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Mill Race Cyclery marks 30 years

By NICOLE WESKERNA nweskerna@shawmedia.com GENEVA – Long before he started working as a bicycle mechanic at age 16, Bruce Heidlauf knew he wanted to own a bicycle shop when he grew up.

“As a kid, it was your freedom,” he said of his love of bicycling. “You could go anywhere on your bike.”

His dream came true 30 years ago when he opened Mill Race Cyclery in Geneva.

He was a junior in college in 1983 when he took the plunge into his business venture, which continues to thrive today at the corner of East State and North Bennett streets.

To mark the 30th anniversary, Heidlauf said a celebration is being planned this summer, which likely will be an event paired with a bike sale.

Heidlauf, who grew up in St. Charles, started his own bike repair shop – Bruce’s Bike Repair – out of his parents’ garage at age 17 and has been self-employed ever since.

“It was really fun,” he said. “When I started Bruce’s Bike Repair, it was something I really had a passion for. It grew every year.”

That business paid his way through college and gave him enough leverage to jump into bicycle sales.

He started out as a partner with the Mill Race Inn Restaurant running a bike rental shop.

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Bruce Heidlauf, owner of Mill Race Cyclery, is celebrating 30 years of business in Geneva.

Know more Mill Race Cyclery is at 11 E. State St. in Geneva. For information, call 630-232-2833 or visit www.millrace.com. Spring hours are from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.

At the time, one of only a handful of bike trails in the area was opening between St. Charles and Geneva.

The following summer, Heidlauf bought out his portion of Mill Race Cyclery and has been on his own since.

He started out in a 2,400-square-foot space, and 19 years ago, he built a 7,500-square-foot building next door to the original location.

In the last 30 years,

Heidlauf watched as the popularity of biking and bike trails exploded throughout the area. He said the TriCities have two unique features that espoused the popularity of cycling.

“You’ve got the open roads west of town, yet you still have the charm of the Fox Valley,” he said.

He said 25 or 30 years ago, most bikes in the market were road bikes.

Today, there are many

more specialized markets, he said, including mountain bikes, triathlon bikes and children’s bikes. Some of Mill Race Cyclery’s bicycle brands include Specialized, Giant, Felt and Electra.

Mill Race Cyclery still does bicycle rentals and repairs today, and also carries several lines of bicycles and accessories.

The shop also has a training room and an ice cream shop that will have a new vendor this year. Heidlauf plans group rides that range from 25 to 100 miles long.

Those who go on group rides typically grill out afterwards, he said.

“It’s very social-oriented,” Heidlauf said. “It’s fun. It’s what biking’s all about.”

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Sugar Grove to celebrate Arbor Day on Friday WHAT: The Sugar Grove Public Works department will celebrate Arbor Day with a ceremony. The event will include the permanent planting of the community Christmas tree. In December 2013, as in 2012, the public will be invited to bring an ornament of their choosing and place it on the tree. All ornaments will be left in place through the holidays, and later stored for the following year. Scheduled to be on hand are members of Sugar Grove’s village government, Sugar Grove Public Works, American Legion Post 1271, and Veterans Park. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.

WHEN: 2 p.m. Friday WHERE: Veterans Park, 237 Main St., Sugar Grove

Grand Prix Equestrian plans tune-up event WHAT: In preparation for the 2013 summer show season, members from Grand Prix Equestrian, trained by world-class trainers Kim and Yvonne Barteau of KYB Dressage, will participate in a Ride The Test Dressage Show to tune up their skills before show season starts at the end of May. Visitors are welcome

at no charge. Barn tours will be available. And it’s a potluck day, so bring your favorite dish if you plan to stay for lunch and later.

WHEN: The event starts at 9 a.m. Saturday and continues throughout the day until all riders have done their tests WHERE: 45W015 Welter Road, Maple Park INFO: For details, contact Jessica Lawton, farm manager, at 224-522-8743 or jlawton@ grandprixequestrian.com.

Electronics recycling at Blackberry Creek WHAT: In an effort to “go green” as well as comply with state regulations for electronic disposal, Caruso Management Group and QCI Restoration have teamed up with Habitat for Humanity to provide a free electronics recycling event in the Blackberry Creek area of Elburn WHEN: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Near Blackberry Creek Elementary School, which is at 1122 S. Anderson Road, Elburn.

Garage sale set for May 18 in Sugar Grove WHAT: Homes for Endangered and Lost Pets will be holding its annual garage sale. The

sale will not accept computer equipment or large electronics, large exercise equipment, children’s car seats or high chairs, or clothing. Donors are urged to call first for large items. All proceeds benefit HELP foster animals.

WHEN: Donations are appreciated and may be dropped off after 6 p.m. weekdays and all day May 17. The garage sale will be May 18.

WHERE: 39 Walnut Circle, Sugar Grove INFO: For sale questions call Cheryl after 6 p.m. at 630-466-7958.

Tree-planting event set for Saturday in Elburn WHAT: The Village of Elburn will celebrate Arbor Day with an event. Village officials, the village’s tree board, Cub Scouts and others will plant a tree at Oak Park. There will be a short ceremony, a reading of the village’s Arbor Day proclamation and more. Elburn is celebrating its 2012 Tree City USA designation, the 14th consecutive year the village has earned such a designation.

WHEN: 10 a.m. Saturday WHERE: Patriot Parkway and Robinson Street, in the Blackberry Creek subdivision in Elburn.

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GENEVA

Island Park hit hard by flooding

By NICOLE WESKERNA nweskerna@shawmedia.com GENEVA – Sheavon Lambillotte said Island Park in Geneva was about 75 percent under water as of Tuesday afternoon, five days after heavy rains last week brought flooding throughout the area.

The park, which is next to the Fox River, has flooded, undoing some of the smaller improvements made to the park last summer.

“I don’t know how extensive it’s going to be, but there will certainly be a lot of refuse cleanup and tree removal,” said Lambillotte, executive director of the Geneva Park District.

She said she expects all of the wood chips from the playground to be washed away once the water recedes, and she doesn’t expect the plants from the flower beds to make it, either.

Blanketed seating and other landscaping likely will need to be replaced, too, she said.

Some erosion has started over and under the new bridge, which will need to be remedied, as well, she added.

Lambillotte said it’s the worst flood in Island Park area she can remember since 1999, when she started working with the park district.

“I’ve never seen the Island completely under water,” she said.

Across the river, more than 100 volunteers helped place a sandbag barrier last week between the water and the Herrington Inn & Spa. The effort was successful.

“The wall we were racing to build fortunately was never breached,” said Jennifer Piazza, director of sales and marketing at the Herrington Inn & Spa. “I strongly feel that if all those people had not been there. ... I think we would have been toast.”

She said the building wasn’t structurally damaged from flood water and estimated that the water had receded about two feet since Thursday.

She said the task now is finding a way to remove the sand bags.

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Island Park in Geneva still is flooded after Thursday’s rain. Executive Director of the Geneva Park District said it’s the worst flood in the Island Park area since 1999.

Know more Kane County has been declared a major disaster area, making any portion of real property “substantially damaged by the disaster” possibly eligible for reassessment if a property owner files an application with the Kane County

Assessment Office.

A home that is occupied by its owner and is rebuilt after flooding could qualify for the Natural Disaster Homestead Exemption. To be eligible, a structure has to be rebuilt within two years and have a

square footage of no more than 110 percent of the prior structure.

Applications are available at www.kanecountyassessments. org/flooddamaged.pdf. Call the Kane County Assessment Office at 630-208-3818 for information.

To thank volunteers, Piazza said the inn and spa is hosting a “celebration of community spirit” from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday.

About a half-inch of rain was expected to fall Tues-

day, said Gilbert Sebenste, meteorologist with Northern Illinois University. He said that amount of rain shouldn’t cause more flooding. He said an extra inch or two would cause more flooding problems,

however.

“The worst of it, by far and away, is over,” he said.

He said flooding seemed worse last week than the mid1990s flood from as much as 19 inches of rain falling over a pe-

riod of three days.

He said last week’s flood came on more quickly, and the ground didn’t have time to absorb as much water.

“This flood was not as bad as 1996, but the effects were disproportionately worse because this rain fell over a much shorter period time,” he said.

Sebenste said so far this year, 14 inches of rain have fallen, which already is more than half of last year’s total rainfall.

Aside from a mix of rain and snow expected Thursday, the next rainfall isn’t predicted until next week.

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51/32 McHenry Statistics through 4 p.m. yesterday Belvidere 53/34 Temperatures Waukegan 52/34 49/34 High/low ....................................... 54°/43° Normal high ......................................... 63° Rockford Crystal Lake Deerfield Record high .............................. 91° (1980) Algonquin 52/33 50/35 50/35 53/33 Normal low .......................................... 43° Hampshire Record low ............................... 28° (1986) Schaumburg 53/34 Elgin 53/35 Peak wind ........................... NW at 16 mph 53/34 DeKalb Precipitation 50/35 Tri-Cities Chicago 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. ........... 0.40” 50/35 53/36 Month to date ................................... 7.17” Normal month to date ....................... 2.72” Oak Park Year to date .................................... 14.75” 51/37 Aurora Normal year to date .......................... 8.49” Dixon 52/32

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

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Station Fld Prs Chg Station Fld Prs Chg Montgomery........... 13..... 13.69...... -0.06 Algonquin................. 3....... 3.91..... +0.01 New Munster, WI .... 19..... 13.60...... -0.41 Burlington, WI ........ 11..... 11.33...... -0.38 Princeton .............. 9.5....... 9.01....... none Dayton ................... 12..... 12.62...... -0.66 McHenry .................. 4....... 7.47..... +0.04 Waukesha ................ 6....... 5.18...... -0.32

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Elburn talks upgrade of wastewater plant

By AL LAGATTOLLA alagattolla@shawmedia.com ELBURN – The village on Monday night approved its budget and OK’d the creation of a director of finance position, but another key decision is now looming – the modernization of the village’s wastewater treatment plant.

The board heard a presentation Monday from Jeff Freeman, who is with Sugar Grove-based Engineering Enterprises Incorporated, about upgrades he said are needed at the plant. Freeman said there were safety issues that exist for workers now, and that there are efficiencies

that would be accomplished through the upgrade.

The proposed modernization would cost $7.65 million, which ultimately could increase a household’s sewer bill by as much as $40 a month.

Officials said that amount is based on a 20-year loan, and it would be a usage fee, so the monthly amount could be reduced if the village’s population grows.

The project would call for updated machinery, including an upgrade that would stop a particular concern – that one employee is forced to frequently go underground in a tight area in which there is

no cellphone reception.

The upgrades would address that.

Discussion will continue in the next few months.

Officials made clear that the plan wasn’t being discussed to deal with any growth that occurs from the recently approved Elburn Station annexation, to be developed by ShoDeen.

“If ShoDeen were not in the picture, would we do it?” board member Bill Grabarek said. “The answer is yes.”

Village President Dave Anderson called it “something that must be done.” He said the possible $40-a-month increase would be “the worst-

Army Chief Warrant Officer Ty Simmons.

The event also will include singer Glynis Gilio, the reading of Logan’s orders by Marmion Cadet Andrew Graves, Patriot’s Pen winner Addie Bobosky and Batavia High School bugle players Ben Rudy and Jorden Berendt.

The community is invited to attend.

For information, call the VFW at 630-879-9630.

air conditioning and refrigeration; integrated systems maintenance technology; welding; and other manufacturing professions.

Participants are urged to treat the event as a formal interviewing opportunity and should be dressed appropriately and bring plenty of résumés.

Parking is available in lots A and B off Gail Shadwell Drive.

For information, contact ECC Career Services at 847-2147399.

8LOCAL BRIEFS Sugar Grove offers bird watching class SUGAR GROVE – The Sugar Grove Park District is offering a beginning bird watching class from 7 to 9 a.m. May 4 at Bliss Woods Forest Preserve, 5S660 Bliss Road, Sugar Grove.

This class will introduce participants to using binoculars, how to look for field marks for easier identification, how to listen and follow a bird and how to sort out clues and use the field guide to get an identification.

Meet in the inner parking lot.

Participants should dress for the weather, and bring a bird guide and binoculars.

The cost of the class is $5.

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Batavia VFW to host Memorial Day ceremony BATAVIA – Batavia VFW Post 1197 will host its annual Memorial Day ceremony at 10 a.m. May 27 at the Hangar, 645 S. River St., Batavia.

The keynote speaker will be

Job fair scheduled today at ECC ELGIN – Employers ready to hire for full- and part-time manufacturing positions will be available during a job fair from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today at Elgin Community College.

The event, which is free and open to the public, will be in Building O on the Spartan Drive Campus, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin.

Employers at the fair will have employment available in computer aided design; computer integrated manufacturing; computer numerical control operator; energy management; heating, ventilation,

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Steal Beam Theatre to present ‘BlackTie’ ST. CHARLES – Steel Beam Theatre, 111 W. Main St. in downtown St. Charles, will present A.R. Gurney’s comedy “BlackTie” from May 10 through June 2.

It will be presented at 8 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays and at 3 p.m. Sundays.

Reservations are strongly suggested.

Tickets are $25 for adults and $23 for seniors and students.

Buy tickets online at www.

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case scenario.”

“We’re doing what we’re charged to do,” Anderson said. “And sometimes that costs money.”

On the topic of the budget, details have been hammered out in recent weeks, and there was little debate on the topic at Monday night’s meeting. The village began with a cash balance of $6,729,933 and showed revenues of $4,611,888 and expenditures of $4,801,168, resulting in a cash balance of $6,540,653.

The budget was approved by a 5-1 vote, with board member Jerry Schmidt voting against it.

The hiring of a director of

finance also was done with little discussion. The vote was 5-1, with board member Ken Anderson voting against it. The position will be salaried at a rate of $79,000 a year.

Dave Anderson has touted it as a way to allow Village Administrator Erin Willrett to focus more on economic development.

Dave Anderson also paused to honor Schmidt, who did not run in the April 9 election and soon will leave the board. Patricia Schuberg, who won a seat, will be seated at the next meeting.

“It’s an honor to serve,” Schmidt said. “A lot of people put a lot of trust in me.”

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Ice Cream Social for Cancer Survivors in Elgin ELGIN – The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Elgin Community College is hosting its inaugural Cancer Survivor and Caregiver Ice Cream Social at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday at Colonial Café, 600 S. McLean Blvd. in Elgin. Survivors and their caregivers will gather for free ice cream, trivia games, laughter and camaraderie, and to learn about the 2013 Relay For Life. Survivors and caregivers are encouraged to RSVP to 630-879-9009, ext. 3.

‘Night Senses’ nature program in St. Charles ST. CHARLES – Learn about nocturnal life during “Night Senses,” a new Learn from the Experts nature program offered by the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, in conjunction with the Geneva Park District and St. Charles Park District. Attendees will learn about the adaptations for life in darkness, and explore the impact that our daily lives have on nocturnal wildlife. The program is offered from 6 to 9 p.m.

Thursday at Hickory Knolls Discovery Center, 3795 Campton Hills Road, St. Charles. Advance registration is required. Learn from the Experts programs are for ages 16 and above.

Registration is $10 per person.

Attendees are asked to dress for the weather as the program will be conducted entirely outdoors. Call 847-741-8350 or e-mail programs@kaneforest. com to register.

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8OBITUARIES Died: April 21, 2013

LESLIE WYNNE SITES Born: April 29, 1946; in St. Charles Died: Nov. 30, 2012; in Kaukauna, Wis. KAUKAUNA, Wis. – Leslie Wynne Sites, 66, passed away Nov. 30, 2012, in Kaukauna, Wis. She was born in St. Charles, to the late Delbert and Mary Lou Martin, on April 29, 1946. An avid fan of horses, music and crafting, she spent the majority of her life in St. Charles, where she worked for Wallace, and Keen Limousine, before relocating to Kaukauna, Wis., in 2006.

Leslie also started her own customized gift basket business, Ima Diddly’s.

JULIETTE M. VICTOR Born: Feb. 21, 1920; in Oklahoma City Died: April 22, 2013; in Geneva ST. CHARLES – Juliette M. Victor, 93, of St. Charles, formerly of River Forest, passed away Monday, April 22, 2013, at Delnor Hospital in Geneva, surrounded by her family.

She was born Feb. 21, 1920, in Oklahoma City, the daughter of James and Maria Louise (Harbaugh) McNeese.

Juliette had a beautiful smile and made friends easily. She especially loved her friends at Carriage Oaks. She enjoyed arts and crafts and loved to entertain.

However, she found her greatest joy in spending time with her family. Juliette will be dearly missed by all those whose lives she touched.

She is survived by her children, Madeline (Pat) McMenamin of Livermore, Calif., Louise (William Cirocco) Victor of San Francisco, Paul (Mary Anne) of Sammamish, Wash., and Helen (Greg) Paul of St. Charles; grandchildren, Sarah Maria (Nicholas) Perlet, William

Paul Cirocco, Paul, Daniel (Samantha), Michael and Laura Victor, Juliette, Christina, Madeline (fiance Adam), Michael, Robert and Thomas Paul; her brother, James McNeese of Ponca City, Okla.; and many dear nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Margaret Colladay and Elizabeth Gragg; and her loving husband, Paul, who passed in 1997.

The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 25, with prayers at 8 p.m. at Malone Funeral Home in Geneva.

Funeral prayers will be at 9 a.m. Friday, April 26, at Malone Funeral Home, 324 E. State St. (Route 38) in Geneva, proceeding to St. Patrick Catholic Church, 408 Cedar St. in St. Charles, for celebration of funeral Mass at 10 a.m. with Father Dan Bachner as celebrant.

Burial will follow in St. Adalbert Cemetery in Niles.

In lieu of flowers, Masses or donations to your favorite charity in her name would be appreciated.

For information, call 630-2328233 or visit www.malonefh. com.

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CHARLES A. ‘CHIC’ WILLIAMS Born: Aug. 31, 1945; in Beatrice, Neb. Died: April 22, 2013; in Rockford ROCKFORD – Charles A. “Chic” Williams, 67, of Geneva and Rockford, passed away Monday, April 22, 2013, at his home in Rockford surrounded by his family.

He was born Aug. 31, 1945, in Beatrice, Neb., the son of Robert and Alvalah (Lambertsen) Williams.

Chic received his bachelor’s degree in teaching from Peru State College and later his master’s in administrative education from Northern Illinois University. He began teaching at Geneva High School in 1969 and became a strong influence and guide for his students. Besides teaching English, Chic coached the debate team, directed a number of plays

and coached the varsity baseball team.

He eventually moved into the position of Dean of Students at Geneva High School. Chic established and ran the Community Intervention Program for Geneva and Kane County, working with at-risk children. He became a certified alcohol/drug counselor and eventually founded his own consulting firm working with at-risk children and their families.

Chic also enjoyed golfing, fishing, horseback riding and bowling. His greatest joy, however, was his family. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and brother and will be missed by all those whose lives he touched.

Chic is survived by his wife of 25 years, Linda (Kelly); children, Catherine (Daniel) Cowart of St. Charles, Thomas (Jennifer) Williams of Minnesota, Patricia (Paul) Madsen of Belvidere, Major Daniel (Mary) Williams of New Orleans and Ryan Williams of Geneva; grandchildren, Spencer, Logan and Trevor Cowart, Carly, Colin, Abigail and Alvalah Williams, Amanda and Logan Madsen and Charles “Charlie” and John “Jack” Williams; brother, Robert (Janelle) Williams of Mississippi; mother-in-law, Mildred Kelly of Elgin; sisters-in-law, Sandra Williams of Virginia, Debby Kelly, Lisa Kelly and Mary Banks, all of Elgin; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary, who passed away in 1982; parents; and brother, Lt. Col. John Williams.

A funeral memorial service will be at 8 p.m. Friday, April 26, at Malone Funeral Home, 324 E. State St. (Route 38) in Geneva, with the Reverend Allen Eaton officiating.

Burial will be held privately.

The visitation will be from 3 p.m. until the service Friday, April 26, at the funeral home.

Memorials in lieu of flowers to Rosecrance, 1021 North Mulford Road, Rockford, IL 61107, or the Charles A. Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund c/o Geneva High School, 227 North Fourth St., Geneva, IL 60134, would be appreciated.

For information, call 630-2328233 or visit www.malonefh. com.

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St. Charles • Alexander M. Moses, 22, of the 2200 block of Forest Ridge Road, St. Charles, was charged Saturday, April 20, with public intoxication after he was found lying on the sidewalk at the intersection of Cedar and North Fifth avenues in St. Charles.

• A $20,000 bobcat and $10,000 jackhammer were reported stolen Saturday, April 20, from a demolition site in the 400 block of South Tyler Road in St. Charles.

• A resident of the 1500 block of Patricia Lane in St. Charles awoke early Saturday, April 20, by a loud boom. He reported seeing five male teens standing in the street talking loudly and laughing. Once he saw two walk toward his mailbox, he reportedly ran downstairs and the subjects fled. His mailbox, worth about $50, was reportedly damaged by an explosion.

• Ryan T. Fitzsimmons, 29, of the 41W000 block of Empire Road, St. Charles, was charged Saturday, April 20, with assault.

• Anastacia Rae Naker, 26, of the 1100 block of Dean Street, St. Charles, was charged Saturday, April 20, with interfering with the reporting of domestic violence and two counts of domestic battery.

• Ashley Marie Beane, 24, of the 50W400 block of Lasher Road, Big Rock, was charged Sunday, April 21, with driving under the influence of alcohol and improper lane use after an accident in the 1300 block of Prairie Street in St. Charles.

8FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS Kathleen ‘Kathy’ Anne Bostick: A celebration of her life will be at noon Saturday, April 27, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Batavia, with Pastor Steven Srock officiating.

Amelia “Millie” G. Cate: Services will be at 10:30 a.m. April 26, at St. John Neumann’s Catholic Church, 2900 W. Main St., in St. Charles, with a luncheon to follow.

Obituary deadline The deadline for obituary notices is 4 p.m. Obituaries can be emailed to obits@ kcchronicle.com. For information, contact news editor Al Lagattolla at alagattolla@ shawmedia.com.

• Wednesday, April 24, 2013

John G. Piazza, 66, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving wife and family on the evening of Sunday, April 21, 2013.

John was a respected regional director of sales and marketing and admired hotel manager in the hospitality industry. He proudly served in the United States Army.

John was an avid pilot and, most of all, loved his family.

He was the beloved husband of Darlene; loving father of Peter (Victoria) and Toni (Frank) Urso; proud papa and grandpa of Dominic, Frankie, Marissa, Vinny and Alana; loving son of John and the late Mary; dear brother of Delores, Linda and Lorraine; cherished son-in-law, brother-inlaw, uncle and cousin; and dear friend to so many.

The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at Yurs Funeral Home, 1771 W. State St. (Route 38), in Geneva. The funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 6N491 Crane Road in St. Charles. Burial will be at Prairie Cemetery in St. Charles.

To leave an online condolence or remembrance to the family, visit the funeral home’s obituary page at www.yursfuneralhomes. com. For information, call Yurs Funeral Home of Geneva at 630232-7337.

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Leslie was likely best known for her incredible love and devotion to her family. She is survived by her two children, Jorie (Sites) Enderby and Jayson Sites; and her grandson, Joshua Cabot. She also is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Dale and Kathy Martin; her sister, Bunny; and was preceded in death by her brother, Tom Martin.

She also is remembered with love by one nephew and four nieces; a daughter-in-law; a son-in-law; and two stepgranddaughters.

The family is having a private memorial to celebrate Leslie’s life and the coming of spring, which she looked forward to every year. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Leslie’s name to The Arc Fox Cities Northeast Wisconsin Special Olympics at www. arcfoxcities.com (donation link is found on the bottom right of the homepage).

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Village narrows search for police chief Search began in February; pool down to less than 10 applicants

By STEPHANIE KOHL editorial@kcchronicle.com SUGAR GROVE – The search for Sugar Grove’s new police chief has been narrowed to less than 10 applicants.

Interim Police Chief Ron Moser said the original list of 132 applicants first had been narrowed to 29, who were asked to submit more information. Twenty-seven of them did. From that 27, the pool was narrowed to less than 10, although Moser would not give an exact number as of last week.

“We’re going to schedule a day of interviews, processes and events to narrow that group down and make a recommendation to the [Sugar Grove] Village Board,” Moser said.

The goal is to provide a rec-

“We’re going to schedule a day of interviews, processes and events to narrow that group down and make a recommendation to the [Sugar Grove] Village Board.”

Ron Moser, Interim police chief ommendation of three or four applicants to the newly swornin board at its May meeting, with the hopes that one will be approved by mid-May and start thereafter, depending on the notice the applicant might have to give. Moser noted the village received a slew of well-qualified applicants.

“It was extremely hard to narrow the field,” he said.

The search started at the end of February. Longtime Chief Brad Sauer retired on June 29, 2012. He had spent 24 years with the department, the

last nine as chief. In July 2012, Moser was appointed interim police chief. Moser spent more than 30 years in law enforcement, and he previously was the police chief in Hanover Park from 1998 to 2009.

Moser and other staff have been working to narrow the field, with the goal of getting someone in place after the new village board members are seated. The village is looking for a candidate who is knowledgeable about regional dispatch centers, knows how to derive and use information in

a shared records management system, will develop staff at the supervisory and command level, is knowledgeable about large-scale special events and can manage and lead an organization of professionals.

In connection to the hiring of a new police chief, the board recently approved about $16,000 in its 2013-14 budget for the position of a part-time administrative officer reporting to the chief of police. If the newly hired chief decides there is a need within the department for the position, it will start being funded in November.

The administrative officer would be responsible for records management, training and reporting, emergency services management, fleet management, vehicle impound and other administrative duties as assigned.

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Charles “Chic” Williams (right) works with Geneva Police Sgt. Joe Heinrich at the District Special Services Office in Geneva in 2004. Williams passed away Monday.

Mexin said as Williams worked closely with police for many years, “we witnessed firsthand the positive effect he had on the youth in our community.”

“His dedication and commitment to helping kids redirect and improve their lives was undeniable,” Mexin said in an email. “His pragmatic, yet compassionate, approach to getting kids back on the right path changed countless lives and truly made a difference.”

Lea Minalga, who coordinates Hearts of Hope, a nonprofit organization that pro-

vides education, support and advocacy to those affected by drug and alcohol abuse, said she was saddened to hear of his death.

“I’ve known him for so many years, helping kids to get back on track and steering them in the right direction,” Minalga said. “He was a man of great compassion and energy to help these families in the community. He was definitely a hero in this good fight. He definitely was a man fighting the good fight for others.”

An English teacher at Geneva High School, Williams became dean of students in

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Collins, who is now assistant superintendent for human resources, said they worked together nearly 14 years. He called Williams “a visionary in that way” for changing the way the district handled alcohol and drug issues.

“He was very insistent that there needed to be consequences and not punish kids by taking them away from activities or things that were important to them,” Collins said. “But the poor choices they made could be used as an

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GENEVA – If a high school or middle school student in Geneva got caught with tobacco, marijuana, alcohol or drugs, he often would be sent to Charles “Chic” Williams.

If parents suspected their child was using, they called Williams, who would take care of the urine check to see whether the kid was clean.

Williams counseled atrisk youth and those already in trouble, getting them into counseling or treatment facilities, into 12-step programs or referrals to Kane County’s Drug Court. Williams started the Parent to Parent programs at Geneva School District 304, every year teaching a new set of parents how to thwart what he called a “toxic culture” from grabbing hold of their kids.

A stalwart in Geneva’s prevention and intervention community, Williams, 67, died Monday at his home in Rockford.

All the flags in Geneva are at half-staff in honor of Williams, said Mayor Kevin Burns.

“Mr. Williams dedicated his career and his life to educating students and saving their lives,” Burns said. “His commitment to the youth of Geneva touched generations and will impact generations to come.”

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As dean, Williams was the rule enforcer. But Collins said Williams also was able to communicate with students that he was on their side.

“Chic was there to encourage them and hold them accountable, and that is pretty remarkable in a dean,” Collins said.

Later, Williams became certified as an alcohol and drug addiction counselor, first as co-coordinator of the Community Intervention Team, now the Community Intervention Program for Geneva and Kane County, Collins said Williams really turned some kids around “and Geneva is much the better for it.”

“He was open about his own challenges with drugs and alcohol,” Collins said. “It served to give him the energy and also the patience that needs to be present when dealing with addiction issues. It’s not something you can flip a switch – they could trust what he was telling them because

“It served to give him the energy and also the patience that needs to be present when dealing with addiction issues.”

Craig Collins Former Geneva High School principal he lived it.”

After his retirement, Williams founded Williams Intervention Consulting and continued working as the community intervention specialist, along with his wife, Linda Williams, also a certified drug and alcohol counselor.

Even his office in the basement at Geneva School District 304 administration building on Fourth Street, was by design to protect the privacy of the students and families he served, said Mary Lu O’Halloran, who facilitated Geneva’s Red Ribbon Week for 18 years.

“We’ll never know how many lives he saved, how many he influenced or how many parents took one more step to get their kid into recovery at an age when it was still

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possible,” O”Halloran said.

“He gave them the courage to interrupt their [kid’s] addiction. He gave them the courage to be in their [kid’s] face when it was easier to be in denial. Anything that needed to be done that was tough, he did it and encouraged us to do it.”

Williams’ devotion was well known in the prevention community, she said.

“He was not kidding when he said you could call him any time, day or night, and he would be there for you,” O’Halloran said. “I know people did call him at 2 or 3 in the morning when things were bad, and he would give advice to guide that family. Never once did he say, ‘Hold on, I’m too busy.’ Never once in over 25 years.”

Williams took it all personally, O’Halloran said, because of his own challenges.

“He walked the talk – that was his greatest gospel,” O’Halloran said. “He told it to you straight.

The visitation will be from 3 p.m. Friday, April 26, at Malone Funeral Home, 324 E. State St., Geneva, until the time of the funeral memorial service at 8 p.m.

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Participants will cut and stack buckthorn, mulberry and other invasive trees and pull garlic mustard.

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BATAVIA – The Albright Theatre Company is teaming with Aliano’s Ristorante in an effort to sell wine at its productions, as well as offer dinner/ theater packages.

The Batavia City Council’s Government Services Committee on Monday recommended allowing alcohol sales and consumption at the Albright Theatre, which is on the third floor of the Batavia Government Center at 100 N. Island Ave. in downtown Batavia.

“Anything we can do to help businesses and nonprofit agencies, we should be doing,” 7th Ward Alderman Dave Brown said. The Albright Theatre is a nonprofit organization.

First Ward Alderman Mi-

chael O’Brien agreed.

“I think it will be a good development tool for the city,” he said.

Mario Aliano and his brother, Phil Aliano, own Aliano’s Ristorante in downtown Batavia.

The restaurant opened in 2011.

“I’d like to create more revenue for them,” Mario Aliano told aldermen. “I will give back a percentage of sales to Albright Theatre.”

There will be signs posted stating that alcohol can’t leave the premises. As proposed, the Albright Theatre would be added to a list of city properties where liquor could be sold or served with a license.

The license would be in effect only during Albright Theatre productions, Batavia City Administrator Bill McGrath said.

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Working together

Batavia District 101 educating kindergarteners with park district

By ERIC SCHELKOPF eschelkopf@shawmedia.com BATAVIA – In honor of Earth Day on Monday, H.C. Storm kindergarten enrichment teacher Sarah Schneider was helping her students prepare to plant grass seedlings.

“Planting grass will help the air in the room become purified,” she told the students.

“In a couple of weeks, we might be able to give our grass a haircut.”

It is one of the activities kindergarten enrichment students have been engaged in since the Batavia Park District started working with Batavia School District 101 to present a tuition-based kindergarten enrichment program. The Batavia School Board last year voted to retool the district’s kindergarten program in several ways, including the district partnering with the Batavia Park District to provide an extended-day kindergarten program for students.

The park district program, offered in each of the school district’s six elementary schools, in early February marked its 100th day of operation. Illinois certified teachers teach the program.

Those students enrolled in Batavia’s program attend the school district’s half-day kindergarten program in the morning, and then the park district’s enrichment program in the afternoon.

“I try to enrich their kindergarten experience,” Schneider said.

The program weaves academic concepts, such as literacy, science, math and reasoning, into recreational, artistic and musical activities.

Schneider has 14 students in her class.

“That’s a good number to work with,” Schneider said. “I get to really work with them one on one to help them with anything they need help on.”

Yearly tuition for the program is $2,700, or families can pay a monthly payment plan of $270 for 10 months. The Batavia School District in fall 2010 started charging $250 a month to keep the all-day kindergarten program going after the school district no longer was getting enough funding from

the state to cover the cost of full-day kindergarten.

Andrew and Sarah Barrett decided to enroll their son, Theo, 5, in the enrichment program this year. About 110 families are enrolled this year, according to enrichment administrator Rachel Schmit.

Andrew Barrett, who also is the director of curriculum for Geneva School District, is sold on the program.

“My kid learns more because he is with Sarah Schneider for a half-day,” he said.

“He’s ready to be in school for a full day.”

Barrett’s wife, Sarah, also teaches fourth grade at H.C. Storm School.

“It works nicely for our family,” Andrew Barrett said. “Theo kind of likes that.

His mom can wave to him at lunch.”

Schmit said the program is going smoother than she expected.

“There’s no reason we can’t provide education at the same level or even better than in the past,” she said.

In setting up the program, Schmit said she first met with district administrators and school principals.

Brad Newkirk, chief academic officer for the Batavia School District, said he has received compliments from parents about the program and the staff.

“It seems like they are fo-

cused on academics from what I see and that they are providing opportunities for smallgroup and large-group instruction,” he said.

Illinois requires school districts to offer kindergarten, but does not require that children attend kindergarten before being permitted to enroll in first grade. Children must be at least 5 years old to enroll in kindergarten.

The Geneva School District does not offer all-day kindergarten, but the district teams with the Geneva Park District to offer a program called Kinderzone. Both St. Charles and Kaneland school districts offer tuition-based extended-day kindergarten, comparable to what the Batavia Park District charges.

Batavia parent Katie Sudler is upset the Batavia School Board decided to drop all-day kindergarten. Two of her children went through the program, and she paid tuition for one of them.

“I was very willing to pay for it,” she said. “I thought it was very important for my kids to have full-day kindergarten. It is unfortunate that my 3-year-old won’t get the same experiences as they did.”

She said the new park district enrichment program doesn’t replace what the school district offered.

“It’s not the full educational program,” Sudler said.

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Kindergartener Dylan Johnson works on an assignment during her kindergarten enrichment program at H.C. Storm Elementary School in Batavia. The program is run by the Batavia Park District. TOP: Teacher Sarah Schneider, who is employed by the Batavia Park District, works with kindergarteners Will Schones (left) and Jameson Strong during their kindergarten enrichment program.

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Academic Achievements: Honor Roll; Christian Service Award for 50+ Hours and 100+ Hours; Level 1 IHSA State Division, Chorus Activities: Vocal Ensemble; Peer Ministry Senior Retreat Team; Dominican Preacher Community Service: Appalachia Service Project; Summer Service Project; Peer Minister at Rosary Nominated by Sandy Iwanski, Campus Minister: “Maggie Archibald is a young woman who understands and demonstrates a commitment to a sustainable world. Her understanding is rooted in the foundations provided by her family: they maintain Heritage Prairie Farm in Elburn. Maggie is committed to caring for the environment and providing wholesome, healthy food for as many families as possible. When away from school, you may ind her working in a greenhouse illed with micro greens, greeting visitors to the farm’s store, or supervising Heritage Prairie’s booth at a Midwest farmer’s market. Not only does she believe that each of us has a role in preserving our natural environment, she uses her commitment to sustainable agriculture to share that message. She has discovered a way to partner the message and action. Maggie’s commitment to being part of solutions extends far beyond the ields of Elburn. Each summer, she joins her church youth group for the Appalachia Service Project. When asked about this yearly commitment, Maggie explained that, “...Helping to make someone’s life better, safer, healthier or God-illed is the best thing in the world.”

Academic Achievements: Breakfast With the Stars Award; Academic Honor Roll; Upstate Eight Academic All-Conference; Alexander Fleming Award for Excellence in Biology Activities: Varsity Swimming; Varsity Water Polo; National Honor Society; H.O.P.E. Club Community Service: Volunteer at Bephage Center for Rehabilitation; Volunteer at Feed My Starving Children Nominated by Robert Freitag, Counselor: “Rachel DeVries is a caring, energetic, intelligent young woman who has developed a wonderful combination of poise and leadership. She has taken full advantage of the educational, extracurricular and leadership opportunities ofered in high school, while at the same time adding much to a positive school climate. She has an optimistic infectious enthusiasm that enhances the classroom climate. Rachel has participated in a dizzying array of extracurricular activities in both high school and the community. What makes this even more extraordinary is that throughout high school, she has maintained superb grades. She attributes this success to excellent time management skills and det prioritizing. Due to her volunteer experiences, Rachel would like to be a primary care physician who would work with the indigent. She has the passion, intelligence and self-discipline to achieve this goal.”

Marmion

Academic Achievements: Academic All-Conference, Track; Academic All-Conference, Cross Country; Wirth Gustafson Award; Illinois State Scholar Activities: Peer Leaders; P.E. Leaders; National Honor Society; Math Honor Society; Track; Cross Country; Spanish Club; Key Club, President; Spanish National Honor Society Community Service: Volunteer at Delnor Hospital; WACO Volunteer; Appalachia Service Project; Youth Track Camp Helper; Salvation Army Bell-Ringer Nominated by Sheila Vining; Counselor: “It is an honor to nominate Kaitlin Guerin for he Chronicle’s CAP Award. She is an outstanding young woman who exempliies the ideals of citizenship, high personal goals and outstanding scholarship which makes her an excellent choice for this award. Kaitlin is an exceptionally hard working and highly motivated student which has earned her the rank of number one in her class. She has spent tireless hours of her time as an athlete as well as an active member of several extra-curricular clubs and organizations at St. Charles East High School. She also has contributed through our Peer Leadership and PE Leaders Programs as a teacher and mentor to younger students in our school. Kaitlin has made a signiicant contribution to her school and continues to be a positive role model for others. Kaitlin plans to attend Marquette University next year as a freshman, direct admit to their physical therapy program.”

Ethan Chivari Academic Achievements: Honor Roll Activities: Athletic Training Club; School Newspaper; Photography; Broadcasting Club; French Club; Peer Ministry; Student Ambassador Community Service: Crayons for Kids; Hope Wall School; Aurora Manor Nominated by Julie Garofalo, Assistant Headmaster/ Director of Student Services: “Ethan is a quiet, friendly young man who is very unassuming. He works hard in and out of the classroom, making the most of his Marmion experience. What sets him apart is the number of hours he works behind the scenes helping prepare playing ields/courts, cleaning up ater games, taking photographs, writing for the paper, welcoming guests to campus, and countless other tasks in support of the school. It is not unusual to see Ethan in and around campus long ater his peers have let. He goes about his tasks cheerfully and eiciently. His kind, compassionate, respectful and pleasing personality makes him a joy to know!”

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Monica Gutierrez

Caroline Nowak

Academic Awards: 3.90 GPA out of 4.0; Mastery Achiever Student Activities: NJROTC Unarmed Drill Team; Student Activities Committee; Military Ball Committee; Fundraising; Fox Valley CNA Program; Yearbook Committee; T.A.C. (Teens Accepting Christ); Lady Rambler Volleyball; Lady Rambler Track Community Service: Kohl’s Cares; Feed My Starving Children; Holiday Lights; Mooseheart Easter Egg Hunt; Mooseheart Relays Nominated by Nicole Tracy, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent: “Monica is a seemingly quiet and reserved individual, until you get to know her. She is a fun-loving, yet spear-headed young woman. Monica sees the big picture and goes ater what she wants full-throttle. She does so methodically and with care. She is a clear leader, and her peers look up to her. Even though Monica is a leader, it is not beyond her to walk her own path, cementing her individuality and determination. Monica, steadfast in her own skin, has put in the years of hard work, and it shows! Due to her unfailing commitment to her education, and being a leader by example, she has earned this nomination.”

Academic Achievements: National Honors Society; French National Honors Society, Co-President; Illinois State Scholar Activities: Junior Varsity Soccer; Student Council, Treasurer; Band; Model United Nations; French Club; Environmental Club; Arden Angels Community Service: Geneva History Center Greeter and Store Clerk; Geneva Chamber of Commerce Festival Volunteer; Appalacia Service Project; Girl Scouts of America Aide and Assistant Leader; High Elements Nominated by Martha Behlow, French Teacher: “I am honored to nominate Caroline Nowak to be recognized for her service to Geneva Community High School through her involvement in the French National Honor Society ~ La Société Honoraire de Français! Caroline is serving as Co-President of the Society, in addition to being a valued member of the French V Advanced Placement Class. Last year she co-coordinated the French High Elements class, and brings enthusiasm, dedication, and intelligence to all of her responsibilities. Caroline has brought maturity, follow-through, and cooperation to all of her work, and looks for ways to improve, change, and involve our activities.

Aurora Central Catholic

Central Rachel Rodewald

Activities: SADD; Service Club; Student Council; Prom Committee; Volleyball; Poms; Chorale; Show Choir; Jazz Lab Band Vocalist; “Moon Over Bufalo” Student Director; Central Academic Achievements: 4.23 GPA out of 4.0; Class High School Athletics National Anthem Soloist; Extra in motion Rank of 7 out of 141; Physical Science; Biology; pictures “Contagion” and “he Dilema;” Extra in television show Roaring 20’s; American History Honors; French 5; “Shameless” Pre-Calc; Algebra 2; heology and English Community Service: Cornerstone United Methodist Church Activities: National Honor Society; Student Youth REACH Work Camps; Group Mission Trips to West Ambassador; Snowball; Math Club; Level 10 Virginia and Ohio Competitive Gymnastics Nominated by Dennis Beiermann, Music Teacher: “While I have never had Rachel Community Service: Volunteer at gymnastic meets and in any of my classes, her reputation among our music staf is without equal. Her summer festivals; Manages music for gymnastic contributions to the choral department in many ensembles, to the Jazz ensemble as a competitions; Teaches children gymnastics routines; Student Ambassador at vocalist and her dazzling performances in theater productions have set her apart even open houses; Aurora Central Catholic 8th Grade Shadow Program among her talented peers. My personal experience with Rachel comes from her being Nominated by Sister Mary Catherine Martini, OSF, Director of Guidance: “Katherine Hollon is a hard worker, training 22 hours each week in gymnastics a part of our community theater group where she not only excels as an actress, but also serves as a mentor and a role model for our younger students. Her nomination for this and competing nationally throughout the year. In spite of the many hours dedicated to athletics, Katherine still maintains a 4.23 GPA on a 4.0 scale. his award is truly being submitted by our entire music staf.” puts her in the top 10% of her class. Summer inds Katherine back at the gym Nominated by Jef Nesseth, Fine Arts Department Chair: “Rachel is an outstanding working as a coach and camp counselor. Family is very important to Katherine. role model for the CHS Music Department. Her actions and words speak volumes to the masses. She is driven beyond belief, and takes time to include others in all activities.”

She always makes time to spend with her family who are always there helping her along the way.”

Katherine Hollon

St. Francis Andrew Kimball Academic Achievements: 3.86 Cumulative GPA out of 4.0; Honor Roll Activities: Basketball; Contributed to the 2012-2013 Men’s Basketball Regional and Sectional Championships; Club Basketball; Basketball Manager; All-State Special Mention for Basketball Community Service: Northern Illinois Food Bank Volunteer; Special Olympics Volunteer; Youth Basketball Camp Counselor; Volunteer at Geneva Middle School Nominated by Trudy Rigney, Director of Guidance: “Andrew is a great example of the successful student athlete. He was a pivotal performer in our outstanding men’s basketball season this year. He helped to lead our team to a Sectional Championship and an appearance in the State Super Sectional game.

At the same time, he has maintained outstanding academic performance and a strong commitment to his community. Andrew is an intelligent, reliable, diligent, and helpful young man. Andrew is very humble in regards to his accomplishments. He exhibits good sportsmanship and provides a positive example for other student athletes.”

Wheaton Academy

Melissa Snyder Academic Achievements: National Honor Society; National French Honor Society; Honor Roll; Academic Excellence Award Activities: Basketball; Basketball FUEL Representative; Tennis; Sotball; Project LEAD; Spring Musical Crew Community Service: Puente Ministry; Feed My Starving Children; Homeless Ministry; DuPage Convalescent Center; Mission Trips to Minnesota and Dominican Republic; Walk for Troubled Youth Nominated by Dan Crabtree, College Counselor: “Melissa, who will attend St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, is a very good student. Even more impressive is her energy and her heart for others as well as her athletic ability. Melissa pours herself into helping others. She displays high integrity and leadership - all of this with a winsome personality and a humble spirit. I am pleased to be able to nominate Melissa for the Chronicle Achievement Program.”

Emylee Thompson Academic Achievements: Class Rank of 21 out of 654 Activities: Band; Interact Service Club; Student Council, Vice-President; Class Council; National Honor Society; Class Vice-President Community Service: Volunteer at Food Banks; Walkathon for Cancer Research Nominated by Dominique Zewde, Counselor: “Of the many students with whom I have worked during my tenure at this high school, few have exhibited the selless giving and volunteerism that Emylee hompson has. It is my distinct pleasure to recommend her for the 2012/2013 Chronicle Achievement Program. She is the deinition of quality in every sense of the word, and a tireless advocate for those with less than her. Not only does she represent what true leadership is by leading through example, she represents the best hope we have in every individual: one of giving without expecting in return.

Batavia Jackson Vance

Kaneland Alexandra Vickery Academic Achievements: Top 10% of class; Illinois State Scholar; First Place NISPA Award in Feature Writing; IWPA Double Truck Layout; IWPA Silver Pen; NISPA Golden Eagle; Richard H. Gallup Award Activities: National Honor Society; Kaneland Krier, Editor-InChief; Student Council, Executive Vice-President; Kindergarten Assistant at Kaneland John Shields Elementary School Community Service: Delnor Community Hospital Volunteer; Village Bible Church Volunteer; Northern Illinois Food Bank Volunteer; Special Olympics Volunteer Nominated by Kimberly Reese, Journalism/English Teacher: “Alex is a student who diligently approaches every assignment and situation with a calm, conident, can-do approach. She also brings a strong work ethic and a strong desire to excel. As Editor-InChief, Alex attends to the duties of her oice without waiting for speciic direction. She regularly goes beyond what is expected in order to inish the task with excellence.”

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Squadron to celebrate 32 years of service WEST CHICAGO – The Fox Valley Composite Squadron, part of the Illinois Civil Air Patrol Squadron, is celebrating 32 years of service by hosting an Amateur Radio Special Event Station from noon to 6 p.m.

May 5.

The event will be at the DuPage Airport, 2700 International Drive in West Chicago, and is open to the public. Those who attend can learn more about civil air patrol. Amateur radio operators, also known as HAMS, from around the world are encouraged to make contact with the Special Event Station through call sign WA9CAP. The Special Event Station will be operating in voice, text and slow-scan television modes on available frequencies within the 20-meter HF amateur radio band (14.000 to 14.350 MHz).

All contacts will receive a special commemorative QSL postcard.

Reception plans for Peck Farm Park program GENEVA – Peck Farm Park’s Orientation Barn will host a free opening reception for a

program, “A Tale of Two Rivers: An International Student Art Exchange exhibit.”

The event will be from 3 to 4:30 p.m. May 5 at 4038 Kaneville Road, Geneva.

The exhibit features work of local young artists from Geneva Park District’s Kids’ Zone program who engaged in an art exchange with students from L’Ecole Leclerc in Croissysur-Seine, a southwest suburb of Paris, France.

The exhibit itself is dedicated in memory of Karin de Marco, and will be on display at Peck Farm Park through May. Questions regarding the opening reception and exhibit can be sent to Kari Kraus at kkraus@ genevaparks.com.

Fundraiser to benefit animal shelter ST. CHARLES – The second annual Paws & Claws Motorcycle Poker Run is set to start at 10 a.m. June 2 at Fox River Harley Davidson, 131 S. Randall Road, St. Charles. Proceeds will benefit Anderson Animal Shelter.

The event is organized by the animal shelter and Wild Fire HOG Chapter 1084.

The ride ends at Bannerman’s Sports Grill, 838 S. Route 59, Bartlett. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m.

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AndersonAnimalShelter.org.

Elgin Genealogical Society to meet May 7 ELGIN – The Elgin Genealogical Society will meet at 9:30 a.m. May 7 in the first-floor meeting room of the Gail Borden Public Library, 270 N. Grove Ave., Elgin.

After a short business meeting the program will be “Finishing The Story,” which will demonstrate military records that add details about the service and death of soldiers of World War I and World War II. Jennifer Holik, the presenter will use case studies of her own ancestors.

The public is invited to attend.

For information, visit www. elginroots.com.

– Kane County Chronicle

• Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Academic Achievements: Honors Physics; Honor Roll; Calculus; Academic All-Conference, Cross Country Activities: Key Club, Distinguished Statistical Secretary; Cross Country; Track and Field; Community Service: Salvation Army Bell Ringing; 2012 Fall Schoolwide Blood Drive, Co-Chair; Emcee of the 2013 Mr. BHS Fundraiser for Spastic Paralysis Research Foundation; Markey Day; Relay for Life; Kiwanis Caroling; Kiwanis Spaghetti Dinner Nominated by Marnie Heim, English Teacher: “Jackson is a very dedicated student.

He is always someone we can go to last minute if we need volunteers; He helps out and always makes things fun with his humor. He has the power of making any mundane task fun, which is why he is such an asset to our organization.”

STC police department to conduct safety checks

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ST. CHARLES

School board hesitant to share costs for traffic light

By ASHLEY RHODEBECK arhodebeck@shawmedia.com ST. CHARLES – St. Charles School District 303 board members aren’t ready to share the costs of a traffic control device at St. Charles North High School – a safety measure some said they believe the city is responsible for.

The city of St. Charles is requesting the school district split the costs of the traffic control device in an amount not to exceed $250,000. Meeting as part of the Business Services Committee Tuesday, member Jim Gaffney asserted the city made the mistake of not installing the traffic light when it built Red Gate Bridge. The bridge opened in December and is just east of the school.

“I have a tough time giving them $250,000,” Gaffney said, adding the city goofed.

Member Nick Manheim agreed with Gaffney, pointing out the city purchased George’s Sporting Goods building with funds from other capital projects that came in below budget.

Superintendent Don Schlomann told the committee the intersection has never been safe, and he has lobbied for the light because he doesn’t want to put students’ safety at risk.

“I need to get some safety in there,” he said.

Member Kathy Hewell asked whether many accidents occur at that intersection.

Schlomann said he didn’t have statistics on hand, but there are accidents near the intersection every year. John Baird, assistant superintendent of operations, said they are typically rear-end collisions.

At the request of the committee, Schlomann agreed to go

back to the city to further discuss the issue.

“See what you can do,” Gaffney said.

In other news, the committee also considered the purchase of 90 bus security cameras at a total net impact of $83,000. Some of the district’s buses are equipped with cameras, Baird said, noting they move as issues arise.

Surplus funds would go toward the purchase, Baird said.

Gaffney and Hewell said the district doesn’t need to spend the surplus funds just because the money is available.

“I’d rather sit on the money,” Gaffney said, adding he would support buying fewer cameras.

“This isn’t a crisis issue for us,” Schlomann said.

Baird agreed to bring the topic back to committee next month.

CAMPTON HILLS

Lodge builds on menu under new owners

By JONATHAN BILYK jbilyk@shawmedia.com CAMPTON HILLS – Aaron Perez and his wife, Kristie, know that central Kane County boasts an array of dining options.

But the couple believe they have something special in their restaurant property, known simply as The Lodge.

“We know it’s hard to find good food and good service these days,” Aaron Perez said.

“And we know people will drive a bit to go to a place for quality.”

Last fall, the couple took ownership of the business, formerly known as Niko’s Lodge on Route 64 in Campton Hills, about five miles west of the state highway’s intersection with Randall Road in St. Charles.

Niko’s had operated on the site since 2006. Kristie Perez had worked as a manager at Niko’s. Aaron Perez said he had about a dozen years experience in the restaurant busi-

ness.

Perez said there was some confusion after the transaction.

“We had a lot of questions from people, mostly, ‘Is this still Niko’s?’ or ‘Are you closed?’ ” Perez said. “And the answer to both of those is, ‘No, not only are we not closed, but it’s better than it was before.’

“We really want people to come out and see what we hear all the time: Everybody who comes out here loves the location, and they love the food.”

The restaurant’s menu remains based around favorites like rotisserie chicken and ribs, as well as steaks and pork chops. But the Perezes have broadened the selections, improving the menu with choices like rotisserie pot pie, mini filet kabobs and a different take on rotisserie duck.

“This is a restaurant, not a bar, so we know the food has to be good to keep people coming back,” Perez said. “We pay attention to everything that comes out of the kitchen.”

The menu also retains a number of selections for those seeking a less expensive dinner out, including burgers, salads and dinner deals.

“We have great steaks, yes, but we are more than just a steakhouse,” Perez said.

Perez said The Lodge also has retained and improved on “the atmosphere” at the establishment, which is based around a rustic wood decor.

He said The Lodge is adding live entertainment, bringing in bands on Friday and Saturday nights. Perez said he knows area residents have long known the location to be home to a restaurant, as it was The Farm Inn, the Olde Farm Inn and the Silverado Grill before becoming Niko’s Lodge.

“My wife and I grew up knowing this place as the Silverado,” Perez said. “Who would have known that 15 years later, we’d be owning and running the place?”

The restaurant employs about three dozen workers, Perez said.

St. Charles schools named 2 of the best KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com ST. CHARLES – St. Charles North and St. Charles East High Schools are among the top 40 high schools in Illinois and rank among the top 1,000 high schools nationwide, according to the U.S. News and World Report’s 2013 Best High Schools Rankings.

North ranks 21st statewide and 511th nationally, and East ranks 39th and 977th, respectively.

This is the second consecutive year both St. Charles School District 303 high schools have ranked in the Top 1,000 nationwide and Top 40 in Illinois, according to a district news release.

“What is important about these rankings is the recognition of the team effort in our community to educate the students of District 303,” Superintendent Don Schlomann said in the release.

“Our community is committed to providing resources, the parents of our students send their kids to school ready to learn, our staff members are prepared every day

for their work in the classrooms and most importantly, our students are getting the job done.”

North and East are the only high schools in Kane County to appear in the Top 50 among Illinois public high schools, according to the district.

District 303 also includes students who live in DuPage County. Other schools in Kane and DuPage counties that made the statewide and nationwide lists include Hinsdale Central, York, Wheaton-Warrenville South, Naperville North, Glenbard South, Naperville Central, Downers Grove North and Wheaton North, according to District 303.

The 2013 U.S. News rankings of America’s Best High Schools include data on nearly 21,000 public high schools from 49 states and the District of Columbia; Nebraska did not report enough data to be included. Schools were judged on state test results and how they prepare students for college based on student success in Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The best and worst of America

• Wednesday, April 24, 2013

To the Editor: It was the best of America; it was the worst of America in two American cities last week.

In Boston, after the horrific marathon bombing, some Americans ran toward something – the blast scene, and not away from people in need, to offer help. They represent the best of America.

In Washington, some Americans also ran toward something, but it wasn’t people in need. The 41 GOP senators, and four Democratic senators who voted to shut down debate on sensible gun control ran toward the money they receive from the NRA to maintain their lavish political lifestyle. In so doing, they ran away from the vast majority of Americans seeking relief from horrific everyday carnage caused, in part, from virtually unlimited access to hundreds of millions of guns, including war-worthy weaponry and billions of bullets, many nestled in high capacity clips.

Their job descriptions specify these senators must represent the interests of the citizens of their state to promote the general good. Those job descriptions may as well contain a stamp marked, “This job description is NRA approved.” They represent the worst of America.

Walt Zlotow Glen Ellyn

ANOTHER VIEW

Texas explosion shows need for new rules

By BLOOMBERG NEWS Even though all the details aren’t yet known about what caused the deadly explosion last week at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, the facility was clearly too dangerous to be located a few blocks from a middle school, a nursing home and a 50-unit apartment building. The blast killed 14 people, injured some 200, and damaged or flattened dozens of homes.

The plant was storing about 270 tons of explosive ammonium nitrate, a substance sometimes used in bomb-making, as well as 54,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia, which is poisonous if inhaled and combustible

when exposed to fire. Surely, a buffer should have existed between these materials and the little town of West.

Last week, we were reminded both of the dangers posed by chemical plants and of the threat of terrorism in the U.S., and the conclusion that chemical plants could be a lot safer is unsettling.

But such a conclusion is also inescapable.

Under federal rules passed in the 1980s and 1990s, chemical plants are obligated to inform nearby communities about the risks they pose; they also have to explain to the Environmental Protection Agency how they reduce the probability of catastrophe. The problem is

that plants aren’t sufficiently compelled to eliminate that potential in the first place.

An effort to address this problem was undertaken after Sept. 11, 2001, when EPA chief Christine Todd Whitman asked the White House to sponsor legislation that would compel the use of inherently safer chemicals and practices at chemical plants.

The George W. Bush administration declined.

Disappointingly, the Obama administration hasn’t taken up the cause, even though Barack Obama promised to establish new regulations.

Congress has likewise failed to pass legislation along the lines of Whitman’s approach.

Editorial board J. Tom Shaw, publisher Jay Schwab

Kathy Gresey

Al Lagattolla Kate Schott

What’s frustrating is that there are cost-effective ways to improve safety. Utilities have stopped using dangerous chlorine gas to sterilize water and started using ultraviolet light instead. Bleach makers have reduced their need to move huge quantities of chlorine gas by train by spreading production among smaller centers.

Although many of the bigger chemical companies have initiated these changes, hundreds of smaller ones, such as the West Fertilizer Co., require government urging.

Last July, a collection of environmental groups, labor unions and public-health advocates petitioned the EPA

to use its authority to institute new rules that would drive companies to make a choice: use safer chemicals, use fewer dangerous ones or take measures to keep the public safe. In West, Texas, presumably, such rules could have led the fertilizer plant to improve fire safety, disperse its chemical stores, move some distance from the town or all of the above.

Nine months later, the EPA still hadn’t responded to the petition. EPA spokeswoman Alisha Johnson told Bloomberg News that chemical plant safety was a “high priority.” Putting in place some needed rules would be a good way to make those words real.

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Group: Housing market improves in March

By JONATHAN BILYK jbilyk@shawmedia.com The local housing market showed signs of continuing a resurgence last month, as more sellers found buyers and more buyers were willing to pay a bit more.

In March, home sale activity in the Tri-Cities and Kane County jumped for yet another month, according to the latest round of home sales data from local real estate agent associations.

In the Tri-Cities, a total of 96 homes sold in St. Charles, Geneva and Batavia, combined, last month, marking an increase of about 14 percent compared to the same month in 2012.

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By the numbers The housing market in the Tri-Cities and in Kane County, overall, showed improvement in March, according to the latest round of data supplied by local real estate organizations. Here is a breakdown showing how each of the Tri-Cities and Kane County fared last month, compared to March 2012: St. Charles – 46 homes sold, up from 39; $405,000 median price, down from $412,500

Geneva – 27 homes sold, up from 26; $363,784 median price, down from $378,000 Batavia – 23 homes sold, up from 19; $278,750 median price, up from $233,250 Kane County – 528 homes sold, up from 501; $149,000 median price, up from $140,000

tion of Realtors, a trade group representing Chicago area real estate agents, reported that 84 homes sold in March 2012.

The March 2013 numbers also represent a 39 percent increase in home sale activity in the Tri-Cities compared to March 2011, when only 69

8LOCAL BRIEFS Geneva Butterfly House seeking volunteers GENEVA – The Geneva Park District’s Butterfly House at Peck Farm Park is seeking volunteers. In celebration of its 10th year, the Butterfly House has special events planned for the summer and is looking for energetic, friendly volunteers to lend a hand. Greet visitors and respond to inquiries from the public, while learning about butterflies and how the Butterfly House is operated.

Volunteers sign up for twohour shifts throughout the summer.

The first training session, for new and returning volunteers, is from 6:30 to 8 p.m. May 9 in Peck Farm Park’s Orientation Barn, 4038 Kaneville Road, Geneva. Volunteers must be 18 years or older, and parent and child volunteer teams are encouraged.

For information, call 630262-8244 or contact Kim Bohannon at kbohannon@ genevaparks.com.

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The median sale price for homes sold in the Tri-Cities also increased in March, the MainStreet Organization reported.

An average of the median sale price in each of the three communities increased 2.3 percent last month, rising from $341,167 in March 2012 to $349,178 last month.

In Kane County overall, home sale activity increased 5.4 percent, rising from 501 homes sold in March 2012 to 528 homes sold last month, according to information supplied by the Illinois Association of Realtors.

And the median sale price countywide also increased, rising from $140,000 a year ago to $149,000 in March.

Girl Scout Appreciation Week Memorial WIM Scholarships, which are intended for area women who have management as a career goal or who are working toward a certification/degree to become a licensed professional.

The deadline for completed applications for the scholarship is May 10.

For information or to receive an application, contact Janet Ellingson, immediate past president of WIM Fox Valley, at ellingsonlaw1@aol.com. Finalists may be required to attend an interview either in person or via conference call. Scholarships will be awarded at the May Fox Valley meeting May 23 at the Elgin Country Club.

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A group of Girl Scout leaders and daughters from the Sugar Grove and Elburn areas met Monday to celebrate Girl Scout Leader Appreciation Week. Among those in attendance were Renee Dee, Amy Nitsche, Cindy Babka, Angela Juneau, Mary Miller, Heidi Lendi, Monika Hubble, Yvonne Smith, Jenna Heller, Donna Rigs, Shannon Ford, Jennifer Stransky, Amanda Schedin, Mary Beth Kunzer, Lisa Spangler, Molly Skeen and Teresa Rios.

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homes sold in the three communities, combined.

The market in the Tri-Cities showed signs of improving health, as well, as the number of homes sold through foreclosure and short sale decreased and the prices of homes sold generally increased.

Homes sold at foreclosure or short sale, known as distressed properties, accounted for 23 percent of the homes sold in the Tri-Cities in March.

A year earlier, distressed properties claimed 44 percent of all sales.

At the same time, the number of distressed properties declined 40 percent, while the number of homes sold “traditionally” in the Tri-Cities increased about 40 percent, as

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ST. CHARLES NORTH DEF. ST. CHARLES EAST, 2-1 (21-25, 25-20, 25-22)

Stars claw way past Saints North holds off late East rally to claim 3-game win JARED BIRCHFIELD editorial@kcchronicle.com

• Wednesday, April 24, 2013

ST. CHARLES – It seemed at times during Tuesday’s match between St. Charles North and St. Charles East that neither team wanted to earn the town’s boys volleyball bragging rights.

Both sides exhibited stretches of sloppy play, scoring more points on hitting and service errors than on kills, blocks and aces.

The two teams finally hit their stride in the third game with the host North Stars holding off a late Saints’ rally to take the match, 21-25, 25-20, 2522, and remain unbeaten in Upstate Eight Conference River Division play.

“It was kind of sloppy night for us, kind of an off night,” North (18-3, 2-0 UEC River) coach Todd Weimer said.

“There were servicing errors, defensive errors, blocking errors. … Maybe the whole East-North rivalry can get into people’s head.”

“There were moments when each of them were on,” Saints coach Kate McCullagh said. “Unfortunately, at times we were all off and that had an impact on [North] coming back and getting runs on us.”

North and East (10-13, 2-1) were tied at 8 early in the third game. The North Stars then staged a 7-2 run to take a 15-10 lead.

After McCullagh called a timeout, momentum swung East’s way as the Saints regained their composure.

“I think is good at that moment when things seem like they are starting to spiral out of control you need to look each other in the eye and say, ‘OK, it’s just a game,’ ” McCullagh said. “Let’s take a deep breath, go back out there and do our best.”

The Saints rallied to tie the game at 20, with Luke Spicer capping the surge with three straight kills. The junior outside hitter finished with eight kills and three blocks.

Spicer credited team play for the

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St. Charles North’s Nic Cook (left) and Jake Hamilton (right) try to block a shot from St. Charles East’s Iain O’Connor during the North Stars’ 21-25, 25-20, 25-22 victory over the Saints on Tuesday in St. Charles. three late kills.

“I can’t do anything if our libero Sam [Pulcanio] and other passers don’t do their job and Tom [DeBruyne] doesn’t get the set up,” Spicer said.

“I’m the third step. I tried to go up and keep the ball in and make a shot.”

East held a brief lead until North Stars middle blocker Jack Bujko’s kill tied the game at 22.

“Any time you have 12 seniors,

you know you are going to have a lot of leadership and we came out with that composure that we knew we had,” North’s Kevin Beach said.

“We’ve been in this situation before and we knew what we had to do pull through.”

Beach finished with 10 kills and 11 digs.

A Saints foot fault returned the lead to North, 23-22. A Jack Ziesmer

kill and a Bujko block sealed the victory.

Ryan Dal Degan had 21 digs for the North Stars. Teammate Pat Misiewicz had 20 assists and 10 digs.

R.J. Yoder led the Saints with nine kills while teammate Iain O’Connor had six.

DeBruyne was credited with 27 assists while Pulcanio had 13 digs for the Saints.

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Batavia’s Shelby Stone (left) and Geneva’s Annie Waldoch head the ball during their 1-1 tie Tuesday in Geneva.

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Draw strikes rivals differently Batavia’s Stone ties match early in 2nd half

By VINNIE DUBER editorial@kcchronicle.com GENEVA – One coach called it a positive result.

The other called it frustrating.

But regardless of how each side was feeling, the Geneva and Batavia girls soccer teams walked away with the same result Tuesday.

The Vikings and Bulldogs played to a 1-1 tie on a rainy night, meaning neither of these Upstate Eight Conference River Division rivals will be able to claim bragging rights this season.

There were few scoring opportunities all night, one plagued by slick conditions after a day-long downpour soaked the turf field and everything around it.

Geneva (6-7-1, 0-2-1 UEC River) got on the board first when senior Molly Axen converted an easy tap-in after senior Amanda Lulek’s pass went across the goal mouth with less than seven minutes remaining in the first half.

But Batavia (6-2-3, 2-2-1) wanted to answer quickly, and the Bulldogs did just that, scoring just less than three minutes in to the second half.

Senior Shelby Stone took a long shot from outside the penalty box, but it was high and straight on and bounced off the hands of a jumping Samantha Hauser, Geneva’s junior goalkeeper, into the net for a goal.

“Like we talked about at halftime, we wanted to come out fast,” Stone said.

“That’s always our goal, but this time we proved it to ourselves and everyone else that we can come out hard. And we finished our opportunity that we had. We probably could’ve finished more. We would have loved to finish

“It’s definitely a step in the right direction. Hopefully, we can play like this, but just a touch better in the end of games. We try to come out and play for 80 minutes.

I think we did that – a little bit slow in the beginning – but we tried our best and we did all right.”

Shelby Stone, Batavia girls soccer senior

more. But you take what you can get, and we’re happy with the result.

“To score against the neighboring school, it’s always 10 times more exciting to score against them. It came out and helped us in the end. I’m thrilled.”

Stone’s score tied the score at 1, and that’s where it remained when 80 minutes of soccer were up.

“We played well, we fought hard,” Geneva coach Megan Owens said. “This spring’s been a little rough. It’s just frustrating to see them score a goal like they did, but that’s what happens when it’s wet.

You’ve got to be alert, you’ve got to back up your keeper, and you’ve got to put shots on frame. Obviously, with the Tri-Cities rivalries, it’s always big competition. Both sides really fought hard.”

Both teams are searching for better results as the season winds down.

“It’s definitely a step in the right direction,” Stone said. “Hopefully, we can play like this, but just a touch better in the end of games. We try to come out and play for 80 minutes. I think we did that – a little bit slow in the beginning – but we tried our best and we did all right.”

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PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Baseball: Geneva at St. Charles North, 4:30 p.m.; St. Charles East at Batavia 4:30 p.m.; Kaneland at Yorkville, 4:30 p.m.; Plano at Aurora Christian, 4:30 p.m.

Softball: Batavia at St. Charles East, 4:30 p.m.; Geneva at Streamwood, 4:30 p.m.; LaSalle-Peru at Kaneland, 4:30 p.m.; Rosary at Aurora Central Catholic, 4:30 p.m.; St. Francis at Wheaton Academy, 4:30 p.m.

Girls soccer: Kaneland at DeKalb, 6 p.m.; Burlington Central at Harvard, 6:15 p.m.

Girls track and field: Rosary, St. Francis, Wheaton Academy at Benet Academy, 4:30 p.m.

Boys volleyball: St. Francis at Lake Park, 5:30 p.m.; St. Edward at Wheaton Academy, 6 p.m.

Boys water polo: St. Charles East at Oak Park River Forest, 6 p.m.

Girls water polo: St. Charles North at Palatine, 6 p.m.

Griffin becomes latest area player to commit to D-III school PREP ZONE Jay Schwab

Griffin said. “Just noticing the size when I went up there, I think in a year or two, I’ll be pretty golden with my personal size compared to the players right now.”

Griffin decided to skip lacrosse this spring to focus on football training. Factoring into his considerations was his substantial high school injury history – a broken leg as a junior and torn thumb ligaments as a senior slowed his progress as a Viking.

“I’ve already had enough injuries,” Griffin said.

Griffin recently added an

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Geneva’s Colin Griffin (48) will play football at Wisconsin-Platteville next season along with teammate Nathan Balettie.

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unconventional weight-training episode to his spring regimen.

Thursday, he was part of a large contingent of Geneva football players that chipped in with manual labor to help combat flooding along the Fox River near the Herrington Inn & Spa in downtown Geneva.

“It was awesome,” Griffin said. “It just felt good helping out the town like that, seeing the rest of the town, even neighboring towns were out there. I’ll mark that off the bucket list – sandbagging.”

East’s Sciarrino commits: St.

Charles East defensive back Anthony Sciarrino made a college football commitment Saturday, choosing DePauw (Ind.).

Sciarrino, who also plays baseball for the Saints, picked DePauw over Carthage (Wis.) and Elmhurst.

He expects to play strong safety and potentially help on the punt return unit in college.

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

• Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Colin Griffin gathered his short-term courage in the name of long-term happiness.

Griffin dreaded having to let the Wisconsin-Whitewater football coaching staff know about his change of plans after initially committing to Whitewater – especially since the maneuver led him to Whitewater’s fierce rival, Wisconsin-Platteville.

But that’s what the Geneva senior linebacker decided, and now he’ll aim to make that switch hurt Whitewater all the more on the football field.

“It was really tough because you grow bonds with the coaches from talking to them for months, and just having to notify them, and especially when you commit somewhere, it’s even worse. … I felt terrible doing it but I just needed to go where my heart was set, and that’s Platteville,” Griffin said.

Griffin will join a large contingent of area players on the Pioneers’ roster, including fellow Geneva senior Nathan Balettie, a defensive lineman.

Four Kaneland products are also expected to be on next year’s Platteville roster, including current Knights seniors Blake Bradford and Zach Theis.

Like Balettie, Griffin will become a second-generation college football player.

Griffin’s father, Tim, was a middle linebacker at Northern Illinois, where he was a college

teammate of Vikings coach Rob Wicinski.

Griffin said a second visit from Pioneers coach Mike Emendorfer helped demonstrate how badly he was wanted, contributing to his change of heart last month.

The 6-foot-1, 210-pound Griffin considers the conference both Platteville and Whitewater compete in – the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athlethic Conference – to be the equivalent of the SEC for Division III. He thinks he’ll fit in nicely.

“I think I have skills that can help out the team a lot,”

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The mantra, “Whatever it takes,” has served St. Charles East coach Kelly Horan well this season as she guides a red-hot Saints squad into the Upstate Eight Conference River Division portion of its schedule.

Like the rest of the Chronicle-area teams, the Saints have dealt with mass game cancellations and days without seeing the field for practice. Horan is looking back at her playing career at Western Michigan, where she remembers practicing in all types of places to stay sharp, including hotel ballrooms and indoor practice facilities.

Trouble is, East doesn’t quite have the facilities that NCAA Division I Western Michigan does. With nearly all of the other sports teams forced inside, too, Horan has been forced to improvise on the fly with practice, using East’s school lunchroom, classrooms and even hallways to stay sharp.

It looks like the “Whatever it takes” attitude has helped East, which defeated Elgin, 3-1, on Monday to improve to 12-3 and push its winning streak to nine games.

“It’s tough to build momentum when you’re missing so many games,” Horan said.

“I’d [like] to play every day until June if I could. We can’t stress over it, though. After you get over that, you have to take those rain days and make the best of them. We’ve practiced in the lunchroom, classrooms and even hallways.”

When East has taken the field, it has been the maturation of the teams’ pitchers that have carried the team thus far.

The

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Lanie Callaghan and the Kaneland softball team have used three pitchers – Ellissa Eckert, Anissa Becker and Courtney Davis – this season. The Knights are 9-2.

Haley Beno – fresh off a complete-game, three-hit, 14-strikeout performance against Elgin – and Alex Latoria have shut down opponents, with each pitcher sporting an ERA around 2.

Beno is a varsity veteran while Latoria saw time at the end of her freshman campaign last season.

“Haley Beno has turned into a shut-down pitcher – the wins against Lake Park, Neuqua Valley and Bartlett, she shut those bats down,” Horan said. “She has limited the walks. For Haley, first five games to last five games, it’s been her walks. She’s hitting her spots, which allows us to call pitches and hopefully exploits the hitters’ weaknesses.”

Beno is 6-2 on the year with a miniscule 1.86 ERA. Her counterpart, Latoria, is turning in a banner sophomore season, standing at 5-1 with a 2.01 ERA. “Alex is just a fighter. I would not want to face Alex.

The higher the pressure, the greater she plays,” Horan said. “She is cool, calm and

collected and is a fiery little pistol that I love watching pitch.”

With perhaps the toughest part of the schedule remaining, which includes the full UEC River slate, Horan hopes that all-around effort from her team continues going forward.

“I don’t think you can sleep on anyone in our conference.

These are all well-seasoned kids we’re playing against,” Horan said. “If you do not bring your “A”game, you could get beat by any one of them. I don’t think anyone on our side of the conference you can sleep on. ”

Pick 3 Kaneland started the year without a true ace pitcher, instead spreading innings around to Ellissa Eckert, Anissa Becker and most recently, freshman Courtney Davis.

Knights coach Brian Willis takes a number of things into account when choosing a starting pitcher, but usually goes by his gut.

“The pitchers are throwing strikes and letting the

defense play. We’re happy that they’re making people hit their way on,” Willis said.

“Our defense has been pretty good. I just go with a gut feeling on who I’m going to pitch. Courtney put herself in the mix after the way she threw [Monday].”

Davis picked up the win against Oswego East on Monday in a 7-4 victory that pushed Kaneland’s record to 9-2. Willis has been hands-on when dealing with each of his three pitchers.

“I probably use up every possible trip to the mound that I can during every game,” Willis said. “The fact that we haven’t been able to play a lot, I use a lot of game time for coaching. None of them throw real hard, but when they hit their spots they are really effective.

Where they get themselves in trouble is when they start missing spots.”

Eckert has followed Willis’ game-plan in the early going, walking only four batters in 30 innings of work while Becker has been almost as stingy, yielding just three walks in 22 innings.

All day, every day The recent string of rainouts has bunched up the schedule to the point where teams can count on playing nearly every day until playoff time.

The first game of the battle of St. Charles was lost to rain Tuesday and has been rescheduled for May 6.

Meanwhile, St. Francis plays nearly every day this week, with three conference games before a weekend tilt with a tough Glenbard South opponent.

– Ian Matthews, editorial@kcchronicle.com

COACH SLY SEZ ...

Sly took time today for an anti-rain dance to spare the area of further washed out softball games.

In one of the more uncooperative springs weather-wise in recent memory, Sly has the peanuts and scorecard ready to go whenever games start again.

Sly wonders who has the depth to handle the unavoidable pile-up games that will litter upcoming schedules.

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Insider A closer look at prep softball

IN THE GROOVE EMILY KISCH Burlington Central, Fr. What she did: Kisch helped Burlington Central stay hot after firing a 14-strikeout no-hitter in the Rockets’ 9-0 win over Harvard on April 16. The win pushed BC’s overall record to 12-1.

HALEY BENO St. Charles East, Jr. What she did: Beno continued her torrid start in the circle, going the distance in a 3-1 win over Elgin on Monday while fanning 14 and only allowing three hits.

WHAT WE LEARNED LAST WEEK ...

The rain has put a damper on the start of the season, but not enough to get an idea of who the area’s top teams are. With a week left in April, Burlington Central’s start is not a fluke and St. Charles East and North have steady lineups with ace-caliber pitchers. Geneva and Batavia continue to look for consistency after slow starts to the year.

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

How good St. Francis is. The Remus family has a good thing going with father Ralph leading pitcher Maggie and the rest of the deep Spartans to early-season success. Trouble is, St. Francis hasn’t seen the field much recently. That could change this week with SCC conference games against Rosary, Wheaton Academy and Walther Lutheran scheduled before a meeting with 3A power Glenbard South on Saturday.

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By KEVIN DRULEY kdruley@shawmedia.com GENEVA – Several Cougars scanned a USA Today after Tuesday morning’s rainy-day workout at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark, bantering about coverage of the recent Boston Marathon bombings.

Reliever Stephen Perakslis was in the trainer’s room at the time, but he certainly has had a pulse on the developments after the April 15 tragedy.

A native of Abington, Mass., about 20 miles southeast of Boston, Perakslis learned of the news while the Cougars were en route to Appleton, Wis., to begin a recent road trip. His initial reaction – “This is unbelievable” – made his mission to check on family members and friends all the more frantic.

“It was real scary and real heart-dropping, you know,” Perakslis said. “Everyone’s OK, thank God.” A handful of Perakslis’ friends and cousins competed in the marathon. He was unsure whether any finished Stephen around the time Perakslis of the bombings, just after the four-hour mark.

On Saturday, Perakslis saw a replay of the impassioned “This is our [expletive] city” speech Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz delivered at Fenway Park in a pregame tribute to victims and survivors of the bombings.

“For him to do that, it got everybody amped up,” Perakslis

said. “I think he helped out the city of Boston.”

Rock on: Designated hitter Rock Shoulders was named Midwest League Hitter of the Week for games played April 15 through 21, batting .475 (10 for 21) in six games while homering twice and driving in five runs.

Shoulders boasts hits in 15 of the Cougars’ 16 games this season, and has credited dilgent offseason training throughout his hot start.

“Not much has changed,” he said. “I do the same stuff in the cage every day, stuff like that.”

Bus riders: After an off-day today, the Cougars are set to begin a six-game road trip to Fort Wayne and Lake County (Ohio) as the first wave of Eastern Division play opens Thursday.

The 837-mile trip is the club’s longest of the season.

“Coming from [Short-A] Boise, it’s not really anything, with 13-hour bus trips,” catcher Chadd Krist said. “It’s not really a big deal out here.”

Krist was referring to the trip from Boise to Vancouver that many Cougars made while playing in the Northwest League. The Cougars’ second-half trip to South Bend and West Michigan is 466 miles.

Sweet (former) home Chicago: Fort Wayne pitching coach Burt Hooton spent five of his 15 major league seasons with the Cubs. The right-hander threw a no-hitter for the North-Siders against the Philadelphia Phillies on April 16, 1972.

Tin Caps manager Jose Valentin, a former infielder, played on the other side of town, batting .247 for the White Sox in 672 games from 2000-04.

• Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Tuesday’s Results Peoria at Cougars, ppd., rain Dayton 4, Lansing 3 Bowling Green 12, Fort Wayne 6 Lake County 8, West Michigan 5 Cedar Rapids at Burlington, ppd., rain Wisconsin 9, Quad Cities 1 Beloit at Clinton, ppd., rain Great Lakes at South Bend, ppd., rain Today’s Games Lake County at West Michigan, noon.

Great Lakes at South Bend, 5:05 p.m., 1st game Great Lakes at South Bend, 7:30 p.m., 2nd game Dayton at Lansing, 6:05 p.m.

Fort Wayne at Bowling Green, 7:05 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Cougars at Fort Wayne, 6:05 p.m.

Clinton at Lake County, 5:30 p.m.

Peoria at Dayton, 6 p.m.

South Bend at Beloit, 6:30 p.m.

West Michigan at Wisconsin, 6:35 p.m.

Great Lakes at Cedar Rapids, 6:35 p.m.

Lansing at Quad Cities, 7 p.m.

Burlington at Bowling Green, 7:05 p.m.

Perakslis relieved in wake of Boston tragedy

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Eastern Division W L Bowling Green (Rays) 14 4 South Bend (D-backs) 10 4 Great Lakes (Dodgers) 9 7 Fort Wayne (Padres) 9 8 W. Michigan (Tigers) 7 9 Lansing (Blue Jays) 5 10 Dayton (Reds) 6 12 Lake County (Indians) 6 12 Western Division W L Cedar Rapids (Twins) 12 5 Quad Cities (Astros) 11 6 Beloit (Athletics) 8 8 Peoria (Cardinals) 8 8 Cougars (Cubs) 7 9 Clinton (Mariners) 7 10 Wisconsin (Brewers) 6 9 Burlington (Angels) 6 10

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

DICK POND ATHLETICS BOSTON MARATHON BENEFIT

Pond Boston benefit well-received

TROY DYKHUIS

By KEVIN DRULEY kdruley@shawmedia.com

St. Charles East • Senior • Baseball Why Dykhuis was selected: Pitched six shutout innings Saturday against Elgin, striking out 11.

St. Charles East senior Troy Dykhuis is enjoying seeing his innings workload increase as a senior after a more limited role on the Saints’ pitching staff last season. In Game 2 of Saturday’s doubleheader at Elgin, Dykhuis pitched six scoreless innings, allowing only three hits while striking out 11. Dykhuis, the St. Charles Bank & Trust-Kane County Chronicle Athlete of the Week, is an Elgin Community College recruit.

He spoke with sports editor Jay Schwab about his outing on Saturday. The following is an edited transcript: What was working so well for you [on Saturday]?

I was able to get ahead with my fastball and I was also able to locate my curveball later in the count.

If you’re pitching in a doubleheader, do you have a preference on which game, first or second?

I usually like to pitch the first game so then you’re not sitting there but the second game isn’t too bad, either.

You guys have some big conference series coming up the next few weeks.

Is it a pretty fun time of season?

It is. It’s always fun to out there and play against some of the guys you know on other high school teams and compete with them.

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About 300 Fox Valley runners gathered Monday night to support victims and survivors of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings.

Dick Pond Athletics-St. Charles, which hosted the benefit run, sold out of its allotment of 100 “Runners for Boston” T-shirts within 15 minutes, store manager Glen Kamps said.

It was more of the same for Dick Pond’s five other Chicagoland locations, which also were given 100 shirts apiece. All proceeds went toward the Boston One Fund foundation.

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“I felt bad to even have the run because of the bad circumstances it was caused by ... but I told someone else the only way good people could fight evil in general is to overwhelm it,” Kamps said.

“And that was the sensation of these 300 people of good.”

Geneva resident Elena Shemyakina, 53, was among nine customers of the St. Charles store who competed in the Boston Marathon. She-

myakina, whose 3:06:48 finish was tops among all women ages 50 through 54, served as the race starter before filing in for the 2.62-mile run that included athletes of all ages and abilities.

“She was the face of the marathon to us, all in one person,” Kamps said.

At night’s end, athletes dined on the famed Boston delicacy of hot baked beans – a welcome complement, it turned out, to the traditional finisher’s fare of Gatorade.

“It surprised all of us,” Kamps said. “We thought we’d throw all the beans away or take it home to our kids or something. There wasn’t much left at all.”

8SPORTS SHORTS St. Francis soccer rolls PALOS HEIGHTS – Kaity Bucaro scored a goal and two assists Tuesday, helping the St. Francis girls soccer team past Chicago Christian, 6-1, in Suburban Christian Conference play.

Andrea Ravlin added a goal and an assist for the Spartans (10-0, 5-0 SCC).

Batavia-Geneva track moved to today BATAVIA – Inclement weather postponed the boys-girls track dual between host Batavia and Geneva from Tuesday to today.

It could not delay athletes’ excitement.

“It’s against Geneva,” said

Batavia junior Jorden Berendt, a boys sprint/distance athlete, “so it would be a good meet to win.”

The competition – whose victor receives a custom wood trophy that was the brainchild of Geneva girls coach Peter Raak – features combined boys and girls scoring.

For the girls, the dual comes two days before Geneva hosts the girls Kane County Meet on Friday, but that’s of little concern to the Bulldogs.

“I like this meet before county, because it kind of helps you get in the mode of competition, and it’s nice to have competition there,” Batavia

junior jumper/sprinter Jessica Hartmann said.

Huskie Stadium to get new scoreboard DeKALB – Northern Illinois will install a new scoreboard and audio system while adding ribbon boards on the east and west sides at Huskie Stadium for the 2013 football season, NIU officials announced Tuesday.

The improvements come on the heels of NIU’s breakthrough Orange Bowl season and in time for the 2013 Illinois High School Association state football championships.

– From staff, wire reports

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – It behooves you to get in touch with someone you recently met whom you’d like to know better. Something very nice could come about through this relationship.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Even though you’ll have little or no control over certain events, things should work out to your advantage. By the time the dust settles, your status and reputation will be enhanced.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Don’t be afraid to take a reasonable risk if conditions warrant it. Not only will your judgment be good, you’re likely to advance a personal interest.

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Rodney Ascher’s new documentary “Room 237” is an examination of themes running through Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 film “The Shining.”

‘Room 237’ is bonkers

By ED SYMKUS GateHouse News Service Feature length documentaries, those hopefully insightful, educational, entertaining slices of cinema, are more popular than ever. Anyone who’s seen “Rivers and Tides,” “Murderball,” “Winged Migration” or “Woodstock” (among many others), would agree that they can be as great as any fiction film.

But now along comes first-time feature documentarian Rodney Ascher with “Room 237,” an examination of themes running through Stanley Kubrick’s both celebrated and reviled 1980 film “The Shining.” Oh, it’s entertaining and, some would say, insightful. But a line’s gotta be drawn as to whether it’s educational.

Let me be more blunt: This film is bonkers!

Its subtitle is “Being an inquiry into ‘The Shining’ in 9 Parts.” An inquiry? It’s more like a series of acid flashbacks as told by a group of “experts” who have seen the film far too many times.

It combines scenes from “The Shining,” and clips from all of Kubrick’s films – yup, all of them, from “Fear

and Desire (1953) to “Eyes Wide Shut” (1999) – with off-screen comments by a handful of writers and film aficionados (Bill Blakemore, Geoffrey Cocks, Juli Kearns, John Fell Ryan, Jay Weidner – nope, I never heard of them, either), each authoritatively opining on what “The Shining” is “really” about.

One insists, “It’s about the genocide of the American Indians.”

Another says, “I was convinced that it had a subtext about the Holocaust.”

Another goes on about the film’s “plentiful supply of subliminal images that tell an extremely disturbing story about sexuality.”

Huh? “The Shining” is about a blocked writer (Jack Nicholson) who, along with his dim bulb wife (Shelley Duvall) and impressionable son (Danny Lloyd), becomes the winter caretaker at an isolated, ghost-plagued resort, and eventually turns into an ax-wielding murderer.

Hold on. One of those experts is correcting me. It’s actually about a hotel that’s standing in for the labyrinth on Crete, and Nicholson is playing the Minotaur.

Wait, no, I’ve got it wrong again.

When we see blood gushing out of the elevators in “The Shining,” we should

realize that it’s about “the blood on which nations are built, certainly the United States with the genocide of the American Indians.”

Seriously? Are you gonna start with that again?

That’s OK. The discussion gets a lot better. One of the specialists we hear blathering decides to compare and contrast the source novel by Stephen King and the film, introducing his theory by stating that the film has a deeper story than the book: “And this deeper story has its birth in the idea that Stanley Kubrick was involved in faking the Apollo moon landing.” A detailed, one-sided debate ensues.

“Room 237” (the room in which some of the story’s murders take place, although in the book it was 217) is a film in which a group of crazy people continuously offer up absurd observations, and do it all with completely straight faces that we’re never allowed to see. But it’s a lot more fun than the dull, not-the-least-bit-scary horror film they’re ranting about.

• “Room 237” (Unrated, includes brief scenes of violence and nudity).

The film’s grade: B-.

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Aggressive girls put boy in embarrassed state Dear Abby: My son is a tall, strikingly handsome teenager, although somewhat shy. Our problem is that his looks attract the wrong kind of attention from aggressive girls, and it’s getting worse every year.

He and his 14-year-old sister went out to eat after school yesterday, and when they returned it was obvious my son was upset and his sister was furious. She said a group of college girls at a table next to them were teasing and taunting my son with blatantly sexual propositions. They went so far as to touch him suggestively as they got up to leave.

I’m sure they got the physical response from him they wanted; he is only 17, after all. But he was clearly angry, embarrassed and ashamed. He said he felt trapped and didn’t know what to do.

The sexual harassment of young men is often laughed off with a wink and a nudge, but it isn’t funny. It can be as painful and damaging to men as to women. Furthermore, my son is a minor, and I suspect the college

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips girls were adults, if the beer on the table was any indication.

I am trying to raise my son to respect women and to be a decent man, husband and father someday, but frankly, I’m at a loss as to how to help him handle this type of sexual aggressiveness from girls. Do you or any of your readers have any suggestions? – Shocked Mom In Tennessee Dear Mom: I can see why your son and daughter were upset. He was not only sexually harassed by those young women, but when they put their hands on him, he was ASSAULTED. If your son’s father is in the picture, he should discuss the incident with your son. If that’s not possible, another adult male should help him understand that his arousal was normal and nothing to be ashamed of.

Dear Abby: I recently bought a

used car for myself. It is exotic, and my wife and I really like it.

She’s upset with me, however, because I won’t let her drive it unless I’m in the car. I bought it with the intent for us to enjoy it, but I am also concerned with keeping it in good shape.

Because my wife is unhappy, I am undecided about whether to keep the car and stick to my guns, or sell it and live life simply and unfettered. Can you give me some advice? – Doesn’t Want It Dented In Rancho Cordova, Calif.

Dear Doesn’t Want It Dented: Let’s be honest. On one hand, you say you bought the car for yourself, and on the other, you say you bought it for both of you to enjoy.

You can’t have it both ways, so which is it?

I think the time has come to confess to your wife that even though you said the car was for both of you, it’s really your baby.

Then make it up to her by buying her that special something.

• Write Dear Abby at www. dearabby.com.

Non-invasive remedies relieve knee pain without surgery Dear Doctor K: I have osteoarthritis of the knee. Are there ways to relieve my knee pain without drugs or surgery?

Dear Reader: Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease of the joints. If you were to take an X-ray of every bone in the bodies of people over 50, probably most of us would have some degree of osteoarthritis in some joints.

However, it wouldn’t necessarily hurt. Osteoarthritis surely can cause symptoms. I know; my right hip was badly damaged by osteoarthritis and caused me a lot of pain. Finally, I needed a hip replacement. I’ve been pain-free ever since.

But surgery is a last resort, of course, and you asked about non-surgical options. The standard treatment for osteoarthritis usually consists of anti-inflammatory and pain medications, along with weight loss and physical therapy. Eventually, if the arthritis progresses, you may need surgery.

But if you’re still in the early stages of osteoarthritis, a variety of remedies may offer some pain relief without drugs or surgery: • Weight loss. The more weight you carry, the more likely you are to have knee pain. Weight loss significantly reduces the load on

ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff your knees and slows the progression of knee osteoarthritis. If you’re overweight, make weight loss a priority. I was only a little overweight, but losing just seven pounds made a world of difference to my hip.

• Physical therapy exercises. Strengthening the muscles around your knee can help lessen your pain. A physical therapist can teach you exercises to strengthen and stretch your knee, support the joint and reduce stress on it. (I’ve put an illustration showing two knee-strengthening exercises on my website, AskDoctorK.com.)

• Tai chi. This exercise regimen consists of a series of postures that are performed in a set, flowing sequence. Tai chi improves muscle strength and coordination, which leads to better joint stability. In addition, tai chi promotes mental calmness, which may help to break the cycle of arthritis pain. Millions of people in Asia practice it every day, many because it helps relieve pain from their osteoarthritis.

• Glucosamine and chondroitin. A few years back, these supplements were all the rage to relieve arthritis pain. Time and research, however, have produced minimal or mixed findings. I used them for my hip, but I was never convinced they helped. Some of my patients, however, have obtained relief with them. My guess is that some people really do get relief, whereas others do not.

• Acupuncture. This traditional Chinese practice involves the insertion of extremely fine needles into the skin at specific points. Over the past 40 years, studies have shown that acupuncture clearly does relieve pain in many people.

• Assistive devices can help reduce the stress on your joints.

A cane is one example. And shock-absorbing insoles, made of a gel-like material, may help cushion the joints to reduce knee symptoms.

Several of these remedies worked for me for many years, and I’ll bet some will work for you as well.

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

Learning from mistakes can ride oneself of bad reputation Dr. Wallace: What is the best way to get rid of a bad reputation? I won’t go into all the things that earned me my reputation. Let’s just say the list would be long and colorful. I’m 16, and realize now that when a boy tells you he loves you, all he’s saying is that he loves your body.

Three months ago, my parents divorced, and I’m sure I was the main reason for the breakup of our family.

I’ve asked the Almighty to forgive and guide me, but I don’t know how to get my peers to forgive and forget. Please give me words of encouragement. My self-esteem is so low I don’t even think I have any. – Nameless, Oakland, Calif.

Dear Nameless: You are not the reason your parents divorced! Your mom and dad were incompatible and would have dissolved their marriage no matter what you did. Teens often hold themselves responsible for their parents’ divorce, but it is never the case.

Likewise, you may be exaggerating the extent of your bad reputation, but in any case, please understand that teens, on the whole, are very forgiving. No matter how well-earned your bad reputation may be, you can change it into a positive one. There are three requirements: A commitment to change your lifestyle, the passage of time and guidance from the Almighty.

Since you have already sought that guidance, you’re well on your way to becoming “the new you.” Focus on who you want to be and start acting accordingly.

When your peers see your lifestyle changes and become aware of your positive attitude, they will once again accept you as a friend. It will take some time, but

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace stay with it and you will see results.

Admitting your mistakes is the first step in overcoming them.

Learning from your mistakes is the last step.

Dr. Wallace: I’m a 17-year-old guy who could use your advice.

Sarah and I dated for about six months, but we stopped dating because I wanted to date another girl. We parted as friends and remain friends.

Then my best friend, Michael, started dating Sarah and I guess you could say I was envious of him, especially when he told me how great she was, and thanked me for breaking up with her.

Now I’m sorry I broke up with her, and I miss her a lot. I’m not dating anyone at the moment because I’m waiting for my friend and Sarah to break up. Should I tell my best friend and Sarah how I feel, or should I keep my mouth shut and wait? Eventually, they will break up. – Nameless, Geneva Dear Nameless: By all means, keep your mouth shut. Your feelings about Sarah are driven by jealousy, plain and simple.

Forget about waiting for them to break up – it could be a long wait, and even when (or if) it happens, Sarah may have no interest in renewing a dead relationship. Find a new girlfriend.

The lesson here is that we have to live with the consequences of our actions. Learning this is never easy, but I guarantee you will be far more appreciative of the next young woman you start dating.

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

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BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

• Wednesday, April 24, 2013

CELEBRITY CIPHER

Warren Buffett said, “I don’t look to jump over seven-foot bars; I look around for one-foot bars that I can step over.”

At the bridge table, if you have the necessary values, sometimes you have to jump. But at least you can do it while staying firmly anchored in your chair.

With that huge hint, it should not be hard to work out what South should rebid in today’s deal, after opening one heart and hearing partner respond one spade.

South should rebid three hearts, which shows at least a six-card suit and typically seven winners. This usually equates to 15 or 16 high-card points (perhaps an excellent 14 or an uninteresting 17). This hand is a maximum, but that does not hurt occasionally.

The play in four hearts should not be so tough. After West takes three club tricks and shifts to a spade, South wins the fourth trick with his king, draws trumps, unblocks the diamond ace, crosses to the spade ace, and discards his last spade on the diamond king.

As a defensive point, how should East card so that West knows he can cash three club tricks?

There are actually two solutions. A few pairs lead the queen from ace-king-queen, partner being asked to give a count signal. Here, therefore, East would play first the six, then the three, to show an even number.

Alternatively, if West starts with the club ace, East would play his three to deny the queen, the honor touching the two promised by West’s lead. Then, West should continue with the club queen and East should signal remaining count, playing the four to say that he has an odd number left.

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MOVING SALE WEDNESDAY APRIL 24 SATURDAY APRIL 27 10AM-3PM ELECTRONICS, FURNITURE CLOTHES, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS EVERYTHING MUST GO

DIETARY AIDE DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center has a part time position available in our Dietary Department on the Day Shift (6:15am 2:30pm). Must be 16 years of age or older to apply. Some weekends & holidays are required.

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DOWNTOWN GENEVA ESTATE SALE #1 HOUSE SITTING A mature woman with an 8 lb dog would like to do house & pet sitting in exchange for rent. Reliable with references.

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3 BAGS LOST AT GENEVA COMMONS On 4/21/13, 3 bags left in parking lot at Geneva Commons right outside of DSW / Homegoods area. One big H&M bag with other bags inside as well as personal items. REWARD. Please contact Tyler at 540-735-5664 or return to Homegoods at Geneva Commons. Thank you!

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Mower – Craftsman – Push 6.25h.p. - Hi-Wheels – 22” Mulch Or Discharge – Like New $55 630-232-0183 AM Riding Mower – Snapper – 11hp – 28”cut – 5 Speed – Rear Bagger – New Battery – Tuned – Very clean $250 630-232-0183 AM

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9 ft, all weather poly, brown & white weave, excellent condition! $40. 630-677-1477

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

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2008 Ford Escape

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Crate Barrel, color Espresso, 48x19x20, $100/obo.

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DOUBLE SINK – Smooth concrete.

48 x 16 x 18. $35.

847-515-8012 Huntley area ST CHARLES FOX MILL COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE FOX MILL COMMUNITY St. Charles Entrance 4 miles west of Randall Road on Rt. 64 & Fox Mill Blvd. and 4 entrances off La Fox Rd. between Rt. 64 & 38.

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Home Galleries Oil Painting #387936 by Petrina 12.5" x 14.5" Some minor stress cracks $25.

630-464-7049 St. Charles MOTORCYCLE JACKET Black Leather, Size Mens Medium.

Good Condition $45 630-464-7049 St. Charles

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STORAGE CABINET from IKEA 5 plastic drawers. $55.

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DRUM SET - Mapex 7 piece. Good condition. $199. 630-443-0732

Dryer. Maytag. Gas. White.

Great condition. $299.

630-973-3528

CATS - ADOPTION Bonded pair of tuxedo cats available for adoption due to death of their owner. Omar and Lucy, are inside only cats. Call for interview: RADIO / PHONO CONSOLE 630-750-8333 Vintage 40's, great condition $295.

630-406-6783 Vintage Zenith 40's Radio/Phono Console, great condition $295. CAMERA - NIKON N4004 35mm 630-406-6783 camera with leather case & carrying bag. $100. 630-406-6783 Avon Days of the Week Bear Collection, Monday & Wednesday New in Boxes $10 for both 630-464-7049 St.Charles Hummel Crystal Trinket Box by Avon Still in Box. Never Displayed.

Like New $425. 630-464-7049.

St. Charles TEAPOTS - Telltale Hand Painted Teapots. Biddy Brophy's Grocery Store. Still in Box #33341 $25 630-464-7049 St. Charles

Star Wars Action Figures $7 & Up. otarget656@aol.com 630-740-9156

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5HP, 0” push mulching mower.

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630-879-3192 PAINTING - Home Galleries Painting 1980 MGB 2 DR Roadster Limited.

by B. Coltman Framed #396319 Black convertible softtop, beige in12.5" x 14.5" $35 630-464-7049 terior. 4 cylinder engine, 4-speed St. Charles manual transmission, AM/FM PAINTING - Home Galleries Oil Stereo, CD player, MG Limited Mag Painting by Nathan #409373 wheels, rear luggage rack. 70,951 miles. Best Offer 630/643/4634.

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Silver Glen to Brookhaven PLANT STAND - Shadow Box, Wall Navajo rug, furniture, computer Shelves and Country Cabinet All desk & chair, housewares, Rock- Wood and Excellent Condition $10 well Christmas Village, Southern Each. 630-464-7049 St. Charles Living, Misc., Select Comfort King Record collection. 78 LP records.

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Vintage Watches – Elgin, Bulova,Benrus, Walthan, Wyler 10KGF – Some Windup – Some Need New Battery – Negotiable $200 630-587-6620

$11,500.00 Excellent Condition.

Metallic Red,4 Door 4 Cyl., A/C, 32 MPG. 92K Miles, Cloth Interior AM/FM CD Player.

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1984 Catalina Capri, 14.2' sailboat w/E-Z loader boat trailer; centerboard, tiller steering, rigged w/two sails. $500.

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2001 Class A Fleetwood Southwind 36 ft Class A RV— Great condition 49,400 miles, fuel type gas, Ford super duty chassis, Ford Triton V10 gas engine, 4pt leveling, 5.5 generator, 2 roof A/C, 2 slideouts, lthr seats, Queen bed, 10.8 cubic ft 2-door refrigerator/freezer, 3 burner stove top w/Magic Chef oven, Convection micro, patio awning, tow hitch. $38,000 Call Jim Peterson 815-758-1845

DIRT BIKES 2008 Kawasaki KLX 140 $1400, 2006 Kawasaki KLX 125 $1100, 2007 Shoreline 3 bike trailer $800.

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PUBLIC NOTICE I IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY - GENEVA, ILLINOIS LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR MERRILL LYNCH FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-2 PLAINTIFF VS ELIZABETH RODRIGUEZ; OSCAR RODRIGUEZ; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST FRANKLIN FINANCIAL CORP., AN. OP. SUB. OF MLB&T CO.; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ELIZABETH RODRIGUEZ, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; DEFENDANTS 08 CH 3794 1201 THATCHER TRAIL WEST DUNDEE, IL 60107 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered by said Court in the above entitled cause on February 26, 2009, KANE COUNTY SHERIFF in KANE County, Illinois, will on May 30, 2013, in Room JC 100, Kane County Judicial Center, 37W777 Route 38, St. Charles, IL 60175, at 9:00 AM, sell at public auction and sale to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate mentioned in said Judgment, situated in the County of KANE, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment: TAX NO. 03-21-132-004-0000 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1201 THATCHER TRAIL WEST DUNDEE,

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9:00 AM, sell at public auction and sale to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate mentioned in said Judgment, situated in the County of KANE, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment: TAX NO. 02-27-302-006 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 40W835 MAPLEHURST LANE HAMPSHIRE, IL 60140 Description of Improvements: SEE PRELIM TITLE 2 STORY, RED BRICK SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH 2 CAR ATTACHED GARAGE The Judgment amount was $663,240.76.

Sale Terms: This is an "AS IS" sale for "CASH". The successful bidder must deposit 25% down by certified funds; balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate, water bills, etc., and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/ expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com.

Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only (Published in Kane County ChroniPierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorcle April 17, 24, May 1, 2013) neys, 1 North Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No. (312) PUBLIC NOTICE 372-2060. Please refer to file #PA0707522 Plaintiff's attorney is not required to provide additional IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR information other than that set forth THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT in this notice of sale.

KANE COUNTY I523651 GENEVA, ILLINOIS BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS (Published in the Kane County CWABS, INC. ASSET-BACKED Chronicle, April 17, 24 2013 May 1, 2013) CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-11 PLAINTIFF VS TERESA M. HATCH; DANIEL L. HATCH; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF TERESA M. HATCH, St. Charles $$ 2020 Dean St. $$ IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND SteD2-E Over 2000 sq ft.

NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; TERESA $279,000. Your Choic R. E. M HATCH; DEFENDANTS Services. Marie 630-567-3300 40W835 MAPLEHURST LANE HAMPSHIRE, IL 60140 07 CHK 1156 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered by said Court in the above entitled BATAVIA cause on December 7, 2007, KANE COUNTY SHERIFF in KANE 1 BR starting at $800-$840 County, Illinois, will on May 30, 2 BR starting at $980-$1000 2013, in Room JC 100, Kane 3 BR TH starting at $1275 County Judicial Center, 37W777 630-879-8300 Route 38, St. Charles, IL 60175, at

IL 60107 Description of Improvements: 2 STORY SINGLE FAMILY HOME, GREY VYL, NOT FOR SALE, UTIL ON The Judgment amount was $337,824.94.

Sale Terms: This is an "AS IS" sale for "CASH". The successful bidder must deposit 25% down by certified funds; balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate, water bills, etc., and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com.

Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No. (312) 372-2060. Please refer to file #PA0827582 Plaintiff's attorney is not required to provide additional information other than that set forth in this notice of sale.

I523652

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Batavia/Elburn Farmette 2BR upper, country kitchen w/skylight cathedral ceilings, 2 decks, all utils incl., $1200/mo. 630-306-3163 COUNTRY VIEW APARTMENTS 1 & 2 bd apts available. $550$625 Clean Quiet country setting, close to downtown Genoa. Lots of updates. Call 815-784-4606

ELBURN 2BR CONDO STYLE Appliances, W/D, A/C, extra storage.

No pets, $875/mo, utilities incl.

815-375-0132 Geneva West. 2BR, all appls.

Garage. Lease+sec. No pets. $825/mo.

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PEPPER VALLEY APARTMENTS 2 BDRM ~ 2 BATH $1020 - $1030 Fireplace, heat, gas, water incl.

A/C, D/W, disposal, microwave, blinds, patios, clubhouse, pool.

Garages available, small pets OK.

630-232-7226 St. Charles - Newly Renovated 1BR $650 and 2BR $850.

NO PETS! 630-841-0590

ST. CHARLES 1st MO FREE! Lrg 1BR $769, Lrg 2BR from $829/mo. Incl heat, water, cooking gas, Appliances & laundry.

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No pets. Avail now. $1200/mo.

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY GENEVA, ILLINOIS BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS CWABS, INC. ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-11 PLAINTIFF VS TERESA M. HATCH; DANIEL L. HATCH; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF TERESA M. HATCH, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; TERESA M HATCH; DEFENDANTS 40W835 MAPLEHURST LANE HAMPSHIRE, IL 60140 07 CHK 1156 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered by said Court in the above entitled cause on December 7, 2007, KANE COUNTY SHERIFF in KANE County, Illinois, will on May 30, 2013, in Room JC 100, Kane County Judicial Center, 37W777 Route 38, St. Charles, IL 60175, at 9:00 AM, sell at public auction and sale to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate mentioned in said Judgment, situated in the County of KANE, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment: LOT 34 IN MAPLEHURST SUBDIVISION UNIT 6, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 1, 2004 AS DOCUMENT 2004K087236, IN RUTLAND TOWNSHIP, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. TAX NO. 02-27-302-006 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 40W835 MAPLEHURST LANE HAMPSHIRE, IL 60140 Description of Improvements: SEE PRELIM TITLE 2 STORY, RED BRICK SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH 2 CAR ATTACHED GARAGE The Judgment amount was $663,240.76.

Sale Terms: This is an "AS IS" sale for "CASH". The successful bidder must deposit 25% down by certified funds; balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate, water bills, etc., and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/ expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the

pur foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com.

Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No. (312) 372-2060. Please refer to file #PA0707522 Plaintiff's attorney is not required to provide additional information other than that set forth in this notice of sale.

I523651 (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, April 17, 24 2013 May 1, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY - GENEVA, ILLINOIS LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR MERRILL LYNCH FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-2 PLAINTIFF VS ELIZABETH RODRIGUEZ; OSCAR RODRIGUEZ; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST FRANKLIN FINANCIAL CORP., AN. OP. SUB. OF MLB&T CO.; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ELIZABETH RODRIGUEZ, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; DEFENDANTS 08 CH 3794 1201 THATCHER TRAIL WEST DUNDEE, IL 60107 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered by said Court in the above entitled cause on February 26, 2009, KANE COUNTY SHERIFF in KANE County, Illinois, will on May 30, 2013, in Room JC 100, Kane County Judicial Center, 37W777 Route 38, St. Charles, IL 60175, at 9:00 AM, sell at public auction and sale to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate mentioned in said Judgment, situated in the County of KANE, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment: LOT 45 IN HILL SUBDIVISION UNIT NO. 2, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTH HALF OF SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JUNE 16, 1989 AS DOCUMENT NO. 1979385, IN THE VILLAGE OF WEST DUNDEE, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. TAX NO. 03-21-132-004-0000 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1201 THATCHER TRAIL WEST DUNDEE, IL 60107 Description of Improvements: 2 STORY SINGLE FAMILY HOME, GREY VYL, NOT FOR SALE, UTIL ON The Judgment amount was $337,824.94.

Sale Terms: This is an "AS IS" sale for "CASH". The successful bid-

der must deposit 25% down by certified funds; balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate, water bills, etc., and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com.

Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No. (312) 372-2060. Please refer to file #PA0827582 Plaintiff's attorney is not required to provide additional information other than that set forth in this notice of sale.

I523652 (Published in Kane County Chronicle April 17, 24, May 1, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY – ST. CHARLES ILLINOIS U.S. Bank, National Association Plaintiff, vs.

Maria Rivera; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants; Heriberto Soto; Amanda Soto Defendants.

Case No. 13 CH 248 621 Flag Street Aurora, IL 60505 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit(s) having been duly filed herein, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL DEFENDANTS IN THE ABOVE ENTITTLED ACTION, that said action has been commenced in said Court by the plaintiff(s), naming you as defendant (s) therein and praying and for other relief; that summons has been issued out of this Court against you as provided by law, and, that this action is still pending and undetermined in said Court.

NOW, THEREFORE, unless you file your answer or otherwise make your appearance in said action in this Court, by filing the same in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court on or before May 10, 2013, AN ORDER OF DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court on March 28, 2013. /s/Thomas M. Hartwell Clerk of the Circuit Court

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Kane County Chronicle / kcchronicle.com unity (SEAL) enue, St. Charles, Illinois, for James O. Breen Park Parking Lot Project. /s/ Alan S. Kaufman One of Plainttiff's Attorney's This project generally consists of Alan S. Kaufman but not limited to: site excavation, One of Plaintiff's Attorneys and gravel roadway and parking MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLC improvements.

Attorneys for Plaintiff One East Wacker, Suite 1730 Copies of the bidding specificaChicago, IL 60601 tions will be available at the Parks Telephone: 312-651-6700 Department office of the St. Charles Fax: 614-220-5613 Attorney. No.: 6289893 Park District, Pottawatomie Community Center, after 1:30 p.m. on (Published in the Kane County Wednesday, April 24th , 2013. A Chronicle, April 10, 17 & 24, $25 (non-refundable) fee is re2013.) quired for each set of bid plans.

Check should be payable to the St. PUBLIC NOTICE Charles Park District.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY – ST. CHARLES ILLINOIS

The above bids will be opened and read publicly at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 8th, 2013 at the Pottawatomie Community CenDeutsche Bank National Trust Com- ter. pany, as Trustee for Long Beach The St. Charles Park District reMortgage Loan Trust 2006-7 serves the right to reject any or all Plaintiff, proposals or to accept any proposvs.

Angel Uscanga; Laura Patricia Us- als which, in its judgment, will be canga AKA Laura P. Uscanga; to the best interest of the Park DisLong Beach Mortgage Company; trict. Only bids in compliance with Unknown Owners and Non-Record the provisions of the specifications Claimants; will be considered.

Defendants.

Case No. 13 CH 574 136 Linden Avenue East Dundee, IL 60118 Judge Leonard J. Wojtecki PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit(s) having been duly filed herein, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL DEFENDANTS IN THE ABOVE ENTITTLED ACTION, that said action has been commenced in said Court by the plaintiff(s), naming you as defendant (s) therein and praying and for other relief; that summons has been issued out of this Court against you as provided by law, and, that this action is still pending and undetermined in said Court.

NOW, THEREFORE, unless you file your answer or otherwise make your appearance in said action in this Court, by filing the same in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court on or before May 10, 2013, AN ORDER OF DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court on March 27, 2013.

Jeff Goodrich Assistant Superintendent of Parks (Published in the Kane County Chronicle April 24,2013)

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PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on April 8, 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 CHARMING TOUCH PARTIES located at 2091 Wild Dunes Court, Geneva, IL 60134.

Dated: April 8, 2013.

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