen. What must it be like to grow up in the shadows of such men, his father and grandfather, learning that this is how one manages conflict?

“What it’s like to be you?” I want so much to ask. I imagine holding his hands, if only in my mind, because I believe that that is what facing this darkness requires. Is there a better way to understand – and perhaps even change a heart? Can I possibly really be the only parent who feels this impulse? What would happen if I tried? Maybe I’d end up in one of Kim Jong Un’s concentration camps, perhaps one reserved especially for naive soft-touches. Whatever. But I thought about Noah, and about all of his buddies, swiftly hurtling toward manhood at a time when peace seems elusive, war ever on the horizon and decided I’m not helpless. I’m a mom, after all. I decided that if I’m gonna pray for peace, and maybe even send that puzzling – and perhaps puzzled – young man in North Korea a few good vibes in the hopes that he and other world leaders have a change of heart, I needed to wake up and get down to it. It can’t hurt. If millions of other mothers and others do, too, it can only help. But first I had to get out of bed and pee. First things first.

• Jennifer DuBose lives in Batavia with her husband, Todd, and their two children, Noah and Holly. Contact her at jenniferdubose@msn.com.

Planning a vegetable garden in time for spring For me, spring is like New Year’s Eve – a time to begin planning a new vegetable garden and making all kinds of resolutions – I will stay ahead of the weeds, I won’t plant more than I can manage, I won’t buy plants as soon as the big box stores put them on sale, and I won’t buy more than one cherry tomato plant ... and just like most new year’s resolutions, these promises will be broken in the first months. One way to avoid some of these pitfalls is to plan your vegetable garden. For the first time in my nearly 10 years of

LEARNING TO GROW Vicki Hagstotz vegetable gardening, a friend and I are sharing a community garden plot located part way between each of our homes. I’ve already got the graph paper out and have begun laying out our 20-by-30 area. By putting our garden ideas down on paper and having a plan, hopefully we will do better at managing our garden resolutions.

According to a state climatologist, over the last 30 years the frost-free date in our area is about April 27. That means there is a 50/50 chance that we will have a frost after that date. The earliest day of last frost over the last 30 years is April 5 and the latest frost has been May 27 – so you can see that the date varies greatly. When the community garden opens in mid-April, the first items planted will be very hardy vegetables – potatoes and onions. Provided photo

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8WEEKEND LIFE BRIEFS

BATAVIA – A Wonders of Science Show is set for 1 p.m. Sunday, April 14, in the Ramsey Auditorium in Wilson Hall at Fermilab, which is at Kirk Road and Pine Street in Batavia. The show is a fastpaced demonstration of scientific concepts, geared toward children. The show will be presented by a group of high school teachers. The cost is $4 a person. For information, visit ed.fnal.gov/events/wos.

Spring Fling Family Fun Night set for April 20

Collie Rescue to host craft, vendor fair 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 also be present at the event.

For information, visit www.collierescue.org.

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Park district to host kite-flying in the park ST. CHARLES – The St. Charles Park District has planned a kite-flying event from noon to 2 p.m. April 20, at Mount St. Mary Park, which is off Prairie State, east of Route 31. Advance registration is required for the free event, and can be done at www.stcparks.org.

Garage sale to raise funds for teen center ST. CHARLES – The St. Charles Community Garage Sale, a fundraiser for the STC Underground teen center, will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 19 and 20. Information is available online at www.stcunderground.com. To learn more, call 630513-4380.

Ready also are broccoli and cabbage from transplants, and spinach, peas, and lettuce from seed. Very hardy vegetables are typically planted four to six weeks prior to the frost-free date. Next, the frost tolerant vegetables – cauliflower transplants and carrots, parsnips, beets, and radishes from seed. Frost tolerant vegetables can be planted two to three weeks before the frost-free date. Tender vegetables that can be planted on or just after the frost-free date are beans and summer squash from seeds and tomatoes from transplants. Finally, the warm loving vegetables are planted two to three weeks after the frost-free date. These include watermelon, cukes, peppers, eggplant, and sweet potatoes. Since the garden is not directly out our back doors, we plan on planting “lower maintenance” vegetables – ones that don’t require daily harvest such as lettuce, beans, cucumbers, and the single cherry tomato plant. Those vegetables I will save for my home garden for easy harvesting. One more factor taken into

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Frost-tolerant vegetables, such as carrots, can be planted two to three weeks before the frost-free date. consideration when laying out the garden design was the amount of produce that will be generated. My friend and I will never be able to consume all that we grow so we are planning on donating fresh produce to the local food pantry. What is your garden resolution this year?

• Vicki Hagstotz is a University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener for Kane County. Call the extension office at 630-584-6166.

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MAPLE PARK – The Maple Park Fun Fest Committee is hosting a Spring Fling Family Fun Night from 6 to 9 p.m. April 20, at the Maple Park Firehouse, 305 S. County Line Road, Maple Park. There will be dancing, entertainment and food.

Games, activities, and Minute-To-Win-It challenges will be held throughout the night for the chance to win prizes. Music and entertainment will be provided by DJ Vibe. The cost is $5 per family, which includes a hot dog meal. Donations will be accepted at the event. For information, visit www.MapleParkFunFest. com.

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TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), third U.S. president; Al Green (1946), singer; Ron Perlman (1950), actor; Garry Kasparov (1963), chess player; Nellie McKay (1982), singer/actress. – United Feature Syndicate

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‘To the Wonder:’ Love is patient, but puh-leeze! By MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN The Washington Post

TODAY – Though you may be restless in the coming months, don’t make changes simply for change’s sake. If you find yourself at a loss, stay where you are, because it may be your best chance for success. ARIES (March 21-April 19) – To get what you want, you might be tempted to employ subterfuge. However, if you do, it could turn out to be a major embarrassment. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – If you have a lot of rushing around to do, you could easily get careless with your possessions. Make sure you have your valuables on your person at all times. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – If you’re unprepared to help yourself, why should you expect others to pick up the slack? Success is more than likely to elude you, through no fault but your own. CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Fight off any tendencies toward self-pity, because it is a futile state. Your family and companions will be immersed in their own problems and will have little sympathy. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Instead of feeling obligated to do business with a firm that you’ve dealt with previously, go where you can get the best deal. Sentiment can be unaffordable at times. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Indecision or inconsistency on your part can be unnerving to your associates. To maintain your credibility, you must do what you say, and do it confidently. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Don’t treat an assignment indifferently just because you feel it’s beneath you. If you fail to deliver, it could greatly damage your prospects. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – There is a strong possibility that you could be too gullible in your commercial dealings. Be extra careful and question everything, especially in unfamiliar waters. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Be wary of getting deeply and quickly involved with someone you just met. Let things develop slowly, and time will be the judge. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Strive to be a productive individual instead of a procrastinator. What you put off doing now will most likely never get done. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Your impulse for instant gratification could cause dire financial complications. Stop deluding yourself into making rash purchases. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Don’t anticipate failure before you even give something the old college try. You have as much chance of winning as you do of losing. Focus on the former, not the latter.

Terrence Malick has always been an acquired taste. Fortunately for the filmmaker of 2011’s nearly 2 1/2-hour-long “The Tree of Life,” a film that moved at the pace of a tai chi master, his last few releases have given audiences plenty of time to acquire that taste. Unfortunately for us in the audience, there’s also plenty of time to un-acquire it. Not since the 1970s – when Malick made his feature debut “Badlands,” and its excellent follow-up “Days of Heaven” – has the director been able to keep a film down to 90 minutes. Even his relatively fleet-footed new opus “To the Wonder” clocks in at close to two hours. It feels much longer. By comparison, Malick’s World War II epic “The Thin Red Line” tipped the scales at a whopping 170 minutes. But at least that 1998 film had people shooting at each other. There’s no such excitement here. “Wonder” follows the romantic relationship between Neil (Ben Affleck) and Marina (Olga Kurylenko), who, when we first meet them, are still in the early stage of infatuation when everything, even a mud flat, looks beautiful. The film opens with the lovers visiting the French monastery at Mont-St.-Michel, where they gaze lovingly into each other’s eyes and splash in the wet, gray silt that surrounds the island at low tide. Like the rest of the film, the cinematography here is enough to make you swoon. Would that the story were equally compelling. Eventually the couple settles into a house somewhere in the American West, along with Marina’s daughter from an earlier marriage (Tatiana Chiline). Neil, who is an investigative reporter looking into some unspecified toxic chemical, is either emotionally remote, or suffering from indigestion. Most of the dialogue between him and Marina consists of disjointed fragments, alternating with whispered voice-over narration that sounds more like lugubrious poetry than conversation. It’s pretty, but it isn’t the way people talk. At this point, Malick introduces a third major character. Because this is a movie at least ostensibly about love, the Roman Catholic priest Father Quintana

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Ben Affleck and Olga Kurylenko star in “To the Wonder,” which lacks a compelling story. (Javier Bardem) is heard sermonizing about the love of a man for his wife: “He does not find her lovely,” Quintana says. “He makes her lovely.” (That’s actually kind of a beautiful thought.) Judging by the worried look on his face, however, Quintana is experiencing some kind of crisis of faith. Malick lards the film with lots of scenes featuring Quintana ministering to the elderly, the sick, the disabled and those in prison, even as he appears to be in a cage of his own making. But Neil and Marina have their own problems to deal with. The remainder of “Wonder” charts the couple’s ups and downs, which include a quickie courthouse marriage, followed by separation, mutual infidelities, reconciliation, a visit to a fertility doctor, as well as a fair amount of fighting about – well, it’s never quite clear what. Too much of “Wonder” consists of shots of sunlight streaming through trees, stained glass or Marina’s fingers, as she twirls around in her back yard, like an 8-year-old girl. It’s the kind of footage that looks artful as all get-out,

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but it also feels like outtakes from “The Tree of Life.” At times, “To the Wonder” borders on self-parody. There’s another kind of light, though, that Malick’s movie is even more obsessed with than the kind you can capture with a camera. That’s the light of the spirit. As the sexton at Quintana’s church (Tony O’Gans) suggests, maybe that’s the only light that matters. There’s nothing wrong with making a movie that’s so unapologetically spiritual. In fact, it’s rather nice to watch an artist who’s not afraid to ruminate on the mysteries and the meaning of love, longing and loneliness. It’s just a shame that, after a while, Malick’s meditation on the human condition starts to feel like a reminder of how uncomfortable theater seats can be.

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips thinker, you should be respectful of the beliefs of others. Dear Abby: Around the time of my sister’s wedding, she and her fiance, “Greg,” tried to get me and their best man, “Bruce,” together. Not long after the wedding we did start dating. Bruce is a great guy and I enjoy being with him. My problem is, he’s my brother-in-law’s nephew even though they are close in age. (Bruce’s mom is Greg’s half sister.) Am I dating a family member? Are we committing incest? – Weirded Out In Wisconsin Dear Weirded Out: Bruce is not a blood relative; he is related to you by marriage. That is not the same as incest. If you care about each other, the right thing to do is continue the relationship and see where it leads. Dear Abby: My husband fathered a child in high school

that was placed for adoption. His mother has become very close with the adoptive family and visits often. My husband does not. I also found out that she sends the child gifts and signs my husband’s name on the cards. Abby, I feel this is hugely disrespectful not only to me, but also to my husband. He has chosen not to get involved with this child because he doesn’t think it’s fair to the adoptive family. He also doesn’t wish to become attached. We have already told her she is overstepping her boundaries, but it continues to happen. What can we do? – Frustrated In The South Dear Frustrated: Your mother-in-law may have the best of intentions, but forging your husband’s name is dishonest. Sooner or later the child will find out the truth, and the result may be painful. However, there is nothing you can do to control your husband’s mother’s behavior, so accept it and don’t take it personally. • Write Dear Abby at www. dearabby.com.

Anger can damage your relationships, health Dear Doctor K: My husband and I both have quick tempers. Before we know it, a simple observation turns into an argument. Any advice for keeping our conversations civil? Dear Reader: Everyone gets angry from time to time, but anger comes more easily to some people. Two married friends, call them Kevin and Jane, recently recounted the following exchange to me: As Kevin was finishing up a hectic day at work, Jane rang and asked him to pick up milk for the kids on the way home. “I’ll do my best,” he told her. But the store was closed by the time Kevin got there and he arrived home empty-handed. His wife, who also had a hectic day at work, became upset and responded, “But you said you would get it.” “No, I said I’d try,” said Kevin apologetically. The outcome of this exchange could have gone badly. You can imagine tempers rising and a vicious spat to follow. In fact, Jane replied, “We’re both exhausted. The kids won’t starve. Let’s have dinner.” With those few words she communicated to her husband that nothing mattered more than the harmony between them. Interactions like this happen

ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff every day. With each interaction comes an opportunity to minimize anger and create a positive outcome. The key is to convey information peacefully and respectfully. Remember that how we say something is as important as what we say. If you speak with anger or contempt, a simple disagreement can turn into a huge argument. Instead, try talking calmly and respectfully. Taking a “time-out” when things start to get heated is really important. Even if you are justified in being angry, there’s a real chance that anger will cause you to do something you regret and hurt someone you love. Taking a time-out tells your partner that you are interested in his or her point of view, and that you value and respect them. And it also signals that they should consider why you got angry, and whether there was any basis for it that could have been avoided. Think back to Kevin and Jane’s exchange over the milk.

Fortunately, Jane stopped, looked and listened. She recognized her own anger, but also Kevin’s effort. She observed that he felt bad, and she quickly backed down from anger. An incident that could have escalated into a full-blown argument ended instead with a peaceful family dinner. To learn many more strategies for recognizing and controlling anger, read “Outsmarting Anger” by Harvard Medical School’s Dr. Joe Shrand, with Leigh M. Devine. (You can learn more about this book at AskDoctorK. com.) Besides the damage that anger can do to relationships, there’s growing evidence that anger is just plain bad for your health. You’ve probably heard about people who get heart attacks from having “Type A personalities” – from being hard-driving and perfectionistic. There’s a measure of truth to that, but anger is even more of a factor in bringing on a heart attack.

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

Dr. Wallace: I’m the mother of a 15-yearold girl, and I’m mad. My daughter and her 16-year-old boyfriend went to an R-rated movie. I found out when I overheard them discussing the movie. I called the theater to complain and was told that they do not ask for identification because an adult could purchase the tickets and give them to underage teens. Needless to say, I called the police and contacted the newspaper to vent my anger. They all told me that it was up to the parents to make sure their children do not see films that are intended for mature audiences. My daughter is grounded for a month and is not allowed to go out with this boy any more, but that still doesn’t eliminate the problem. – Mother, Manchester, N.H. Dear Mother: Parental vigilance does seem to be the only barrier between underage teens and R-rated movies. Believe me, your daughter is far from the only one who has managed to get into such a movie. React, a teen magazine, polled over 7,600 teens who were 16 and under and learned that a whopping 80 percent said they went regularly to R-rated movies. There was nothing to stop them. The reason is profit. Theaters want to sell tickets, and an underage teen’s money is just as good as an adult’s. I don’t blame you for being upset, but I would caution you that anger and punishment alone will not solve the problem. They could even have the reverse effect, heightening the allure such movies have by turning them into “forbidden fruit.” Keep the communication

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace channel open with your daughter. Your values will be transmitted to her far more effectively with love than anger. Dr. Wallace: Spring is almost here, and I’m starting to think of having fun running in the surf of Lake Michigan and getting a tan lying on the golden sand. I’m told by my P.E. teacher that it is not healthy to get a tan, even if you are loaded with expensive sunscreen. But my aunt says that the sun is a good source of Vitamin D and that if you don’t overdo it and get sunburned, the sun’s rays are healthy and a good way to get rid of complexion problems. I’ve been getting a nice tan for several years and I have a clear complexion and have no noticeable skin damage. What do you say? – Connie, Dyer, Ind. Dear Connie: The sun is a good source of Vitamin D when taken in small doses. There is no such thing as a healthy tan. The rays from the sun can cause lasting damage to the skin that can lead to premature wrinkling and even skin cancer. Your clear complexion has nothing to do with your being in the sun. According to Dr. Jeff Lauber, a Southern California dermatologist, any time the sun changes the color of the skin, damage has occurred. • Dr. Robert Wallace welcomes questions from readers. Although he is unable to reply to all of them individually, he will answer as many as possible in this column. E-mail him at rwallace@galesburg.net.

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Dear Abby: I’m a 14-year-old girl. I don’t understand why adults tell me to be an independent thinker, to embrace myself, and then put me down for not conforming. Why is it outrageous to come to your own conclusions, speculate, challenge accepted ideas or find your own faith? Should I deny myself as an individual and be pulled along, or is it better to stay quiet and just be who everyone expects you to be? – Independent Thinker In Florida Dear Independent Thinker: Independent thinkers are the people who have contributed the most to society. Our most important scientific discoveries were conceived by individuals who chose not to accept conventional thinking. The same is true for religion – Jesus was an independent thinker. I’m not sure what kind of conversation you feel the adults in your life are trying to discourage. But people who are deeply committed to their religious faith can feel offended or threatened if their beliefs are challenged. Even though you are an independent

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1 One-on-ones

6 Justice Dept. branch 9 Gyllenhaal of “Brokeback Mountain”

13 1983 film debut of Bill Maher 18 Documentarian Morris

19 It’s found in la mer

20 Cerberus guards its gates, in myth 21 Wipe out

22 Lower

23 Movie about … an intense blinking contest? 25 It comes from the heart

26 Steaming beverage

27 Atoms in some light bulbs 28 … a housecleaner? 30 … a sled racer?

32 Children’s author Silverstein 33 “Yikes!”

34 “You betcha”

37 Year “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” came out

38 China’s Chiang ___shek 41 Part of a pound

44 … a bee during a downpour? 51 Up

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53 Part of E.M.S.: Abbr.

100 … a king’s brilliance?

54 Wall St. Journal listings

108 … a harvester?

56 … actor Jason’s fan club?

114 Who wrote “Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins”

55 Handles

59 Least volatile, perhaps

112 Get hot

113 Kind of bean

63 Brainy person, and proud of it

115 Hidden DVD feature … which can be found, literally, in the answers to the italicized clues

66 Public health agcy.

118 Peptic ___

68 Verdant

120 Lucy of “Kill Bill”

60 Some patches

61 Expert despite little training

64 One might have a ball

117 City south of Brigham City

67 Senate vote

119 Nonstop

72 Device Professor X wears over his head in “X-Men” 74 Pop singer Bedingfield

76 Low-maintenance potted plant

80 … Jerry Garcia’s band’s portraits? 84 ___ water 85 Air

86 It’s west of the International Date Line 87 High clouds

88 … a parent’s edicts? 92 ___ Zone

93 “Gag me!”

94 Certain extraction 95 One-named R&B singer 96 Pitches

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29 Noted American writer in Yiddish

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TIRES - 11.2-24 R-1 tires w/tubes Shadow Box, Plant Stand, Curio YEARBOOKS (7) – From 1970's New 8 ply R-1 tires $255 each Shelf 20"x17", Plate Shelf 48"x6" various high school & New! Petlas brand. Need tubes? and Cabinet 14"x20" junior highs. $45 for all. $34ea. All other sizes of farm tires $10 Each or $40 For All. 847-515-8012 Huntley area available! Call for pricing. 630-464-7046 Saint Charles www.Gearworkstire.com 815-895-0244 2007 Cub Cadet LT1042 Very low hours. Dealer maintained. 42” deck 650-16 F-2 Tires & Tubes Brand Grass catcher. $600. Toro lawn New 650-16 F-2 Farm tires and dump trailer, $50. 630-202-4373 tubes $210 for the pair. All brand new. Other sizes available. Cart for lawn tractor Rubbermaid www.gearworkstire.com Brand 10 cu ft. good cond. $85 815-895-0244 630-513-7599 8am-8pm Mower – Craftsman – Push 6.25h.p. - Hi-Wheels – 22” Mulch Or Discharge – Like New $55 630-232-0183 AM

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Roger & Dorothy Johnson, owners of the following described Real Estate, will be offering it at Public Auction. Sale will be held on site at 224 Nebraska Street, Elburn, IL 60119.

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Turn of the century home situated on a 1+/- acre lot in the heart of Elburn with mature trees, outbuilding w/a loft & the feeling of country living all within walking distance to downtown shopping & dining. Features include 4-5 bedrooms, large dining, living room & parlor all with beautiful hardwood floors. Eat in kitchen has plenty of room & all appliances stay. Basement is full & unfinished. 1st Floor full bath rounds out the inside of the home. Mechanics include GFA furnace w/ central air, C/B, 40 gal hot water heater, asphalt shingle roof, & solid windows. Lot has the potential of being divided by new owner. This property has been in the family for 100 years & holds many opportunities for the right person.

For more information or to schedule a private viewing contact Auctioneer, Joe Wegener at 815-766-0756. Terms: $5,000.00 down day of sale with balance due on or before June 11th, 2013 at which time full possession will be given. Seller to provide owners policy of title insurance, and a Deed conveying the Real Estate to the buyer. Successful bidder is required to sign a Real Estate Contract to Purchase on the day of sale. Property is being sold in “AS-IS CONDITION” with no disclosures, and no contingencies are being offered in relation to sale of another home or financing. Sellers have the right to accept or refuse any and all bids on the day of sale. Any and All announcements made day of sale take precedence over all prior advertising or statements made.

RogeR & DoRoTHY JoHnSon

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Joe Wegener, Auctioneer. Lisc. # 440.000375 Ph: 815-766-0756 Chris Wegener, Auctioneer. Lisc. #440.000267 Ph: 815-451-2820 Showing Agent: Bonnie White 630-878-1727 Email: djwauctions@comcast.net

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$239,900

Directions: Rt 72 W to Fivepoints N to Wolf Rd. W to Kingston Rd. S. Gorgeous location with mature trees on 1.63 acres. This 4 BR, 2 BA tri-level has a lot to offer. Features include a cedar front porch, stone wood burning FP & hickory cabinets. A 30x36 pole building w/woodburning stove and 60 x 16 asphalt RV pad. Enjoy the serene location in the gazebo. This is the home you have been looking for.

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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 addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as ADVANCED INTERIORS located at 403 Hamlet Street, Batavia, IL 60510.

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Dated: April 5, 2013. Dated: March 21, 2013. GENEVA, ELGIN, OFFICE / /s/ John A. Cunningham /s/ John A. Cunningham WAREHOUSE, 1500 sf. Kane County Clerk ELBURN 2BR CONDO STYLE Kane County Clerk 10x12 overhead door. Appliances, W/D, A/C, extra storage. For sale/lease, $1200/mo. (Published in the Kane County No pets, $875/mo, utilities incl. Dearborn, 630-894-1277 ext 11 (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, April 6, 13 & 20, 815-375-0132 Chronicle, March 30, April 6 & 13, 2013.) 2013.) GENEVA: Large 2 bdrm,1 bath, PUBLIC NOTICE c/a, cable ready, pool, parking, $700/mo incl utilities & parking. PUBLIC NOTICE 847-732-5893 free heat, gas & water. Starting ASSUMED NAME at $875. 630-208-8503. ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE PUBLICATION NOTICE PEPPER VALLEY Public Notice is hereby given Public Notice is hereby given that on April 2, 2013 a certificate APARTMENTS that on April 4, 2013 a certificate was filed in the office of the County was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, set2 BDRM ~ 2 BATH Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses $1020 - $1030 ting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business Fireplace, heat, gas, water incl. and transacting the business known as GATE CRASHERS locatA/C, D/W, disposal, microwave, known as CHAPEL FINANCIAL ed at 116 South 7th Street, St. blinds, patios, clubhouse, pool. GROUP located at 11N662 Charles, IL 60174. Garages available, small pets OK. Howard Avenue, Elgin, IL 60124. Dated: April 2, 2013. Find. Buy. Sell. 630-232-7226 Dated: April 4, 2013. All in one place... HERE! /s/ John A. Cunningham Everyday in St. Charles - Newly Renovated /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk Kane County Chronicle Classified 1BR $650 and 2BR $850. Kane County Clerk NO PETS! 630-841-0590 (Published in the Kane County PUBLIC NOTICE (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, April 6, 13 & 20, ST. CHARLES 1st MO FREE! Chronicle, April 6, 13 & 20, 2013.) Lrg 1BR $769, Lrg 2BR from IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 2013.) $829/mo. Incl heat, water, cookSIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT PUBLIC NOTICE ing gas, Appliances & laundry. KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS PUBLIC NOTICE 630-584-1685 ASSUMED NAME ST. CHARLES WEST 13 MR 259 ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE One BR 2nd flr $550/month plus NOTICE OF PUBLICATION PUBLICATION NOTICE utilities. No Pets, No Smoking. REGARDING NAME CHANGE Public Notice is hereby given Reference needed. $300 security. Public Notice is hereby given that on March 27, 2013 a certifi630-772-4781 Public notice is hereby given that cate was filed in the office of the that on April 4, 2013 a certificate on May 13, 2013, in Courtroom No. 110, of the Kane County was filed in the office of the County County Clerk of Kane County, IlliCourthouse, 100 South Third, Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, set- nois, setting forth the names and Geneva, Illinois, at the hour of 9:30 ting forth the names and addresses addresses of all persons owning, ST. CHARLES 2BR CONDO A.M. or as soon thereafter as this of all persons owning, conducting conducting and transacting the 2 bath, cathedral ceilings, appl. matter may heard, a Petition will be and transacting the business business known as INFINITY W/D, garage, $1250/mo + sec. heard in said Courtroom for the known as COSMIC DAYDREAM BOWTIQUE located at 1442 change of name of HANIF STUDIO located at 903 Redwing Woodland Dr., South Elgin, IL 630-377-1571 60177. MOHAMMED ESSA to MICHAEL Drive, Geneva, IL 60134. CAN'T GET ENOUGH ESSA pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/21BEARS NEWS? 101 et seq. Get Bears news Dated March 22, 2013 at Auroon Twitter by following ra, Illinois. @bears_insider

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Kane County Chronicle / kcchronicle.com Bethlehem Lutheran Church 1145 N. 5th Ave. St. Charles, IL 60174 1 mile N. of Rt. 64 on Rt. 25, (630) 584-2199 www.bethlehemluth.org Sunday Worship: 8:00 a.m./ 9:15 a.m./ 10:30 a.m. Adult Learning, Sundays: 9:15 am/10:30 am Worship on Saturdays 5:30 p.m. Uplift on Saturdays 6:30 pm Teen led Praise Gathering Bethelem Preschool Center: Full Day Child Care/Half dayPreschool 630-584-6027

Faith Lutheran Church

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD !

Sanctuary 1S430 Wenmoth Rd. (630) 879-0785 www.sanctuaryag.com Sunday Service at 10:00 a.m. Sunday School for all ages at 9:00 a.m. Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. Bible studies and children’s Bible clubs for all ages

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Faith Baptist Church at Mill Creek 01S455 S Mill Creek Drive, Geneva, IL 60134 Phone: (630) 845-2532 Website: www.fbcmillcreek.org E-mail: secretary@fbcmillcreek.org Sunday: Coffee & Fellowship - 8:30 a.m. Sunday School - 9:00 a.m. Worship - 10:30 a.m. Pastor Grant Diamond

First Baptist Church of Geneva “Reach. Connect. Equip. Serve” East Campus (EC) 2300 South Street, Geneva Sunday: Traditional – 9:15 & 10:45 AM Worship Café – 9:15 AM West Campus (WC) 3435 Keslinger Road, Geneva Saturday Worship - 5:00 PM Sunday, Contemp. 9:15 & 10:45 AM Hand in Hand Christian Preschool: 630-208-4903 www.fbcg.com (630) 232-7068

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Holy Cross Catholic Church 2300 Main St., Batavia (630) 879-4750 Saturday Mass: 4:15 p.m. Sunday Masses: 6:30, 8:00, 9:45 & 11:15 a.m. Weekday Lenten Masses: 6:30 a.m., 8 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Holy Day Masses: 7:00 p.m. Anticipatory, 6:30 a.m., 12:10 p.m. & 5:00 p.m. Confessions: Sat. After 8:30 a.m. Mass & 3:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Mon.- Fri. 7:00 a.m. - 7:55 a.m. Tuesdays 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Tues. 8:30 a.m. & Sat. 4:00 p.m. Eucharistic Healing Service & Chaplet, Tues. 6:00 p.m. Rosary for Life: 1st Saturday of each month at 9:00 a.m. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Sun. to Sat. 1:00 p.m. Msgr Daniel Deutsch - Pastor

St. Peter Catholic Church 1891 Kaneville Rd., Geneva (630) 232-0124 Weekday Masses Monday-Thursday 7AM & 8AM Friday during Summer 7AM & 8AM Friday during School Year 7AM & 8:45 AM Saturday 8AM Weekend Masses: Saturday 4:30PM Sunday 7AM, 9AM, 11AM, 5PM Holy Day & Holiday Masses Call the church for Mass times on these special days Confessions: Monday through Friday, 7:30 -7:55 AM Saturday, 8:30-10:00 AM & 3:15-4:15 PM

St. Patrick Catholic Church

(downtown) 408 Cedar St., St. Charles, IL 60174 Saturday, 6 p.m. Sunday, 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m. & Noon (Crane Road) 6N491 Crane Rd. St. Charles, IL 60175 Saturday, 4 p.m. Sunday, 8:00 a.m., 9:45 a.m., & 11:30 a.m.

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Bethany Lutheran Church

8 S. Lincoln St., Batavia (corner of Lincoln and Wilson) (630) 879-3444 www.bethanybatavia.org 9:00 am Traditional Service with Holy Communion on the 1st and 3rd Sundays, plus Festival Sundays 11:00 am Contemporary Service with Holy Communion on each Sunday Education Hour takes place between the two services from 10:00 am to 11:00 am for ages 3 years old-adult Nursery care is available throughout the Sunday morning. Monthly Last Friday Community Supper 5:00-7:00 pm Free to the Community

LC-MS and full of Holy Spirit fire! Vibrant worship Sundays 9:00 a.m. Nursery open during worship Education Hour 10:30 a.m. 1745 Kaneville Rd., Geneva www.flc.geneva.org (630) 232-8420

Geneva Lutheran Church “Serving Christ in the Heart of the Community” 301 South Third St., Geneva (630) 232-0165 www.genevalutheran.org Communion Worship Schedule Saturday – 5:30pm in Chapel Sunday - 9:00am in Sanctuary 10am - CoffeeHouse - free treats/beverages 10:15 am - Education Hour for ages 3 yrs.-adult Parents’ Day Out Program ages 2-5yrs. - M-F, 9:30am12:30pm or 10am-1pm age 4yrs., 12:30-3pm Building is ADA compliant.

Immanuel Lutheran Church and School (Missouri Synod) 950 Hart Rd., Batavia (630) 879-7163 - Church Office (630) 406-0157 - School www.ImmanuelBatavia.org Pastor Ronald Weidler Pastor William Beckmann Pastor Donald Moll Principal Glenn Steinbrenner Saturday Worship: 5:30 p.m. (Traditional) Sunday Worship: 8:00 & 9:30 a.m. (Traditional) 10:45 a.m. (Contemporary) Monday Night Worship: 7:15 p.m. (Traditional), June 13-August 15. Holy Communion will be celebrated the first and third weekends of the month at all services. Nursery Care Available Immanuel Lutheran School Preschool 3’s to 8th grade.

St. Mark’s Lutheran Church & Preschool

(Missouri Synod) 101 S. 6th Ave., St. Charles (Just South of St. Charles Library) (630) 584-8638 The Rev. Timothy P. Silber, Sr. Pastor Saturday – Traditional Worship at 5:30 p.m. Sunday – Traditional Worship at 8:00 a.m. Sunday – Traditional Worship at 9:30 a.m. Sunday – Contemporary Praise Worship at 11:00 a.m. All services elevator access St. Mark’s Nurturing Center Preschool for ages 2 – Pre K (630) 584-4850 www.stmarksstc.org

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Baker Memorial United Methodist Church Fourth Ave. & Main St., St. Charles Join Us for Traditional Worship 9:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. in the Sanctuary 9 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 10:30 a.m. Adult Sunday School Nursery Care Available Senior Pastor: Rev. Ronni Sue Verboom 630-584-6680 www.bakermemorialchurch.org

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Fox Valley Presbyterian Church (USA) A Welcoming Church 227 East Side Dr., Geneva (630) 232-7448 (1 blk. N. of Rt. 38.) (630) 232-7448 www.fvpres.com 8:30 a.m. Worship (informal) 10:00 a.m. Worship (traditional) 10:00 a.m. Church school Nursery Care Provided 8:30-11:00 a.m. Adult Breakfast Club 8:30 a.m. Confirmation (7-8th grd.) 4:00 p.m. Youth Group 7:00 p.m. The Growing Place Weekday Preschool We are a Stephen Ministry Church

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