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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK Kane County Chronicle editor Kathy Gresey is taking the day off. Look for her column in next Saturday’s paper, and catch up on her columns at www. kcchronicle.com.

VIEWS Pam Otto I guess you could say I have a history with frogs. For as far back as I can remember, I’ve chased after these guys, stalking them in ponds and streams, reveling in their frogginess. When I was 5, my Uncle Lyman caught me a gigantic bullfrog; I named it Chris, after the gigantic man who ran the meat department at Jewel, and took it to school for show and tell. When I was 10, I took it upon myself to catch and release 22 leopard frogs during our vacation in Michigan; only problem was, I caught them in the Menominee River but released them, accidentally, in the car on the way home. I’ve sketched frogs, “hypnotized” frogs and raised frogs up from tadpoles. I’ve watched frogs feed, and I’ve seen them get fed upon. Once I was lucky enough to watch one shed its skin, a truly amazing process. (OK, I first thought the frog was dying. It was a captive green frog, and it was puffed up like it had swallowed a golf ball. Using its front feet as though they were hands, it wiped and tugged and eventually pulled its outermost layer of skin off. The frog then stuffed the entire gooey, translucent glob into its mouth and swallowed it down in one big fingerlickin’ gulp.) Granted, a lot of these frog adventures aren’t for everyone. It’s rarely, if ever, a good idea to take an animal from the wild, let alone transport it somewhere else. Shed frog skin looks a lot – and I mean a lot – like mucus. And finally, not all the “released” frogs met a happy end; somewhere out there there’s a 1966 Pontiac Catalina with a mummified amphibian in the seat springs. But thanks to the rapidly expanding field of citizen science, there is a way for folks even mildly interested in frogs to become better acquainted with these fascinating creatures. It’s called

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The green frog, Lithobates (Rana) clamitans, is locally common but also believed to have been hard hit by last year’s drought. Frog monitors are especially needed this year to help determine how green frogs, as well as frogs in general, are faring in Kane County. frog monitoring or, more correctly, the Chicago Wilderness Habitat Project’s Calling Frog Survey. Each year about this time, flocks of new monitors and veterans looking for a little refresher course gather at training sessions throughout the Chicago region. The allindoor classes cover everything you need to know to become an official frog monitor: when to go out, where to go, what to keep track of and how to record and report

your data. The Calling Frog Survey, in a nutshell, is a do-youhear-what-I-hear approach to population observation. Male frogs, as part of their breeding behavior, head to marshes and ponds and call to attract potential mates. As luck would have it, each species has a different call, and different species call at different times. Monitors learn how to head out, with a partner, to listen to these calls and record their findings.

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Where did you grow up? Arlington Heights Pets? Two golden retrievers, McGregor and a puppy named Finnegan Who would play you in the movie of your life? Maggie Smith First job? A bagger at Jewel As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? A dress designer. I became an interior space planner. A movie or book you’d recommend? “Last of the Mohicans” Favorite charity? Good as Gold Golden Retriever Rescue Hobbies? Kayaking, riding my motorcycle, painting with acrylics Favorite local restaurant? Urban Grille in Geneva What is an interesting factoid about yourself? I was adopted, and I found my birth family.

Kickoff party for Bridge Walk today in Geneva

WHAT: LivingWell Cancer Resource Center’s Bridge Walk kickoff party and pancake breakfast is set. The free event is for area residents interested in participating in the center’s eighth annual 5K Bridge Walk. The morning event will feature inspirational speakers and information about LivingWell’s Bridge Walk, including registration information, sponsor-

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ship and volunteer opportunities, teambuilding hints, fundraising tips and more. More than 2,500 walkers are expected to participate in the Bridge Walk, which will take place along the Fox River on May 18, with the objective of raising $275,000. All proceeds go to fund the more than 60 programs and services offered free through the LivingWell Cancer Resource Center, a community-based, not-for-profit facility. WHEN: 9 a.m. today WHERE: LivingWell’s new headquarters located at 442 Williamsburg Ave., Geneva (corner of Williamsburg and Route 38) INFO: For information about the kickoff breakfast or to RSVP, email lhansen@ livingwellcrc.org or call 630-262-1111. For information about LivingWell Cancer Resource Center, visit www.livingwellcrc.org.

Moms Connected plans event in Geneva

WHAT: Moms Connected, a program for mothers of tweens and teens, will have an event. Dr. Rob Ribbe, director of HoneyRock Camp of Wheaton College, will speak on “Preparing To Launch.” The cost is $6 per person at the door. Child care is available for $4 per child. WHEN: 9:15 to 11:15 a.m. Thursday WHERE: First Baptist Church of Geneva’s

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Marmion-Rosary Music Boosters plan breakfast

WHAT: The Marmion-Rosary Music Boosters will host the annual International Pancake Breakfast. Tickets for the breakfast will be available in advance or at the door at a cost of $7 per adult (13 years and up), $5 per child (3 to 12 years old) or $25 per family (up to five) and include scrambled eggs, two meat selections, hash browns, beverages and unlimited pancakes and toppings. The event includes performances by the Marmion-Rosary jazz combo, Marmion chorus, Sarah Smith’s Suburban Suzuki Strings, Jodi Taylor’s Holy Angels chorus, Larry Rossi and the Rockestras and the Marmion-Rosary jazz ensemble. All proceeds from the breakfast support the activities of the Marmion-Rosary Band program. WHEN: 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday WHERE: Marmion Academy’s Lux Dining Hall at 1000 Butterfield Road in Aurora INFO: For information or to purchase tickets in advance, visit www. marmion.org/pancake.

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WHAT: Heritage Prairie Farm will have a farmers market. This indoor winter market has expanded to include two heated spaces to make room for more than a dozen local vendors. The market features a variety of products, including vegetables and greens grown on the farm, local eggs and dairy, cheeses and meats and fresh baked goods, along with many handmade items sold by local artisans. WHEN: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday during the winter. WHERE: 2N308 Brundige Road, Elburn INFO: For information, visit www.heritageprairiefarm.com. Vendors interested in participating in the market can contact Katie Drum at katie@heritageprairiefarm.com.

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D-304 to decide Coultrap’s fate Monday Keeping school may be too expensive for the district; some residents oppose demolition “I hear the school district wants to tear down a 90-year-old school building. I’m appalled, frankly. … My son went to school there four years ago. I was told it was perfectly safe, perfectly fine four years ago, and now the school is a piece of trash.”

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com GENEVA – Geneva School District 304 officials are scheduled to vote Monday on whether to demolish its Coultrap facility or spend money on it for another use. After a forum presentation two weeks ago, keeping Coultrap for any purpose may be too expensive for the district. Renovation and repair estimates were $2.3 million to $4.3 million as opposed to razing the building at a cost of $862,000. It costs $69,000 a year to operate the building minimally. The Coultrap building was last used for classes in 2009. The district will not sell the property because the high school is landlocked, and the area might be necessary for future expansion, officials said. Several residents opposed the possible demolition, among them Carolyn Givens, who sought City Council support this week. “I hear the school district wants to tear down a 90-yearold school building,” Givens told aldermen. “I’m appalled, frankly. … My son went to school there four years ago. I was told it was perfectly safe, perfectly fine four years ago, and now the school is a piece of trash.” Givens said students from Harrison Street Elementary School attended Coultrap during the 2008-09 school year while their school was being

Carolyn Givens Geneva resident renovated and while Coultrap students moved to a new school, Williamsburg, that year. “Harrison Elementary – it was decided that was worthy of remodeling,” Givens said. “Fourth Street … is an old building that was worthy of being rebuilt.” The former Fourth Street school, built in 1916, was closed in 1994 but now serves as the district’s central office. Harrison was built in 1929 and still is in use as an elementary school. Givens criticized the district’s facility report on Coultrap, saying it did not include the option of demolishing just the additions – built in the 1950s and 1970s – and keeping the oldest part of the school. “Tell the school district you want more studies,” Givens urged aldermen. “And that includes saving the old part of the school and demolishing the new additions.” But city officials said they did not have jurisdiction over the school district. Mayor Kevin Burns said the city never interjects into other governing bodies’ deliberations when it comes to real estate.

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“All we can do is offer cooperation,” Burns said. “Whatever they needed to study, the very issue of either saving, and/or renovating and/or razing Coultrap Elementary School.”

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Burns said his three daughters attended Coultrap, and he has fond memories of walking them to school. “But the ultimate determination rests with the elected board at the school district,” Burns said. School board President Mark Grosso said he would not comment about Coultrap until Monday’s school board meeting. The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Coultrap, 1113 Peyton St. Givens said she plans to speak to the school board about saving Coultrap.

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ST. CHARLES – The St. Charles East boys basketball players and cheerleaders are pairing up to raise money for cancer research. Hoops for Hope T-shirts will be on sale at the St. Charles East boys basketball games Feb. 2 and at the Hoops for Hope charity event game Feb. 9, when St. Charles East faces Batavia. Shirts cost $10. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Jimmy V Foundation. For information, call 630-335-9355.

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BATAVIA – Bethany Lutheran has planned its seventh annual dinner dance, “Broadway Rhythms,” from 6 to 11 p.m. Feb. 9. A gourmet dinner will be prepared by chef Jim Smigo and dance music played by deejay Doug Clark. Tickets are $27 a person and may be bought in the church office. For information, call the office at 630-8793444 or visit www.bethanybatavia.org. Bethany Lutheran is at the corner of Wilson and Lincoln

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ST. CHARLES – An event associated with the Great Backyard Bird Count is set from noon to 4 p.m. Feb. 17 at Hickory Knolls Discovery Center, 3795 Campton Hills Road, St. Charles. Join Bob Andrini, Kane County Audubon Society president, to count birds at Hickory Knolls for the 2013 GBBC. For information, call 630-584-8386.

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GENEVA – A candidate for two offices in the April 9 consolidated election is facing a challenge from the Geneva Library Board. Jay Moffat filed nominating papers to serve on the library board and Geneva Park Board. Library attorney Roger Ritzman requested clarification from the county clerk’s office to see whether Moffat could legally serve on both. “It came to my attention that there could be an issue about incompatibility of office,” Ritzman said. “To avoid any issues about the integrity of actions taken by the library board, I asked the Kane County clerk and Mr. Moffat to weigh in on the issue. The library district simply wishes to make certain it follows the election code.” Joe Lulves, the civil division chief for the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office, said the issue of Moffat’s dual candidacy was under review. Library officials are waiting for clarification because they certify the candidates by Thursday. Moffat initially had filed

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8POLICE REPORTS St. Charles • Gregory P. Meehan, 25, of the 300 block of Colonial Circle, Geneva, was charged Thursday, Jan. 17, with retail theft for reportedly stealing 54 items valued at $223.31 from Meijer, 855 S. Randall Road. • Bryce Andrew Tucker, 24, of the 1500 block of Fox Chase Boulevard, St. Charles, was charged Friday, Jan. 18, with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana. • Jeffrey S. Cervenka, 28, of the 600 block of West Bode Circle, Hoffman Estates, was charged Friday, Jan. 18, with public urination. • Victor Soria, 21, of the 100 block of South 13th Avenue, Melrose Park, was charged Saturday, Jan. 19, with battery. • Abraham Gaygah Mellish, 22, of the 100 block of Whispering Oaks Court, West Chicago, was charged Saturday, Jan. 19, with speeding and obstructing/resisting police. • Michael Wekesa Wafula, 21, of the 300 block of Ash Lane, Glen Ellyn, was charged Saturday, Jan. 19, with obstructing police. • Corona Lourdes, 32, of the 800 block of Martin Drive, Elgin, was charged Saturday, Jan. 19, with driving without a license, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and driving without insurance. • Stephanie Ashley Michaelson, 20, of the 300 block of Wilmington Drive, Bartlett, was arrested Saturday, Jan. 19, on an Aurora warrant

for a shoplifting violation. • Raymond Bruce Barnes Jr., 32, of the 200 block of North Tyler Road, St. Charles, was charged Sunday, Jan. 20, with theft and possession of a stolen registration sticker. • Mark Richard Chroust, 26, of the 1100 block of Sunset Road, Geneva, was arrested Thursday, Jan. 17, on a St. Charles warrant for failing to appear in court. • Von Maur, 3810 E. Main St., reported Thursday, Jan. 17, a man and a woman used a Lake County resident’s information to open a store credit card. They reportedly used it to buy $400 in gift cards, a $295 pair of women’s boots and a $120 pair of children’s boots. • Meijer, 855 S. Randall Road, reported Thursday, Jan. 17, a $12.99 bottle of vodka had been stolen. • A resident of the 4200 block of Meadow View Drive reported Monday, Jan. 21, someone had broken a window of a 2012 Honda Accord overnight. Nothing appeared missing from the car. • Jordan Maxwell Hale, 21, of the 400 block of Union Avenue, St. Charles, was charged Monday, Jan. 21, with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. • Alberto J. Sepeda, 24, of the 0-100 block of Longwood Place, Elgin, was charged Sunday, Jan. 20, with driving under the influence of alcohol, driving in the wrong lane, improper lane use and speeding.

ST. CHARLES – Less than three years after promising “great things” to come, a California-based group of investors may be seeking someone willing to take Charlestowne Mall off their hands. Neil Johnson, managing director for the St. Charles office of commercial real estate firm Sperry Van Ness who oversees tenant recruitment at Charlestowne, confirmed the mall’s owners are entertaining suitors for the property. “At this point, Charlestowne Mall is not officially on the market,” Johnson wrote in an email response to questions. “However, over recent months, multiple investor groups have expressed some interest in purchasing the mall.” At this point, Johnson said “there is nothing certain in the works.”

But he said the owners were “open to considering a sale under the right terms.” The mall has been a sore spot in St. Charles’ retail economy for years. Opened in 1991, Charlestowne at one time boasted more than 120 tenants, including anchors Von Maur, Sears, Kohl’s, Carson Pirie Scott and Classic Cinemas Charlestowne 18. In the years since, the mall has withered, leaving less than a dozen storefronts occupied. The mall lapsed into receivership, and the lender, Midland Loan Services, brought in a company to manage it in 2007, but it continued to suffer while the lender sought a purchaser. In 2010, Charlestowne was bought for $9.5 million by a group known as Charlestowne Mall Investments, which was led by California investors who also had purchased a failing mall property in Cuper-

tino, Calif. Since then, the mall has been decked with banners proclaiming “great things” coming, including new restaurants and an indoor ice skating rink. However, none of those amenities have materialized, and St. Charles city officials since have commissioned a study that determined the best course of action would be to find new ownership willing to take steps to bring the mall back to life. Michael Mertes, economic development coordinator for St. Charles, said the city was aware of the efforts to sell the property, and the city would support efforts to “reinvigorate” the mall and attract tenants that would bring an array of retail and entertainment opportunities to the property. “We are open to ideas that would modernize the mall and make it a first-class, 21st century attraction,” Mertes said.

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Alice Gustafson Elementary School fifth-grader Jordan Ramirez on Wednesday uses an iPad for a project. assignments. And teachers are embracing the iPads, as well. “It gives the students a sense of ownership of the lessons,” fifth-grade teacher Larke Curnock said. “Every day they are learning something new and teaching me something new. I almost never see them getting bored anymore.” The school has enacted rules regarding the use of the iPads to prevent unsafe or inappropriate Web surfing. For example, the iPads can’t leave the school and all Internet access on the school network is filtered and monitored to protect students.

In addition, students can’t use Facebook at school. Students who violate the rules face the possibility of having iPads taken away from them temporarily. But officials say the school has not seen many offenses. “They’ve surprised us with their level of engagement and responsibility with the iPads,” fifth-grade teacher Kristy VanderLoon said. IPads also are used by students and teachers at the other schools in the district, although not on an individual basis. The district has 439 tablets in use, said Tony Inglese, the district’s chief information officer who heads

the district’s tech team. For the 2011-12 school year, Batavia High School started using iPads as part of changes to its freshman intervention program for math. Other significant changes included creating a professional learning community for the teachers of the course and changing grading and teaching strategies. “This was a course that typically had a 75 percent pass rate for the first half and a 60 percent pass rate for the second half,” Inglese said. “Students are selected for this intervention when we predict that they are not on track to be college ready in

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BATAVIA – Alice Gustafson Elementary School fifth-grader Tony Avila wanted facts to back up his argument that he and his fellow students should have a longer recess during the school day. With an iPad in hand, Tony searched the Internet and found studies showing that kids don’t get enough exercise, facts he planned to use in his classroom assignment. That’s just one example of how the elementary school’s students use iPads in their classrooms. Batavia School District 101 launched an iPad pilot program in the fall at the elementary school. At the beginning of the year, each fifth-grader received a thirdgeneration iPad to use during the school day. The Batavia school board in April approved the $54,055 expense for the program. The district is among more than 2,300 K-12 school districts in the United States running iPad programs for students or faculty. Angie Sutherland, the district’s instructional technologist, said the pilot program is going better than she imagined. “The kids are probably a little farther along than I thought they would be,” Sutherland said. “They embraced it more than I even hoped from the beginning.” Fifth-grader Rachel Sailer of Batavia said using the iPad has helped her with math

math by their junior year.” After the students started using iPads and other changes were implemented, the program started seeing “astounding” results, he said. “The first half had a 92 percent pass rate, with no failures, and 64.4 percent of the students moved back onto track to be college ready in math,” Inglese said. Inglese sees the use of iPads and other technology as the wave of the future for teachers. “The classic mode of teaching is having one teacher to 30 students,” he said. “But not everybody learns in the same way.” Some are not sold on iPads as a teaching tool, such as St. Charles School District 303 board candidate Ed McNally. “I lot of these kids rely on technology to do the thinking for them,” McNally said. McNally teaches biology at Proviso West High School in Hillside, and he has been in the education field for 25 years. He said no amount of technology can replace a good teacher. “What you need in a classroom is a competent teacher and engaged students,” McNally said. Michelle Fitzgerald, curriculum director for District 303, said iPads are engaging students. “They allow kids to be engaged, and then teachers can give additional help,” Fitzgerald said. “We see students are excited with the iPads, and can’t imagine what life would be like without iPads.”

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8LOCAL BRIEFS Kane County Cougars plan Valentine’s Day dinner GENEVA – The Kane County Cougars will offer Valentine’s Day dinner packages for Feb. 14. The 6:30 p.m. event will include a private, candlelit suite at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark, along with a

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8LOCAL BRIEFS BATAVIA – Area nonprofit agencies and groups that provide services directly benefiting Batavians are invited to apply for grant funding from Batavia United Way. Jody Haltenhof, executive director of Batavia United Way, announced the group is accepting requests for the requisite grant/allocation forms to apply for 2013-14 funding. Note that 2013-14 funding requests refer to Batavia United Way’s fiscal year that begins October 2013. To receive a packet of forms, call Haltenhof at 630-879-4041 or email her at Jody@BataviaUnitedWay.org. If you leave a voice mail, leave your email

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Batavia’s Les Arends Forest Preserve plans bird walk BATAVIA – A bird walk is set for 8 a.m. Feb. 9 at Les Arends Forest Preserve in Batavia. The area is on the west side of the Fox River on Route 31, south of Main Street. For information, call 630-365-9595.

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ST. CHARLES – The Kane County Audubon Society has planned its monthly meeting for 7 p.m. Feb. 13 at Hickory Knolls Discovery Center, 3795 Campton Hills Road, St. Charles.

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A horse and knight statue created by Batavia resident Francis Joseph Gagnepain IV was reported stolen from a parkway on the west side of South Randall Road near Fargo Boulevard between Jan. 3 and 6.

OUR VIEW

Public art should not be pilfered

Have you seen a 9-foot metal statue of a horse and knight during the last couple of weeks? If so, you might be able to help return local pieces of art to their rightful owners. The horse and knight statue, which was created by Batavia resident Francis Joseph Gagnepain IV, was stolen from a parkway on the west side of South Randall Road near Fargo Boulevard between Jan. 3 and 6, according to Geneva police reports. The weight of the statue is reported to be 300 to 400 pounds. Its value is about $2,000. Gagnepain constructed the statue using bicycle parts and other items in 2000. A Batavia family owns the horse, and Gagnepain owns the knight, he said.

It’s a shame to see artwork on public display pilfered from the community. Not only has a local artist and family lost what rightfully belongs to them, but the act might also discourage other artists from choosing to display their work publicly. What one creates often is near and dear to him or her. Gagnepain said he was “heartbroken” by the loss of his work. The artist has suggested that someone might have thought the statue was scrap metal because wind had caused the piece to fall over. Whatever the case may be, we encourage anyone with details about the missing artwork to call the Geneva Police Department. The matter is being investigated.

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Coultrap – a tough decision

First days of school. Numerous grade levels. Decades of history. The Coultrap building in Geneva School District 304 is fondly remembered by many. Located at 1113 Peyton St., Coultrap saw nearly 90 years of heavy use during its heyday as an educational facility. It was a high school, middle school and elementary school over the years. But as time passed, the building’s purpose changed. Since 2009, Coultrap has not been used as an attendance center. Instead, the building has been used for school board meetings, storage and a few other purposes. Now, a big decision looms. Because Coultrap has fallen into disrepair, discussions about demolishing the structure have taken place. A superintendent facility task

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force composed of five district leaders has communicated that razing the building would cost about $862,000. On the other hand, the task force has stated that another option for Coultrap would be to relocate the District 304 administrative offices on Fourth Street to that facility. Estimates for the repairs and renovations associated with that option range from $2.3 million to $4.3 million, according to the district. When people’s hearts are tied to a deteriorating structure and funds are an issue, there are no easy answers. After inspecting Coultrap and assessing related information, the superintendent facility task force recommended that the building be demolished. In addition, feedback solicited on the District 304 website was 55 percent

in favor of demolishing the structure versus 45 percent in favor of preserving it. As District 304 stares an estimated $300 million worth of debt in the face, it’s difficult to justify spending the funds needed to repair and renovate Coultrap. Demolition would be in the best interest of district taxpayers. Perhaps the current discussions swirling around Coultrap would be different if District 304 officials had handled the property in another manner after it closed as an attendance center. Multiple public forums have given community members the chance to speak on the topic. School board members now must determine the fate of Coultrap, and whether it has truly sounded its last bell.

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8SOUND OFF I’m calling in reference to “How silly of Illinois.” First of all, are you that out of touch that you believe that Illinois is the only state in the union that has this problem, with people cheating our system? People who freeload our system hurt the families who truly need help. And it is not the child’s fault that he or she is getting free meals. That was a statement that was uncalled for and coldhearted. Children have no control over what their parents do. If you’re not happy in Illinois, go somewhere else.

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By now, you may or may not have noticed that I am not your regular mail carrier any longer. After my last embarrassing moment of telling all my mail customers goodbye and going to a different route – only to go back to my old route a week later – I decided this time to use this media to say goodbye and thank you to all of the people I’ve grown to know and love over the last 17 years on my St. Charles mail route. A Geneva driving route became available, and for my body’s well-being, I needed to make a switch. I’ve been on it a couple of weeks now, and though I dearly

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In light of all the controversy involving gun control, please remember that guns don’t kill people, people kill people. Think carefully before allowing people into your home, and if you do, be sure to lock [the guns] up.

Iconic Founding Fathers

While gun advocates are entitled to exercise their constitutional right, I don’t believe the Founding Fathers envisioned that some members of this self-proclaimed militia would be using the general population for target practice on a regular basis. But then again, these same iconic Founding Fathers have also been described as slaveowning oppressives of women’s rights who regularly eliminated the local Native American inhabitants who had the audacity to occupy our land before we arrived. These seem to be rather dubious – if not hypocritical – activities for charter members of the nation supposedly created under God. You will not find this dirty laundry generally exposed in our educational process. Our history of ignoring or defending with some lame form of righteousness those things that are detrimental to our cause does not help solve the problems they create.

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miss my St. Charles customers – and my dogs – I feel this was the right move for me, for my last two years before retiring.

Hopefully our paths will cross around town. Look for me. I’m always on the lookout for my old friends. Take care; it’s been a

I know that gun advocates are capable of hearing. They seem to hear the NRA just fine. However, when anyone suggests any type of rules or regulations on guns, they seem to hear only through an NRA-generated filter. I am a staunch advocate of limiting assault rifles, limiting the size of bullet clips and manufacture of handguns entirely. I don’t care if people

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own weapons for hunting or skeet shooting, and I would not, repeat not, confiscate anyone’s gun or advocate doing so. In fact, I would strongly oppose any effort to confiscate anyone’s gun. No major gun-control groups take the position that we should take anyone’s gun from them. So, gun supporters, I am more than willing to respect your position in a logical argument, but you can’t just make stuff up about people like me.

More ideas?

This is in response to the Sound Off about the classroom shooter. I think that was really good about having the 20 firstgraders or kindergartners push their desks toward an assailant with an assault rifle. That was a fabulous idea, and I’d like to know if the caller has any more ideas like that.

Let’s solve real problems

I find it amusing that people would sue Subway over a 1-inch shortage in their sub sandwiches, when, if they would just walk around the stores, they would find out that 2-by-4 pieces of lumber are not 2 inches by 4 inches. They’re shorter than that, and they’re smaller than that. Because people use an approximation, you’re going to say that because you didn’t get another inch of bread that you’ve suffered a loss? Don’t we have better things to do than to file lawsuits over such little things? And if you’re going to sue over an inch of bread, then why don’t sue over 2-by-4s that are not 2 inches by 4 inches? Why shouldn’t we sue the government over its failure to give us what they say they’re giving us, like a tax cut that ends up to be 2 percent more on a paycheck? Let’s get real, people. We have real problems. Let’s solve real problems.

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The person who wrote, if you are a senior citizen on Medicare, [certain] Obamacare doctors will not take you … I am not on Medicare. I have been paying my own health insurance for the past eight years, since I’ve been living in St. Charles. The reason for that is I changed jobs. Surprise, and then you get laid off. For all senior citizens who are on Medicare, if your doctor does not take you because of Obamacare, go straight to convenient care, or go straight to the hospital.

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The first Jane Pabon Fashion Show to benefit CASA was Thursday at EvenFlow Music in Geneva.

STC announces parade chairman KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com ST. CHARLES – Craig Larsen has been named chairman of the St. Patrick’s Parade, which is set for 2 p.m. March 16 in downtown St. Charles, the Downtown St. Charles Partnership announced this week. The annual parade now is under the direction of the Downtown St. Charles Partnership. Larsen, a St. Charles resident, has volunteered for the partnership for several years and was chairman of the Holiday Homecoming and Electric Christmas Parade.

He is founder and president of AHC Advisors Inc. and is treasurer for the Financial Planning Association of Illinois. The parade committee also includes these community volunteers: John Hughes of N. Henry and Son; Steve Martin of First State Bank; Darlene Riebe, resident; Betsy Penny, resident; Suzanne Simons, resident; Pam Biermann, Doc Morgan; Jan Wilson, Hair Capers; Marty Strauss, St. Charles Veterinary Clinic; and Shay Clarke, McNally’s Traditional Irish Pub. Parade entry applications will be accepted through Feb.

20. Past entries have included bands, Irish dancers, authentic Irish music, floats, school groups, preschools and service clubs. The fee is $250 for businesses, $125 for partnership members and free for nonprofit entries. Visit www. downtownstcharles.org/ stpats for application documents. The parade is co-sponsored by McNally’s Traditional Irish Pub and the city of St. Charles. Call the Downtown St. Charles Partnership at 630443-3967 or email info@downtownstcharles.org for information.

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with additional questions can contact the Cougars personnel department at 630-232-8811.

8LOCAL BRIEF Cougars to hold job fair for seasonal employees

GENEVA – The Kane County Cougars will hold a job fair for prospective seasonal employees from 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 16 at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark. Interested individuals are encouraged to stop by the stadium during the threehour session to complete an application. The following parttime seasonal positions are available for the 2013 season – concession stand staff, picnic servers, beer servers, suite attendants and bartender.

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The housing market in the Tri-Cities and nearby communities appeared to close out 2012 well, according to the latest round of local home sales data. Driven by low interest rates and increasing rents, home sales spiked in the region in December and home prices appeared to hold firm. In the Tri-Cities, the number of homes sold in the three communities combined increased about 17 percent in December, compared to the same month in 2011. The MainStreet Organization of Realtors, a trade group representing Chicago-area real estate agents, reported 88 homes sold last month, compared to 75 in December 2011. Homes sold under “distress” – meaning they were placed on the market as a result of foreclosure or short sale – accounted for a relatively large share of that total; 30 distressed properties sold in the Tri-Cities in December. Those properties accounted for about 34 percent of the total, and it marked an increase from December 2011, when just 18 distressed properties sold in the Tri-Cities. The December sales numbers for the Tri-Cities helped the year close relatively strong. In all, the Tri-Cities logged 1,193 home sales in 2012, up 16 percent from 2011, the MainStreet Organization reported. In Kane County, 500 homes sold in December, according to a report from the Illinois Association of Realtors. That represented a 15.7 percent increase

from December 2011, when 432 homes sold countywide. For the year, 6,274 homes sold in Kane County, the IAR reported, up 22.9 percent from 2011, when just 5,104 homes sold. While sales increased, prices continued to move in a positive direction, industry data showed. In the Tri-Cities, the average median home price for the three communities increased 21.7 percent in December, rising from $243,133 in December 2011 to $296,000 last month, the MainStreet Organization reported. For the year, the median home price in the Tri-Cities increased 2 percent, from $283,092 to $288,809. Likewise, in Kane County, the median price in December increased 9.4 percent from $130,000 last year to $142,070, the IAR said. The median price for homes sold in Kane County edged down 1.4 percent from $145,000 to $143,000. Michael Parent, broker manager for the Coldwell Banker office in St. Charles, said the increase was driven largely by low interest rates, a better inventory of available homes and increasing rents on tenant properties. “Buyers are asking, ‘Why should I pay $1,800 a month to rent when I can buy a house or a condo and pay $1,200 a month,’ ” Parent said. Parent said the number of foreclosures continues to drag on the market. But he said the market is rising despite the continued presence of the “shadow inventory” of distressed properties held back by banks.

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Geneva’s Nick Derr and his family are “honored and very appreciative” after the freshman accepted the Florida State baseball team’s scholarship offer, writes sports editor Jay Schwab. PAGE 23

Log on to KCChronicle.com/preps THIS WEEKEND FOR COVERAGE OF the batavia-st. charles east girls basketball game and the boys basketball games between st. charles north and larkin, and batavia and oswego east.

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Another crazy end st. charles east knocks off geneva in double overtime week after beating st. charles north in overtime. Page 20 Jeff Krage – For the Kane County Chronicle

St. Charles East’s Dan Wilkerson takes a shot during the Saints’ 58-53 double-overtime victory over Geneva on Friday in Geneva.

Closing in Kelly Gordon (center) and the Geneva girls basketball team are a half game behind Streamwood after defeating the Sabres. PAGE 21

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Saints escape past Vikings By JAY SCHWAB jschwab@shawmedia.com GENEVA – The close games – and there have been a handful for the St. Charles East boys basketball team – keep trending the Saints’ way. East claimed another dramatic, emotionally draining battle of wills Friday, overcoming a blown lead late in regulation to defeat Geneva, 58-53, in double overtime. This might have been the Saints’ most meaningful escape job yet. The win moves East ahead of Geneva in the Upstate Eight Conference River standings and leaves East and Larkin as the last two-loss teams in the conference standings. In the span of a month, East (13-7, 6-2 UEC River) has won games on a half-court heave at the buzzer, a more traditional game-winning 3-pointer and missed free throws with less than a second left. Friday’s win at Geneva was as twist-filled as any of them. “I credit the past experiences to helping us,” said East junior guard Dom Adduci, who scored 10 of his 12 points in the overtime periods. “When Geneva came back, we kept our cool, we stepped up and we produced.” East surrendered a sixpoint lead in the final 40 seconds of regulation as a pair of missed front ends of one-andones opened the door for Geneva forward Nate Navigato to bring down the house. Navigato splashed home a 3-pointer from the left wing with 9 seconds left in regulation to tie the game at 41. “It was nuts,” Navigato said. “Two overtimes, that was the most exciting game I’ve ever been in. It was just a shame we didn’t come out on top.” East couldn’t hoist a shot before regulation ended, and the rivals went to overtime, with Geneva down a big man after starting center Connor Chapman fouled out in the last minute of regulation. A pair of sophomores – East’s Jake Asquini (19 points) and Geneva’s Navigato (17 points, seven rebounds) – led their teams and the two took

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St. Charles East’s Jake Asquini (33) goes up to block a shot by Geneva’s Cam Cook in the Saints’ 58-53 double-overtime win over the Vikings on Friday in Geneva. turns canning clutch 3-pointers in the last minute of the first OT. Navigato’s 3 after Kyle Brown’s offensive rebound put the Vikings (15-5, 6-3 UEC River) ahead, 46-43, with 54 seconds left in overtime, but Asquini answered from the corner to tie the game at 46 with 37 seconds left in OT. Asquini, fresh off a strong game against Streamwood on Thursday, drilled five 3-pointers on the night to give East a jolt off the bench. “It’s a good little relief for Dom and Cole [Gentry] to have him to kick out to because if you want to help on Dom or Cole, we find Jake, Jake’s going to knock it down,” East

coach Pat Woods said. “He’ll just keep getting better and we have two more years with him, so that’s good.” The Vikings turned the ball over on the ensuing possession and Gentry’s long 3-pointer wouldn’t fall to move the game to double OT. Adduci, who struggled much of the night against heavy attention from the Vikings’ defense, scored eight of his team’s 12 points in the second overtime, including a 3-pointer for a 53-50 Saints lead with 1:59 to go. He also notched two critical steals. Adduci felt obligated to finish strong after his missed free throw contributed to Geneva’s regulation rally.

“When I hit that 3, it was probably the most exciting thing I ever felt because I definitely knew I let my team down and I needed to pick them back up, and that’s what happened,” Adduci said. The Vikings had to alter their offensive sets with Chapman sidelined in the OT sessions but Geneva coach Phil Ralston thought his squad was out-scrapped at key times in overtime. “In these situations where it’s a tight game, I told the guys repeatedly, you’ve got to make your own magic happen,” Ralston said. “It’s not like they’re going to come out and give it to you. They’re going to try to do it, and Adduci did it. … They made plays, and our last two possessions under 1:30, we got nothing.” East pressed much of the night, typically with feast-orfamine results. “We gamble sometimes, we’re giving up some layups as you saw, but they weren’t able to really get into their offense very many times down the court, which they like to do,” Woods said. “Geneva is so good at running that halfcourt offense and we didn’t want to defend in the half court, essentially, so we made it kind of an up-and-down game.” The first half unfolded strangely. The Vikings failed to score a field goal until sophomore Pace Temple’s layup with 5:07 left in the second quarter. But, with Adduci resting for East, the Vikings caught fire late in the half, scoring five straight times down the floor and eventually taking a 19-17 halftime lead on Navigato’s long 3-pointer 6 seconds before the break. The game was tied at 30 heading into the fourth quarter. No room to breathe – just the way the Saints like it. “It gets the crowd going,” Asquini said. “Keeps them up.” Senior Mike Trimble scored 11 points for Geneva. Gentry had 13 points for East, which swept the season series with the Vikings for the second straight year.

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GENEVA 54, STREAMWOOD 43

Upstate Eight River Division standings

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Geneva’s Sami Pawlak (31) drives past Streamwood’s Hannah McGlone during the Vikings’ 54-43 victory Friday in Streamwood. Why was the middle so open? “I don’t know,” Pawlak grinned, “but I’m grateful it was. We spread things out more and started moving the ball more quickly and were playing more together, which really helped.” Geneva led, 35-19, at the break, when Streamwood coach George Rosner quickly called for “88,” Streamwood’s full-court press. The move nearly turned the game, as the Sabres moved for the season sweep after winning in Geneva in mid-December. The Sabres kept swarming the 6-foot Santos, now the team’s primary ballhandler after Michaela Loebel’s season-ending ACL tear in November. A few moments after

Santos fouled out with 6:01 to play, Streamwood’s Kimberly Jimenez swooped in for a steal and brought her team to within 47-39. “We’re not going to give up. We’re not going to quit,” Rosner said. “If we play that kind of defense earlier, we win the game.” It only took one lapse for Geneva to climb back ahead by double digits. After the Jimenez basket, senior forward Kelly Gordon raced up the floor for a layup. The bench erupted for “KG,” who missed the first Streamwood game with walking pneumonia. Later, Gordon shrugged about the play, along with her eight points and six rebounds, saying, “It’s my job to bring the energy to the

court.” Novak and Morgan Seberger (10 points apiece) followed suit, making it easier for Geneva’s reserves to respond in the closing minutes. “It’s a hard position to be in,” Geneva coach Sarah Meadows said. “I mean, this was a fun atmosphere to play in, so it was good to see some of those young kids composed

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and finish the game.” Streamwood got doubledigit scoring from Jessica Cerda (14 points) and Hannah McGlone (12), whose late eruption kept the Sabres afloat. McGlone scored 10 points in the final 6:26. The Sabres remain in the hunt for the program’s first outright conference title – the 1987-88 team tied for the crown – but will need outside help as the Vikings try for their own tie. Entering the season, Geneva had just one conference loss since the beginning of 2008-09. Larkin, Elgin and St. Charles North – a combined 5-23 in the River – remain on the schedule. “I think it’s a good comeback for us,” Gordon said. “We dug ourselves a little bit of a hole early in the season, and especially with Michaela out, I think our heads all were in the wrong place. But we’re starting to pull together, and there’s more to come.”

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STREAMWOOD – Aiming to disperse the postgame crowd from the gym foyer Friday, a Streamwood High School employee barked, “Move along folks! This isn’t Occupy Streamwood!” If the Geneva girls basketball team hadn’t left moments earlier, it could have voiced a convincing argument to the contrary. The Vikings moved into position for a possible tie for the Upstate Eight Conference River Division title by harnessing their speed and depth in a 54-43 victory. With top scorers Sami Pawlak and Sidney Santos on the bench after fouling out in the fourth quarter, reserves such as Ellen Dwyer, Madeline Dunn and Bella Medina provided poise in their stead down the stretch. “Ellen and Bella and Madeline – all of them – they have so much heart,” Pawlak said. “I trust them on the court completely, just as much as anybody else. The tension was obviously getting a little heated, but they saved us.” Pawlak (14 points) and Santos (10) stockpiled enough early points to put the Vikings (13-10, 7-2 UEC River) in strong position. Geneva used its quickness to burst to a 17-4 lead just 4:39 into the game. The Vikings efficiently moved the ball past the Sabres (18-5, 8-2) and consistently hit layups and mid-range jumpers, finishing 15 for 26 from the floor in the first half. In the first quarter, Abby Novak flashed open under the basket on most possessions. In the second, Pawlak and Santos frequently had plenty of space to create around the free-throw line, but usually stayed put to hit shots from just inside the paint.

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GIRLS BASKETBALL: BATAVIA 59, ST. CHARLES NORTH 52

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pact on the game,” North Stars coach Colleen Backer said. “Winkates held her to two, then she got into foul trouble.” Fruendt opened the second half with the Bulldogs’ first trey of the evening. The junior’s 3-pointer ignited a 21-6 run by the Bulldogs. The quarter ended with Batavia on top, 38-32. “They shot real well from the outside tonight,” Jensen said. “Once we slowed that down and changed up our defenses a little bit, and actually got them to miss or turn the ball over, then we could play our ball a little bit where we got up the floor fast.” “We played a heck of game. The third quarter was difficult on us,” Backer said. “We

had tons of opportunities and we were swinging the ball. We shot 23 percent from the two-point range overall in the game, and that’s significant.” The fourth quarter started with a 3-point shooting contest by both sides. Eight of the first 10 buckets of the frame were from beyond the arc. Winkates’ third trey in the quarter with three minutes left to play put the North Stars (7-16, 3-9 UEC River) back on top, 49-48. Fruendt responded with her third 3-pointer of the period to return the lead for good to the Bulldogs, 51-49. North’s Alex Silverman and Batavia’s Hannah Frazier dominated the scoring in the first half. Silverman scored

10 of her 21 points in the first quarter. Frazier tallied all but two of her 12 points in the first half. “I really wanted to win this game, not just for the seniors but for the entire team,” said Silverman, a senior, about her last game on the North Stars’ court. “We just came up a little bit short.” The biggest cheer of the night came when senior Janna Blowers was announced as a starter for the North Stars. Blowers, a special needs student, has been the squad’s manager for the last three years. Blowers played for the game’s opening minute in a move that was coordinated before the game by both coaching staffs.

Geneva freshman swings for fences, picks Florida St.

The Derr family headed from Tallahassee, Fla., for the airport in Orlando on Friday evening with 15-year-old Nick Derr asleep in the back seat. The Geneva freshman had good reason to be conked. A couple months before he’s due to play in his first high school baseball game, Derr on Friday gave a verbal commitment to play college baseball for national powerhouse Florida State. The verbal came on the heels of a two-day, comprehensive tour of the program and the university. Derr attended a camp at Florida State in December and the mutual interest heated up so quickly that Friday’s pledge was almost unneeded, according to Nick’s father, Brian Derr, who said the family was “honored and very appreciative” of the unusual gesture of the Seminoles extending a scholarship offer to a high school freshman. “I think it was a given that he was going to go to Florida State,” Brian Derr said. “It was an assumption there because he’s had many conversations with them. I think this was a culmination of shaking their hand, Nick officially shook their hand today, and it was official.”

Derr gives Geneva baseball a third player bound for a warm-weather, Division I baseball program, though senior pitchers Andy Honiotes (Miami) and Jordan Touro (South Alabama) will be wrapping up their Vikings career just as Derr, projected as a shortstop, is revving up this spring. Here’s how you know Derr is an extraordinary athlete – he started at quarterback for the Vikings football team as a freshman, despite baseball clearly being his best sport. Derr was the Geneva football team’s QB most of the season after Daniel Santacaterina suffered a broken clavicle in the third game of the season against Batavia. Derr played travel baseball last summer with 15U Elite Baseball Training Academy. He and St. Charles North sophomore pitcher Cory Wright, travel teammates and close friends, were both named to the all-tournament team at the prestigious Perfect Game 15U Baseball National Championships in July. “He’s a special hitter,” Phil Wright, Cory’s dad and an assistant coach on the 15U Elite team, said of Derr. “It’s very exciting. It’s a lot to live up to.

PREP ZONE Jay Schwab The poor kid now, as soon as he makes one out, people will be like ‘He’s not that good.’ I said, ‘He better be prepared, the whole world is coming at you now, get ready to deal with it.’ But I think football probably prepared him mentally for some of that.” The Seminoles are led by 34-year coaching veteran Mike Martin, who has more than 1,700 career victories and 15 trips to the College World Series to his name. Brian Derr said the family is not worried about the venerable coach’s longevity, especially since his son, Mike Martin, Jr., is on his dad’s coaching staff. The 5-foot-11, 162-pound Derr already has demonstrated great pop in his bat, and only now is reaching the age where he can do weight training. Brian Derr said his son plans to continue playing football for Geneva in addition to baseball. Wright compared Derr’s scenario to former East Aurora basketball phenom Ryan Boatright – now at UConn

– who made an early, highprofile college commitment and gradually lived up to the billing. Wright said he knew Derr was something special “ever since he was 8.” “He’s going to hit with anybody in the country right now at his age, for sure,” Wright said. “It’s a great story. He’s worked very hard at it.”

Girls basketball pairings released: The IHSA released

pairings Friday for the girls basketball postseason and, from a Tri-Cities perspective, much of the early action with come at the 4A St. Charles East Regional. Batavia, Geneva and St. Charles East are all slotted in the 4A St. Charles East Regional, where the Vikings and Bulldogs are the regional’s favorites by seeding. In the 21-team Bartlett Sectional, Geneva is seeded fourth, Batavia fifth and East 11th. Considering how well East has played much of the season, you can argue that the Saints were underseeded. East and Geneva, after all, went to overtime in both of their meetings, with each team winning once. The Saints, though, have struggled against some of the tougher teams they’ve played

“The poor kid now, as soon as he makes one out, people will be like, ‘He’s not that good.’ I said ‘He better be prepared, the whole world is coming at you now ...’ ” Phil Wright 15U Elite assistant coach since Paige Jordan left the team, and that seems to be reflected in the seedings. East must survive a Feb. 11 first-round game against Lake Park to advance to what would be a regional semifinal the next night against Batavia. The winner of that game likely would face Geneva in the regional final Feb. 14. So odds are, it’ll be Batavia-Geneva or EastGeneva fighting for a regional championship Feb. 14. Either way, it’d be a Valentine’s Day matchup to love for local girls hoops fans.

• Jay Schwab is sports editor of the Kane County Chronicle. He can be reached at 630-845-5382 or jschwab@ shawmedia.com.

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ST. CHARLES – A strong second-half offensive effort by the Batavia girls basketball team swung the momentum in its favor in a 59-52, come-from-behind Upstate Eight Conference River win against St. Charles North on Friday night. The North Stars led, 26-17, at the half of the senior night contest. But Liza Fruendt rallied the Bulldogs, scoring 27 of her 29 game-high points in the last two quarters for the Bulldogs (15-8, 6-3). “What’d we have, 42 points in the second half?” Batavia coach Kevin Jensen said. “That’s a little bit better con-

sidering we only had 17 in the first half. We just needed to get going and once we did, we knew we had a chance.” Fruendt, who surpassed the 1,000 point mark of her high school basketball career last week, was held to two points in the first Liza Fruendt 16 minutes. North’s Natalie Winkates effectively guarded her during the half. Winkates (15 points) picked up her third foul early in the third quarter and spent more time on the bench. “Liza’s 27 in the second half versus two in the first half made a significant im-

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BOYS BASKETBALL: AURORA CHRISTIAN 54, ST. FRANCIS 53

Harrell, Aurora Christian stun St. Francis By IAN MATTHEWS editorial@kcchronicle.com AURORA – The Aurora Christian boys basketball team had seen the ending way too many times. The Eagles, entering their game against St. Francis winless in the Suburban Christian Conference Blue Division, watched leads slip away in many of their early-season losses. Aurora Christian looked like it was headed for the same fate again against the conference-leading Spartans. Trailing 53-51 with 12 seconds to go and the ball, Aurora Christian’s Johnathan Harrell fought through a pair of screens, slipped to the left corner and hit a 3-pointer as time

expired to provide the Eagles their first conference win with a 54-53 victory. A beaming Harrell, who finished with 14 points, said the play was for him to shoot a 3-pointer all along, but it didn’t play out exactly how coach Pat McNamara drew it up. “We drew it up that I would get the first pass but it didn’t exactly work out that way,” Harrell said. “I just faded back to the corner and got the pass and I just knew it was going in. I was practicing corner shots for the whole entire warm-ups knowing I might get one.” Harrell’s desperation winner was almost for naught as St. Francis (14-3, 6-2) could have put the game away at the free-throw line. Both Tim Zettinger and

Jason Pisarski had a chance to put the Spartans up by two possessions with less than 30 seconds to go. Cory Windle’s 3-pointer with 19.8 to go pulled Aurora Christian (11-9, 1-6) within 5251 before Pisarski split at the line with 12.8 seconds to go. Out of a timeout, Ryan Suttle found Zach Singer near the top of the key. Singer lofted a pass to Harrell in the corner, and without hesitation, Harrell rose up over Andrew Kimball to hit the game-winning shot. “We had unbelievable shots down the stretch; Windle hit a big three and then Jonathan hit an unbelievable shot,” McNamara said. “It was great for our guys. We’ve lost some close games, we were just fortunate that shot went in. He [Harrell]

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had it, he looked very confident out there. That’s who we wanted to get the ball too.” After racing out to a big lead in the first half, Aurora Christian watched as St. Francis began to chip away early in the third quarter. The Eagles were able to limit St. Francis 3-point ace Kimball for much of the game until the senior caught fire in the fourth quarter. Kimball turned a 41-37 deficit into a 4641 lead after knocking down three 3-pointers on consecutive Spartans’ possessions. The game looked lost for Aurora Christian – as it had so many times during the season – after Windle missed a pointblank lay-up with 50 seconds to go. But the Eagles hung around as Singer hit a jumper

and Windle knocked down a 3-pointer to set up Harrell’s game-winner. “They are a good team, they have five kids that can play,” St. Francis coach Bob Ward said. “For two years, I’ve liked their kids. I give them credit, but I give our kids credit too, they showed a lot of character. Things weren’t going real easy for them but they came back.” The Spartans came back and nearly won the game after a slow start after trailing by double-digits early. Aurora Christian was able to limit Kimball’s touches until the fourth quarter. In all, Kimball hit 5 of 6 3-pointers for a teamhigh 18 points. Suttle (14 points), Windle (12) and Harrell were all in double figures for the Eagles.

BOYS BASKETBALL: wheaton academy 54, aCC 25

Batavia rolls past Kaneland Crowd, Warriors too much for ACC By DENNIS D. JACOBS editorial@kcchronicle.com BATAVIA – The Batavia wrestling team spotted Kaneland 10 points Friday night, then reeled off the next 36 en route to a 47-30 victory. The key victories for the Bulldogs during their scoring spree came at 220 pounds and heavyweight with Batavia coach Scott Bayer electing to have Mickey Watson and Connor McKeehan each bump up a weight class to take on much heavier foes. Watson, normally a 195-pounder, claimed a hard-fought 4-0 decision over Nick Sharp at 220, while McKeehan, who moved up from 220 to heavyweight, edged Zach Theis, 7-6. McKeehan trailed 6-2, but scored a reversal and three-point near-fall in the waning moments of the second period to go in front. “He’s a big guy,” McKeehan said, “and I guess I got his hips moving just enough that I was able to pop my head out and bing-bada-boom, I got myself some points.” Theis started the third period on top, but was unable to turn McKeehan to get the points he needed to pull out the match. “The original plan was to have Connor sit this one out,” Bayer noted. “Our heavyweight got hurt during the warmups and so it forced my hand to bump Connor up to 285 to wrestle their 280-pound heavyweight. I’m real proud of his effort taking that on. It worked out

well. The original plan was to just have Watson and our heavyweight [Mitchell] Krusz wrestle.” Bayer said Krusz tweaked a shoulder muscle, but should be ready to go for next week’s regional. Kaneland coach Monty Jahns said he wasn’t surprised to see Watson move up a class, a move made easier by the fact the Knights had to forfeit at 182 and 195 pounds. “Being he’s a senior, I was counting on that,” Jahns said. “Those two matches, we could have definitely wrestled better, especially the heavyweight match.” The night got off to a good start for Kaneland with Dan Goress recording a pin at 145 pounds in just 42 seconds and Kagen Workman winning a 14-5 major decision at 152. But 160-pounder Jon Wagner got Batavia (14-12) on the board with a fall in 2:25 and Nick Offutt worked a bear hug into a pin 2:52 into the 170-pound match. McKeehan, a junior, said it was during Wagner’s match that he found out he would be wrestling at heavyweight. “It was great,” he said of the victory. “It felt really nice. Brought back some old memories of wrestling freshman heavyweight and getting squished.” Bayer said McKeehan was giving up 70 pounds in the match. “He kept good position. We’ve worked on that with him all season,” Bayer said. “He fought the whole way and that’s hard to do when you’re giving up that much weight.”

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editorial@kcchronicle.com WEST CHICAGO – The Wheaton Academy boys basketball team opened the game with back-to-back 3-pointers as the Warriors netted five total in the first quarter to bury Aurora Central Catholic early en route to a 54-25 win Friday in Suburban Christian Conference Blue play. The game was never in question as the Warriors used smothering defense and quick hands in the passing lanes to force 16 turnovers by the Chargers (9-9, 4-4). The Warriors held their opponent to 10 second-half points, including one point in the third quarter. The combination of the strong shooting by the Warriors (14-5, 6-1) and the Chargers’ inability to generate anything on offense made for a rough night, said ACC coach Nate Drye. “We didn’t guard them at all, gave them wide open looks and they knocked them down. We didn’t make any shots – pretty poor combination,” Drye said. “We weren’t real patient, we didn’t run our stuff and jacked up the first shot we saw.” Leading the Warriors on offense was junior forward Gordon Behr, who led the team with 16 points, 14 of those coming in the first half. The Wheaton Academy Maroon Platoon was dressed completely in beach attire as they celebrated Middle School Night. Behr said the crowd

provided energy to the team. “We came out with a lot of energy tonight, we were able to work the ball inside out and hit our open shots,” Behr said. “I think our crowd intimidated them tonight.” While Behr paced the team on offense, senior guard Collin Roy spearheaded the Warriors’ aggressive zone defense. Roy led the team with three steals and added 10 points, including two 3-pointers. Senior guards Gabe Partain and Jake Cousins added eight points and seven points, respectively. Senior Brandon Ruggles ended with six points and added an aggressive layup plus a foul shot that gave the team a 31-point lead in the third quarter. The largest lead of the game was 32 for the Warriors. Senior guard Jacob May led the Chargers in scoring with six points. Overall, Wheaton Academy coach Paul Ferguson was pleased with his team’s effort on both ends of the court. “We had a great start to the game, shot the ball really well, guys were really focused, and we turned them over with some of our pressure,” Ferguson said. “We thought we could turn them over and get some offense out of our defense and the crowd was huge tonight. They were real enthusiastic ... and that kind of gave us the extra spark to start the game.

With your background, did you follow the situation with the Mooseheart kids pretty closely this year?

Were you rooting for those guys to be eligible?

Yeah, I was hoping. They’re from the same country as I am so I guess I was hoping they could play.

Are there any other players from Sudan in this area that you’re aware of at all?

I had two cousins last year, but they graduated. One

Burlington Central’s Moter Deng played at Glenbard West and the other played at Wheaton Academy, but they both graduated.

Has it been hard to remain upbeat with some of these tough losses you guys have had this year?

Yeah, it’s been pretty hard, but coach tries to keep making us stay positive. I feel we can change our season if we started playing defense.

Has that been a teamwide sore spot?

Yeah, we need to start communicating better. We don’t talk at all. That’s what we lack as a team.

Who would say is the toughest guy to guard on your team one-on-one?

I think Ryan Ritchie is because he’s such a good shooter. You have to respect his shot and he has a good

Coach Porto was a heck of a player in his day. Can he still play a little bit?

Yeah, he’s pretty good shooter and he still has some speed sometimes. He plays with us in practice but he hasn’t been playing with us much lately.

What’s your least favorite drill to do during practice?

I think the NBA drill (stands for No Babies Allowed). … It’s a drill where you’re not allowed to dribble. We have to make 10 passes and we have to stay inside the 3-point line and if you get fouled, you have to fight through it. It’s pretty tough trying to get through the screens defensively, and it’s tough to get the passes off with defenders in your face, and you can’t dribble the ball.

Is there a game you’re most looking forward to the rest of the season?

Well, I’m looking forward to regionals. Regionals is like a new season. When the playoffs start, record doesn’t matter, and the team that wants it the most [advances]. I’ve never gotten to play in a playoff game in my high school career.

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O’FALLON – St. Charles East senior boys bowler Alex Garza rolled a 1,274 series over six games on Friday’s opening day of the IHSA state tournament. Garza’s score placed 45th among 119 individual scorers at St. Clair Bowl. He stands 224 pins behind leader Shane Matejcek of Lockport entering today’s final six games. After notching a 178 in his first game, Garza delivered a 243 and 236 to close the morning session. The top game of his afternoon was a 211. Garza credited an early adjustment to his lane oil pattern for keeping him within striking distance.

“Just confidence,” Garza said. “Telling myself one shot at a time, staying in the moment and enjoying myself. I thought I was throwing pretty well, on the whole.” Garza’s Friday average of 212.3 still was about four Alex Garza pins shy of his season average. He’s looking to build on the experience in today’s final and hopefully convert a few more spares. “He was really dialed in and hit his targets consistently over and over,” Saints coach Steve Dessauer said. “We could have caught a couple more breaks, but all we had to do was keep fo-

cused, and that’s what Alex did.” Minooka leads the team standings with a score of 6,488. O’Fallon is in second with 6,438.

BOYS BASKETBALL Rockford Christian 47, Burlington Central 33: At Rock-

ford, Central suffered its first Big Northern Conference East loss after struggling offensively. “Didn’t shoot the ball well, missed our first seven free throws and didm’ t make a 3-point field goal,” Rockets coach Brett Porto said. “It really came down to we couldn’t hit water if we fell out of a boat tonight.” Bryce Warner tallied nine points for BC (6-13, 4-1 BNC East).

8WHAT TO WATCH Today’s lineup Pro basketball Bulls at Washington, 6 p.m., WGN Pro hockey Blackhawks at Columbus, 6 p.m., CSN Men’s basketball Syracuse at Villanova, 10 a.m., ESPNU Louisville at Georgetown, 11 a.m., ESPN Ohio St. at Penn St., 11 a.m., ESPN2 Maryland at Duke, noon, CBS West Virginia at Oklahoma St., noon, ESPNU Minnesota at Wisconsin, 1 p.m., BTN Alabama at Tennessee, 1 p.m., ESPN2 Cleveland St. at Youngstown St., 1 p.m., CSN Dartmouth at Harvard, 1 p.m., NBCSN Northwestern at Nebraska, 2 p.m., ESPNU Oklahoma at Kansas, 3 p.m., ESPN Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee, 3 p.m., ESPN2 Detroit at Loyola (Chicago), 3 p.m., CSN New Mexico at San Diego St., 3 p.m., NBCSN Vanderbilt at Missouri, 4 p.m., ESPNU Temple at Butler, 5 p.m., ESPN2 North Carolina at N.C. State, 6 p.m., ESPN USC at Arizona, 6 p.m., ESPNU Florida at Mississippi St., 7 p.m., ESPN2 BYU at Portland, 9:30 p.m., ESPNU College football Senior Bowl, 3 p.m., NFLN Golf PGA Tour, Farmers Insurance Open, third round, noon, TGC; 2 p.m., CBS Mixed martial arts UFC, featherweights, Erik Koch (13-1-0) vs. Ricardo Lamas (12-2-0); lightweights, Anthony Pettis (13-2-0) vs. Donald Cerrone (19-4-0), light heavyweights, Rampage Jackson (32-9-0) vs. Glove Teixeira (19-2-0); champion Demetrious Johnson (16-2-1) vs. John Dodson (15-5-0), for flyweight

title, 7 p.m., FOX Extreme sports X Games, 1 p.m., ESPN; 3 p.m., ABC; 8 p.m., ESPN Figure skating U.S. Championships, 2 p.m., NBC Wrestling Iowa at Minnesota, 3 p.m. Men’s hockey Penn St. at Michigan St., 5:10 p.m., BTN Prep basketball Whitney Young at Simeon, 8 p.m., ESPNU Boxing Junior middleweights, Jermell Charlo (10-0-0) vs. Harry Joe Yorgey (25-1-1); welterweights, Selcuk Aydin (23-1-0) vs. Jesus Soto-Karass (26-8-3); champion Luca Matthysse (32-2-0) vs. Mike Dallas Jr. (19-2-1), for WBC interim junior welterweight title, 9 p.m., SHOW Sunday’s lineup Pro hockey Detroit at Blackhawks, 6 p.m., CSN Minnesota at St. Louis, 7 p.m., NBCSN Pro basketball Miami at Boston, noon, ABC Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 2:30 p.m., ABC Atlanta at New York, 5:30 p.m., ESPN Men’s basketball Michigan St. at Indiana, noon, CBS Iowa at Purdue, 2:30 p.m., BTN Florida St. at Miami (Fla.), 4:30 p.m., ESPNU Michigan at Illinois, 5 p.m., BTN Creighton at Southern Illinois, 7 p.m., ESPNU Pro football Pro Bowl, 6 p.m., NBC Tennis Australian Open, men’s championship, 2 a.m., ESPN Golf PGA Tour, Farmers Insurance Open, final round, noon, TGC; 2 p.m., CBS Extreme sports X Games, 1 and 8 p.m., ESPN Figure skating U.S. Championships, 2 p.m., NBC

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Well, I’ve read [media coverage] out there but I’m not that deep into it, but since the start of the year I’ve read a lot about the Mooseheart team.

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shot fake so I think he’s one of the hardest, one of the toughest players to guard.

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Burlington Central senior forward Moter Deng is enjoying a breakout season for the Rockets boys basketball team after missing most of his junior year with a broken arm. Deng moved to the United States with his father from what is now South Sudan when he was 5 years old. Deng was 6-foot-2 as a sophomore before sprouting to 6-5. In this week’s Weekend Chit-chat with sports editor Jay Schwab, Deng touches base on some connections to his homeland, Rockets coach Brett Porto and the build-up to the postseason. The following is an edited transcript:

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SPORTS NEIGHBORS BULLETIN BOARD St. Charles East boys basketball players and the cheerleaders are pairing up to raise money for cancer research. Hoops for Hope T-shirts will be on sale at the St. Charles East boys basketball games Feb. 2 and at the Hoops for Hope charity event game Feb. 9 when St. Charles East faces Batavia. High School students at East can purchase their T-shirts at lunchtime in the cafeteria until Feb. 8. Show your support and purchase a T-shirt starting at $10. Each T-Shirt includes free admission to the game. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Jimmy V foundation dedicated to cancer research. For information, call Jill Adduci at 630-335-9355.

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Coaching positions open at Rosary

Rosary has an assistant soccer and softball positions open for the spring season. Applicants must meet IHSA coaching certification requirements. Contact Athletic Director Mary Lou Kunold at 630-896-0831 or send resume to mkunold@ rosaryhs.com.

Bulls FUN-damentals camp in Geneva on Feb. 5

The Geneva Park District will host a Bulls FUN-damentals Camp starting Feb. 5 at Harrison Street School located at North Harrison Street in Geneva. The Bulls FUN-damentals Camp is a four-week session designed to improve every aspect of a young player’s game. The Bulls Academy is dedicated to delivering championship instruction through the latest techniques in ball handling, passing, shooting, footwork and rebounding. The camp is open to boys and girls, grades 5 through 6, and will meet Tuesdays from 6:15 to 7:45 p.m. Grades 7 and 8 will meet Tuesdays from 7:45 to 9:15 p.m. Cost is $100 for residents and $120 for nonresidents. Pre-registration required. Each participant will receive top-flight instruction from professional Bulls Academy coaches, a T-shirt, scouting report and a replica autographed photo of the Bulls’ Derrick Rose. For information or to register, call the Geneva Park District at 630-232-4542.

AAU basketball team looking for players

The Blazers AAU boys basketball program is looking for fifth-grade players for spring and summer. The west suburban team will feature elite competition and basketball skill development. For information, contact Joe Santos at 630-208-0219 or email jlaaskn2004@yahoo.com.

Deadline for hall of fame nominations approaching

The deadline for nominations to Waubonsee Community College’s Athletic Hall of Fame is quickly approaching. Individuals or groups can be nominated for the 2013 class of inductees until Friday. Hall of Fame selections will be announced the week of April 8 and inductees will be honored at the school’s year-ending Athletic Banquet on May 9. Nomination forms are available online at www.waubonsee.edu/athletics or through Waubonsee’s Athletic

Office on the college’s Sugar Grove campus. Inductees will be determined by a selection committee representing Waubonsee’s staff, administration and former Waubonsee student-athletes. Nominated athletes must be five years removed from competing for Waubonsee. Nominees will fall into one of five categories: administrators, faculty and staff; athletes; coaches; community supporters; and specific teams. Criteria for induction varies based on the category of nominee, but includes involvement in sports, dedication to Waubonsee, athletic successes, years at Waubonsee and contributions to the community or career accomplishments earned after leaving Waubonsee. For information, contact the Waubonsee Athletic Department at 630-466-2524.

Wasco softball registration open

Wasco Girls Fastpitch Softball

has begun registration for the 2013 spring/summer season. WGFSL is a recreational softball league open to all area girls’ grades kindergarten through 12th grade. Games are played in the evenings and some Saturdays so parents can attend and readily participate. Practice starts in April and most games conclude late June/early July. Players may register online at wascofastpitch.com, download a mail-in registration form or call the hotline at 630-513-1200 for a form. Registration concludes Feb. 28. After that date, players will be wait-listed. Fees are the same regardless of where you live – no “out-ofdistrict” fees. Spring training and pitching/ catching clinics will be in April and take participants through numerous stations, age-appropriate drills and conditioning. Space is limited.

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This year, for its fourth year, novice and experienced horse riders will gather at the Bull Run Equestrian Center for its Annual Boot Camp, which will be Feb. 23 and 24, beginning at 9 a.m. both days. The Bull Run Annual Boot Camp is for those interested in learning or improving their jumping skills. Lynda Zema, professional trainer and Bull Run’s manager, leads the sessions in both flat work – the non-jumping skills riders and horses need for competition – as well as jumping. Three sections offer all levels of instruction, and participants do not need to own horses to take part. Section 1 is a novice group, ideal for the green horse or a nervous rider. Section 2 is for more seasoned horses and riders who are looking to polish their skills. Section 3 is for horses and riders who demand a challenge and are ready to move up to a bigger jump. The first day of instruction will cover flat work and gymnastic work, and the second day will include additional flat work as well as course work. Each day will end with a question and answer session with Lynda Zema. The cost of the boot camp is $85 for one day or $165 for the weekend. For those bringing

their own horses, ship-ins will be welcome for $10 per day and may arrive as early as Feb. 22 after 3 p.m. A limited number of stalls will be available upon request for $35 per night or $65 for the weekend. In addition, a limited number of Bull Run’s horses are available for lease for $50 per day or $90 for the weekend. All riders are asked to wear breeches, boots and half chaps, as well as an ASTMcertified helmet. For details and an application, participants can contact Bull Run at 630-3651376.

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‘Music Man’ wonderfully entertaining for all ages Whatever weariness I’d been feeling before we headed to Aurora’s Paramount Theatre last Friday night simply vanished when the curtain went up on the first scene of “The Music Man.” I couldn’t help but be energized by the remarkable a cappella performance of several male actors, who deftly portray traveling salesmen lamenting the challenges of their work while maneuvering a rocky train ride into River City, Iowa. It was my family’s favorite scene, hands down, but there’s a lot to like about this show. Set in a small Midwestern town in 1912, this is the tale of one smooth salesman in particular, Harold Hill, and his scheme to hoodwink an entire town into buying into his story that he’s starting a children’s marching band. He plays the townsfolk like a fiddle, but his plan to hop back on the rails with their hard-earned cash and steal away across the prairie before they catch on is foiled when he realizes the impact of his promise on one young boy, Winthrop Paroo, and Winthrop’s spinster sister, Marian, the town’s librarian and music teacher. He merely woos them at first, but realizing that he matters to them, particularly vulnerable Winthrop, causes him to eventually fall for them, too. Seems Professor Hill isn’t the only mesmerizing character in this popular musical, which is based on “The Music Man,” a book by Meredith Willson (who also composed the music and wrote the lyrics for the stage). Indeed, Emily Rhom, the pitch-perfect and sweet soprano who plays Marian, Hill’s cool-customer turned love interest,

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Paramount Theatre’s production of “The Music Man” features (from left) Mary Ernster as Mrs. Paroo, Johnny Rabe as Winthrop Paroo and Stef Tovar as Harold Hill.

TALES FROM THE MOTHERHOOD Jennifer DuBose

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The ladies of River City (from left) Anna Hammonds, Liz Pazik, Elizabeth Dowling, Caron Buinis and Lauren Villegas pick a little, talk a little, pick a little and talk a little with traveling salesman Harold Hill (Stef Tovar) in Paramount Theatre’s production of “The Music Man,” directed by Rachel Rockwell. is without a doubt the vocal standout in this production. Of all of the characters, hers seems particularly well cast, but my family was also particularly impressed with and entertained by actress Liz Pazik’s portrayal of the mayor’s wife. Truly gorgeous costumes, a fabulous orchestra capably directed by Michael Mahler and fantastic singing overall, which includes fun turns by a barbershop quartet-esque group of men clearly mesmerized by Hill’s slick ways, all conspire to make this a top-notch show, but my daughter Holly was most impressed with

the cast’s energetic dancing because the ladies danced “in high heels!” At one point on opening night, a sign hanging amid the otherwise perfect set suffered a minor malfunction, but the show must go on, and indeed it did. We were surprised it didn’t conclude with a rousing ensemble number, perhaps a reprisal of “Seventy-Six Trombones,” for example. This “Music Man” lacks the wow factor of “Annie,” another musical recently directed by Rachel Rockwell at the Paramount (which also starred Rohm,

as Grace Farrell), but overall, this show, which runs through Feb. 3, is wonderfully entertaining for all ages and well worth the price of admission. Does the “Music Man” face the music and find redemption? Visit www.paramountaurora.com for tickets and see for yourself.

• Jennifer DuBose lives in Batavia with her husband, Todd, and their two children, Noah and Holly. Contact her at jenniferdubose@msn.com.

WEEKEND LIFE BRIEFS Pheasant Run to host Military History Fest

ST. CHARLES – The ninth annual Military History Fest convention is set from Feb. 1 to 3 at Pheasant Run Resort, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles. The event will include books, videos, and multiple interactive encampments (Romans through

Vietnam). There will be authentic World War II tanks, heavy weapons, dancing, live music, seminars, workshops and more. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet hundreds of authentically dressed historical re-enactors and join the scores of military history buffs.

The cost is $15 for a oneday pass, $25 for a three-day pass and children ages 15 and younger will be admitted free of charge. Veterans and military personnel will be admitted free on Friday. For information, visit www. MilitaryHistoryFest.com or call 630-336-2614.

Beatles tribute group to perform at high school

MAPLE PARK – The Cavern Beat, a Beatles tribute group, will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, in the Kaneland High School auditorium, 47W326 Keslinger Road, Maple Park. Tickets cost $10 for adults and $8 for students and senior

citizens. Preschoolers will be admitted free of charge. There will be general seating. For information, call 630-3655100, ext. 180, or visit www. kanelandartsfestival.org. The Cavern Beat will be joined by M&M Dance Company, as well as choir members from Kaneland School District.

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WEEKEND LIFE BRIEFS Fairgrounds to host Repticon this weekend

ST. CHARLES – The St. Charles Fairgrounds will play host to Repticon from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27. Attendees can enjoy a weekend packed with animals, reptile supplies and merchandise, seminars and live animal presentations. Admission costs $5. Children ages 12 and younger will be admitted free of charge. The Kane County Fairgrounds are located at 525 S. Randall Road in St. Charles. For more information, visit www.kanecountyfair.com.

‘Twilight Zone’ recreated Jan. 31 through Feb. 2

ST. CHARLES – The St. Charles North Drama Club will offer a weekend of strange and slightly spooky stories from Rod Serling’s “The Twilight Zone,” running Thursday, Jan. 31, through Saturday, Feb. 2, in the school’s auditorium, 255 Red Gate Road, St Charles.

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The two-hour show features four classic episodes of the popular 1960s series, including: “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street,” “Nightmare as a Child,” “The After Hours” and “The Obsolete Man.” Performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, and Friday, Feb. 1; and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2. Tickets cost $5 for students, $7 for adults and $3 for seniors. For more information, call Ryan Colton at 331-228-6236 or email rcolton@d303.org.

Sisterhood of Temple B’nai to host Soup Lunch

AURORA – The Sisterhood of Temple B’nai Israel is hosting its third annual Chicken Soup lunch sale from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3. Homemade chicken soup with matzo balls and noodles will be available for $8 a person for dine-in or take-out. The lunch includes soup, salad and dessert. The lunch will take place at the synagogue, 400 N. Edge-

lawn in Aurora. For more information, call 630-892-2450.

American Grands XVIII to feature nearly 500 pianists ELGIN – Nearly 500 pianists of all ages and skill levels will perform during American Grands XVIII on Saturday, Jan. 26, at the Elgin Community College Arts Center. The piano event of the year will be held at 1, 4 and 7 p.m. in the ECC Arts Center’s Blizzard Theatre, located in Building H on the Spartan Drive Campus, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin.

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HOROSCOPE By Bernice Bede Osol Newspaper Enterprise Association T ODAY – Even though you are likely to have the edge over your opposition in the year ahead, you’ll still have to earn every one of your victories. Chances are, they won’t be awarded without a hard-fought contest. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Don’t let a co-worker whose abilities are not up to your standards become empowered to dictate the collective course of action. Be firm and remain in control. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – If you are impelled to work on tasks that you find distasteful, there’s a chance your performance won’t be up to its usual high standard. If you can, set it aside until you’re in a better frame of mind. ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Even if you’re used to making all the rules, abide by the will of the majority. If you don’t, you could be attacked for defending an untenable position. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – When it comes to career situations, keep your guard up and be ready to fight or change course. Opposition from several unexpected sources is extremely probable. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Do not discuss your ideas with others, especially with someone who is known to plagiarize. This person will be true to form. CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Be particularly careful about getting involved in a tricky financial arrangement. It could be a ploy to demand an even larger cash outlay from all participants in the near future. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Avoid teaming up with an individual who is known to be underhanded. You won’t be very comfortable watching this person operate. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Guard against a strong inclination to make things much harder on yourself than they need to be. A tendency to do so would definitely impede your progress. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Be extremely selective regarding any social invitations you might receive. There’s a strong chance you could get caught up in a group of people that you won’t like at all. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Both you and your special someone must be of the same mindset where an important issue is concerned. Discord could occur if one decides something without the consent of the other. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Generally, you love endeavors of a mental nature, but since your powers of concentration are not apt to be up to par currently, you should be careful. Small mistakes are likely. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Don’t open your wallet to someone who never makes good on debts. If you do, you’ll just be reinforcing this person’s bad habit.

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Four retired opera singers – Billy Connolly, Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay and Pauline Collins – give it another go in “Quartet.”

‘Quartet’ celebrates creativity By ED SYMKUS GateHouse News Service It’s an interesting time for an industry that makes most of its money from a viewing audience that hasn’t yet reached 30. One of last year’s biggest art house hits was the veteran actor-filled “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.” The French import “Amour” is currently being showered with nominations and awards, and its two lead actors are in their 80s. And now we’ve got “Quartet,” which focuses on the British residents in a home for retired musicians. Adapted by Ronald Harwood from his own 1999 play and directed by first-timer Dustin Hoffman, this is a light little film that celebrates the creative spirit, looks at the ups and downs of longtime friendship, and isn’t afraid to address the ravages of aging, which could be hiding around any

corner. The film’s title refers to four opera singers – Jean (Maggie Smith), Reg (Tom Courtenay), Wilf (Billy Connolly), and Cissy (Pauline Collins) – who, having sung together in concert and on record, now live at Beecham House, a beautiful estate tucked into the idyllic countryside. But there’s some turmoil (call it drama) to go along with the peace and joy and constant flow of music. Jean is a new arrival, and it’s made very clear, very soon, that she and Reg have some sort of checkered past. There are health issues: One retiree has dizzy spells, another has brief bouts of memory loss. And Beecham itself is in trouble, as there are money hassles, and the place might be shut down. But wait, the pompous resident music director Cedric (Michael Gambon)

believes that if they sell enough tickets to the upcoming annual Verdi gala (everyone is expected to take part!), maybe Beecham can be saved. It sounds like an updated and outdated version of “The Blues Brothers,” where Jake and Elwood put on a concert to save their old boarding school, but “Quartet” aims for sweetness rather than outrageousness. Sometimes it goes too far in that direction and comes across as a bit precious. There’s bickering, but most of it is good-natured. We’re shown what, in certain cases, the results of a stroke can be, and in this one, they’re funny (one of the characters has lost the ability to censor himself, and pops off some memorable one-liners). But back to the film’s title. It also refers to the fact that our four central characters are quite

famous for a “Rigoletto” they once performed, especially for its well-known quartet. And wouldn’t ticket sales just soar if the four of them got back together at the Verdi gala to do it again? Of course, more of that drama ensues. But Hoffman has paid attention to the folks who have directed him over the years, and he has made sure to give plenty of space for his actors to shine in bringing their characters to life. He doesn’t display the skill of knowing how to really open the piece up, so it still has the feeling of a stage play. But the film is so filled with entertaining and insightful talk, as well as bursts of music being performed on camera, there’s no problem with it remaining on an intimate scale. For an extra treat, make sure to stay for the closing credits.

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips it is rude.

Dear Abby: About a year ago I caught my otherwise loving, loyal and well-providing husband checking online porn. I have trust issues that he knows about. I feel violated and hurt. He says, “Everyone does it.” I take great pain to maintain my appearance and my body. Although I’m almost 50, many consider me to be “hot.” He lies about a lot of little things, but he seems to love me. My question is, is that enough? Do all men REALLY fantasize constantly? Since I started menopause, I want him all the time. It is such a relief to know I can’t get pregnant again – it is a time of renewal for me. Then I caught him online. How would he feel if I were looking at younger men? Instead of a wonderful opportunity for us to discover our real selves again, I constantly wonder what he’s “really” thinking. Should

I cut my losses or focus on the positive? This has hurt me so much I can barely stand it. – Betrayed In Florida Dear Betrayed: Porn is easily available, and many men look at it without it being a danger to their marriages. And yes, they do fantasize often. If you can, it might be helpful to encourage your husband to discuss with you his reason for doing it. It may have nothing to do with you, and more to do with issues of his own. Before you let this ruin a perfectly good marriage, it might be helpful for you to talk with a therapist about your trust issues and what they stem from. The therapist may recommend joint counseling with your spouse, and you should consider that, too. You have a right to the kind of fulfilling marital relationship you desire, but it won’t happen unless there is honest, open communication and understanding between you and your husband. • Write Dear Abby at www. dearabby.com.

Digestive process is engineering marvel Dear Doctor K: Can you describe how food makes its way through our body, from the mouth to the other end? Dear Reader: This question is fun to answer, because the gut is a marvel of nature’s engineering. It’s both a food processor and a garbage disposal. First, it works as a food processor, breaking down food and liquids into chemical components that the body can absorb as nutrients. Then, what’s left – the garbage – is expelled by an efficient disposal system. The food you eat is of no value to you unless it is broken up into microscopically small pieces, and those pieces get absorbed from the gut into the bloodstream. Those tiny pieces become the building blocks for everything your body needs to function. The gastrointestinal (GI), or digestive, tract is a series of hollow organs. They’re linked to form a long tube that runs from mouth to anus. First comes the throat and esophagus, then the stomach, small intestine and colon. The walls of the tube contain muscles that perform different functions. 1. Digestion begins in the

ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff mouth, where food is chewed until it’s small enough to be swallowed. The teeth chop the food up into small pieces – but pieces you can see. Chemicals called enzymes in saliva begin to digest these pieces further. 2. Once food is swallowed, it enters the throat and then the esophagus. Food does not simply drop down the esophagus; it is pushed by contractions of the esophageal muscles. These muscles squeeze in a coordinated way to move food from the top to the bottom of the tube, always pushing it downward. At the bottom of the esophagus, where it meets the stomach, there is a muscular sphincter. When it’s working properly, this sphincter remains shut except when you’re swallowing, to prevent stomach acid from irritating the esophagus. 3. Once the food moves into the stomach, muscles mix it into a soft mush. Saliva, hydrochloric acid and the enzyme pepsin help

to further break down the food into a thick liquid called chyme. The stomach delivers chyme to the small intestine. 4. The main work of digestion takes place in the small intestine. That’s where the fats, starches and proteins in your food are turned into the tiniest pieces – fatty acids, simple sugars and amino acids. These nutrients are absorbed by the intestine’s thin lining and then transported in the blood to cells throughout the body. 5. Finally, what’s left of the food arrives in the large intestine, the colon. The walls of this muscular tube soak up most of the remaining water. Bacteria in the colon feast on the little nutrition left in your food. What’s left is propelled further down the colon. It settles in the rectum, until you release it during a bowel movement. The garbage disposal has made room for the next shipment from the food processor!

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

Dr. Wallace: I’m not a gifted student. I work extra hard and long on my studies to maintain a B average. Because of my limited educational ability, I know that I won’t become a college professor or a medical doctor. This means I must concentrate on professions that don’t cater to the gifted. I have set a reasonable goal for my future. I would really appreciate any advice you can give me so I can reach my goal successfully and have a wonderful productive life. P.S. I’m a 16-yearold girl. – Nameless, Niagara Falls, N. Y. Dear Nameless:

A very wise retired teacher from Mississippi wrote to me several years ago to give me her philosophy on the learning ability of her students. She wrote, “God gave all people equal talent. It’s up to the individuals to find their specialties.” I believe she is right on. As a teacher, I have observed students with average ability become highly successful professionals. I’ve had the good fortune to speak to large groups of teens in many parts of the country – from Newport Beach, Calif., to Seattle, Wash., to Lake Charles, La., and Gary, Ind. I always leave them with what I call my “5 D’s for Reaching Your Goals and Finding Success.” Follow them, and find out where they take you. • DREAM. I encourage all teens to dream, and then set attainable goals on the way to realizing that dream. • DEDICATION. It takes dedication and planning to reach all your goals. • DETERMINATION. You won’t reach your goals unless you make doing so a priority. It takes

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace gritty determination in the face of setbacks and discouragement to make your dreams come true. • DILIGENCE. Allow nothing to stop you from achieving your goals. Temptation will try to slow your efforts, but be strong and stay the course. Keep your dream in front of you. • DELIGHT. Hurray! You’ve done it! Don’t forget to savor your accomplishments every step of the way. Everyone can dream, set goals and reach that dream! This opportunity is not a function of grade-point average. It’s each person’s birthright. Dr. Wallace: I have a cat, and my brother has a dog. We both love our pets. Do you know what kind of pet is more popular? Our family can’t agree. – Laurie, Brunswick, Ga. Dear Laurie: According to American Girl Magazine, cats must be more popular because there are 14 million more cats in American homes than dogs. It’s wonderful that two pets are part of your family. I think every family should have at least one. Pets enrich family life. Through the years, the Wallace family has had the pleasure of having both cats and dogs as pets. Every one of them was loved and became an important member of our family. • Dr. Robert Wallace welcomes questions from readers. Although he is unable to reply to all of them individually, he will answer as many as possible in this column. E-mail him at rwallace@galesburg.net.

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Dear Abby: In today’s world, there are people who apparently cannot exist detached from their cell phones. In case you are wondering – yes, I do have one, but I use it only for emergencies, not idle banter. If I’m trying to hold a conversation with someone and he or she is playing with an electronic toy, I get up and walk away. It’s obvious to me that my company isn’t worth the person’s time, so neither is theirs. If I am in a restaurant and people start texting, I get up and go and leave the person with the bill. (Of course, I make sure I have eaten first.) In other words, I show them the same amount of courtesy they have shown me, which is none. What do you think of the statement I’m trying to make? – Over It In Paterson, N.J. Dear Over It: Has it occurred to you that the person may not realize why you walked away? You could communicate your message more effectively if you spoke up when your companion reached for the cellphone and SAID you’d prefer your visit not be interrupted because you feel

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Arthur C. Clarke, an English science-fiction writer who lived a lot of his life in Sri Lanka, said: “I don’t pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.” I hope you thought the questions in my Christmas Competition were worth thinking about. And I am going to give you my answers without pretense. However, they will have to be furnished in two stages, because the East-West hands will change slightly for the play problem. This was the initial question: How should South play in four hearts after West leads the club king? Declarer has eight top tricks: five hearts, two diamonds and one club. The heart finesse is bound to fail, of course. But a high spade can be established and perhaps a low spade ruffed in the dummy. It looks natural to lead a spade to dummy’s 10 at trick two. Here, though, if East wins with his ace and shifts to his trump, the contract cannot be made. West can kill the spade ruff. Instead, South should play a diamond to the dummy, then lead the spade three toward his hand. If East wins with his ace, declarer loses only two spades and one heart, being able to establish two spade winners. If East plays low, South’s queen loses to West’s king, but West cannot shift with effect to hearts. Suppose he leads a club. Declarer ruffs and plays a spade to the 10. East wins and switches to a trump, but South can try the finesse, being assured of one spade, five hearts, two diamonds, one club and one spade ruff. The bidding and opening-lead answers will be in Monday’s column in the Kane County Chronicle’s e-Edition.

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1 Sting 7 Makes a love connection?

54 Poison hemlock or Queen Anne’s lace 56 When the Festival de Cannes opens

14 Like Big Mama Thornton’s “Hound Dog”

58 “Peace ___ hand”

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61 Silent screen star Naldi

21 Mollify 22 Limestone variety

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118 One who’s beyond belief?

18 Ancient Greek school

70 Woodstock artist Guthrie

119 Revolutionary figure?

19 Start of an agreement that’s not really an agreement

120 High-hat

24 Muslim leader 29 Light side

72 Atlanta Braves’ div.

121 Tennis Hall-ofFamer born in Bucharest

60 Company closing?

69 “I’m impressed!”

30 Master 31 Stretched, in a way 33 Nesting place for a bird 35 Horned Frogs’ sch. 36 Like magic squares 42 Investor ’s bottom line 44 “Spider-Man” director Sam 45 Numerical prefix 46 Eco-conscious 47 Like letters marked “Return to sender” 49 Pizza topper 51 Author of “Unto the Sons”

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73 Knee-length hip-hop shirts 78 Mother who was a Nobelist 80 Skeleton section

86 Rotating surveying tool

87 Hollywood’s Patricia and others 89 “It Happened One Night” director 90 Abruptly calls off plans, say 91 Show some irritation

93 See 114-Across 97 Published

98 Chorus after “All in favor”

100 Road sign that may elicit a groan 101 Used, as a dinner tray

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7 Where Ponce de León died

52 H.S. senior ’s exam, once

8 Bernstein’s “Candide,” for one

53 Division politique

9 Black ___

55 Playwright Fugard 57 Beginning of ___ (watershed moment)

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40 Coach Parseghian

39 Price abbr.

31 Tuscan export

38 Fed. agents

32 Prie-___ (kneeling bench)

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16 Bone connected to the oblique cord

5 Unlock, to a poet

10 Stay fresh

14 Short cut

13 Parts of pounds

62 Winging it?

59 Comic actor Jacques

25 Ones getting hit on at salsa clubs?

28 Sledge who sang “When a Man Loves a Woman”

108 ___-Seltzer

15 Leaves out of the bag?

66 Back door

27 Gen. Bradley

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12 Friendly introduction?

114 With 93-Across, 34-Down and 48Down, what each line in the center square should do

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79 Worshiper with a pentagram

94 Co-star of “The Stunt Man”

106 Diamonds, e.g.

63 Many a Rubens subject

81 German pronoun

95 “There Is ___ …” (song by the Cure)

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82 Steamed bun in Chinese cookery

65 Parisian schools

83 E.M.T. training

67 Sports car feature

84 Drought-prone

74 Greenish shade

85 Newspapers

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88 Dates

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77 Mercedes models

92 Mete out

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Copies of the CIRCUIT COURT five (5) business days before the policy and procedures which govKENOSHA COUNTY ern District 303 student records are date of the hearing. FAMILY COURT BRANCH available by contacting the District 2. The Respondent-Father shall Central Office at 331/228-4911: IN RE THE PATERNITY OF: JESUS bring to court a fully completed, John Knewitz, Assistant SuperintenBAHENA, III (DOB: 5-18-87) dated, and signed Financial Disclo- dent for Student Services. sure Statement, at least two (2) SYLVIA CHAIREZ, years income federal and state in- (Published in the Kane County Petitioner-Mother, come tax returns, and copies of Chronicle, January 26, 2013.) And his/her last 8 paystubs. JESUS BAHENA, Jr. PUBLIC NOTICE Respondent-Father. Dated: September 14, 2012 INVITATION TO BID Case No. 95-PA-184 BY THE COURT: Class No. 40501 /s/ James E Fitzgerald CUSD #303 WILL RECEIVE IVD Case No. 480317 Honorable JAMES E. FITZGERALD SEALED BIDS FOR - NORTH HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT PAVING unORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR Document Drafted By: til 1:30 P.M. prevailing time on Attorney Margaret S. O'Connor CONTEMPT OF COURT February 19, 2013 at 901 South SBN 1030536 Peck Road, St. Charles, IL 60175 at which time Bids will be publicly Upon the attached Motion of the O'Connor Law Offices Main Street, Suite 202 opened and read aloud. Bidding Petitioner-Mother, SYLVIA CHAIREZ, Documents can be obtained by by and through her counsel, AT- 1442 N. Memorial Drive calling BHFX Digital Imaging at TORNEY MARGARET S. O'CONNOR Racine, WI 53403 630-393-0777. Any questions can of O'CONNOR LAW OFFICES, and Phone: 262-637-9080 Fax: 262-637-2025 be addressed by calling Mark the Affidavit of Sylvia Chairez made Hayes at 763-525-3238. in support of this Motion for Contempt, and upon the papers hereto (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, January 19, 26 & (Published in the Kane County filed in this action: Chronicle, January 26, 2013.) IT IS ORDERED that the above- February 2, 2013.) names Respondent-Father appear as follows: PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE BEFORE: Honorable JAMES E FITZGERALD INVITATION TO BID C.U.S.D #303 St. Charles PLACE: Kenosha County Set to Destroy Special Citcuit Courthouse 912-56th Street, CUSD #303 WILL RECEIVE Education Records Room 101, Kenosha, WI SEALED BIDS FOR - THOMPSON DATE: March 14, 2013 MIDDLE SCHOOL CHIMNEY DEMOActive temporary special educa- LITION until 1:00 P.M. prevailing TIME: 10:30 A.M. and show cause in person why tion records of Community Unit time on February 19, 2013 at 901 the Respondent-Father should not School District #303, St. Charles South Peck Road, St. Charles, IL ne found in contempt of court as dated 2011-2012 have been digi- 60175 at which time Bids will be requested in the attached affidavit tized and stored electronically. As a publicly opened and read aloud. and granted the relief requiest in result, the paper copies of all tem- Bidding Documents can be obporary records for students who tained by calling BHFX Digital said Affidavit. have active IEP's are set to be de- Imaging at 630-393-0777. Any If you do not appear as indicat- stroyed, with the exception of those questions can be addressed by ed, the court may hold the hearing students who receive Speech/Lan- calling Mark Hayes at 763-525without you and grant the request, guage services only. These paper 3238. including issuing an order to have records will be destroyed on or after you arrested and committed to the March 1, 2013. However, official (Published in the Kane County copies of all destroyed paper Chronicle, January 26, 2013.) county jail. records will be maintained electronYou have the right to be repre- ically so that a parent can request a sented by an attorney at this hear- copy of his/her child's special ing. Unless good cause is shown, record at any time. failure to appear without an attorney will be deemed a waiver of that Special Education records may include: reports of psychological or C O N J O B right. social work evaluations, reports of multi-disciplinary planning confer- A S L O P E IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT: ences, reports of annual reviews, 1. A copy of this Order to Show copies of individual educational T H R E E F I Cause and Affidavit be personally programs, or other verified informa- T A B S O M served upon the Respondent-Fa- tion of clear relevance to the educather, JESUS BAHENA, Jr., at least tion of the student. Copies of the C R A five (5) business days before the policy and procedures which govern District 303 student records are date of the hearing. M A T H E M available by contacting the District 2. The Respondent-Father shall Central Office at 331/228-4911: R A I M I bring to court a fully completed, John Knewitz, Assistant SuperintenU N R E A D dated, and signed Financial Disclo- dent for Student Services. sure Statement, at least two (2) years income federal and state in- (Published in the Kane County B I E N N I A come tax returns, and copies of Chronicle, January 26, 2013.) T A T his/her last 8 paystubs. and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed. 5. 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 5/25-4).

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS In the Matter of the Estate of: SUSAN CAROL PADDOCK Deceased. General No. 2013 P 22 PUBLICATION NOTICE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS 1. Notice is hereby given of the death of Susan Carol Paddock who died on January 2, 2013 a resident of Batavia, Illinois. 2. The Representative for the estate is: Patricia A. Hoefler, 1408 Newton Avenue, Batavia, IL 60510. 3. The Attorney for the estate is: Donat & Donat, P.C., 150 Houston Street, Batavia, IL 60510. 4. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 5, 2013. Claims against the estate may be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, P.O. Box 112, Geneva, IL 60134, with the Representative or both. Any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed. 5. 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 5/25-4). (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, January 12, 19 & 26, 2013.)

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Dated: September 14, 2012 BY THE COURT: /s/ James E Fitzgerald Honorable JAMES E. FITZGERALD Document Drafted By: Attorney Margaret S. O'Connor SBN 1030536 O'Connor Law Offices Main Street, Suite 202 1442 N. Memorial Drive Racine, WI 53403 Phone: 262-637-9080 Fax: 262-637-2025 (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, January 19, 26 & February 2, 2013.)

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COVENANT ❃

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ASSEMBLIES OF GOD ❃

Sanctuary

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BAPTIST ❃

Faith Baptist Church at Mill Creek

01S455 S Mill Creek Drive, Geneva, IL 60134 Phone: (630) 845-2532 Website: www.fbcmillcreek.org E-mail: secretary@fbcmillcreek.org Sunday: Coffee & Fellowship - 8:30 a.m. Sunday School - 9:00 a.m. Worship - 10:30 a.m. Pastor Grant Diamond

First Baptist Church of Geneva

“Reach. Connect. Equip. Serve” East Campus (EC) 2300 South Street, Geneva Sunday: Traditional – 9:15 & 10:45 AM Worship Café – 9:15 AM West Campus (WC) 3435 Keslinger Road, Geneva Saturday Worship - 5:00 PM Sunday, Contemp. 9:15 & 10:45 AM Hand in Hand Christian Preschool: 630-208-4903 www.fbcg.com (630) 232-7068

CATHOLIC ❃

Holy Cross Catholic Church

2300 Main St., Batavia (630) 879-4750 Saturday Mass: 4:15 p.m. Sunday Masses: 6:30, 8:00, 9:45 & 11:15 a.m. Weekday Lenten Masses: 6:30 a.m., 8 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Holy Day Masses: 7:00 p.m. Anticipatory, 6:30 a.m., 12:10 p.m. & 5:00 p.m. Confessions: Sat. After 8:30 a.m. Mass & 3:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Mon.- Fri. 7:00 a.m. - 7:55 a.m. Tuesdays 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. Chaplet of Divine Mercy: Tues. 8:30 a.m. & Sat. 4:00 p.m. Eucharistic Healing Service & Chaplet, Tues. 6:00 p.m. Rosary for Life: 1st Saturday of each month at 9:00 a.m. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Sun. to Sat. 1:00 p.m. Msgr Daniel Deutsch - Pastor

St. Patrick Catholic Church

(downtown) 408 Cedar St., St. Charles, IL 60174 Saturday, 6 p.m. Sunday, 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m. & Noon (Crane Road) 6N491 Crane Rd. St. Charles, IL 60175 Saturday, 4 p.m. Sunday, 8:00 a.m., 9:45 a.m., & 11:30 a.m.

St. Peter Catholic Church

1891 Kaneville Rd., Geneva (630) 232-0124 Weekday Masses Monday-Thursday 7AM & 8AM Friday during Summer 7AM & 8AM Friday during School Year 7AM & 8:45 AM Saturday 8AM Weekend Masses: Saturday 4:30PM Sunday 7AM, 9AM, 11AM, 5PM Holy Day & Holiday Masses Call the church for Mass times on these special days Confessions: Monday through Friday, 7:30 -7:55 AM Saturday, 8:30-10:00 AM & 3:15-4:15 PM

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Bethany Lutheran Church 8 S. Lincoln St., Batavia (corner of Lincoln and Wilson) (630) 879-3444 www.bethanybatavia.org 9:00 am Traditional Service with Holy Communion on the 1st and 3rd Sundays, plus Festival Sundays 11:00 am Contemporary Service with Holy Communion on each Sunday Education Hour takes place between the two services from 10:00 am to 11:00 am for ages 3 years old-adult Nursery care is available throughout the Sunday morning. Monthly Last Friday Community Supper 5:00-7:00 pm Free to the Community

Bethlehem Lutheran Church 1145 N. 5th Ave. St. Charles, IL 60174 1 mile N. of Rt. 64 on Rt. 25, (630) 584-2199 www.bethlehemluth.org Sunday Worship: 8:00 a.m./ 9:15 a.m./ 10:30 a.m. Adult Learning, Sundays: 9:15 am/10:30 am Worship on Saturdays 5:30 p.m. Uplift on Saturdays 6:30 pm Teen led Praise Gathering Bethelem Preschool Center: Full Day Child Care/Half dayPreschool 630-584-6027

Faith Lutheran Church LC-MS and full of Holy Spirit fire! Vibrant worship Sundays 9:00 a.m. Nursery open during worship Education Hour 10:30 a.m. 1745 Kaneville Rd., Geneva www.flc.geneva.org (630) 232-8420

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“Serving Christ in the Heart of the Community” 301 South Third St., Geneva (630) 232-0165 www.genevalutheran.org Communion Worship Schedule Saturday – 5:30pm in Chapel Sunday - 9:00am in Sanctuary 10am - CoffeeHouse - free treats/beverages 10:15 am - Education Hour for ages 3 yrs.-adult Weekday Christian Ed. Program ages 2-5 yrs. M-F, 9:30AM-12:30PM or 10AM-1PM Building is ADA compliant.

Immanuel Lutheran Church and School

(Missouri Synod) 950 Hart Rd., Batavia (630) 879-7163 - Church Office (630) 406-0157 - School www.ImmanuelBatavia.org Pastor Ronald Weidler Pastor William Beckmann Pastor Donald Moll Principal Glenn Steinbrenner Saturday Worship: 5:30 p.m. (Traditional) Sunday Worship: 8:00 & 9:30 a.m. (Traditional) 10:45 a.m. (Contemporary) Monday Night Worship: 7:15 p.m. (Traditional), June 13-August 15. Holy Communion will be celebrated the first and third weekends of the month at all services. Nursery Care Available Immanuel Lutheran School Preschool 3’s to 8th grade.

St. Mark’s Lutheran Church & Preschool

(Missouri Synod) 101 S. 6th Ave., St. Charles (Just South of St. Charles Library) (630) 584-8638 The Rev. Timothy P. Silber, Sr. Pastor Saturday – Traditional Worship at 5:30 p.m. Sunday – Traditional Worship at 8:00 a.m. Sunday – Traditional Worship at 9:30 a.m. Sunday – Contemporary Praise Worship at 11:00 a.m. All services elevator access St. Mark’s Nurturing Center Preschool for ages 2 – Pre K (630) 584-4850 www.stmarksstc.org

METHODIST ❃

Baker Memorial United Methodist Church Fourth Ave. & Main St., St. Charles Join Us for Traditional Worship 9:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. in the Sanctuary 9 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 10:30 a.m. Adult Sunday School Nursery Care Available Senior Pastor: Rev. Ronni Sue Verboom 630-584-6680 www.bakermemorialchurch.org

NONDENOMINATIONAL ❃

Hope Community Church Worship Sunday 10:00am Baker Community Center 101 S. Second Street, St. Charles, IL 630-263-5698 Current-Warm-Informal-Serious See us on the Web www.hope-online.com

PRESBYTERIAN ❃

Fox Valley Presbyterian Church (USA) A Welcoming Church 227 East Side Dr., Geneva (630) 232-7448 (1 blk. N. of Rt. 38.) (630) 232-7448 www.fvpres.com 8:30 a.m. Worship (informal) 10:00 a.m. Worship (traditional) 10:00 a.m. Church school Nursery Care Provided 8:30-11:00 a.m. Adult Breakfast Club 8:30 a.m. Confirmation (7-8th grd.) 4:00 p.m. Youth Group 7:00 p.m. The Growing Place Weekday Preschool We are a Stephen Ministry Church

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST ❃

Congregational Church of Batavia 21 S. Batavia Avenue 630-879-1999 Bataviaucc@sbcglobal.net www.congregationalchurch.org Worship Services 9:00 & 10:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 10:50 a.m. Nursery Care at both services. Batavia Nursery School 630-879-1999

First Congregational Church of Geneva UCC Growing in Spirit Come Grow with Us 4th & Hamilton Streets, Geneva (630) 232-7143 Sunday Schedule: Gathering Music 9:45 a.m. Worship 10:00 a.m. Nursery care provided Sunday Church School 10:00 a.m. Fellowship Time 11:00 a.m. Rev. Rebecca Clancy, Pastor

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PRE-OWNED ANDERSON BMW

360 N. Rte. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

888/682-4485

RAYMOND CHEVROLET 118 Route 173 • Antioch, IL

(866) 561-8676

BUSS FORD

MOTOR WERKS INFINITI

111 S. Rte 31 • McHenry, IL

Barrington & Dundee Rds. • Barrington, IL

815/385-2000

800-935-5913

www.andersoncars.com

www.raymondchevrolet.com

MOTOR WERKS BMW

REICHERT CHEVROLET

Barrington & Dundee Rds. • Barrington, IL

2145 S. Eastwood Dr. • Woodstock, IL

SPRING HILL FORD

800/935-5913

815/338-2780

800 Dundee Ave. • East Dundee, IL

www.reichertautos.com

888/600-8053

www.motorwerks.com

www.springhillford.com

KNAUZ BMW

407 Skokie Valley Hwy • Lake Bluff, IL

TOM PECK FORD

847-604-5000

13900 Auto Mall Dr. • Huntley, IL

www.KnauzBMW.com

ST. CHARLES CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP

1611 East Main Street • St. Charles, IL

AUTO GROUP - GARY LANG BUICK Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

888/794-5502 www.garylangauto.com

REICHERT BUICK 2145 S. Eastwood Dr. • Woodstock, IL

815/338-2780 www.reichertautos.com

www.bussford.com

(630) 513-5353 www.stcharlescdj.com

ANTIOCH CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP

847/669-6060 www.TomPeckFord.com

ZIMMERMAN FORD

www.garylangauto.com

MOTOR WERKS CADILLAC

www.stcharlescdj.com

ANTIOCH CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP 105 Rt. 173 • Antioch, IL

5404 S. Rt. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

130 Cedar Ave. • Lake Villa, IL

AUTO GROUP - GARY LANG 847/356-2530 www.gregoryautogroup.com GMC

866-480-9527

www.sunnysidecompany.com

MOTOR WERKS HONDA Barrington & Dundee Rds. Barrington, IL

800-935-5913 www.motorwerks.com

O’HARE HONDA

CLASSIC KIA

888-794-5502

847/816-6660

www.raymondkia.com

CRYSTAL LAKE DODGE

775 Rockland Road • Lake Bluff IL 60044 (Routes 41 & 176 in the Knauz Autopark)

5404 S. Rt. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

847-234-2800

815-459-4000 www.martin-chevy.com

RAY CHEVROLET

www.knauzhyundai.com

O’HARE HYUNDAI

LIBERTY NISSAN 847-680-8000

www.libertyautoplaza.com

www.classicdealergroup.com

ANDERSON VOLKSWAGEN 360 N. Rt. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

GURNEE VOLKSWAGEN 6301 Grand Avenue • Gurnee, IL

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

LIBERTY VOLKSWAGEN

Land Rover Lake Bluff

920 S. Milwaukee Ave. • Libertyville, IL

375 Skokie Valley Hwy • Lake Bluff, IL

www.knauzlandrover.com

847-CLASSIC (252-7742)

www.andersoncars.com

920 S. Milwaukee Ave. • Libertyville, IL

847-604-8100

www.paulytoyota.com

888/682-4485

MOTOR WERKS PORCHE

Barrington & Dundee Rds., Barrington, IL

River Rd & Oakton, • Des Plaines, IL

800/935-5913

888-553-9036

www.motorwerks.com

847-680-8000 www.libertyautoplaza.com

www.oharehyundai.com 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

39 N. Rte. 12 • Fox Lake, IL

www.libertyvillemitsubishi.com

RAYMOND KIA

KNAUZ HYUNDAI

815/459-7100 or 847/658-9050

LIBERTYVILLE MITSUBISHI

847-680-8000

www.gregoryautogroup.com

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

www.garylangauto.com 1119 S. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville, IL

(224) 603-8611

www.raysuzuki.com

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

920 S. Milwaukee Ave. • Libertyville, IL

www.libertyautoplaza.com

888/446-8743 847/587-3300

515 N. Green Bay Rd. Waukegan/Gurnee, IL

847-CLASSIC (252-7742)

LIBERTY KIA

23 N. Route 12 • Fox Lake

CLASSIC TOYOTA/SCION

www.oharehonda.com

847/831-5980

www.clcjd.com

www.Knauz-mini.com

AUTO GROUP GARY LANG MITSUBISHI

490 Skokie Valley Road • Highland Park, IL

5220 Northwest Highway Crystal Lake, IL

409A Skokie Valley Hwy • Lake Bluff, IL

425 N. Green Bay Rd. Waukegan/Gurnee, IL

www.classicdealergroup.com

RAY SUZUKI

PAULY TOYOTA

www.arlingtonkia.com

ANTIOCH CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP

MARTIN CHEVROLET

www.garylangauto.com

815/385-2000

847/202-3900

888/794-5502

888/800-6100

800/407-0223

1400 E. Dundee Rd., Palatine, IL

119 Route 173 • Antioch

www.piemontegroup.com

1460 S. Eastwood Dr. • Woodstock, IL

847-604-5050

GREGORY HYUNDAI

www.antiochﬁvestar.com

BULL VALLEY FORD/MERCURY

ARLINGTON KIA IN PALATINE

www.stcharlescdj.com

800-628-6087

888/794-5502

KNAUZ MINI

(630) 513-5353

770 Dundee Ave. (Rt. 25) • Dundee, IL 847/426-2000

www.st-charles.mercedesdealer.com

www.garylangauto.com

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

AL PIEMONTE CHEVROLET

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

888-538-4492

River Rd & Oakton, • Des Plaines, IL

ST. CHARLES CHRYSLER AUTO GROUP - GARY LANG DODGE JEEP 1611 East Main Street • St. Charles, IL CHEVROLET

105 Rt. 173 Antioch, IL

AUTO GROUP GARY LANG SUBARU

225 N. Randall Road, St. Charles

1107 S Rt. 31 between Crystal Lake and McHenry

CALL FOR THE LOWEST PRICES IN CHICAGOLAND

www.garylangauto.com

www.Knauzcontinentalauto.com

111 S. Rte 31 • McHenry, IL

130 Cedar Ave. • Lake Villa, IL

815/385-7220

847-234-1700

BUSS FORD LINCOLN MERCURY

888/794-5502

847/683-2424

800/935-5923

815/459-7100 or 847/658-9050

409 Skokie Valley Hwy • Lake Bluff, IL

www.bullvalleyford.com

AUTO GROUP GARY LANG KIA

Route 120 • McHenry, IL

KNAUZ CONTINENTAL AUTOS

GREGORY JEEP

www.garylangauto.com

200 N. Cook St. • Barrington, IL

www.motorwerks.com

(630) 513-5353

www.clcjd.com

FENZEL MOTOR SALES

SUNNYSIDE COMPANY CHRYSLER DODGE

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

1611 East Main Street • St. Charles, IL

888/800-6100

www.clcjd.com

www.gregoryautogroup.com

PAULY SCION

ST. CHARLES CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP

877/226-5099

AUTO GROUP - GARY LANG GREGORY CHRYSLER CADILLAC 888/794-5502

847/628-6000

CRYSTAL LAKE JEEP

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

847/356-2530

www.knauznorth.com

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

www.antiochﬁvestar.com

www.zimmermanford.com

2950 N. Skokie Hwy • North Chicago, IL

BIGGERS MAZDA

630/584-1800

206 S. State Street • Hampshire, IL

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

847-235-3800

www.andersoncars.com

MERCEDES-BENZ OF ST. CHARLES

www.antiochﬁvestar.com

888/800-6100

888/682-4485

800-628-6087

5404 S. Rt. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

KNAUZ NORTH

360 N. Rt. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

2525 E. Main Street St. Charles, IL 60174

105 Rt. 173 Antioch, IL

CRYSTAL LAKE CHRYSLER

www.motorwerks.com

ANDERSON MAZDA

www.bullvalleyford.com

ROSEN HYUNDAI www.rosenrosenrosen.com

BARRINGTON VOLVO

BUSS FORD LINCOLN MERCURY

MOTOR WERKS SAAB

815/385-2000

800/935-5393

111 S. Rte 31 • McHenry, IL

200 N. Cook Street • Barrington, IL

www.motorwerks.com

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

847/381-9400

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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

Filter & Oil Change

Expires 1-31-13. On most vehicles. Must present coupon at time of service.

FREE SYSTEM CHECK

Expires 1-31-13. On most vehicles. Must present coupon at time of service.

Brake Service

109

00 $

OFF

2-wheel job

00 OFF

4-wheel job

4-Wheel Alignment

95 OR $

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 1-31-13. 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!

00 OFF

Any 2-tire purchase

Expires 1-31-13. On most vehicles. Must present coupon at time of service.

Transmission Fluid Flush Automatic Transmission Fluid Flush

OFF

Any Synthetic Oil Change

NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY Expires 1-31-13. On most vehicles. Must present coupon at time of service.

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

$ 00

• 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

430 S. 2nd Street • St. Charles

630.584.1277

00 OFF

Any 4-tire purchase

Any new tire installed. Not valid with other promotions. Expires 1-31-13. Must present coupon at time of service.