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OTTO: SEASON FOR CRAYFISH ‘IN BERRY’ FOR KANE COUNTY

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Kaneland advances to finals in seven events, other area athletes vying for state title. Page 19

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| LOCAL NEWS

Quinn signs moratorium on online charter schools

Celebrating endings, beginnings

SHAW MEDIA The governor has signed legislation that puts a moratorium on the creation of virtual charter schools. On Friday, Gov. Pat Quinn signed House Bill 494, which bans the creation of any new virtual charter schools in districts outside of Chicago until April 1, 2014. The measure affects the proposed Illinois Virtual Charter School at the Fox River Valley, which currently is before the state commission after 18 school districts – including Kaneland School District

302, St. Charles School District 303, Geneva School District 304 and Batavia School District 101 – rejected its proposals to start an online school. The school was proposed by the nonprofit Virtual Learning Solutions. It would draw students from those 18 districts; for each student who went to the virtual school, about $8,000 would be siphoned off from the district is came from. The Illinois Senate passed the measure earlier this week by a 46-7 vote. The House passed the same bill 80-36 in April.

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Waubonsee Community College celebrated its 45th commencement Thursday. Since its first graduation ceremony in 1968, the college has awarded 19,612 degrees to local students. To view more Waubonsee graduation photos, visit KCChronicle.com.

8LOCAL BRIEF Fox Valley hospice offers free program June 10 GENEVA – For adults whose father has died, Fox Valley Volunteer Hospice is offering

WEDNESDAY NIGHT SPECIAL “Memories of Dad,” an evening of reflecting and remembering, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. June 10 at FVVH, 200 Whitfield Drive in Geneva.

The program is free, but registration is required by June 6 at 630-232-2233. For information, visit www.fvvh.org.

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“I don’t have enough information to fairly evaluate a person’s position with the city.” Martin Callahan Second Ward alderman

to the City Council in April, said his vote was “solely about the process, not about people.” Schielke can make department head appointments for 60 days without the consent

of the City Council. “It is not your role to be hiring or firing department heads,” McGrath said to the aldermen. “The mayor has the sole power to hire department heads.” Second Ward Alderman Martin Callahan, another new alderman, also expressed frustration with the process. “I don’t have enough information to fairly evaluate a person’s position with the city,” Callahan said. “I wouldn’t want to just rubber stamp what the mayor says.”

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BATAVIA – Mark Davis has been appointed as the new manager of the Batavia Emergency Services and Disaster Agency. The appointment of Davis is part of the recent reorganization of Batavia ESDA, which now is under the direction of Batavia Fire Chief Randy Deicke as a result of changes the Batavia City Council approved last month. Davis has been a ESDA volunteer. Batavia ESDA now will be run by Deicke as part of his duties. Deicke has said the changes were needed to ensure oversight of personnel and equipment being operated on public streets, as well as compliance with normal financial safeguards. He said the absence of such oversight could expose the city to legal and political liability. Some of the duties of Batavia ESDA include developing, maintaining and operating the city’s outdoor warning siren system and developing and conducting emergency management training and education programs for city personnel and residents.

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BATAVIA – Aldermen this week turned what is a normally routine reappointment of the city’s department heads into a debate about the process. In the end, aldermen approved Mayor Jeff Schielke’s annual list of department head reappointments, including Bill McGrath as city administrator, Peggy Colby as finance director and budget officer, Gary Schira as police chief, Randy Deicke

as fire chief and Gary Holm as public works director. The appointments were approved Monday. The appointments are effective through April 30, 2014. Fifth Ward Alderman Steve Vasilion voted “no.” “When I ran and was elected, there were a lot of people looking for change,” Vasilion said. “I would appreciate the time to evaluate the positions and get feedback on those who are exceptional and those who aren’t.” Vasilion, who was elected

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KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com ST. CHARLES – The St. Charles Public Library, 1 S. Sixth Ave., St. Charles, will begin its 2013 summer book club, “Have Book Will Travel,” on Wednesday. It ends Aug. 7. Adults and young adults can register at the Readers Services or the Adult Reference desks. Sign in with your

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BATAVIA – Batavia High School sophomore Lucy Farrell believes that her social studies teacher, John Dryden, was looking out for his students when he told them they had a Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate themselves when answering an in-class survey about emotional and atrisk behavior. Farrell said Dryden told that to students before they were to begin the survey. “There were other teachers who told the students the exact same thing, and he got called out on it,” Farrell said. “He is being treated unfairly.” Some parents of Batavia High School students say that Dryden is being accused of unprofessional conduct, and that the Batavia School Board is set to discuss the matter in closed session Tuesday night at its regular board meeting. Farrell said she plans to address board members before the closed session. She

said she respects him as a teacher. “I have respect for where he is coming from, and he knows where I am coming from,” Farrell said. “I appreciate everything he does.” Greg Romaneck, the district’s director of human services, said he would not confirm nor deny that Dryden will face a disciplinary hearing Tuesday. “That would be a violation of their confidentiality,” he said. Emily Farrell, Lucy’s mother, said she was upset that students’ names were pre-printed on the surveys, which asked students whether they had used drugs or alcohol. “That’s a complete invasion of personal information,” she said. “They were asking very personal questions.” Dryden could not be reached for comment Friday. An online petition at www.thepetitionsite.com has garnered more than 1,000 signatures supporting Dryden.

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| OPINIONS

OPINIONS OUR VIEW

Memorial Day – a day to remember Attending a parade. Placing a U.S. flag at the gravestone of a veteran. Simply saying thank you to a man or woman who has served our country. These are a few of the ways that Memorial Day is recognized in Kane County and elsewhere. The holiday, at one time called Decoration Day, was first observed in May 1868, when – according to www.usmemorialday.org – “flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery.” Today, Memorial Day continues to be a time to remember those who lost their lives while in U.S. military service. Special activities usually mark Memorial Day, and this year is no exception. Among

the scheduled local events taking place Monday are parades in St. Charles and Geneva, a ceremony in Batavia, services in Maple Park and observances in Sugar Grove, Elburn and Kaneville. You can learn more about these events by turning to page 3 of today’s paper and visiting www.kcchronicle. com. Attending such activities on Memorial Day is a way to show respect for those who made the ultimate sacrifice serving our country. Even if you are unable to attend a special event, take a moment at 3 p.m. Monday – when a national moment of remembrance will take place – to think about those who put their lives on the line for our freedom.

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

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR OUR VIEW

A feel good bill

Lock your vehicle! It’s like an open invitation to some people – an unlocked car with a wallet, purse or other valuable in plain sight. They just open the vehicle’s door and take what they want. Maybe the police will catch them, but maybe they won’t. All it takes is a few simple steps to deter these particular thieves – locking the car doors and removing the pricey items from the vehicle. That’s it. So simple, yet so often they are two tasks left undone. Mass vehicle burglaries have taken place in recent weeks in areas of Kane County.

To the Editor: It is obvious that Democratic Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin and the other senators who voted for the Internet sales tax never owned, operated or managed any business, especially a retail enterprise. Under the Marketplace Fairness Act, any retail seller who makes more than $1 million in remote sales in a year, although that could change – whether brick and mortar or sales via the Internet – must register and collect sales tax in states that also approve certain provisions. They also must apply for a registration number from every authorized state. There are thousands of state, county and municipal tax codes, and each state must supply the applicants with all of the various taxes. The merchants must file a retail tax report per state indicating gross sales and taxable amount and send the tax payment. Without the merchant’s retail identifying tax number, the deposit is meaningless. Even if

Nearly a dozen burglaries were reported to have happened between the night of May 9 and morning of May 10 on St. Charles’ west side. Campton Hills has seen a rash of similar incidents recently, as has Elburn. Many of the burglarized vehicles involved unlocked cars, police reported. Tablet computers, a navigation system and a designer purse were among the items said to have been stolen. Area police officials have urged residents to lock their vehicles and never leave valuables in plain view. We can’t say it any better ourselves. Lock it up, Kane County.

Editorial board J. Tom Shaw, publisher Jay Schwab

Kathy Gresey

Al Lagattolla Kate Schott

the business did not collect any sales tax, a return must be submitted with a zero balance. The state then has the responsibility to send each separate taxing district the tax that was received. This legislation is a feel good bill and completely unenforceable. The IRS does not collect any taxes owed to the states. Each individual state is required to collect all taxes for its state, whether income, property or sales tax. Furthermore, why would any retail merchant or Internet business collect another state’s retail sales tax? Sen. Durbin and the other senators fail to understand why people purchase products on the Internet – the items are not available locally, not just to avoid paying sales tax. The true reason for the Internet sales tax, which should be defeated in the House, is to plant the idea of a value added tax (VAT) placed on all sales. Jack McCabe Batavia

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. First Amendment, U.S. Bill of Rights

8SOUND OFF

How about a park? The political establishment in Geneva is convinced that there is only one option for the Mill Race Inn property, that is, sell it to a developer who will tear it down and build either a restaurant or condos. Either way, it would be a minimal contributor to the city’s revenue stream. Does Geneva really need more restaurants or condos? Instead, why not have the appropriate taxing body buy the property from the bank, tear down the building that has fallen into disrepair and put in a riverside park, so that all citizens can benefit, not just a few? Isn’t that a more sensible use of this valuable piece of real estate and a better way to spend taxpayer money?

you’ve got to drive, that’s the only option.

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Where is the opposition?

it just fell into his lap.

It is so disappointing that no one else ran for mayor in the town of Batavia. Batavia needs a mayor who is more conservative with taxpayers’ money. Why isn’t there a term limit? Thirty-two years is too long. There was no opposition, so

Nobody is going to do anything A big ripoff? Someone called in about how gas is 30 cents higher in the Tri-Cities than in Maple Park. Nobody is going to do anything about it.

They say since it’s changing from winter oil to summer oil, you have to pay more for it. Cook County is the highest. I drive through there. Nobody is going to do anything about it. All I can say is do all of your errands in one day, and limit driving in your car. Living in the Tri-Cities,

It’s getting scary When will the lines in the roadways be painted again? Some of them you can’t even see. It’s getting really scary.

Go ahead and squirm All you people on government pension plans sit there and squirm. All you people were rejoicing when the politicians gave you those good pensions. Unions went along with the politicians when they asked to take your pension money. Our company and many others just walked away from our pensions. You never helped us. Now you want all of us poor people to pay for yours. Go bankrupt.

The right to own and bear arms I’m calling in response to an article in Sound Off last week. The person was condemning firearms, but obviously had not been in the military and obviously does not understand state regulations. You have to fill out a form, send it to the state police and they do the background check on you. If you pass, if you’ve never been a criminal of any kind, they send you back your FOID card. You cannot buy a shell or a firearm in the state of Illinois with the FOID card. Not only that, but in the United States, we have the right to own and bear arms. Military people understand that more than others. … I think the person better do the research and find the state of Illinois has the best controls and regulations. We can’t control the criminals in Chicago. They are gangbangers and drug dealers. And we can’t control the people who are mentally ill.

By ASHLEY RHODEBECK arhodebeck@shawmedia.com ST. CHARLES – Beginning next month, St. Charles residents will get the chance to win a $100 shopping spree courtesy of the city. The catch? Winners won’t receive cash. Instead, they will be reimbursed up to $100 for purchases made at three different independent stores or restaurants in St. Charles. Economic Development Coordinator Michael Mertes said the Shop St. Charles Challenge was created by the Economic Development Department and will run through April 2014. “The thought behind the program was a marketing opportunity for businesses and an opportunity to promote them at no cost to them,” he said. There will be one winner each month, selected from a monthly drawing. The winners will have 30 days to patronize three St. Charles businesses in a different commercial corridor – downtown, east side and west side. It is free to enter. The winners then will be asked to complete a written review or submit an interview about their experiences at each business, Mertes said. He said the reviews will be shared in the city’s monthly newsletter and social media. “We’re excited about the program,” Mertes said. The program will be financed through the marketing and advertising budget, Mertes said. He also said this program is a way to put those advertising dollars back into the city. He referenced the 3/50 Project’s claim that for every $100 spent in independently owned stores, $68 returns to the community.

On the Web Visit www.stcharlesil.gov/ shop-local for more information about the Shop St. Charles Challenge, including how to enter.

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This Memorial Day weekend, let’s forget the super sales of mattresses and furniture and remember the reason for the celebration. American military personnel gave their lives to protect our freedoms. These fought-for freedoms not only include free speech and the right to bear arms, but also the right to assemble. Hitler and Stalin, to gain complete control of Germany and Russia, removed these American freedoms. And many countries and their leaders who disrespect the United States deny these very rights to their own citizens. Remember the veterans, and also the United States Constitution, and how we, as citizens, have benefited from the actions of both.

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| COVER STORY

CLOSER LOOK: HISTORY MADE

Part three of a three-part series looking at the stories behind Tri-City buildings on the National Register of Historic Places

Hotel Baker is the ‘Gem of the Valley’ Story by KARA SILVA • ksilva@shawmedia.com | Photos by SANDY BRESSNER • ST. CHARLES – With one man’s inheritance and a lofty dream, the river town of St. Charles was brought to life, with the Hotel Baker as its beating heart. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, Hotel Baker was once known as the “Gem of the Valley,” a playground for celebrities, powerful politicos and the wealthy when it opened on the western banks of the Fox River in the Roaring Twenties. In 1918, local philanthropist Col. Edward J. Baker and his niece, Dellora Norris, each inherited a large sum of money from Baker’s older sister and her husband, John Warne Gates, the founder of the Texas Oil Co. – now Texaco. Natalie Gacek, a St. Charles native and the Heritage Center Museum’s director, said Baker and Norris wanted to put their inheritance back into their hometown, a decision that greatly affected the landscape of the city. “They had been born and raised in [St. Charles], and the colonel wanted to build a hotel where all of his friends could come and stay, and where he could entertain politicians … and other dignitaries,” she said, adding that building Hotel Baker and the Arcada Theatre cemented the town as a cultural destination. Baker chose to purchase a plot of land that had been functioning as a garbage dump – the former site of the Old Haines Mill. Across the Main Street Bridge, the Norrises

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In 1928, Col. Edward Baker spent about $1 million – the equivalent of $13 million today – to build the Hotel Baker in downtown St. Charles. constructed the Arcada Theatre the same year. Baker intended to use $600,000 for the hotel’s construction and ended up paying about $1 million – the equivalent of $13 million today – to construct the Spanish- and Mission-Revival Style riverfront hotel, according to Gacek. The hotel opened in June

1928 with a lavish party for about 300 guests. The celebration took place in the hotel’s iconic Rainbow Room, named for the multicolored lights that lit up glass blocks on the ballroom floor, a feature that still exists. At the time, a room cost $2.50 a night. By the 1940s, it had increased to $6 a night. Many celebrities have passed through the hotel’s

double doors, including Louis Armstrong and Guy Lombardo, who performed in the Rainbow Room; former Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, Gerald Ford and Billy Graham. When John F. Kennedy visited St. Charles during his race for the presidency, Gacek said, local Richard Nixon supporters displayed the phrase,

“We like you better as a senator Mr. Kennedy,” on the Arcada Theatre marquee. Some more recent celebrity guests to visit Hotel Baker include Hugh Jackman, Ed Asner, Frankie Avalon, Dana Carvey, David Cassidy, Davy Jones, Bret Michaels, Don Rickles, Martin Short, Rick Springfield and the band Alice in Chains.

8 A LOOK IN TIME – Buildings in our series and when they were built or opened 1843

1850

1854

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1906

(was moved to Kane County in 1914)

Durant House Museum, St. Charles

William Beith House, St. Charles

Bellevue Place, Batavia

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Depot

Dutch Mill, Geneva

Mrs. A. W. Gridley House, Batavia

THURSDAY: The history of Bellevue Place in Batavia FRIDAY: The Fabyan Windmill or “Dutch Mill” in Geneva TODAY: Hotel Baker in St. Charles

OTHER PLACES IN ST. CHARLES

Economic difficulty

1928

Hotel Baker’s Rainbow Room was named for the multicolored lights that lit up glass blocks on the ballroom floor. ceiling of the Waterfront Room depicting a cloud-filled blue sky with outdoor elements, such as ivy and trellises, which were remnants of Baker’s lounge-like trophy room, designed to resemble an outdoor courtyard.

The future

Col. Edward Baker constructed the hotel in the Spanish- and Mission-Revival Style. Craig A. Frank – who renovated the Arcada Theatre – and Neil D. Johnson, who spent $9 million to restore the hotel to its former glory. However, the hotel closed in 2001, according to research compiled by the heritage center. When the Salases took over ownership as a real estate investment, Salas said the city

of St. Charles encouraged the couple to reopen as a hotel. “It helped that the history of the hotel already dictated what it could be or would be,” she said. During the family’s ownership, Salas said they’ve come across a few pieces of hidden history. A mural was discovered beneath a layer of stucco on the

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As far as what the future will bring to Hotel Baker, Gacek said she’s thrilled to see the building as a hotel again, and thriving in downtown St. Charles. “It’s still one of the most widely recognized buildings for anyone who has either visited or grown up in town,” Gacek said. “People use it as a point of reference, and it epitomizes St. Charles, along with the Municipal Building and the Arcada Theatre.” Salas hopes the building will be around for years to come. “It’s going to be here until after me,” she said. “It has a perpetual life.”

William Beith House Address: 8 Indiana St., St. Charles Built: 1850 Added to register: 1983 William Beith, a local stone mason, built his Greek-Revival style home on the banks of the Fox River in 1850. It stands as one of the few surviving examples of riverstone architecture in the area that has remained largely unaltered. The home serves as the headquarters of the Preservation Partners of the Fox Valley group. Sources: Preservation Partners of the Fox Valley website

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Hotel Baker, St. Charles

Central Geneva Historic District

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The construction of the hotel and theater sparked an economic boom for St. Charles. However, the hotel itself was not profitable for Baker or those who succeeded him, until it was auctioned off in the early 2000s. “[The hotel] never made money until we came,” Salas said. “Col. Baker had deep pockets; he ran the hotel more for his own enjoyment.” Gacek added that Baker never intended to make money off the hotel, and after running the business for 31 years still died a wealthy man. After World War II, the hotel’s luster began to wear off, and Baker’s death in 1959 sealed the fate of the once opulent estate. Baker bequeathed the hotel to Norris, who donated it to Lutheran Social Services of Illinois in 1968, when it was morphed into a senior living facility under the same name. During Lutheran Social Services’ ownership, the former hotel parking garage was razed to make way for Carroll Towers, and the Rainbow Room floor was restored. In 1996, the building was purchased by businessmen

Durant House Museum Address: 37W370 Dean St., St. Charles Built: 1843 Added to register: 1976 Originally born in Massachusetts, Bryant Durant moved to St. Charles for work in 1837. He purchased 195 acres to build a two-story house made of locally-fired brick in 1843. It is an example of a typical home in the mid-19th Century and is now recognized as Kane County’s “Little House on the Prairie.”

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Similar to today, artists who performed at the Arcada in the past often made the walkable commute across the bridge to Hotel Baker, a partnership current owner Rowena Salas believes Baker and Norris always had in mind. “I have always said that the Arcada and Hotel Baker have a symbiotic relationship,” said Salas, who owns the hotel with her husband, Joe. “I can’t believe that [the Norrises and Bakers] built them to not have a relationship – it was for a reason.”

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The St. Charles North girls soccer team needed only one goal to defeat Geneva to take the Class 3A Hoffman Estates Sectional title to advance to the Barrington Supersectional. PAGE 21

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CLASS 3A Long jump Jake Ruddy (Marmion), 22-4¾ Pole vault Tim Guthrie (Geneva), 14-0 R.J. Viereckl (Batavia), 14-0 High jump Erik Miller (St. Charles North), 6-4 Tyler Maryanski (Marmion), 6-4 800-meter run Kevin Grahovec (Marmion), 1:54.59

By TROY HAYES editorial@kcchronicle.com CHARLESTON – High hopes followed the St. Charles North boys track and field team to this weekend’s IHSA state finals at Eastern Illinois’ O’Brien Stadium. The North Stars qualified five individuals and three relay teams for the championships and motivated themselves all season with the knowledge of coach Don Spencer’s impending retirement. On Friday, during the qualifying day of the championships, a near-perfect storm of nagging injuries, flu and miscues weathered the team to leave just high jumper Erik Miller standing for today’s finals. “It’s really disappointing, especially because we were hoping to send coach out on a good note,” said senior Connor Larson. “We had some sickness, some injuries and some mistakes, and it cost us. But we did our best and that’s what coach always tells us to do. Just do our best, and it will be fine.” North had expected to score points on all three relay teams, but baton handoffs in two of the events were mucked up, leaving the North Stars nearly completely in the cold. Add that Zach Kirby and Jack Feeney both spent time in the emergency room this week with flu (Kirby hasn’t been able to keep food down for four days) and things were going to be tough. The bug was still apparent in Kirby as he tried valiantly to run the 400 meters for which he had hopes to qualify. “I didn’t have much before the race, but I left it all out there,” Kirby said just af-

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St. Charles North’s Erik Miller leaps over the bar during the IHSA Class 3A high jump event during Friday’s preliminary competition at Charleston. Miller was North’s lone advancer to today’s final after clearing 6 feet, 4 inches. Marmion’s Tyler Maryanski also hit that mark to advance in the event. ter falling through the finish line. “I didn’t do at all what I wanted this weekend. It wasn’t an ideal situation but you can’t run away from it. As sick as I am, I just wanted to finish, and I did.” Geneva’s Tim Guthrie flung himself over 14 feet even to qualify for today’s pole vault finals. Guthrie bettered his personal record at last week’s sectionals with a vault of 14-11, five inches higher than his previous best. To have a shot at win-

ning, Guthrie will likely have to bump that up a little more. Three of his competitors have gone over 15 feet. “I don’t want to say anything for sure, but I think I can go higher,” Guthrie said. “It’s just a matter of doing it. I’ve made big leaps a couple of times this year already. We’ll just have to see.” Batavia’s R.J. Viereckl also cleared 14 feet in the pole vault and will vie for a medal stand spot today. Marmion’s Jake Ruddy,

who broke both wrists just a few months ago, qualified for state on his first jump after being cleared to rejoin the team. Friday, he hopped 22-4¼ to land a spot in today’s finals. Teammate Tyler Maryanski made the high jump qualifying height of 6-4 to join Ruddy. And junior Kevin Grahovec was third in the day’s fastest Class 3A 800 heat. Grahovec thought he could have won it.

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CLASS 2A Pole vault Kory Harner (Kaneland), 13-9 High jump Marshall Farthing (Kaneland), 6-3 Shot put Nate Dyer (Kaneland), 51-10 Triple jump Tanner Andrews (Kaneland), 44-1½ 4x800-meter relay Conor Johnson, Kyle Carter, Luis Acosta, Nathaniel Kucera (Kaneland), 8:06.45 110-meter high hurdles Patrick Lefevre (Aurora Central Catholic), 15.16 400-meter dash Nathaniel Kucera (Kaneland), 50.01 300-meter hurdles Lucas Ege (Burlington Central), 39.31 1,600-meter run Ethan Adlfinger (Aurora Central Catholic), 4:26.43 4x400-meter relay Conor Johnson, Kyle Carter, Dylan Nauert, Nathaniel Kucera (Kaneland), 3:23.22 CLASS 1A Long jump Oumaru Abdulahi (Mooseheart), 21-1 Pole vault Josh Schien (Aurora Christian), 13-0 Discus Jonah Walker (Aurora Christian), 147-10 800-meter run Wal Khat (Mooseheart), 1:57.75 Jake Gehman (Aurora Christian), 2:00.29 4x200-meter relay Jake Gehman, Josh Schien, Grant Schweisthal, Johnathan Harrell (Aurora Christian), 1:32.77

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It’s crayfish-berry season in Kane County It’s crayfish-berry season in Kane County. Or, more correctly, it’s the season Kane County crayfish are “in berry.”

GOOD NATURED Pam Otto Who doesn’t love a good berry? Strawberries! Raspberries! Blueberries! Crayfish? Yep, it’s crayfish-berry season in Kane County. Or, more correctly, it’s the season Kane County crayfish are “in berry.” Every year about this time, as birds are building nests and raising their young; as mammals are encouraging their offspring to leave the home den and explore the world; as reptiles are proceeding with courtship and egglaying ... crayfish are in a family way, too. Hard as it may be to believe, crayfish – those hard-shelled invertebrates that are all pincers and claws – have a parenting instinct that’s downright touching. But before we get to the warm, fuzzy size of crayfish home life, let’s take a couple of steps back, to the beginning of what is an extremely fascinating procreative cycle. When male and female crayfish enter into reproductive mode, they communicate not with wine and roses nor even a suggestive wave of a claw or eyestalk. Instead, they consort using the seductive medium of urine. Loaded with chemicals that communicate such vital information as species, gender, social rank and health status, urine plays a vital role in crayfish courtship rituals. Interestingly enough, it acts as both an aphrodisiac, and a call to arms. Urine is often expelled as part of aggressive encounters between both sexes of crayfish. The victor gives a parting “shot” to the loser, letting him or her

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and any other crayfish in the area know that there is a very pumped-up individual in the area and he or she is not to be messed with. During mating season, female crayfish have been found to emit urine as well as other sensory signals that say not only, “come hither,” but also “wanna wrestle?” The thinking is that females want to receive genetic material from the fittest individuals possible; what better way to ensure the best of the best than to give prospective suitors a thorough fitness test? Only after a mock-aggressive encounter, wherein the male gets to demonstrate his strength and vigor, is mating allowed to occur. At any rate, all that excitement happened awhile ago. Male crayfish have gone their merry ways, and many have reverted to a nonreproductive phase that focuses primarily on eating and trying not to get eaten. Meanwhile, the females are now getting on with the business of raising a family. And that’s where the berries come in. To get ready for oviposition, or egg

laying, a female crayfish first cleans her abdomen thoroughly, using brushing motions of her fifth pair of pereiopods, or legs. When things are neat and tidy, she turns over on her back, curls her abdomen forward and secretes a substance called glair, which is sticky and functions kind of like flypaper for crayfish eggs. She then releases her eggs, along with the sperm she collected, into the glair. Due to the shape of the space within the curled abdomen, as well as the size and orb-like nature of the eggs themselves, the whole mass takes on the look of a plump, juicy berry – hence the term “in berry.” With her future family thus attached, Mama Crayfish will walk around for anywhere from a couple to as many as 20 weeks, depending on water temperature, all the while providing a safe and nurturing environment for the wee ones nestled beneath her abdomen. When the young hatch, their still-incomplete pincers, or chelae, are hook

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Kaneland advances to championship round in 7 events • STATE TRACK Continued from page 19 “I started my kick just a little late,” he said. “If I would have had 10 more meters, I think I would have got them both. “[Today], I will know better. The pack is going to get out there so fast, I will be forced to stay with them, and I will start my kick a little earlier and a little harder.” Grahovec did set the school record, running the event in 1:54.59.

CLASS 2A Kaneland made good use of the 23 kids it brought south, and consequently has a shot at some team hardware. The Knights landed spots in seven events today. Kory Harner qualified in the pole vault, Marshall Farthing in the high jump, Nate Dyer sits in eighth place after a toss of 51-10 in the shot put, Tanner Andrews unspooled a leap of 44-1 in the triple jump (sixth),

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Kaneland’s Tanner Andrews falls forward on an attempt in the IHSA Class 2A triple jump Friday during preliminary competition in Charleston. He advanced to today’s event to compete for the state title. Nathaniel Kucera had the third-best time in the 400 at 50.01, and the 4x800 and 4x400

relay teams won their heats but were fourth overall in times at 8 minutes, 6.45 sec-

onds and 3:23.22, respectively. “It would be great to bring home a trophy, but whatever

we do, if we do our best, it will be all right,” said Kucera, who anchored both of the qualifying relays. “We just wanted to get into the finals. [Today] will be where we leave it out there.” Burlington Central’s Ryan Olsen was second overall in the 400 qualifying, running 49.66 seconds. “You had to really dig through that wind, but with the weather we faced this year, it’s beautiful down here,” he said. “I’m happy with the way things went, and tomorrow should be even faster.” Burlington Central’s Lucas Ege is alive in the 300 hurdles after a 39.31 clocking. It’s his personal best so he seems to be peaking at the right time. “I always have more at the end so today I decided to sprint the whole way,” he said. “That will for sure motivate me. I think I can take a half second off [today].” That would put him right at the school record of 38.7 seconds.

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IHSA CLASS 3A HOFFMAN ESTATES SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: ST. CHARLES NORTH 1, GENEVA 0

By JAY SCHWAB jschwab@shawmedia.com

• Saturday, May 25, 2013

HOFFMAN ESTATES – The St. Charles North girls soccer team failed to score in the flow of play in either of its IHSA Class 3A Hoffman Estates Sectional matches. Even so, the North Stars are marching on by virtue of terrific defense and the ability to cash in on just enough of their dead-ball opportunities. After a corner kick goal netted North a double-overtime win in its sectional semifinal, North Stars senior Kelly Manski scored on a free kick early in the second half of Friday’s 1-0 win against Geneva in the sectional championship match. Are set pieces becoming North’s offensive sweet spot? “Not always, but we just know that we have to take advantage of them when we have them,” Manski said. The North Stars advance to Tuesday’s Barrington Supersectional against the host Fillies. North beat Barrington, 1-0, in the same supersectional last season en route to a second-place state finish. On the subject of postseason history, Geneva can’t seem to get out of North’s way. The seventh-seeded Vikings (15-9-1) played the top-seeded North Stars (19-31) especially tough this time around. “We’ve had a lot of success over the past few years, and we get overshadowed by North a lot,” Geneva coach Megan Owens said. “We always end up playing them [in the postseason]. Let’s be honest, I think aside from one year, it’s always been them that has ended our season, and of all those games, this was by far the most evenly matched one. And the awesome thing is we only graduate three and we bring back 17 plus an ACL recovery.” After a scoreless first half, North capitalized on the free kick junior forward Ashlyn Walter created after being jostled to the ground by Vikings junior Annie Waldoch.

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St. Charles North players celebrate a 1-0 win Friday over Geneva to win the IHSA Class 3A Hoffman Estates Sectional championship.

IHSA Class 3A Hoffman Estates Sectional Tuesday’s semifinals St. Charles North 1, Conant 0 (2OT) Geneva 4, Batavia 2 Friday’s championship St. Charles North 1, Geneva 0

From just outside the box, Manski rifled the free kick past Vikings junior Sam Hauser for the 1-0 edge with 33:24 to play in the second half. Manski, a Wisconsin-Milwaukee recruit, continued what has been a memorable senior season, despite drawing a late yellow card for not giving the Vikings enough space to set up a free kick. “She’s one kid I can count on all the time,” North coach Ruth Vostal said. The loss snapped a ninegame winning streak for Ge-

neva, which generated some quality chances in the second half as the Vikings sought a tying goal. Molly Axen’s header appeared to nick the crossbar with about 8 minutes to play in the half, and sophomore defender Megan Kozlow took a pair of free kicks from dangerous positions that were off the mark. Vostal said she wasn’t surprised the North Stars – who beat Geneva, 2-0, during the regular season – had an even tighter match on Friday. “Playing another Tri-Cities team, we both knew the style of each other pretty well,” Vostal said. “I know they’ve been playing great in the second half of their season and they have very talented players and seniors just like everybody does, where we knew it would be a battle.” One of those seniors is Iowa-bound forward Amanda Lulek, who naturally commanded plenty of attention

“We always end up playing them [in the postseason]. Let’s be honest, I think aside from one year, it’s always been them that has ended our season, and of all those games, this was by far the most evenly matched one.” Megan Owens, Geneva girls soccer coach on playing St. Charles North in the postseason

from North. “She’s very fast, I play club with her, and she’s an awesome player,” North midfielder Alex Gage said. “We knew we had to stay on her, and I think Megan (O’Leary) did a great job of covering the back line and clearing balls out of there. We knew they were a strong side and we could not come lacking in talent. We had to come out hard and fight.” Owens was proud that her team had North’s full attention all the way through.

“You can’t coach heart, and that’s all this team has is heart,” Owens said. “Everyone counted us out, everyone acted like because we had a few losses to really strong teams that we weren’t going to amount to anything this season, and look at how far we went. “And to be honest … I thought both teams were very evenly matched, and it comes down to who makes the least mistakes.” North goalkeeper Shelby Stitz made three saves.

IHSA BARTLETT BOYS VOLLEYBALL SECTIONAL

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St. Charles North moves on, East ousted

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By MICHAEL GIBBS editorial@kcchronicle.com BARTLETT – St. Charles North boys volleyball coach Todd Weimer does not have a mohawk or a tattoo, but that could soon change. Weimer promised his team they could get mohawks if they won a sectional, and he would join them with the funky hairstyle and/or get a tattoo if the North Stars won the state title. And after Friday’s 27-25, 2520, Bartlett Sectional semifinal win against Wheaton North, the top-seeded North Stars are one step closer to some head and body changes. This is the second time the North Stars have reached the sectional final, losing in that round in 2005. “Let’s keep it going, I don’t care who we play in the sectional final,” Weimer said. “This is fun.” The North Stars (29-6) will play No. 2 seeded Lake Park (25-12) after the Lancers defeat-

ed No. 12 seeded St. Charles East, 25-15, 25-17, in Friday’s second semifinal. That game will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Bartlett. “I am very much looking forward to getting a mohawk,” said the North Stars’ Jonathan Orech, who had 10 digs and seven kills. “I never have had hair shorter than I do now. It will be a new thing for me. It would be great to win sectional and get a mohawk.” Game 1 was tight most of the way, but the North Stars pulled away with a four-point spurt to take a 13-11 lead and make it 17-11. Jake Hamilton had an ace and Jack Harbaugh a kill during the mini-run. Harbaugh’s kill made it 20-15. However, Wheaton North (25-9), seeded fourth, fought back and tied the score at 24 and again at 25. St. Charles North won the game after Orech came through with a kill and then a block-kill.

Bartlett Sectional Friday’s semifinals St. Charles North def. Wheaton North, 2-0 (27-25, 25-20) Lake Park def. St. Charles East, 2-0 (25-15, 25-17) Tuesday’s championship St. Charles North vs. Lake Park, 7 p.m. “In the beginning we were a bit tense, but after that we got rolling and played our best,” Orech said. “We can kind of be a head-case team. But since the start of [the playoffs], we decided we’re done with that. We are going to stay focused, play smart and hard. We don’t panic in close games.” In the second game, Wheaton North jumped to a 5-1 lead, but the North Stars stormed back with six straight points to take a 7-5 lead on Hamilton’s point. The Falcons tied the score at 7, and it remained before the

North Stars opened up a 16-13 lead on a kill by Orech. Wheaton North hung around, tying the score at 17, but never taking a lead down the stretch, as two kills by Kevin Beach put the North Stars ahead, 21-18. A kill attempt that went out ended the game a short time later. Beach finished with 10 kills, Harbaugh and Hamilton had four kills each and Pat Misiewicz tallied 24 assists. In Game 1 of the second semifinal, Lake Park (24-12) got off to an 8-1 lead over the Saints (20-19). “It was a fast tempo,” said Saints setter Tom DeBruyne. “We played them before. We knew they were going to run fastballs. How they came out and played, it was difficult to handle.” East did not wilt, getting back to 14-10. However, the Lancers got the momentum right back and took a 20-12 lead. “We fought hard, but we

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were often down by so many it was just hard to recover,” Saints coach Kate McCullagh said. “When you start to see a glimpse of life, their fast offense would kind of take it from us.” The Saints, playing in their first sectional semifinal, never seriously threatened again in the first game. Lake Park came out in Game 2 determined not to let the Saints get any momentum back, taking a quick 5-0 lead before a serve that went long allowed East to get on the board. A kill by Luke Spicer kept East within striking distance at 11-6, and then on a missed Lake Park serve and violation at 12-8. The Saints stayed close, but never could put a serious dent in the Lancers’ lead. “It was frustrating,” DeBruyn said. “The score was always there, but that is not what we were focusing on. We were focusing on getting momentum and playing our game. But they kept control of the game.”

Youngsters have big day in victory By VINNIE DUBER editorial@kcchronicle.com

Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s semifinal St. Charles East 2, Glenbard East 1 Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s semifinal Geneva 12, Glenbard West 2 (5 inn.) Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s championship St. Charles East vs. Geneva, 10 a.m.

twice in the third inning, where the first four batters reached. Touro made a habit of working his way out of jams with clutch pitching or defensive help. He struck out seven to earn the win, his fifth of the season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just stay focused, trust in my defense, trust in the pitches I was throwing,â&#x20AC;? Touro said on how he was able to escape his various jams. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t throwing all strikes, but I was just trying to get whatever I could get out of there and get outs. I was trying to get outs in any situation I could.â&#x20AC;? The Vikings scored once in both the third and fourth innings before another big inning â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a four-run fifth â&#x20AC;&#x201C; proved enough to end things early. Chally and senior center fielder Bobby Hess picked up RBI singles in the inning, and the game-ending 12th run scored on a dropped third strike. Chally led the way with three RBIs, with Derr, Wassel and Montgomery all driving in a pair. Montgomery had a teamhigh three hits, while Hess scored three times. The Vikingsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 20th win of the year puts them in the regional championship game on their home field. Come 10 a.m. today, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be up against the conference-rival Saints, and Hahn already knows what to expect. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of those things thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of grown since weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve joined the conference,â&#x20AC;? Hahn said of the rivalry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to get good baseball [today]. We know that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to get a quality pitcher, quality opponent, and we know that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to have to play well to win.â&#x20AC;?

Hawks clip Stars in low-scoring struggle By DENNIS D. JACOBS

Class 4A Bartlett Regional

editorial@kcchronicle.com BARTLETT â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ankur Shah deserved a better fate. Shah pitched as well as anyone rooting for the St. Charles North baseball team could have hoped for in a Class 4A Bartlett Regional semifinal Friday afternoon, but the North Stars couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come up with any offense to support him in a 1-0 loss to the Hawks. Shah (6-4) allowed only three hits, including a bunt single and an infield single. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really proud of Ankur,â&#x20AC;? North Ankur Shah coach Todd Genke said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought he threw tremendous â&#x20AC;&#x201C; probably his best outing of the year, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had some good ones. He certainly kept us in the game. He was throwing his changeup. He had them off balance.â&#x20AC;? Shah used a slider to go along with the changeup to baffle Bartlett batters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Probably one of the best times Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever pitched at St. Charles North,â&#x20AC;? Shah said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It

Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s semifinal Hoffman Estates 5, Batavia 4 Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s semifinal Bartlett 1, St. Charles North 0 Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s championship Hoffman Estates vs. Bartlett, 11 a.m. [stinks] to end up with a loss, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s baseball.â&#x20AC;? Mike Wick hit the first pitch Shah threw in the game over the second basemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head for a single, but Shah did not give up another hit until the fifth inning. Unfortunately for North (17-18), that hit by Jake Barrutia led to the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only run. With one out, Barrutia barely got a piece of a Shah offering, hitting a ball that went about 20 feet high and barely past the pitcherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mound. Shah was the only North player with a chance to catch the ball. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I should have caught that ball maybe,â&#x20AC;? Shah said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I tripped over the rubber.â&#x20AC;? Shahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spill may have had something to do with what

happened next. After displaying pinpoint control all game, he suddenly uncorked back-toback wild pitches that allowed the runner to reach third. The Hawks tried to squeeze the run home, but Justin Blanchett bunted foul as hurler and hitter began an epic struggle. Shah nearly got a foul-tip strikeout, but catcher Ryan Thomas couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hang on to the ball. Blanchett eventually lifted a sacrifice fly to right to score Barrutia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was quite the at-bat,â&#x20AC;? Bartlett (15-14) coach Chris Pemberton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had a number of those this season. We knew he was going to foul some pitches off. We mixed in the squeeze opportunity there and we had some confidence that he was going to make some contact, and we were fortunate he got the sacrifice fly for us.â&#x20AC;? That effort made a winner out of Bartlett pitcher Colin Nowak (3-3). He labored at times through a 120-plus pitch-count performance, but the right-hander kept North off the scoreboard. North had four hits, including a double and single by Thomas, and left the bases loaded in the second.

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GENEVA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Though teams typically rely on the experience and talent of their seniors, sometimes the younger guys can come up with the same type of important contributions. A group of underclassmen figured big in the Geneva baseball teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 12-2, five-inning rout of Glenbard West in Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s IHSA Class 4A Geneva Regional semifinal. The win sets up a battle between two rivals for the regional title this morning, as the Vikings will host St. Charles East. On Friday, it was an allaround effort from Geneva, with the batters scoring a dozen times on 13 hits, and a pair of pitchers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; senior Jordan Touro and junior Max Novak â&#x20AC;&#x201C; holding the visitors to just two runs and stranding 10 base runners. The offensive onslaught kicked off with a huge second inning, when Geneva scored six runs against Glenbard West junior Grant Greeno. Sophomore catcher Nate Montgomery led off the inning with a solo home run to left-center field that accounted for the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first run. Four batters later, freshman shortstop Nick Derr drove in a run with a single up the middle, and the next hitter, freshman left fielder Jack Wassel, scored two with a triple to right field. The Vikings added two runs on junior third baseman Ben Challyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s double and to take a 6-0 lead after two innings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nick Derrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been with us all year, and then Jackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only been with us for the last couple weeks. I think theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve both done a real nice job,â&#x20AC;? Geneva coach Matt Hahn said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve both handled themselves. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t act like freshmen. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t carry themselves like freshmen. Nickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been doing it all year, and Jackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a nice addition, a nice infusion if you want to call it that.â&#x20AC;? Touro wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t at his sharpest, putting a bunch of runners on base, but Glenbard West scored

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Koenen among final four at state

Kaneland handles D-I bound pitcher

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KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE ARLINGTON HEIGHTS – St. Charles East junior Jasper Koenen squandered a pair of match points in the second set of Friday’s state quarterfinal against Lake Forest’s Peter Tarwid, and soon found himself trailing Tarwid in the set, 6-5. Already up one set on Tarwid, Koenen regrouped to hold serve and tie the second set, creating a tiebreaker. He’d come this far. Win or lose, Koenen wasn’t about to play the pressure points meekly. “I just knew I had to go for everything because I’m the Jasper Koenen underdog in that match,” Koenen said. “I just had to believe I could win that tiebreaker. He had the pressure on him to stay in that match.” Koenen prevailed in the tiebreaker to beat Tarwid, 6-4, 7-6 (4), for his fifth straight win at the state tournament. He advances to a state semifinal match at 9 a.m. today against the tournament’s No. 1 seed, Hinsdale Central sophomore Martin Joyce. Earlier on Friday, Koenen defeated University High’s Conrad Harron, 6-3, 6-4, in the round of 16. Koenen, a 9-16 seed despite only one loss on the season, pulled a pair of upsets on Friday; Harron was seeded 5-8 and Tarwid was seeded 3-4. Koenen said his backhand was particularly potent Friday in several big points. He called a Tarwid shot long on the match’s final point, a call Tarwid questioned, but the chair umpire backed Koenen. Koenen advancing to the final four of the state tournament marks the deepest push by a Saints player since Mark Barry finished third in the state in 2002. A growing crew of supporters – even a contingent from St. Charles North, where his older sisters played – are rooting on

“I just had to believe I could win that tiebreaker. He had the pressure on him to stay in that match.” Jasper Koenen St. Charles East junior tennis player on facing Lake Forest’s Peter Tarwid

Koenen, who said he won’t be intimidated in today’s semifinal against Joyce. “I know Martin well,” Koenen said. “We play at the same club and see each other not in the high school season but in the summer and the fall and the winter. We see each other every day, and we practice together. We know each other’s games, we’ve played together in the same tournaments. I just view him as another player. I’m not going to view him as the No. 1 seed or anything because that won’t help me or my confidence.” Despite his seed, Koenen said before the tournament this week that he thought he had a realistic chance to win it all. Having yet to drop a set, Koenen’s self-confidence appears to have been well-placed. “I had to believe I could win those matches, and having that mindset before the tournament really helped me today,” Koenen said. The other singles semifinal today will pit Waubonsie Valley’s Eric Marbach (5-8 seed) against Hinsdale Central’s Michael Lorenzini (9-16). In other area action on the second day of the threeday tournament, St. Charles North senior Dominick Amalraj dropped the resumption of a darkness-suspended, third round consolation match against Joliet West’s Tom Carney, 7-5, 4-6, 6-1, and the Marmion doubles tandem of Jackson Rettig and John Graft lost a fourth round consolation match against Evanston’s Sam Wiener and Connor Woolf, 6-0, 6-3.

By JARED BIRCHFIELD editorial@kcchronicle.com MAPLE PARK – Kaneland batters knew it would be a challenge to get on base against Sandwich pitcher Jake Roehn in Friday’s IHSA Class 3A Kaneland Regional semifinal. Roehn, an Ohio University recruit, already had 103 strikeouts to his credit, a Sandwich school record. The Knights struck out 10 times, but they took advantage of the base hits the right-hander gave up to beat the Indians, 6-0, and advance to today’s title game against St. Francis. “The bats came alive for an inning or two – that’s all we needed,” Kaneland coach Brian Aversa said. “Our guys did a great job of putting the ball into play.” While Kaneland pitcher Curtis Thorson (5-4) was not able to match Roehn in strikeouts, he forced Sandwich batters to hit ground balls to Knights fielders. Kaneland recorded 13 putouts on the ground. “The location of my fastball and occasionally my cur-

Class 3A Kaneland Regional Thursday’s semifinal St. Francis 6, Plano 3 Friday’s semifinal Kaneland 6, Sandwich 0 Saturday’s championship St. Francis vs. Kaneland, 11 a.m.

veball was throwing them off balance,” said Thorson, who allowed no walks and scattered six singles for the complete game shutout. The Knights took the lead in the second when they scored five runs. Kaneland (13-17) batters connected for three singles in a row to start the inning. The first run scored on the third single, a shot to left field by Thorson. The relay from the left fielder got away from Sandwich’s third baseman, allowing John Hopkins to score. Zach Martinelli’s bouncing ground ball glanced off the mitt of Indians first baseman Trey Jansen to score Ty Carlson. Thorson scored the third

run on a squeeze bunt by Tyler Bellock. Dan Miller notched an RBI when Martinelli crossed the plate on his groundout. Matt Limbrunner’s triple to right-center, the only extra base hit of the day, scored Bellock for the fifth run. “It was 0-2 so you got to protect [the plate],” Limbrunner said. “The ball just happened to be right there.” “It came down to one bad inning. Other than that we would have been right there,” said Sandwich coach Jason Van Pelt, whose team finished 13-13. “It was one of those innings where a lot crazy things happened. They got a few hits on Jake and took advantage of their opportunities when they got them.” A Carlson single plated Joe Komel in the fifth inning for the sixth run. Aversa thought facing Roehn (2-3) will help his team today against St. Francis. “It will be a tough game but we are up to the challenge,” Aversa said. “If we can hang with Roehn, we are confident in our abilities [for today].”

2013 BOYS AND GIRLS

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TRYOUTS Boys Premier Open Tryouts May 28 & May 30, 2013 (Tues & Thurs) U8-U11 .............................................. 4:30-6:00pm U12-U14 ............................................ 6:00-7:30pm

Girls Premier Open Tryouts May 29 & May 31, 2013 (Wed & Fri) U8-U11 .............................................. 4:30-6:00pm U12-U14 ............................................ 6:00-7:30pm

Boys Classic Youth Tryouts June 3 & June 5, 2013 (Mon & Wed) U8-U11 ............................................. 4:30-6:00pm U12-U14 ........................................... 6:00-7:30pm

Girls Classic Youth Tryouts June 4 & June 6, 2013 (Tues & Thurs) U8-U11 ............................................. 4:30-6:00pm U12-U14 ........................................... 6:00-7:30pm

Players should check-in at 4 p.m. (for 4:30 tryouts) and 5:30 p.m. (for 6 p.m. tryouts) and bring a water bottle and soccer ball. Participants should attend both days of tryouts. All participants wishing to tryout MUST register on-line in order to participate. Go to the TCSA website (www.tcsa.net) and click on the Tryouts box located along the right side of the page for more information about tryouts and assistance in registering. Participants will be notiﬁed of the tryout results within 48 hours of their ﬁnal tryout.

Location TCSA’s Breen Community Park South (formerly West Side Community Park South). The ﬁelds are located on Peck Road (West side of the road) just South of Route 38 and the District 303 Bus Facility.

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to enjoy every last minute of high school because I know college is coming soon. I’m just trying to enjoy every moment and enjoy everyone on the baseball field and graduation. I’m just hoping that we can advance.

How much have you been following Northwestern’s season?

How difficult is to balance baseball and all the end-of-theyear school stuff with graduation coming up?

I’m obviously focused on our season but I definitely look at theirs. They’ve been like a .500 ballclub. I don’t think they made the Big Ten tournament and that’s always the goal every year, so hopefully they can do that next year.

I mean I don’t feel overloaded at all, I’m just enjoying everything. I’m trying

Back to this team. It seems like you’ve been hitting for aver-

Weekend Chit-chat with ST. CHARLES EAST’S JOE HOSCHEIT age like crazy lately. Are you happy with what you’ve been doing offensively? Yeah, I’m just trying to hit the ball hard. To get out of that slump at the beginning of the year is huge for me. Now I’m just going up there thinking I’m going to hit the ball hard every time, and

hopefully put it in play to get some baserunners or get some runs in.

With the pitching that you guys have, do you feel like all you need to do offensively is score two runs [like Thursday] or is that kind of a dangerous thought to have? We always want to score as many runs as possible but we trust in our pitchers and it’s showing in close ballgames like this. We can win these games but once we get farther in the playoffs we know that’s not going to be an option so we need to get the bats going.

If you guys go on to play Geneva [Geneva and Glenbard West were scheduled to play

Shaw Media sports copy editor Kevin Murphy picks his top sporting events to watch this weekend:

MUST-SEE TV Pro hockey: NHL Playoffs, Western Conference semifinals, Game 5, Detroit at Blackhawks, 7 p.m., today, NBC The Blackhawks’ losing streak is now at three and the Hawks’ season is on the verge of being over, now facing a steep 3-1 deficit. I’m not giving up hope, but let’s face it, the Hawks need a “Miracle on Ice” to win the series.

Auto racing: IRL, IndyCar, Indianapolis 500, 11 a.m., Sunday, ABC If you watch one IndyCar race, this is one is the tops. This race will also feature

Murf’s ’Mote Kevin Murphy four female drivers, for only the second time in history.

SET THE DVR Tennis: French Open, first round, at Paris, 4 a.m. Sunday, ESPN2 Unless you’re getting up early, be sure to definitely record this. Although this is my least favorite of the Grand Slams because of the red clay courts, extreme time difference and Americans typically not faring well, be sure to catch some matches. Serena Williams will be the Americans’ best hopes in the women’s single draw. She’s

won a career-best 24 matches in a row. She’s won two of the three last majors, the Olympics. As long as she’s healthy, there’s no stopping the world No. 1, who defeated No. 3 Victoria Azarenka last weekend on clay courts. What makes me nervous and saving space on the DVR? Williams’ only title at Roland Garros came back in 2002 and she dropped her only first-round match in a Grand Slam in an opening-round match last year.

CATCH THE HIGHLIGHTS LATER Pro baseball: Miami at White Sox, 6 p.m., today, Fox

have to thank the scheduling gods. And if you’re a Cubs fan, you’re hoping for a couple of Sox injuries before the SoxCubs series starts Monday.

OF NOTE College rowing – women’s: Big Ten rowing, (tape delay), 4 p.m., Sunday, BTN Spoiler alert, the Big Ten Championships were held in Indianapolis with the Wisconsin rowing team finishing third. Kate Condon of Geneva was the coxswain on the Second Varsity Four boat for the Badgers.

Did the White Sox win a series against Boston? And they get a series against the lowly Marlins, at home? If you’re a White Sox fan, you

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

Auto racing NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Coca-Cola 600, at Concord, N.C., 5 p.m., Fox College rowing – women’s Big Ten rowing, (tape delay), 4 p.m., BTN Golf PGA Tour, Crowne Plaza Invitational, final round, at Fort Worth, Texas, 2 p.m., CBS LPGA, Bahamas Classic, final round, at Paradise Island, Bahamas, 2 p.m., TGC Pro baseball Cubs at Cincinnati, noon, CSN N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 12:30 p.m., TBS

Miami at White Sox, 1 p.m., WGN Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 7 p.m., ESPN Pro basketball NBA playoffs, Eastern Conference finals, Game 3, Miami at Indiana, 7:30 p.m., TNT Pro hockey NHL playoffs, Eastern Conference semifinals, Game 6, Pittsburgh at Ottawa, TBD., NBCSN NHL playoffs, Western Conference semifinals, Game 6, Los Angeles at San Jose, 6:30 p.m., NBCSN Tennis French Open, first round, at Paris, 11 a.m., NBC; 4 a.m., ESPN2

WHAT TO WATCH TODAY’S LINEUP Auto racing NASCAR, Nationwide Series, History 300, at Concord, N.C., 1:45 p.m., ABC Golf PGA Tour, Crowne Plaza Invitational, third round, at Fort Worth, Texas, noon, TGC; 2 p.m., CBS LPGA, Bahamas Classic, third round, at Paradise Island, Bahamas, 2 p.m., TGC Pro baseball Regional coverage, N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay or Colorado at San Francisco, 3 p.m., MLB Cubs at Cincinnati, 3 p.m., WGN

Miami at White Sox, 6 p.m., Fox Pro basketball Playoffs, Western Conference finals, Game 3, San Antonio at Memphis, 8 p.m., ESPN Pro hockey NHL Playoffs, Eastern Conference semifinals, Game 5, N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 4:30 p.m., NBCSN NHL Playoffs, Western Conference semifinals, Game 5, Detroit at Blackhawks, 7 p.m., NBC Tennis French Open, first round, at Paris, 4 a.m., Sunday, ESPN2 SUNDAY’S LINEUP

No, not really at all. I know they feel comfortable here but we do, too. I mean, we’ve won regional titles two of the last three years here so we feel comfortable with this field. We just come out and play hard every game. It doesn’t matter really where we play.

You’ve caught [in the past]. Do you miss that at all? Yeah, I do. I think I’m going to be doing a little of that at Northwestern, too, so I’m going to work on that this summer. But [Adam Rojas is] doing a great job behind there. … If he keeps up the defense behind the plate, we’ll be in good shape.

PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Boys track: IHSA state meet Boys tennis: IHSA state meet Baseball: St. Charles East vs. Geneva at 4A Geneva Regional, 10 a.m.; Burlington Central vs. Hampshire at 3A Burlington Central Regional, 11 a.m.; St. Francis vs. Kaneland at 3A Kaneland Regional, 11 a.m. Softball: Aurora Central Catholic vs. Gordon Tech at 2A Lisle Sectional, 11 a.m.; Kaneland vs. Rosary at 3A Rosary Regional, 11 a.m.; Wheaton Academy vs. Montini at 3A Chicago Payton Regional, 11 a.m.; Burlington Central vs. Marengo at 3A Sycamore Regional, 11 a.m.; St. Francis vs. Ridgewood at 3A St. Francis Regional, 11 a.m.; St. Charles East vs. Conant at 4A Glenbard West Regional, 11 a.m.; St. Charles North vs. South Elgin at 4A St. Charles North Regional, 11 a.m. Girls soccer: St. Francis vs. Fenwick at 2A Riverside-Brookfield Sectional final, 11 a.m.

• Saturday, May 25, 2013

Blackhawks almost done for TV viewers?

Friday], does it matter that it’s on their field? Does the venue matter at all in baseball?

SPORTS | Kane County Chronicle / KCChronicle.com

St. Charles East senior left fielder Joe Hoscheit went 3 for 3 in Thursday’s 2-1 Saints win against Glenbard East in an IHSA Class 4A Geneva Baseball Regional semifinal. Hoscheit, a Northwestern recruit, spoke with sports editor Jay Schwab after the game about his recent offensive success, this morning’s regional championship game at Geneva and trying to stay focused with graduation looming on Sunday. The following is an edited transcript:

COUGARS 8, CHIEFS 1

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Johnson sharp in Cougars victory

Kane County Chronicle / KCChronicle.com • Saturday, May 25, 2013

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE PEORIA – Pierce Johnson struck out eight over 6⅔ innings to lead the Kane County Cougars’ to an 8-1 victory over the Peoria Chiefs on Friday at Dozer Park. Johnson (3-3) struck out four of the first five hitters he faced and ended up with six strikeouts looking. Between his two starts on the road trip, Johnson punched out 17 hitters in 12⅔ innings. He only allowed a run on six hits in the contest while walking a pair. Johnson was handed the lead in the top of the fourth. Dan Vogelbach started the inning by reaching on an error from first baseman Patrick Wisdom. Jeimer Candelario singled in front of a Rock Shoulders walk to load the bases. Yaniel Cabezas unloaded them by tripling into the right-field corner, scoring all three runners. David Bote finished the run by singling home Cabezas to give the Cougars (21-24) a 4-0 lead. Peoria (23-22) got one run

Cougars host 2nd annual Ozzie 5K

Next for the Cougars Beloit at Cougars, 3:30 p.m. today (DH), AM1280 back in the bottom of the fourth as Ildemaro Vargas and Jacob Wilson singled to start the inning. Two batters later, Michael Swinson walked to fill the bases while Carson Kelly’s sac fly drew home Vargas. Nick Martini fouled out to keep the Chiefs from getting closer. In the seventh, the Cougars broke the game open against reliever Joe Scanio. Pin-Chieh Chen and Albert Almora reached on consecutive singles while Vogelbach walked to load the bags. Shoulders drew a walk to score Chen, making it 5-1. Marco Hernandez singled in Almora while Vogelbach scored on a wild pitch. David Bote’s groundout to short scored Shoulders.

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The Kane County Cougars hosted the second annual Ozzie’s Home Run and Walk 5K on May 18. The event started and finished at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark, with the finish line being home plate. Participants were seen on the stadium’s videoboard through a live-feed camera. The first 300 registrants received a commemorative race drawstring bag along with a complimentary ticket voucher for a Cougars game this season. A portion of race proceeds will be donated to Ozzie’s Outreach, the Cougars’ charitable arm that gives back to various causes each year in the community.

SPORTS NEIGHBORS BULLETIN BOARD Kaneland Soccer Club to hold tryouts

Golfing for Good set for June 10 in St. Charles

The Kaneland Soccer Club announces its tryouts for the 2013-14 season. The travel soccer club features teams for boys and girls ages 8 through 18. Tryouts for boys are scheduled for next week. All tryouts will take place at Kaneland High School in Maple Park. The club’s website, kanelandunitedsoccerclub.com, lists specific times for age group team tryouts. Preregistration is strongly encouraged so that the required forms and medical releases can be completed ahead of time. For more information, visit the team’s website or email club director Brad Simmons, bradsimmons71@yahoo.com, or training director Brad Schlemmer, bschlemmer@hotmail.com.

The “Golfing for Good” event will be June 10 at the Royal Fox Country Club in St. Charles. This event will benefit both Lazarus House and the St. Charles Kiwanis. Lazarus House and St. Charles Kiwanis Foundation are both 501(c)(3) charitable organizations, so donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Tickets are $175 a golfer and include 18 holes with a cart, lunch, dinner and all the evening events. Evening-only event includes dinner, dessert bar, auctions, and live entertainment with tickets at $55. To RSVP, contact Michael at 630-624-0229 or go online at kiwanisofstcharles. org and click Fundraisers to register. See BOARD, page 29

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Waubonsee baseball advances to NJCAA Division III World Series

SPORTS NEIGHBORS BULLETIN BOARD • BOARD A vacation stay at a 5-bedroom Sanibel Island home is up for bid. Several themed baskets are being built. Item donations are still being accepted. For more information on donating, call Julie Purcell at 630587-2144. To learn about the wide array of sponsorship opportunities, call Brian Ducey at 224-678-8838.

Geneva Chamber golf outing set for June 13 Feeling Lucky? You will be if you are at the Geneva Chamber Golf Outing on June 13 at Mill Creek Golf Club, 39W525 Herrington Drive, Geneva. A Breakfast buffet starts at 8:30 a.m. followed by a shotgun start at 10 a.m. with lunch included. To close out the evening, golfers will enjoy a dinner cookout at 4 p.m. with an awards ceremony and auction. Proceeds from the outing will help Geneva festivals. Sign-up as a single golfer or groups of four; reservations for dinner only are also available. This outing is open to the public. Register online at www. golfinvite.com/genevachamber. For questions, contact Kristine Kowalski at 847-289-3289 or the Chamber at 630-232-6060. See BOARD, page 30

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LEFT: Ryan Fejt throws a pitch to a Harper batter during the Waubonsee baseball team’s 13-1 victory to win the NJCAA Region IV Division III tournament championship Sunday in Sugar Grove. Fejt pitched seven innings, limiting Harper to seven hits and one unearned run. Geneva’s Kyle Bender closed out the game for the Hawks. TOP: Waubonsee players pose with their regional championship trophy. The Hawks return to the NJCAA Division III World Series for the first time since 2010 and will face Brookhaven today.

FACE TIME WITH NICOLE KOVAC

Where did you grow up? Naperville Pets? A goldendoodle named Harley Who would play you in the movie of your life? Reese Witherspoon First job? Mowing farmland in Minnesota As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to help the elderly, and I do. I am the life

enrichment director at Central DuPage Hospital. A book you’d recommend? “Twilight” by Stephenie Meyer Do you speak another language? Norwegian. My whole family is from Norway. Favorite charity? Beautiful U Ministries What game show would you be on? “Wheel of Fortune” Favorite local restaurant? The Little Owl in Geneva What is an interesting factoid about yourself? I met Michael Jordan. We had bench side seats and the ball came at us and he said, “Sorry. Sorry.” And I met Garth Brooks at a concert.

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VFW Post 1197 to hold Memorial Day ceremony WHAT: Batavia VFW Post 1197 will host its annual Memorial Day ceremony. The community is invited to attend. WHEN: 10 a.m. Monday WHERE: Hangar, 645 S. River St., Batavia INFO: Call the VFW at 630-879-9630.

Ceremony at Veterans Assistance Commision WHAT: The Kane County Veterans Assistance Commission has planned a Memorial Day ceremony. It is on the front grounds of building A in the Kane County Government Center. WHEN: 3 p.m. Monday WHERE: Kane County Veterans Memorial at 719 S. Batavia Ave., Geneva

United Methodist to hold pancake breakfast Monday WHAT: The Men’s Club at Geneva United Methodist Church will host its 60th Memorial Day pancake breakfast. All proceeds will go

to a variety of charities, including Lazarus and Hessed House shelters, The Salvation Army Food Pantry, Tri-City Services and many others. The cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children ages 12 and younger. WHEN: 7 to 11 a.m. Monday WHERE: 211 Hamilton St., Geneva

St. Charles to hold Memorial Day celebrations WHAT: The city of St. Charles will celebrate Memorial Day with official ceremonies and a parade. WHEN: At 6 a.m. Monday, there will be a flag raising at Baker Community Center, 101 S. Second St. At 6:30 p.m., cemetery ceremonies at South Cemetery on the east side of Seventh Avenue north of Madison Avenue; at North Cemetery on the west side of Route 25 north of Johnor Avenue; and at Union Cemetery on the east side of Route 25 north of Stonehedge Road. At 10 a.m., the parade steps off at Sixth and Main streets and continues to Riverside Avenue. At 10:45 a.m., there is a memorial ceremony at the Freedom Shrine along the river west of the St. Charles Police Department,

211 N. Riverside Ave. In the event of inclement weather, it will be held inside St. Charles Fire Station 1, 112 N. Riverside Ave. WHERE: Throughout St. Charles INFO: For information, call 630-587-6444.

Memorial Day observance set for Monday WHAT: The Sugar Grove Memorial Day observance will begin when Sugar Grove American Legion members leave from the building. Cars, bikes and trucks are welcome. There will not be a Memorial Day breakfast this year. WHEN: 9 a.m. Monday WHERE: 65 First St., Sugar Grove. Members will then head to Jericho Cemetery, which is on the east side of Mighell Road, north of Base Line Road. From there, they will head to the Sugar Grove Cemetery, which is on the north side of Merrill Road, west of Bliss Road, arriving at approximately 10 a.m. for the color guard. INFO: For information, or to volunteer, call 630-466-9700.

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SPORTS NEIGHBORS BULLETIN BOARD tion to kids from ages 6 to 14 years • BOARD Continued from page 29 Aurora Christian basketball camp The Aurora Christian high school boys basketball program will conduct a summer camp for boys entering grades 3 through 9. Session one will be 9 a.m. to noon June 17 through 21, and session two will be 1 to 4 p.m. June 17 through 21. Camp director is Eagles varsity coach Pat McNamara. For more information, contact McNamara at 630-553-2737 or email him at pegmac@comcast.net.

Bears camp coming to Geneva in July With former Bears like Desmond Clark, Allan Ellis, Kris Haines, Al Harris, Jim Morrissey and Mickey Pruitt providing support, Chicago Bears Youth Football Camps will return this summer to 18 northern Illinois locations, including a camp in Geneva at St. Peter School from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 22-26. Chicago Bears Youth Football Camps provide noncontact instruc-

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May daze Feeling the pain during a deceptively lovely month May. What a deceptively lovely month. It begins innocently enough, with those sweet little May baskets festooned with ribbons and fresh blooms, but by month’s end, most parents of school children are flat on their backs begging for mercy. Yes, May, you got me again. You’re worse than Christmas. You’re kicking my butt. Even the teachers are feeling it. Don’t ask me how I know. And my editor, who probably didn’t appreciate getting emails from me while I finished last week’s column on a big yellow bus churning with 49 singing sixth-graders en route to the zoo. I’m guessing she’s feeling it, too. Final projects, final exams and final field trips. Throw enough of these routine-benders into one month, not to mention all of the rescheduled soccer games that were rained-out in April – including the ones Noah referees – and someone is bound to get a little loopy. Or testy. “Mom, I’m not going off to war, I’m going to a baseball game,” Holly quipped, after I reminded her to put on sunscreen and pack an extra water bottle, before she left home for a Kane County Cougars field trip. “Uh huh,” I replied, as I made her shove a sweatshirt into her already-full backpack. It’s any wonder we don’t all have tics. Or maybe we do. And what about all of those special dances, proms, recitals and graduations? I dodged the bullet, this May. Got none of those to squeeze in. (And thank God I’m a recovering Catholic or I might have First Communions and confirmations to attend, too.) The thing is, we don’t just have to make time for all of this stuff. We must appropriately clothe everyone for everything, too. May isn’t cheap. I remember, pre-kids, when the only checks I had to write were for rent and Glamour magazine. I laughed (or was I whimpering?) when I recalled that. And then I picked up my pen. “You’re writing that down, aren’t

TALES FROM THE MOTHERHOOD Jennifer DuBose you,” Holly asked. I nodded, and then we headed out to spend more money. This time, for a Jane Goodall costume. Yes, my animal- lover typecast herself as the chimpanzee researcher for a biography breakfast at her middle school. And she needed something to wear. And a nametag. Right? Wrong. “Mom, the chimps didn’t care what her name was,” Holly said. Haha, true. Poor kid, I needled her all week long, that week, with my suggestion that she include Goodall’s death on her project timeline, as I was certain I’d heard news of Goodall’s death among the gorillas, years ago. “She’s not dead, Mom,” she repeated, growing ever-wearier each time I mentioned Goodall’s alleged demise, “and they weren’t gorillas. They were chimpanzees. They’re not the same.” Seems she’s right, on both counts. One of my mom friends, Danice, with whom I chatted while helping to supervise the biography breakfast, had just heard Goodall interviewed on NPR the day before. She’s alive! I almost humiliated Holly by running over to her table to hug her in apology. So, who died then? That afternoon I called my Mom, who knows everything. This time she didn’t, though, and consulted Google, for answers. “Please tell me someone died at the hands of a gorilla,” I said, sighing, preferring not to learn that I’d lost my mind. Turns out I was thinking of anthropologist Mary Leakey, who died in 1996 in Kenya. Or maybe it was Diane Fossey, whose 1985 death among her beloved gorillas remains shrouded in mystery. Was she killed by gorillas? Or was it the poachers who killed her

as she struggled to protect them? You may recall the movie “Gorillas in the Mist.” Yeah, that was her. Anyhow, this debate may have happened the last week in April, now that I think about it, but I digress. And besides, “Mom! They were chimpanzees!” Holly reminded me, again. Right. I’m thinking a tic may be the least of my concerns. By the time I helped Noah finish up one of his final projects (“help” might be a strong word, actually), I was giddy from exhaustion. But that didn’t stop me from coming up with a real winner, regarding social customs in Cameroon. Did you know that handshakes between men in this African country are often combined with a snap on the release? Noah, so weary from slogging through schoolwork that he was lying face-down on the floor beside the laptop, didn’t believe it either until he found references to it on another website. Then, naturally, we spent the next 10 minutes trying to perfect the handshake. And laughing. I so love those unexpected moments with my children when pressure seems magically relieved! But it’s a good thing I only have two. What about moms who have more? Noah’s preschool teacher once quipped that she remembers nothing from the Vietnam War era because she was too busy raising four. I believe it. I’m just trying to get through May, and it’s flattening me, what with all of the crazy stuff on the calendar. Forget about funerals. Anyone who expects me to show up at theirs had better have the decency to wait ’til June to kick the bucket. I’m grieving my sanity, this month. I probably won’t remember a thing. It’s a good thing I wrote this column.

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

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St. Charles Public Library staff members Marlise Schiltz (from left), Vickie McFarland and Jean Langlais pose with a custom auto sunshade, which is one of many summer reading 2013 prizes.

Summer reading program to begin KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com ST. CHARLES – Public libraries throughout Illinois are getting ready for the summer reading programs for students and adults of all ages. The St. Charles Public Library will kick off the 2013 Summer Book Club, “Have Book-Will Travel,” on Wednesday, May 29. The program will run through Aug. 7. The summer reading program offers a variety of programs for readers and cardholders of all ages. Adults and young adults can register at the readers services or adult reference desk beginning May 29. Sign-in with a book log at least once between June 12 and Aug. 7 for a chance to win prizes. Readers finishing grades six through 12 may register in adult or youth services. Read or listen to books, receive coupons, a T-shirt and enter weekly drawings. Infants, preschool children and elementary students can select from one of five age-appropriate reading clubs in youth services at the book club desk. Thirty-four local businesses are sponsoring the summer reading program with a wide variety of food and entertainment reward coupons for each level. The St. Charles Public Library is located at One South Sixth Ave. in St. Charles. For more information, visit www. st.charleslibrary.org or call 630-584-0076.

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Mastering mulch Every two to three years in the spring we perform a ritual at our house that is repeated at many other homes in our area – the spreading of the mulch. This has become such a tradition it should be noted on our calendars as Mulch Day! This year as I watched the truck dump a huge pile of mulch on our driveway I started thinking about why we do this. What is the purpose of mulch? Are there right and wrong ways to spread it? There are many good reasons to mulch garden beds. Mulch helps retain moisture in the soil and control weeds. Organic mulch improves the soil as it breaks down, increasing aeration and drainage. It provides a buffer between tree trunks and lawn equipment thus reducing mower damage to tree bark. Finally, it gives a neat, well-cared-for appearance to our gardens. Spreading mulch is a simple task, but there are right and wrong ways of doing it. Here are the correct steps to take: 1. Apply to a depth of 2 to 4 inches. Mulch that is too thickly applied will smother roots. 2. Use organic material such as wood chips, pine needles, chopped leaves or compost mixes. 3. Apply only as needed. Different materials decompose at different rates. If too much mulch is applied over time it can lead to excess moisture in the root zones that can cause rot and disease. Raking mulch can give a fresh appearance without the need for an additional layer. 4. Leave 2”-3” of space around the stems of perennials. 5. Do not mound mulch

LEARNING TO GROW Suzanne Thorne up against the base of a tree. These “volcanoes” are detrimental to the tree, but the damage occurs over time so the connection between the mulch hills and dying tree is not immediately apparent. Mulch piled up against the tree bark creates a dark, moist environment that promotes rot and invites disease and insects that destroy the tree bark. Bark is meant to protect the tree trunk and it needs light and air to remain healthy. Mulch piles also produce heat that may kill the inner bark or phloem layer of young trees impeding the flow of nutrients in the tree. Finally, mulch piles promote the development of secondary roots that can encircle the trunk and choke off the main roots. Applying mulch around the base of a tree is a good thing, but spread it only up to and not against the bark. Mastering the do’s and don’ts of mulch is simple – use organic material and don’t spread too thickly or against stems or bark. If you follow these rules, your garden will remain healthy and beautiful for many years. Happy Mulch Day!

• Suzanne Thorne is a University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener for Kane County. Call the extension office at 630-584-6166 to learn more.

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Photo, poetry contest to celebrate Get Outdoors Day 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 Saturday, 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. 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 the deadline of Friday, May 31. Visit www.riverparkofgeneva.com for rules and details.

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NORTH AURORA – The fourth annual North Aurora Community Parade, hosted by the North Aurora Mothers Club, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 2. The parade kicks off at Clocktower Plaza, at the corner of Randall Road and Oak Street, North Aurora, and heads east to Island Park on the riverfront. This year’s theme is “One Village, Many Faces.” After the parade, the North Aurora River District Alliance will sponsor a post-parade party with food vendors, family-friendly ac-

Delnor Health & Wellness Center to host mulisport triathlon GENEVA – Delnor Health & Wellness Center, at 296 Randall Road, Geneva, is hosting the 13th annual Multisport Madness Triathlon Team Youth Triathlon on May 26. The race is designed for beginner athletes looking to tackle their first triathlon, as well as experienced triathletes. In addition to offering normal distances for kids ages 6 to 16, the Kids’ Triathlon includes a “Youth F-1

Elite” wave in order to give some of the 12- to 16-year-old athletes on the local MMTT, in addition to any other participants with race experience, the opportunity to compete in a draft-legal race that is similar to the national competitions in which the team competes. The junior race will begin at 7 a.m. The senior race will follow. The race entry fee is $45. For information, visit www.mmtt3. org or contact John Lorenz at 847909-3200. TTY for the hearing impaired is at 630-208-4399.

Park district to host Tiny Tots Track Meet ST. CHARLES – The St. Charles Park District has planned a Tiny Tots Track Meet, set for 10 a.m. Saturday, June 1, at Thompson Middle School’s Reid Field, 705 E. Main St., St. Charles. Organized by age, tots will participate in four running events and one field event. The event is for children ages 3 to 6. The cost is $12 for residents and $18 for nonresidents. Advance registration is required at www.stcparks.org.

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TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), poet/essayist/philosopher; Mike Myers (1963), actor/comedian; Miguel Tejada (1974), baseball player; Lauryn Hill (1975), singer; Brian Urlacher (1978), retired football player. – United Feature Syndicate

HOROSCOPE By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association TODAY – You are likely to make some of your greatest gains just when it looks like everything is grinding to an abrupt halt. It will prove that you should never give up. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Unusual benefits are likely to be derived from a rare partnership arrangement. Each of you is likely to have what the other wants. CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Discard your present procedures if they haven’t been working and implement a fresh approach. Be resourceful, and obstacles will melt away. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – A spur-of-themoment invitation could lead to a rather interesting encounter. At least consider the offer, because chances are it’ll never happen again. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Some unexpected changes could enable you to finalize a situation that has been difficult to resolve. If an opening should occur, move swiftly. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – You’ll quickly realize that your mind is working better than your muscles at present. Stick to matters that require brain, not brawn. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Your financial trends are on the upswing. Chances are you find some good ways to both make and save money. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – You should quickly take advantage of a pleasant social surprise. This particular opportunity presents itself far too infrequently to be ignored. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Some of your best ideas are likely to come when you are off by yourself, free from all distractions. If you are in need of some fresh thoughts, try solitude. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Conditions in general look to be quite hopeful. Maintain an optimistic outlook at all times, even when it appears you are stuck in a rut. Things could change quickly. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Don’t hesitate to use your ingenuity and resourcefulness to advance your financial and career situations. Things are breaking in your favor. ARIES (March 21-April 19) – You have your own unique way of handling certain things. Use it today, regardless of how strange or unusual it may seem to others. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – There is a good chance you could become involved in an unorthodox commercial matter. Its unusual nature will yield a hefty profit.

Awesome animation is not enough to save ‘Epic’ By AL ALEXANDER More Content Now Cross “Avatar” with “The Borrowers” and you have the erroneously titled “Epic,” an idea-starved tale feverishly vying to conceal its shortcomings behind an awesome display of 3-D animation. Drawing inspiration from a children’s novel by Michael Joyce, a horde of five writers, including Joyce, have assembled a collection of cartoon fantasy cliches, complete with dead mothers, absent-minded professors and a strong, obstinate heroine whose power is often usurped by her macho cohorts. The goal is to save a magical forest from the Boggans, a loathsome collection of evildoers bent on decaying every living thing they can get their grubby little hands on. And by “little,” I mean tiny, as in almost microscopic. They are, of course, representative of every greedy corporation guilty of raping the Earth of its flora and fauna. Take that, GOP! It’s a leftist message that would be admirable if the script – and Chris Wedge’s heavy-handed direction – didn’t continually assault you with pro-environmental sermons delivered by the war-mongering subjects of a hierarchy ruled by a green queen (gratingly voiced by a miscast Beyonce) with nothing better to do than parade around in a floating chariot seeking adoration. At least her minions, called the Leafmen, don’t rely on fossil fuels. They fly on the backs of birds (Now, in what James Cameron movie have I seen this before?) and sport costumes that look like the Jolly Green Giant’s hand-me-downs from when he was no bigger than his peas. The leader of the Leafmen is Ronin, a rugged, blockheaded type with a brogue that makes him sound a lot like Colin Farrell. As if having the queen’s back and fending off Boggans wasn’t enough, Ronin also plays foster parent to his hapless teen protege named Nod, whose moniker was no doubt inspired by his tendency to make audiences nod off. He’s voiced

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When the forest comes under siege, Ronin takes to the skies to protect them. with the charisma of an insurance salesman by Josh Hutcherson, who is basically playing a miniature version of his Peeta from “The Hunger Games.” Only this time, his amorous eyes aren’t trained on Katnis. They’re affixed to the Katnis wannabe Mary Katherine (Amanda Seyfried), or “MK” as she likes to be called. She’s the human heroine of the piece, and like Dorothy from “The Wizard of Oz.” (I told you this movie rips off just about every fairytale.) Through the magic of movie making, MK is almost immediately swept off to an enchanted land under siege by the powers of evil. But unlike Dorothy, or Alice (another obvious influence), MK is shrunken to Leafman size during the process. All she needs now is to find the story’s equivalent of the ruby slippers to get back to her goofy, recently widowed scientist father, Bomba (Jason Sudeikis), who coincidently just happens to have made it his life’s work to find these tiny forest creatures – a

venture that’s made him a laughingstock in the eyes of everyone from his colleagues to his daughter. Movies just don’t get more derivative than this one, which – true to its green theme – fervently believes in recycling. Its only salvation is the dazzling 3-D animation, which at times looks almost lifelike. It’s a thing of beauty, too, with the animators creating a lush, forest environment that is every bit as impressive as the one in “Avatar.” But like that overpraised hit, “Epic” gets bogged down by expository dialogue and leaden action scenes that renders it as anything but fresh. Add to that an underwhelming collection of voice talent that includes an awful Steven Tyler as a wizened caterpillar, Chris O’Dowd and Aziz Ansari as the requisite slapstick sidekicks, and a wasted Christoph Waltz as the leader of the Baggons, and you have a flick that can’t come close to matching its presumptuous title.

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Operation to restore hearing loss has risks and benefits Dear Doctor K: I’ve been gradually losing my hearing. My doctor says he can restore my hearing with a procedure called stapedectomy. Can you tell me about it? Dear Reader: To answer your question, I need to explain how you hear. It is an amazing process. Sound travels in waves through the air into your ear canal. Inside the ear canal, the sound waves are amplified. The waves strike your eardrum. The eardrum is a thin membrane, similar to the wall of a balloon. Right behind the eardrum is a group of tiny bones called ossicles. When the sound waves cause the eardrum to vibrate, the vibration is transmitted to the tiny bones. These bones then transmit the vibrations through fluid in a part of your inner ear called the cochlea. Inside the cochlea are tiny hairs. Vibrations in the fluid are transmitted to the hairs. When the hairs vibrate, signals are sent up the main nerve for hearing. Those signals then land in a part of the brain where the signal is received and interpreted. Why is the way we hear so complicated? Don’t ask me, I didn’t design it. But I count

ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff myself lucky every day that I can hear. Not surprisingly with such a complex process, many things can go wrong. For example, hearing loss can occur when something blocks sound waves from passing through the outer or middle ear. The source of the obstruction can be any number of things: earwax, fluid, inflammation, a cyst or other abnormal growth, or something accidentally lodged in the ear. Not unexpectedly, this happens more often in infants than in adults. But I once saw a man in his 50s who was having trouble hearing in his left ear. It turned out he had the cotton from the end of a Q-tip stuck inside his ear canal. The obstruction can also be caused by otosclerosis, which is most likely the cause of your hearing loss. Otosclerosis is the abnormal growth of the tiny ossicle bones. It usually occurs on the stapes, the smallest ossicle in the

middle ear. Hearing loss occurs because the stiffened stapes can no longer vibrate and pass sound waves from the ear canal to the inner ear. Stapedectomy can correct otosclerosis. Working through the ear canal, the surgeon removes all or part of the stapes. He or she replaces it with an artificial stapes that can vibrate. (I’ve put an illustration of this procedure on my website, AskDoctorK.com.) A major risk of stapedectomy is hearing loss, which can be total. Some doctors will not operate until the hearing loss is great enough to justify the risks of surgery. With newer techniques and materials, the risks of this operation are not as great as they used to be. Still, it’s important to discuss the risks and benefits with your doctor. If you decide to go ahead with it, choose a surgeon who performs this operation frequently.

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Dr. Wallace: I’m 17 and have a part-time job two nights a week to help pay for my college expenses. My grandmother bought me (bless her) a used car for transportation to and from work. I’m pleased that the price of gasoline has declined lately. That really helps. But since I pay for my insurance I’m shocked at the premium, even for minimum protection. The insurance agent said the price was high because I’m a teenager and that the only reason he provided me with insurance was the fact that my father’s and my mother’s cars are insured by his company. When I was taking driver’s education in school, I learned that teens have the best eye-hand-foot coordination and therefore are considered the best drivers possible. Since that’s true, why do teens pay a higher car insurance premium? I think it’s just another “rip teens off” scam. What do you think? – Ella, Columbus, Ohio Dear Ella: It’s very true that teens have all the physical “tools” to be the safest drivers on the roads. But, unfortunately, some teens lack the maturity and all have little driving experience. Sprinkle in youthful exuberance and the result is that teens have more accidents per driver than any other age group. Insurance companies base their rates on accident averages and the averages for teens are high. That’s the reason your insurance rate is high. Dr. Wallace: My sis-

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace ter is a very pretty girl and has a wonderful figure. The problem she has is that she isn’t interested in dating, even though she is almost 17. All she thinks about is studying, playing the piano and being a model. I’m sure she isn’t dating because she is rather shy. To help her get started dating, I wonder if it would be proper for me to ask my boyfriend’s friend to ask her out. They have seen each other, and both think that the other is cute. I’m now 19 and have been dating for four years. It’s been great fun, and I’d like my sister to share in that enjoyment. – Nameless, Houston, Texas

Dear Nameless: Ask your sister if she would like your assistance in fixing her up with this certain guy. If she says yes, then all’s well that ends well. But if your sister refuses the offer, then bite your tongue. Many 17-year-olds have chosen not to date just yet. Believe me, when the right time comes, your sister won’t need you to play Cupid. • 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. Email him at rwallace@galesburg. net.

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Dear Abby: My husband and I have been married 38 years. He doesn’t drink, smoke, do drugs or chase women. But ... Twenty years ago we stopped giving each other gifts on all occasions because he didn’t like shopping for me. I let him off the hook and said I didn’t really mind. However, on his birthday I take him to his favorite seafood restaurant and bake him his favorite cake. My birthday gets forgotten. There is a special dessert that I love that is found only at a bakery across town. I have told him for the past 10 years how much I’d love that dessert for my birthday. He has never once bought it for me. For such a small thing, it hurts my feelings a lot. Am I being silly? – Slighted In Indiana Dear Slighted: You’re not being silly. You WERE being silly when you told your husband 20 years ago that you didn’t mind if he ignored your birthday and other special occasions, because

it wasn’t true (or perhaps the effect on you has been cumulative). So, open your mouth and tell your husband – in plenty of time for your next birthday – EXACTLY what you want from him. If you don’t, you’ll get the same thing you have been getting, which is nothing. Dear Abby: I’m 13 and in junior high school. When we all came back after a break we were greeted with the news that one of the students in our class had died. We were only told that the death was “ruled an accident,” but nothing else. Is it wrong or disrespectful to speculate what happened to our classmate? – Curious In The Northwest Dear Curious: Speculating is neither wrong nor disrespectful. When people are given no information, it is normal for them to wonder. After the death of your classmate, I’m surprised grief counseling wasn’t offered to help you and your fellow students deal with the loss, because that is what should have happened.

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Dear Abby: I’m a 21-year-old nursing student in college. I’m a “people person” and everyone says I’m easy to talk to. According to my friends, I am pretty, smart, funny, etc., but I have never had a boyfriend. I was extremely sick throughout high school and during my early college years, and spent a lot of time in and out of the hospital. It has been only during the last couple of years that I have been healthy enough to even consider dating, and now I have no clue what to do. I am naturally friendly and sometimes guys I’m NOT interested in think I’m flirting with them. However, when I try to flirt with a guy, it never works. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. Do you have any tips for me, Dear Abby, on how to let a guy know I’m interested? – Losing The Dating Game In Florida Dear Losing: Yes. Be your outgoing, friendly self with everyone. Don’t be afraid to smile and make eye contact. That’s the way you let others know you’re interested. The problem with “trying” to flirt is that it can come across as awkward and aggressive.

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CELEBRITY CIPHER

We have been looking at transfers into the majors. But what about transfers into the minors? Look, for example, at the North hand. What would you respond after partner opens one no-trump? Only regular and experienced partnerships should use transfers into the minors, primarily because their frequency is so low. Here, for example, if North’s long suit were a major, he would transfer into that suit and insist on making it trumps. But since it is a minor and the hand has no singleton or void or strength for a slam, North should raise to three no-trump. Go for the ninetrick game, not the 11-trick. South is in three no-trump, and West leads the heart king. What should South do? Declarer has six top tricks: two spades, one heart, two diamonds and one club. Obviously, the others must come from dummy’s diamonds. This means assuming that the missing diamonds are breaking 3-2, not 4-1 or 5-0. Next, South should duck (lose) the first trick – the Bath Coup. If West continues with hearts, declarer has two heart tricks. If West shifts, South still has a heart stopper. (Note that if declarer wins the first trick, he goes down, East pushing a heart through when in with his diamond trick.) South takes trick two and ducks a diamond immediately, playing a low diamond from each hand. Then he coasts to at least nine tricks. And note that five diamonds has no chance. If you would like to learn about transfers into the minors, go to my website, www.phillipalderbridge.com, and look under the “Transfers” link.

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Looking to begin your sales management career? Shaw Media is seeking a professional and energetic leader to join our multi-media advertising effort. The Kane County division of Shaw Media located in St. Charles, Illinois features the Kane County Chronicle daily, the St. Charles, Geneva, and Batavia Republicans weeklies, Kane County Magazine, KCChronicle.com, Planit Kane, Shaw Video Works, as well as events, direct mail and email marketing. If you are presently an account executive with a proven track record of success, and are looking to advance your career into sales leadership, this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for. As the local sales manager, you will help the General Manager in creating, developing and implementing the strategies that will drive the local advertising team to generating revenue success. In addition, you will be a working manager with your own account list of real estate advertisers, and leading all aspects of our digital revenue growth. This position will also require you spending a significant amount of your time with your team on sales calls and making presentations. In this position, you will have access to the resources of the number one media group in the market. In addition you will have the opportunity to join a growing media company. To be considered for this position you should possess a bachelor's degree in business or related field, along with an established and successful work history. Must have a valid drivers license, dependable transportation and proof of insurance. Shaw Media offers a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefit package and a bonus structure that is based on individual and company performance. If you are interested in working in a positive and professional media environment, please e-mail your resume to: Recruitment@shawmedia.com or Apply now at: www.shawsuburbanmedia.com/careers Shaw Media is a Drug Free Employer. Pre-employment background check and drug screen required. This posting may not include all duties of position. EOE.

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Judge: ISBE has no role in D-303 suit By ASHLEY RHODEBECK arhodebeck@shawmedia.com GENEVA – Judge David Akemann ruled Friday that the Illinois State Board of Education should not be a third-party defendant in the lawsuit filed against St. Charles School District 303 over the reconfiguration of two elementary schools. Before announcing his decision, Akemann noted the heart of the case: whether

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the restructuring of Davis and Richmond elementary schools qualified as a school improvement plan under the Illinois School Code. “The defendant is the party responsible under the law for meeting those requirements,” Akemann said. “Use of the term ‘the’ is significant in this court.” He dismissed the motion with prejudice, meaning the district cannot refile its request to bring ISBE onto the

case. District 303 had asked that ISBE be a third-party defendant on the case because the allegations involve matters the state agency is in charge of and would have to be involved in undoing the changes if the judge so orders. Tim Dwyer, the attorney representing a group of parents who filed the lawsuit in 2011, said this motion by the district was among other “frivolous” motions the

district has filed as delay tactics. “It’s just a three-month waste of time,” he said outside the courtroom. Dwyer asked the judge to set a trial date as soon as possible. “We can start in two weeks,” Dwyer said. “We’re ready and prepared to go.” Meanwhile, the schools are ending their second year as Davis Primary and Richmond Intermediate.

6 p.m. Thursday the Indian Lakes Resort, 250 W. Schick Road, Bloomingdale, immediately following the golf tournament. Golfers and nongolfers will have a chance to relax during a cocktail hour and dinner then take part in a live auction.

Led by event emcee and Golf Classic co-chair Bud Porter, this year’s lineup of live auction items features a variety of items, ranging from trips to sporting events, concert packages collectibles, and golf and dining events. To register for the dinner auction, visit www.marklund.

org/golfclassic or contact Jeannine Zupo, Marklund’s director of special events, at jzupo@marklund.org or 630593-5445. Marklund has locations in Geneva and Bloomingdale, as well as a resale shop in Wood Dale.

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shaped – just what they need to hang onto Mom for dear life, which they do for another week or two, until they pass through two molts. (Being invertebrates, crayfish are equipped not with bones, but rather a hard exoskeleton. The only way to grow is to shed this hard covering through molting, or ecdysis.) By the time the young crayfish reach their third instar, or developmental stage, they are capable of making short forays away from Mom and out into the great beyond of the stream bottom. After molting again, they cut their ties completely and become free-living, though not yet full grown, li’l crays. The next time you see a bowlful of berries – particularly plump, ripe blackberries, since developing crayfish eggs are dark – pause for a moment, and reflect on the other types of round, juicy globules it may resemble. Then share your thoughts with a friend. It’s a great way to get the whole bowl to yourself – I guarantee.

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BATAVIA 5th ANNUAL PLANT SALE SAT, MAY 25 8AM - 12PM 1178 Chillem Dr. (off Kirk Road) Quality Hostas & Other Perennials for Shade, Some for Sun. Mature Sizes, Reasonable Prices

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ST CHARLES Huge Multi Family Garage Sale 2nd & McKinley May 24 & 25 8am to 1pm

LILY LAKE Perennial Plant Sale May 24th & 25th 9am-1pm

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New candles, light fixtures, furniture, men's, women's, teen clothing. Fishing rods, reels, fishing gear & clothes. Lots of giftable items.

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May 24-25.

Friday 5/24 & Saturday 5/25 8am-3pm

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Cool Retro couch & chair, trunks, maple end tables, lamps, 4 upholstered chairs, designer clothes, movies plus rare VHS, tables, lots of framed art, clocks, large concrete planter, plant stands, antique cash register, oak desk/chair, antique mirrors, fixtures, curio cabinets, specialized bike, electric recliner, hospital bed, records, and much much more!

Randall to Silverglen or Bolcum to Denker to Crosscreek Rain or Shine Planters, perennials, patio furniture, décor, hundreds of jewelry items, pressure washer, hot wheels, new Webkinz, toys, purses, shoes, Disney, fabric, Longaberger collection, cow hide, stainless tableware, student clarinet & flute, wind up watches, Dirt Devil Vac, Singer Sewing machine & much more!

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ST. CHARLES, FOX MILL 4N275 Booth Tarkington St. Saturday May 25th 8:00 am - 1:00 pm Queen bed w head/foot board, highchair, crib, 2 baby swings, baby popasan, baby toys, adult cloths, tv stand, other household items. Quality stuff! Having a Birthday, Anniversary, Graduation or Event Coming Up?

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May 24 & 25 9-7pm

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Bid quotation forms and specifications may be obtained beginning on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 after 9:00 a.m. from Sam Gallucci, Campton Township Highway Commissioner, 5N790 Route 47, Maple Park, IL. 60151. Phone (630) 365-9300. The quotations should be submitted in a sealed envelope marked: "2013 Pavement Preservation Program." The bids will be

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No. 0512 SIMPLY PUT By David J. Kahn / Edited by Will Shortz

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113 One with designs

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54 Remain unresolved

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Page 42 • Saturday, May 25, 2013 ogra opened publicly at the Township Highway District office 5N790 Route 47, Maple Park, IL. 60151, Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. The Township Highway District reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive technicalities. Richard Johansen Campton Township Clerk (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, May 25, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF KANE ) TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Petition No.: 4299

to the Sly ROW li of sd St Rte 25, th SWly alg sd Sly ROW li 93.10 ft, th S 00°14' E 461.25 ft, to the pob, in the Twp of St. Charles, KCI. Parcel 2: That pt of the SW Qtr of Sec 11, and pt of the NW Qtr of Sec 14, Twp 40 N, Rge 8 E of the 3rd PM, daf: Comcg at the intsctn of the Sly ROW li of St Rte 25 and the W li of Sec 14, Twp 40 N, Rge 8 E of the 3rd PM, sd pnt bng 40.1 ft S of the NW cor of sd Sec 14, th S 00°14' E alg the W li of sd Sec 14, 180.83 ft, th S 81°52' E 798.88 ft, th N 00°14' W 212.78 ft to a pnt, sd pnt bng S 00°14' E 272.62 ft frm the S ROW of St Rte 25 and bng the pob, th contug N 00°14' W 192.99 ft, th S 6° 12' 50" E 143.85 ft, th S 17°36' W 49.8 ft to the pob , in the Twp of St. Charles, KCI. The property is located at 6N029 Route 25. All interested persons and especially those owning adjacent and adjoining property are requested to attend said hearing.

Public notice is hereby given to all persons concerned that on the 10th day of June 2013, A.D. at seven o'clock (7:00 P.M.) Central Time, in the evening of said day, a KANE COUNTY ZONING public hearing will be held at the BOARD OF APPEALS Kane County Government Center, Mark VanKerkhoff Bldg. A, 719 S. Batavia Ave., Zoning Enforcement Officer Geneva, IL, to consider the petition of James Cooper, et ux, appealing from the ruling of the Enforcing Offi- DATED at Geneva, Illinois, this cer of the Kane County Zoning Or- 25th day of May, A.D., 2013 dinance, refusing to allow a home KANE COUNTY addition built without permit closer DEVELOPMENT DEPT. to the sideyard setback than allows BUILDING & ZONING DIVISION (4.61', 5.39' variance) on the fol719 BATAVIA AVENUE lowing described property: GENEVA, IL 60134 (630) 232-3492 Parcel 1: That pt of sections 11 and 14, Twp 40 N, Rge 8 E of the 3rd PM, daf: Comcg at the intsctn (Published in the Kane County of the Sly ROW li of St Rte 25 and Chronicle, May 25, 2013.) the W li of sd Sec 14, sd pnt bng NEIGHBORS 40.1 ft S of the NW cor of sd Sec is news by readers, 14, th S 00°14' E alg sd Sec li for readers, about readers. 180.83 ft, th S 81°52' E 706.68 ft Have news to share? for a pob, th contug S 81°52' E Send it to: 92.2 ft, th N 00°14' W 493.46 ft neighbors@kcchronicle.com

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Public Notice is hereby given that on April 30, 2013 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as Angie Baby's Sweets and More located at 1027 Westfield Course Geneva, IL 60134

Public Notice is hereby given that on May 22, 2013 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as JMJ Retirement Solutions located at 209 Nicole Drive Unit A, South Elgin, IL 60177

Public Notice is hereby given that on May 14, 2013 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as

/s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk April 30, 2013 (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, May 11, 18, 25, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE

R & R PROPERTIES

located at 517 Main Street /s/ John A. Cunningham West Dundee, IL 60118 Kane County Clerk May 22, 2013 /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk (Published in the Kane County May 14, 2013 Chronicle, May 25, 2013 June 1, 8, 2013) (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, May 25, June 1, 8, 2013) PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby given that on May 8, 2013 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as FLOURISHING FINISH INTERIOR & EVENT DESIGNS located at 830 East State Street Geneva, IL 60134 /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk May 08, 2013

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

BAPTIST !

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

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

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

St. Patrick Catholic Church

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St. Mark’s Lutheran Church & Preschool

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

Faith Lutheran Church

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

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

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

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

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Oberweis: Many support medical marijuana vote will help them,” he said. Obwerweis also got positive feedback from an unlikely source – Pat Brady of St. Charles, who stepped down from his post as Illinois GOP chairman earlier this month amid pressures from state central committee- Sen. Jim men, including Oberweis Oberweis, over breaking with the party platform and openly supporting same-sex marriage. Brady said he sent an email to Oberweis and other legislators, including Sen. Dave Syverson, R-Rockford, and

Sen. Pam Althoff, R-McHenry, who also supported legalizing medical marijuana. “I think it was the right vote,” Brady said. “I know [Oberweis will] catch grief over it, but I think it’s a good alternative for them. It will be heavily regulated.” Though the Illinois Republican party platform states that the party is committed to making “our communities safer through reducing crime and drug use,” Oberweis said that statement refers to drugs that are not legal, and noted that the platform doesn’t explicitly address medical marijuana. The platform is more explicit about same-sex mar-

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By NICOLE WESKERNA nweskerna@shawmedia.com State Sen. Jim Oberweis said he’s gotten quite a bit of feedback – mostly positive – after voting in favor of legalizing medical marijuana last week in Illinois. Oberweis, R-Sugar Grove, said he held a town hall meeting via telephone two weeks ago, and about 4,000 people joined the meeting at various times. He said he asked constituents whether they would support legalizing medical marijuana, and 66 percent of those surveyed supported the measure. “Clearly there are a number of people who believe it

riage, with the principal that marriage is between one man and one woman. Oberweis said there’s “a world of difference” between an individual senator and the Republican party chairman openly supporting an issue that blurs party lines. “The chairman is the CEO and is the leader, and in my opinion can have a different opinion from the party platform, but can’t say it publicly,” Oberweis said. Eighteen states, along with Washington, D.C., have removed state criminal penalties for using medical marijuana, and Oberweis said he believes the bill proposed in Illinois is the toughest medi-

cal marijuana bill of any state. The bill would limit patients to 2.5 ounces of medical marijuana every two weeks. The bill also limits the drug to patients who have an ongoing relationship with a doctor or have one of more than 30 debilitating medical conditions, such as muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis or cancer. “I think the majority of Republicans do [support the bill], but I’ve gotten a lot of positive response from some people publicly saying it, and some people saying, ‘I’m glad you made that vote,’ but want to be discrete,” Oberweis said. “And there are some people who are unhappy.”

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Legislation passed by House, Senate now goes to Quinn By NICOLE WESKERNA nweskerna@shawmedia.com Motorists might be able to legally drive a little faster on Illinois interstates and tollways should Gov. Pat Quinn approve a measure that would raise speed limits to 70 mph. State Sen. Jim Oberweis, R-Sugar Grove, sponsored the legislation and said he’s hopeful that Quinn will pass it into law. “I certainly hope that the governor would recognize the small step that Illinois is coming into the 21st Century,” Oberweis said. “I think it’s the right thing for our state to do.” All the states that sur-

round Illinois except for Wisconsin have speed limits of 70 mph, according to a news release. In total, 34 states have speed limits of 70 mph or higher, 15 states have speed limits of 75 mph and one state has a speed limit of 85 mph. The House of Representatives approved the legislation earlier this week after the Senate passed it in late April. Oberweis said raising the speed limit is popular and said about 75 percent of Illinois citizens support the increase. He said that most motorists in the state already drive faster than the 65 mph speed limit. “It’s bad to have a law on the books that’s so widely ignored,” Oberweis said. “Really, all we’re doing is recognizing reality, not creating a new reality.”

The Illinois State Police have requested that the bill enhance public safety by lowering the threshold for speeding penalties, the release states. Speeding in excess of 26 mph, but less than 35 mph, still is a Class B misdemeanor. Speeding in excess of 35 mph, rather than the current threshold of 40 mph, would result in a Class A misdemeanor. Oberweis said one argument against changing the speed limit is that it could cause more accidents and fatalities. However, he said a study he saw after Indiana raised its speed limit a few years ago showed that accidents and fatalities did not increase. “Allowing law-abiding citizens to drive 70 without feeling like breaking the law is right,” he said.

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ST. CHARLES – The St. Charles Police Department doesn’t need the number of firearms it once did because of a merger with the Kane County SWAT team several years ago, Deputy Chief David Kintz said. Like any other piece of city-owned surplus property, he said, the department is seeking St. Charles City Council approval to sell the extra law enforcement weapons, as well as firearms it has collected from people who were ordered by the court to turn them in to police custody. While it is common for the city to sell excess property, Kintz said this is the first time the police department is disposing extra firearms since he became deputy chief in 2005. One vendor has offered to

buy the five SWAT weapons, which will be sold for parts for law-enforcement purposes, Kintz said, and another vendor is set to buy more than a dozen weapons not suitable for law-enforcement use. In total, the vendors are offering $6,425 for the weapons, according to city documents. Kintz said the city will receive merchandise credits that the police department can use to purchase equipment. He noted both vendors have the appropriate ATF license. Additionally, Kintz said, the police department is seeking permission to destroy two firearms: a Tec-9 and an Uzi. That work is expected to be done at a city public works facility, he said. Once the weapons are cut in half, he said, they essentially are hunks of metal and can be thrown out.

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Church leader welcomes Scouts’ decision Episcopal church rector applauds organization’s vote to lift ban on openly gay youth By ERIC SCHELKOPF eschelkopf@shawmedia.com The Rev. Bill Nesbit Jr., rector of the St. Charles Episcopal Church, said he is pleased that the Boy Scouts of America on Thursday voted to end its ban on openly gay youth. “I think the society we live in is moving toward a broader understanding that homosexual behavior is not de facto immoral,” Nesbit said. Troop 25, of the Three Fire Council’s Fox Valley District,

meets at the church in St. Charles. The Boy Scouts of America on Thursday announced a policy change that will go into effect Jan. 1, 2014. It will allow the Boy Scouts to allow gay members, but it will not allow gay Scout leaders. Nesbit was disappointed that the ban on gay adult leaders will remain in place. “My gut feeling is that in the next few years they will probably take that next step,” he said. “I think the Boy Scouts do a pretty good job of

“I think the society we live in is moving toward a broader understanding that homosexual behavior is not de facto immoral.” The Rev. Bill Nesbit Jr. St. Charles Episcopal Church educating volunteers about appropriate behavior.” Leaders from other area churches where Boy Scout troops meet did not return calls for comment. Charles Dobbins, Scout executive and CEO at the Boy

8LOCAL BRIEF Fox Valley Repertory to host benefit June 20 ST. CHARLES – Fox Valley Repertory will host a benefit comedy night, “Comedy for a Cauze,” at 8 p.m. June 20 at Zanies Comedy Club at Pheasant Run Resort, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles.

Doors open at 7 p.m. The cost is $25, but tickets bought through May 30 cost $20. Audience members must be 21 or older. Proceeds will be used to fund the creation of a new FVR Performing Arts Academy classroom in the Fox Valley

Repertory administrative office. The show will feature standup comedian Pat McGann. Contact Audra Sybert at 630-443-0438 or visit www. foxvalleyrep.org/zanies for information.

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Scouts of America, Chicago Area Council, said the change will allow more boys to get involved in Scouting. “As leaders of Scouting in Chicagoland, we believe this update to our policy will allow all kids who sincerely want to

be a part of Scouting to experience this life-changing program while remaining true to the long-standing virtues of Scouting,” Dobbins said in a statement. “While people have different opinions about this policy, we can all agree that kids are better off when they are in Scouting. We believe good people can disagree and still work together to accomplish great things for youth. Going forward, we will work to stay focused on that which unites us.”

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St Charles Chamber of Commerce President Stacey Ekstrom (far left) and Craig Larsen of AHC Advisors (far right) anchor the ribbon with Tom Hansen of St. Charles Bank & Trust (second from left), St. Charles Mayor Rogina (center) and St. Charles Alderman Maureen Lewis, help Forever Yogurt owner, David Brown, cut the ribbon to the new business. Forever Yogurt is at 117 W. Main St. in St. Charles.

Died: April 29, 2013 Janet Cottrell Burke, 80, died peacefully April 29, 2013. She was the beloved wife of the late Donald; loving mother of Paul (Shannon) Burke, Matthew (Gerianne) Burke, Gretchen Burke and Catherine (Jack) Fitch; proud grandmother of Kelly McBeain, Clayton Burke, Cassie Burke, John Fitch, William Fitch, Avery Burke and Mia Burke; cherished daughter of the late Gilbert and Madeline Davis; and dear sister of Gretchen and Geoff. A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. June 7 at Oakview Cemetery, Royal Oak, Mich. Memorials preferred to the Alzheimer’s Association. For full obituary or to share your memories, visit www.sullivanfuneraldirectors.com. Please sign the guest book at www.legacy.com/kcchronicle.

ARLENE JUNE CLARK Born: June 7, 1932; in Waukesha, Wis. Died: May 24, 2013 BATAVIA – Arlene June Clark, 80, of Batavia, passed away Friday, May 24, 2013. Arlene was born June 7, 1932, in Waukesha, Wis., the daughter of

Rex and Katherine (nee Schmunk) Lovell. Arlene moved from Oak Park in 1943. She graduated from Oak Park River Forest High School. Arlene then attended Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. Arlene was employed by the Kane County Sheriffs Department for 17 years as the dietary supervisor. Arlene was an active person, she was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Batavia, enjoyed cooking, was an avid card player and enjoyed her family and many friends. Arlene is survived by her four sons, David (Deborah) Schonback of Geneva, James (Judy) Schonback of Geneva, Charles Larson of Batavia and Robert (Carol) Larson of Aurora; three grandsons, Anthony Larson, David Schonback and Kyle Schonback; and two great-grandchildren, Skylar and Damian Larson; and a brother, Thomas Lovell. The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 28, at Moss Family Funeral Home, 290 S. Batavia Ave., Batavia. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 29, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 950 Hart Road, Batavia, where she will lie in state from 9:30 a.m. until the funeral service. The Rev. Ronald Weidler will officiate. Interment will follow the service in East Batavia Cemetery. For information, contact Moss Family Funeral Home at 630-8797900 or visit www.mossfuneral.com. Please sign the guest book at

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GRACE DENNING JOHNSTON Born: Feb. 7, 1924 Died: April 17, 2013; in St. Charles ST. CHARLES – Grace Denning Johnston, 89, a resident of St. Charles, passed away peacefully at the Pineview nursing home in St. Charles on April 17, 2013. Grace was born Feb. 7, 1924, a daughter of the late Helen and Earl Denning. She was preceded in death by her husband, William G. Johnston, in 2003. She is survived by a daughter, Jill Lorenzini and her husband, Silvio, of Manlius, N.Y.; and a son, William G. Johnston and his wife, Mary, of St. Charles; seven grandchildren, Peter Lorenzini, Mark Lorenzini, Alexandra Johnston, Daniel Lorenzini, Grant Johnston, Lisa Lorenzini and Mitchell Johnston. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. June 8 at Chapel at St. Patrick’s Crane Road Church in St. Charles. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, or online at www. stjude.org. Please sign the guest book at www.legacy.com/kcchronicle.

n What: Sportiva, a soccer and tennis store n Where: 113 E. Main St., St. Charles n Hours: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday the day for items in the store, as well as tickets to a June 29 soccer match at Toyota Park in Bridgeview. Other store events include a June 7 gala and a June 10 grand opening. Sportiva is at 113 E. Main St. in St. Charles, a location that recently housed a hair salon, said Michael Mertes, the city’s economic development coordinator.

8FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS Leonard A. Douglas: A graveside service with military honors will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 25, in River Hills Memorial Park, Batavia. Majel Summers Siegrist Drake: A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 22, at Congregational United Church of Christ in St. Charles. Interment will be in Memorial Lawn Cemetery in Jacksonville. Evelyn A. Evans, 99, of St. Charles, passed away Friday, May 24, 2013, at Delnor Hospital. Arrangements are pending for Tuesday, May 28, at Moss-Norris Funeral Home, 100 S. Third Street, St. Charles. For information, call Moss-Norris Funeral Home at 630-584-2000 or visit www. mossfuneral.com. Howard “Howie” Fintzen: A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 25, at First United Lutheran Church, 2401 Kohler Memorial Drive, Sheboygan, with the Rev. Todd Smith officiating. Friends may call Saturday at

the church from noon until the time of service. John M. Glenn: Funeral services will start with prayers from the funeral home at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 25, before proceeding to Holy Cross Catholic Church, 2300 W. Main St. in Batavia, to celebrate the funeral Mass at 10:30 a.m. Interment will follow in St. John the Baptist Cemetery in Winfield. Lyle Anthony Klein: Family and friends are invited to a Memorial Mass to be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 25, at St. Peter Catholic Church, 1891 Kaneville Road, Geneva, with Father Martins Emeh as celebrant. A lunch will be provided after the services at the church. Genevieve A. Terry: A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 26, at United Methodist Church of Batavia, 8 N. Batavia Ave., Batavia. The family will begin receiving guests at 1 p.m. in the fellowship hall on the lower level (enter off of Water Street.)

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ST. CHARLES – Javier Ibarra, owner of a sporting goods store opening today in downtown St. Charles, aims to create an experience different than a regular sports store, he said. “Come in here, feel at home, feel comfortable,” he said. In addition to offering merchandise for soccer and tennis, Sportiva will have TVs tuned to live sporting events and will bring in professional athletes, such as soccer players, to talk with children and sign autographs, Ibarra said. Today’s soft opening will feature drawings throughout

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