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Being new to Barrington Suburban Life this past summer, I didn’t have much time to become involved in Relay for Life of Barrington. This year, I’m looking to change that.

Barrington-area Relay for Life supporters met Thursday to celebrate the start of another great year of fundraising for the American Cancer Society. Event Chair Eleanor McDonnell said that last year 72 cents of every donated dollar went back to each supporting community to help those in need of cancer research funds.

This year, the American Cancer Society is looking to raise that number to 80 cents per dollar. “That is one of the highest levels of return to the local communities of any nonprofit organization locally and nationally that I am aware of,� McDonnell said.

Over $322,000 was raised by Barrington-area Relay for Life supporters in 2013, ranking Barrington as second in the state of Illinois in terms of communal fundraising for the American Cancer Society and its quest for a cure. In the past three years, over $1 million has been raised.

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Local stars have helped to raise more than $1 million in three years to fund cancer cure research. Barrington supporters launched their Relay for Life 2014 fundraising campaign Friday.

REPORTER’S NOTE Tarah Thorne McDonnell said half of men are affected by cancer in their lifetime, as well as one in three women. “Starting this year, two out of every three people diagnosed with cancer will be

a survivor,� McDonnell said. “We will not stop until everyone diagnosed with cancer is a survivor.�

This year’s Relay for Life of Barrington will be at 6 p.m. June 6 at Barrington High School. Please join me in becoming involved.

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Melissa Palmer poses with (from left) Anthony Savino, orthopedic physician with Midwest Bone & Joint Institute; Edwin Fajardo, physical therapist with Advocate; nurse Donna Pacholski; husband Shawn Palmer; Dr. Richard McDonough; and Azmey Matarieh, cardiologist with Advocate.

Team of doctors, family help Barrington mom battle rare disease

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So the energetic Barrington mother of five visited Dr. Richard McDonough, her primary care physician of 27 years. After a series of tests, McDonough diagnosed Palmer with late-onset Pompe disease.

Pompe disease is a rare, inherited disorder that disables the heart and skeletal muscles. When it is diagnosed later in life, the primary symptom is muscle weakness.

“It was very unlike her to be weak and unable to do things,” McDonough said of Palmer, which led him to begin tests.

McDonough said the adult form, or late-onset Pompe disease, is rare, affecting

about one in 57,000 people.

To put its rarity in perspective, based on the population of the Barrington-area, Palmer could be the only person in the 60010 zip code with the disease.

“This is probably the only time in my career I’ll see this illness,” McDonough said.

For the first two years after she was diagnosed, Palmer would travel from Barrington to Children’s Hospital (now Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital) in Chicago for infusions to treat the disease, as it was one of the few facilities certified to provide such a treatment.

Palmer said following her diagnosis, her life changed immediately because of her symptoms. However, her infusions have made her stronger and less fatigued, and she no longer gets out of breath simply walking up the stairs.

Once McDonough got the proper certifications, Palmer was able to move her treatments much closer to home at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital.

Palmer is dedicated to her treatments and receives them faithfully every two weeks.

Her husband, Shawn Palmer, said it saved the family a lot of time and has been a great relief for his wife to get her treatments closer to home.

Each treatment keeps Palmer at the hospital for about six hours.

Although it’s a long day, Palmer said her oldest daughter, Taylor, 17, often visits with her in the hospital when she finishes her day at Barrington High School. The couple also are parents to Max, 14, Charles, 7, Sarah, 5, and Katie, 3.

McDonough said as long as Palmer continues to get

her infusions as scheduled, her life expectancy is normal. Her team of doctors monitors for reactions to the infusions, respiratory and heart issues.

Never one to let her disease hold her back, Palmer still attends as many of her children’s events and activities as possible.

“My kids and my husband are my motivation in life,” Palmer said. “If I didn’t have them, I wouldn’t be able to function.”

Palmer has quite the team at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital. In addition to McDonough, she is treated by Anthony Savino, an orthopedic physician with Midwest Bone & Joint Institute, Azmey Matarieh, a cardiologist with Advocate, Edwin Fajardo, a physical therapist with Advocate, and Nurse Donna Pacholski, who has known

Palmer for 17 years.

“A lot of people with these diseases don’t want to admit they can’t do everything, and Melissa tries to do everything,” Pacholski said.

Described by her team of physicians as strong-willed, determined and independent, it is no surprise Palmer has set some serious goals for herself.

“My goal is to be walking at my (3-year-old) daughter Katie’s wedding,” Palmer said.

Palmer said McDonough “saved her life” by catching the disease and beginning treatment right away.

Her medical team is in agreement that if Palmer continues with her treatments and maintains a regular exercise routine as determined by her doctors, she should be walking at Katie’s future wedding.

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Mental health resources

DR. SHALINI VARMA PSYCHIATRIST, SPEAKER

One in four adults in the United States lives with mental illness, according to the National Alliance of Mental Illness.

Dr. Shalini Varma is an expert speaker for the National Alliance on Mental Illness in Lake County and a board certified psychiatrist of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She educates families on depression, medications and mental illness.

Varma meets with clients at offices in Vernon Hills and Kenosha, Wis. She talked with Lake County News Editor Cassandra Dowell about the importance of using mental health resources.

How long have you been practicing?

I have been practicing here [in Kenosha, Wis.] for about a year. Before this, I worked at Wheaton Franciscan and also Milwaukee County Health.

I am a very proactive physician. I help patients in crisis and in maintaining wellness.

What is the National Alliance on Mental Illness in Lake County?

The best thing about NAMI is that they are patient advocates, so they do not have any slant. Otherwise, they wouldn’t get extra funding from anybody else other than being patient advocates. They have a lot of resources in Lake County for patients to go to or for people who are just interested in mental health. Every month, I get a flyer from them that I forward to my patients about different things in the area and different events, including support group meetings. In addition to NAMI, [Alcoholics Anonymous] and [Narcotics Anonymous] are great groups that I encourage my patients to go to.

How do you identify mental illness?

Mental illness is any sort of behavior that affects you socially within your family

unit. It’s excessive to that point where it is affecting other things.

What are some of the causes of mental illness?

Definitely genetics, things that are nature versus nurture, and things that have happened to them, as well.

Whether it is a financial hit or trauma incident, being in a situation where you thought your life was in danger. Also, being able to develop the correct coping skills are key to [management]. Emotional regulation and stress tolerance are big things, because things are going to happen that are good and bad, and you have to be able to stay in that middle range.

What are some of the most common mental illnesses you see in Lake County?

I think the patient population I have been studying the most in Lake County has a lot of depression, especially due to the problems with the economy. Anxiety over getting a job, anxiety over keeping a job, dealing with difficult people at work and things like that. I really keep people trying to get work, but also happy so they are able to resolve conflicts appropriately. I’m seeing a lot of con-

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Dr. Shalini Varma sees patients in Vernon Hills and Kenosha, Wis. centration difficulties in the kid population, so attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, as well as anxiety. Some kids with ADD or ADHD have told me it feels like they are spinning their wheels, like they are trying, and they’re not getting anywhere. Children are also having a difficult time at school with so many pressures bombarding them.

What are the biggest challenges for those with these problems?

Recognizing that someone needs help and also obtaining that help. A lot of people have misconceptions about psychiatry. I offer therapy and medications, so I think that is a unique treatment in patient care. I decrease the number of extra people involved, but if someone already has a psychologist or therapist and sees them just for medication reductions, I then just communicate and collaborate very well with his or her psychologist, therapist or private health care provider. People don’t want to seek out psychiatric help. They are trying to get help through other ways, but when those things are exhausted, then they go to me and say, “Oh, I wished I had come earlier.”

People come to me and

they say, “Well, why can’t I get through this on my own?”

We really discuss everything with the medications, and one analogy I use is if you have diabetes. Would you say that just through diet and exercise – and if it is still not working enough and you are not getting your glucose down – would you just say, “I’ll will it down?” No, you wouldn’t.

You would need extra help like insulin.

I’d like to see more people getting help instead of hitting rock bottom first.

What are some signs someone should seek treatment?

Some of the biggest signs are if you are feeling depressed or if you are having any thoughts of harming yourself or other people; if you are not eating well and you are not on a diet; if you are not sleeping well and it is affecting your daily practices; you are feeling guilty about other things you did in the past or worrying too much about the future; if your concentration is not where it use to be and you are unable to finish tasks on time.

What can happen to someone who needs help but doesn’t reach out?

With severe mental illnesses, a few things can

happen. One is homelessness, not being able to hold a job. Another thing is severe social anxiety, where these people will socially isolate.

I always do a firearm screen for every patient – adult or child. You would be surprised how many people think their kid does not know where the gun is, and I ask where the bullets are, because it’s not just the gun.

It’s also the bullets. Many will be surprised that their kid knows where the bullets are and how to get them.

What are some ways those who are depressed regarding their economic situation can find help?

Right now the biggest thing is just a lack of open positions and jobs. I really encourage my patients to get a job and have structure. A lot of problems arrive from unstructured time, because that is when a lot of depression and anxiety get worse – when you are looking at mounting bills for your mortgage, for your house, your gas.

I actually use a lot of resources in the community, so I use NAMI, I use libraries’ resources a lot, as well, such as the Lake Villa District Library and the Warren-Newport Public Library in Gurnee. There are a lot of resources in there teaching people to use Excel, PowerPoint or how to get a job.

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The power of touch Barrington’s new Ayur-Jyoti offers massage, reflexology, chakra balancing

By STEPHANIE KOHL \[`kfi`Xc7cXb\ZflekpjlYliYXec`]\%Zfd BARRINGTON – When her daughter was involved in dance and gymnastics, Lake Barrington resident Jyoti Amin spent a good chunk of time massaging her legs, she said.

On one specific occasion, Amin’s daughter came home seeking a massage. Instead of just getting right to it, Amin turned down the lights, lit some candles and played some soft music.

“She said to me ‘Mom, this is so nice. You should do this,’ ” Amin said.

So, after spending years as a stay-at-home mom raising three children, Amin found herself going to school for massage therapy. She began in January 2011 and graduated in March 2012. In addition to studying massage therapy, Amin also studied reflexology and chakra balancing.

For about a year following graduation, she practiced out of her home. In April, Amin opened Ayur-Jyoti at 117 E. Northwest Highway in Barrington, using the slogan “Giving Light to Life.”

“I’m really excited,” Amin said. “I’d like to see it more flourishing. I’m a giver, and this is such a good way to give back because when I’m massaging the clients there’s good energy.

I feel when I give, I am receiving as well.”

Amin said massages are beneficial in winter. Gripping the steering wheel tightly causes muscles to tense up, she said.

Ayur-Jyoti offers Swedish massage, therapeutic massage, hands and feet massage, Indian head massage, reflexology and chakra cleansing.

Reflexology is a massage of the feet. Imagine a map on the feet showing which areas heal which parts of the body within the body.

“It’s a healing that happens within the body, so you’re not even aware something is happening,” Amin said, adding that as a mom, she always liked her

feet rubbed, which sparked her interest in reflexology.

As a yoga practitioner, Amin learned about chakra cleansing and how energy affects the seven major chakras in the body.

“By getting your chakras balanced, your outer life seems to fall in place,” Amin said.

Barrington resident Debra Fulscher has been getting massages from Amin since she was still a student.

“It’s really neat stuff, and you feel great afterward,” Fulscher said. “It really just cleanses your whole soul.

Fulscher said Amin quickly becomes a friend.

“It’s very soothing, and there’s something nurturing in it,” she said. “Afterward, you just feel like you’ve been cleansed inside. She’s really good. There’s a softness about her and a gentleness, and I just feel like she’s connecting in a way.”

When Amin isn’t working, she is volunteering at JourneyCare in Barrington doing massage therapy for hospice patients as well as their families.

“It’s a very stressful time they are going through,” Amin said. “The power of touch, I believe in. It’s so powerful. All that relief just comes through.”

Amin really believes in holistic care as opposed to taking medicines.

“I’ve seen clients that are very against taking [medicine] for aches and pains, and when they have the massage, they feel better,” she said.

Amin recommends getting a massage once a week or at least twice a month.

Ayur-Jyoti is available for appointments from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

For information, call 847-9241247 or visit www.ayur-jyoti. massagetherapy.com.

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Jyoti Amin gives a message at Ayur-Jyoti in Barrington.

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Barrington Hills resident and Barrington Noon Rotary Club Board Member Reese Mates has been involved with the worldwide organization for about six years.

ShelterBoxes are sponsored by service clubs, Rotary Clubs, school and church groups, businesses and individuals throughout the United States and around the world.

Each box contains survival items for families struck by disaster, including a tent for shelter, blankets, insulated ground sheets, items for water purification, a basic tool kit, a stove and toys for children, among other items. Boxes are delivered directly to families affected by disasters.

The cost to sponsor a box is $1,000, which includes all materials, packing, storage and distribution to individual recipients worldwide. The Barrington Noon Rotary Club aims to donate enough money for one or two boxes each year, and the Barrington High School Interact Club generally donates money for one box each year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think for any club, whenever you can help when thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a disaster around the world ... and everything is in one box to provide immediate relief, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fantastic,â&#x20AC;? said Jim Hawrysko, adviser to Interact club.

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Mates likes the fact that ShelterBox is run by volunteers and that all of the money raised is spent on the boxes.

Within the past few years, Mates also has helped create Young ShelterBox USA, which is now off and running. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It helps kids understand what kind of disasters there are and how to prepare,â&#x20AC;? Mates said.

The goal is to get children to take time to research disasters and pre-

pare emergency kits for their homes with items like blankets, water, medications, insurance information and more.

The kits should be updated every year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to have the kids be in charge,â&#x20AC;? Mates said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every parent that we talk to, they just love it.â&#x20AC;?

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preparing their own kits for disasters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think when Reese gets involved with something, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just so passionate about it,â&#x20AC;? Hawrysko said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing it for the right reasons. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing it to help people around the world.â&#x20AC;?

To contribute or volunteer, visit the Barrington Noon Rotary Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website at www.barringtonrotaryclub.org.

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By TARAH THORNE kk_fie\7j_Xnd\[`X%Zfd LAKE BARRINGTON – At the stroke of midnight Jan. 1, the Barrington Countryside Fire District officially began its operations independent of the village of Barrington – a step that took months of preparation.

District trustees met Monday evening to discuss the success the new fire force has seen in its nearly three-week run, as well as the district’s longterm agenda, such as building a third station, purchasing new vehicles and settling disputes with the village.

Foremost, Chief Jeff Swanson and trustees thanked the district’s personnel for their exceptional efforts.

“I could not be more pleased with our work in the last few

weeks,” Swanson said. “This is the culture we’ve created – a culture in which our officers can continue to deliver such excellence in service.”

Covering 48 square miles of portions of Barrington Hills, Lake Barrington, South Barrington, Inverness and unincorporated Cook, Lake and McHenry counties, the district opted out of its intergovernmental agreement with the village in the new year after becoming upset with denied requests for additional district staffing and equipment purchases.

Under the decades-long agreement, the village and district fire departments coowned all equipment, and firefighters for both agencies were employed by the village.

The village has now narrowed its coverage area to

five square miles, and its 19 laid off firefighters have been employed by the district’s contract service, Paramedic Services of Illinois.

Trustee Paul Heinze spoke in favor of the recent separation.

“Thank you (firefighters) for a grand beginning,” Heinze said. “I am so proud to be flying solo. What a difference this is.”

Despite a 43-square-mile difference in coverage area, the village and district firefighters have each responded to over 80 calls this month. Swanson said most district calls have been EMS related.

“We had a carbon monoxide call for an elderly woman with a faulty detector,” Swanson said. “Our team went above and beyond – shoveling her walk, removing her snow and purchasing a new detector. That set the bar for our new service.”

Swanson also spoke of a stranded motorist who was in

need of fuel. Swanson said district firefighters lent the driver a gallon of their own extra engine fuel.

“The attitude coming into the station these days is great,” said District President Tom Rowan.

When the district ended its village relationship, all shared equipment was appraised and distributed between the two parties.

Yet, trustees approved Monday the purchase of five new vehicles – a frontline engine, a Ford F-150 pick-up truck and three Ford Expeditions. The purchase was set not to exceed $539,000 in total.

Trustees said they will consider selling older vehicles or keeping them for back-up.

“We made a conscious decision to take older vehicles after the allocation with the village knowing we would be able to replace them in the future,” Rowan said.

As for a third station, Heinze said the building will

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Heinze said the district is considering four sites for land acquisition in the near future.

“We’ve organized and launched,” Heinze said.

“That was phase one. Now it’s time to see how great we can really get to be.”

The next regular district board meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Feb. 17 at district headquarters, 22222 N. Pepper Road, Lake Barrington.

A special meeting may be held later this month to review December billing from the village.

Trustee Tom Long said the “true up” billing process between the two entities is still underway, with dispute notices circulating as of Friday.

For information, visit www.bcfpd.org.

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By TARAH THORNE kk_fie\7j_Xnd\[`X%Zfd BARRINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A new electronic cigarette store, Vapor Works Custom Electronic Cigarettes, has opened in Barrington at 200 N. Hough St. Owner Mike Jacobsen said he decided to open this shop once he quit smoking after 32 years by using alternative electronic devices, and he hopes to help others do the same. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My lungs feel much better, and I no longer suffer from chronic bronchitis like I did when I smoked almost two packs a day,â&#x20AC;? Jacobsen said.

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Vapor Works Custom Electronic Cigarettes is celebrating its second month of operation at 200 N. Hough St., Barrington. $50 to $100 and lasts as long as a high-end carton of traditional cigarettes, according to Jacobsen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I understand there is a lot of controversy about these products,â&#x20AC;? Jacobsen said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The nicotine liquid (for electronic cigarettes) comes in a variety

of flavors and nicotine levels, including zero-nicotine, to help smokers wean off and eventually quit smoking altogether.â&#x20AC;?

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BARRINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201C; A North Carolina-based company, ShipTransportal. com, Inc., founded by Barrington High School alum Michael Osborne, was recently recognized as one of the Top 20 Most Promising Logistics Consultancy Companies of 2013 by CIO Review Magazine.

Osborneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s company specializes in transportation management solutions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; leveraging technology and best practices to help customers improve operational efficiencies and reduce freight costs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;ShipTransportal is committed to making it easy for shipping professionals and executives to

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For managers and logistics practitioners, the company brings transportation solutions to the web, such as online transportation optimization, rating tools and tracking notifications.

For executives, it delivers real-time reporting capabilities that highlight areas of strength and weakness compared to industry benchmarks.

ShipTransportal.com Inc. began in 2009. For more information, visit www. shiptransportal.com or call Michael Osborne at 704-8920531.

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By CHELSEA McDOUGALL ZdZ[fl^Xcc7j_Xnd\[`X%Zfd The first time he attacked her, Diane Kephart’s ex-boyfriend pinned her down, held a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her.

She managed to break free from the man.

Shaken and scared, the Vernon Hills woman obtained an order of protection and moved in with her parents in Antioch.

Just a month later, on March 15, Paul Neff ignored that court order and followed through with the threat he had made just one month earlier.

According to media reports, Neff, armed with a 6-inch, butcher-style knife, paced outside Kephart’s parents’ home. When she left for work, he attacked and killed

her as her parents slept. Neff, 57, of Mundelein, later killed himself.

Kephart, a mother and grandmother who was described as selfless and too good to see the bad in people, was one week away from turning 62.

As Kephart’s daughter, 27-year-old Jamie, learns to live in a world without her mother, she’s determined not to let Diane’s death be in vain, not to let her become another statistic.

Jamie Kephart is working with state Rep. Barbara Wheeler, R-Crystal Lake, on a new law that would change the criminal code to provide that judges, as a condition of bond, can place GPS monitoring devices on defendants charged with a slew of violent crimes. Those crimes include aggravated domestic battery,

which Neff was charged with after the knife incident with Diane Kephart.

Neff was charged in Lake County but posted 10 percent of his $50,000 bail and was released. A month later, Diane Kephart was killed in her parents’ driveway, which is in Wheeler’s district.

“We just think that had things been different, this [proposed law] could have possibly saved her,” Jamie Kephart said. “We can’t say that for sure, but going forward, we don’t want anyone else to go through what we had to endure.”

The bill – HB3744 – is one of the first major pieces of legislation for Wheeler, a freshman lawmaker.

Simply put, an order of protection doesn’t go far enough, she said.

“That order of protection,

\[`kfi`Xc7cXb\ZflekpjlYliYXec`]\%Zfd BARRINGTON – Seven Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital physicians were recognized among Chicago’s 2014 “Top Doctors” in the January issue of “Chicago” magazine. Nominated by hospital peers, the staff was evaluated on board certification, education, clinical excellence and bedside manner. The list was compiled by Castle Connolly Medical Limited – a health care research and information company.

Good Shepherd President Karen Lambert said the hospital is honored to have physicians who are considered to be among the best in their field.

“This reinforces that our patients are receiving high quality care in their community and close to home,” Lambert said.

The following individuals were recognized: Barry Altshuler, Mary B. Collins and Diane Fondriest (pediatrics); Bonnie Bremer, Melinda Einfalt and Joseph Fojtik (internal medicine); and David Crandall (OB-Gyn).

Barry Rosen, vice president of Good Shepherd’s medical management said the hospital’s medical staff is the backbone of the facility – one of its greatest assets.

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mother’s Arlington Heights home.

Eric Anderson, of Niles, also was ignoring an order of protection and found the woman at her mother’s house.

He shot at officers, who fired back and killed him. The woman and her mother were unharmed.

Anderson was out on bail for harassing the woman.

“These are peoples’ lives.

These are not statistics.

They’re real people. They’re real stories,” Jamie Kephart said. “I just don’t want to see this happen to someone else.”

As the bill sits in the House Rules Committee, Donahue, Jamie Kephart and her brother, Tom, are expected to testify before in January or February in Springfield.

HB3744 also recently was sponsored by state Rep. Jack Franks, D-Marengo.

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“It’s a piece of paper. If someone’s determined to really hurt another person, a piece of paper certainly isn’t going to shake logic into their thought process.”

In crafting the bill, Wheeler consulted McHenry-based criminal defense attorney Ed Donahue. The option to use GPS monitoring as a condition of bond is already available but rarely used, Donahue said.

“The law makes it incumbent upon the judge determining bond to make a finding whether it’s appropriate [to order GPS monitoring],” Donahue said.

Advocates of the HB3744 pointed to an altercation that is eerily similar to Kephart’s.

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Adult daycare program fosters bonds between children, seniors

By CASSANDRA DOWELL Z[fn\cc7j_Xnd\[`X%Zfd Norman Klein’s face lit up as Camden, 3, climbed into the chair next to him and put a book in his hands.

“See grandpa?” Camden said to Klein, 88, of Round Lake.

“Look,” Camden said to slow down Klein when he flipped the pages too quickly.

Klein has Alzheimer’s disease and is one of about 35 clients at the Adult Day Care Center for Intergenerational Care at Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville.

The Intergenerational Day Center is home to both an adult and child day care, which offers a unique opportunity for both age groups to co-mingle on a daily basis.

The Adult Day Care Center serves those with dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and other memory loss-related illnesses.

Children visit the seniors once a day and are encouraged to refer to the adults as “grandpa” or “grandma.”

While the adult day care program and child day care services are housed at the hospital’s Libertyville location, the program is open to the public and feels different than a hospital setting, said Peg Schuetz, manager of the Adult Day Care Center for Intergenerational Care.

“We’re at the hospital [if caregivers] are worried about medical issues, but we try not to run on a medical model but a social model. We want [clients] to have the best day they can,” Schuetz said. “We focus on the strengths and positive aspects of the person.”

In addition to visiting with the children, clients can exercise in the solarium, visit a nail salon, participate in singalongs with staff and spend time discussing current events, among other activities.

Schuetz said those affected by memory loss-related diseases come from all walks

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“They can take the time for relaxation, to go to work or take care of their own children,” she said.

Twenty-nine percent of the U.S. population provides care for a chronically ill, disabled or elderly family member or friend, according to American Association of Retired Persons.

Schuetz said those with dementia have difficulty completing tasks that most take for granted, such as brushing their teeth.

“How many steps are there in brushing your teeth?” she said. “Just reaching for the :Xe[XZ\ ?% Af_ejfe ]fi JlYliYXe C`]\ D\[`X Florence Ross says goodbye to Camden, 3, after his preschool class toothbrush [can be a lot of work]. Then you have to take visited the “grandparents” in the Adult Day Center for Intergenerationthe cap off, and some people al Care at Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville. Hayden, 3, forget to spit and swallow the followed behind Camden. toothpaste. It can feel like that one task is an eight-hour job.” of life. children of those with a Jeannie Emmerich, pro“Some have advanced memory loss-related disease gram assistant with Adult Day degrees, received patents become the caregiver, which Care, said the center keeps the for things [used by NASA],” can become a full-time job. seniors mentally active. she said. “[Dementia] has no The Adult Day Care pro“If they were home they boundaries.” gram gives caregivers some might just be sitting, watching Often the spouses or grown respite, she said.

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they’re interacting with kids and have the sense of being needed, which helps them feel good about themselves.”

For Klein’s daughter, Sandy Ward, who also is his caretaker, the program offers peace of mind.

After Klein was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2008, his health began “going down hill,” and eventually Ward decided she needed to move in with him, she said.

“As the disease progressed, he couldn’t be by himself any longer,” she said.

In the United States, 5.4 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease – 200,000 under the age of 65 and 5.2 million age 65 and older according to Alzheimer’s Association.

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ABOVE: Carol Mackey makes orange drop cookies Sunday during a Russian cooking class at The Garlands of Barrington. LEFT: A set of matryoshka dolls represents different regional recipes.

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Mackey’s free Russian cooking demonstration, sponsored by the Barrington Area Library, included three traditional

recipes – borscht, beef stroganoff and orange drop cookies.

Traveling around the local area to host culinary events, as well as working as food editor for “Living 60010,” Mackey said her true food inspiration comes from home.

“My kids are in high school and have always enjoyed watching the Olympics,” Mackey said. “I like to introduce foods from a

different host country each time we watch.”

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thinking skills severe enough to reduce a person’s ability to perform everyday tasks. The disease is progressive.

Being a full-time caregiver meant Ward had to leave her husband and children at her Mundelein home to take care of her father in Round Lake.

In 2012 Ward and her family decided to place Klein in an assisted-living facility.

“I thought, ‘I miss my family, and this is getting really hard, getting to sleep in my bed just one night a week,’ ” she said.

But, that living arrangement was not in her father’s best interest, she said.

“It wasn’t for him, having Alzheimer’s,” she said. “Other [residents] would know they could leave their apartment or go on a field trip. My dad didn’t know that. He had a beautiful one-bedroom apartment, but all he did was sit in it unless somebody came and got him. He was just sitting in his recliner and watching TV. After five months of that we brought him back home.”

Ward works from home

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“I can’t concentrate on work if he’s sitting [at home] and not doing something stimulating,” she said. “That’s when I started looking into adult daycare.”

Schuetz said caregivers often express concerns about feeling tired or frustrated.

“Some will say, ‘Mom isn’t what she used to be. She can’t dial a phone,’” Schuetz said.

“It can be upsetting.”

The program runs from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays.

The center has a nurse on duty

and offers help with transportation. “[Adult daycare] gives me the opportunity to do my job knowing that [my dad] is in a safe environment and being kept as active as possible,” Ward said. “He comes home every day in a great mood.

I know my dad. The father I grew up with was an active man so I can tell when he’s bored. [The center staff] keep him moving throughout the day. They have exercise periods, they have the kids coming in.

“For Christmas he made a Christmas card, and for Halloween he decorated a

“She’s not shy when she’s interacting with the elderly,” Jennifer Sireci said. “It improves social skills. And for the elderly, it lights up their mood. There’s so many activities they can do together – arts and crafts, music.”

The experience also helps children feel comfortable engaging with older adults and those with disabilities, Schuetz said.

“They get to learn tolerance,” she said. “They learn that not all older people have use of their arms, legs – or some need to use a walker.

They learn not to be afraid of them.”

The seniors look forward to the children’s visits. “It takes their minds of their aches and pains,” Schuetz said. “The adults sometimes are aware of their deficits, and they get anxious. This helps them tap into being a grandparent and things they can remember or relate to.

“Relationships are important here, and we try to build a personal relationship. It’s like a family. We work together.”

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“My dad has always loved kids so he’s naturally drawn to them,” she said. “One of his favorite things to do is sit outside and watch the kids at the park [across the street from his home], whether they’re practicing soccer or playing.”

Schuetz said the interaction between children and adults helps both parties practice key skills.

“They can build puzzles together, which helps with motor dexterity,” Schuetz said.

“You expect the grandparents to be helping the children, but the children end up helping the adults.”

Jennifer Sireci, program assistant with Adult Day Care, sees how the ongoing interaction between the two age groups helps build self-esteem in the little ones, as well.

Her daughter, Mindy Sireci, 1, is enrolled in Advocate’s Child Day Care program.

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hen Preston Pappas was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome as a kindergartner, his parents didn’t know where to turn. Every step of the process was a new obstacle – finding a neurologist, managing tics like whooping noises, understanding related disorders and wondering if other families were having similar experiences.

Since the family moved to Gurnee in June, Kellie Pappas, Preston’s mother, has been working to launch a statewide network of resources and families that would have helped her family immensely if it existed when her son, now 11, was diagnosed.

The Illinois Resource Network for Tourette Syndrome & Related Disorders had its launch party Jan. 12 at Libertyville Sports Complex with more than 100 attendees.

The organization is currently under the umbrella of Tourette Syndrome Camp Organization, a nonprofit.

The first support group meeting will be 6:30 p.m. Jan. 27 at Warren-Newport Public Library, 224 N. O’Plaine Road.

Kellie’s vision for the Illinois Resource Network for Tourette Syndrome & Related Disorders is to create a community of support and education. While living in Wisconsin, she started a chapter for the Tourette Syndrome Association and was active in forming a network for the Milwaukee area.

When the Pappas family moved to Illinois, Kellie and co-founder Shari Meserve talked about how they could complement what the association is doing but do a better job of keeping it local, she said.

“Our perspective was that instead of serving a national organization as a chapter, we want to keep money local and have more control over how we dispense funds, such as scholarships, for local families,” Kellie said. She and Meserve are funding the net-

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“Families with Tourette feel very isolated due to a lack of resources and lack of community. There’s a high percentage of kids who have tics, but not a high percentage are diagnosed with TS. We want to educate, advocate and help as many people as we can,” Kellie said.

Preston, a fifth-grader at Woodland Middle School, is an active, friendly kid who likes video games and plays basketball, baseball and football at Warren Township. Preston started experiencing tics at 3, with shoulder shrugs and eye blinks. “Then I started rolling my wrists and jumping,” Preston said. “I hate it most at dinnertime, because I jump and my knee hits the table.”

“As a parent, it was devastating,” Kellie said. “If you don’t know about Tourette Syndrome in your family, you need the support of other families. It came out of the blue, and it really took digging to find resources. I don’t want other families to feel as lost as

we did.”

When Preston was younger, he went through a period with a tic that made him hold his breath. “It was really scary because we didn’t know what to do,” Kellie said. She found answers on a Facebook group, TicTalk. “You can throw something out there and say, ‘Has anyone seen this?’ And then wonderful people will say, ‘Yes, and this is what we did.’ ” Many families of Tourette-diagnosed people face high medical costs, Kellie said. For a while, Preston was on eight medications. There’s another medical hurdle of finding appropriate doctors such as occupational therapists and neurologists, she said. “As a parent, it scares you to just put your finger on a name without any recommendation.” People with TS frequently have a comorbid condition like Asperger syndrome or obsessive compulsive disorder, further complicating treatment.

It was years before Preston met another child with

Tourette Syndrome, she said.

It was difficult for him to be peerless among so many stereotypes about Tourette Syndrome. “A neighbor kid [in Wisconsin] said his mom told him Preston lies because he has Tourette Syndrome,” Kellie said. “I said I’d be happy to come over and educate his parents.

“Education is so important because once employers, parents and teachers are educated, they get it,” she said.

The support group will focus on bringing in speakers.

“I’m a firm believer in sharing and educating,” Kellie said.

“I like to reach out to other organizations like National Alliance on Mental Illness to educate our families. It will be a mix of information, support and networking.”

It takes a lot of energy for Preston to suppress the tics at school, so they frequently emerge at home. When he starts a new class, he and his mother talk to his fellow students about Tourette Syndrome so they’re more

understanding, he said. Advocating for parents at schools is another service Kellie hopes the network can provide.

Preston has a strong model in Bradley Wilinski, seventh-grader at Woodland Middle School and Tourette Youth Ambassador of Illinois for the Tourette Syndrome Association. Bradley and his Gurnee family, including his mother, Jan Wilinski, attended the network launch Jan.12.

Bradley said he thinks the new network is cool because kids with TS can meet each other. As the 2013 youth ambassador, he traveled to three schools to give presentations on his experiences having Tourette Syndrome.

At a Wheaton school, a second-grader with Tourette Syndrome followed him to other classrooms to join in on the presentation.

Meeting another kid with Tourette Syndrome made the second-grader feel more confident and less isolated, Bradley Wilinski said.

“We didn’t know anyone but one family [with a child with TS] until we got involved with the Tourette Syndrome Association,” Wilinski said.

“It’s great any time you can connect with people in the same situation and trade war stories. ... The more people who can get involved, the better.”

Woodland School District 50 has been amazingly supportive, Kellie said. The diversity of the district has helped Preston adjust to his new school, she said. “At Woodland, you stand out for who you are and not what you have,” she said.

Preston said what his mom is doing to start a network is really nice. “I hope other families will know if their kids have it and it will help them,” he said.

Illinois Resource Network for Tourette Syndrome & Related Disorders has a network group starting in March in Deerfield and will branch out to Schaumburg, Chicago and southern Illinois, Kellie said.

For information, call 847920-7597.

Barrington leads gymnastics event LINCOLNSHIRE – Saturday afternoon saw snow falling all around the area, but at Stevenson High School it was high-flying action at the Lake County Girls Gymnastics Invitational in front of a capacity crowd in Lincolnshire.

The Barrington Fillies had a strong start and continued their hot streak throughout the event to come away with the victory among nine teams.

Barrington finished with a score of 144.575, scoring a sixpoint win over Mundelein (138.225).

Barrington began their day on the balance beam where the team began its domination of individual events.

The Fillies won all four events, including the uneven bars, vault, floor exercise and all-around. Molly Blanke led Barrington in the beam with 9.4, while Abby Hasanov scored 9.25 and Jessica Lee had 9.2 to give the Fillies three of the top 10 gymnasts.

Stevenson’s Alyssa Weisberg was nearly perfect in the event, scoring a 9.7 to lead the field.

The floor exercise came next, and that’s where Hasanov would shine with a score of 9.75 that lit up the Barrington faithful.

Rachel Timpelman scored 9.1, while Brooke Morgan had 9 to once again allow the Fillies to outpace the competition.

Carmel’s Anna Osowski scored 9.55 to finish just behind Hasanov on the floor. After Blanke scored 9.45, Hasan 9.3 and Amanda Morgan 9.25 on the vault to take that event, Barrington moved to the uneven parallel bars looking to finish off the victory and secure the all-around victory for Hasanov. Mundelein’s McKenzie Kehr was just behind Blanke with 9.4 on the vault to finish second.

The perfect day for the Fillies finished with Hasanov scoring 9.325 on the bars to win the all-around event by one point over Kehr. Hasanov finished with 37.625, while

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Carmel’s Anna Osowski finished third in the invite with a final score of 37.25, while Stevenson’s Alyssa Weisberg was fourth in front of her home crowd with 37.15.

Lake Forest’s Brittany Moccia completed the top five, finishing at 36.8. Kehrwon the uneven bars with 9.4, while Lake Forest’s Brittany Moccia was second with 9.35.

Stevenson finished third in the team competition with a score of 135.95, with Carmel just behind at 135.655. Deerfield was fifth at 129.05, followed by Lake Forest (127.6), Libertyville (127.25), Warren (110.175) and Vernon Hills (85.4).

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Will the draft fit Chicago Bears’ needs?

With the week off before the Super Bowl, all eyes are on the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, – yeah, sure – the East-West Shrine Game and the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., this weekend, it’s time to begin to focus on this year’s NFL College Draft.

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Phil Emery and Marc Trestman committed at their season-ending press conference to get younger on defense.

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McCarron reminds me of a full-sized Russell Wilson, and Garoppolo stole the show at the Shrine Game and is about to become this year’s fast riser at the Senior Bowl and NFL Scouting Combine.

This is not a good year to need a true pass-rushing defensive end with the 14th pick in the first round. Only a truly dramatic and expensive move will get the Bears in position for Jadeveon Clowney of South Carolina, and that’s not going to happen.

Get to know Kony Ealy of Missouri.

At 6’ 5”, 275 pounds, he is an accomplished, NFL-ready pass rusher who will probably be taken several picks in front of the Bears. If he’s not...Kareem Martin out of North Carolina could be an interesting option if he’s still available in the third or fourth round.

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The best three technique prospect is Timmy Jernigan of Florida State, but he’s no where near good enough to merit a pick higher than 20-to-25. Notre Dame’s Louis Nix is the best defensive tackle in the draft and will almost certainly be a top 10 pick, maybe top five.

His teammate, Stephon Tuitt and Minnesota’s Ra’Shede Hageman are the next best prospects and could fit at 14, but at 6’6”, 310 to 315 pounds each, both are best suited to be five technique ends in a 3 – 4 scheme.

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Second, third and fourth round options are Deone Bucannon of Washington State, Louisville’s Calvin Pryor and Jimmie Ward of Northern Illinois.

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Rolling Meadows product and Eastern Illinois alumnus Jimmy Garoppolo shined at the East-West Shrine game and got a late invite to go to Mobile. This will be a stiffer test for Garoppolo to prove he has the arm strength, accuracy and moxie to be an NFL quarterback.

Other local college prospects in Mobile are Northwestern’s Kain Colter, who will play wide receiver, and Illinois linebacker Jonathan Brown.

Now, from a Bears perspective …

Unfortunately, general manager Phil Emery and coach Marc Trestman will not be available to talk to the media, so any questions about defensive coordinator Mel

Tucker and the defense will have to wait until the NFL Scouting Combine.

Emery made it clear this draft will be defense-heavy.

With potentially two starting safety positions to fill, the Bears will be looking for athletes who can come up and stop the run, cover tight ends and be a ball-hawking center fielder. Terrence Brooks (Florida State), Deone Bucannon (Washington State) and Ahmad Dixon (Baylor) are expected to be some of the top players in the back end in Mobile.

The Bears’ Henry Melton, Nate Collins and Jeremiah Ratliff are set to hit free agency, so watch the defensive tackle position.

Top prospects Aaron Donald (Pittsburgh), DaQuan Jones

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(Penn State) and Will Sutton (Arizona State) will be at the Senior Bowl. The ability for a D-tackle to penetrate, maybe more so than plug the run gap, is important for the Bears’ defense.

Of course, defensive end, linebacker and cornerback are all fair game, too, and it wouldn’t be shocking to see the Bears take a late-round quarterback. Plus, the QBs always steal the show in Mobile.

Yes, the Senior Bowl is just one piece to the puzzle, but keep in mind what last year’s first-round pick, Kyle Long, tweeted Saturday morning: “It’s crazy Senior Bowl is right around the corner, had I not been invited to that I wouldn’t be a Bear most likely!”

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Barrington woman inks end-of-life planner

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Karen Lea Cline closed her business in Barrington’s Ice House Mall when she faced cancer. Now, Cline sells organizational life planners called “If I Croak.”

Despite several health challenges, Karen Cline of Barrington is still going strong.

Cline is the owner of Lea Image Studio, which had been located at the Icehouse Mall in Barrington. It’s a business that she is passionate about and now operates out of her home.

After suffering from sarcoidosis, breast cancer and thyroid cancer, Cline closed the retail location for Lea Image Studio, but she still does makeup, skin care and image consulting from her home.

“I just loved how the makeup made people feel,” Cline said. “I

always loved helping people.”

In addition to her own health problems, Cline’s mother died at age 58 of breast cancer. That struggle inspired her to write a book, “If I Croak, The Things You Should Know.” It is now selling on Amazon.com.

The book offers advice to people about managing affairs while battling an illness and includes a deluxe storage box for important documents. A binder helps people organize information about living wills, benefits, emergency information, liabilities, insurance policies, personal requests, photographs and much more.

“It pushed me to want to stay more organized with my own

health care,” Cline said of her mother’s breast cancer fight and putting the book together.

Julie Aceto of Oak Brook, a friend of Cline’s, said there’s really no other book like hers out there.

“This book has it all in there,” Aceto said. “It’s done in a fun way, in a positive way.”

“Whatever is needed to run your life will be in this book,” said Chris Cline, Karen’s husband and owner of Cline Printing in Elk Grove Village. He said his wife’s life experiences have helped her in her career endeavors.

Before opening her studio, Cline also worked as a nurse for several years and was a model

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\[`kfi`Xc7cXb\ZflekpjlYliYXec`]\%Zfd The Lake County Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a sweeping 100-year vision for Lake County at their Jan. 14 meeting.

“Today, Lake County residents take great pride in their forest preserves and the quality of life that they provide,” said Ann B. Maine, president of the Lake County Forest Preserves.

“Our vision will ensure that our great-grandchildren enjoy a healthy and resilient landscape that makes their communities more livable and the local economy more dynamic.”

The vision will guide strategic decision-making for the Forest Preserve District as it preserves and restores lands, but the District sees its impact extending beyond preserved acres.

“We will use the vision’s core principles of leadership, conservation and people as the foundation in a strategic plan for how we can protect our forest preserves and have them serve as a model for improving the landscape throughout Lake County,” said Maine.

The Lake County Forest Preserves strategic planning process began in August 2013 and was initiated by Executive Director Alex Ty Kovach, who was newly hired earlier that

who won the Mrs. Illinois America title in 1998. She also has a background in gymnastics.

In addition to everything else she does, Cline puts gift boxes together with services and products for contestants in the Mrs. Illinois American and Ms. Illinois Teen All American pageants.

Cline said a highlight of winning the Mrs. Illinois America title was being able to raise awareness about breast cancer, Rett syndrome and other ailments.

Aceto said she’s proud of her friend.

“She has been going through a lot of struggles,” she said. “I’m so proud of her.”

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A cross country skier takes to the trails at Lakewood Forest Preserve’s Winter Sports Area. The Lake County Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners has approved a 100-year vision. year. During the first phase of the planning process, the Forest Preserve Board, staff and key partners described their longterm vision.

The second phase will lay out specific and more immediate goals for how the District will achieve that vision, with a final plan anticipated in June 2014.

“Changing Lake County’s

landscape will take generations, and that’s why we focused on a 100-year vision,” Kovach said. “For the past 50 years, visionary people anticipated the growth that was coming to Lake County and took action to create the excellent Forest Preserve District that we now enjoy. Over the next 100, we need to be even more far-sighted. We must

create a strategic mindset that can adapt to a changing environment.”

The Forest Preserve District’s “100-year Vision for Lake County” is available to read at www.LCFPD.org and reflects detailed feedback from Lake County Forest Preserve volunteers, local government staff, conservation partners and businesses.

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