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Radco plays major role in wounded veterans trip KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com BATAVIA – Radco Industries of Batavia was a major sponsor of the national Vets on the Water event from Sept. 20 to 23 at the Worldwide Sportsman Marina in Islamorada, Fla. The program hosted 16 wounded soldiers and veterans, along with four volunteers, for two days of guided fishing in waters often referred to as the sport-fishing capital of the world, according to a news release.

To qualify for the trip, the wounded soldiers and veterans must have at least a 30 percent disability. Vets on the Water is an outreach program supported by local volunteers, according to the release, which noted that the organization helps struggling veterans readjust to civilian life and provides relief from stress by providing a fun, water-related activity. Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing was part of the event.

“As a global leader in the manufacture of high-quality heat transfer fluids

Radco Industries specializes in the manufacture of high-quality specialty fluids and lubricants that encompass a broad spectrum of applications and temperature ranges for the military sector, according to radcoind.com. and specialty lubricants for the military sector, we have a natural affinity for our veterans and veteran organizations,” Radco Industries President and CEO Michael Damiani stated in the release. “We also like to support nonprofit organizations in which our employees are active. Larry Kendzior, Radco’s vice president [for] finance, has a long association with Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing and a strong dedication to our veterans.”

Kendzior is a U.S. Army veteran who served on active duty for four years before resigning his commission as captain. He and a wounded vet from Key Largo, Fla., started the event.

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Radco Industries announced the addition of Scott Mondi as account manager for military sales. Mondi has deep sales and sales management experience in the chemical industry, including qualifying new products into the aerospace industry and selling directly to military installations, the release stated.

The company’s relationship with the U.S. military spans more than 41 years, according to the release, which stated that Radco is a leader in the manufacture of specialty fluids and lubricants for the military, industrial/ energy and solar sectors.

NEWS BRIEF Deerpath Road bridge reopens in Batavia after replacement

BATAVIA – Closed since spring, the Deerpath Road bridge reopened to the public Sept. 27, announced the city of Batavia.

The replacement of the bridge has added such amenities as a sidewalk and bike path to cross over Mill Creek, as well as a wider bridge deck, according to the news release.

The Deerpath Road Bridge spans Mill

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In the past four years, Kendzior has raised the money for three similar fishing events in Tennessee and Florida, the release stated.

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■ WHAT: First annual Batavia

Oktoberfest ■ WHEN: 5 to 11 p.m. Oct. 7,

and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Oct. 8 ■ WHERE: River Street north

of Wilson Street in downtown Batavia ■ COST: Admission is free, with food and drink tickets available at three entry points ■ INFO: downtownbatavia. com/oktoberfest

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Ambrosia Stiles (second from right) and Kurt Hagemann (third from right), both of Batavia, participate in a stein-hoisting competition Sept. 30 sponsored by Samuel Adams at Bulldog’s Cellar in Batavia. Qualifiers next will compete at the inaugural Batavia Oktoberfest taking place Oct. 7 and 8.

be featured, as well as a performance at noon Saturday by the Batavia Community Band, directed by John Heath. The band was founded three years ago by Linda Schielke, who plays percussion in the group of about three dozen volunteers.

“We range in ages from mid-20s to probably early 70s; [there are] a lot of accomplished musicians who really do this for the joy of music and

giving back to the town,” Linda Schielke said.

The band’s half-hour program will range from the “Beer Barrel Polka” and the chicken dance to a medley from Johann Strauss Jr. with “Wine, Women and Song” waltzes.

She said a few perky marches will be on the program, as well as a polka titled “The Czech’s in the Mail.”

Serving beer at the festival will be local nonprofits includ-

ing Batavia United Way, Batavia Chamber of Commerce and Batavia Boy Scout Troop 6 parents, plus Baird & Warner Realtors who will donate their tips to CHIP IN Batavia.

Oct. 7’s opening ceremony also will include the Entrance of Flags by the VFW and Batavia High School Brass Band, followed at 5:45 p.m. by a performance by A Step Above Dance Academy, and from 6:30 to 11 p.m. by

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The Johnny Wagner Band will be part of the musical lineup at Oktoberfest in Batavia.

The Johnny Wagner Band.

Oct. 8 will open with the Farmers’ Market from 8 a.m. to noon, which regularly offers German baked goods and pretzels by Monika’s Organic Bakery. Traditional German attire is encouraged at the fest, whose family-friendly Saturday activities will include Batavia Academy of Dance at 11 a.m.; Batavia Community Band at noon; Edelweiss Chicago Dance Company at 1:30 p.m.; Judy Bridges and the Happy Wanderers band at 2 p.m.; German Spelling Bee at 4 p.m.; Dirndl and Lederhosen Contest hosted by All Dressed Up Costumes at 5:10 p.m.; Die Musikmeisters and Mike Knauf Band from 6 to 10 p.m.; Sam Adams Beer Stein Hoister Finals at 7 p.m.; and a Yodeling Contest at 8:15 p.m.

Saam said bars will feature Oktoberfest beers, and wine and cocktails will be available for purchase at the fest. Pal Joey’s will provide a German wines table. Gaetano’s will serve a Limoncello lemonade cocktail, and the newly opened Bar Evolution, an offshoot of Pal Joey’s, will offer special drinks.

Kinder-Land, situated within the fenced-in area, will provide a giant Jenga game, bag sets, duck races, crafts and activities.

Saam said the fest’s heavy-duty tents are designed to counter inclement weather. Anyone interested in volunteering is asked to contact Batavia MainStreet at downtownbatavia.com or 630-7613528.

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BATAVIA – Two days of Bavarian style revelry will be on tap with the first Oktoberfest presented by Batavia MainStreet on Oct. 7 and 8 on North River Street.

Organizers have spent almost a year creating a lineup brimming with the sounds, costumes and flavors of an authentic German celebration. A Kinder-Land zone will keep the younger set entertained, and will give away rubber ducks sporting Oktoberfest garb to the first 300 kids.

The performance stage will be set up just north of the arch at Wilson Street, facing into large tents stretching along River Street, and offering more than 80 picnic tables at which to enjoy German fare.

The traditional dishes will be prepared by Enticing Cuisine of Batavia, which will team with Cafe 20, Batavia MainStreet executive director Jamie Saam said.

Local businesses working with the Oktoberfest committee include Pal Joey’s, Wilson Street Tavern, A Step Above Dance Academy, Bar Evolution, Gammon Coach House, Rivers Edge Bar & Grill and Bulldog’s Cellar. The last two hosted preliminary competition for the stein hoisting contest last weekend, with qualifiers set to go head to head Saturday night. The event, led by Samuel Adams, which is the presenting sponsor of Batavia Oktoberfest, is part of a nationwide contest whose grand prize will be a trip to Munich’s Oktoberfest next year.

The 1-liter souvenir glasses used in the local contest also will be available for purchase while supplies last.

Oktoberfest will kick off at 5 p.m. Oct. 7 with the ceremonial tapping of a keg by Herr Bürgermeister Jeff Schielke and his wife, Linda. And earning the title of Festmeisters will be Holly and Andrew Deitchman, who will help introduce the stage performers and contests. She is president and CEO of the Batavia Chamber of Commerce.

Several German bands will

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Get to know Scott Turyna Jr.

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com

Elburn resident Scott Turyna Jr., 37, was in Geneva when he answered questions for Kane County Chronicle writer Brenda Schory.

Schory: Where did you grow up?

Turyna Jr.: St. Charles. I graduated from St. Charles East in 1997.

Schory: Pets?

Turyna Jr.: Two dogs – a Boston terrier named Bennie and a boxer mix named Archie; and two cats – Jimmy and Olive Schory: Who would play you in the movie of your life?

Turyna Jr.: Woody Harrelson Schory: First job?

Turyna Jr.: W.W. Granger. I became a financial adviser.

Schory: A movie you’d recommend?

Turyna Jr.: “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” Schory: Favorite charity?

Turyna Jr.: The Michael Joseph Foundation Schory: Favorite local restaurant?

Turyna Jr.: Stockholm’s in Geneva Schory: What is an interesting factoid about yourself?

Turyna Jr.: I have three kids age 2 and [younger].

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Participants gather during a Chili Cook-off event. The sixth annual Chili Cook-off at Batavia Viking Ring Lodge will return at 1 p.m. Oct. 8 to benefit the Batavia United Way and Illinois Fire Safety Alliance Burn Camp.

GREAT BOWLS OF FIRE Chili contest to heat up support for charities

By RENEE TOMELL rtomell@shawmedia.com BATAVIA – Whether people want to indulge their competitive streak with their homemade chili recipe or simply want to savor some of the best contenders around, the sixth annual Chili Cook-off at the Batavia Viking Ring Lodge is ready to ladle up some fun Oct. 8. The event will warm up taste buds and hearts with its support of multiple charities.

“We’re always looking for additional cooks,” said John Dillon, a member of the lodge and an organizer of the cook-off with chili guru Bill Pierson.

“We’ll find room for them.”

People should call Dillon or Pierson to find out the rules, including a special category of sanctioned Chili Appreciation Society International entries, with precise regulations for the recipes, such as no filler like beans or macaroni. The entry fee to cook is $20. While many of the CASI competitors follow the circuit in hopes of advancing to their organization’s championship, the

Competing in a past Chili Cook-off is CASI contender John Gastaldello. The sixth annual cook-off will return Oct. 8 at Batavia Viking Ring Lodge.

Batavia cook-off also is open to people making their own home-style recipes.

Dillon said all the chili has to be cooked on-site, and contestants provide their own camping-style cookstove along with ingredients. Booths will be arrayed, rain or shine, on the grounds of the lodge.

Guests can start arriving at 12:45 p.m., and for a $5 tasting ticket will be able to sample around 15 chili entries beginning at 1 p.m. Dillon said the chili sells out relatively quickly, usually after 2 p.m.

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Mayor forecasts tough ’17, cites state budget

By MARK FOSTER editorial@kcchronicle.com BATAVIA – The state’s ongoing budget woes seem unlikely to improve anytime soon, and that could spell a rough 2017 for Batavia and other Illinois municipalities.

That’s the assessment of Mayor Jeff Schielke after coming away from a recent session of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning’s Council of Mayors in Oak Brook. Jeff Schielke “I think 2017 could be one of the more challenging years the state has ever faced,” Schielke told the Batavia City Council on Oct. 3.

A major concern is that state lawmakers, desperate for sources of revenue, may turn to the Local Government Distributive Fund, from which state

was not approved.

A cut in this source of revenue would have dire consequences for the city, Schielke said.

While Batavia Mayor Jeff Schielke The City Council soon will enter into technically can make the appointment budget discussions for the coming year. and seek confirmation by the aldermen, “There are things we may want to he has used a system in which the delay for a while,” Schielke said. appointee is selected by a majority vote The mayor pointed to the transportaof the council. In an open session, aption “lockbox” amendment to the state plicants are interviewed by the council, constitution, which will be on the Nov. 8 which then votes in secret. The appointballot, as having the potential to tighten ment is announced by the mayor. the squeeze for lawmakers when they are drawing up a state spending plan.

Approval of the amendment would income tax revenues are shared with prohibit the state from using transcities, villages, townships and counties. portation funds for nontransportation Batavia finance director Peggy Col- spending and could motivate lawmakby said Batavia receives $2.5 million a ers to turn their eyes once again to the year from the fund. distributive fund, Schielke said.

Last year, Gov. Bruce Rauner had “There are a lot of forces swirling proposed reductions from the fund for around us,” the mayor said. “I’ve never units of local government, but his plan seen anything quite like this.”

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In other city business:

• The city is accepting applications from residents of the First Ward who want to be considered for an appointment to the City Council. First Ward Alderman Carl Fischer resigned because he is moving out of state. The council will conduct interviews with applicants and appoint a replacement Oct. 18. The appointment will run to the April municipal election.

• The city is planning this fall to conduct a controlled burn of 108 acres of dried-out vegetation around the Braeburn Marsh west of Randall Road. The more visible portion of the marsh, east of Randall, falls under Kane County’s jurisdiction, the mayor said. Fourth Ward Alderman Susan Stark said the city’s Public Works Department is working to get the county to agree to conduct a controlled burn there at the same time.

Memory care facility in Batavia increases capacity KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com BATAVIA – Updates to the Harry Ekstam Assisted Living facility on The Holmstad campus in Batavia are expected to be finished by early fall of this year and will nearly double the number of memory care apartments, according to a news release.

Joseph J. Duffy Co. of Chicago was chosen to complete a renovation of common spaces, including the relocation of one dining room, the news release stated.

In addition, a new, more visible entrance with a vestibule is being added, the release stated.

Three wings – Hawthorn, Maple and Willow – make up the assisted-living facility at 831 N. Batavia Ave. The dining room for Willow was relocated to the second floor, complete with a finishing kitchen and enhanced dining experience. It was moved to allow construction of a new entrance and vestibule

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“These updates will better serve residents and staff.

The remodel will enrich the atmosphere for both residents and their caregivers.”

Joseph Beuttas Vice president of business development for Joseph J. Duffy Co. of Chicago

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As part of a renovation project, updates are underway on the dining rooms of the three wings of the Harry Ekstam Assisted Living facility at The Holmstad in Batavia.

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groups and organizations.

The 2017 Election Guide and eligibility requirements are available at elections. il.gov. Petitions for candidates interested in running now may be circulated.

The filing period for the petitions will be between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Dec. 12 to 16. The pe-

titions should be filed with executive director Allison Niemela at the Civic Center, 327 W. Wilson St., Batavia. Candidates’ names will appear on the election ballot in the order in which their nominating papers are received, unless papers are filed simultaneously in which case a lottery will be held.

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He said the many samples turn into a “pretty hearty meal,” and a few cooks generally grill hot dogs for people who want a chili dog for a nominal fee. If the weather cooperates, musicians will entertain.

Proceeds from the contest will go to local nonprofits through Batavia United Way, where Dillon serves on the board. In addition, it will raise funds for the Illinois Fire Safety Alliance Burn Camp, an organization the Viking Lodge supports. He said the Batavia Fire Department, which also assists the alliance, usually takes part in the chili party.

“This year, we’re asking

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the door to sample entries; $20 to enter cooking contest n INFO: Contact Bill Pierson at 630-879-7934 or chillinipod@comcast.net or John Dillon at 630-502-8335 or dillon60119@att.net.

people to bring nonperishables [like] canned goods or cash donations for the Batavia Food Pantry,” Dillon said, adding that people can drop off pantry donations that day any time after 9 a.m. at the lodge, where the cooks will have gathered to start preparations.

Rating the chili from first to 10th place will be a core group of judges, aided by in-

vited guests. Appropriate to the Viking Lodge, the firstplace award is a Swedish folk art dala horse, hand carved by one of the chili cooks and painted by his daughter in the traditional style.

A people’s choice award also will be determined, and cooks can earn a showmanship award.

One of the past showmanship winners is Doug Mott

Sign up for breaking news text and email alerts at KCChronicle.com/subscribe. of Batavia, who was a judge before twice entering his own batch of chili.

“Even the cook who normally doesn’t compete in cooking contests can participate and have a good time,” Mott said.

To learn more about this year’s event, contact Bill Pierson of Illinois’ local CASI chapter, the Chillini Chili Pod, at 630-879-7934 or chillinipod@comcast.net. Or contact John Dillon at 630-502-8335 or dillon60119@att.net.

“Come out and have a good time,” Dillon said.

BATAVIA – Two Batavia High School students have been named semifinalists in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program.

They are Matthew Grendzinski and Colin Holden, announced the school district news release, noting they are academically talented seniors who have an opportunity to continue competing for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $33 million, which will be offered next spring.

About 90 percent of the semifinalists are expected to attain finalist standing, and about half of the finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, the release stated.

An estimated 1.6 million juniors from more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2015 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Of that number of applicants, 16,000 have advanced to semifinalist standing, representing less than 1 percent of all U.S. high school seniors.

About the program The National Merit Scholarships Program will award more than $33 million offered next spring. Semifinalist represen less than 1 percent of all U.S. high school seniors.

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For more information about the Batavia Park District and its board of commissioners, including election information, visit bataviaparks.org.

Scholarship semifinalists include two BHS students

The sixth annual Chili Cook-off at Batavia Viking Ring Lodge will return at 1 p.m. Oct. 8 to benefit the Batavia United Way and Illinois Fire Safety Alliance Burn Camp.

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a seat on the board must be 18 or older and a Batavia Park District resident for at least BATAVIA – There will be one year prior to the election. two seats open for candidates Park board commissioners do seeking election to the Batavia not receive any compensation Park District Board of Com- and serve six-year terms. Commissioners in the April 4 con- missioners are assigned to solidated election. represent the park district as People who want to run for liaisons to various nonprofit

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Snowsuits for Kids spreads the warmth

By RENEE TOMELL rtomell@shawmedia.com BATAVIA – As winter approaches, one Batavia couple keeps a close eye on weather conditions around the country to gauge how busy they’ll be with their online clothing business, Snowsuits for Kids.

A career in the apparel industry since 1990 helped Michael Huddleston develop the overstock purchasing connections that provide a portion of the inventory for the children’s jacket and snowsuit company run by his wife, Judy, for the past decade. They fill orders domestically and overseas from their 2,000-square-foot warehouse space, with their high season running from late August through April.

“With kids’ clothes, trends and colors don’t change as much,” Michael said, explaining why the business model works well for that age group.

From year to year, popular colors remain pinks and purples for girls and navys and greens for boys. Judy said they include a coordinating scarf or hat with most purchases for added value and style. About 75 percent of their orders are for girlswear, and they offer sizes infant to 16.

The lines they carry in jackets, snow pants and snow bibs include London Fog, Columbia, Adidas, OshKosh and Rothschild.

Three years ago, they created their own private label – SFK – and bring in a container shipment from China each fall.

They have their own website at

which provides a convenient pickup service and delivers in two to three days.

“They’ve been wonderful. They make it easy for small-business owners to be efficient,” Michael said, noting the business racked up $40,000 in postage last year.

Canada is their biggest destination for orders, and several unlikely states are their top winter wear customers, including Texas and Florida.

The couple said retailers in warm-weather states typically don’t stock outerwear because of the milder climate and because it takes up more display space than less bulky apparel.

When residents travel to colder climes or storms hit in places such as Tennessee and Arkansas, Snowsuits for Kids fits the bill with its discounted outerwear.

When weather events prompt a spike in orders, it can mean long days.

“A lot of nights, my kids don’t [get] a homemade meal,” Judy said of their children, who are 16 and 13.

The company has been spreading the warmth by donating its excess items to various charities over the years, including a Romanian orphanage, but more recently it has focused on local recipients through the CHIP IN Batavia program. Last month, the couple donated 156 coats to the Adopt A Sandy Bressner - sbressner@shawmedia.com Family project organized through BatJudy Huddleston, who co-owns her online Snowsuits for Kids business with husband Mi- avia United Way. chael, drops off 156 donated coats and pants for the Adopt A Family project coordinated Judy knows the height of the season will mean seven-day work weeks

by Batavia United Way. to meet the stringent order-fulfillment requirements of eBay and Amazon. snowsuitsforkids.com, but most sales Judy said.

The Huddlestons say it’s a good are through eBay and Amazon.

She said she ships everything via “Amazon has been amazing for us,” the U.S. Postal Service’s Priority Mail, problem to have.

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Continued from page 6 for the 36,000-square-foot facility. The new entrance is visible from the Town Center, which is the hub of the continuing-care community, making it easier for visitors to locate, according to the release.

The dining rooms for Hawthorn and Maple also will be updated, along with the interior decor of all common areas, the release stated, nothing that the project was designed by BLDD Architects of Chicago.

“These updates will better serve residents and staff,” Joseph Beuttas, vice president of business development for Joseph J. Duffy, said in the release. “The remodel will enrich the atmosphere for both residents and their caregivers. We are pleased to work with Covenant Retirement Communities on this project.”

For information, call 877-226-7310 or A new entrance is part of the renovation project at the Harry Ekstam Assisted Living facility at The Holmstad in Batavia. visit theholmstad.org.

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On May 8, 1905, Albert Hopkins, a U.S. senator from Illinois, notified the city of Geneva that President Theodore Roosevelt’s special train would be stopping at the city’s train depot on May 10.

The president was returning to Washington, D.C., from a monthlong hunting trip in Colorado. Arrangements were quickly made to send large delegations from towns throughout Kane County, but on that day a violent and steady downpour of rain confined the estimated 3,000 in attendance to mostly Geneva residents. Among those welcoming the president were 482 schoolchildren and their teachers, each carrying an American flag, Grand Army of the Republic members and the Geneva Cornet Band.

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By Sandy Bressner, photo editor at the Kane County Chronicle

Along with my daily work photographing news and high school sports throughout Kane County, I’ve had the opportunity to photograph high-profile celebrities, mediocre celebrities, dozens of local and state politicians and one future president.

I’m used to being in the background; in fact, I prefer it. I like to be invisible, to not be a part of the scene I’m photographing.

But I have to admit, I was a bit starstruck when I was assigned to photograph actress Jamie Lee Curtis.

Curtis was at H.C. Storm Elementary School in Batavia to promote her latest children’s book.

In junior high, my girlfriends and I would spend Friday nights watching horror movies and eating fried chicken. Not the greatest combination, but it became a tradition. One of those movies on regular rotation was “Halloween,” starring Curtis.

So I was surprised and delighted when she marched right up to me, extended her hand and said, “Hi, I’m Jamie!”

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Back in the 1960s, marketers of a certain brand of tuna came up with a catchy jingle: “Ask any mermaid you happen to see, ‘What’s the best tuna?’

Chicken of the Sea.” The white albacore tuna inside those little 5-ounce cans was so delicately flavored that it was deemed to “taste like chicken.” But as anyone with even remotely adventurous taste buds will tell you, tuna is not the only food to earn this fowl-flavored distinction. There’s rabbit (especially farmraised), alligator, snapping turtle, bullfrog …

There also is Laetiporus spp., a group of closely related mushrooms that are collectively referred to as chicken of the woods.

Thanks to our warm and wet summer and, now, fall, these fleshy, orange and pinkish-yellow fungi are popping up on oak trees throughout our area. While not particularly good news for the trees – Laetiporus causes heart rot, which over time destabilizes the structural heartwood – the appearance of chicken of the woods makes the hearts of mushroom hunters sing.

The mushroom’s thick, soft flesh and mild flavor are reminiscent of the white meat of, yep … chicken. And its yellow-orange color makes it hard to miss. Sliced or cubed, it can be used in place of chicken in a variety of recipes. But – and this is a pretty big “but” – do be aware that some people have reported adverse reactions when eating this particular sort of chicken.

Cooking thoroughly seems to reduce the incidence of these symptoms.

Chicken of the woods is one of a vast army of organisms we refer to as decomposers – creatures, and fungi, great and small that work to break down the dead and dying tissue of plants and animals. Laetiporus is interesting in that it can grow parasitically, on living trees, and also saprobically, on dead wood.

It also is interesting taxonomically.

A few decades ago, proper identification of chicken of the woods was easy – all were lumped under one specific name, L. sulphureus. Today, however, the magic of genetic analysis has led to splitting the one species into six separate ones, each differing slightly in growth habit and ecological niche.

The two species that occur most commonly in our area are L. sulphureus and L. cincinnatus. As members of the same genus, they share certain characteristics – both have plump, fan-shaped caps and neither have stalks. They also are both polypores, which means they sport pores rather than gills on their undersides.

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The bright orange color and yellow pores beneath identify this fungus as Laetiporus sulphureus, one of several related mushrooms that also go by the name chicken of the wood, according to Pam Otto.

GOOD NATURED Pam Otto orange, and the pores on its underside are yellow. Cincinnatus is a little paler in pigmentation, and its pores are white. Sulphureus usually grows as overlapping shelves on the trunk or downed logs of hardwoods – typically oaks, but other species, too. Cincinnatus usually grows as rosettes near the base of the tree, or on its roots, and is almost always on oaks.

Mushroom experts say there’s a difference in the taste, too, with many preferring cincinnatus because the entire mushroom is of pleasing texture and flavor. Sulphureus tends to be tougher toward the middle, leading mushroom fanciers to cook only the outer parts.

If you should be lucky enough to find this sort of chicken in your woods, seize the opportunity to get an up-close lesson in how fungi accomplish their amazing feats of decomposition. Look beyond the mushroom’s lovely orange color and see if you can

spot some white strands or “hairs.”

These are the mycelia, fibers which penetrate the wood and secrete enzymes that help break down the tree.

Although the mushroom is the most visible part of the organism, it’s the mycelia that do the real work of turning wood back into soil. The mushroom is actually the fruiting body – the portion that produces the spores that, when dispersed, allow new fungi to form.

Because of their bright colors and easily recognizable growth habits, Laetiporus spp. are considered to be unmistakable. (So, in fact, is another mushroom species you might be seeing these days. The giant puffball, Calvatia gigantean, ranges in size from softball to volleyball to beach ball. It, too, is edible when cooked, although its flavor is extremely mild.)

But there’s one more fungus worth mentioning, not because it looks anything like chicken of the woods but rather because it has a very similar name.

Hen of the woods, Grifola frondosa, is another local species prized for its delicate flavor. Like chicken of the woods, it’s benefiting from excellent

growing conditions this season; it also can be found at the base of oak trees. But it doesn’t look anything like Laetiporus; it’s grayish brown, for one thing, and its rosettes can grow much larger.

One thing that’s true of both chickens and hens – or all mushroom species – is that regulations for harvesting vary by agency. Most forest preserve and park districts, for example, do not allow collecting of any sort.

But mushrooms can be picked in most Illinois state parks, provided the site has not been designated as a dedicated nature preserve.

As far as I know, however, there’s no law against writing catchy jingles you can hum or sing to yourself as you stroll through the woods on a lovely autumn day. Here, I’ll get you started: “Ask any person who likes wild foods, ‘What’s the best fall polypore?’

Chicken of the _________.”

Pam Otto is the manager of nature programs and interpretive services at the Hickory Knolls Discovery Center, a facility of the St. Charles Park District. She can be reached at 630-5134346 or editorial@kcchronicle.com.

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Renee Tomell Kane Weekend Editor

Dying to ride a motorcycle A month ago, a young man died driving a motorcycle on Randall Road when hitting a car turning left that failed to yield to oncoming traffic. He was 20 years old, studying to be a mechanic, and worked two jobs. His tragic loss leaves me saddened.

The car’s driver, only 15 years old, had her learner’s permit and father with her.

Because she’s a minor, the girl remains anonymous. However, her mistake ended someone’s life, a cataclysmic event certain to take an emotional toll and follow her through life like a shadow she can’t shake.

There’s more to this story, such as the Batavia police citing the teen for failing to yield. And the motorcycle driver’s family filing a $50,000 wrongful death lawsuit against the teen and her father for driving “carelessly and negligently.”

Finally, Batavia Police Detective Kevin Bretz said the speed limit on that stretch of Randall Road is 45 miles per hour. Police believe the motorcyclist was driving between 49 and 56 miles per hour at the time of the crash, Bretz said.

Hey, I get motorcycles: Freedom from windows’ walls, a purring engine beneath your butt, and aromatic exhaust fumes wafting up your nose. I’ve ridden sand roads on a putt-putt Honda 50, gale-force winds of 35 miles per hour rouging my cheeks.

I’ve maneuvered manlier motorcycles through soft prairie so that if I fell off, injuries would be limited to grassstained blue jeans.

For me, helmets are the sticking point. Don’t wear one, and good luck with – at best, in an accident – a concussion. Wear one, and lose the romance; caged in a heavy,

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RIVER TOWN CHRONICLES Rick Holinger uncomfortable “Stormtrooper” look, the fit feels tight as a big brother’s headlock.

Look, buzzing among arrogant SUVs, hulking 18-wheelers and get-me-to-thegame-on-time drivers wearing smartphones like earrings defines Freud’s death wish.

Why not simply smoke three packs a day and feast daily on Kentucky Fried Chicken bacon cheeseburgers between two fried chicken patties?

I tell my 68-year-old, motorcycle-riding friend Charlie he’s nuts. He tells me he took an advanced safety class. I tell him that even driving better than Evel Knievel won’t protect him from young drivers who haven’t mastered the subtleties of left-hand turns.

Or from the likes of the man who, long ago, blinded by sunlight, crashed into the motorcycle stopped at a stop sign on which my wife’s neighbor, not yet 21, sat as a passenger, leaving one leg decidedly shorter after multiple operations.

Riding today’s roads with only denim and leather for armor is analogous to the golfer playing 18 holes in a thunderstorm; odds are he won’t get hit, but if he does, should he really blame the lightning?

Or sue it?

Rick Holinger has taught secondary school English for more than 35 years. His poetry, fiction, essays, criticism and book reviews have appeared in numerous literary journals. He facilitates two local writers’ groups and lives in Geneva. Contact him at editorial@kcchronicle.com.

Difficulties of a long-distance relationship Hey honey, I’m home!

Well, it is true that I am home. I’m still living my ordinary life in Batavia.

However, he is not home; he’s in Missouri. When I say “he,” I am referring to my boyfriend who is now away at college. We’re in one of those types of relationships where we live six hours away from each other. Yeah, one of those things.

A long-distance relationship – or a LDR, as I like to abbreviate it. We’re living a reality that many college students in relationships often face. There are many mixed opinions about LDRs, and well, I can understand all the different views that people may have toward these kind of romantic relationships.

I’ve discovered that LDRs are interesting. The hardest part of being in a LDR isn’t figuring out how to communicate. My boyfriend and I have no problem texting each other each day and talking on the phone or on Skype whenever possible. In this present day, many couples who are doing long distance can agree that with all the social media sites and apps, texting, and video calls out there, if there’s any time to do long distance it’s now. Unlike 20 years ago, no longer is a

BEFORE THE DIPLOMA Denise Cartina phone call the only available source of communication.

At least for my boyfriend and I, communication isn’t an issue. What’s frustrating is that we are never physically together at the same time and place. For instance, I can’t ask him to come over to my house to hold me whenever I need comforting.

I can’t hold his hand as we walk around the Waubonsee campus, and I can’t have weekly date nights with him to see a movie. I’ve had to live without all these normal “couple things.”

Ever since my boyfriend left for college, I swear I notice more couples now than ever before. At Waubonsee, I’ll walk around campus and spot a couple holding hands and laughing. Furthermore, since I work at a banquet hall, every weekend I witness happy couples getting married. While working, I’ll often notice couples dancing together during a slow song. With all this going on at work, I’m usually in my waitress apron in the corner of the banquet hall room just

crying internally because I can’t have that type of romantic connection right now.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m always happy for the couples I happen to come across since they’re all relishing in the beauty of love. Yet, the amount of envy that I have toward any couple I see lately is insane. It’s been nearly two months since I’ve last seen my boyfriend in person and it’s difficult to comprehend that we’ve been apart that long.

However, I’m sure many couples in LDRs can agree that the most important thing to do is to plan visits where you see one another. It gives the two of you something to look forward to. In a few days I’ll be going down to Missouri to visit my boyfriend. I’ve been anticipating the day for the past month as it has been long overdue.

To all the long-distance couples in the world: hang in there.

Denise Cartina is a student at Waubonsee Community College. In addition to writing, she enjoys watching sappy romantic comedies, eating peanut butter and keeping elegance alive. Her column runs every other Thursday. Contact her at editorial@kcchronicle.com.

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Illinois League of Women Voters president

Patti Lackman

Central Kane County League of Women Voters vice president

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All letters are subject to editing for length and clarity at the sole discretion of the editor. Letters can be emailed to letters@kcchronicle.com, faxed to 630-444-1641 and mailed to Letters, Kane County Chronicle, 333 N. Randall Road, Suite 1, St. Charles, IL 60174.

This election season is ‘beyond cynical’ On Monday nights, my family cleans the house.

Usually we listen to whatever cartoons our kids are watching as we sweep and mop. But Sept. 26 was different. It was debate night.

That means on the night we swept up dirt, we could watch Donald and Hillary sling it.

I’m generous when I use the term “debate” because instead of a rational discourse on public policy, it was more like someone threw two rabid cats in a burlap sack and let them claw it out.

I’ve spent three decades covering politics. The process and personalities fascinate me. I’m riveted by the minutiae of campaigns and the post-election posturing of those chosen to serve.

But to be honest, year after year, decade after decade, I’ve become more cynical about the process.

And after this presidential debate, I find myself beyond cynical.

I found myself listening to a woman whom I disagree with and a man who disgusts me.

I’m not alone in my frustration.

The morning of debate day, I sat at the counter of a Springfield café

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I knew things were getting bad when I overheard one of the fellas say “I’d sure rather look at [Donald] Trump’s wife – she’s good-looking – than at Hillary [Clinton] in those pantsuits. Is this how we are really going to choose the leader of the free world? eating breakfast and listening to two men who were sitting next to me quarrel about the election.

I knew things were getting bad when I overheard one of the fellas say, “I’d sure rather look at Trump’s wife – she’s good-looking – than at Hillary in those pantsuits.”

Is this how we are really going to choose the leader of the free world?

This is an important election. But let’s keep things in perspective.

Neither candidate is likely to make us happier.

That’s not in their bailiwicks.

When this election is over, we’ll still mow our lawns, help our kids with their homework, save for retirement, go to work, cook our own meals and shop for whatever is on sale at the supermarket.

And Trump and Clinton will be living their fancy lives in gated mansions and private jets.

And while none of us married to a former president or a past supermodel, we have folks who love us despite our quirks.

Whoever sits in the Oval Office doesn’t get to decide whether we are happy or sad.

That’s up to each of us.

In November, please vote. But don’t expect it will change your life.

If you want change, don’t look in the ballot box. Look in the mirror.

Scott Reeder is a veteran statehouse journalist. He works as a freelance reporter in the Springfield area and can be reached at editorial@ kcchronicle.com.

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To the editor: Early voting has now begun at the Kane County Clerk’s Office, Building B, 719 S. Batavia Ave., Geneva.

So why vote? Because it is your voice.

It is essential that all citizens register and vote because: • When voters refuse to cast ballots in an election, fewer votes are required for a majority. So our future is decided by the smaller number of people – those feeling most strongly about the issues.

• Currently, less than 15 percent of Americans approve of the job that Congress is doing. Voting is our best chance to express our dissatisfaction.

Many members of Congress are running in contested elections.

• Voting is our best way of affecting the quality of our future.

Decisions made by those who are elected will affect our national security, appointments to the Supreme Court, environment, social safety nets for seniors and medium and lower wage earners, voting rights, health care availability, reproductive rights, marriage equality, campaign finance, education, arts and immigration.

In the words of Abraham Lincoln: “Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.”

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• Angelica R. Santacruz, 29, of the zero to 100 block of Pine Hill Drive, North Aurora, was charged Sept. 24 with driving without a valid license at South Randall Road and West Wilson Street, Batavia.

• A mailbox was damaged in the 500 block of Carlisle Road, Batavia, according to a Sept. 24 report.

• A fence was damaged in the 900 block of Smith Court, Batavia, according to a Sept. 24 report.

• An unsecured bicycle valued at less than $500 was stolen outside a business in the 1900 block of West Wilson Street, Batavia, according to a Sept. 24 report.

• Someone unsuccessfully tried to open a charge card account in the name of a resident in the 700 block of Lusted Lane, Batavia, according to a Sept. 25 fraud report.

• Damage to the roof of a vehicle in the 200 block of Fayette Street, Batavia, was reported Sept. 25.

• Two mailboxes valued at $40 were damaged in the 1100 block of Giese Road, Batavia, according to a Sept. 26 report.

• Rachel A. Gilhooly, 32, of the 3500 block of St. Annes Terrace, Aurora, was charged with driving with a suspended license at

South Randall Road and Heritage Drive, Batavia, and was arrested on a DuPage County warrant, according to a Sept. 26 report.

• Elnara P. Khurshidova, 22, of the 1500 block of South Hampton Drive, Aurora, was charged Sept. 27 with retail theft of less than $300 from the Wal-Mart, 801 N. Randall Road, Batavia.

• Theft from an unlocked vehicle in the 1100 block of First Street, Batavia, was reported Sept. 28. The report stated that a gray wallet, driver’s license, Social Security card, various prepaid cards, $187 in cash, $649 in money orders and shoes were taken.

• Eric M. Calvillo, 44, of the 1100 block of West Wilson Street, Batavia, was charged Sept. 28 with driving with a suspended license in the 700 block of East Wilson Street, Batavia.

• A cellphone valued at $250 was reported taken Sept. 28 in the 500 block of East Fabyan Parkway, Batavia.

• Laura P. Busha, 20, of the 38W400 block of Berquist Drive, Geneva, was charged Sept. 28 with driving with a suspended license at McKee Street and Western Avenue, Batavia.

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• A school-issued laptop computer valued at $200 was reported stolen Sept.

22 from a backpack at Panera Bread, 1690 S. Randall Road, Geneva. A Batavia High School student left the backpack to go to the restroom and upon returning, saw that ST. CHARLES the laptop was gone, police reports stated.

• Jorge Fuentes-Sanchez, 37, of the • A mountain bike valued at $450 was 1100 block of East Wilson Street, Batavia, reported stolen Sept. 25 from the east was charged Sept. 25 with DUI and side of the Gaming Goat, 715 E. State St., improper lane use.

• Briana M. Lippens, 24, of the 200 block of Geneva.

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25 with two counts of domestic battery.

BATAVIA • Keri Anne Ward, 39, of the 500 block of • A semitrailer valued at $5,000 was Whitetail Circle, Hampshire, was charged reported stolen Sept. 22 at DS Containers Sept. 24 with DUI and driving with a at 1789 Hubbard Ave., Batavia, according blood-alcohol content of more than 0.08. to a police report.

• Joseph P. Ruddy Jr., 23, of the 400 • Miguel A. Perez, 29, of the 30W100 block of Grove Court, Batavia, was block of Maplewood Court, Warrenville, charged Sept. 22 with DUI, driving with a was charged Sept. 22 with driving with a blood-alcohol content of more than 0.08 suspended license at South Kirk Road and and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Pine Street, Batavia.

• Christian T. Argueta-Baez, 25, of the • Christy L. Fonseca, 37, of the 500 block 900 block of Spring Street, St. Charles, of Woodlawn Avenue, Aurora, was charged was charged Sept. 18 with DUI, driving Sept. 23 with retail theft less than $300 from with no valid driver’s license, illegal Wal-Mart, 801 N. Randall Road, Batavia. transportation of alcohol, possession of • Gabriel Martinez-Pedraza, 33, of the drug paraphernalia and leaving the scene 600 block of North View Street, Aurora, was charged Sept. 23 with driving withof a property-damage accident.

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Community Center, 5N082 Old LaFox Road, Campton Hills In a July town hall meeting, trustees were emphatic in stating the village had no interest in pursuing the land in Fox Mill, that a lawsuit under a previous administration was dismissed, and their concerns were rumor mongering.

Trustees Michael Tyrrell, Michael O’Dwyer, James McKelvie and Andersen voted in favor of hiring the law firm.

Trustee Susan George abstained, and trustee Michael Millette was absent.

Kristin LeBlanc, former president of the homeowners association, said the trustees made the Fox Mill homeowners look foolish at the town hall meeting. She said the acreage involved is 275 acres.

“We knew they were taking action to have somebody else take possession of our land and maintain control,” LeBlanc said. “They feel that Fox Mill should not have ownership of the land and that it should be owned by a governmental

body. … We are taking care of the land better than any governmental body could do.”

Trustees’ comments at the Campton Hills town hall meeting in July made it clear the village was not interested in acquiring the Fox Mill land.

A lawsuit from the previous administration was dismissed without prejudice, Andersen had said then. And she maintains that the village is still not interested in acquiring the property.

“The lawsuit was dismissed without prejudice because it had the village taking the land that the former administration made the deal for,” Andersen said. “And we have not been in the business of accepting land.

We don’t have the money to pay for land.”

The issue, Andersen said, is that the land cash requirement for Fox Mill’s planned unit development has not been fulfilled.

By hiring the Montana and Welch law firm, the village hopes to negotiate with the Kane County Forest Preserve District to take the acreage as public land. This will satisfy the land cash requirement, Andersen said.

Andersen disputed LeBlanc’s assertion that the homeowners association can maintain and own the disputed land.

“How many people think a

private amount of people or an entity or a select group of residents can maintain public property?” Andersen said. “Because you maintain public property does not mean you can own it. … We’re talking to Kane County so we can both come out of this with the right thing done.”

Andersen said the county had already accepted the acreage as the developer’s land cash requirement.

“It was already accepted – but never conveyed,” Andersen said. “It would never had been built without the land cash requirement.”

Andersen said the homeowners association’s position is that, as a nonprofit, it can continue ownership of the land – however, that could be contrary to a county ordinance.

“We felt if we allowed this property to go into the hands of a private entity, we’d be trading litigation for litigation,” Andersen said. “How it’s maintained is different from how it’s owned.”

Blecker agreed with Andersen that the planned unit development was never fulfilled.

“That is a fact,” Blecker said. “It goes back 20 years when Fox Mill was developed.”

But Blecker defended his veto.

“If somebody decides to sue us, I’d rather defend than be the

one suing,” Blecker said. “This does not affect the village. The homeowners association wants to keep the property or the forest preserve district wants to take it over – we shouldn’t be in the middle of that.”

Blecker said Andersen is wrong when she stated that a nonprofit homeowners association cannot legally hold the land.

“State statutes say it can go to a governmental agency or be given to a nonprofit – and the homeowners association is a nonprofit,” Blecker said.

In his veto message, Blecker stated the village president and trustees should “not convert our private views into public expenditures.”

“For that reason, I emphatically present this veto message to the Village Board,” Blecker wrote in his statement. “It is my hope that, after further thought, the Village Board will accept this veto and return this issue to private parties who are free to express their views without the unnecessary spending of public money.”

Blecker was expected to present his veto notification at the regular Village Board meeting at 7 p.m. Oct. 4 in the Campton Township Community Center, 5N082 Old LaFox Road, Campton Hills. Four trustee votes are required to override the veto at the Oct. 18 meeting.

Lions Club International’s Centennial bus tour stops in Elburn

By SUSAN ONEILL editorial@kcchronicle.com ELBURN – Elburn Lions Club President Maranda Schenk’s 4-year-old niece was more than happy to demonstrate the new zip line equipment at Lions Park during the Lions Clubs International president’s visit to the club Sept. 20.

The dedication of the park’s playground expansion, which features two zip line swings and an upgraded toddler area, was just one activity planned for the Elburn Lions Club stop of the international organization’s Centennial Bus Tour.

The 20-state, 45-stop tour of Lions Clubs International across the Midwest and New England marks the nonprofit’s 100-year anniversary.

“Our centennial celebration is a time for all Lions to

celebrate the impact Lions volunteers have had around the world while we look toward our next century of service, a new generation of volunteers and the impact they can make,” Lions Club International President Bob Corlew said in a statement, adding that the Elburn Lions Club is part of a network of 47,000 clubs in communities around the world.

Corlew looked on as the children played with the new equipment. Elburn Lions Club members Kyle and Renee Hall’s 2-year-old son, Tanner, was also trying out the zip lines.

“I’m sure this is a popular place when school’s out,” he said with a laugh. “The greatest thing is that children of

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A ribbon-cutting event takes place Sept. 20 for the new playground equipment at Lions Park in Elburn during the Lions Club International Centennial Bus Tour visit.

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CAMPTON HILLS – Village President Harry Blecker issued a statement saying he will veto the Village Board’s action to hire a Palos Heights law firm.

Trustees voted 4-0 in a special meeting Sept. 28 to hire the law firm of Montana and Welch to serve as legislative counsel for the village of Campton Hills and to authorize the firm to do up Harry to $6,000 worth of Blecker legal services.

The move is intended to seek an agreement with the Kane County Forest Preserve District to own and manage about 140 acres in the Fox Mill subdivision, trustee Laura Andersen said.

Blecker’s statement makes it clear he disagrees.

“In my opinion, the basic intention of this motion is to involve the village into a private dispute,” Blecker wrote in his statement. “I veto this motion in its entirety because it will unnecessarily force the expenditure of funds to retain a second law firm to provide legal services in connection with an issue that should be raised by others.”

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St. Charles celebrates mothers during ‘Momtober’

By STEPHANIE N. GRIMOLDBY editorial@kcchronicle.com ST. CHARLES – There’s a great “mom culture” in St. Charles where mothers take charge and foster organized, healthy and happy families.

But sometimes, the hard work of mothers is under-appreciated.

Paul Lencioni, owner of Blue Goose Market, 300 S. Second St., in St. Charles, doesn’t want to see that happen.

Last year, Blue Goose Market launched a one-night “Momtober” event to rally around what Lencioni called “something that is so fundamental to all of us: the women who make St. Charles run – the moms.”

Moms were invited to taste wine, sample food and enjoy an evening child-free while being recognized for their mothering skills.

“My wife is such a phenomenal coordinator of our family, and she does it with such grace,” Lencioni said. “And there are many other moms around the city doing the same thing.”

“In the Blue Goose, I see super moms all the time,” he said. “It just occurred to me that this would be a great way to give back.”

This year, Blue Goose Market again will host a Mom’s Night Out with wine, food and raffles from local businesses, from 5 to 9 p.m. Oct. 6.

But instead of a one-night event, it will act as the kick-off party to an entire monthlong celebration of mothers hosted by various local businesses.

“When Paul pitched the idea, it just seemed like the perfect fit,” said Jill Card, owner of Jeans and A Cute Top Shop. “Those are my clients, those are my customers – moms, grandmothers.

Once a mom, always a mom. They’re my ladies, and … I would love to help honor moms.”

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Republic, 731 N. 17th St., St. Charles Each child will receive a Steel drawstring n Oct. 20: Mom’s Day Out, all day, at Jeans backpack. Ms. Momtober will drop the & A Cute Top Shop (9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Joshe ceremonial puck. Discounted prices for Style pop up; IPosh free consultations; and those who attend the Mom’s Night Out additional in-store promos); at Gym Chic on Oct. 6.

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“The truth is, a lot of times it’s easier to get away when your kids are at school,” Card said. “So, I thought, let’s have a day party.”

Mom’s Day Out also will feature a free yoga class at 8:30 a.m. at Gym Chic, 151 S. First St., in addition to instore promotions; a Stella Dot trunk show from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Magnolia Bridal, 141 S. First St.; and 20 percent off all blowouts – plus a free spray tan with any $35 or more spa service – at Bombshell Blowout Boutique, 1 Illinois St. Several businesses will offer October family specials, such as $6 discounted admission to Fun Republic with a mom present, 10 a.m. to noon Oct. 19; free family swim with a mom present at GoldFish Swim School, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sundays; and a special Hockey 101 session with Chicago Steel coaches for moms and their children before the game on Oct. 28, plus a free Steel drawstring backpack for each child.

Discounted prices will be given to those who attend the Mom’s Night Out event Oct. 6.

ROX City Grill in Hotel Baker will offer $6 “Mom’s Night Out” martinis on Thursdays, and The Finery and Blacksmith Bar will offer a weekly dish inspired by chef/owner David Reyes’ mother. In addition, Orangetheory Fitness in Geneva and St. Charles will offer special October promotions, as will Bombshell Blowout Boutique.

Finally, a “Ms. Momtober” contest will take place to honor a woman in the greater St. Charles area who serves as a prime example of an inspirational mother through her guidance, community service and commitment to lifelong learning.

Nominations will be accepted from Oct. 1 to 8 by submitting a video or essay to www.kcchronicle.com/msmomtober. Five finalists will be chosen by the St. Charles Mother’s Club, and the community will vote for the winner from Oct. 17 to 21. Ms. Momtober will be honored at the Chicago Steel hockey game Oct. 28, plus walk away with hundreds of dollars in gift certificates and prizes. “[Momtober] is like a St. Charles festival for moms, just to say thanks,” Lencioni said. “Even on days when you don’t realize how much we appreciate you, we do.”

stated.

Together, the group will research human trafficking cases, explore common signs to recognize potential trafficking scenarios, and make recommendations for the prevention of local human trafficking and work to protect reported victims and help them obtain the proper treatment, the release stated.

McConnaughay stated it is critical that leaders at all levels of government work with law enforcement and advocacy organizations to take human trafficking prevention efforts beyond urban communities as part of a focused statewide prevention and support ef-

fort.

“One of the best ways I can help as a public servant is to raise awareness about this serious issue among local leaders, law enforcement and the public,” McConnaughay stated in the release. “It’s my hope that this task force will effectively expand coordination between government, law enforcement and independent organizations and improve the quality of care and rehabilitation of trafficking survivors.”

House Bill 2822, which was signed into law by Governor Bruce Rauner on Aug. 21, created the task force. McConnaughay was among the chief Senate sponsors.

martinis at ROX City Grill in Hotel Baker n Sundays: Free “Family Swim” with a mom present at Goldfish Swim School, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free coffee for moms all month. n Weekly: Special dish inspired by the mother of David Reyes, chef/owner of The Finery and Blacksmith Bar

Other ‘Momtober’ offers n Orangetheory Fitness in Geneva:

Two free classes to moms who sign up in October and 50 percent off heart monitors n Orangetheory Fitness in St. Charles: Lowest founder’s rate and a free heart rate monitor to moms who sign up in October n Bombshell Blowout Boutique: 20 percent off all services (excludes color and cuts) in October when clients book an appointment with their mother or daughter. Pink extensions available for $10 all month.

About ‘Ms. Momtober’ Nominations will be accepted through Oct. 8 by submitting a video or essay to www.kcchronicle.com/msmomtober.

Five finalists will be chosen by the St. Charles Mother’s Club, and the community will vote for the winner from Oct. 17 to 21. Ms. Momtober will be honored at the Chicago Steel hockey game Oct. 28.

Know more For information on Momtober events, visit www.facebook.com/ events/1176044145781833/?active_ tab=posts.

The task force is required to submit a report with its findings and recommendations to the governor and the General Assembly on or before June 30, 2017.

Other Senate Republican task force members are Pam Althoff of McHenry and Kyle McCarter of Lebanon. The House Republicans are Sheri Jesiel of Winthrop Harbor, Patti Bellock of Hinsdale and Barbara Wheeler of Crystal Lake, Fitzpatrick stated in an email.

The Senate and House Democrats have not appointed their members yet, her email stated.

Fitzpatrick said the task force has not yet scheduled its first meeting.

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OBITUARIES GARRY MICHAEL BERGER

Clothing Store in Geneva for 3 years. After that he opened Gunter’s Clothing and Tailoring in St. Charles in 1959 and ran it until 2001. It was important to him that he returned the opportunity Garry Michael Berger, 59, went home to be with of sponsorship, so he sponsored 2 tailors to come to this great country. the Lord on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 in La From the 1960’s thru the 1980’s Gunter was Crosse, Wisconsin surrounded by his children in well known in the community and it was even prayer and worship. He was born Thursday June said that “He knew every man’s waist size in St. 21, 1957 to Charles and Mary (Richter) Berger in Charles”!

St. Charles, Illinois.

Gunter is survived by his wife Margot; 3 He leaves behind his daughter, Serenity (& children, Arnim (Paula) from Maple Park, IL, Ingrid Matthew) Vanderschoot of Lebanon TN; son, IsaHoepfner-Jennings (Mark) from St. Thomas, USVI iah (& Myrna) Berger of Lehi UT; son, Emmanuel and John (Terrie) from Marietta, GA. He is also (& Christina) Berger of Aurora IL; and daughter, survived by 4 grandsons, Eric Jennings, Dylan JenAutumn (& Allen) Gilchrist of Sugar Grove IL.; nings, Alex Hoepfner, Eric Hoepfner; and 1 great his mother, Mary; grandchildren, Elianah, Elijah, grandson, Kingston Jennings. He leaves behind Isaiah Sam, Nehemiah, Sònyah, Abram, Austin, Ezekiel, Eden, Jason, Thaddeus, and Tabitha; four his sister, Dorothea Ashton of Tampa, Florida; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. brothers, William Berger, Ronald Picco, James Gunter was an avid skier and opened up Berger, and Timothy Berger; two sisters, Darlene Gunter’s Ski & Tennis shop during the 1970’s. He Berger and Debra Berger; as well as numerous also loved vacationing in the US Virgin Islands cousins, nieces, and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, Charles (Margot and he have had a beautiful home there since 1982). In his later years he loved working in Berger and his sister, Diane Olson. the yard and “tinkering” around the house.

Garry loved to worship the Lord, play guitar, Gunter is preceded in death and now will rejoin shoot the bow, go fishing, roller skate, enjoy a his father, Karl, mother, Margarete and sister, “most excellent” meal, and spend time with his Ruth. children and grand-children. Garry was a skilled On behalf of his family, we would like to thank carpenter who made many beautiful pieces of all of you who contributed love and joy into furniture. Through his life he was proud to work his life. Per his request there will be no funeral at Judson College in Elgin Illinois, Cabela’s in service (he outlived most of his friends and did Prairie Du Chien, WI, and as owner of Master’s not like funerals.) A future date is being planned Restoration. for a celebration of his life.

A celebration of his life will occur on Friday, September 30, 2016 from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. at Ginger Creek Church in Aurora, Illinois.

Online condolences can be left on Garry M Berger’s memorial tribute at www.yourtribute. com.

Memorial donations can be made in care of MARGARET A. MASTERS Serenity (Berger) Vanderschoot, 1305 Martha Born: September 30, 1925 Leeville Road, Lebanon, TN 37090.

Died: October 1, 2016 Born: June 21, 1957; in St. Charles, IL Died: September 27, 2016; in La Crosse, WI

Tim and Kari Gower, Tema and Tatyana Masters and Anna and Bill Skog; and many other dear relatives and friends.

Marge is preceded in death by her parents; brother, William E. Young, Jr.; and dear husband, William H. who passed away in 1972.

Funeral prayers for Marge will be held on Friday, October 7, 2016 at 10:00 am at Malone Funeral Home, 324 E. State Street (Rt 38), Geneva proceeding to St. Peter Catholic Church, 1891 Kaneville Road, Geneva for celebration of funeral Mass at 11:00 am, Father Jonathan Bakkelund, celebrant. Burial will follow at Resurrection Cemetery, Geneva. Visitation will be held on Thursday, October 6 from 4:00 to 8:00 pm with a rosary recited at 7:45 pm at Malone Funeral Home.

For information, call 630-232-8233 or visit www.malonefh.com.

MYRTLE R. OLSON Born: September 25, 1917 Died: September 27, 2016

Berry, Roger Thompson, Kristi (Ted) Weydert andTammy (Tim) Siebens; one daughter-in-law, Lori Thompson; nine grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren; many nieces, nephews and friends in many of the fifty states.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Amos and Alvina Thompson; one daughter, Debra Lynn Thompson; his mother and father-in-law, Francis and Clarice Thomas; as well as one great-granddaughter, Alex Noel Siebens.

Following services in Florida, local visitation will be Monday, October 3, 2016 from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m., at Conley Funeral Home, 116 W. Pierce St., Elburn, IL. A funeral service to celebrate his life will follow at 11:00 a.m., also at the funeral home, with interment at Blackberry Township Cemetery.

A memorial has been established in his name to benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research and the American Legion Post #630, Elburn, IL. Checks may be made to the “William Thompson Memorial” and mailed in care of P.O. Box 66, Elburn, 60119. Tributes may also be forwarded to the same address or on the web at www.conleycare.com.

ELEANOR E. VANAELST Born: June 5, 1944 Died: September 25, 2016

Eleanor Epperly VanAelst “Ellie”, passed away on SepMyrtle R. Olson, age 99, of St. Charles, passed tember 25, 2016 in the comfort away September 27, 2016. She was born Septemof her home at Heritage Woods ber 25, 1917 to Walter and Hilda Last in Maywood, of DeKalb surrounded by her IL. loving family.

She was an avid sewer, and loved to bowl, golf She is survived by her and take care of her flower garden. daughters, Kristin (Tim) Forster of Sycamore, Myrtle is survived by her son, Art. IL and Rachel (Tom) Goetz of Park Ridge, IL; her She was preceded in death by her husband, sister, Barbara Been; and niece, Stacey Been of Clarence.

St. Charles, IL; and her grandchildren, Nathaniel, Her family would like to thank Vitas Hospice Nicole, Conner, Hannah and Jack. and her caregiver Delores, for the wonderful care Ellie was a war baby born on June 5, 1944, in Springfield, IL to parents John and Mary (Bridge) Margaret A. “Marge” Masters, she received.

FERN A. CHMIELEWSKI Visitation and Funeral Service, was Sunday, Epperly. She lived most of her life in beautiful age 91, of Geneva passed away Fern A. Chmielewski, 94, of Batavia, passed October 2, 2016, at Yurs Funeral Home 405 E. Geneva, IL and was a talented artist. Ellie loved Saturday, October 1, 2016 at away October 2, 2016. to cook, garden, golf, read, talk politics, watch Delnor Hospital with her family Main Street, St. Charles, IL 60174. Burial was at Arrangements by Malone Funeral Home, GeneOak Hill Cemetery, Geneva. classic movies, antique shop and in the last year by her side. va, 630-232-8233.

To leave an online condolence for the family, of her life became an avid Wii bowler. She was a She was born September visit the funeral homes obituary page at www. die-hard Cubs fan and always said she would die 30, 1925 in Salem, Illinois the GUNTER HOEPFNER the year the Cubs would win the World Series daughter of William E. and Fern E. (Jones) Young. yursfuneralhomes.com.

For more information, please call Yurs Funeral Born: June 28, 1926; in Finkenwalder, Germany (Go Cubs!) Ellie was a strong-willed individual Margaret was very proud of the work she did Died: September 26, 2016; in St. Charles, IL and fought a heroic fight for many years against for Libby McNeil and Libby Food Company during Home of St. Charles, 630-584-0060. heart and kidney failure and lung cancer. She World War II. She was later involved in a variety Gunter Hoepfner passed away of volunteer positions. Marge served on the St. adored her pets and her grandchildren and of natural causes on September Peter Church Parish Council and was a member liked being referred to as the “matriarch of the 26, 2016 at the age of 90, at his of the first St. Peter School Board. She also helped family”. beloved home in St. Charles.

She will be reunited with her grand-parents with the school in other ways including initiating Gunter was born on June 28, the Market Day fundraising Program. Marge and parents in the family grave plot across 1926 in Finkenwalder, Germany. was chosen as the St. Peter Woman of the Year from Abraham Lincoln’s tomb in the Oak Ridge He was the second of three Cemetery in Springfield. A memorial service will and received the Rockford Diocese Golden Rose children born to Karl Otto and Margarete Anne be held at a later date, and cremation will be at Award in 2008. She served as an election judge in (Brunn.) During the war his school was closed the Finch Crematory. both Cook and Kane counties over the years and and he was drafted into the Army in 1942.

Memorials may be made to the family to be was quite active in her local party politics. Marge WILLIAM R. THOMPSON William “Bill” R. Thompson, age 82, of Rotunda established at a later date.

Gunter married Margot Edith Mende on Novem- found her greatest joy was spending time with West, FL, formerly of Maple Park, IL, passed away ber 8, 1952 in Lohne, Germany.

To send an online condolence visit. www. her family and friends.

Monday, September 26, 2016 in Florida where he finchfuneralhomedekalb.com.

Gunter, Margot, and their children, Arnim She is survived by her children, Madeline E. had made his home since 2002. and Ingrid were fortunate and grateful to be Arrangements were entrusted to: Finch “Libby” (Troy) Gower of Geneva, Richard W. He is survived by his loving wife of 63years, sponsored to immigrate to America in 1956.

Funeral Home 310 Oak St. DeKalb, IL, 60115 (815) (Mary) of Washington DC and Martha “Martie” He worked hard as a master tailor for Erday’s (Steve) Skog of South Elgin; grandchildren, Derek, Myrtie Ellen Thompson; four children, Penny (Ted) 758-3841.

By MARK FOSTER ST. CHARLES – Colonial Café has a delicious history, but the collection of restaurants is more focused on its present than the past.

Famous for its ice cream treats, Colonial is celebrating its 115th anniversary, even as it evolves with an expanding menu to satisfy 21st-Century tastes.

“You need to refresh the business, the atmosphere and the menu,” said Tom Anderson, Colonial’s chairman and “Director of Scoopin’ Fun.” That philosophy is on display in the Colonial location at 1625 E. Main St. in St. Charles, which recently underwent a dramatic renovation.

The East Main Street location was opened in 1959 by Tom’s late father, the legendary “Ice Cream Man” Joe K. Anderson. It featured two soda fountains and an island count-

er surrounded by 46 stools, with the menu limited to ice cream and sandwiches.

The location had its first major renovation in 1991, when the building’s footprint also was expanded.

Diners in the restaurant’s latest incarnation will find themselves in comfortable, contemporary surroundings to complement Colonial’s comfort food. Stone and cypress wood facings present a clean, uncluttered look, with fireplaces adding to the welcome.

“We wanted to create an elevated atmosphere with a contemporary feel,” said Colonial President Clinton Anderson, Tom’s son and the fourth-generation owner.

Complementing the contemporary atmosphere is an expanding menu with healthy choices and seasonal favorites, Photo provided along with the addition of craft St. Charles Chamber of Commerce and city of St. Charles officials join members of the Anderson family, beer and wine offerings.

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owners of the Colonial Cafe, to cut a ribbon in honor of the restaurant’s 115th anniversary at 1625 E. Main St. in St. Charles.

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Brantley n WHEN: 7 p.m. Oct. 12 n WHERE: Free Methodist

Church, 214 Walnut St., St. Charles the house,” said Kathy Meier, who works in customer service at Blue Goose. “Steve had people who he would not just deliver the cat litter to them, he would change the litter box, too. He [would get] their mail and stop at Walgreens and get their prescription. He took peo-

Station in St. Charles, back when it was a full-service station. Steve would pump gas for those who could not do it on their own or just simply did not want to do it.

“When Kevin stopped offering the full-service station, Steve then went to the Citgo station and said, ‘These people need help,’ and started working there a few days a week,” Meier said.

Brantley soon became a vital asset to the St. Charles community. That is why his passing Sept. 16 at the age of 65 came as a shock to the town – everyone had grown to know and love Steve, Meier said.

The St. Charles resident had been battling cancer, Meier said.

According to Meier, most of Brantley’s family lives in Indiana, where his initial memorial was held. Locally, many of Brantley’s friends have come together to plan a celebration of life for the man who gave so much to the community.

“There are so many people who want to celebrate his life and honor him, so friends are working to put this memorial service together,” Meier said.

The memorial will take place at 7 p.m. Oct. 12 at Free Methodist Church, 214 Walnut St., St. Charles.

Panel to discuss economy transition St. Charles Public Library from fossil fuels to renewable energy hosts mental health program KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com ELGIN – Fox Valley Citizens for Peace & Justice and Northern Illinois Jobs with Justice invite the public to a free panel discussion on how to transition from a fossil fuel-based economy to a renewable-energy economy, the group stated in a news release.

The program will be from 7 to 8:45 p.m. Oct. 11 at in the Elgin Room of the Gail Borden Public Library, 270 N. Grove Ave., Elgin, the release stated.

The panel will include Corey Johnson, business manager of Laborers Local 582 representing Kane and Kendall Counties; Vernon Beck, president of USW Local 12775, representing 1,600 NIPSCO

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Gail Borden Public Library, 270 N. Grove Ave., Elgin n INFO: Mary Shesgreen at 847-742-6602 Union workers; and Thomas Frank, an activist with the Southeast Environmental Task Force, the release stated.

Johnson’s union represents workers in the residential, commercial and industrial sectors, as well as public utilities and energy distribution, the release stated.

Beck has spent the last 38 years in the utility business.

NIPSCO provides electric and gas to 1.2 million customers across the upper third of Indiana. The union has three coal-fired power plants, two small hydro-electric plants and one combined cycle gasfired power plant, the release stated.

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ST. CHARLES – The Campaign to Change Direction St. Charles organization is sponsoring an event for Mental Health Awareness Week from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 6 at the St. Charles Public Library, 1 S. 6th Ave., St. Charles.

The program, “A Journey Through,” will be in the Huntley Meeting Room, downstairs by youth services. The event will discuss the five signs of emotional distress, local mental health resources and will feature one young man’s personal account from mental illness to wellness.

The Campaign to Change Direction is a national movement with regional efforts in five states, including Illinois.

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brary, 1 S. 6th Ave., St. Charles Kristen Kauke, a licensed clinical social worker who counsels patients at Creekwood Associates in St. Charles, was instrumental in bringing the program to the St. Charles area, along with her colleague, Dr. Eric Nolan. Kauke’s efforts in creating the St. Charles regional effort led to her nomination as one of this year’s Kane County Magazine’s Women of Distinction. The Kane County Magazine is a sister publication of the Kane County Chronicle.

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ST. CHARLES – Steve Brantley was someone the community of St. Charles could rely on. Whether he was working as an independent delivery service man for Blue Goose Market or if he was off the clock, everyone knew Brantley would come to the rescue to help out if Steve needed.

Brantley “A lot of the deliveries we have here are people who cannot get out of

ple to their doctor’s appointments, but he not only dropped them off, he waited for them.

He was like his own little taxi service. Steve did whatever was needed.”

Brantley was a man of many different trades. Beyond just helping others, Steve loved gardening and was an avid reader.

“Steve was just a free-spirited individual. I mean, he had a lawn service business, a delivery service business. He just went above and beyond whenever he could … he cared about his people,” Meier said.

For many years, Brantley also worked at Kevin’s Service

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Tim and Ben Bessler; Dave, Libby, Chris and Maureen Fagan; and Dominick and Anita Esposito participate in the Giant Steps 5K Walk for Autism on Oct. 1 at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove.

WALKING FOR A CAUSE KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE Giant Steps hosted its sixth annual 5K Walk for Autism on Oct. 1 at Rich Harvest Farms in

Sugar Grove.

The fundraiser supports the school’s operating budget. This year’s fundraising goal was Despite the rainy weather, the Wease family of Sugar Grove – Rose and Kyle and their children, Madison, 3 and Micah, 5 – participate in the Giant Steps 5K Walk for Autism on Oct. 1 at Rich Harvest Farms. $125,000.

ABOVE: Giant Steps mascot Al E. Gator and Chicago White Sox mascot Southpaw look on as Joshua Burroughs gets ready to cut the ribbon to start the sixth annual Giant Steps 5K Walk for Autism on Oct. 1.

RIGHT: Alex Whittington and his father, John, walk in the annual Giant Steps 5K Walk for Autism om Oct. 1 at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove.

ABOVE: Aryana Tucke, 8, John Eyen, Kate Eyen, 8, and Kimberly Eyen take part in the sixth annual Giant Steps 5K Walk for Autism.

LEFT: Christiana Floerke, 8, and Jeff Floerke walk in the Giant Steps 5K Walk for Autism in Sugar Grove.

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By CHRIS WALKER editorial@kcchronicle.com SUGAR GROVE – It’s been 10 years since the International Wood Fire Conference landed in the United States. Now it’s finally coming back to America.

It will soon arrive at Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove and run from Oct. 6 to 8.

Waubonsee associate professor of art/ceramics Doug Jeppesen first pitched the idea to administration of hosting it on campus in March 2014, as it hadn’t been in the U.S. since in 2006 at Northern Arizona University.

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ence, the week of Sept. 26, Jeppesen said there were 14 visiting artists from different universities all over the country – all working on ceramics at Waubonsee.

“They’re firing all these kilns and people are working with these artists, including my students, so we have about 70 people now involved in the preconference event,” he said.

Waubonsee is well-respected for its art programs, which include ceramics. It has its own ceramics studio as well as a separate glaze room and three kiln rooms, which house five wood kilns with about 5,400 square feet of working space for student-artists. Historically, the process of wood fire goes back Sandy Bressner - sbressner@shawmedia.com to when humans first learned how fire hardened clay and Ceramic artist Lindsay Oesterritter discusses her approach to working with clay during artist’s resulted in ceramics. demonstrations as part of preconference programming for a wood fire conference at Waubonsee

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Community College in Sugar Grove. The conference begins Oct. 6 and runs through Oct. 8, with an opening reception Oct. 7.

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Continued from page 31 “We’re running lumber through these kilns and we’re basically painting in fire,” Jeppesen. “It’s the aesthetic choice of utilizing the woods as a fuel source, as a glaze material.”

While artists from all over the world will convene in Sugar Grove to share their art and talents, visitors are welcome to visit several exhibitions that will be on display.

The Wood Fired Exhibition runs through Nov. 1 at the Aurora Downtown Campus Library, 18 S. River Road., Aurora, and features the work of Jeppesen, Dan Merkel, ceramics coordinator, and John Pacheco, ceramics lab assistant.

There’s the Waubonsee Invitational will be from Oct. 7 to Nov. 2 at the Emergent Gallery, 17 W. Downer Place, Aurora, which will feature the work of Waubonsee students, alumni and faculty.

Finally, the Train Kiln Invitational will be available

Visitors are invited to various wood fire exhibitions that are open to the public.

Visit www.waubonsee.edu. most well-known and respected ceramic artists in the country, is scheduled to deliver the keynote speech while Chris Gustin, who was an associate professor of ceramics for 10 years at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, before retiring to commit to studio work full time, is the closing speaker, Jeppesen said.

“Hewitt is a phenomenally important individual who Sandy Bressner - sbressner@shawmedia.com has written several books Kaden Myers loads wood into a kiln as part of pre-conference programming for a wood fire con- and is in numerous collecference at Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove. The conference begins Oct. 6 and runs tions all over the world,” Jeppesen said. “And Chris through Oct. 8 with an opening reception Oct. 7.

Gustin is a massive figure in through Oct. 8 at the Auro- it’s another one of the nice er and the artists all jumped our field as well so it’s pretty ra Public Art Commission, things we’ve been able to do right on board. They weren’t exciting to have both of these 20 E. Downer Place, Aurora, at the college,” Jeppesen said. hesitant at all to contribute.” guys to open and close, and and will feature the work of “In my studio we’re always The conference itself will then all the things we’ll be John Neely and Dan Murphy bringing in visiting artists to feature 45 artists from six doing in between.”

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Toy drive a warm up to holiday giving

By CHRIS WALKER editorial@kcchronicle.com Santa Claus may drive a reindeer-powered sleigh every Christmas, but couldn’t he also cruise in on a motorcycle?

Jolly old Saint Nick could probably benefit from some alone time on a bike, getting away from the stresses of working with elves and making toys all year long, while replacing his red suit with leather gear.

While Santa may be known for giving, he’s not the only one – there will be thousands of motorcyclists and other volunteers helping give to those in need at the 30th annual DuKane ABATE (A Brotherhood Aimed Toward Education) Toy and Food Run on Oct. 9 at the Batavia VFW, 645 River Road, Batavia.

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ST. CHARLES – The St. Charles Singers will launch its 33rd concert season in October with a new installment of the professional chamber choir’s “Mozart Journey,” its multiyear project to perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s complete religious choral music.

The mixed-voice ensemble, conducted by founder and music director Jeffrey Hunt, and joined by the Metropolis Chamber Orchestra, will present the 11th and newest leg of its odyssey, a concert titled “Mozart Journey XI: Mannheim and Beyond.”

The program will transport listeners to Mozart locales for a concert that includes works rarely heard in concert settings, including his Kyrie in E-Flat Major, K. 322, a short but majestic piece with unadorned singing that Mozart wrote in 1778 during his stay in Mannheim, Germany. It’s believed to be a fragment of an unfinished, larger work, the news release stated.

The concert, featuring a choir of 32 voices, includes a sacramental litany, a large-scale work in nine movements that incorporates elements of symphony, concerto and opera. Mozart wrote the “Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento” (“Litany in Honor of the Blessed Sacrament”) in E-Flat Major, K. 243, in Salzburg, Austria, for four soloists, chorus and orchestra.

“The singing is almost operatic,” Hunt said in the release. “The solo parts are very dramatic, very demanding.

Mozart had specific, accomplished opera singers in mind when he wrote it.”

Mozart’s Missa solemnis in C Major, K. 337, from 1780, is a more mature work.

“The Missa is somewhat better known than the other two works,” Hunt said. “But many listeners will likely be hearing it live for the first time.”

Highlights of the Mass include “a wonderful conversation between oboe, bassoon, organ, and soprano soloist,” he said. “Each instrument has a solo that echoes the soprano’s without imitating it.”

The concert also will take listeners on a brief hike into Haydn territory for the short Symphony No. 1 by Mozart’s musical contemporary.

A pre-concert lecture by Wheaton College professor of music Jonathan Saylor will begin an hour before each performance.

The St. Charles Singers will present “Mozart Journey XI” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 15 at Baker Memorial United Methodist Church, 307 Cedar Ave., St. Charles; and at 4 p.m. Oct. 16 at St. Mary Catholic Church, 397 Fulton St., Elgin. Tick-

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To the Electors of the State of Illinois: The Illinois Constitution establishes a structure for government and laws. There are three ways to initiate change to the Illinois Constitution: (1) a constitutional convention may propose changes to any part; (2) the General Assembly may propose changes to any part; or (3) a petition initiative may propose amendments limited to structural and procedural subjects contained in the Legislative Article. The people of Illinois must approve any changes to the Constitution before they become effective. The purpose of this document is to inform you of proposed changes to the Illinois Constitution and provide you with a brief explanation and a summary of the arguments in favor of and in opposition to the proposed amendment.

Proposed changes in the existing constitutional amendment are indicated by underscoring all new matter and by crossing with a line all matter which is to be deleted.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ADD SECTION 11 TO ARTICLE IX OF THE ILLINOIS CONSTITUTION ARTICLE IX – REVENUE SECTION 11. TRANSPORTATION FUNDS (a) No moneys, including bond proceeds, derived from taxes, fees, excises, or license taxes relating to registration, title, or operation or use of vehicles, or related to the use of highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit, intercity passenger rail, ports, airports, or to fuels used for propelling vehicles, or derived from taxes, fees, excises, or license taxes relating to any other transportation infrastructure or transportation operation, shall be expended for purposes other than as provided in subsections (b) and (c). (b) Transportation funds may be expended for the following: the costs of administering laws related to vehicles and transportation, including statutory refunds and adjustments provided in those laws; payment of highway obligations; costs for construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and betterment of highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit, intercity passenger rail, ports, airports, or other forms of transportation; and other statutory highway purposes. Transportation funds may also be expended for the State or local share of highway funds to match federal aid highway funds, and expenses of grade separation of highways and railroad crossings, including protection of at-grade highways and railroad crossings, and, with respect to local governments, other transportation purposes as authorized by law. (c) The costs of administering laws related to vehicles and transportation shall be limited to direct program expenses related to the following: the enforcement of traffic, railroad, and motor carrier laws; the safety of highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit, intercity passenger rail, ports, or airports; and the construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair, maintenance, operation, and administration of highways, under any related provisions of law or any purpose related or incident to, including grade separation of highways and railroad crossings. The limitations to the costs of administering laws related to vehicles and transportation under this subsection (c) shall also include direct program expenses related to workers’ compensation claims for death or injury of employees of the State’s transportation agency; the acquisition of land and the erection of buildings for highway purposes, including the acquisition of highway rights-of-way or for investigations to determine the reasonable anticipated future highway needs; and the making of surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates for the construction and maintenance of flight strips and highways. The expenses related to the construction and maintenance of flight strips and highways under this subsection (c) are for the purpose of providing access to military and naval reservations, defense-industries, defense-industry sites, and sources of raw materials, including the replacement of existing highways and highway connections shut off from general use at military and naval reservations, defense-industries, and defense-industry sites, or the purchase of rights-of-way. (d) None of the revenues described in subsection (a) of this Section shall, by transfer, offset, or otherwise, be diverted to any purpose other than those described in subsections (b) and (c) of this Section. (e) If the General Assembly appropriates funds for a mode of transportation not described in this Section, the General Assembly must provide for a dedicated source of funding. (f) Federal funds may be spent for any purposes authorized by federal law.

EXPLANATION The proposed amendment adds a new Section to the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution that provides revenue generated from transportation related taxes and fees (referred to as “transportation funds”) shall be used exclusively for transportation related purposes. Transportation related taxes and fees include motor fuel taxes, vehicle registration fees, and other taxes and user fees dedicated to public highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit (buses and rail), ports, or airports.

Under the proposed amendment, transportation funds may be used by the State or local governments only for the following purposes: (1) costs related to administering transportation and vehicle laws, including public safety purposes and the payment of obligations such as bonds; (2) the State or local share necessary to secure federal funds or for local government transportation purposes as authorized by law; (3) the construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair, maintenance, and operation of highways, mass transit, and railroad crossings; (4) expenses related to workers’ compensation claims for death or injury of transportation agency employees; and (5) to purchase land for building highways or buildings for to be used for highway purposes.

This new Section is a limitation on the power of the General Assembly or a unit of local government to use, divert, or transfer transportation funds for a purpose other than transportation. It does not, and is not intended to, impact or change the way in which the State and local governments use sales taxes, including the sales and excise tax on motor fuel, or alter home rule powers granted under this Constitution. It does not seek to change the way in which the State funds programs administered by the Illinois Secretary of State, Illinois Department of Transportation, and operations by the Illinois State Police directly dedicated to the safety of roads, or entities or programs funded by units of local government. Further, the Section does not impact the expenditure of federal funds, which may be spent for any purpose authorized by federal law.

FORM OF BALLOT Proposed Amendment to the 1970 Illinois Constitution Explanation of Amendment The proposed amendment adds a new section to the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution. The proposed amendment provides that no moneys derived from taxes, fees, excises, or license taxes, relating to registration, titles, operation, or use of vehicles or public highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit, intercity passenger rail, ports, or airports, or motor fuels, including bond proceeds, shall be expended for other than costs of administering laws related to vehicles and transportation, costs for construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and betterment of public highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit, intercity passenger rail, ports, airports, or other forms of transportation, and other statutory highway purposes, including the State or local share to match federal aid highway funds.

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By KEVIN P. CRAVER kcraver@shawmedia.com Kane County residents who are not registered to vote may want to do so now after a federal judge blocked a law that significantly expanded same-day registration.

With less than 40 days to go until the Nov. 8 election, U.S. District Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan on Sept. 27 slapped a preliminary injunction on a state law that requires counties with more than 100,000 residents to implement a system by which voters can register at the same time they cast bal-

than 100,000 residents can opt out if they lack the necessary electronic poll book system that gives all precincts instantaneous access to voter records. n ONLINE: ova.elections.il.gov Only 20 of the state’s 102 counties n IN PERSON: Requires two forms of ID, have more than 100,000 people. one of which must include current adDer-Yeghiayan, writing that the dress; for a list of in-person registration state is “made up of more than the locations, visit kanecountyelections.

Chicago metropolitan area and other org/voterregistration/offices.aspx. high population areas,” sided with the plaintiffs over the concerns of groups lots at any polling place through Elec- that argued that the law encourages tion Day. voter turnout, especially among miUnder the challenged law, which norities and immigrants.

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People who already are registered only have to re-register if they have moved or changed their name since the last election. You can register if you are a U.S. citizen who will be at least 18 years of age by Election Day, and if you have lived at your current address at least 30 days before the election.

For more information, visit the Illinois State Board of Elections website at www.elections.il.gov.

CAPITOL BUILDING SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE I, Jesse White, Secretary of the State of Illinois, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Proposed Amendment, the Explanation of the Proposed Amendment, Arguments in Favor of the Amendment and Arguments Against the Amendment and a true copy of the Form of Ballot for this call as the regularly scheduled general election on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as set forth in compliance with the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Great Seal of the State of Illinois, Done in the City of Springfield, this 22nd day of June, 2016.

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ST. CHARLES – Two free workshops on college financial preparation will be offered to high school students and their parents this month by the St. Charles Public Library.

“The Financial Aid Process” will meet at 7 p.m. Oct. 13 in the Huntley Meeting Room. A speaker from the Illinois Student Assistance Commission will outline the financial aid process and provide insight into ways to maximize access to financial aid to help pay for college. The session is designed to introduce the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, as well as summarize state and federal aid programs, and identify trusted sources of information.

“FAFSA Step-by-Step” will meet at 7 p.m. Oct. 27 in the Huntley Meeting Room, and will cover what information is required to complete the form; student eligibility and dependency questions; and how to avoid common mistakes in completing the form.

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NEWS BRIEF those seeking volunteer opportunities, to learn about 4-H. National 4-H Week is Oct. 2 to 8. Membership is open to youth ages 8 to 18, and the Cloverbud program is geared for ages 5 to 7.

If an attendee needs a reasonable accommodation to participate in any program at the Prairie Events Center, call 630-584-6166.

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED TAX INCREASE FOR KISHWAUKEE COLLEGE I. A public hearing to approve a proposed property tax levy increase for Illinois Community College District #523 for 2016 will be held on October 11, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. at Kishwaukee College.

Any person desiring to appear at the public hearing and present testimony to the taxing district may contact Dr. Laurie Borowicz, President, or Beth Young, Chief Financial Officer, Kishwaukee College, Malta, Illinois, 60150, telephone number 815/825-2086, extension 2010 or 3740.

II. The corporate and special purpose property taxes extended for 2015 were $9,396,466.

The proposed corporate and special purposes property taxes to be levied for 2016 are $9,685,426. This represents a 3.08% increase from the previous year.

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Continued from page 23 all abilities can have fun and use the equipment. Playground equipment is not inexpensive and this is so great for the community.”

The upgrade to the Lions Park playground was completed this past summer, just in time for Elburn Days in August.

Before moving back into the clubhouse to view a demonstration of the club’s latest low-vision viewing machine, Corlew got his hands dirty by digging the hole to help plant a new evergreen tree near the playground.

“It’ll look cute with Christmas lights on it,” said Ken Gustafson, one of the Elburn club members participating in the celebration.

According to Elburn Lions secretary Chuck Galauner, the local chapter has 177 current members, making it the largest Lions Club in Illinois – and one of the most active. Lions Club International spokesman Kristopher Kempski said this was one of the reasons Elburn was chosen as a stop on the Centennial Tour.

After the tree planting, Elburn Lion Nick Carter, a member since 1984, demonstrated the vision equipment to Corlew and the other guests.

Bought with donations raised

during Elburn Days and Friday-night bingo games, this flat-screen adjustable machine is the most recent in 22 pieces of equipment the club has loaned out to individuals since the 1970s. Carter said that with these machines, the Lions Club has served about 34 people, ranging in age from 7 to 94 years old, giving them the gift of much-enhanced sight.

“The second or third thing people do with the machines is to put up pictures of their families,” Carter said.

“For some, it’s the first time they’ve been able to see their grandchildren.”

For an older person, especially, the ability to write checks means that they are still independent, he said, because they are able to magnify their checkbooks with the machine, allowing them to continue to sign their own checks.

“That’s why we do this,” Carter said. “It brings tears to your eyes.”

With updated technology, this latest machine, which costs about $3,000, can be hooked up to a laptop, a smartphone or a tablet; the user can even watch videos on it. This particular machine will be loaned out to long-time Elburn resident, former mayor and retired Jewel-Osco district manager Bud Wise.

“Elburn is an amazing club,” Corlew said. “Thank you for everything you do.”

III. The property taxes extended for debt service and public building commission leases for 2015 were $4,654,981.

The estimated property taxes to be levied for debt service and public building commission leases for 2016 are $4,569,231. This represents a 1.84% decrease over the previous year.

IV. The total property taxes extended for 2015 were $14,051,477. The estimated total property taxes to be levied for 2016 are $14,254,657. This represents a 1.45% increase from the previous year.

Kathleen Spears Secretary SM-CL0378782

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ST. CHARLES – Kane County 4-H will host its annual 4-H Fun Night on Oct. 6 to celebrate National 4-H Week and the start of a new 4-H year.

Join local 4-H Clubs for carnival-style games and activities from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Kane County Fairgrounds Prairie Events Center, 525 S. Randall Road, St. Charles. This year, 4-H Club booths will feature the 60-second challenge, candy

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Danny Gokey sings in the intimate setting of the VIP meet and greet before his concert on Oct. 1 at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre.

Danny Gokey sings on stage at the Batavia FIne Arts Center on Oct. 1. He and his band performed in the “Hope is a Home” benefit concert which raised money for Emmanuel House.

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“American Idol” contestant, Christian recording artist and Milwaukee native Danny Gokey performed Oct. 1 during the Hope is a Home

show at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre. The Emmanuel House of Aurora, a nonprofit providing a passageway out of poverty through home ownership, will benefit from the show.

LEFT: Danny Gokey talks to the audience in between songs at the Hope is a Home benefit concert Oct. 1 at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre.

BAPTIST

First Baptist Church of Geneva: East campus: 2300 South St. 5 p.m. Saturday; 9:15 a.m. Sunday: Traditional and Worship Cafe; 10:45 a.m. Word & Table. West campus: 3435 Keslinger Road, 9:15 and 10:45 a.m. Sunday contemporary service, 630-232-7068, fbcg.com. Hand in Hand Christian Preschool, 630-208-4903.

CATHOLIC

St. Peter Catholic Church: 1891 Kaneville Road, Geneva. 7 and 8 a.m. Monday through Thursday; 7 and 8 a.m. Friday during summer; 7 and 8:45 a.m. Friday during school year; 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Saturday; 7, 9 and 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday. Call church for holy day and holiday Mass times.

Confessions: 7:30 to 7:55 a.m.

Monday through Friday; 8:30 to 10 a.m. and 3:15 to 4:15 p.m.

Saturday. 630-232-0124.

COVENANT

Batavia Covenant Church and Preschool: 1314 W. Main St., Batavia. 9:30 a.m. Sunday coffee at Fellowship Hall, lower level; 10 a.m. Sunday. 630-879-3721, batabiacov.com. Preschool: 630879-3795.

LUTHERAN

Bethany Lutheran Church: 8 S. Lincoln St., Batavia. 9 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 10 a.m. Sunday coffee; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school; 5 to 7 p.m. monthly last Friday community supper, free to com-

Get in service calendar To include your place of worship, call 877-264-2527. munity. 630-879-3444, www. bethanybatavia.org.

Bethlehem Lutheran Church: 1145 N. Fifth Ave., St. Charles. 8, 9 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:15 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday school for all ages; 5:30 p.m. Saturday. 630584-2199, www.bethlehemluth. org. Full day child care/half day preschool: 630-584-6027.

Immanuel Lutheran Church and School (Missouri Synod): 950Hart Road, Batavia. Traditional worship: 5:30 p.m. Saturday; 8 and 9:30 a.m. Sunday; Contemporary worship: 10:45 a.m. Sunday.

9:30 a.m. Sunday education hour.

Day school serves preschoolers to eighth-graders. 630-406-0157, ilsbatavia.org.

New Hope Lutheran: 710 Western Ave., Geneva Park District, Geneva. 9 a.m. Sunday; 10:15 a.m. Sunday school, fellow and intergenerational. 630-492-0455, www.hewhopelcmc.org.

St. Mark’s Lutheran Church and Preschool (Missouri Synod): 101 S. Sixth Ave., St. Charles. 5:30 p.m.

Saturday; 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday; 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. education hour.

630-584-8638, www.stmarkschurch.church. Preschool for ages 2 to pre-K: 630-584-4850.

PRESBYTERIAN

Fox Valley Presbyterian Church (USA): 227 E. Side Drive, Geneva.

8 (informal) and 10 a.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. education hour; 10 a.m. church school; 8:30 to 11 a.m. nursery care; 8:30 a.m. Adult Breakfast Club; 4 p.m. seventh and eighth grade confirmation; 7 p.m. youth group. 630-232-7448, www.foxvalleypres.org.

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Continued from page 27 “The key is our continual evolution in staying on top of the trends. You have to keep competing,” Clinton said.

Right now, Colonial’s fall lineup includes tasty pumpkin pancakes, and an Oktoberfest menu with Bavarian bratwurst, sauerkraut, potato pancakes, red cabbage and a pretzel appetizer.

Founded in 1901 as the St. Charles Pure Milk Co. by Clinton’s great-grand-

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Continued from page 34 Elburn. The event is open to motorcyclists as well as nonmotorcyclists.

“It’s a cool thing to realize that something that originally started as a thank you to the members has grown into what it is now,” said Judy Kaenel, president of the DuKane Chapter of ABATE of Illinois. “Now there’s so much going on that Wally [Elliott,] our events coordinator, calls it ‘different circuses going on at the same time.’”

What sets it apart from a circus, however, is that it’s not only about fun and games.

While there will certainly be fantastic food, laughs and some great live music, the event also serves a greater purpose – giving back to the community, as well as providing education both about motorcycle safety and a variety of other noble causes.

“People probably don’t realize the amount that goes on and we’ll have people [there]

father, Simon Anderson, the firm evolved from a dairy into a full-fledged restaurant business. The name evolved too, from Anderson Dairy to Colonial Ice Cream to today’s Colonial Café.

With the contrasting atmospheres of its locations, Tom said, he views Colonial not as a chain of restaurants, but as a collection of restaurants.

There are two in St. Charles, with the East Main Street location and another at 552 S. Randall Road. And there are Colonial Cafés in Elgin, Aurora, Naperville, Algonquin and Crystal Lake, for a total of seven locations

If you go n WHAT: DuKane ABATE’s 30th

annual Toy and Food Run n WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Oct. 9, with the parade from 9:30 a.m. to noon and the ride starting at 12:30 p.m. n WHERE: The parade begins at Knuckleheads, 108 E. North St., Elburn, and ends at the Batavia VFW, 645 River Road, Batavia. n COST: $10 a person, and a donation of one new, unwrapped toy and one nonperishable food item n INFO: 630-669-2588 talking about bikers against child abuse and pet adoption and shelters, and they have a chance to showcase the great work they do,” Kaenel said.

“We’ll have bikers find out about some of these things and then they’ll get involved. Last year we had Big Brothers Big Sisters [representatives attend] and they ended up getting vol-

staffed by 350 employees.

All the Colonial restaurants serve breakfast, lunch and dinner, with allday breakfast. Each has a special room for meetings or parties.

Now Colonial is getting ready to roll out a new menu. A new side dish called cheesy grits is a northern take on a Southern favorite. More seasonal menus are on the way, for Thanksgiving and Mardi Gras.

“People think ice cream, but in reality we’re all about our food,” Clinton said, noting that Colonial’s new food creations are developed at its Randall

unteers to help them out.”

Admission is $10 a person, along with one new (unwrapped) toy and a nonperishable food item. The toys and food items will benefit many local charities, including most that will be on-site to provide more information.

Once again the lineup of live entertainment is stacked.

There are seven bands in all, including the country-rock group The Fairview Union from Knoxville, Tenn., and the Second Shot Band from Jacksonville, Fla. Headlining will be Skinny Molly, which recently returned to the states.

Led by Mike Estes, formerly of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Skinny Molly will be a band not to miss.

The Nick Bell Band, Joker’s Rival, Mr. Capone’s Bootlegger Band and Shooter also are scheduled to take the stage.

A variety of vendors selling leather, art, jewelry and more will once again be on-site, while a variety of delicious food items, including barbecue, brats, burgers, hot dogs and wings, will help keep appetites at bay.

Road restaurant.

Of course, there’s nothing like a Colonial ice cream treat for desert.

Perennial favorites remain the Turtle Sundae, and the gigantic Kitchen Sink.

Many people assume Colonial still makes its own ice cream, but in fact has not done so since 1963, when a fire destroyed the company’s plant in downtown St. Charles.

Today, Colonial Ice Cream is made at a Rockford dairy.

“We control the production,” Clinton said. “It’s our formula.”

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Sanctuary: 1S430 Wenmoth Road.

10 a.m. Sunday service, 9 a.m.

Sunday school for all ages. 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Bible studies and children’s Bible clubs are for all ages. 630-879-0785, www. sanctuaryag.com.

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The ABATE Toy and Food Run motorcycle parade will start off at 12:30 p.m. Oct. 9 at Knuckleheads, 108 E. North St., Elburn.

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Week 7 matchups n WHO: Elgin at Geneva n WHAT: Upstate Eight River football n WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7 n WHERE: Burgess Field, Geneva n RECORDS: Elgin 0-6 (0-3 UER); GHS

By CHRIS CASEY editorial@kcchronicle.com BATAVIA – Reggie Phillips said his team was not happy.

The Batavia senior running back and his teammates saw their long Upstate Eight River winning streak come to an end the previous week but had a chance to bounce back as rival Geneva visited Sept. 30.

Phillips led a strong first-half charge that proved to be enough as the Bulldogs got back on the winning track with a 21-7 victory.

“We were pumped for tonight and we were angry,” said Phillips, who had 105 of his game-high 123 rushing yards in the first half. “We just wanted to get back on the field and destroy any team that came up against us.”

The win was the sixth straight in the rivalry series for Batavia (5-1, 3-1 UER), making the all-time series score 51-42-5 in favor of the Vikings (2-4, 1-3).

Playing the first game of the 98-game rivalry series on its new turf field, the Bulldogs received the opening kickoff and wanted to make a statement right away.

They marched 72 yards in six plays, capped by a 39-yard touchdown from Matt Huizinga – his first of two rushing scores on the night.

To keep the momentum going, the Bulldogs’ defense forced a Geneva punt on the Vikings’ first offensive possession and capitalized once again. An 11-play, 80-yard drive was capped by a 2-yard rushing score by Ben Weerts – one of two quarterbacks who played for Batavia.

“Our linemen are just unstoppable,” Huizinga said of the 205-yard rushing first half for his team. “Working with them and our other running backs is just a blessing. I love being out there on the field with them.”

Huizinga, who finished the game with 84 yards on just six carries, put Batavia up 21-0 with an 11-yard touchdown with less than four minutes left in the first half. Phillips set up the score with a 52-yard burst.

“It was a tough week of practice with the guys being disappointed about what happened [against St. Charles East on Sept. 23],” Batavia coach Dennis Piron said. “It speaks well to our kids with what we are trying to accomplish. They work so hard and deserve a night like this. I’m really proud of the

2-4 (1-3) n OUTLOOK: After two straight defeats

and four losses in five games, the Vikings will look to get back on track against an Elgin team that has been outscored 204-48 so far this season. n WHO: Batavia at South Elgin n WHAT: Upstate Eight Conference

football n WHEN: 1:30 p.m. Oct. 8 n WHERE: 760 E. Main St., South Elgin n RECORDS: BHS 5-1; SE 3-3 n OUTLOOK: This shapes up to be a

better matchup than the records would indicate. The Storm’s three losses have come against teams that are a combined 16-2 on the season.

Two of the losses were against undefeated St. Charles East and West Aurora, and South Elgin is a perfect 3-0 on its home field this season.

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Batavia’s Matthew Huizinga makes his way toward the end zone Sept. 30 during a game against Geneva. The Bulldogs responded to their first loss of the season Sept. 23 with a 21-7 win against the Vikings. job our players and coaches did tonight to contribute to a good win.”

There was good and bad for Geneva after Huizinga’s second touchdown.

Had someone told Geneva coach Rob Wicinski that Batavia would put up no points from the 3:43 mark of the second quarter until the final buzzer, he would have taken it in a heartbeat.

However, the offense of the Vikings was unable to break through all night.

Geneva running back Lance Arni was bottled up in the second half after picking up 100 total yards in the first half (52 on the ground).

It wasn’t until senior linebacker Mason Branson’s 18-yard interception return for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter that Geneva got on the scoreboard.

“We had opportunities,” Wicinski said. “We had four possessions inside the [Batavia] 20-yard line and came away with no points. You aren’t going to win too many games when that happens. It’s internal. We have to make better decisions, take care of the ball and go from there.”

One of those opportunities came after a pass from Kyle Evert to Arni went 48 yards with time running down in the first half. However, Evert, a senior quarterback, was intercepted by Batavia’s Luke Golson in the end zone with 13.3 seconds left in the half.

Branson’s interception would be the last time a Vikings player would touch the ball. Batavia’s Jake Robinson, who had a sack in the game, recovered the ensuing onside kick with 3:14 to go.

While Batavia looked as though there was a point in which it could have blown the game open early, it certainly will take the victory.

“We knew [Geneva] wasn’t going to go away. It’s a rivalry game,” senior offensive lineman Evan Day said. “We made some mistakes in the second half that let Geneva stay in the game, and those are things that we need to correct moving forward. We have had these hot and cold streaks, and we need to try and get rid of those cold streaks.”

The Bulldogs were able to run out the clock after the onside kick.

All of Batavia’s 130 second-half

yards came on the ground. Neither starting quarterback Riley Cooper nor Weerts completed a pass in the second half. Cooper (3 for 6, 20 yards) did not attempt a pass in the second half, while Weerts had a fourth-down incompletion and Branson’s interception.

Piron wasn’t overly concerned with the passing attack of 20 yards, saying he’s seen progression from both players he has put under center.

“I feel like we’re going in the right direction with that,” he said. “We get things clicking and then for whatever reason, the execution isn’t quite there.

We sure have some weapons, but we need to find a way to deliver them the ball. Maybe we had a bit of a letdown thinking it was going to be a blowout, but then clearly it’s not. You just can’t ever allow yourself to get or think that way.”

The Bulldogs are still in contention for a UER title with one loss and two games – against Larkin and St. Charles North – remaining. Batavia travels to South Elgin for a UEC crossover game Oct. 8, while Geneva hosts Elgin on Oct. 7.

“That one loss isn’t going to make or break our season,” Day said. “A conference championship is one of our goals, sure, but a state championship is the ultimate goal, and we still have our focus set on that.”

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North swims past East; both teams eye postseason

By CHRIS CASEY editorial@kcchronicle.com ST. CHARLES – Bragging rights are always a part of the St. Charles East-St. Charles North sports rivalry.

However, in swimming there are more important things than the final score.

Although the North Stars came out victorious in a 110-76 Upstate Eight River dual Sept. 29, both coaches got a chance to see where their teams stand a month or so away from sectionals.

North coach Rob Rooney said he has not looked much at the other teams that will take part in the St. Charles North sectional Nov. 12, but he likes the direction his team is heading.

“There are a lot of positives with this team,” Rooney said. “We’re filling gaps that need to be filled and supporting each other 100 percent every day.

In my 17 years doing this, this is one of the most genuinely hardworking and youthful teams I’ve had. They compete hard every day and do everything I could ask for and more.”

Standout sophomore Mallory Jump has hit her stride, literally, and has not slowed down. She won both the 200-meter individual medley (2:07.60) and 100 butterfly (57.04).

Joining Jump as a North Stars winner in the meet was Audrey Guyett, who was a participant at the state meet last year. Guyett won the 100 backstroke and 200 freestyle against East.

Jump and Guyett teamed up as part of North’s win in the 200 medley relay (1:47.14). Guyett also swam the final leg of the final race, helping win the 400 freestyle relay (3:40.17). The North Stars won all three relays.

“We’re obviously very excited about the way Mallory has looked,” Rooney said. “But it’s more than just one girl with this team. It’s a culmination of buying in and wanting to be the best team we can be come [the state meet Nov. 18 and 19 in] Evanston.”

While Rooney hadn’t looked at which teams will be at the sectional meet, one team he does know will be participating is head coach Joe Cabel’s Saints.

Notable programs joining North and East at the St. Charles North sectional will be Geneva, South Elgin, Huntley, Bartlett co-op, Glenbard North, DeKalb co-op and Crystal Lake Central co-op, along with individuals from Kaneland and Burlington Central, among others.

While Cabel knows there are things his group can work on after the Sept.

29 meet, he was able to take some positives away from the dual loss. Having seen his boys swimming and diving team take their first dual meet victo-

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St. Charles North’s Mallory Jump swims the 100-yard butterfly Sept. 29 during a dual meet against St. Charles East. Both the North Stars and Saints are building for the postseason. ry from North last year, he enjoys the competition level at the crosstown duals.

“It was a classic East-North meet,” Cabel said. “There’s room to improve, however. We’re really aggressive in the first parts of races, but the finishes have been the slight problem. We’re getting there but not quite there yet.”

Both Cabel and Rooney graduated a number of swimmers who had state success a year ago, but the Saints are still excited about what is to come over the next month, including the Upstate Eight meet Oct. 29.

The longtime East coach saw senior Amy Pearson give the Saints a victory in the 500 freestyle (5:11.12) and a second-place finish behind Guyett in the 200 freestyle.

Even though some important meets still remain, Rooney offered some advice for both teams nearing the postseason.

“Take it day by day,” Rooney said of how he’s handled some inexperience

St. Charles East’s Anna O’Malley swims in the 100-yard butterfly Sept. 29 during a dual meet against St. Charles North. The Saints fell to the North Stars but are making progress heading into the postseason. and youth on his team. “The younger girls are getting better and need to accept the guidance for what it is. The success of a swim team is bigger than

one or two individuals. It’s a team wanting each other to succeed and doing whatever it takes. We’re on our way there.”

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RIGHT: Geneva fans cheer as their team takes the field before the Sept 30 game at Batavia.

Rivalry renewed KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE BATAVIA – The rivalry goes back to a time when cars were a novelty, the United States wasn’t even close to 50 states, and the forward pass was verboten.

There is plenty of history in the Batavia-Geneva football rivalry, and the Bulldogs and Vikings added an-

other chapter Sept. 30.

The Bulldogs got a little bit closer to leveling the all-time series with a 21-7 win against the Vikings in a game that was played in front of a packed house despite the threat of wet weather. This version of the rivalry was the first time the two teams met on Batavia’s new turf field.

ABOVE: Batavia’s Reggie Phillips finds running room Sept.

30 in a home game against Geneva. The Bulldogs won 21-7.

RIGHT: Geneva’s Lance Arni breaks away from the pile while running the football in the game against Batavia.

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Geneva’s Joshua Mansfield head up the field during the Sept 30 game against Batavia.

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ABOVE: Batavia fans cheer on their team as the Bulldogs take the field Sept. 30 in a game against Geneva.

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Marmion’s Zach Urwiler (left) runs into Fenwick’s Adrian Nourse on Sept.

30 during a home game. Miscues cost the Cadets in a 47-7 loss.

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Mistakes cost Marmion in loss against Fenwick

By JASON ROSSI jrossi@shawmedia.com

SEPTEMBER WINNER! Joe Sherman Central High School Boys Golf

Joe has been essential to our overall team success over the past four seasons. In a month filled with numerable memorable moments, Joe’s 1 under 70 at the Geneva Mill Creek Varsity invitation tournament best showcased the caliber of his talents.

Congratulations Joe!

AURORA – The opening drive was a promising one for Marmion’s football team.

Unfortunately, the rest of the first half was less than stellar as the Cadets fell 47-7 against Fenwick in a Chicago Catholic League Green game Sept 30.

A bad punt snap, a safety, an interception return for a touchdown and a fumble in the second quarter turned the momentum against the Cadets.

“They’re a very good team and we know we can’t turn the ball over, and it just compounded,” Marmion head coach Dan Thorpe said. “It’s not like the kids are trying to have bad snaps or things like that.”

The Cadets (4-2 overall, 1-2 CCL Green) received the opening kickoff and ran more than seven minutes off the clock before missing a field goal.

Fenwick (5-1, 2-0) responded with a field goal on its ensuing drive.

Both teams had drives that stalled early in the second quarter before the Marmion mistakes changed the momentum.

The bad snap set up the Friars at the Cadets’ 23-yard line, and two plays later Fenwick found the end zone for a 10-0 lead with 4:06 to play before halftime. A safety made it 12-0, and Fenwick’s Marty Stein picked off Brandon McPherson and went the other way for a score with 1:35 left in the second quarter.

Stein came up big again with a fumble recovery that led to another Fenwick touchdown with 47.8 seconds left in the half.

“We were struggling a little bit but then we got a bunch of turnovers pret-

Week 7 matchup n WHO: St. Laurence at Marmion n WHAT: Chicago Catholic League football n WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Oct 7 n WHERE: Fichtel Field, 1000 Butter-

field Road, Aurora n RECORDS: St. Laurence 5-1; Marmion

4-2 n OUTLOOK: The Cadets won’t have

any wiggle room if the mistakes that plagued them against Fenwick pop up again. The Vikings have scored 28 points or more in every game this season and were one of the teams to knock off CCL powerhouse St. Rita this season.

ty fast and the offense got going,” Stein said. “It was a good way to get it going.”

McPherson connected with Zach Urwiler for a 56-yard touchdown that made it 33-7 in the third quarter, but Fenwick added a pair of TDs in the fourth quarter to seal the win.

“They ran the ball, they threw the ball, and they special-teamed the ball,” Thorpe said. “They’re rated third in the state [in Class 7A] for a reason.”

The road won’t get any easier for the Cadets the rest of the way. They host a St. Laurence team that was a Class 5A semifinalist last year in a CCL crossover on Oct. 7, hit the road to face De La Salle in the final CCL Green game on Oct. 14, then finish off with a home game against perennial power St. Rita in another CCL crossover on Oct. 21.

“Welcome to big boy football,” Thorpe said. “Welcome to the Chicago Catholic League, and we’re proud to be in it.”

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St. Charles East’s Sebastian Grohe celebrates a turnover Sept. 23 during a home game against Batavia. The Saints fell behind against Bartlett on Sept. 30 but rallied for a 37-19 win.

Comeback keeps Saints undefeated North Stars roll against Elgin; BC gets first win KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE ST. CHARLES – Playing from behind has not been a problem for St. Charles East’s football team this season.

The same rang true on Sept. 30.

Bartlett turned an interception into a touchdown for a 7-0 lead before the Saints stormed back for a 37-19 win in an Upstate Eight Conference crossover.

East (6-0) had won in comeback fashion in its previous two games against St. Charles North and Batavia.

Justin Galante’s 25-yard touchdown catch tied the game at 7-7 late in the first quarter.

A fumble recovery set up Justin Jett’s touchdown run for a 14-7 lead.

Matt Burns’ 37-yard field goal gave the Saints a 17-7 edge, and another fumble recovery led to another Jett TD before the half.

Right out of halftime, Zach Mitchell and Clayton Isbell hooked up for a touchdown and 30-7 lead.

The win clinches a playoff spot for

the Saints, who hit the road to face score, Patch England connected with Larkin on Oct. 7.

Sidney Moore for a 13-yard score that made it 21-6 in the second quarter, and the Wolfpack didn’t tally their final St. Charles North 51, Elgin 0 ELGIN – In its second straight score until the fourth quarter.

Joe Lang rushed for 90 yards and game against a winless opponent, St. Charles North’s football team rolled Sam Sidari added 41 yards on the to a 51-0 win against Elgin on Sept. 30. ground for the Spartans.

St. Francis will look to keep the Zach Mettetal completed five passes for 159 yards and four touch- momentum going when it welcomes downs (two each to Lucas Segobiano 1-5 Lake Forest Academy at 7:30 p.m. and Griffin Hammer), and he added a Oct. 7. rushing touchdown.

Eric Lins gained 127 yards on the Burlington Central 20, ground with a 69-yard touchdown run Woodstock 7 in the first quarter for a 7-0 lead.

BURLINGTON – It was a rocky The North Stars (5-1 overall, 2-1 Up- start on homecoming for the host state Eight River) scored 37 points in Rockets as a fumble led to Woodstock’s the second quarter for a 44-0 halftime touchdown early in the first quarter. lead that triggered the running clock BC bounced back and tied it on for the second half.

Dionte Pierre’s 53-yard run just moThe defense limited Elgin to just ments after Woodstock found the end over 100 yards in the game. zone.

North hosts Streamwood on Oct. 7 Pierre’s 1-yard scoring run gave in its final home game of the regular the Rockets (1-5 overall, 1-2 Kishwauseason. kee River Conference) a 13-7 lead at the half, and Cameron Kaldenberger sealed the win with an 11-yard TD run St. Ignatius 28, St. Francis 6 CHICAGO – In a season that has late in the fourth quarter.

Pierre finished with 118 yards been full of struggles, St. Francis’ football team took a step forward against rushing to lead the way for BC. The Rockets hit the road to face St. Ignatius on Sept. 30.

After conceding a first-quarter Woodstock North at 7 p.m. Oct. 7.

GENEVA – Six different players recorded goals as the Chicago Steel defeated the Dubuque Fighting Saints 6-3 at Fox Valley Ice Arena on Oct. 1.

Adam Karashik, Reggie Lutz and Baker Shore each tallied their first career United States Hockey League goals in the victory, while netminder Tommy Nappier picked up his second victory in as many nights as Chicago (3-0-0-0) was the only remaining unbeaten team in the USHL. It was a busy first period for Dubuque as Regen Cavanugh scored at the 6:14 mark and Jacob Semik sneaked a shot from the right point past Nappier two minutes later for a 2-0 lead.

The Steel immediately responded. Just 11 seconds after Semik’s tally, Lutz jammed in a feed from Jake Jaremko to get Chicago on the board.

Chicago then tied the game when Matt Kiersted’s point shot was lifted home

by Mitch Lewandowski.

Chicago’s first lead of the game came at the 5:17 mark when Shore lifted a backhanded shot in front.

After Dubuque tied the game on the power play (the first power-play goal against Chicago this season), Karashik rushed in and scored for a 4-3 Chicago lead late in the second.

Chicago padded the lead on Walker Duehr’s second goal in as many nights midway through the third, and Greg Printz added an empty-net goal for his fourth goal of the season.

Jaremko (two assists), Karashik (goal, assist), Kiersted (two assists) and Shore (goal, assist) each recorded two points, while Nappier made 25 saves.

Chicago welcomes Bloomington at 7:05 p.m. Oct. 8 for Pucks & Pups Night presented by WoofBeach. Fans can bring their dogs to the game.

The Steel announced Oct. 4 that rookie defensemen Corson Green, Jesper Kokkila and Reilly Walsh have been listed as prospects for the 2017 NHL Draft. Each were included on NHL Central Scouting’s Preliminary Players to Watch List.

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North volleyball wins in two against Libertyville KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE St. Charles North’s girls volleyball team defeated Libertyville 25-22, 25-21 on Sept. 30 ahead of an Oct. 4 match against Larkin.

Gigi Crescenzo and Anna DuVall had amazing offensive nights, each tallying six kills, while Katie Lanz added five kills, and Amanda Parker and Abby Graham added four apiece.

The North Stars’ tough serving kept them alive as they served up eight aces throughout the night, including three

by Lanz and two from Brenna Lannert.

Lauren Caprini powered the defense with 17 digs as the North Stars improved to 12-8 on the season.

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY Batavia

Sean Adams finished 18th with a time of 15:48 to lead the way for the Bulldogs at the St. Charles North invite Oct. 1.

Shane Knanishu (23rd, 15:56), Jack Gillerlain (29th, 16:03), Adam Kennedy (32nd, 16:06) and Damian Rodriguez (36th, 16:08) also were scoring runners

for the Bulldogs. ran in the race.

James Imundo also ran for Batavia, which placed fifth as a team.

St. Charles East Top-20 showings from Jake Beno Geneva (eighth, 15:27), Cole Adesso (14th, 15:35) Josh Rodgers (third, 15:13) and Ryan and Anthony Zilla (20th, 15:50) paced Kredell (10th, 15:29) paced the Vikings the Saints at the St. Charles North inat the St. Charles North invite Oct. 1. vite Oct. 1.

Brian Kuehl (17th, 15:41) and Tyler East finished fourth as a team with Dau (19th, 15:49) added top-20 show- Aidan King (33rd, 16:07) and Campbell ings, and Scott Creger (45th, 16:22) Koch (40th, 16:15) also scoring points rounded out the scoring. for the team.

Cole Montgomery and Aidan Carr-Clennon also ran for the Vikings, St. Charles North who finished third as a team.

Brett Lee (55th, 16:30) was North’s

Marmion

A trio of top-15 finishes helped the Cadets take home the team title at the St. Charles North invite Oct. 1.

Marmion (85 points) edged Wheaton Warrenville South (86) for the team title.

Michael Ronzone (fourth, 15:14) and Charlie Zimmer (fifth, 15:21) led the way for Marmion, with Sean Galle (12th, 15:33) finishing strong.

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Sophia McDonald (17:54) and Emma Ehrhardt (17:56) finished 1-2 and Andrine Larsen (fourth, 18:07) ran well to help the Vikings capture the team title at the St. Charles North invite Oct. 1.

Geneva scored 58 points to edge Lyons Township (65).

Ebony Trout (25th, 19:00.5) and Taryn Christy (26th, 19:00.6) were the top finisher at St. Charles North’s own other scoring runners for Geneva, while Emily Belanger (36th, 19:15) and Mary invite Oct. 1.

Bo Ruttens (70th, 16:45) and Luke Grace Neville (45th, 19:31) ran well.

Sutherland (71st, 16:45) finished as a tandem for North, which placed 15th St. Charles North Madison Kaufman (18th, 18:49) led as a team. the way for the North Stars at their invite Oct. 1.

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY Natalie Galvan (40th, 19:23), Rylie Batavia Kaufmann (48th, 19:36), Ally Suyak Audrey Pellico (eighth, 18:25) and (55th, 19:46) and Maddie Wiltrout (60th, Marygrace Golden (ninth, 18:29) led the 19:58) rounded out the scoring quintet way for the Bulldogs at the St. Charles for North, which placed sixth as a team.

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By JOHN BUTKUS editorial@kcchronicle.com DEKALB – A powerful hit or a great defensive play provides excitement in a volleyball match, but serving is just as important to a team’s success.

Serving was the key to Geneva’s 2512, 25-22 win against DeKalb on Sept. 28.

“The big emphasis is being aggressive on the service line,” Geneva head coach Annie Seitelman said. “That can keep them out of sync and end up helping us defensively and we were able to transition out of that to score quick points.”

The Vikings’ strong serving led to DeKalb struggling throughout the match.

DeKalb fell behind early in the first set against Geneva (17-0 before an Oct. 3 match against Waubonsie Valley) and was never able to compile any momentum to crawl back into the set.

The Barbs would score a point, then Geneva would follow with two or three points to counter. It was a trend carried out through the end of the first game and throughout most of the second.

“I think it was a tough mental match against an experienced team,” DeKalb coach Jamie DiMaggio said.

“Geneva is a great team and they’re so used to winning and they were never flustered no matter what the situation was. We came in already defeated so I’m a little disappointed in that sense.

But they picked it up a little bit in

That can keep them out of sync and end up helping us defensively and we were able to transition out of that to score quick points.”

Annie Seitelman Geneva head coach

Game 2 and followed the game plan and they battled.”

The second game resulted in a much closer score, but the story remained the same as the Vikings held control over the Barbs and were never behind.

The score was knotted at 14-14 midway through, but the Vikings’ ability to answer a DeKalb point with several of their own popped up again as Geneva again was able to string together a few more points than DeKalb and eventually came away with the twogame sweep.

Geneva was led by Grace Loberg’s 14 kills and Ally Barrett’s seven blocks.

“Our serving broke down early in the match so we were unable to get our attackers in position,” DiMaggio said. “We worked on trying to get our feet moving a little more because when it becomes a mental match, the feet tend to freeze up a little. Things as a player that are so natural begin to not feel so natural anymore.”

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Batavia Senior | Football Why Huizinga was selected: Huizinga carried the ball only four times, but two rushes found the end zone in Batavia’s 21-7 victory against Geneva.

Batavia senior running back Matthew Huizinga made the most of his opportunities against Geneva on Sept. 30. He carried the ball four times but scored on two of those rushes to give the Bulldogs an early first-half lead. He also had a 24-yard kickoff return and two tackles on defense. Huizinga, the St. Charles Bank & Trust Athlete of the Week, does a little bit of everything for Batavia football. He spoke with Kane County Chronicle correspondent Chris Casey to talk about his performance against Geneva and more.

Casey: Did you expect anything less than a hard-fought win against a rival like Geneva?

Huizinga: It’s always fun to play in this rivalry, honestly. We had some chances to score more than we did, but made a couple mistakes. You never know in these kinds of games, but I’m glad we got the win.

Casey: Talk about how you guys bounced back from the loss to St. Charles East.

Huizinga: When we lost to East, it got us down. But at the same time, I think it kind of helped us. I don’t think we wanted Casey: What did you see on your our confidence to get up too high and first touchdown, a 39-yard run?

Huizinga: It was a cross fire run, and my that might have happened if we stayed lineman did an amazing job giving me a big undefeated. A loss makes us want to fight hole to run through. I saw it and just took off. harder and I think we did that tonight.

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Batavia baseball standout scratches football itch Albanese back on gridiron after spending first four games on pitching mound

have to discuss what’s best for him. For no one to have ever done that from Batavia (go straight from high school to professional sports) is saying something with the rich sports history of this town.”

With this baseball opportunity, there was still a void that Albanese needed to fill. With his baseball games being switched from Saturdays – which prevented him from thinking of playing football – to Sundays, Albanese had an idea.

After the Batavia football team pulled out a 34-31 triple-overtime victory on the road against Libertyville on Sept. 2, Albanese had conversations with coach Dennis Piron about joining the team.

Although IHSA rules require a minimum of 12 practice days before par-

ticipating in a game, the senior tight end wanted to be back on the field with his teammates. After discussions with Piron and the Batavia athletic department were successful, Albanese joined the Bulldogs for practice on Wednesday, Sept. 7.

“If it was allowed and we got everything worked out, how could you not want someone like Glenn Albanese on the field,” Piron said. “He’s a great kid and has a terrific mind and ability for this sport. He’s someone that, despite not playing or working out for football all offseason, could make an immediate impact with this football team.”

“It took a long time to adjust to not playing [football],” Albanese said. “I missed everything about football. I would see the guys out on the football field practicing. I had been itching to get back out there since the season started.”

It had been settled. Although Piron and Batavia (4-1, 3-1 Upstate Eight River) kept it as quiet as possible that their 6-foot-6 tight end would make his season debut at St. Charles East on Sept.

23, it would be hard to hide his stature upon taking the field for warmups.

Not only did Albanese get to don the formally unbeaten Batavia white road jersey against the Saints, but his teammates asked him to lead the team onto the field, carrying the school flag.

Albanese said he would usually hang out in the back of the pack upon taking the field last season, so getting the chance to carry the flag and lead the team onto the field in his senior season debut was “an awesome feeling.”

Although he would have liked his debut to have gone smoother – one catch (on five targets) for six yards in a 28-7 loss to East (5-0, 3-0), there’s no questioning as to whether the Batavia football team is better with him on the field.

“The attention he draws with his size is crazy,” Piron said of Albanese, who was sometimes blanketed by three East defenders in the game. “He’ll be a vital part of our attack moving forward.”

It’s his senior season. While playing baseball will be what his future holds, Albanese wasn’t going to miss out on the chance to lace up his football cleats for one last season before putting on a different set of spikes for good in his next adventure.

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By CHRIS CASEY editorial@kcchronicle.com BATAVIA – There was a noticeable difference when a certain No. 88 took the field for the Batavia football team in its 2015 season.

Despite hauling in 23 receptions for 360 yards and seven touchdowns a year ago, 6-foot-6 Batavia senior Glenn Albanese had yet to play in any of the Bulldogs’ first four football games in 2016 after getting the opportunity to pitch for the Chicago Scouts Association Midwest League team this fall.

Chicago Scouts Association is a team filled with Division-I baseball prospects – one of which is the Louisville-committed Albanese – that earned the opportunity to play in front of anywhere from eight to 10 Major League Baseball scouts.

“It’s a big deal at first, but then you get to realize these scouts are just normal guys who just want to get to know you,” Albanese said. “They lay low and don’t reach out by sending emails to you like colleges do. They watch from a distance and watch things like your attitude and how you carry yourself on the field.”

In early May 2015, Albanese, a right-handed pitcher, committed to Louisville with little idea he would get the opportunity to play in front of scouts who could have a say as to whether Albanese’s name gets called at the 2017 MLB Draft, scheduled for July 9 to 11.

Although he hadn’t thought much about any other opportunity besides attending Louisville, Albanese did say the chance to play professional baseball at 18 years old definitely would be tempting.

“It’s something that is definitely becoming a bigger and bigger thought,” Albanese said. “There’s a lot that goes into it, whether it’s the signing bonus they offer, or talking with my parents and an adviser to decide what’s best for me. We kind of have to play it by ear seeing as that I still have my senior

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Batavia’s Glenn Albanese (No. 88) goes up for a catch Sept. 23 in a game against St. Charles East. A baseball standout with a scholarship to Louisville, Albanese made his 2016 football debut against the Saints. [baseball] season to play.”

Albanese’s father, Glenn Sr., knows his son has a special ability and a chance to pitch at the next level, but also knows that in the long history of Batavia no one has been given the opportunity that July’s draft could bring to his son.

“As a father who doesn’t have a long history with the sport other than being a fan, you never think your child will have that opportunity,” said Albanese Sr., who jokingly added his hockey fandom didn’t pan out with his son playing the sport.

“A lot of it depends on how hard he works. Obviously Louisville is a terrific program – one of the top three in the country in my opinion – so we would

and Danny Galush combined for the shutout.

Continued from page 48 Marmion overcame a 2-1 halftime deficit for a 4-2 win against St. Joseph on Sept. 29. Miller scored the goal in BOYS SOCCER the first half on a Nick Grant assist and Marmion Goals by James Serrano (assisted added the tying and insurance goals (on

by Sean Miller), Jack Kavanaugh and assists by Grant and Ricky Ruiz, respecQuinn Gratz (assisted by Anthony Zan- tively). Gratz assisted on Grant’s goal gler) propelled the Cadets to a 3-0 win that held up as the game-winner, and Gaagainst Oswego on Oct. 1. David Chiesa lush made two saves in the second half.

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The Saints topped Waubonsie Val- Rosary ley on Oct. 3 in a nonconference game In a match honoring seniors Natalie in Aurora.

McKee, Emily Emerson and Danielle Leonardi, the Royals got balanced scoring St. Charles North/Geneva in a 175-217 win Sept. 27 against Regina.

On the heels of a 3-2 win against Emerson was the match medalist St. Charles East on Sept. 27, the with a 42, McKee added a 43, Jackie North Stars topped Geneva 2-1 in an Daum had a 44 and Megan Whitmer Upstate Eight River conference game carded a 46. Also playing for the Royals were Gabby deGuzman and Leonardi.

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Chai Vinij prepares Pad Thai at Thai Express in Geneva.

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Thai Express in Geneva latest vehicle for restaurateur

By RENEE TOMELL rtomell@shawmedia.com

An order of Spicy Mongolian sizzles in the wok at Thai Express in Geneva.

GENEVA – The serenely smiling face of a woman depicted in a carved sculpture from Thailand helps set the tone of hospitality at Thai Express, which recently celebrated its first anniversary in Geneva.

The enterprise is the eighth created

by Tiffany Ampracha, who has developed a reputation for her Thai cuisine at eateries dotting the Fox Valley and beyond. A one-woman culinary institute, she eventually sells the businesses to the staffers she trains and to whom she divulges her cherished family recipes.

A foodie at the French Market in Geneva recommended Thai Express as a hidden gem in the strip mall across Randall Road from Delnor Hospital. Thai Express is strictly carryout and catering, and offers delivery within the Tri-Cities.

Peggy Schutte of Glen Ellyn, who recently stopped in to pick up an order, called the eatery “wonderful.”

“It’s the best Thai food I’ve ever experienced,” she said. “Tiffany is kind and the staff fabulous.”

Ampracha operates the business with her brother, Chai Vinij, and her daughter, Teen Vinij.

She said they each know all the roles of running the venture. Ampracha grew up in the family business which included a restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand. She emigrated to the United States 18 years ago.

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TOM’S COOKBOOK LIBRARY Tom Witom Respected chef Bryan Calvert, who spent years cooking in fine-dining restaurants before opening James in 2008 in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, shares his experiences – along with 125-plus recipes in “Brooklyn Rustic” (Little, Brown), a cookbook with a highly descriptive subtitle: “Simple food for sophisticated palates.”

In the introduction, Calvert describes his approach to food as a mix of country simplicity with urban complexity.

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CIDER-GLAZED PORK CHOPS WITH SAGE AND APPLES Serves 4 4 (10- to 12-ounces) bone-in pork chops, about 1-inch thick Fresh sea salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon unsalted butter 1 shallot, thinly sliced 2 apples, peeled, cored and diced 1 garlic clove, finely chopped 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar 2 cups fresh apple cider 2 tablespoons chopped fresh sage 1 tablespoon sliced fresh chives Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheet with aluminum foil and arrange roasting rack on top.

Pat pork chops dry with paper towels. Season them all over with salt and pepper.

In large skillet, heat olive oil over high heat.

Add pork chops to pan, leaving 2 inches between them. (Cook in batches, if necessary.)

Sear on both sides until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes per side.

Transfer pork chops to roasting rack and roast until internal temperature of chops reaches 155 degrees F next to bone, about 10 minutes. Let pork chops rest for 5 minutes.

Make cider glaze in same skillet used to sear chops. Wipe out any excess oil. Melt butter in skillet over medium-low heat. Add shallot and apples and cook until shallots are translucent and tender, about 3 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook for another minute without browning, until you get a whiff of its aroma. Add vinegar and reduce until almost dry, about 1 minute. Add apple cider, sage and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Cook until glaze is shiny and thick enough to coat pork chops, about 10 minutes.

Put pork chops on plate or serving platter and pour apples and glaze over them. Sprinkle with chives and serve.

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Frank and Dave to perform at Wildwood

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com GENEVA – Frank and Dave will perform from 8 to 11 p.m. Oct. 22 at Wildwood, 477 S, Third St., Geneva.

There is no cover charge to hear the duo of Frank Merkendorfer and Dave Callaway as they perform a wide repertoire of current and classic pop rock songs.

“We do a lot of Tom Petty, BoDeans, Eagles, John Mellencamp,” Callaway said.

Their song list includes “Heart of

Gold” by Neil Young; “Southern Cross”

by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young; “For What it’s Worth” by Buffalo Springfield; “Cat’s in the Cradle” by Harry Chapin; and “Margaritaville” by Jimmy Buffett.

The song list also includes the duo’s own originals, such as “Different Roads,” “Recurring Dreams” and “Feel the Love.”

Both play guitar, electric and acoustic, Callaway said.

“We both sing so there is a lot of harmony,” Callaway said.

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GILBERTS – Techniques to identify trees will be taught in a Learn From the Experts nature program from 1 to 3 p.m. Oct. 15 at Freeman Kame Forest Preserve.

Fall Tree Identification will begin with an introduction to the basic plant morphology needed for tree identification, according to the news release.

The group will walk wooded trails to learn common hardwood trees, along with several methods of tree identification.

The program will take place at Freeman Kame Forest Preserve, 40W346 Freeman Road, Gilberts. The fee is $10, and advance registration is required at 630-444-3190 or programs@kaneforest.com.

Learn from the Experts programs are for ages 18 and older. The program series is co-sponsored by the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, St. Charles Park District and Geneva Park District.

For information, visit kaneforest.com.

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As chlorophyll decreases, yellow or orange is revealed in maple leaves, Darlie Simerson writes.

The colors of fall branch out The burst of fall leaf color is a lovely event in the Midwest, signaling the end of summer and cold weather around the corner. What you may not know is what causes this to happen and the mystery surrounding some tree colors.

In most cases, those gorgeous fall colors are always present in leaves but are overpowered by the green pigment in chlorophyll. When leaves start to go dormant, chlorophyll is no longer produced, allowing the underlying color to emerge.

Yellow and orange leaves contain carotenoids. As chlorophyll decreases in the fall, yellow or orange is revealed in trees such as birches, poplars,

LEARNING TO GROW Darlie Simerson hickories and sycamores. Tannins are responsible for brown hues in oaks and other trees.

Anthocyanin pigments are the cause of red and purple leaves in fall.

These are not present until they are produced when sugars accumulate in plant cells as trees prepare to drop their leaves. The Crimson King Norway maple, with its season-long red foliage, is an exception, possessing anthocyanin pigments throughout the

entire growing season.

Fall color can be a little different each year depending on climate conditions. Leaf color change is triggered by day length, change in sunlight, temperature, moisture and stress. The best conditions for beautiful color are dry, sunny days with cool nights.

In drought conditions, leaves change color and drop sooner. Of course, windy and rainy days will cause leaves to shed faster.

During this process, the tree reabsorbs nutrients from the leaves prior to dropping them and uses these for energy during the winter. Leaves most exposed to sunlight will turn colors and drop first. Different tree species

change colors and drop leaves at different times during the fall. Oak trees retain brownish gold leaves longer than other trees.

The best part about fall color is the combination of all the different colors.

Plan to make a trip to your nearest arboretum, park, forest preserve or botanical garden to see the colors this fall!

Darlie Simerson is a University of Illinois Extension master gardener for Kane County. The “Learning to Grow� column runs weekly during warmer months of the year. Call the extension office at 630-584-6166 for more information. Feedback on this column can be sent to editorial@kcchronicle.com.

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Visit http://shawurl.com/2v4c to ELBURN – Young Rembrandts classes will be offered beginning Oct. 26 at Town register. Click on the date wanted, and a pop-up window will appear with specific and Country Public Library in Elburn. events planned that day. Click on “Young The classes, for children ages 4 to 10, Rembrandts” to register for specific age. focus on teaching children to draw using – Kane County Chronicle demonstration and a structured step-by-step

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Continued from page 53 “My recipes show you how to begin with familiar ingredients and dishes and easily make them intriguing with the hint of something new, fresh or different. … This is Old World cooking that comes to life with modern ingredients,” he wrote.

Calvert shares practical advice on approach, technique and presentation.

A good example is the author’s recipe for Cider-Glazed Pork Chops with Sage and Apples – a perfect fall dish.

For home cooks who might like a little heat, Calvert suggests adding a pinch of red pepper flakes to the glaze when the cider vinegar is stirred.

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SCARECROW FEST

WHEN: Oct. 7 to 9 WHERE: Downtown St. Charles sites and Pottawatomie Park COST & INFO: The 31st annual Scarecrow Fest will feature headlining bands 7th heaven, 97Nine and Billy Elton, a vintage auto display, professionally carved pumpkins, kids activities, petting zoo, Topgolf’s Golf Game Simulator, Fox Valley Ice Arena Challenge, a Miss Illinois appearance, pumpkin decorating for kids, carnival rides, Autumn on the Fox Arts & Crafts Show in Pottawatomie Park, and the Scarecrow Contest.

Admission is free, along with shuttles from The Quad (formerly Charlestowne Mall) and District 303 parking lots. For details, visit scarecrowfest.com or visitstcharles.com, or call 630-377-6161.

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WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 18; early reservations suggested WHERE: Aurora University’s Crimi Auditorium at Institute for Collaboration, 1347 Prairie St., Aurora COST & INFO: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Thomas Friedman will present “Pausing to Reflect on the Twenty-First Century.” “Friedman doesn’t just report on events; he helps shape them,” wrote Foreign Policy magazine about the author of such books as “The Lexus and the Olive Tree” and “The World Is Flat.” Admission is free. For information or to register, contact auartsandideas.com, 630-844-4924 or artsandideas@aurora.edu.

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WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6 WHERE: Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., St. Charles COST & INFO: Jackie Evancho at age 10 captured the hearts of millions as runner-up on “America’s Got Talent.” Since then, she has become a Billboard Classical charts star, with her debut studio album going gold, and charting three No. 1 platinum singles. The young soprano, now 16, became one of the most successful PBS performers in pledge history. Tickets start at $29. Upcoming Arcada shows will feature The Stylistics, Buddy Guy, Johnny Rivers, Travis Tritt and “A Bronx Tale,” starring Chazz Palminteri in his one-man show. For ticket information, visit arcadalive.com or call 630-962-7000.

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WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8 and 2:30 p.m. Oct. 9 in Elgin, and Oct. 7 in Schaumburg WHERE: Hemmens Cultural Center, 45 Symphony Way, Elgin COST & INFO: Elgin Symphony Orchestra will perform Charlie Chaplin’s own score to his 90-minute silent film, “City Lights,” which will be screened at the concert led by resident conductor Stephen Squires. The movie has been listed as one of the most influential films of all time.

Popcorn will be provided by Mama Lee’s Gourmet Popcorn.

For tickets, which start at $30, call 847-888-4000 or visit elginsymphony.org.

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WHEN: 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 13 WHERE: Sugar Grove Fire Protection District, 25 Municipal Drive, Sugar Grove COST & INFO: The Sugar Grove Firefighters’ Association Auxiliary will offer a drive-thru pork chop/chicken dinner by 5-B’s Catering. The cost is $12 for two pieces of meat – two pork chops, two pieces of chicken, or a combination; $10 for one piece of meat; and $4 for a hot dog meal. Advance tickets offer $1 discount. The meals include applesauce, coleslaw, beans, rolls and butter. The auxiliary will sell homemade cookies at two for 50 cents. Call Alyssa Warner at 630-989-5268 for information.

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WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Oct. 6 WHERE: Kaneville Public Library, 2S101 Harter Road, Kaneville COST & INFO: A gathering is open to all adults interested in joining a book club with fellow book lovers. The club is free.

Those attending the information meeting will discuss what books the group would like to read, and will create a meeting schedule for the fall and winter seasons. Call 630-5572441 or email director.kpld@gmail.com for information.

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READ TO ROVER

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HOLMSTAD’S BAZAAR

WHEN: 10 to 11 a.m. Oct. 8 WHERE: Sugar Grove Public Library, 125 S. Municipal Drive, Sugar Grove COST & INFO: Children can spend some time practicing their reading skills with friendly dogs from the Fox Valley Therapy Dog Club. Kids who read on their own are invited to read to the dogs at the free event. Immediately following the “Read to Rover” program, author Amy Chally will discuss her new book, “Making Independence Happen, One Paw at a Time.” The programs are for all ages and registration is required. Call 630-466-3941 for information.

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WHEN: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 8 WHERE: The Holmstad’s Town Center, Route 31 and Fabyan Parkway, Batavia COST & INFO: The 39th annual Bazaar at The Holmstad will feature one-of-a-kind handmade gifts and collectibles, jewelry, woodshop creations, plants, needlecraft, Christmas cards, a boutique, Sweet Shoppe, gourmet nuts, bakery and books, plus a handmade silk-tie quilt raffle. Admission is free. Coffee and refreshments will be available for purchase from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and a light lunch from 10:45 a.m. to 2 p.m., with no reservations needed. A front door to Home Store shuttle service will be offered. For more information or to register for an event at The Holmstad, call 877-915-5177 or visit theholmstad.org.

HEALING GARDENS

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BIG TREE TOUR

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WHEN: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 9 WHERE: Stone Hill Farm, 37W249 Dean St., St. Charles COST & INFO: The two-acre Healing Gardens will welcome visitors one more time this season. The gardens are open to the public on set dates for the purpose of enjoying the natural wooded setting and perennial gardens. Admission costs $5 per person and $10 per family, and is free for cancer survivors. For a small donation to Healing Gardens, visitors can pick their own bouquet of flowers to take home or a clump of iris. Groups can schedule special days to visit. For more information, call 630-377-1846 or visit healinggardensatstonehillfarm.com.

An optional outdoor Yoga in the Garden class from 1 to 2 p.m. will be taught by Nancy May. Visit yogafromtheheart.org or call 815-319-3500 to register.

WHEN: 10 to 11:30 a.m. Oct. 8; 1 to 2:30 p.m. Oct. 12; and 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Oct. 22 WHERE: Bliss Woods Forest Preserve, 5S660 Bliss Road, Sugar Grove; Hannaford Woods Forest Preserve, 5S002 Merrill Road, Sugar Grove; and Glenwood Park Forest Preserve, 1644 S. River St., Batavia, respectively COST & INFO: Guided tours of the biggest trees in Kane County will be offered at three sites this month. The walks will include tree identification.

Advance registration is required for the free program. Call 630-444-3190 or e-mail programs@kaneforest.com.

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LEFT: Ted Eynik of St. Charles works on his mechanical entry for the annual St. Charles Scarecrow Festival. This year’s event will take place from Oct. 7 to 9.

Photos by Sandy Bressner sbressner@shawmedia.com

If you go ■ WHAT: Scarecrow Fest and

Autumn on the Fox Arts & Craft Show ■ WHEN: – Scarecrow Fest: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 7 and 8; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 9 – Autumn on the Fox Arts & Craft Show: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 7 and 8; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 9 ■ WHERE: Between Second and Fifth streets in downtown St. Charles and near the fire station ■ DETAILS: In addition to the Scarecrow Fest and arts and crafts show, there will be an auto and pumpkin display, Topgolf games, photo op stations and other activities scheduled.

■ INFO: scarecrowfest.com or 800-777-4373

Scarecrow Fest brings out creativity Although Lisa Larson said she has had no formal art training, she began her ST. CHARLES – The St. creative endeavors at an early Charles Scarecrow Fest is the age, working with her dad to Larson family’s favorite event create her own doll houses. of the year. Lisa and Gary Lar- Her experience with polymer son and their two boys, Jake clay, with which she would and Nick, moved to the area in make the doll-sized food and 2009, and they have participat- flowers, comes in handy today ed in the contest in all but one as she creates her scarecrow of the last six years. entry characters with the This year is no exception, material. She bakes the pieces and they have been hard at in her oven. work for the past couple of Adding the mechanical weeks creating their entrants parts that make the charto the fest. One, an “undersea acters move is where Lisa adventure,” follows the family Larson’s husband comes in. tradition of Disney-themed en- Gary Larson, an electrical tries. Their entries other years engineer by profession who have included “Harry Potter,” provides software and hard“Despicable Me,” “Alice in ware support and training for Wonderful” and “Peter Pan.” Canon Solutions America’s This year’s creation, engineering division, has entered into the contest in taken the week off before the the mechanical category, fest to help his wife complete will be based on “The Little their entries. He is the brains Mermaid.” The entry features behind the movement of AriAriel the mermaid, Scuttle el’s tail, the seagull’s head and the seagull, Flounder the the sea turtle’s arms. flounder, Sebastian the crab, a puffer fish and sea turtle.

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editorial@kcchronicle.com

Lisa Larson works on her family’s mechanical scarecrow entry in the garage of their Campton Hills home in preparation of Scarecrow Fest in St. Charles.

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Gary and Lisa Larson work on their mechanical scarecrow entry in the garage of their Campton Hills home in preparation of Scarecrow Fest in St. Charles, set for Oct. 7 to 9.

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Continued from page 52 She said all the dishes are made from scratch in the kitchen and prepared fresh to order. A prominent herb in Thai cooking is basil, and customers will see plants growing in the front window along with spicy small peppers. Additional lemongrass basil is planted behind the business for quick summer access.

A spacious kitchen holds large woks atop gas burners. The Thai Express team pride themselves, in part, on the speed with which the featured ingredients, such as noodles and vegetables, are stir-fried as a ring of flames flares alongside the pan.

The complexity of the flavors lies in the sauces that are Ampracha’s own recipes.

She said the dish called Spicy Mongolian may sound Chinese, but they make it Thai style. The same goes for the Spicy Szechwan, where the secret lies in her Thai sauce, a rich and thick ginger sauce enhanced with cilantro, garlic and onion.

She said when she came to the U.S., she adjusted flavor profiles to the American preference for a slightly sweeter take on traditional Thai dishes. The spiciness index of the food generally is rated one to five, but some customers demand she ratchet the heat to 15.

“Anything you say, we’ll [make] for you,” Ampracha said.

The menu features a variety of

Panang Curry offers a mild introduction to an array of curry dishes at Thai Express in Geneva.

If you go n WHAT: Thai Express n WHEN: 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday

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Thai Express recently celebrated its first anniversary at 2401 Kaneville Road in Geneva, across from Delnor Hospital on Randall Road. curry dishes, all with Ampracha’s own touch.

“Our customers love it,” she said, noting the Panang Curry is particularly popular. The milder dish blends Thai panang curry paste with coconut milk, bell pepper, lime leaves and basil leaves.

Other top-sellers include the Pad Thai prepared with thin rice noodles, egg and bean sprouts, as well as the Pad See Eiw, a stir-fry with wide rice noodles along with egg, broccoli and

carrot in a sweet soy sauce. A choice of meats, shrimp and tofu complete many of the dishes.

She said they are happy to adjust dishes to accommodate dietary restrictions but request a little extra time for the preparation. She notes they do not cook in peanut oil but only use vegetable oil and never include MSG. Because the family eats the identical dishes they cook for patrons, the focus is on keeping it good and health-

through Saturday and 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday n WHERE: 2401 Kaneville Road at Randall Road, Geneva n INFO: 630-457-5520, thaiexpress geneva.com; online ordering also available

ful, according to Ampracha, who said part of the appeal of the restaurant business is the people you meet.

“Everybody has to eat, [so] we have to cook for them,” she said of the impetus for the enterprise.

When it comes to contemplating the opening of a new eatery, she said the family’s lengthy experience in the culinary world gives them confidence so that the innate challenges are never a scary proposition.

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Their other entry has a Halloween theme, which Jake, 13, and Nick, 11, are working on with their parents.

This scarecrow creation will be entered into the Mega Scarecrow category and will include a tree, jacko’-lantern, a witch, a vampire, pixies and cats.

More than 100 community-created scarecrows will be displayed at both Lincoln Park and the James Martin lot at Cedar and Third streets during the festival, which is scheduled from Oct. 5 to 9.

The contest features various categories for participation, including Mechanical, Family, Greater St. Charles Business, Clubs/Not-forProfit/Individual and, back for a second year, Mega Scarecrow, which allows entrants to make a statement with an oversized display.

Winners in each category, chosen by popular vote, will receive cash prizes.

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own hand at making a scarecrow, the Scarecrow Fest offers two locations each day of the fest for this activity, which are the Baltria Vintage Auto Zone and in the Topgolf Action Zone.

When they’re not with their entries, Lisa Larson said they like to eat. She especially likes the polish food vendor, The Dumpling House.

She said she looks forward to their pork sausage and dumplings every year. They also serve stuffed cabbage, potato pancakes and perogies.

Nick Larson likes to try out all the different flavored lemonades. He will be playing his trumpet with the Thompson Middle School band at the Lincoln Park pavilion during the fest.

The boys enjoy the fair rides, as well as collecting all the “free stuff” from the vendors, Lisa Larson said with a laugh.

They come home with vendor giveaways, such as flashlights and Frisbees, as well as items they win by playing the games, such as sunglasses by winning the bean-bag toss.

Join the Larsons at St. Charles’ Scarecrow Fest in downtown St. Charles as they celebrate their favorite event of the year.

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Something to chew on regarding teenagers My teenagers are in that no-man’s land between childhood and adulthood. You know, that wonky time between when they’re astute enough to make on-point observations about their parents and when they might think twice before sharing them. Good times.

“You know, you chew things for a really long time,” Noah said. I put down my fork.

“Man, between you and your sister. ... She says I chew loudly. You say I chew too long. If you survive your kids’ childhoods with your self-esteem intact, you’re golden,” I mused.

“I was holding off,” he admitted semi-sheepishly. “I know you have a complex.”

So he did think twice about it, but

TALES FROM THE MOTHERHOOD Jennifer DuBose shared it anyway. OMG, it must really be bad. I chew loudly and long. And, oh, I have a complex. Ha. But perhaps I really do chew loudly? If you’ve been reading this column for a while you’re already familiar with my daughter’s lament. And long, I chew things for a long time, he said.

Really, what must people think?

Chewing thoroughly aids in proper digestion, sure, but it’s not exactly something I think about. I just do it.

I just chew. But is it really so annoy-

ing? And what about my friends?

Compassionate though they are, do they silently will it to end? I mean, do I sound like a cow chewing her cud, for Pete’s sake? And what the heck is “cud,” anyway? According to the dictionary, “cud” is “partly digested food returned from the first stomach of ruminants to the mouth for further chewing.” Oh. My. Lord.

Great. Maybe I should go on one of those dumb reality shows where strangers evaluate video of each other.

Except in this case I won’t get a makeover. I’ll get a do-over. A chew-over.

“Are you chewing a little bit at a time and then swallowing it, and then chewing some more?” Noah asked, incredulous. He studied me as I chewed my salad.

“I don’t know! Do I? Gah!” I nearly spit out my greens. I was hopeless. He could add “talks-with-her-mouth-full” to my list of offenses, too. He grabbed my bowl and demonstrated how I could be chewing, instead.

“See how fast that was? See how much more time I have? The world is open to you, Mother,” Noah said, his arms outstretched.

Well, how ’bout them apples? So perhaps my kids have my back, after all.

Something to chew on.

Jennifer DuBose lives in Batavia with her family. Her column runs regularly in the Kane Weekend section of the Kane County Chronicle. Contact her at editorial@kcchronicle.com.

A&E CALENDAR Readers can post events to the Kane County Chronicle’s online calendar. Visit planitkane.com, click “+Add Event” and follow the prompts. Select items also will appear in the newspaper.

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Saturdays through Nov. 5, 11-13 S. Water St. Mall, downtown Aurora. It’s an original stage adaptation of the cult classic film turned comedy. Along with live actors, the show will feature several projectors and special effects. Tickets cost $17 for adults, and $15 for students and seniors. Reservations are encouraged at riverfrontplayhouse.com or 630-897-9496.

kiff will explain the stated positions of this year’s candidates, their perceived strengths and weaknesses. Midkiff specializes in the U.S. Civil War and foreign wars, as well as the American presidency. He became interested in the Civil War while stationed at the Pentagon during the Vietnam War era. Registration is recommended, but not required. For information, contact 630-5840076, ext. 1, or stcharleslibrary.org.

S. Batavia Ave. The free monthly noontime book series’ 30th season falls on the third Thursdays from September to May. The event will feature a book review by Batavian Sammi King. People are invited to bring their lunch. Lunch items, beverages and baked goods can be purchased at Chapters Coffee House & Café in the library; to preorder for pickup, call 630-406-8005.

For program information, call Becky Hoag at 630-482-9157 or visit booksbetweenbites. com. Printed schedules are at the library.

“MAMMA MIA!:” through Oct. 30, Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora.

The story about love and friendship, of OCT. 8 lost dreams and a last chance to make it THE COMPLETELY DEAD BAND: 6 to 10 p.m. OCT. 14 right are all set to the music of ABBA. The Oct. 8, The Filling Station, 300 W. Main St., “SISTER ACT: THE MUSICAL” BY FOX PG performances begin at 1:30 and 7 p.m.

St. Charles. For more information, call 630COUNTRY PLAYERS: 7 p.m. Oct. 14 and 15, OCT. 23 Wednesday; 7 p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday; 584-4414 or visit filling-station.com. and 2 p.m. Oct. 16, at Waubonsee Commu- FREE YOUNG EAGLES AIRPLANE RIDES: 9 a.m.

3 and 8 p.m. Saturday; and 1 and 5:30 p.m.

BLACKBERRY FARM’S PUMPKIN WEEKENDS: nity College Auditorium on the Sugar Grove to 2 p.m. Oct. 23, Aurora Municipal Airport, Sunday. Tickets cost $44 to $59. For tickets In October and on Columbus Day, 11 a.m. to campus. Based on the movie comedy, it 43W752 Route 30, Sugar Grove, weather and bargain subscriptions, visit Paramoun4 p.m. Oct. 8 to 10, 15, 16, 22 and 23, 100 S. features original music by Tony and Oscar permitting. Kids ages 8 to 17 years old who tAurora.com or call 630-896-6666.

Barnes Road, Aurora. The lineup will feature winner Alan Menken. Tickets cost $20 for are interested in aviation can see what pilots VICINITY 2016 ART EXHIBIT: Through Oct. carousel, hay wagon and pony rides, paddle adults, $15 for students and seniors, and do on the ground and in the air thanks to vol30, Norris Cultural Arts Center Gallery, 1040 boats, and tours on the Pumpkin Train, along can be purchased at waubonseetickets. unteer flyers. No reservations are required.

Dunham Road, St. Charles. The juried exhibit with museums and interactive farm animal universitytickets.com or by calling 630For more information, visit eaa579.org. in varied media showcases artists who reside areas. New is the Victorian Halloween Party.

466-2360. Visit foxcountryplayers.org. within a 50-mile radius of the Norris. Hours Admission is $4.50 per child and senior, “THE LITTLE MERMAID JR.” BY HELLO OCT. 26 are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday to Sunday. $5 per adult; $7 and $8 for nonresidents, BROADWAY THEATRE COMPANY: 7 p.m.

SEED HARVESTING: 10 a.m. to noon, For details, visit NorrisCulturalArts.com. respectively. For details, call 630-892-1550 Oct. 14, and 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Oct. 15, Wednesdays through Nov. 2, at different or visit foxvalleyparkdistrict.org.

Faith Lutheran Church, 1745 Kaneville Road, Kane County forest preserves, where the OCT. 7 Geneva; using entrance No. 7 at back of restoration technique is designed to keep A MADCAP PARODY OF SHAKESPEARE: 8 building. Advance reserved seating tickets for OCT. 9 them flourishing. Natural resources staff p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 3 p.m. Sunday the youth musical cost $10. General tickets AUDITIONS FOR A FRESH TWIST ON “A will give participants lessons and provide through Oct. 9, Steel Beam Theatre, 111 W. at the door will cost $12. For reservations, call CHRISTMAS CAROL”: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9 and tools. Locations will be posted on the Main St., St. Charles. To launch a season of 847-287-8180 or email requests to tickets@ 10, Albright Theatre on third floor of Batavia district’s Facebook page. Harvests are comedies, “The Complete Works of William hello-broadway.com. Visit hello-broadway.

Government Center, 100 N. Island Ave., Batweather dependent. For information, call Shakespeare (abridged)” will star Batavia com to learn more about the troupe. avia. Auditions will consist of cold readings the volunteer coordinator at 630-762-2741 residents Jennifer Reeves Wilson, Lori Holm from the Michael A. Youngs adaptation. The or email cleaverobb@kaneforest.com. and Julie Bayer, plus Heidi Swarthout of Ostheater will cast adults and children ages OCT. 20 wego. The 90-minute script contains humor5 to 18. Performance dates are Dec. 2, 3, 4, NATURALIST-GUIDED EVENING HIKE: 4 to OCT. 29 ous footnotes on the bard’s 37 plays, liberally 9, 10 and 11. For details, contact 630-4066 p.m. Oct. 20, Campton Forest Preserve, SCITECH: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 29, Scitech sprinkled with improvisation and references 8838 or albrighttheatre.com.

4N379 Town Hall Road. The free program Hands On Museum, 18 W. Benton St., to pop culture. For tickets, call 630-587-8521 is for ages 18 and older, with advance Aurora. Creation Stations will be open for or visit steelbeamtheatre.com. registration required at 630-444-3190 or OCT. 13 everyone to learn how art and science RIVERFRONT PLAYHOUSE ORIGINAL programs@kaneforest.com.

LECTURE ON THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL belong together; fee is $4, and it’s offered PRODUCTION OF “REEFER MADNESS …

ELECTION: 7 p.m. Oct. 13, St. Charles Public BATAVIA’S BOOKS BETWEEN BITES: noon the last Saturday of every month. Visit TELL YOUR CHILDREN:” 8 p.m. Fridays and to 1 p.m. Oct. 20, Batavia Public Library, 10 Library, 1 S. Sixth Ave. Professor Gary Midscitechmuseum.org.

Bleak reality of Alzheimer’s may get brighter ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff

Write to Dr. Komaroff at www.askdoctork.com or Ask Doctor K, 10 Shattuck St., Second Floor, Boston, MA 02115.

SUDOKU HOW TO PLAY Each row, column and set of 3-by-3 boxes must contain the numbers 1 through 9 without repetition.

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person remembers only bits and pieces of his or her past.

People become less withdrawn, but they often develop behavior and emotional problems, including delusions and hallucinations. Sleep disturbances and wandering are also common.

By this stage, the person will likely require help to bathe, toilet, dress and eat.

• Stage 5. This stage has been called “the long goodbye.” There seems to be very little left of the person’s “self.” Motor skills decline until the person can no longer walk, sit up, chew and swallow food, or control bladder and bowel movements. As the brain shuts down, the person becomes unresponsive, lapses into a coma and finally dies.

I am sorry to paint such a bleak picture, but unfortunately today we have no way of preventing or treating this terrible disease. However, there is reason to hope that the picture will become brighter in the future. In the past 20 years, scientists have begun to unravel what goes wrong with the chemistry of the brain in Alzheimer’s. I am cautiously optimistic that this knowledge will lead to true breakthroughs.

But like the pace of the disease itself, the pace of our growing knowledge is hard to predict. It may take decades, but I think medical research will make major advances.

I know that gives little comfort to people who must deal with this terrible illness today.

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Dear Dr. K: My mother has Alzheimer’s disease. What should I expect in the coming years?

Dear Reader: It’s impossible to predict exactly how Alzheimer’s disease will affect someone. Symptoms of the disease, and how quickly they progress, can vary widely from person to person. In some people, for reasons we don’t understand, the disease progresses very slowly.

However rapidly Alzheimer’s disease progresses, it generally unfolds in five stages: • Stage 1. Memory problems begin. The person may misplace valuable objects.

Their performance at work or in social situations begins to suffer. They may have more trouble expressing their thoughts.

Personality changes also begin. A person may become withdrawn, apathetic, moody, depressed, irritable or anxious.

• Stage 2. Memory problems are more obvious. It may be difficult for someone with Alzheimer’s to follow conversations.

The person may have difficulty recalling current events or even bits of information from their own life. Depression often becomes prominent. Reasoning and judgment skills are impaired.

• Stage 3. Memory can fluctuate daily or even hourly. People sometimes forget major events in their lives. Often they are unaware of the date or the time of year.

Their conversations may become disjointed and veer off track.

You may see episodes of paranoia or anger. Stressful situations can trigger shouting, cursing or hitting.

At this stage, people with Alzheimer’s can still manage many basic activities of daily living. But they can no longer live independently.

• Stage 4. In this stage, you’ll see dramatic changes. Language skills drop sharply.

Memory impairment becomes profound. A

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Dear Abby: My DEAR ABBY boyfriend and I have been dating Jeanne for almost two Phillips years, although we have known each other for almost seven years now. He is sweet, compassionate, always puts me first and is the best friend and romantic partner I could ever wish for.

My question is, is two years too soon to know that I want to spend my life with him?

We have discussed getting married and we would both like to, but I have heard countless stories about couples divorcing because they didn’t wait long enough before getting married, and I don’t want to be one of those people. Please help. – Loving in California Dear Loving: In many cases, two years is long enough for a couple to meet, know they are compatible, become engaged and marry.

Having known this man for a total of seven years, I would like to think that you have had a chance to observe him in many situations and possibly in other relationships. I would hope that you have both dated others and gained some experience.

What concerns me is that you felt the need to write and ask me this question, because it makes me wonder if you are completely convinced that your marriage would last forever. Premarital counseling might put your mind at ease, and that’s what I recommend.

Dear Abby: My husband and I have been married for two years. He keeps asking about a tattoo I have on my ankle and making fun of it. The tattoo is small and has my initials, or so I tell him. I think he knows I’m lying. A guy I dated had the same initials and we got matching tattoos, but I have never admitted it to my husband. Am I lying? Should I tell him whose initials those really are? – Initially Confused Dear Initially Confused: Many people today

have tattoos, and some of them include the names or initials of former boyfriends, girlfriends and spouses. You should have fessed up at the time you were being married. The problem with lying about something as trivial as this is that it makes one wonder what else you would lie about.

I see several possible solutions: First, tell your husband the truth. The second would be to have the tattoo removed. The third would be to add your married initial to the ones already on your ankle, at which point they WILL be your initials and yours alone -- unless you’re still using your maiden name.

Dear Abby: I have noticed that you often tell people to talk to a spiritual adviser. As an agnostic, I am curious whom you would recommend I speak to. – Rick in Denver Dear Rick: In a case like yours, talk to someone who is not personally or emotionally involved with you, such as a licensed counselor.

Write Dear Abby at www.dearabby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

School locker searches are legal Dr. Wallace: Our principal thinks that every student is a potential drug dealer and almost every week has a surprise locker search.

He picks out about a dozen students and has the students open their lockers for a search. If the student refuses, a custodian opens the locker with a master key.

I never have anything to hide, but I’m opposed to what I believe to be an illegal search.

Doesn’t our constitution protect us against this type of behavior?

Don’t students have the same rights as adults? – Zack, Houston, Texas Zack: School officials must fol-

low the guidelines of the Fourth Amendment (search and seizure), but in 1985 the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that a school official could search and seize if the official has “reasonable grounds for suspecting that the search will turn up evidence that a student has violated or is violating the law or rules of the school.”

Since you don’t have something in your locker that might break school rules, why are you so upset? If the legal search turned up a loaded gun in a classmate’s locker, the school might have been spared a tragedy!

Dr. Wallace: I do a lot of reading because I’ve got a lot of time on my hands. I’m an inmate in a state prison and an avid reader of your column.

Recently a boy wrote to you saying he didn’t see anything wrong with smoking marijuana.

Well, when I was a teenager I felt the same way. I enjoyed smoking pot, but after a while I wanted something with a little stronger kick and that led me to LSD,

JUMBLE

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace and finally, to cocaine and crack cocaine.

As I sit here in my cell, I can honestly say that all of my problems started the day I took my first drag from a marijuana cigarette.

I was a good student athlete, but once I got involved with drugs, my grades slipped and I stopped playing sports. I also started hanging around with a crowd that was drug-oriented.

Drugs are expensive and to support my habit and the habit of my girlfriend, I turned to a life of crime. At first it was petty theft and eventually it led to burglary and armed robbery. I was fortunate that no one was seriously injured by my stupid behavior. I believe I have turned my life around for the better. I’ll know for sure when I’m released, but that won’t be for quite some time.

To all those teens out there who think that smoking pot and taking drugs is cool, please remember this letter. Being cool is being drug-free. If only I had listened to my teachers and my parents, I would have wound up at Penn State instead of in the state pen! – Nameless, State Prison Nameless: Thanks for sharing your troubled past with us.

Reaching out to others is part of the process of redemption. I wish you the best of luck. Certainly your words serve as a warning to anyone who thinks drugs are a risk-free shortcut to happiness.

Dr. Wallace: I’ve got a set of overprotective parents, and I don’t know what to do about

them. I’m 12, but my parents treat me like I’m 5 years old. First of all, I’ve got to be in bed at 9:30 p.m. on school nights and 10:30 p.m. on weekends. I’m only allowed 10 minutes per phone call and I’m only allowed two calls per night.

If two friends call me, then I can’t call anyone. I’m not allowed to send or receive text messages, or e-mails either.

I’m allowed to watch an hour and a half of television nightly, but only if all of my homework and chores are completed satisfactorily. And, of course, dating is out of the question, even though a couple of my girlfriends have boyfriends.

I love my parents and I know they love me, but their rules and regulations are kind of strict.

I’ve tried to get them to see things more my way, but they just smile and say, “Your day will come.”

Right now, I’m just getting tired of waiting. I really would like to have a bit more freedom, although my parents do allow me to stay up a bit later on really special occasions. – Nameless, St.

Paul, Minn.

Nameless: I’d like to agree with you, but I can’t. Your parents have set rules that seem fair and very acceptable. Since your parents allow you to stay up a little later for special occasions, then you really shouldn’t complain. I realize that at times it’s difficult being teen, but it’s also difficult being a good parent.

Instead of trying to get mom and dad to give in to all of your “freedoms,” why not work on just one “freedom” at a time and be willing to compromise if they offer an alternative.

Write to Dr. Wallace at rwallace@thegreatestgift.com.

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KOVELS: ANTIQUES AND COLLECTING

BY TERRY KOVEL KOVELS.COM

Recycling and reusing is nothing new. Our ancestors had glass, metal and ceramic pieces that were imported, expensive and scarce. So when something broke, it was repaired or saved to be reused. A primitive hand mirror with recycled glass was sold at a Skinner auction in 2016. It was one of many wooden items in a large collection, and prices were high for the one-of-a-kind “makedos.” The mirror, one of nine early mirrors in the auction, had a narrow 12-inch piece of wood for a frame and handle. An irregular piece of a broken mirror less than 3 inches wide was set into the wood. It probably was used by the owner to see his or her face at a time when mirrors were not found in most houses. The end of the handle has a notch, which probably was used to wedge the mirror on a chair back or counter in an upright position. The 18th-century mirror, made in Massachusetts, sold for $1,700. *** Tip: American carousel figures are more heavily carved on the right side, because they went around counterclockwise. The left side is more ornate for European carousel figures, because the carousel turned the other way. American figures sell for more money. *** Need prices for your antiques and collectibles? Find them at Kovels.com, our website for collectors. You can find more than 1,000,000 prices and more than 11,000 color photographs that help you determine the value of your collectibles. Study the prices.

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appraisers, auction houses, people who sell parts or repair antiques, show lists and more. Kovels.com adds to the information in this column. *** Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel answer questions sent to the column. By sending a letter with a question and a picture, you give full permission for use in the column or any other Kovel forum. Names, addresses or email addresses will not be published. We cannot guarantee the return of photographs, but if a stamped envelope is included, we will try. The amount of mail makes personal answers or appraisals impossible. Write to Kovels, (Name of this newspaper), King Features Syndicate, 300 W. 57th St., New York, NY 10019. *** “Kovels’ Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide, 2017,” 49th edition, is your most accurate source for current prices. It’s available now and includes a special bonus section that tells you how to declutter the Collector’s way and make money! If you order directly from the Kovels, you’ll receive our FREE Companion eBook with ALL of the book’s 25,000 prices - ready for downloading to your eReader.

“Kovels” is the best book to own if you buy, sell or collect. The paperback has more than 2,500 color photographs and more than 700 categories of antiques and collectibles. You’ll also find hundreds of factory histories. Available for $29.99 plus $4.95 postage. Purchase directly from the Kovels if you want the free eBook Companion and be sure to include your email address. Visit KovelsOnlineStore. com, call 800-303-1996, or write to Price Book, P.O. Box 22900, Beachwood, OH 44122. *** Editor’s Note: In the answer to the third question, please note the accented “u” when referring to ‘Hans M¸ller.’ *** Q: A friend has 10 Hans Wegner dining room chairs, eight side chairs and two armchairs. They were bought in Denmark in the early 1960s.

They are wood with leather seats and backs. There is some cracking of the leather. Should the leather be replaced? Will this lower the value of the chairs?

A: Hans Wegner (1914-2007) was a Danish furniture designer best known for his innovative chair designs. He designed over 500 different chairs, as well as hundreds of beds, desks, tables and lighting. Leather chairs should be kept out of the sun, away from heat, and in a room with enough humidity to keep

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The frugal pioneer of the 18th century reused any valuable broken items. This is a hand mirror made from a piece of broken mirror and a piece of wood probably left over from a building project. It sold for $1,700. the leather from drying out. Leather should be dusted regularly and can be cleaned with a special leather cleaner or by wiping with a damp cloth and soapy water. If the chair is unusable in its present condition, your friend should have a professional replace the leather. As long as a professional restoration is done using real leather, it will not lower the value of the chairs significantly. *** Q: I have a set of Krueger 404 folding chairs that I believe were manufactured in the early 1960s. They have the Krueger label on the bottom. They are metal with vinyl cushions on the seat and back. The seat folds down so they can be stacked. Can you give me any history on these chairs?

A: The company, originally called Krueger Metal Products, was founded by Al Krueger in Aurora, Illinois, in 1941. The company made folding chairs using scrap metal purchased from steel mills. Its headquarters was moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin, in 1945. The company now makes contract furniture and lighting, including chairs, desks, tables, filing cabinets, fixed seating for auditoriums, lecterns, medical recliners and other specialty furniture for offices, schools, universities, health-care facilities and the government.

The company was the world’s largest folding chair and table manufacturer by 1967.

The name of the company was changed to Krueger, Inc., in 1983. It still is in business. *** Q: What can you tell me about Briglin Pottery? I bought a pin dish marked “Briglin” at a house sale and would like to know when it was made. What can you tell me about the company?

A: Briglin Pottery was a studio pottery found- many years and you may have a replacement ed in London in 1948 by Brigitte Goldschmidt for a broken piece. and Eileen Lewenstein. Earthenware mugs, *** jugs, plates and other items were made. Q: I have 18 ivory-colored molded plastic Van Lewenstein left the pottery in 1959. It closed Brode figures. They are each about 2 inches in 1990. Pieces are very low-priced. A pin tall and are marked “Van Brode” on one side dish would cost under $10. of the base and with the name of a country *** or nationality on the other side. Some of the Q: This sculpture, a bronze bust of Rem- ones I have are marked “Cuba,” “Hawaiian,” brandt, was my mother’s, given to her by her “Hungarian,” “Mexico” and “West Indies.” aunt. It’s mounted on a red marble base. On What can you tell me about them? the bottom is a signature that looks to be “H. A: David and Goldie Brody bought American Muller.” I’ve tried to research it and found Cereals in Clinton, Massachusetts, in 1941 two Mullers, one that lived from 1571 to and changed the name of the company to Van 1628, and another Hans Muller who worked Brode Milling. Dancing Dolls were included in the late 1400s, so this sculpture could be in boxes of Luckies Puffed Wheat and Puffed more than 400 years old. Can you help me Rice cereals in 1955 and ‘56. The dolls were with its value? made in pairs, male and female, and posed to A: You have the wrong Muller. Your sculpture look like dancers in traditional costumes. The of Rembrandt was not made by either of company was bought by Weetabix in 1981. the Mullers you researched, both of whom, The figures sell online for as low as $5 for a by the way, lived many years before Rem- group of 28 figures. brandt (1606-1669). It was made by Hans M¸ller (1873-1937) of Austria. He was born *** in Vienna, and trained at the Vienna Arts Col(c) 2016 by Cowles Syndicate Inc. lege and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.

During the First World War, he was in charge of the facilities of soldier Reed’s General Merchandise cemeteries. After the war, he bePublic Consignment Auction came well-known for monuments and grave sculptures, as well as Saturday Night October 8th 2016 portraits and busts of famous State time: 5:00pm-ish Sharp figures. Bronze sculptures of WagLocated at: 2 South 101 Harter Rd Kaneville IL 60144 ner, Shakespeare, Longfellow and George Washington designed like Indoor plenty of seating yours with similar name plates and bases have sold between $110 Food offered by Hill’s Country (purple) Store and $400, which is where your Items featured in this auction may include: old sculpture would be valued. Larger and more detailed work by Hans crates, organ bench, bookshelves, enamel top table, many misc. baseball cards, black iron chairs, M¸ller sells into the thousands. children’s ice cream chair, washboards, wood *** Q: I bought a Belleek creamer and blocks, copper boiler, old photographs, Maytag sugar bowl decorated with a yel- ringer washing machine, Pepsi cola cart, small table, low ribbon and bow back in the framed paintings, large vase, lamps, vintage toaster 1960s. The marks has a circle and iron, canning jar carriers, large crocks, bubble “R” over a harp and the words gum machines, coffee grinders, Large Ball jars, “Belleek, Ireland” and “Deanta in typewriter, gun racks, horse saddle, metal grate, Eirinn, Reg. No. 0857.” The sugar vintage kitchen utensils, small scale, tea pots, china bowl has a green mark and the set, floor rugs, vintage tools, John Deere items, creamer a black mark. Why are the Jarts, wood blocks, vintage toys, marbles, buttons, bank bags, door hardware, trivets, costume jewelry, marks different colors? vintage Christmas items, keys, pins, watches, *** A: The black mark with the words comics, plus much more to come….

Deanta in Eirinn was used from For additional information and pictures please visit: 1926 to 1946. The green mark that www.auctionzip.com is the same, except for the color, Auctioneer I.D. # 23035 was used from 1946 to 1955. A Consignment Auctions on the Second Saturday of each Month & Free Bidder 101 class sugar and creamer pair usually available ½ hour before every auction have the same marks since they were bought at the same time.

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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Batavia

103 N Washington Ave 127: Sold on or before 080216 by Ross E Doyle to Fitzpatrick Properties Llc; $277,500 1114 Dover Ct: Sold on or before 080316 by Benjamin W Stahl to Peter J Miller & Lauren K Lichtenberger; $370,500 1151 Ward Rd: Sold on or before 072816 by Schlapkohl Trust to Nucompass Mobility Services; $365,000 1151 Ward Rd: Sold on or before 072816 by Nucompass Mobility Servicing to Diana Codita; $365,000 1415 Surrey Rd: Sold on or before 090916

by Karen D Erd to Benjamin Heller & Jessica Heller; $186,500 1454 Clybourne St: Sold on or before 080316 by Jacqueline Jenkins to Karen Ebner; $173,000 146 Spuhler Dr: Sold on or before 072616

by Michael F Smith to Daniel S Pawlowski; $235,000 220 S Van Buren St: Sold on or before 090916

by Bank Of America National to Michael L Kiuleson & Kayla L Janusick; $145,500 2294 Hill Ln: Sold on or before 072616 by Adam J Benkers to Joseph P Balaznto & Karen G Balaznto; $480,000 2808 Hapner Way: Sold on or before 080216

by Nathaniel C Kelly to Cartus Financial Corp; $628,000 2808 Hapner Way: Sold on or before 080216

by Cartus Financial Corp to Christopher David & Mary David; $628,000 2S478 Partridge Rd: Sold on or before 080216 by Edward C Malert to Jesse W Johnson & Lora G Johnson; $394,000 303 S Harrison St: Sold on or before 072516

by Anthony C Selvaggio to Ronald M Ledeshma & Jessica W Ledeshma; $293,000 374 Mill St: Sold on or before 090716 by Watson Trust to John S Reiker; $147,000 411 Big Woods Dr: Sold on or before 080316

by Anthony W Metz to Otto J Katek & Mary W McCall; $390,000 412 McKee St: Sold on or before 072716 by Wells Fargo Bank to Kevin Lee; $180,000 422 S Raddant Rd: Sold on or before 080216

by Jose L Ruelas to Philip John Donckers & Jennifer T Donckers; $300,000 514 First St: Sold on or before 080216 by Terry L Jones to Cash Hagin & Vanessa Hagin; $350,000 530 E Wilson St: Sold on or before 072216 by Wendy J Hunsicker to Justin Illg; $135,000 615 Park St: Sold on or before 090816 by Paydon Trust to Michael A Garrison & Donna J Garrison; $185,000 629 Lusted Ln: Sold on or before 080216 by Boyne Trust to Kevin James Vrba & Charlotte L Vrba; $900,000 714 Fox Trail Dr: Sold on or before 080316 by Rjk Engineering & Construction to Jason M Voelkner & Martha H Voelkner; $312,500 823 Spruce St: Sold on or before 072216

by Stephen M Schwab to John Meyer & Michele Meyer; $270,500 823 Standish Ct: Sold on or before 080216

by Kevin D Goodnight to Daniel M Santoro; $227,000 908 Gosselin Cir: Sold on or before 072716

756 N 3rd St: Sold on or before 090916

by Joseph L Bowen to Joseph Breeden & Lauren Breeden; $268,000 849 Morrill Ln: Sold on or before 090916 by Kathryn Dunteman to Kenneth A Leetch & Sara A Leetch; $269,000 861 Morrill Ln: Sold on or before 090816 Campton Hills

by Kelly Snyder to Eric J Snyder & Sarah K 40W099 State Route 64: Sold on or before 080316 by Cfs 4 Vi Llc to 40w 099 Route 64 Snyder; $225,000 Llc; $400,000

Swartwood Trust to Gregory A Tyc & Patti J Tyc; $294,000 2621 Camden St: Sold on or before 080316

by Pulte Home Corp to Farrell Trust; $460,000 263 S Harrison St: Sold on or before 072816 by Helen G Bogda to Robert Hamill; $123,000 2654 Camden St: Sold on or before 080316

by Pulte Home Corp to Bryan L Volkmar & Sara R Volkmar; $432,500 2660 Camden St: Sold on or before 090816 Geneva

by Pulte Home Corp to Lazaro M Negro & 0N316 Dooley Dr: Sold on or before 080216 Elburn Lana J Negro; $413,000 by Megan Kinanc to Ronald Dequman; 114 N Gates St: Sold on or before 072816 2671 Stone Cir 208: Sold on or before $240,000

by Debra A Kennedy to David Cieslicki; 072716 by Delacey Trust to Dennis Allen 0N433 King Dr: Sold on or before 072816 by $72,000 White & Ritsuko Margaret White; $205,000 Randall L Green to Jack D Williams & Kim 1166 Freedom Rd: Sold on or before 072616 2692 Stone Cir 108: Sold on or before Huong Williams; $312,500

by Richard H Folk to Forrest Wagner & 080316 by Covenant Construction Co to 0N438 Dooley Dr: Sold on or before 080216 Katherine R Wagner; $185,000 Fred B & Patricia P Schwer; $172,500

by William M Distel to Joseph T Moneleone; 1394 Dodson Ave: Sold on or before 090716 322 Larsdotter Ln: Sold on or before 080216 $284,500

by Rayn D Krai to John Stuita & Theresa

by Adrian Rios to Victoria Krisan; $260,000 0N754 King Dr: Sold on or before 080216 by Stuita; $325,000 Shodeen Homes Llc to Kevin Wang & Liwen 326 Charles St: Sold on or before 072716 1452 Seaton St: Sold on or before 072616

by Thomas D Donohue to Jeremy Hart & Lin; $485,000

by Kenneth M Holmes to Jason S Self & Alyson Mason; $360,000 0N795 W Curtis Sq: Sold on or before Melissa S Self; $377,000 3435 Pheasant Ct: Sold on or before 072516 072616 by Myron Birschbach to Derek 1455 Anderson Rd: Sold on or before 072816

by Paul E Whiteside to Matthew Weinberg Scheidt & Constance Scheidt; $365,000

by Christine Griffin to Keith T Snyder & Erica & Michelle Weinberg; $405,000 0S050 Forbes Dr: Sold on or before 072616 A Maisto; $300,000

by Paul D Harmon to Timothy M Bengson & 3465 Heartland Dr: Sold on or before 072216 1579 Fairfield Dr: Sold on or before 072716

by Jeffrey L Kiel to James Harden & Denise Ponsompak C Bengson; $586,000

by Taylor Morrison Of Illnois Inc to James J Harden; $385,000 1116 Dunstan Rd: Sold on or before 080216 Geltner & Susan G Geltner; $341,000 3810 Ridge Pointe Dr: Sold on or before 090716

by Scott C Pospisil to Andrew T Ulijasz & 1633 Fairfield Dr: Sold on or before 080216

by Blue Geneva Llc to Nvr Inc; $63,000 Dominique A Fontamilla; $562,000

by Taylor Morrison Of Illinois Inc to Adam J 388 Colonial Cir: Sold on or before 072216 116 N Bennett St: Sold on or before 072616 Gilbert & Melanie M V Gilbert; $327,000

by Rama T Lingham to Evan Bauman &

by Jane C Nieman to Elizabeth Kubaitis; 216 E Oak Dr: Sold on or before 090816 by Leslie B Bauman; $340,000 $320,000 Overley Trust to Mary Caraher; $320,000 39W250 Forbes Dr: Sold on or before 3N120 Springwood Ln: Sold on or before 080216 122 N 6th St: Sold on or before 072816 by 090916 by Anthony Schelich to Peter BurgBay Dho Enterprises Llc to Mark Suleymanby Katek Trust to Jones Norman; $450,000 er & Veronica Burger; $450,000 ov; $380,000 405 Saratoga Dr: Sold on or before 080316 39W260 Preston Cir: Sold on or before

by Gliskley Trust to Jason S Fair & Rebecca 1286 Herrington Rd: Sold on or before 090716 by Pnc Bank Na to Jennifer M Erick080216 by William M Spitzig to Cartus A Fair; $225,000 son & Scott Davis; $344,500 Financial Corp; $326,000 41W485 Bowgren Dr: Sold on or before 39W345 Herrington Blvd: Sold on or before 1286 Herrington Rd: Sold on or before 090916 by PNC Bank to Sean C Griet; 080216 by Lan M Smith to Michael Iwan; 080216 by Cartus Financial Corp to James $649,000 $267,000 Fitzjareel & Kaitlyn Fitzjareel; $326,000 424 Banbury Ave: Sold on or before 072616 39W468 Washburn Dr: Sold on or before 1608 Fairway Cir: Sold on or before 090716

by Shawn T Karolewicz to Adam Wishne; 090816 by Robert A Spragis to Michael

by Andrew Katz to Jacques D Retief & Elsle $245,000 Dean Schultz; $427,500 Retief; $485,000 42W880 Chateaugay Ln: Sold on or before 39W795 Terney Ln: Sold on or before 1610 Salem Ct: Sold on or before 080316 by 090816 by Welch Trust to Kopp Trust; 080216 by Daniel H Davenport to William E Miceika Trust to Lara M Marlowe; $180,000 $302,000 Barbat & Kathryn A Barbat; $305,000 1681 Washington Ct: Sold on or before 090916 43W218 Whirlaway Ct: Sold on or before 446 Nelson Dr: Sold on or before 080216

by Ginny Lyons to Amy Davis; $185,000 072516 by William K Duffy to Arturo J Conte

by Debra Tucholski to Rajan Kaul & Janice 19 Ridge Ln: Sold on or before 072516 by PaIi & Stephanie Hartwig; $306,000 Moran; $276,000 tricia A Hanlon to Josue Delgado & Jasmin 43W664 Tall Oaks Trl: Sold on or before 455 Nelson Dr: Sold on or before 090716 by Delgado; $143,000 080316 by Larry E Stillman to Jeremy Teel; Waddell Trust to Dick Moy & Rox Ann Moy; 204 S Harrison St: Sold on or before $245,500 $287,500 072516 by Sarul R Wilson to Maryarn Metz; 43W698 Willow Creek Dr: Sold on or before 510 Mead Ct: Sold on or before 072216 by $174,000 080216 by Patrick L Martin to Jones Trust; Geneva Property Management Llc to An206 Kenston Ct: Sold on or before 072816 by $525,000 drew S Mamott & Cara L Mamott; $496,000 Peter John Mitchell to Michael Barej & Anna 43W746 Willow Creek Dr: Sold on or before 598 Lewis Rd: Sold on or before 072616 by Barej; $255,000 090816 by Helen C Wallace to Malthew E Jaroslav Homolka to Michael A Ciemny & 2166 Blackberry Dr: Sold on or before Peterson & Jessica M Peterson; $420,000 Sarah L Ciemny; $422,000 090916 by Jeffrey A McKenzie to Amy 43W982 Oakleaf Dr: Sold on or before 704 Lancaster Ln: Sold on or before 072516 Jones; $370,000 072516 by Porter Trust to Shawn T Karolewby David Hartley to Patrick Gutzmer & Amy 2231 Fargo Blvd: Sold on or before 080216 iez & Christine M Karolewiez; $270,000 Kerman Gutzmer; $302,000 by Kane County Sheriff to Greentree Servic535 Stoffa Ave: Sold on or before 090716 711 Woodward Ave: Sold on or before ing Llc; $284,000

by Robert K Schmidt to Michael Thomas & 090716 by Benjamin W Kell to Derek 2235 Wildflower Ct: Sold on or before Amanda Thomas; $265,000 Vanderlaan; $181,000 080216 by James F Dorion to Brandon 680 Avon Ct: Sold on or before 090716 by Brodner & Jamie Brodner; $646,000 James C Stob to Diana M Garcia & Elber F 2570 Miller Rd: Sold on or before 072616 by Garcia; $318,500 See TRANSFERS, page 71

by Thomas A Johnson to Thomas A Johnson & Barbara M Johnson; $0 956 Britta Ln: Sold on or before 072216

by Dowd Trust to Eric Johnsen & Carrie Johnsen; $280,000

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816 Fargo Blvd: Sold on or before 072616 by Fidencio A Cabalquinto Jr to 812 East Main Llc; $155,000 842 Sterling Ave: Sold on or before 072816

by Michael J Fehr to Benjamin W Stahl & Staharine C Stahl; $425,000

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North Aurora

105 Hidden Creek Ln: Sold on or before 072716 by Cynthia R Farmer to Matthew Whit & Cynthia Rosers Brown; $49,000 116 Schneider Ct: Sold on or before 072616

by Michael Dean Schultz to Melissa R Rehberg &; $153,500 15 Cedar Dr: Sold on or before 090916 by Greta S Havey to Rebecca Koeune; $170,000 1641 Waterford Rd: Sold on or before 090716 by Michael F Thomas to Maneul Maysonet; $149,000 187 Woodland Cir: Sold on or before 090816

by Kane County Sheriff to T & T Investors Inc; $104,500 199 White Oak Dr: Sold on or before 090916

by James R Lothouse to Andrew Mcelhiney; $210,000 2116 Bartram Rd: Sold on or before 090716

by Daniel A Foster to Oscar Torres & Berenice Chavez; $277,000 410 Spruce St: Sold on or before 072516 by Francisco Vargas to Guadalupe Hernandez; $194,000 506 Pinewood Dr: Sold on or before 080316

by Stephen Heser to Charles W Brantley; $196,000 507 E Victoria Cir: Sold on or before 080216

by Peter E Partaker to Kaithlyn McGurlman; $136,000 511 Cherrywood Dr: Sold on or before 080216 by Edward F Meyers Estate to Estate F Meyers; $170,000 633 Stewart Ave: Sold on or before 072816

by Moore Trust to Jay Heasley & Betsy Heasley; $266,000 84 Pine Hill Dr: Sold on or before 072816

by Dawn M Auriene to Williiam Lambert & Kathryn Lambert; $272,000

St. Charles

1007 S 2nd St: Sold on or before 072616 by Heinz Trust to James Fox & Blaer Fox; $323,000 1036 Crestwood Cir: Sold on or before 072216 by James A Esp to Thomas G Merritt & Renae D Harrison; $415,000 1205 King Edward Ave: Sold on or before

South Elgin

1 Danbury Ct: Sold on or before 080316 by Jonathan Angarola to Tyler C Lockhart & Samantha E Lockhart; $205,000 1 Sheffield Ct: Sold on or before 072216

by Cheryl L Lee to Juan Munoz & Adriana Munoz; $214,000 1015 Fairfax Ln: Sold on or before 080216

by Michael C Karom to Timothy Dovichi & Jaime Dovichi; $259,000 1065 Bluff Quarry Dr: Sold on or before 072616 by K Hovnathan At Prairie Pointe to Andrew W Kirkwood & Elouise E Salazar Kirkwood; $446,500 1180 Sunbury Rd: Sold on or before 072616

by Robert C Fowler to Joseph F Cotton; $215,500 1206 Sandhurst Ln: Sold on or before

090916 by Adam L Katz to Aaron Rodriguez; $112,000 1367 Burke Ln: Sold on or before 072816 by Craig S Morgan Jr to Joseph Ray McEntee; $209,500 15 Thorndale Ct: Sold on or before 090816

by T Eng to Ma Kristina P Munez & Jupitle S Munez; $258,000 1519 N Pembroke Dr: Sold on or before 090916

by Samuel Walls to Peter Vander; $172,000 1610 Shanahan Dr: Sold on or before 072516

by Cjr Enterises Llc to Braig Enterses Llc; $1,440,000 17 Pine Ct: Sold on or before 080316 by Scott R Johnson to Elizabeth Portnoy & George D Portnoy; $165,000 207 Nicole Dr D: Sold on or before 072716

by Gregory A Bandoian to Carlton Smith & Samantha Smith; $130,000 225 Nicole Dr A: Sold on or before 072716 by Andrew Szydzik to Pelszynski Trust; $164,000 233 Nicole Dr D: Sold on or before 072616

by Ellen Joy Divita to Lawrence V Barbera; $147,000 254 Nicole Dr C: Sold on or before 072216 by Mara E Nowak to Sheila K Weathers; $138,000 35W360 Blackhawk Dr: Sold on or before 072616 by Jennifer M Brossman to Brian P Szczodrowski; $127,000 390 Denton Ln: Sold on or before 072616 by Michael P Garthwaite to Salvador Quiroga & Rocio Martinez; $345,000 398 Pleasant Dr: Sold on or before 080316

by Sharon Cole to Anthony R Higgins & Jennifer M Meck; $184,000 621 Ashton Ln: Sold on or before 072816 by James U Cho to Patrick G De Vito; $475,000 661 Franklin Dr: Sold on or before 072616

by Mtglq Investors Lp to Jose L Mercado & Maria Mercado; $155,000 695 W Spring St: Sold on or before 090816 by Kenneth P Harris to Metz Trust; $110,000 732 Juli Dr: Sold on or before 090816 by Ruslan A Bagamanov to Jeffrey Razzino & Nicole Razzino; $228,000 764 E Thornwood Dr: Sold on or before 072816 by Steve Bednarz to Deepika Vaddi & Trilok A Wasthi; $393,000 826 Hamilton Dr: Sold on or before 080316

by Pulte Home Corp to Todd J Gwyer & Monica J Kim; $401,500 830 Gerald Ave: Sold on or before 090916

by Tina L Montag to Miguel A Canelo & Judith Canelo; $195,000

Sugar Grove

1164 Dorr Dr: Sold on or before 080316 by Christoher Hovath to Christopher Larsen & Tiffany Larsen; $320,000 175 Cobbler Ct: Sold on or before 090916 by Timothy E Beam to Kevin L Musial & Tiffany A Zuro; $267,500 1767 Beta Dr A: Sold on or before 080316 by Hovnanian At Meadowridge Villa to Lynn M Armbruster; $336,000 195 Gillett St B: Sold on or before 080316 by Kent Sorenson to Yoshimi Sato; $195,000 2 Laura Ln: Sold on or before 072716 by First Midwest Bank Trustee to John W Ditzler & Maryjamne R Ditzler; $210,500 See TRANSFERS, page 76

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0N953 Probst Ct: Sold on or before 080316

by Anthony H Crabb to Stacie R Lawhorn; $237,000 1N401 Shade Tree Ln: Sold on or before 072816 by Dean T Gamalski to Brjan A Vaughan & Linda E Vaughan; $275,000 5N601 Cochise Dr: Sold on or before 090716

by Bank Of New York Mellon to Jacquelyn Lots; $165,000 637 Settlement Dr: Sold on or before 072816

by Victor C Askew to Ronald Blum & Joy Blum; $256,500

3N681 Trotter Ln: Sold on or before 090716 by Reams Trust to Justin T Delgado; $595,000 40W201 Wasco Rd A: Sold on or before 080316

by Unbel Llc to Tck Properties Llc; $275,000 41W178 Empire Rd: Sold on or before 072816

by Trust Co Of Illinois to Robert Maddox & Lori Maddox; $135,000 4202 Royal Saint Anne Ct: Sold on or before 080216 by Hoseheit Trust to Robert Miller & Carol Miller; $400,000 42W580 Steeplechase: Sold on or before 080216 by Thomas A Sandberg to Gregory W Brod; $312,000 42W838 Jens Jensen Ln: Sold on or before 080216 by Thomas Larson to Brad Jason Daniel & Dema Santina Morgan; $289,000 4367 Canterbury Ct: Sold on or before 090916 by Tucker Trust to Palmino Pescatore & Madelyn R Pescatore; $300,000 4580 Grandfield Dr: Sold on or before 090816 by Kenneth J Jasson to Joshua Suliman & Monica Suliman; $550,000 4N040 Longfellow Pl: Sold on or before 072716 by Frank Muzzalqpo to Timothy R Zoltowski & Janie L Zoltowski; $460,000 4N171 Thornapple Rd: Sold on or before 072516 by Susan Ann Roessler to William A Roseeler Jr & Kimberly J Roseeler; $215,000 4N617 Arrowhead Dr: Sold on or before 080216 by Robert E Johnson to Frank J Squeo; $312,500 4N650 High Meadow Rd: Sold on or before 072816 by Janice C Young to James Smith Trust; $525,000 506 S 13th Ave: Sold on or before 072616 by Matt Wernberg to Joshua Chiaravalle; $190,000 508 S 5th Ave: Sold on or before 090916 by Daniel M Vasquez to Sandra A Johnston; $260,000 517 Union Ave: Sold on or before 072616 by John Nicholas to Amanda Bussmann & Cara Mccoy; $195,000 5N625 Quail Ct: Sold on or before 080216 by Mark F Hoesly to Ryan J Pocii; $245,000 6N477 Oakwood Dr: Sold on or before 090716 by Patricia L Scheck to Julin Sanchez; $200,000 7N380 Stevens Glen Rd: Sold on or before 072216 by David Manna to Sean R Elliott & Kimberlee Elliott; $512,000 7N714 Fielding Ct: Sold on or before 072616

by Douglas S Freericksen to Douglas Hoke & Christy Hoke; $380,000

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072616 by Wasinger Trust to Pierre S Massound; $440,000 1206 Winners Cup Cir: Sold on or before 072516 by Kyele E Camper to Luke R P Drucker; $420,500 135 Hunt Club Dr 157: Sold on or before 080216 by Carissa R Bruno to Robert A Nargele & Lela B Nargele; $158,000 1504 Williams Ave: Sold on or before 072816 by Stephen T Mcinerney to Alice Humphrey; $250,000 1506 Keim Trl: Sold on or before 080316 by Brooke Matteucci to Scott Johnson & Alison Johnson; $495,500 1510 Adams Ave: Sold on or before 072616

by Donald Benkeser to Joseph Soboleski; $231,000 1542 Andover Ave: Sold on or before 080216

by Pervez M Hai to Mark M Foulkes & Elizabeth Foulkes; $275,000 1711 Allen Ln: Sold on or before 072216 by Van Thyne Trust to Edward Marth & Sandra Marth; $275,000 1821 Chandler Ave: Sold on or before 072616

by Jonathan Gosian to James S Gager & Irene F Gager; $289,000 1925 Huntington Rd: Sold on or before 072716 by Joseph Michelin to Scott Cook & Amber Cook; $357,000 1956 Moore Ave: Sold on or before 080316

by Deardin Trust to Bradley W Sickafoose & Nicole M Sickafoose; $210,500 2005 Red Haw Ln: Sold on or before 072516 by Patrick E Pool to Daniel Martin; $375,000 214 Walnut Dr: Sold on or before 080316 by Sharp Trust to Robert D Sanderson; $192,000 219 S 4th St 2: Sold on or before 072716 by Gary J Whtanen to Daniel Sanchez Charles; $187,000 2395 W Main St: Sold on or before 080216

by Carqueville Trust to 2415 St Charles Llc; $600,000 2915 Pleasant Plains Dr: Sold on or before 080216 by Lorraine A Baumann to Lorrie Corbett; $190,000 3104 Royal Fox Dr: Sold on or before 072516

by Kenneth J Heydorn to Anthony V Sisto & Cathy A Sisto; $640,000 325 Tower Hill Dr: Sold on or before 090716

by Elber Tejada to Moira E Samuels; $211,500 34W655 Elm Ct A: Sold on or before 090716

by Wilmington Savings Faund Socie to Jose Ocampo Pineda; $65,000 35W827 Park Ln: Sold on or before 080316

by Dominick Tassone Jr to Gregory J Mcphail & Robyn M Mcphail; $346,000 36W410 Lancaster Rd: Sold on or before 080216 by Randy J Romero to Frank C Kuzel & Catherine T Kuzel; $865,000 36W891 Hawthorn Dr: Sold on or before 080316 by Daniel R Hampson to Patrick M Shannon & Mary Ellen Shannon; $303,500 38W323 Dean St: Sold on or before 072216

by Blakely Trust to Daniel E Smietana & Virginia M Smietana; $323,000 38W411 Sunset Dr: Sold on or before 080316

by Trust Co Of Illinois Trustee to James A Fizor & Peter G Fizor; $157,000 38W475 E Mary Ln: Sold on or before 072716 by Gary A Maxwell to Kevin J Schell & Renee L Schell; $318,500

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The portable Vista model from Escape Homes is a 160-square-foot, 20-foot-long home surrounded by panoramic windows.

Tiny house or in-law suite?

Off-road RV offers options for the space crunched

By MICHELE LERNER Special to The Washington Post No matter how large or small your home is, chances are you occasionally wish to have just one more room – or a suite of rooms – to house your in-laws, to use as a retreat or even to rent out for some Airbnb income.

Chances are, too, that you’ve never thought of getting an RV to fulfill that function. You may think RVs are big, hulking road-hogging metal machines, but at least one company has produced a “tiny house” version of an RV. The portable Vista model from Escape Homes is a 160-square-foot, 20-foot-long home surrounded by panoramic windows that fill the space with natural light and make it feel connected to nature.

Park it in your backyard, and you have room for painting or writing or just getting some privacy from an overcrowded house. Rent it out as an Airbnb, and you can get some extra income without actually hosting strangers in your home – or just use it as a very modern version of a guest cottage on your grounds. You can also transport it with its own trailer for vacations.

The standard version of the Vista, which has an introductory price of $39,900 and will be priced in the future at $46,600, includes a daybed/sleeping area, a tiny but functional kitchen, a bathroom with a shower, multiple efficient storage areas and a custom-designed wood dining table suitable for work.

The Vista has USB outlets so you can charge your devices. Optional features include a pop-up TV, air conditioning and heat, stone counters, wood interiors, solar power and composting toilets for off-grid travel. You can add a washer/dryer and skylight, too. The Vista comes with standard RV hookups.

The new Escape Homes model, with an introductory price of $39,900, has a daybed-sleeping area, a kitchen, a bathroom with a shower, and a custom-designed wood dining table suitable for work.

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Converting churches into condominiums Conversion brings logistical, social challenges

By AMANDA ABRAMS Special to The Washington Post It looks ancient, but the formidable stone church in Washington, D.C., has, in its own way, kept up with the times.

Constructed in 1891, the Romanesque Revival building started as a Presbyterian church. But that congregation began to fade in the 1950s, and eventually another took over.

And then another and another – none of them able to find their footing.

By 1994, when Imani Temple arrived, the building – in Washington’s Capitol Hill neighborhood – was in foreclosure. It wasn’t a perfect fit for the congregation, but the price was good.

Almost 20 years later, with

Original staircase and stained glass windows remain in the Sanctuary condominiums.

Photo by Bill O’Leary / The Washington Post

Flowers aren’t just tabletop decorations

By BARBARA DAMROSCH Special to The Washington Post All summer I bring in flowers from the garden and wild ones from the fields. Sometimes they’re in a bouquet, whose bright colors bring the outdoors in. But often they’re just some

odd treasure that appeals to me – a handful of daisies picked by a grandchild or one neon-violet artichoke blossom. I’ll stick it in a glass on the windowsill above the sink, along with glasses of herbs such as parsley and mint.

Some, like those herbs, are there for the eating, too.

Cooking with flowers is delightful but complex. You don’t go out and pick a peck of petals unless you are, say, drying chamomile blossoms for a winter’s supply of tea. Few of us have the time to craft

See FLOWERS, page 76

RIGHT: Flowers add flavor, texture and beauty to a dish. The author mixed yellow and orange marigold petals into this homemade saffron aioli.

Photo provided by Barbara Damrosch

A shower stall has an original church window in the Sanctuary condominiums in Washington, D.C. the vast majority of its African American congregants now living outside of Washington, Imani Temple’s leader put the church on the market.

Morningstar Community Development bought it in 2015.

“I always loved that church,”

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For the Sanctuary condos, developer Andrew Rubin says he sent the windows to Pennsylvania craftsmen who took the stained-glass panels apart, cleaned them and reassembled them.

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Continued from page 73 said Casey Klein, Morningstar’s managing partner and a longtime Capitol Hill resident.

“I saw the [‘for sale’] sign and called about it, and my partners and I immediately fell in love with it. We thought it’d be a really fantastic project.”

Today, the church is on track to become a condo building, joining dozens of others that have gone the same route in recent years.

For observers of the real estate scene, the trend has been impossible to miss: As churches’ congregations move to the suburbs and property values soar, increasing numbers of religious institutions are selling their properties in the city, usually with plans to move closer to their congregants.

Some of the churches are demolished, but those with architectural merit are often adapted by developers for new uses, usually residential.

Church conversions are occurring around the country.

According to the CoStar Group, which tracks real estate data nationwide, church sales in the

United States jumped by almost 100 percent between 2010 and 2015, and the number of church redevelopment projects more than tripled during that time.

But few churches are easily turned into homes, and developers often face hurdles.

To boot, some experts say a church’s former life as a sacred space requires a particular kind of respect.

The most obvious challenge in converting a church is the building’s layout.

Religious structures tend to be built around a sanctuary: a huge room with high ceilings and, often, big windows.

“In order to get housing into a volume like that, you need to put new floors into that structure, and you have to coordinate with the big windows,” said Scott Matties, a principal architect with Cunningham Quill who has been observing church conversions in Washington. “It can be done, but it’s definitely a challenge.”

Developer Andrew Rubin, who is turning Capitol Hill’s Way of the Cross Church into a 26-unit condo building called the Sanctuary, concurs. Figuring out how to work with a space that had a balcony and an upper

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Figuring out how to work with a space that had a balcony and upper mezzanine was a long process at Sanctuary condos in Washington.

See more online Watch a video online about church-to-condo conversions at http://wapo.st/2cJX4oj. mezzanine – which eventually became the second and third floors in the new units – was a long process. Ditto with the Gothic Revival building’s abundant stained-glass windows.

But in the end, Rubin said, the windows became “the centerpiece of the whole thing.”

He wound up sending them to Pennsylvania craftsmen who took the stained-glass panels apart, cleaned them and reas-

sembled them. The windows will have a few clear pieces for visibility, and many will be designed to open.

A less-apparent sticking point is many church buildings’ deferred maintenance.

Congregations often have very limited money, and fixing old but functional buildings is not necessarily a first priority. It is almost a given that developers will encounter surprises, whether crumbling exterior brickwork, a disintegrating foundation or shoddily constructed additions done over decades or even centuries.

“It needs a lot of work, a ton,” Klein said of the former Eastern Presbyterian Church, Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, Greater Mount Zion Baptist Church and Imani Temple; his team expects to start construction this fall. “It needs a full exterior renovation; windows are broken; the HVAC doesn’t work; the plumbing is in poor shape.” It will be expensive, but Klein said he is looking forward to restoring elements such as the church tower’s boarded-up windows, which are visible from blocks away, to their former glory. That should make neighbors happy.

That is an important point.

Churches matter to people: to congregations and to communities.

Remembering that a church is more than brick and mortar is crucial when working with religious buildings, said Ben Heimsath, an architect in Austin, Texas, who specializes in church design and renovations.

“Sadly, I think there are as many examples of what not to do as there are positive reuse projects,” Heimsath said. “The most painful examples are the thoughtless or inappropriate use of church symbols or specific worship functions” – such as an altarpiece reused as a table or a bar. Ultimately, he said, it comes down to one thing: Respect for the building’s former life.

Some observers, however, are sad to see churches converted to any other use, no matter how considerate the design is.

But developers say that in the end, it is a matter of stewardship: They are keeping the buildings safe for another generation.

“This is a way to preserve an asset that’s deteriorating; we’re making it beautiful again,” Klein said. “We want to maintain the architecture so it can be enjoyed in perpetuity.”

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Wooded Sanctuary 5 bdrm/4.1 bath, 2.9 wooded acres, 1st floor master, walkout basement w/full bath & 2nd kitchen, deck w/pond (630)584-7000 $574,500 09354336

Stunning Home 5 bdrm/3 bath, finished basement w/bar, lovely kitchen, professionally landscaped yard w/brick paver patio (630)879-9555 $299,900 09354336

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BRICK RANCH! 2 bdrm/1 bath, wonderful potential, charming layout, covered back porch with private yard 630-879-9555 $159,000 09331509

Cute STC Duplex 4 bdrm/2.1 bath, open concept, 2 story great room, enormous bedrooms, screened in porch, fenced backyard (630)584-7000 $205,900 09326094

Gorgeous Horse Property 3 bdrm/3 bath, all brick home w/huge cooks kitchen, barn w/arena & 12 stalls, separate building for office (630)584-7000 $784,800 09146077

Custom Four Bedroom 4 bdrm/2.1 bath, double family room, heated sunroom, 1st floor den, great green space (630)584-7000 $428,000 09258931

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Beautiful Classic Home 4 bdrm/3.1 bath, finished basement w/full bath, new roof, furnace, A/C & siding, supreme location (630)584-7000 $292,900 09290715

Completely Remodeled 3 bdrm/2.1 bath, walk to downtown Geneva, new kitchen, main floor laundry, master w/private bath, fenced in yard (630)879-9555 $494,900 09339192

Privacy on One Acre 4 bdrm/2.1 bath, newer kitchen w/granite & SS, large family room in lower level w/bath & bedroom, outbuilding for extra storage (630)584-7000 $245,000 09312752

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080316 by Elaine A Jenkins to Ellen Rienton &; $185,500 Continued from page 71 281 Hampton Rd: Sold on or before 090916 by Ryan E Aseluine to Bradley Thornton & Courtncy 20 W Windsor Ct: Sold on or before Thornton; $300,000 072616 by Quinn Trust to P Candice 290 Whitfield Dr A: Sold on or Burkart &; $215,000 before 072616 by Przemaek S 208 Belle Vue Ct: Sold on or before Mroczkowski to Debra L Deber080316 by Christopher M Larsen kow &; $187,000 to Gary Stamper & Barbara Ive; 363 Capitol Dr A: Sold on or before $187,000 080316 by Anita L Roberts to 280 Whitfield Dr B: Sold on or before

• FLOWERS

Continued from page 73 elegant ice cubes in which flowers are suspended or to roll cylinders of flower butter, frozen and cut into disks to melt artfully atop your steak.

Still, I like to scatter a few petals on a dish that needs an accent. Petals from a single orange calendula, strewn over plain green lettuce, make up for a lack of tomatoes. Once I put together a salad of sliced cucumbers, onions and fennel, to serve at a potluck. The sour cream and yogurt with which I dressed it was blandly white until a dismembered dandelion perked it up. We

appreciate food with all our sensory organs, including the eye.

Some petals have an appealing flavor, too. The globe of a chive blossom, picked apart and scattered over something, is a little onion bomb, zesty and bright purple to boot. Lavender florets are also high-impact if you pluck each one carefully, leaving the less-appetizing calyx behind.

Nasturtiums are a little peppery and roses a little sweet.

Daylilies are also sweet if very fresh, with a bit of crunch.

The flower eater’s dilemma, however, is that while many are suitable for consumption, many others are, to one degree or another, toxic.

Bradley E Luxmore & Deborah L Illinois Inc to John V Fishel Iv & Luxmore; $158,000 Allison M Fishel; $295,000 6 Cedar Gate Cir: Sold on or before 8 Yorkshire Ct: Sold on or before 080316 by Everett Trust to Edeward 080216 by Wells Fargo Bank to W Frey Iv & Amy Netsche; $250,000 Purpose Properties Llc &; $197,500 657 Ridgeview Ln: Sold on or be- 828 Queens Gate Cir: Sold on or fore 072716 by Taylor Morrison before 072216 by Emma Louise Of Illnois Inc to Przemtslaw SeVillacorte to Emma Louise Villabastian Mroczkowski & Patrvci corte & Mark Villacorte; $0 Mroezkowski; $313,500 932 Pembridge Pl: Sold on or 713 Ridgeview Ln: Sold on or before 072616 by Dawn M Adams before 072616 by Taylor Morrison to Leslie B Deloister & Kimbirly S

Deloister; $442,500 935 Mcdole Dr: Sold on or before 080316 by Ellen J D Ricnton to Robert Wolford & Erin Wolford; $306,000 98 S Main St: Sold on or before 072216 by Linda M Spizzirri to Art Investment Group Llc &; $130,000 99 W Park Ave A: Sold on or before 080316 by Roger L Driscoll to Jacqueline Roberge & Rick Roberge; $167,000

cy, and no one’s tummy has ever complained. But some people have sensitivities to particular flowers, and, as with any new food, it’s best to try a modest amount at first.

You’d obviously want to avoid any flower that might have been sprayed with a pesticide or any other chemical. The best way is to know the cook’s garden practices or to grow your own, as commercial flowers normally are not considered food. Flowers gathered along roadways, exposed to car fumes and possibly to herbicidal sprays, should be avoided.

Recently, I was making my lazy version of aioli by steeping saffron in a little warm

water for flavor and a rich yellow color, adding fresh garlic I’d grated with a microplane and whisking it into what is sometimes homemade mayonnaise but in this case was Hellmann’s. Then I stirred in yellow and orange marigold petals and also sprinkled some on top. We ate this with ham.

Winter will be here soon, and I’m seriously thinking of growing a few potted marigolds on that kitchen windowsill. The aioli was that pretty and that good.

How can you tell? It’s wise to consult a book on the subject, such as the classic “Edible Flowers: From Garden to Palate,” by Cathy Wilkinson Barash. Online, flowers that frequently appear on the “edible” lists are worth trying, and those on the “toxic” lists should be avoided. But those lists aren’t always complete.

[Absence from the toxic list] should not give a flower a green light.

A history of a flower’s traditional use is reassuring.

Squash blossoms are widely used in Latin American soups, and in Italy are deliciously stuffed with cheese, then breaded and fried. I have served platefuls of this delica-

Barbara Damrosch is the author of “The Four Season Farm Gardener’s Cookbook”; her website is www.fourseasonfarm.com.

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Beautiful French Country Home with scenic views on cul-de-sac. New roof, remodeled master bath and walk-in closet. Many new updates, Gourmet kitchen with Winter Birch Crystal cabinetry and walk-in pantry. Spacious bedrooms all with private baths.

Q2-2016 Median Sales Price $224,500 Average Sales Price $247,792 Pet. of Orig. Price Rec’d. 95.9% Homes for Sale 2,717 Closed Sales 2,419 Months Supply 4.3 Market Time 55

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Market Activity 3,389 3,275

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$199,000

Last available lot in Barlow Woods Subdivision.

Great opportunity to build your custom dream home on this 2 acre wooded lot in the country, just west of St. Charles. Gorgeous mature trees creates a private setting. Convenient access to shopping, entertainment, and close to LaFox and Elburn Metro Train Station. 2.03 acres.

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39W490 S. Mathewson Lane Geneva $549,900

• Every year, there are fewer homes for sale and the number of successful closings rises.

• Kane County homes are becoming more desirable.

Closed sales

Historical Median Sales Prices for Kane County

Lot 1 Barlow Road

• Prices for homes are on the rise – up nearly 7% from last year.

• Inventory of homes is down 17% from last year.

• However, more homes are actually closing and they are closing quicker than in 2015.

Property in Kane County is HOT!

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Homes for Sale

Housing Market is Strong in Q2

Homeowners are benefitting from a seller’s market!

• The median sales price of a Kane County home is the highest it’s been since 2008.

• Kane county home values (median sales prices) have risen steadily over the last four years.

Beautiful immaculate home in Mill Creek with many upgrades. Vaulted foyer, family room and master bedroom and master bath. Split “T” stairs. Kitchen has center island with SS appliances with granite and hardwood flooring. J&J bath (bedrooms 2 & 3) & private bath (bedroom 4). Custom master closet. Custom mill work & Pella windows. Finished basement with custom built-ins, bedroom, and full bath.

Custom patio with built-in grill, and irrigation system.

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Custom 4 bedroom, 3 ½ bath, 3-car home on a beautiful wooded lot with city sewer and water! 2-story foyer with a split staircase opens to the formal living and dining room, both with floor to ceiling windows. 14-foot ceiling family room has a soaring brick fireplace.

Enormous kitchen has hardwood flooring, granite, island/breakfast bar, butler’s area, glass front cabinetry, a planning station, stainless steel appliances and a dinette. A window surround vaulted 4-season sunroom leads to an upper deck with great views.

1st floor laundry/mud room and a den with built-ins. Lovely master with a deep tray ceiling, 20x10 walk-in closet with window and a vaulted Jacuzzi bath. All bedrooms have big closets; bedroom #2 has a private bath. Beautiful and quality finished walk-out lower level includes a granite wet bar, huge recreation area, lots of windows, tons of storage… So much detail, great décor, move-in condition To view all photos & listing detail, Text P148945 to 85377.

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LARGE ESTATE AUCTION Since the passing of Chuck Criswell, we will conduct a public auction at Chucks Auto Center, 1625 DeKalb Ave, Sycamore, Illinois. Lots of parking.

Saturday, October 15 starting at 10 am Automotive Shop Tools * Collectables Collector Cars * Auto Parts

Shop Tools and Auto Parts 4-Roatary 2 post 10K hoists, like new; Mac AC650 Refrigerant recovery-Recycling station; Cuda Automatic parts washer, like new; Snap-On AC recharger; Snap-On Emission Tester; Snap-On Diagnostic-Electric Leak detector; Hofmann Drum Lathe for brakes; Industrial 80 gal. Air Compressor, 220v, 175psi; 25ton shop press; AC recharge gauges; Gear Pullers; test Meters; Mac Ignition System; Branick Coil Spring Compressor; Transmission Jacks; Floor Jacks; 30ton Hyd Press; Cherry Picker; Shop benches, carts and tables; Specialty parts cabinets; Lots of Steel Shelving loaded with filters, shocks, tie rods, filters, oil, headlights, belts, hoses, Loaded Parts cabinets with nuts and bolts; Lots of automotive hardware items; Fuel System cleaner; Many Automotive advertising and promotional signage; Large VW outdoors sign; Neon open sign; office desks; chairs, files, 20x10x9 steel storage container; We will have several racks and tables of these types of items. All to the highest bidder at no reserve. Man or Girl Cave Collections Lots of Rock-NRoll items for the wall of your garage, shop or home, Elvis & James Dean cut outs, Coke collectibles, Toys, Signs, memorabilia; Large VW toy collection, Come and take a look, I know you will find something for your garage, shop or home. Go-cart and mini bike; and many other display and fun promotional items. All sell at no reserve to the highest bidder. Collector Street Rod Cars 1946 Ford Custom Built Rod with Carson top, shaved doors, 350 Chevy, auto, air, Leather, very nice, One of a kind, grt ready to turn some heads!

1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Convertible, Original as it gets, Great shape, no rust, great chrome, 54K original miles! even has Original 8 track player with Olds Promo tape. Rides & Drives Great! A Family convertible reliable cruiser! Great Christmas gift for the family!

Terms: Cash, Credit Cards, Checks, 10% Buyers Premium any all items sold. Not Responsible For Accidents, Injury Or Theft. All items removed by October 19th 2016. Spare-Time lunch on site. Bring your trucks and trailers.

Pre-Auction Viewing Friday October 14th 2016 from 9:30-4:30 Almburg Auction, Malta, IL. Andrew, Adam, Steve 815-739-3771

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Since We are retiring from our Horse training and boarding business and Have Sold the farm, The Following landscape, horse and farm equipment Will Be Sold To The Highest Bidder at no reserve Located at 10N008 Muirhead Road, Elgin, Illinois. Directions to farm: 4 miles west of Randall Road and Bowes Road, to Farm entrance.

Watch for Almburg Auction Signs. Plenty of off road parking.

Saturday, October 8 starting at 10:30 am

Horse Tack * Landscape Equipment * Farm Equipment & Shop Tools Landscape & Farm Equipment: IH 706 Diesel tractor. Ser # 2525-SY, 3pt, dual PTO, Complete engine overhaul, less than 100 hours.

TA, clutch all good. 18.4-24; New Idea 245 tandem Manure Spreader, hyd slop gate, wood floor, Woods 15ft Batwing mower, hyd fold, works great; Club Car Electric golf cart w/ canopy, just tuned up; 2003 Road Boss steel dump trailer, 6x12; Aluminum 12ft boat w/ trailer, no title or registration, great for the farm pond; OliverSuperior steel wheel grain drill, wooden box, stored inside; Ferguson 2btm 3pt plow; Gas powered log splitter on trailer, nice; Gill SU172 3pt pulverizer, like new; Brillion Landscape 64, grass seedier, 3pt6ft, like new; King Kutter 6ft Landscape Rake and 6ft Rear blade, both 3pt, like new; Cosmo 300 3pt Broadcast Seedier, 540 PTO, like, new; Lowe Hyd post hole digger with Quick-tach skid-steer plate, 4”,9”,12” Augers; Hawk Tree blade, w/ Quick-tach skid-steer plate; Alitec SG-20 Hyd Stump grinder for skid-steer hook-up for High flow machine; like new, Valby CH-150 Brush and wood chipper, 540PTO, 3pt, w/ auto feeder, like new; Fimco 50gal. yard trailer sprayer, like new; 18ft Bale conveyor w/ electric motor; 15ft Bale conveyor, motor; Troy-Bilt Horse Roto Tiller; Several walk-behind fence line mowers; lots of power weed wackers and attachments for such, Chain saws; pole saw; 8h.p. Coleman Maxa Generator; 16ft 12” New Steel culvert for driveway w/ spillway; cement wire, plastic drain tile; Lots of long handle tools; Hay rack load of tools, hardware items, wooden parts bins; shelving; nuts, bolts; parts & supplies used on the farm.

Horse Tack: Several steel and wooden fence posts; and gates; water tanks; muck buckets; lots of pails, scoops, forks, ropes, halters, lung lines, 2 nice Saddles, western and small childs learing saddle; Grooming and horse care items; Clippers, riding helmets; several nice horse blankets; Micro-Rain Arena watering system; and many other horse and livestock related items. We will also have a Good amount of household items, queen bedroom set, side tables, chairs, housewares and dishware along with Many Other Items Of Interest And Collectable Too Numerous To Mention.

Auctioneers note: Many of these items are 1 owner, used on the private farm, not commercially. Most have little use and have always been stored inside, Clean Line Of Equipment. Plenty of off road parking for cars, trucks & trailers. Make The Drive Out To The Country And Join Us For This Great Auction. You Won't Be Disappointed.

Pre-Auction Viewing Friday October 7th, 12-5 pm.

Terms: Cash, Check, Credit Cards, Nothing Removed Until Settled For, Not Responsible For Accidents Injury or Theft. Pictures on Web Site almburgauctions.com Spare Time Lunch on site.

Almburg Auctioneering Inc. 815-739-3703, Malta, Illinois.

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Kiwanis Metal Signs, US Navy Uniforms, Old Toys & Games, Old Photography Equipment, Dell Computer, Furniture & Everyday Essentials

See pics @ estatesales.net and fb (Formerly Faivre/Martin/Hunt) Spaces Available for Crafters at our November 5, 2016 Craft and Vendor Show for Kaneland Special Needs PTA. Located at Harter Middle School in Sugar Grove Please contact Pam at 630-865-5760

DEKALB COUNTY REHAB AND NURSING CENTER NOW HIRING RNs / LPNs Our base pay for RN’s and LPN’s has increased!

RN: $25.00 - $27.50 per hour (depending upon experience) LPN: $20.00 - $22.00 per hour (depending upon experience) • Additional $3.00 per hour for Evening and Night Shift • Additional $1.00 per hour for Weekend

• $100 for Extra shift bonus • $1,500 Sign on bonus for RN’s

Excellent health insurance, County retirement (IMRF), 9 Paid holidays, life insurance, PHO’s, and uniform allowance.

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In order to settle the Estate of Hallie Booth, the following Real Estate and Personal Property will be offered at Auction, Located at 631 Belmont Ave, Hinckley, Illinois

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Massive Multi Estate Auction - 2 rings all day Antiques, Primitives & Collectibles - Fantastic Folk Art Whirly Gig/Windmill, Sterling Silver, Silverplate Flatware Sets, Sleigh Bells, Numerous Crocks-15 Gal Lowell, 15 Gal Western, 10 Gal Salt Glazed Galesburg IL, 8 Gal Atlas Tonica IL, 1,5 Gal Western and Many others. Barn Lanterns, Barn Pulleys, Farm Tools, Bottle Jacks, Bird Houses, Cast Iron Cookware, Old Advertising Wood Boxes/Crates, Beer & Soda Advertising- Budweiser, Miller, Michelob, Pepsi, & 7Up, DeKalb Seed Signs, Singer Featherweight Sewing Machine, Buttons & Buckle Collection, Vintage Fabric & Sewing Notions, Large amount of Blue Ball Jars, Pyrex Nesting Bowls, Fire king, Stoneware/Yellow ware/Splatter ware Bowls, Vintage Fans, Milk Bottles, Milk Cans, Enamelware, Graniteware, Copper Boiler, Galvanized Water Cans & Tubs, Guardian ware Collection, Melmac, Wood Bowls, Vintage Kitchenware, Pocket Knives, Military Items, Taxidermy-Deer, Pheasant, Large Fish, & Steer Horns, Vintage Fishing Lures & Tackle, Vintage Light Fixtures, Lamps, etc., Perfume Bottles, Antique Bottles, Artwork-Oil Paintings, Etchings, Signed Prints, Ornate Antique Frames, Vintage Christmas Ornaments, Aluminum Tree, Ceramic Light up Trees, Clocks, Clock Parts, Clock Cases, Jefferson Clock, Cuckoo Clocks, Kitchen Clocks, Mantle Clocks, Old Pancake Motor, Kennedy Tool Box, Lava Lamps, Records, Carnival Chalk ware Collection, Religious Collection, Many Knick-Knacks-Animals & Figurines, Old Ephemera-Postcard Album, 100's of Postcards, Trade cards, Old Photographs, Books, Comics, Old Gas Station Maps, Wall School Maps, County Maps, 19th Century Bibles, Valentines, and more, Old Cast Iron Floor Grates, Wire Baskets, Yard Stick Collection, Zenith Long Distance Radio, Hohner Squeeze Boxes, Violins-Maggini & Stradivarius Model in Cases with Bows, Getzen Clarinet, Vintage Hats & Hat Boxes, Old Wood Wagon, Radio Flyer Wagons, Abe Lincoln Bookends, Pinback Collection, Depression Glass-Yellow, Green, Pink, & Clear, Retro Glassware, Royal Copley, Fenton Glass, Sleepy Eye Pitcher, Shawnee Pottery, Roseville, Swanky Swigs, Yorkville IL Advertising and other local towns, Old Globe, Marbles, Coins some Silver, 100+ Trucker Hats many Seed/Farming Hats, Costume Jewelry, Black Americana, Old Candy Containers, Crystal Coffee Grinder, The LoBoy Penny Scale, Miners Lamp, Cast Iron Scotty Dogs, Scales, Vintage Bicycles, and much much more!

Toys - Antique & Vintage - Tin Wind Up Toys, Old Tractors, Structo Fire Truck & Cement Truck, Tonka Fire Truck, Semi's, Car Haulers, Dump Trucks, Mics Trucks, Marx, Nylint, Wyandotte, Tootsie Toys, Hot Wheels, Lionel, Marx, & Atlas Trains, Remco Shark, WenMac AMF Mustang, Big Bang Cannon, Friction Toys, Poosh-m-Up Pinball Game, Excellent Erector Set in Original Box with Booklets, Vintage Mickey/Minnie Mouse Dolls, GI Joe's, Star Wars Figures & Case, HE-Man, Thundercats, Evel Knievel Toys, Western Toys, Cap Guns, Army Figures, Dolls, Doll Houses, Doll Clothes, Barbies, Vogue Dolls, Vintage Games, Pez, Wonder Woman, Batman, Spiderman & Kermit the Frog Phones, Dick Tracy, Pee-Wee Herman, Knight Rider, Simpsons, Mork & Mindy, 100's of Military Models-Airplanes, Ships, Tanks, and related some NIB, Mattel, Mad Models, Aurora IL Plastic Toys, and much more!

Furniture & Related - 100+ pieces of furniture from Antique to Modern- Wrought Iron Patio Set, Corner Cupboard, Bakers Rack, Fainting Couch, Many Small Tables, Primitive Furniture, Wood Chairs, Old Benches, Wood Stools, Rugs, Wall Mirrors, Large amount of framed artwork, Old Trunks, Antique Oak Tables, Washstands, Ornate Hanging Curio Cabinet, Needlepoint Chairs, Showcases, Store Floor Model Showcase, Wicker, Plant Stands, Drop Leaf Tables, Misc.

Cupboards, and much more.

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Terms: Cash, Check & Credit Cards (add 5% for CC's), 10% Buyers Premium. No Out of State Checks, No Checks over $500 unless known by Auction company. No Business Checks.

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BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

Mike Murdock, a televangelist, said, “You will only be remembered for two things: the problems you solve or the ones you create.”

Even better for a bridge player is to solve the problems that are presented, not to create them. In today’s deal, South is in six spades. What should he do after West leads a low heart?

North’s two-no-trump response was the Jacoby Forcing Raise, guaranteeing at least four-card support and game-going values. South’s threeno-trump rebid indicated a middling hand (usually 14-16 points) with no side-suit singleton or void. Four clubs and four diamonds were control-bids showing those aces.

The North-South hands have mirror distribution: Each is 5-2-4-2.

This is usually bad news because it means there will be no discards or extra trump tricks from ruffing. So, at first glance, declarer needs either the heart or club finesse to work. Is there another possibility?

The obvious approach is to try each round-suit finesse. However, not many defenders would lead away from the heart king. It is true that North showed interest in a grand slam, so an aggressive opening lead is feasible. But against most players, South should win with dummy’s heart ace, draw trumps, cash the diamond winners, and cast adrift with a heart.

If East takes the trick, he must either lead into dummy’s club acequeen or concede a ruff-and-sluff.

At the worst, West wins and shifts to a club. Now declarer has to finesse.

If that loses, he should congratulate West on a great opening lead.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY GENEVA, ILLINOIS RESIDENTIAL Nationstar Mortgage LLC PLAINTIFF Vs. James A. Hansford, III; et. al.

DEFENDANTS 15 CH 01069 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 7/28/2016, Donald E. Kramer, the Sheriff of Kane County, Illinois will on 11/3/16 at the hour of 9:00AM at Kane County Judicial Center, 37W777 Route 38, Room JC 100 St. Charles, IL 60175, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Kane and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: PIN 09-35-358-015 Improved with Single Family Home COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1823 S. 4th Place St. Charles, IL 60174 Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/ expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-15-14320.

I703800

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY GENEVA, ILLINOIS RESIDENTIAL Nationstar Mortgage LLC PLAINTIFF Vs. James A. Hansford, III; et. al.

DEFENDANTS 15 CH 01069 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 7/28/2016, Donald E. Kramer, the Sheriff of Kane County, Illinois will on 11/3/16 at the hour of 9:00AM at Kane County Judicial Center, 37W777 Route 38, Room JC 100 St. Charles, IL 60175, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Kane and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 5 IN BLOCK 4 OF WESTERN SUBDIVISION, SAMARITAN GENEVA-ST. CHARLES, IN THE CITY OF ST. CHARLES, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PIN 09-35-358-015 Improved with Single Family Home COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1823 S. 4th Place St. Charles, IL 60174 Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed

against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/ expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-15-14320.

I703800 (Published in the St. Charles County Chronicle, Kane September 22, 29, 2016 October 6, 2016)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF KANE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICAL CIRCUIT ESTATE OF BARBARA L LEPKE, DECEASED CASE NUMBER 15 P 471 Notice is given of the death of BARBARA L LEPKE whose address was 33 W 262 ASHLEY AVE WAYNE, IL 60184 Letters of Office were issued on 9/28, 2015 to Name WILLIAM J LEPKE Address FAIRVIEW AVENUE 529 ELMHURST, ILLINOIS 60126 INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR whose attorney is ALAN E LECHOWICZ, 1001 E CHICAGO AVE., SUITE 111, NAPERVILLE, IL 60540 The estate will be administered without Court Supervision, unless under section 28-4 of the Probate Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Circuit Court Clerk.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of Circuit Court Clerk, 540 S Randall Rd, St Charles, IL 60174 or with the representative or both on or before April 6, 2016, any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Circuit Court Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney, if any, within ten (10) days after it had been filed with the Circuit Clerk.

Name: ALAN E LECHOWICZ Attorney No.: 6189190 Attorney for: ESTATE Address: 1001 E CHICAGO AVE, SUITE 111 City/State/Zip: NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS 60540 Telephone: 630-753-8030 (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on October 6, 13, 20, 2016) 1230756 PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS THE PETITION OF ARTURO GARZA VILLAREAL and OSIRIS RAMIREZ,

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS THE PETITION OF ARTURO GARZA VILLAREAL and OSIRIS RAMIREZ, Petitioners FOR THE ADOPTION OF: ISIS ENEIDY BAEZA, A Minor Plaintiff/Petitioner vs.

JORGE BAEZA CORONA, Defendant/Respondent Case No. 16 AD 60 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit(s) having been duly filed herein, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL DEFENDANTS IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED ACTION, that said action has been commenced in said Court by the plaintiff(s), naming you as defendant(s) therein and praying TO APPPOINT A GUARDIAN AD LITEM TO REPRESENT THE INTEREST OF THE MINOR CHILD SOUGHT TO BE ADOOPTED; TO APPOINT SOME SUITABLE AGENCEY OF PERSON TO INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER AS REQUIRED BY LAW AND TO REPORT THE RESULT OF THAT INVESTIGATION IN WRITING TO THIS COURT; ALLOW THE PETITIOENRS TO OBTAIN TEMPORARY CUSTODY OF THE MINOR CHILD DURING THE PENDENCY OF THIS PROCEEDING; TERMINATE THE PARENTAL RIGHTS OF THE BIOLOGICAL FATHER TO SAID CHILD; FOR LEAVE TO ADOPT AS THEIR OWN CHILD SAID MINOR CHILD AND FOR LEAVE TO CHANGE THE NAME OF SAID MIOR CHILD TO ISIS ENEIDY GARZA RAMIREZ; and for other relief; that summons has been issued out of this Court against you as provided by law, and, that this action is still pending and undetermined in said Court.

NOW, THEREFORE, unless you file your answer or otherwise make your appearance in said action in this Court, by filing the same in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court on or before 10/06/16, AN ORDER OF DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court on 9/14/16.

RECORD CLAIMANTS. The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to: UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above-entitled action, that a Complaint for Foreclosure of Condominium Assessment Lien and Other Relief has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Kane County by said Plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of certain liens encumbering the premises legally described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: UNIT 12B IN THE LANDINGS AIRPORT CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT AS DELINEATED ON A SURVEY OF PART OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE: THAT PART OF THE SOUTH 1/2 OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN THE TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS; WHICH SURVEY ATIACHED AS EXHIBIT "A" TO THE DECLARATION OF THE CONDOMINIUM RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 1380169, AS AMENDED FROM TIME-TO-TI ME, TOGETHER WITH ITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS. P.I.N.: 02-03-300-040 COMMON ADDRESS: 19 N 058 Aztec Lane, Unit 12B, Huntley, IL 60142.

The condominium unit owner of record is DALE LOCKART. The Complaint seeks a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale of the lien asserted and set forth in that certain "NOTICE AND CLAIM FOR LIEN - UNPAID CONDOMINIUM ASSESSMENTS" dated June 28, 2016 and recorded as Document No. 2016K033257.

That Summons was duly issued out of said court against you as provided by law, and that the said Complaint is now pending for foreclosure of said lien and for other relief. Now, therefore, unless you UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, file your Appearance and Answer to the Complaint in said action in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Kane County, Chancery Division, 540 South Randall Road, St. Charles, Illinois 60174 on or before the 1st day of NOVEMBER 2016, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer for relief in said Complaint.

CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT. Submitted by Michael J. Torchalski,TORCH LEGAL, 820 East Terra Cotta Ave., Suite 207 Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014 (815) 477 1700 Attorney No. 6181465.

Condominium

Assessment

Lien scribed as follows:

Haines (Deceased) Defendants.

Other Relief has been com- LEGAL DESCRIPTION: UNIT 9H IN Kaneand County / KCChronicle.com • CONDOThursday, Case October No. 16 6, CH 2016 00722 • menced in Chronicle the Circuit Court of THE LANDINGS AIRPORT

Thomas M. Hartwell Clerk of the Circuit Court (SEAL) Name: Sandra Parga Attorney for: Arturo Garza Villa real and Osiris Ramirez Atty Registration No.: 06225800 (Published in the Kane County Address: 51 N. Douglas Chronicle on September 22, 29, City, State, Zip: Eigin, IL 60120 October 6, 13, 2016) 1226544 Phone: (847) 468-0135 Attorney E-mail: pleadings.elgin @camicjohnson.com

PUBLIC NOTICE

(Published in the Kane County Chronicle on September 29, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 16TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT KANE October 6, 13, 2016) 1228869 COUNTY- GENEVA, ILLINOIS THE LANDINGS AIRPORT CONDOMINIUM OWNERS ASSOCIATION PUBLIC NOTICE PLAINTIFF VS. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COM16TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT KANE PANY AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, COUNTY- GENEVA, ILLINOIS TRUST NO. 4625, UNKNOWN THE LANDINGS AIRPORT CONDO- OWNERS, AND NON-RECORD MINIUM OWNERS ASSOCIATION CLAIMANTS, PLAINTIFF DEFENDANTS, VS. NO: 16 CH 693 STEPHEN L LOCKART, Executor, PROPERTY ADDRESS: 19 N 058 ESTATE OF DALE LEE LOCKART, Aztec Lane, Unit 4D, Huntley, IL Deceased, DONALD R. BREWER, 60142.

UNKNOWN OWNERS, AND NON- NOTICE OF PUBLICATION AS TO RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONDEFENDANTS RECORD CLAIMANTS. The requisite affidavit for publication having NO: 16 CH 692 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 19 N 058 been filed, notice is hereby given Aztec Lane, Unit 12B, Huntley, IL to: UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defen60142.

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION AS TO dants in the above-entitled action, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON- that a Complaint for Foreclosure of RECORD CLAIMANTS. The requisite Condominium Assessment Lien affidavit for publication having and Other Relief has been combeen filed, notice is hereby given menced in the Circuit Court of to: UNKNOWN OWNERS AND Kane County by said Plaintiff NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defen- against you and other defendants, dants in the above-entitled action, praying for the foreclosure of cer-

Kane County by said Plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of certain liens encumbering the premises legally described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: UNIT 4D IN THE LANDINGS AIRPORT CONDOMINI UM DEVELOPMENT AS DELINEATED ON A SURVEY OF PART OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE: THAT PART OF THE SOUTH Yi OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN THE TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS; WHICH SURVEY ATIACHED AS EXHIBIT "A" TO THE DECLARATION OF THE CONDOMINIUM RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 1380169, AS AMENDED FROM TIME-TOTIME, TOGETHER WITH ITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS. P.I.N.: 02-03-400- 027 COMMON ADDRESS: 19 N 058 Aztec Lane, Unit 4D, Huntley, IL 60142. The condominium unit owner of record is CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, TRUST NO. 4625. The Complaint seeks a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale of the lien asserted and set forth in that certain "NOTICE AND CLAIM FOR LIEN - UNPAID CONDOMINIUM ASSESSMENTS" dated March 24, 2016 and recorded as Document No. 2016K016671. That Summons was duly issued out of said court against you as provided by law, and that the said Complaint is now pending for foreclosure of said lien and for other relief. Now, therefore, unless you UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, file your Appearance and Answer to the Complaint in said action in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Kane County, Chancery Division, 540 South Randall Road, St. Charles, Illinois 60174 on or before the 1st day of NOVEMBER 2016, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer for relief in said Complaint.

CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT. Submitted by Mici1aei J. Torchalski, TORCH LEGAL, 820 East Terra Cotta Ave.,Suite 207 Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014 (815) 477 1700 Attorney No. 6181465.

(Published in the Kane County Chronicle on September 22, 29, October 6, 2016) 1226580

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 16TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT KANE COUNTY- GENEVA, ILLINOIS THE LANDINGS AIRPORT CONDOMINIUM OWNERS ASSOCIATION PLAINTIFF VS. THE LANDINGS STORAGE HANGER I, LLC, UNKNOWN OWNERS, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANTS, NO: 16 CH 694 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 19 N 058 Aztec Lane, Unit 9H and Unit BB, Huntley, lL 60142.

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION AS TO UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS. The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to: UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above-entitled action, that a Complaint for Foreclosure of Condominium Assessment Lien and Other Relief has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Kane County by said Plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of certain liens encumbering the premises legally described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: UNIT 9H IN THE LANDINGS AIRPORT CONDOMINI UM DEVELOPMENT AS DELINEATED ON A SURVEY OF PART OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL

MINI UM DEVELOPMENT AS DELINEATED ON A SURVEY OF PART OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE: THAT PART OF THE SOUTH 1/2 OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN THE TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS; WHICH SURVEY ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT "A" TO THE DECLARATION OF THE CONDOMINI UM RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 1380169, AS AMENDED FROM TIME-TOTIME, TOGETHER WITH ITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS. P.I.N.: 02-03-400-079 COMMON ADDRESS: 19 N 058 Aztec lane, Unit 9H, Huntley, ll60142 AND UNIT BB IN THE LANDINGS AIRPORT CONDOMINI UM DEVELOPMENT AS DELINEATED ON A SURVEY OF PART OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE: THAT PART OF THE SOUTH Yi OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHI P 42 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN THE TOWNSHI P OF RUTLAND, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS; WHICH SURVEY ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT "A" TO THE DECLARATION OF THE CONDOMINIUM RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 1380169, AS AMENDED FROM TIME-TOTIME, TOGETHER WITH ITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS. P.I.N.:02-03-400-081 COMMON ADDRESS: 19 N 058 Aztec lane, Unit BB, Huntley, ll60142. The condominium unit owner of record is THE LANDINGS STORAGE HANGER I, LLC. The Complaint seeks a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale of the lien asserted and set forth in that certain "NOTICE AND CLAIM FOR LIEN - UNPAID CONDOMINIUM ASSESSMENTS" dated March 24, 2016 and recorded as Document No. 2016K016672 and in that certain "NOTICE AND CLAIM FOR LIEN - UNPAID CONDOMINIUM ASSESSMENTS" dated March 24, 2016 and recorded as Document No. 2016K016670. That Summons was duly issued out of said court against you as provided by law, and that the said Complaint is now pending for foreclosure of said lien and for other relief.

Now, therefore, unless you UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, file your Appearance and Answer to the Complaint in said action in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Kane County, Chancery Division, 540 South Randall Road, St. Charles, Illinois 60174 on or before the 1st day of NOVEMBER 2016, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer for relief in said Complaint.

CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT. Submitted by Michael J. Torchalski, TORCH LEGAL, 820 East Terra Cotta Ave. Suite 207 Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014 (815) 477 1700 Attorney No. 6181465.

(Published in the Kane County Chronicle on September 22, 29, October 6, 2016) 1226572

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY GENEVA, ILLINOIS PNC Bank, National Association Plaintiff, vs.

Candace L. Haines; PNC Bank, National; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of David P. Haines; Jessica Pulio; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; Richard Kuhn, as Special Representative for David P. Haines (Deceased) Defendants.

Case No. 16 CH 00722 Notice to Heirs and Legatees.

Notice is hereby given to you, the Unknown Heirs and Unknown

Notice to Heirs and Legatees.

Notice is hereby given to you, the Unknown Heirs and Unknown Legatees of the decedent, David P. Haines, that on September 15, 2016, an order was entered by the Court, naming Richard W. Kuhn, 552 S. Washington Street, Suite 100, Naperville, Illinois 60540, Tel. No. 630-420-8228, as the Special Representative of the above named decedent under 735 ILCS 13-1209 (Death of a Party). The cause of action for the Foreclosure of a certain Mortgage upon the premises commonly known as: 38W138 Hickory Court, Batavia, IL 60510.

(Published in the Kane County Chronicle on October 6, 13, 20, 2016) 1229942

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF T HE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY GENEVA, ILLINOIS PNC Bank, National Association Plaintiff, vs.

Kristen Haney; JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.; Village of College Green Homeowner's Association; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Adrienne E. Haney; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; Richard Kuhn, as Special Representative for Adrienne E. Haney (deceased) Defendants.

CASE NO. 16 CH 00736 Notice to Heirs and Legatees.

Notice is hereby given to you, the Unknown Heirs and Unknown Legatees of the decedent, Adrienne E. Haney, that on August 25, 2016, an order was entered by the Court, naming Richard W. Kuhn, 552 S. Washington Street, Suite 100, Naperville, Illinois 60540, Tel. No. 630-420-8228, as the Special Representative of the above named decedent under 735 ILCS 13-1209 (Death of a Party). The cause of action for the Foreclosure of a certain Mortgage upon the premises commonly known as: 2004 Muirfield Circle, Elgin, IL 60123.

Washington Street, Suite 100,

Naperville, Illinois 60540, Tel. No. 85 CLASSIFIED 630-420-8228, as the Special

Representative of the above named decedent under 735 ILCS 13-1209 (Death of a Party). The cause of action for the Foreclosure of a certain Mortgage upon the premises commonly known as: 1320 Foxcroft Drive, Aurora, IL 60506.

(Published in the Kane County Chronicle on October 6, 13, 20, 2016) 1230324

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY GENEVA, ILLINOIS Nationstar Mortgage LLC Plaintiff, vs.

James Rice; Earthmover Credit Union; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Linda K. Rice; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; Richard Kuhn, as Special Representative for Linda K. Rice (deceased) Defendants.

Case No. 16 CH 00783 Notice to Heirs and Legatees.

Notice is hereby given to you, the Unknown Heirs and Unknown Legatees of the decedent, Linda K. Rice, that on September 15, 2016, an order was entered by the Court, naming Richard W. Kuhn, 552 S. Washington Street, Suite 100, Naperville, Illinois 60540, Tel. No. 630-420-8228, as the Special Representative of the above named decedent under 735 ILCS 13-1209 (Death of a Party). The cause of action for the Foreclosure of a certain Mortgage upon the premises 513 commonly known as: Phoenix Court, Aurora, IL 60505.

(Published in the Kane County Chronicle on October 6, 13, 20, 2016) 1232530

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS 16 MR 1074 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION REGARDING NAME CHANGE Public notice is hereby given that on November 18th, 2016, in Courtroom No. 250, of the Kane County Courthouse, 100 South (Published in the Kane County Third Street, Geneva, Illinois, at the Chronicle on September 22, 29, hour of 9:00 a.m. or as soon October 6, 2016) 1226617 thereafter as this matter may heard, a Petition will be heard in said PUBLIC NOTICE Courtroom for the change of name IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE of Hunter Yallun De Angeles to SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT the new name of Hunter Yallun KANE COUNTY Gull pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/21GENEVA, ILLINOIS 101 et seq.

U.S. Bank National Association /s/ Felicia Gull Plaintiff, Petitioner vs.

Lisa Sanders a/k/a Lisa King; (Published in the Kane County Illinois Housing Development Au- Chronicle on September 22, 29, thority; Foxcroft Townhome Owners October 6, 2016) 1226659 Association; Disabled American Veterans; Stephen King; Paul PUBLIC NOTICE Velazquez; Linda Velazquez; Maria IN THE CIRCUIT COURT Green; DeKalb Library; Unknown FOR THE SIXTEENTH Heirs and Legatees of David King; JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Unknown Owners and Nonrecord KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS Claimants; Richard Kuhn, as 16 MR 1150 Special Representative for David NOTICE OF PUBLICATION King (Deceased) REGARDING NAME CHANGE Defendants.

Public notice is hereby given that Case No. 16 CH 00777 Notice to Heirs and Legatees. on December 16th, 2016, in Notice is hereby given to you, the Courtroom No. 250, of the Kane Unknown Heirs and Unknown County Courthouse, 100 South Legatees of the decedent, David Third Street, Geneva, Illinois, at the King, that on September 15, 2016, hour of 9:00 a.m. or as soon an order was entered by the Court, thereafter as this matter may heard, naming Richard W. Kuhn, 552 S. a Petition will be heard in said Washington Street, Suite 100, Courtroom for the change of name Naperville, Illinois 60540, Tel. No. of Lynn Suzanne Schnues to the 630-420-8228, as the Special new name of Lynn Suzanne Representative of the above named McMillen pursuant to 735 ILCS decedent under 735 ILCS 13-1209 5/21-101 et seq.

(Death of a Party). The cause of /s/ Lynn S. Schnues

Courtroom for the change of name of Lynn Suzanne Schnues to the new name of Lynn Suzanne McMillen pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/21-101 et seq. /s/ Lynn S. Schnues Petitioner

Name: Steven D. Wende

torney within 10 days after it has County.

filed.

2. The Representative for the estate Address: 383 Juniper Lane City, 86 CLASSIFIEDbeen Chronicle / KCChronicle.com State, Zip: South Elgin, IL 60177 Russell •E. Kane BaldwinCounty 1601 Bond 5.•TheThursday, estate will be October administrated6,is:2016

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 (Published in the Kane County Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4).

Chronicle on October 6, 13, 20, Signature of Executor 2016) 1229905 /s/ Beth C. Dahlke

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN RE: ESTATE OF JUDITH L. “Judy” GRAHAM Deceased.

Case No. 16 P 527 PUBLICATION NOTICE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION TO: CREDITORS, CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES 1. Notice is hereby given of the death of Judith L. ?Judy? Graham, who died on August 30, 2016, a resident of Geneva, Illinois.

2. The Representative for the estate is: Michael T. Graham, 734 Hinman Avenue, Unit 2, Evanston, Illinois 60202.

3. The Attorney for the Estate is: Philip J. Piscopo, Cooper Storm & Piscopo, 117 S. Second Street, Geneva, Illinois 60134 4. Claims may be filed on or before April 6, 2017. Claims against the Estate may be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, 540 S. Randall Road, St. Charles, IL 60174, or 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 with 10 days after it has been filed.

5. On September 27, 2016, an Order Appointing the Representative was entered.

6. The Estate will be administered without Court supervision unless an interested party terminates independent administration by filing a petition to terminate under Article XXVIII 5/28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4).

Dated: September 29, 2016 /s/ Michael T. Graham Michael T. Graham, Administrator (Published in the Geneva Kane County Chronicle on October 6, 13, 20 2016) 1229917

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF (DECEDENT): Name: Helen L. Licher Address: 918 Fargo Boulevard City, State, Zip: Geneva, IL 60134 Date and Place of Death: May 27, 2016 Case No. 2016 P 347 PUBLICATION NOTICE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION TO: CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS (ONLY) 1. Notice is hereby given of the death of Helen L. Licher who died on 05/27/16, a resident of Geneva, Kane County, Illinois.

2. The Representative for the estate is: Beth C. Dahlke 4420 SW 9th Place, Cape Coral, FL 33914 3. The Attorney for the estate is: Jerry D. Jones, Harrison & Held, LLP 333 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 4. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before April 6, 2016.

Claims against the estate may be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, 540 S. Randall Rd., St. Charles, IL, 60174 or 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 administrated without Court supervision unless an interested party terminates independent supervision administration by

Date and Place of Death: July 17, 2016 Elgin Case No. 16 P 504 PUBLICATION NOTICE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION TO: CREDITORS, CLAJMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES 1. Notice is hereby given of the death of Steven D. Wende who died on July 17, 2016, a resident of South Elgin, Illinois.

2. The Representative for the estate is: Kyle D. Wende, 383 Juniper Lane, South Elgin, IL 60177 3. The Attorney for the estate is: Randall S.Hall, P.O. Box 1544, Elgin, IL 60121 4. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before April 6, 2016.

Claims against the estate may be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, 540 S. Randall Rd., St. Charles, IL 60174 or with the Representative, or both Any claim not filed within that period is barred.

(Published in the Kane County Copies of a claim filed with the Chronicle on September 22, 29, Clerk must be mailed or delivered October 6, 2016) 1226530 to the Representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

8. The estate will be administrated PUBLIC NOTICE without Court supervision unless an interested party terminates indepenIN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE dent supervision administration by SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT filing a petition to terminate under Article XX.VIII 5/28-4 of the Probate KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4).

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF (Published in the Kane County (DECEDENT): Chronicle on October 6, 13, 20, Name: RICHARD F. DAMON 2016) 1230193 Address: 428 Spring Street City, State, Zip: Batavia, IL 60510 Date and Place of Death: PUBLIC NOTICE 7/19/2016 - Batavia, IL IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Case No. 16 P 502 KANE COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE GENEVA, ILLINOIS INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF TO: CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS (DECEDENT): (ONLY) Name: Martha L. Garrett Address: 1928 Margaret Court 1. Notice is hereby given of the City, State, Zip: Aurora IL 60505 death of RICHARD F. DAMON who Date and Place of Death: 3/5/15 died on 7/19/2016, a resident of in Naperville, IL Batavia.

Case No. 2016P525 2. The Representative of the esPUBLICATION NOTICE tate is: Debra J. Damon, 428 INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION Spring St., Batavia, IL 60510 TO: CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS 3. The Attorney for the estate: At- (ONLY) ty. Cathy L. Searl, 150 Houston 1. Notice is hereby given of the Street, Suite 101, Batavia, IL death of Martha L. Garrett who 60510. died on March 5, 2015, a resi4. Claims may be filed on or be- dent of Aurora, Illinois. fore March 29, 2017.

2. The Representative for the estate Claims against the estate may be is: Carol Flanagan, 3128 St. filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Andrews Drive, Lake Charles, LA Court, 540 S. Randall Rd., St. 70605 Charles, IL, 60174 or with the Rep- 3. The Attorney for the resentative or both. Any claim not estate is: Jennifer B. Nagle 552 S. filed within that period is barred. Washington Street, Suite 100 Copies of a claim filed with the NaperviIle, IL 60540 Clerk must be mailed or delivered 4. Claims against the estate may to the Representative and to the at- be filed on or before April 6, 2016. torney within 10 days after it has Claims against the estate may be fi been filed. led with the Clerk of the Circuit 5. The estate will be administrat- Court, 540 S. Randall Rd., St. ed without Court supervision unless Charles, IL, 60 174 or with the an interested party terminates inde- Representative, or both. Any claim pendent supervision administration not filed, within that period is by filing a petition to terminate barred. Copies of a claim filed with under Article XXVIII 5/28-4 of the the Clerk must be mailed or Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4). delivered to the Representative and to the attorney with in 10 days after /s/ Debra J. Damon it has been filed.

Signature of Executor 5. The estate will be administrated without Court supervision unless an (Published in the Kane County interested party terminates indepenChronicle, September 22, 29, dent supervision administration by October 6, 2016) 1226397 filing a petition to terminate under Article XXVIII 5/28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4).

St., Ste. 206, Naperville, IL 60563 3. The attorney for the estate Is: Russell E. Baldwin 1601 Bond St., Ste. 206, Naperville, IL 60563 4. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before March 22, 2016. Claims against the estate may be filed with the clerk of the Circuit Court, P.O. Box 112, Geneva, Illinois 60134-0112, or with (Published in the Kane County the Representative or both. Any Chronicle on October 6, 13, 20, claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim flied with 2016) 1230156 the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days PUBLIC NOTICE after it has been filed.

8. The estate will be administered IN THE CIRCUIT COURT without Court supervision unless an OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL party terminates Indepeninterested CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS dent administration by filing a petition to terminate under Article IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE XXVIII5/28-4 of the Probate Act OF (755 ILCS 5/28-4).

MARION E. NELSON DECEASED CASE NO. 2016 P 480 PUBLICATION NOTICE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION

TO: CREDITORS, CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES NOTICE IS GIVEN of the death of Marion E. Nelson who died on June 24, 2016, a resident of Kane County, IL. The Representative for the Estate is Bruce G. Nelson, whose attorney is Jeffrey A. Meyer, Klein, Stoddard, Buck & Lewis, LLC, 2045 Aberdeen Court, Sycamore, IL 60178.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before March 31, 2017.

Claims against the estate may be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, 540 S. Randall Road, St. Charles, IL 60174 or with the representative, or both. Any claim that is 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.

On September 7, 2016 an Order Admitting the Will to Probate and Appointing the Representative was entered.

Within 42 days after the effective date of the original Order Admitting the Will to Probate, you may file a petition with the Court to require proof of the validity of the Will by testimony or witnesses to the will in open court, or other evidence as provided in Article VI 5/621 (755 ILCS 5/6/21).

Within 6 months after the effective date of the Order Admitting the Will to Probate, you may file a petition with the Court to contest the validity of the Will as provided under Article VIII 5/8-1 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/8/1).

The estate will be administrated 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 5/28-4).

Executor: /s/ Bruce G. Nelson (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on September 22, 29, October 6, 2016) 1226805

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: MICHAEL H. KICKERT, Deceased.

General No.: 2016P000492 PUBLICATION NOTICE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION TO: CREDITORS & CLAIMANTS 1. Notice is given of the death of Michael H. Kickert, who died on 8/1/2016, a resident of Kane County.

2. The Representative for the estate is: Russell E. Baldwin 1601 Bond St., Ste. 206, Naperville, IL 60563 3. The attorney for the estate Is: Russell E. Baldwin 1601 Bond St.,

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF (DECEDENT): Name: Steven D. Wende Address: 383 Juniper Lane City, State, Zip: South Elgin, IL 60177 Date and Place of Death: July 17, 2016 Elgin Case No. 16 P 504

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General Conditions Instructions to Bidders Specifications Bid Proposal Form References Advertisement for Bidding FOR: Printing of Activity Guides, Spring 2017 to Winter 2018 OWNER: St. Charles Park District 213 Walnut Street, St. Charles, Illinois 60174 The St. Charles Park District will receive separate sealed bids until 2:30pm on Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at the marketing office of the St. Charles Park District, Baker Community Center Annex, 213 Walnut Street, St. Charles, Illinois, for the printing of activity guides, in accordance with Instructions to Bidders.

Copies of the bidding specifications will be available on the St. Charles Park District's website, stcparks.org, on the Business Opportunities tab under the Information drop down menu after 10am on Thursday, September 29, 2016.

The above bids will be opened and read publicly at 2:35pm on Tuesday, October 18, 2016, at the Baker Community Center Annex.

The St. Charles Park District reserves the right to reject or accept any or all proposals which, in its judgment, will be to the best interest of the Park District. Only bids in compliance with the provisions of the specifications will be considered.

Erika Young Public Relations & Marketing Manager (Published in the St. Charles Kane County Chronicle on October 6, 13, 20, 2016) 1229932

PUBLIC NOTICE

KANEVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT will hold a public hearing for the purpose of reviewing the proposed budget for the library district for the fiscal year 2017/2018.

Hearing is set for Tuesday, October 4 at 6:30 p.m. A copy of the proposed budget is available at the library during regular business hours.

Leanne Gramley, Secretary Kaneville Public Library District (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on October 6, 2016) 1220322

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF DETERMINATION OF PREVAILING WAGES

for the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for your community. These flood hazard determinations may include the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations, base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway. The FIRM and, if applicable, the FIS report have been revised to reflect these flood hazard determinations through issuance of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in accordance with Title 44, Part 65 of the Code of Federal Regulations. These determinations are the basis for the floodplain management measures that your community is required to adopt or show evidence of having in effect to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program. For more information on the proposed flood hazard determinations and information on the statutory 90-day period provided for appeals, please visit FEMA's website at www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/fhm/bfe, or call the FEMA Map Information eXchange (FMIX) toll free at 1-877-FEMA MAP (1-877-3362627).

PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON ROAD DISTRICT AMENDED BUDGET Notice is hereby given that the Amended Budget and Appropriation ordinance for the Road District of Saint Charles Township in the County of Kane, State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning March 1, 2016 and ending February 28, 2017, will be on file and available for public inspection at 1725 Dean Street, Saint Charles, Illinois, from and after 8:00 am, on the 3rd day of October, 2016.

Notice is further hereby given, that a public hearing on said budget and appropriation ordinance will be held at 6:50 pm, Wednesday the 9th day of November, 2016 in the Donald E. Scheib Town Meeting Hall at 1725 Dean Street, Saint Charles, Illinois.

Dated this 3rd day of October, 2016.

S/S Terry W. Cross, Town Clerk

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Public Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, September 21, 2016, a certificate was filed in the ASSUMED NAME office of the County Clerk of Kane PUBLICATION NOTICE County, Illinois, setting forth the Public Notice is hereby given that names and addresses of all persons on Friday, September 09, 2016, a owning, conducting and transactcertificate was filed in the office of ing the business known as: the County Clerk of Kane County, Dual Wield Design Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the located at: 15N325 Campflint Dr, business known as: Dundee, IL 60118 Bantam Services Dated: 9/21/2016 located at: /s/ John A. Cunningham 47W180 Jericho Rd, Kane County Clerk Big Rock, IL 60511 (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on September 29, /s/ John A. Cunningham October 6, 13, 2016) 1228915 Kane County Clerk

Dated: 9/09/2016

(Published in the Kane County Chronicle on October 6, 13, 2016) (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on September 22, 29, 1229988 October 6, 2016) 1226205

NOTICE is hereby given by the Board of Trustees of the Burlington (Published in St. Charles Kane Community Fire Protection District County Chronicle October 6, 2016) that on Sept 15, 2016, it passed and adopted a Prevailing Wage Rate Ordinance, a copy of which is available for public inspection. /s/ Mearl Maynard Secretary, Board of Trustees Burlington Community Protection District

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(Published in the Elburn Herald on Public Notice is hereby given that October 6, 2016)1229952 on Tuesday, September 20, 2016, a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, PUBLIC NOTICE Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, DEPARTMENT OF conducting and transacting the HOMELAND SECURITY business known as: FEDERAL EMERGENCY “LEAN IN” DIVISION OF MANAGEMENT AGENCY CAREER CHANGERS Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations for the Village Campton located at: Hills, Kane County, Illinois, and 620 State St. Signature of Attorney Case No. 16-05-6021P. The St. Charles, IL 60174 /s/ Jennifer B. Nagle Department of Homeland Security's (Published in the Kane County Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) solicits technical in- Dated: 9/20/2016 Chronicle on October 6, 13, 20, formation or comments on pro2016) 1230695 posed flood hazard determinations /s/ John A. Cunningham for the Flood Insurance Rate Map Kane County Clerk PUBLIC NOTICE (FIRM), and where applicable, the General Conditions Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report Instructions to Bidders for your community. These flood (Published in the Kane County Specifications Bid hazard determinations may include Chronicle on September 29, Proposal Form References the addition or modification of Base October 6, 13, 2016) 1229005

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Public Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, September 13, 2016, a certificate was filed in the office ASSUMED NAME of the County Clerk of Kane County, PUBLICATION NOTICE Illinois, setting forth the names and Public Notice is hereby given that addresses of all persons owning, on Monday, September 19, 2016, conducting and transacting the a certificate was filed in the office business known as: of the County Clerk of Kane County, DVJ Performance Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, located at: conducting and transacting the 1371 Wynnfield Drive, business known as: Algonquin, IL 60102 Behind the Bar Dated: 9/13/2016 located at: /s/ John A. Cunningham 109 W. North St. Suite A, Kane County Clerk Elburn, IL 60119 (Published in the Elburn Herald on September 22, 29, October 6, /s/ John A. Cunningham 2016) 1226654 Kane County Clerk

Dated: 9/19/2016

(Published in the Elburn Herald on September 22, 29, October 6, 2016) 1226640

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Public Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, September 27, 2016, a certificate was filed in the office ASSUMED NAME of the County Clerk of Kane County, PUBLICATION NOTICE Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, Public Notice is hereby given that conducting and transacting the on Wednesday, September 29, business known as: 2016, a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane FISHER FURNISHINGS County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons located at: owning, conducting and transact334 QUARRY RIDGE CIRCLE ing the business known as: SUGAR GROVE, IL 60554 C and A Property Services located at: 101 S 17th St St Charles IL 60174 Dated: 9/29/2016 /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk (Published in the St. Charles Kane County Chronicle on October 6, 13, 20, 2016) 1229907

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/s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk (Published in the Sugar Grove Herald on October 6, 13, 20, 2016) 1230026

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Public Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, September 14, 2016, a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane

Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, located at: Public Notice is hereby given that conducting and transacting the 1 W Illinois St Ste 180, on Wednesday, September 14, business known as: St Charles, IL 60174 2016, a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane M R Drywall Repair Dated: 9/22/2016 County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons located at: /s/ John A. Cunningham owning, conducting and transact- 1670 Blackwell Ln, Kane County Clerk ing the business known as: Aurora, IL 60504 (Published in the Kane County Dated: 9/20/2016 Chronicle on September 29, FLEXFACTURE October 6, 13, 2016) 1228775 /s/ John A. Cunningham located at: Kane County Clerk 43W215 Empire Rd, St Charles, IL 60175 PUBLIC NOTICE (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on September 29, Dated: 9/14/2016 ASSUMED NAME October 6, 13, 2016) 1228749 PUBLICATION NOTICE /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk Public Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, September 21, PUBLIC NOTICE (Published in the Kane County 2016, a certificate was filed in the Chronicle on September 22, 29, office of the County Clerk of Kane ASSUMED NAME October 6, 2016) 1226754 County, Illinois, setting forth the PUBLICATION NOTICE names and addresses of all persons Public Notice is hereby given that owning, conducting and transactPUBLIC NOTICE on Friday, September 30, 2016, a ing the business known as: certificate was filed in the office of The Doo Dude ASSUMED NAME the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and PUBLICATION NOTICE addresses of all persons owning, located at: rd Public Notice is hereby given that conducting and transacting the 311 E 3 St. East Dundee, IL 60118 on Tuesday, October 04, 2016, a business known as: certificate was filed in the office of Dated: 9/21/2016 the County Clerk of Kane County, Ripple Rock Studios Illinois, setting forth the names and /s/ John A. Cunningham addresses of all persons owning, located at: Kane County Clerk conducting and transacting the 121 Peyton Street, business known as: Geneva, IL 60134 (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on September 29, Golf Channel Academy Studio 59 Dated: 9/30/2016 October 6, 13, 2016) 1228947 /s/ John A. Cunningham located at: Kane County Clerk 901 N Batavia Ave, Batavia, IL 60510 PUBLIC NOTICE (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on October 6, 13, 20, Dated: 10/4/2016 ASSUMED NAME 2016) 1230308 PUBLICATION NOTICE /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk Public Notice is hereby given that on Friday, September 23, 2016, a PUBLIC NOTICE (Published in the Kane County certificate was filed in the office of Chronicle on October 6, 13, 20, the County Clerk of Kane County, ASSUMED NAME 2016) 1231244 Illinois, setting forth the names and PUBLICATION NOTICE addresses of all persons owning, Public Notice is hereby given that conducting and transacting the PUBLIC NOTICE on Monday, September 26, 2016, business known as: a certificate was filed in the office The Local Petaler ASSUMED NAME of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and PUBLICATION NOTICE addresses of all persons owning, located at: Public Notice is hereby given that conducting and transacting the 6N308 E Whitmore Cir, St Charles, IL 60174 on Monday, September 19, 2016, business known as: a certificate was filed in the office Dated: 9/23/2016 of the County Clerk of Kane County, Salon Posh Illinois, setting forth the names and /s/ John A. Cunningham addresses of all persons owning, located at: Kane County Clerk conducting and transacting the 56 Indiana Street, business known as: St Charles, IL 60174 (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on September 29, Dated: 9/26/2016 Lakeview Glass and Shower October 6, 13, 2016) 1228781 /s/ John A. Cunningham located at: Find. Buy. Sell.

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Public Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, September 22, 2016, a certificate was filed in the office ASSUMED NAME of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and PUBLICATION NOTICE addresses of all persons owning, Public Notice is hereby given that conducting and transacting the on Tuesday, September 20, 2016, business known as: a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, The Beauty Haven Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, located at: conducting and transacting the 1 W Illinois St Ste 180, business known as: St Charles, IL 60174

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/s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on September 29, October 6, 13, 2016) 1228794

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on Monday, September 26, 2016, a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as:

located at: 1 W State Street Suite 101, Geneva, IL 60134 Dated: 9/26/2016

SUPPLEMENTAL ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on Monday, September 19, 2016 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, concerning the business known as Gingersnap Designs located at 109 W North St, Elburn, IL 60119 which certificate sets forth the following changes in the operation thereof: Virginia A Jones has ceased doing business under the above named business and has no further connection with or financial interest in the above named business carried on under such an assumed name.

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VILLAGE OF ELBURN ANNUAL TREASURER'S REPORT For the Fiscal Year Ended April 30, 2016 Beginning Fund Balance Fund/Account Group Net Position Revenues General 2,799,640 3,291,284 Special Revenue 1,136,054 277,368 Capital Projects 650,451 1,064 Enterprise 15,962,519 2,120,153 Fiduciary 909,266 242,923

Expenditures 2,675,563 595,210 400,000 1,466,581 133,468

Other Ending Financing Fund Balance Sources (Uses) Net Position 0 3,415,361 0 818,212 0 251,515 0 16,616,091 0 1,018,721

REVENUES: Property Taxes 937,012; Sales Taxes 847,963; Utility Taxes 405,917; Income Taxes 601,944; Other Taxes 291,779; Licenses and Fees 563,943; Grants O; Fines 74,726; Impact Fees 61,225; Charges for service 1,847,175; Other revenues 391,990 VENDORS PAID OVER $2,500: ACTIVE EXCAVATING WRECKING,INC 5,407; ADVANCED AUTOMATI ON CONTROL, 7,025; ALARM DETECTION SYSTEMS INC 3,643; APPLIED CONCEPTS, INC 3,081; AUTOMATED PARKING TECHNOLOGIES 4,959; B&F CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INC 7,905; BATAVIA PARK DISTRICT 2,500; BAXTER & WOODMAN, INC 36,006; BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD 239,904; BONNELL INDUSTRIES INC. 6,209; BRAD MANNING FORD, INC 43,759; BRAD MANNING FORD INC 73,777; BRANIFF COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 3,784; CALL ONE, INC Tri County Lock 8,997; CAMBRIDGE ELECTRIC, INC 14,419; CITY OF BATAVIA 4,710; CITY OF GENEVA 85,141; CITY OF ST. CHARLES 7,979; ICON ENTERPRISES, INC 3,691; CLAESSON JANITORIALSERVICE INC 8,876; COM ED located at: 42,931; CONSTELLATION ENERGY INC 156,728; COUNTRY AUTOMOTIVE, INC 7,386; DEKANE EQUIP206 Lilac Ln, MENT CORP 4,163; DR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES 10,433; E & T GLASS AND MIRROR, INC. 3,675; ELNorth Aurora, IL 60542 BURN FIRE & PROTECTION 11,240; ELBURN POLICE PENSION FUND 151,016; ENCAP, INC 23,557; ENGINEERING ENTERPRISES, INC 408,731; FEECE OIL COMPANY 51,179; FIRST AMERICAN BANK 17,600; Dated: 9/26/2016 FIRST COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 9,812; DEARBORN NATIONAL 10,066; GABS LLC 34,420; GENEVA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 388,219; HARRIS COMPUTER SYSTEMS CORP 10,462; HD SUPPLY WATERWORKS, Dated: 9/19/2016 LTD 33,397; ILLINOIS EPA(NPDES) 16,000; ILLINOIS TRUCK & EQUIPMENT CO, 8,800; ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL /s/ John A. Cunningham LEAGUE 154,396; INTERSTATE BILLING SERVICE INC 6,599; IWS, INC 4,677; KANE COUNTY DIVISION Kane County Clerk /s/ John A. Cunningham OF 400,000; KANE COUNTY FINANCE DEPARTMENT 32,297; KANELAND 56,814; LAKESIDE EQUIPMENT Kane County Clerk CORPORATION 2,810; LAUTERBACH & AMEN, LLP 11,280; LEXIPOL LLC 4,950; M.A.C. CONSTRUCTION INC (Published in the Kane County 24,700; MARINE BIOCHEMISTS INC 20,137; MAXCOR, INC 5,000; MENARDS-BATAVIA 3,463; METRO WEST Chronicle on September 29, (Published in the Elburn COG 4,240; METROPOLITAN INDUSTRIES INC 11,375; MONITOR TECHNOLOGI ES LLC 5,000; MORROW October 6, 13, 2016) 1228745 Herald, on September 22, BROTHERS FORD INC 28,125; MORTON SALT, INC 27,396; NAPA OF ELBURN INC 4,329; NICOR GAS 29, October 6, 2016) 5,054; NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY 3,866; ORLEANS HOMES 14,500; OTTOSEN, BRITZ, KELLY, COOPER, 71,283; PATRICK B PEREZ 15,500; QUILL CORPORATION 7,356; RADCO COMMUNICATIONS INC 1226649 11,193; RAY O'HERRON CO. INC. 6,276; REIMER & KARLSON LLC 5,631; RUSH POWER SYSTEMS,LLC PUBLIC NOTICE 3,390; SCHOLLMEYER LANDSCAPING, INC 26,856; SH&D GENERAL TRUCKING, INC. 8,237; SMITH ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS 6,377; G. SNOW, INC 36,397; SOMONAUK WATER LAB, INC 13,433; STARK & SON Pictures increase ASSUMED NAME TRENCHING INC 232,165; STRANG, INC 25,212; SUBURBAN LABORATORIES, INC 3,432; T2 SYSTEMS attention to your ad! CANADA INC 3,080; THIRD MILLENNIUM INC 4,853; TOM HARTMAN 5,055; TOWN & COUNTRY PUBLIC LIPUBLICATION NOTICE BRARY 4,027; TPI BUILDING CODE CONS-INC 5,877; TRAFFIC CONTROL & INC 8,034; USA BLUE BOOK 5,378; VERIZON WIRELESS 6,516; VIKING CHEMICAL COMPANY 10,143; AMERICAN BANK & TRUST Public Notice is hereby given that 11,846; WASTE MANAGEMENT.INC 5,243; WEILAND EXCAVATING, INC 4,750; WHITTAKER CONSTRUCTION on Thursday, September 15, 2016, & 7,166,087; DAVID L. WRIGHT 22,168; WATER REMEDIATION TECH, LLC 126,948; EXPENSE DISa certificate was filed in the office BURSEMENTS UNDER 2,500.00 110,175; TOTAL: 10,775,512 of the County Clerk of Kane County, PAYROLL EXPENDITURES Illinois, setting forth the names and UNDER 25,000 addresses of all persons owning, ALBANO, NICHOLAS; ALGRIM, GREG M; ANDERSON, DAVID L; ANDERSON, KENNETH; BACARELLA, PAUL; conducting and transacting the BURGHOLZER, TOM; CARLOTTA, CARLO; CRIBARO, DAVID; FERGUSON, ARTHUR; FILEK, SUSAN; FRANGELLA business known as: FINLEY, MICHELLE; GARCIA, HILARIA; GOULD, CHRISTOPHER T; GRABAREK, WILLIAM C; GUALDONI, DAVID J; GUSTAFSON, MARY; HARTEL, JOANNE; KOPECKY, WILLIAM R; KOPIS, DAWN; KRUKOFF, JOHN D; MCQUILKIN, DIANE; METCALF, JEFFREY A; MOLITOR, PAUL; MONDI, CHRISTOPHER; MULVIHILL, CHRISTOVargas Pet Portraits PHER; OVERLEY, WILEY J; PEPICH, BENJAMIN J; PETRICK Ill, EMILION J; RAPP, PATRICIA R; REAM, RANDY; SCHUBERG, PATRICIA J; SCHULZE, STEVEN; SHEEHAN, JACOB; SHEETS, MARLIN; VANBOGAERT, located at: JUDITH; WALTER, JEFFREY; WRIGHT, DAVID L; 1562 McClure Rd, Be sure to include a photo 25,000.00 TO 49.999.99 Aurora, IL 60505 of your pet, home, auto DOMINIK, ANTHONY W; GREGORY, DANIEL; ORD, DAVID; SANCHEZ, JESSE; SHUMWAY, MATT; TICHENOR, or merchandise.

FREDERICK; Dated: 9/15/2016 50,000.00 TO 74.999.99 Call to advertise COOK, JENNA; GWIZDAK, VICTORIA; WENNINGER-KITZ, KATHERINE; /s/ John A. Cunningham 75,000.00 TO 99,999.99 800-589-8237 Kane County Clerk BRENNAN, THOMAS; EDWARDS, ROBERT J; HERRA, JEFFREY A; JANITO, BRYAN C; NEVENHOVEN, JOHN; PAVIA, PETER N; SMITH, STEVEN H; WARTENBE, JOHN D; Or place your ad online 100,000 AND OVER (Published in the Kane County kcchronicle.com/ ELDER, DOUGLAS; SCHLACHTA, RICHARD E; WILLRETT, ERIN; Chronicle on September 22, 29, placeanad TOTAL PAYROLL EXPENDITURES: 1,665,204 October 6, 2016) 1226703

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, September 29, 2016, a certificate was filed in the ASSUMED NAME office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the PUBLICATION NOTICE names and addresses of all persons Public Notice is hereby given that owning, conducting and transacton Monday, September 26, 2016, ing the business known as: a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, VTAG Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, located at: conducting and transacting the 604 Windett Lane business known as: Geneva, IL 60134 The Spa at Salon on State

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) ) ss COUNTY OF KANE ) I, the undersigned, do hereby certify that I am the duly qualified and appointed Clerk of the Village of Elburn, Kane County, Illinois and as such Clerk, DO HEREBY CERTIFY as follows: 1. That I am the Village Clerk of the Village of Elburn and, as such, I am the keeper of the papers, records, entries, and ordinances of said Village, and the corporate seal thereof.

2. That the attached and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the annual Treasurer's account for the fiscal year beginning May 1, 2015, and ending April 30, 2016.

3. That said account was filed with the Village Clerk by the Director of Finance on September 22, 2016.

4. That said account will be published in the October 6, 2016 edition of The Elburn Herald newspaper.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the corporate seal of said Village of Elburn, Kane County, Illinois on the 22 day of September, 2016 /s/Diane McQuilkin Village Clerk (Published in the Elburn Herald on October 6, 2016) 1230004 Having a Birthday, Anniversary, Graduation or Event Coming Up? Share It With Everyone by Placing a HAPPY AD!

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