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GENEVA – Eight peoplerequested to be considered forthe 3rd Ward alderman vacan-cy left when Dawn Vogelsbergresigned last month, officialssaid.

Mayor Kevin Burns saidhe will decide his choice foralderman by the end of today.

“The quality and quantityof the candidates reflects thespirit of citizen engagementthat is the hallmark of ourcommunity,” Burns said in atexted response to a question.

Those seeking appoint-ment are:

• Nancy Arden Rice, a vet-

erinarian.• Gregory Bobeczko, an en-

gineering and program man-ager who also is a Cub Scout

m a s t e r a n dcoach with theGeneva Base-ball Associationand Tri-CitiesSoccer.

• D i a n eC h a p m a n , aGeneva MiddleSchool socialstudies and lan-

guage arts teacher who servesas Grassroots Political Activ-ist for the Illinois EducationAssociation.

Chapman also served onthe Geneva Plan Commission

for nine years, and on the Ad-visory Commission for His-toric Preservation and oneterm on the 708 Mental HealthBoard. Chapman also was apast member of the Mayor’sBlue Ribbon Committee forEast Side Re-Development inGeneva.

• Larry Furnish, whoworks in sales, ran unsuc-cessfully for the 3rd Ward inthe past, has been volunteer-ing in the community for thelast 24 years with the GenevaAcademic Foundation, Gene-va Coalition for Youth andLazarus House.

• Analisa Jaros, who worksin the technology resourcesfield, and owns her own small

business, JarosDesigns Jew-elry.

• Christopher Klis, an at-torney, who also coached forgirls and boys softball andbasketball for the GenevaPark District, and boys base-ball and football through theGeneva Baseball Associationand Tri-City Football.

• Cynthia Leidig, a memberof the Geneva Plan commis-sion since 2005, who also is alandscape designer and archi-tect, and worked as assistantcity planner for the village ofBartlett.

• Mary Seno, a nurse atDelnor Hospital for 28 years,currently specializing in case

management.

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DeKALB – Two NorthernIllinois University studentswere charged, and one wasarrested, after police saidthey found more than half anounce of marijuana and alco-hol in their dorm room.

Olivia Lolis, 18, of the 700block of South 10th Street, St.Charles, was charged withpossession of marijuana withintent to deliver, possessionof marijuana, possession of

drug paraphernalia and un-derage possession of alcohol.Laura J. Ridgeway, 19, of the400 block of South QuincyStreet, Hinsdale, was chargedwith underage possession ofalcohol.

An NIU police officer wasdoing a routine building checkFeb. 14 when she noticed thesmell of marijuana comingfrom the women’s dorm room,court records show.

Ridgeway told police herroommate, who was off-cam-pus with her boyfriend at the

time, sells marijuana, courtrecords show.

A search warrant filedFeb. 20 regarding NIU police’ssearch of the women’s Nep-tune East dorm room showedpolice found marijuana ina jar, a pipe with marijuanaresidue, a digital scale anda bottle of rum among otherthings.

In a phone conversation,the NIU officer heard Lolissay she’d give Ridgeway $100if she had the police go away,court records show.

Northern Illinois student fromSt. Charles facing drug charge

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Charlestowne 18 Theatrewill participate in the ClassicCinemas “$5 Tuesdays”program, in which patronscan purchase tickets to anyshowing for $5, with 3Dshowings offered at $7. Theprogram excludes specialevents.Typically, evening show-

ings are pricier than mati-nees, but on Tuesdays, the$5 deal is available all day.The Charlestowne 18 is at

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Sheriff, clerk hopefuls

to face off at forumWHAT: Republican candidates for KaneCounty sheriff and Kane County clerk are setto appear at a candidates forum hosted bythe League of Women Voters of Central KaneCounty. The candidates will face off in theMarch 18 primary election.WHEN: 6:45 p.m. TuesdayWHERE: The event will take place at the KaneCounty branch court at 540 S. Randall Road,St. CharlesINFORMATION: Send email to [email protected].

Fox Valley Wildlife Center

plans orientation eventsWHAT: The Fox Valley Wildlife Center willhave volunteer orientation events for thosewho have volunteered and for those who arepotentially new volunteers.WHEN: For those who have volunteered inthe last three years, sessions take place from1 to 2 p.m. Sunday, and on April 12. For newvolunteers, sessions are from 1 to 2 p.m. Sat-urday, then also on March 23, and April 12.WHERE: The wildlife center is at 45W061Route 38, Elburn.INFORMATION: Call 630-365-3800.

Spaghetti supper to

benefit food pantryWHAT: The Sugar Grove United MethodistChurch will host a benefit spaghetti supperfor the Between Friends Food Pantry. Theevent features unlimited portions of spa-ghetti with a special homemade spaghettisauce, as well as garlic bread, lettuce saladwith all the fixings, a variety of desserts andbeverages.WHEN: 4:30 to 7 p.m. March 8WHERE: Sugar Grove Community House, 141Main St., Sugar GroveINFORMATION: Call 630-466-4501.

McDole trivia night

set at Open RangeWHAT: The McDole Elementary School PTOhas rescheduled its trivia fundraising night.There will be a trivia competition, a silentauction, and the opportunity to walk awaywith cash and prizes.WHEN: The private room will open at 6:30p.m. for food and drinks at the cash bar, withtrivia beginning at 7 p.m. March 12.WHERE: Open Range Southwest Grill, 1Golfview Road, Sugar GroveINFORMATION: Contact Stephanie Beattie [email protected].

‘Roar,’ a roast

for Chris HalseyWHAT: A comedy roast for Elburn Lion ChrisHalsey, who is running for District 1-J Lionsgovernor.WHEN: 6 p.m. March 12WHERE: Elburn Lions Club, 500 Filmore St.,ElburnINFORMATION: The cost is a $25 donationper person. RSVP by Friday by calling 630-365-6315.

St. Gall’s annual

turkey dinnerWHAT: St. Gall Catholic Church has plannedits annual turkey dinner event, which includesturkey, potatoes, stuffing, corn, green beans,rolls and dessert. The cost is $10 for adultsand $7 for seniors. Children ages 6 to 12 are$4. Those 5 and younger are free.WHEN: 11 a.m. to 2p.m. March 16WHERE: St. GallCatholic Church,120 W. ShannonSt., ElburnINFORMATION:Call 630-365-6030.

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FACE TIME WITH TOM NEMECSt. Charles resident

Tom Nemec, 62, was atthe St. Charles Librarywhen he answered 11questions for the KaneCounty Chronicle’sBrenda Schory.

Where did you growup? CiceroPets? Two dogs,

Rylee, a Rhodesianridgeback, and Murphy,a golden retrieverWho would play you

in the movie of yourlife?Walter MatthauFirst job? Office

workerAs a kid, what did

you want to be whenyou grew up? Afireman. I became thatfor six years, then I gotinjured. I’ve been withthe USPS 25 years.A movie you’d rec-

ommend? “It’s a Mad,Mad, Mad, Mad World”Favorite charity?

Fox Valley VolunteerHospice in GenevaWhat game show

would you be on?“Jeopardy”Do you play an

instrument? PianoFavorite local

restaurant? TribellaBar and Grill in BataviaWhat is an inter-

esting factoid aboutyourself? I worked for10 years writing featurefilms and TV shows. Istarted as an extra on“The Blues Brothers,”where I was a cop, afireman and a nationalguardsman. I did extrawork, then worked upto big parts. I had a bitpart in “Risky Business,”on the SWAT team.

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ELBURN – Elburn resi-dent Kristy Simon said sheknows the love that some peo-ple have for vintage items.

Simon, 34, in Januaryopened Soaring Heart Vin-tage, a vintage and gift shop,at 119½ N. Main St. in down-town Elburn.

“In spite of the weather,the response has been good,”Simon said. “I opened up at achallenging time of the year.”

The store is an outgrowthof the vintage barn sales shestarted hosting out of herbackyard two years ago. Shesaid she “thought it wouldbe fun to have sales once amonth during the summer-time.”

“I started having a follow-ing,” Simon said.

She has been an antiqueand vintage collector for sev-eral years. As a child, shewould visit antique shopswith her family.

“It was a hobby of my par-ents and my grandmother,”Simon said.

Her store is filled with avariety of items, from recordsto glassware to vintage jew-elry. She discovers some ofher treasures at garage sales.She said she will “go all overthe place and see what I canfind.”

She said she also tries tokeep her prices reasonable.The majority of the items inher store range between $10

and $35, Simon said.“I want to offer items that

people can fall in love withbut still afford,” Simon said.

During the winter season,Soaring Heart Vintage typ-ically will be open from 11a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays,Thursdays and Fridays and

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays.The store is closed Sundays,Mondays and Tuesdays.

Information is availableby calling the store at 630-549-5164, or by visiting the store’sFacebook page at www.face-book.com/SoaringHeartVin-tage.

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By CHARLES [email protected]

ST. CHARLES – Policeare in search of a man sus-pected of an attempted res-idential burglary on thecity’s north side.

Officers reported to theattempted burglary at 10:36a.m. Monday on the 500block of North Tyler Road,according to a news release.A male resident reportedhearing loud noises at therear of his residence, policesaid.

“[The suspect] tried tomake entry from a couple ofdifferent points,” St. CharlesPolice Investigations Cmdr.Jerry Gatlin said.

Police found evidencethat indicated the suspecttried to open a service doorand also a sunroom encasedin glass. Both were locked,Gatlin said. A window wasbroken at the back of thesunroom.

The resident respondedto the noise and saw some-one attempting to force en-try to one of the rear doors.The lone person saw theresident and fled the areaon foot, traveling south onNorth Tyler Road, accordingto the release.

The suspect entered thepassenger seat of a vehicleparked near the intersectionof North Tyler Road and Ir-oquois Avenue. The vehicleand occupants fled south onNorth Tyler Road towardRoute 64 before police ar-rived, the release stated.

The suspect is describedas a 6-foot or 6-foot-2 whitemale in his late 20s or ear-ly 30s, weighing 180 to 200pounds, the news releasesaid. He was wearing wire-

rim glasses, a gray baseballcap, a gray coat or hoodieand blue jeans. He also car-ried a gray colored gym bagslung over his shoulder, therelease said.

The suspect vehicle wasdescribed as a clean, green,newer model minivan, possi-bly a Dodge, police said.

Monday’s attempted bur-glary appears to be a crimeof opportunity, Gatlin said.He added the incident is theonly one in recent memo-ry for the city. The housewhere the incident occurredis in a traditional residentialneighborhood, surroundedby other houses.

“Sometimes, we get apattern of them, a flurry ofthem [but] we haven’t hadanything in that particularneighborhood in quite sometime,” he said.

Anyone who may haveinformation about this in-cident or any similar unre-ported incident is encour-aged to contact St. CharlesPolice at 630-377-4435.

“Other than our residentwho saw this guy ... we havenobody who indicated thatthey saw anything,” Gatlinsaid Tuesday.

Confidential informationmay be submitted via thecity of St. Charles website,under the Drug & Crime TipHotline link, or by calling866-378-4267.

STC police reportattempted burglary

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Academic Achievements: A Honor Roll for entirehigh school career; Student of the Month Freshmanand Sophomore years; Illinois State Scholar; 4.47GPA out of 4.0Activities: Junior Varsity Soccer; Varsity Track;Varsity Cross Country; Student Ministry Team;Sophomore Retreat Leader; Mixed Choir; ConcertChoir; Swing Choir; heater - performed in 24productions in school and community theaterCommunity Service: Vacation Bible School Leader; Donut Server; PicnicCoordinator; Religious Education Instructor; Feed My Starving Children;Habitat for HumanityNominated by Trudy Rigney, Director of Guidance: “Delaney combinesstrong intellectual ability with a tremendous work ethic. Her teachersdescribe her as mature, positive, disciplined, dependable, organized andcreative. She is an excellent independent thinker, problem solver, leaderand role model. Delaney has a servant’s heart and shows kindness to others.A ‘Renaissance Woman,’ she competes in athletics, yet also loves the arts,as shown through her commitment to choir and theater. Delaney is theepitome of the ‘well-rounded’ student. Her leadership, positive energy andgenuine concern for others make her a gift to the St. Francis community.”

Delaney Carani

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Academic Achievements: Illinois State Scholar;High Honor Roll; Top 3 percent of graduatingclassActivities: Broadcasting Club; Scholastic Bowl;National Science Honor Society; Peer Leadership;PE Leaders; Counseling Advisory CommitteeCommunity Service:Math Teaching Assistant;Peer Leadership; PE Leaders; TutorNominated by Matt Kirby, Guidance Counselor:“Chris is a young man with exemplary character qualities. He makes healthydecisions on a daily basis - choosing behaviors that will beneit himself andthose around him. In addition, Chris is a focused and disciplined scholar.Not only has he taken a rigorous class schedule every semester, but he hasearned top marks in each. Not surprisingly, Mr. Ballantyne is also a positiveleader at North, helping others ind success, too. So whether tutoring hisyounger peers or serving as a role model in our Peer Leadership program,Chris has found unique ways to give back to his community.”

Christopher Ballantyne

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The Chronicle Achievement Program recognizes outstanding local high school students who demonstrate strength in academics, character, and leadership.

Several CAP students will be chosen to receive a partial scholarship to the college of their choice at this year’s Evening of Applause in May.

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Academic Achievements: National Honor Society; NationalSpanish Exam - Bronze Medal; Superior Honor Roll; IllinoisState Scholar; Academic All-Conference; JROTC AcademicTeam 2013 - Quiz Bowl Captain; O.S.B. Memorial WritingCompetition - First Place, FictionActivities: JROTC Battalion Commander; Flannigan RileJROTC Drill Team; Retreat Leader; Kairos Retreat Leader;Peer Ministry; Big Brother; Mentors Program; Math Team;Art Club; Spanish Club - Treasurer; Swim Team - three-timeState QualiierCommunity Service: Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra - saxophone and bassoonplayer since Middle SchoolNominated by Dan horpe, Director of College Guidance: “Daniel is a RenaissanceMan! I ind Daniel as one of the most intriguing students I have worked with in 33years of education. His mind is so sharp that intellectually he has a composite score of35 on the ACT test. His people skills impressed administration so much that he wasselected to lead our 400 member Corp of Cadets. A creative person, his skills includeboth music and writing. He plays the saxophone and bassoon, and then he taughthimself the piano and guitar through the Internet and YouTube. Finally, what I indmost impressive with Daniel is that he always greets me with a sincere, “Hello Mr.horpe,” and after assisting him with something about college, an even more sincere,“hank you Mr. horpe.” I admire all of his achievements and how he has handled somany diferent responsibilities with class, high expectations and an upbeat attitude.”

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Academic Awards: National Merit Commended Student;Illinois State Scholar; Scholar Athlete; National HonorSociety; National Foreign Language Honor Society; 4-yearHonor RollActivities: Senior Retreat Team; Peer Leadership Team;Volleyball; Softball; Dominican Preachers; National HonorSocietyCommunity Service: “Hands of Peace;” St. PatrickCatholic Church; St. Patrick School; Special Olympics; St.Rita’s Parish; Marmion Academy; Rosary High SchoolNominated by Sandra Iwanski, Campus Minister: “A Senior at Rosary HighSchool, Lauren makes a diference in our school through clear and creative thinking,her commitment to service, her thoughtful leadership and her willingness to sharethose talents. She is an accomplished, diligent student and is consistently a ‘thinker’who expects to discover new ways to approach a question and move toward asolution, in the classroom and beyond. Lauren was selected by our faculty to serveas a member of our Senior Retreat Team. Committed to the possibilities for peace inthe world, Lauren volunteers with Hands of Peace, an organization that brings Israeliand Palestinian teenagers together for an American experience. Lauren Murray leadsby example: at Rosary High School, in her local community, and in the world. She isbright, conscientious, hard-working, and an excellent role model.”

RosaryLauren Murray

Academic Awards: National Honor Society; APScholar; National French Contest - ninth Place,2012, and 11th Place, 2013; Societe Honoraire deFrançais ; Academic Excellence Award; HighHonor Roll; Citizenship Award; FermilabQuarknet Summer InternshipActivities: Literary Journal Reader/Editor; ProjectLEAD; Spiritual Life Team; School Newspaper -Editor; Poetry Club; Spring Musical; Boys VarsitySoccer Equipment Manager and water girlCommunity Service: AWANA Sparks Leader; Haiti Mission Trip;Organizer for Chapels and Worship Nights; Operation Christmas Child;Holmstad Talent ShowsNominated by Dan Crabtree, College Counselor: “Alex ranks among ourvery top students, with virtually straight A’s in a highly rigorous curriculum.Her teachers commend her for the quality of her engagement in classdiscussions. Every bit as impressive is Alex’s enthusiastic contributionoutside the classroom in a variety of areas, and her heart of service to others.It is indeed a pleasure to nominate Alex for the Chronicle AchievementProgram.”

Academic Awards: Liberty Mutual Responsible StudentAward; Student of the Month; Honor RollActivities: Speech Team - Co-Captain; National FrenchHonor Society; National Art Honor Society; WindSymphony; Marching BandCommunity Service: Girl Scouts of America; Drew withyoung children as part of National Art Honor Society forGet Outside DayNominated by Martha Behlow, World Language: “I would like to nominateAdrienne Novy as a remarkable and deserving recipient of the Kane CountyChronicle Achievement Program. Adrienne is an incredibly passionate and earneststudent, with an inquiring mind and a keen intellect. She has a sincere desire toalways do her best, and is talented in so many areas; Adrienne truly is a Renaissancewoman! She is involved in music, poetry, writing, French Honor Society... and shebrings the same intense drive and thirst for knowledge and new experiences to allthat she does. She has been my student in French II Honors, French IV Honors, andthis year, in Advanced Placement French V. I hope that she will be able to continuein French at the college level, she is a gifted language learner and a fantastic younglady!”

Adrienne Novy

Geneva

Wheaton AcademyAlexandra Kirchner

Academic Awards:High Honor Roll; CrossCountry - All-Conference; WYSE Team - seventhplace in Math Sectionals; Madonna Scholarshipfor ACC; Presidential Academic Awards each year;ACC Departmental Academic Awards each yearActivities: Cross Country - Captain; Track;Drama; National Honor Society - Secretary;National Art Honor Society; Mu Alpha heta -Secretary; Student Council - President; WYSE;Kairos Leader; Student AmbassadorsCommunity Service: St. Anne’s Leadership Team; Hesed House GodparentProgram; Feed My Starving Children; Eucharistic MinistryNominated by Bridget Buckley, Director of Guidance: “Katie Marteris a wonderful student and person in general. She has received numerousacademic awards and honors for her involvement in sports and activities.Katie is mature, independent, bright and motivated to reach her goals, andshe will undoubtedly be successful in her future endeavors.”

Katie Marter

Aurora Central CatholicAcademic Awards: 3.8 GPA out of 4.0; HonorRoll; Mastery Achiever; Academic Awards -Spanish and MathematicsActivities: Football; Cross Country; Basketball;After school work-outs; Book ClubCommunity Service: Holiday Lights Volunteer;Campus Clean-up Days Volunteer; Skipping forSchools fundraiser volunteer; Tutor; Blood donor;Awareness Walks for Lou Gehrig’s Disease; SoupKitchen VolunteerNominated by Nicole Tracy, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent:“Peter is deinitely a standout individual. But considering the whole,Peter really does shine when you look under the surface. In Peter’s voice,he deserves this nomination [because of, in part] to, ‘Obstacles I haveovercome since Freshman year and since coming to Mooseheart. From abehavioral standpoint, I have matured and my way of thinking has changedtowards the positive. I don’t care what others think of me, I’m going todo what’s right.’ Because of this change in perspective, Peter enjoys givingback to others and sharing his knowledge in way of book-smarts andlessons learned. I applaud Peter in his transformation, and encourage andcommend his continued path of self-reinement! Congratulations, Peter!”

Peter Kurowski

Mooseheart

Academic Awards: Spanish Honor Society; NationalHonor Society; Basketball MVP; Basketball Coach’s AwardActivities: Jazz Band; National Honor Society - Secretary;Student Council - Secretary; BasketballCommunity Service: Service Club; Relay for Life;Volunteer at Girls’ Basketball summer campNominated by Kyle Molik, Social Studies Teacher:“Kathleen is a goal-oriented individual that consistentlyachieves at a high level regardless of task diiculty in all she does. Although Kathleenachieves well above the average in class, she has a unique ability to use her dynamicpersonality to inluence others in a positive manner, in and out of the classroom.Her positive attitude and upbeat personality consistently raise the attitudes, goalsand standards of those she is around. here is no question that Kathleen will achievegreat things in her quest to become a speech pathologist while being an extraordinaryinluence to her community. Simply put, Kathleen Ratzek is a one-of-a-kind studentwho the staf at Central High School will greatly miss next year.”

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Academic Achievements: 4.6 GPA; Top 3 percent ofgraduating class; National Honor Society; Earned CNACertiicationActivities: Club Interact - President; Volleyball; HOSACommunity Service: Food for Greater Elgin; Feed MyStarving Children; CRUSH Youth Group; Volunteer atSt. Joseph HospitalNominated by Andrew Holmes, Counselor: “I have workedwith Natalie since her Freshman year, and I am pleasedwith her superior commitment to academics and extra-curricular activities. Natalie isresponsible, compassionate to others, self-reliant, and she has a superior work ethic.Her positive attitude and outgoing personality are contagious to those around her.Natalie has shown me that she is driven to reach her goal of working as a Psychologistin a hospital setting, possibly going into Neuroscience. In my opinion, Natalie hasset the bar for going the extra mile in everything she does. I am looking forward toseeing where Natalie’s future will take her.”

Natalie Ruthowski

Kelsey Skomer

Academic Achievements: 4.375 GPA; Total of 15 AP andHonors level courses; National Honor Society; NationalSociety of High School Scholars; Spanish Honor Society;International hespian Society; Tri M Music Honor SocietyActivities: Member of BHS Improv Troupe “But SeriouslyFolks...”; Member of Batavia Fine Arts Centre “TouringTeam”; Show Choir; Drama Club; Starred in and Directedvarious BHS musicals and playsCommunity Service: Server at local church; Feed MyStarving Children; Fundraising for Honor Societies; Workedmiddle and high school music eventsNominated by Cory Bernard, Counselor: “To say that Kelsey is a well-roundedstudent is an understatement. On top of managing a rigourous course load, she isextremely active in our theater department, where she has earned several leading andsupporting roles in our BHS productions, including four musicals and ive plays.Kelsey has also lourished into many diferent leadership roles in the classroom,and also by her involvement in her extracurricular activities. She has a desire toexperience all roles surrounding the theater and has landed herself in the director’schair. Scholastically, Kelsey has performed superbly well within our highly acceleratedcollege preparatory curriculum while taking a demanding course load compared toher peers. We are fortunate to have students who are positive role models like Kelseyat Batavia High School.

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South Elgin

Academic Achievements: 5.8 GPA out of 5.0; Top ivepercent of graduating class; National English Honor Society-President; Mu Alpha heta Math Honor Society - President;Student Council -Vice-President; Math Team - earned sevenribbonsActivities: Student Council; National English HonorSociety; Mu Alpha heta Math Honor Society;Homecoming Float Chair; Math Team; Chamber OrchestraCommunity Service: Peer Tutoring; Habitat for HumanityRestore; Student Council Food Drive; Active member of church communityNominated by Lisa Cole, School Counselor: “Angela has taken highly rigorouscoursework and has maintained outstanding grades. She has a genuine curiosityand love for learning, especially in the sciences. She has exceptional work ethic andtenacity. Angela is conscientious, modest, and a true consensus builder. She makessure anything and everything she does is done thoroughly, carefully and honestly.Angela’s teachers know they can rely on her in the classroom and in extracurricularactivities. She is thoughtful, focused and grounded.”

Angela Wiscons

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Campton Hills

• A resident of the 4N800 blockof White Pine Lane, CamptonHills, reported Sunday, Feb. 23,that a 2008 Ford was burglarizedbetween 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22,and 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23. Stolenitems included a laptop and bag, aradar detector, computer accesso-ries and computer tools. The totalvalue of the items was estimatedat $10,000.• Daniel James McSweeney, 24,

of the 7N600 block of CloverfieldCircle, Campton Hills, was chargedFriday, Feb. 14, with criminal dam-age to property and two counts ofdomestic battery.

Elburn

• Michael J. Binkley, 23, of the1000 block of Lee Road, Hinkley,was arrested Monday, Feb. 3, on aDeKalb County warrant.• An employee of a business

in the 700 block of Hicks Drive,Elburn, reported Wednesday,Feb. 5, he received a call froman unknown company that saidhis company’s computers werespreading viruses. After followinginstructions to open a programon his computer, the employeereportedly lost control of thedevice and was instructed to pay$199 to eliminate the virus. Theemployee reportedly gave thecaller a debit card number butthen decided not to pay, thuslosing complete control of thecomputer. Police advised theman to report the card as stolenand get a new one.• A sliding glass door in the 1100

block of Liberty Street, Elburn, wasreported vandalized Friday, Jan.31. An object – possibly a pelletgun – reportedly shattered thedoor, causing an estimated $759 indamage.

St. Charles

• Robert E. Strader, 60, of the200 block of Jewel Avenue, St.Charles, turned himself in Tuesday,Feb. 18, on a DuPage County war-rant for contempt.• St. Charles police on Wednes-

day, Feb. 19, picked up DeauntaJamal Taylor, 25, of the 4300 blockof Cortez Avenue, Chicago, fromthe Cook County jail for a warrantfor failing to appear in court. Healso was wanted on a Kane Countywarrant.• Rosana Michelle Lara, 29, of the

400 block of Glenwood Trail, Elgin,was charged Wednesday, Feb. 19,with battery.• Maria Hindra Hernandez-Ro-

driguez, 38, of the 600 block ofEast Benton Street, Aurora, wascharged Thursday, Feb. 20, withdriving without a license, drivingwithout insurance and failure toyield while turning left after a crashat Kirk Road and Swenson Avenuein St. Charles.• James Daniel Gardner, 23, of

the 100 block of Renaux Boulevard,St. Charles, was charged Saturday,Feb. 22, with driving without alicense, driving without insuranceand improper lane use. He also wasarrested on a Kane County warrantfor failing to appear in court oncharges of burglary and possessionof drug paraphernalia.• John R. Quick, 29, of the 1300

block of Janet Street, Sycamore,was charged Sunday, Feb. 23,with driving under the influenceof alcohol after he was reportedlyfound slumped over the steeringwheel of a Jeep parked in the 200block of Cedar Street in St. Charles.The vehicle reportedly was runningwith its headlights on.• Horacio Duran, 30, of the 1800

block of Wessel Court, St. Charles,was arrested Saturday, Feb. 22, ona DuPage County warrant.

8POLICE REPORTS

8LOCAL BRIEF

ACA information,enrollment session setST. CHARLES – An Afford-

able Care Act information andenrollment session is set from10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in theHuntley Meeting Room at the St.Charles Public Library, 1 S. SixthAve., St. Charles. Hosted by VNAHealth Care. No appointment isnecessary.Walk-ins only will be seen. To

begin the enrollment process,

individuals must bring SocialSecurity numbers for all familymembers, their 2013 tax return(or 2012 if 2013 is not available),employer and income informa-tion for every member of thehousehold who needs coverageand, if applicable, the permanentresident card for all family mem-bers. Visit www.stcharleslibrary.org or call 630-584-0076, ext. 1,for information.

– Kane County Chronicle


BATAVIA – In the faceof Batavia aldermenlooking at having to

raise electric rates at least10 percent, resident and for-mer Batavia aldermanic can-didate Ron Rechenmacheris questioning the decisionmaking that led to the citydeciding to purchase powerfrom the Prairie State Energypower plant and coal mine indownstate Illinois.

“It seems that the recom-mendation wasn’t very pru-dent,” Rechenmacher said,in addressing Batavia PublicWorks Director Gary Holmat Monday’s Joint Commit-tee of the Whole meeting.“What plans are we going toput in place to make sure thisdoesn’t happen again?”

The city Monday heldan open house to explain toresidents and others aboutthe need to increase electricrates.

Batavia, like Geneva andSt. Charles, runs its own elec-tric utility.

In 2005, the NorthernIllinois Municipal PowerAgency, of which Batavia isa member, agreed to a long-term power contract to pur-chase electricity from PrairieState.

Geneva and Rochelle areother members.

Through its power salesagreement with NIMPA, Bat-avia is obligated to purchase45.8 percent, or approximate-ly 55 megawatts of the powergenerated by Prairie State.Geneva is obligated to pur-chase 29.2 percent (35 mega-watts) and Rochelle is obli-gated to purchase 25 percent(30 megawatts).

Batavia needs to increaseelectric rates because of anumber of factors, includinghigher-than-anticipated con-struction costs related to thePrairie State project, the eco-nomic downtown and an as-sociated unprecedented dropin the price of natural gas,to which wholesale electricprices closely follow.

As an owner, those costsare passed on to NIMPA andthen to the city of Batavia,

Holm said. He said the citycontinues to look at ways tosell more of the excess powerit has.

Last year, the city sold51,492 megawatts of energyback to the market at a $1.2million loss.

But Holm said he is con-fident electric prices willbounce back.

“We do believe, at somepoint, the market prices willincrease and be above that ofPrairie State, making PrairieState much more cost com-patible,” he said.

The Prairie State projectwas estimated to cost $3.9 bil-lion at the time of construc-tion, but ended up costing

$4.9 billion.Batavia’s contractual debt

service obligation for theproject is about $15 millionannually through the year2040.

Residents would see a 10percent rate increase in theirelectric bills if aldermen ap-prove an additional half-per-cent home rule sales tax thatcould be allocated each yeartowards rate relief.

Aldermen are expected tomake a decision in March,and the rate increase wouldgo into effect in May.

The one-half penny of each$1 in sales could provide upto $1.5 million in additionalfunds, officials said.

If aldermen decide againstimplementing the additionaltax, then a 16 percent electrictax increase would be needed,city staff said.

In addition, staff recom-mended an increase to thebase rates for all customerclasses.

The planned increase forresidential customers is $4 amonth. Holm said Geneva isin a better financial situationthan Batavia because it ownsand operates a natural gasgeneration plant.

“It is a revenue sourcefor them, one that we don’thave,” Holm said.

Geneva officials said thehigher-than-anticipated con-

struction costs for PrairieState have not impacted theoperation of the city’s elec-tric utility and that the city isnot looking to increase elec-tric rates in the next year.

In the case of St. Charles,the city has a 30-year contractwith the Springfield-basedIllinois Municipal ElectricAgency, one of 32 municipali-ties that contracts with IMEAfor energy.

The city is in the seventhyear of the 30-year contract.

“It’s the entire city need,”said Tom Bruhl, the city’selectric services manager.“IMEA is responsible for pro-viding 100 percent of the en-ergy that the city’s residentsand businesses need.”

IMEA gets its power frommany sources, Bruhl said,including part-ownership inthe Lee DeKalb Wind Farm.

“We feel the diversifica-tion is a better risk manage-ment strategy and reducesour overall risk,” he said. “Ifone plant has some really badperformance or has a reallyexpensive repair, that’s onlyone piece.”

“Through IMEA, we havesome insulation from thewild market swings that aregoing in today’s market,”Bruhl said. “We have a long-term contract with them, andthey have done some long-term contracting, so we havestability. We’re not playingthe market on days that pow-er is at a premium. IMEA iscovering that.”

Despite Batavia’s situa-tion, Bruhl said there areeconomic advantages to mu-nicipalities owning their ownelectric utilities.

“We don’t make a profit,”he said. “We’re here to bal-ance the budget. We don’t payshareholders. We’re able tosell and distribute for whatit costs us. We don’t have togive a cut to a shareholder,like Exelon does.”

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ABOVE: Residents listen asBatavia Public Works Direc-tor Gary Holm (not pictured)discusses the pending electricrate increase for the city duringan open house Monday at theBatavia Government Center.The increase, which will be atleast 10 percent, will take effectMay 1.

LEFT: Batavia Public Works di-rector Gary Holm discusses thepending electric rate increase.

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Information about Batavia’sproposal to increase electric ratesis available at www.cityofbatavia.net.

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GENEVA – Although still inits infancy, Kane County’s newforeclosure mediation programalready is helping homeown-ers, program officials told theKane County Board’s Commit-tee of the Whole on Tuesday.

“We let them know thatwe’re here for them,” said Fa-viola Guzman, a foreclosuremediation paralegal.

The Kane County Boardapproved the Residential Mort-gage Foreclosure Mediation

Program in August 2013 at therequest of Chief Judge JudithBrawka. She had urged theboard for months to approvethe program, arguing that sucha program would alleviate theproblems resulting from theflood of home mortgage foreclo-sures that have plagued KaneCounty for years.

Since it launched Jan. 1, theResidential Mortgage Foreclo-sure Mediation Program hashelped expedite proceedings

and resolve cases quicker,Brawka said.

After an initial conferenceand prescreening phase, par-ticipants begin mediation – astage that involves the home-owner, bank representative,bank attorney, program coordi-nator Kevin Malone said. Thegoal is to end with an agree-ment, he said.

To date, Malone said, of the300 cases filed this year, 45 – orabout 15 percent – are in medi-

ation.“We need to do more, obvi-

ously,” Malone said. “Spreadthe word far and wide.”

County Board members en-couraged Brawka and her teamto better publicize the program.

“It’s going to be a win-winfor everybody,” said Barb Wo-jnicki, R-Campton Hills.

The program is hosting anopen house from 1:30 to 4 p.m.Friday at the Kane CountyCourthouse, 100 S. Third St.,

Room 432, Geneva. Brawkasaid local governmental agen-cies and other groups wereinvited so they could help pro-mote the program among thosethey serve.

Program partners includeNeighborhood Housing Ser-vices of the Fox Valley, PrairieState Legal Services, PlaintiffCouncil and the Kane CountyBar Association.

Visit www.illinois16thjudi-cialcircuit.org/foreclosureme-diation.aspx for informationabout the foreclosure media-tion program.

Officials seek to up participation in programForeclosure mediation program helping homeowners

8LOCAL BRIEFS

United Way volunteerswill be at food storesSUGAR GROVE – Fox Valley

United Way volunteers will beat participating food storesfrom 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdayfor the Souper Bowl of Caring.The event benefits the Aurora

Interfaith Food Pantry and theKendall County Food Pantry in

Yorkville. Cash and food dona-tions will be accepted at theseJewel locations: Eola Roadand West Galena Boulevard inAurora; Veterans Parkway inYorkville; Route 30 in Oswego;and North Route 47 in SugarGrove.Other participating stores

are Prisco’s Fine Foods on

Prairie Street in Aurora and theMontgomery Market Place onDouglas Road in Montgomery.Visit www.uwfoxvalley.org for

a list of suggested donations.

Walk-in flu clinic availableAURORA – The Kane County

Health Department continues tooffer a walk-in flu clinic at 1240

N. Highland Ave., Aurora. Clinichours are from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.Monday, Tuesday, Thursday andFriday, and 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. onWednesday.No appointment is necessary.The department accepts many

insurance cards.Call the Health Department’s

Bee Wize, Immunize phone line

at 866-233-9493 or at 630-264-7665 to learn whether a specificinsurance is accepted, or visitwww.kanehealth.com.Participants should bring an

insurance card.Without insurance, the cost of

the vaccine is $15, payable bycheck or cash.


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Died: Feb. 24, 2014

CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. – Joyce

M. Birk, 83, of Crawfordsville,

Ind., passed away Monday, Feb.

24, at St. Elizabeth Health in

Crawfordsville.

She was born March 25, 1931, in

Cambridge, Wis., to Edmund and

Luella (Shoemaker) Bergholz. She

graduated from Cambridge High

School and was a homemaker

whose memberships included

The Women’s Club of Oregon, Ill.,

American Legion Auxiliary and

the Presbyterian Church.

She married Herb Birk, and he

survives at Crawfordsville. Also

surviving are her children, Jeff

(Debbie) Birk of Crawfordsville,

Greg (Carroll) Birk of Switzer-land and Vicki (Don) Horneck of

Irrigon, Ore.

In addition, six grandchildren

and six great-grandchildren

survive.

A memorial service is planned

for 1 p.m. Saturday, March 1, at

First Presbyterian Church in Or-egon. A private burial will follow

Sunday at Lake Ripley Cemetery

in Cambridge, Wis.

Online condolences may be left

at www.huntandson.com.

Please sign the guest book at

www.legacy.com/kcchronicle.

Patricia Dever: Funeral servicewill be at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb.28, 2014, at Rejoice LutheranChurch, 0N377 N. Mill CreekDrive, Geneva, with Pastor LouQuetel officiating. The visita-tion will be from 4:30 p.m. to7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, atMalone Funeral Home, 324 E.State St. (Route 38), Geneva,and also at the church Fridayfrom 9:30 a.m. until the funeralservice at 11 a.m.

Alice Jane Erickson: A memorialservice to celebrate her life willbe at noon, Saturday, March 1,

at Hinckley United MethodistChurch, 801 N. Sycamore St.,Hinckley. Lunch will be served atthe church after the service.

Obituary deadline

The deadline for obituarynotices is 4 p.m. for the nextday’s edition. Obituariescan be emailed to [email protected]. For moreinformation, contact newseditor Al Lagattolla at [email protected].

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BATAVIA – BataviaSchool District 101 is look-ing at $1.5 million worth ofcapital projects in the 2014-15school year.

High priority projectsinclude rebuilding the sev-en-lane track at Batavia HighSchool, painting the masonrywalls at Alice Gustafson Ele-mentary School and parkinglot work at several schools,including Grace McWayneElementary School, J.B. Nel-son Elementary School andRotolo Middle School.

“These all involve sometype of safety concern,” As-

sistant Superintendent KrisMonn told school boardmembers Tuesday.

He noted the rebuilding ofthe track would not involveits expansion, which is partof the master plan for theathletic fields.

The proposed capital andstaffing plan also calls forhiring three more teachersto reduce class sizes in sev-enth grade and in explorato-ries along with supportingan increase in students atBatavia High School, as wellas hiring three instructionalcoaches for teacher profes-sional development and im-plementation of technology,one additional elementary

assistant principal and fouradditional employees in pro-gram support.

“The capital and staffingplan as presented will allowus to improve our facilitiesand the quality of educationwe provide our community,while still maintaining ourfinancial health by achiev-ing a balanced budget andlessening the chance forshort-term borrowing in2015,” school district staffsaid in a memo to BataviaSchool Superintendent LisaHichens.

Staff members plan topresent a final capital andstaffing plan in March forthe board’s approval.

D-101 proposing $1.5Min capital improvements

8LOCAL BRIEF

Club to have meeting,swap meet on April 3ST. CHARLES – The Cash

Register Collectors Club willhave its semiannual meetingand swap meet April 3 at the

Quality Inn Hotel, 1600 E. MainSt., St. Charles.Club meeting is at 2 p.m.

Nonmembers thinking of joiningare invited. The swap meet isset for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the

hotel’s back parking lot.The public is welcome.

Visit www.crcci.org or call vicepresident Michael Zitowsky at908-295-2320 for information.




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SUGAR GROVE – Kane-land School Board membersvoted Monday night to ap-prove a necessary waiver foradministrator raises OK’d inthe spring of 2013, but it wasnot without a pause – actual-ly, two pauses.

The board approved thewaiver, 6-1. Board memberTony Valente voted againstit. Valente also voted no on araise for Superintendent JeffSchuler in February 2013 – amove that boosted Schuler’sbase salary to $175,000, upfrom $158,525.

Valente said he was “em-barrassed” about the situa-tion.

“It’s irresponsible,” hesaid. “We’ve got to do betterwith our spending.”

The other board membersvoted for the move, but twoof them – Peter Lopatin andPedro Rivas – each paused fora significant length of timebefore voting yes.

“I have the same hesita-tion,” said Rivas, whose votefollowed Lopatin’s. Rivasand Lopatin were not on theschool board at the time ofthe original vote.

The discussion was partof a public hearing, but nomembers of the public choseto speak on the topic.

According to district doc-uments, the district’s auditornoted that administrativeexpenditures for fiscal 2013were $650,192. Documents putthat figure at $696,129 for fis-cal 2014. The limit is a 5 per-cent increase, which the doc-ument said would have been$682,701. That put the district

$13,428 over the limit, the doc-uments stated. According tothe document, “much of theremainder was the result ofthe salary adjustment giv-en to the superintendent bythe board that was discussedpublicly at the time.”

Because of that, officialssaid, the waiver was needed.

Board President CherylKrauspe said the raise forSchuler came after a year ofa salary reduction and twoyears of a freeze. But Valente,referencing the Kanelandstaff’s salary freeze that hasbeen in effect since the 2010-11 school year, was criticalof the move. District officialsare in negotiations with theteacher’s union on a new con-tract.

“What are we going todo when teachers come andsay we want that kind of in-

crease, too?” Valente asked.Lopatin asked whether

the district previously hadrequested such a waiver. Ju-lie-Ann Fuchs, the district’sassistant superintendent forbusiness, said the districthadn’t needed to, except thatthere was a time in whichend-of-career salary increas-es caused the district to goover the limit.

Rivas asked whether therewas any way officials couldhave seen it coming. Fuchssaid it “wasn’t anything wesaw coming,” but Valentesaid it should have been an-ticipated. He said he has aproblem with the district al-ways spending “to the limit.”

“I saw it coming,” Valentesaid.

Rivas asked what wouldhappen if the board didn’tapprove the waiver. Fuchs

said the district could be pe-nalized by the state schoolboard. Board member Veron-ica Bruhl said there didn’t ap-pear to be a good alternative.

“It sounds like the onlything we can do is have thewaiver submission,” shesaid.

There was some frictionamong board members. Whenboard member Teresa Wittmade the motion to approvethe waiver, Valente said thatit should be marked in theminutes that Witt made themotion. After the motion wasapproved, Witt addressedValente’s remark.

“Can I ask that boardmembers not make disre-spectful comments aboutother members?” Witt asked,saying that such commentsoften devolve into lengthy,off-topic conversations.

Kaneland board OKs waiver for administrator raises


CAMPTON HILLS – Vil-lage police this week re-sponded to three reports ofdamaged mailboxes in theFox Mill subdivision, accord-ing to Campton Hills PoliceDepartment reports.

Residents in the 4N400block of Robert Penn WarrenCove and the 39W500 block of

Carl Sandburg Road report-ed the vandalism.

In each case, police re-ported, the mailbox wasknocked off its post betweenSunday afternoon and Mon-day morning.

The loss was estimat-ed at $100 for two damagedmailboxes and $150 for aninstance where the post alsowas damaged, police report-ed.

Police reports: Mailboxesdamaged in Campton Hills

8LOCAL BRIEF

Lichtenberger to befeatured at meeingST. CHARLES – Cheryle

Lichtenberger, a certifiedemotional freedom techniquespractitioner, will be featuredduring a meeting of the Amer-

ican Association of UniversityWomen Batavia-Geneva-St.Charles Branch on March 6 atBethlehem Lutheran Church,1125 N. Fifth Ave., St. Charles.Networking begins at 7 p.m.,and the program is set for 7:30

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ing. Guests are welcome. Forinformation, call Ann Morris at630-584-6170 or Jean Mozzoc-co at 630-513-8427.


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State Sen. Jim Oberweis,R-Sugar Grove, faces a politicalnovice in the U.S. Senate Re-publican primary race.

Businessman Doug Truax,43, of Downers Grove seeksvotes in the March 18 primaryagainst Oberweis, 67, of Sug-ar Grove. Both Oberweis andTruax tout business experienceand a desire to win the Senateseat in November and removeSen. Dick Durbin from publicoffice.

During the 30-plus yearsDurbin has held office in Wash-ington, D.C., the U.S. nationaldebt has risen from $1 trillionto $17 trillion, Oberweis said.

“I’m very concerned howthat will affect future gener-ations. I believe that type ofrunaway spending has to stop,”Oberweis said.

Oberweis also takes issuewith the passage of the Afford-able Care Act and wants to im-pose term limits.

Oberweis said his currentrole as state senator and his

experience building compa-nies, such as Oberweis Dairy,will make him the ideal choiceto run against Durbin. Tru-

ax would be agreat candidatefor an Illinoisstate senate orrepresentativeseat instead ofthe U.S. Senate,Oberweis saidTuesday.

Truax saidOberweis toldhim the samething when theymet in October.Truax said withall due respect,he wasn’t goingto take advicefrom the statesenator.

“I think it’s incredibly con-descending,” Truax said ofOberweis’ comment. “I thinkit’s basically advocating for meto become a professional [ca-reer] politician.”

Truax noted that Oberweispreviously ran for the U.S. Sen-ate and lost. He said Durbin’s

defeat is going to require some-one like himself, a new face tothe political scene with newideas.

Truax is president, manag-ing partner and co-founder ofVeritas Risk Services in OakBrook. Since he announced hiscandidacy in the summer, hehas gained endorsements fromRepublicans such as NewtGingrich and U.S. Rep. AaronSchock, R-Peoria.

Truax wants to see lowertax rates for businesses andconsumers alike. He also wantsto have every federal agency re-justify its federal regulation ev-ery five years. On health care,Truax wants people to have theoption to buy health insuranceacross state lines in the hopesof fostering competitive prices.

Oberweis takes on Truaxin U.S. Senate primary

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Public star party setGENEVA – The Fox Valley As-

tronomical Society will host afree Public Star Party at 7 p.m.March 8 at Peck Farm Park,4038 Kaneville Road, Geneva.The evening will begin with

a short presentation in theOrientation Barn titled, “Howto Photograph the Heavens.”Then participants will head

outside to see the moon,Jupiter, Pleiades and the OrionNebula through one of thegroup members’ telescopes,or participants may bring theirown. For information, visitwww.fvastro.org.

School to host ballAURORA – Holy Angels

School will host its eighth

annual Seraphim Ball at 6 p.m.March 22 at Gaslite ManorBanquets 2485 Church Road,Aurora.The gala will provide parents,

parishioners and other localcommunity members. Theevent includes dinner, a DJ,raffles, silent and live auctions,and an open bar. This year willfeature a raffle for a $3,000tuition credit for Holy AngelsSchool.There will be a masquerade

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By AL [email protected]

SUGAR GROVE – AndyMcDonald describes atradition of excellence

associated with WaubonseeCommunity College’s autorepair program.

McDonald, assistant pro-fessor of auto body repair atthe school, rattles off years ofhigh finishes at state and na-tional competitions and talksof high-caliber students find-ing work soon after school. Alot of that was accomplishedwith older machinery, but arecent accolade will providea big-time modernization.

Waubonsee was amongfour schools nationally to re-ceive a $50,0000 ultimate col-lision education makeovergrant.

As a result, the school willadd a new paint room, a newpaint booth and a new framerack, which was donated bySpanesi Body Shop Technol-ogy of Naperville.

A North Aurora-basedSherwin Williams store willdonate paint for the interiorof the program’s building.

The equipment is worthtens of thousands of dollars,and McDonald said it willprovide a boost, allowing stu-dents to work with state-of-the-art machinery that theywould encounter when theyare employed.

“It’s more real world,” Mc-Donald said.

For instance, with theolder technology, there were1980s-style spray booths, andpaint might have to dry over-night.

But with newer technolo-gy, McDonald said, cars canbe “baked” for 30 minutes.He said it also helps mistakesget corrected more quickly.

He said the old equipmentwasn’t bad, but “it was justold equipment. Now, it’s go-ing to be better.”

Sue Murray, the assistantvice president of career andtechnical education at Wau-

bonsee, said it was the sec-ond year the school had ap-plied for the grant. She saidit’s an opportunity to put awish list together. She saidI-CAR – the Inter-IndustryConference on Auto CollisionRepair – seeks the donations.

She said the donationswill improve an already-suc-cessful and popular program.She said having such a pro-gram is a positive for Wau-bonsee.

“It is always full,” she said,adding that there are fewsuch programs in the state.She said because such pro-grams need equipment that

can be pricey and requireplenty of space, “schoolsdon’t go into it lightly.”

At Waubonsee, she said,it’s a big help to have a pro-gram experience such acco-lades.

“It has a very good reputa-tion,” she said.

Darrel DeGreves, the storemanager at Sherwin Wil-liams in North Aurora, saidhis store’s donations will bebetween 20 and 40 gallons of

“Moonlight White” paint forthe interior of the building.

“It’s really needed,” hesaid. “The building wasoriginally a horse barn, andthey’ve converted it into anauto center.”

He said he is happy tohelp. He said he is familiarwith the program and is im-pressed by those who are init.

“The kids are good kids,”he said.

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“The weather is slowing usdown a little bit,” said MarkSouthern of Big Rock Town-ship, who with his wife, Patri-cia, bought the local landmarkin 2012. “We are just a coupleof days from unveiling ournew entrance, a stone silo.”

The iconic restaurant andbanquet hall on 17 acres at43W901 Main Street Road, justwest of Route 47 near Elburn,closed in December 2009, after

40 years. The Southerns havedone remodeling and upgrad-ing of the facilities, he said.

“All our contractors areout every day,” Southern said.“It is 90 percent complete.”

The new addition is a2½-story silo entrance with acurved staircase and elevatorto be in compliance with theAmericans with DisabilitiesAct, he said.

The silo is framed steelwith quarry stones cut into2-inch and 3-inch pieces as theveneer overlay, and drywallon the inside, he said.

The silo entrance leadsinto the lobby for the down-stairs banquet hall.

The stairs or elevator goupstairs, where two other

banquet halls are located, hesaid.

The elevator has a glassback, so anyone going upcan see the Fisherman’s Inngrounds, Southern said.

“We have a lot of differentcontractors, a good team go-ing,” Southern said. “We arein the finishing stages.”

True to his business plan,Southern said the facility will

first be open only for privateparties, such as weddings andreceptions.

“Now we are interview-ing and just getting a pool ofservers and kitchen help to-gether,” he said. “We have aliquor license approved. Wegot a chef hired and a generalmanager and an accountant.”

At some point, Fisher-man’s Inn will be open to the

general public for specialevents, but Southern saidthey are not ready for that yet.

“There has been a lot of in-terest, but we ask people to bepatient until we get a little bitfurther and start having ex-perience with events,” South-ern said. “We want to makesure everything is right, thateveryone has a great experi-ence.”

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8LOCAL BRIEF

Early voting setto start March 3GENEVA – Kane County Clerk

John “Jack” Cunningham re-minds Kane County voters thatearly voting begins March 3 at26 sites.Visit www.kanecountyelec-

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period registration to register orupdate their voter registration.Registration for the generalprimary is available only in theKane County Clerk’s Office,719 S. Batavia Ave., Building B,Geneva, until March 15.Two forms of current identifi-

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Kevin Williams, a Republi-can candidate for Kane Coun-ty sheriff, has announced hewould name Lt. Pat Gengleras undersheriff if elected, ac-cording to a news release is-sued Monday.

“Pat sharesthe same ener-gy and passionfor serving thecitizens of KaneCounty as Kev-in does,” the re-lease states.

“Pat’s tire-less work ethic and ability to‘get things done’ has earnedhim the respect of his cowork-ers within the sheriff’s office,as well as other agenciesthroughout Kane County.”

W i l l i a m s i s r u n n i n gagainst Don Kramer in theMarch 18 Republican prima-ry.

Kramer announced earlierthis month that his choice forundersheriff is David Wag-ner, Kane County’s currentundersheriff.

Williams’ pick for under-sheriff has more than 17 yearsof service with the sheriff’s

office whose experience in-cludes managing patrol op-erations, investigations andinternal affairs, according tothe release.

In addition to serving asthe patrol lieutenant, Gengleris the office’s public informa-tion officer.

Through this role, therelease states, Gengler hasopened the lines of communi-cation between the sheriff’soffice and community.

“A cornerstone of Kevin’scampaign has been to buildpartnerships with the KaneCounty community and hav-ing Pat on board with his pub-lic relations experience is a vi-tal link to making this work,”according to the release.

The winner of the Marchprimary will face DemocratWillie Mayes Sr. in the gener-al election Nov. 4.

Williams announcespick for undersheriff

KevinWilliams

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Support for KramerTo the Editor:I am writing this letter to say

thank you to my mentor, DonaldKramer. Don has been a greatmentor to me for the past 26 years,giving me advice and encour-agement in my professions, bothprobation and my law enforcementcareers.I joined law enforcement to help

people, and I had a great oppor-

tunity to work with Don Kramerwhen he was the head of CentralKane County TRIAD. We workedwith seniors within the communityto prevent scams and fraud againstseniors. I felt he had the samepassion and empathy to work withseniors as I have. The time weworked together in helping seniorswas a highlight in my career.I believe Don Kramer is the only

candidate qualified to be sheriff.

He has great morals as a Christian,education – i.e. master’s degree incriminal justice – and 30 years oflaw enforcement experience, witha majority of that as an administra-tor within the Kane County Sheriff’sOffice.I think Don Kramer will make a

great sheriff of Kane County.

Eddie A. JacksonGeneva police officer

OPINIONSENDORSEMENT

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Kane County clerk: Cunningham

Editorial board Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting

the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or

the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a

redress of grievances. First Amendment, U.S. Bill of Rights

Jim Ringness Kathy Gresey

Al Lagattolla Jay Schwab

Seeking a fourth term asKane County clerk, incum-bent John “Jack” Cunning-ham touts his experience,his ability to understand thetechnology that goes with thejob and his role as a mediatoras reasons to vote for himin the March 18 Republicanprimary.

His opponent, Kane CountyBoard member Mark Davoust,

said he would bring a freshperspective. Davoust said hewould push to get more peopleto register to vote, sayingthere should be “a relentlesspursuit of educating people,informing people, encourag-ing people, prodding people tocome out and vote.”

While Davoust’s messageis laudable, we endorseCunningham. The clerk has

helped guide the county’selection procedures into thesystem now used today, doingaway with older equipment,such as punch cards, andconverting to a completelyelectronic system.

The office’s responsibil-ities go beyond elections.The clerk maintains vitalrecords – of births, deathsand marriages. Also, Cun-

ningham said he already hastaken some steps to improvevoter turnout. For instance,he said his office has createda video to inform 17-year-oldswho will be 18 at the timeof the general election, thatthey will be able to vote. Hesaid the office’s website itselfoffers “a wealth of importantinformation.”

In addition, Cunningham’s

ability to be a mediator hasvalue – he was acknowledgedas having played a role inhelping Kane County BoardChairman Chris Lauzen andCoroner Rob Russell reach acompromise in their recentclash over the coroner’sbudget.

Experience is important.Cunningham knows how todo the job.

ENDORSEMENT

Kane Countysheriff: Williams

Two candidates – eachwith a wealth of law en-forcement experience –are seeking the GOP nodfor Kane County sheriffin the March 18 primaryelection.

The winner of theRepublican primary willface Sgt. Willie MayesSr. in the Nov. 4 gen-eral election. The postcurrently is held by PatPerez, who is not seekingre-election.

Lt. Kevin Williamshas been with the KaneCounty Sheriff’s Officefor more than 20 years,while retired Lt. DonaldKramer worked in theoffice for more than 30years.

Both have madeunsuccessful bids for theposition of Kane Countysheriff in the past.

If elected, Williamssaid he would blendcurrent concepts withhis own to manage thesheriff’s office, notingthat he would continueto work with the KaneCounty Board, commu-nity members and local

law enforcement to helpbuild partnerships andmaintain safety.

Kramer said that– if he were elected – hewould work to create astrong administrativestructure in the sheriff’soffice that would overseethe operation of eachdivision, leading to im-proved quality of service.

Williams said he isthe type of leader whopraises in public andscolds in private, and hebelieves that everyone inthe office should have thesame chances for promo-tions and transfers – andface the same discipline.

Describing himselfas a “team builder,”Kramer said that it isimportant to listen toemployees, and he putan emphasis on settinggoals and objectives. Hesaid he doesn’t like to im-plement discipline unlessit has to be done.

Both candidates arestrong, and we thinkboth could see success assheriff. We give Williamsthe slight edge.



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‘America’s Pharmacist’Makes Memory Discovery of aLifetime: Is It the Fountain ofYouth forAging Minds?

Pharmacist of theYear, Dr. Gene Steiner, finds what he andhis patients have been looking for... a real memory pill

TAMPA, Florida —If Pharmacist of theYear, Dr.

Gene Steiner, had a nickel forevery time someone leaned overthe counter and whispered, “Doyou have anything that canimprove my memory,” he wouldbe a rich man today.

It’s a question he’s heardcountless times in his 45-yearcareer. He has seen families tornapart by the anguish of memoryloss and mental decline, a silentcondition that threatens the in-dependent lifestyle seniors holdso dearly.

In his years-long search fora drug or nutrient that couldslow mental decline, he finallyfound the answer in the pages ofan obscure medical journal.

“I was studying materialsabout memory loss and cogni-tive decline, and there it was,right in front of me...evidence ofa real memory pill!”“At the time, I was an anchor fora medical program in LosAnge-les. I was so excited that I con-tacted the author of the researchand invited him to come on theprogram as a guest.”

“I wanted millions of listenersto learn about this importantnew development!”

Dr. Steiner’s guest that night,US researcher, Josh Reynolds,observed a common ‘distur-bance’ in aging brains, one thatmay be the primary cause ofdegrading memory and concen-tration powers.

Gasping for Air?He saw evidence that

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“It felt great to see so manypeople whose lives were enrichedby taking a simple, naturalformula.”

“A rookie doctor right out ofmedical school can set a brokenbone, or treat a rash or runnynose,” explains Dr. Steiner.

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The Batavia bench erupts Tuesday in the final seconds of the Bulldogs’ 57-52 IHSA Class 4A Addison Trail Sectional win over Downers Grove North.

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TODAYBoys basketball:Wheaton

Academy at St. Francis, 7:30p.m.; Mooseheart vs. Serenaat 1A Somonauk Regional,6 p.m.

THURSDAYBoys basketball: South El-

gin at Batavia, 7:15 p.m.; WestChicago at St. Charles North,7:15 p.m.Girls basketball: Batavia vs.

Geneva at 4A Addison TrailSectional, 7 p.m.; BurlingtonCentral vs. Rockford Lutheran at3A Belvidere Sectional, 7 p.m.

FRIDAYBoys basketball: Burlington

Central at Richmond-Bur-ton, 7:15 p.m.; Marmion atWheaton Academy, 7:30 p.m.;DeKalb at Kaneland, 7 p.m.;Waubonsie Valley at Geneva,7:15 p.m.; Metea Valley at St.Charles East, 7:15 p.m.

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IHSA CLASS 4A ADDISON TRAIL SECTIONAL SEMIFINAL: BATAVIA 57, DOWNERS GROVE NORTH 52

Bulldogs hang toughBatavia victory sets up ‘insane’ sectional final

By DENNIS D. [email protected]

ADDISON – Few playerscan light up a scoreboard likeLiza Fruendt.

But if the Batavia girls bas-ketball team is going to contin-ue to advance in postseasonplay against increasingly stiff-er competition, the Bulldogswill need other players to car-ry some of the offensive load.

In a Class 4A sectionalsemifinal Thursday night atAddison Trail, that player wassophomore Hannah Frazier.

The 6-foot-2 post playerscored 21 points, includingthe biggest 3 of the night, asBatavia edged Downers GroveNorth, 57-52.

The Bulldogs (21-9) ap-peared to be in control of thecontest with more than fiveminutes left when Fruendt (31points) buried a 3-pointer fromthe top of the key to give Bat-avia a 52-39 lead. But the Tro-jans (26-3) scored the next 13points to tie the game.

“I think that’s just whatgood teams do,” Fruendt said.“That’s a good team. They didit all year to teams, but in theend … we got the stops weneeded.”

One of those came with lessthan a minute to play when theMustangs had a chance to takethe lead. Freshman MackenzieFoster came down with a bigrebound for the Bulldogs, whoultimately called timeout toset up a play to get the ball in-side to Frazier. Things didn’twork out as well as Bataviacoach Kevin Jensen planned,but Frazier made it work any-way, even after missing herinitial shot.

“She had a good seal, wentup and got the rebound andwent right back up,” Jensensaid. “It didn’t matter if shewas giving up any size. Shehad the leverage. That ball wasgoing to go in.”

The play was actually de-signed to run to the right sideof the basket, but Frazier rec-ognized the ball had gone tothe left instead and beat herdefender to the post on the left

side of the basket.“I just decided I was going

to take [the shot] and hope forthe best,” she said. “I missedthe first one, but I just keptwith it and put it back up andit worked out.”

With fouls to give, the Bull-dogs fouled Sarah Costello (19points) when she got the ball onthe next possession, so Down-ers Grove North called a time-out to try to set up a 3-point tryfor Jaida Green. Her shot waswell off the mark and Fruendtgrabbed the rebound, her ninthof the game, to secure the vic-tory. Her two free throws withfour-tenths of a seconds left ac-counted for the final margin.

“We knew we could win

this game,” Fruendt said. “Wejust dug deep. We dug as low aswe could in our hearts tonightto get this victory. It’s reallymeaningful for us and our pro-gram.”

Batavia has never won asectional championship, butwill have a chance Thursdaywhen it faces familiar foe Ge-neva at Addison Trail.

“It’s super exciting,” Fra-zier said. “It’s cool to make his-tory with the team. It’s such anamazing group of girls. We justwant to keep winning to staytogether.”

Green, a 6-foot-1 sopho-more, scored 17 points forDowners Grove North. Shehit a pair of 3-pointers in the

game’s opening moments toput the Trojans up 6-0 and Bat-avia played catch-up the restof the half, trailing 31-27 at thebreak.

The third quarter was deci-sive, with the Bulldogs open-ing the period on a 13-2 run toopen up a 40-33 lead.

“I said [at halftime], ‘If youwere wanting to make a big-time play this year, this wouldbe the game to do it in,’ ” Jen-sen said. “That was prettymuch it. I’d like to say it wascoaching, but I know it wasn’t.They’ve been resilient all year.We just keep doing what we’redoing and we think we’ll havea chance to win in the end.”

The Bulldogs battled theTrojans evenly on the boards,with Frazier and Erin Bayrameach grabbing seven rebounds.

After a pair of exciting fin-ishes in the semifinals, Thurs-day’s sectional championshipgame is shaping up as an epicmoment in the long Bata-via-Geneva rivalry. The Bull-dogs swept the regular-seasonseries but the teams shared theUpstate Eight Conference Riv-er Division title.

“I’m excited,” Fruendt said.“They’re playing really goodright now, winning 10 or 11 ina row. And I think we’re play-ing really good right now, andit’s going to be a fun game. I’msure this gym will be insane.”

Class 4A Addison

Trail Sectional

Tuesday’s semifinalsBatavia 57, Downers Grove

North 52Geneva 55, Wheaton Warrenville

South 55Thursday’s championship

Batavia vs. Geneva, 7 p.m.

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Batavia’s Hannah Frazier shoots during the Bulldogs’ 57-52 victoryTuesday over Downers Grove North in an IHSA Class 4A Addison TrailSectional semifinal in Addison.

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McCloughan extends Geneva’s postseasonBy DENNIS D. [email protected]

ADDISON – Janie Mc-Cloughan stepped to the linewith eight-tenths of a secondleft in Tuesday’s IHSA Class 4AAddison Trail Sectional semi-final needing to make one oftwo free throws to send Genevato Thursday’s championshipgame.

The first free throw was,frankly, a brick.

“The first one was just purenerves,” McCloughan admit-ted. “I’m so prepared for thatkind of stuff. When the nervesget in your head, it’s hard to getthem out, but I totally knew Icould do it and I just had to to-tally believe in myself.”

That showed on the secondfree throw, which McCloughanconverted to give the Vikings a55-54 upset victory over Whea-ton Warrenville South, the No.1 seed in the sectional.

McCloughan was at the linebecause she was fouled, secur-ing an offensive rebound aftera missed shot by Grace Loberg,who had provided some heroicsof her own in the frantic finalminutes of the fourth quarter.

A f t e r D e P a u l - b o u n dMeghan Waldron (19 points)hit a shot from the right elbowwith 3:05 to play to put the Ti-gers (28-4) up 51-50, Lobergmade a pair of free throws togive the lead back to Geneva.Then, with 1:33 remaining onthe clock, Loberg somehowwilled the ball into the hoopwith three defenders draped allover her.

“It was incredible,” Mc-Cloughan said. “I don’t evenknow if that was meant to be ashot, but it worked.”

Even Loberg, a 6-foot-2freshman, wasn’t exactly surewhat happened on the play.

“I just knew I had to get itup before I traveled,” she said.“I just kind of threw it and itwent in.”

Loberg scored 19 points andpulled down six rebounds. Herstrong presence inside forcedWheaton Warrenville South toput Waldron on her defensive-ly for most of the second half.When Waldron picked up herthird foul with 4:13 to play,the Tigers couldn’t risk losingtheir top offensive threat andhad to guard Loberg with other

players.While Loberg was a fac-

tor throughout the contest, itwas Geneva’s outside shoot-ers who made the differenceearly. Playing in the home ofthe Blazers, the Vikings (25-5)came out blazing away from3-point range in the first half,hitting on 6 of 8 shots from be-yond the arc. Sidney Santos(eight points) drilled two andMorgan Seberger connected onfour, scoring 12 of her 15 pointsin the opening 16 minutes.

Seberger understood theimportance of getting off to faststart after Wheaton Warren-ville South scored the first 16points in the sectional meetingbetween the two teams last year.

“We always want to startoff really well,” Seberger said.“We want to push it from thetip. … Once you hit that [first]shot, you just keep going. Youjust have the confidence thatthe next shot is going in and theone after that.”

Geneva led by 12 pointstwice, late in the second quar-ter and early in the third, butthe Tigers were much morephysical in the second half, par-ticularly crashing the offensiveboards, and began to chip awayat the deficit. They eventuallytook a 42-40 lead at the end ofthe third quarter on a shot byMelinda Franke from the leftbaseline.

“We went out with a fight,”Wheaton Warrenville Southcoach Rob Kroehnke said. “Wedidn’t lay down. We foughtback. We took it to them.”

Senior Michaela Loebel,who has seen limited actionthis season because of injury,hit a 3 to put Geneva back infront early in the fourth andalso scored on a quick drive tothe basket to help stem the Ti-gers’ momentum.

“That’s what’s good aboutthis team,” Geneva coach Sar-ah Meadows said. “I feel likethey really believe they canplay with anybody. … They’regamers.”

After finally taming the Ti-gers on the third try in as manyyears of post-season play, theVikings will try to beat Bata-via on the third try this seasonThursday night when the twoteams meet in the champion-ship game.

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TOP: Geneva’s Janie McCloughan celebrates the Vikings’ 55-54 IHSAClass 4A Addison Trail Sectional semifinal win Tuesday over WheatonWarrenville South. RIGHT: Geneva’s Abby Novak attempts a shot fromunder the basket.



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This Athlete of the Week is brought to you by

Won his fourth straight IHSA wrestlingstate championship Saturday

Marmion senior Johnny Jimenezmade it a state four-peat Saturday inChampaign, defeating Glenbard North’sJonMarmolej in the 126-poundweightclass for his fourth straight state title.The St. Charles resident is this week’sKane County Chronicle-St. Charles Bank &Trust Athlete of theWeek, and he spokewith Chronicle sports editor Jay Schwababout his latest conquest, and the quickturnaround to the state dual postseasonthat begins this week. The following is anedited transcript:

If you had to estimate howmany

congratulatory texts you received

between Saturday night and Sunday,

what would it be?

Quite a few – actually I opened upmy

phone, I had, like, toomany. I think I had

over 100 notifications and text messages,

all just from friends and family. It was

a lot. I didn’t even reply to everyone

because I didn’t have a chance to go

through every single one of them, so that

was a cool thing.

As far as the championshipmatch, in

terms of how youwrestled, would you

say it was a typical performance from

you, or any sharper, not as sharp?

Actually no, definitely not this year.

I was actually more nervous than I

ever have been because there was so

much pressure onmy shoulders. I was

really nervous coming into thematch

and through thematch, so I feel I really

wrestled not my best, but just enough

to get through. It was pretty hard with

everything that was going on.

Is it challenging tomake that mental

transition now beyond Saturday to the

team side of it?

At first it was a little, but now I’m kind

of coming down from knowing you are a

four-time state champion and everything

but we just [had a practiceMonday], and

I’m kind of back in themood of things

andworking out with the team for the

team state championship, so it’s back to

normal workouts now.

If you had to pick one teammate to

help you out with some tricky home-

work, whowould it be, andwhy?

It would probably have to be Albert

Rechenmacher. He switches off from

wrestling team tomath team competi-

tion wise, so anything that has to dowith

homework …wewould turn to Albert

because he is one of smartest kids in

school, and he’s only a sophomore. He’s

probably going to end up at Harvard or

something.

Area volleyball recruitseager to show their skills

A trio of Tri-Cities girlsvolleyball players who playclub with Fusion Southmade college commitmentsthis month and, for at leasttwo of the three, new scen-ery should come with theopportunity for increasedplaying time.

The local girls volleyballscene is so highly competi-tive that smaller colleges of-ten present a better chancefor playing time than girls’high school teams, and thatcould be the case for St.Charles North senior Shae-lynn Miller and Genevasenior Hailee Hilmer.

Miller still was dealingwith a strained rotator cuffearly in North’s season,which didn’t help the 6-foot-1 middle hitter’s prospectsof cracking North’s rota-tion.

She played sparinglyduring the fall but hopes fora larger role at Coker Col-lege, a Division II programin South Carolina.

Miller committed toCoker last week.

“The majority of theseason I rode the bench, andeventually, I got [medically]cleared, but the team wasdoing very well, and thecoach said to me ‘You havetalent, but the team is doinggood the way it is, that wedon’t want to change it,’ andI understood that,” Millersaid. “By all means, mysenior year season wasn’t

easy at all. I might not havegrown, playing wise, skill-wise, but my high schoolseason has definitely taughtme mental toughness andhow to be a good teammateno matter what, regardlessof circumstances, to just bepositive and supportive, tojust kind of take thing asthey are.”

Miller said she wasfocusing on colleges in theSouth and also consideredCoastal Carolina. But Mill-er wouldn’t have been ableto play volleyball for Coast-al Carolina, and one of herclub teammates, WheatonWarrenville South’s BrookeClosset, also has committedto Coker.

“I think the biggest thingfor me is my high schoolseason by all means wasnot easy, and out of eightseniors, only two of usare continuing [to play incollege] in me and Tay-lor Krage, so the biggestthing for me committingsomewhere and going on toplay is I want to show mycoaches and teammates whodidn’t really get to see meplay this season that I canplay, I’m good enough toplay and I love the game, re-gardless of anything that’s

happened,” Miller said.Hilmer, who committed

to Loras College earlier thismonth, can relate.

Most of her contribu-tions during high schoolseason came in practiceas the libero/defensivespecialist did not crack Ge-neva’s usual rotation. TheVikings had a young, buthighly talented, team thatearned the program’s firstsectional title.

“I was really OK with itbecause I really wanted tohave our program reallyexcel for next year, and Iknow I was one of threeseniors, so it was kindof a building year, and Icompletely understood it,”Hilmer said. “I was justhappy to get all of the repsI was able to because that’swhat my focus was.”

Hilmer chose Loras –located in Dubuque, Iowa,– over Hope College (Mich.).Her older sister, Mackenzie,is scheduled to graduatefrom Loras just before shebegins her college career,but Hailee said some of theyounger Loras students shemet through her big sisterwill still be around.

Hilmer plans to studypublic relations at Loras,and anticipates chancesfor playing time, eitherthrough Loras’ varsity orJV teams.

JaySchwab

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Mooseheart gradcaptures conference titleMooseheart graduate and Mar-

quette freshman Oumaru Abudlahiwon the men’s high jump at theBig East Conference Indoor Trackand Field Championships this pastweekend in New York.Abdulahi took the gold at the

height of 6-foot-9¾ inches. Abudlahiwas sixth in the long jump as theGolden Eagles took fourth in themeet.

St. Charles Eastgrad earns honorsWisconsin-Whitewater junior

swimmer and St. Charles Eastgraduate Brooke Flesher was namedto the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Ath-letic Conference All-SportsmanshipTeam this past weekend at the WIACChampionships in Brown Deer, Wis.

Kaneland gradbreaks school recordsKaneland graduate and Saint Louis

swimmer Grant Alef finished secondin the 200-yard backstroke at theAtlantic 10 Conference Champion-ships this past weekend in Geneva,Ohio.Alef’s time of 1 minutes, 46.51

seconds is now the school recordwith the Billikens.He also helped the 800 medley

relay that also set a school record in6:43.24.

Rosary graduateearns Big-Ten honorsRosary graduate and Penn State

senior swimmer Mackenzie Powersearned First Team All-Big Ten honorsthis past weekend at the Big TenChampionships in Minneapolis.She won the 100-yard butterfly

and set a Big Ten record and a meetrecord in the process. She was alsothe runner-up in the 100 breastroke.Powers was a part of the runner-up400 medley relay team.

Marmion wrestlingadvances in team dualsCHICAGO – The Marmion wrestling

team defeated Mt. Carmel, 44-18, onTuesday in an IHSA wrestling teamdual sectional semifinal.The Cadets advance to a state

quarterfinal Saturday’s statequarterfinal in Bloomington againstPlainfield Central.


IHSA CLASS 2A AURORA CHRISTIAN BOYS BASKETBALL REGIONAL:AURORA CHRISTIAN 58, ST. EDWARD 42

Aurora Christian advances,but worried about Harrell

By JAY [email protected]

AURORA – A beautiful ending toa postseason victory for the AuroraChristian boys basketball team wasmarred by a jolt of postgame anxiety.

Students formed a prayer circle af-ter the game as Eagles standout Johna-than Harrell was takenby ambulance to a localhospital to treat an un-known ailment. Harrellleft the game duringthe fourth quarter afterseemingly absorbinga blow to the stomach,and received attentionnear the bench duringthe game’s closing minutes whileshowing increasing signs of discom-fort.

“I was on the floor and I rememberwe called a timeout, and he was justholding his stomach – I just thought hemight have gotten hit or something,”said Aurora Christian sophomoreguard Pat McNamara, the son of Ea-gles coach Pat McNamara. “And thentwo or three plays later, he was stillholding it, and he was bending over.

“When he came out, everyonewas kind of like ‘Wow,’ because he’sa very tough player, and he normallywouldn’t come out with something likethat.”

A four-year varsity player, Harrellgrabbed a team-high nine reboundsand scored seven points for the Eaglesbefore being sidelined. Aurora Chris-

tian went on to win Tuesday’s IHSAClass 2A Aurora Christian Regionalsemifinal over St. Edward, 58-42.

“He looked bad. I don’t know what itwas,” coach McNamara said. “His eyeswere all bloodshot.”

Harrell already has gone throughextraordinary adversity in recentmonths. His 21-year-old brother,Jarred, was killed in a head-on auto-mobile collision in December afterwatching the Eagles compete in thePlano Christmas Classic.

With the win, Aurora Christian(16-11) advances to Friday’s regionalchampionship game against IC Cath-olic Prep.

The third-seeded Eagles led, 36-35, entering the fourth quarter, thenplayed their best ball down the stretch.

No. 2 seed St. Ed (20-9) – which haddefeated the Eagles twice during theregular season – had close to a com-plete meltdown during the fourth quar-ter, when they were outscored, 22-7.

“It was a great game until the ear-

ly part of the fourth quarter, and thenthey just took over,” said St. Ed coachP.J. White, whose team was shorthand-ed because of injury and illness. “Theyoutplayed us. We didn’t have anythingleft in the tank, and they did. You’ve gotto give them a lot of credit. They playedreally well and they hit their shots.”

Eagles sophomore guard R.D. Lut-ze scored a team-high 15 points whilePat McNamara scored eight of his 12points in the fourth quarter. GuardWes Wolfe canned a momentum-ex-tending corner 3-pointer to make it 45-37 Eagles with 5:35 to play in the fourthquarter.

The Eagles also received an unex-pected third quarter boost from re-serve forward Juwan Sisco, who hasplayed sparingly this season, partiallybecause of an extended family vaca-tion. Sisco scored seven points in thethird quarter in what at the time was aback-and-forth game.

St. Ed hit Aurora Christian with aswift, 7-0 run in the final minutes ofthe first half but still trailed the Eaglesat the break, 21-20. Lutze had 11 of theEagles’ 21 first-half points.

Physical guard Davontae Elamscored 12 points on the night to leadthe Green Wave.

A basketball cliche holds that itis tricky to beat the same team threetimes in the same season, but coachMcNamara said that notion gave himlittle comfort heading into the game.

“No, because I’ve lost three timesin a row to people, so I don’t think so,”he said.

Class 2A AuroraChristian Regional

Monday’s quarterfinal

Westmont 57, Lisle 54Tuesday’s semifinals

IC Catholic 74, Westmont 56Aurora Christian 58, St. Edward 42

Friday’s championship

IC Catholic vs. Aurora Christian, 7 p.m.

Johnathan

Harrell

BEARS

Cornerback could fit into draft plansBy PATRICK [email protected]

INDIANAPOLIS – When DarquezeDennard and Justin Gilbert met at De-cember’s College Football Awards, theMichigan State cornerback coined anickname for the Oklahoma State star:“Pretty Boy.”

“He makes fun of me because I al-ways take ‘selfies’ on my phone,” Gil-bert said.

Despite their needs elsewhere, theBears could call either cornerback – byname or nickname – in the NFL Draft

in May.It’s not a ridiculous notion.The Bears traveled to scout Dennard

during his senior season at MichiganState, sources told the Sun-Times.

They liked what they saw: the 5-foot-11, 199-pounder won the Jim ThorpeAward and was a unanimous first-teamAll-American, intercepting four passesand breaking up 10 more. He’s consid-ered the best cover corner in the draft.

Dennard’s 4.51-second 40-yard dashTuesday at the NFL Combine wasenough to impress the NFL Network’sMike Mayock, who already had him

pegged as a potential top-15 pick.Gilbert, however, blew Dennard’s

doors off Tuesday.The 6-foot, 202-pounder ran an ab-

surd 4.37-second 40-yard dash, thefastest of any cornerback and thefourth-fleetest of any player at LucasOil Stadium. His 20 bench-press repswere tied for third-best among corners.

Even if he lacks Dennard’s ballskills, Gilbert, who played press cov-erage almost three-quarters of his OSUsnaps, is among the most-prized pos-sessions in today’s NFL: a cornerbackwith size.



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Wheaton Academy inWest Chicagowill begin construction this spring onan artificial turf field that will replace its current natural turf soccer field.

WHEATON ACADEMY ATHLETICS

Wheaton Academy setssights on new turf field

ByMARY BETH [email protected]

WEST CHICAGO – Afteryears of borrowing field timefrom nearby schools, WheatonAcademy will have its ownartificial turf field this fall forits football program and more,thanks to donations from sup-porters.

“It will enhance our senseof community by being able tohave home games here,” Whea-ton Academy’s Head of SchoolGene Frost said.

The artificial turf will re-place the school’s current,grassy soccer field. The newfield will be built for soccer,with the ability to paint linesfor football and lacrosse whenneeded.

As part of what is expectedto be a $1 million project, standswill be installed on the east sideof the field to match the west,creating about 800 seats total.

Although the field the schoolhas is used for soccer practicesand games, use is limited be-cause of weather and concernsabout wearing down the natu-ral turf, Frost said.

The school’s football andlacrosse programs do not usethe current field at all. Instead,Wheaton Academy has usedfields at Wheaton College, Com-munity High School in WestChicago and College of DuPagein Glen Ellyn.

The football program wasreinstated in 2007 at the schoolafter a low student populationcaused it to be put on hiatus in1989, Frost said. However, witha growth in enrollment and

now a home field in the works,this fall will be a special timefor football at Wheaton Acade-my, he said.

“It’s a tremendous boost tothe football program,” Frostsaid.

Construction of the field isexpected to begin this springshortly after the final home soc-cer game.

While school leaders hopeto have the new space readyin July, it will be completed intime for the first home footballgame Aug. 29 at the latest.

The field will be wider thana typical soccer field becauseit will not be constrained by arunning track along its outside.It will be about 67 to 68 yardswide and 120 yards long.

Wheaton Academy was ex-pected to receive bids for theproject this week.

The project will be fundedentirely by donations, includ-ing a challenge grant fromformer Wheaton Academyparents, Rich and Carrie Berg,whose son graduated from theschool in 2010.

The grant was given in thename of Performance TrustCapital Partners, of which RichBerg is the CEO and co-found-er. Other Performance Trustemployees also supported theproject.

At the time when the grantwas offered to Wheaton Acade-my, its leaders were in the pro-cess of fundraising for a new sci-ence wing at the school. Ratherthan turning to supporters ofthe science project, the schoolfound new donors to help makeits field of dreams a reality.

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Thinner Vogelbach hopes for big yearFormer Kane County first baseman lost 30 pounds during offeseason

By GORDON [email protected]

MESA, Ariz. – Sluggingprospect Dan Vogelbach’s bigplans for this season startedwith thinking small duringthe offseason.

And so far the results havebeen huge – as in 30 poundstrimmed from his 6-footframe.

“I feel much better, I feellooser, a lot more athletic,”said the Cubs’ ninth-rankedprospect (according to Base-ball America’s latest rank-ing), who said he ate betterand increased his cardiowork this winter to get theresults. “I feel I can do a lotmore things I wouldn’t beable to do the last couple ofseasons.”

In early work since he gotto the Cubs’ spring complexlast month, that has meantmore agility defensivelyaround the bag at first andeven translated to quickerhands and torso on his pow-erful swing.

“I’m not tied up on somepitches I used to get tiedup on,” said the Cubs’ sec-ond-round pick in 2011 whowas conservatively listed at250 pounds on last year’s ros-ter.

The biggest upside to thedramatic downsizing mightbe the potential for gaininga firmer foothold in his long-range future with the organi-zation.

“It’s really fulfilling fromtons of coaches’ and front of-fice people’s standpoint, be-cause that’s what we’ve talk-

ed about with this guy for thelast two years,” said Daytonamanager Dave Keller, whohad Vogelbach the final fewweeks of the season, “to gethim to understand that atsome point in time in athlet-ics, everybody has to changetheir body to perform.

“It’s a huge credit to himthat he made a drastic com-

mitment to change. And thekey word there is drastic.”

A big knock on the power-ful first baseman nicknamed“Vogelbomb” was a lack ofdefensive agility that hadsome projecting his long-term future would be as adesignated hitter.

“I’ve said all along I don’twant to just be a DH,” Vogel-

bach said. “I want to play inthe field; I want to play firstbase. I think this helps out,with infielders having confi-dence in me. And it gives memore confidence around thebag, going to get balls thatmaybe I wouldn’t go get be-fore. And though I’ve beenable to stay healthy through-out the years, this’ll help me

with that, too.”The weight loss hasn’t

cost him any strength, saidthe still solid-looking Vogel-bach.

“I got stronger as I lostweight. I kept lifting, and Ikept working out,” he said. “Ifeel like I’ve got more powerbecause I’m a lot looser, andmy hands are more free. I’mnot as stiff up there.”

After a .284, 19-homer sea-son that began at Single-AKane County and finish inthe advanced-A Florida StateLeague finals, that couldmean even bigger things atthe plate for the smaller ver-sion of Vogelbach.

“It’s a huge year,” he said.“Every year’s a huge year. ...Last year, I had a good year;I didn’t have a great year. Iwant to have great years. Sothis is a big year for me tocome out and have a betteryear than last year.”

Shaw Media file photo

Kane County Cougars’ Dan Vogelbach catches a fly ball in foul territory during a July 19 game against GreatLakes at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark in Geneva. Vogelbach entered spring training having lost 30 pounds.

“I feel much better, I

feel looser, a lot more

athletic. I feel I can do a

lot more things

I wouldn’t be able to

do the last couple

of seasons.”

Dan VogelbachCubs’ minor league irst

baseman who played for the

Kane County Cougars in 2013

“They were reallyhelpful with me, withsupporting me with [notseeing much playing timein high school], keeping myconfidence up and saying

reasons I needed to staypositive,” Hilmer said.“That was a big part, too.They really make you feel athome.”

Another Fusion Southproduct, St. Charles Eastsenior Dana Voltolina,selected Carroll University(Wis.) within the past week.

A left-handed right-side/outside hitter, Voltolinawas among the main offen-sive threats for a Saintsteam that finished 31-7.

Miller and Voltolinaare teammates on FusionSouth’s 18 Red team, whileHilmer plays for FusionSouth’s 18 Silver team.

Fitzgerald takes over atSt. Francis: St. Francis hasnamed Mike Fitzgerald itsnew football coach. Fitzger-ald previously was offensivecoordinator and quarter-backs coach at Marist andpreviously played andcoached at Lake ForestCollege.

Fitzgerald replaces vet-eran Spartans coach GregPurnell, who stepped downafter the 2013 season.

• Jay Schwab is sportseditor of the Kane Coun-ty Chronicle. He can bereached at 630-845-5382 [email protected].

• SCHWABContinued from page 22

Fitzgerald to replace Purnell as Spartans football coach



26 TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Victor Hugo (1802-1885), author;William “Buffalo Bill” Cody (1846-

1917), frontiersman/showman; Jackie Gleason (1916-1987), actor/comedi-

an; Johnny Cash (1932-2003), singer-songwriter.

– United Feature Syndicate

HOROSCOPE

ByMICHAEL O’SULLIVANTheWashington Post

The new George Cloo-ney-directed film “TheMonuments Men” wasinspired by the World WarII exploits of a group of artexperts recruited by the Al-lies under the banner of themilitary’s Monuments, FineArts and Archives section torescue art treasures from theNazis. Whether you love thefact-based drama or hate it,the movie may be intrigu-ing enough in its details toinspire curiosity about thereal-life Monuments Men, asthese art nerds in uniformbecame known.

A good place to learnmore is the Lawrence A.Fleischman Gallery, wherethe Smithsonian’s Archivesof American Art is display-ing a collection of photo-graphs, letters and otherdocuments laying out whatAAA director Kate Hawcalls “the story behind thestory.” In conjunction withother Monuments Men-themed programming atthe National Gallery of Artand the National Archives,the exhibition “MonumentsMen: On the Frontline toSave Europe’s Art, 1942-1946”offers a fascinating glimpseof the history that inspiredHollywood. According toHaw, Clooney’s productionteam visited the Smithso-nian’s archives to studysome of the very materialthat is in this show.

The film opens with ascene of Nazi leader Her-mann Goering “shopping” inoccupied Paris for paintingsfor his personal collection. Inthe Smithsonian exhibition,you’ll find evidence of that:a 71-page, U.S. governmentinventory itemizing whatthe Monuments Men foundamong Goering’s (largelystolen) art collection in 1945.The list includes, amongmore than 1,000 works, sev-eral canvases by the Flemish

master Peter Paul Rubens.Also on view is the

1943 field manual draftedto guide the work of theMonuments Men, whosemission evolved from savingsignificant buildings frombeing bombed to findingand repatriating millionsof pieces of stolen art. Oneparticularly chilling chapterin that manual concerns nottheft but “defilement andcontemptuous treatment.”

In case you’re wonderingwhat that means, there’s ascene in the movie showinga heap of incinerated pictureframes – including onelabeled “Picasso” – left be-hind by Nazis fleeing Alliedtroops. Yes, Hitler may havewanted Europe’s masterpiec-es to stock his never-realized“Fuhrer Museum,” but thefear that his henchmenwould destroy their lootrather than relinquish it wasvery real. It was a case of “ifI can’t have it, no one will,”says Smithsonian archivistBarbara Aikens, who helpedorganize the show.

Other true-life tidbitsthat made their way intothe film include the discov-ery – documented in theexhibition – that the Nazishad hidden a large cacheof art in a salt mine in theAustrian town of Altaussee.According to the papers ofJames Rorimer (the real-life

curator from New York’sMetropolitan Museum ofArt who is played by MattDamon, under the nameJames Granger), the mine’stemperature and humiditywere surprisingly conduciveto art storage, suggestingthat the Nazis had at leastsome appreciation, howeverperverse, for art.

One scene, featuredprominently in the trailer,shows Damon’s characterin distress after stepping onan unexploded land minewhile searching for art. It’scertainly true that some ofthe Monuments Men werekilled in action, as the filmmakes clear, but Aikens saysthere’s no evidence in anyof the Smithsonian materialthat the Altaussee minewas boobytrapped, despiterumors to that effect.

It’s not surprising thatClooney, who wrote thescript with Grant Heslovand who plays a characterinspired by conservatorGeorge Stout, a leader ofthe Monuments Men, wouldjuice up the story. What issurprising, from a close lookat the source material, isthat the story doesn’t need it.

One of the most interest-ing artifacts in the exhibi-tion is a black-and-whitephoto of NeuschwansteinCastle, where the Nazisstashed much of their stolen

art.According to both the

movie and the exhibition,the picture was given toJames Rorimer by RoseValland, a Parisian art his-torian who surreptitiouslyrecorded where the Naziswere concealing their warbooty. The photo is creased,suggesting that Rorimercarried it in his pocket as avisual reference. (This mayseem a little weird, since thehighly distinctive building,commissioned by “mad”King Ludwig of Bavaria, wasthe architectural inspirationfor Disneyland’s SleepingBeauty Castle and resemblesnothing else in the world.)

There’s a great storyabout how Valland, por-trayed by Kate Blanchett asClaire Simone in the movie,was able to learn where theNazis were hiding the stolenart. A curator at the Jeu dePaume museum, Vallandwas kept around by theNazis for her expertise asthey processed thousands ofstolen paintings through hermuseum. Unbeknown to theoccupying troops, however,Valland spoke German andwas thus able to eavesdropon conversations everyoneelse thought were private.

Sadly, that deliciousdetail is not in the movie,perhaps because it seems toogood to be true.

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TheMonumentsMen: Fictionmeets fact

Photo from Thomas Carr Howe Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

Among the group known as theMonumentsMenwereWalker Hancock (second from left) and George“Ole Pops” Stout (second from right).

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Dr. Wallace: I have a

cat, and I love her very

much. I feel that she is

a member of the fam-

ily. Whenever I come

home from school,

Jingles jumps up on

my lap and licks my

cheek. I know that she

is glad to see me and is

giving me a kiss.

My grandfather

lives with us, and he

hates cats. Whenever

I talk to Jingles, he

gets mad at me and

yells, “That stupid cat

doesn’t understand

what you are saying,

so keep quiet!”

My dad agrees with

my grandfather. He

also hates cats. It’s a

good thing that Mom

is on my side. Several

times, Dad has tried to

get rid of Jingles, but

Mom always comes to

our rescue.

Do you think that

Jingles is kissing me

when she licks my

face, and do you think

it’s a waste of time

to talk to her? – Kim,Mobile, Ala.

Dear Kim: Of course,

Jingles is glad to see

you, and she shows it

by jumping up on your

lap and giving you a

kiss on your cheek.

Grandfather is misin-

formed when he says

for you to stop talking

to Jingles because she

doesn’t understand

what you are saying.

Actually, she does.

It’s not words, but the

gentle tone of your

voice, the pleasant

look on your face and

your friendly hand on

her fur. Not only does

she enjoy hearing you

and being with you,

but you also receive

pleasure and enjoy-

ment when talking to

your wonderful pet.

Make sure your

grandfather and

your father read this

column. They both

are not required to

love cats, but hating

this wonderful furry

family member is not

acceptable!

Dr. Wallace: When-

ever I’m faced with

a difficult challenge,

I really get upset if I

can’t solve it. When

I fail, I pound my fist

on anything around

me, scream and say

bad things. What can

I do to stay calm when

I can’t solve all my

problems? – Nameless,Sidney, Ohio.

Dear Nameless:When something

doesn’t go your way,

let it go for a while.

Take what Dr. Alan

Monat calls a stress

break. You need to

defuse the emotional

buildup, which causes

you to scream, curse

and pound your fist.

Instead of getting

upset, divert your

attention away from

the frustration. When

you come back to it

later, says Dr. Monat,

a professor of psychol-

ogy at California State

University, Hayward,

you’ll be refreshed and

have a much better

perspective on how to

solve it.

What should you do

while you’re on your

stress break? Call a

friend, take a shower,

walk around the block,

treat yourself to a

favorite snack, exer-

cise or read a column

written for teens!

• Dr. Robert Wallacewelcomes questionsfrom readers. Al-though he is unableto reply to all of themindividually, he willanswer as manyas possible in thiscolumn. Email him [email protected].

Dear Abby: I’m incrediblyfond of my friend “Russell.” Heis always supportive, consider-ate and kind to me. However, Iknow that he is into S&M andthis worries me, as I can’t rec-oncile the two different people– a gentle person with someonewanting to dominate and possi-bly hurt a woman in bed.

Should I be worried thatRussell is hiding a dark sidethat will eventually come outand ruin our friendship? – Wor-ried Friend In Australia

Dear Worried: You and Rus-sell must be very close friendsif he is describing his sexualpractices with you. My ex-perts tell me that acting out onaggressive fantasies does notnecessarily mean a person ISaggressive.

As long as your relationshipremains platonic, what hedoes in the bedroom shouldn’taffect it. But if you’re consid-ering taking your friendshipwith Russell to another level,it’s important that you talkfurther about this. If this isn’tsomething you’re interested

in exploring – and it isn’t foreveryone – then draw the lineor move on.

Dear Abby: I have a 19-month-old son, “Nicky.” He stays atmy in-laws’ house most dayswhile my husband and I work.Lately, I’ve noticed when I go topick him up that Grandma andGrandpa like to give him “kissattacks,” where they hold him“hostage” and give him severalkisses.

Sometimes he lets them, andit’s not a problem. Other timeshe squirms, whines and tellsthem no. It’s painful to watch,especially when they respondwith, “I know you’re not goingto like this, but I’m going to doit anyway.”

I think this is a huge viola-tion of my son’s boundaries. Itteaches him he should just givein because nobody cares thathe’s uncomfortable. My hus-

band thinks Nicky is too youngto understand, and that it’s notgoing to hurt him to have extraaffection.

I’m an affectionate personwho likes to hug and kiss myson, too, but if he’s not in themood, I let him be. Who isright? – Loving Mommy InColorado

Dear Loving Mommy: You are.Affection is something wel-come. If you don’t want it, it’snot affection. The most signif-icant issues in child develop-ment have to do with nurturingand building trust. Howeverwell meant, holding a child“hostage” is more a display ofpower than affection.

If your in-laws stopped“attacking,” your son wouldbe more likely to seek theiraffection when he wants it. Abetter way to demonstrate theirlove for him would be to dosomething creative, like draw apicture showing their affectionfor him.

• Write Dear Abby at www.dearabby.com.

Dear Doctor K: I have carpal tun-nel syndrome. How can I relievethe discomfort without drugs orsurgery?

Dear Reader: Carpal tunnelsyndrome causes pain anddiscomfort in the wrist that canextend into the hand or forearm.It’s often caused by activities thatrequire constant use of the wrists.People who spend a lot of time at acomputer keyboard, for example,pounding away at the keys, aremore likely to experience it.

Carpal tunnel syndromeresults from compression of themedian nerve. This is a majornerve that extends from the spinalcord through the wrist and to thefingers. In the wrist, the mediannerve passes through a narrowchannel called the carpal tunnel.

The carpal tunnel is made ofstiff fibers and is only slightlywider than the median nerve. Asa result, if repeated activity of thewrist leads to inflammation andswelling of the tissue in the wrist,the nerve can become pinchedand compressed. (I’ve put anillustration of this on my website,AskDoctorK.com.)

Carpal tunnel syndrome ini-tially causes tingling, numbnessand burning pain in the wrist.These symptoms are also felt in

the thumb and second and thirdfingers, because that’s where thenerve fibers lead.

Sleeping with your wrists in aflexed position can worsen pres-sure on the nerve. That’s becausewhen the wrist is flexed, the nerveis more easily pinched inside thecarpal tunnel. You may awakenwith tingling and achiness in thewrist.

As the condition progresses,the muscles in the hand can beginto waste away and the nerve canbecome permanently damaged.This can lead to weakness andloss of function and sensation, aswell as pain.

So, don’t treat possible symp-toms of carpal tunnel syndromeas just an annoyance. Let yourdoctor know about them. Non-drug and non-surgical treatmentsare most effective if used whensymptoms first begin, before thenerve is damaged.

The first step is typically asplint that keeps the wrist inan open (unbent) position. Thishelps prevent compression of the

median nerve, and can relievemild to moderate discomfort anddisability.

Wear the splint while sleeping.If you have constant pain, wearthe splint during the day for fourto six weeks, then decrease use ofit over the next month. Becauseyou’re trying to avoid drugs andsurgery, you may even benefitfrom wearing a splint intermit-tently for years.

You can also work with anoccupational therapist (OT), whocan teach you to use your handsin ways that will not aggravateyour condition. An OT can alsorecommend adaptive equipment,such as gripping devices, or anergonomically designed keyboardto use at home or at your office.

These non-surgical approach-es usually provide relief. If theydon’t, injections of inflamma-tion-calming medicine into thecarpal tunnel may help. If surgeryis required, it’s pretty simple – nota major operation. But non-surgi-cal measures often are sufficientto fix the problem.

• Dr. Komaroff is a physicianand professor at Harvard MedicalSchool. Visit www.AskDoctorK.com to send questions and getadditional information.

Womanworries friendmay have dark side

Non-surgical approach can relieve carpal tunnel pain

Girl’s grandfather,father hate family pet

RobertWallace

’TWEEN

12 & 20

JeannePhillips

DEAR ABBY

Anthony L.Komaroff

ASK

DOCTOR K


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Big Nate

Crankshaft

Stone Soup

Dilbert

Garfield

Frank & Earnest

Soup to Nutz

The Born Loser

Rose Is Rose

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“My big toe hurts!”

1) BUNION?

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Overtricks can beoh so tempting

BRIDGE by Phillip AlderCROSSWORD

CELEBRITY CIPHER

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Denis Waitley, a foundingmember of the National Councilon Self-Esteem, said: “Success isalmost totally dependent upondrive and persistence. The extraenergy required to make anothereffort or try another approach isthe secret of winning.”

That is true, but sometimes,at the bridge table, trying for anextra trick can prove very expen-sive. Still, occasionally a defendercan dangle a tempting carrot thatleaves declarer thinking he has ano-cost shot at an overtrick.

In this deal, South is in threeno-trump, and West leads theheart 10. How might West temptdeclarer into an indiscretion?

South should open one no-trump. Yes, the club holding oftwo honors doubleton is a minus,but the five-card suit is a compen-sating plus.

Declarer starts with seven toptricks: three hearts (given theopening lead), one diamond andthree clubs. Obviously, he willattack clubs. However, West canset a nasty trap for South.

Declarer takes the first trickin his hand and cashes the clubking. West should play his five.Then, when South continueswith the club queen, West shoulddrop his eight. He is trying tomake it look as though he startedwith J-8-5 and East with the6-4-doubleton (and was starting ahigh-low with his six).

If declarer falls for the ruse,he will win the third trick withhis queen and suddenly find thathe cannot make the contract.Instead, South must overtakehis club queen with dummy’sace and continue with the club10 to drive out West’s jack. Thendeclarer gets at least three hearts,one diamond and five clubs.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Bids submitted in duplicate, in a sealed envelope with the words"2014 THIRD STREET PEDESTRIAN MALL PROJECT" clearly markedon it, will be received by the City of Geneva, Illinois (here after knownas the OWNER) until 10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 13, 2014 at theoffice of the City Administrator, 22 South First Street, Geneva, IL60134, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud.The unit price submitted shall be for furnishing of all equipment, ma-terials, labor, and incidentals necessary to complete the work for theconstruction of approximately:

1) 1036.0 SQ FEET PCC SIDEWALK 5"2) 754.0 SQ FEET TOPSOIL RESTORATION3) 400.0 SQ FEET MISCELLANEOUS PCC FLATWORK 5"4) 44.0 FEET PCC CURB, B6.125) 36.0 FEET PCC BARRIER CURB6) 2190.0 SQ FEET PAVEMENT REMOVAL7) 1.0 LUMP SUM TRAFFIC CONTROL AND PROTECTION8) 10.0 EACH INSTALL GRANITE INLAYS9) 6.0 EACH 6" BALLARDS, CONCRETE

All proposals shall be accompanied by a proposal guaranty equal-ing an amount not less than 10% of his bid amount. This guarantymay be in the form of a Bid Bond or cashier's check.

All Bidders at the time of signing this contract and thereafter, shallpay to all his/her employees and suppliers performing work underthis contract no less than the current prevailing wages in Kane Coun-ty, Illinois, which is stipulated as just compensation by the Illinois De-partment of Labor or thereafter determined by the Court as same.

The successful Bidder shall obtain substantial completion by May30 and 100% completion by June 6 or incur liquidated damages of$1000/calendar day.

The Bidders will be required to submit signed affidavits showingthat they are not barred from bidding as a result of a violation of ei-ther Section 33E-3 or 33E-4 of Chapter 38, Illinois Revised Statutes,1987 (as amended); that his/her workplace is drug free, and thathe/she is not delinquent with the Illinois Department of Revenue(Chapter 24, section 11-42.I or as revised).

Bidders may be asked to show proof that they are able to performthe work in a workmanlike manner and that he/she will be able tocomplete the work in the stipulated time.

The City of Geneva, Illinois reserves the right to reject any or all bidsand to waive technicalities.

The entire bid package is available on the City's web site:http://www.geneva.il.us/bids.aspx

Plans and proposal will be available in the office of the Director ofPublic Works located at 1800 South St. Geneva, Illinois 60134-2547. Contact person: Brian L. Schiber 630-232-1501 Ext. 3401or [email protected] .

(Published in the Kane County Chronicle, February 26, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANECOUNTY - GENEVA, ILLINOIS

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A,PLAINTIFF

vs.STEPHEN E. STASICA; VERONICACATALAN; CAMBRIDGE LAKESCOMMUNITY ASSOCIATION; UN-KNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS,

DEFENDANTS12CH 3137

Address: 1850 Beachview Rd.,Pingree Grove, Illinois 60140

Judge Leonard J. WojteckiNOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF

REAL ESTATEPUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-

EN that pursuant to a Judgment ofForeclosure and Sale entered in theabove cause on March 14, 2013,I, Sheriff of Kane County, Illinois,will on March 13, 2014 at thehour of 9:00 AM at the Kane Coun-ty Judicial Center, 37W777 Route38, St. Charles, IL 60175, RoomJC 100, or in a place otherwisedesignated at the time of sale,County of Kane, State of Illinois,sell at public auction to the highestbidder for cash, as set forth below,the following described real estate:

LOT 1109, IN CAMBRIDGELAKES UNIT 13, BEING A SUBDIVI-SION OF PART OF THE SOUTH-WEST QUARTER OF SECTION 29,TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 7EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPALMERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THEPLAT THEREOF RECORDED JUNE23, 2006 AS DOCUMENT2006K068216, IN THE VILLAGEOF PINGREE GROVE, KANE COUN-TY, ILLINOIS.

COMMON ADDRESS: 1850Beachview Rd., Pingree Grove, Illi-nois 60140

P.I.N.: 02-29-302-010The real estate is improved with

a single family residence.THE JUDGMENT AMOUNT WAS:

$363,627.09Sale terms: 10% down by certi-

fied funds; the balance, by certifiedfunds, is due within twenty four(24) hours. The subject property issubject to real estate taxes, specialassessments or special taxes leviedagainst said real estate and is of-fered for sale without any represen-tation as to quality or quantity of ti-tle and without recourse to Plaintiffand in "as is" condition. The saleis further subject to confirmation bythe court.

Upon payment in full of theamount bid, the purchaser shall re-ceive a Certificate of Sale, whichwill entitle the purchaser to a Deedto the real estate after Confirmationof the sale. The property will NOTbe open for inspection and Plaintiffmakes no representations as to thecondition of the property. Prospec-tive bidders are admonished tocheck the Court file to verify all in-formation.

Pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/15-1512, the amounts of any surplusbid will be held by the sheriff until aparty obtains a Court Order for itsdistribution, or for 60 days follow-ing the date of the entry of the orderconfirming sale, at which time, inthe absence of an order directingpayment of the surplus, it may beautomatically forfeited to the Statewithout further notice.

If this property is a condominiumunit, the purchaser of the unit at theforeclosure sale, other than a mort-gagee shall pay the assessmentsand the legal fees required by TheCondominium Property Act, 765ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THERIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSIONFOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF ANORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC-CORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORT-

(C)GAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

For information: Examine thecourt file or contact Plaintiff's attor-ney: Johnson, Blumberg & Asso-ciates, LLC, 230 W. Monroe St.,Chicago, IL 60606, telephone312-541-9710. Please refer to filenumber IL 12 2783.Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates,LLC230 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1125Chicago, Illinois 60606Ph. 312-541-9710Fax 312-541-9711JB&A # IL 12 2783I591151

(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, February 19, 26 &March 5, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURTFOR THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL

CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY –GENEVA, ILLINOIS

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NationalAssociation,

Plaintiff,vs.

Unknown Owners and Non-Record

Claimants; Unknown Heirs andLegatees of Dean Daubs, deceased;Geri Muench, AKA GeraldineMuench; Donald A. Muench, AKADonald Muench; Dale Daubs, AKADale M. Daubs; Debra A. Trent,AKA Debra Daubsk AKA DebbieTrent; Julie Fox, as Special Repre-sentative to the Estate of DeanDaubs, deceased,

Defendants.

Case No. 13 CH 2364619 South Liberty Street

Elgin, IL 60120

PUBLICATION NOTICEThe requisite affidavit(s) having

been duly filed herein, NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN TO ALL DEFEN-DANTS IN THE ABOVE ENTITLEDACTION, that said action has beencommenced in said Court by theplaintiff(s), naming you as defen-dant (s) therein and praying andfor other relief; that summons hasbeen issued out of this Courtagainst you as provided by law,and, that this action is still pendingand undetermined in said Court.

NOW, THEREFORE, unless youfile your answer or otherwise makeyour appearance in said action inthis Court, by filing the same in the

PUBLIC NOTICE


GREEN TREE SERVICING, LLC,PLAINTIFF

vs.JEFFREY D FREDRES; JULIA E SEI-DEL;

DEFENDANTS12 CH 2563

Address: 249 Meadows Drive,Sugar Grove, Illinois 60554




PART OF LOT 65 OF SUGARCREEK SUBDIVISION UNIT NO.ONE PHASE TWO, IN THE VILLAGEOF SUGAR GROVE, KANE COUNTY,ILLINOIS AS PER DOCUMENT NO.1903062, RECORDS OF SAIDCOUNTY, DESCRIBED AS FOL-LOWS: COMMENCING AT THESOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT65; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES47 MINUTES 39 SECONDS WEST,40.16 FEET FOR THE POINT OFBEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 00DEGREES 09 MINUTES 30 SEC-ONDS WEST, 180.95 FEET ALONGAND THROUGH THE PROJECTIONAND EXTENSION OF THE CENTERLINE OF A PARTY WALL TO THENORTH LINE OF SAID LOT; THENCESOUTH 89 DEGREES 06 MINUTES52 SECONDS WEST, 40.02 FEETALONG SAID NORTH LINE TO THENORTH EAST CORNER OF SAIDLOT; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES

12 MINUTES 21 SECONDS EAST,181.42 FEET ALONG THE EASTLINE OF SAID LOT TO THE SOUTH-EAST CORNER OF SAID LOT;THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 47MINUTES 39 SECONDS WEST,40.16 FEET ALONG THE SOUTHLINE OF SAID LOT TO THE POINTOF BEGINNIN; IN THE VILLAGE OFSUGAR GROVE, KANE COUNTY,ILLINOIS.

COMMON ADDRESS: 249Meadows Drive, Sugar Grove, Illi-nois 60554








IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THERIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSIONFOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF ANORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC-CORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORT-GAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.



Publisher's Notice: All real estateadvertising in this newspaper is sub-ject to the Fair Housing Act whichmakes it illegal to advertise "anypreference, limitation or discrimina-tion based on race, color, religion,sex, handicap, familial status or na-tional origin, or an intention, tomake any such preference, limita-tion of discrimination." Familial sta-tus includes children under the ageof 18 living with parents or legalcustodians, pregnant women andpeople securing custody of childrenunder 18.This newspaper will not knowinglyaccept any advertising for real es-tate which is in violation of the law.Our readers are hereby informedthat all dwellings advertised in thisnewspaper are available on anequal opportunity basis. To com-plain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. The toll-free telephone number for the hear-ing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

PUBLIC NOTICE


GREEN TREE SERVICING, LLC,PLAINTIFF

vs.JEFFREY D FREDRES; JULIA E SEI-DEL;

DEFENDANTS12 CH 2563

Address: 249 Meadows Drive,Sugar Grove, Illinois 60554



EN that pursuant to a Judgment ofForeclosure and Sale entered in theabove cause on March 28, 2013,I, Sheriff of Kane County, Illinois,will on March 13, 2014 at the

hour of 9:00 AM at the Kane Coun-ty Judicial Center, 37W777 Route38, St. Charles, IL 60175, RoomJC 100, or in a place otherwisedesignated at the time of sale,County of Kane, State of Illinois,sell at public auction to the highestbidder for cash, as set forth below,the following described real estate:

COMMON ADDRESS: 249Meadows Drive, Sugar Grove, Illi-nois 60554











PUBLIC NOTICE


BANK OF AMERICA, N.A,PLAINTIFF

vs.STEPHEN E. STASICA; VERONICA

CATALAN; CAMBRIDGE LAKESCOMMUNITY ASSOCIATION; UN-KNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS,

DEFENDANTS12CH 3137

Address: 1850 Beachview Rd.,Pingree Grove, Illinois 60140




COMMON ADDRESS: 1850Beachview Rd., Pingree Grove, Illi-nois 60140









For information: Examine thecourt file or contact Plaintiff's attor-ney: Johnson, Blumberg & Asso-ciates, LLC, 230 W. Monroe St.,Chicago, IL 60606, telephone312-541-9710. Please refer to filenumber IL 12 2783.Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates,LLC230 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1125Chicago, Illinois 60606Ph. 312-541-9710Fax 312-541-9711

JB&A # IL 12 2783I591151


PUBLIC NOTICE

11-014 New Copiers

The County of Kane is seekingauthorized Vendor(s) to furnish anddeliver the specified new digitalmulti-function copiers.

Sealed Bid responses will be ac-cepted in the Kane County Pur-chasing Office at the address listedabove, until 2 p.m., Friday, March14, 2014. Where they will be pub-licly opened and read aloud.

Christopher RossmanCounty Purchasing Director

(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, February 26, 2014.)

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SELF EMPLOYED HANDYMAN,LOOKING TO RENT OLD FARM-HOUSE OR RANCH in country,Kane or E. DeKalb County. Needsto have garage or out building.Must allow pets. Looking to pay$500-$1000/mo. Will take care ofyard/house as if my own.

Call Gary, 815-895-2257.

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ASSUMED NAMEPUBLICATION NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby giventhat on February 18, 2014 a certifi-cate was filed in the office of theCounty Clerk of Kane County, Illi-nois, setting forth the names andaddresses of all persons owning,conducting and transacting thebusiness known as TRIPLE HMULCH AND FIREWOOD located at621 Cole Drive, South Elgin, IL60177.

Dated: February 18, 2014.

/s/ John A. Cunningham

unninghamKane County Clerk


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Public Notice is hereby giventhat on February 11, 2014 a certifi-cate was filed in the office of theCounty Clerk of Kane County, Illi-nois, setting forth the names andaddresses of all persons owning,conducting and transacting thebusiness known as MVACONSTRUCTION & REMODELINGlocated at 286 Evergreen Circle,Gilberts, IL 60136.


/s/ John A. CunninghamKane County Clerk

(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, February 12, 19 & 26,2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that on March 27, 2014 at10:00 a.m., a sale will be held atEquity Lifestyle Properties, LLC,d/b/a Willow Lake Estates, 161 W.River Road, Elgin, Illinois to sell thefollowing articles to enforce a lienexisting under the laws of the Stateof Illinois against such article for la-bor, services, skill or material ex-pended upon a storage furnishedfor such articles at the request of thefollowing designated persons, un-less such articles are redeemedwithin 30 days of the publication ofthis notice.

Name of personLamb Investments(David Parshall)

Description of Article2001 Friendship Mobile Home,VIN# MY0052890ABFlocated at 78 Melbrook, Elgin, IL

Lien Amount$10,100.00

Equity Lifestyle Properties, LLCd/b/a Willow Lake EstatesBy Ottosen Britz Kelly CooperGilbert & DiNolfo, their attorneys9990 W. 190th Street, Suite AMokena, IL 60448708-478-4600


PUBLIC NOTICE


Public Notice is hereby giventhat on Monday, February 24,2014 a certificate was filed in theoffice of the County Clerk of KaneCounty, Illinois, setting forth thenames and addresses of all personsowning, conducting and transact-ing the business known as ADORE

ingBY CHRISTINE located at 1916Moore Avenue, St. Charles, IL60174.


/s/ John A. CunninghamKane County Clerk

(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, February 26, March 5 &12, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE


FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGEASSOCIATION,

PLAINTIFFvs.

JACK BENESIEWICZ A/K/A JACKBENESIWICZ; JOANNA BENE-SIEWICZ A/K/A JOANNA BENESI-WICZ; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,N.A.; TIMBER TRAILS CONDOMINI-UM HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION;UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS,

DEFENDANT13CH 1980

PUBLICATION NOTICEThe requisite affidavit for publica-

tion having been filed, notice ishereby given to you, JACK BENE-SIEWICZ A/K/A JACK BENESIWICZand UNKNOWN OWNERS ANDNONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defen-dant in the above entitled suit, thatthe said suit has been commencedin the Circuit Court of the 16th Ju-dicial Circuit, Kane County, Illinoisby the plaintiff against you and oth-er defendant, praying for the fore-closure of a certain mortgage con-veying the premises described asfollows to wit:

LOT 356 IN TIMBER TRAILS UNIT6 BEING A PART OF THE SOUTH-WEST QUARTER OF SECTION 25,PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUAR-TER OF SECTION 26 AND PART OFTHE NORTHWEST QUARTER OFSECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 42NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THETHIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AC-CORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOFRECORDED SEPTEMBER 26, 2002AS DOCUMENT 2002K119007, INKANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

COMMON ADDRESS: 100 Boul-der Drive, Gilberts, IL 60136

P.I.N.: 02-25-355-008and which said mortgage was

signed by JACK BENESIEWICZA/K/A JACK BENESIWICZ, JOANNABENESIEWICZ A/K/A JOANNA BEN-ESIWICZ, mortgagor, to MortgageElectronic Registration Systems,Inc., as nominee for Ryland Mort-gage Company, as Mortgagee, andrecorded in the Office of theRecorder of Deeds of Kane Countyas Document No. 2003K114479;and for such other relief prayed;that summons was duly issued outof the Circuit Court of Kane Countyagainst you as provided by law,and that the said suit is now pend-ing.

ing.NOW THEREFORE, UNLESS

YOU, the said above defendant, fileyour answer to the Complaint insaid suit or otherwise make yourappearance therein, in the Office ofthe Clerk of this Court in KaneCounty at 540 South Randall Rd.,St. Charles, IL 60174 on or beforeMarch 28, 2014, default may beentered against you at any time af-ter that day and a judgment en-tered in accordance with the prayerof said complaint.

Circuit ClerkJohnson, Blumberg, & Associates,LLC230 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1125Chicago, Illinois 60606Ph. 312-541-9710Fax 312-541-9711JB&A # IL 13 8117I591576


PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THESIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

In the Matter of the Estate:TIMOTHY C. O'BRIEN577 Hamilton Lane, North Aurora,IL 60542Date and Place of Death: January18, 2014, North Aurora, Illinois

Case No. 14 P 82PUBLICATION NOTICE

INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATIONTO CREDITORS, CLAIMANTS,

UNKNOWN HEIRS & LEGATEES1. Notice is hereby given of the

death of Timothy C. O'Brien whodied on January 18, 2014, a resi-dent of North Aurora, Illinois.

2. The Representative for the es-tate is: M. Azalia O'Brien.

3. The Attorney for the estate is:Jennifer Nagle, 552 S. WashingtonStreet, Suite 100, Naperville, IL60540.

4. Claims against the estate maybe filed on or before August 26,2014. Claims against the estatemay be filed with the Clerk of theCircuit Court, P.O. Box 112, Gene-va, IL 60134-112, with the Repre-sentative or both. Any claim notfiled within that period is barred.Copies of a claim filed with theClerk must be mailed or deliveredto the Representative and to the at-torney within 10 days after it hasbeen filed.

5. On February 7, 2014, an Or-der Admitting the Will to Probateand Appointing the Representativewas entered.

6. Within forty-two (42) days af-ter the effective date of the originalOrder Admitting the Will to Probate,you may file a petition with theCourt to require proof of the validityof the Will by testimony or witness-es to the Will in open Court, or oth-er evidence, as provided in ArticleVI 5/6-21 (755 ILCS 5/6/21).

7. Within six (6) months afterthe effective date of the original Or-der Admit-ting the Will to Probate,you may file a petition with theCourt to contest the validity of theWill as provided under Article VIII5/8-1 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS5/8-1).

8. The estate will be adminis-tered without Court supervision un-less an interested party terminatesindependent supervision adminis-tration by filing a petition to termi-nate under Article XXVIII 5/28-4 ofthe Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4).

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Everyone working on this projectshall be compensated at rates noless than the current prevailingwage in Kane County, Illinois.

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MAPLE PARK – Whenevera Kaneland High School chessplayer can pick up a medal atthe IHSA State Tournament,coach Ken Dentino said, it’s areason to celebrate.

Kaneland sophomoreSpencer Serwin came awaywith a ninth-place medal thismonth at the tournament,which took place at the PeoriaCivic Center.

He lost his first match,but he then won the next six.Dentino said that’s a good feat,considering some of the bestplayers in the state are in theevent.

“It’s not easy to do,”Dentino said, adding thatplayers cannot lose more thanone match if they want to earna state medal. “Somewhere,you’re guaranteed to playagainst someone really, reallygood.”

There were nine Kanelandplayers assigned to eight totalboards. Two players shared theeighth board duties. Serwinwas on the fifth board. Otherswere Nic Likeum (first board),Matt Kalinowski (secondboard), Drew Doyle (thirdboard), Stephen Jennings(fourth board), J.P. Heineckie(sixth board), DuncanKriedler (seventh board) andCole Hookham and BrendanMadziarczyk (eighth board).

Dentino said there are 17players on the roster, which hesaid was a good turnout.

“Any time I’m over 10,I’m happy,” he said. Dentinoadded that he knows of morepotential players hoping tojoin the team next year, andhe’s “pretty confident we’ll beable to maintain our numbers,and that’s always an importantthing.”

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Bowl team also has a reasonto celebrate after winningthe Northern Illinois Big 12Conference. Dentino, who alsocoaches the Scholastic Bowlteam, said the squad then wentto a statewide tournament,sponsored by the NationalAcademic Quiz Tournaments,in which Kaneland finished5-4.

Dentino said it was a goodresult, saying that the teammembers went in thinking itwould be a positive experience.

“To go 5-4 in nine matches… the fact that we were able to

hang in there with the best inthe state and come out .500 wasa positive thing,” he said.

Two key dates are ap-proaching. Kaneland hosts aregional tournament March 10.If Kaneland advances out ofthat tournament, it would headto the March 15 sectional event.

Varsity team membersinclude Ethan Witt, MuneebRehman, Nic Likeum, MattKalinwoski and Anna Piazza.Dentino had praise for Witt inparticular.

“He has worked extraordi-narily hard over the last twoyears,” Dentino said. “I don’tthink we’ve had any other kidwho has worked that hard.”

Middle school students’science success

Thirty-seven KanelandHarter Middle School studentswill advance to the regionalcompetition of the IllinoisJunior Academy of ScienceFair at Northern Illinois

University, according to aKaneland news release.

They are Alex Montalbano,Kaitlyn Becker, Ian Stoll,Rachel Wozniak, RobbieDudzinski, Jessica Tiv, JessicaShell, Zach Farris, BellaVargas, Ysabelle Simbol,Amanda Eckstrom, JeffWachter, Augumn Georgi,Katie Moore, Ava Mandele,Brennan Hare, OliviaGoodenough, Drew Gould,Tim Rosko, Lexi Abruzzo, SamWebster, Trevor Cannon, BryceBurton, Hunter Smith, CarsonWallace, Bridget McCracken,Alyssa Lech, Gabrielle Faletto,Peyton Haiser, Trevor Jones,Nicholas Rauwolf, BrianBartholomew, Ben Purcell,Grand Schaaf, Robert Berrios,Sandra Gale and TiffanyCastracion.

• Al Lagattolla is the newseditor of the Kane CountyChronicle. Write to him at [email protected].

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Education in ActionPreparing for Tomorrow’s Careers, TodaySecond graders at Kaneland John Stewart Elementary lived up to District 302’s missionto “graduate all students college, career, and community ready” during the recentcareer days held at the school. Although it will be quite a few years before these secondgraders are ready to graduate, their family and community members are already helpingto prepare them for their futures. As a part of the social studies curriculum, studentsexplored aspects of a community including the types of workers who can be foundthere. Then the career days brought the social studies content to life as 21 communitymembers presented information about their careers to the students. Wearing whatthey typically wear to work, the presenters added an authentic experience to thesocial studies unit. John Stewart Elementary would like to thank all of the parents andcommunity members who provided the students with this opportunity to connect schoolto the real world.

40 Books in 4th Grade!Books! Books! And more books! The 4th grade students in Mrs. Bradbury’s class at JohnShields Elementary School have been very busy reading fascinating novels and exploringthe many genres associated with literature. Students are independently working towardthe goal of reading 40 books in 4th grade. This reading project is called a Passport tothe Genres. As students read various novels, they complete a written passport organizer,which earns a stamp in their reading passport. Students also have an opportunity toconference with their teacher to demonstrate their understanding of the novel and theliterary elements associated with that particular genre. Students then continue theirreading adventures with another novel or dive into a different genre. This readingexperience is opening doors to exciting new reading choices. In addition, many studentshave discovered a new favorite genre this year. Students are also enjoying sharing theirbooks and recommendations with other classmates. Fourth graders are definitely havinga great time this year reading while traveling through the many genres of literature!

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