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CHRONICLE FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013 | 50 CENTS | KCCHRONICLE.COM

COUNTY DELUGED

HEAVY RAINS WREAK HAVOC AS FOX RIVER KEEPS RISING. PAGES 8-10 Sandy Bressner – sbressner@shawmedia.com

Cars make their way Thursday through standing water on Route 31, north of Route 64, in St. Charles. Heavy rains have caused streets to flood and the Fox River to flow over its banks.

IN SPORTS

Positive attitude

Season back on for East boys water polo

Vol. 24, Issue 74

Cougars’ left-handed hitter Dan Vogelbach enthused about making jump to Kane County. Page 18 Since 1881.

Page 20 Where to find it Classified: 41-44 Comics: 38-39 Puzzles: 40

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8CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS

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

Accuracy is important to the Kane County Chronicle, and we want to correct mistakes promptly. Please call errors to our attention by phone, 630-845-5355; email, editorial@kcchronicle.com.

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ith spring sports, inevitably there’s spring weather. Unpredictable to say the least. This week, while assigned to photograph the Geneva vs. Kaneland girls varsity soccer game in Geneva, a streak of lightning flashed across the sky just as I parked my car. The teams quickly left the field after only one minute of playing and hunkered down in the two sheds available to wait out the 30-minute delay. Since I had the time to kill, I decided to photograph the girls in the sheds. Both teams were giggling and goofing around. It was a carefree moment that quickly dissolved as the teams took to the field after the delay, and the players put on their game faces.

– Sandy Bressner

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Geneva French Market Metra Parking Lot, NW corner of South St. & 4th St. (just south of The Little Traveler)

Sundays from April 21 through November 10. 9 am-2 pm Come and enjoy the Best of the Midwest. Local vendors will be selling vegetables, cut and dried ﬂowers, perennials, gourmet food and quality goods for the home and family not readily available in the area at this canopied European-style market. Call Bensidoun USA, Inc. 630/784-0862 or send e-mail: Bensidoun@yahoo.com for more information.

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FACE TIME WITH DAVE BAXTER

Where did you grow up? Lancaster, Pa. Pets? Pokie – short for Pocahontas – a poodle-Shih Tzu mix born on Thanksgiving. She is a rescue from Animal Rescue Foundation in Wheaton. First job? Landscaping the grounds at a homeowners association

As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be a sales manager, and that’s what I did. A movie you’d recommend? “Tropic Thunder” Favorite charity? American Diabetes Association Favorite local restaurant? Wildwood in Geneva What is an interesting factoid about yourself? I got to play on the farms of our Amish and Mennonite neighbors when I was growing up. I got to help birth two calves and milk cows when I was a 10-year-old kid.

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Two Guys and Free Spaghetti in St. Charles WHAT: Two Guys and Free Spaghetti will provide a homemade spaghetti and meatballs dinner with beverage, salad, garlic bread and homemade dessert to anyone who attends the event. There will be special entertainment from The Need to Be Seen Radio Troupe, performing old-time radio comedies. Carry out is available,

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and the building is handicapped accessible. WHEN: 5 to 7 p.m. April 28 WHERE: St. Charles Episcopal Church, 994 N. Fifth Ave. (Route 25), St. Charles INFO: Call Joe at 630-890-658.

Fire district plans annual pancake breakfast WHAT: The Fox River and Countryside Fire/ Rescue District has planned its annual pancake breakfast. The menu includes pancakes, sausage, juice, milk and coffee. Cooking is provided by Boy Scout Troop 7 of Elburn. Fire station tours are available. Vintage and current fire equipment will be on display. Donations will be accepted. WHEN: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April 28 WHERE: The fire station, 40W361 Route 64, Campton Hills INFO: Call 630-584-5700.

Lunch and learn at Wasco Nursery WHAT: A lunch and learn event – Trees are Terrific – is set. Participants are invited to celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day with lunch at the garden center. Learn more about the benefits trees can provide in your yard and suggestions of trees that will work. Meagan Provencher, landscape designer and speaker at Wasco Nursery, will discuss the merits and

characteristics of various trees that do well in our local soil and climate conditions. WHEN: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday WHERE: Wasco Nursery and Garden Center, 41W781 Route 64, St. Charles COST: $10, which includes a box lunch INFO: Call 630-584-4424 or visit www. wasconursery.com. Advance registration and payment is required. Register by today in person, by phone at 630-584-4424 or email at info@wasconursery.com.

St. Charles Episcopal plans rummage sale WHAT: The St. Charles Episcopal Church will host its annual rummage sale. There will be an assortment of clothing, sports equipment, household goods, baby items, books, holiday decorations and more. WHEN: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday WHERE: St. Charles Episcopal Church, 994 N. Fifth Ave. (Route 25), St. Charles INFO: For information on the rummage sale or worship and education opportunities, or the outdoor labyrinth, contact the church office at 630-584-2596 or visit www.stcharlesepiscopal.org.

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WHAT: U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Winfield, will announce the winners of the 2013 Congressional Art Competition during an award ceremony at Water Street Studios. The public is welcome. The Congressional Art Competition, launched in 1982, showcases two-dimensional student artwork from congressional districts at the U.S. Capitol. High schools from throughout the 14th Congressional District participate in the competition. The first-place winner also will be invited to Washington, D.C., to be recognized along with other young artists. The honorable mention winners will have an opportunity to display their artwork in Hultgren’s Washington, D.C., and Geneva offices. WHEN: 6 p.m. today WHERE: Water Street Studios, 160 S. Water St., Batavia

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St. Charles resident Dave Baxter, 52, was walking in downtown Geneva with his wife and dog when he answered eight questions for the Kane County Chronicle’s Brenda Schory.

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Foreclosure activity ebbs a bit from ’12 By JONATHAN BILYK jbilyk@shawmedia.com Another wave of foreclosures washed through the local housing market in March. But, according to the latest round of foreclosure filings data, the problem appears to have eased a bit since last spring. Compared to March 2012, foreclosure actions decreased by about 12 percent last month in a nine-ZIP code area that includes the Tri-Cities of St. Charles, Geneva and Batavia, and six other nearby communities, including Campton Hills, Elburn, Sugar Grove and

North Aurora, according to data supplied by foreclosure tracking company RealtyTrac. In all, 213 homes in that region faced some kind of foreclosure-related action brought by lenders in March, RealtyTrac reported. A year earlier, the region had suffered 243 foreclosure actions. However, March’s foreclosure activity represented a worsening of the problem compared to February. In March, 181 homes in the local nine-ZIP code area received foreclosure filings, meaning the region suffered an 18 percent increase last month versus the previous month.

Similar trends were seen within the Tri-Cities. In the four ZIP codes that cover St. Charles, Geneva and Batavia, foreclosure activity dipped by about 13 percent from 116 foreclosure filings in March 2012 to 101 filings last month. Compared to February, however, foreclosure activity in the Tri-Cities increased by about 6 percent in March. Most local communities, individually, logged little change in their foreclosure rates in March, compared to a year earlier. Foreclosure activity increased slightly in the St. Charles 60175 ZIP code, as well as in South Elgin, compared to March 2012.

8LOCAL BRIEFS ‘Stuff the Truck’ will aid regional food bank today AURORA – Walmart and ConAgra Foods are hosting a “Stuff the Truck” event to benefit the Northern Illinois Food Bank at 11:30 a.m. today at the Walmart located at 2900 Kirk Road in Aurora. The event is part of the Fighting Hunger Together initiative, which is led by Walmart, ConAgra and nine other grocery partners. The event is open to the public and donations are encouraged. Customers can drop donated products in marked red bins outside the Walmart store.

Hope or a team member but are unable to attend the event, you can do so online at www.bit.ly/ AngelsOfHope.

H.E.L.P. foster care to host dinner, auction GENEVA – Homes for Endangered and Lost Pets will host “Thank You for Being a Lifesaver,” its annual dinner and auction, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. May 3 at Mill Creek Golf Club, 39W525 Herrington Drive in Geneva. All proceeds from the dinner and auction will benefit the dogs and cats in H.E.L.P.

foster care. Tickets include dinner (barbecue beef brisket, blackened chicken, vegetable lasagna, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, classic tossed Caesar salad, dinner rolls, mini sweet tray, lemonade, iced tea and coffee). The dinner will also feature 50 door prizes as well as a silent auction. Tickets are $50 per person. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Visit www.helpinganimals.org to order via PayPal or contact Michelle Clancy at mandmclancy@att.net.

However, foreclosure activity decreased slightly in all other communities for which data was supplied. Kane County earned a dubious rank in RealtyTrac’s most recent roundup of foreclosure data, recording the worst foreclosure rate among counties in a state that ranked among the worst in the country for home foreclosure activity. One in every 441 homes in Illinois was in foreclosure last month, giving the state the third worst foreclosure rate in the country. In Kane County, one in every 218 homes faced foreclosure action last month, RealtyTrac said.

By the numbers How many homes faced foreclosure in your community in March? New numbers from foreclosure tracking company RealtyTrac show how the situation has changed in local ZIP codes vs. March 2012: St. Charles 60174: 27 foreclosure filings, down 5 St. Charles 60175: 23 filings, up 3 Geneva 60134: 24 filings, down 11 Batavia 60510: 27 filings, down 2 Elburn 60119: 15 filings, down 7 Sugar Grove 60554: 13 filings, down 2 North Aurora 60542: 25 filings, down 7 South Elgin 60177: 54 filings, up 3

Source: RealtyTrac

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Event to raise funds for multiple sclerosis fight ST. CHARLES – An event is set from 5 to 10 p.m. Sunday at River Rockhouse, 106 S. Riverside Ave., St. Charles, to support Sonja Drobena and her fundraising team, “Angels of Hope,” in the continued fight against multiple sclerosis. There will be door prizes, multiple bag raffles and a 50/50 all benefiting the National MS Society on behalf of team Angels of Hope. Food and drinks also will be available. If you would like to make a donation to team Angels of

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Seven-Day Forecast

National Weather

Shown are noon postions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.

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Cloudy, windy & colder; a.m. showers

Mostly sunny & chilly

Partly sunny & warmer

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Bill Bellis Chief Meteorologist

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Mostly cloudy & Cloudy & cooler with a few warmer; chance showers of showers

62 48

Tri-Cities Almanac

56 36

WED

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Partly sunny & colder

Mostly cloudy with a few showers

52 34

54 40

Harvard

42/29 McHenry Statistics through 4 p.m. yesterday Belvidere 46/30 Temperatures Waukegan 46/30 42/28 High/low ....................................... 62°/45° Normal high ......................................... 61° Rockford Crystal Lake Deerfield Record high .............................. 87° (1985) Algonquin 46/30 45/29 44/31 46/29 Normal low .......................................... 41° Hampshire Record low ............................... 21° (1990) Schaumburg 44/30 Elgin 46/31 Peak wind .......................... SSE at 24 mph 46/29 DeKalb Precipitation 45/29 Tri-Cities Chicago 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. ........... 3.82” 45/29 44/32 Month to date ................................... 6.74” Normal month to date ....................... 2.10” Oak Park Year to date .................................... 14.32” 44/33 Aurora Normal year to date .......................... 7.87” Dixon 45/29

UV Index

The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.

46/27

Sandwich 46/28

Orland Park 44/31

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Air Quality

Reading as of Thursday

City Arlington Hts Aurora Deerfield Des Plaines Elgin Gary Hammond Janesville

Today Hi Lo W 46 31 c 46 27 c 44 31 c 44 31 c 46 29 c 46 30 sh 50 32 c 44 30 c

Saturday Hi Lo W 48 32 pc 51 32 s 46 32 pc 48 32 pc 50 30 pc 47 33 pc 57 40 s 51 33 s

City Kankakee Kenosha La Salle Morris Munster Naperville Tinley Park Waukegan

Today Hi Lo W 48 30 sh 42 28 c 46 31 sh 47 30 sh 46 32 sh 46 29 c 45 31 sh 42 28 c

Saturday Hi Lo W 52 34 s 45 31 pc 53 38 s 53 36 s 48 33 pc 51 31 s 50 35 pc 43 31 pc

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

Pollen Count Data as of Thursday

Fld: flood stage. Prs: stage in feet at 7 a.m Thursday. Chg: change in previous 24 hours. Station Fld Prs Chg Station Fld Prs Chg Algonquin................. 3....... 2.57..... +0.52 Montgomery........... 13..... 15.07..... +2.27 Burlington, WI ........ 11..... 11.32..... +0.72 New Munster, WI .... 19..... 12.72...... -0.06 Dayton ................... 12....... 9.58..... +0.22 Princeton .............. 9.5....... 9.01....... none McHenry .................. 4....... 6.02..... +1.34 Waukesha ................ 6....... 5.71....... none

Sun and Moon

Source: National Allergy Bureau

Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset

Today 6:07 a.m. 7:39 p.m. 1:19 p.m. 2:28 a.m.

Saturday 6:05 a.m. 7:40 p.m. 2:20 p.m. 3:00 a.m.

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Today City Hi Lo W Louisville 56 38 sh Miami 86 77 t Milwaukee 42 30 sn Minneapolis 38 26 sn Nashville 58 37 sh New Orleans 66 49 t New York City 69 50 c Oklahoma City 62 37 s Omaha 48 31 pc Orlando 88 68 t Philadelphia 78 51 c Phoenix 82 60 s Pittsburgh 68 38 t St. Louis 54 37 pc Salt Lake City 58 44 pc San Francisco 65 49 s Seattle 57 45 r Washington, DC 79 51 sh

Saturday Hi Lo W 62 41 s 85 74 t 44 34 pc 45 36 pc 64 42 s 70 52 s 60 38 r 70 45 s 60 44 pc 81 66 t 62 38 pc 90 65 s 51 32 pc 62 49 pc 56 41 pc 65 47 s 55 40 pc 63 41 pc

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City Mexico City Moscow Nassau New Delhi Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome Seoul Singapore Sydney Tokyo Toronto

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World Weather City Athens Baghdad Beijing Berlin Buenos Aires Cairo Calgary Jerusalem Johannesburg London Madrid Manila

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Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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By AL LAGATTOLLA alagattolla@shawmedia.com SUGAR GROVE – A 22-year-old Montgomery man was charged with driving under the influence Wednesday after a crash that wrecked his 2004 Chevrolet Aveo. Police said Samuel Chamberlain, 22, of Creve Court in Montgomery, lost control of the car at 3:25 p.m. Wednesday while traveling east on Galena Boulevard at Route 56 in Sugar Grove. Police said Chamberlain struck a traffic signal pole. Sugar Grove police investigator John Sizer said he could not reveal Chamberlain’s blood-alcohol level, “but it was

well in excess of the limit.” The Illinois limit is 0.08. Police said Chamberlain was taken to Presence Mercy Medical Center in Aurora for injuries that were not life-threatening. A spokesperson from the medical center confirmed Chamberlain was released from the hospital Thursday. Chamberlain was charged with DUI, illegal transportation of alcohol and driving too fast for conditions. Sizer noted that there was heavy rain falling at the time, and that “there was no evidence he tried to stop.” Sizer said no other charges are planned. Chamberlain was given a court date of May 16.

The wreckage of a 2004 Chevrolet Aveo that was involved in a crash Wednesday at Galena Boulevard and Route 56 in Sugar Grove. Samuel Chamberlain, 22, of Montgomery, was charged with driving under the influence, Sugar Grove police said. Photo provided

‘Tapped’ documentary to be screened in Geneva GENEVA – The documentary “Tapped” will be shown at 7 p.m. today at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva. The church is at 110 S. Second St. in Geneva. The film is part of the free monthly third-Friday film program, which is sponsored by the Social Justice Committee of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva. Register at www.uusg.org/ friday-flicks to receive email notices of future programs.

St. Charles library used book sale starts today ST. CHARLES – The Friends of the St. Charles Public Library will hold the spring used book sale from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. today; 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday; and noon to 3 p.m. Sunday at the St. Charles Public Library, 1 S. Sixth Ave. The sale will

TriCity Family Services benefit on tap Saturday BATAVIA – TriCity Family Services will have its 24th annual benefit dinner and auction starting at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at Lincoln Inn Banquets, 1345 S. Batavia Ave., Batavia. The evening will include a seated dinner, silent and live auction, raffles and entertainment. “All That Glitters … Treasuring Teens” is the theme this year. Cocktail attire is required. Tickets are $80 each. All proceeds benefit TriCity Family Services. Make a reser-

vation at 630-232-1070.

STC garage sale to raise funds for teen center ST. CHARLES – The St. Charles Community Garage Sale, a fundraiser for the STC Underground teen center, is set for 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Saturday. Tour guides are available online at www.stcunderground.com. For information, call 630-513-4380.

Bake sale set in Batavia BATAVIA – The annual bake sale at Riverain Point Apartments is set for 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at 200 N. Island Ave., Batavia. There will be limited, marked parking available for the bake sale. Parking also is available in the city lot.

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WEST CHICAGO – Mr. Blotto will perform at 8 p.m. today at Cairo Ale House, 2009 Franciscan Way, West Chicago. The 21-and-older show also features Brent Brown, Run and Punch and Chris Dobleman. Tickets are $10. Call 630-876-9600 or visit www.cairobar.com for details.

include paperbacks, hardcovers, CDs, DVDs, videos and audiotapes. For details, call 630-5840076 or visit www.friendsofstcharleslibrary.com.

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DUI charge for Montgomery man in SG crash

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Heavy rains soak county Flooding seen along Fox River; crest expected to be at 13.5 feet By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com Tuscola Avenue in the Valley View subdivision in St. Charles Township on Thursday appeared to be ground zero for the Fox River overflowing its banks and swamping a dozen or so homes, a park and the township garage. In anticipation of heavy rain, Antonio Gualtieri, who lives on Tuscola, moved his car to higher ground Wednesday night with his two Jack Russell terriers inside. When he woke up Thursday morning, his feet sloshed into standing water and his cat was stranded on a log in his backyard. By afternoon, he was rescued in a borrowed canoe paddled by Rick Paske of Hoff-

man Estates, who had arrived to help another buddy in the area. “I got off the bed, and the first thing I realized was that my feet were wet,” Gualtieri said. “I hurried up and ran around the house and picked everything on the floor up and on blocks of wood. I put the bed on logs. Whatever I could put up high, I put up high.” Gualtieri’s was one of many such stories Thursday as the region was hit hard by heavy rains that caused streets to flood and the Fox River to flow over its banks. Driving was tricky throughout the area, and basements were flooded. At Valley View, Gualtieri stepped out of the canoe, using makeshift waders of big garbage bags tied to both legs

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Volunteers Boss Totten (center) and Brad Umholtz (far right) line up sandbags Thursday near The Herrington Inn and Spa at the Fox River in Geneva to stave off water from heavy rains that have fallen throughout the past two days. and went to see to his dogs. He had already rescued his cat, Solomon, who was now safely in the house.

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Volunteer Dave Johnson lines up sandbags near The Herrington Inn and Spa at the Fox River in Geneva. Officials at The Herrington reported Thursday that the sandbags were holding off the flood.

“A big weather system sucked moisture out of the Gulf of Mexico and dumped it right here. It made up for the drought in one night.” Eric Lenning Meteorologist with the National Weather Service

continue rising and not cresting until 24 to 72 hours.” As of Thursday afternoon, the Fox River was forecast to crest at 13.5 feet. “There is going to be continuing flooding,” Lenning said Thursday. “We are expecting it to actually continue to rise through the night and

A pedestrian surveys the flooded area around St. Charles City Hall and the St. Charles police station Thursday after heavy rains fell Wednesday and Thursday. into tomorrow. The crest is expected sometime on Saturday.” That is not good news for Ryan Klauss, 25, who wad-

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ed through thigh-high water to get to his grandmother’s house on Tuscola. He had already participated in evacuating his aunt with a boat, as

she had a medical issue and needed to be moved. “The only way is by boat or trudge through the water,” said Klauss, standing in a short yellow rain jacket and soaking wet boots and jeans. He had already sandbagged another family member’s house. Paske, using the borrowed canoe, was taking Klauss back to his grandmother’s house. Gretchen Ohl, a Nicor Gas supervisor walking through the area, said she was shutting down gas to the flooded houses until the waters recede. “It’s a safety issue,” Ohl said. Ron Johnson, the St. Charles Township highway commissioner, said the garage in Valley View always gets water around it, but never inside. So the salt, materials and equipment inside should all be dry, he said. “I’ve been hauling sand since 7:30 this morning,” Johnson said. Local officials say they are continuing to monitor the situation and respond to changing conditions. “One thing we cannot stress enough is for people to pay attention to road closures and please do not wade

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“It’s the first time it flooded this far,” Gualtieri said. “It’s usually up to the porch, but this time it’s past that; it’s up to about 3.5 feet.” Other neighbors came down Tuscola where it intersects with Lincoln Street and said they were horrified at the extent of flooding. The St. Charles Park District’s Taley Park was completely underwater. Flooding in the low area of Tuscola to Pakan Drive affected about a dozen houses and at least one apartment building, accessible only by boat. A house on the corner where Lincoln Street curves toward the river and becomes Fox River Avenue was almost surrounded by standing water. And the nearby St. Charles Township Road District garage was completely surrounded by water. “I have never seen it this bad,” said Andy Wiskirschen, who came down with his wife, Connie, to see whether there was anyone they could help. Both are from the HELPS Ministry, a nearby church. “This area floods out quite a bit because of the river and the lowness of the land here,” Connie Wiskirschen said. “Everything has come from above down the hill here and flooded the park and access to these homes. It’s really sad.” Pounding rain from a large weather system that passed through northern Illinois pushed the Fox River to 11.6 feet, well past its flood stage of 9.5 feet – and there is more to come over the next one to three days, said Eric Lenning, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Romeoville office. “A big weather system sucked moisture out of the Gulf of Mexico and dumped it right here,” Lenning said. “It made up for the drought in one night.” Showers expected to continue from Thursday night through today mean rivers would keep rising, Lenning said. “The flooding problems will be increasing on their own [because of] runoff from the storms overnight,” Lenning said. “River levels will

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Officials: Boat traffic barred on Fox River • FLOODS Continued from page 9 through flooded areas,” St. Charles City Administrator Brian Townsend said in a statement. “Currents can be deceptive and injuries can occur from floating debris.” Some local roadways were still closed or had standing water Thursday night. Officials in Sugar Grove urged motorists to stay home and avoid traveling if possible. But for those who must travel, be cautious and do not try to drive through standing water because it might be deeper than it looks. Among streets closed early Thursday in Geneva because of flooding, only four were still closed Thursday night: River Lane near Fulton and Franklin, Merchant’s Drive south of Fargo, Geneva Drive off East Side Drive heading east, and Kautz at Averill Road. The Herrington Inn and Spa in Geneva was the scene of a community sandbag effort, as hundreds of volunteers showed up to help keep the hotel safe from rising waters. Officials there reported that the sandbags were holding off the flood and there was no water in the hotel – which was still open for business. Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns said the request for help at the Herrington came through social media. Batavia city officials are reporting that the Illinois Department of Natural Resources closed the Fox River to boat traffic because navigating the river is extremely hazardous and should be avoided.

Batavia officials said there had been a problem with water across Route 31 near the Lincoln Inn earlier Thursday, but that had been been cleared. North Aurora officials reported localized flooding and a sewer backup that resulted in closing Village Hall to the public, although staff was available to answer calls. Officials said in a statement that Village Hall would be open to the public today. Campton Hills police reported localized flooding in the village, but no road closures.

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OPINIONS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Keeping Batavia strong To the Editor: I want to thank all of the Batavia School District 101 voters who went out and voted April 9 and especially those who voted for me. It will be an honor to serve you on the District 101 board. I promise to do my best to be fiscally responsible and help keep Batavia strong in the academic, fine arts and applied arts areas – along with extracurricular activities – to allow our young adults to be productive citizens in the future. Again, thank you Batavia School District 101 citizens for putting your trust in me. Jonathan “Jon” Gaspar Batavia

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 630444-1641 and mailed to Letters, Kane County Chronicle, 333 N.Randall Road, Suite 2, St. Charles IL 60174.

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Calm response to Boston is bad news for attackers BLOOMBERG NEWS “Boston bombings shatter a national sense of safety,” read one headline this week. “A perfect Marathon day, then the unimaginable,” read another. These summations were plausible enough because Monday’s attack was the first successful strike against a U.S. city since Sept. 11, 2001. A national security official from the George W. Bush administration expressed the same thought in even more dramatic terms. “In some ways,” Juan Carlos Zarate said, “this ruptures the psyche.” Plausible – but not, we’re glad to say, correct. What’s striking about the initial re-

sponse to this atrocity is how calm it has been. There was no illusory sense of safety to shatter; the Boston bombing was all too imaginable before the fact; and the national psyche is intact. This measured and purposeful reaction is the worst possible news for the perpetrators. Rupturing the psyche is what terrorism is supposed to achieve. If it fails to do that, it fails, period. In the years since the Sept. 11 attacks, the country has learned to cope with the possibility of further terrorist attacks and the elaborate security arrangements that are designed to pre-empt them. Of course, one can argue about the cost and effectiveness

of these defenses, about the infringements of liberty and the sheer nuisance, about how to strike the right balance. But what critics deride as the security state is a reality that most Americans recognize – terrorists of one sort or another are a threat we must live with, a danger we can diminish but not eradicate. When the defenses are evaded, as they will be from time to time, you mourn, gather your resources and carry on. That’s the prevailing mood after Boston. Partly thanks to those defenses, attacks like this have been astonishingly rare in the United States, which – despite Sept. 11 – remains one of the world’s most open societies.

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In countries where terrorist attacks are almost routine, a different challenge arises – to avoid becoming entirely hardened to them. One must hold on to the full measure of horror at the deliberate maiming of innocents, never losing sight of the wickedness of those responsible. On a beautiful day in Boston, bombs went off, stealing lives, piercing bodies and souls. Disgust at what happened is unbounded, as it should be. Overreactions here and there are to be expected, but there’s no derangement or excess in the nation’s collective response. The failures of intelligence and security, if any, will need

to be examined – though not, we trust, in the desire to find scapegoats among officials who are doing their best. The country knows no effort will be spared in the search for the attackers. It can take comfort in the zeal of first responders who run to the victims. As President Barack Obama said, “If you want to know who we are, who America is, how we respond to evil – that’s it. Selflessly, compassionately, unafraid.” Disgust, calm resolve and a steady sense of purpose are the psyche’s main defenses against evil. Innocents have been killed and grievously injured, but on the next day, those walls were standing.

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What: Summit 303: Signs your child might be struggling Where: St. Charles East High School Little Theatre, 1020 Dunham Road, St. Charles When: 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday

All community members are invited. District 303 is joined and supported in this effort by the St. Charles Education Association, the city of St. Charles, the St. Charles Police Department, the St. Charles Public Library, several faith-based community organizations and mental health and wellness organizations in the Tri-Cities. Summit 303 participants will use data and opinions compiled from their discussions to develop community recommendations. Call 331-228-2000 or email summit303@d303.org for information.

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The Kane County Treasurer’s Office has announced that taxpayers’ 2012 property tax bills, payable 2013, will be mailed out on or before May 1. The first installment will be due June 3, and the second will be due Sept. 3. Kane County Clerk Jack Cunningham has reported that the net taxable valuation for Kane County is $12,675,662,085, with a total real estate tax extension of $1,201,694,093.98.

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ST. CHARLES – Attendees of Summit 303 on Wednesday will learn about signs that their children might be struggling, St. Charles School District 303 officials said in a news release. Featured speaker Peggy Kubert, executive director of Erika’s Lighthouse, will present information on what parents can and should look for as signs their child might be struggling with a mental health issue. Erika’s Lighthouse is an organization dedicated to raising awareness of adolescent depression and mental health for young people. Summit 303 is set for 7 to 9 p.m. in the Little Theatre at St. Charles East High School. It is the second in a series of four meetings addressing the subject of community mental health. Other meetings are set for May 9 and May 23.

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Mary-Rose Emma: A celebration of Mary-Rose’s life will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 320 Franklin St. in Geneva, with the Rev. Mark Tusken officiating. Andrew Bernard Fordonski: A funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday, April 19, at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in St. Charles, with the Rev. Rich Rosinski officiating. Burial will be at Union Cemetery in St. Charles.

GENEVA – Members of the Zonta Club of St. Charles-Geneva-Batavia will meet at 6 p.m. May 7 at the Geneva History Center, 113 S. Third St., Geneva. This is the annual meeting and awards night, and club members will award scholarships to women and girls in the community and grant funds to local service agencies that work to advance the status of women. Sponsors include EFS Foundation, the Pedersen Family Foundation, the Shodeen Family Foundation and the Trust Company of Illinois. The meeting cost is $30. RSVP to Brandy Harrington by April 26 at blh@ trustcoil.com or 630-545-4832. For information about Zonta, visit www.zonta.org.

Riverboat cruise features pirates and princesses ST. CHARLES – The St. Charles Park District has planned a Pirates and Princesses Cruise from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. May 18 at Pottawatomie Park, 8 North Ave., St. Charles. For ages 3 to 10, the cost is $19 for residents and $28.50 for nonresidents. For ages 11 and older, the cost is $22.50 for residents and $33.50 for nonresidents. Fees are per person. Advance registration is required at www.stcparks.org. The event offers a paddlewheel riverboat cruise with the likes of Cinderella, Snow White, Belle and Captain Hook. There will be a light dinner of pizza, pasta and salad.

Blood drive planned at STC City Hall on Thursday ST. CHARLES – The Heartland Blood Center will host a blood drive from noon to 5 p.m. Thursday at City Hall in St. Charles, 2 E. Main St. in St. Charles. Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments are recommended. Appointments can be made at www.heartlandbc. org. Donations usually take 20 to 30 minutes. For information, contact the St. Charles Human Resources Department at 630-377-4446 or email hr@ stcharlesil.gov.

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Adella M. Granquist: A funeral memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 20, at Malone Funeral Home, 324 E. State St. (Route 38) in Geneva, with the Rev. William Obalil officiating. The visitation will be from 9 a.m. until the service Saturday, April 20, at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Union Cemetery in St. Charles. Robert I. “Bob” Kallman: Funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. Sat-

urday, April 20, at Malone Funeral Home, 324 E. State St. (Route 38), Geneva, with Chaplain Anne Windholz officiating. Burial will follow in River Hills Cemetery in Batavia. The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 19, at Malone Funeral Home. Jim Lichtenebert “Chip”: A celebration of life will be from noon to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at Pal Joey’s, 31 N. River St. in Batavia, with a service at

1:30 p.m. Arnold Francis Pins Jr.: The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 19, at Williams-Kampp Funeral Home, 430 E. Roosevelt Road, Wheaton. The funeral Mass will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, 36 N. Ellsworth St., Naperville. Please meet at the church. Interment will be in St. Michael Cemetery, Wheaton.

• A car was reported damaged Thursday, April 11, when another car carrying teenagers passed by and someone threw a fast food cup of a red drink, breaking the driver’s side mirror. The replacement value of the mirror was estimated at $150. • A resident of the 1300 block of Brandywine Circle reported being a victim of credit card fraud Thursday, April 11. According to police reports, the victim found $184.84 charged to a credit card. • A resident of the 600 block of Carriage Drive reported being a victim of identity theft Friday, April 12, when an unknown person used his name to buy four cellphones for $1,300 from Sprint. • A maintenance employee found four bags of marijuana Friday, April 12, in the drop ceiling of a vacant apartment at Lorlyn Apartments on the 1000 block of Lorlyn Circle. A police spokesman said there was about 8 ounces of marijuana that was very old and dried out. • The Batavia Food Pantry, 100 Flinn St., was reported vandalized Saturday, April 13, with graffiti on the west retaining wall. • A $700 cellphone was reported stolen from a purse Saturday, April 13, at Chuck E. Cheese, 511 N. Randall Road.

• A male juvenile was charged with battery Saturday, April 13, at Funway, 1335 S. River St., after he became aggressive with staff members from the residential facility who were supervising the outing. His mother gave permission for him to be released to the staff, police said. • Fox River Car Wash, 19 S. Prairie St., reported an attempted burglary Sunday, April 14. According to police reports, forced entry was made to the doorknob, the deadbolt and doorjamb, but perpetrators were unable to get in. • Immanuel Lutheran Church, 950 Hart Road, was reported vandalized Monday, April 15, with black spray paint on the brick and concrete sign in front of the buildings. • John P. Gorman, 68, of the 700 block of Church Street, Batavia, was arrested on a Kane County warrant for failure to appear in court on charges of driving under the influence.

reported stolen Thursday, April 4, from the train station bike rack at 328 Crescent Place. According to police, the owner said in his haste, he forgot to loop the cable through the bike’s frame, as the cable and lock were still there on the rack. • Dana L. Filipello, 50, of the 100 block of Oakhill Court, St. Charles, was charged Sunday, April 7, with driving under the influence. • Dominique D. Allen, 27, of the 1700 block of Parkside Drive, Plainfield, was charged Monday, April 8, with possession of drug paraphernalia and driving with an expired registration. • A fence was reported vandalized with spray paint Wednesday, April 10, on the 400 block of Richards Street. Damage was estimated at $100. • Douglas W. Komes, 54, last known address on the 200 block of Indiana Street, St. Charles, was charged Wednesday, April 10, with criminal trespass to vehicle. According to police reports, Komes, who is banned from Delnor Hospital, 300 S. Randall Road, Geneva, unless he is receiving treatment, was being escorted from the emergency room when he entered and operated a Cadence Health Systems security vehicle, a 2012 Ford Escape.

8POLICE REPORTS Batavia • A laptop computer was reported stolen Tuesday, April 9, from an unlocked car parked at Menards, 300 N. Randall Road. • Dezmon A. Greene, 28, of the 12000 block of Wild Rye Court, Plainfield, was charged Tuesday, April 9, with criminal trespass to land. • Charles T. Hardney, 26, of the 200 block of South Kilpatrick Street, Chicago, was arrested Wednesday, April 10, in DuPage County on a Batavia warrant on charges of domestic battery. • Ruth Anne David, 25, of the 500 block of South Sixth Avenue, Aurora, was arrested Wednesday, April 10, on a Kendall County warrant for failure to appear in court on charges of retail theft. • Margarito Saldivar-Munoz, 30, of the 500 block of Carriage Drive, West Chicago, was arrested Thursday, April 11, on a DuPage County warrant for failure to appear on charges of driving with a suspended license. • James J. Jorgensen, 34, of the 38W200 block of Glenwood Drive, Geneva Township was arrested Thursday, April 11, on a Batavia warrant on charges of theft of display merchandise.

Geneva • A driver’s license, state ID, medical card and credit cards were reported stolen Wednesday, April 3, from a patient at Delnor Hospital, 300 S. Randall Road. • A $200 men’s bike was

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ping a black bag near where one of the two deadly bombs exploded, according to federal law enforcement officials. They also are trying to identify a small group of people for questioning based on their actions in some of the video images, said one of the officials, who asked for anonymity to discuss the case. Obama was introduced by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick who said that his “shock and confusion and anger” in the immediate aftermath of the bombing turned to gratitude for the many police officers who ran toward the crowd without knowing the attack had ended and the spectators and runners to rushed to give aid to the wounded. “We cannot permit darkness and hate to triumph over our civic faith,” he said. “We will rise and we will endure. We will have accountability without vengeance.” After the service, Obama met with members of the

Boston Athletic Association, which organizes the Boston Marathon. He lauded the spirit of their response in the face of an attack. “You have inspired the entire country and you’ve inspired the world,” he said. Before returning to Washington, Obama met privately with some of the victims and their families and the hospital staff at Massachusetts General Hospital. After massacres in Texas, Arizona, Colorado and Connecticut, Obama has become accustomed to consoling communities in mourning. In Boston on Thursday, his task was more complicated. For the first time in his presidency, Obama was trying to calm the public while the killer is still at large, and it still isn’t certain whether the explosions that claimed three lives and left more than 170 wounded were inspired by al-Qaida, domestic politics or the twists of some deranged mind. Obama’s challenge is “a

more delicate balancing act” than simply remembering the dead, said Richard Falkenrath, President George W. Bush’s former counter-terrorism adviser. “You have to manage the public’s perception of threat, rather than simply just dealing the grief and the recovery after a horrible incident had ended,” Falkenrath said in a Bloomberg Television interview. After four mass shootings in his first term, with the last one claiming the lives of 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school, Obama has learned to lead the nation in collective mourning. Americans have come to expect their president, whoever it is, to minister to the nation during such a crisis. “President Obama, like his predecessors, is, sadly, experienced in these things,” said Paul Begala, a Democratic consultant who was an adviser to former President Bill Clinton.

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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Thursday the people of Boston and the United States aren’t cowed by the deadly terrorist attack at the city’s signature marathon and the resilience on display in the aftermath “is the greatest rebuke to whoever committed this heinous act.” “The Scripture teaches us, God has not given us the spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love and self-discipline” Obama said at an interfaith service for the victims of the bombing. “And that’s the spirit you’ve displayed in recent days.” “We’ll pick ourselves up; we’ll keep going,” he said. “We will finish the race.” The pews at Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross were filled for the service by dignitaries, including former Massachusetts governor and 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, as

“You showed us, Boston, that in the face of evil, Americans will lift up what is good. Our idelity to a free and open society will only grow stronger.”

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8LOCAL BRIEFS Coultrap school items auction begins Saturday GENEVA – Local school districts and the general public are invited to an auction of items remaining at the Coultrap facility Saturday and Sunday. Auction items include student desks and chairs, adult desks, coat racks removed from the walls, historical glass doors from the original building, tables and other items salvaged from the building. Money raised will be used by Geneva School District 304 to defray the cost of the facility’s demolition later this year. The silent auction will be held from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 8 to 11 a.m. Sunday. The Coultrap building is at 1113 Peyton St., Geneva. Use the Lincoln Avenue entrance. District staff will contact the winners of the items between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday. Arrangements can be made for winners to pick up items at a later date by calling 630-4633025.

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Ecker Center will host awards breakfast May 9 ELGIN – The Ecker Center for Mental Health will host its annual awards breakfast at 7 a.m. May 9 at the Elgin Country Club, 2575 Weld Road, Elgin. Guest panelists will speak on health care reform and will include Rick Floyd, president and CEO of Sherman Hospital, and Gary Kosnoff of Linden Group Health Services. Reservations are requested by May 1. Reservation information is available at the Ecker Center website, www.eckercenter.org or from Ramona Grauzinis at 847-695-0484, ext. 205. The cost is $40 per person; $22 is a tax-deductible donation to Ecker Center to provide services.

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SWINGING FOR THE FENCES Vogelbach seeks to make lasting impression at bat By KEVIN DRULEY kdruley@shawmedia.com GENEVA – House of Pain’s “Jump Around” blares over the public address system before each Dan Vogelbach at-bat at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark. No, the Cougars first baseman isn’t following any titular advice during his .283 start entering Thursday. That’s simply the natural excitement of a player enthused about delivering on his high stock in the Cubs’ system, regardless of early ups and downs. Vogelbach swatted his first home run of the season in Wisconsin last weekend, providing a moment he knows fans were waiting for. He had two hits in the next 12 at-bats to finish an abbreviated road trip, but hasn’t sulked. Get used to it. “I love playing with him.

More online Log on to kcchronicle.com/video to see Dan Vogelbach’s take on the early season. He never really gets down,” designated hitter Rock Shoulders said. “If he gets out, he usually tells everybody to stay with it, stay with it.” While forward-thinking Cubs fans won’t flock to Geneva to see a 6-foot, 250-pound clubhouse guy this summer, that’s part of what they’ll get in this burly left-handed hitter. Like any teammate, Vogelbach enjoys his own private headphone or cellphone session. Most times, though, he’s bounding around, talking and joking. A slower-than-expected start shouldn’t change that. “I’ve been swinging the bat well. Some balls haven’t been falling,” Vogelbach said. “I’m

hitting a lot of balls at people, but it’s something I can’t control.” Before the season, Vogelbach downplayed his standing as the Cubs’ No. 7 prospect, according to Baseball America. His .322 average was third-best in the organization in 2012, as he hit 17 home runs in 61 games between Rookie League Arizona and Short-A Boise. Vogelbach routinely batted fourth as Boise advanced to the Northwest League championship series, hitting behind current teammate Jeimer Candelario and ahead of Shoulders. During spring training, Vogelbach approached manager Mark Johnson about changing spots in the order with Candelario, the Cougars’ third baseman. Neither party disagreed, and Johnson has since seen a more stable Vogelbach at-bat.

“There’s always going to be things in the outer skirts that are going to affect people, but if you stay with your mindset and you stay with your routine, nothing like that will affect you.” Dan Vogelbach Cougars first baseman “I think his mindset is a little bit better and he just seems to be going up to the plate with more confidence,” Johnson said. Drafted in the second round in 2011 out of Bishop Verot High in Fort Myers, Fla., Vogelbach also has deflected the pesky early-season weather as anything of importance.

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TODAY Baseball: Waubonsie Valley at Geneva, 4:30 p.m.; South Elgin at St. Charles North, 4:30 p.m.; Aurora Central Catholic vs. East Aurora, 4 p.m. (Legends Tournament at Ottawa); Aurora Central Catholic vs. Marquette, 6 p.m. (Legends Tournament at Ottawa); Aurora Christian at Pleasant Plains Tournament, TBA Softball: Batavia at Streamwood, 4:30 p.m.; Elgin at Geneva, 4:30 p.m.; Rosary at Marian Central Catholic, 4:30 p.m.; St. Francis at Aurora Central Catholic, 4:30 p.m. Girls soccer: Geneva at Wheaton North, 7 p.m.; St. Charles East at Naperville Invitational; St. Charles North at Divine Savior, 7 p.m.; West Chicago at Wheaton Academy, 6:30 p.m. Boys track and field: Batavia at Wheaton Warrenville South, 4:30 p.m.; St. Charles East, St. Charles North at Lyons Invitational, 4:45 p.m.; Marmion at Brother Rice Relays, 4:30 p.m. Girls track and field: Batavia at Batavia Invite, 4:30 p.m.; Kaneland at Wauconda Invitational, 4:15 p.m.; Rosary at Lockport Invitational, 4:30 p.m. Boys volleyball: Geneva at Wheaton Academy, 5:30 p.m.; St. Francis at Brother Rice Tournament, 5 p.m.

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By KEVIN DRULEY kdruley@shawmedia.com

More online Thursday’s game against the Quad Cities ended after deadline. Log on to KCChronicle.com for the game story. and was not in consistent communication with Cubs officials about Garza. “If he shows up, he pitches and we’ll accommodate however we need to,” Johnson said. “It’s just wait to hear from the people up top.” Garza is expected to report to Double-A Tennessee after today’s 35-pitch simulated game. Earlier this month, rehabbing second baseman Darwin Barney told Chicago reporters he’d likely be coming to Kane County, but he ultimately headed elsewhere.

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ment-pocked road trip to Wisconsin and Beloit was scheduled for seven games but reduced to four because of a series of snowouts and rainouts. A handful of Cougars saw a screening of the newly released Jackie Robinson biopic “42” when the club’s April 12 game in Appleton, Wis., was postponed. Count designated hitter Rock Shoulders among the favorable critics. “I loved it,” Shoulders said. “It was inspirational, just everything I expected.” Et cetera: The American flag in center field flew at half staff to honor the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. ... Righty Lendy Castillo, Garza’s Cubs teammate in 2012, started for the Cougars. ... Shoulders, a Tampa, Fla., native, said he saw snow for the first time during the recent road trip.

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• VOGELBACH Continued from page 18 He keeps working to tune out such potential distractions. The speeding cars that serve as the hitter’s backdrop at Fox Cities Stadium in Wisconsin were another hurdle he easily cleared. “I’m not big on that type of stuff, and I don’t think any of the guys are,” Vogelbach said. “You’ve just got to stay focused on what you’re trying to do. There’s always going to be things in the outer skirts that are going to affect people, but if you stay with your mindset and you stay with your routine, nothing like that will affect you.” In the back of his mind, Vogelbach knows his name will be on the lips of even casual farm system followers who come to the park this season. His interactive walk-up song should be a natural conversation-starter, but Vogelbach seeks to make a more lasting impression with his swing.

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GENEVA – Left-hander Michael Heesch uses the pronoun “we” when talking about Cubs history. Forget that the Cougars’ parent club only drafted Heesch last summer; he’s a Prairie Ridge graduate, Bartlett resident and noted Cubs fan. Those attributes figured to put Heesch first in line in the would-be Matt Garza welcome wagon, although Heesch suggested the whole team held interest. Garza, a Cubs right-hander, was set to make a rehab start at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark tonight before the Cubs changed their plans Thursday, citing the cool, wet weather. Now Garza will begin mending his strained left lat

muscle in a simulated game in Milwaukee, hours away from a group of minor leagers eager to share a clubhouse with him. “I mean, he’s a big-league guy. It’s cool to see a big-league guy throw,” Heesch said. “That’s how you look at it no matter Matt Garza where you’re from, no matter what team you’re with.” News of Garza’s initial itinerary broke Tuesday night, as the Cougars played in Beloit. Word of the Cubs’ change of plans came Thursday morning. Cougars players monitored the developments casually, reading news or social media updates. Manager Mark Johnson took the same approach,

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By JAY SCHWAB jschwab@shawmedia.com The St. Charles East boys water polo team’s tumultuous season is about to resume. A new coach for the team will be named today, according to District 303 spokesman Jim Blaney. Blaney said “two or three” matches that the team was unable to compete in this week would be rescheduled if circumstances allow. Jaclyn Weber resigned from the boys water polo coaching position Monday. The Kane County Chronicle this week obtained a let-

ter issued Monday by East athletic director Mike Sommerfeld to parents of team members in which Sommerfeld announced that the rest of the team’s season would be canceled. In the letter, Sommerfeld cited “inappropriate behavior displayed by several of the team members this past weekend, as well as the general lack of respect the team has displayed towards [Weber]” in referencing Weber’s decision to step down. “I want to be clear; Coach Weber is not to be blamed for this,” Sommerfeld wrote. “She has done everything she

could to make this work, but there is no workable solution left.” On Tuesday night, Sommerfeld and St. Charles East Principal Charlie Kyle attended a meeting with team members’ parents at the Norris Center. Sommerfeld and Kyle declined comment for this story, directing questions to Blaney. Asked why the school changed its mind about canceling the season, Blaney said, “Because when the former coach resigned, there was a feeling it might be difficult and [nearly] impossible to

find a replacement, but they were able to find a replacement.” Blaney said the school would not identify the new coach until the team’s players were informed at school today. The Saints’ next scheduled competition is Saturday at Vernon Hills. In Monday’s letter, Sommerfeld said he would be willing to address parents’ concerns about canceling the season but asked that they first have honest conversations with their sons about the circumstances leading to Weber’s resignation.

Weber, a Spanish teacher who played water polo at York High School and club water polo at Illinois State University, was in her first season coaching the Saints. Blaney was not certain to what extent the school would investigate and potentially discipline team members regarding the inappropriate behavior that occurred. “I know Mr. Sommerfeld and Mr. Kyle are going to be very thorough,” he said.

• Kane County Chronicle reporter Brenda Schory contributed to this report.

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STC East boys volleyball victorious KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE BARTLETT – The St. Charles East boys volleyball team rallied from a Game 1 defeat to beat Upstate Eight Conference crossover foe Bartlett on Thursday, 16-25, 25-20, 25-19. Tom DeBruyne (25 assists, six digs), Luke Spicer (12 kills) and Davey Knudsen (seven digs) helped the Saints rally. “We’ve just really been getting a lot better throughout the season as far as when things start to spiral out of control, we’re able to stop it before it gets too bad,” East

coach Kate McCullagh said. “ … I am proud of them tonight that they didn’t lose faith even though things weren’t going our way. They were struggling a little.” McCullagh said the Saints (9-12) were able to win despite failing to find their rhythm. “I wouldn’t say that we showed Bartlett really what we had,” McCullagh said. “Our hitting would be good and then we couldn’t pass the ball, or vice versa. We just were a little off today.” The Saints return to action on Tuesday with a crosstown rumble against St. Charles

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GIRLS BADMINTON Geneva 14, St. Charles East 1: At St. Charles, Geneva dominated the Upstate Eight Conference River match. With the win, Geneva won the conference title for the third straight year. Geneva’s top five singles players – Ann Green, Melanie Burkhardt, Nicole Schneider, Suchada Ritsiri and Cara Birschbach – each won in two games. The Saints’ lone win came from Pruthvi Patel at No. 7 singles.

8SPORT SHORTS Kaneland football players are Platteville-bound MAPLE PARK – The Kaneland football program is building quite the pipeline to Wisconsin-Platteville. Knights seniors Blake Bradford, a linebacker/safety, and Zach Theis, an offensive lineman, both have committed to the Division-III Pioneers. Bradford and Theis will double the number of Kaneland products on the Platteville roster. Receivers Quinn Bus-

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chbacher and Ryley Bailey are already part of the Pioneers’ program. “It’ll be fun,” Bradford said Thursday. “I can’t wait to see those guys again, and I used to hang out with Quinn quite a bit in high school. It’ll be nice to be back up there with him, and Ryley has been friends with my brother as long as I can remember. … I think it’ll be nice to have all of us back together again, and I think we’ll have fun playing the sport that we love.”

Bradford and Theis had both given strong consideration to Carroll University before choosing UW-Platteville, with Bradford deciding more recently. Bradford, who expects to play safety in college, said he and Theis plan to be roommates. “We already have a TV and everything … we’re just ready to go,” Bradford said.

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IN THE GROOVE NATHANIEL KUCERA Kaneland, Jr. What he did: Kucera won the 800 meters in 1:58.35 while teaming with the Knights’ victorious 4x400 relay as Kaneland was a narrow runner-up to Metamora at Saturday’s Ottawa Invite.

WHAT WE LEARNED LAST WEEK ... Double-scoring sometimes works just as well as winning an event. Despite claiming just three event titles at its Mike VanDeveer Invite on Saturday, Geneva still edged McHenry for the team title. “Absolutely. That’s what we live on. That’s what we preach,” Vikings coach Gale Gross said. “It’s not about first-places. Those take care of themselves, I always tell the kids. You work hard for seconds, thirds and fourths.”

WHAT WE’LL LEARN IN THE WEEK AHEAD ... Which team takes regional bragging rights at the girls Kane County Meet. St. Charles East enters the April 26 competition at Geneva eager to supplant defending champion West Aurora. Saints senior Britney Williams starred last spring, winning the 400 meters while anchoring East’s champion 4x100 and 4x400 relays.

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Batavia’s Paulina Szakiel competes in the high jump Saturday during the Mike VanDeveer Invitational at Geneva High School.

NOTEWORTHY Throwing gains Geneva senior throwers Kyle McNeil and Nathan Balettie cultivated their rapport as linemen during football season. That bond has helped the pair make the most of a friendly competition in their final track seasons. McNeil gained the most recent bragging rights by winning the shot put and discus at Saturday’s Mike VanDeveer Invite at Geneva, topping a field that included Balettie in both events. “They’ve been very close all year. Kyle’s been ahead of him in the discus, but they’ve been within a foot or two of each other in the shot put,” Vikings

coach Gale Gross said. “I’m hoping Nathan will now catch up to Kyle once we get outside more.”

record] was, and I was trying to go for it. I came out too slow in my first lap, so that was kind of the kicker there, unfortunately,” Wolf said. Still, she didn’t kick herself over an event title and a time that was nearly five seconds faster than the Class 2A state qualifying standard. “That’s what I was looking to run [Saturday], so I did that,” Wolf said. “A little bit faster would have been nice, but it snowed [Saturday] morning.”

contingent of boys athletes from St. Charles North will be looking to do next week, as North’s 4x100 and 4x400 relays have been Wolf knocks on door invited to compete at the One VanDeveer girls prestigious Penn Relays on record fell by a narrow April 26 and 27. margin when Burlington North boasts a stable Central senior Katie Trupp of talented sprinters this cleared 5-feet-5½ inches, season, including Zach establing the high jump Kirby, Jack Feeney, Grant standard by one-half inch. Loess, Connor Larson and Classmate Kayla Wolf Josh Phelan. eyed a record in the 800 “It’s nice for our program, meters – and thought she nice for our school, nice may have had one before for our community,” North the official time was Stars coach Don Spencer revealed – but her 2:18.59 said. “I think the kids are finish ultimately was shy of Preparing for Penn going to be wonderful reps One way to beat this the 2:17.1 effort Geneva’s Rebecca Mitchell posted in inclement weather: Get out for all those groups.” – Kevin Druley 2000. of town. kdruley@shawmedia.com “I was aware of what [the That’s exactly what a

COACH SLY SEZ ... Sly’s mostly been slingin’ mud instead of dishin’ dirt thanks to all these storms, but all these days of rainouts make me cross my fingers for the Kane County Meets. Hard to believe those events for the girls and boys are right around the corner, as it feels like athletes were just convening at Batavia’s fieldhouse for the UEC indoor meets.

Hmm. Maybe that could be backup venue if this weather doesn’t turn. Athletes will adjust either way, but here’s hoping for some legit May flowers for the county and state series meets. Mud knows we’re due. • You can respond at kcchronicle.com/ blogs/sly.

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LAUREN ZICK Kaneland, Jr. What she did: Captured titles in the top flights of 100 meters (12.30), 200 (25.65) and long jump (17-6) to help host Kaneland to a runner-up finish Saturday at the Jenni’s ABC Meet.

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Bears to be busy in prime time By TOM MUSICK tmusick@shawmedia.com CHICAGO – Every NFL fan in America should know new Bears coach Marc Trestman by the end of the season. The Bears learned that they would play 25 percent of their regular-season games in prime time, including once each month, as part of the NFL schedule that was released Thursday. That number could increase for the Bears if other late-season games are flexed into prime time. Locked into place are four contests in the national spotlight. They include a pair of ESPN “Monday

Night Football” appearances – Nov. 4 at Lambeau Field against the Green Bay Packers and Dec. 9 at Soldier Field against the Dallas Cowboys. The Bears also will visit the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sept. 22 for NBC’s “Sunday Night Football,” and they will host the New York Giants on Oct. 10 as part of the NFL Network’s slate of Thursday night games. Before his prime-time debut as the 14th head coach in franchise history, Trestman will have a pair of noon games on the lakefront. The Bears will open the regular season Sept. 8 against Andy Dalton and the Cincinnati Bengals,

and they will remain home in Week 2 for a Sept. 15 game against the division rival Minnesota Vikings. Not since 1999 have the Bears opened the regular season with back-to-back home games. They have won the past three consecutive season openers at Soldier Field against Detroit, Atlanta and Indianapolis, and they are 17-3 in season openers at home since 1984. With 53 opening-day wins in team history, the Bears lead all NFL franchises. They have won nearly 60 percent of their Week 1 games with a 53-355 overall record. However, as last season

showed, the end of the season could loom larger than the beginning. The Bears jumped to a 7-1 start in 2012 but lost five of their next six games and eventually missed the playoffs, which prompted Lovie Smith’s dismissal after nine seasons as coach. With that said, the Bears final six games of the regular season include four road contests against St. Louis, Minnesota, Cleveland and Philadelphia. The Bears also will host the Cowboys in the fourth-to-last game of the regular season, and they will host the Packers on Dec. 29 at Soldier Field in the regular season finale.

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Wasco garden center’s Spring Open House Library workers collect donations for used book sale planned for Saturday By KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE neighbors@kcchronicle.com

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ST. CHARLES – Susan Wukitsch with the St. Charles Public Library has been quietly working behind the scenes for the past 22 years. Surrounded by boxes and boxes of books, Susan is responsible for receiving and sorting all of the donations to the library, which can be up to 500 items in a single day. This time of year, before the annual book sale, the boxes and stacks of books, CDs and DVDs, fill the storage room and tower well over Wukitsch. The Friends of St. Charles Public Library are preparing to hold the Spring Used Book Sale from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 19; from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 20; and from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 21. The book sale will include paperbacks, hardcovers, CDs, DVDs, videos, audio tapes and more. Shoppers are invited to stock up for summer reading at bargain prices. Books and materials will be available for all ages and interests including: children’s, classics, cooking, crafts, gardening, history, hobbies, fine arts, mystery, romance, science, sports, travel, westerns and

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Susan Wukitsch with the St. Charles Public Library works behind the scenes to collect donations for an upcoming used book sale at the library. more. For more detailed information, call 630-584-0076 or visit www. friendsofstcharleslibrary.com. Established in 1979, the Friends of St. Charles Library is committed

to raising funds in support of the library for the benefit and enhancement of its services, programs, facilities, staff, and the community it serves.

WASCO – The Wasco Garden and Nursery Center in Wasco is hosting its annual Spring Celebration on Saturday, April 20. Swing by to visit with vendors, ask them questions and learn about new plant varieties and products. Employees say they can’t wait to show off some of the great new plants in the garden center this year. Discover new items to beautify the yard or make gardening easier. Be sure to look inside the sales room, as there are interesting new gift items on display. Register for a number of prize drawings and take advantage of open house specials. The vendors have been very generous, as usual, so there are plenty of opportunities to win some prizes, states a news release. Seminars will 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. There are no to registration requirements for the Spring Open House.

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8NEIGHBORS BRIEFS Trivia Night set for Moose Lodge in May GENEVA – TriCity Family Services will host a Trivia Night fundraiser at 6 p.m. May 11 at the Batavia Moose Lodge, 1535 S. Batavia Ave. (Route 31), Batavia. Teams of six to eight people (maximum 10) will compete against others in trivia contests. The evening will also include additional games and a 50/50 raffle. The cost is $10 a person. There will also be a cash bar at the event. The event is

BYOF – bring your own food. Participants are encouraged to create a unique team name and theme. All proceeds will benefit TriCity Family Services, a local provider of counseling and supportive services. Registration is required as space is limited. To register, visit www.tricityfamilyservices.org or call 630-2321070.

Local band to hit bowling alley ST. CHARLES – The Giving

Moon will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, April 19, at St. Charles Bowl, 2520 W. Main St., St. Charles. For information, send an email to info@stcharlesbowl. com or visit the band’s website, www.givingmoon.com.

Hickory Knolls offers pet care training ST. CHARLES – Are you a lover of all animals and reptiles? Hickory Knolls Discovery Center needs your help. The turtles need direct

sunlight; the rabbit needs a clean cage; the fish need to be fed; and the lizard needs to run. Learn how to care for the critters. A training session is required. Hickory Knolls is located at 3795 Campton Hills Road, St. Charles. There will be a training session from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, April 20. The fee is $10 for residents and $15 for nonresidents. For information, call 630513-4399 or visit www. stcnature.org to sign up online.

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Author Amy Logan will visit Hermes Elementary in Aurora at 1:45 p.m. Friday, April 26. Logan will present her book, “A Girl With A Cape,” to third-, fourth- and fifthgrade students. For more information about Logan and her book, visit www.GotYourCape.com.

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Welcome to the Kane County Chronicle Poetry Corner, where original poems by our readers will be featured in the Neighbors section every third Friday of the month. Readers are encouraged to email their own, original poems for consideration to neighbors@ kcchronicle.com. Those who submit poems must include their full name, address and phone number in order for their submission to be confirmed. Submissions also will be accepted in person at our office, 333 N. Randall Road, St. Charles, or via regular mail with attention to the features editor.

“Resume of a Marriage” By Elinor Paumer, a North Aurora resident How many years has it been since I took your outstretched hand? Oblivious to those around us in the quiet church we pledged vows ending with “till death us do part.”

We did not know it would be over half a century. Nor did we really know the meaning of love. That we learned during the days of richer or poorer and in sickness and in health.

MILITARY NOTE Nicholas Maxwell Airman Nicholas Maxwell has graduated from basic training in the Air Force. Maxwell is the son of George B. Maxwell of Batavia and Barbara Hardt of Chicago. He is a 2011 graduate of Batavia High School in Batavia. He joined the service this year.

MILESTONES ANNIVERSARY ANNOUNCEMENT Lindgren Patricia (nee Mowers) and Charles “Chili” Lindgren of Plato Township will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with their immediate family in Galena. The couple was married April 20, 1963, at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in North Plato. The couple first lived in Lily Lake. Charles was employed by the Kane County Division of Transportation as a sign shop foreman and retired on May 15, 1997. Patricia was employed by the Kane County Supervisor of Assessments Office as a deputy supervisor of assessments and retired on Dec. 31, 2004. The Lindgrens enjoy trips to northern Minnesota for fishing, family, friends and traveling. They took a oncein-a-lifetime trip to Alaska in

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Chrysler 200 convertible continues company tradition Chrysler’s 200 has an enviable history. From 1995 to 2010 it was a Sebring, which was, in turn, a LeBaron. The LeBaron can be traced back to the 1930s. In those Depression years, the Chrysler Imperial LeBaron was Chrysler’s luxury sedan. It continued as an Imperial from 1957 through 1975 and returned as a LeBaron in 1977. With the return, it came as the lowest-priced car offered by Chrysler and it also became a fairly popular choice as a convertible. Other car companies had ignored the cheap open-air 1980s car market, but not Chrysler. Convertibles continued through the LeBaron and Sebring years and, today, the 200 has inherited the company tradition. The 2013 edition of the 200 convertible has several virtues going for it. Chrysler publicists claim it has more rear seat legroom than any other convertible in its class (midsize) on the United States market. Perhaps it has, as, during a test week and after the front seats had been powered forward, legroom was at least livable for rear seat passengers. Short distances, though, are advised. Several automotive reviewers have referred to the rear seat area in the 200 convertible as enormous, and it is compared to competitors who have the rear seats almost rubbing against the front seat backrests. In those competitor cases, sitting in the rear is futile and the seating area is only good for packages, golf clubs or a jacket or two. With the 200 convertible, entry to the rear seating area is easy as either one of the split front leather seats folds forward. Another plus is that lowering and raising the soft top is a breeze. A control switch is at the front of the central console’s armrest. Push down and the top lowers into the trunk in 30 seconds. Push the control switch up and the top returns to the headliner. There are no latches to undo. No windows to lower or raise. The power mechanism does it all. When the top is down, noise is diffused a little by a windscreen. The trunk is enormous for a convertible. It has 13.3 cubic feet of storage space when the top is in place. The sedan has 13.6 cubic feet, so there is not that much difference. With the change of name from Sebring to 200 in 2011, Chrysler made vast improvements in fit, finish, handling and materials. The improvements have

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The Limited and S models of the 2013 Chrysler 200 have a 3.6-liter, 283-horsepower Pentastar V6 engine mated to a six-speed shiftable automatic transmission. Horsepower on the 2.4-liter, four-cylinder Touring model is 173.

REVIEWS Jerry Kuyper carried over into 2013. Doors fit snugly into frames. They close with a thud and not a tinkle. Engine and road noise are an issue with any convertible, and it is no different with the 200. When the top is up, though, the cabin is tight and actual conversations between driver and front-seat occupant can be conducted. Décor matches that of the competition. No longer are materials cheap nor is the placement of controls questionable. Instead of tacky plastic downgrading in the cabin, interior trim has been upgraded with more worthy materials – better quality of cloth for seats, for example, or as in the tested Limited model, tightly stitched leather covering the seats, shifter and steering wheel. Leather is a staple of the S model as well. The Touring model gets cloth trim. Steering is tight, which contributes to better handling. Controls are centered on the dashboard and easy to reach and manipulate. On the exterior, the 200 is more svelte, with a few more creased edges than its

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‘Oblivion’ an undeniable marvel Although it has been shortened and transposed over time, a quote attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson goes, “To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.” I think of Stevenson’s words during movies such as Tom Cruise’s “Oblivion,” movies where the journey to the ending is so much more satisfying than the ending itself. The overall setup is familiar to post-apocalyptic science fiction. The hero has a straightforward job. He lives by his mission and understands his world. Movie viewers suspect early on that life as the hero knows it is a deception. Viewers hope that as the answers are revealed, they will be as surprised by the truth as the hero. In at least one instance, “Oblivion” succeeds. The year is 2077. Sixty years earlier the Earth was attacked by aliens. The world retaliated with nuclear weapons, which defeated the invaders but left behind a global wasteland. “We won the war, but lost the planet,” Cruise says in the opening, scene-setting narration. Cruise’s character, Jack Harper, is one of the few workers remaining on the planet’s surface. The rest of the war’s survivors are orbiting above in a giant spaceship that looks like a sideways pyramid and is called the Tet, which I assume is short for “tetrahedron.” Jack and his partner, Victoria (British actress Andrea Riseborough), oversee the automated, skyscraper-sized crafts vacuuming up the massive amounts of ocean water necessary for survival on Titan, the Jupiter moon where humankind

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Olga Kurylenko and Tom Cruise star in the film “Oblivion.” intends to establish its new home. Jack also maintains robotic battle drones that engage the pockets of remaining alien resistance fighters called Scavs. Jack identifies himself as Tech 49. It doesn’t occur to him to ask where are – or what happened to – the other 48 techs. One day Jack sees a spaceship with NASA markings fall to Earth. At the crash site he recovers a life pod containing a woman (Olga Kurylenko) in suspended animation. The woman’s face astonishes him, for she is the woman who has been appearing in his dreams, dreams set in present-day (to us) New York City. What could it all mean? For the first hour or so, while that question lingers, “Oblivion” is an intriguing and eye-boggling science fiction tour de force. “Oblivion” was conceived and directed and by Joseph Kosinski, whose only previous feature is “TRON: Legacy.” Whatever else you can say about Kosinski, he is a skilled builder of cinematic worlds. If sheer

WESTHOFF REVIEWS Jeffrey Westhoff movie spectacle makes you drool, “Oblivion” is worth seeing in IMAX, which is how I experienced it. Abetted by cinematographer Claudio Miranda and production designer Darren Gilford, Kosinski imagines a stunning vision of a desolate Earth offset by the stainless steel sheen and glass-smooth technology of Jack’s existence. For a repair crew, Jack and Victoria live in conspicuous luxury, an artistically spare and architecturally improbable penthouse held above the clouds by a spindly tower. Jack flies about in a sleek aircraft that looks suspiciously like a B-wing fighter from “Return of the Jedi.” Stationed on the Atlantic Seaboard, Jack buzzes past ruins common to post-apocalyptic sagas, a cratered Pentagon and an unidentified stadium where the final Super Bowl was played

in 2017. Jack’s duties often bring him to the remains of New York City, where the topography has been radically altered. Only the upper floors of the Empire State Building protrude through the surface, while the ruins of the public library (a Scav base) are beneath a sinkhole and the Brooklyn Bridge is encased in icebergs. Just about every idea in “Oblivion” comes from another dystopian science fiction movie, from “THX 1138” to “Silent Running” to “Logan’s Run” to Cruise’s own “Minority Report,” and it ends with the mother of all “2001” references. The clearest inspiration is the most uncomfortable. Unknown to Victoria, Jack has discovered a forest refuge where he has filled a log cabin with mementos of pre-apocalyptic Earth and listens to music from the ’60s. This definitely establishes Jack as a live-action version of Wall-E, with Kurylenko as his Eve, the female who descends from the stars and changes his (and the world’s) destiny. If you’ve seen the commercials, you know Morgan Freeman co-stars and you can probably guess the nature of his role. That ought to be a spoiler but don’t worry, many others remain. Nearly every science-fiction plot twist ever imagined is deployed in “Oblivion” with tactical precision. Most are predictable, but a few are not. The ending is overlong and disappointing, but for an impressive stretch of time “Oblivion” is a wonder to behold with crackerjack action sequences. “Oblivion” collapses, but while it holds together it is undeniable a marvel.

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pictures at a funeral? I am a recent widow who received a package from an out-oftown relative. In it were several envelopes for my family. Inside each envelope were photos taken at my husband’s funeral – pictures of the funeral home, inside the church, the casket, and some of me and my daughter sitting at the gravesite. Abby, it was like going to the funeral all over again! The latter were particularly disturbing. Why would someone take pictures of such a sad event? – Grieving Widow In Indiana Dear Grieving: I can only imagine the shock you experienced when you saw the photos. No one should take pictures at funerals without first having received permission from the immediate survivors such as the widow, widower or children. That said, the practice is not as uncommon as you might think. • Write Dear Abby at www. dearabby.com.

Restore dry skin with the change of seasons Dear Doctor K: Winter has wreaked havoc on my skin. It’s dry, itchy and cracked. What can I do to restore it, now that spring is here? Dear Reader: When the air is dry, it sucks moisture away from our skin. Our skin is built to retain moisture, but as we grow older it doesn’t do as good a job. Wintertime poses a special problem because humidity is low both outdoors and indoors. The combination of unusually dry air and aging leads to dry skin. I was raised in Southern California, and the air was not particularly dry even in winter. As a result, I virtually never had a problem with dry skin – except after I stayed out in the sun too much. When I came to Boston in my 20s, my young skin was exposed for the first time to long periods of really dry air in winter. Still, my skin never got dry until I entered my late 40s. I began to notice roughness, flaking, itching and cracking. That’s when I started to do the simple and inexpensive things I now recommend to you. Skin moisturizers, which rehydrate the outermost layer of your skin and seal in moisture, are a good first step. Moisturiz-

ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff ers contain three main types of ingredients. Humectants help attract moisture. Other chemicals – petrolatum (petroleum jelly), silicone, lanolin and mineral oil – help seal that moisture within the skin. Emollients, such as linoleic, linolenic and lauric acids, smooth skin by filling in the spaces between skin cells. In general, the thicker and greasier a moisturizer, the more effective it will be. Some of the most effective are petroleum jelly and moisturizing oils, which prevent water loss without clogging pores. Because they contain no water, they’re best used while the skin is still damp from bathing, to seal in the moisture. Other moisturizers contain water as well as oil. These are less greasy. Here are some additional ways to combat dry skin: • Use a humidifier. • Limit yourself to one five- to 10-minute bath or shower daily. • Use lukewarm water rather than hot water. When hot shower (or bath) water evaporates from your skin, it takes away

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Dr. Wallace: I’m 17 and recently successfully completed my drivers training course. This means that I can now get my driver’s license, which also means my parents will buy me a used car so I can drive myself to my part-time job being a food server. I’m grateful that my parents will pay for my car, but they are making me responsible for paying for the necessary insurance. I checked with the company that insures my parents’ two cars and was shocked at the cost. My driving instructor said that I was an excellent driver and an outstanding student. So, please don’t tell me that the rates are high for teens because their driving habits are poor! – Julie, Highland, Ind. Dear Julie: It’s never fair to be lumped into a statistical group, but that’s how the insurance company determines rates. Insurance premiums are calculated on the percentage of accidents in each age group. And unfortunately, the age group you’re in (16- to 24-year-olds) while making up only 20 percent of the country’s licensed drivers, is involved in 42 percent of all alcohol-related fatal crashes. Teens have the physical skills to be excellent drivers, but lack of experience and youthful exuberance cause trouble on the highway. Dr. Wallace: I’m a 16-year-old girl, and my brother is 12. We both live with our mother. Our father doesn’t live with us. My concern is that my mother shows favoritism toward my brother. She constantly hugs him and tells him that she loves him. This makes me feel like she doesn’t love me and that I’m not even part of the family. I do love my mother very much, and I

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace would really like it if she would hug me and tell me that she loves me, too. I’m not mistreated in any way, and I have everything a girl could want except a mother’s affection, and that’s what I want the most. Is it possible that you could help me? I pray that you can. – Nameless, Lake Charles, La. Dear Nameless: Sometimes the written word can be the most effective form of communication. Your mother, after she reads your message, will answer your prayer. Dr. Wallace: I’m an A student and academics are very important to me. I plan to be a medical doctor after completing all of my schooling. Our high school has a class on the evils of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs. All students are required to take this two-week course in place of physical education. I don’t smoke, drink or take drugs and I doubt seriously that I ever will, so I’m very upset that I must take this class. I’ve learned all about this stuff from my parents. Why is the school teaching about them? – Nameless, New York, N.Y.

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JOB FAIR Thursday, April 25 1pm-4pm Expanding and seeking customer-focused applicants to provide community-based services to individuals with physical, intellectual disabilities and behavioral health issues. Positions available in Kane & Kendall counties.

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RECEPTIONIST Friendly Sugar Grove Dental Office is seeking a PT, long term Receptionist. Prefer mature, detail oriented, responsible, organized individual to become a part of our already wonderful team.

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Will BUY UR USED 2003 Corvette Convertible 50th Anniversary, red w/tan top, 1 owner, 14,500 miles, asking $30,000 630-377-5477

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Fireplace, heat, gas, water incl. A/C, D/W, disposal, microwave, blinds, patios, clubhouse, pool. Garages available, small pets OK.

PUBLIC NOTICE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF KANE COUNTY, IL County Department

In Re: the Marriage of Lrg 1BR $769, Lrg 2BR from $829/mo. Incl heat, water, cook- CRISTINA RAMIREZ PATINO, Petitioner WILL BEAT ANY ing gas, Appliances & laundry. vs. 630-584-1685 QUOTE GIVEN!! JAVIER CARDENAS ENRIQUEZ, St. Charles $$ 2020 Dean St. $$ Respondent SteD2-E Over 2000 sq ft. $400 - $2000 $279,000. Your Choic R. E. Case No. 12D 1603 Services. Marie 630-567-3300 “don't wait.... requisite affidavit for publicaST. CHARLES 2BR CONDO tionThehaving been filed, NOTICE IS call 2day”!! 2 bath, cathedral ceilings, appl. HEREBY GIVEN TO YOU, JAVIER W/D, garage, $1250/mo + sec. CARDENAS ENRIQUEZ, RESPON* 815-575-5153 * 630-377-1571 DENT, that this case has been comSt. Charles Hunt Club: 2BR, 2BA, menced in this court against you all appl., A/C, heated garage, for dissolution of marriage and othsecure building, avail 6/1, no pets er relief. $1200+sec. 630-584-0768 Respondent cannot be found af1984 Catalina Capri, 14.2' sailter diligent inquiry. boat w/E-Z loader boat trailer; cenRespondent's place of residence terboard, tiller steering, rigged cannot be ascertained after diligent w/two sails. $500. DEKALB ~ 2 BEDROOM inquiry. Her last known place of 630-643-4634. 1BA, W/D, C/A, 1 car garage, residence is: Exact address undeck. No pets/smkg. $825/mo + known, Col. Santa Maria Guanajuutil. Agent Owned 815-739-1888 ato, Mexico. BATAVIA UNLESS YOU file your answer or Sandwich. Spacious 3BR, 2.5BA, 1 BR starting at $800-$840 2 car garage. Full bsmnt. Large otherwise file your appearance in 2 BR starting at $980-$1000 this case in the office of this court, fenced yard. Close to town. 3 BR TH starting at $1275 No pets. Avail now. $1200/mo. Sixteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Kane County, 540 South Randall, 630-879-8300 815-519-9585 St. Charles, Illinois, on or before May 11, 2013, A JUDGMENT OR Batavia/Elburn Farmette 2BR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKupper, country kitchen w/skylight EN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF cathedral ceilings, 2 decks, all utils ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. incl., $1200/mo. 630-306-3163 Dated: April 5, 2013 2001 Class A Fleetwood St. Charles /s/ Thomas M. Hartwell, COUNTRY VIEW APARTMENTS Southwind 36 ft Class A RV— Clerk of the Circuit Court 1 & 2 bd apts available. $550Great condition Off/Ware Space 49,400 miles, fuel type gas, $625 Clean Quiet country setting, 1,568sf - 19,000sf. (Published in the Kane County Ford super duty chassis, Ford close to downtown Genoa. Lots of Docks/Drive-Ins Chronicle, April 12, 19 & 26, updates. Call 815-784-4606 Triton V10 gas engine, 4pt levAggressive Move-In Package 2013.) eling, 5.5 generator, 2 roof A/C, ELBURN 2BR CONDO STYLE 630-355-8094 2 slideouts, lthr seats, Queen Appliances, W/D, A/C, extra storage. www.mustangconstruction.com bed, 10.8 cubic ft 2-door refrigPUBLIC NOTICE No pets, $875/mo, utilities incl. erator/freezer, 3 burner stove top 815-375-0132 w/Magic Chef oven, Convection IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE micro, patio awning, tow hitch. SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GENEVA: Large 2 bdrm,1 bath, $38,000 Call Jim Peterson KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS c/a, cable ready, pool, parking, 815-758-1845 free heat, gas & water. Starting 2013 MR 000378 at $875. 630-208-8503. $700/mo incl utilities & parking. NOTICE OF PUBLICATION 847-732-5893 REGARDING NAME CHANGE NEIGHBORS Have a photo you'd like to share? DIRT BIKES is news by readers, Public notice is hereby given that Upload it to our 2008 Kawasaki KLX 140 $1400, for readers, about readers. on June 24, 2013, in Courtroom online photo album at 2006 Kawasaki KLX 125 $1100, Have news to share? No. 110, of the Kane County KCChronicle.com/MyPhotos 2007 Shoreline 3 bike trailer $800. Send it to: C thous 100 South Third, All 3 for $2600. 815-756-1509 neighbors@kcchronicle.com

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y Courthouse, 100 South Third, Geneva, Illinois, at the hour of 9:30 A.M. or as soon thereafter as this matter may heard, a Petition will be heard in said Courtroom for the change of name of AMANDA NICOLE STEWART to AMANDA NICOLE HEINEKAMP pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/21-101 et seq.

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Dated 4/15/13 at 715 North St. Geneva, Illinois. /s/ A. Stewart Petitioner (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, April 19, 26, & May 3, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE ST. CHARLES PLAN COMMISSION Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the Plan Commission of the City of St. Charles, Illinois on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at the hour of 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of the Municipal Building at 2 East Main Street, St. Charles, Illinois, at which time and place the Commission will consider, for the purposes of making a recommendation to the City Council, the following: Petition filed by McDonald's USA, LLC., applicant and owner requesting an amendment to existing Special Uses for Planned Unit Development and Drive-Through Facility. The site is located at 3900 E. Main Street, St. Charles, Illinois and is legally described as follows: PARCEL 1: LOT 2 IN WAL-MART SUBDIVISION IN PART OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF LOTS l, 2, 3 AND PART OF LOT 13 OF PETKAUSKAS' SUBDIVISION, EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PART OF SAID LOT 2 DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 2; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 50 MINUTES 07 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT 2, 13.03 FEET; THENCE NORTH 01 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 53 SECONDS WEST, 19.03 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AN EXISTING SIGN BASE FOR THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 04 DEGREES 06 MINUTES

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13 SECONDS EAST, 2.50 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 85 DEGREES 53 MINUTES 47 SECONDS EAST, 2.50 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 04 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 13 SECONDS WEST 2.50 FEET; THENCE NORTH 85 DEGREES 53 MINUTES 47 SECONDS WEST, 2.50 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PART OF SAID LOT 2 DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 2; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 08 MINUTES 13 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 2, 35.94 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 47 SECONDS EAST, 13.74 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF AN EXISTING SIGN BASE FOR THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 85 DEGREES 53 MINUTES 47 SECONDS EAST, 2.50 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 04 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 13 SECONDS WEST, 2.50 FEET; THENCE NORTH 85 DEGREES 53 MINUTES 47 SECONDS WEST, 2.40 FEET; THENCE NORTH 04 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 13 SECONDS EAST, 2.50 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, IN DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 2: NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT RESERVED AND GRANTED FOR THE BENEFIT OF OWNER OF PARCEL 1, UPON, ACROSS, OVER AND THROUGH THE AREA SHOWN AS "INGRESS AND EGRESS EASEMENT" ON WAL-MART SUBDIVISION RECORDED AS DOCUMENT R92-165313.

All persons who want to attend the public hearing are welcome to do so. Anyone wishing to be heard for or against the special use requests may submit statements orally or in writing or both. A copy of the petitions are on file and are available for inspection during normal business hours at the St. Charles Planning Division, 2 E. Main Street, 2nd Floor, St. Charles, Illinois and at the St. Charles Public Library, 1 South 6th Avenue, St. Charles, Illinois.

Dated this 19th day of April, 2013. Plan Commission of the City of St. Charles, Illinois. Todd Wallace, Chairman (Published in the Kane County Chronicle April 19, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby given that on April 10, 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 SILENT MEADOWS located at 613 Haversham Avenue, Elgin, IL 60124.

Dated: April 10, 2013. Public Notice is hereby given that on April 16, 2013 a certificate /s/ John A. Cunningham was filed in the office of the County Kane County Clerk Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses (Published in the Kane County of all persons owning, conducting Chronicle, April 12, 19 & 26, and transacting the business 2013.) known as The NoFad Weight Loss Program, located at 793 Tipperary St., Gilberts, IL 60136.

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*** THE BOAT DOCK *** We Buy /s/ John A. Cunningham & Consign Used Boats! Springfield, Illinois 217-793-7300 Kane County Clerk www.theboatdock.com *** THE BOAT DOCK *** (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, April 19, 26, May 3, America s Best Buy! 20 Acres-Only 2013.) $99/mo! $0 Down, No Credit Checks, MONEY BACK GUARANPUBLIC NOTICE TEE Owner Financing. West Texas Beautiful Mountain Views! Free ASSUMED NAME Color Brochure 1-800-755-8953 PUBLICATION NOTICE www.sunsetranches.com CDL-A Drivers Needed! Up to Public Notice is hereby given $4,000 SIGN ON BONUS! Home that on April 9, 2013 a certificate Weekly Available! Up to .46 cpm was filed in the office of the County w/10 years exp. Benefits, 401k, Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setEOE, No East Coast. Call 7 ting forth the names and addresses days/wk! TeamGTI.com of all persons owning, conducting 888-653-3304 and transacting the business known as RUSTY PIG COLLEC- Colman's RV We buy/consign TIONS located at 520 Joy Lane, used Campers & RV's! Springfield, Illinois 217-787-8653 Sleepy Hollow, IL 60118. www.colmansrv.com Dated: April 9, 2013. DISH Network Starting at $19.99/month (for 12 mos.) & /s/ John A. Cunningham High Speed Internet starting at Kane County Clerk $14.95/month (where available). SAVE! Ask About SAME DAY (Published in the Kane County Installation! CALL Now! Chronicle, April 12, 19 & 26, 1-800-357-7024 2013.) Need Legal Help? FREE REFERRAL Call 877-270-3855 Have a photo you'd like to share? Courtesy of the Upload it to our Illinois State Bar Association at online photo album at www.IllinoisLawyerFinder.com KCChronicle.com/MyPhotos

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