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HEALING TRADITIONS SHAMAN HELPS PEOPLE AWAKEN INTERNAL POWERS FOR SELF HEALING AND STABILITY. PAGE 4 Mary Beth Nolan for Shaw Media

Rodrigo Duque gives brief instructions before beginning a pipe ceremony at Healing Arts Metaphysical Center in Batavia.

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ottawatomie Park in St. Charles was filled with excitement for the warmer weather Thursday.

With the school year coming to a close, children filled the park with their bright smiles and flighty feet. There were families

playing mini golf, a young couple sitting with their feet dangling into the Fox River and numerous geese nipping at the green grass.

Everyone was enjoying the sunny break from the rainy weather.

The particular moment of 2-year-old

Sabrina Campbell receiving a kiss from her mother, Robin Campbell, was touching, as Sabrina calmly rocked back and forth on the creaky swing.

The two are from St. Charles.

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8LOCAL BRIEFS Geneva library closed for Swedish Days parade GENEVA – The Geneva Public Library will be closed for the Swedish Days Parade on June 23.

STC Heritage Center to host silent auction ST. CHARLES – The St. Charles Heritage Center is hosting a silent auction and pig roast fundraiser from 5 to 10 p.m.

June 29, at 215 E. Main St. in St. Charles.

Tickets are available at the History Museum for $45 each, which covers the cost of

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entrance to the event, a pulled pork dinner from Dave’s Slow Food and two drinks.

Additional drinks will be provided by The Office restaurant

on a cash basis.

Split the Pot Raffle winning tickets will be drawn during the evening.

The event is for those 21 and

older and tickets are required.

For information or to reserve tickets, call the museum at 630-584-6967.

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Where did you grow up? Naperville Pets? Two cats, Gizmo and Luna As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? I don’t know that I wanted to be anything. In college, I designed textiles and clothing, and now I am executive director of the Fine Line.

A book you’d recommend? “The Mists of Avalon” by Marion Zimmer Bradley Favorite charity? The Fine Line Creative Arts Center is a tax-deductible nonprofit Do you play an instrument? Guitar Favorite local restaurant? McNally’s Traditional Irish Pub in St. Charles What is an interesting factoid about yourself? When my son was in third grade, we saw Billy Joel at the Allstate Arena.

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Fellowship of Christian Magicians show Sunday WHAT: The Fellowship of Christian Magicians will take the stage for a free event. See jugglers, magicians and an illusionist. The master of ceremonies will be Mr. G. Juggler. A freewill offering will be taken to benefit Orphans of Henan Region of China.

WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Sunday WHERE: Sanctuary Church, 1S430 Wenmoth Road, Batavia INFO: Visit www.sanctuaryag.com or call 630-879-0785.

STC rules of the road event set for Wednesday WHAT: The St. Charles Park District has planned a class, “50-plus Rules of the Road.”

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

the free program, which is facilitated by the secretary of state’s staff.

WHEN: 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday WHERE: Pottawatomie Community Center, 8 North Ave., St. Charles INFO: Call Meghan at 630-513-4324 or register online at www.stcparks.org.

Shannon Hall from 9:30 to 11 a.m.

WHERE: Eastside Community Center, 14 N. Van Buren St., Batavia INFO: To register for the course, call 630879-5235. For information or to view a list of current exhibitors and sponsors, visit www. bataviaparks.org.

‘Super Savvy Senior Expo’ showcase in Batavia

Golden Corral raising money for children’s camp

WHAT: The Batavia Park District and the Batavia Senior Citizens Club will present the fifth annual “Super Savvy Senior Expo.” The free expo will showcase services available.

Participants may browse resources in areas such as health care, travel, entertainment and improving daily life. Free refreshments will be served, and visitors can enter for a chance to win prizes, including a Trader Joe’s gift basket, Pal Joey’s gift certificates and more.

WHEN: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday. The Illinois Secretary of State’s Office will be on site to offer a free rules of the road course in

WHAT: Golden Corral is raising money to send children to Camp Corral, a weeklong summer camp for children of wounded, disabled or fallen military members. It costs $500 to send one child to camp and the goal is to raise $20,000 to send 20 children to camp. There are camps in 16 states, including Illinois, and 100 percent of donations go toward the camp.

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St. Charles resident Lynn Caldwell was working at the Fine Line Creative Arts Center in St. Charles Township when she answered eight questions for the Kane County Chronicle’s Brenda Schory.

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SLICE OF LIFE A LOOK AT HOW FOX VALLEY RESIDENTS LIVE AND WORK

Healer shares old traditions

By BRENDA SCHORY

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Healing Arts Metaphysical Center Address: 11 E. Wilson St., Batavia Contact: 630-780-6293 Info: www.newhealingarts.com

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ATAVIA – Rodrigo Duque was born in Ecuador and grew up with a mother whose gift of intuition was extremely high – a link to his natural-born gift as a shaman.

At 19, he co-founded a nonprofit devoted to preserving and sharing native traditions from North, Central and South America.

After he immigrated to the U.S. in 1983, Duque said he received a call from Lakota Sioux Chief and medicine man Luciano Perez.

“I don’t know how he got my name, but he called me up and said, ‘I understand I need to work with you,’ ” Duque said. “How he knew where to find me was a mystery. He was in California, and I was in Chicago.”

Duque, 56, studied under Perez for more than 10 years, visiting the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota once a year for the Sun Dance Ceremony. Eventually he become a sun dancer and pipe carrier and a shaman, all in the Lakota tradition. Perez died in 2003.

With degrees in electronics engineering and global technology, Duque maintained his interest in native traditions while working for AT&T for 19 years until he retired in 2008.

Duque said retirement gave him an opportunity to do shamanic healing full time. And now he and his wife, Gina Orbe, who also was born in Ecuador, recently opened Healing Arts Metaphysical Center, 11 E. Wilson St., Batavia. The couple live in Elburn.

A shaman or Native American medicine man or healer is not a psychic, Duque said.

“My gifts are from an intuition perspective,” Duque said.

“I don’t read minds. I can’t find missing stuff or tell you winning lottery numbers. I help people find the roots of their own issues. From my perspective, when I work with people, my main goal is to help the

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Rodrigo Duque lights white sage for use in a pipe ceremony at the Healing Arts Metaphysical Center in Batavia. Duque leads the ceremony every month as a way to give back to the earth. person to awake their internal powers for self healing and emotional stability.”

As part of his apprenticeship, Duque went on a vision quest of four days without food, water or access to electronics – phone, cellphone or television. Orbe said her husband completed the vision quest in South Dakota in 1989 to participate fully as a sun dancer.

“I knew he had been working to honor the traditions and make sure this was done with the utmost respect,” Orbe said. “When he was invited to participate, it was, ‘How do we coordinate schedules?’ He was an engineer and had to take time off from work, and it was

important for us to support him.”

As part of the vision quest, Duque participated in a ceremony in which his chest was pierced, she said. “You are asking to be of service, asking to do good and – in order to make that petition – you are asking something, for guidance, help, family blessings, you must sacrifice yourself. There is a … giving of your flesh,” Orbe said. “They make a little cut and put a piece of sacred wood with a rope on both ends.”

At some point during the ceremony, the wood is pulled out. Orbe said when he returned home, her husband’s wounds were packed with herbs and he went to work the

next day.

But his spiritual journey confirmed for both of them that he was on the right path as a healer.

When someone comes to Duque for healing or consultation, some of the tools he might use are Native American medicine cards, featuring animals such as an eagle, a turtle, snake or wolf. The cards are tools to help a person achieve internal balance, he said.

“Internal balance helps protect you from what is around you that is stressful, a bad influence,” Duque said. “We provide ways to enhance protection … my goal is for the person to retain their own balance so their own natural forc-

es, their own natural protection would be up and active.”

An example would be if a person took Tylenol for a headache – the pill takes away the physical pain of the headache, but Duque said he would help the person find the root cause of the headache.

Duque helps people suffering grief from a death or broken relationship, job losses or being unhappy in a job.

“Let’s say we have a dialogue,” Duque said. “To one ear, I listen to the problem and to the other ear, I listen to the practical solutions. If that does not happen, then I might not be the right person.”

As a shaman, Duque also sees how the modern world separates people from nature, which he tries to reverse through counseling and various ceremonies hosted at the center, such as the recent pipe ceremony and full moon ceremony.

“We are going so far away from nature, we are very weak beings,” Duque said. “We need to reconnect back to nature.

Society put so much artificial things around us; we are used to the concrete and not to the dirt. One of the best medicines [is] take your shoes off and get in contact with Mother Earth through the grass, through the dirt.”

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Virtual Learning Solutions board president resigns

By STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO sdibenedetto@shawmedia.com The Virtual Learning Solutions president has resigned nearly three months after the nonprofit unveiled plans to create a virtual charter school that drew the ire of 18 Fox Valley school districts.

Sharnell Jackson said she voluntarily resigned last week as president of Virtual Learning Solutions for personal reasons.

The nonprofit formed in February to advance a controversial, online-only charter school in the Fox Valley that spanned 18 districts, including Geneva School District 304, St. Charles School District 303, Batavia School District 101, Kaneland School

District 302 and West Aurora School District 129.

Jackson wouldn’t elaborate on the reasons for her resignation that happened around the time Gov. Pat Quinn signed a law that prohibits the creation of virtual charter schools in Illinois until April.

“I still believe in virtual schooling and support it, but I no longer am a part of Virtual Learning Solutions,” Jackson said. “I resigned for personal reasons.”

She did not know when the remaining board members of Virtual Learning Solutions would decide her replacement as president.

Jackson’s resignation

See RESIGN, page 9

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DISTRICT 303

By NICOLE WESKERNA nweskerna@shawmedia.com

Brad Cauffman District 303 CFO Charles would have split the costs of installing a traffic signal and extended rightturn lane work on Red Gate Road near the high school.

The district’s contribution was not to exceed $250,000.

District CFO Brad Cauffman said that out of all the discussion about the intersection improvements, one thing was clear.

“A deceleration lane is clearly needed for the school,” he said Thursday.

He said the city will be responsible for installing the traffic signal.

The school’s portion of the cost would come from the district’s operations and maintenance fund.

Red Gate Bridge opened in December and is east of the school.

The intersection at Red Gate Road and North’s entrance has been made into a four-way stop.

Although the full school board still has to give approval, work has already started on intersection improvements.

Mark Koenen, public works director for the city of St. Charles, issued a memo to the mayor and city council on Tuesday regarding the initial intergovernmental agreement.

In the memo, Koenen states that staff from both the city and the school district developed a plan, completed engineering, sought approval from the Illinois Department of Transportation and negotiated an intergovernmental agreement that would split construction costs.

He said city officials already awarded a construction contract and work on the project has started.

Engineering and construction costs total $200,000, and the cost of the total project is estimated at $570,000, he wrote.

BATAVIA – Batavia School District 101’s operating fund budget for 2012-13 will have a slightly bigger surplus than originally anticipated.

Batavia School Board members on Tuesday approved an amended budget that shows a surplus of $120,000 in the operating fund, which includes the education fund, the operations and maintenance fund, the transportation fund and the working cash fund. Last fall, board members had approved a budget with a surplus of $106,000.

Kris Monn, the district’s assistant superintendent for finance, said there still could be changes in the budget in the future.

“This is what we felt comfortable bringing to the board to accept,” Monn said.

The amended budget passed by the board reflects some changes since it was put on public display in April, including that the food service contract account was lowered by $150,000 and that the district’s special education

transportation costs were lowered by $100,000 based on the district’s year-to-date trend.

The balanced budget also reflects the collective bargaining contracts reached last year with the Batavia Education Association and the Batavia Educational Support Professionals Association, along with the fact that a pool of school district employees recently retired, Monn said.

Batavia school board members in June 2012 approved a contract between the school district and the Batavia Education Association. The two-year deal resulted in salary increases for teachers of 2.35 percent in the 2012-13 school year and 2.8 percent in the 201314 year.

However, district officials said the total compensation package will be reduced by about 6 percent in 2012-13 compared to the final year of the last contract, largely because the district will pay 20 percent less toward teachers’ health benefits.

In comparison to this year’s budget, the operating fund deficit for fiscal 2011-12 was $910,587.

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ST. CHARLES – St. Charles School District 303 Board is slated to vote on its share of the cost of intersection improvements at St. Charles North High School at its June 10 meeting.

On Thursday, the Business Services Committee discussed the school district’s share of the cost.

If approved by the full board next month, the district would be responsible for the $125,000.

That money would pay for an extended right-turn lane on Red Gate Road near the high school.

Committee members agreed to add the item to the full board’s consent agenda at its next meeting.

The matter first appeared before the Business Services Committee last month, and the school board rejected an intergovernmental agreement to split the cost with the city earlier this month.

Under that draft, the school district and city of St.

“A deceleration lane is clearly needed for the school.”

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Board may cover cost of a deceleration lane

D-101 OKs amended budget with surplus

Winkler goes five rounds in national spelling bee

By NICOLE WESKERNA nweskerna@shawmedia.com WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kane County’s spelling champion Piper Winkler made it through five rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee this week, but was eliminated Thursday afternoon after incorrectly spelling the word “hallock.”

She was among 42 spellers to make it to Thursday’s semifinal round.

The competition started Tuesday with 281 spellers, most of whom were eliminated through computer-based test scores and verbal spelling rounds.

In Round 2, Piper correctly spelled the word “Romaji.”

She repeated her success in Round 3 when she correctly spelled the word “ostreiform.”

Piper, 14, an eighth-grader at Elgin Academy, said the word that tripped her up had American roots.

“I wasn’t sure where it would come from, so I think the word is spelled “h-a-l-l-o-

“Reading a lot is so important, and also they give you these word lists that you can study, so you know what words you’re going to get at times. If you study and prepare, you can do very well.”

Piper Winkler on how to prepare for the bee

c-k,” but I spelled it “h-a-l-i-k,” she said, adding that she felt a little nervous during the semifinals.

She said having a good memory helped her get as far as she did. She said she also felt the vocabulary portion, which is new this year, helped catapult her to the fifth round of the competition. Her love of

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reading also helped.

“Reading a lot is so important, and also they give you these word lists that you can study, so you know what words you’re going to get at times,” she said. “If you study and prepare, you can do very well.”

Her father, Chris Winkler, said it had been a great experience.

“It’s like a bittersweet day,” he said. “We obviously wished she could have gone further, but on the other hand, we’re absolutely thrilled she made it this far. … It takes a lot of skill and a little bit of luck, and we’re excited she made it to the semifinals.”

Piper said she met a lot of new people, and learned a lot of new words and their meanings.

She said the spelling bee pronouncer had a great sense of humor, too, and used the words in fun, interesting sentences.

“With how it turned out, I really couldn’t be happier,” she said.

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JOHN ‘PACKY’ ALLAN PASCHAL Died: May 28, 2013 ST. CHARLES – John “Packy” Allan Paschal, 80, a lifelong resident of St. Charles, passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2013.

He was born in Elgin in December 1932. He graduated from Elgin

Academy in Elgin in 1951 and Knox College in Galesburg in 1955 with a degree in business administration with a specialization in economics.

Packy served in the United States Navy as a lieutenant (JG) on active duty from July 1955 to October 1958, and served in the U.S. Naval Reserve until August 1966. He was co-owner of the Chronicle Publishing Company, now Warwick, and served as vice president and president; and he served as publisher of the former Chronicle newspapers.

His lifelong passions were hunting, fishing, cards and the game from Belgium Rolle Bolle.

Packy is survived by his daughter, Jane (Bob) Burns; son, Paul (Cindi); daughter, Cecilia; grandsons, Ben, Andy, John Reilly and Robert; and granddaughters, Katie and Tabitha.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Carol; father, Paul; mother, Eulalie; and brother, Don. A celebration of life will be from 3 to 5 p.m. June 15 at Bootlegger’s Bar, Grill and Pizza, 107 Main St., Maple Park.

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

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

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

Majel Summers Siegrist Drake: A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 22, at the Congregational United Church of Christ in St. Charles.

Interment will be in Memorial Lawn Cemetery in Jacksonville.

Ronald T. Farina: The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 31, at Friedrichs Funeral Home, 320 W. Central Road, Mt. Prospect. Funeral service with graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 1, in Irving Park Cemetery Chapel, 7777 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago.

George Edmund “Eddie” Fosse:

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

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, May 31, at Yurs Funeral Home. Burial will be in Oakwood Memorial Park in Ottawa.

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BATAVIA – Suicide Prevention Services is seeking hotline volunteers to help reduce and eliminate suicide and suicide attempts.

Training of new volunteers is scheduled to begin July 13.

The first two days of the training features the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training, the internationally acclaimed workshop that will help you become a better listener to anyone who needs help.

ASIST is available as the workshop only, or those who wish to become paraprofessional hotline volunteers may continue to complete the training. Call 630-482-9699, ext. 227, to learn more about how you can volunteer. Visit www.spsameri-

Fox Valley chorus to present pops concert AURORA – The Fox Valley Festival Chorus will present its annual pops concert – “From Broadway to the Big Screen,” featuring music from musicals such as “Jekyll and Hyde,” “My Fair Lady” and “Fiddler on the Roof” that have made the successful transition from live stage performances to the movies. The event will be at 3 p.m. June 9 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 10 N. Edgelawn Drive, Aurora. The cost is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors 65 and older and $5 for those ages 12 and younger.

For information, visit www. foxvalleyfc.org.

– Kane County Chronicle

Commission meets June 11 on whether to dismiss Virtual Learning’s appeal • RESIGN Continued from page 6 comes after all 18 districts rejected Virtual Learning’s charter proposal. The nonprofit unveiled its plan to the districts during a flurry of public hearings in early March.

School administrators complained that Virtual Learning came unprepared for the presentations and lacked specifics on the online-only school’s curriculum and costs to operate it.

In one instance, Virtual Learning representatives did not even show up to present its plan in a public hearing with administrators from District 304. The nonprofit later said it was unaware the meeting was scheduled.

To answer critics, Virtual Learning released a 1,100-page document designed to address district concerns, days before districts took final votes on the charter proposal. School administrators argued the overture was made too late.

Virtual Learning consequently appealed all of the

18 district rejections to the Illinois State Charter School Commission, which recently detailed the timeline for hearing the appeal.

But the appeal was thrown into limbo when Quinn signed the one-year virtual charter moratorium May 24. The commission has since suspended its evaluation of the appeal.

The one-year probation allows the charter commission time to research and recommend policy to the Illinois Legislature regarding virtual schooling, including the effect it has on student performance

and issues with oversight.

With Virtual Learning’s appeal in doubt, the commission will meet June 11 to decide whether to dismiss, postpone or move forward with the appeal, said Jeanne Nowaczewski, the commission’s executive director.

Attorneys from the 18 districts have argued that the appeal should be dismissed entirely, while Virtual Learning’s lawyers have argued the appeal should continue even with the new moratorium.

The commission also could decide to wait until the mora-

torium is lifted to hear the appeal, Nowaczewski said.

In the meantime, the commission is accepting voluntary legal briefs from the 18 districts, detailing their own interpretations of the new law’s effect on the appeal.

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GENEVA – Robert (Bob) Charles Arbizzani (Arbo), 67, lifelong resident of Geneva, passed away peacefully at his home Wednesday, May 29, 2013, after fighting a courageous battle with cancer.

A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. June 15 at United Methodist Church of Geneva, 211 Hamilton St., followed by a gathering of family and friends in the Fellowship Hall.

The family will then host a reception at The Little Owl/Flagstone at 101-105 W. State St., Geneva.

Bob was born in Geneva and graduated from Geneva High School in 1964. He attended Doane College in Crete, Neb., where he was a member of Alpha Omega Fraternity and a star football athlete. He and his team were celebrated in the Oct. 13, 1969, issue of Sports Illustrated magazine. They were inducted into Doane’s Hall Of Fame in fall 2010.

He graduated from Doane in 1968, and obtained a sales job in Dallas with Procter & Gamble. He met his wife, Barbara Bennett, in Dallas, and they were married April 3, 1971, in McGregor, Texas.

In 1972, he returned to Geneva to work in the family business,The Little Owl Restaurant, with his brother-in-law, Henry; sister, JoAnn; and brother, Timothy. He later became sole owner/operator and CEO of the corporation until his death.

Bob was active in the Geneva Chamber of Commerce and Geneva History Center and a member of

the Zoning Board of Appeals from 1991 to 2012. He also was an avid fisherman, voracious reader and was passionate about all sports.

His love of boating was apparent; he was a charter boat captain on Lake Michigan for many years.

Bob’s enthusiasm, dedication and genuine commitment was the success of his restaurant, The Little Owl, and its ultimate expansion to Flagstone, overseen by his sons.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Winifred (Hanny) and William (Bill) Arbizzani.

Bob is survived by his wife of 42 years, Barbara; two sons, Chris, 39, and John, 36, both of Geneva; siblings, JoAnn Vanthornout, Richard (Dick) Arbizzani, Ronald (Ron) Arbizzani and Timothy (Tim) Arbizzani; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to Rush University Medical Center for Lung Cancer Research, c/o Dr. Philip Bonomi, 1700 W. VanBuren St., Suite 250, Chicago, IL 60612.

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Owner of Little Owl, Arbizzani, dies at age 67

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com GENEVA – Geneva born and raised, a graduate of the Geneva Class of 1964, Robert Arbizzani was as much a local institution as was his restaurant, The Little Owl, 101 W. State St., Geneva.

Arbizzani, 67, died at his home early Wednesday after a battle with cancer, his family said.

“He was a generous provider who always had great pride in Robert his family and Arbizzani business, and in spite of his strong exterior, he had a very gentle, kind soul, with an abundance of compassion for nature and a great love for his pets,” his family – sons Chris and John and widow Barbara – said in a statement.

The Little Owl is Geneva’s oldest continuously operating restaurant and tavern, founded in 1920, and bought by the Arbizzani family in 1947.

After graduating from Doane College in Nebraska in 1968, Arbizzani went to work for Procter & Gamble in Texas. After marrying Barbara Bennett in Dallas, he returned home to Geneva in 1972 to work in the family business – The Little Owl – along with his brothers and a sister-inlaw.

Eventually he became the sole owner, operator and CEO, remaining in that role until his death, his family said.

The Flagstone Pub opened in 2006 right next to The Little Owl, also run by the Arbizzani family.

Jessica Bernard, who worked as a server at The Little Owl from 1996 through 2002 while going to nursing school, remembered Arbizzani as a strong-willed, good businessman.

“It was the perfect job be-

cause they were very flexible and understanding,” said Bernard who was able to work and get her nursing degree. “They were good to work for. It was a family-oriented business; they took care of everyone who was working there.”

The restaurant became known for its Owl Burgers – a long burger on a French roll – and its Reuben sandwiches.

And its Friday night fish fries always were a big hit, Bernard said.

“His wife was in every Friday night so they could have dinner together,” Bernard said. “Whoever served them on Friday evenings – it was a treat.”

Arbizzani was a member of the Geneva Zoning Board of Appeals from 1991 to 2012 and was active in the Geneva Chamber of Commerce.

“Bob has given years of service to the community and, as a businessman, he has provided great service and quality,” Geneva Chamber of Commerce President Jean Gaines said.

“He will be remembered.”

Arbizzani participated in StoryCorps at the Geneva History Center, talking about The Little Owl’s history, as one of the only local bars with air conditioning and the first in Geneva to get a television in 1946, and then the first to get a color television.

To view the full StoryCorps piece with Arbizzani online, see www.genevadowntown. org/category/geneva_illinois_ activities_attractions.

A memorial service for Arbizzani is scheduled for 2 p.m.

June 15 at United Methodist Church of Geneva, 211 Hamilton St., Geneva, followed by a gathering of family and friends in the Fellowship Hall.

Afterward, the family will host a reception at The Little Owl/ Flagstone Pub, 101-105 W. State St., Geneva.

The city will fly flags at half-staff through June 4, officials said.

By JONATHAN BILYK jbilyk@shawmedia.com The housing market around the Tri-Cities continued to show improvement last month, as more homes sold locally in April and home prices continued to edge higher.

According to the latest round of home-sales data released by local real estate associations, home sale activity increased sharply in the Tri-Cities of St. Charles, Geneva and Batavia in April, continuing to build on momentum seen in recent months.

In the three cities, a total of 134 detached single family homes were sold in April, an increase of 34 percent com-

pared with April 2012. The MainStreet Organization of Realtors, a trade group representing Chicago area real estate agents, reported that 100 homes sold in the Tri-Cities in the same month last year.

In Kane County, overall, 508 single family homes sold last month, an increase of 28.9 percent compared to April 2012, according to a report from the Illinois Association of Realtors.

At the same time, homes sold through foreclosure and short sale continued to represent a smaller share of the Tri-Cities housing market in April.

The MainStreet Organization reported that 29 so-called “distressed properties” were

By the numbers The housing market showed signs of improvement again in April, as home sales and prices continued to rebound.

How did your community fare, compared to April 2012?

St. Charles: 58 homes sold, up from 46; $403,000 median price, up from $371,250

Geneva: 47 homes sold, up from 34; $322,500 median price, up from $286,000 Batavia: 29 homes sold, up from 20; $272,000 median price, down from $286,000

sold in the Tri-Cities in April.

Last year, 23 distressed properties were sold.

However, last month, distressed properties represented about 21.6 percent of all closed sales. In April 2012, they accounted for 23 percent of the

market.

And as distressed properties account for less of the total local housing market, home prices have continued to rebound.

In Kane County, the median sale price of single family homes increased 2.4 percent in

By JONATHAN BILYK jbilyk@shawmedia.com ST. CHARLES – For many years, anyone in St. Charles looking for a great time, hearty laugh or good yarn knew John “Packy” Paschal likely had one at the ready.

“His was a legacy of pure enjoyment,” said former St. Charles Mayor Fred Norris.

“He just always enjoyed life, to the fullest.”

Paschal, of St. Charles, died Tuesday.

He was 80.

Paschal was a co-owner, president and vice president of the St. Charles company now known as Warwick Publishing, which publishes calendars and a host of other promotional products.

The company was formerly known as Chronicle Publishing, and published the Chronicle newspapers serving the Tri-Cities from its St. Charles headquarters.

The company changed its name shortly after selling

“His unique and totally individualistic personality and voice would just flow through.”

Fred Norris Former St. Charles mayor the newspapers to the B.F. Shaw Printing Company, now known as Shaw Media, in 1989.

Those papers were later consolidated into the Kane County Chronicle.

Paschal served as publisher of the former Chronicle newspapers.

Norris and others who knew him described Paschal as an integral part of the community, particularly in the years before the oncoming wave of suburban development transformed the city into what it is today.

“He was pure St. Charles, all the way,” Norris said. “St. Charles from the olden days.”

Those who knew him said Paschal would spend much of his free time at Ray’s Evergreen Tavern, talking with anyone and everyone and playing endless games of rolle bolle, for which the tavern is renowned.

While at Ray’s Evergreen, Paschal would often collect bits of information he would later weave together into “Pigeon Droppings,” a regular column he would publish in the St. Charles Chronicle.

“His unique and totally individualistic personality and voice would just flow through,” Norris said.

Lee Husfeldt, who worked for the Paschal family for about a decade as a reporter and editor at the Chronicles, said Paschal “probably knew St. Charles as well as anyone, when it was so small other people didn’t even know it.”

“He lived St. Charles, loved it,” Husfeldt said.

“He was real down-toearth, but lived large and enjoyed life.”

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April, to $179,950, the IAR reported.

In the Tri-Cities, the average of the median prices of single family home sales closed in each of the three communities increased 5.8 percent from $314,416 in April 2012 to $332,500 last month, according to the MainStreet Organization’s data.

At the same time, the discount that home buyers should expect when purchasing a distressed property in the Tri-Cities also decreased in April, the MainStreet Organization reported. In April 2012, buyers received a 51 percent discount on bank-owned properties.

Last month, that discount was 45 percent.

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Batavia farmers market moving

By KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com BATAVIA – Batavia MainStreet’s farmers market will move next month to the rejuvenated North River Street between Wilson and State streets in downtown Batavia.

“The decision to relocate was based on many factors, including the ability to expand the market for a larger variety of vendors, amenities – such

as electric outlets, the beautiful aesthetics of a pedestrian-friendly plaza in the center of our vibrant downtown and positive feedback and support from surrounding businesses,” said Jennifer Echert, a member of the MainStreet Board of Directors, in a news release. “We have enjoyed an average of 1,500 customers per week and look forward to that number growing at our new location, bringing additional

benefit to our downtown.”

The market, now in its 18th year, was previously located on South Water Street in downtown Batavia.

Opening day for the Batavia Farmers’ Market is June 8, with the season running for 19 weeks each Saturday, plus BatFest on Oct. 19. The market hours are 8 a.m. to noon.

Information is available at www.DowntownBatavia.com or by calling 630- 761-3528.

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Kurt Hinterkopf, 33, of the first block of North Sixth Avenue, turned himself in to DuPage County authorities Wednesday and was released after posting a $2,000 bond, 10 percent of a $20,000 bail.

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For the 11th year in a row, hundreds of law enforcement officers throughout the state will stake out Dunkin’ Donuts rooftops today in support of Special Olympics.

Batavia and Geneva police officers will be at the Batavia Dunkin’ Donuts on the corner of Randall Road and Wilson Street in Batavia from 6 to 11 a.m. The North Aurora Police Department, beginning at 6 a.m., will be at the Dunkin’ Donuts at 407 S. Lincolnway in North Aurora.

Police officers are scheduled to cover a record 150 Dunkin’ Donuts to heighten awareness and raise money for the Law Enforcement Torch Run to

benefit Special Olympics Illinois.

A complete list of locations can be downloaded at www.soill.org/ dunkin-donuts-cop-on-rooftop.

In return for the police officers “doing time” at their restaurants, Dunkin’ Donuts will donate $15,000 to the Torch Run fund.

In addition, each guest who visits a Cop on a Rooftop location that day and makes a donation to the Torch Run will receive a free doughnut coupon.

Guests donating at least $10 will receive a Law Enforcement Torch Run travel mug (while supplies last) and a coupon for free medium coffee. Other items, such as Torch Run T-shirts and hats, will be sold. Read additional details online at kcchronicle.com.

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OPINIONS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Remembering those who served To the Editor: Some Americans have forgotten the true meaning of a holiday that we, as veterans, hold so close to our hearts.

For too many, Memorial Day now signifies nothing more than the start of summer and is celebrated with holiday sales. Trips to the lake and shopping extravaganzas have replaced memorial visits, remembrance ceremonies or, simply put, a day to reflect upon all of the luxuries – like freedom – that we, as Americans, enjoy daily.

On Memorial Day this year, the Elburn community gathered to remember those that served this country and paid the ultimate price – their lives. Elburn American Legion Post 630 would like to thank those that made this ceremony possible by their support and participation: Elburn Boy Scout Troop 7; Elburn Cub Scout Pack 107; the 10th Mountain Division re-enactors; the Kaneland High School band, led by Mr. Aaron Puckett; our guest speaker, Elburn Mayor Dave Anderson; Tammy Osborne for reading “In Flanders Field”’ and Karen Howard for reading the names of those veterans buried in Elburn.

We appreciate your help and support. Thank you!

John Reece and John Nevenhoven Post commander and senior vice commander, respectively, for Elburn American Legion Post 630

ANOTHER VIEW

The sickness at the center of U.S. youth sports

By JONATHAN MAHLER Bloomberg News A 17-year-old soccer player in Utah was recently charged with homicide for fatally punching a referee who had just given him a yellow card. Maybe you remember the story. Or maybe you’ve already conflated it with the countless others like it – tales of kids, coaches and especially parents acting like utter idiots at youth sporting events, occasionally with tragic consequences.

It has gotten to the point where 21 states have laws addressing assaults on officials.

America’s youth sports culture is sick. But the conventional diagnosis of the illness has it backward – the problem isn’t that we take youth sports too seriously. It’s that we don’t

take them seriously enough.

As a result, we’re producing bad citizens and bad athletes.

The United States is obsessed with youth sports, but Americans don’t quite know what to do with that obsession. If collegiate sport is supposed to embody some Platonic ideal of competition for its own sake, youth sports are supposed to represent something more innocent still: a world where nobody’s keeping score.

There’s virtue in this.

At the same time, it’s only natural for kids – and yes, their parents – to want to get something else out of sports (and for the country to get some world-class professional athletes in the bargain). The refusal to acknowledge this has produced a haphazard approach to competitive youth

athletics and its out-of-control culture. Kids haven’t been taught to respect the games they’re playing. Parents haven’t been told to shut up and let the coaches do their job.

It doesn’t have to be this way. My 8-year-old son spends nine hours a week at soccer practice. But I am not a Tiger Dad, pushing my son toward a college scholarship, never mind a multimillion-dollar professional contract. Nor do I worry that he’s somehow missing out on his childhood because he’s learning to use his weak foot instead of hanging out with friends after school.

As I see it, he’s getting a second education on the soccer field – one that emphasizes discipline, perseverance, conditioning (not just fitness, but also balance and flexibili-

Editorial board J. Tom Shaw, publisher Jay Schwab

Kathy Gresey

Al Lagattolla Kate Schott

ty), technical mastery and the ability to cope with disappointment.

Organized youth sports don’t have to mean crazy kids, coaches and parents, any more than the phrase “youth sports academy” has to conjure images of Nick Bollettieri-style sweatshops (“ ‘Lord of the Flies’ with forehands,” as Andre Agassi, who was sent there against his will, memorably described Bollettieri’s tennis academy).

Other countries successfully train serious youth soccer players without having the whole enterprise degenerate into bullying, assault or homicide. Just look at the youth academies run by FC Barcelona or AC Milan. These programs are not designed for everyone; only the top players are invited. The clubs don’t

have to compete with other sports for the attention of their country’s most promising athletes.

Yet there’s a lot Americans can learn from this pre-professional approach to kids and sports. Among other things, it recognizes that fostering emotional maturity is a critical part of the development of young athletes. Kids in Ajax’s youth academy in the Netherlands, for example, don’t even start playing other clubs until they’ve spent years at the academy. By then they are ready to win and also to lose. Which is a lot more than we can say about many of the athletes in America’s youth leagues.

• Jonathan Mahler is a sports columnist for Bloomberg View.

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Taking a leap

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LARGE SENIOR CLASS HELPS LEAD ST. CHARLES NORTH TO IHSA BOYS VOLLEYBALL STATE QUARTERFINALS. PAGE 16

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Seniors Kevin Beach (foreground), Zach Ziesmer (middle) and Pat Misiewicz prepare to block the ball during the St. Charles North boys volleyball practice Thursday.

Paying dividends St. Charles East sophomore Alex Latoria (pictured) has been a wellschooled softball player since her early days of playing the sport, and leads the Saints with 10 home runs.

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IHSA BOYS VOLLEYBALL STATE SCHEDULE

WHAT TO WATCH

FRIDAY’S GAMES Minooka vs. Lincoln-Way North, 1 p.m.

Glenbrook South vs. Payton, 2 p.m.

Downers Grove South vs.

Deerfield, 5 p.m.

Oak Park-River Forest vs.

St. Charles North, 6 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES Semifinals Minooka/Lincoln-Way North winner vs. Glenbrook South/Payton winner, 10 a.m.

Downers Grove South/Deerfield winner vs. Oak Park-River Forest/St. Charles North winner, 11 a.m.

Third-place game Semifinals losers, 4 p.m.

Championship game Semifinals winners, 5:15 p.m.

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TODD WEIMER’S RECORD AT ST. CHARLES NORTH 2010 – 19-14 2011 – 18-18 2012 – 21-14 2013 – 30-6 Total– 88-52

St. Charles North coach Todd Weimer (center back) talks to the St. Charles North boys volleyball team during practice Thursday at the St. Charles North gymnasium. The North Stars will face Oak Park-River Forest at 6 p.m. today in the state quarterfinals.

ST. CHARLES NORTH BOYS VOLLEYBALL

‘Stuff just clicks’ Elder statesmen power North to quarterfinals

ST. CHARLES NORTH LEADERS KILLS Kevin Beach – 246 Jonathan Orech – 246 Jack Harbaugh – 141 BLOCKS Jake Hamilton – 26 Pat Misiewicz – 26 Jonathan Orech –20 ACES Kevin Beach – 29 Nic Cook – 26 Jonathan Orech – 23 ASSISTS Pat Misiewicz – 738 Parker Wayne – 27 Ryan Dal Degan – 16 DIGS Ryan Dal Degan – 393 Kevin Beach – 218 Jonathan Orech – 179 – stats from IHSA.org

By KEVIN DRULEY kdruley@shawmedia.com

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T. CHARLES – Click and count. Click and count. As St. Charles North boys volleyball players perused the online rosters of this weekend’s IHSA state quarterfinalists, they fell into an enjoyable sequence and heartening discovery.

No other team at the state tournament at Hoffman Estates boasts as many seniors as the North Stars, who feature a dozen 12th-graders and two juniors.

Oak Park-River Forest, the North Stars’ opponent in a quarterfinal at 6 p.m. today, is one of two teams with nine seniors, the next-highest total. At Tuesday’s sectional final, Lake Park had just one, a statistic North partially credits for its debut state berth.

“It’s not the reason we won, but I think it definitely helps,” senior libero Ryan Dal Degan said. “Little situations – where other teams are getting on runs or we’re not doing things we need to do – we can just kind of relax, you know, look at each other. Figure out what we need to do together since we’ve been playing together for so long.

“Stuff just clicks easy with us.”

North (30-6) aspires to have a few more senior moments in the next two days.

Naturally, there’s the swan song sentiment that goes with those wishes, but the Upstate Eight Conference River Division champs also can back themselves up with results.

The North Stars captured early-season invitational titles at West Aurora and Marian Catholic, building steam for a feat many players tabbed as their then-career highlight in the senior night program.

Playing April 15 at perennial power St. Francis, North rallied from a 22-25 loss in Game 1 to never trail in the final two games, winning, 25-20 and 25-23.

North’s first victory against the Spartans in coach Todd Weimer’s four seasons promptly sent players shouting – even hoarse outside hitter Jonathan Orech, who collected 11 kills, 12 digs and four blocks despite the flu.

The accomplishments and wins haven’t stopped.

“We’ve been here for four years and we finally can show something for everyone.

Like how long we’ve worked for four years on practice every day,” senior setter Pat Misiewicz said. “We can show what we’ve got.

It’s finally here. It’s good. Finish it off.”

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PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Boys volleyball: St. Charles North vs. Oak Park River-Forest at IHSA quarterfinal at Hoffman Estates, 6 p.m.

SATURDAY Baseball: St. Charles East vs. Wheaton North at 4A St. Charles East Sectional, 11 a.m.; St. Francis vs. Sycamore at 3A Sycamore Sectional, 11 a.m.

Softball: St. Charles East vs. Glenbard North at 4A St. Charles East Sectional, 11 a.m.

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Log on to KCChronicle.com/ preps for a video of St. Charles East junior Sarah Collalti discussing the Saints’ postseason run.

Latoria is only a sophomore in her first full season on varsity.

“Alex is amazing,” East junior Sarah Collalti said.

“She’s probably one of the best hitters we’ve had in a while. I mean, 10 home runs is just awesome. She can cause some serious damage even as an underclassman, so when she’s an upperclassman, I mean, I don’t even know how many home runs she’ll hit then.

“The other teams should definitely be afraid of that.

She’s really good.”

Latoria has played travel softball with the St. Charles Comets, then the Homer Hawks, since her elementary school days, saying, “I’ve always had a lot of resources around me to help me get better with everything.”

Some of her recent strides include a slower load that has enabled her to wait back on pitches and improved selectivity at the plate. Latoria,

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St. Charles East’s Alex Latoria makes contact during an April 3 game against South Elgin. Latoria and the Saints will face Glenbard North on Saturday in the IHSA Class 4A St. Charles East Sectional championship game.

always ready. She knows what her job is. Right now her job is to be third baseman but if we need her, she’s going to be on the mound.”

Aside from her booming extra base hits, Latoria might be best known in the area softball community for the pronounced grunting sound she makes during her follow-through as a pitcher.

“I’ve done it since I was little,” Latoria said. “It’s more just to remind me to breathe.

That’s the whole point of it, basically. It’s not to throw off the batters or anything.”

East (30-5), the top seed in

its sectional, expects a major challenge in Saturday’s sectional final from DuPage Valley Conference power Glenbard North.

The second-seeded Panthers (26-4) are coached by Josh Sanew, who attended Glenbard West High School with Horan.

“My mom and his mom were at Jewel the other day, buying groceries, wishing one another good luck, ‘Hope to see you on Saturday,’ ” Horan said. “It’s nice. I always like playing against friends better.

He’s a young guy that’s an old-school coach.”

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T. CHARLES – Alex Latoria has been a wellschooled slugger since her early days of softball, working extensively with prominent local hitting instructors such as Bobby Roan and Venus Taylor.

Latoria is appreciative of those hitting gurus’ assistance, but she’s not about to leave her dad out of the mix, either. Her father, Phil Latoria, is part-owner of the Kane County Dugout performance training center in St. Charles, and also has been heavily influential in the St. Charles East softball cleanup hitter’s power stroke.

“He knows my swing the best, obviously, because he sees me every game,” Latoria said. “So he can help me with small, little things.”

There’s plenty of credit to go around when it comes to Latoria, whose team-leading 10 home runs add an element of intimidation to East’s prolific lineup. Latoria would love to add to that total in Saturday’s IHSA Class 4A St. Charles East Sectional championship game against Glenbard North.

Best of all for the Saints,

Olivia Lorenzini and Kate Peterburs each have about 30 RBIs for the Saints, and East’s overall lineup depth keeps the sophomore from feeling too much pressure.

“Everyone hits the ball hard, everyone’s really good hitters on our team,” Latoria said. “It also helps defensively that we’re really solid, so then we can just relax when we’re up to plate and just know that we can get the hits.”

Latoria was called up to varsity during East’s home, midseason tournament as a freshman last season, and Saints coach Kelly Horan said there was “no good reason to move her back down after that.”

Latoria typically was East’s designated player last season, whereas this spring, she usually plays third base, freeing Peterburs to fill the Saints’ hole at first base.

In addition, Latoria is East’s No. 2 pitcher behind junior Haley Beno. Beno has been strong throughout the postseason, but Latoria knows she could end up entering the game in a key, relief spot at any time.

“The great thing about Alex is I don’t have to say anything,” Horan said. “She’s

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Cougars eschew nocturnal instincts Bright-eyed and bushyhaired, Cougars first baseman Dan Vogelbach recently submitted to a morning show kind of question.

In the realm of Twitter hashtags trumpeting 11 or 11:30 a.m. starts, which did he prefer: #RiseandGrind or #WakeandRake?

Vogelbach and teammates are feeling both options out this spring, as many play games without lights for the first time in two seasons.

A majority of Cougars were with Short-A Boise last season, and the Hawks started Dan Vogelbach each of their home games after 7 p.m. local time.

“You have all that – rise and grind, wake and rake – but whatever gets you up individually and gets you rolling,” Vogelbach said.

“Everybody has their own different thing. Some people like playing day games better.

Like I’ve said, it’s still baseball. It’s still what you love to do, no matter what time it is.”

Players know day games are an occupational hazard of professional baseball. In the major leagues, getaway day games begin in the afternoon nearly every third day.

In the minors, Sunday matinees often are augmented by daytime games during the week that accommodate school field trips. That puts the onus on players to fill their social calendars in unfamiliar areas once they’re allowed to leave the ballpark.

Designated hitter/first baseman Rock Shoulders, for one, has led the charge for fishing.

“There’s always stuff to do, you know, hang out. But a lot of times, you’re so tired, the day wears you out, you don’t want to do much,” Vogelbach said. “But anything –

QUICK READ Kevin Druley fishing, hanging out with the boys. We’ve got a good group here, so it’s always a good time.”

Welcome DeBord: Recent St. Charles East graduate Will DeBord has tried to stay diligent with his early offseason lacrosse training.

Considering his offseason consists of just a few weeks, that’s especially commendable.

“I’m trying to keep the stick in my hands, so to speak, playing wall ball every day, but other than that, it’s basically just prepping for basics,” said DeBord, who is set to begin boot camp June 27 at the U.S. Air Force Academy.

DeBord committed to Air Force’s NCAA Division I lacrosse program in September 2011, but the longpole midfielder hardly has coasted since, staying fit through The Speed School in St. Charles.

He remained a stabilizing force when East split from the former St. Charles co-op entering the 2012 season as both St. Charles schools formed their own programs.

Earlier this month, U.S. Lacrosse tabbed him as a high school All-American – the lone player of his position from Illinois.

“I couldn’t believe it,” DeBord said. “It was a great day.”

The first member of his immediate family to join the armed forces – DeBord’s grandfathers served in the Navy and Coast Guard, respectively – he also will carry his state’s flag at Air Force.

Wheaton Warrenville South product Jacob Kazar, a sophomore defender, was the lone Illinoisan on the Falcons’ 2013 roster.

Boenzi to Grand Valley: Watch out, Northern Illinois – Grand Valley State might just be the nation’s next big pipeline from the Geneva football program.

Burly defensive tackle Frank Boenzi, a 2010 Geneva alumnus, has transferred to join the Division II Lakers after spending 2012 with Garden City (Kan.) Community College, where he had 23 tackles, 1½ sacks and one fumble recovery in 10 games.

The 6-foot-2, 295-pound Boenzi will be reunited with former Vikings running back Michael Ratay and quarterback Brandon Beitzel at Grand Valley.

Boenzi went to community college after NIU dismissed him from the team last summer. He pleaded guilty to attempted possession of marijuana in July 2012.

Boenzi, Ratay and Beitzel all started in Geneva’s Class 7A state championship game against East St. Louis in 2008.

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

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ST. CHARLES NORTH’S RESULTS March 20 – def. Leyden, 2-0 (25-15, 25-20) WEST AURORA INVITATIONAL March 30 – def. Joliet Catholic, 2-0 (25-6, 25-12) March 30 – def. St. Viator, 2-0 (25-6, 26-17) March 30 – def. Glenbard North, 2-0 (25-10, 25-17) March 30 – def. Schaumburg, 2-1 (2527, 25-18, 25-11) April 1 – def. Maine South, 2-0 (25-14, 29-27) April 2 – lost to Neuqua Valey, 25-15, 25-22

• Friday, May 31, 2013

MARIAN INVITATIONAL April 5 – def. Plainfield East, 2-0 (2516, 25-18) April 5 – def. Marian, 2-0 (25-11, 25-17) April 6 – def. Homewood Flossmoor, 2-0 (25-16, 25-20) April 6 – def. Morton, 2-0 (25-21, 25-21) April 9 – def. Bartlett, 2-0 (25-13, 25-16) April 11 – lost to Lake Park, 2-1 (25-19, 16-25, 25-13) April 15 – def. St. Francis, 2-1 (22-25, 25-20, 25-23) April 16 – def. Elgin, 2-0 (25-14, 25-19) ADDISON TRAIL INVITATIONAL April 20 – def. Latin, 2-0 (25-16, 25-23) April 20 – def. Elk Grove Village, 2-0 (25-12, 25-14) April 20 – def. Wheaton Academy, 2-0 (26-24, 25-16) April 20 – def. Glenbard North, 2-1 (25-19, 18-25, 13-15) April 20 – lost to Addison Trail, 2-1 (13-25, 25-20, 8-15) April 23 – def. St. Charles East, 2-1 (21-25, 25-20, 25-22) April 25 – def. South Elgin, 2-1 (21-25, 25-13, 25-17) April 30 – def. Larkin, 2-0 (25-21, 25-13) May 1 – lost to Metea Valley, 2-1 (2325, 25-16, 20-25) May 7 – def. Geneva, 2-0 (25-15, 25-18) EVANTSTON SPRING FLING May 10 – def. Joliet West, 2-0 (25-13, 25-17) May 10 – def. Marian, 2-0 (25-15, 25-14) May 10 – def. Lakes, 2-0 (25-18, 25-19) May 11 – lost to Deerfield, 2-0 (22-25, 21-25) May 11 – def. Evanston, 2-0 (25-14, 25-14) May 14 –def. Streamwood, 2-0 (2519, 25-13) May 16 – lost to Glenbard West, 2-0 (15-25, 18-25) POSTSEASON GENEVA REGIONAL May 21 – def. Hoffman Estates, 2-0 (25-20, 25-12) May 22 – def. Geneva, 2-0 (25-13, 25-18) BARTLETT SECTIONAL May 24 – def. Wheaton North, 2-0 (27-25, 25-20) Tuesday – def. Lake Park, 2-0 (25-17, 25-18)

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Junior Nic Cook bumps the ball as senior Pat Misiewicz prepares for the pass during the St. Charles North practice Thursday.

OPRF making 13th tournament appearance • NORTH Continued from page 16 Dal Degan and defensive specialist Jimmy Vainisi represent the “old guard” of the senior group, having played together for three varsity seasons. The pair teamed up at St. Patrick in St. Charles before that. Dal Degan, Orech and middle hitter Zach Ziesmer serve as captains.

Indonesian exchange student Arry Rizky is the newbie, though he has played the

sport for five years.

Several North Stars are teammates at Batavia-based Club Fusion South during club season. Those experiences coupled with matches each spring contribute to the North Stars’ comfort and confidence.

Right-side hitter Jack Harbaugh, one of a handful of seniors in his first full varsity season, recalls feeling no angst once the year began.

“Playing in the program for four years, we knew Weimer’s very dedicated.

He’ll go to all the teams. He’ll

kind of help out and guide,” Harbaugh said. “So we’re very familiar with him.

We’re very familiar with all the players.”

Misiewicz found a similar camaraderie on a recent visit to NAIA Clarke University in Dubuque, Iowa, where he committed last week.

His rationale for choosing Clarke sounded about right.

“It was a bond. It was nice,” Misiewicz said. “I liked that they were cool dudes, and I wanted to be there.”

North won’t be in a mood

to simply hang out once it reaches Hoffman Estates.

While the North Stars have 12 seniors, OPRF (20-18) leads the state field with 13 tournament appearances.

“We’re really excited. We really relish this opportunity,” Dal Degan said. “I’ve been talking with some of the guys and talking about did we think we’d be here at the end of the year. I don’t think anyone envisioned us having so much success, but we definitely feel like we can play with anybody in these last eight teams.”

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Kiwanis Club to host final Soap Box Derby race clinic KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE neighbors@kcchronicle.com GENEVA – The Kiwanis Club of Geneva will host its final Soap Box Derby race clinic from 7 to 9 p.m. June 5 at the Cadence Fitness and Health Center (formerly the Delnor Health and Wellness Center), 296 Randall Road, Geneva.

Participants will find out how to build a car that can be raced in the Geneva All-American Soap Box Derby race, which will take place during Swedish Days on June 22 in Geneva.

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The All-American Soap Box Derby will feature a Superkids Boys and girls ages 7 to 13 race for special needs boys and girls ages 7 to 17 on June who compete must use offi22 as part of Swedish Days.

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Derby cars that pass specifications. a stock car and attend a construction The winner of the race will be Geneva’s first All-American Soap meeting – or clinic – where the process Box Derby local champion and will au- of car construction will be gone over in tomatically receive an invite to Akron, detail.

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The Kiwanis Club of Geneva will host its final Soap Box Derby race clinic from 7 to 9 p.m.

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The race day will also feature a Superkids race for special needs boys and girls ages 7 to 17.

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BATAVIA – Moo La La owner Tom Kowske invited students of Batavia Covenant Preschool to his ice cream shop last week for a tour, and to enjoy some ice cream.

The children enjoyed dipped ice cream bars at no cost to the school or families. – Kane County Chronicle

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BATAVIA – The community is invited to a Bethany Community Supper from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 31, at Bethany Lutheran Church, 8 S. Lincoln St., Batavia.

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Spring care package event at VFW set BATAVIA – Fox Valley Troop Support has planned a spring care package event from 3 to 8 p.m. May 31 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 1 at the Batavia VFW, 645 S. River St., Batavia. Volunteers can donate care package items for deployed U.S. troops and help prepare and send care packages. For information, call 630-926-4545.

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AURORA – Michael Foley, a junior at Aurora Central Catholic High School in Aurora, scored a perfect 36 on the ACT test, a college entrance exam taken in April.

Foley is the son of David and Sandra Foley of St. Charles.

According to the news release, Foley hopes to major in physics or computer science at Notre Dame or MIT.

GENEVA – Madeline Grace Reinecke, a senior at Geneva High School, received the P.E.O. STAR Scholarship for the 2013-14 academic year.

Reinecke is the daughter of Marsha and Mark Reinecke and was recommended for the scholarship

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CAMPUS NOTE Geneva resident earns honor As the College of Arts and Science of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., welcomed more than 1,000 new graduates to its list of undergraduate alumni, Robert George Tauscher of Geneva, who graduated at the top of the class, was recognized as the college’s Founder’s Medalist.

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Rob Tauscher earned a double major in biological sciences and Spanish; was an academic All-American in rowing; a member of Sigma Delta Phi, the Spanish honor society; and a nominee for a Rhodes scholarship.

In the fall, he will enter the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

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Dodge Charger puts zest back into life For every car, manufacturers aim at a target market.

For the sports car, the market becomes more defined. It includes young and restless males, as well as older buyers of the same gender reliving a somewhat romantic youth. Females, of course, are welcome to join in the fun.

In this sports car segment there are the two-door, two-seaters, which can be relatively inexpensive, such as the Mazda MX-5 Miata ($23,000 to $30,000) or very expensive, such as the Dodge SRT Viper ($97,000 to $120,000).

And then there are the four-door, four-seaters, and this market includes anyone of all ages who likes to put the pedal to the metal, but also has family responsibilities. Baby boomers or males in their 50s (mid-life crisis?) seem to be primary buyers of these sportsters, which include the recently tested full-sized 2013 Dodge Charger sedan. The tested version was an R/T Plus version, which means it had all-wheel instead of rear-wheel-drive, a 5.7-liter, 370-horsepower V8 engine in place of a 290-horsepower V6, and a few extras, such as high intensity discharge headlamps and P235 performance tires mounted on 18- or 19-inch alloy wheels.

The optional 19 inchers are in a $2,000 package that has 10 other items in it. The base price of the R/T Plus is $32,495, which places it in the middle of the Charger pricing, which starts at $25,000 for a V6 SE model and tops out around the $44,300 mark for a 6.4-liter, 470-horsepower SRT8.

Yes, like its Chrysler 300 sibling, the full-size Charger sedan goes at a quick and fast pace. For a large sedan it moves at a good clip and has been tested racing from 0 to 60 miles per hour in six seconds. The tested R/T Plus came with a five-speed automatic transmission slowing the time to seven seconds. A rear-wheel-drive 5.7-liter Charger has been timed going from 0 to 60 mph in 5.4 seconds.

Even with four persons aboard in this two-door, four-door, five-occupant sedan, the Charger moves at a crisp clip from stop lights or signs, and while passing slower traffic on highways. Looks are important, and the 10 colors on the palette range from bright red to dull red, black, blue, purple or white. The tester was three-coat pearl “redline” (modest red).

The interior perforated (for heat and cool air infiltration) leather seats were black.

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Dodge offers a V6 and a V8 powerplant in the Charger. Note the raised flanks on the Charger, which are reminiscent of the original Charger, a 1966 two-door fastback coupe. Current horsepower ranges from 292 to 470 horsepower.

BEHIND THE WHEEL Jerry Kuyper sedan. Noted for souped-up engines, V8s and Hemi engines, Dodge brought the Charger back to life in 2006. The reborn Charger was as large and powerful as the muscular Chrysler 300, but not quite as powerful as the Viper. Like the 300, the Charger is a rear-wheel-drive sports sedan with the option of all-wheel-drive on models with larger powerplants.

Horsepower and amenities are reflected in today’s five trim levels, the SE, SXT, R/T, SRT8 Superbee and SRT8.

With the tested R/T Plus model, one can get power, comfort and amenities, including the usual array of power features (windows, exterior mirrors, door locks, remote entry), wider rubber for alloy wheels, leather trim and heated rear as well as front seats.

Fuel consumption averaged 20.9 miles per gallon in city, county highway and interstate travel with two or more adults aboard. The 19-gallon tank can be filled with regular gasoline. The Envi-

ronmental Protection Agency rates the 4,250-pound four-door, five-passenger sedan at 15 mpg in the city and 23 on the highway.

Interior roominess includes good leg room. Officially, it is 41.8 inches in front and 40 inches in the rear. Seats are plush and commodious.

The trunk measures 16 cubic feet and it is lighted, carpeted and relatively square.

The wheelbase of 120.2 inches translates into a length of 199.9 inches, width of 75 inches and height of 58.4 inches. Fairly nimble, it can turn a circle in 37.7 feet.

With the R/T Plus, braking on dry pavement to a stop from 60 miles per hour can be done in a distance of less than 115 feet, which is incredible.

The earliest Charger models were strictly for muscle, but Dodge wants families in these cars.

Although the fastback façade has not been replicated, Dodge designers retained some of the early 1970s Charger coupe themes for this sedan.

Angled headlight assemblies, fog lamps and a large grille in front form a partnership with ridged flanks in the rear to suggest this reincarnated Charger can trace its heritage back to the fastback pop-

ularized by the 1980s “Dukes of Hazzard” television show. Rear windows taper to mimic coupe lines of 40 years ago. The exaggerated profile of the coupe is modified with the sedan. Bright dual exhaust tips stick out at the rear.

A spartan interior and racing lines on the exterior lend credibility to Dodge’s claim to have recreated the original spirit of the Charger.

There are 21st Century novelties with recent Chargers, such as a coin tray, compact disc changer with MP3 player, overhead storage bin for sunglasses and twin cupholders on the center console.

Climate and sound controls are easy to read and reach. Features on the tested R/T included keyless and lighted entry, door locks, heated foldable exterior mirrors and windows (front are express, one-touch up and down), but also the heated leather front seats and the adjustable gas and brake pedals.

Standard amenities include cruise control, air conditioning, tilt-steering wheel and a sound system for AM-FM radio, MP3 and compact disc players. Other amenities are free satellite radio (Sirius) for one year, an auxiliary input port, tachometer, clock, exterior temperature display, air filter system, front and rear reading lights, 12 volt outlet, rear window defroster, variable intermittent wipers, rear defogger, front and rear floor mats and lighted vanity mirrors.

Safety elements include a four-wheel antilock braking system, traction and stability controls, brake assist, tire pressure monitoring system, electronic brakeforce distribution, front airbags, side airbags in front and overhead curtains for two rows, child seat tethers and anchors, four headrests and five seatbelts.

The German-designed strut suspension lets the Charger rumble rather than bounce over rough railroad crossings.

Powerful and comfortable, the Charger is in a nice niche in the sport sedan market. Families who want to add a little zest to life will like it.

Assembled in the Chrysler plant in Brampton, Ontario Province, Canada, the 2013 Charger is covered by a threeyear, 36,000-mile warranty with 24-hour roadside assistance. Powertrain coverage is five years or 100,000 miles.

The 2013 Chargers are available with prices, powerplants and amenities comparable to 2012 models.

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Walt Whitman (1819-1892), poet/journalist; Clint Eastwood (1930), actor/ director; Joe Namath (1943), football player; John Bonham (1948-1980), drummer; Brooke Shields (1965), actress; Colin Farrell (1976), actor.

– United Feature Syndicate

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By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association TODAY – Your financial trends could gradually begin to show improvement in the year ahead. As long as things continue to move upward, there is no need to become impatient.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Underestimating your competition is apt to produce undesirable results. Unless you carefully evaluate the strength of your adversaries, you could lose out.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – It’s extremely important that you maintain a realistic but positive attitude concerning your work.

If you inflate the difficulty of your job, all initiative will desert you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Your survival today depends on how well you can function independently of others. Don’t operate under the illusion that co-workers are looking out for anyone other than themselves.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – It would be wise to support your mate in public, even if you secretly disagree with his or her position.

It’s a good strategy to show a united front.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Instead of trying to impose your thinking on your co-workers today, first listen to their ideas or what they have to say. They might have some suggestions that are far superior to yours.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Since finances are likely to be a touchy issue, instead of getting involved in a joint endeavor where another controls what you invest, try to handle all of your funds yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – If you’re in a position of authority, be careful of how you treat your subordinates. If you come on too strong, you could create a situation that might get out of hand.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – If you attempt to appease associates rather than follow the dictates of your judgment, many of your efforts could turn out to be counterproductive.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Your spending habits are likely to be influenced by the company you keep. If you’re with high rollers, chances are that you’ll be more extravagant than usual.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Be careful, because you follow an inclination to test your will against a colleague’s. It’s an exercise in juvenile expression that you’ll later regret.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Don’t be intimidated by someone who expresses him or herself in a bold, dramatic fashion.

There could be nothing at the bottom of such a display.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – It’s best not to enter into a joint venture without a clear sense of who does what and where it will all lead. Make sure everyone’s priorities are in place.

JEFFREY WESTHOFF’S GRADE: HH 1/2

‘After Earth’ Shyamalan’s best work since ‘The Village’ With “After Earth,” Will Smith proves not only that someone in Hollywood is still willing to work with M. Night Shyamalan, but that someone might still have a reason to work with him.

In his latest bid to make a star out of his son Jaden, Smith hand-picked Shyamalan to co-write and direct the science-fiction thriller, even though Shyamalan suffered one of the most spectacular career flameouts in the history of the industry. After “The Sixth Sense” was released in 1999, it seemed Shyamalan could do nothing wrong.

Fourteen years later, it seems he can do nothing right.

Smith’s confidence in Shyamalan pays off, more or less. “After Earth” is a solid action film, though its sense of excitement sometimes flags. It is Shyamalan’s best work since “The Village,” although that is the faintest of praise.

“The Village” is deeply flawed from concept to execution and the three films he made afterward – “Lady in the Water,” “The Happening” and “The Last Airbender” – are varying shades of awful.

But at least Shyamalan has clawed his way from terrible back to so-so.

At its heart, “After Earth” is an old-fashioned survival tale couched in science-fiction trappings and burdened by a convoluted back story. Let’s get the convoluted back story (which apparently was Smith’s idea, because he sees it as a platform for spinoff novels and comic books) out of the way first.

The movie takes place 1,000 years after humankind left the Earth after polluting it to a point that it became uninhabitable. This is the standard science-fiction warning to protect the environment or die, which Shyamalan used in “The Happening” with about as much subtlety.

The Earthlings settled on a planet called Nova Prime. This didn’t thrill Nova Prime’s natives, so they engineered a creature called “ursas” that are blind but hunt humans by smelling the pheromones they emit when frightened.

Earth’s military countered this by training elite warriors, called Ghosts, to shed their fear.

All this is told in the beginning in flashbacks that look like a clip reel from Paul Verhoeven’s “Starship Troopers.”

What makes this background germane

Sony Pictures photo

Will and Jaden Smith (pictured) star in the film “After Earth.”

WESTHOFF REVIEWS Jeffrey Westhoff is that Will Smith’s character, Cypher Raige, is the first and most famous Ghost, a war hero beloved by all. His 13-year-old son, Kitai (Jaden Smith), a military cadet, lives in his father’s shadow. Kitai desperately needs Cypher’s approval, but his taciturn dad isn’t handing it out.

Their simmering conflict culminates when father and son are the only survivors of a spaceship that crash lands on Earth. Cypher is mortally wounded and cannot travel, so their only chance of survival is for Kitai to find a rescue beacon in the ship’s tail section, which landed 1,000 kilometers away from the cockpit. Either Shyamalan or his credited co-writer, Gary Whitta, is a “Lost” fan.

Shyamalan avoids one post-Apocalyptic cliché by not showing ruined cities.

Kitai’s journey is through a lush forest of two-hundred-foot trees and strange new creatures. His father warns him that “every single life form” on Earth has evolved to kill humans, which makes no sense. Why evolve to destroy a species that hasn’t existed on the planet for a millennium? Out of spite?

Once Kitai begins his quest “After Earth” becomes a classic wilderness survival story, something Robert Louis Stevenson or Jack London might have written had their vocabulary includ-

ed “unstable ion particles.” Like any archetypal story, “After Earth” is also about the young protagonist’s spiritual journey into manhood. To succeed, he must live up to his father’s macho pronouncements such as, “Danger is very real, but fear is a choice.”

Shyamalan doesn’t twist logic as badly in “After Earth” as he did in “The Happening.” The only maddening development is the dying act of an oversized vulture. But the story is still plagued by inconsistencies. Kitai wears a survival suit that changes color to signal a threat, sort of like a mood ring, but doesn’t meet the basic survival need of providing heat in freezing conditions. Cypher doesn’t want Kitai to perform a dangerous act in the middle of the movie, but wants him to perform an even more dangerous one near the end.

Shyamalan has dabbled in science fiction before, particularly in the alien invasion thriller “Signs,” and while “After Earth” starts out with starships, alien creatures and holographic technology, he abandons it early for a setting of trees and creeks. This fits the defiance of expectations that made his early career so promising.

He also doesn’t use special effects as an excuse to drag out the story longer than it needs to be, wrapping things up well before the stopwatch hits two hours.

Nor does Shyamalan feel obliged to throw in a major action sequence every 10 minutes. That should be admirable, but it allows the tension to droop. “After Earth” works, but not often enough.

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips a jailer than a wife, but then, she knows what your ex is capable of if he gets past the front door or has private conversations with another woman.

This is happening because she perceives you as still a threat.

That your former husband allows her to exert this amount of control is unfortunate. The distancing from his son is happening because he is permitting it, and the loser here is the little boy.

You’re not wrong, but if the only way your son can have a relationship with his dad is for this woman to be ever-present, then bite your tongue and go along with it for as long as this marriage lasts or your ex summons up enough backbone to set his No. 2 straight.

Dear Abby: My sisters and I look out for our “Aunt Lil,” who is in her late 70s and never had

children. Physically and mentally she’s fine right now. She quit driving a few years ago, but that had more to do with the price of gas than her driving ability. We run errands for her, take her to appointments, etc.

Our question: For most of her life, Aunt Lil has kept up a steady correspondence with many people all over the world. When I say she has pen pals everywhere, I’m not exaggerating. When the time comes and she is gone, how should we notify her friends?

Abby, there are 100 people she writes to and those are just the ones we’re aware of! Your thoughts would be appreciated. – Aunt Lil’s Girls Dear Girls: Considering that people live longer these days, I wouldn’t write off Aunt Lil too quickly. Because she still has all her faculties, ask HER how she wants it handled. She may prefer to write her own farewell note to be mailed after her death.

• Write Dear Abby at www. dearabby.com.

For occasional heartburn, you don’t need a PPI Dear Doctor K: I’ve been taking Prilosec for years to prevent heartburn. My wife doesn’t think it’s safe to take any drug for that long. What do you think?

Dear Reader: I’ve said it before, but I think it bears repeating: No drug is 100 percent safe. That doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t take one if you need it. But you should continually weigh the risks and benefits.

Prilosec is a proton pump inhibitor (PPI), a drug that reduces stomach acid. We need stomach acid to help digest food, but in excess or in the wrong place, it’s a menace. It can inflame and irritate the esophagus, causing heartburn. (Recurring heartburn is called gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD.) It can also contribute to ulcers in the stomach and small intestine.

PPIs are the most commonly prescribed drugs for acid reflux and heartburn. PPIs include lansoprazole (Prevacid), omeprazole (Prilosec) and esomeprazole (Nexium).

Like you, people often take PPIs every day for years. This makes sense if you have a chronic problem with stomach acid, but the occasional case of mild heartburn does not need to be treated with a PPI. For that kind of spot

ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff duty, antacid medicines such as Tums, Rolaids and Maalox will likely do the trick. They directly counteract acid in your stomach.

So will drugs like cimetidine (Tagamet), famotidine (Pepcid) and ranitidine (Zantac). Like the PPIs, these drugs cause your stomach to make less acid, but they work faster than PPIs. You can also tackle your heartburn with changes that don’t involve taking anything.

Eat smaller meals and cut back on alcohol. If you’re heavy, lose weight. Raising the head of your bed should also help.

As a long-term PPI user, you should also consider the possible drug interactions and side effects of PPIs. They may decrease the effectiveness of clopidogrel (Plavix, others), a medication that helps prevent artery-clogging blood clots. (This is controversial, and irrelevant if you’re not taking clopidogrel.)

In addition, people taking PPIs seem to be more likely to get pneumonia than those who aren’t. Why would a medicine

that reduces stomach acid make you vulnerable to pneumonia – a lung infection usually caused by bacteria? Because some cases of pneumonia come from regurgitating stomach contents up into the throat and having some of these contents drop down into the lungs. Since acid kills bacteria, stomach contents that are low in acid are more likely to contain bacteria.

Stomach acid also helps you absorb calcium in your diet. Theoretically, that might mean that long-term use of PPIs would make you vulnerable to thin bones (osteopenia or osteoporosis).

However, the evidence for that is weak. Experts do not recommend, for example, that people taking long-term PPIs get bone density tests, or take calcium pills.

Even if you have a prescription for a PPI, you and your doctor should review the reasons for it periodically to make sure they’re still valid. If you do need that prescription – and many people do – it should be for the lowest effective dose.

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

Dr. Wallace: I was surprised to learn in a column that 80 percent of high school students in a survey of more than 5,000 students admitted that they had cheated at least once in high school.

It was a long time ago (I’m 84), but I was my high school valedictorian, and I’m proud to say that I never cheated. I did assist several of my classmates with their homework, but I had permission from teachers. My best friend asked me to write a theme for him in English, but I said no.

Being honest at school carried through my entire life. I have never done anything illegal, and I have never falsified anything on my income tax return.

It is really enjoyable to be 100 percent honest and never have to look over my shoulder for someone coming after me. The Good Lord looked after me because I praised him. I really hope those students who cheat in school understand that they are only cheating themselves.

By the way, I forgot to tell you that I am a retired medical doctor, and I’m positive that all of my former patients are very happy that their doctor graduated from Johns Hopkins Medical School with honors. – Dr. R., New York, N.Y. Dr. R: Thanks for your inspiring message. Most students who cheat are perfectly capable of earning acceptable grades if they only completed the necessary assignments, but like many human beings, they take the easy way out.

Dr. Wallace: I’m dating a really great guy who is 18 and has graduated from high school.

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace He has a job working for his dad in an auto repair shop. He treats me well and spends a lot of money on me. I like him a lot, but he does have one small problem.

He earns most of his money selling drugs, mainly marijuana. I don’t like this one bit and have told him many times to stop selling, and he always says, “I will – tomorrow.” But tomorrow never seems to get here. What should I do? – Nameless, Reno, Nev. Dear Nameless: Your boyfriend doesn’t have a small problem. He has a major problem. Selling drugs is a criminal offense. If he’s caught, he’ll spend time behind bars.

You’ve got to give him an ultimatum: “What’s more important, me or selling drugs? Don’t let him off the hook with that “tomorrow” excuse.

Dr. Wallace: My question is this: Is it possible to get a healthy tan?

I mean a tan only where there is never a burn. I know that the sun is a wonderful source of Vitamin D. – Christy, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Dear Christy: Dr. Gary Sibbald, a member of the Canadian Dermatology Association, says that there is no such thing as a healthy suntan.

He believes that even the slightest tan is actually unhealthy and represents skin damage that can lead to wrinkles, furrows, blotches, lesions and even skin cancers.

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

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Dear Abby: My ex-husband and I divorced a year ago. We share a 4-year-old son and have a cordial relationship.

Shortly after our divorce, he married a woman he had been carrying on an affair with while married to me. Since their wedding she has not allowed him to enter my home beyond the front door, be alone with me for any reason regardless of what we need to discuss, and he rarely calls to talk with our son anymore – all at her “request.”

He has also informed me that she’s “not comfortable” with the idea of us communicating unless she is part of the conversation. I think she is being silly and immature, and he claims to agree, but he wants to keep the peace.

I explained to him that even though he may allow her to dictate his life, she will not be dictating mine. If I feel I need to speak with him about something, I do not have to include her. Am I wrong?

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We have reached the last step of bidding major two-suiters opposite a one-no-trump opening: a strong hand with at least two five-card suits. You may have your own method, but mine is to respond three spades – as in today’s deal.

Over three spades, opener may bid game in either major.

However, if he has a suitable hand for a slam, he rebids four clubs to say that he likes hearts, or four diamonds to establish spades as trumps. Here, North’s hand is borderline between four spades and four diamonds.

Over four spades, South makes a five-club control-bid (cue-bid) to show a first-round control in that suit and strong slam interest. North indicates his first-round diamond control.

South reveals second-round club control but no first-round heart control (because he did not bid five hearts). And when North admits to holding the heart ace, South jumps to seven spades.

West, trusting his opponents, leads a trump. How should South play?

Declarer has six side-suit tricks (five hearts and one diamond), so must score seven trump tricks via four high trumps on the board and three club ruffs in his hand.

South takes the first trick on the board, ruffs a club high, crosses to dummy with a heart, ruffs another club high, plays a diamond to the ace, ruffs the last club high, overtakes his spade nine with dummy’s 10, draws trumps, and claims those 13 tricks.

That is a beautiful dummy reversal.

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JUST ANIMALS LOW COST VACCINE CLINICS Sunday June 9th 11am-3pm TRELLIS FARM AND GARDEN St. Charles, IL Thursday June 20th 3-7pm SIERS FEED AND PET SUPPLY Elgin, IL Cat & Dog Exams $10 Most Vaccines $12 Heartworm Tests & Microchips $20

By Appointment Only 815-830-6568 www.justanimals.org Old English Bulldog, Female.

3 yrs old. Spayed. Housebroken.

Moving, must sacrifice to a good home. Call for interview.

630-715-4934

810 Fox Glen Drive Fri & Sat, 9:00-3:00 A lot of everything!

Furniture, Patio Furniture, Garden, Lamps, Bedding, Accessories, Rugs, Xmas

Toro CCR 2450 GTS Recoil Start Microwave Snowthrower, Power Curve auger SS OVER RANGE system, folding handle, excellent MICROWAVE condition. Moving $160. 630-809Frigidaire Professional Series Stain- 4234. less Steel microwave which has hardly been used. EXCELLENT CONDITION and high quality. $165.00 We are remodeling our kitchen and getting a large range hood instead.

Please call 630-901-3449 for any questions and pics. THIS IS A GREAT DEAL FOR SOMEONE !!!

St. Charles Friday & Saturday 9am – 4pm 910 Steeplechase Rd. Household Items and MORE!

1890-1930's oak desk, end tables, drop-leaf, china cabinet, chairs & much more!

817-313-5351

Saint Charles

Friday & Saturday 8am – 2pm

Sat & Sun 6/1 & 6/2 9:00am 4:00pm 715 Prairie Street

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

I BUY CARS, TRUCKS, VANS & SUVs Will beat anyone's price by $300.

We are not dealers. This is our personal collection from the past 50 years. Some of the items belonged to our parents. Everything is in excellent condition.

815-814-1964 !!!!!!!!!!!

2001 MERCURY SABLE LS Premium. 120K miles. Beige color.

Good maintenance. $3700 OBO. Call 630-387-9549

630-879-8300 Burlington Small Lower 1BR Stove, refrigerator, a/c, no pets. $625/mo + utilities + security.

847-341-0332 COUNTRY VIEW APARTMENTS 1 & 2 bd apts available. $550$625 Clean Quiet country setting, close to downtown Genoa. Lots of updates. Call 815-784-4606

Geneva ~ Large 2 Bedroom Walk to train, fireplace, sunroom, W/D, $1100/mo.

630-640-9688 SOUTH ELGIN ~ LARGE 2BR S. E. Schools, A/C, W/D, no pets.

Garage, $820 + utilities.

630-841-0590

St. Charles - Newly Renovated

Studio $450,1BR $650, 2BR $850 NO PETS! 630-841-0590

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

630-584-1685

BATAVIA WEST SIDE MATURE SINGLE FEMALE Must see newly renovated 2BR, attached garage, bsmt, laundry, no smoking. $1,200 + util. Sec dep+ first & last mo rent. 630-879-0899 St. Charles. 3BR, 4 th in basement.

1BA ranch. All appls. 1 car garage. $1450/mo 630-650-0000

ST. CHARLES Off/Ware Space 1,568sf - 19,000sf.

Docks/Drive-Ins Aggressive Move-In Package 630-355-8094 www.mustangconstruction.com

2010 Hyundai Elantra 4D Sycamore, IL. $12700. Very good condition. 31250 miles.

Steve 815-991-9420

3 piece oak wall unit, glass doors, shelves, drawers & cabinets. Great storage, excellent condition. Pic on line. $350 (630) 809-4234

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1-800-GO-GUARD or visit (Published in the Kane County nationalguard.com Dated 5/29/13 at St. Charles, Illi- Chronicle, May 31, June 7, 14, 2013) nois Call to advertise 815-455-4800 PUBLIC NOTICE s/s Alvin L. Catella Have a photo you'd like to share?

Attorney Upload it to our ASSUMED NAME online photo album at PUBLICATION NOTICE (Published in the Kane County KCChronicle.com/MyPhotos Chronicle May 31, June 7, 14, Public Notice is hereby given 2013) JOBS, JOBS and that on May 15, 2013 a certificate MORE JOBS! was filed in the office of the County PUBLIC NOTICE Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses No Resume? No Problem!

Monster Match assigns a of all persons owning, conducting ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS and transacting the business professional to hand-match each job seeker with each employer! known as Village of Sugar Grove INTERACTIVE LIFE SOLUTION 10 Municipal Drive This is a FREE service! located at Sugar Grove, IL 60554 2014 Orchard Lane Simply create your profile by phone Carpentersville, IL 60110 or online and, for the next Separate sealed BIDS for the 90-days, our professionals will construction of 2013 Microsurfac/s/ John A. Cunningham match your profile to employers ing Program; which consists of the Kane County Clerk who are hiring right now! microsurfacing of various neighborMay 15, 2013 hoods within the Village, will be reCREATE YOUR PROFILE NOW ceived by Village of Sugar Grove, (Published in the Kane County

BY PHONE OR WEB FREE! 10 Municipal Drive, Sugar Grove, Chronicle, May 17, 24, 31, 2013) IL 60554 until 11:30 a.m., local 1-800-241-6863 time, June 12, 2013, and then at or said office publicly opened and KCChronicle.com/jobs read aloud.

The CONTRACT DOCUMENTS *** THE BOAT DOCK *** We Buy No Resume Needed! may be examined at the following & Consign Used Boats! Springfield, Illinois 217-793-7300 location: Call the automated phone profiling www.theboatdock.com Engineering Enterprises, Inc. system or use our convenient *** THE BOAT DOCK *** 52 Wheeler Road online form today so our Sugar Grove, Illinois 60554 professionals can get started Questions about your subscription? matching you with employers We'd love to help. that are hiring - NOW! Attention is called to the fact that Call 800-589-9363 not less than the minimum salaries and wages as set forth in the Contract Documents must be paid on this project and that the Contractor must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

The Village of Sugar Grove reserves the right to reject all Bids or to waive any informalities in the bidding.

Bids may be held by The Village of Sugar Grove for a period not to exceed 60 days from the date of the opening of Bids for the purpose of reviewing the Bids and investigating the qualifications of Bidders, prior to awarding of the Contract.

The Village of Sugar Grove is an equal opportunity employer.

Copies of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be obtained at the ofAir conditioned office area and bathrooms fice of Engineering Enterprises, Inc., Great location near airport & tollway in DeKalb. located at 52 Wheeler Road, Sugar 815-754-5831 Grove, Illinois 60554 Telephone 630/466-6700.

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1967 Barracuda Convertible Red w/white interior & top. Rotisserie restored. 3K mi since restora- Elburn. 4BR w/loft. 2.5BA. Mstr ste. tion. Excellent condition.

3 car garage. Brick front. Corner $22,000 OBO. 815-308-5557 lot. 4 season sun room. Stone frplc. $276,900. 630-965-5755 Having a Birthday, Anniversary, Graduation or Event Coming Up? Buying?

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Collection for Sale

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EVERYTHING MUST GO! Furniture, décor, Girls' Clothing and Toys, AND MORE!

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PUBLIC NOTICE The County of Kane is seeking to retain the services of a qualified vendor to submit a sealed proposal for the provision of new case management systems for the Kane County Courts system.

A ONE TIME Pre-Proposal Meeting will be held on July 10, 2013, at 9 a.m. at the Kane County Circuit Clerk's Office, 540 S. Randall Rd., St. Charles, IL 60174.

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