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SOARING TONEW HEIGHTSSTEM-O-RAMA PUSHES STEM PROGRAM TO LOCAL YOUTHS. PAGE 2

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A drone flies overhead Saturday at STEM-O-RAMAat the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles.

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LOOKING FORWARD THE WEATHER

Open house at Fishermen’s Inn on June 7ELBURN – The renovated Fishermen’s Inn will have a community

open house event from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. June 7 at 43W901 Main

Street Road, Elburn. Fishermen’s Inn closed in 2009 and was pur-

chased in late 2012. At the open house, there will be food available

for purchase until 8 p.m. and a cash bar available until 11 p.m.

Fox Valley Concert Band to performBATAVIA – The Fox Valley Concert Band will perform at 7:30 p.m.

May 27 at The Holmstad, 700 W. Fabyan Parkway, Batavia. The

band is comprised of 80 volunteer musicians under the baton of

conductor Colin Holman. Space is limited. To register, visit www.

TheHolmstad.org or call 877–226-7310.

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Tuesday

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2 OUT AND ABOUT

Free Community Third Tuesday SupperGENEVA – The free Community Third Tuesday Supper

at United Methodist Church of Geneva will feature thetheme, “breakfast at suppertime.”The event takes place from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at

the church, at 211 Hamilton St., Geneva. For information,visit www.thirdtuesdaysuppers.com or call 630-232-7120.This month’s meal is scrambled eggs, cheesy hash

browns, biscuits and gravy, sausage and bacon, fruit cupand the “legendary 16-foot-long dessert buffet,” featur-ing muffins and coffee cakes.Hot dogs and carrots and dip are always available as an

alternative meal.Diners may eat in or carry out their meal. Anyone

wishing to donate money to the supper program can doso by sending a check to the church office marked “ThirdTuesday Suppers,” or donating in “The Quiet Can” thatsits on the beverage table on supper night.Funds received go to supper expenses.

St. Charles Fine Art Show set for weekendST. CHARLES – The Downtown St. Charles Partnership

presents the 16th annual St. Charles Fine Art Show from11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.The show is on Riverside Avenue, between Route 64 andIllinois Avenue in St. Charles.Admission is free.The juried art show features more than 100 artists in

various media including painting, photography, sculp-ture, jewelry and wood.The 16th annual Fine Art Show is presented by Insur-

ance through AAA and will feature live music throughoutthe weekend, sponsored by the Kane County Chronicle,artist demonstrations, Art Talks and Downtown Trolleyrides, sponsored by Fox Valley Buick GMC.All Fine Art Show activities are free to the public and

people of all ages are encouraged to attend.The show also welcomes art buyers and art supporters

to join the Patron Pledge Program by making a minimumdollar commitment to buy art at the show and be invitedto the patron VIP preview on Saturday morning, beforethe show is open to the public. For information, visitwww.stcharlesfineartshow.com.

Senior wellness fair at The HolmstadBATAVIA – The Holmstad, 700 W. Fabyan Parkway,

Batavia, will sponsor an all-day senior wellness fair from10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 28.The event will feature free health screenings, produce

from a local farmers market available for purchase, freefood samples, raffles, giveaways and exhibits by organi-zations, businesses and individuals who serve seniors.All events are free.For information, visit www.TheHolmstad.org or call

877–226-7310. Attendees are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item to donate to the Batavia InterfaithFood Pantry.

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CELEBRATINGSTEM

By ERIC SCHELKOPFeschelkopf@shawmedia.com

ST. CHARLES – Evan Kamarisof North Aurora stomped on theplastic pop bottle as hard as hecould, propelling the rocket hehad just made high up into the air.

The 10-year-old was surprisedhis rocket went as high as it did.

“I didn’t think it could go thathigh,” Evan said. “I added extratape for it to fly straighter.”

Boy Scouts from Troop 46 ofLily Lake taught Evan and othershow to make their own air pow-ered bottle rockets at Saturday’sfirst-ever STEM-O-RAMA pre-sented by the Three Fires Counciland held at the Kane County Fair-grounds.

STEM stands for Science,Technology, Engineering andMath. Troop 46 Scoutmaster JeffBaeder, who teaches high schoolscience, said he was happy to seethe Three Fires Council put onSTEM-O-RAMA.

“I think it is a great idea tohave all the hands on activitiesand explore what can be done andbe challenged by it,” Baeder said.“It’s also nice for them to see someof the jobs they can do in the fieldof science.”

Lucas Blair, 10, of Cub Scout

Pack 112 in Batavia, was havingfun playing with a robot spiderand making it go in different di-rections.

“You can make it go whereveryou want,” Lucas said.

Cub Scout Pack 355 of GlendaleHeights gave those who came outto STEM-O-RAMA the chance tomake their own robots. J.D. Piarof Villa Park fashioned his robotfrom such household items aspopsicle sticks and pipe cleaners.

“It’s supposed to be a plane,”the 8-year-old said.

His sister, Madison, 10, wasbusy trying out her robot that shemade from a plastic cup. Their fa-ther, Kelly Piar, was glad aboutthe opportunities that the eventprovided.

“It doesn’t get any better thanwhen kids get to go hog wild andmake something of their own,” hesaid.

The event also featured severalguest speakers, including RobertBallard, the National Geographicoceanographer who located thewreck of the Titanic. Ballard toldthe audience that underwater ro-bots helped him in his search forthe Titanic.

“I built these robots that couldtake me to a place I couldn’t go,”he said.

He also reminded them aboutthe importance of having heroesin their lives.

“My hero as a kid was CaptainNemo,” Ballard said. “I wanted tobe Captain Nemo.”

Youths flock to Kane County Fairgrounds for festival

Photos by Mary Beth Nolan for Shaw Media

Evan Kamaris, 10, of North Aurora elevates to launch a stomp rocket he built Saturday at STEM-O-RAMA at theKane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles. BELOW: “Mr. Freeze” Jerry Zimmerman bites into a marshmallow frozenin liquid nitrogen.

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No injuries reported in house fireKANE COUNTY CHRONICLEeditorial@kcchronicle.com

GENEVA – No injurieswere reported Saturday in afire that damaged a Genevahome, the Geneva Fire De-partment said in a news re-lease.

Firefighters responded to3152 Larrabee Drive in theFisher Farms subdivision atabout 4:40 p.m. after a neigh-bor noticed smoke coming

from the garage and alertedthe occupants, according tothe release.

Upon arrival, emergencyofficials reportedly found thegarage fully engulfed in fire.The blaze was contained to thegarage and did not extend intothe main portion of the resi-dence, the department said.

Two vehicles in the drive-way and vinyl siding of aneighboring house sustaineddamage because of radiant

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Rare breeds on display at Garfield FarmBy ASHLEY SLOBODA

asloboda@shawmedia.com

CAMPTON HILLS – A

fistful of grass was all it took

for 6-year-old Elizabeth Mc-

Laughlin to get the ox’s atten-

tion.

Teasing the Devon ox,

the St. Charles girl kept the

just-plucked blades out of the

animal’s reach for a few mo-

ments, swiftly moving the tuft

up and down, left and right be-

fore finally letting the ox feed

on the vegetation – only to re-

peat the game again.

Elizabeth interacted with

the ox and other farm animals

Sunday during Garfield Farm

Museum’s 28th rare breeds

show.

Her father, Jason Mc-

Laughlin, said this was the

first year the family attended

the event. Elizabeth wants

to be a veterinarian, he said,

adding she brought a sketch

pad with her so she could

draw the animals.

“She’s definitely enjoying

it,” he said.

In addition to letting visi-

tors get up close to such ani-

mals as turkeys, horses, sheep

and rabbits, the Campton

Hills event featured tours of

the 1846 inn, sheep shearing

and sheep herding.

Emilie Tamblyn, 14, of

the Tamblyn Farm in Man-

teno, told visitors about the

animals her family brought,

a large black piglet and a Ka-

tahdin ewe named Cinnamon.

“This is really the only

show we do,” Emilie said, de-

scribing her family’s opera-

tion as a hobby farm. “It’s a

lot of fun.”

Elsewhere on the farm,

groups gathered to watch two

3-month-old Berkshire hogs in

their muddy enclosure.

Museum volunteer Jamie

Rothstein plucked two bunch-

es of grasses and, although

she tossed them in different

spots, the hogs soon became

competitors.

“They’re fighting because

they both want the same blade

of grass,” Rothstein said.

The animals that live at

Garfield Farm – hogs, oxen,

sheep, geese, chickens and

turkeys – are all of breeds that

the settlers would have had in

the 1840s, Rothstein said.

Watching the hogs dig in

the mud – presumably hunt-

ing for food – Rothstein com-

mented on the life Garfield

Farm gives them.

“They live the life of lei-

sure,” she said.

Visit www.garfieldfarm.

org for information.

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Ashley Sloboda – asloboda@shawmedia.com

Visitors to Garfield Farm Museum on Sunday watch 3-month-old Berkshire hogs during the 28th rare breeds show.

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PORTS

4 BATAVIA 12-5, ST. CHARLES NORTH 6-0

Bulldogs rally in Game 1, roll in Game 2 to sweep North StarsBy JARED BIRCHFIELDeditorial@kcchronicle.com

BATAVIA – The Bataviaand St. Charles North baseballteams each needed a quartetof pitchers to complete Satur-day’s doubleheader.

The Bulldogs’ hurlers pre-vailed in both games as Bat-avia swept the Upstate EightConference River Divisiontwinbill, 12-5 and 6-0.

Batavia’s Colby Green andMitch Boyer manned the hillin the Bulldogs’ come-from-behind win in the first game,while Jacob Piechota andNick Rogalski shut out Northin the nightcap.

Frankie Farry started thefirst game for the North Stars,and his teammates gave him a4-0 lead in the top of the third.Joe Kuczek reached base ona Bulldog error, and after re-tiring the next two batters,Green gave up three hits anda walk to score the runs.

Batavia (23-3-1, 18-2-1 UECRiver) narrowed the lead to4-2 in its half of the fourth.The North Stars (18-11, 12-9UEC River) got back one of theruns in the fifth.

With two outs and a runneron first in the fifth, Boyer re-placed Green on the mound. Heretired Kuczek, the first batterhe faced, to end the inning.

Boyer’s leadoff double inthe fifth inning started a ral-ly that scored six runs, givinghis team an 8-5 lead. The Bull-dogs combined for three hits,a walk and three North errorsto push across the runs.

“That was pretty cool. Itwas nice to get a hit and startit off for us,” Boyer said aboutthe double. “We took the leadso it was exciting.”

“That one error [in thethird inning] turned into abig inning for them,” Bataviacoach Matt Holm said. “Wescratched and clawed and putpressure on them. We put peo-ple on and put the ball into playto get back into the game.”

Batavia added four moreruns in the sixth. The Bull-dogs loaded the bases on a sin-

gle and two more North Starsmiscues. With Piechota, whowas the designed hitter, at theplate, North coach Todd Gen-ke replaced Farry with AustinLovelady.

“Farry didn’t pitch thatbadly,” North coach ToddGenke said. “His defense justdidn’t back him up.”

Piechota hit Lovelady’ssecond pitch to the righ- fieldwarning track. Jack Dennistripped and was unable tocatch the ball, and all threebaserunners scored, withPiechota ending up on thirdbase. He scored the final run

on a Kyle Niemiec sacrifice fly.Batavia made the most of

its at-bats against North start-ing pitcher Sam Hubbe in thesecond game. The Bulldogstook the lead in the first, scor-ing two runs on a groundoutand sacrifice fly. Batavia add-ed a run in the second on anerror and another run in thethird on Micah Coffey’s lead-off home run.

Recent call-up Jack Lam-bert came on with one out inthe fifth for the North Starsand finished the game. Hegave up a run in the fifth ona wild pitch and a run in the

sixth on another sacrifice fly.Piechota gave up only one

hit but walked six batters.Battery-mate Dino Simoncellierased two of those runnerson steal attempts.

“We just weren’t able to ad-vantage of the opportunitieswe had,” Genke said.

“We were trying to get fiveout of him just to keep himin his routine,” Holm said ofPiechota. “He struggled in thesense that he was having ahard time hitting that strikezone but they really weren’thitting him. We didn’t feel wewere in any danger.”

Rogalski pitched the lasttwo innings for Batavia. Heretired the side in order in thesixth. The junior gave up twohits to open the seventh butgot out of the jam when hisinfield turned a game-ending6-4-3 double play.

Boyer and Piechota earnedvictories, while Farry andHubbe were tagged with thelosses.

The Bulldogs, closing inon a UEC River title, can gofor the series sweep Saturdayin a game that was postponedbecause of field conditionsThursday.

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Batavia’s Jeremy Schoessling applies a tag to St. Charles North’s Nick Drawant at second base Saturday in Batavia. Batavia won both games,

12-5 and 6-0.

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North Stars retain crosstown cup

By KEVIN DRULEYkdruley@shawmedia.com

GENEVA – Exhale, attack,exhale.

St. Charles North followedthat tack and then some Sat-urday to retain the boys la-crosse crosstown cup trophyagainst St. Charles East.

Down five goals at half-time and ahead by that manyin the final quarter, theNorth Stars at last broke intoa “We St. Charles... ” chantafter holding on to win, 14-13,in the regular-season finaleat Geneva’s Burgess Field.

“This game really didn’tcount toward our season. Itwas just for fun. So, I mean,we just kind of looked to ourleft, looked to our right andwe’re like, ‘We’re doing it forour seniors. This is their lasttime they’re going to playEast,’ ” North Stars junior at-tackman Eric Koppang said.“And we really came togeth-er as a team more than anygame we played before it.”

East surged to a 9-4 leadat halftime as Brett Hickeyscored with just less than 10seconds to play. The Saintsdidn’t score again until 4:36remained in the game.

Lacrosse blends a varietyof sports, but North’s 10-0run in the third and fourthquarters was a backbreaker

by any name.“Every one of us is proud

of the way we played forthree quarters, but thirdquarter, you can’t let it hap-pen like that,” said Saintssophomore attackman JackRussell, who scored a game-high five goals. “We’ve got tomake adjustments on the flynext time.”

Assuring a “this time”was temporarily in limbo.The game, originally set forEast’s Norris Stadium on Fri-day night, was postponed be-cause of inclement weather,and next week’s IHSLA post-season only tightened the re-scheduling window.

Neutral site aside, theone-goal margin of victorymarked the tightest in thethree crosstown games sincethe former St. Charles boysco-op split entering the 2012season. North won by 10 lastseason and four a year ear-lier.

“Oh, yeah, this was aboutas amped up as the series hasbeen yet,” Saints coach ChrisConner said.

No argument from Northjunior defender Matt Balara,a Philadelphia native whomoved from New Jersey lastyear.

Both locales traditionallyhave banged a louder drumfor lacrosse, which steadilyis working to gain enoughschools for sanctioning as anIHSA sport.

“It’s growing, for sure,”Balara said. “I mean, EastCoast, yeah, there’s millions

of schools out there that areall high-level lacrosse, butout here, it’s getting like ahotbed. I love it.”

A pregame ceremonyhighlighting the seniors fromboth teams along with the St.Charles girls co-op girls in-cluded narration of players’biggest influences and great-est lacrosse memories.

Many Saints and NorthStars hailed their parents’willingness to drive carpoolsand their older siblings forturning their attention to thesport.

They remembered springtrips – both the long busrides there and back andthe epic video game ses-sions in between – but somerecollections still were for-ward-thinking.

The testimonial for Saintssenior defender Aaron Clap-per stated his favorite la-crosse memory had yet tooccur; it would only be in thebag once East defeated NorthSaturday.

Almost got it. ...“Come back Monday, pick

our heads up, get back towork,” Russell said. “Theseseniors want to go out on ahigh note, make a deep run inthe playoffs.”

Naturally, players fromboth sides of town envisioneda victory at Norris upon see-ing the schedule before theseason.

Friday’s weather sent St.Charles Lacrosse Club boardmembers scrambling to theirphone trees, with Burgess

Field emerging as a host ven-ue a few hours after the post-ponement was announced inthe late afternoon.

In the end, players upgrad-ed from a potentially muckytrack to artificial turf.

North seniors Jud Hux-table and Zach Behrensjoined Koppang with fourgoals each. Eric Vogel fol-lowed Russell with three forEast.

Russell registered thegame’s last goal, beatingNorth senior goalkeeper Car-ter O’Brien with 40.3 secondsremaining.

O’Brien’s point -blanksave on Tim Canning withabout 15 seconds left sealedthe result.

“It was difficult. First half,letting all those goals in, onlystopping two, really broughtme down,” O’Brien said. “ButI knew second half, it’s a 0-0game, we could come backinto it. And my offense putsome numbers in, I felt likeI had to step up and I saved acouple, and we all did a reallygood job.”

Koppang admitted thelast four-plus minutes were“not the smartest we’ve everplayed,” but the memoryquickly dwindled after thefinal buzzer.

“The music, the stands, itwas awesome,” Bulara said.“I mean, we got out to a reallyslow start. It was unaccept-able. I thought we used thestands, our seniors, and wecame out and we rocked thesecond half.”

TODAY

Baseball: Batavia vs. Kanelandat Fifth Third Bank Ballpark, 7 p.m.;Elmwood Park at Aurora CentralCatholic, 4:30 p.m.; St. Joseph atWheaton Academy, 4:30 p.m.Softball: Batavia at St. Charles

East, 4:30 p.m.; Plano at Kaneland,4:30 p.m.; St. Francis at Yorkville,4:30 p.m.; Aurora Central Catholic atElmwood Park, 4:30 p.m.; DeKalb atBurlington Central, 4:30 p.m.; Rosaryat Oswego, 4:30 p.m.; WheatonAcademy at Montini, 4:30 p.m.Boys tennis: IMSA at Marmion,

4:45 p.m.Boys track: Kaneland at Kaneland

quad, 4:30 p.m.Boys volleyball: Benet at Geneva,

5:30 p.m.; St. Francis at Providence, 6p.m.;WheatonAcademy at IMSA, 6 p.m.

TUESDAY

Girls soccer: St. Charles North vs.TBA at 3A Addison Trail Regional,4:30 p.m.; Batavia vs. Fremd at 3AAddison Trail Regional, 6:30 p.m.;St. Charles East vs. West Chicagoat 3A West Chicago Regional, 6:30p.m.; Geneva vs. Elk Grove at 3AGeneva Regional, 6 p.m.; Kanelandvs. Rochelle at 2A Rosary Regional,4:30 p.m.; Wheaton Academy vs.Gage Park at 2A De La Salle Regional,4 p.m.; St. Francis vs. De La Salle at

2A De La Salle Regional, 6 p.m.Baseball: Kaneland at Cary-Grove,

4 p.m.; St. Charles East at Larkin,4:30 p.m.; Elgin at St. Charles North,4:30 p.m.; Streamwood at Batavia,4:30 p.m.; Geneva at Montini, 4:30p.m.; IMSA at Marmion, 4:30 p.m.Softball: St. Charles East at St.

Charles North, 4:30 p.m.; Larkin atBatavia, 4:30 p.m.Boys tennis: Jacobs at St. Charles

North, 4:30 p.m.Boys volleyball: Streamwood

at St. Charles North, 5:30 p.m.; St.Charles East at Larkin, 5:30 p.m.;Elgin at Geneva, 5:30 p.m.; WheatonAcademy at St. Edward, 6 p.m.

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CHRONICLE SPORTS

WednesdayCoverage of Tuesday’s soft-

ball showdownbetween St.Charles Eastand host St.Charles North.The winner

of the gameis likely toemerge asUpstate EightConference River champions.North beat East at East in theteams’ earlier matchup thisseason.

ThursdayWe preview the IHSA girls

track and field state meet.The 2A state meet this

weekend in Charleston willinclude a heavy Kanelandcontingent while St. CharlesEast leads the 3A chargefrom the Tri-Cities afterfinishing in second place atthe Metea Valley Sectionallast week.

SaturdayCoverage of girls soccer re-

gional championship matchesthroughout the area.St. Charles East, St. Charles

North, Geneva and Kanelandare among the teams favoredto prevail this week as post-season play gets underway for2A and 3A teams.

Game moved toBurgess Field afterinclement weather

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6 Arlo & Janis

Big Nate

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Frank & Earnest

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Rose Is Rose

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The Argyle Sweater Real Life Adventures

Husband thinks less is more

when wife budgets for clothesDear Abby: I have been

working hard to advance inmy health care career so Ican give my family a decentlife. I have worked my wayup from poverty, payingmy own way, earning mydegree through the militaryand sheer determination.

I have reached a pointwhere I would like to enjoylife a little more, but myhusband thinks I am being“materialistic.” We fightoften over my wardrobespending.

I believe the clothes Iwear, mostly nice skirtsuits and heels, are part ofmy job and image. I believeit has helped me to getahead.

I don’t buy overly expen-sive items, but they aren’tcheap.

I wear the things Ibuy for years and have a$200-a-month budget forwhat I may need, eventhough I don’t alwaysspend it.

I think I have earnedthe right to shop a little,which will ultimately leadto bigger and better thingsfor my family, so why doesmy husband make me feelso guilty? – Clothes MakeThe Woman

Dear C.M.T.W.: Notknowing your husband,it’s difficult to say, but I’llthrow out a few ideas.

Could he be insecure orintimidated by your pro-fessional image? Could hebe jealous on some level?In what kind of environ-ment was he raised? Washis mother’s “uniform” ahousedress?

If you are earning goodmoney and your family isbeing provided for, thenyou are certainly entitledto spend some of it onyourself.

And you shouldn’t haveto apologize for it.

Dear Abby: I am gettingmarried in October, and myfiance, “Brad,” and I arehaving trouble seeing eye-to-eye on the name changeissue.

Brad’s family is original-ly from the North, and myfamily is from the South.

He and his family are

convinced that I shoulddrop my maiden name,keep my middle name, andtake his name as my newlast name.

However, the womenin MY family have alwayskept our maiden names,added their new husband’slast name to theirs anddropped their middlenames.

This is about the onlything Brad and I can’t seemto agree on.

What can I do when mymother says one thing andmy sweetie says another?With your years of experi-ence, I hope you can steerme in the right direction.– Brad’s Bride In SouthCarolina

Dear Bride: It’s YOURname. So, do what you aremost comfortable doing,because it’s the name youwill have to carry ’til theday you die (or divorce).

Dear Abby: I am under alot of stress, but the womanI am with doesn’t know it.I am 17, and I have beensleeping with my 38-year-old aunty. She’s marriedand has three children.She’s my mum’s sister.We’ve slept together seventimes and we can’t stopdoing it. I think I’m in lovewith her.

I know this is wrong. Ineed advice. Please help. –Lovesick Teen In The U.K.

Dear Lovesick: Being“in love” shouldn’t causestress; it should relieve it.

You know what you aredoing is wrong, and YOUmust be the adult and endthis relationship.

If you don’t, it will bringheartache and turmoil toyou and the rest of the fam-ily. By having an adulter-ous and incestuous affairwith you – her nephewand a minor – your auntis behaving like a sexualpredator.

• Write Dear Abby atwww.dearabby.com.

JeannePhillips

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A little carepays a big prize

Joyce Brothers, a psychologistand newspaper columnist, wasthe only woman to win the topprize in “The $64,000 Question.”She said, “A philosopher is aperson who doesn’t care whichside his bread is buttered on;he knows he eats both sidesanyway.”

A bridge player, though,should treat every deal with care.In this one, after West leads theheart queen against four spades,how would a careless declarerplay, and what would a carefuldeclarer do differently?

North’s response was theJacoby Forcing Raise, promis-ing four or more spades and thevalues for at least game. Southrebid four spades because he hada minimum opening bid with noside-suit singleton or void. Northhad no reason to bid higher.

The opening lead marks Eastwith the heart ace. So, declarershould play low from the boardat tricks one and two. However,it is to no avail. The defenderstake three heart tricks, then Eastshifts to the diamond king.

South wins the trick withdummy’s ace and draws trumps,noting the unfriendly 4-0 break.Now he must take four clubtricks so that he can discard hisdiamond loser.

The careless declarer casheshis club king and plays low todummy’s ace, going down withthis line of play.

The more thoughtful declarerplays low to dummy’s ace, thenreturns a club to his king. Whenhe sees East discard, Southknows to finesse dummy’s 10 onthe third round.

Then perhaps East and Westwill discuss how they might haveentered the auction, because fivediamonds, if North and Southplay trumps quickly, is downonly one, making it an excellentsacrifice.

CROSSWORD SUDOKU BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

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