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St. Charles North High School junior Madi Lupinek is taken away on a stretcher with the help of St. Charles Fire Department personnel during a crash simulation intended to address the impact of texting and drinking while driving Tuesday at St. Charles North High School. Lupinek is a member of the school’s Hope Club.

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

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n an instant, it seemed that the classmates, friends, cameras and television crews surrounding T.J. Gleason disappeared the moment he saw his dad, Tim, in the front seat of a minivan as it arrived outside of his school Wednesday.

Tim had been serving overseas with the Illinois National Guard since June.

The entire school and several community members gathered as multiple firetrucks, police cars and motorcycles formed a motorcade for Tim Gleason, his

wife and three younger sons to pull off a surprise for T.J., who stood waiting with his kindergarten class at Corron Elementary School.

T.J. tore away from his class and ran full speed into his dad’s arms.

6 p.m. or 10 p.m. and midnight through Aug. 31.

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coaching offices are at 3N800 Peck Road, St. Charles.

8LOCAL BRIEFS STC water conservation ordinance in effect ST. CHARLES – The city of St. Charles’ water conservation ordinance is in effect through Aug. 31.

The ordinance regulates days and times portable sprinklers and in-ground sprinkling systems – not hand-held hoses – may be used. Even-numbered addresses may sprinkle on even-numbered days from midnight to 9 a.m. and 6 to 10 p.m. Odd-numbered addresses may sprinkle during those hours on odd-numbered days. Sprinkling is not allowed on any day between 9 a.m. and

Campton United Soccer Club to hold tryouts ST. CHARLES – The Campton United Soccer Club has scheduled free soccer tryouts in May for ages U8 to U19 teams.

Tryouts are for the fall 2013/ spring 2014 season. Boys and girls tryouts are held throughout May and June.

For information, visit www. camptonunited.com. The

‘Blues Guitar’ program to be presented May 19 BATAVIA – “Blues Guitar,” a Sundays on Stage program, will be presented at 2 p.m. May 19 at the Batavia Public Library, 10 S. Batavia Ave., Batavia. Donna Herula and Tony Nardiello are a Chicago-based blues duo with a passion for country, Delta and modern blues styles.

Register online at www. bataviapubliclibrary.org or call 630-879-1393, ext. 200.

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The look of pure joy on both Tim’s and T.J.’s faces was priceless, not to mention that it was Tim’s birthday.

But from the look of the moment, you would think it was T.J.’s birthday, too.

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FACE TIME WITH KATE CLAUSEN

Where did you grow up? South Side of Chicago Who would play you in the movie of your life?

Audrey Hepburn First job? I sold dolls clothes at Woolworth’s 5and 10-cent store.

As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? An artist or a nurse. I got married instead and raised four boys.

A movie you’d recommend? “Rear Window” Favorite charity? Misericoridia, a home for children and adults with developmental and physical disabilities. And St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Hobbies? Interior design Favorite local restaurant? Fiora’s Restaurant in Geneva What is an interesting factoid about yourself?

I was interviewed by Jack Brickhouse for the “Man on the Street” show.

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

Kaneland High School concert set for Thursday WHAT: The Kaneland High School band concert will feature American music by Aaron Copland, John Philip Sousa, George Gershwin and more. Admission is free.

WHEN: 7 p.m. Thursday WHERE: Kaneland High School Auditorium, 47W326 Keslinger Road, Maple Park

Open house at Creek Bend Nature Center WHAT: The Forest Preserve District of Kane County will hold a public informational meeting. The purpose of this meeting is to share plans for the use of Creek Bend Nature Center and the surrounding area within LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve. The public is encouraged to attend this open house and share comments.

Also at this meeting, district staff will take contact information of those interested in signing up to volunteer at the preserve, either through hosting the nature center or performing restoration work. Public input is requested. Oral and written comments and

questions will be accepted.

WHEN: 4 to 6 p.m. May 15 WHERE: Creek Bend Nature Center, 37W700 Dean St., St. Charles INFO: Call 630-232-5980.

St. Mark’s Lutheran marks Red Cross designation WHAT: The public is invited to the second anniversary of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church being designated as a Red Cross Emergency Center. Emily Krettler from the American Red Cross will be the guest speaker, discussing the work done by the Red Cross. A video taken during the Joplin, Mo., disaster will be shown. Refreshments will be served. There is no cost to attend.

WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday WHERE: 101 S. Sixth Ave., St. Charles

Yoga workshop May 18 at Shine in Batavia WHAT: An adaptive yoga workshop is set.

Ryan McGraw will lead students with disabilities and other health concerns toward

an understanding of the therapeutic benefits of the yoga practice. As a person with cerebral palsy, he understands from a personal perspective how to adapt the practice of yoga to meet the unique needs of each body. Advance registration is required. The cost is $25.

WHEN: 2 to 4 p.m. May 18 WHERE: Shine, 5 N. River St., Batavia INFO: Send an email to you@just-shine. com.

Bird walk May 11 at Nelson Lake WHAT: A bird walk is set. The public is invited.

WHEN: 8 a.m. May 11 WHERE: Nelson Lake/Dick Young Forest Preserve, which is on Nelson Lake Road, south of Main Street and west of Randall Road, in Batavia.

Participants should meet in the parking lot by the silo on Nelson Lake Road.

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Eaglets have hatched at Mooseheart

By NICOLE WESKERNA

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nweskerna@shawmedia.com MOOSEHEART – A pair of eagles again have decided to nest on Mooseheart property, and it appears two eaglets have hatched.

Batavia resident Ron Dickenson, a member of the Loyal Order of Moose who enjoys photographing the eagles who live on the Mooseheart Child City & School property near Batavia, has been watching the eagles feed their babies in a nest that’s perched in a pine tree.

“They’ve been hatched for like two weeks,” he said.

“They started bringing fish into the nest. The nest is so deep, it’s hard to see them.”

He has been watching the eagles since they first appeared near the Batavia area in 2009. He said the eagles spent at least one year comfortably raising their eaglets, but subsequent years haven’t been as smooth.

In 2011, the eagles’ nest blew over after a heavy storm, causing animal rescuers to step in and build a man-made nest.

The eaglets later were tak-

To view photos of the eagles at Mooseheart near Batavia, visit www.kcchronicle.com.

Photo provided by Ron Dickenson

It appears two eaglets have hatched in a nest that a pair of eagles have made at Mooseheart. en to Barrington-based Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation and ultimately were released at Starved Rock State Park.

Despite that rough patch, the eagles returned again last year to nest at Mooseheart property.

Dickenson said the eagles

settled in a tree near the one they had been in the previous year, but he said it appeared that something destroyed part of the nest, so the eagles had abandoned that nest and moved toward Nelson Lake.

Dickenson said this year, the eagles made their home

in a different area on Mooseheart’s campus than in past years.

He said they found an existing nest originally built by red-tailed hawks and made it larger.

Mooseheart spokesman Darryl Mellema said while

the eagles are known as the Mooseheart eagles, he stressed that Mooseheart’s only affiliation with the eagles is that they happen to live on Mooseheart property.

“We don’t have a whole lot to do with this,” he said.

“The eagles have chosen a tree, and we’re fortunate that they’ve chosen another tree on Mooseheart’s campus.”

Dickenson said the eagles’ nest appears to be much larger than it has been in previous years, and noted that the eaglets seem to be in good health.

He said the eagles tend to switch between who gets to sit on the nest and who gets to gather food, he said. And the baby eagles enjoy playing around, too.

“They’re starting to get rambunctious. It’s been fun watching them,” he said.

“They’re just like kids. They fight, and they have sticks that they pull back and forth.”

Shaw Media names first nonfamily president SHAW MEDIA CHICAGO – John Rung was named president of Shaw Media and elected to its board of directors at the company’s annual meeting Thursday.

Rung, 50, was previously senior vice president and chief operating officer of Shaw Media.

He will continue to serve as publisher of the Northwest Herald, Shaw’s flagship publication in Crystal Lake.

Shaw Media also owns the Kane County Chronicle.

The appointment of Rung to be the first person from outside the family to serve as president of Shaw Media is an important milestone, said Tom Shaw, CEO of Shaw Media.

“John has demonstrated

the ability to thrive in a highly successful, professionally-managed, family-company environment. We believe that our unique business and family legacy will be in capable hands,” Shaw said.

Rung has been with the company 16 years and has served in a variety of man- John Rung agement roles.

As president, he will be the principal operating officer of the company, responsible for all of its operating activities, including revenue growth, strategic development and financial-goal management.

Shaw, 65, has been with the company 43 years and is

a fifth-generation member of the family that has continued to own and operate Shaw Media 162 years after its founding in 1851. Shaw was elected president and CEO in 1993 and will continue as CEO in the role of the corporation’s principal executive officer, supervising its business and affairs.

“I am excited to take on this responsibility, and I thank Tom Shaw and our board of directors for their faith in our leadership team,” Rung said. “Shaw Media has a storied past and an exciting future. We have a talented team of people who are committed to growth through excellence. Shaw’s proud legacy will continue.”

Rung resides in Johnsburg with his wife and three chil-

dren. Shaw resides in Dixon with his wife and the youngest of their six children.

Shaw Media publishes more than 80 print and online titles in Illinois and Iowa.

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51/47 McHenry Statistics through 4 p.m. yesterday Belvidere 52/49 Temperatures Waukegan 54/49 43/42 High/low ....................................... 63°/47° Normal high ......................................... 67° Rockford Crystal Lake Deerfield Record high .............................. 90° (1992) Algonquin 54/50 55/49 52/50 51/49 Normal low .......................................... 46° Hampshire Record low ............................... 29° (1966) Schaumburg 53/49 Elgin 56/51 Peak wind .......................... NNE at 17 mph 54/50 DeKalb Precipitation 55/49 Tri-Cities Chicago 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. ........... Trace 55/49 56/51 Month to date ................................... Trace Normal month to date ....................... 0.25” Oak Park Year to date .................................... 15.06” 57/52 Aurora Normal year to date .......................... 9.64” Dixon 52/50

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

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

Station Fld Prs Chg Station Fld Prs Chg Montgomery........... 13..... 13.09...... -0.08 Algonquin................. 3....... 2.68...... -0.13 New Munster, WI .... 19..... 10.34...... -0.43 Burlington, WI ........ 11....... 8.65...... -0.10 Princeton .............. 9.5....... 8.67....... none Dayton ................... 12..... 10.25...... -0.26 McHenry .................. 4....... 5.50...... -0.26 Waukesha ................ 6....... 3.50...... -0.21

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GENEVA

Great horned owl family draws interest

By BRENDA SCHORY

An owl sleeps in a tree Thursday at Fabyan Forest Preserve in Geneva.

bschory@shawmedia.com GENEVA – Joann and Gary Hollerauer hiked through Fabyan Forest Preserve in Geneva, straight to the tree in which a pair of great horned owls have successfully raised an owlet.

This is the St. Charles couple’s second year of daily walks to check on the progress of the baby and to see the parents.

“It’s been something we’ve been doing,” Gary Hollerauer said. “Last year, they had the nest in the same tree, and this year we’ve been coming back since it was born, just to watch it and see how it comes along.”

The baby owl seems to have fledged, which means it has left the nest and is practicing flying and learning how to be an owl while its parents stay nearby.

“It went from that tree to that tree,” Joann Hollerauer said. “I used to collect [owl fig-

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ures]. Now I collect pictures of real owls.”

Jon Duerr of St. Charles, a member of the Kane County Audubon, said the great horned owl is a raptor that has acclimated to living near people and in communities.

“They are equally as common in towns as Geneva and St. Charles as they would be in one of the forest preserves,” Duerr said. “People complain

about opossums and chipmunks and rabbits in their gardens – well, a great horned owl takes care of that … Any animal that is at the top of the food chain sets the energy flow through the local ecosystem.”

Great horned owls used to nest in the trees at the old Kane County Courthouse on Third Street in Geneva, but they have moved a few blocks away and now nest on private

property, Duerr said.

“Owls do not build their own nest, they find a platform that is ready made for them or take over a red-tail hawk nest and appropriate it,” Duerr said. “If the nest deteriorates, they move,” which is possibly what happened with the courthouse owls.

Saturday is the Kane County Audubon’s all-day spring bird count, and the

On the Web To view photos of the owls at Fabyan Forest Preserve in Geneva, visit www.kcchronicle.com.

Learn more about owls by visiting Cornell University Lab of Ornithology at www.birds.cornell.edu or the Kane County Audubon at www. kanecountyaudubon.org. great horned owl trio is likely to be included because Fabyan Forest Preserve is in the counting territory, Duerr said.

The great horned owl has distinctive feather tufts on either side of its head and glowing yellow or orange eyes. It can be 18 to 25 inches tall and weigh two to four pounds, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in New York.

It also is one of the most common owls in North America, from the arctic to the tundra, from the rain forest to the suburbs.

Some say McIlvaine’s house is not a hazard

By ERIC SCHELKOPF eschelkopf@shawmedia.com GENEVA – Some neighbors of St. Charles resident Clifford McIlvaine testified Thursday that they don’t feel his decadeslong improvement project represents a safety hazard.

Kane County Judge David Akemann is reviewing a petition by the city of St. Charles to demolish or repair the property at 605 Prairie St. The hearing, which began Wednesday, will continue at 1:30 p.m. today with each side being given the chance to present their arguments.

“This is where you take the facts and apply the facts to the law,” Akemann said to McIlvaine, who is acting as his own attorney.

McIlvaine started the project in 1975.

The city sued McIlvaine in 2010, pushing him to get the project finished.

A work schedule later was

agreed upon in court.

City officials want McIlvaine to comply with a court order to finish the project.

The project was supposed to have been completed by Clifford the end of Sep- McIlvaine tember, according to the order.

McIlvaine called his neighbor, Randy Smith, who lives in the 600 block of Sixth

Street, to the stand as a witness. Smith said he attended a recent open house on McIlvaine’s property.

“It felt structurally sound to me,” said Smith, while admitting that he doesn’t have a building inspection background.

McIlvaine also asked Jim Webb, president of St. Charles-based Royal Builders, whether he thought the property was unsafe and dangerous. Webb is doing work on the project.

“It is a lot better than what it was, but it is still a construction site,” Webb said.

Phil Luetkehans, an attorney for St. Charles, has said the project remains a safety hazard because of unfinished items, including a roof that’s partially done.

McIlvaine had corrected the plumbing system in his house as ordered by the court and St. Charles officials.

He had been warned that he had to prevent his cistern water system from connect-

ing to the city’s water supply or the city would proceed with an application for demolition or repair of the house.

A cistern is a tank for storing rainwater.

McIlvaine has signed a court order saying he will not use it for bathing or drinking water, and the city wanted to make sure the system does not pollute city water.

He was jailed for two weeks in 2012 after a judge found him in contempt of court.

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St. Charles • Paris D. Anderson, 24, of the 6200 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago, was charged Thursday, April 25, with retail theft for reportedly stealing $79.66 in merchandise from Walmart, 150 Smith Road, St. Charles.

• Sandra Rodriguez, 34, of the 700 block of Forest Street, West Chicago, was charged Friday, April 26, with retail theft for reportedly stealing $92.96 in merchandise from Kohl’s, 3840 E. Main St., St. Charles.

• Von Maur, 3810 E. Main St., St. Charles, reported Friday, April 26, a man stole polo shirts and was last seen running across East Main Street toward Target. He was described as Hispanic, 20 to 24 years old, 5-foot-11, 155 to 175 pounds wearing a black North Face jacket and jeans. Another man with him was reportedly seen getting into a small black pickup, possibly a Chevrolet S-10. He was described as being the same age and having the same build, but was either black or a dark-skinned Hispanic wearing a purple and blue striped Nike sweatshirt and jeans.

• Jorge Luis Fallad, 30, of the 1500 block of Azalea Circle, Romeoville, was charged Friday, April 26, with battery and fighting for reportedly hitting a manager at Rookies, 1545 W. Main St., St. Charles. The eatery reportedly banned him for life.

• Simon M. Fowler, 27, of the 1100 block of West Wilson Street, Batavia, was charged Friday, April 26, with fighting in connection to an incident at Rookies, 1545 W. Main St., St. Charles. He was reportedly not banned from the establishment.

• Clifford William Blanck, 34, of the 400 block of South First Street, St. Charles, was charged Saturday, April 27, with public drunkenness.

• A toy vendor for the antique toy show at the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles reported Saturday, April 27, his key fob was stolen from his hotel room in the 1600 block of East Main Street in St. Charles. The fob reportedly costs $250 to replace.

• Jose V. Medina, 39, of the 1600 block of Indiana Street, St. Charles, was charged Saturday, April 27, with resisting/obstructing police and disorderly conduct.

• Neema Saar Aleahmad, 31, of the 7N000 block of Riverside Drive, St. Charles, was charged Sunday, April 28, with public urination.

• Raul Martinez-Ontiveros, 42, of the 300 block of Fifth Street, Aurora, was charged Sunday, April 28, with driving without a license after an accident in the 0-100 block of South Randall Road.

• Nicolas P. Mercadante, 28, of the 1100 block of Ancient Oaks Drive, Bartlett, was charged Monday, April 29 with driving under the influence of alcohol, illegal transportation of alcohol, leaving the scene of an accident, driving without insurance and driving without lights when required.

He reportedly hit a 2005 Saturn Vue in a parking lot in the 200 block of West Main Street in St. Charles.

8OBITUARIES CHERYL L. GOSSELINK Died: May 1, 2013 GENEVA – Cheryl L. Gosselink, 68, of Geneva, passed away Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at her home surrounded by her family.

Funeral services are handled

by Malone Funeral Home, 324 E. State St. in Geneva, will be announced at a later date.

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

Please sign the guest book at www.legacy.com/kcchronicle.

DONALD ‘HARVEY’ MCCLURG Died: Dec. 15, 2012 BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Donald “Harvey” McClurg, 78, of Brownsville, Texas, passed away at Valley Regional Hospital on Dec. 15, 2012.

The time of service has changed.

Campton Hills begins brush pick-up program CAMPTON HILLS – Brush pickup has begun in Campton Hills. Spring brush pickup dates are through Friday for areas north of Route 64; Monday to May 10 for areas south of Route 64; and May 13 to May 17 for Campton Hills in Plato. Pickup guidelines are available at www. camptontownship.com. Call 630365-9300 for information.

Hosanna! to collect bikes ST. CHARLES – For the fourth year in a row, Hosanna! Lutheran Church will collect bikes (new or used in any condition) for distribution to children and families in under-resourced neighborhoods.

The “Bikes for Tikes” effort has received, fixed-up and given away more than 150 bicycles and tricycles in the past three years. This year, the bicycles and tricycles will be distributed in Carpentersville.

The public is invited to bring their bicycle or tricycle donations for “Bikes for Tikes” to Hosanna! from 4 to 5:30 p.m. May 11 or 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 12. Hosanna! is at 36W925 Red Gate Road in St. Charles. For information, call 630-584-6434, email Welcome@HosannaChurch.com or visit www.HosannaChurch.com.

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8FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS There will be a celebration of his life service at 6:30 p.m. May 23 at Portage United Methodist Church in Portage, Wis. Please sign the guest book at www.legacy.com/kcchronicle.

BRIAN ROBERT PACETTI Died: April 26, 2013 SUMMERFIELD, Fla. – Brian Robert Pacetti, 69, of Summerfield, Fla., passed away Friday, April 26, 2013. Born in Kenosha, Wis., he moved to Florida seven years ago from Elgin.

He was the retired owner/ operator of Batavia and Elgin Instant Print Companies of Illinois.

He was a member of Ascension

Lutheran Church, Ocala, Fla., and served on their council as finance committee chairperson.

Mr. Pacetti also was a member of the Ocala Duplicate Bridge Club and enjoyed golf, the Packers and the stock market.

He is survived by his loving wife of 46 years, Bonny; daughter, Kathy (Scot) Brockner of Elgin; son, Brian Robert Pacetti II “Todd” of Summerfield, Fla.; brother, Robert Pacetti of Kenosha, Wis.; favorite granddaughter, Kristina Brockner; favorite older grandson, Matthew Brockner; and favorite younger grandson, Johnny Pacetti; and many nieces and nephews.

For funeral and memorial information, call Roberts Funeral Homes in Ocala, at 352-7329944 or visit www.robertsfuneralhomes.com, where a condolence message may also be left.

Please sign the guest book at www.legacy.com/kcchronicle.

James C. Cesario Sr.: Funeral prayers will be at 9:30 a.m.

Friday, May 3, at Malone Funeral Home, 324 E. State St. (Route 38) in Geneva, proceeding to St. Gall Catholic Church, 120 W. Shannon St. in Elburn for celebration of funeral Mass at 10:30 a.m. with Father Timothy Seigel as celebrant. Burial will follow in St. Gall Cemetery in Elburn.

William “Bill” Hicks: Funeral Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at Yurs Funeral Home, 405 E. Main St. (corner of Routes 25 and 64), St. Charles, IL 60174.

The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 3, at Yurs Funeral Home. Burial will be in North Cemetery at St. Charles.

Dennis E. Klein: Graveside services will be private at St. Isadore Cemetery in Bloomingdale. The visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m.

Sunday, May 5, at Yurs Funeral Home in St. Charles.

Gladys Marie Lobianco: Memo-

rial service will be at 10 a.m.

Saturday, May 4, at Yurs Funeral Home, 405 E. Main St. in St. Charles. Burial will follow in North Cemetery in St. Charles.

Caitlyn “Caity” Rose Phillips: A funeral to celebrate her life will begin at 11 a.m., following a time of visitation from 10 to 10:45 a.m., at Calvary West Church, 1600 Beta Drive in Sugar Grove, Friday, May 3. The Rev. Russ Hurst will officiate, with interment to follow in Blackberry Township Cemetery.

Jane Ohslund Seagren: Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m.

Saturday, May 4, at Bethany Lutheran Church, 8 S. Lincoln St. in Batavia. The visitation will be from 9 a.m. until the time of the service at the church. A second funeral service will be Saturday, May 18, at Thabor Lutheran Church in Wausa, Neb., and committal will be in Lutheran Cemetery following the service.

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• Jason M. Heuser, 27, of the 1N000 block of Kaneview Court, Maple Park, was charged Tuesday, April 23, with aggravated DUI, driving while license suspended or revoked, leaving the scene of an accident involving damage to a car, failure to give aid or information at the accident and failure to give information to the owner of the car.

• A 30-gallon garbage can on wheels valued at $100 was reported taken Wednesday, April 24, from the 300 block of North Jefferson Street.

• Four rings valued at more than $500 were reported taken Wednesday, April 24, from the 100 block of Barton Trail.

• Jose F. Garcia, 20, of the 200 block of Lincoln Avenue, Aurora, was charged Friday, April 26, with illegal possession of alcohol by a minor, speeding and driving without a valid license.

• Unknown offenders on Saturday, April 27, splattered paint on the passenger side of a car parked in the 100 block of East Wilson Street, causing an estimated $2,000 in damage.

• Shaquille B. Smith, 20, of the 600 block of North Washington Avenue, Batavia, was charged Sunday, April 28, with resisting or obstructing a police officer and consumption of alcohol by a person under 21 after an incident in the 300 block of South Jefferson Street. Also charged with unlawful consumption of alcohol in the incident were Ebony J. Stanford-Trotter, 18, of the 1100 block of Hanover Drive, Batavia, and D’Quan A. Smith, 18, of the 700 block of North Van

Buren Street, Batavia.

• An iPhone valued at $800 and $6 in cash were reported taken Sunday, April 28, from Rotolo Middle School, 1501 S. Raddant Road.

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The safe alternative Post prom promise: Fun, food, games, prizes – and safety

By BRENDA SCHORY

St. Charles North High School junior Madi Lupinek is taken away on a stretcher with the help of St. Charles Fire Department personnel during a crash simulation Tuesday intended to address the impact of texting and drinking while driving at the high school.

bschory@shawmedia.com Prom season has girls buying formal gowns and scheduling hair appointments and Rachael Hendrickson, 17, a Geneva High School senior, is no exception.

Hendrickson went to post prom last year and plans to go this year as well. And it has nothing to do with her mom, Vinita Hendrickson, being post prom committee chair.

“It was a really big party with inflatables and a ton of food,” Rachael said of last year’s event. “I had a lot of fun with my friends after prom.”

Along with the tickets and anticipation of participating in the biggest social event of their school year, Rachael will be among hundreds of students who will attend a parent-sponsored prom af-

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ter-party of games, food, prizes but no alcohol or drugs.

The purpose, explained Colleen Crous, a PTO mom in charge of the post prom

extravaganza for St. Charles East, is an alternative to a party involving drinking and possibly driving.

It’s not enough, she and

other parents said, to tell their teens to come home after prom or to expect them to go to an alcohol-free private after party.

On the Web To view a video of the simulated crash, visit this story online at KCChronicle.com.

“If they’re going to be doing something, we want to provide them a night of fun – good old-fashioned fun – keeping them safe and making sure they have a fun prom night that they will remember,” Crous said. “We have unbelievable community support. It’s actually jaw-dropping.”

Parents say they expect big crowds at the post prom events, and they can’t imagine any student being tempted by a drinking party when their gig’s goods and eats are

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Post prom is open to all seniors and juniors regardless of whether they attended prom. Sophomores may attend as a guest of an upperclassman. If a student leaves before it’s over, he or she cannot return. Donations to post prom are tax-deductible.

• Batavia’s post prom is from 11:30 p.m. May 18 to 3 a.m. May 19 at Funway in Batavia with more than 450 students expected to attend. Post prom cost is included

in the prom ticket or $15 at the door. Covers bowling, mini-golf, bumper-cars, skating and arcade games, casino and food.

• Geneva’s post prom is from midnight Saturday to 3 a.m. Sunday at the high school with more than 500 students expected to attend.

Post prom cost is included in the price of the prom ticket; if a student did not go to prom, it costs $10 per person.

• St. Charles North’s post prom

will be from 11 p.m. Saturday to 3 :30 p.m. Sunday at the HUB at Christ Community Church in St. Charles Township with more than 650 kids expected to attend. The cost is $20 in advance and $25 at the door.

• St. Charles East’s post prom will be from 11:30 p.m. Saturday to 2:30 a.m. Sunday at the high school with approximately 850 students expected to attend. The cost is $15 each.

gins about 11 p.m. and goes until 2:30 or 3 a.m. If a student leaves the post prom party, he or she cannot return later.

chair for the sixth year for St. Charles North. “Dairy Queen gave us 200 coupons for free sundaes. Besides big drawings, every 15 minutes we’re giving out eight to 10 little prizes.”

His three adult daughters also are helping out. Nina, class of 2002 from East, will run the casino. Kim Hoffman, class of 1999 from St. Charles, will run security. Kristin, class of 2003 from North, will be the “floater” helping out wherever she’s needed.

“I went to post prom when I was in school, and it was nothing compared to what it

is now,” Nina Mullally said.

“There’s a lot of prizes, a lot of activities. Everyone gets something; no one leaves empty-handed.”

Crous ticked off a list of the alluring prizes: “We’ve got jewelry – Tiffany Pandora jewelry – lots of TVs, Apple MacBook Air, five computers, iPads, gift cards. We’ve got 850 kids expected. Last year, we had 775 kids, an alltime high.”

Other schools have asked for their advice, Crous said.

“Glen Ellyn had less than 100 kids last year,” Crous said. “They said, ‘How do you

LOCAL SUPPORT Local parties expect 90 to 200 volunteers to help, organizers say, but that is not enough.

Post prom is made possible with cash donations, merchant support and local food vendors adding free or discounted meals, and gift cards for free food, organizers say.

“This is supported heavily by local businesses,” said Tom Mullally, post prom

Fermilab scientists announce search for invisible particles KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@shawmedia.com FERMILAB – Fermilab scientists have announced they have heard their first “pops” in an experiment that searches for signs of dark matter in the form of tiny bubbles.

They will need further analysis to discern whether dark matter caused any of the COUPP-60 experiment’s first bubbles.

“Our goal is to make the most sensitive detector to see signals of particles that we don’t understand,” Hugh Lippincott, a postdoctoral scholar with Fermilab, said in a news release. He has spent much of the past several months leading the installation of the detector in a

laboratory a mile and a half underground.

COUPP-60 is a dark-matter experiment funded by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science. Fermilab managed the assembly and installation of the experiment’s detector, the release stated.

The COUPP-60 detector is a jar filled with purified water and CF3I – an ingredient found in fire extinguishers.

The liquid in the detector is kept at a temperature and pressure slightly above the boiling point, but it requires an extra bit of energy to actually form a bubble.

When a passing particle enters the detector and disturbs an atom in the clear liquid, it provides that energy, the release stated.

Dark-matter particles, which scientists think rarely interact with other matter, should form individual bubbles in the COUPP-60 tank.

Other, more common and interactive particles such as neutrons are more likely to leave a trail of multiple bubbles as they pass through, the release stated.

Over the next few months, scientists will analyze the bubbles that form in their detector to test how well COUPP-60 is working and to determine whether they see signs of dark matter.

One of the advantages of the detector is that it can be filled with a different liquid, if scientists decide they would like to alter their techniques.

do it?’ “ The answer is simple enough: Prizes.

“From 12 to 2 a.m., we will be giving away a prize every 45 seconds ranging from $10 to a $75 value,” Crous said.

“We are very strict – you have to be there to win. We have 45 large prizes. And those big prizes are not drawn until the last. Some kids are laying on the floor sleeping, waiting for the prizes to be drawn. The $1,000 cash prize is drawn at 2:30 a.m. and not a minute beforehand.”

Like the other post proms, Batavia co-chair Anne Rudd said they’re offering Lollapalooza tickets to the three-day music festival in Grant Park in Chicago, iPads, iPods, televisions, college “baskets” with microwaves and refrigerators.

“We probably spend $10,000 or more on prizes,” Rudd said. “The last couple of years when we sell prom tickets, we have samples of the prizes. That really lures kids into coming when they see what great prizes we have. … The kids who don’t come don’t know what they’re missing.”

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just too awesome to pass up.

She and other post prom organizers say it’s all in the prizes. Geneva had nearly 700 kids last year.

“The prizes interest the kids,” Hendrickson said.

“They don’t want to go to a school for a party. They will go for prizes, for something to win. This year, we have Lollapalooza tickets. The Geneva East Book Club donated an iPad. Merchants donated a television.”

Kaneland is not having a post prom party this year, a spokesman said. Post prom parties are scheduled for St. Charles North and Batavia and follow the same general guidelines: The cost is either separate or part of the prom ticket and offers top prizes – TVs, electronics, $1,000 cash – games, activities and lots of food.

Post prom is open to all juniors and seniors, even if they do not go to prom, and sophomores, if they are guests of a junior or senior at prom. Each post prom be-

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Tradition lives on in Loyalty Day parade

By TOM WITOM editorial@kcchronicle.com BATAVIA – Although no longer widely observed, Loyalty Day comes with a long history that’s steeped in tradition. Illinois marks the holiday on the first Sunday of May, and one of the largest observations in the state will be in Batavia led by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1197.

“It’s not a well-known holiday, but observing it is a tradition we’re proud to maintain,” said Mike Breyne, VFW parade chairman and a Vietnam veteran who served with a U.S. Army air defense artillery unit in 1970-71.

When the parade tips off at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, it will mark the 39th year for the

If you go The annual Batavia VFW Loyalty Day parade is set for 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

For information, visit www.bataviavfw.org/loyaltyday.htm.

observance in Batavia.

Breyne said some 70 organizations have signed up to participate.

First observed in 1921 as Americanization Day, the holiday subsequently evolved into Loyalty Day in 1949. In July 1958, Congress officially designated May 1 as the holiday.

VFW Commander Alan Richards said Loyalty Day has always been “a celebration of our country and what it stands for and the rights we have as citizens.”

It’s a way of showing respect for those who have fallen defending the freedoms U.S. citizens might enjoy every day, he said.

A familiar presence in the upcoming parade will be Jeff Schielke, mayor of Batavia for 32 years and a participant in the event nearly every year since his election.

“It represents a number of emotions and offers attendees a sense of pride for sacrifices by military men and women from our town,” Schielke said. “It’s a high-

ly visible illustration of the commitment towards patriotism and love of country. And it renews our admiration for the proud history of our citizens stepping forward to serve in so many dangerous and challenging fronts.”

Joining the mayor will be a number of local aldermen, representatives of the police and fire departments and Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.

Breyne expects the lineup to feature two bands, including a drum and bugle corps from Villa Park as well as representation from nearby American Legion posts and VFWs from Hampshire, Bartlett and South Elgin.

“We’re doing a ‘rain dance’ for nice weather – and not a repeat of last year’s se-

vere downpour” that halted the parade just as it began, Breyne said. It was the first time in the parade’s history that it was canceled because of the weather.

Marchers will step off at Wilson and Raddant and proceed west on Wilson to Route 25, then head south to the Batavia VFW at 645 S. River St. After the parade, the VFW will sell burgers, brats and other sandwiches as well as soft drinks and beer.

A DJ will provide music on the deck, and the VFW Ladies Auxiliary will offer face painting and other children’s entertainment.

The Fox Valley Corvette Club will display classic vehicles behind the VFW Hall.

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By ASHLEY RHODEBECK arhodebeck@shawmedia.com

• Friday, May 3, 2013

ST. CHARLES – A restaurant and longtime retail shop have closed in downtown St. Charles at a time when several new businesses have opened or are about to open.

Dean Courser, the original owner of Vertical Drop Ski and Patio, confirmed Thursday that the store at 116 W. Main St. closed Tuesday – something he knew was coming for six months.

Courser started the business in 1979 between his junior and senior years at Northern Illinois University and sold it in 2005, he said.

“It was a great business,” he said. “It definitely makes me sad. On the other hand, I did sell it.”

Because the store is set up for a ski shop, Courser – who owns the building – would like another outdoor sporting goods store to take Vertical Drop’s place, he said, noting he has reached out to several people.

He said if that doesn’t work, he might consider other options such as subdividing the space.

Meanwhile, Courser said, the space is being remodeled to bring it back to pristine condition.

Michael Mertes, the city’s economic development coordinator, said the shop’s closing creates a challenge and opportunity for the city to lure a new anchor or a couple of new shops to downtown.

A vacancy also has been created a few blocks away on South First Street.

Wild Monk, a gastropub at 51 S. First St., apparently has closed after opening in June in the space formerly occupied by Prasino.

“It’s a vacancy that is at a prime location,” Mertes said.

Attempts to reach Wild Monk personnel by phone and email Thursday were unsuccessful.

Mertes believes the eatery closed in recent weeks, noting businesses aren’t required to notify the city when they close. His efforts to reach Wild Monk ownership haven’t been met, he said.

“We’re always sad to see businesses go,” Mertes said, “but we’re excited for the new businesses that are going to be investing in our community.”

New businesses that recently opened or plan on opening in downtown St. Charles include Forever Yogurt and Biggby Coffee, both at 117 W. Main St.; Cromwell’s, a store featuring upscale antiques and curiosities at 17 N. Second Ave.; Sportiva, a sporting goods store at 113 E. Main St.; and Greenleaf Yoga at 16 N. Riverside Ave., Mertes said.

The opening of new businesses lets the city know a lot of people see downtown St. Charles as a great place to open a shop or restaurant, Mertes said.

In addition to the city, he said, the Downtown St. Charles Partnership, St. Charles Convention and Visitors Bureau and St. Charles Chamber of Commerce are working to make sure businesses are happy here and can thrive.

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8LOCAL BRIEF Batavia Chamber to host event May 14 BATAVIA – “Ten Easy Steps Employers Can Take to Avoid Employment-Related Liability” is the topic of labor and employment law specialist Jason Tremblay. The event will be

from 8 to 9:30 a.m. May 14 at Holmstad Town Center, 700 W. Fabyan Parkway, Batavia. The twice-monthly Batavia Chamber Networking group meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. The event is free.

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OPINIONS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Honoring their oath To the Editor: Walt Zlotow’s letter (Kane County Chronicle, April 24, 2013) accuses lawmakers who voted to uphold the Bill of Rights as, “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 [National Rifle Association] to maintain their lavish political lifestyle.”

Has it ever occurred to Mr. Zlotow that anti-civil liberty organizations, like the former Handgun Control Inc. – rebranded as the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence – give money to their ilk to support anti-2nd Amendment legislation? Is this somehow different?

Yes, it is actually. The NRA is truly a grass-roots organization comprised of millions of civic-minded Americans seeking to protect the Constitution. The NRA gets the bulk of its funding from mom and pop types, although certainly corporations contribute as well.

Mr. Zlotow then goes on to say their “job descriptions” specify these senators represent the interests of their citizens. No, actually they take an oath to uphold the Constitution. We are a Republic, not a democracy. You would do well to know the difference. And in voting to uphold the 2nd Amendment, they are honoring their oath.

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Mend dysfunctional Federal Election Commission, or end it BLOOMBERG NEWS Caroline Hunter’s six-year term on the Federal Election Commission expired Tuesday.

If recent history is any guide, what will happen next is ... nothing.

Of the six seats on the FEC, which interprets and administers the nation’s election laws, one is vacant and the others are occupied by commissioners with expired terms. It’s tempting to conclude from this that inertia dominates the FEC, but that would be incorrect – the commission is more destructive than mere inertia could possibly allow.

The most recent effort to instill even rudimentary accountability at the agency

took place four years ago, in May 2009, when President Barack Obama nominated labor lawyer John Sullivan to a seat. Sullivan’s nomination sank in senatorial quicksand, and he never made it to the FEC. His nomination represents the bulk of the Obama administration’s work in the field of campaign finance reform.

Given its propensity for deadlock, with the panel’s three Republicans pitted against its three – and now, because of vacancy, only two – Democrats, the FEC is arguably the most dysfunctional agency in the federal government. As Bloomberg News has reported, some political organizations don’t even bother to report their

political ad spending to the FEC, in blatant defiance of federal law. We owe the lack of disclosure by Super PACs not to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which expressly called for disclosure, but to a rogue ruling by the FEC that flouted the clear intent of campaign finance law.

Last June, Obama political adviser David Axelrod said the president would push for campaign finance reform in a second term. “I hope that when we win this election,” Axelrod said, “one thing we can do is bring some common sense back to our system.”

If Obama is serious about campaign laws and ethics, he must confront the void at the FEC. He can start by nomi-

Editorial board J. Tom Shaw, publisher Jay Schwab

Kathy Gresey

Al Lagattolla Kate Schott

nating new commissioners who at least nominally support the FEC’s mandate to enforce the nation’s campaign laws. Such nominations would surely generate a fight in the Senate, where Republican leader Mitch McConnell has long been the most vocal and vehement opponent of campaign finance regulation and, not coincidentally, of a functional FEC. If the battle never rises above an insiders’ skirmish, McConnell will surely succeed in killing action. To prevent such an outcome, Obama would have to wage an extended fight in public.

Even then, prospects for success are dim.

Of course, the administration could escalate the

battle by embracing a drastic option. It could urge Congress to rid the FEC of its perpetually gridlocked commissioners and appoint a single administrator to enforce the laws. The FBI, which is run by a director appointed to a 10-year term, stretching over at least two presidencies, is one obvious model.

It’s possible, of course, to have too much oversight of campaigns just as we now have too little. But that notion seems fantastical today.

In the Wild West of American political campaigns, the sheriff is drunk and passed out. For the forces of law and order to have a chance, we’ll need a new sobriety at the FEC – or perhaps even a new FEC.

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And his office also handles evictions of those whose homes have been foreclosed.

“It’s a heartbreaker, a stress you don’t need to have,” Perez said. “Every deputy is saying a prayer as they head to one of these, saying, ‘Lord, please make sure these people have alPat Perez ready gone.’ ” But of all the needs facing the sheriff’s office, Perez said the most pressing is finding a place for his deputies to maintain their firearms readiness.

The county’s gun range at the old jail site on Fabyan Parkway in Geneva became

Thirty-eight tickets issued in St. Charles roadside check KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com ST. CHARLES – State troopers and St. Charles police officers issued 38 citations during a joint roadside safety check held last week in St. Charles, according to an Illinois State Police news release.

Conducted on Randall Road south of Route 64, the safety

check netted 23 citations for driving without insurance and seven citations for driving with a suspended license or not having a valid driver’s license. Other tickets and arrests were for aggravated driving under the influence, possession of drug paraphernalia, felony possession of another’s credit cards and endangering the life or health of a child.

The roadside safety check was part of the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign and was funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The grant was administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation’s Division of Traffic Safety.

STC Park District earns award KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com ST. CHARLES – The St. Charles Park District announced Wednesday it has been awarded with the Silver International Aquatic Safety Award.

This award demonstrates that the district’s aquatic facilities – Otter Cove Aquatic Park and Swanson Swimming Pool – consistently exceed industry standards in risk management and epitomize aquatic safety excellence, according to a release from the park district.

The honor is awarded by Jeff Ellis & Associates Inc., international aquatic safety and risk management consultants.

“It is apparent that the entire staff embodies the idea of setting the standard in aquatic safety, and swimmers who frequent this aquatic facility are afforded the highest degree of swimmer protection currently available for the aquatic industry,” Richard A. Carroll, senior vice president and COO of Jeff Ellis & Associates, said in the release.

The awards are presented annually to participants in El-

lis & Associates’ comprehensive aquatic risk management program.

They are based on the results of multiple random unannounced aquatic facility operational safety audits throughout the year, according to the release.

The audits include undercover video surveillance of individual lifeguards and an evaluation of individual and team basic life support and rescue skills.

The audits end with administrative, supervisory and facility evaluations.

unusable in the opinion of county officials after it flooded earlier this year.

The sheriff said concerns over mold and lead contamination prevent people from using the site.

So the sheriff has asked the Kane County Board to move ahead with plans to build a new firing range near the sheriff’s office headquarters at the new county jail on Route 38 near Peck Road in St. Charles.

However, the price tag for the project has not yet been estimated.

Perez has said the county needs to pay an architect $67,000 to study the proposal and draw up estimates.

Some County Board members have hesitated to sup-

port that study.

Lauzen said he firmly supports the idea of building a firing range for sheriff’s deputies to give deputies the practice needed to maintain their legal ability to carry firearms.

“It’s something we’ve got to have,” Lauzen said. “We need to get behind that, and we’re going to deliver on that.”

However, Lauzen stopped short of endorsing the study sought by Perez.

“We’re talking about spending money on a study, before the decision has been made to build,” Lauzen said.

“Let’s get about building the thing so we’re not using up precious resources to study this thing.”

8LOCAL BRIEF Post office to collect items for food pantry BATAVIA – The Batavia Post Office will be collecting nonperishable food items on May 11 for the Batavia Food Pantry.

Everything collected goes to the Batavia Food Pantry.

Residents are asked to leave

their nonperishable food donations at their mailbox and their letter carrier or a volunteer will pick them up.

Nonperishable food donations may also be dropped off at the post office, 500 N. Randall Road, Batavia.

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GENEVA – Kane County’s sheriff and its chief executive have agreed that the county needs to make the construction of a shooting range for the county’s sheriff’s deputies a leading priority for the county government in coming months.

But Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen said he believes the county should be careful to ensure that the project doesn’t ultimately cost more than it should.

Thursday, Lauzen and Kane County Sheriff Pat Perez addressed a lunchtime gathering of representatives of the St. Charles and Geneva

chambers of commerce.

The audience included city officials and business leaders from both communities.

Perez, who noted that he became the first Kane County sheriff to address a chamber gathering in St. Charles or Geneva, noted that his office Chris Lauzen faces several challenges in coming months.

He noted that his office continues to deal with a steady stream of foreclosures.

Last year, he said, his deputies and staff processed 5,000 foreclosures, compared to about 800 in 2005.

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GENEVA

Four considered for 5th Ward vacancy

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com GENEVA – Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns said he will decide the week of May 13 which of four applicants will be named to finish a two-year term left in the 5th Ward by the death of Ralph Dantino.

The four are August D. Fesi Jr., Tom Simonian, Robert Swanson and Jerry Cass Jr. The names were released after a Freedom of Information Act request. Dantino died of cancer in February while serving in his first term. His name was on the ballot for re-election.

Burns said 5th Ward Alderman Craig Maladra and

3rd Ward Alderman Dawn Vogelsberg have interviewed all four.

“And I am in discussions with both those aldermen regarding those interviews,” Burns said. “Obviously, I will be giving them my full time and attention, Craig and Dawn’s perspective and insight.”

Although the new alderman would be appointed at the May 20 meeting, Burns said he personally would contact all four the week before, but not necessarily announce his choice of new alderman unless the chosen person agrees.

“I want to be respectful of all the candidates. Whoever

St. Charles Park District commissioner honored KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com ST. CHARLES – The St. Charles Park District last month named the exhibit hall at Hickory Knolls Discovery Center in recognition of Park Commissioner Gloria Klimek’s 24 years as an elected official, according to a park district news release.

Klimek said in a written statement that she always hoped the park district could develop a nature center. Hickory Knolls, 3795 Campton Hills Road, St. Charles, was built during her tenure.

“Hickory Knolls is [a] beautiful, open and welcoming facility inviting everyone to explore fascinating exhibits among more than 100 acres of prairie, woodland and wetlands,” she said in the release. “The exhibit hall is a great place to observe nature first hand through its floor-toceiling windows. I personally enjoy identifying the myriad bird species that visit the feeders and the pond.”

A retirement reception was held in Klimek’s honor April 23.

“It is with great honor

that this space be dedicated to recognize her years of service,” park board President Karrsten Goettel said in the release.

According to the release, Klimek has been an active environmentalist and enthusiastic community volunteer.

She advocated for the removal of invasive non-native plant materials in St. Charles’ remaining natural areas, the establishment of an arboretum at Mount St. Mary Park and the development of the native plant demonstration garden in Pottawatomie Park.

More than two decades ago, Klimek was most interested in the acquisition of park land and the preservation of natural areas for the community’s future, according to the release. During her tenure, the park district acquired and developed more than 900 acres, including the James O. Breen Community Park, River Bend Community Park, East Side Sports Complex and Delnor Woods Park.

Klimek said in the release that she will mostly miss her fellow commissioners, park staff and volunteers during retirement.

is selected, I will ask their permission of how they prefer to move forward – if they want to be identified ahead of time, that is going to be up to them,” Burns said. “Depending on how we announce it, I will work collaboratively with them.”

In any event, the new alderman’s name would appear on the agenda for that Monday meeting by Thursday the week before, Burns said.

“A lot of work still needs to be done, conversations still need to be had,” Burns said.

“We want to choose the best candidate. We have four great candidates. That speaks so well of our community.”

According to his applica-

tion, Fesi is a volunteer for the Kane County Forest Preserve and formerly worked as head of vehicle maintenance for the Carol Stream Fire Protection District.

Simonian had considered running for the 5th Ward, but only if Dantino chose not to run, according to his application for alderman. He is founder and CEO of Incentives Inc., Array Enterprises, and from 2009 to the present, of Hang In There Inc. Swanson, a self-employed business owner with his wife, bought Riverbank Laboratories in 1999 and relocated it to the city’s 1st Ward, according to his application for alderman.

Swanson also is CEO of United Valve Service Inc. since 1993, relocating it from Chicago to Geneva in 1995.

Swanson also served on the board of the Geneva History Center since 2009.

Cass is an employee of St. Charles for 21 years, previously in the sewer and water divisions and currently in the electric division. According to his application, Cass has experience in municipal budgeting and 18 years experience as a union steward.

Cass also is a precinct committeeman in Geneva and cooks for the annual spaghetti fundraiser for his church’s preschool, Bethlehem Lutheran Church in St. Charles.

8LOCAL BRIEF Park district plans class ST. CHARLES – The St. Charles Park District has planned a class, “50-plus Rules of the Road,” from 10 a.m. to noon June 5 at the Pottawatomie Community Center, 8

North Ave., St. Charles.

This free course updates drivers on current rules of the road and prepares them for the vision, general written and driving portions of the test. Advance registration is

required for this free program facilitated by the Secretary of state’s staff. For information, call Meghan at 630-513-4324 or register online at www. stcparks.org.

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The St. Charles East and North boys lacrosse teams gear up for their second meeting in what is being billed as the Comcast CN100 Game of the Week, writes sports reporter Kevin Druley. PAGE 20

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SCC shakeup SEVEN TEAMS SET TO BOLT THE SUBURBAN CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE FOR THE METRO SUBURBAN IN 2014-15. PAGE 18 Sandy Bressner – sbressner@shawmedia.com

Karly Tate of Rosary dribbles past Gabi Alfaro of Aurora Central Catholic during a game earlier this year in Aurora. ACC is among seven schools planning to move from the Suburban Christian Conference to the Metro Suburban Conference.

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SUBURBAN CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE SHAKEUP

Split carries widespread ramifications

By JAY SCHWAB jschwab@shawmedia.com The athletic landscape is about to shift markedly for the area’s numerous private high schools.

Seven schools from the Suburban Christian Conference have been added to the Metro Suburban Conference, effective the 2014-15 school year, the MSC announced Thursday afternoon. Aurora Central Catholic and Wheaton Academy are among the schools prepared to bolt the SCC, which also includes local schools Marmion, Rosary, St. Francis and Aurora Christian.

The moves will leave the SCC with only five football-playing members: Aurora Christian, Marmion, St. Francis, Montini and Marian Central. Marmion fields boys sports teams while Rosary competes in girls sports.

Most of the schools leaving the SCC are among the confer-

Metro Suburban Conference existing members Elmwood Park Fenton Glenbard South Illiana Christian Ridgewood Riverside-Brookfield Timothy Christian New members, effective 2014-15 Aurora Central Catholic Chicago Christian Guerin IC Catholic Prep St. Edward Walther Lutheran Wheaton Academy ence’s smaller members that struggled in various sports, including football.

“I think the common thread was competitive balance

across sports,” Wheaton Academy athletic director Andrew Tink said. “I think that was the common thread that I heard as being a reason, and that this 14-team Metro Suburban being split into two divisions allows for much more of a competitive balance than maybe what was found in some sports in the Suburban Christian Conference.”

Tink said leaving the SCC was a difficult decision but it was clear enough conference members were determined to go, and the MSC made more sense than sticking it out.

“We loved the SCC,” Tink said. “We were not the leader in this process at all. We actually love the conference the way it was. It was very tough.

We had great relationships with many of the schools in the SCC and we hope to continue to have those great relationships.”

Marian Central athletic director Mike McGovern was in

meetings Thursday in which the SCC’s future was discussed. The first meeting announced that the seven schools had been accepted; the second had the remaining schools talking about their future.

“It seems like everyone wants to keep the conference intact,” McGovern said. “Our principals will meet next [Wednesday] and decide what direction to take.”

The 12-team SCC is divided into Blue and Gold divisions, though school configurations varied sport by sport and year by year, to the extent that coaches routinely were not sure which side of the conference their teams were competing.

McGovern figures the SCC will look to add one, three or five members, since maintaining an even number of schools benefits scheduling, especially for football.

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PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Baseball: Neuqua Valley at St. Charles East, 4:30 p.m.; Immaculate Conception at Aurora Christian, 4:30 p.m.

Softball: Batavia at Elgin, 4:30 p.m.; St. Charles North at Geneva, 4:30 p.m.; Streamwood at St. Charles East, 4:30 p.m.; Aurora Central Catholic at Walther Lutheran, 4:30 p.m.

Boys track and field: Batavia, Geneva, St. Charles East, St. Charles North, Kaneland, Marmion, Aurora Central Catholic, Burlington Central at Kane County Meet, 4:30 p.m. (at Burlington Central) Girls track and field: Geneva, Batavia, St. Charles East, St. Charles North at Upstate Eight Meet, 4:30 p.m.; Kaneland at NI Big 12 Meet, 3 p.m. (at DeKalb); ACC at SCC Girls Meet, 4 p.m. (at Chicago Christian) Boys tennis: Geneva, St. Charles North, Wheaton Academy at Naper Valley Invitational, 3:30 p.m.

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UPSTATE EIGHT CONFERENCE GIRLS TRACK MEET

Weather delays move Upstate 8 meet to today

By KEVIN DRULEY kdruley@shawmedia.com

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Batavia High School athletes gather before leaving the Elgin High School stadium during the second lightning delay Thursday at the Upstate Eight Conference girls track and field meet. The weather delays postponed the meet until 4:30 p.m. today. relay between stoppages.

“It was going to be a long night as it was, and the girls were prepared for that, as far as coming back [today],”

Saints coach Tim Wolf said.

“It makes for a long two days, but I guess if you look at it, it’s good preparation for staying downstate. Because you’ve

got to get ready for two days of racing, anyway.”

It seemed farfetched a few years ago, but Passaglia would embrace the chance to

GIRLS SOCCER: ROSARY 0, ST. FRANCIS 0 (POSTPONED)

Rosary, St. Francis have to wait to settle SCC title

By JAY SCHWAB jschwab@shawmedia.com GLEN ELLYN – The de facto girls soccer championship match in the Suburban Christian Conference is going overtime, and not in the way either team would have envisioned.

After a pair of lightning delays, Thursday night’s match between Rosary (12-3-3, 7-0 SCC) and St. Francis (13-0, 7-0 SCC) at Glenbard South was postponed until sometime next week, with the date yet to be determined. The match was scoreless with 32:17 to play in the second half.

The teams were sent home a little before 8:30 p.m., about three hours after the match began.

“The conditions are getting worse and the kids are cold and stiff and everything else,” St. Francis coach Jim Winslow said. “So now the game just [devolves] into who’s going to maybe get a lucky break, and that’s not a way you want to determine a game for our conference and that kind of magnitude.”

Winslow and Rosary coach Kristy Kane spoke briefly after the postponement about whether the game would be resumed in the second half or started over but no final decision was reached. Winslow said he would prefer to start fresh.

St. Francis, which has allowed only three goals on the season, forced Rosary goalkeeper Lauren Frasca to

“So now the game just [devolves] into who’s going to maybe get a lucky break, and that’s not a way you want to determine a game for our conference and that kind of magnitude.”

Jim Winslow, St. Francis girls soccer coach make a few saves in the first half while thwarting the Royals’ offense.

“I think St. Francis came out really strong to begin,” Kane said. “We definitely played well, too, but they were getting nice sequences of passes off. And then we had the break, and then when we came back after that, I thought my girls made some great adjustments and really were putting the pressure on,

and kind of changed the pace of the game.”

Figuring out a time to re-start the match might be headache-inducing, considering both teams have one other SCC match still to be played.

“They have a game Monday [against Marian Central], we play Thursday against Wheaton Academy,” Winslow said. “So either way, if you play Tuesday, they’re coming

off a game, and if you play Wednesday, we’ve got to go play Wheaton Academy [on Thursday], and I don’t want to do that, but it is what it is.”

St. Francis will also need to determine if Glenbard South’s field is again available when the teams reconvene.

Winslow is just glad he held off on rescheduling some earlier matches. The postseason begins the week after next.

“I look like a genius now, although I don’t portray myself to be one, because we were supposed to make up a couple games next week, and I held off on all those makeups,” Winslow said. “The whole season’s been a wash and a mess.”

• Friday, May 3, 2013

ELGIN – Amanda Passaglia itches to come untracked whenever she steps into the discus and shot put circle.

“It’s an individual sport, so I’m relying only on myself,” Passaglia said. “It’s just really cool to see how far I can throw.”

On Thursday, only inclement weather prevented the St. Charles East senior and her fellow Upstate Eight Conference girls track and field athletes from testing their limits. The conference meet at Elgin’s Memorial Field was postponed until 4:30 p.m. today after a series of lightning delays and rain finally forced officials’ hands.

East’s quartet of Krista Fitzmaurice, Torree Scull, Corrin Adams and Anastasia Honea won the 4x800-meter

compete at the Class 3A state meet in Charleston in two weeks.

Initially an outside hitter in the East volleyball program, Passaglia joined track and field as a sophomore to build strength and conditioning.

She wound up gaining a passion, too.

“I just had natural talent,” said Passaglia, who recently committed to throw at Gardner-Webb in North Carolina, “and I started to love the sport.”

Competing at last week’s Kane County Meet at Geneva, Passaglia established a personal record by about nine feet when she won the discus with a throw of 125 feet, 11 inches.

She set a PR in the shot put in March, registering a 38-6 to win the UEC River indoor title. Both her individual bests exceed 3A state qualifying standards.

“She’s been training hard, been getting super strong and it’s showing in her meets and her distances,” Wolf said.

That might be because Passaglia is dialed in. She’s hoping she hasn’t peaked yet.

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East, North lacrosse gear up for 2nd helping Play it again

QUICK READ Kevin Druley St. Charles lacrosse fans and families packed the hillside at East Side Sports Complex last April for the inaugural meeting between St. Charles East and St. Charles North.

They can ditch their lawn chairs this time and even relive the game from their homes. Today’s crosstown classic will be played at East’s Norris Stadium and broadcast on tape delay as the Comcast CN100 Game of the Week.

“We’re really excited.

It’s a big night,” St. Charles Lacrosse Club secretary Polly Dickson said. “Both clubs have had a good season so far, so we’re all pretty pumped.”

Naturally, that elation extends to the athletes, coaches and broadcasters. Here’s a glance at a few of their thoughts entering today’s 7:30 p.m. game: • Both teams credit goaltender play to strong starts.

Ricky Wagner (East) and Alec Datoli (North) are set to oppose each other tonight.

LaxPower.org ranks North eighth in its most recent Illinois Class A boys poll. The North Stars ascended to the

Today’s boys lacrosse game between host St. Charles East and St. Charles North is set to begin at 7:30 p.m. at Norris Stadium. It will be broadcast on tape delay on Comcast CN100. Here’s a look at the schedule: Saturday: Noon to 2 p.m., 4 to 6 p.m.

Sunday: Noon to 2 p.m., 4 to 6 p.m.

Monday: 7 to 9 p.m.

Tuesday: 7 to 9 p.m.

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St. Charles North defeated St. Charles East, 9-5, in the inaugural crosstown boys lacrosse game April 14, 2012, at East Side Sports Complex. top spot after a 4-0 start but are 4-3 since, suffering losses to Naperville Central, Libertyville and St. Ignatius by a combined five goals.

“There’s a couple games that brought us down, but we’re picking the momentum back up and we’re hoping to take that with us going into the playoffs,” North coach Sean McCaffrey said. “[Tonight] will definitely be one of those where we’ll want to keep the ball rolling.”

• District 303 spokesman

Jim Blaney deviated from his usual diplomacy in assessing one half of the Comcast broadcast team.

“The play-by-play is substandard at best,” he said.

Now, Jim. Don’t sell yourself short.

Yes, Blaney was being self-deprecating about his role alongside partner Mark Krueger. He was plenty confident in the next breath, however, drawing upon experience of calling games for numerous prep sports in

Chicagoland since 1994.

Blaney began with various Fox Sports outlets before broadcasting his first football game for CN100 in the fall of 2002. He finds lacrosse fascinating, and jokes that he sees his share while spotting kids playing or practicing on his commutes to and from work.

“I enjoy it. It’s a great game,” Blaney said. “It’s fast, it’s physical and the guys are unbelievably athletic, and you see some unbelievable

feats that those guys perform in the field. So I’ve always enjoyed it.”

• The club will recognize approximately 30 seniors between the boys teams and girls co-op shortly after the completion of the JV boys game. The ceremony is expected to start no earlier than 6:45 p.m.

“We’re going to try to kind of keep things moving,” Dickson said.

Grade-schoolers from the Tri-Cities-based River City Lacrosse program are set to play at halftime of the varsity game. Dickson said three winners will be drawn for the 50/50 raffle.

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

BASEBALL: ST. CHARLES EAST 0, ST. CHARLES NORTH 0 (POSTPONED)

Boehmer, Chambers look strong in rain-delayed game

By DENNIS D. JACOBS editorial@kcchronicle.com ST. CHARLES – A couple of pitchers who have struggled to get into the win column this season both turned in strong performances Thursday on the St. Charles North baseball diamond.

Yet St. Charles East’s Mike Boehmer and St. Charles North’s Sawyer Chambers walked away without a win.

Boehmer and Chambers kept the opposition off the board for five innings, but they couldn’t keep Mother Nature from putting an early end to the game. The game

was called after heavy rain began to fall while the Upstate Eight River Division contest already was in a mandatory 30-minute lightning delay.

“We’ll come back and play the game if it means something for the conference race,” East coach Len Asquini said.

“If it doesn’t, then it’s just going to go down as a tie.”

The Saints (14-7, 12-4) are in the thick of the league race, while the North Stars (11-11, 7-7) are just trying to get above .500 at this point in the season.

“We’ve had some things not go our way this year, but the kids still believe and they really care about the season and

they want to end on a strong note,” North coach Todd Genke said. “We’re focused on trying to get hot here at the right time … and be ready for the regional and make some noise in the playoffs.”

Chambers (1-3) could help the North Stars down the stretch if he throws like he did against East. He allowed only four hits – all singles.

Two of those came in the top of the fourth inning when it appeared Joe Hoscheit’s single to center had scored a run.

But Nicholas Erickson was called out for missing third base.

“I left that pitch up and

I was kind of beating myself up for it,” Chambers said.

“Then coach said to appeal to third base and I was like, ‘Oh, there’s no way we’re going to get this,’ and when he called out, I was like, ‘Thank God.’ ” Chambers still had work to do since that was only the first out of the inning, but he got a groundball back to the mound and a strikeout to end the threat. He had a pair of strikeouts, but mostly he got the Saints to beat the ball into the turf, getting 11 outs on groundballs.

“He’s a senior and we expect a lot from him,” Genke said. “The last two or three

outings he’s been real good.

He’s been able to throw his breaking ball for a strike, which is huge for any pitcher, but especially him.”

Boehmer (0-5) was equally impressive. The junior righthander gave up only two hits and did not allow a baserunner past second.

“Michael was throwing great,” Asquini said. “And, you know what, he’s done that for us. It’s been kind of a hard luck year for him. He’s got five losses, but, boy, he has thrown well. … He was doing it again today – keeping it down, making them put it in play.”

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BASEBALL: MARMION 5, AURORA CENTRAL CATHOLIC 3 (5 INNINGS)

By VINNIE DUBER editorial@kcchronicle.com

Dave Rakow Marmion baseball coach, on pitcher Shane Carmody

Schuetz, first baseman Mike Fidler and second baseman Steve Belovich to jump out to a quick advantage.

But the Cadets’ bats answered right back, scoring twice in the bottom of the inning on an RBI single from left fielder Brian Simon and a sacrifice fly from designated hitter Zach Siwiec. Marmion posted its own big inning in the third, scoring three runs to take a 5-3 lead.

ACC starting pitcher Matt Rahn allowed the first four batters of the inning to reach

base, as Simon picked up two more RBIs with a double into the right-centerfield gap. Marmion’s attack came with nobody out, but Rahn minimized the damage, as the Cadets scored one more run in the inning on an RBI single from shortstop Josh Meyers.

Simon finished with three hits – two were doubles – three RBIs and a run scored.

“We had a team meeting yesterday about sticking together and really picking each other up,” Simon said. “and I think we really showed

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that today. We came out, we had the energy, and we really picked each other up.

“I went 0 for 5 in the last series, so I was feeling pretty bad. I guess I was kind of seeing the ball well today and being aggressive on the first pitches like our coaches are telling us a lot. So, I guess I was just seeing it well.”

Carmody settled down and allowed three base runners between the second and fifth innings, with one reaching on a hit. ACC struck again in the sixth, starting the inning with three hits, scoring a run and chasing Carmody from the game. They had runners on base, too, threatening to score

more. However, the rain and all that came with it wiped the inning away.

“I think this is Shane’s first start. He’s been a reliever, primarily, for us this year, and we’ve had a lot of games recently with all the makeups,” Marmion coach Dave Rakow said of his pitcher. “Maybe it was just first-inning jitters, but he definitely calmed down.

I give him credit. He kept us in the game, and that’s what we asked him to do.”

The rain-shortened win for Marmion sends the Cadets to an 8-5 record on the season (5-2 in conference), while ACC moved to 22-4 (11-3 in conference).

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AURORA – Thursday’s baseball game between Marmion and Aurora Central Catholic started off well for the Chargers, got better for the Cadets in the middle and finished ... well it never did finish.

Rain, thunder and lightning stopped the game where it stood in the top of the sixth inning at Marmion, and despite an Aurora Central Catholic run in the inning, the game was ruled complete after five, giving Marmion a 5-3 victory.

The Chargers looked strong early, tagging Marmion starting pitcher Shane Carmody for three runs in the top of the first. With two outs, ACC got three straight RBI hits from centerfielder Phil

“Maybe it was just first-inning jitters, but he definitely calmed down. I give him credit. He kept us in the game, and that’s what we asked him to do.”

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GENEVA – Thursday’s contest between the Kane County Cougars and Bowling Green Hot Rods has been postponed because of rain at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark. It will be made up as part of a doubleheader at 4 p.m. today. It was the ninth scheduled game postponed for the Cougars this season.

The Cougars are expected to pitch right-hander Tayler Scott (1-1) and righty Ian Dickson (1-1) while Bowling Green is expected to counter with right-hander Dylan Floro (2-0) and righty Reinaldo Lopez (1-0).

Today’s doubleheader between the Cougars and Hot Rods will finish a three-game series.

Cougars to hold Star Wars-themed night GENEVA, IL – The Kane County Cougars will be holding a “May the Fourth Be With You” event at 6:30 p.m. Saturday when they host Daytona.

The event includes Star Wars-themed entertainment for fans from start to finish. All fans are encouraged to dress in costume and at 5:30 p.m., costumed fans can participate in an on-field parade. Members of the Midwest Garrison, a group with authentic Star Wars costumes, will be on hand to pose for photos as well and will lead the pregame parade.

Other relevant contests will fill the evening including a trivia scavenger hunt, “Talk Like Yoda” contest and a costume contest as Cougars staff will be scouring the pre-game parade for some of the best costumed fans.

The evening culminates in a post-game performance by the Jesse White Tumblers and a fireworks show specifically choreographed to the Star Wars movie score. All fans can run the bases after the fireworks show.

– Staff reports

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE MAPLE PARK – Curtis Thorson pitched into the seventh inning, Joe Komel delivered a clutch hit and Tyler Carlson proved the final bit of defense.

On Thursday, balance added up to a victory for the Kaneland baseball team, which defeated Northern Illinois Big 12 East rival Sycamore, 4-2.

“Good defense today, good pitching, good hitting,” Knights coach Brian Aversa said. “We’re happy with our effort and the result.”

Thorson earned the victory by spacing four hits, seven strikeouts and one walk in 6⅓ innings. Kaneland (911, 6-5 NI Big 12 East) trailed, 2-0, entering the bottom of the fourth before a three-run rally.

Komel’s go-ahead, tworun double with two outs and two strikes punctuated the outburst. Carlson and Josh Cohrs both had two hits and an RBI. Komel earned his second save, entering with the goahead run at the plate and one out in the seventh. He retired the first Spartan he faced before Carlson smothered a sharp grounder on the final play.

“He wore it right on his chest, picked it up and ran over to third base to end the game,” Aversa said.

Batavia 6, Elgin 0: At Batavia, Jacob Piechota pitched

a four-hit shutout and Luke Horton went 2 for 2 with a double, triple and two RBIs for the Bulldogs (17-4, 11-4 Upstate Eight Conference River Division).

Geneva 3, Larkin 0: At Elgin, Garrett Davis struck out five in a six-hit shutout.

Dan Berendt doubled twice for Geneva (13-10, 10-8 UEC River).

SOFTBALL St. Charles North 17, Larkin 1 (5 inn.): At Elgin, Abby Howlett went 4 for 4 with two RBIs for North (13-4, 9-2 UEC River). Delaney Olinger drove in three runs.

Montini 8, Rosary 2: At Lombard, Cara Smoczynski and Lauren Murray homered for Rosary (8-10, 5-5 Suburban Christian Conference Blue).

St. Francis 5, Immaculate Conception 0 (6 inn.): At Wheaton, Alyssa Fernandez and Ali Dittrich hit home runs for St. Francis in the SCC win.

GIRLS SOCCER Kaneland 7, Yorkville 0: At Maple Park, Kiandra Powell tallied a hat trick in the first half, helping Kaneland (9-42, 6-1-1 NI Big 12 East) build a 6-0 lead by intermission.

Courtney Diddell contributed two goals and an assist.

maining in the second half, handing Central its first league loss of the season.

“It’s always a battle, it’s always a war,” R-B coach Chris Wagner said. “They’re a good team and it’s fun and its competition that we need.”

The officials spotted lightning with 9:18 remaining. The delay lasted more than an hour and just as the match was about to resume, the officials spotted more lighting. Burlington Central didn’t want to stick around as rain started to fall and ended the game.

With the win, R-B took sole possession of the BNC East lead.

BOYS TENNIS Marmion 4, Marian Central 1: At Woodstock, Marmion (11-0, 6-0 SCC) swept doubles play. David Demoll and Josh Zwolski scored a win at the No. 3 slot.

St. Francis 5, Aurora Central Catholic 0: At Wheaton, St. Francis yielded a combined nine games in the SCC shutout. Chris Chacko won, 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 singles.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL Geneva 2, South Elgin 1 (1525, 25-16, 25-18): At Geneva,

Richmond-Burton 1, Burlington Central 0: At Richmond,

the Vikings rallied for a senior night win. Dominic Bondi ended the match with a solo stuff block.

R-B forward Amanda Hoglund delivered the lone goal of the match with 32:38 re-

• Shaw Media’s Patrick Mason contributed to this report.

By MEGHAN MONTEMURRO mmontemurro@shawmedia.com CHICAGO – Cubs pitcher Matt Garza wasn’t going to let another rainy day ruin his first start in nearly 10 months.

Bad weather canceled an April 19 scheduled outing at Class-A Kane County, forcing Garza to instead throw a two-inning simulated game before that day’s Cubs game at Milwaukee.

An excited Garza was back in Chicago for the Cubs’ series finale against Matt Garza the Padres after Wednesday’s rehab outing at Double-A Tennessee. Garza said he felt normal soreness after throwing 42 pitches (25 strikes) in 2⅔ innings during his first outing since July 21.

“I was just glad to throw strikes and glad they were swinging,” Garza said of his start. “I think that’s a good sign. I had no [strikeouts], but that means I got a lot of outs with them swinging at the ball, so that’s what I was kind of looking for.”

Garza expects to make his next rehab start at Triple-A Iowa, likely Monday based on his five-day schedule as long as there are no setbacks. He refused to speculate when he could rejoin the rotation.

Other conferences interested in Marmion • SCC Continued from page 18 Football crossover games between robust programs in the SCC Blue – including four-time defending 5A state champion Montini and other powerhouses such as Marian Central and Aurora Christian – and their counterparts in the SCC Gold were typically routs, likely contributing to the unease felt by many of the conference’s smaller schools.

Even Aurora Central Cath-

olic, which had its best football season in more than a decade last fall, was walloped in consecutive weeks late in the season against SCC Blue foes – 41-7 against Marmion and 38-7 against Montini.

In moving conferences, ACC will part ways with archival Marmion. Marmion athletic director Joe Chivari declined to directly address the possibility of playing nonconference games against ACC going forward. Chivari said Marmion already has had substantial conversations with

other conferences interested in adding Marmion, but that sticking together with remaining SCC members is also an option.

“It’s a little too early to say right now,” Chivari said.

“We’ve been contacted by very good athletic conferences that we’re in discussions with, so time will tell.”

Chivari said sharing a conference with some public schools as opposed to an all-private school model is an option.

“I think an important factor

is a conference that continues to offer athletic competition at our level,” Chivari said. “We don’t plan on joining a conference that isn’t going to make us better. Geography, that’s a consideration, obviously.

Size of schools doesn’t always translate into quality athletics so that isn’t as important as a track record of a school and their athletics and a conference and their athletics.”

• Chronicle reporter Kevin Druley and Shaw Media’s Joe Stevenson contributed to this report.

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TriCity Family Services hosts successful benefit, auction KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE neighbors@kcchronicle.com BATAVIA – The Friends of TriCity Family Services group hosted its 24th annual benefit and auction, “All That Glitters ... Treasuring Teens,” on April 20 at Lincoln Inn Banquets in Batavia.

TriCity Family Services, an organization that provides counseling and other mental health services to the community, received more than $144,000 at the event.

More than 360 guests attended the benefit.

At the event, an orchestral quartet from Batavia High School performed during a cocktail hour while guests socialized, ate hors d’oeuvres and browsed the silent auction.

Three Golden Heart Awards were presented to longtime philanthropic supporters of TriCity Family Services. The Golden Heart Awards recognize and honor those who champion for accessible mental health services in the community.

The awards were presented to Jack and Ginny Young for an individual or couple; The Norris Foundation for a company or foundation; and The Exchange Club of the TriCities for a community group or organization.

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ABOVE: Jim Otepka, TriCity Family Services executive director, and former Golden Heart Award-winner Ann Alexander attend The Friends of TriCity Family Services’ 24th annual benefit and auction, “All That Glitters ... Treasuring Teens,” on April 20 at Lincoln Inn Banquets in Batavia. RIGHT: Jack (left) and Ginny Young (center) won the 2013 Golden Heart Award for an individual or couple.

Teens spend spring break serving urban poor of Cincinnati KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE neighbors@kcchronicle.com GENEVA – Thirteen teens from St. Peter Church in Geneva participated in the R.O.C.K. (Reaching out in Christian Kindness) mission trip by serving the poverty-stricken in urban Cincinnati, Ohio.

The 2013 R.O.C.K. mission trip team was selected last fall.

The team prepared for the trip over the course of several months by conducting meetings and engaging in service projects and fundraising efforts.

According to a news release, serving the homeless in Cincinnati was eye-opening for many of the students.

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Members of the R.O.C.K mission trip team of St. Peter Church in Geneva spend time working with the sisters at the Rose Garden, a ministry in Cincinnati, Ohio, that feeds hundreds of people daily.

In the release, Cara Birschbach, a junior at Gene-

va High School, said this trip changed her perspective on

the homeless.

“They’re just trying to get through the day, get a shower, food or a bed,” Birschbach said. “They are looking for work. I gained respect for them when I saw the difficulties they have to face each day.”

Over the course of a week, the group painted for an elderly woman and sealed walls in a low-income housing project; they worked with Matthew 25 Ministries, an operation that offers emergency aid all over the world; they prepared and served lunch for the homeless; and they served at Rose Garden, a pro-life ministry that provides food to needy families.

According to the release, the Rose Garden, which is run by the Franciscan Daughters of Mary, serves between 300 and 700 people a day.

In addition to home projects and volunteer work, the group visited a day care center for infants and toddlers of teen mothers and a kindergarten through fourth grade afterschool program.

They also spent time with families at Ronald McDonald House.

The teens were accompanied by four chaperones, one of which – Lara Barnes – was a member of St. Peter’s first R.O.C.K. mission team in 2008.

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In support of shelter animals, the Trellis Farm and Garden in St. Charles joined with the Wayne 4H Club from Waye-Dupage on April 19 to donate animal feed to local food pantries.

Wayne 4H Club partners with Trellis for good cause KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE neighbors@kcchronicle.com ST. CHARLES – In support of shelter animals, the Trellis Farm and Garden in St. Charles joined with the Wayne 4H Club from Waye-Dupage on April 19 to donate animal feed to local food pantries.

The club shopped using $75 at Trellis. Trellis matched the amount in free Purina dog and cat food to be donated by the club to the food pantry missions at Resurrection Church in Wayne and St. John’s Church in Winfield.

The missions serve families with pets that also need

food.

Trellis also donated extra Purina dog and cat food bags for the cause.

Nicki Johnson of Wayne is the leader of the club and was thrilled with the amount of pet food that filled her van for donation, according to a news release.

4H Club is a youth organization administered by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

The goal of the club is to develop citizenship, leadership, responsibility and life skills through a variety of programs.

Trellis Farm and Garden is located at 2N492 Kirk Road in St. Charles.

“I had a great time on that trip – it was life-changing,” Barnes said in the release.

“Now I want to help kids have that same type of experience.

That is our job as chaperones – to help teens get the most they can out of the trip.”

Barnes enjoyed spending time with a group of retired nuns, who she said in the release, “were the sweetest people in the whole world ... .”

When Birschbach was asked if she would recommend the trip to her peers,

Birschbach said: “Definitely.

It’s something you can’t explain with words; you need to experience it.”

The students who went on the trip included Cara Birschbach, Sam Wulfkuhle, Emily Wrenn, Cheyenne Vieau, Mary Kate Stanfa, Lyle Stalter, Becca Spitzig, Alexa Orlando, Erin O’Dea, Kellen Kane, Angelie Humbert and Nicole Collins, all of Geneva High School; and Marie Bliss of St. Francis High School.

The chaperones included Steve and Mary Kay Rogers of Geneva, Cathy Wulfkuhle of Geneva and Lara Barnes of Glendale Heights.

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Infiniti adds hybrid to sedan lineup Infiniti is one of the car manufacturers that has caught the hybrid bug.

This is significant as Infiniti is the luxury division of Nissan Motors. It means buyers can own a big luxurious sedan and not be concerned so much with fuel usage. Infiniti’s contribution to the luxury electric battery market is the 2013 M Hybrid.

The 4,136-pound four-door, five-passenger midsize M Hybrid sedan is rated by the Environmental Protection Agency as averaging 27 miles per gallon in the city, 32 mpg on the highway and 29 mpg combined. During a recent test week covering 400 miles or so, and in combined city-highway driving with two adults aboard, the average was 28.8 mpg.

Not bad, as the rear-wheeldrive sport sedan was driven aggressively in the city and on four-lane highways and interstates. Without the hybrid aspect, this sedan would be in the 17-25 range as far as mpg is concerned.

Like other hybrids, it has regenerative braking and dashboard readouts to keep abreast of hybrid usage. The lithium ion battery and 50 kilowatt electric motor work in concert with a 3.5-liter V6 engine with a double overhead camshaft for a combined powerplant output of 360 horsepower. The powerplant is mated to a shiftable seven-speed transmission as opposed to a continuously variable (conelike) transmission, which might not be able to handle the energy and weight of this car.

Since the battery pack utilizes space toward the rear of the vehicle, trunk size diminishes from 15 to 11.3 cubic feet.

This is a luxury vehicle so the cabin is quiet and large, acceleration is quick but not jerky, airbags are everywhere, and suspensions are controlled

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Infiniti’s 2013 M Hybrid is a rear-wheel-drive sedan with a 3.5-liter V6 engine working in concert with an electric motor to generate 360 horsepower.

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On the exterior, Infiniti continues a tradition of unpretentious elegance.

The company’s insignia is centered in the upper grille while lower honeycombed air dams sport two three-inch fog lamps. The upper xenon headlight assemblies slightly wrap around to the modestly flared front fenders. A monochromatic color scheme leads along the sides to a short rear deck.

A decorative spoiler is absent atop the deck lid of the trunk.

Dual and round twin alloy tailpipe tips peek out from the lower fascia. Rear brake and taillight assemblies blend into and do not extrude beyond the smooth metal skin, which

is coated with a scratch-protection paint to eliminate the annoyance of minor nicks and scratches.

Five twin-spoke alloy wheels support the Michelin P245 18-inch tires front and rear. A temporary spare is stored under the trunk floor.

Letter and number badging is limited to “Infiniti” and “M35h” on the rear deck lid.

At the moment, the 3.5-liter M is the hybrid model, thus the M35h on the rear deck lid.

Hybrid componentry awaits Infiniti’s 3.7-liter M37 and the 5.6-liter M56.

On the interior, badging is more expansive with the Infiniti name and logo stitched into the leather, heated and power front seats. The manufacturer’s name also can be read under a plastic cover framed within two front sill plates.

The M35h insignia graces the front floor mats.

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Remote keyless entry and smart start (dashboard pushbutton ignition) are standard fare.

Besides front, side and overhead airbags, the M has traction and stability controls, brake assist, seatbelts with pretensioners and a four-wheel antilock braking system. The test model also included a rear camera.

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JEFFREY WESTHOFF’S GRADE: HHH 1/2

HOROSCOPE

By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association TODAY – Your time-tested ways to generate earnings will continue to be the way to go in the year ahead. However, it wouldn’t hurt to also keep a weather eye peeled for good, solid investments.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Unless you have absolutely no choice, do not delegate a critical assignment to a surrogate. If you must do so, keep a constant check on the party in question.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – When pressed for answers about work or financial questions, you can be very resourceful. This gift can work wonders.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – For some reason, you’re likely to be unusually receptive to new concepts. This asset will prove to be quite valuable in helping you recognize someone else’s ingenious idea.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Don’t hesitate to make a change to a current project if you feel it would help. Even if you’re uneasy, you’ll quickly find your comfort zone.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – You may get an opportunity to spend time with someone whom you don’t know well.

This person could very quickly turn into a good friend.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – This is a good day to begin to distance yourself from an endeavor that has proved unproductive. You’ll find that once you get out, associates will likely do the same.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – If you’re wondering why a recent acquaintance is starting to warm up to you, the answer is simple. You no longer are judging this person as harshly as you once did.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – A whole new way of adding to your resources might come about through an unusual set of circumstances. You’ll have to be on your toes to spot it.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – You are about to enter a new cycle where your athletic skills could begin to peak. Take part in as many sporting activities as you can.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Should you amaze yourself in coming up with an ingenious concept for making or saving money, believe it and use it. It’s the real deal.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Everybody around you might require assistance or a backup, but not you. You’ll function best when operating independently.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – If you’re not afraid to experiment, you could be closer to a major achievement than you think. With only a few minor adjustments, you’ll have what you desire.

Robert Downey Jr. superb in ‘Iron Man 3’ A series’ third film is not supposed to be as fresh and nervy as “Iron Man 3,” but this series has always bucked the conventions of superhero movies.

Never forget that the first movie ended with Tony Stark junking the whole secret identity thing and declaring, “I am Iron Man.” Historically, the third film in a superhero series is the one that becomes both bloated with too many characters and emaciated by too thin a plot.

This happens when the studio decides profits from action figure sales trump the virtues of storytelling. “Spider-Man 3,” where the studio forced director Sam Raimi to include Venom as a villain, has become the go-to cautionary tale, although “Batman Forever” paved the way.

Marvel has gotten smarter since “Spider-Man 3,” and “Iron Man 3,” with Robert Downey Jr. again superb in the title role, sidesteps the problems associated with the third-movie curse by not repeating the first two films.

“Iron Man 3” has a different feel from its predecessors, including “The Avengers,” and that makes it as surprising as it is exuberant. For once, an Iron Man movie doesn’t end in a CGI smackdown between Tony Stark and a villain who has acquired a more powerful suit of armor.

Shane Black, who previously directed Downey in “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang,” takes over directing duties from Jon Favreau and delivers more of a hard-core action movie with a driven pace. Favreau shows there are no hard feelings by reprising his role as Happy Hogan, Tony Stark’s head of security, and scoring some early comedy relief before the action turns grim.

The story picks up some-

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Robert Downey Jr. stars in the film “Iron Man 3.”

WESTHOFF REVIEWS Jeffrey Westhoff time after “The Avengers,” where Iron Man flew into a wormhole to stave off an alien invasion during the climactic battle in Manhattan. The very mention of New York will trigger an anxiety attack in Tony, so he spends most of his time puttering in his lab perfecting new versions of his Iron Man suit. He is now up to the Mk 42 armor.

Several figures and events from Tony’s past, illustrated in a flashback to New Year’s Eve 1999, will return to haunt him. A former girlfriend, Maya Hansen (Rebecca Hall), has almost perfected her formula to regrow lost human limbs. While I always thought scientists in the Marvel Universe who developed formulas to regrow limbs turned into giant lizards, Maya’s approach has a more lethal side effect: The body might overheat and explode with a blast that rivals a concentrated nuke.

That side effect gains the attention of a terrorist who calls himself the Mandarin

(Ben Kingsley) and patterns his look after Osama bin Laden.

While that is brewing, rival tech genius Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce) comes calling on Stark Industries and hopes to woo Tony’s gal Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) into a business and romantic relationship. Tony once spurned a younger, geekier Killian that same New Year’s Eve in 1999. Killian founded a think tank called AIM, so longtime Marvel fans know he shouldn’t be trusted.

Tony’s friend Jim Rhodes (Don Cheadle) also returns, now promoted to the president’s (William Sadler) personal bodyguard. “Rhodey” has changed his nom de guerre from War Machine (which tested as too militant) to the Iron Patriot, with the suit receiving a red, white and blue makeover.

It has become a trend in a series’ third installment to tear the hero down to his basics and make him prove himself once more with only his wits. It happened with James Bond in “Skyfall” and with Batman in “The Dark Knight Rises” and with Iron Man here. Just as Bruce Wayne spent most of “Dark Knight

Rises” separated from his Batman identity, Tony Stark spends most of “Iron Man 3” without the armor that provides his super powers.

Black, who co-wrote the script with Drew Pearce, piles on the action (which includes a surprising amount of gunplay for a superhero movie) but he maintains the focus on Tony Stark’s evolving personality and his romance with Pepper, which got shunted into the background in the first two movies.

Downey’s quips and sarcasm help “Iron Man 3” generate more laughs than today’s standard comedies.

Black also undercuts many typical hero moments, yanking away the bravado at the last moment. Stick around after the credits and you’ll be rewarded with a great joke.

The Mandarin is one of Iron Man’s oldest villains, but comic purists won’t be pleased with his portrayal.

For a man who claims a Chinese identity, the Mandarin speaks with a strange, stilted Midwestern accent. Overall, “Iron Man 3” benefits from a villain whose intelligence, determination and decisive actions recall Alan Rickman’s Hans Gruber from the original “Die Hard.”

Downey dominated this series from the start but his control over “Iron Man 3” is even more impressive than in the first two films. Downey continues to bring an electricity unlike any other performer in the superhero world. It is impossible to conceive of anyone else playing Iron Man. Good luck rebooting this one.

• Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Kingsley and Guy Pearce star in “Iron Man 3.” The film is rated PG-13 and runs two hours and 10 min.

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Bing Crosby (1903-1977), singer/actor; Pete Seeger (1919), singer; Sugar Ray Robinson (1921-1989), boxer; James Brown (1933-2006), singer; Christina Hendricks (1975), actress; Cheryl Burke (1984), dancer.

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Job offer has too many strings attached Difficult to find fault Dear Abby: I’m 29 and for 10 years I have been struggling with controlling parents. They have cut two of my sisters out of their lives because they live closer to their spouses’ parents.

My husband and I are fulltime students, ex-military and taking advantage of the G.I. Bill.

We’re looking for jobs, but my parents have threatened not to speak to me if we take jobs closer to his parents.

I’m trying to be fair to both sets of parents, but we can’t stay unemployed because of this issue. We have a family to support.

I tried reasoning with them, but I’m unsure how to proceed.

Dad called and offered my husband a job in my hometown. We declined because if we accept, they will expect us to live near them.

Please tell me what to do.

I don’t want my family to fall apart any more than it already has. – Smothered In The South Dear Smothered: If you feel smothered now, imagine how it would be if you and your husband were economically depen-

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips dent on your parents. No part of your lives would be separate from them, and you would be completely under their control.

Holding the family together is not your responsibility, and you should not sacrifice your independence in an attempt to do so.

Your parents’ emotional blackmail has already driven away two of your sisters and their families.

I assume you have relationships with your siblings. I’m advising you to maintain them and live your own lives. With time, your parents may realize they haven’t isolated their children; they have isolated only themselves.

Dear Abby: Today I saw a former classmate I hadn’t seen in 22 years. He always seemed a little slow and different from the rest of us, and he was picked on at school because of it. When

I said hello to him and reminded him of my name and that we went to school together, he said, “You danced with me at prom, and I always thought that was so nice!” I had forgotten that I had danced with him, but obviously, the fact that I did meant something to him.

My parents raised me to be nice to everyone, even if they weren’t in my circle of friends.

I’m not claiming that I was a saint in school, but I did try to stand up for people who were being picked on.

I wanted to share with your readers that any act of kindness probably means more than you know to the other person. I will be sharing my parents’ message of kindness with my own daughter, and I hope other parents read this and do the same. – Passing It On In Ohio Dear Passing It On: Thank you for a wonderful letter. Your lesson in compassion is one that all parents should discuss with their children.

• Write Dear Abby at www. dearabby.com.

Make it a habit to read the Nutrition Facts label Dear Doctor K: I know fruits and vegetables make the healthiest snacks. But can packaged foods also be part of my healthy snack arsenal?

Dear Reader: There’s no doubt that many packaged foods are not very healthy, so you’re right to ask the question. At the same time, an increasing number of healthy packaged foods are available. Identifying them has been made a lot easier by the action of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Since 1994, packaged foods in the U.S. must carry the Nutrition Facts label. You just need to learn how to use that label to judge what’s inside the package.

Here are some things to consider when looking at nutrition labels: • Size matters. The word “serving” always mystified me: How much is a serving of something? I figured a slice of bread was one serving. But how many pancakes make up a serving?

How much mashed potatoes? (The answers, I now know, are two 6-inch pancakes, and one cup of mashed potatoes.) Fortunately, the nutrition labels on packaged foods tell you what a serving size

ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff is (it’s the first item on the label).

All other information (how many calories and how much salt, fat, etc.) is based on that serving size.

Beware: Many packages contain more than one serving.

• Check the fat and cholesterol content. Keep saturated fat and cholesterol low and avoid trans fats altogether. Look for foods that have 0 grams of trans fat.

Stay away from foods that have “partially hydrogenated vegetable oil” in the ingredients list (that’s code for trans fats). Foods made with healthy unsaturated oils (olive, canola, safflower) are better bets.

• Is it worth its salt? Compare the sodium content to the calories per serving. To keep your salt intake in check, consider products in which the sodium content is less than or equal to the calories per serving. For example, for a food with 250 calories per serving, the sodium content should be no more than 250 mg. Or choose low-sodium, low-salt or unsalted

versions.

• Figure out the fiber. Aim for foods that have at least 5 grams of fiber per serving, or at least 1 gram of fiber for every 10 grams of carbohydrate.

• Stay away from added sugars. Sugar contains almost no nutrients. It fills you up with empty calories, keeps you from eating healthy foods and makes it difficult for your body to maintain a healthy blood sugar level. Steer clear of foods that have sugar, honey, molasses, corn syrup, corn sugar, fructose or high-fructose corn syrup among the first three ingredients. Other names for sugar include agave nectar, brown sugar, cane sugar, corn sweetener, dextrose, maltose, fruit juice concentrate and glucose.

Packaged foods have become an essential part of our fast-paced life. The Nutrition Facts label makes it possible for us to use packaged foods for meals and snacks – and to know if we’re eating healthy or not.

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

with mom’s decision

Dr. Wallace: I’m 16 and have a part-time job on Monday and Wednesday afternoons after school. I work from 3 to 5 p.m. in an office as a filing clerk. I get paid $40 a week, and I really like the job and the money. Yesterday (Tuesday) the office secretary called my mom while I was at school and asked if I’d be interested in also working Tuesday afternoons.

My mom told her I’d “love to work Tuesday afternoon.”

I do like the job very much and normally I would work extra days if needed, but it so happens that yesterday was my best friend’s 16th birthday, and I was going to help her celebrate (along with other friends) after school at a local pizza parlor. So instead of having a great time with friends, I had to go to work. Mom called school and gave me the message: “Go to work after school. You are needed.”

I think that Mom should not have volunteered my services at work before she talked with me about it. She could have contacted the school and left a message for me to call her. Mom says she had to make a fast decision, and she thought I would like to make a little extra money. I’m still upset with Mom’s decision, but she insists she did nothing wrong.

Please give me your thoughts on this family dispute. – Beverly, San Mateo, Calif.

Dear Beverly: I can’t really find fault with your mom’s decision because as you said, “normally I would work extra days if needed.”

Mom knew you enjoyed your part-time job and felt you would enjoy making a little extra money by helping your

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace employer out of a tight spot. But if the occasion arose again, it would be wise if mom contacted you before making a commitment.

Dr. Wallace: I’m a first-year student at Indiana University and plan to major in elementary education.

I really enjoy working with young children. I know I’ll never become rich teaching. Why are teachers paid so poorly compared with other professionals? Our country would be hurting if all the teachers went on strike. – Nathan, Bloomington, Ind. Dear Nathan: The problem is that teachers are public servants, whose salaries are paid from tax dollars. This keeps their compensation lower than that of professionals in the private sector.

No, Nathan, you won’t become rich from a teacher’s salary, but please be advised that teachers live highly rewarding lives. Follow your dream and don’t worry about the money.

You’ll get by on your paycheck, but you’ll grow rich on the knowledge that you are nourishing young people, helping them become productive citizens.

Dr. Wallace: I’m very aware of what causes a hickey, but I’m not so sure what happens to cause the hickey to turn purple. No big deal, but I’d like to know. – Meredith, Frederick, Okla.

Dear Meredith: A hickey is actually a bruise caused by broken blood vessels.

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

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CELEBRITY CIPHER

Looking up a quotation including “fourth,” I came upon this comment by James Bryce, an English diplomat and author who died in 1922: “Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know what he thinks he knows.”

That gave me pause. What’s the problem?

No Englishman would say “three-fourths,” he would say “three-quarters.” The quotation has been “translated.” How is that relevant to this deal? All will be revealed.

Look at the South hand and bidding sequence. What should South rebid?

He has no clear-cut call. He wants to get to game, but has no idea which one. He solves the problem by rebidding two diamonds, fourth-suit game-forcing.

It is artificial and asks partner to do something descriptive.

Usually, responder wants to get to three no-trump, but does not have a stopper in the fourth suit; or he hopes partner can show three-card support for his fivecard major; or both.

Here, North continues with two spades, and South jumps to four spades. (Yes, North might have rebid two spades, not two clubs.)

West leads the diamond king, then shifts to a low club. How should South continue?

Declarer should take trick two with his ace, ruff a diamond, play a spade to his ace (getting the bad news), and ruff his last diamond.

He then plays off dummy’s top hearts and top clubs. East ruffs the last top club and leads a diamond, but South ruffs low and exits with a low spade to get two more trump tricks with his king and jack over East’s queen. He takes four spades, two hearts, two clubs and two diamond ruffs.

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Get Fuzzy is on vacation. Please enjoy this strip from Feb. 25, 2011.

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The Pajama Diaries

Stone Soup is on vacation. Please enjoy this strip from Feb. 22, 2008.

Pearls Before Swine

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Rose Is Rose

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Monday - Friday 12pm – 6pm, no weekends. Must be reliable, flexible with schedule & able to multi-task. $10 per hr. Send resume to Bonnie at eahrdept@gmail.com or fax 630-556-3021

ANNUAL TOWN of CORTLAND GARAGE SALES/ CRAFT & VENDOR SHOW MAY 3 & 4

Housekeeping Sodexo is currently seeking FT/PT Housekeepers and Supervisors to clean Health and Fitness Centers in Crystal Lake, IL and Huntley, IL. Candidates must have commercial cleaning experience. Must be able to work between 9pm & 5am.

Interested candidates may call 815-334-3947.

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KENNEL HELP AND DAYCARE STAFF FT Help needed for Kennel and Daycare position.

Apply in person: Ruffner's Luxury Pet Boarding 1880 Dean St. St. Charles.

LABORER or CONCRETE FINISHER - Experienced.

Call: 630-377-8800 or email: williams630@att.net

Utility Locator American Surveying & Engineering is seeking full-time experienced Utility Locate Field Technicians in the west and northwest suburban Illinois area. Successful candidate will not be On Call. Candidates should be hard working, self-motivated, enjoy working outdoors, good driving record, read maps and computer literate. Pre-employment drug screen required.

Attractive Salary and Benefits, including Profit Sharing, 401K, Group Health, Disability and Life.

Send resume and salary history to: Mr. Coventine Fidis, President/CEO American Surveying & Engineering, P.C. 841 N. Galena Ave., Dixon, IL 61021 Or by email to info@americansurvey.com All inquiries confidential.

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Excellent opportunity for an experienced Dental Assistant in a friendly, high tech, state of the art, St Charles children's dental office.

Seeking an outgoing & team player who enjoys working with children to join our successful team. Must be able to work independently, enjoy achieving goals & be accurate in your work. Should have good computer skills & experience with dental software. Please email or fax resume to: Fax 630-587-5811 Email: dpd@um.att.com See yourself in Neighbors neighbors@kcchronicle.com

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Kane County Flea Market ANTIQUES, COLLECTIBLES & FANCY JUNQUE Kane ounty Fairgrounds Randall Rd. between Rt. 38 & Rt. 64 525 S. Randall Road, St. Charles, IL

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Over 100 Sales!

Most sales 8-5, Maps avail on Facebook link 5/2 7pm or Fri 6:30am at map stations.

Follow yellow map signs on Somonauk. Enjoy coffee/donuts at map stations. Kids games/prizes.

Food avail throughout town. Details & items added daily! Don't miss a single sale & make offers!

We already have lots tools, furniture & sets, tools, kitchenware, home décor, electronics, antiques, collectibles, sm/lrg appl, exer equp, computer supplies everything for a child, in-home business sales, clothing - all sizes, sports gear, craft & teacher supplies, books, 18 crafters & vendors, LOTS OF MISC. Papers & online listing will have more details.

Questions call Donna 815-7564851 or 815-761-7054

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CARRIER ROUTES AVAILABLE IN KANE COUNTY Early morning delivery 5 days per week. No delivery on Sunday and Monday.

Must sign a contract and have valid license and insurance.

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Having a Birthday, Anniversary, Graduation or Event Coming Up? Share It With Everyone by Placing a HAPPY AD!

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Off of Randall Rd, west on Fargo Blvd, 2 blocks to the 1000 block of Lewis Rd. Furniture, handbags, antique mirror, new Longaberger Baskets, craft items, home decor, electronics, much more!

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Electric Mayline Drafting Table, Purple Martin House, Baby Items, Chico Strollers, Car Seats, Swings, Power Wheels Barbie Jeep, Bang & Olufsen Turntable, Many Household Items, Books, Records & an Asst of Misc.

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TV: 50” big screen $100 630-400-0295

May 3rd & 4th 8am-4pm

Friday & Saturday May 3-4 8:30am – 4:30pm

We place FREE ads for Lost or Found in Classified every day!

BMX BIKE, GT FRAME Odyssey pedals and fork, primo. 30” sprocket. 20” wheels & more. $150/ obo. 630-761-8572

BOOKCASE ~ HANDCRAFTED Oak, large with a sewing center. MUST SEE! $395. 630-406-6783

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FURNITURE, TOOLS, GENERATOR, TABLES. 40 YEARS OF STUFF; ALL MUST GO

NORMAN ROCKWELL PRINTS Professionally framed, excellent condition. A dozen available.

Reasonably priced.

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FOUND: Fishing equipment lost from a vehicle in Batavia, Monday evening, April 29th Call to identify, 630-377-0764

NATIVE PERENNIALS Sat/Sun 9-3pm 11588 County Line Rd Garden Prairie Head west on Kishwaukee Valley Rd to County Line go N or take Route 173 W to County Line go S about 4 miles or Route 20 to Garden Prairie Rd go N and follow signs (815) 544-1995 100's of plugs only $1.00 each

Dryer. Maytag. Gas. White.

Great condition. $299.

630-973-3528 Maytag Washer & Dryer $150/per set 630-400-0295

Horses Boarded – Near St. Charles Box Stalls, homegrown hay, stalls cleaned daily, indoor ring, lots of TLC. $400. 630-605-9273.

Lamp. Beige. $30 OBO 815-505-3308 – 815-517-1144 Mirror with black wood frame. $40 OBO. 815-505-3308 - 815-517-1144

DECK STAIN

Bargain @ $13.50/gallon.

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FOR THE LANDINGS AIRPORT CONDOMINIUM OWNERS ASSOCIATION; THE LANDINGS AIRPORT ST. CHARLES CONDOMINIUM OWNERS ASSOCIOff/Ware Space ATION; HANGER 12C; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES FOR THE ES1,568sf - 19,000sf.

TATE OF RICHARD KUZMA; BARDocks/Drive-Ins BARA KUZMA; RICHARD J. KUZMA; Aggressive Move-In Package DEAN M. KUZMA; UNKNOWN 630-355-8094 HEIRS AND DEVISEES FOR THE ESwww.mustangconstruction.com TATE OF RICHARD KUZMA; DEAN C. KUZMA; CLAUDIA J. KUZMA; JOHANNA LAGRANGE; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES FOR THE ESTATE OF RICHARD KUZMA; RHONDA L. GARIBAY; U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE USA, IRS by virtue of a federal interest recorded as 2011057044 on 6/20/2011.; U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE USA, IRS by virtue of a federal interest recorded as 2011057044 on 6/20/2011.; U.S.A., I.R.S. by virtue of a federal interest recorded as 2011057044 on 6/20/2011.; ATCORRECTED TORNEY GENERAL FOR THE U.S.A DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR PUBLIC NOTICE THE IRS by virtue of a federal interIN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE est recorded as 2011057044 on SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 6/20/2011.; John A. Cunningham, County Clerk of Kane County, IlliKANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS nois; Claimants, Judgment Creditors, and Decree Creditors, if any of IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE the above described as "Unknown OF: SHIRLEE I. MIRKES, Owners"; "Unknown owners or parDeceased. ties interested in said land or lots" General No. 2012 P 512 County of Kane PUBLICATION NOTICE Date Premises Sold: INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION October 25, 2010 TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Certificate No.: 2010-00374 Sold for General Taxes of (Year): 1. Notice is hereby given of the death of Shirlee I. Mirkes who died 2009 on September 14, 2012, a resident Sold for Special Assessment of of St. Charles, IL. (Municipality) and Special Assess2. The Representative for the es- ment Number: N/A tate is: Dean Werner, 1512 Jobe Warrant No.: N/A Ave., St. Charles, IL 60174.

Installment No.: N/A 3. The Attorney for the estate is: Russell E. Baldwin, 311 N. 2nd THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD Street, Suite 304, Saint Charles, IL FOR DELINQUENT TAXES 60174.

4. Claims against the estate may Property Located at: 19N058 be filed on or before April 2, 2013.

Claims against the estate may be AZTEC UNIT 12C, HUNTLEY, IL filed with the Clerk of the Circuit 60142Court, P.O. Box 112, Geneva, IL Legal Description or Property 60134-112, with the Representative or both. Any claim not filed Index No.: 02-03-300-041 within that period is barred. Copies This notice is to advise you that of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Repre- the above property has been sold sentative and to the attorney within for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale 10 days after it has been filed.

5. On September 21, 2011, an will expire on August 7, 2013.

Order Admitting the Will to Probate and Appointing the Representative The amount to redeem is subject was entered. to increase at 6 month intervals 6. Within forty-two (42) days af- from the date of sale and may be ter the effective date of the original further increased if the purchaser at Order Admitting the Will to Probate, the tax sale or his or her assignee you may file a petition with the pays any subsequently accruing Court to require proof of the validity taxes or special assessments to reof the Will by testimony or witness- deem the property from subsequent es to the Will in open Court, or oth- forfeitures or tax sales. Check with er evidence, as provided in Article the County Clerk as to the exact VI 5/6-21 (755 ILCS 5/6/21). amount you owe before redeeming.

7. Within six (6) months after the effective date of the original OrThis notice is also to advise you der Admit-ting the Will to Probate, you may file a petition with the that a petition has been filed for a Court to contest the validity of the tax deed which will transfer title Will as provided under Article VIII and the right to possession of this 5/8-1 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS property if redemption is not made on or before August 7, 2013.

5/8-1).

8. The estate will be administratThis matter is set for hearing in ed without Court supervision unless an interested party terminates inde- the Circuit Court of Kane County in pendent supervision administration Room 110 on August 30, 2013 at by filing a petition to terminate un- 9:30 AM. der Article XXVIII 5/28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4).

You may be present at this hearing, but your right to redeem will (Originally published in the Kane already have expired at that time.

County Chronicle, October 2, 9 & 16, 2012.)

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT PUBLIC NOTICE LOSS OF PROPERTY

Friday, May 3, 2013 • Page 33 y mp Room 110 on August 30, 2013 at pursuant to 65 ILCS 5/9-2-115, 9:30 AM. and has applied to the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Kane You may be present at this hear- County for approval of same, on ing, but your right to redeem will which a hearing will be held on the 719 S. Batavia Ave already have expired at that time. 23rd day of May, 2013, at 1:30 Bldg. B Geneva, IL 60134 P.M. in Room 110 of the Kane YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM 630-232-5964 County Courthouse, 100 S. Third IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT St. Geneva, IL, 60134, or as soon LOSS OF PROPERTY Platinum Assets, LLC thereafter as the business of the Purchaser or Assignee Redemption can be made at any court will permit. All persons desiring may file objections in that court (Published in the Kane County time on or before August 7, 2013 before that day and may appear at by applying to the Kane County, Chronicle May 2, 3, 7, 2013) Illinois at the County Court House the hearing and make their defense. Dated this 26 day of April, in Geneva, Illinois.

PUBLIC NOTICE 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION TAX DEED NO.: 13-TX38 CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK Signed: P. Sean Michels, FILED: 3/1/2013 President of the Village 719 S. Batavia Ave of Sugar Grove TAKE NOTICE Bldg. B TO: SULLENS, GLENN H & LISA Geneva, IL 60134 (Published in the Kane County A; LISA A. SULLENS; GLENN H. 630-232-5964 Chronicle, May 1, 3, 2013.)

SULLENS; OCCUPANT; GLENN H. SULLENS; LISA A. SULLENS; Platinum Assets, LLC PUBLIC NOTICE CITIBANK, N.A. AS SUCCESSOR TO Purchaser or Assignee CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA), N.A.; IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITIBANK, N.A. AS SUCCESSOR TO (Published in the Kane County SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA), N.A.; Chronicle May 2, 3, 7, 2013) KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS BLATT, HASENMILLER, LEIBSKER & MOORE, LLC AS ATTORNEYS IN PUBLIC NOTICE 2013 MR 000378 11SCK 3564; WEST SURBAN NOTICE OF PUBLICATION BANK; GIAGNORIO & ROBERTELLI, REGARDING NAME CHANGE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT LTD ATTORNEYS IN 2010L FOR THE SIXTEENTH 000205; ILLINOIS CORPORATION Public notice is hereby given that SERVICE COMPANY AS R/A FOR JUDICIAL CIRCUIT on June 24, 2013, in Courtroom MIDLAND FUNDING LLC; MIDLAND KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS No. 110, of the Kane County FUNDING LLC; ACKMAN GLASS & Courthouse, 100 South Third, MIRROR; RAYMOND H. DUNN C/O IN RE SPECIAL ) Geneva, Illinois, at the hour of 9:30 OLDFIELD & FOX, P.C. F/K/A OLD- ASSESSMENT FOR ) A.M. or as soon thereafter as this FIELD, FOX & SARNA, P.C. ATTOR- THE VILLAGE OF ) Case No: matter may heard, a Petition will be NEYS IN 2008 SC 7282; PARK- SUGAR GROVE, A ) 2011 TX heard in said Courtroom for the WAY BANK & TRUST; CHRISTO- MUNICIPAL ) 183 change of name of AMANDA PHER J. GOLUBA, P.C. ATTORNEY CORPORATION IN ) NICOLE STEWART to AMANDA IN 2009 M3 4167; KEN J. MIT) NICOLE HEINEKAMP pursuant to SON; TRI CITY NATIONAL BANK; KANE COUNTY, 735 ILCS 5/21-101 et seq. ) WALWORTH STATE BANK; John A. ILLINOIS Cunningham, County Clerk of Kane Dated 4/15/13 at 715 North St. County, Illinois; Claimants, Judg- SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE Geneva, Illinois. ment Creditors, and Decree Creditors, if any of the above described Notice is hereby given to all per/s/ A. Stewart as "Unknown Owners"; "Unknown sons interested that the Board of Petitioner owners or parties interested in said Trustees of the Village of Sugar land or lots" Grove, Kane County, Illinois, hav- (Published in the Kane County ing ordered that improvements be Chronicle, April 19, 26, & May 3, County of Kane made to the drainage system serv- 2013.)

Date Premises Sold: ing the Mallard Point and Rolling October 25, 2010 Oaks Subdivisions, the ordinance PUBLIC NOTICE Certificate No.: 2010-01741 for the improvements being on file Sold for General Taxes of (Year): in the office of the Village Clerk, KANE COUNTY BOARD AGRICUL2009 Sold for Special Assessment of having applied to the Sixteenth Ju- TURE COMMITTEE MEETINGS dicial Circuit Court of Kane County NOTICE OF SCHEDULE CHANGE (Municipality) and Special Assessfor an assessment of the costs of Notice is hereby given by the Counment Number: N/A the improvement, and an order ty of Kane, that the Kane County Warrant No.: N/A having been entered by the afore- Board AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE Installment No.: N/A mentioned court on the 29th day of meetings scheduled Tuesdays at THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD May, 2012, confirming the assess- 10:00 a.m. on 5/21; 6/18; 7/16; ment role for same, and all im- 8/20; 9/17; 10/15; 11/19; 12/17 FOR DELINQUENT TAXES provements set forth in the ordi- have been MOVED to Mondays at Property Located at: 06N622 nance having been substantially 9:00 a.m. (5/20; 6/17; 7/15; FAIR OAKS DRIVE, SAINT CHARLES, completed, the President of the 8/19; 9/16; 10/21; 11/18; IL 60175Board of Trustees has filed a Certifi- 12/16) in the County Board Rm., cate of Final Costs and Completion Bldg. A, Kane County Government Legal Description or Property Index No.: 08-11-200-015 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK

This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on August 7, 2013.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title TAX DEED NO.: 13-TX-31 Redemption can be made at any and the right to possession of this FILED: 3/1/2013 time on or before August 7, 2013 property if redemption is not made by applying to the Kane County, on or before August 7, 2013.

TAKE NOTICE Illinois at the County Court House TO: KUZMA, RICHARD; OCCU- in Geneva, Illinois.

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Dated: April 30, 2013. /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, May 3, 10, 17, 2013.)

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