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David Kelly of St. Charles collects carts at Jewel-Osco in St. Charles. Kelly has worked for the company for six years.

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Teacher surprised by car upgrades St. Charles auto center employees install new brakes, tires

By ERIC SCHELKOPF eschelkopf@shawmedia.com Steve Jaskowski, manager of the Suburban Tire Auto Care Center in St. Charles, admires the job that music and choral teacher Mike McHugh does for his children and the other students at Grande Reserve Elementary School in Yorkville.

As a way to thank him, Jaskowski and his employees on Wednesday installed new brakes, wheels and tires on McHugh’s 2004 Kia Optima, to McHugh’s surprise.

“This is incredible,” McHugh said, before Jaskowski gave him back the keys to his car. “I inherited this car from my great aunt. This will make me take care of my tires.”

McHugh’s wife, Steph, was in on the surprise, which is how Jaskowski and his employees were able to work on his car Wednesday.

“She told me she needed my car today, and not to ask questions,” McHugh said.

The surprise almost didn’t happen. McHugh was feeling under the weather Wednesday and called in sick.

“But then the school principal called me saying it was an emergency and that I had to be at school at 11:30 a.m.,” McHugh said.

GENEVA – RiverPark of Geneva at Peyton Street and North River Lane along the river is hosting a photo and poetry contest to celebrate National Get Outdoors Day on June 8.

The contests will culminate in activities from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Geneva RiverPark, including folk music with Lee Murdock.

The photo contest is for amateur photographers and requires both digital and hard copy.

All photos must be taken at the RiverPark.

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Steve Jaskowski (right), manager of the Suburban Tire Auto Care Center in St. Charles, gives Grande Reserve Elementary School music and choral teacher Mike McHugh the keys back to his 2004 Kia Optima.

Jaskowski’s three children attend the Yorkville school and as a way to show his appreciation, he surprised McHugh on Wednesday by putting new brakes, tires and wheels on his car.

Jaskowski said he would have surprised McHugh at his home if McHugh wasn’t able to make it to school.

Jaskowski’s three children, Dillon, 6, Rachael, 8, and Ryan, 11, attend Grande Reserve Elementary School.

“He is very inspiring,” Jaskowski said. “He inspired me to do something a little over

the top.”

Ryan Jaskowski agreed.

“He always does his best and tries to make our musicals the best they can be,” he said.

Ryan recently starred in one of the school’s musicals, “Newsies.” Rachael said that McHugh “encourages us a lot.”

Awards will be given for best nature image, best people image and most creative image in each age group.

Photos will be displayed on the RiverPark website, at the GO Day event and at a downtown location during Swedish Days in June.

Poems and photo submissions must be dropped off at City Hall, 22 S. First St., Geneva, by Friday, May 31.

Rules and details for the contests are available on the RiverPark website, www.riverparkofgeneva.com.

This is the sixth annual Na-

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Barnes and Noble to host book fair Friday GENEVA – A book fair is set for Friday at Barnes and Noble, 102 Commons Drive, Geneva. When a book fair voucher is presented, a percentage of the purchase will benefit the Geneva History Center.

Vouchers are available at the Geneva History Center, 113 S. Third St., Geneva, or online at www.genevahistorycenter.org.

For information, call 630-2324951.

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Mike McHugh also plays the piano, something that is not lost on Dillon.

“He makes really good music,” Dillon said.

McHugh’s spirits were lifted after seeing the improvements to his car.

“I feel much better now,” he said. “I’m kind of happy now that I took the day off.”

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WHAT: The Batavia Chamber of Commerce announced that the public is invited to the chamber’s Legislative Affairs Committee meeting. Jason Bajor, assistant city manager for Batavia, will discuss the full-time position announced for economic development. State Rep. Kay Hatcher, R-Yorkville, will present a legislative update to the gathering.

WHEN: 7:30 a.m. Monday WHERE: Batavia City Council Chambers, 100 N. Island Ave., Batavia INFO: For information about the Batavia Chamber of Commerce or its events, call Roger Breisch at 630-879-7134, or visit www.bataviachamber.org.

Healing Gardens open on Mother’s Day WHAT: Healing Gardens, a two-acre expanse of woodland and perennial gardens on Stone Hill Farm, has announced its opening date. The gardens are open to the public on set dates for the purpose of enjoying the natural wooded setting and perennial gardens.

WHEN: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday WHERE: 37W249 Dean St., St. Charles

COST: The admission cost is $5 a person and $10 a family. Call for discounted group rates. In solidarity and to honor the journey, cancer survivors are always admitted free.

Donations of time or money for upkeep are welcome. Healing Gardens is cultivated and hosted by Deborah Marqui, owner of Stone Hill Farm with her husband Buzz Marqui.

Along with some assorted perennial plants for sale, the Sunday opening will offer a special presentation on “How to Create a Healing Garden” ($10 that includes admission fee) from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

INFO: To register, call 630-377-1846 or email deb@healinggardensatstonehillfarm.com.

Concert Between Courses at Niche WHAT: Niche Restaurant’s 2013 Concert Between Courses series begins with premier jazz singer Nicole Kestler for an evening of food and music. The evening will begin with cocktails at 6 p.m. and the performance at 6:30 p.m. A three-course tasting menu selected by Chef Serena Perdue will accompany the live performance. Kestler will be singing her favorites by Burt Bacharach.

WHEN: 6 p.m., May 22 WHERE: 14 S. Third St., Geneva COST: $65 a person, and reservations can

be made by calling Niche at 630-262-000.

Shredding, recycling event set in St. Charles WHAT: Kane County is hosting a free residential recycling and document shredding event this weekend. Items such as electronics, scrap metal, lamps, books, textiles and shoes, bikes and bike parts and carpets will be accepted, but there are some restrictions. There also will be a free document shredding service truck on site for residential use (no businesses). Bring up to four to five boxes of sensitive documents containing confidential information.

Do not bring periodicals or other paper that does not need to be shredded and can go in a recycling bin. All paper collected will be shredded on site and then taken for recycling.

WHEN: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday WHERE: 540 S. Randall Road, St. Charles INFO: Contact Jennifer Jarland, Kane County’s recycling program coordinator, at recycle@ countyofkane.org or 630-208-3841.

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An inclusive workplace Employers, officials say people with developmental disabilities shine on job

By NICOLE WESKERNA nweskerna@shawmedia.com

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hen Terry Josefowicz hires employees to work in the front end of Jewel-Osco in St. Charles, she looks for someone with a good personality and communication skills who can offer a friendly smile to customers as they check out.

She found all those qualities in Geneva resident David Kelly, 27, who has worked in the front end of the store for six years.

But what sets David Kelly apart from most of the store’s employees is that he has Down syndrome. Josefowicz, the store’s front-end manager, said that hasn’t stopped Kelly from working hard and doing his job well for the past six years.

“They work hard, and they have a great work ethic,” Josefowicz said of the handful of store employees who have a developmental disability.

“They’re all just so honest and open.”

Jobs such as the one at Jewel-Osco aren’t always easy to come by for people with developmental disabilities, said Kelly’s mother, Joelle Kelly.

And Mayer Smith, business services representative for the Association for Individual Development, a nonprofit organization that provides assistance to people with developmental disabilities, agreed.

Smith finds job opportunities for such employees, many of whom are from the Tri-Cities, and he said job opportunities have thinned out in recent years.

Smith said that’s due, in part, to a social stigma that’s sometimes attached to people with disabilities, as some employers falsely view them as poor workers. Another hurdle for disabled people in the job market is the economy, he said.

“There’s all kinds of issues going on in an economy that’s still jittery,” he said. “When [employers] started laying

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David Kelly of St. Charles bags groceries at Jewel-Osco in St. Charles. Kelly has worked for the company for six years. people off, this type of work was maybe the last thing left – the last chance to keep their employees busy without laying them off. So there’s been issues there.”

He said he usually can help potential employers move past the social stigma by bringing them into one of AID’s workshops and showing them the quality of work that’s being done by employees with developmental disabilities.

Miguel Alba, communications and public affairs manager for Jewel-Osco, said he encourages employers to overlook that stigma.

“I once heard a store director explain that we can train anyone to do the jobs we need, but the personality and desire to do the job can’t be taught,” he said. “These individuals are often the best employees because they’re motivated and happy to be there. Customers respond positively to them.”

Josefowicz said in her 27 years as a front-end manager, she has had few bad experiences working with people who have developmental disabilities.

And David Kelly said he enjoys helping bag groceries or corral carts, which is why he has stayed with the company for six years.

Joelle Kelly said her son’s job responsibilities have helped him become more independent – he makes sure his work uniform is clean and ready to wear the next day, sets him alarm and manages his work schedule.

“It’s a prize to have a job like this in David’s life,” she said. “It’s like winning the lottery.”

The benefits are far-reaching for employers, too.

Smith said it’s no more expensive for employers to hire people through AID than through a for-profit company.

A job that typically would take one person to do is

sometimes split between two or three employees hired through AID, putting more people to work with no extra expense to the employer.

And employees still are getting a fair paycheck, Smith said, but that’s not the only thing they gain.

“There’s huge benefits to our workers because they want to feel a part of the community,” he said. “They want to be treated just like you and I. The best day is the day they get their paycheck because they earned it, and they’re very proud of it.”

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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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County Board set to vote on government hiring policies

By JONATHAN BILYK jbilyk@shawmedia.com GENEVA – A proposal to revise Kane County’s hiring policies and give new control to the county’s various department heads will go to the full County Board for a vote.

The Kane County Board’s Executive Committee endorsed a series of changes Wednesday to the county’s ordinance governing Kane’s 5-year-old hiring freeze policy.

Under the latest revision, county department heads, such as those overseeing the county’s transportation division or the Kane County Development Department, would be granted powers to replace departed employees, at times without consulting the County Board.

Previously, the county’s hiring freeze rules – in place since 2008 – had required all county departments to submit their hires for review.

However, under the new proposed rules, county department heads would be empowered to hire, without formal board approval, to fill vacancies in pre-existing positions at the same salary or less.

Department heads also will be empowered to make “emergency” hires at their discretion.

Information on new hires still would need to be submitted to the County Board within 45 days.

County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen said he believed concerns over the revisions were addressed either in discussions with county department heads or in changes to the ordinance’s language.

He particularly noted the general agreement over the need to allow emergency hires.

“There will always be emergencies no matter the organization,” Lauzen said.

The committee endorsed

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the measure unanimously, sending it to the full County Board for consideration Tuesday.

The County Board began reviewing its hiring policies earlier this year after some County Board members questioned whether the rules had been properly interpreted.

Those questions arose after the temporary hiring of a billing manager in the county’s Animal Control Department.

In recent days, Lauzen also has sought to hire a temporary community outreach coordinator, a position he believes is necessary to help the county improve relations with its residents and outside entities.

He said he does not believe the position needs to be submitted to the County Board for review, as it is, at this point, a temporary position, with a contract term of six months.

That potential hire has not yet been discussed by the County Board publicly.

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8LOCAL BRIEFS Invasive species focus of presentation ST. CHARLES – Natural Resources Director Drew Ullberg of the Forest Preserve District of Kane County will discuss invasive species and their effects on native flora and fauna.

“Invasive Plant Species of Kane County” is from 7 to 8:30 p.m. May 16 at Creek Bend Nature Center at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve, 37W700 Dean St., St. Charles.

Ullberg will describe both the management challenges and successes in the ongoing battle against invasive species.

There will be a question-and-answer session after the presentation.

Advance registration is

required.

The cost is $15 per person. To register, call 847-741-8350 or email programs@kaneforest. com.

St. Charles North to host Relay for Life ST. CHARLES – St. Charles North High School, 255 Red Gate Road, St. Charles, will host the American Cancer Society Relay For Life from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday.

Relay For Life raises money for cancer research and cancer patients as well as helps spread cancer awareness, celebrates the lives of survivors and remembers those who lost their lives to cancer.

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O’ Sole Mio opens its doors Batavia Mayor Jeff Schielke (far left) helps cut the ribbon for O’ Sole Mio with (from left) Antonio Natale, Tory Chiappelli and Andrea Chiappelli.

O’ Sole Mio, which features gelato and coffee, is located at 27 North River St. in Batavia.

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Construction begins on municipal building ST. CHARLES – The St. Charles Public Works Department is beginning an exterior construction project at the Municipal Building, 2 E. Main St., St. Charles, beginning this week. Work is expected to be finished within six months.

The building will remain open during normal business hours, and all city business will continue as usual.

The southeast parking lot at the corner of Main Street and Riverside Avenue – also known as the checkerboard lot – will be closed during construction, along with the building’s south entrance.

Public access will remain

open on the north side, and short-term parking will be available close to that entrance for visitors.

For information, visit www. stcharlesil.gov, or call public works at 630-377-4405.

Garden club plans annual plant sale NORTH AURORA – The North Aurora Garden Club has planned its 16th annual plant sale from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at the North Aurora Activity Center, Routes 31 and 56, North Aurora.

The event includes perennials and more.

The plants are provided from the gardens of club members.

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KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Board of Education is accepting applications from eligible high school students interested in serving on the state agency’s Student Advisory Council for the 2013-14 school year.

Applications are due 5 p.m.

May 31. Interviews will be scheduled in July for appli-

senior in the fall.

Members represent student concerns and can provide thoughts on ISBE’s existing and proposed programs, policies and regulations.

The students also choose a special project to research and present before the board at the end of the school year.

Visit www.isbe.net/sac to read about past projects and for information about the council.

• A guard rail at the Riverwalk Gazebo at 100 North Island Ave. was reported broken Wednesday, May 1.

Damage was estimated at $250.

• Eric J. Temen, 29, of the 500 block of McKee Street, was charged Wednesday, May 1, with domestic battery.

from around her fire pit. She told police they likely were stolen at the end of March when the residents were on vacation.

• A resident of the 40W000 block of Fox Mill Boulevard, Campton Hills, reported Tuesday, April 30, a glass window valued at $1,000 was broken on the second floor of his home. It was unknown how the window broke.

officiate. Burial will be private in Glen Oak Cemetery in West Chicago.

Donald “Harvey” McClurg: There will be a celebration of his life at 6:30 p.m. May 23 at Portage United Methodist Church in Portage, Wis. Michael A. Schrauth: Funeral services will begin with a 10 a.m. prayer service Thursday, May 9, at Jones Funeral Home in Dixon, followed by a 10:30 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Patrick Catholic Church with the Rev. Bernard Sehr officiating. Burial with military honors by the Combined Veterans Group will follow in Oakwood Cemetery in Dixon.

8POLICE REPORTS Batavia • The front passenger window of a car at South Randall Road and Heritage Drive was reported shattered by an unknown object Sunday, May 5.

• Mark A. Charipar, 25, of the 1600 block of Sauk Drive, Batavia, was charged Sunday, May 5, with driving under the influence of alcohol.

• Jeremy A. Almodovar, 20, of the 1600 block of Riverside Avenue, St. Charles, was charged Sunday, May 5, with possession of marijuana.

• A storm window on a house in the 600 block of Norcross Drive was reported broken Saturday, May 4. Damage was estimated at $50.

A rubber ball was found near the broken window.

Campton Hills • Joseph Theodore Ambrogio, 40, of the 40W700 block of Fox Creek Drive, Campton Hills, was charged Sunday, May 5, with domestic battery, criminal damage to property and theft.

• A resident of the 6N700 block of Brookhaven Lane, Campton Hills, reported Sunday, April 28, that three of six wooden adirondack chairs valued at $100 each were stolen

St. Charles • Tye Preston Warden, 47, of the 900 block of North Highland Avenue, Aurora, was charged Friday, May 3, with driving with a revoked license, a Class 4 felony and violating the electronic home monitoring program, a Class 3 felony. He also received a warning for a traffic

signal violation.

• Andrew Nicholas Grunewald, 22, of the 2900 block of Culver Lane, West Chicago, was charged Saturday, May 4, with driving under the influence of alcohol. He reportedly fell asleep behind the wheel of a running vehicle at the McDonald’s drive-thru at 3900 E. Main St., St. Charles.

• Anthony Edward Tucker, 21, of the 1400 block of Madison Avenue, St. Charles, was charged Sunday, May 5, with possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Jason Michael Tatera, 22, of the 400 block of South 11th Avenue, St. Charles, was charged Sunday, May 5, with driving with a suspended license, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Joshua A. Marozik, 21, of the

6N700 block of Wabash Avenue, St. Charles, was charged Monday, April 29, with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Alexander Steven Heath, 21, of the 0-100 block of North 15th Street, St. Charles, was charged Monday, April 29, with criminal trespass to land, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

• A resident of the 200 block of North 15th Street reported Monday, April 29, that an apartment window was damaged by unknown means.

• Jay G. Turingan, 36, of the 1300 block of South 14th Street, St. Charles, was transported Thursday, May 2, from the DuPage County Jail to the Kane County Jail on a St. Charles warrant. Kane County also had a warrant for his arrest.

in marriage Sept. 6, 1947, to Elmer Smith in Rockford.

After her retirement in 1996, Ruth and Elmer moved to Lakeland from Decatur. Mrs. Smith was a longtime member of the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Lakeland. Elmer passed away in Lakeland in 2002.

Despite being in ill health, Ruth decided to stay in Lakeland with her son, John.

She is survived by four sons, Steven of Geneva, Richard (Carolyn) of Decatur, Joseph of Salt Lake City, Utah and John of Lakeland, Fla.; as well as 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Besides her husband, Ruth was preceded in death by her son, Jimmie, in 1948; and her daughter,

Debbie, in 1960.

Graveside services will be Monday, May 13, in Wilwood Cemetery in Rockford. The visitation and funeral services are private.

To leave an online condolence or remembrance to the family, visit the funeral home’s obituary page at www.yursfuneralhomes.com.

For information, call Yurs Funeral Home of St. Charles at 630-5840060 or like us on Facebook.

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

8OBITUARIES THOMAS EDWARD KANOSKI Born: Aug. 6, 1942; in Kankakee Died: May 6, 2013; in St. Joseph, Mich.

BRIDGMAN, Mich. – Thomas Edward Kanoski, 70, of Bridgman, Mich., passed away Monday, May 6, 2013, at Lakeland Regional Medical Center in St. Joseph, Mich.

In lieu of memorial contributions, the family would like to encourage blood or other donations to the local blood bank of your choice as a thank you for all the transfusions Tom received over the course of his treatment of myelodysplasia and ensuing stem cell transplant.

Friends may meet with the family

from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 11, at Pike Funeral Home, Boyd Chapel, 9191 Red Arrow Highway, Bridgman.

Online condolences are accepted at www.pikefh.com.

Tom was born Aug. 6, 1942, in Kankakee, the son of the late Edward and Isabelle (Benoit) Kanoski.

Tom married Sharon DePalma on Sept. 11, 1965, and they shared 47 years together.

Survivors include his wife, Sherry; children, Steven (Darlene) Kanoski of Elgin, Kevin (Linda) Kanoski of Chicago and Debra (Mark) Spatz of Akron, Ohio; grandchildren, Michael, Zachary, Luke, Alex, Samantha, Isabelle and Elias; sister, Carol A. (Joseph) Fritz of Bradley;

and brothers, Ronald J. (Joan) Kanoski of Springfield and Donald (Cindy) Kanoski of Monee.

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

RUTH M. SMITH Born: Nov. 19, 1926; in Marshall, Minn.

Died: May 3, 2013; in Lakeland, Fla. LAKELAND, Fla. – Ruth M. Smith, 86, of Lakeland, Fla., lost her battle with cancer Friday, May 3, 2013, in Lakeland.

She was born Nov. 19, 1926, in Marshall, Minn. She was the youngest of seven children of Carl and Gerta Johnson. She was united

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cants chosen as possible members. Contact Mike Hatfill of ISBE at 217-524-4832 or dhatfill@isbe.net for information.

Established in 1975, the council represents a diverse group of students statewide who have demonstrated a strong work ethic, the ability to think creatively and work well in groups. It is open to students attending a public high school in Illinois who will be a sophomore, junior or

Ruth Louise Cyr: The visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m.

Sunday, May 12, at Yurs Funeral Home, 405 E. Main St. (corner of Routes 25 and 64), St. Charles. Funeral services will follow at 4 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday, May 13, in Evergreen Cemetery in Manitowoc, Wis. Jean L. Kim: A memorial visitation will be from 4 p.m. until the service at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 9, at Norris-Walen-Segert Funeral Home, 132 Fremont St. (one block north of Washington Street and Main) in West Chicago. Pastor Greg Skiba will

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Brian and Christie McNally, holding daughter Teagan, (center right) are joined by Tom Hansen (center left) of the St. Charles Chamber of Commerce to cut the ribbon for McNally’s Heating and Cooling in St. Charles.

The business is at 13 1/2 S. Second St. in St. Charles.

8LOCAL BRIEF Dairy breakfast event set at Primrose Farm ST. CHARLES – A dairy breakfast event is set from 9 a.m. to noon June 9 at Primrose Farm, 5N726 Crane Road, St. Charles.

The event features an old-fashioned farm breakfast featuring

locally grown foods.

Visitors can explore the historical working dairy farm by taking a hayride and trying a variety of hands-on activities.

The fee for adults is $12 for residents and $18 for nonresidents.

Children’s fees are $6 for resi-

dents and $9 for nonresidents.

Children ages 3 and younger are admitted free. Advance registration is required.

For information or to register, visit www.primrosefarmpark. com.

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repeat offenders.

• Solicitation/prostitution – Helps educate certain prostitution or solicitation-related offenders to understand the risks and consequences of committing these acts and to remove occurrences of these offenses from the neighborhoods in which they occur.

• Felony drug – Gives offenders the opportunity to avoid prison and a permanent conviction on their record; teaches them to live drug-free and more productive lives; and reduces the likelihood that they will become perpetual offenders.

The felony drug diversion program began about a year ago and has had 100 applicants, according to the state’s attorney’s office. Of those, the office reported, 79 applicants are participating, approved to start or awaiting approval; five were rejected; six had negative terminations; and 10 chose not to participate or were unable to participate after their acceptance.

The program is expected to graduate its first participant in June.

Ceremony set to honor former STC Park District commissioner KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com ST. CHARLES – The public is invited to a dedication ceremony to honor former St. Charles Park District commissioner John “Jack” Kerr at 5:45 p.m. May 28 at Pottawatomie Park.

A ribbon cutting is set for 6 p.m.

Kerr, who died July 2, 2012, was involved in the Fox Valley community since moving in 1985 from Marietta, Ga., with his wife of 52 years, Mary Neder Kerr.

For Kerr’s 25 years of service and dedication to the St. Charles Park District, the

park board will commemorate the walkway near the Pottawatomie Park pavilion and Fox River. It will be named the John “Jack” Kerr Walkway.

Kerr served in many capacities on the park board, including president, John “Jack” vice president, Kerr treasurer and secretary.

He was passionate about aquatics, especially the renovation of the 70-year-old Swanson Pool in Pottawatomie Park, and he advocated for the acquisition of open

space, improvement to existing facilities and development of new properties.

More than 1,000 acres of land used for parks and open space were acquired during his tenure.

He also was instrumental in the park district winning the National Gold Medal Award in 1998.

Other civic involvement included serving on the Norris Cultural Arts Center Board, the Kane County Citizens Advisory Committee, the River Corridor Foundation, the Kane County Judicial Center Master Plan Committee and the Fox Valley Special Recreation Association.

SUGAR GROVE – An update on a bullying task force’s action plan Wednesday elicited mixed emotions among some Kaneland School District 302 board members.

Sarah Mumm and Erika Schlicter gave the board an update on the progress of the action plan, which included the findings of an audit that helped the task force identify the district’s biggest areas of need.

Schlicter said the task force has looked at a variety of anti-bullying programs in the past year, including nationally-recognized programs such as Rachel’s Challenge, Chick Chat and the 40 Assets program.

Mumm and Schlicter submitted a timeline that goes through April, which includes goals such as teaching computer ethics and boosting district employee morale and professionalism.

Mumm explained that the plan leaves room to create school-specific goals based on varying needs at different grade levels.

“We found that there were many programs that served communities, and we wanted to make sure we identified as many as we could – what actually fits with what we need,” Schlicter said.

Some school board members expressed disappointment that no students had input on the task force, and that too few parents were involved. School board member Teresa Witt suggested getting student leadership organizations such as the

gay-straight alliance and peer leaders involved, as well as some of the students who have been victimized by bullies.

“I’m excited to see how everything works,” she said.

“What’s missing is it seems there should be a student component on the task force to help with student buy-in.”

Board member Tony Valente said he wanted more concrete data to review before implementing the action plan.

“I’m disappointed in this action plan,” he said.

“You’ve got one parent and no students. This does not serve our community. This does not serve our students.”

Newly elected school board member Pedro Rivas, who was seated on the board Wednesday along with Veronica Bruhl, also said he wanted to see more data and student representation on the task force. He suggested looking at areas where no data may be available but still is relevant.

Two members of the task force attended the meeting and shared some of the board members’ concerns about the action plan.

Leigh Ann Reusche of Elburn, the only nonschool employee parent on the task force, said she was disappointed that a citizen advisory committee didn’t have a chance to review the task force’s work.

“I was glad to be a part of that and I was a pretty strong voice, but there are many others out there,” she said. “I would like to have seen more of that. I personally feel it’s missing.”

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ST. CHARLES TOWNSHIP – The Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office wants eligible first-time offenders to know that, through diversion programs, they have the option to keep criminal convictions off their records, State’s Attorney Joe McMahon said.

But, he told reporters at his monthly media meeting this week, more and more people with pending cases are asking about such programs late in the process.

McMahon acknowledged that some of the late requests are because of out-of-county attorneys being unaware of the programs, but he also noted that a big part of the diversion programs is accepting responsibility early.

The state’s attorney’s office is working to better publicize the programs, both on its website and at the time of individuals’ arraignments.

“I think these are great programs,” McMahon said.

“I want people to know about these options.”

The number of diversionary programs has grown to five since the state’s attorney’s office began offering them in October 1995. According to the office’s website, about 80 percent of the approximately 5,000 participants have completed the programs.

The diversion programs are as follows: • Felony/misdemeanor – Provides a plan for first-time, nonviolent offenders to keep a conviction from being permanently entered on their record while accepting responsibility for their criminal activity.

• Misdemeanor drug and alcohol – Holds certain firsttime misdemeanor drug and alcohol offenders accountable, provides information and counseling about the risks of such substances and provides tools to prevent them from becoming repeat offenders or addicts.

• Domestic violence – Designed to hold first-time domestic violence offenders accountable and provides tools, such as counseling, to prevent them from becoming

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Shoe repair shop celebrates 30 years

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com GENEVA – For 30 years, the Miller family has fixed shoes, purses, baseball mitts, luggage and riding boots at their shop, Geneva Shoe Repair, 15 N. Fourth St., Geneva.

The late Robert Miller started the shoe repair shop, and for the past 19 years, it has been owned by his son and wife, Gary, 56, and Lauren Miller, 53, of South Elgin.

From 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, the repair shop will celebrate its 30th year with free shoeshines – one per customer – with balloons, free popcorn, pens and magnets, co-owner Lauren Miller said.

“My father-in-law owned it before my husband and I,” Miller said. “My sons, Rob and Dan, work here, too.”

The shop repairs about 30 shoes a day six days a week, 9,360 shoes a year, Gary Miller said.

“We can repair most shoes,” Lauren Miller said.

“We can put new straps on any kind of purse. When they have that magnetic snap that pulls out, I can repair that.

“We can repair most shoes. We can put new straps on any kind of purse. When they have that magnetic snap that pulls out, I can repair that. We can repair flip-flops – if the strap gets pulled out, I can put the strap back in. But the foamy ones don’t hold up too well.”

Friends of the Viking Ship to host open house GENEVA – Friends of the Viking Ship will host an open house event from 1 to 4 p.m.

May 18 at Good Templar Park, 528 East Side Drive, Geneva.

The cost is $5 for adults, $3 for those ages 13 to 19 and $1 for those ages 5 to 12. For

information, visit www.vikingship.us. Donations to benefit the urgent rivet repair program will be accepted.

Spring care package event set in Batavia BATAVIA – Fox Valley Troop Support has planned a spring care package event from 3 to

8 p.m. May 31 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 1 at the Batavia VFW, 645 S. River St., Batavia.

Volunteers can donate care package items for our deployed troops and help prepare and send care packages.

For information, call 630926-4545.

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Lauren Miller Co-owner of Geneva Shoe Repair We can repair flip-flops – if the strap gets pulled out, I can put the strap back in. But the foamy ones don’t hold up too well.”

The repair shop also does orthopedic build-ups to even out the stride of customers whose legs are different lengths.

Information is available online at www.genevashoerepair.com or by calling 630232-1645.

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After spending thirty years as a realtor, you might say I know a thing or two about what makes a house a home. In the real estate business you always hear the key to real estate is location. Believe me; it’s even truer when you are looking at retirement options.

I knew I wanted to live in a community that had a rural feel but still afforded me the advantages of a larger city. I knew from Corinne Kirschbaum experience that proximity to a state university would afford me access to any number of cultural and educational opportunities.

I knew without a doubt that life care and the security of knowing that my current expectations and future needs could be met all in one place would be paramount.

I also knew that I wanted not only a place to live, I wanted a home. Like any good consumer, I looked at other options, but Oak Crest met all my expectations and more. Now I enjoy all the programs and events my community has to offer, access to care and services when I need them and all in a home I love.

For me location translated into Oak Crest. I guess you could say, Oak Crest has it all, and I am glad I decided to make it my home. Come discover all that Oak Crest has to offer.

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Sex crime cases must be untied from military chain Air Force officer responsible for, of all things, sexual-assault prevention, was arrested and charged with sexual battery.

It also recently came to light that in the past year, two Air Force generals, against the recommendations of their legal advisers, overruled military jury findings and granted clemency to convicted sex offenders.

Twenty-two years have passed since the Tailhook scandal focused attention on the sexual abuse of military women. The military has had time enough to get a handle on sexual abuse.

A longer-term solution lies in affecting cultural change in the military. The Pentagon’s decision in January to drop its ban on women serving in direct combat should allow greater equality and thus may reduce sexual abuse. Until then, an immediate remedy is required.

BLOOMBERG NEWS Any doubts that the U.S. military has been unable to address its own problems with sexual assault should be dispelled by a just-released Department of Defense survey.

The number of such assaults reported by members of the military increased 6 percent in 2012, to 3,374. Still more disconcerting was an anonymous survey suggesting that as many as 26,000 service members were actually attacked last year. Many victims have too little faith in the military’s justice system to come forward.

Recent scandals in the Air Force have laid bare the pervasiveness of sexual abuse. An investigation of the Air Force’s Lackland training headquarters in Texas found evidence that 48 recruits had been sexually assaulted by 23 instructors. This week, the

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

As graduation looms, a letter of resignation I am writing to announce my resignation from Geneva High School, effective two weeks from this date.

I would like to thank the company for the last four years. I have, in one way or another, learned so much from my time with you. I am sure that many of the skills I learned – such as graphing a hyperbola, annotating 8th century Anglo-Saxon epic poetry, illustrating diagrams of plant cell mitosis and how to play both doubles and singles pickleball – will be very useful to me later in life. I appreciate

the company’s lack of emphasis on things like how to fix a flat tire, how to do laundry in college dorms, and how to pay taxes or calculate loan payments. I think other places, such as “Real Life,” put too much emphasis on things like that.

I am also very appreciative of the supportive and compassionate environment my co-workers provided.

Though I found most of my co-workers did little work and spent most of their time gossiping, I did manage to find a few people I wouldn’t

A DAY IN COURT Courtney Phelan mind working with again.

The quarters I shared with these people added to my enjoyment. Fluorescent lighting, desks that collapsed and non-locking restroom stalls really made the time fly by.

I think the best part of working at this company was my experience with the higher management. I did have several superiors who

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regularly provided me with extra help and support. These people constantly reassured me about my progress, encouraged me, pushed me and did all this while letting us have fun.

The few members of higher management who really made me feel great about myself, my skills and my future will be some of the most difficult things to forget about my work at GHS. In short, I am sorry to leave the company, but I have already secured another place of employment and am very

excited about my prospects.

I would love to stay at GHS, but I think that if I spend one more minute in there, I will pull out every single hair on my head and scream for as long as I possibly can.

Best regards, Courtney Phelan

• Courtney Phelan is a senior at Geneva High School.

She is an outgoing and energetic young writer who likes to swim, read and participate in general teenage activities.

She can be contacted at editorial@kcchronicle.com.

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Seven other locations to shut down as franchisee files for bankruptcy protection

By JONATHAN BILYK jbilyk@shawmedia.com GENEVA – The Tri-Cities’ Applebee’s restaurant is among several of the casual dining chain’s locations scheduled to close this summer in the Chicago area after the franchisee that operates the local restaurants filed for bankruptcy protection.

A spokesman for Applebee’s confirmed that the Applebee’s restaurant at 1690 S. Randall Road, Geneva, is slated to close sometime between June 22 and July 6.

He said information was distributed to the restaurant’s employees last month by the franchise holder, Crestview, Ky.-based AppleIllinois. AppleIllinois filed for federal Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April.

As part of that action, AppleIllinois has said in court documents that it intends to sell 15 of its 33 northern Illinois Applebee’s restaurants to another Applebee’s franchisee, RMH Illinois, for $2.4 million.

However, that sale is subject to an auction should ad-

“From our point of view, metro Chicago remains a very viable market for Applebee’s.”

Dan Smith Applebee’s corporate spokesman ditional bids for those restaurants be received.

AppleIllinois directed all questions on the matter to Applebee’s corporate office.

Applebee’s corporate spokesman Dan Smith said there is “potential for other bids to come in” before the sale could be completed in

mid-June.

Smith said seven other restaurants – in Schaumburg, Homewood, Mokena, Palatine, Romeoville, Streamwood and Tinley Park – are scheduled to close as part of AppleIllinois’ bankruptcy reorganization.

Smith said the decision to

close the various restaurants is the result of “multiple factors” that are “unique to the franchisee,” AppleIllinois.

He said the bankruptcy does not indicate problems at Applebee’s corporate office or with its brand. Smith said Applebee’s intends to work with its remaining franchisees in the Chicago market to “minimize the number of restaurants closed” and to minimize job losses.

“From our point of view, metro Chicago remains a very viable market for Applebee’s,” Smith said.

ECC to hold auditions for ‘Urinetown’ musical ELGIN – Elgin Community College Musical Theatre will hold auditions for “Urinetown, The Musical” from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

May 16 and from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 18.

Open auditions are set for 8 p.m. May 16 and 1 p.m. May

18. Auditions will be in the ECC Arts Center, Building H, room H245 on the Main Campus, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin.

Auditions are open to ages 16 and older. Performers should prepare a musical number from any Broadway show other than “Urinetown” and bring sheet music in a three-ring binder for

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8LOCAL BRIEF the accompanist, who will be provided. Taped accompaniment or a cappella singing will not be allowed. To schedule an audition, visit elgin.edu/auditions. Questions may be directed to Tanya Moore, production coordinator, at tlbmoore@aol. com or 847-530-3264.

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Herman’s Hermits, Ides Of March to perform in Aurora

By ERIC SCHELKOPF eschelkopf@shawmedia.com AURORA – Herman’s Hermits sometimes gets overlooked as one of the original British Invasion bands.

But the band’s hits – such as “I’m Into Something Good” and “Mrs. Brown, “You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter” – are still heard on the radio today. The band will perform those hits and more May 18 at the Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora. Also on the bill is Berwyn’s own Ides Of March.

The show starts at 8 p.m., and tickets range from $39.50 to $49.50, available at www. paramountaurora.com, or by calling Paramount’s box office at 630-896-6666.

Kane County Chronicle reporter Eric Schelkopf had the chance to talk to Herman’s Hermits frontman Peter Noone about the band’s history.

Eric Schelkopf: You are playing with Ides Of March at the Paramount Theatre. Did you guys ever perform with Ides Of March back in the day?

Peter Noone: I think we did.

It’s hard to remember, but I think we did.

I’ve run into them since the ’60s. Even though we were musicians, we weren’t so cool that we didn’t watch every act that was ever on the bill with us.

We were fans of music. Whenever you look at a picture of a concert like The Animals or The Who or Tommy James and the Shondells, you can always see members of Herman’s Hermits in the wings watching the show,

or we were in the audience watching the show near the soundman.

younger than the competition.

So, when we made a record for 13-year-old girls, it was really more about them. We didn’t know much about 20-year-old girls.

All the songs were romantic, like boy meets girl, boy falls in love and lives happily ever after, or boy loses girl and gets all miserable.

Peter Noone

ES: I understand you met many musicians back then.

PN: I think it was because I never was very cool. I didn’t ever want to be cool or fashionable.

So, I would go up to John Lennon and talk to him, and ask him, “Where are you going after the show?”

I think it was because I was so immature. I didn’t know that was not the right thing to do.

Consequently, when I met The Everly Brothers, I told them I was a fan and that I had all of their records. I was like a fan, not a fellow musician.

ES: How has the music business changed over the years?

PN: It seems odd that we all get thrown in competition with each other, like the American idea that music is some sort of talent contest, which is totally bogus.

You think that I was in competition with The Beatles?

We were all unique and different. We didn’t compete with each other.

We all supported each other. Now, everybody is in some sort of weird competition.

None of us were in it for the money. We were just lucky we made some. The difference now is that everything is about money.

ES: How did those experiences help you out as a musician?

PN: It helped me out to be more respectful of my following.

All the big stars that I liked were kind and gentlemanly to me.

It taught me that there is some sort of magical connection between the person who likes your music and you. You have to keep hold of that connection.

ES: You don’t hear Herman’s Hermits mentioned that much in references to the British Invasion, but you were part of it. Do you feel like the band was overlooked?

PN: We may be overlooked because Herman’s Hermits was like the Sex Pistols. We didn’t have a plan.

We were just fans of music, and we just happened to be in a band that made records that sold, and we said, “Let’s make another record that sells a lot.”

ES: So that’s still your view, you are doing it for the love of music, not for the money?

PN: If you see Herman’s

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We never said, “Let’s go and make our ‘Sgt. Peppers.’ ‘’ We didn’t have that kind of plan.

Why do you think your songs are so enduring?

PN: They were made by

ES: Herman’s Hermits’ songs are still heard on the radio today.

very young guys. We were like the first boy band, really.

We were six or seven years

Hermits, you can tell that we enjoy the stuff that we do. Before we go on stage, I always say to the guys, “Remember, this is going to be the best show we’ve ever done in our lives.”

We want it to be the best show. I’m just lucky that I managed to make a living out of doing what I like.

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Batavia’s Open Range an appealing dining option BATAVIA – If you’re planning to go to Open Range American Grill in downtown Batavia, you had better make sure you have a big appetite.

The generous portions served at the restaurant, along with its comfortable atmosphere, make for a dining experience that I want to repeat again and again.

Since it was a summer-like day, my co-worker and I decided to sit in the restaurant’s screened porch, giving us a chance to relax and enjoy a scenic view of Depot Pond and the Fox River Trail.

We decided to start with the Borracho shrimp appetizer, which proved to be a good choice. My co-worker really enjoyed the flavors in the sauce that was drizzled on the shrimp.

While she thought the shrimp were a bit chewy, she noted the shrimp were big in size. I liked the freshness of the shrimp, and that the sauce was flavorful, but not too spicy.

Next up, I decided to try the Tumbleweed Burger. My eyes widened as the burger arrived, which was overflowing with a fried egg, applewood bacon, queso cheese sauce and onion tanglers.

I could hardly get my mouth around this massive burger, but once I bit in, the tasty combination of the toppings brought a wide smile to my face.

It’s a burger that will fill any appetite, and you will most likely be taking home leftovers, as I did.

My co-worker opted for the San Diego fish tacos. She liked the delicious, crispy cod bites, pickled cabbage and flavorful chipotle sauce.

Her appetite was also satisfied, especially after rounding out the meal with a good-sized portion of smoked baked beans.

The menu at Open Range American Grill is expansive – barbecued ribs, crab cakes, enchiladas and pizza are among the other items on the menu, and prices are reasonable, so the restau-

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He also talked about passing on an offer to get involved with a project another buddy was working on. He wasn’t big on investing in musicals, and it really didn’t seem like it was going to go anywhere.

Even his buddy wasn’t too sure how it was going to go, being a show about the rise of his band’s career. The show …

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It’s always a great time with Frankie and the stories are priceless. His live show featured “Venus,” “Beauty School Dropout” and other songs with stories that just tug at your heart and bring back wonderful memories.

Of course, the most touching moment of the evening was his

remembrance of his on-screen love, Mouseketeer beauty Annette Funicello. His finale was a musical tribute that ended with that iconic Mickey Mouse Club Show theme song. Not a dry eye in the house.

He still has that teen-idol look. It’s hard to believe he is 72 years old – he even tugs on his full head of hair to prove it’s his.

After his show I went back on stage to bring him back out for a question and answer session. As I was about to bring him back, Chicago radio legend Dick Biondi joined Frankie and came back out to center stage.

“Ladies and gentlemen, there is nobody who continues to do more for rock ‘n’ roll music in Chicago than Ron Onesti,” Biondi said.

Then Frankie took the microphone and also said some very kind words and informed the audience that it was my birthday. Out came a cake that had a photo of me and Frankie right on top. Frankie sang “Happy Birthday” to me and I shared a piece of the huge cake with 900 of my closest friends.

The night continued for a few more hours of wood-fired pizza and Chianti.

The next day, I was being honored by The Order Sons of Italy in America, a national Italian-American organization, with its Leonardo DaVinci Award (I was having a good week). It was a recognition of my entrepreneurial endeavors held at a beautiful luncheon.

I was surrounded by my family as I was humbled by this honor.

Just as the program was to start, in walked Frankie Avalon and Dick Biondi.

Frankie actually changed his flight plans so that he could present the award to me. His words were so wonderful and he being there was nothing short of unbelievable.

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Frankie Avalon (left) embraces Arcada Theatre Owner Ron Onesti as Chicago Radio Legend Dick Biondi looks on, during a surprise birthday celebration for Onesti at the Arcada Theatre on May 4 after Avalon’s performance.

Show business reveals softer side on birthday weekend was one of those times when it really wasn’t horrible to be me.

• FRANKIE AVALON Continued from page 19 No, they just don’t make entertainers like they used to.

Frankie Avalon is a neighborhood guy that never forgot where he came from. He gave me a birthday weekend I will never forget.

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• Ron Onesti is president and CEO of Onesti Entertainment Corp. and the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles. He provides personal recollections of events and people that he has encountered over the years.

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URORA – Some pitchers feel uncomfortable throwing four different types of pitches during games.

Aurora Central Catholic junior Andrew Bruss uncorks four different kinds of fastballs, let alone the rest of his repertoire.

Bruss, a Batavia resident, has used his crafty ways to go 6-2 so far this spring and help lead the Chargers to one of their best seasons in program history.

Bruss said he uncorks a two-seam fastball, a fourseam fastball, a cut fastball and a fastball with heavy sinking action. He also features three types of off-speed pitchers, including another offering that helps set him apart – a tricky knuckle-curveball.

“I kind of just started when I was little,” Bruss said. “I think my uncle tried to teach me how to throw a knuckleball, and I was so little I didn’t know how to throw it so I started throwing curveballs, and I’ve had a knuckle-curve ever since then.

“Every single year it just gets better and better. That’s what nobody will seem to be able to hit, so I keep sticking with it.”

In addition to his six wins, the right-hander has an ERA of about 1.50 and has struck out 60 batters and walked 13 in 46 innings.

The Chargers have a bona fide ace in Matt Miller but Bruss is squarely in the mix to earn a postseason start next week when the Chargers (24-4 update record) compete in the IHSA Class 2A Westminster Christian Regional.

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“I’d much rather win a regional and a sectional than a conference championship. Maybe that’s different than some people but that’s how I feel, and that’s kind of what I think we’ve been gearing our guys to, is trying to make a run in the state tournament.”

Sean Bieterman Aurora Central Catholic baseball coach fastball so well that when he gets his secondary stuff over, he’s, in my opinion, one of the top pitchers in the area.”

Bruss was promoted to the varsity partway into his freshman year, and earned five of the Chargers’ 14 pitching wins as a sophomore despite missing some time with a broken wrist suffered while catching.

These days, Bruss primarily plays left field or is the designated batter while batting eighth in the lineup on days when he’s not pitching.

Bruss, who competes with the Schaumburg Seminoles travel program, has plenty of varsity experience, but he and his teammates have never tasted anything like the way this season is unfolding.

The school’s all-time wins record (31) remains within reach if ACC has a deep postseason run.

“It’s kind of insane to have so many wins this year,” Bruss said. “It’s a big deal for us.”

There have been few disappointments for ACC this spring, but the Chargers fell one game short of sharing the Suburban Christian Conference Gold Title. Chicago Christian (14-2 in conference) wrapped up that honor earlier this week.

“We can focus now on the tournament, and that to me is more important,” Bieterman said. “Conference championships are nice and you want to win them, for the kids there’s a lot of pride in that,

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“I’d much rather win a regional and a sectional than a conference championship.

Maybe that’s different than some people but that’s how I feel, and that’s kind of what I think we’ve been gearing our guys to, is trying to make a run in the state tournament.”

Bruss said he is relishing the ACC experience, on and off the diamond – even if it bucks family tradition.

“I wanted to go to a smaller school, and I definitely wanted to be closer to home,” Bruss said. “My entire family went to St. Francis. I kind of wanted to go there but it was a little bit far of a drive and this is really a better environment, and the block scheduling here allowed me to take any classes I wanted to prep for college.”

TODAY Badminton: Geneva at IHSA state tournament, Eastern Illinois University, TBA Baseball: St. Charles North at Batavia, 4:30 p.m.; Geneva at Elgin, 4:30 p.m.; Morris at Kaneland, 4:30 p.m.; Aurora Christian at IMSA, 4:45 p.m.; Burlington Central at Rockford Christian, 4:30 p.m.

Softball: Streamwood at Geneva, 4:30 p.m.; Kaneland at Sycamore, 4:30 p.m.; Rockford Christian at Burlington Central, 4:30 p.m.; IMSA at Wheaton Academy, 4:30 p.m.

Girls soccer: Oswego at Batavia, 6:30 p.m.; Glenbard South at Geneva, 6:30 p.m.

Boys track and field: Batavia, Geneva at Upstate Eight Meet, 4 p.m. (at Lake Park); Burlington Central at BNC Meet, 4 p.m. (at Oregon) Boys tennis: West Chicago at Wheaton Academy, 4:30 p.m.

Boys volleyball: St. Charles East at Metea Valley, 5:30 p.m.; Wheaton Academy at St. Francis, 6 p.m.

Boys water polo: St. Charles North vs. Naperville North at Neuqua Valley, IHSA Sectionals, 4:30 p.m.; St. Charles North vs. Naperville Central at Neuqua Valley, IHSA Sectionals, 7 p.m.

tainly, to say I’ve been a part of [the Yankees] organization in some way.”

While Benjamin only had to say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to one major league team, he had a lot of scholarship offers from major NCAA Division I college programs to mull.

“It was a long process,” he said. “Luckily, I had the opportunity of visiting a lot of different places.”

He chose Kansas over the likes of Michigan, Stanford and Wake Forest.

“I thought the campus at Kansas was beautiful,” Benjamin said. “As soon as I got to meet the coaches and players, it all tied in together.”

Benjamin liked the philosophy of the Kansas program, particularly that of pitching coach Ryan Graves, a former All-Big 12 pitcher at Oklahoma State.

“I just knew it would be a good fit for me,” he said.

As a freshman with the Jayhawks last year, Benja-

ON CAMPUS Dennis D. Jacobs min was named to the Big 12 All-Newcomer team after compiling a 5-7 record with a 3.54 ERA in 15 starts.

That was the lowest ERA by a Kansas freshman in 20 years.

So far this season, the left-hander has a 4-5 record in 12 starts. He’s given up 80 hits in 73 innings pitched. At 4.19, his ERA is up a bit from last season, but he attributes that primarily to a couple of rough early-season outings.

“The last couple of games I’ve been a little sharper and gone deeper into games,” he said.

The Jayhawks are 31-18 overall and 12-9 in Big 12 play. They’ve won six in a row after being swept by West Virginia in a threegame league series at Mor-

gantown.

“I think we’ve got a great team this year,” Benjamin said. “Aside from [the West Virginia series], we were in the running for first place.

It’s one of the best teams I’ve been on.”

Benjamin was on some good teams at St. Charles East. As a junior, he was 13-2 with a 1.26 ERA and was named first team all-state by the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association.

Benjamin said the quality of the hitters up and down the lineup is one of the ways the college game varies from high school baseball.

“In high school, you could get away with a lot more,” he said. “There’s a big difference in terms of the level of talent of the hitters. …

You have to make a lot less mistakes.”

Benjamin said college hitters usually capitalize on mistakes.

“One pitch could decide a game,” he said. “Every pitch counts. Every pitch matters.”

Benjamin is majoring in physical therapy.

“I’ve picked a major that’s pretty tough,” he said.

“Classes have been going well. I think the only downside is the half-mile hike uphill to get to classes.”

A career in physical therapy appeals to Benjamin, but so does one as a professional baseball player. He could be drafted by another major league team following his junior season at Kansas.

“I’m looking forward to hopefully having that happen again next year,” Benjamin said.

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Wes Benjamin of St. Charles might have been pitching these days in Charleston, S.C., or one of the other minor league outposts of the New York Yankees, but he’s happy Wes Benjamin he decided to pitch in Lawrence, Kan., instead.

“Oh, definitely,” he said. “[It’s] one of the better decisions I’ve made in my life.”

Benjamin was drafted by the Yankees in the 48th round of the 2011 MLB amateur draft, but decided to enroll at the University of Kansas after graduating from St. Charles East rather than sign a minor league contract.

“I knew I wasn’t going to be drafted high enough to take me away from college,” he said. “It’s been fun, cer-

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St. Charles North rolls through another Upstate Eight Conference River game

By VINNIE DUBER sports@kcchronicle.com ST. CHARLES – Although softball games typically call for seven innings, the St. Charles North softball team is making a habit of playing only five.

The North Stars handed Batavia a 13-1 defeat in five innings on Wednesday, two days after dispatching St. Charles East, 10-0, in five.

North did plenty of damage against Batavia starting pitcher Alicia Mueller, hammering the sophomore hurler for eight runs in the first inning and another four in the second. The North Stars sent a total of 21 batters to the plate in the game’s first two frames, with Mueller exiting after facing 17 of them.

“It feels really good. I think our bats are finally coming alive,” said North junior left fielder Delaney Olinger. “We were struggling a little at the beginning of the season just flowing as a team, jelling and getting it all together. But ever since the East game, I think we’ve been hitting really good.”

Seven of the game’s first eight batters reached in the first inning, and they all ended up scoring. North’s leadoff hitter, junior pitcher Sabrina Rabin, walked to start the game, and promptly stole second. She then tried to make it to third before Batavia catcher Brieann Cruz threw the ball into left field, allowing the first run to score, and the floodgates opened from there. The first inning featured a total of eight runs on five hits, three walks, two errors and a sacrifice fly.

An inning later, it was a leadoff double off the bat of junior shortstop Mickey Goetz before four straight one-out singles, two of which plated runs, the last chasing Mueller from the game. Batavia’s junior reliever pitcher, Nicole Peercy, walked two runs in with the bases

loaded before getting out of the inning with the scoreboard reading 12-0 in favor of the home team.

The North Stars got one more in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI single Sabrina Rabin f r o m s o p h omore first b a s e m a n Abby Howlett, her third RBI in as many plate appear-

ances. The Bulldogs broke up the shutout when senior center fielder Katie Ryan singled in a run in the top of the fifth, making it 13-1 shortly before the game was stopped.

“It definitely helps when we all hit collectively,” Rabin said. “It’s a lot more relaxing [as a pitcher]. You can ask [junior relief pitcher] Katie [Roggemann], too, how she pitched. I’m sure she was relaxed, too, by the way we hit. Everybody was

just pumped and ready to go.”

The win pushes St. Charles North to 16-4, with an 11-2 record in Upstate Eight Conference River play.

“We’re clicking at the right time,” North coach Tom Poulin said. “We just need to continue to stay hot, stay the course. Our goal was to play our best softball going into the tournament, and we’re on that path but we’ve still got work to do.”

For Batavia, another

rough day sent its record to 5-16 overall and 2-11 in conference play. Perhaps the Bulldogs were happy Wednesday’s contest lasted just five innings, making it easier to put the loss behind them.

“That’s what I told the girls after our meeting,” Batavia coach Lupe Castellanos said. “I’m like, ‘You know what? Today wasn’t our day.

North had a pretty good day out there. They’ve been hot.

And it wasn’t our day.’ ”

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Cougars’ Den

A closer look at the Cougars Who’s hot Right fielder Bijan Rademacher batted just less than .500 (11 for 23) during a 5-1 homestand against Bowling Green and Dayton. He entered Wednesday’s series opener at Burlington with four straight multi-hit games.

Cougars first baseman Dan Vogelbach didn’t fret over an early home run shortage. “They’ll come,” he said, “and I started to realize that.”

Vogelbach entered Wednesday with five homers, second on the team.

Since limiting Clinton to one run in five innings in his season debut, righty Lendy Castillo has surrendered 26 runs – 23 earned – in 18 innings over four starts.

Select few going deep for Cougars

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GENEVA – Rock Shoulders, Dan Vogelbach, Willson Contreras and Oliver Zapata combined to hit each of the Cougars’ 16 home runs through Tuesday.

That hasn’t kept the rest of their teammates from trying to join the club.

“They’re young, and no matter what you say, they’re going to try to hit home runs at times, and that’s just a learning curve that they’ve got to go through,” Cougars manager Mark Johnson said. “And it’ll fix itself.”

Hitting coach Tom Beyers already has seen players settle into their skill sets, or at least the elements.

While the season’s first five weeks have produced plenty of precipitation, many of the sunnier games at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark were contested with the wind blowing in.

This week’s Dayton se-

VIEWS Kevin Druley ries, in which the Cougars won two of three games, was an example.

The Cougars tallied 16 runs and 30 hits during the series but hit just one home run. The club also coaxed 17 walks against Dragons pitching.

“Sometimes you have to stay pretty much on a line,” Beyers said. “Anything in the air is going to be an out unless you hit it down the lines.”

Slugging first baseman Dan Vogelbach smacked 17 home runs in 61 games over two levels in 2012. He entered his first full season with substantial expectations from the organization and the fan base.

Early-season inconsis-

tency – largely the result of a series of postponements – contributed to a lack of home runs and extra-base hits. The extra down time also allowed Vogelbach to consult Beyers and Johnson, whose primary message to the well-regarded prospect was one of patience.

A Florida native, Vogelbach noted how Miami Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton hit 37 home runs last season despite going deep just once in April.

“Early on, I was trying to do too much,” said Vogelbach, who homered five times in April. “I talked to MJ and I talked to some guys, and I’ve just got to let the game come to me. The power numbers weren’t there early, and I was panicking a little bit trying to force it instead of just letting it happen.”

Johnson says that’s a

product of following Beyers’ tutelage on line drives.

Right fielder Bijan Rademacher can attest.

While Rademacher hasn’t homered in 57 Midwest League games over the past two seasons, he’s hitting .353 this spring and was 10 for his last 16 entering Wednesday.

“I’ve done a good job of squaring balls up,” Rademacher said. “I mean, early on they were right at people, so my stats didn’t really show that. But me and Tommy have seen it and we’re both happy about how I’m hitting. And right now, they’re just falling.”

Whether the landing point is the stands or the outfield, that’s the idea.

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

Burlington left-hander Ryan Crowley, a Berwyn product, was named Midwest League pitcher of the week for the final week of April. Crowley, who was set to start Wednesday’s series opener against the Cougars, had more strikeouts (22) than hits allowed (21) through five starts and 25 innings.

Noteworthy After Tuesday, the Cougars (14-14) were 6.5 games behind Western Division-leading Cedar Rapids and 3.5 back of first-half wild-card leader Quad Cities. ... Lefty Michael Heesch retired 20 consecutive Dayton batters Michael during Sunday’s 71/3 Heesch shutout innings. ... Registration remains open for the Cougars’ second annual Ozzie’s Home Run & Walk 5K on May 18. To sign up or learn more about the event – which starts and finishes on the Fifth Third Bank Ballpark field – log on to kccougars.com.

– Kevin Druley, kdruley@shawmedia.com

LEADERS IN THE KANE COUNTY COUGARS CLUBHOUSE BATTING AVERAGE

HOME RUNS

RBIS

STOLEN BASES

ERA

Bijan Rademacher .353

Rock Shoulders 6 Dan Vogelbach 5 Willson Contreras 3

R. Shoulders 20 Dan Vogelbach 20 Oliver Zapata 14

Pin-Chieh Chen 6 Oliver Zapata 5 Marco Hernandez 5

Nathan Dorris Felix Pena Pierce Johnson

Wes Darvill Rock Shoulders

.347 .346

WINS 2.19 2.37 2.92

Justin Amlung 3

Jeff Antigua Brian Smith

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KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE MAPLE PARK – The Kaneland girls soccer team shut out Sycamore for the second straight day, but this time the Knights scored a goal, defeating the Spartans, 1-0, in Wednesday’s regular season finale.

Kiandra Powell scored off a Courtney Diddell assist in the first half for the Knights (10-4-3, 7-1-2 Northern Illinois Big 12 East).

“We were just passing really well and it opened up and she was able to get the [goal],” Kaneland coach Scott Parillo said. “Courtney made a great pass through and Kiandra was there like she has been lately. She’s been on fire.”

The teams played a scoreless tie the day before in Sycamore.

Wednesday’s match was a rescheduled game from an earlier postponement.

Parillo said he was proud of his team’s conditioning, especially considering the warm weather.

“It’s almost like playing baseball or something,” Parillo said of the back-toback matches against the same opponent. “It’s just how it worked out.”

Waubonsie Valley 3, St. Charles North 0: At St. Charles, North (15-3-1) absorbed its worst loss of the season in the Upstate Eight Conference crossover.

BASEBALL Waubonsie Valley 3, Geneva 2: At Geneva, Max Novak was

Christian fell despite a 3 for 3 offensive day from Stephen Buhrt. Eagles pitcher J.T. Baksha allowed five hits in a complete game effort.

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Wheaton Academy 9, Marmion 4: At Aurora, Wheaton

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Academy scored six runs in the top of third to defeat Marmion in SCC play. Connor Riley took the loss for the Cadets (8-10, 5-7).

with a double and four RBIs as Central clinched at least a share of the Big Northern Conference East championship.

SOFTBALL St. Charles East 3, Elgin 1: At

Aurora Central Catholic 7, Marian Central 5: At Aurora,

the tough-luck loser for Geneva, allowing five hits in seven innings in the UEC crossover.

Luke Polishak went 2 for 3 at the plate for the Vikings (1413, 11-11 UEC River).

Michael Fidler and Jake McCarthy each had two-run doubles as ACC (24-4, 13-3 SCC Gold) prevailed. Matt Miller moved to 5-0 on the mound for the Chargers.

Burlington Central 10, North Boone 2: At Poplar Grove,

Immaculate Conception Catholic Prep 3, Aurora Christian 2: At Elmhurst, Aurora

Bryan Cynova went 3 for 4

St. Charles, Haley Beno (143) kept Elgin’s offense under wraps in another UEC River win for East (23-4, 12-3 UEC River).

St. Francis 9, Rosary 0: At Wheaton, Lauren Rzeszutko led the way with two hits and two RBIs for St. Francis (18-3) while teammate Alyssa Fernandez had three hits and pitcher Maggie Remus (15-0) dominated Rosary (9-12, 6-7 SCC).

Geneva 17, Larkin 1 (5 inn.): At Elgin, Kirsten Searcy had three doubles and eight RBIs, Kelly Gordon went 3 for 4 and Natalie Erbe pitched five innings of one-run ball for Geneva (9-13, 5-9 UEC River).

Wheaton Academy 2, Aurora Central Catholic 1: At West Chicago, Michelle Ridderhoff threw a complete game to boost Wheaton Academy (5-9, 5-6 SCC Gold).

The Warriors’ Marissa Gagliano went 3 for 3 with a run scored.

ACC moved within 2-1 in the top of the sixth inning when sophomore third baseman Gabi Alfaro doubled and scored on a single by Allie Lundquist.

BOYS TENNIS Geneva 7, Elgin 0: At Geneva, the host Vikings swept the UEC River match, including a 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 nail-biter at No. 3 singles for Brad Burgess.

BEES 4, COUGARS 0

Cougars shut out by Burlington, fail to score for first time this season KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE BURLINGTON, Iowa – Held down to only five hits, the Kane County Cougars were shut out for the first time this season as they fell to the Burlington Bees, 4-0, at Community Field on Wednesday night.

Aaron Newcomb (1-1) limited the Cougars (14-15) to three hits over six innings.

Only two Cougars reached second base while Newcomb was on the hill as Willson Contreras got there with one out in the fifth after a walk and a single. Dan Vogelbach doubled in the sixth, but the

Cougars were unable to punch either man home.

Burlington (11-16) grabbed the lead in the bottom of the fourth against Pierce Johnson (1-2).

Kyle Johnson singled to start the frame and scored on a base hit from Wade Hinkle.

Johnson almost held the Bees

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to that one tally, but with two outs, Wendell Soto cracked a three-run double to put the Bees up by four.

Johnson only lasted four innings while Justin Amlung and Matt Iannazzo each tossed two scoreless innings out of the Cougars’ bullpen.

Cam Bedrosian recorded the

final nine outs for the Bees as he fanned four including the last two hitters of the contest.

The Cougars and Bees battle in game two of their threegame series at 6:30 tonight.

Right-hander Tayler Scott (1-1) starts for the Cougars against lefty Ryan Crowley (2-0).

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TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

– United Feature Syndicate

HOROSCOPE

By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association TODAY – A new, refreshing personality, more independent and adventurous than your old one, is likely to emerge in the year ahead. Your rejuvenated demeanor will attract fun friends and activities, giving you a whole new lifestyle.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – You won’t find a better day to decide upon a new course of action. You’ll find the courage you need to move forward.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – This is a day where your instincts and intuitions will have free rein. Pay particular heed to those that provide you with the insight necessary to fulfill your aims.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – A relationship with an old friend could take on added significance. You could join forces to further a mutual interest.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – It’s a good day to establish some new goals, especially if you’ve been having difficulty achieving your old ones. Success will come from a fresh perspective.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – You could reap some unusual benefits through social involvements with friends. People who owe you favors will be looking for a way to make good on their debts.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – The possibility of you generating additional income from unusual sources looks promising.

Don’t waste any more time – get moving!

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Although at times you can appear to be a loner, in reality, you enjoy having partners.

Starting now, you’ll have a talent for forming beneficial alliances.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – There are plenty of indications that you could be unusually lucky where your finances and status are concerned. Good things happen when you least expect them to.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – You are now in a cycle where things are trending quite favorably both romantically and socially. A rise in popularity is almost a certainty for you in the weeks ahead.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Some happy results are indicated regarding several endeavors that you’ve so far been unable to complete. Lady Luck is likely to be responsible for this pleasant turn of events.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Happy circumstances could unfold in a manner that will cause you to revise your present plans. Your new ideas will be far superior to your old ones.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – You’ll see early signs that good luck is on the way.

You’ll have much to smile about in the coming weeks.

Chef Eric Ripert

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Celebrity chefs Anthony Bourdain (left) and Eric Ripert (right) will take the Auditorium Theatre stage in Chicago at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 9, as part of the “Good vs. Evil” tour.

Anthony Bourdain, Eric Ripert bring ‘Good vs. Evil’ tour to Chicago

By KARA SILVA ksilva@shawmedia.com CHICAGO – For one night, celebrity chefs Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert will take the Auditorium Theatre stage in Chicago as part of the “Good vs. Evil” tour.

The “Good vs. Evil” show will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 9, at Roosevelt University’s Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Congress Pkwy., Chicago.

Anthony Bourdain – the host of Travel Channel’s “No Reservations” and “The Layover” and author of New York Times Bestseller “Kitchen Confidential” – will join Eric Ripert – the Michelin-star-rated chef of the world-renowned restaurant Le Bernardin, and a regular guest on Bravo’s “Top Chef” – for an evening of storytelling and conversation.

The culinary duo, who have been friends for 13 years according to Ripert, represent opposite ends of the dining spectrum and, together, will provide insight into the world of food as well as give a behind-the-scenes look into what really goes on in the

kitchen.

“People laugh a lot; they laugh for two hours,” Ripert said of the show, which begins with a roasting of the two chefs. “The show isn’t scripted.

Anthony has no idea what I am going to tell him and I have no idea what he’s going to try to say about me.”

The show also includes a discussion of various food-related topics and an audience Q&A. In its third year, the “Good vs.

Evil” tour is stopping in Chicago for the first time. Ripert said he’s looking forward to revisiting a city he’s been to many times.

“I have been to Chicago maybe 20 or 25 times, so I know it pretty well,” Ripert said, adding that he enjoys walking around town and exploring its neighborhoods during his free time before the show.

“Then at night we have the show and after we can go to parties ... or maybe we’ll go to bed, but I doubt it,” he said, laughing.

Bourdain and Ripert became friends after the release of Bourdain’s book “Kitchen Confidential: Adven-

tures in the Culinary Underbelly,” which gave readers an irreverent look at the dark side of the dining scene.

Ripert said after reading Bourdain’s book, he called him up for lunch to discuss the differences between Bourdain’s experiences in the kitchen with his own.

“When I read [his book], Tony was talking about the kitchen where he worked and they were full of pirates and gangsters. Where I was training it was very different and very disciplined,” Ripert said. “I invited [him] for lunch and we had a good time. After that a friendship started to develop.”

The two chefs’ years of friendship, and contrasting experiences and personalities, spurred the idea to do the “Good vs. Evil” tour.

“It was Anthony’s idea,” Ripert said. “We are friends ... we joke a lot with each other, so [Anthony] said, ‘Why don’t we go on the road and do a show?’ And here we are.”

For tickets to the “Good vs. Evil” show, visit www.auditoriumtheatre. org.

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Phone snoop suspects friend of having affair Dear Abby: I have a friend who I believe is having an affair. I have no concrete evidence, only a slew of circumstantial evidence such as odd work hours, blocks of mystery time set aside at night in his cellphone’s day planner, and evading questions about texts from females.

I have no idea how to approach him, or if I even should. I wouldn’t know how to begin the conversation with him because I have no solid proof. I always considered him to be a decent individual, but in the back of my mind now I’m thinking, “He’s cheating on his wife!”

Any words of wisdom would be welcome. – Nick In New England Dear Nick: What are you doing going through your friend’s cellphone day planner and reading his texts? He doesn’t have to account to you for his time. For all you know the man may be in a 12-step program or a therapy group. If he wanted you to know what he’s doing, he would tell you.

Mind your own business.

Dear Abby: I have worked at my

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips job almost 10 years. Most of the owners are nice, and the staff is great. I like my job most days.

I had a really bad week recently. I felt like I couldn’t do anything right. The week ended with a really angry text from my boss. He was right. I was in the wrong, and I apologized. He sent me another text, still angry, and my whole weekend was ruined by it.

I can’t figure out how not to take work home with me. Also, I can’t help but think he was wrong using a text as a means of discussing the issue. How do I confront this issue? – Still Upset In Oregon Dear Still Upset: It would have been much better management if your boss had talked with you face to face about what was wrong with your performance. I suggest that you have a private chat with him about the issue.

Dear Abby: After my best friend

of more than 20 years, I’ll call him “Tim,” told me his wife had cheated on him, I confessed that I am in love with him. His response floored me. Tim announced that he has been in love with me all this time and can imagine growing old with only me.

A friend told me I’m committing adultery with Tim because he is now in the process of leaving his cheating wife for me. Am I? We haven’t been intimate, nor do we plan to sleep with each other until the divorce is final.

Are we wrong to pursue a relationship? – Conflicted In California Dear Conflicted: If Tim has been in love with you all these years, he couldn’t have had much of a marriage. His wife’s infidelity was his “get out of jail” ticket and he took it. I don’t know what your “friend’s” definition of adultery is, but according to Webster’s dictionary, you’re not committing it.

• Write Dear Abby at www. dearabby.com.

Hypothyroidism is simple to diagnose and treat Dear Doctor K: My doctor thinks I may have hypothyroidism. How will he make the diagnosis?

Dear Reader: Hypothyroidism is the medical term for an underactive thyroid. Some conditions are hard to diagnose, but fortunately hypothyroidism is not one of them.

Your thyroid is a small gland in your neck that makes the thyroid hormones, called T3 and T4. These hormones leave the gland and travel in the blood to every cell in your body. Thyroid hormones influence the rate at which every cell, tissue and organ in your body functions.

Hypothyroidism occurs when your thyroid gland doesn’t produce enough thyroid hormones.

Your body slows down, creating symptoms such as fatigue, depression, weight gain, feeling cold for no good reason, constipation and dry skin.

Your thyroid gland is controlled by another gland: the pituitary gland, which is in the brain.

It sends a chemical message to your thyroid, telling it how much hormone to make. The chemical message is called thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH).

Your brain is constantly sensing whether there is an adequate level of thyroid hormones

ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff circulating in your blood. If not, the pituitary makes more TSH. Higher levels of TSH prompt the thyroid to produce more thyroid hormones. Low TSH levels signal the thyroid to slow down production.

To diagnose hypothyroidism, your doctor will perform a physical examination and some blood tests: • Physical exam. Your doctor will assess the size of your thyroid by feeling around your neck. He or she will check for physical signs of hypothyroidism, such as coarse hair or hair loss, dry or yellowish skin, and pale or puffy appearance. Your weight, cholesterol levels and blood pressure will also be checked.

• TSH test. This test is the best way to determine if you have thyroid disease. (I’ve put a table showing the normal, low and high values for the TSH and other thyroid blood tests on my website, AskDoctorK.com.) If your TSH level is high, you are hypothyroid.

If TSH levels are below normal, you are hyperthyroid: Your

thyroid gland is making too much thyroid hormone. (There are exceptions to this, but they are infrequent.)

• T4 and T3 tests. Once secreted by the thyroid, only a small amount of T4 is “free” and available for immediate use. In hypothyroidism, there’s not enough free T4 in the blood. There’s also not enough T3 in the blood.

Together, the TSH, free T4 and T3 tests can establish a diagnosis.

They can also indicate how severe your problem is.

Fortunately, treating hypothyroidism is easy. You take thyroid hormone in pill form, to replace the hormone your thyroid gland is not making enough of. The same thyroid blood tests used to diagnose hypothyroidism also are used to determine if you’re taking the right dose of thyroid medicines. These tests are repeated regularly, since a person’s dose can change over time.

Diagnosing hypothyroidism has become much simpler and more precise since I went to medical school.

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

Tell your friends the truth Dr. Wallace: A group of my friends are planning to join a huge pro-choice rally at a shopping center parking lot.

I’ve never discussed my feelings on this debate with my friends, but I’m pro-life. They are asking me to join the rally, but I said I would let them know a little later.

I am not going to be in the pro-choice rally, but I don’t know how to tell them I won’t be there. I could lie and tell them that I had to visit my ill grandmother with my parents, or make up some other lie.

Please tell me what you think would be the best solution to this “sticky” problem.

– Nameless, Boston, Mass.

Dear Nameless: Tell your friends that you won’t join the rally because you are pro-life.

Don’t get into a debate, and ask them to please honor your opinion.

Good friends have much in common, but they also have opinions that are personal and differ with the majority.

Dr. Wallace: My boyfriend and I are contemplating starting a loving sexual relationship. It’s highly important that I don’t become pregnant.

Can you please tell me how effective it is for the female to be on “the pill?”

How about the effectiveness of a condom used by my boyfriend?

We are both 16 years old. – Nameless, Gary, Ind. Dear Nameless: Some time ago a certified school nurse in Rio, provided the following information for me to inform a young Ohio lady who had very similar questions: “The pill is not a 100 percent guarantee that the taker will not become pregnant.

Recent figures suggest it has a 3 percent to

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace 7 percent failure rate, meaning that if 100 women use the pill correctly, between three and seven who are sexually active will become pregnant.

Even more importantly, the pill is absolutely no protection against sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea, syphilis, herpes, chlamydia, cytomegalovirus, venereal warts and HIV/AIDS. If you were thinking of using condoms, you should know that they have about a 13 percent to 18 percent failure rate for preventing pregnancy. And condoms are even less effective for preventing the spread of STDs. The best protection against unwed pregnancy and venereal diseases, as well as the best way to protect one’s emotions and good self-concept, is to abstain from having sexual relations until marriage and remain mutually faithful for life.

In our “anything goes” society, this has not been a popular concept, but any young person would do well to make a considered decision based on this evidence.” – Certified School Nurse, Rio.

Dear School Nurse: Thanks for taking time to share your thoughts with our young readers.

Being a former high school administrator, I place great faith in the wisdom of school nurses.

• Dr. Robert Wallace welcomes questions from readers. Although he is unable to reply to all of them individually, he will answer as many as possible in this column. E-mail him at rwallace@galesburg.net.

CROSSWORD

SUDOKU

BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

• Thursday, May 9, 2013

CELEBRITY CIPHER

Ralph Marston, who played one season in the National Football League with the Boston Bulldogs in 1929, said: “You’ve done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities.”

This deal has a few possibilities, which you have probably seen before, but one of them still evades most players.

South is in three no-trump, and West leads the spade queen.

What happens if South ducks the first trick and West continues spades at trick two? What is West’s best defense if South ducks the first trick? What happens if South wins the first trick?

South has seven top tricks: two spades, three hearts and two diamonds. He must obtain two more winners from clubs.

But since he will lose the lead twice, the defenders might establish and run their spade suit first.

If declarer ducks trick one and West continues spades, South plays on clubs and makes his contract. When East gets in with the club king, he does not have another spade to lead.

If South does not win the first trick, West must shift to a diamond to defeat the contract – a play that would be very tough to find.

If South wins the first trick, he does best to play a heart to the queen and start clubs from the board. To beat the contract, East must put up his king and return his remaining spade.

When partner’s suit is one lead from being established, especially if you have only one card left in that suit, do your utmost to win the next defensive trick.

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Some possibilities, although not endless

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Arlo & Janis

Garfield

Big Nate

Get Fuzzy is on vacation. Please enjoy this strip from March 10, 2011.

Crankshaft

The Pajama Diaries

Stone Soup

Pearls Before Swine

Dilbert

Rose Is Rose

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Not valid with any other offers. Expires 6/15/13.

3615 E Main Street • St. Charles Illinois 60174

630.584.2239 Hours of Operation: Monday-Thursday: 11AM-1AM Friday and Saturday: 11AM-2AM; Sunday: 9AM-12AM

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PERSONAL PROPERTY AUCTION FACTORY CARPENTER - FT

DRIVERS Due to our continued growth we are seeking company drivers and owner operators for the expansion of our local tank operation. Consistent, clean, year round work. Must have Class A CDL w/ Tank & Hazmat and clean MVR. We offer competitive wages based on experience and top of the line benefits.

Apply online at: breckenridgetrucking.com or call 815-368-3080 Chronicle Classified 877-264-2527

RECEPTIONIST - PT Basic carpentry / handyman skills a Seeking part-time Receptionist must. Prior cabinet installation / for busy office in Big Rock. trim experience a plus. St Charles.

Monday - Friday 12pm – Multiple positions available.

Email resume: Housekeeping and Dietary 6pm, no weekends. Must be reliable, flexible with schedule zwreceiving@colonydisplay.com Assistant Position - FT & able to multi-task. $10 per or fax 630-762-1002 Geneva Nursing and Rehabilitation hr. Send resume to Bonnie at has an excellent opportunity for a eahrdept@gmail.com or fax full-time housekeeping and Dietary 630-556-3021 General assistant.

SEVERAL CAREER Applicants can apply in person at: 1101 E. State St. OPPORTUNITIES Geneva, IL 60134 Advanced Disposal in Batavia, IL or call us at (630) 232-7544 has several career opportunities Reliable Caregiver Available. including customer service, meExperienced. chanic and drivers.

7 day live-in.

Visit us online at 630-762-9963 www.advanceddisposal.com PET SITTER - PT to apply If you love animals, Buying? this is the job for you.

Email: kandra@everythingpet.net Selling? (no phone calls please) Send your Classified Advertising 24/7 to: Email: classified@ shawsuburban.com Fax: 815-477-8898 or online at: www.KCChronicle.com

PUBLIC AUCTION Auction to be held on site at 257 Stephanie Drive, Cortland, IL 60112.

R.C. BLACK PLUMBING is reducing inventory at Public Auction. Good specialty tools used for working in the plumbing business. Watch for signs on Route 38 & Loves Road at Johnson Boat Sales in Cortland.

FRIDAY, MAY 17TH, 2013 COMFORT STATION

STARTING AT 10:00 AM GO2WEGENERAUCTIONS.COM OR AuctionZip.com for info and photos Listing # 1782792

SHOP EQUIPMENT: Ridgid 535 pipe machine; Ridgid 141 2’2-4” pipe threader w/ universal drive; Ridgid 4 leg chain pipe vise; Ridgid tripod pipe vise; Beam chain vise; 24” Ridgid pipe wrenches; Cobra drum auger; Ridgid roller pipe stand; 12” Makita chop saw; 14” Black-n-Decker professional chop saw; Mueller D-4 tapping machine 3/4” to 2”; 4 Pipe snap cutters; Sewer tapping machine; Lincoln arc welder; Oxy Acetylene welder; Acetylene B & Mc Tanks; Oxygen R tanks; 30’ Extension ladder; Truck ladder stand; Turbo flame thrower; Makita 230 mm grinder; 150 MBTU torpedo heater; Milwaukee HD Grinder; Milwaukee 1 1/2 hammer drill; Milwaukee 14.4 drill; Milwaukee 18v circular saw; Transit level w/tripod & rod; 10 - 4’x4’x10’ Pallet racks; 80 Lineal feet steel store shelving; Stackable steel pipe racks; Fitting bins; 3 - Steel cabinets w/HD drawers; Lazy Susan parts bin; 2” Weil submersible pump; Black Pipe & PVC fittings; Pipe hanging material; Pipe insulation; Pex tubing & fittings (1”-3/4”-1/2”); 100’ of 1 1/2” plastic underground gas pipe; Fitting & nipple trays; Hi Density shoring plywood. OFFICE EQUIPMENT: Desk; Filing cabinets; Office table; Phone system. PLUMBING FIXTURES: Whirlpool Tubs; Kitchen sinks; Corner soaking tub; Tub/Shower enclosure; Shower enclosure; Vanity tops; Red pedestal lave; Drop in laves; Hot tub. VEHICLES/ FORK LIFT: 1998 1 Ton GMC Flat bed Diesel; 1997 3/4 Ton GMC Fan; Allis See website for Terms and Conditions.

Chalmers Fork Lift (LP Gas).

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PUBLIC AUCTION SATURDAY, MAY

TH, 20 3

RUNNING 2 RINGS!!

9:00 A.M. Lunch by: Relish the Dog

Comfort Station Available

LOCATION: BOONE CO. FAIRGROUNDS, 879 RT. 76 BELVIDERE, IL. 6 008 LOCATED IN THE GOAT BARN NEAR SOUTH END. PLENTY OF PARKING.

ANTIQUES, COLLECTIBLES, HOUSEHOLD, YARD, TOOL & MISC. SEE WEBSITE FOR COMPLETE LISTING!!

OWNERS: P. HAWKINSON, F. BABASHKA, J. FISCHER, J. FALKENSTEIN, V. DIAZ, S. STEWART, K. KOWAL, P. RAIH, R. BUCHER & R. CASE

Sale will be located at 224 E NEBRASKA STREET, ELBURN, IL. Personal property includes furniture, assorted glass & China, vintage wood working hand tools, nice assortment of duck & bird decoys & carvings. Other antique items that will draw interest. All very nice and clean. Watch for signs off of Route 47 in Elburn.

SATURDAY, MAY 11TH, 2013 STARTING AT 9:00 AM REAL ESTATE OFFERED AT 10:00 AM

FURNITURE - COLLECTABLES - GUNS - DECOYS FURNITURE: Cast iron floor lamps; Oak drop front secretary; Walnut youth bed; Walnut full bed; Walnut dresser w/mirror & hankie; Mahogany writing desk; Small oak rocker; Walnut barrel chair w/needle point seat; Pressed back chairs; Plank & spindle back chairs; Primitive ladder back chair w/caned seat; 54” Oak round table; Oak fern stand; German Coo-Coo clock; Primitive foot rest; Small oak drop leaf table; Framed prints & pictures; Wool area rugs; Shadow boxes; East lake mirror; Oak quilt rack; Hand crafted knick knack cabinet; Narrow drop leaf table; Other furniture being brought in by Family.

COLLECTABLES: German figured lamp; Hand carved decoys (Morgan & Dressel) Ducks & Birds; Limoges fish plates; Hand painted collector plates; Assorted blue glass; Pressed glass cake plates; Porcelain dolls; Porcelain canister set; Swirl enamel canister set; Kerosene lamps; Kerosene lamp brackets & bases; 1840’s Clock works w/Westminster chime; 5 Gal Western churn; Assorted brown crocks; Roll top trunk; Vintage kitchen utensils; Wood ringer washer stand; Wood spice box (6 drawer); Wood foot locker; 1950’s Child sleds; Vintage wood wagon; Cast well pump; Cistern pump; Marked wood boxes; Copper kettles, pots & scoops; Horse harms & other; Wood block & wood trim planes; Vintage wrenches; Wood grape barrel w/handles; Assorted golf clubs; Hand crafted saddle stand; Sanyo Stereo (NIB) GUNS: *Wilmot D/B 12 Gauge Shotgun w/Dbl Trigger*; *Ranger D/B, 12 Gauge Shotgun w/Single Trigger*; *Iver Johnson 32 Cal hand gun 5 Shot, Dbl Action, 3” barrel*; *Marlin 32 Cal hand gun 6 Shot, Dbl Action, 3.25” barrel*; *Mauser Bolt Action Riffle 7.62 mm, .303 Cal*; Guns will be held according to Federal & State laws. Must show valid and current FOID card.

OWNERS: ROGER & DOROTHY JOHNSON

Joe Wegener - Auctioneer Lisc. # 440.000375 Phone : 815-766-0756 Email: djwauctions@comcast.net Chris Wegener - Auctioneer Lisc. # 440.000267 Phone : 815-451-2820 WWW.AuctionZip.COM WWW.GO2WEGENERAUCTIONS.COM

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10 piece beautiful DR set, leather sofa, snowblower, self-propelled mower & many other quality items & MORE!

Hampshire

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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.

Call 630-443-3607

Lost Tues, April 30 near Illinois and Eklund St. REWARD! 630-248-7768

DOG Found small female dog.

On Pleasant St, Dekalb on 5/2 at 5pm. Call 815-758-0324 Need Help Rebuilding, Repairing or Replanting?

FRI, MAY 10 10AM - 6PM SAT, MAY 11 8AM - 3PM 704 N. FIRST ST.

ALWAYS INVESTIGATE BEFORE INVESTING ANY MONEY

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OWNER: R.C. BLACK PLUMBING, CORTLAND, IL

Joe Wegener, Auctioneer Lisc. # 440.000375 Phone : 815-766-0756 Chris Wegener, Auctioneer Lisc. # 440.000267 Phone : 815-451-2820 Email: djwauctions@comcast.net WWW.GO2WEGENERAUCTIONS.COM WWW.AuctionZip.COM

KaneCoTalent@aol.com www.kanecountyfair.com (847)622-9935

See website for personal property terms and conditions.

Terms: Cash or checks w/proper I.D. Visa, Mastercard & Discover accepted. 9% Buyers Premium w/ 4% discount for cash or check. No property to be removed until settled for. All items sold “AS IS”. Number system will be used. Must have driver’s license for registration. Not responsible for accidents or items after purchase. Announcements day of sale prevail over written material.

Belvidere, IL 6 008 8 5 544-48 or 8 5-988-0249 cell AUCTIONEER: LYLE LEE State License #040.000200 & Roger Mackeben # 44 .000 360 CLERKS & CASHIERS: LEE AUCTION SERVICE Visit our web site at www.leeauctionservice.com

ELBURN

AuctionZip.com info and photos Listing #: 1772888 GO2Wegenerauctions.com

Thursday 12-7 Friday, 9-4 Saturday, 9-1

404 Madison St. Furniture, Lane Cedar Chest, 1970s China Cabinet, Kitchen Table & Chairs, Cookware, Hummels, Glassware, Dishes, Cook Books, Linens, Women's Clothing, Holiday Decorations, Vintage Misc, Tools, Lawn Mowers & Yard Ornaments.

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GIANT PRINCESS HOUSE CRYSTAL SALE! 1577 FARGO BLVD GENEVA Thurs 5/9 & Fri 5/10 9am-4pm Sat 5/11 9am-1pm 40% off or more!

Cookware, Crystal, Hostess Gifts, Figurines, Stemware & Dinnerware.

Great Mother's Day Shopping!

630-208-6344

ANTIQUE DEALERS INVENTORY REDUCTION SALE Thurs & Fri 9a-3p

Elgin ~ West 26 Neighborhood Garage Sales Neskayuna & West Scott Estates.

1 mile west off Randall on Hopps Rd.

Fri. & Sat. 8:30am-5pm Antiques, furniture, home appliances, hardware, tools, fishing poles, lamps, guitar/amp, fiddle, push/riding mowers, chipper, shredder, lawn spreader, bird houses, rack for cargo van, 10 by 20 canopy, air purifiers, electronics, trampoline, bikes, Harley Davidson, Dec. items, handmade jewelry, wedding supplies, cook books, fabric, Mother's Day items, collectible plates & bells, Avon, baby items, men, women plus size, children clothes, Perennials.

1028 S. 2nd St. In Back Alley

Antiques, and vintage collectibles, furniture, jewelry, art, glass, and everything else!

CAMPTON HILLS GARAGE SALES Multi-Family Garage Sales.

Campton Trail Road and Brown Road Saturday, May 11 9 am to 3 pm Furniture, clothing, toys, home decor, and more.

Elburn

HUGE COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE Thurs, Fri, & Sat. May 9th 10th & 11th 8am – 4pm

HAMPSHIRE

546 Whitetail Circle May 9-11 9am-4pm Antiques, collectibles, furniture, household, clothing, lots of odds and ends

LILY LAKE 5N500 Cochise Drive MOVING SALE! RAIN OR SHINE th

Buying? Selling?

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ST CHARLES WOODS OF FOX GLEN

1202 Fox Glen Drive May 9-11, 8am-3pm Multi-family moving/garage sale.

Furniture, toys, clothes, household items.

37W130 Crane Rd

Riverside Community Church Fundraiser for Local Teen Mom Home. Annual Rummage and Bake Sale. This Sale will offer a great selection of Baked Goods and TONS OF TREASURES!!!

Bedroom Furniture Home Décor Fish Tanks Toys Baby Stuff Clothing Collectables Outdoor Play Equipment

ST. CHARLES ANNUAL PERENNIAL SALE

LOTS OF COLOR

37W249 DEAN ST.

414 HAMLET ST. BATAVIA EAST

SAT, MAY 11 9-3 $3 - $4 a Clump Variety of Shade & Sun

St. Charles MOVING SALE Thurs ONLY 9am-2pm

Elburn ST CHARLES 3500 Provence Ct Used Horse Tack - Breeches, saddle, tools, American Girl, software, barbie, lots of misc.

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THURS, FRI, SAT MAY 9, 10, 11 9AM - 5PM 43W987 EMPIRE RD.

HEALING GARDENS

Annuals 4” Pots Proven Winner Type Hanging Basket Combos Vegetables, Herbs

Rolling tool box, old hunting knives, leaded glass light fixture, entertainment console, formal dining room set, pull behind fertilizer spreader, lawn cart, Hargrove print and other prints, rolling file holder, miscellaneous kitchen and household items, furniture.

Multi Family Garage Sale Antiques, clothes, carpet, thirteen piece dining set, pads, leaves.

Much more - must see

PLANT SALE

Keslinger & Blackberry Creek Dr.

Campton Hills Rd to Citation Lane

8am-12

Fri. May 10th 9am-7pm Sat. May 11th 9am-3pm

Blackberry Creek Subdivision

Moving/Garage Sale Fri 5/10 & Sat 5/11 9am-4pm 4N352 Citation Lane

525 South 14th Street May 10 & 11

Fri. May 10 8am-6pm Sat. May 11th 8am-4pm Southwest décor, Georgia O'Keeffe, Barbies, Plants, Toys, Daybed. Ladders etc.

Also Having: Charity Fundraiser Bake Sale!

“Feed My Starving Children”

Fri. May 10, 8a-5p Sat. May 11, 8a-1p

For map: blackberrycreekelburn.com

OLD GENERAL STORE

ST. CHARLES

St. Charles

RADIAL ARM SAW - Craftsman, has many attachments includes full router kit. Great condition $160 or best offer. 847-293-5812

ST. CHARLES ST CHARLES

1405 & 1415 South 13th Avenue Furniture, tools, seasonal decor, yard tools, household items, children's toys & clothing.

PRICED TO SELL. GREAT STUFF!

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ANTIQUES, COLLECTIBLES & MUCH MORE! Antique furniture, clocks, victrola, fireside Edison, old radio, HURDY GURDY organ grinder, vintage toys, antique telephone, spinning wheel, rocking chairs, old sewing machines, figurines, vintage books, old records, framed prints, unique bottles, lamps, glassware, jewelry, Coca Cola collectibles, vintage tools, photography items & cameras, advertising pieces, military items, vintage kitchen items, craft/art décor & many more treasures awaiting your discovery!!

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COMPUTER DESK - L shaped. Large gray and black desk, perfect computer or sewing use size is 6ft by 6ft with cabinet on the side. Picture online ad. Moving. $45.

Call Jack at 630-406-0062

DECK STAIN $25 815-479-1000

STORAGE CABINET from IKEA 5 plastic drawers. $50.

630-232-1982

Curio Cabinet, glass front – 1 shelf, light oak. $80 Call anytime, 630710-7651

KITCHEN TABLE

Howell, circa 1950 or before.

Excellent shape, red with an extra leaf, 52”x35”, $100.

630-208-0059

Full Starter Kit Drumset

includes: 5 drums & 2 cymbals $275.00 obo For details call or text 402-305-8488

KITTENS ~ ADORABLE (4)

SECTIONAL COUCH – Large 3 long hair, silver-gray, 1 black Sectional with Wedge. 3 Seat and white. Raised indoors Couch portion, large Wedge, 2 seat 630-584-3786 or 630-605-9273 Love Seat portion. Tan blend fabric. Perfect Condition. $399 OBO. PET CAGE Good for medium or small pet. $35 Call anytime, Call after 6pm – 630-262-1899 630-710-7651 Sofa Couch & Schnoodle Puppies. White.

Adorable. 2 female, $250/ea.

Matching Sofa Chair 1 male, $225. Pure bred.

Cream with optional chocolate Will not shed. 815-895-3925 brown slip cover from BB&B included. All in excellent condition! $350 for the set.

815-788-1180 CANOE - Gruman 17.5' aluminum canoe, very good shape. $400/obo. Call 630-877-5085

KAYAK – 10 ft Red Fiberglass Kayak. Comes with everything: Oars, Life Vest, Pump. $400.

Call after 4:30pm:630-606-0444 WALL UNITS - Walnut finish laminated wall units. 1 unit has drop Motorcycle Jacket – Black Leather down desk top with doors at botSize Medium $30 tom, 3 shelves for display or stor630-464-7049 St Charles age. 2nd unit has larger enclosed base with 1 shelf inside. Top has Watches (8) – Elgin, Bulova, doors with 2 shelves. Open area beWatham, Benrus – 10 KFG tween with 2 shelf areas. Also book$150 630-587-6620 case with 5 shelves. Very sturdy and in good condition. Picture online ad. $40 for all. 630-406-0062 DRYER - Gas Kenmore 80 series large capacity works great. $175 or best offer. 847-293-5812 Horses Boarded – Near St. Charles Dryer. Maytag. Gas. White.

Box Stalls, homegrown hay, stalls Great condition. $299. cleaned daily, indoor ring, lots of 2007 HONDA CIVIC LX $12,500. 26K original miles, 630-973-3528 TLC. $400. 630-605-9273. white with lt. tan interior, a/c, power windows, doors, cruise, etc. Call Steve 815-901-2258 Cubs Doll – Ashton Drake 22” Cubs for more info. LIKE NEW FOOD PROCESSOR. Cuisinart Baby Boy #22 pryor – Exc. Cond. DhC7 Pro- All attachments & power $100. 630-710-2228 base–need replacement bowl $40.

Call anytime, 630-710-7651 NORMAN ROCKWELL PRINTS Professionally framed, excellent 2003 Chevy Tahoe Z71 package Framed Oil Paintings (3) condition. A dozen available.

Low miles, 1 owner $19,500 Home Galleries 13" x 15" Reasonably priced.

815-751-2256 All Nature and Landscapes 847-515-8012 $50 For All, Will Separate 630-464-7049 St. Charles Day of The Week Bears Collection Monday and Wednesday New in Boxes $5 for Both 630-464-7049 Hummel Crystal Trinket Box New in Box!!! $20 630-464-7049 St. Charles Tell Tale Teapots Biddy Brophy's Grocery New in Box $20 630-464-7049 St. Charles

Lamp. Beige. $30 OBO 815-505-3308 – 815-517-1144 Mirror with black wood frame. $40 OBO. 815-505-3308 - 815-517-1144 Wood Shelves, Cabinets, Shadowbox and Plant Stand!

First $25 Takes All Last Chance 630-464-7049 St. Charles

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6 cylinder, 4WD, silver with black cloth interior.

CD changer, remote keyless entry, fog lights and third row seating, 48,000 miles.

Excellent Condition!

I BUY CARS, TRUCKS, VANS & SUVs

PUBLIC NOTICE

Will beat anyone's price by $300.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY GENEVA, ILLINOIS U.S. Bank National Association as Trustee for RFMSI 2004S7 PLAINTIFF Vs. Ronald T. Junker; et. al.

DEFENDANTS 09CHK 1294 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 1/31/2013, Patrick B. Perez, the Sheriff of Kane County, Illinois will on 6/20/13 at the hour of 9:00AM at Kane County Judicial Center, 37W777 Route 38, Room JC 100 St. Charles, IL 60175, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Kane and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: PIN 02-27-327-001 Improved with Residential COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 40W749 Homestead Drive Hampshire, IL 60140 Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

Will pay extra for Honda, Toyota & Nissan

815-814-1964 or

815-814-1224 !! !! !!! !! !!

A-1 AUTO

Will BUY UR USED CAR, TRUCK, SUV,

MOST CASH WILL BEAT ANY QUOTE GIVEN!! $400 - $2000 “don't wait.... call 2day”!! * 815-575-5153 *

1997 Hitchhiker fifth-wheel with one slide out, queen bed, and separate shower/toilet. $6000 obo.

Call 815-970-7456

$14,500

SWING – FREE 6 foot wide wooden swing.

Needs painting and minor repair.

630 513-0248

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1999 S-10 Ex. Cab A/C, cruise, 5-spd., 62k miles. Runs great.

Looks great. $5400 New Tires 815-751-4349 Sycamore, IL

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YAMAHA SCOOTER 2008 Like new 49cc Yamaha Zuma scooter, only 120 miles. Owner must sell, excellent condition, helmet included. Call 815-757-3292 days, evenings 815-756-9851

1990 & Newer

Call Dan 847-812-4016

Compost Tumbler, very good condition. Tumbler comes with manual & therometer. Make your own comCoffee Table. post. $50 obo 847-464-1625 pm $30 815-505-3308 - 815-517-1144 Lawnmower – Honda – Self-Propelled w/Bag $125obo We place FREE ads for 630-605-4307 after 1PM

Lost or Found in Classified every day!

2008 Mitsubishi Outlander SUV

!! !! !!! !! !!

2004 Class A 30' Four Winds RV. Perfect condition, Ford gas engine, 17K miles, 1 slide out, AC, 4 leveling jacks, 5.5 generator sleeps 6, patio awning Queen bed Must sell, asking 38K. 815-382-5521

You Want It? We've Got It! Classified has GREAT VARIETY!

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CLASSIFIED

Page 36 • Thursday, May 9, 2013 pos bj pr The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-09-09533.

I530696 (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, May 9, 16, 23, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK Plaintiff, v.

HUMBERTO GOMEZ, MARIA DEL CARMEN GOMEZ, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

12 CH 3231 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on December 11, 2012, the Sheriff will on June 27, 2013 at the hour of 9:00 a.m. at the Kane County Judicial Center, 37W777 Route 38, St. Charles, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly

known

as:

671

CHESTER 60120

y AVENUE,

ELGIN,

P.I.N. # 06-12-283-005

IL IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of t he auction. The balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

For information, contact the Plaintiff's attorney: Peter Vucha, ROESER & VUCHA, LLC, 920 Davis Road, Suite 100, Elgin, IL 60123, 847-888-1820.

Peter Vucha Roeser & Vucha, LLC 920 Davis Road Suite 100 Elgin, IL 60123 847-888-1820 (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, May 9, 16, 23, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY have no further recourse against GENEVA, ILLINOIS Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Blackhawk Bank f/k/a Blackhawk Mortgagee's attorney.

State Bank PLAINTIFF Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will re- Vs. ceive a Certificate of Sale that will Herbert Valdespin a/k/a Hervert entitle the purchaser to a deed to Valdespin; et. al. the real estate after confirmation of DEFENDANTS 12 CH 04229 sale.

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVrepresentation as to the condition of EN that pursuant to a Judgment of the property. Prospective bidders Foreclosure and Sale entered in the are admonished to check the court above cause on 2/5/2013, Patrick B. Perez, the Sheriff of Kane Counfile to verify all information. ty, Illinois will on 6/20/13 at the If this property is a condominium hour of 9:00AM at Kane County unit, the purchaser of the unit at the Judicial Center, 37W777 Route foreclosure sale, other than a mort- 38, Room JC 100 St. Charles, IL gagee shall pay the assessments 60175, or in a place otherwise and the legal fees required by The designated at the time of sale, Condominium Property Act, 765 County of Kane and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the ILCS 605-9(g)(1) and (g)(4). highest bidder for cash, as set forth IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR below, the following described real (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE estate: RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSES- PIN 02-33-127-012 02-33-100SION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY (02-28-300-002, OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, 001, 02-33-100-002, 02-33100-003 underlying) Im ed ith Resid tial

ying) Improved with Residential COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 908 Valley Stream Drive Pingree Grove, IL 60140 Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no

sp representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-12-32855.

I530695 (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, May 9, 16, 23, 2013.)

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Kane County Chronicle / kcchronicle.com legal der the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-09-09533.

I530696 (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, May 9, 16, 23, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

gagor gage Mortgagee's attorney.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605-9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact the Plaintiff's attorney: Peter Vucha, ROESER & VUCHA, LLC, 920 Davis Road, Suite 100, Elgin, IL 60123, 847-888-1820.

Peter Vucha Roeser & Vucha, LLC 920 Davis Road Suite 100 Elgin, IL 60123 847-888-1820 (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, May 9, 16, 23, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK Plaintiff, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR v.

HUMBERTO GOMEZ, MARIA DEL THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CARMEN GOMEZ, UNKNOWN KANE COUNTY OWNERS AND NON-RECORD GENEVA, ILLINOIS CLAIMANTS, Blackhawk Bank f/k/a Blackhawk Defendants.

State Bank PLAINTIFF Vs. 12 CH 3231 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Herbert Valdespin a/k/a Hervert Valdespin; et. al.

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given DEFENDANTS that pursuant to a Judgment of 12 CH 04229 Foreclosure entered in the above NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S entitled cause on December 11, SALE OF REAL ESTATE 2012, the Sheriff will on June 27, PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV2013 at the hour of 9:00 a.m. at EN that pursuant to a Judgment of the Kane County Judicial Center, Foreclosure and Sale entered in the 37W777 Route 38, St. Charles, above cause on 2/5/2013, Patrick Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for B. Perez, the Sheriff of Kane Councash, the following described mort- ty, Illinois will on 6/20/13 at the gaged real estate: hour of 9:00AM at Kane County Judicial Center, 37W777 Route LOT 6 IN BLOCK 19 OF LUDLOW 38, Room JC 100 St. Charles, IL ADDITION TO ELGIN, IN THE CITY 60175, or in a place otherwise OF ELGIN, KANE COUNTY, ILLI- designated at the time of sale, NOIS. County of Kane and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the Commonly known as: 671 highest bidder for cash, as set forth CHESTER AVENUE, ELGIN, IL below, the following described real 60120 estate: LOT 175, IN CAMBRIDGE LAKES P.I.N. # 06-12-283-005 UNIT 5, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARSale terms: 10% down of the TER OF SECTION 28 AND PART OF highest bid by certified funds at THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF the close of t he auction. The SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 42 balance, in certified funds, is due NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE within twenty-four (24) hours. The THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACsubject property is subject to CORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF general real estate taxes, special RECORDED MARCH 31, 2005 AS assessments, or special taxes levied DOCUMENT 2005K036003, IN against said real estate and is KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. offered for sale without any repre- PIN 02-33-127-012 02-33-100sentation as to quality or quantity (02-28-300-002, of title and without recourse to 001, 02-33-100-002, 02-33Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. 100-003 underlying) The sale is further subject to confirImproved with Residential mation by the court.

COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 908 Valley Stream Drive If the sale is set aside for any rea- Pingree Grove, IL 60140 son, the Purchaser at the sale shall Sale terms: 10% down of the be entitled only to a return of the highest bid by certified funds at the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall close of the auction; The balance, have no further recourse against including the Judicial sale fee for Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Abandoned Residential Property

ope y Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-12-32855.

I530695 (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, May 9, 16, 23, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Plaintiff, vs.

Doug W. Mosher; City of Aurora; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Gary L. Mosher; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; Richard Kuhn, as Special Representative for Gary Lee Mosher a/k/a Gary L. Mosher (deceased) , Defendants.

12 CH 04623 Notice to Heirs and Legatees. Notice is hereby given to you, the Unknown Heirs and Unknown Legatees of the decedent, Gary Lee Mosher a/k/a Gary L. Mosher, that on April 11, 2013, an order was entered by the Court, naming Richard W. Kuhn, 552 S. Washington Street, Suite 100, Naperville, Illinois 60540, Tel. No. (630) 420-8228, as the Special Representative of the above named decedent under 735 ILCS 13-1209 (Death of a Party). The cause of action for the Foreclosure of a cer-

tain Mortgage upon the premises commonly known as: 115 N. Highland Avenue, Aurora, IL 60506.

(Published in the Kane County Chronicle April 25, May 2, 9, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOISCHANCERY DIVISION PLAZA BANK, Plaintiff, vs JAMES F. PALAZZOLO; GIOVANNA PALAZZOLO; JAMES A. PALAZZOLO; FRANK PALAZZOLO; PALAZZOLO INCORPORATED; DISCOVER BANK; FOX RIVER FOODS, INC.; UNKNOWN OWNERS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

145 N. State Street, Hampshire, Illinois 60140 13 CH 1166 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you: UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Kane County, by said Plaintiff against you and other Defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT 5 (EXCEPTING THE NORTH 5 FEET AND 10 INCHES) IN BLOCK 2 OF THE TOWN OF HAMPSHIRE CENTER, IN THE TOWNSHIP OF HAMPSHIRE, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS PIN: 01-22-352-003 Commonly known as 145 North State Street, Hampshire, Illinois 60140, and which mortgage was made between PLAZA BANK, as Mortgagee and JAMES F. PALAZZOLO; GIOVANNA PALAZZOLO; JAMES A. PALAZZOLO and FRANK PALAZZOLO and for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of said court against you as provided by law, and that said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, the said above named Defendants, file your answer to the complaint in said suit, or otherwise make your appearance therein in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Kane County, in the City of St. Charles, Illinois on or before June 10, 2013, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a decree entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint.

Holly L. Carto (ARDC No. 6280044) Martin & Karcazes, Ltd. 161 N. Clark Street, Suite 550 Chicago, IL 60601 312 332-4550 I531039 (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, May 9, 16, 23, 2013.)

by gi y DAVID J. BARKOCY, AND DEANNA L. BARKOCY, Defendants in the above-entitled action and owners and parties in interest of the real estate described in the Complaint for Foreclosure and Other Relief filed in the above cause, pursuant to order of court entered on April 18, 2013, and under the provisions of the Illinois Compiled Statutes, Chapter 735, Act 5, Sections 2-203.1 and 2.2-6, that there is now pending in the aforesaid Court a Complaint naming you and each of you as parties therein and praying for foreclosure of a Mortgage dated May 18, 2006, and recorded with the Recorder of Deeds of Kane County, Illinois as Document No. 2006K055576 on May 23, 2006, concerning the following legally described property: Lot 60 in Sunset Views, in the Village of Lily Lake, Kane County, Illinois, according to the Plat thereof recorded February 3, 2004 as Document 2004K016122 PIN: 08-08-352-005 Common Address: 43W775 North Sunset Views (Lot60), Lily Lake, IL 60174 Please take notice that you are required to file an answer in this case or otherwise file your appearance in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Kane County, Illinois on or before May _27___, 2013, and if you fail to do so, judgment or decree by default, including but not limited to an Order of Default and a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale and Other Relief, as prayed in the Complaint, may be entered against you and each of you.

Mark Schuster #2519089 Bazos, Freeman, Kramer, Schuster & Braithwaite, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff State Bank of Illinois Mark Schuster #2519089 Bazos, Freeman, Kramer, Schuster & Braithwaite, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1250 Larkin Ave., #100 Elgin, Illinois 60123 (847) 742-8800 (Published in Kane County Chronicle April 25, May 2, 9, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: MARTIN E. OLSON, JR. Deceased.

General No. 2013 P 184 PUBLICATION NOTICE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION TO CREDITORS, CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES

PUBLIC NOTICE 1. Notice is hereby given of the IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE death of MARTIN E. OLSON, JR. SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT who died on 2/28/13, a resident of KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS St. Charles, IL. 2. The Representative for the esSTATE BANK OF ILLINOIS, an Illitate is: Susan K. Gould, 649 Jeffernois Bank Association, Plaintiff, son Ave., Carpentersville, IL vs.

60110.

DAVID J. BARKOCY and DEANNA 3. The Attorney for the estate is: L. BARKOCY, SUNSET VIEW Russell E. Baldwin, 311 N. 2nd HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, UN- Street, Suite 301, Saint Charles, IL KNOWN OWNERS, AND 60174.

NON- RECORD CLAIMANTS, 4. Claims against the estate may Defendants. be filed on or before October 27, Gen. No. 13 CH 64 2013. Claims against the estate may be filed with the Clerk of the NOTICE is hereby given to you, Circuit Court, P.O. Box 112, Gene-

Thursday, May 9, 2013 • Page 37 va, IL 60134-112, with the Representative or both. Any claim not filed within that period is barred.

Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

5. On 4/15/13, an Order Admitting the Will to Probate and Appointing the Representative was entered.

6. Within forty-two (42) days after the effective date of the original Order Admitting the Will to Probate, you may file a petition with the Court to require proof of the validity of the Will by testimony or witnesses to the Will in open Court, or other evidence, as provided in Article VI 5/6-21 (755 ILCS 5/6/21).

7. Within six (6) months after the effective date of the original Order Admitting the Will to Probate, you may file a petition with the Court to contest the validity of the Will as provided under Article VIII 5/8-1 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/8-1).

8. The estate will be administrated without Court supervision unless an interested party terminates independent supervision administration by filing a petition to terminate under Article XXVIII 5/28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4).

ope er evidence, as provided in Article VI 5/6-21 (755 ILCS 5/6/21).

7. Within six (6) months after the effective date of the original Order Admitting the Will to Probate, you may file a petition with the Court to contest the validity of the Will as provided under Article VIII 5/8-1 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/8-1).

8. The estate will be administrated without Court Supervision unless an interested party terminates independent administration by filing a petition to terminate under Article XXXVIII 5/28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4). /s/ JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, NA

By Jonathan R. Jackson Executor

pe an interested party terminates independent supervision administration by filing a petition to terminate under Article XXVIII 5/28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4).

Renee Muller Darnell Executor (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, April 25, May 2, 9, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby given (Published in the Kane County that on May 6, 2013 a certificate Chronicle, April 25, May 2, 9, was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, set2013). ting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting PUBLIC NOTICE and transacting the business known as BitArt, located at 93 ST. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE WHITTINGTON COURSE, SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT CHARLES, IL 60174.

KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS Dated: May 6, 2013.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE /s/ John A. Cunningham OF: ARTHUR A. STASCH Kane County Clerk Address: 10 N. Gilbert St. #105 South Elgin, IL 60177 (Published in the Kane County Date and Place of Death: Chronicle, May 9, 16, 23, 2013.)

(Published in the Kane County 02/16/2013; Kane County, IL PUBLIC NOTICE Chronicle, April 25, May 2, 9, Case No. 2013 P 208 2013.)

ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE PUBLICATION NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION Public Notice is hereby given TO: CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE (ONLY) that on April 12, 2013 a certificate SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 1. Notice is hereby given of the was filed in the office of the County KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS death of ARTHUR A. STASCH who Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses died on 02/16/13, a resident of of all persons owning, conducting IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE Kane County, Illinois. and transacting the business OF: WILLIAM CRAIG THATCHER 2. The Representative for the es- known as J & K CLEANING, locatAddress: 6N273 DENKER DRIVE tate is: RENEE MULLER DARNELL, ed at 651 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, ST. CHARLES, IL 60175 856 Marina Terr. W, Bartlett, IL AURORA, IL 60506.

Date of and Place of Death: 60103.

2/26/13/, St. Charles, IL 3. The Attorney for the estate is: Dated: April 12, 2013 Michael E. Kelly, 118 Bartlett Ave.; /s/ John A. Cunningham Case No. 2013 P 199 #1, Bartlett, IL 60103.

Kane County Clerk PUBLICATION NOTICE 4. Claims against the estate may INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION be filed on or before October 27, TO CREDITORS, CLAIMANTS, 2013. Claims against the estate (Published in the Kane County UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES may be filed with the Clerk of the Chronicle, May 9, 16, 23, 2013.)

Circuit Court, P.O. Box 112, GenePUBLIC NOTICE 1. Notice is hereby given of the va, IL 60134-0112, or with the death of WILLIAM CRAIG THATCH- Representative or both. Any claim ASSUMED NAME ER, who died on February 26, not filed within that period is PUBLICATION NOTICE 2013, a resident of St. Charles, Illi- barred. Copies of a claim filed with nois. the Clerk must be mailed or deliv- Public Notice is hereby given 2. The Representative for the es- ered to the Representative and to that on April 30, 2013 a certificate tate is: J.P. MORGAN CHASE the attorney within 10 days after it was filed in the office of the County BANK, N.A., JONATHAN R. JACK- has been filed.

Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setSON, Executive Director, 21 South 5. The estate will be administrat- ting forth the names and addresses Clark St., Mail Code, IL1-0103, ed without Court supervision unless of all persons owning, conducting Chicago, IL 60670-0103.

3. The Attorney for the estate is: SCOTT L. SERAPHIN, 2210 Dean St. Suite P-2, St. Charles, IL 60175.

4. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before November 24, 2013. Claims against the estate may be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, P.O. Box 112, Geneva, IL 60134-0112, or with the Representative or both. Any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

5. On April 16, 2013, an Order Admitting the Will to Probate was entered.

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Downtown St. Charles! Walking distance to festivals, dining, shopping, bike trails, and the Fox River! Home with character features gleaming hardwood floors, huge family room with cathedral ceiling, and FINISHED BASEMENT Recreation Room.

Yard landscaped with perennial gardens, large deck, Koi pond, fenced back yard and paver patio.

426 S. 6th Street, St. Charles

Elyece Miller Managing Broker/Owner

630-364-9119

Broker receives Cartus Network Marketing Specialist certification KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com

Advantage courses and passing a written exam upon completion. Theisen-Placek participated in the CNMS certification course, equipping her with knowledge of best practices for marketing the transferee’s old house, methods for efficient administration and aspects of the amended sale program and broker market analysis.

Other certifications available through the Certified Agent Advantage program include Cartus Network Buyer Specialist, Cartus Network Inventory Specialist and Cartus Network Affinity Specialist.

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage serves the Tri-Cities area, as well as the western suburbs.

Betty Theisen-Placek has earned her Cartus Network Marketing Specialist certification, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage recently announced.

The annual certificate is part of the Certified Agent Advantage program, which is a professional standard available only to principal brokers of the Cartus Broker Network – a network of real estate brokers who service clients of Cartus.

Cartus requires qualified network agents to become certified as relocation experts by participating in one or more Certified Agent

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Choose the right pot

By ADRIAN HIGGINS The Washington Post A 14-inch-diameter pot is the optimal size for a collection of herbs – large enough to do the job without becoming a major production in weight, cost and soil volume.

Herbs need great drainage – some gardeners place clay shards over the drainage hole, others just line the pot with landscape filter fabric to keep soil from washing out.

Broad, bowl-shaped containers hold moisture longer than regular pots and may drown herbs.

Glazed ceramic, concrete and resin pots tend to be freeze-resistant and can be left outside in the winter, but they should be protected against saturation. Most terra cotta pots are not frost-proof and should be brought indoors in winter.

MIKE CLUCK GROUP RE/MAX Excels – Geneva, IL PH: 630-802-5825 Email: MikeCluck@Remax.net Visit: www.cluckgroup.net

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Betty Theisen-Placek recently earned her Cartus Network Marketing Specialist certification. The certification helps Cartus Broker Network gives agents a wider range of resources and career growth opportunities.

4N611 Mountain Ash, Wayne $472,000 712 Jorstad Dr., North Aurora $417,000 744 Jorstad Dr., North Aurora $349,500 4BR/3.5BA home in the Woods of Wayne. Finished basement on 1 acre lot with 3 car garage. Hardwood floors, granite counter tops, SS appliances, wood burning fireplace, 1st floor den.

MLS 08282413

4BR/3BA in Tanner Trails. Features 3900 sq ft, hardwood floors, granite CT’s & SS appliances, 1st floor den with full bath, 2nd floor loft, 3 car garage, walkout basement on third acre lot, deck and patio. MLS 08284482

4BR/2.5BA in Tanner Trails with almost 4500 sq ft of finished living area including finished walkout basement. 1st floor den, fireplace, 3 car garage, over third acre lot with fully fenced backyard, deck and patio. MLS 08282680

EQUAL HOUSING

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PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation of discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

2680 McDuffee Circle, North Aurora $264,900 889 Prairie Crossing, Yorkville $192,140 351 Park Ridge Lane, Aurora $106,500 4BR/2BA ranch home in Tanner Trails.

Nearly 3000 sq ft on one floor plus basement with possible 5th BR. 3 car garage, gas FP, eat-in kitchen.

Not a short sale – quick close ok.

MLS 08219401

4BR/2.5BA home in Raintree Village. Over 2700 sq ft with full unfinished basement.

1st floor office. Hardwood floors in kitchen and entry. Fireplace in family room.

Eat-in kitchen with island and all appliances. Built in 2007. MLS 08297239

2BR/2.5BA TH in Fox Chase near Fox Valley Mall. Naperville school district 204.

Finished basement and a total of 1900 sq ft of finished living area. Indoor hot tub in finished basement. Fenced front yard patio. 1 car garage. MLS 08298786

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Batavia

2165 Alexander Dr: Sold on or before 040913 by Baran Trust to Michael E Ranallo & Lauren A Knafelc; $555,000.00 2238 Bird Ln: Sold on or before 040913

by James M Whealan Jr to Eric G Hess & Megan M Hess; $450,000.00

Elburn

512 Stoffa Ave: Sold on or before 041013 by Kane County Sheriff to Ah4r I Il Llc; $171,000.00 572 Saratoga Dr: Sold on or before 041013 by Kendall Partners Ltd to Brett A Sawicki & Jenna Helm; $214,000.00 821 Conley Dr: Sold on or before 040913 by Christian D Westerhoff to Andrew J Mccornack & Janelle L Mccornack; $241,000.00 985 Kendall St: Sold on or before 041013 by Kane County Sheriff to Ah4r I Il Llc; $147,000.00

Geneva

128 Charles St: Sold on or before 040913 by Robin U Fagot to Melody C

Meyer; $272,000.00 1354 Arlington Ct: Sold on or before 041013 by Kane County Sheriff to Arbitrage Llc; $82,500.00 237 Larsdotter Ln: Sold on or before 041013 by Kendallpartners Ltd to Tracy A Hipple; $235,000.00 39W178 Weaver Ln: Sold on or before 040913 by Robert H Kastenbaum to Mary Wise; $305,000.00 39W753 N Hathaway Ln: Sold on or before 041013 by Richard M Feketitsch to Christopher T Guess & Elizabeth A Guess; $515,000.00 817 N 1st St: Sold on or before 040913 by Bradley N Nelsen to Gerald Laws & Ellen Baker; $243,000.00

Maple Park

8N215 Mcgough Rd: Sold on or before 040913 by Henry Fredrickson to Jared A Poynter & J Poynter; $375,000.00

North Aurora

260 Ridge Rd: Sold on or before

By NICOLE ANZIA Special To The Washington Post Whom do you call for advice when you’ve decided to move in with someone: a best friend, a parent, a priest, a psychologist? There are so many things to think about, and sometimes the organizational challenge of combining possessions gets overlooked, making an already stressful situation even worse. Here are a few pieces of advice to make the process easier.

Take an inventory

You can’t make decisions about what to keep if you don’t know what you have.

This sounds obvious, but many people don’t actually know what they own. An accurate count of things such as plates, glasses, books and shoes will help when making decisions about what to keep, what to toss and what to sell or donate. It’s not enough to say I have “about 25 pairs of shoes,” because chances are, your estimate is incorrect. Take time to do an actual count. Once you each have your list, compare them to determine what to keep,

what to discard and what you might need to buy.

St. Charles

1026 Stonehedge Rd: Sold on or before 040913 by Michael Barton to Eric Rogers & Tiffany Rogers; $516,000.00 437 S 9th St: Sold on or before 040913 by Wayne M Cuchna Jr to John P Low & Aretese M Low; $225,000.00 5N465 Hazelwood Ct: Sold on or before 040913 by Michael W Thompson to Justin A Parker & Amanda M Parker; $388,500.00

South Elgin

1034 N Camden Ln: Sold on or before 041013 by Kane County Sheriff to Ah4r 1 Il Llc; $145,500.00 1314 Sandhurst Ln 3: Sold on or before 040913 by Federal National Mortgage Assn to Raul H Santiago; $97,000.00 1446 N Blackhawk Cir: Sold on or before 041013 by Kane County Sheriff to Ah4r 1 Il Llc; $104,000.00 620 Williams Dr: Sold on or before 040913 by Jean E Noe to Nicole Seibert; $113,000.00 7 Kingsport Ct: Sold on or before 041013 by Kane County Sheriff to Hud; $290,619.00

Sugar Grove

45 Briargate Cir: Sold on or before 040913 by James E Rudnicki to Michael J Fielding & Linda J Fielding; $250,000.00 925 Merrill New Rd: Sold on or before 041013 by Jan E Davies to Kira L Rushing; $255,000.00

THE COLLINS GROUP John Collins & Peggy Collins

303 E. Main St. • (630) 584-2500 • www.TheCollinsGroupInc.com

Know your space

If you don’t have a floor plan of your new home, measure and photograph each room. Knowing how much space you have to work with is crucial. Actual dimensions will be useful to resolve disagreements about whether a piece of furniture will fit in a room, and photos will help to recall architectural details.

There are also resources available online, such as www. floorplanner.com, that can help you visualize where you will put furniture.

302 Tower Hill Road St. Charles $179,000

Lot 1 Barlow Drive St. Charles $245,000

Bright open floor plan, new carpet and flooring throughout.

Neutral décor. Move in ready. Very private location and backs up to wooded area. Large master bedroom with full bath, his & her closets. First floor laundry. Great location near parks, recreation and shopping.

Last available lot in Barlow Woods Subdivision. Great opportunity to build your custom dream home on this 2 acre wooded lot in the country, just west of St. Charles. Gorgeous mature trees creates a private setting. Convenient access to shopping, entertainment, and close to LaFox and Elburn Metro Train Station. 2.03 acres.

1 Garden Hill Lane, Unit 1 St. Charles $195,000

Office Space for Rent 303 East Main Street, St. Charles

Plan ahead

Take time to make realistic and reasoned decisions. Both people should be prepared to give up a few things, regardless of who is actually moving.

Some decisions about what to discard will be obvious, others more difficult. Fortunately, the decision to give up a prized possession can be made less painful when you know the item is going to someone who really wants or needs it.

Courtyard entrance to 2/3 bedroom Ranch Townhome with center atrium. Living room has wood burning fireplace that looks out onto the private patio which includes a 6’ high brick fence. 3rd bedroom is currently being used as an office. Master bath has private shower and plenty of closet space. This end unit is very quite and private with mature trees surrounding the property.

High-end office space available downtown St. Charles. 2 Private offices and 2 cubicles fully furnished. Small kitchen, reception area and conference room is also available. Plenty of parking.

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041013 by Gretchen E Aleman to Amy K Feulner; $150,000.00 301 Long Ave: Sold on or before 040913 by R Andrew Properties Llc to William Isiminger & Ruth Isiminger; $115,000.00 601 E Victoria Cir: Sold on or before 040913 by Mark Byars to Benjamin M Hensey; $120,000.00 805 Kelley Dr: Sold on or before 041013 by Kane County Sheriff to Ah4r I Llc; $193,000.00

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Home Help: Storage ideas for kids’ rooms to fit on shelves and under the bed, as well.

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Make it fun

To many parents, the process of keeping kids’ rooms clean never seems to end. And while a kid’s room may never look quite like the perfect rooms in magazines, a few clever solutions can make it easier to get toys, books and clothes more organized.

There’s no reason something as pragmatic as storage can’t be fun, too.

• Keep pens, pencils and markers together in a plastic paint can or flower pot the kids have decorated.

• Place Velcro strips on toys and on playroom walls.

Kids will enjoy sticking their toys to the wall, and you’ll enjoy a cleaner play space.

• Get an unpainted wooden crate from a craft store, and paint, stain or decoupage it with whimsical colors and designs. – Family Features/Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores

Think vertical

If your child’s room is small or doesn’t have a lot of built-in storage, vertical storage may be helpful.

• Add wall hooks or a peg rack at a height your child can reach and hang up sweaters, pajamas, jackets and book bags.

• Tiered organizers that hang from a closet rod can hold small stuffed animals, clothing items or shoes.

• Wall hangers with pockets can be hung on the back of a door to hold shoes, small toys and craft supplies.

Decorating tips

David Bromstad, HGTV star and celebrity interior designer, offers the following tips for anyone looking to add color to their home: • Identify a colorful object as the focal point of the room. Select bold items to build your room around, such as a piece of artwork, rug or chair that really makes a statement.

• Coordinate your color transitions. For high-impact transitions, combine bolder shades with their more neutral counterparts and for a more tranquil transition, stick to softer or lighter shades that are from the same color family.

• Highlight unexpected areas. Turn ordinary areas like ceilings, banisters or door frames into extraordinary spaces. If you want to keep walls neutral, paint a piece of furniture, such as a chair, headboard or the back of a bookshelf. – Brandpoint

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• Baskets are lightweight and often have handles, so it’s easy for a child to take them off the shelf and put them back. Basket liners let you coordinate the look to match your child’s room.

• Plastic storage bins can hold larger toys and play sets, offseason clothing and shoes. You can find bins

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When he built the cumbersome, multi-layered walls on site, his crews found it frustrating and time-consuming. What took them three weeks, Bensonwood can do in 2 1/2 days.

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Author Sheri Koones is on a mission to educate American homeowners about home building.

Her first three books focused on the basics of home construction, borne of her own experience as a frustrated homeowner trying to remodel her Greenwich, Conn., house. At that time, she said in a recent interview, there was almost no information to help her make intelligent choices as she faced an endless number of decisions about this or that flooring material, plumbing fixture, roof shingle and on and on.

With “Prefabulous + Almost Off the Grid: Your Path to Building an EnergyIndependent Home” (Abrams, $25), Koones presents a wide variety of prefab houses. A “modular” prefab house is constructed in sections in a factory, transported on flatbed trucks and joined together at the building site.

A factory-built house minimizes waste; most site-built houses fill up a dumpster several times over. Factories, where the same house parts are assembled over and over, can more accurately predict what they will need so that waste is minimized.

A second plus with a prefab house is its speed of construction. While a site-built house takes about four to 15 months to complete, a prefab generally takes weeks. Because most of the work is done in a factory, there are no weather delays. Perhaps most importantly for owners, speeding up the construction process reduces the amount of stress that most endure as their house goes up.

Koones says that prefab houses are built with higher quality control than site-built ones. In many factories now, the workers use sophisticated, computer-aided machinery that makes more accurate cuts so that the framing pieces fit together more easily; this in turn makes all the subsequent steps in the construction sequence, including the installation of interior and exterior materials and windows, faster and easier.

Daniel Gainsboro of Now Communities, a Boston home-building firm whose work will be featured in Koones’ next book, is planning to do exactly that, using the Bensonwood Homes wall system featured in the “Unity House” described in her current book.

In the past, production builders have eschewed prefab, saying that it

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