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Julia Benway, 12, of Geneva is active at Excel Gymnastics. Benway was diagnosed with Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome and has an episode of severe vomiting every 11 weeks.

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Police find local missing woman

By ASHLEY RHODEBECK arhodebeck@shawmedia.com ST. CHARLES – The 89-year-old St. Charles woman who was reported missing Sunday has been found, city police said Monday night.

“Arrangements are being made to get her back to St. Charles right now,” St. Charles Police Department spokesman Paul McCurtain said.

Sarah F. Mignin, of the 3200 block of Renard Lane, visited a Panda Express in East Lansing, Mich., where she started asking directions, McCurtain

said. A couple heard her talking and could tell she was confused, he said, noting they were able to get her name and a phone number.

Police had been searching for Mignin since Sunday morning, when she failed to arrive at her daughter’s St. Charles home for a visit.

Mignin had reportedly contacted her daughter that morning, saying she was on her way.

Police conducted a well-being check at Mignin’s home at 9:15 a.m. Sunday, police said.

The house was secure, police

reported, and there were no signs of foul play. Mignin’s 2004 white Honda Accord wasn’t in the garage.

A broader search then began that involved authorities in the Tri-Cities, Kane County and Illinois State Police District Two, police reported.

Officers checked open businesses, restaurants and hospitals. They even checked with the LEADS System and determined no other police department had checked on Mignin’s license plate, police said.

Through credit card activity, St. Charles police knew

Mignin bought gasoline at a gas station in Walworth, Wis., at 12:16 p.m. Sunday and made a purchase at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Woodland, Mich., McCurtain said.

Woodland is between Grand Rapids and Lansing, he said.

St. Charles police alerted authorities in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan about Mignin, McCurtain said. Before she was found, he said police wanted to ensure she was safe, return her home and make sure she got any care that she might need.

Kaneland School Board approves raise for Schuler

By NICOLE WESKERNA nweskerna@shawmedia.com SUGAR GROVE – The Kaneland School Board Monday approved a raise for Superintendent Jeff Schuler, pushing his base salary up to $175,000 from July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014.

His 2011 contract was amended and runs through June 2016.

Each year of the contract, his salary is scheduled to increase over the prior year’s salary by no less than 3 percent or at the rate of inflation based on the annual Consumer Price Index.

According to school district documents, Schuler made a base salary of $158,525 in the 2011-2012 school year. Documents show that he made $11,000 in annuities and $44,000 in other benefits that year.

His new contract includes annuity contributions of $10,000, $11,000 and $12,000 each year from 2014 through 2016, respectively.

Kaneland’s staff continues to work under a salary freeze from the 2010-2011 school year.

The board voted 6-1 to approve the raise.

Board member Tony Valente voted against the raise, saying that if Schuler received a raise of about 11 percent each year like he did this year, he would be making a base salary of about $1.4 million in 20 years.

“I think this is an astronomical raise,” he said. “I’d like to give this back to our children who need technology, who need buses.”

Board member Joe Oberweis pointed out that Schuler gave up $15,000 over the past three years

and accepted a contribution package that was less than what he was contractually able to take. He said Valente was “sensationalizing” when he came up with the $1.4 million number, and he reiterated that the board was making a one-time adjustment to Schuler’s contract.

“There are difficult decisions that have to be made,” he said.

“If we want to retain talent, we have no choice.”

Other board members praised Schuler’s efforts.

“I’ve seen some superintendents that I wasn’t very happy with,” board member Elmer Gramley said. “I’m happy with Jeff Schuler, and I want to keep him.”

Board member Teresa Witt said she doesn’t want the Kaneland School District to be a training ground for other

school’s superintendents in the future, which is why the raise was important. She listed several district accomplishments since Schuler has been hired, including successful contract talks with the Kaneland Education Association, expanded professional development opportunities and his constant evaluation of staffing needs.

Witt also pointed out that Schuler met or exceeded expectations in every category after a recent evaluation.

Valente said taxes are up, and reading and math scores haven’t improved, which he said was another reason he voted against the contract.

“The numbers are the numbers,” he said. “We need to do what’s best for our community tax-wise and what’s best for our children.”

CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS A story that ran on page 16 of the Feb. 23 edition of the Kane County Chronicle requires clarification. Arthur Andersen was convicted of obstruction in 2002, but the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the conviction in 2005.

In the article, “Suttle delivers regional title for Eagles,” on page 26 of Saturday’s edition, Zach Singer should have been identified as the Aurora Christian basketball player who provided the Eagles a four-point play during the third quarter. The Chronicle regrets the error.

Accuracy is important to the Kane County Chronicle, and we want to correct mistakes promptly. Please call errors to our attention by phone, 630-845-5355; email, editorial@kcchronicle.com

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Pet Wellness Clinic set for Sunday in St. Charles

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WHAT: Trellis Farm & Garden has partnered with the Just Animals Shelter for a day of pet health vaccine savings for its third pet wellness clinic. Staff from the Just Animals Shelter will provide affordable vaccinations and services for dogs and cats. Pricing starts at $12.

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Mooseheart Easter Egg Hunt set for March 30 WHAT: The annual Mooseheart Easter Egg Hunt is set. The event is free to the public.

There will be thousands of eggs and prizes on the stadium field turf, as well as photos with the Easter Bunny (bring your own camera), bounce houses, games, snacks, petting zoo, pony rides and face painting.

WHEN: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 30 WHERE: Mooseheart Fieldhouse, which is off Route 31

WHAT: Young adult librarian Christine Edison will facilitate a teen writing workshop. Edison will present a few brief writing exercises and offer advice. Teens can hone their creative writing skills and share their work with others, if they choose. No registration is required.

WHEN: 7 p.m. today WHERE: Batavia Public Library, 10 S. Batavia Ave., Batavia INFO: For information, contact Edison at cedison@bataviapubliclibrary.org or call 630-8791393, ext. 200.

CASA Kane County plans celebration WHAT: CASA Kane County’s annual Children’s Champion Celebration will take place. This year’s theme, “I am for the Child,” will be in honor of the organization’s 25th anniversary.

There will be silent and live auctions, a grand raffle, formal five-course dinner, complimentary professional photos, musical entertainment and dancing to the music of Soda.

WHEN: Saturday WHERE: Q Center, 1405 N. Fifth Ave., St. Charles INFO: Tickets for the raffle may be bought for $20, or seven for $100. To buy tickets, call Lauren Egan at 630-444-3108. Tickets to attend the Gala are $150 a person and may be bought by calling the number listed above.

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Apple tree seminar at Garfield Farm WHAT: Participants can learn how to grow their own antique apple trees at Garfield Farm Museum’s 26th annual Antique Apple Tree Grafting Seminar. For $30, participants take home 3 grafts of heirloom varieties to plant in the spring. Participants are asked to bring a sharp knife for cutting.

WHEN: 1:30 p.m. Sunday WHERE: The museum is five miles west of Geneva, off Route 38, on Garfield Road INFO: Reservations are required by calling 630-584-8485 or emailing info@ garfieldfarm.org.

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ENEVA – On a bright fall morning in 2004, Shelley Kupetis was running errands with her 4-year-old daughter, Julia Benway.

“I have a headache,” the then-Geneva preschooler complained to her mother.

“It’s too bright. The sun hurts my eyes.”

“I said, ‘We’ll go into this one store and go home. I’ll be quick,’ ” Kupetis recalled.

“She tells me she wanted me to carry her into the store. I picked her up and we were just walking in and she threw up all over me. Clearly, she has the flu. And we went home. And it started from there.”

Nine and a half weeks later, Julia had the flu again.

And again, another 10 weeks later. Then the cycle seemed to settle on happening every 11 weeks.

After that first episode, the cycles of vomiting always began in the early morning between 1 and 7 a.m. Julia would wake up with a headache, be dizzy, sensitive to light, and then start vomiting an average of 16 times during the day.

And after a few days of recovery, the little girl would be fine.

Kupetis said they knew it was not the flu, but what was it? A couple of pediatricians thought Julia had migraines, but Kupetis said she suspected it was something more.

“My fear was a brain tumor, but we had an MRI done and that was normal,” Kupetis said.

Lots of blood tests and an abdominal ultrasound was normal as well. After 18 months, a pediatric neurologist at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago finally diagnosed Julia with cyclic vomiting syndrome.

It is an often-misdiagnosed malady in which sufferers – mostly children but adults also are affected – go through cycles of severe uncontrol-

Cyclic vomiting syndrome: • Occurs at any age, but affects one in 50 school-aged children.

• The peak age for onset is 5 years old.

• Sixty percent afflicted are females.

• Most outgrow it by puberty, but then develop migraine headaches.

• Some 83 percent of sufferers have a family member who suffers from migraines.

• Migraine headaches and CVS have the same triggers, such as excitement or stress.

• Treatment centers on controlling symptoms, preventing an episode or aiding in recovery.

• CVS is diagnosed by ruling out other causes for nausea and vomiting.

Sources, more information: • National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse – www.

Sandy Bressner – sbressner@shawmedia.com digestive.niddk.nih.gov.

Julia Benway, 12, of Geneva works with instructor Doug Bucholz at Excel Gymnastics. Benway was diag- • Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin nosed with cyclic vomiting syndrome and has an episode of severe vomiting every 11 weeks.

– www.chw.org.

• Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome Aslable vomiting. But between but not all, Kupetis said.

Julia has a picture of hersociation – www.cvsaonline.org. episodes, they are perfectly • • • self with “Grey’s Anatomy” normal. Research shows it is linked somehow to migraines.

Julia is a patient of Dr. B U.K. Li, a pediatric gastroenterologist who heads the Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome Program at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.

By talking openly about the disorder, Kupetis and Julia, now 12 and attending Geneva Middle School North, hope to raise awareness, interest in funding research for a cure or a more effective treatment.

Right now, the only true cure for children so afflicted is to grow out of it. Most do,

Julia is active at school and goes to gymnastics twice a week, is on a swim team and plays violin. But everything is scheduled around her 11-week episodes.

Some things can’t be scheduled. She’s missed field trips, gotten sick on her birthday. She got sick at Disney World and while on a family vacation in the Caribbean – when her cycle of episodes briefly went off its clockwork schedule.

“It’s truly heartbreaking to see your child be this sick,” Kupetis said. “And harder since she’s gotten older. But she rolls with it.”

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actress Chandra Wilson at the Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome Association’s 10th annual conference in Milwaukee last year. Wilson, the national spokeswoman for the association, has a teen daughter who was diagnosed with the same disorder. The show aired an episode where the disorder was identified and the association was named.

• • • Half of those with this condition have bouts that are rigidly timed, and the other half has no warning before a cycle of vomiting begins, Julia’s doctor, Li said. Those with sporadic cycles are set off

by stress or infection, not so with those who measure their bouts on the calendar, he said.

“She is unique among those that are rigidly timed,” Li said of Julia. “Most of them are about two weeks or four weeks apart. But there is a small group that are nine weeks, 10 weeks, 11, 12 weeks.

It is a very small group. It’s not in the literature, but I call it ‘long cycle calendar-timed.’

That particular group that Julia falls into is the most difficult to control.”

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Julia Benway Geneva girl suffering from vomiting cyclic syndrome

Syndrome Association.

“I hope that everybody that has CVS – including me – will grow out of it. I hope one day there will be a cure for this rare disease.”

••• Kathleen Adams, of Durango, Colo., founded the Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome Association 20 years ago. Adams said it took 11 years for her daughter to be diagnosed at age 13.

That is a puzzle to Adams, who notes the disorder’s strange on-again, off-again cycle is documented in France’s medical literature in 1862 and in England in 1880.

“We pulled it out of the cracks in the floorboards of medicine,” Adams said. “We started with a brochure, mailing it to pediatric neurologists and gastroenterologists.

Now we have five international associations in five countries and 30 countries where either a family or doctors are contacts.”

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When the cycle starts for Julia, she goes to Edward Hospital in Naperville where she gets anti-nausea medicines and intravenous fluids to counter the nausea and severe dehydration. She wears a mask because her eyes are sensitive to light.

“I don’t really get nervous or stressed before an episode,” Julia wrote in an email. “It’s a big part of my life to be sick every 11 weeks.

I am only sad when I wake up in the morning, the day of the episode and have to go to the hospital. I get fluids and I am usually there six to eight hours on that first day.”

Normally, Julia wrote, she throws up 12 to 17 times on the first day.

“Actually, throwing up is probably the best part of the episode because I feel a little better and have less pain,” Julia wrote. “I am extremely dizzy, therefore I can barely move. I am very sensitive to light during the episode. I do not open my eyes until the middle of the second day.”

She usually misses four days of school to recover.

“The one thing that comforts me the most when I am recovering is my dog, Roxie, laying by my side” when she gets home. Roxie is a chocolate mini-labradoodle.

She is grateful for the support she gets from friends, Emily Mutchler for one – the daughter of Geneva District 304 Superintendent Kent Mutchler – and from friends, twin sisters Fiona and Kylie McManus, whose lemonade stand this summer raised $100 for the Cyclic Vomiting

“Actually, throwing up is probably the best part of the episode because I feel a little better and have less pain. I am extremely dizzy, therefore I can barely move. I am very sensitive to light during the episode. I do not open my eyes until the middle of the second day.”

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Died: Feb. 22, 2013

CHARLES J. GOULD Born: May 28, 1925; in Batavia Died: Feb. 23, 2013; in Batavia BATAVIA – Charles J. Gould, 87, passed away peacefully Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at his residence in Batavia surrounded by his family. He was born May 28, 1925, in Batavia, the son of Charles and Mary (nee Stark) Gould. He was united in marriage to Marion Moutray.

HOUSTON, Texas – Raymond Allen Kaligian III, 28, of Houston, Texas, and formerly from Raynham, Mass., and Geneva, Ill., died unexpectedly on Sunday, Feb. 17. His little dog, Willie, died at the same time by his side.

Ray started his life in Massachusetts where, at a young age, he had already won a golf chipping contest and was MVP of his baseball team. He moved to Geneva in the third grade and attended Geneva schools, graduating in 2003 from Geneva High School.

He was a gifted athlete, leader and scholar. He played travel baseball with the Fox Valley Royals until freshman year when he started playing for Geneva High School. He also played all four years on the golf team. He was All Conference Golf Champion in 2002 and All Conference Baseball his junior and senior years. He was also a National Honor Society member and Key Club member and secretary. He received the honor of Science Student of the Year and Athlete of the Year at the end of his senior year. The city of Geneva awarded Ray the Ben Franklin Science Award in a special ceremony held at the Geneva City Hall upon his high school graduation.

Ray went to the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana and graduated in 2007 with a degree in chemical engineering. He was very proud to be an alumnus of the University of Illinois, but his heart and soul was found in the Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) fraternity. He finally had “brothers” for life to confide in, play with and dream about their futures

together. He was also a proud member of the professional chemical fraternity, Alpha Chi Sigma.

He was hired in January 2008 by the Phillips 66 Company straight from the University of Illinois to participate in their Selective Leader Development Program. During this program, Ray fulfilled multiple roles at the Phillips 66 headquarters in Houston and then completed a field sales assignment in West Virginia. He was recently promoted during the summer of 2012 to become director of Base Oil Sales located in Houston, Texas. In this role, Ray was the key liaison with global suppliers that Phillips 66 conducted business with.

Jim Gigante of Phillips 66 wrote, “I don’t ever recall a young man that has touched the hearts of so many. I will always see that gleam in his eye, that ever yearning to learn and somehow there was a bit of innocence that set him apart from others.

He was a rising star of Phillips 66.”

Ray’s first love was baseball, but it was his golf game that set him apart from others. He travelled with his father to Myrtle Beach for their annual “guy’s golf week.” He had become a scratch golfer and was used by friends, business associates and his father’s friends as their secret weapon to win golf tournaments.

Last summer, he won three tournaments in West Virginia and Pennsylvania.

Ray’s creative talents and his determination to always be the best at whatever he tried to do led him to master the guitar. He loved classic rock and his guitar interpretations were special.

In the last couple of years, Ray’s passion for adventure and joy for excitement expanded to include mountain biking and white water river rafting with his close college buddies. He also had started travelling for enjoyment having spent a great time in Ireland last year with his good

friend, Jeff Shaw. He had plans to travel to Germany this fall to participate in Oktoberfest.

Everyone and anyone who knew Ray loved and respected him. He was the best loyal friend you could have. He was the greatest gift every day of his life to his parents, friends and family.

Ray was the beloved only child of Ray and Bobbie (Barron) Kaligian. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Thomas and Barbara Barron; his uncle, Bill Kaligian; and his childhood dog and companion, Patrick.

He is survived by his grandmother, Carmela Principe of Abington, Mass.; grandfather, Ray (Ann) Kaligian of Laconia, N.H.; and many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends in Texas, West Virginia, Illinois and Massachusetts; and the family dog, Fenway.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, with a service at 7 p.m. in Houston, Texas, at Earthman Funeral Directors, 8303 Katy Freeway, Houston.

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, at Yurs Funeral Home, 1771 W. State St. (Route 38) in Geneva.

A memorial visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

A memorial Mass will also be at noon Saturday, March 2, at the Chapel of Our Savior Shrine, 475 Westgate Drive, Brockton, Mass., with a luncheon immediately following at Thorny Lea Golf Club, 159 Torrey St. Contributions may be made in Ray’s name to his favorite charity, Rebuilding Together Houston, P.O. Box 15315, Houston, TX 77220, or to Willie’s animal shelter, Houston SPCA, 900 Portway Drive, Houston, TX 77024.

For information or to leave an online condolence, call 630-2327337 or visit www.yursfuneralhomes.com.

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Home, 324 E. State St. (Route 38) in Geneva.

Donald “Harvey” McClurg: There will be a celebration of life service at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 23, at Portage United Methodist

Church in Portage, Wis. Arsenio G. Sala: A memorial celebration of Arsenio’s life will be Memorial Day weekend at Garfield Farm Museum.

Adolph “Bud” Shulske: A memo-

rial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 23, at Yurs Funeral Home, 405 E. Main St. (corner of Routes 64 and 25) in St. Charles.

Interment will be private in Union Cemetery in St. Charles.

RAYMOND ALLEN KALIGIAN III Died: Feb. 17, 2013

8FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS Frank L. Bruno: A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, March 9, at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, 1891 Kaneville Road in Geneva, with Father Michael Chernetzki as celebrant.

A funeral luncheon will follow at Salerno’s on the Fox, 320 N. Second St. in St. Charles. Burial will be private. A memorial visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 8, at Malone Funeral

• Tuesday, February 26, 2013

ELBURN – Margaret “Peggy” Gallegos, 83, of Elburn, passed from this life to eternal life on Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, surrounded by the love and prayers of her devoted family.

She is survived by her three children, Michael (Barbara) Gallegos, Madelyn (Gregory) Harmon and Sandra (Bob) Wicklund; her grandchildren, Katherine (Andy), Shelly (Chris), Nikki (Pete), Kelly (Matt), Steve, Eric (Courtney), David and Greg; and her great-grandchildren, Olivia, Piper, Ben, Reilly, Brady, Kelsey, Nola, Molly and Quinn.

Visitation will be from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, at Conley Funeral Home, 116 W. Pierce St. in Elburn. A funeral service celebrating her life will begin at 7 p.m. following visitation, with Pastor Phillip Miller of Christ Community Church officiating.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established in her name to benefit “TAILS Humane Society” in DeKalb. Checks may be made to the “TAILS Humane Society” and mailed in care of the Margaret Gallegos Memorial at P.O. Box 66, Elburn, IL 60119. Tributes also may be forwarded to the same address or online at www.conleycare.com.

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

Charles was proud to be a lifetime Batavian and, until 1982, operated the family dairy farm west of town, raising Holsteins and Ayrshire dairy cattle. He also worked for Aurora Wholesale and retired from Agco in Batavia.

He graduated with Batavia High School class of 1943 and held records in track and field. He was a member of the Independent Order of Foresters, Kane County Farm Bureau, and a life member of North America Fishing Club. He was an avid fisherman and hunter, and operated Fishin Daze Charters along with his son, David. He also enjoyed the outdoors, snowmobiling and ATV riding.

He was a loving dad and grandpa.

He is survived by his children, Patricia Fleming of San Diego, Calif., Janice DuRall of Aurora, Charlene (Jay) Cuttie of Sycamore, David (Sarah) Gould of Maple Park and Marianne (Matthew) Roberg of Maple Park; a daughter-in-law, Susan Gould of Lockport; 15 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; one greatgreat grandson; a nephew, George E. Gould of Bristol; and by his beloved Weimaraner dogs, Gracie and Stella.

In addition to his parents, Charles is preceded in death by his beloved wife, Marion; a son, Harvey J. Gould; brothers, George and John Gould; a sister, Marian Lambert; sisters-in-law, Hannah and Zell Gould; a brother-in-law, Elmer Lambert; a son-in-law, Terry DuRall; and a grandson, David Simmons.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, at Moss Family Funeral Home, 209 S. Batavia Ave., Route 31 in Batavia.

A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, at the funeral home. Interment will follow in West Batavia Cemetery.

For information, call Moss Family Funeral Home in Batavia at 630-879-7900 or www.mossfuneral.com.

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Court security officers poised for strike

By JONATHAN BILYK jbilyk@shawmedia.com GENEVA – Those who guard the front doors at Kane County’s courthouses soon could walk off the job, on strike, as they and the county government continue to struggle to reach agreement on the terms of a new contract.

Late last week, members of the union representing Kane’s courthouse security officers rejected the latest contract offer from Kane County’s government.

Tim O’Neil, a lawyer representing the 32 Kane courthouse security officers and the union, the Policemen’s Benevolent Labor Committee, said the Thursday vote was “an insult.”

A strike was authorized weeks ago, and O’Neil said the union does not intend to make a counteroffer. Should nothing change, O’Neil said the officers could strike in coming days.

“If I had to bet on it, I would say, yes, and I would say very soon,” O’Neil said.

The officers and the coun-

ty government have been locked in contentious talks for years. The officers have worked without a contract since 2008. The union has taken the matter to labor officials and to court.

O’Neil has noted that Kane’s courthouse officers are the lowest paid courthouse security personnel in the Chicago area, with annual wages ranging from $25,000 to $34,000, despite the life-and-death risks the officers must encounter daily.

O’Neil said the county’s latest offer – which he said

• Manuel Aceves, 44, of the 1200 block of Jericho Road, Aurora, was charged Monday, Feb. 11, with driving under the influence, driving without insurance, not having a valid driver’s license and improper lane use.

• David H. Blackmore, 47, of the 2500 block of Heritage Court, Geneva, was charged Tuesday, Feb. 12, with violating an order of

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• James M. Haas, 20, of the 39W500 block of West Haladay Lane, Blackberry Township, was charged Saturday, Feb. 16 with possession of drug paraphernalia and 2.5 grams of marijuana. Haas also was ticketed for driving without insurance and received a written warning for not having a rear registration light.

county negotiators characterized as the county’s “last, best offer” – would have only slightly increased the officers’ wages.

He said the officers’ union last presented the county with an offer two weeks ago.

Kane County Sheriff Pat Perez said he would not characterize the county’s latest offer as its “last and best.”

He said he still believes an agreement could be reached without a strike.

“I think cooler heads have to prevail,” Perez said.

“We have to look at what the market provides, and what’s fair.

“But I don’t think we’re that far apart.”

Perez has said the county has crafted plans to keep the courthouses in Geneva, St. Charles, Elgin, Aurora and Carpentersville open, even amid a strike.

Unlike patrol officers or correctional officers, courthouse security officers are considered less essential for public safety and are allowed by law to strike, should contract talks fail.

8POLICE REPORTS Geneva • Sara B. Tobler, 32, of the 2000 block of West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, was charged Saturday, Feb. 9, with driving under the influence and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. According to crash reports, Tobler struck another car and told police she could not stop in time.

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OPINIONS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Same-sex marriage bad for society To the Editor: I respectfully disagree with the recent Illinois senate vote taken on the same-sex marriage issue. Same-sex marriage is not good for society and children and should not become law in Illinois.

The fundamental purpose for the institution of marriage in all the societies I know is to provide a stable family structure for the raising of children. A man and woman join together in marriage with the purpose of having children, loving them, and raising them to be good members of society. We have historically protected the family with marriage restrictions, such as bigamy laws, that keep the family strong.

When marriage is weakened, as with no-fault divorce, families break apart with increased poverty for women and children. This weakens society.

Same-sex marriage will also weaken the society. It has no natural way of creating a family from the beginning. A family can only be created through adoption of children or with one of the partners having children prior to marriage. A same-sex marriage is also not the optimum structure for raising children. Children

need good role models provided by a loving mother and father. It is not fair to deprive children of this right.

I know many heterosexual couples marry with no intention of having children. While present throughout history, I believe it has become more widespread in the last 50 years as our society has become more materialistic.

However, the thousands of years of human history are different. Men and women married to build a stable family with children for society.

I have no problem with same-sex couples living together. We normally call them good friends or roommates. If you want to equalize estate planning or medical benefits for samesex couples, then change civil unions. But don’t redefine marriage.

Finally to call this a civil rights issue is to diminish the REAL civil rights issues of our time such as slavery, human trafficking, genocide, segregation, voting rights and racism. The only civil rights at stake here are those of children who are again deprived of the right to be raised by a loving mother and father.

Michael J. Smith

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

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A prize for life established for science THE WASHINGTON POST Last week, a group of technology titans announced the establishment of the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, a $3 million award for each scientist honored, more than twice the sum of the Nobel Prize. The award comes at a time when the life sciences are in the middle of a scientific revolution no less awe-inspiring than the splitting of the atom.

The founders of the prize include Art Levinson, chairman of both Apple and Genentech; Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook; Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google; and Yuri Milner, a Russian Internet tycoon, who previously launched a similar

prize for physics. What they share in common are fortunes and empires built on digital innovations, such as search, email and social media. What they are celebrating also is a phenomenon of the digital era but in a way not widely appreciated.

That is because biology – indeed, the very secrets of life and evolution – is experiencing a period of innovation and discovery that owes much to the power of computation. An organism’s genetic blueprint, or genome, can be turned into millions or billions of bits of digital information in a process known as sequencing.

In more than a decade since the end of the Human Genome Project, there has been an explosion of sequencing

technology and an enormous acceleration in speed.

In addition to humans, the genomes of everything from songbirds to sunflowers, down to the smallest bacteria and viruses, are being sequenced.

The makeup of DNA can be recorded and examined in an electronic blueprint, not unlike the pixels in a digital photo. The applications are only gradually coming into view, and there have been disappointments, but the promise is enormous.

Diseases might be conquered by examining the genome of various pathogens or cells and modifying them.

In 2010, researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute reported that they used computers to design a synthetic chromo-

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some and then transplanted it into a living cell controlled only by the synthetic material.

New techniques are allowing accurate genome sequences to be made from single human cells; according to the journal Nature, this could speed up and reduce the cost of screening embryos for in vitro fertilization, picking the one likely to produce a healthy baby. At Harvard and other places, work is being done to develop artificial organelles that can be incorporated into algae, plants and even human cells and can perform specific and valuable functions. And sequencing is potentially valuable for unlocking new drugs that target specific illnesses, although it is difficult and there have already been plenty

of failures.

Eleven researchers were named the first winners of the lucrative new prize. Their accomplishments range widely; they are not only in genomics.

The founders hope to shine a light on scientists who often are overlooked in our celebrity-saturated society and to encourage a new generation. That’s good, but the real powerhouse of funding for basic biomedical research is the federal government, and its support must be sustained and expanded. We stand at the intersection of both the digital and life sciences revolutions, a suitable moment to salute explorers peering over the next horizon and to ensure that the potential of these revolutions can be fully realized.

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.

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tendent for Business Services Donna Oberg. Anderson also would be a non-voting member.

No recommendation from the committee is binding, as all final action must be taken by the board, officials said.

The finance committee meets at 6 p.m. the second Monday of the month at Williamsburg Elementary School, 1812 Williamsburg Ave. Anderson said he has been a teacher 18 years, 16 of them at the high school.

He said he owns a landscape and construction company in the area.

“I’m just happy to help out and serve the community,” Anderson said. “I come into it with an attitude I am willing to do what they ask me to do and I’m wiling to take a fresh perspective. I’m not sure what I’m getting myself into, but I’ll do my best.”

By ASHLEY RHODEBECK arhodebeck@shawmedia.com CAMPTON HILLS – The Fox River and Countryside Fire/Rescue District hopes to occupy a new station off Route 25 by this fall. Monday, the Board of Trustees approved a resolution authorizing the acquisition of the former WiseHamlin Plastics site, 6N330 Route 25.

“We have come to an agreement with the bank,” President Jim Gaffney said, noting the purchase price is $150,000 as is.

MTI Construction Services will serve as the project’s construction manager. McGee Architects will handle the design and engineering.

The 2.2-acre site will require demolition and construction work, Gaffney said. He said the goal is to move in by October or November.

He did not say how much the project is anticipated to

cost.

This station will replace Station No. 3 along Gilbert Street in South Elgin. The Route 25 location will bring the station within the district’s boundaries, he said.

The fire district must apply to Kane County for an amendment to the planned development, district attorney Ken Shepro said. An approval from the county board could happen in June, he said.

Fire district officials met with county representatives Monday.

Long-term, the fire district is also considering a future station at Crane and Bolcum roads across from Primrose Farm. Though this station is years away, the board approved a motion agreeing to share costs with Fine Line Creative Arts Center for a roadway upgrade. It is contingent upon an agreement for property acquisition with the site’s owner.

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GENEVA – Geneva High School science teacher Tom Anderson was unanimously appointed to the Geneva District 304 Finance Advisory Committee Monday, despite some reservations from a member of the public.

District resident Sandra Ellis, who also belongs to the taxpayer watchdog group TaxFACTS, questioned the board’s choice of a district employee instead of a member from the public with financial expertise.

“It’s hard to perceive that [he] could have unbiased input, such as questioning the tax levy or an expenditure,” Ellis said. “This is not the proper choice.”

Board president Mark Grosso said Anderson was part of the Geneva Education Association’s negotiat-

ing team in last year’s contract talks.

“The reason I brought his name forward was Tom was very innovative in some of his thinking in our discussions, some out-of-the-box discussions we had not thought about,” Grosso said.

“Mr. Anderson would be a good choice to put on our finance committee.”

Grosso said Anderson is a resident, taxpayer, parent of two children and owns a small business with employees.

“He has some unique insights,” Grosso said. “That is not to say we won’t appoint other individuals.”

The finance committee has three voting board members, Kelly Nowak, Bill Wilson and Mike McCormick who serve for a year.

Nonvoting members are Superintendent Kent Mutchler and Assistant Superin-

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ST. CHARLES – Brynn Beveridge and her fellow students at St. Charles East High School knew they wanted to make the school student council’s annual walk-a-thon bigger than it had ever been.

But they didn’t know exactly which route to take.

So, in the end, they decided to check “all of the above,” said Beveridge, public relations officer for the high school’s student council.

“We put up posters, set up a Twitter, Facebook and a website, contacted the newspapers, talked to local businesses, and started inviting everyone we could think of,” Beveridge said.

“And I think it worked out pretty well.”

Saturday, the fruits of that effort were on prominent display, as more than 300 St. Charles East students, their family members, and others from the community assembled around the school’s indoor track for the fifth annual fundraiser Walk-a-thon for Autism Speaks.

The event each year is organized and administered by the high school’s student council, overseen by the council’s faculty advisers.

When the event launched five years ago, it drew only a smattering of students, said Victor Vant, one of the council’s advisers.

“If they got 30 students in here, everyone was happy,” Vant said.

In each year since, attendance has grown, Vant said,

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A group of students from St. Charles East High School during a lap in Saturday’s Autism Walk-A-Thon. reaching about 150 participants last year. But this year, organizers wanted to take the event to a new level, said Beveridge and adviser Patty Van Lehn.

“There was a more concentrated effort this year to connect with the community,” Van Lehn said.

Beveridge said she felt the event could grow much larger than it had been, and that it would if the rest of the student body and the greater St. Charles community only knew about it.

“I participated as a walker last year as a freshman,” Beveridge said. “And I thought it was such an amazing event, and a great cause.

“But I thought we could publicize it better.”

The effort began by extending an invitation to all of the students participating in St. Charles East’s various clubs.

From there, organizers created posters to hang throughout the school and at some St. Charles businesses.

To bolster the fundraising effort, organizers also solicited donations of goods from local businesses for a silent auction.

Vant said the extra effort will result in a collection of more than $7,000 for Autism Speaks, an organization that funds autism research and promotes autism awareness.

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ELBURN – Village trustees debated the details of the long-discussed Elburn Station development Monday night, but no vote was taken as a few issues still need to be ironed out.

Village President Dave Anderson said he anticipated that the vote on the annexation for the ShoDeen development would be placed on the agenda for the March 18 village board meeting.

Trustee Jeff Walter brought up a list of changes in language, which Anderson said he would bring back to ShoDeen. And there was some talk on a pedestrian bridge that is planned for part of the project.

The board also heard from residents for and against the development. Resident Walter Geisler wondered why the issue couldn’t be placed on a ballot as a referendum. He said he believes many residents would not want the project. Anderson said he would gladly put it on the ballot, if everyone else had done the same amount of work on the project as the board had done.

Another resident, Fred Houdek, said he disagreed with Geisler and thought most residents did want the project.

The bulk of Monday night’s discussion centered around board member Bill Grabarek’s concern that what ShoDeen would pay for the pedestrian bridge – an amount capped at $450,000 – would not be enough.

He said the bridge likely would cost more than the $900,000 that ShoDeen estimated, and

he was concerned that the village might have to shoulder more of the load. He also was concerned that ShoDeen had said the village would need to complete the work on the pedestrian bridge within three years of the completion of a key phase of development.

The plan calls for the village and the developer to split any grant money on the bridge project that exceeds the $900,000 figure. Grabarek said that might result in the village paying more than its $450,000 share, but fellow trustees said that was not so. Also, they said there wasn’t much concern about the time limit on the pedestrian bridge, as the village would have ample time – Anderson said it would be at least 10 years – to complete the pedestrian bridge, which could be started well before ShoDeen began constructing houses.

ShoDeen may not begin building until the planned extension of Anderson Road is complete. That extension includes a bridge that will provide a crossing of the train tracks. The millions in federal funds tied to that project have created urgency for the project.

Officials have been concerned that, if the debate continued to drag on too long, that the federal funding could be lost.

Trustee Jerry Schmidt, concerned that a vote would not take place until next month, asked Kane County board member Drew Frasz, who was in attendance, whether that would affect the funding.

“We can live with weeks,” Frasz said. “We just can’t live with months.”

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Batavia accounting teams advance at national event

By ERIC SCHELKOPF

How to get involved

eschelkopf@shawmedia.com BATAVIA – The public will help determine whether two teams of Batavia High School students make it to the next round in a national competition called “Project Innovation: The Challenge” sponsored by the American Institute of CPA’s.

The students have been given the challenge to come up with a new idea for a show that centers on the CPA profession.

The two Batavia teams, Accounting Pros and Bulldogs, already are among the top eight finalists for the accounting competition.

Batavia High School senior Stanley Walden, is on the Accounting Pros team, which has garnered the most votes so far among the eight finalists. The Bulldogs team is currently in fifth place.

Go to www.startheregoplaces.com to vote for the two teams of Batavia High school students competing in a “Project Innovation: The Challenge.”

“It’s very gratifying. It was a decently made project.

It feels good to be number one right now.”

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“It’s very gratifying,” Walden said. “It was a decently made project. It feels good to be number one right now.”

Walden filmed his team’s presentation. Those who want to vote can go to www. startheregoplaces.com. Voting continues through 2 p.m.

Central Time Wednesday, and people can vote for both teams.

The winning team will split $4,000 in scholarship money, the second place team will split $3,000, and the third place team will split $2,000. In addition the top three teams’ schools will receive a donation of $3,000, $2,000, and $1,000 respectively.

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counting teacher Jeff Miller is proud of what his students have done.

“They took ownership of the project,” Miller said.

Walden said he is weighing whether to pursue a career in accounting, or at a hospital.

He currently is enrolled in an emergency medical technician course, and is a volunteer in the emergency room at RushCopley Medical Center in Aurora.

“I might decide to do accounting for a hospital,” he said.

Batavia wants to know the condition of church

By ERIC SCHELKOPF eschelkopf@shawmedia.com BATAVIA – Batavia city officials want to know how much it would cost to repair the former First Baptist Church building at the corner of Washington and Wilson streets in downtown Batavia, so the building potentially could be reused.

The city has owned the facility since 2006, including the late 19th century original church, a 1930s north addition and a 1956 classroom wing.

City staff has recommended hiring Northbrook-based WJE for a $26,000 fixed fee to assess the building’s condition.

The Batavia City Council’s Community Development Committee is set to discuss the issue at its meeting Tuesday.

Batavia Public Works Director Gary Holm told aldermen that over the past few years, the city has performed routine maintenance to en-

sure that the facility did not fall into a state of disrepair.

“It has recently been identified that the original church structure is in need of significant roof repairs,” Holm said in a memo to aldermen. “Also, the adjacent church parking lot, which is now used for public parking, is in need of significant patching.”

In its proposal to the city, WJE states that it plans to do a site assessment and review and come up with budget estimates on any work that needs to be done.

“Known issues include deterioration of the timb e r f o u n d a t i o n , d e t e r i oration of roofing, lack of universal accessibility, lack of fire suppression, inadequate heating, lack of air conditioning, deteriorated electrical system, asbestos-containing floor tiles, and probable lead paint,” said Kenneth Itle, WJE senior associate, in a memo to Holm.

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Kane County sheriff to craft plans for gun range

By JONATHAN BILYK jbilyk@shawmedia.com ST. CHARLES TOWNSHIP – Kane County soon could construct a new shooting range for its sheriff’s deputies, and use money paid by the federal government to house certain inmates at the county jail to pay for it.

Next month, Kane County Sheriff Pat Perez and other county officials could present the Kane County Board with a proposal to hire an architectural consultant to help the county craft plans for the new firearms training range, while also laying plans to complete the build-

out of the Kane County Jail to house more federal inmates, for now.

The two projects have become intertwined.

For some time, Perez has urged the county to build a new firearms range for his deputies.

When the county built its new jail next to the Kane County Justice Center at Peck Road and Route 38 in St. Charles Township, the facility did not include a new shooting range.

The county’s existing shooting range, at which the sheriff’s office 242 sworn personnel train to receive their required firearms certifications, is housed in the lower level of the

otherwise abandoned county sheriff’s facility on Fabyan Parkway in Geneva.

That gun range now has flooded and is contaminated with mold and lead, and is unusable.

Last week, Perez brought these concerns to the County Board’s Judicial and Public Safety Committee. He said the need for a firing range is large, as deputies must meet minimum firearms training standards to be allowed to carry firearms.

The sheriff said he is hesitant to seek time for his deputies at other police agencies’ gun ranges, as that would re-

Tap House Grill celebrates opening

quire costs for overtime and for time and ammunition at the ranges.

Instead, Perez and County Board members believe a better strategy could be to build a new firing range at the sheriff’s facility. To pay for it, they will use money generated from the housing of inmates in custody of the U.S. Marshals service.

Perez said the county received $1.5 million last year to house 73 federal inmates.

Should the county create more space to house more federal inmates – and reach an agreement with the Marshals to house still more – the county

3 people injured during Kane County Cougars event sue

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Tom Hansen (far left), president of St. Charles Bank Trust, Stacey Ekstrom (far right), president of the St. Charles Chamber of Commerce, Nate Pauley (center right, with scissors), general manager of the Tap House Grill, and 3rd Ward Alderman Ray Rogina (center left, with scissors) cut the ribbon for the Tap House Grill in St. Charles. Tap House is at 3341 W. Main St.

could stand to collect still more money, Perez said.

To that end, he and board members agreed to consider building out the remaining empty “shell space” at the new jail – space that had been intentionally left open for future expansion.

Perez said he could not say at this point what that work might cost. But he intends to pay a consultant $30,000 to help the county draft plans and calculate cost estimates for the project.

The County Board’s Judicial and Public Safety Committee could again discuss the matter at its next meeting in March.

A St. Charles East graduate and two seniors still attending the school have filed suit against the Kane County Cougars and others, accusing them of being negligent in not trying to protect them from a severe storm that struck the stadium Aug. 4, 2012.

Each one seeks more than $50,000 and a jury trial. Each one also names as defendants the Kane County Forest Preserve District and Professional Sports Catering.

Sisters Mary Gaffney, who was a student at Northern Illinois University, and Abigail Gaffney and Erin Gautille were all hurt when they were struck and injured by picnic tables, tent poles and other debris when the storm hit.

They were all at the ballpark, while volunteering at private parties held prior to the game scheduled to begin

at 6:30 p.m. that night, Gaffney family members had said after the incident.

The lawsuits each assert that the Cougars and the catering company were negligent because they failed to monitor weather conditions and bring volunteers into a safe area, allowing them to remain in unprotected areas when they knew or should have known a violent thunderstorm was approaching.

The forest preserve district is named in the suit because it owns Fifth Third Ballpark, the stadium where the Cougars play. The catering company is named because the volunteers were under their supervision as part of a fundraiser.

The lawsuit notes that shortly before 4 p.m., the storm “blew down trees, knocked out electrical services and dangerously scattered picnic tables, tent poles and other debris” in the areas where the volunteers were providing services.

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‘MATURE’ BATAVIA HOLDS OFF PLAINFIELD EAST TO ADVANCE TO TODAY’S CLASS 4A BATAVIA REGIONAL SEMIFINAL. PAGE 20 Sandy Bressner – sbressner@shawmedia.com

Batavia’s Micah Coffey (far right) celebrates a basket by Mike Rueffer (not pictured) during the fourth quarter of the Bulldogs’ 61-52 IHSA Class 4A Batavia Regional quarterfinal win Monday against Plainfield East in Batavia.

Getting revenge Phil Schuetz (right) and the Aurora Central Catholic boys basketball team knock off Marmion in an IHSA Class 3A IMSA Regional quarterinal 10 days after suffering a loss to the Cadets. PAGE 22

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By JAY SCHWAB jschwab@shawmedia.com BATAVIA – A streaky season with a pair of prolonged losing streaks has tested the Batavia boys basketball team’s resolve.

Drawing upon that adversity might have helped prevent the Bulldogs from caving when rocky road struck Monday as Batavia thrived in the fourth quarter of a 6152 IHSA Class 4A Batavia Regional opening win against Plainfield East.

After a slow start for the Bengals, Plainfield East threatened to overtake Batavia at key junctures of the second half, but the Bulldogs never let it happen.

“I think it was a byproduct of how we’ve been all year,” Batavia coach Jim Nazos said. “Some things you don’t change overnight.

I think our composure’s been good. We’ve battled back a lot this year with games and kind of been right there down the stretch. We’ve never panicked, we’ve never acted out, we’ve never had a look of whining or anything.

“I think we’ve got a mature group in that way on the floor.”

Batavia (12-14) advances to face top-seeded Oswego in tonight’s regional semifinal at 6 p.m.

Plainfield East, which trailed by as many as 15 points in the first half, tied the game at 39-all on a rimmedin 3-pointer by junior Myles Ward with 30 seconds left in the third quarter. But Batavia senior point guard Mike Rueffer notched a 3-point play to give the Bulldogs a 42-39 lead at the end of the quarter, and senior forward Mike Carlson scored and was fouled on the first possession of the fourth quarter.

A driving layup by Jake Pollack and two Carlson free throws completed a 9-0 Bulldogs spurt to give No. 17 seed Batavia a 48-39 lead with 5:35 to go.

The 16th-seeded Bengals cut the deficit to five three times from there but could come no closer.

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Batavia’s Luke Horton goes up for a shot during an IHSA 4A Batavia Regional quarterfinal against Plainfield East on Monday. The Bulldogs defeated the Bengals, 61-52, to advance to today’s semifinal. Batavia will face Oswego at 6 p.m.

4A Batavia Regional Monday’s quarterfinal Batavia 61, Plainfield East 52 Today’s semifinals Oswego vs. Batavia, 6 p.m.

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The Bulldogs’ shooting was chilly during a slide late in the regular season but Batavia snipers Micah Coffey and Jake Pollack rediscov-

ered their shooting strokes at a fortuitous time, drilling three 3-pointers apiece in the first half.

For the game, Pollack scored 17 points and Coffey added 16. Coffey said the team continued to believe it could be effective beyond the arc.

“Especially being in our own gym, being used to these hoops and stuff like that,” Coffey said. “Shooting woes, they happen. We just have to recognize that. We’ve been hitting the practice floor hard, getting up some 3s.

It’s not a confidence factor.

Our confidence has still been up.”

Batavia jumped to a 13-4

lead after the first quarter but the Bengals’ offense came untracked in the second quarter. Still, the Bulldogs held a 29-25 halftime advantage, thanks largely to Coffey’s 11 points in the second quarter.

Less than four minutes into the third quarter, the Bengals caught the Bulldogs, 31-all, but they could never grab the lead.

The Bulldogs will be huge underdogs tonight against a dynamic Oswego squad.

“Those are as good of guards as you’re going to see or play against in the state, but I think every player [in the locker room] is welcoming the opportunity,” Nazos said.

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PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Boys basketball: St. Charles North vs. St. Charles East at 4A South Elgin Regional, 7:30 p.m.; Batavia vs. Oswego at 4A Batavia Regional, 6 p.m.; St. Francis vs. Kaneland at 3A IMSA Regional, 7:30 p.m.; Wheaton Academy vs. Aurora Central Catholic at 3A IMSA Regional, 6 p.m.; Burlington Central vs.

Hampshire at 3A Burlington Central Regional, 6 p.m.; Aurora Christian vs. Winnebago at 2A Byron Sectional, 7:30 p.m.

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10 points in that span on 4 for 4 shooting and a pair of free throws. He finished with a season-high 17 points, joining Payne (15) in double figures.

South Elgin’s most likely chance to remain competitive hinged on its patient offense limiting North’s transition opportunities and overall possessions.

That’s been the traditional style under coach Chaz Taft, although the Storm has added urgency to its attack this season despite giving significant minutes to three freshmen – namely guard Matt Smith, who had a game-high 19 points.

“They’re more of a methodical, slow-it-down team. They try to grind it out on you, a lot like Geneva and them,” Payne said. “So our big thing was pressure, pressure, pressure. Try to speed them up. They’re young, so we tried to get a lot of traps on them and get runs out.”

North’s 8 for 9 start from

the field put South Elgin behind early, but did not yet get the North Stars looking ahead.

Poulin did not fully empty his bench until the fourth quarter opened. The last of East’s players left their seats in the bleachers with North ahead by 30 in the final minutes. Weather permitting, the Saints will return today and figure to be followed by bunches of their fans.

“That’s a great atmosphere.

It’s a great experience for everyone involved,” Poulin said. “It’s proving to be a great matchup, so I think that it’s going to be one that everybody remembers [tonight].”

4A South Elgin Regional Monday’s quarterfinals Elgin 64, Streamwood 41 St. Charles East 73, South Elgin 52 Today’s semifinals Larkin vs. Elgin, 6 p.m.

St. Charles East vs. St. Charles North, 7:30 p.m.

Friday’s championship Larkin/Elgin winner vs. St. Charles East/St. Charles North winner, 7:30 p.m.

IHSA CLASS 4A WHEATON WARRENVILLE SOUTH BOYS BASKETBALL REGIONAL: GENEVA 43, WHEATON WARRENVILLE SOUTH 33

Geneva cruises past Wheaton Warrenville South

By DENNIS D. JACOBS editorial@kcchronicle.com WHEATON – Geneva junior point guard Cam Cook yawned just before receiving the inbounds pass to start the second half of Monday’s IHSA Class 4A regional game at Wheaton Warrenville South.

Not only was it an indication of how relaxed Cook and the Vikings were, it was emblematic of what had been a snoozer of a game up to that point. The second half was somewhat less sleep inducing, but Geneva (208) still cruised to an easy 43-33 victory over the host Tigers (722) behind Connor Chapman‘s 16 points.

No. 12 seed Geneva advances to Wednesday’s regional semifinal against fifth-seeded Hinsdale Central.

The first quarter belonged to Chapman, a 6-foot-5 senior.

He scored on a variety of moves in the low post, finding a way to get off a good shot even when Wheaton Warrenville South’s

4A Wheaton Warrenville South Regional Monday’s quarterfinals Downers Grove South 52, Yorkville 43 Geneva 43, Wheaton Warrenville South 33 Today’s semifinal West Aurora vs. Downers Grove South, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s semifinal Hinsdale Central vs. Geneva, 7:30 p.m.

Friday’s championship West Aurora/Downers Grove South winner vs. Hinsdale Central/ Geneva winner, 7:30 p.m.

1-2-2 zone collapsed on him.

Chapman scored nine of Geneva’s first 11 points as the Vikings took a seven-point lead.

“We thought we had a bit

of a size advantage, so we tried to pound it inside as quick as we could,” Chapman said. “We tried to take advantage early.”

Chapman displayed a great deal of finesse and some fancy footwork in spinning to the basket on several shots.

“He spent a lot of time in the offseason working on his footwork and I think that has made a big difference,” Geneva coach Phil Ralston said. “We told him going into this game that this is a game you should just dominate inside and he took care of business.”

Chapman grabbed nine rebounds to help the Vikings dominate the glass.

The only offense by the Tigers in the first half came from 6-4 junior forward Aidan Hernandez off the bench. He scored all eight of Wheaton Warrenville South’s first-half points.

The Vikings got 3-pointers from Mike Trimble and K.J. Santos in the second quarter, helping them take a 19-8 lead into the half.

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SOUTH ELGIN – Quinten Payne and Erik Miller punctuated a breezy first half with dunks Monday, prompting some louder oohs from St. Charles North boys basketball fans.

Teammate Justin Stanko stands a few inches closer to the rim than both his teammates, but a subtler kind of positioning earned him more consistent attention from the public address announcer.

Stanko’s early efficiency keyed North’s surge to begin its 4A South Elgin Regional opening-round game, a 73-52 romp against the host Storm. While he played at the back of the North Stars’ full-court press, Stanko found himself streaking easily down the floor to help with a blitz in transition.

“We’re trained in practice to outlet the ball, go quick, transition,” Stanko said, “and

that’s what I try to do on the floor. If I don’t get the rebound, I’m sprinting down, and that’s what I’ve got to do.”

North (17-10) advanced to face St. Charles East in a regional semifinal at 7:30 p.m. today, a game that will mark the Upstate Eight Conference River Division rivals’ fourth meeting this season. The North Stars lost their first two games against East – including one in overtime – before regrouping for a 62-49 win on Feb. 2.

North Stars coach Tom Poulin installed a new fullcourt press entering that game, and while it didn’t produce an overwhelming tally of Saints turnovers, still contributed to a key, 10-0, North run spanning the first and second quarters.

East players filed in to the South Elgin gym as North pestered the 5-23 Storm with the press, building a 20-4 lead just 5:20 into the game. Stanko, a 6-foot-6 senior forward, scored

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By IAN MATTHEWS editorial@kcchronicle.com AURORA – It was only 10 days ago that Aurora Central Catholic coach Nate Drye had every bad superlative to say about his team after a blowout loss at the hands of rival Marmion.

The Chargers didn’t have long to wait to exact revenge.

Both teams had Monday circled on their calendars after the pairings were released, pitting the rivals for a third meeting this season in the IHSA Class 3A IMSA Regional quarterfinal.

This time, the only superlatives Drye could utter were positive after the Chargers hung on for a 53-51 win.

ACC led by as many as ten in the fourth quarter before holding off a late-charging Cadets team that embarrassed the Chargers just over a week ago.

“My guys were ready to go tonight. What happened 10 days ago was actually probably a good thing for us. There’s not a lot of grey area when you take a beating like that,” Drye said, referencing ACC’s recent 60-36 loss to Marmion. “We were really focused, dialed in and ready to play tonight. We did exactly what we wanted to do. We weren’t going to give up the 3-point shot like we did last time.”

ACC pinched off the 3-point lanes for Marmion, forcing a

Monday’s quarterfinals Aurora Central Catholic 53, Marmion 51 Kaneland 79, IMSA 40 Today’s semifinals Wheaton Academy vs. Aurora Central Catholic, 6 p.m.

St. Francis vs. Kaneland, 7:30 p.m.

Friday’s championship Wheaton Academy/Marmion winner vs. St. Francis/Kaneland winner, 7:30 p.m.

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Aurora Central Catholic’s fans storm the court after the Chargesr’ 53-51 victory over Marmion in an IHSA Class 3A IMSA Regional quarterfinal Monday in Aurora. pass into the high post. The Cadets lost many one-on-one battles to the basket as ACC had its biggest lead of the night, 3726, early in the fourth quarter after Shawn Soris split a pair of free throws.

The Cadets trailed by ten after a third quarter where they connected on only one field goal. Marmion slowly made up the difference late in the fourth with an Alex Theisen 3-pointer sandwiched in between four Mike Sheehan free throws that brought the Cadets within 4442.

Marmion had a chance to keep the game at a possession, but a turnover and a block by Phil Schuetz on breakaway

helped ACC stand firm. The Chargers went 6 for 8 from the free-throw line in the last minute to hold on. Shuetz and Anthony Andujar went a combined 9 for 12 in the second half to help seal the win.

“We worked really hard in practice after that loss. We were really slow that game so we just came out and worked hard tonight,” Andujar said.

“We do a lot of press-breaking stuff in practice and work a ton on free-throws. Tonight it really paid off.”

The Cadets had a last gasp as Jake Esp banked in a layup with 13 seconds to go that cut the Chargers’ lead to 52-48.

After Shuetz split a pair

of free throws, Theisen hit a 3-pointer with two seconds left to pull Marmion within 53-51.

The Cadets couldn’t get a steal on the ensuing inbounds play and time expired.

“We were scared to death for the first 16 minutes. We weren’t ready for the moment and they were,” Marmion coach Ryan Paradise said. “We were sped up and their defense had a lot to do with that. When we go down, it was too late for us to come back. We didn’t hit any three’s until late in the third and we weren’t in any offensive flow.”

ACC broke open a close game late in the second quarter and led 28-20 at halftime.

Marmion went without a field goal for an eight-minute span that stretched from late in the second quarter into the third.

By that time, ACC built a tenpoint lead and forced Marmion to play catch-up.

“WehadMichael[O’Donnell] and Brad [Searles] playing out on them and slowing them down, containing them as much as possible,” Shuetz said.

“We trusted them and they did their job. We hard to work as hard as possible on defense and just have confidence.”

Shuetz dropped a game-high 16 points, netting eight in each half while Andujar had 13. The Chargers move on to play topseeded Wheaton Academy tonight.

Esp led Marmion with 14 points while Jordan Glasgow had 13.

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Kaneland roars past IMSA to advance to semifinal KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE AURORA – The Kaneland boys basketball team used a strong first half and a balanced scoring attack to down host IMSA, 79-40, on Monday to advance to an IHSA Class 3A IMSA regional semifinals against St. Francis tonight.

The Knights (16-11) jumped out to a 41-24 lead at the break thanks to 10 points from junior John Pruett. Freshman Dylan Vaca came off the bench and hit three 3-pointers and the

rout was on for Kaneland.

Four Knights, led by Vaca with a game-high 18 points, were in double figures in the blowout win.

“The goal was to come out and work hard and play the game the right way,” Kaneland coach Brian Johnson said. “It’s nice when we’re sharing the ball and playing unselfish. It’s important to see a guy like Dylan Vaca – who’s only a freshman – shoot the ball with a lot of confidence.”

St. Francis downed

Kaneland early in the season, 63-50.

“We’re going to have to come with our best game. They work really well together – it’s a normal [coach] Bob Ward team,” Johnson said. “We have to step up to the plate if we want to stay in this tournament.”

Vaca (18 points), Pruett (15), Matt Limbrunner (13) and Dan Miller (10) were all in double figures for Kaneland.

3A Burlington Central Regional opening round – Burlington

Central 51, Genoa-Kingston 30: At Burlington, confidence was never an issue for BC during its comfortable win against Genoa-Kingston.

The Rockets already had beaten the Cogs twice this season in Big Northern East play, once in a blowout on the road and once at home in an overtime loss that was too close for comfort.

Behind solid defense and 14 points apiece from Ryan Ritchie and Moter Deng, the Rockets (13-13) were never

threatened and advanced to face Hampshire in a regional final at 6 p.m. today.

“We forced [the Cogs] to shoot contested jump shots and we limited them to one shot, and that was the key for us tonight,” BC coach Brett Porto said. “We went more back to the formula of what we did the first time against them. The first time, we played pretty well, like we did tonight.”

• Ian Matthews and Anthony Zilis contributed to this report.

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Vernon Hill ends BC’s playoff run

By MAUREEN LYNCH editorial@kcchronicle.com

Friday’s semifinals Vernon Hills vs. Montini, noon Morton vs. Quincy Notre Dame, 2 p.m.

Saturday’s games Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, noon (third-place game) Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 2 p.m. (championship)

up two possessions in 45 seconds and was forced to foul to stop the clock. Vernon Hills went 6 for 7 from the stripe and Central’s three attempts at answering, including two shots from behind the arc, clattered around the rim but wouldn’t drop.

“I thought in general we took some uncharacteristic shots and didn’t play the way we had been for the last two games,” Central coach Mark Smith said. “I thought we rushed it too much. We were right there, down by two, and just couldn’t get it done.”

Central had a brief lead, 5-2, on Delacruz’s 3-pointer early in the first quarter, but the Cougars used a 10-point run that capped the first and spilled into the second to go ahead 15-5 with 1:41 remaining before halftime.

Delacruz hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to energize the locker room and help Central trail 1711.

The Cougars went up by nine, 23-14, with 5:39 left in the third on a bucket from DePaul recruit Meri Bennett-Swanson, then Central used a 13-6 run to cut it to two, 29-27, with 6:09 left in the fourth.

All the Rockets needed was a little more big-game experience to help them keep their poise down the stretch.

“They remind me of us [last year] in that they don’t know that they’re young and not supposed to be here,” Vernon Hills coach Paul Brettner said. “ … In some ways I think that played to their favor tonight.”

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HOFFMAN ESTATES – All season, Burlington Central’s girls basketball team ran on an underclassmen brand of energy – almost too young to realize how special they were and too excited to stop and think about it.

This morning, the gravity of all the Rockets accomplished might register. Even a 39-31 loss to Vernon Hills in the IHSA Class 3A Hoffman Estates Supersectional on Monday can’t diminish a 27-5 season made possible by a cadre of young players who didn’t stop to think about whether they could be among the state’s elite.

Vernon Hills will face Montini at noon Friday at Illinois State University’s Redbird Arena in Normal in a rematch of last year’s Class 3A state title game – a game in which Central senior Camille Delacruz firmly believes this Rockets team will play during the freshmen and sophomores’ tenure.

“I’m so proud of this team,” Delacruz said. “There was so much heart on that court tonight. I did not expect to be here, but we definitely worked hard enough to get here. And we proved everyone wrong.”

If there was anyone who still saw the Rockets as an upstart team, Central quelled doubts by taking the Class 3A state runners-up point-for-point for much of the second half.

Following a methodical fourth-quarter 9-5 run during which the Rockets did not commit a turnover, Delacruz brought Rocket fans to their feet with a transition layup that knotted the score at 31 with 3:40 remaining. The momentum seemed to swing in the Rockets’ favor despite Vernon Hills standout Lauren Webb running in a bucket to give the Cougars a 33-31 advantage less than 10 seconds later.

Then, if only for a moment, the Rockets showed their youth.

Central (27-5 overall) coughed

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Kendall Stephens (center), a St. Charles East High School boys basketball player and a 2013 McDonald’s All-American nominee, was honored last week by Anthony Lardas, a St. Charles McDonald’s owner/ operator. Mr. Lardas hosted Stephens and the entire St. Charles East varsity boys basketball team to celebrate his nomination, as well as his success on the court and in the classroom. The event, which was held at the McDonald’s restaurant at 3900 E. Main St., also provided the community an opportunity to wish the team well as they prepare for upcoming playoff games.

IHSA CLASS 3A STATE WRESTLING DUAL CHAMPIONSHIP: SANDBURG 38, MARMION 17

Marmion places 2nd

By STEVE NITZ snitz@shawmedia.com BLOOMINGTON – The Marmion wrestling team made school history Saturday at U.S. Cellular Coliseum.

For the first time, the Cadets took home a trophy from the IHSA dual team state finals, finishing in second place in Class 3A. Marmion (26-3) lost to Sandburg, 38-17, in the state championship match. Junior Johnny Jimenez went 3-0 in three dual meets, winning by fall, technical fall and major decision.

“It feels awesome. We’re really proud of ourselves, although we didn’t take first, which we wanted,” Jimenez said. “But we really worked hard this season. We’re proud of what we did.”

Marmion advanced to the final with a 33-16 win against Lincoln-Way Central in the semis, with Jimenez the lone Cadet to win by fall at 126 pounds. Dylan Duncan (106), George Fisher (138) and Cody Snodgrass (195) won by major decision.

The Cadets got a 39-14 win over Minooka in the quarterfinals to guarantee themselves a trophy. Duncan (106 pounds) and Josh Meyers (170) won by fall for Marmion.

“We were confident. We were planning on going to the finals,” said Jimenez, a St. Charles resident who won an individual title at 120 last week. “Each wrestler was really confident with how they were going to wrestle [in the first two rounds]. Not necessarily taking the pedal off, but the finals match is what we were mainly focusing on.”

Jimenez said the school’s first state trophy is a big step for the Cadets program. The school advanced to state in 2010 but didn’t make it past the quarterfinals.

“A lot of people are going to see that now we’re really growing as a program, doing a lot better. Hopefully get a lot more kids,” Jimenez said.

“We’re losing a pretty tough senior class. It should be exciting to see how Marmion ends up, hopefully getting a lot better than we are now.”

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IHSA BOYS SWIMMING STATE MEET

By KEVIN DRULEY kdruley@shawmedia.com WINNETKA – St. Charles North athletes aimed for redemption during this weekend’s IHSA boys swimming state meet, never officially defining its parameters but still sporting the goal on the back of their T-shirts.

After taking eighth as a team on the heels of last season’s 13th-place finish, the North Stars felt fulfilled.

North closed Saturday’s competition with top-six finishes in two relays and strong individual swims from Kyle Gannon, who placed fifth in the 500-yard freestyle and seventh in the 200 free. While much of North’s nucleus will graduate, the group left New Trier in a far better mood than it did last year at Evanston.

Redemption mission accomplished.

“We weren’t really sure coming into this year what our team was going to be like,” North senior Spencer Gray said. “I think we’ve got a lot further than our expectations.

We had a lot of great swims, and it’s been a lot of fun.”

North tallied 62 team points, one behind seventhplace Marmion, which, like the rest of the field, labored to keep pace with the host and champion Trevians (189).

Marmion relied on its relays for much of its scoring,

as the Cadets qualified for two championship finals and one consolation final.

Mike Burke and Josh Kanute were part of all three relays, and had their best finish when they teamed with Robert Ramoska and Minnesotabound Jon Thielen in the 400 freestyle relay, taking third in 3:06.15 to close the day.

“Not fully tapering for sectionals last week really made a difference for the relays,” Kanute said. “That definitely put us in position to have our best performance today.”

St. Charles East notched nine points to finish in a tie for 32nd among the 46 teams who scored Saturday.

Junior Will Shanel finished eighth in the 200 individual medley in 1:53.93 – three-tenths of a second from winning the consolation championship – before joining seniors Alec Carnell, TJ Bindseil and Taylor Nunnery on the 11th-place 200 freestyle relay.

The 200 free was the only relay in which North did not qualify. The North Stars’ quartet of Austin Stapella, David Chokran, Nick Kowaleski and Kyle Gannon opened the afternoon with a fourth-place race in the 200 medley relay (1:34.48). In the traditional closer – the 400 free relay – Gray, Kowaleski, freshman Stephan Hutchinson and Gannon took fifth in 3:07.51.

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KOVELS: ANTIQUES AND COLLECTING

BY TERRY KOVEL KOVELS.COM “Folk art” is the confusing name given to some things made by untrained artists. From the 1930s into the ‘50s, antique collectors might have called these pieces “primitive” or named them for a region, like “Pennsylvania German style.” By the 1950s, some daring collectors were searching for woodcarvings, painted chests, sculptures and paintings that lacked the realism of a scene or portrait by a trained artist. Everything was handmade. Today folk art includes not only informal handmade items, but also commercial pieces like iron doorstops, carousel horses, store signs, weathervanes and some toys.

By the 1960s, there were homemade and factory-made folk art lamps assembled from bottles, metal fire extinguishers, milk cans and store tins. Other lamps were made by Boy Scouts, prisoners, soldiers or housewives using patterns in craft magazines. Driftwood, unsophisticated pottery, walnut shells and even antique toasters were used to make lamps. But the most popular and pricey appear to be constructions made of old cigar boxes, Popsicle sticks or hammered brass bullet casings.

Today, top prices are paid for lamps made of small glued pieces of carved wood that show the skill of the maker. Another style is “tramp art,” made from chip-carved pieces of cigar boxes. The ice pop, invented in 1905, was named “Popsicle” in 1924. The wooden sticks from the icy treat were probably used for crafts from the beginning. Boxes of unused sticks were available in stores by the 1950s. Prices are based on the originality and talent of the lamp’s maker and how eager a collector is to own the unique piece, so they can range from $25 to thousands of dollars. A

one-of-a-kind 1910 floor lamp by an unknown artist sold last fall at Guyette, Schmidt & Deeter, a Maryland auction house, for a surprising $27,600, well over estimate. The 5-foot-tall lamp was made of carved and stained pine and cedar. The wooden shade and center column are covered with carved and applied birds and designs. *** Q: I would like to know the order of marks on items made in Japan.

Which is oldest, “Nippon,” “Made in Occupied Japan,” “Made in Japan” or just “Japan”? Does it make a difference if the mark is red, green, black or another color?

A: Most pieces marked with the name of a country were made after 1891, when the McKinley Tariff Act was passed. Pieces from Japan were marked “Nippon,” the transliteration of the Japanese word for Japan. After 1915 the words “Made in...” usually were added.

Beginning in 1921, U.S. Customs required country names to be in English, and the word “Japan” was used instead of “Nippon.” Items marked “Made in Occupied Japan” were made between February 1947 and April 1952. After that, just the word “Japan” was used again.

According to experts on 19th- and 20th-century Japanese ceramics, the color does not help date a mark.

Red, green and black were used most years. There is no explanation for when other colors were used. *** Q: I recently bought a desk and chair at a thrift store for $29. The front of the desk pulls down to reveal a storage compartment. There is a sticker under the desk that says “Ferguson Furniture, Hoboken, N.J.” Can you tell me how old it is?

owned it since the 1940s. Can you tell me anything about the artist?

Are his works valuable?

A: Alfred T. Terone (1913-1979) and his wife, Cecelia (1916-1999), graduated from New York University and moved to Chicago to work for Borin Art Products, airbrushing pictures that were then massproduced as prints. The prints were backed with brown paper and mounted in wooden frames. Some of the couple’s work was used on This unique floor lamp is an expensive piece of folk art. It brought $27,600 at a November old movie sets and some appeared 2012 auction held at Guyette, Schmidt & on the TV show, “I Love Lucy.” In Deeter of St. Michaels, Md. 1944 the Terones moved back to New York City, where they worked as commercial artists. Prints like yours A: Ferguson Brothers sell for about $30 to $50 each in Manufacturing Co. was founded in perfect condition.

1898 by Harry and Louis Ferguson. *** The company was incorporated in Hoboken in 1900. It was run Q: Years ago, my mother gave by members of the family until me a pair of heavy antique bronze 1953, when it was sold to SunGlo Industries. Ferguson made candlesticks. One of them is inexpensive reproduction furniture decorated with four clear hanging and “furniture novelties,” including glass prisms. The second matching cedar chests, cellarettes, folding candlestick is missing the prisms, screens, folding tables, humidors but has hooks to hang them. How and smoker stands. Your set sounds can I find replacement prisms? like a bargain.

A: There are suppliers of glass prisms in the United States. We *** list some in the free directory on Q: My Wonder Woman hand our website, Kovels.com. Just go to mirror from Avon is in its original box our home page and search for the marked “DC Comics Inc., 1978.” The word “prisms.” You also can do an handle of the mirror is in the shape of Wonder Woman and the mirror is surrounded by her lasso. I have treasured this for years and have never used it. Is it worth anything?

A: The Wonder Woman mirror cost $7.50 when it was introduced.

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Jeff Schi kel, Graphics

Vol. 29, No. 11

STEM stands for sc ence, technology, eng neer ng and math.

Chevron and the Un ted States Golf Assoc at on (USGA) are br ng ng sc ence to l fe by show ng how STEM stud es play a b g role n the game of golf. Th s page s the f rst n a ser es of spec al K d Scoop pages created through th s partnersh p.

Speed is about mot on . A E glish scie tist amed Isaac Newto cam e up with ideas aabout motio that hav e bee tested a d pro ve agai a d agai . His ideas are called Newton’s Laws of M ot on.

Do the math to fi d out.t.

A y object at rest will stay at rest, u til a force causes it to move. A object i motio will stay i motio , u til a force causes it to stop.

sl slow Some people thi k golf is a thhe the game. But it clocks some off off ld wor the i eds spe est high s dred hu ball a g sports! Hitti hee the of yards i to a ti y hole with res re equuiiires eq least strokes possible requ d. some serious speed.

The faster a golfer ca make a golf ball go, the farther it will travel.

How does a golfer get a ball to go faster? It’s sc ence! The swi g of a golf club is like a pe dulum.

Be a e gi eer a d desig a golf club a d golf ball made out of ewspaper a d maski g tape. Draw a picture of what your club will look like.

Next, dive i to tech ology a d make a sturdy club.

Standards Link: Mathematical Reaso i g: Exte d simple patter s.

STEM Zo e co te t o this page is provided through a part ership with Chevro a d the USGA.

EXPERIMENT HYPOTHESIS SCIENTIST MOTION NEWTON OBJECT FASTER FORCE FLOOR SPEED DOOM GOLF REST SOCK LAW

Fi d the words i the puzzle. The look for each word i this week’s Kid Scoop stories a d activities.

K E N G R L R I F M O C S S P E E D O O

The , roll up ewspaper to make a golf ball a d cover it with tape.

What ca you use as a target for your golf ball? Try a plastic co tai er, a cup or ... ?

Desig a challe gi g course arou d your home or i the backyard.

O ce you have your clubs, a ball a d a course, play a game of golf with a frie d or family member.

B H O S T F S T R O J W C S I L I T C D

Remember that i golf, the lowest score wi s.

E E A F L O G N E T C F I L N O T W E N T N E M I R E P X E S C I E N T I S T S S I S E H T O P Y H Standards Link: Letter seque ci g. Recog ized ide tical words. Skim a d sca readi g. Recall spelli g patter s.

This experime t uses a pe dulum to show how the le gth of the swi g affects the dista ce a ball travels.

S EM in Your Future?

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1 cup dry rice old sock 3’ piece of stri g small ball desk or table tape measure

S EM Connection: The swi g of the golf club is like the ha gi g sock pe dulum. The weight a d mass of the sock stayed the same – but the dista ce the sock traveled cha ged.

Golfers use their lo gest clubs whe hitti g off the tee. A shorter club ca ’t get the same speed.

Look through the ewspaper a d o li e for wa t ads to ide tify careers i scie ce, tech ology e gi eeri g or math. Cou t the differe t careers. Graph the results.

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The experime t, Pendu um of Doom, is a example of cause and effect. The le gth of the swi g (“cause”) cha ged the speed of the ball (“effect”). Look through the ewspaper to locate articles a d ide tify cause and effect.

Standards Link: Readi g Comprehe sio : Ide tify cause a d effect.

Standards Link: Research: Use the ewspaper to locate i formatio .

Write a paragraph about a fast a imal or machi e, i clude at least three facts a d o e opi io .

Standards Link: Physical Educatio : Use a variety of basic a d adva ced moveme t forms.

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HOROSCOPE

By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association TODAY – A number of restrictions that have hampered your progress in the past are likely to be gradually lessened or, in some cases, even totally removed in the year ahead. This will bring success within your grasp.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – You’re likely to function far more effectively when you can operate independently. Sadly, you could be more of a hindrance in situations where teamwork is required.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Usually, you don’t blab things that should be kept to yourself, but today you might not be able to help telling on someone whom you really dislike. Try not to take the low road.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – There are days when socializing can be a negative experience, and it could be one of those times.

If you find this happening to you, make a quick exit.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Your peers could find your motives suspicious, so if you think this to be true, make certain everything you do is above reproach. If you try anything funny, you’ll be caught.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Even if you feel like sounding off to someone who really deserves it, it would be best that you don’t.

Hold your tongue and count to 10 or even 20, if that’s what it takes to subdue your anger.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – If you find yourself involved in a financial transaction that requires a lot of paperwork, don’t get lazy and take things for granted. Read the fine print, down to the very last comma.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Friends will tolerate a bit of restlessness on your part, but not to the point of changing group plans. Be thoughtful about your behavior.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – When conversing with others, speak well of friends who aren’t present, or say nothing at all. Any comments you make will be repeated and even distorted to those being spoken about.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – To expedite certain tasks or assignments, you might be tempted to take a few shortcuts.

Unfortunately, this might only cause more work for you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – It’ll reflect poorly on your image if you try to take credit for something that you had only a small part in producing. Don’t let your ego put you in an embarrassing position.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Don’t overreact if another’s point of view is diametrically opposed to yours. Remember, everyone is entitled to express his or her opinion. Show them some respect.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – When left to your own devices, you’re pretty good at figuring things out. Complications could enter the picture, however, with comments by an unsolicited adviser.

At the Oscars, the same old song and dance

By HANK STUEVER The Washington Post While some guy was accepting his Oscar for visual effects (for “Life of Pi”) during Sunday night’s mediumwarm Academy Awards broadcast, something new and wonderful happened: He went on too long and got the “Jaws” theme from the orchestra, which crept up on him and audibly devoured his words as he kept thanking people.

It’s a brilliant and overdue remedy to Oscar night’s oldest problem, and it should be a fixture of all award shows.

And it worked! The producers only had to use it a few more times – and frankly should have during best supporting actress winner Anne Hathaway’s predictably ooky, near-tears wish that nobody should ever be as poor and desperate as Fantine, her character in “Les Miserables.”

But to be fair, the “Jaws” theme ought to be used when the host’s shtick is dragging on, too. Such as when you have William Shatner don his Captain Kirk costume and beam in from the 23rd century to tell the host – in a protracted and meta way – that, in real time, his gig is getting bad reviews from critics.

It was a too-long setup for host Seth MacFarlane’s best number, “We Saw Your Boobs,” backed by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles.

MacFarlane, the pottymouth cartoon mogul turned latter-day lounge lizard, did a fairly middle-of-theroad job as host on a fairly middle-of-the-road telecast.

He occasionally found the balance between the knifey, pop-savvy humor of his TV shows and his other side as a show-biz sycophant who sings all the standards at the top of his lungs. What

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“Argo” won in the category for best picture at the 85th annual Academy Awards on Sunday. you got was a combination of sicko and retro, an Oscar show hosted by someone who waited until Oscar night to discover that he’s only so-so at stand-up comedy.

He was neither comfortable with the easy jokes (“Amour – or as I call it, ‘This is 90’”) nor the provocative ones that he was brought on board to tell and perhaps goose the ungoosable youth market for Oscar ratings: “I would argue that the actor who really got inside Lincoln’s head was John Wilkes Booth,” he said. (That wasn’t the real joke, though.

The real joke came after the Hollywood swells in Dolby Theatre gasped and groaned.

Then it became what it was meant to be in the post-irony age: a “too soon?” joke.)

Worse news: “Tonight, for the time, the Oscars have a theme,” MacFarlane announced in his opening monologue. “We will be celebrating music in film.”

Oh, for the love of Pete.

Must we?

It couldn’t be stopped, as the Academy Awards tried to win a Tony. The show was produced by Neil Meron and Craig Zadan, two guys who have brought us things like NBC’s ir-

reparable Broadway drama “Smash” and the movie musical “Hairspray.” And so, from mite-sized theater imp Kristin Chenoweth’s icky-sweet red-carpet patter for ABC’s pre-show (Adele, you have our permission to sit on her) to the protracted musical medley from “Chicago,” “Dreamgirls” and – I had to leave the room – “Les Miserables,” this was the Oscars by and for showfolk.

The only people still tweeting about the Oscars at this point were the drama-club kids, Gleeks and those predisposed to get verklempt when La Streisand came out to sing “The Way We Were” in tribute to Marvin Hamlisch during the “In Memoriam” reel. (“If we had the chance to do it all again/ tell me, would we?” she sang, interrupting herself cheesily to answer, “Of course we would.”)

At its first lull, the telecast honored the 50th anniversary of James Bond movies, something the infotainment industry has been celebrating for what feels like two or three years now. The Academy’s tribute to Bond was mostly just one more clip job – has any-

thing so reliably mediocre received more pop-culture accolade than the 007 franchise? But it was saved by the rare sighting and true, pre-Beyonce era pipes of Dame Shirley Bassey, who came out to sing “Goldfinger” and was resplendent in all the latest cryogenic technology.

In an unfortunate comparison of how today is never quite like yesterday, the fabulous Adele came out and sang her recent Bond theme song, “Skyfall.” Not a bad song (and it won best original song), but sadly, the best we can do nowadays.

As I’ve written before, most of us watch the Oscars certain in the belief that it can never be quite fixed.

That is the fun of it.

Yet, unfortunately for Oscar, two other recent award shows – the Golden Globes and the Grammys – upped their game. Compared with the Oscars, this year’s Golden Globes show was a brisk and enjoyable evening, and not only because it was hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

(A fact that one of MacFarlane’s quips begrudgingly acknowledged.) And the Grammys were a relative sensation compared with the Oscars’ staid notion of excitement.

There was nothing notably terrible about the show, and nothing particularly enthralling.

More than before, and maybe because of recent news floating about in the Gulf of Mexico, this year’s Academy Awards felt a little bit like a cruise. Which, when you think about it, is a venue that would perfectly suit MacFarlane’s showmanship. And when the norovirus inevitably strikes, Chenoweth is there to hold our hair back as the show goes on.

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Jackie Gleason (1916-1987), actor/comedian; Fats Domino (1928), musician; Robert Novak (1931-2009), columnist; Johnny Cash (1932-2003), musician; Michael Bolton (1953), singer; Erykah Badu (1971), singer.

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Husband’s micromanagement wears thin Dear Abby: “Harold” and I have been married for more than 20 years and have three children ranging in age from teen to toddler. We are both college graduates and held middle-management jobs until recently.

Two years ago, Harold was offered a temporary job in an exotic location in another country. We jumped at the chance. I can’t work due to the regulations here, but the money is good.

Now that I’m not working, Harold suddenly believes he has the right to tell me what to do, how to manage daily activities, how to care for the children, etc.

At Halloween, we invited some local friends over to share the American tradition of pumpkin carving. He literally took the knife out of my hand and shouldered me out of the way so he could do it.

These are just two examples, but the scrutiny is daily and relentless. I am instructed how to do the laundry, wash dishes, clean the stove, on and on.

How do I deal with this new

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips controlling behavior? I don’t know how to get through to him that I’m the same competent individual I was before we made this change and that I do not need micromanaging. Any advice is welcome. – Just About Had It Dear Just About Had It: Your husband may be stressed in his new job and no longer feel in control, which is why he is attempting to control you. Or, because he is now the sole wage earner, he may feel “entitled” to dictate your every move. If you are now living in a male-dominated culture where women have no rights, his thinking may be influenced by the men around him.

If marriage counseling is available, I urge you to get some. If that’s not possible, perhaps a long vacation for you and the children with your family would defuse the

tension.

Dear Abby: My son recently committed suicide. He was only 24. Two weeks before his death, he confided to a family member that he had been molested by his uncle when he was between the ages of 4 and 7.

I want this uncle to be exposed, but the family wants to keep it “quiet and in the family.” Please tell me what I should do. – Suffering in Ohio Dear Suffering: Because you are suffering, it is important that you talk with a therapist if you haven’t already. While early trauma may have played a part in your son’s death, suicide is a complex act that is not completely understood.

What IS clear is that what this uncle did was predatory. Others in the family – and the community – should be made aware so their children can be protected, because they may be at risk.

• Write Dear Abby at www. dearabby.com.

Avoid ‘the bends’ by taking diving precautions Dear Doctor K: I’m planning a diving vacation. A friend told me it’s not safe to fly within 24 hours of diving. Why not?

Dear Reader: I’m not a diver myself, so I had to do some research to answer your question.

The concern with flying soon after diving (or rising too quickly to the surface of the water after a deep dive) is something called decompression sickness. It’s also known as “the bends.”

When you scuba dive, you breathe compressed air from a tank. That air contains high amounts of two gases, oxygen and nitrogen – higher than are normally in the air around us.

The deeper you dive, the more pressure you’re under. That causes the nitrogen to stop being a gas; it dissolves into your blood, becoming a liquid, where it remains during your dive.

Your body slowly eliminates the nitrogen, primarily in your urine.

As you swim back toward the surface after a deep dive, the water pressure around you decreases. If this transition occurs too quickly, the liquid nitrogen forms bubbles in your tissues or blood that can damage the walls of blood vessels. These bubbles also can block normal blood flow in the same way that little blood

ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff clots can.

Decompression sickness can cause a variety of symptoms: joint pain, dizziness, headache, difficulty thinking clearly, extreme fatigue, weakness in the arms or legs, or rash. The symptoms you get depend on the organs in which blood flow is blocked.

It can take a while for the symptoms of decompression sickness to appear. You can get back up to the surface of the water without symptoms, but then experience them for up to 24 hours thereafter.

If you experience any of the symptoms of decompression sickness after scuba diving, get to a doctor as soon as you can.

The key to treatment is the use of a hyperbaric oxygen chamber.

This is a high-pressure chamber that provides 100 percent oxygen. The treatment drives nitrogen back into its liquid form so that it can be cleared from the body gradually, over a period of hours. Hyperbaric treatment is most successful if given within several hours after symptoms

start.

To minimize your risk of decompression sickness while diving: • Dive and rise slowly in the water, and don’t stay at your deepest depth longer than recommended. Scuba divers typically use dive tables that show how long they can remain at a given depth.

• Don’t drink alcohol before diving. Alcohol makes the brain more vulnerable to injury by the nitrogen bubbles.

• Avoid hot tubs, saunas or hot baths after diving.

You asked about not flying.

As a plane climbs higher, the surrounding air pressure gets progressively lower. Although the plane keeps cabin pressure higher than the real air pressure outside the plane, the cabin pressure still is lower than the air pressure on the ground.

That encourages any remaining liquid nitrogen in your blood to form bubbles and cause decompression sickness. For that reason, you should wait 24 to 48 hours after diving before flying.

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

Man who started drinking at age 12 nearly ruined life Dr. Wallace: I’m addressing my letter to every young person who has started, or is tempted, to consume alcohol.

Alcohol almost ruined my life. I hope I can convince more than a few young adults that alcohol can be a one-way street to self-destruction. My parents drank alcohol regularly but never to the extent of being “bombed.” It was the cocktails before dinner and the after-dinner drink.

On the weekends, it was a few beers while watching athletic events. Even when I was very young, I had the impression that alcohol was good, and the only reason they didn’t give any to me was that it was too expensive.

When I was 12, I convinced my best friend that we should try alcohol. His dad was a big beer drinker, and his refrigerator was always loaded with his favorite brew. I can’t tell you the number of beers (hundreds) we drank, but his dad never realized it.

By age 15, I “advanced” to hard liquor because beer didn’t provide me with an ultimate high. I found that my parents’ whisky did.

I started with taking a little from an already-opened bottle and then finally getting money to buy my own.

Believe it or not, I was buying whisky at age 15 from a “friendly” owner of a liquor store.

By age 16, I quit school because I needed a job to provide money to buy the “hard” stuff. By the time I celebrated my 18th birthday I was a full-blown alcoholic.

One episode of

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace drinking caused me to go into a coma. I didn’t wake up for two days. I guess you can call this my lucky break because after I was released from the hospital, I checked into the alcoholic unit of a psychiatric hospital.

I was fortunate that my parents had insurance that allowed me to get the necessary treatment I needed.

I now am a recovering alcoholic and have not had a drink of alcohol in over seven months, and I’ve gotten my life back in order.

I’m fortunate to have a decent paying job so that I can pay for my car and expenses. Alcohol wasted five years of my life. It’s going to take me a few years to catch up, but believe me, I will.

Teens, it’s NOT cool to drink booze! If you are tempted to start drinking, don’t start.

If you do, you could travel my path before you stop. It just isn’t worth it. – Nameless, Sacramento, Calif.

Dear Nameless: Thanks for sharing your story with our teen readers. Alcohol abuse is America’s No. 1 drug problem among youth.

According to the National Council on Alcoholism, an estimated 4.6 million teens, ages 14 to 18, have experienced negative consequences of alcohol use including arrest, involvement in an accident, impairment of health or poor school performance.

The use of alcohol has no positives.

• Write Dr. Wallace at rwallace@galesburg.net.

CROSSWORD

SUDOKU

BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

• Tuesday, February 26, 2013

CELEBRITY CIPHER

The best improvement in bridge in the last 20 years is the employment of “useless” cards to send suit-preference signals.

Without this style of defense, West would have to guess what to do in this deal. With suit preference, it is easy.

How should the play and defense go in four spades after West leads the diamond king?

South has four losers: three hearts and one diamond. (West cannot have the ace and king of hearts, because his opening lead would have been the heart ace, not the diamond king.) But South has 10 potential tricks: five spades, two diamonds and three clubs. His best play is to take the first trick and immediately to lead back his diamond jack. To defeat the contract, West must win with his queen and shift to a heart. But how will he know that is right instead of a club switch?

At trick one, East plays his diamond two, discouraging.

But on the second round, he can play the seven or four.

Wanting a heart shift, he drops the seven, the higher card asking for the higher-ranking of the other two side suits. Now West knows exactly what to do.

If you have only low trumps, you can also use those to send suit-preference signals.

In this deal, if South immediately draws trumps, East can play eight-six-three-two, always the highest calling for a heart.

The snag with these signals is that you and your partner have to watch the cards very carefully. But if you do, you will defeat more contracts.

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Arlo & Janis

Garfield

Big Nate

Get Fuzzy is on vacation. Please enjoy this comic from Feb. 16, 2010.

Crankshaft

The Pajama Diaries

Stone Soup

Pearls Before Swine

Dilbert

Rose Is Rose

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COMICS | Kane County Chronicle / KCChronicle.com • Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Real Life Adventures The Argyle Sweater

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Blondie

The Born Loser

Tuesday February 26, 2013

“My Favorite Super Hero!!!”

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY - GENEVA, ILLINOIS PNC MORTGAGE, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PLAINTIFF VS BRENT D. WENBERG; JENNIFER L. WENBERG; THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK OF DEKALB COUNTY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; DEFENDANTS 10 CH 02694 394 MEADOW VIEW BURLINGTON, IL 60109 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS

HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered by said Court in the above entitled cause on September 3, 2010, KANE COUNTY SHERIFF in KANE County, Illinois, will on April 4, 2013, in Room JC 100, Kane County Judicial Center, 37W777 Route 38, St. Charles, IL 60175, at 9:00 AM, sell at public auction and sale to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate mentioned in said Judgment, situated in the County of KANE, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment: TAX NO. 04-09-252-003 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 394 MEADOW VIEW BURLINGTON, IL 60109 Description of Improvements: RED BRICK TWO STORY SINGLE FAMILY HOME THREE CAR ATTACHED GARAGE The Judgment amount was $409,082.91. Sale Terms: This is an "AS IS" sale for "CASH".

The successful bidder must deposit 25% down by certified funds; balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate, water bills, etc., and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only - Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No. (312) 372-2060. Please refer to file #PA1012391 Plaintiff's attorney is not required to provide additional information other than that t forth in this tice of le

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COUNTY, ILLINOIS 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Find. Buy. Sell.

All in one place... HERE! PUBLIC NOTICE STANDARD BANK AND TRUST Everyday in Kane County Chronicle Classified IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COMPANY, AN ILLINOIS BANKING CORPORATION, SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Plaintiff, PUBLIC NOTICE KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS vs.

STANDARD BANK AND TRUST 10-033491 SHERIFF'S NO: 12 SCH 5199 COMPANY, as Trustee U/T/A/D OcIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE tober 24, 2006 a/k/a/t #19672, 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT STATE BANK OF ILLINOIS, an Illi- HUNTLEY INVESTMENTS, L.L.C., KANE COUNTY, GENEVA, ILLINOIS nois Bank Association PLOTE CONSTRUCTION, INC., REJPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NAPlaintiff, GENCY SQUARE ASSOCIATION, TIONAL ASSOCIATION vs.

PAUL DUGGAN, ROBERT RACIC, PLAINTIFF, CASIANO GARNICIA LARA, MARTIN UNKNOWN OWNERS, and NON-vsLARA, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND RECORD CLAIMANTS, KEVIN J. WINTERROTH; JPMOR- NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

GAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASDefendants.

SOCIATION, AS ASSIGNEE OF FEDCase No. 12 CH 1800 ERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORGen. No. 12 CH 1710 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PORATION AS RECEIVER FOR NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK F/K/A FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE is hereby given that purWASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA; suant to a Judgment of Foreclosure JULIE C. WINTERROTH; NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that and Sale entered in the above DEFENDANTS pursuant to a Judgment for Fore- cause on February 7, 2013, 10 CH 1817 closure herein entered, the Sheriff of Patrick B. Perez, Sheriff of Kane NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Kane County, Illinois, or his deputy, County, Illinois will on March 21, Public Notice is hereby given will on April 4, 2013, at the hour 2013, at 9:00 a.m. in room that pursuant to a Judgment en- of 9:00 p.m. at the Kane County JC100 of the Kane County Judicial tered in the above entitled matter Judicial Center, Room 100, Center, 37 W 777 Rt. 38, St. on July 13, 2012; Patrick Perez, 37W777 Rt. 39, St. Charles, Illi- Charles, IL , sell at public auction Sheriff, 37W755 Il. Rt.38 Ste. A, St nois sell at public auction to the the following described premises Charles, IL 60175, will on March highest and best bidder, property and real estate mentioned in said 21, 2013 at 9:00 AM, at Kane legally described as follows: Judgment: County Judicial Center, 37W755 Route 38, St. Charles, Illinois Parcel One: That part of Lots 1, PIN: 02-05-251-005 60175 Courtroom JC100, sell to 2 and 4 of L.M. Kelley's Subdivithe highest bidder for cash (ten per- sion of part of Lot 14 of Wm. C. Common address or location of cent (10%) at the time of sale and Kimball's Addition to Elgin, de- mortgaged premises: 12555 Farm the balance within twenty-four (24) scribed as follows: beginning at a Hill Drive, hours, the following described point in the Easterly line of Lot 1 Huntley, IL 60142 premises situated in Kane County, aforesaid 93 1/2 feet Northerly Illinois. from the Southeast corner of Said Improvements are: Land is imSaid sale shall be subject to gen- Lot 1, thence Northerly along the proved with a one-story commereral taxes, special assessments or Easterly line of Lot 1 and 4 afore- cial office building. special taxes levied against said said 44 feet, thence Westerly in a real estate and any prior liens or straight line 120 1/4 feet to the The Judgment amount was 1st Mortgages. The subject property Northwest Corner of said Lot 2, $3,468,768.79 is offered for sale without any repre- thence Southerly along the Westerly sentation as to quality or quantity line of said Lot 26 1/2 feet, thence Sale shall be under the following of title or recourse to Plaintiff.

Easterly parallel with the Northerly terms: The successful bidder must Upon the sale being held and lien of Lots 1 and 2 to the point of deposit 10% down by certified the purchaser tendering said bid in beginning, in the City of Elgin, funds; balance, by certified funds, cash or certified funds, a receipt of Kane County, Illinois. within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. Sale will be issued and/or a Certificate of Sale as required, which will Common Address: 88 S. Crystal The subject property is subject to entitle the purchaser to a deed St., Elgin, IL 60123 general real estate taxes, special upon confirmation of said sale by PIN: 06-14-410-020 assessments or special taxes levied, the Court. against said real estate, water bills, Said property is legally described This property is commonly etc., and any prior mortgages of as follows: known as 88 S. Crystal St., Elgin, record and is offered for sale withCommonly known as 15N291 IL 60123, and is residential prop- out any representation as to quality Reinking Road, Hampshire, IL erty. or quantity of title and without re60140 course to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" Permanent Index No.: 02-28Terms of Sale: This real estate is condition. The sale is further sub327-002; 02-28-401-002 being sold in an "As Is condition" ject to confirmation by the court.

Improvements: for cash, 10% down by certified Residential funds, balance within 24 hours by If the sale is set aside for any Structure UNKNOWN certified funds. No refunds. reason, the Purchaser at the sale Units UNKNOWN shall be entitled only to a return of Bedrooms UNKNOWN For information regarding this real the deposit paid. The Purchaser Garage UNKNOWN estate, interested parties may con- shall have no further recourse Bathrooms UNKNOWN tact: against the Mortgagor, the MortOther UNKNOWN gagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

The property will NOT be open Mr. Jeff Pedersen for inspection prior to the sale.

Vice President Upon payment in full of the The judgment amount was Commercial Lending amount bid, the Purchaser will re$441,677.41. Prospective pur- State Bank of Illinois ceive a Certificate of Sale that will chasers are admonished to check 11100 Front Street entitle the Purchaser to a deed to the court file and title records to ver- Mokena, IL 60448 the real estate after confirmation of ify this information.

Direct: 708.482.2929 the sale.

Jonathan Kaman Main: 708.479.2185 Fisher and Shapiro, LLC The property will NOT be open Attorneys for Plaintiff Dated: February 26, 2013 for inspection and Plaintiff makes 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 no representation as to the condiBannockburn, IL 60015 /s/ Patrick B. Perez tion of the property. Prospective Attorney No: 6307894 By: SHERIFF OF KANE COUNTY, bidders are admonished to check THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLILLINOIS the court file to verify all informaLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMAtion.

TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED Attorney for State Bank of Illinois: FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE For information, contact JAMES ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL Mark Schuster, #2519089 B CARROLL & ASSOCIATES, PlainLIABILITY FOR THIS DEBT HAS Bazos, Freeman, Kramer, Schuster tiff's Attorneys, 7800 W. 95th St., BEEN EXTINGUISHED BY A DIS- & Braithwaite, LLC #2E, Hickory Hills, IL 60457. Tel CHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BY 1250 Larkin Avenue #100 No. 708.430.1300.

AN ORDER GRANTING IN REM RE- Elgin, Illinois 60123 LIEF FROM STAY, THIS NOTICE IS (847) 742-8800 (Published in the Kane County PROVIDED SOLELY TO FORECLOSE Chronicle, February 26, March 5 & THE MORTGAGE REMAINING ON (Published in the Kane County 12, 2013.)

YOUR PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN Chronicle, February 26, 5 & 12, ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DIS- 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY - GENEVA, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PLAINTIFF VS JUSTIN T. HURLEY; TIMOTHY J. HURLEY A/K/A TIMOTHY JAMES HURLEY; GINA M. HURLEY A/K/A GINA M. MAHRLEY; CAMBRIDGE LAKES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; DEFENDANTS 12 CH 2505 1198 CAPE COD LANE PINGREE GROVE, IL 60140 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered by said Court in the above entitled cause on October 31, 2012, KANE COUNTY SHERIFF in KANE County, Illinois, will on April 4, 2013, in Room JC 100, Kane County Judicial Center, 37W777 Route 38, St. Charles, IL 60175, at 9:00 AM, sell at public auction and sale to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate mentioned in said Judgment, situated in the County of KANE, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment: TAX NO. 02-29-353-012 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1198 CAPE COD LANE PINGREE GROVE, IL 60140 Description of Improvements: TWO STORY CONDO WITH ATTACHED GARAGE The Judgment amount was $215,678.49. Sale Terms: This is an "AS IS" sale for "CASH". The successful bidder must deposit 25% down by certified funds; balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate, water bills, etc., and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only - Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No. (312) 372-2060. Please refer to file #PA1212286 Plaintiff's attorney is not required to provide additional information other than that

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PNC MORTGAGE, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PLAINTIFF VS BRENT D. WENBERG; JENNIFER L. WENBERG; THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK OF DEKALB COUNTY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; DEFENDANTS 10 CH 02694 394 MEADOW VIEW BURLINGTON, IL 60109 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered by said Court in the above entitled cause on September 3, 2010, KANE COUNTY SHERIFF in KANE County, Illinois, will on April 4, 2013, in Room JC 100, Kane County Judicial Center, 37W777 Route 38, St. Charles, IL 60175, at 9:00 AM, sell at public auction and sale to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate mentioned in said Judgment, situated in the County of KANE, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment: LOT 37 IN BURLINGTON MEADOWS SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 6, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT RECORDED JANUARY 14, 1998 AS DOCUMENT 98K003447 AND CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION RECORDED APRIL 23, 1999 AS DOCUMENT 99K041413, IN THE VILLAGE OF BURLINGTON, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. TAX NO. 04-09-252-003 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 394 MEADOW VIEW BURLINGTON, IL 60109 Description of Improvements: RED BRICK TWO STORY SINGLE FAMILY HOME THREE CAR ATTACHED GARAGE The Judgment amount $4

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dgm was $409,082.91. Sale Terms: This is an "AS IS" sale for "CASH".

The successful bidder must deposit 25% down by certified funds; balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate, water bills, etc., and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only - Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No. (312) 372-2060. Please refer to file #PA1012391 Plaintiff's attorney is not required to provide additional information other than that set forth in this notice of sale.

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Page 6 • Tuesday, February 26, 2013 WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA; JULIE C. WINTERROTH; DEFENDANTS 10 CH 1817 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Public Notice is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment entered in the above entitled matter on July 13, 2012; Patrick Perez, Sheriff, 37W755 Il. Rt.38 Ste. A, St Charles, IL 60175, will on March 21, 2013 at 9:00 AM, at Kane County Judicial Center, 37W755 Route 38, St. Charles, Illinois 60175 Courtroom JC100, sell to the highest bidder for cash (ten percent (10%) at the time of sale and the balance within twenty-four (24) hours, the following described premises situated in Kane County, Illinois.

Said sale shall be subject to general taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and any prior liens or 1st Mortgages. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title or recourse to Plaintiff.

Upon the sale being held and the purchaser tendering said bid in cash or certified funds, a receipt of Sale will be issued and/or a Certificate of Sale as required, which will entitle the purchaser to a deed upon confirmation of said sale by the Court.

Said property is legally described as follows: LOT 13 IN REINKING WOODS SUBDIVISION UNIT 1 IN THE TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 15N291

y Reinking Road, Hampshire, IL 60140 Permanent Index No.: 02-28327-002; 02-28-401-002 Improvements: Residential Structure UNKNOWN Units UNKNOWN Bedrooms UNKNOWN Garage UNKNOWN Bathrooms UNKNOWN Other UNKNOWN The property will NOT be open for inspection prior to the sale.

The judgment amount was $441,677.41. Prospective purchasers are admonished to check the court file and title records to verify this information.

Jonathan Kaman Fisher and Shapiro, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 Attorney No: 6307894 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THIS DEBT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED BY A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BY AN ORDER GRANTING IN REM RELIEF FROM STAY, THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED SOLELY TO FORECLOSE THE MORTGAGE REMAINING ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DISCHARGED PERSONAL OBLIGATION

gi CHARGED PERSONAL OBLIGATION. scribed as follows: beginning at a point in the Easterly line of Lot 1 I510507 aforesaid 93 1/2 feet Northerly (Published in the Kane County from the Southeast corner of Said Chronicle, February 19, 26 & Lot 1, thence Northerly along the Easterly line of Lot 1 and 4 aforeMarch 5, 2013.) said 44 feet, thence Westerly in a straight line 120 1/4 feet to the PUBLIC NOTICE Northwest Corner of said Lot 2, thence Southerly along the Westerly IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE line of said Lot 26 1/2 feet, thence SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Easterly parallel with the Northerly KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS lien of Lots 1 and 2 to the point of beginning, in the City of Elgin, SHERIFF'S NO: 12 SCH 5199 Kane County, Illinois.

STATE BANK OF ILLINOIS, an Illinois Bank Association Plaintiff, vs.

CASIANO GARNICIA LARA, MARTIN LARA, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

Gen. No. 12 CH 1710 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment for Foreclosure herein entered, the Sheriff of Kane County, Illinois, or his deputy, will on April 4, 2013, at the hour of 9:00 p.m. at the Kane County Judicial Center, Room 100, 37W777 Rt. 39, St. Charles, Illinois sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, property legally described as follows:

Parcel Two: The Northerly 16 feet of the Southerly 93.5 feet of Lot 1 and the Northerly 16 feet of the Southerly 93.5 feet of the Easterly 6.5 feet of Lot 2 of L.M. Kelley's Subdivision of part of Lot 14 of Wm. C. Kimball's Addition to Elgin, in the City of Elgin, Kane County, Illinois.

Common Address: 88 S. Crystal St., Elgin, IL 60123 PIN: 06-14-410-020 This property is commonly known as 88 S. Crystal St., Elgin, IL 60123, and is residential property.

Terms of Sale: This real estate is being sold in an "As Is condition" for cash, 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours by certified funds. No refunds.

Parcel One: That part of Lots 1, For information regarding this real 2 and 4 of L.M. Kelley's Subdivi- estate, interested parties may consion of part of Lot 14 of Wm. C. tact: Kimball's Addition to Elgin, deMr. Jeff Pedersen Vice President - Commercial Lending State Bank of Illinois 11100 Front Street Imagine A Pair of Glasses hat Can Help You See Better!

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udgm public the following described premises $3,468,768.79 /s/ Patrick B. Perez and real estate mentioned in said The property will NOT be open By: SHERIFF OF KANE COUNTY, Judgment: Sale shall be under the following for inspection and Plaintiff makes ILLINOIS terms: The successful bidder must no representation as to the condiLOT 14 IN REGENCY SQUARE deposit 10% down by certified tion of the property. Prospective Attorney for State Bank of Illinois: SUBDIVISION UNIT 1, RUTLAND funds; balance, by certified funds, bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all informaTOWNSHIP, BEING A SUBDIVISION within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. Mark Schuster, #2519089 tion.

OF PART OF THE SOUTH HALF OF Bazos, Freeman, Kramer, Schuster THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF The subject property is subject to & Braithwaite, LLC SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 42 general real estate taxes, special For information, contact JAMES 1250 Larkin Avenue #100 NORTH, RANGE 7, EAST OF THE assessments or special taxes levied, B CARROLL & ASSOCIATES, PlainElgin, Illinois 60123 THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AC- against said real estate, water bills, tiff's Attorneys, 7800 W. 95th St., (847) 742-8800 CORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF etc., and any prior mortgages of #2E, Hickory Hills, IL 60457. Tel RECORDED NOVEMBER 3, 1999 record and is offered for sale with- No. 708.430.1300.

(Published in the Kane County AS DOCUMENTS NO out any representation as to quality Chronicle, February 26, 5 & 12, 1999K105109, AND AS COR- or quantity of title and without re- (Published in the Kane County 2013.)

RECTED BY THE CERTIFICATE OF course to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" Chronicle, February 26, March 5 & CORRECTION RECORDED ON DE- condition. The sale is further sub- 12, 2013.)

CEMBER 6, 1999 AS DOCUMENT ject to confirmation by the court.

PUBLIC NOTICE 1999K115262 IN KANE COUNTY, PUBLIC NOTICE If the sale is set aside for any ILLINOIS. 53372 reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE PIN: 02-05-251-005 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF KANE the deposit paid. The Purchaser 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS Common address or location of shall have no further recourse COUNTY - GENEVA, ILLINOIS 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT mortgaged premises: 12555 Farm against the Mortgagor, the Mort- JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NAHill Drive, gagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. TIONAL ASSOCIATION STANDARD BANK AND TRUST Huntley, IL 60142 PLAINTIFF COMPANY, AN ILLINOIS BANKING VS Upon payment in full of the CORPORATION, JUSTIN T. HURLEY; TIMOTHY J. Improvements are: Land is im- amount bid, the Purchaser will rePlaintiff, proved with a one-story commer- ceive a Certificate of Sale that will HURLEY A/K/A TIMOTHY JAMES vs. entitle the Purchaser to a deed to HURLEY; GINA M. HURLEY A/K/A cial office building.

STANDARD BANK AND TRUST the real estate after confirmation of GINA M. MAHRLEY; CAMBRIDGE COMPANY, as Trustee U/T/A/D Oc- The Judgment amount was the sale.

LAKES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION; tober 24, 2006 a/k/a/t #19672, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON HUNTLEY INVESTMENTS, L.L.C., PLOTE CONSTRUCTION, INC., REGENCY SQUARE ASSOCIATION, PAUL DUGGAN, ROBERT RACIC, ����� ����������� ��� �� ��������� �ÿ ���� ����� UNKNOWN OWNERS, and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

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(6 ) DuPage # 15170 Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-12-08877 (Published in the Kane County NOTE: This law firm is deemed to Chronicle, February 19, 26 & be a debt collector.

I511882 March 5, 2013.) set forth in this notice of sale.

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A ONE TIME Pre-Proposal Meeting will be held on Thursday, March 14, 2013, at 10 a.m. at the Kane County Government Center, Bldg. C (KaneComm), 719 S. Batavia Ave., Geneva, IL 60134.

Proposals are due in the Kane County Purchasing Department by 2 p.m., April 5, 2013, when they will be publicly opened.

Christopher Rossman County Purchasing Director (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, February 26, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY - GENEVA, ILLINOIS Nationstar Mortgage LLC PLAINTIFF Vs. Oksana Chura; Mariya Chura; Rostislav Chura a/k/a Rosti Chura; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; Bank of America, NA successor by merger to Countrywide Bank, FSB f/k/a Countrywide Bank, N.A. DEFENDANTS 13 CH 176 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Mariya Chura, Rostislav Chura a/k/a Rosti Chura, Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants, That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: LOT 30 IN HIGH ACRES SUBDIVISION UNIT 1, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN THE VILLAGE OF WEST DUNDEE, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1454 Walnut Drive, West Dundee, IL 60118 and which said Mortgage was made by: Oksana Chura, Mariya Chura, the Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for AmTrust Bank, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Kane County, Illinois, as Document No. 2008K068913; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Deborah Seyller P.O. Box 112 Geneva, IL 60134 on or before March 28, 2013, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300

Address: 12690 Crestview Drive, Huntley, IL 60142 Date & Place of Death: January 6, 2013; Park Ridge, IL

Case No. 13 P 83 PUBLICATION NOTICE (Published in the Kane County INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION Chronicle, February 26, March 5 & TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS 12, 2013.)

1. Notice is hereby given of the PUBLIC NOTICE death of Donald L. Wiedemann who died on January 6, 2013, a IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE resident of Huntley, Illinois.

2. The Representative for the esSIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT tate is: John J. Wiedemann.

KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS 3. The name and address of the attorney for the estate is: David J. 13 MR 163 Wolf, 127 E. Colhoun Street, NOTICE OF PUBLICATION Woodstock, IL 60098.

REGARDING NAME CHANGE 4. Claims against the estate may Public notice is hereby given that be filed on or before August 26, 2013.

Claims against the estate on April 17, 2013, in Courtroom No. 110, of the Kane County may be filed with the Clerk of the Courthouse, 100 South Third, Circuit Court, P.O. Box 112, GeneGeneva, Illinois, at the hour of 9:00 va, IL 60134-112, with the RepreA.M. or as soon thereafter as this sentative or both. Any claim not matter may heard, a Petition will be filed within that period is barred. heard in said Courtroom for the Copies of a claim filed with the change of name of JESSICA ROSE Clerk must be mailed or delivered LEIBOW to JESSICA ROSE ADAMS to the Representative and to the atpursuant to 735 ILCS 5/21-101 et torney within 10 days after it has been filed. seq.

5. The estate will be administratDated February 08, 2013 at ed without Court supervision unless an interested party terminates indeGeneva, Illinois. pendent supervision administration /s/ J. Leibow by filing a petition to terminate unPetitioner der Article XXVIII 5/28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4).

(Published in the Kane County /s/ John J. Wiedemann Chronicle, February 12, 19 & 26, Executor 2013.)

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

(Published in the Kane County Chronicle, February 26, March 5 & 12, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE OF: CLAUDE R. WOLFE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Address: 234 S. Jackson St. KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS Date of Death: December 28, 2012 In the Matter of the Estate: Place of Death: Geneva Nursing & STANLEY E BROWN Rehab. Center, Geneva, IL 60134 15 Alameda Dr., Carpentersville, IL 60110 Case No. 13 P 68 Date and Place of Death: January SUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION 21, 2013, Carpentersville, IL PUBLICATION NOTICE Case No. 13 P 87 TO: CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS PUBLICATION NOTICE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION 1. Notice is hereby given of the TO CREDITORS, CLAIMANTS, death of Claude R. Wolfe who died UNKNOWN HEIRS & LEGATEES on December 28, 2012, a resident 1. Notice is hereby given of the of Batavia, Illinois and temporarily death of Stanley E Brown who died residing at Geneva Nursing & Re- on January 21, 2013 a resident of hab. Center, Geneva, Illinois Carpentersville, Kane County, Illi2. The name and address of the nois.

Representative of the estate is: 2. The Representative for the esClaudia A. Wendt, 445 Church St., tate is: Thomas E Brown, 251 N Batavia, IL 60510.

Main St., Lombard, IL 60148.

3. The Attorney for the estate: At- 3. The Attorney for the estate is: ty. Cathy L. Searl, 150 Houston James M Kiss, LTD, PC, 96 N Street, PO Box 490, Batavia, IL Kennedy Dr, Carpentersville, IL 60510.

60110.

4. Claims may be filed on or be- 4. Claims against the estate may fore August 23, 2013. Claims be filed on or before August 26, against the estate may be filed with 2013. Claims against the estate the Clerk of the Circuit Court, P.O. may be filed with the Clerk of the Box 112, Geneva, IL 60134, with Circuit Court, P.O. Box 112, Genethe Representative or both. Any va, IL 60134-112, with the Repreclaim not filed within that period is sentative or both. Any claim not barred. Copies of a claim filed with filed within that period is barred. the Clerk must be mailed or deliv- Copies of a claim filed with the ered to the Representative and to Clerk must be mailed or delivered the attorney within 10 days after it to the Representative and to the athas been filed. torney within 10 days after it has been filed. /s/ Cathy L. Searl 5. On February 20, 2013 an OrAttorney for Executor der Admitting the Will to Probate was entered.

(Published in the Kane County 6. Within forty-two (42) days afChronicle, February 19, 26 & ter the effective date of the original March 5, 2013.)

Order Admitting the Will to Probate, you may file a petition with the PUBLIC NOTICE Court to require proof of the validity of the Will by testimony or witnessIN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE es to the Will in open Court, or othSIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT er evidence, as provided in Article KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS VI 5/6-21 (755 ILCS 5/6/21).

7. Within six (6) months after In the Matter of the Estate of: the effective date of the original OrDONALD L. WIEDEMANN der Admit-ting the Will to Probate,

g you may file a petition with the Court to contest the validity of the Will as provided under Article VIII 5/8-1 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/8-1).

8. The estate will be administered without Court supervision unless an interested party terminates independent supervision administration by filing a petition to terminate under Article XXVIII 5/28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/284). /s/ Raymond R Geimer Attorney (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, February 26, March 5 & 12, 2013.)

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815/459-7100 or 847/658-9050

409 Skokie Valley Hwy • Lake Bluff, IL

CRYSTAL LAKE JEEP

847/683-2424

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

PAULY SCION

www.antiochfivestar.com

206 S. State Street • Hampshire, IL

AUTO GROUP - GARY LANG CADILLAC

www.knauznorth.com

1035 S. Rt. 31, One Mile South of Rt. 14 Crystal Lake, IL

1611 East Main Street • St. Charles, IL

888/794-5502

FENZEL MOTOR SALES

847-235-3800

847/628-6000

ST. CHARLES CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP

630/584-1800

www.antiochfivestar.com

888/800-6100

2950 N. Skokie Hwy • North Chicago, IL

1320 East Chicago Street The Mazda Machine on Rt. 19, Elgin, IL

MERCEDES-BENZ OF ST. CHARLES

www.zimmermanford.com

KNAUZ NORTH

BIGGERS MAZDA

800-628-6087

800-628-6087

5404 S. Rt. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

www.andersoncars.com

2525 E. Main Street St. Charles, IL 60174

105 Rt. 173 Antioch, IL

CRYSTAL LAKE CHRYSLER

www.motorwerks.com

ANDERSON MAZDA

www.libertyautoplaza.com

847-855-1500 www.Gurnee V W.com

920 S. Milwaukee Ave. • Libertyville, IL

375 Skokie Valley Hwy • Lake Bluff, IL

www.knauzlandrover.com

6301 Grand Avenue • Gurnee, IL

LIBERTY VOLKSWAGEN

Land Rover Lake Bluff 847-604-8100

GURNEE VOLKSWAGEN

MOTOR WERKS PORCHE

847-680-8000 www.libertyautoplaza.com

Barrington & Dundee Rds., Barrington, IL

815-459-4000

River Rd & Oakton, • Des Plaines, IL

800/935-5913

www.martin-chevy.com

888-553-9036

www.motorwerks.com

www.oharehyundai.com

RAY CHEVROLET

CALL FOR THE LOWEST PRICES IN CHICAGOLAND

847/587-3300

BULL VALLEY FORD/ MERCURY

www.raychevrolet.com

1460 S. Eastwood Dr. • Woodstock, IL

771 S. Randall Rd. • Algonquin, IL

800/407-0223

866/469-0114

www.bullvalleyford.com

www.rosenrosenrosen.com

39 N. Rte. 12 • Fox Lake, IL

ROSEN HYUNDAI

BUSS FORD LINCOLN MERCURY 111 S. Rte 31 • McHenry, IL

815/385-2000

BARRINGTON VOLVO MOTOR WERKS SAAB

200 N. Cook Street • Barrington, IL

800/935-5393 www.motorwerks.com

300 N. Hough (Rt. 59) • Barrington, IL

847/381-9400

Kane County Chronicle / KCChronicle.com • Tuesday, February 26, 2013

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Discount Tire & Service Great values on tires for everything from family weekends to outdoor adventures.

Where Fairness, Courtesy and Service Prevail!

Cooling System Flush Cooling System & Radiator Flush

$

00

60

Filter & Oil Change

$

Expires 2-28-13. On most vehicles. Must present coupon at time of service.

FREE SYSTEM CHECK

Expires 2-28-13. On most vehicles. Must present coupon at time of service.

$

00

109

OFF

Any Synthetic Oil Change

Brake Service

$

00 $

20

OFF

2-wheel job

50

00 OFF

4-wheel job

4-Wheel Alignment

$

95 OR $

59

25

00

with 4 tire purchase

Replace up to 8 quarts of fluid.

• Check system for worn parts • Set Cambers, Casters & Toe in • Alignment analysis printout to manufacturer’s specs CALL FOR APPOINTMENT

Expires 2-28-13. On most vehicles. Must present coupon at time of service.

Expires 2-28-13. On most vehicles. Must present coupon at time of service.

Mon-Fri 7:00am - 5:00pm Sat 7:00am - Noon Closed Sun.

SAVE BIG ON TIRES!

$

1000 OFF

Any 2-tire purchase

Expires 2-28-13. On most vehicles. Must present coupon at time of service.

Transmission Fluid Flush Automatic Transmission Fluid Flush

8

NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY Expires 2-28-13. On most vehicles. Must present coupon at time of service.

Check Engine Light We can tell you what your vehicle needs.

$ 00

OR

• Change oil • Change oil filter (up to 5 qts. 5W-30) • Check all fluid levels •Lubricate fittings

• Drain & flush vehicles cooling system refill • We use DEX-COOL extended life coolant

Check Engine Light On

1980

430 S. 2nd Street • St. Charles

630.584.1277

$

2500 OFF

Any 4-tire purchase

Any new tire installed.

Not valid with other promotions.

Expires 2-28-13.

Must present coupon at time of service.