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The Kane County Chronicle, ElEDITOR’S burn Herald and Sugar Grove Herald NOTEBOOK have a new intern in the newsroom.

Kathy Alexa Baumann, a junior at St. Charles East High School, started in Balcazar March. and looking at colleges. She is thinking She has been busy learning The about going into journalism or law.

Associated Press style, studying the “My end goal is to be able to help inverted pyramid and typing up briefs. somebody and have an impact,” she The work seems to suit Alexa.

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Alexa currently is working on some Got a story idea for Alexa? You can columns and appreciates being able to reach her at abaumann@shawmedia. pick the subject matter herself. com.

She likened her internship experience to the AP language class she Best of the Fox takes, which has made her a better Just a reminder that voting has writer. She hopes the internship will wrapped up in the Kane County do that for her, as well.

Chronicle Best of the Fox Readers’ Alexa also is studying for the ACT Choice Awards contest.

The annual contest gives area residents the opportunity to vote for their favorite local businesses in a variety of categories. The names of the winners will be published in a special section in the paper May 25.

The businesses that receive the most votes in each category will earn the title “Best of the Fox.” In addition, the two runner-up businesses in each category will earn the title “One of the Best.”

Kathy Balcazar is weekly group editor for the Kane County Chronicle, Elburn Herald, Sugar Grove Herald and Suburban Life Media, and is a member of the Northern Illinois Newspaper Association Board. Contact her at kbalcazar@shawmedia.com or 630-845-5368. Learn more about NINA at ninaonline.org.

NEWS BRIEFS Donation drive to take place for Fox Valley Wildlife Center

Wildlife center is looking for wild bird seed, kitten and puppy food (dry kibble), peanuts, laundry detergent (unscented), Trellis Farm and Garden has partnered with Geneva Middle School to run a dona- paper towels, monetary donations and tion drive for the Fox Valley Wildlife Center Trellis Farm and Garden gift cards. To learn more, call Trellis Farm and Garden at in Elburn, a nonprofit organization that 630-584-2024. has been serving the needs of orphaned, injured and sick wildlife from Kane County Rep. Fortner and Sen. Oberweis and surrounding areas since 2001.

Between now and April 23, there will be to host Senior Fair on April 20 a donation box at Trellis Farm and Garden, WEST CHICAGO – State Rep. Mike Fortner, R-West Chicago, will host his 2N492 Kirk Road, St. Charles. Fox Valley

annual Senior Fair with Sen. Jim Oberweis on April 20. The event is free and open to the public. It will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at the American Legion, 123 Main St., West Chicago.

There will be more than 30 vendors, including local businesses, organizations and state agencies, aimed at helping seniors in every aspect of their lives. Registration is not required. For information, contact Fortner’s office at 630-293-9344

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RIGHT: Children play games April 15 during the Egg Hop at the Peg Bond Center in Batavia.

Let’s go to the Hop

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ABOVE: Isabella Paris, 7, has a frog painted on her face during the Egg Hop at the Peg Bond Center in Batavia.

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ABOVE: The Easter Bunny has photos taken with children April 15 during the Egg Hop at the Peg Bond Center in Batavia.

RIGHT: Children grab eggs from a basket during the Egg Hop. Photos by Jeff Krage For Shaw Media

There were many giveaways, including some at the Batavia Animal Clinic booth,, during the Egg Hop on April 15 at the Peg Bond Center in Batavia.

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Broadway stars of ‘Rent’ to appear with Batavia High School musical KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com

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Get to know Page Poris Geneva resident Page Poris, 73, was at a protest at the district office of U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Plano, in Campton Hills when she answered questions for the Kane County Chronicle’s Brenda Schory.

Schory: Where did you grow up?

Poris: Oak Park Schory: Do you have any pets?

Poris: A beagle named Annie Schory: First job?

Poris: In a bakery Schory: As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

Poris: A child psychologist and that is what I became Schory: Favorite charity?

Poris: Lazarus House in St. Charles Schory: Favorite ice cream flavor?

Poris: Chocolate Schory: Favorite local restaurant?

Poris: Bangkok Restaurant in Geneva Schory: What is an interesting factoid about yourself?

Poris: I have two children and seven grandchildren.

BATAVIA – Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, the originators of the roles of Roger and Mark, respectively, from the Broadway production of “Rent,” will make a one-night appearance in conjunction with the Batavia High School production of the musical April 29.

Set in the East Village of New York City, “Rent” won the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

The high school performance will begin at 6 p.m. April 29, followed by a 60-minute show by Pascal and Rapp titled “Acoustically Speaking: 20 Years of Friendship.”

At the conclusion, the cast will join the veteran professionals on stage for a once-in-a-lifetime experience, according to a news release.

“We are glad to be able to present this valuable and pertinent piece of literature; it is one of the most brilliant

News to your phone Sign up for breaking news text and email alerts at KCChronicle.com/subscribe. shows to come from Broadway in the past two decades,” Director Dominic Cattero stated in the release.

“This will be an incredible experience for students to have two of the original Broadway performers take part in this journey with us, and to be able to experience the stage with them is going to be something that most people in their professional life would only dream of.”

In the 45-member BHS cast is Ian Samsami, a senior who has the role of Mark.

“It’s nerve-wracking,” he said of the opportunity to meet and work with Rapp and Pascal. “But I’m so excited to hear their input on what we have been working on, how we have been putting

our own stamp on these characters.

I hope we can put a new spin on it to make it our own. To actually be meeting the person that originated the role is kind of insane. Not many get this kind of an incredible opportunity.”

Sophomore JD Rodriguez will portray Roger.

“It’s going to be a flashback for me, because when I performed on Broadway in 2011-12, I found myself being around people that do what I love and want to do,” Rodriguez said.

“It will be amazing to work with Pascal to compare how I portray this role compared to how he did it both on Broadway and in the movie.”

Tickets to the special performance with Rapp and Pascal cost $30 to $42, and are available online at BataviaFineArtsCentre.org and at the box office by calling 630-937-8930. Tickets for performances at 7:30 p.m. April 27 and 28 and at 2 p.m. April 30 cost $10 to $16.

The Batavia Fine Arts Centre is on the high school campus.

Mayor to appoint Eul as police chief With the council’s concurrence, Schielke and City Administrator Laura Newman decided not to advertise for the position and instead chose to promote from within the depart- Daniel Eul ment.

Schielke and Newman conducted interviews with applicants, and selected Eul for the city’s top law enforcement post.

Eul comes with a wealth of law enforcement and military experience.

He has been a police officer for

more than 20 years, a news release from the city stated, and served 19 years as a commissioned infantry officer in the U.S. armed forces, including duty in Iraq.

Eul, of Batavia, has an undergraduate degree in criminal justice management from Aurora University, and a master’s degree in public safety administration from Lewis University.

The Batavia Police Department has about 40 sworn officers.

Eul’s appointment is expected to produce a chain of further promotions within the department.

Spouses, companions and/or caregivers are expected to participate with them.

Each meeting provides time for social BATAVIA – The next Memory Cafe Fox interaction, information sharing and Valley gathering will take place from activities. For information, call Barbara at 10 to 11:30 a.m. April 26 at the Batavia Public Library, 10 S. Batavia Ave., Batavia. 630-643-2263.

Newcomers are always welcome. Memory Cafe is for individuals with memory is- AID to organize Color Burst 5K sues, such as mild cognitive impairment, Fun Run & Roll on June 4 mild dementia, or early stage Alzheimer’s AURORA – The Association for Individual Development – or AID – will disease. People with these challenges host the second annual Color Burst 5K often lose social contacts, but they still Fun Run & Roll on June 4. The 5K will want to interact with others and enjoy start and end at the AID Aurora main their company, stated a news release.

campus, 309 New Indian Trail Court, Aurora. Same-day registration begins at 7:30 a.m., with the race officially beginning at 8:45 a.m. Runners, walkers and wheelchair riders will be “blasted with colors” during the event, stated a news release. Before, during and after the race, participants will enjoy food, beverages and a live DJ. To register for the 5K, visit www.The-Association.org.

All event proceeds will benefit individuals participating in AID programs and services.

By MARK FOSTER editorial@kcchronicle.com BATAVIA – Mayor Jeff Schielke will appoint Deputy Chief of Operations Daniel Eul to be the new chief of police at the Batavia City Council meeting May 1.

City aldermen are expected to confirm Schielke’s appointment of Eul, who is the head of the police department’s operations division.

Eul will replace Chief Gary Schira, who has been leading the Batavia Police Department for the past 11 years. Schira’s last day on the job will be May 3.

NEWS BRIEFS Memory Cafe Fox Valley to hold next gathering April 26

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By MARK FOSTER editorial@kcchronicle.com BATAVIA – As far as the Batavia City Council is concerned, the size of the massive One Washington Place downtown redevelopment project has been settled.

City aldermen already have approved 186 apartments, a 350-space parking garage and more than 14,000 square feet of retail space.

The building will rise four stories on the North Washington Avenue side.

At the west end of the sloping property, the building will stand six stories tall over North River Street.

But the Batavia Plan Commission has more than once voted against the project, most recently during what is termed the design review phase of the planning process, which is supposed to deal with the appearance of the building. Members of the Plan Commission contend the building is too big and too tall.

Aldermen want plan commissioners to make one more attempt to work with Geneva-based Shodeen Construction President Dave Patzelt to iron out the details at a meeting scheduled for May 3.

However, during a marathon committee meeting last week, aldermen

made clear that the size and height of the building have been established.

Plan Commission Chairman Tom LaLonde told aldermen that the building is too big, and that Patzelt has not been cooperative.

“There was no indication of the developer wanting to work with us,” LaLonde said. “It’s just so out of scale with everything around it … We were looking for some compromise and we just weren’t getting it.”

Yet LaLonde expressed willingness to meet again with Patzelt. “Send it back, and we’ll give it some very serious consideration,” LaLonde said.

Patzelt also spoke before aldermen, and said he had compromised on many issues, including the design of the roofline, building materials and color, as well as adapting a suggestion to carve out a niche in the building at the corner of River and State streets, in order to create a pedestrian plaza and reduce the looming presence of the building.

Plan commissioners have suggested that the council undercut their efforts and their negotiating position with Shodeen by approving the redevelopment agreement before they had completed their own deliberations.

“We felt like we were behind the eight ball to begin with,” Plan Commission member Joan Joseph told the council.

“There was no indication of the developer wanting to work with us. It’s just so out of scale with everything around it … We were looking for some compromise and we just weren’t getting it.”

Tom LaLonde Batavia Plan Commission chairman

Like at many previous council and Plan Commission meetings, a parade of residents spoke out, most against the project.

Aldermen repeatedly pointed out that it was they who had asked Patzelt to increase the number of parking spaces from the original proposal, and had accepted that from an economic standpoint, it would mean more apartments, and a larger, taller building.

Seventh Ward Alderman Drew McFadden expressed doubts that the planners and Patzelt would be able to work out their differences.

“Given what we’ve heard, it seems sending it back will just lead to more head-butting and wasted time, McFadden said. “That well has been poi-

soned with this particular project.”

Ultimately, the council, including McFadden, voted to send the design review back to the Plan Commission.

At the same committee meeting, aldermen approved the plat of survey for the development, combining several properties, all with buildings to be demolished, into a single legal entity.

These include the long-vacant Baptist church building and adjoining parking lot, an insurance office, dentist’s office, the ServiceMaster building and the city parking deck.

The full council was expected to approve the document at its April 17 meeting.

The cleared, unified property is expected to be handed over to Shodeen as early as June.

At the committee meeting, City Administrator Laura Newman said excavation on the project could start as early as August or September.

But after the meeting, an obviously exasperated Patzelt said this is no longer possible, blaming the delay on the design review process.

With aldermen leaving no doubt that the footprint and height of the building will not be altered, it was not clear why the design details would affect the start of excavation.

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A rendering shows the One Washington Place downtown redevelopment project in Batavia from the corner of Wilson Street and Route 25.

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Man dies in motorcycle crash, passenger hurt KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com BATAVIA – Joseph G. Graves, 31, of Batavia, died in a motorcycle crash April 15 off Kirk Road that left his female passenger critically injured, according to a Batavia Police Department report.

About 5:25 p.m., an officer in a marked Batavia police squad activated the emergency lighting on the car and tried to make a traffic stop on Wind Energy Pass at Kirk Road after catching up to the motorcycle he had seen traveling south on Kirk Road at about 80 mph in a 45 mph zone, Detec-

tive Sgt. Shawn Mazza said. The officer had been waiting to turn onto Kirk Road when the motorcycle – driven

by Graves – passed him at high speed, Mazza said.

After the officer activated the emergency lighting, the motorcycle turned onto westbound Wind Energy Pass and appeared to slow, leading the officer to believe he was coming to a stop, Mazza said. Then the motorcycle accelerated to a high rate of speed and failed to stop at the four-way stop sign at Wind Energy Pass and Wagner Road, Mazza said.

The motorcycle continued west to the 1200 block of Wind Energy Pass, a little more than a block from Kirk

Road, where it struck the rear driver’s side of a Chevrolet Suburban backing from the street into a private driveway, ejecting the motorcycle driver and passenger, the report stated. The driver of the Chevy Suburban was not injured, Mazza said, who also noted that both the driver and passenger on the motorcycle were wearing helmets.

Graves, of the 300 block of South Jackson Street, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the report, which stated the passenger was airlifted by helicopter to Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, where she remained in critical condition the afternoon of April 17.

Because of the involvement of a Batavia Police Department officer, the Kane County Sheriff’s Department, with the assistance of the Kane County Accident Reconstruction Team, is investigating the incident, according to the report.

“There is no indication that the officer violated any policies, and, as of this point in the investigation, the officer is not being disciplined for his actions,” Mazza said.

An autopsy was performed on April 17, with the preliminary cause of death being multiple injuries due to a motor vehicle crash, according to the Kane County Coroner’s Office.

A Step Above Dance Academy relocates in Batavia

By RENEE TOMELL rtomell@shawmedia.com BATAVIA – A Step Above Dance Academy moved into spacious new quarters in Batavia last month.

After almost six years at the corner of Wilson and North River streets above El Taco Grande in Batavia, Shannon Holst relocated her academy to 129 Flinn St., almost doubling the space to 6,200 square feet. She said it took several months to build out the site to her specifications, which includes four large studios, offices and storage.

“Because this was a warehouse space, the floors were rough concrete,” Holst said, noting the new flooring

measures 4,100 square feet. “We had all the floors professionally leveled, and we installed a sprung dance floor.”

It involved layering plywood and foam, all topped with a Mar- Shannon ley-style, rubberized Holst surface that is protective of performers.

“It helps with traction, and is not slippery and not sticky – a good in-between surface for dancers,” Holst said.

She and her staff teach students ages 2 to 18, offering classes at all levels from preschool dance to advanced training in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop and contem-

porary. Her competition dancers ages 4 to 18 are headed to nationals in July.

“They are amazing,” she said. “We hold auditions for that in June. The last several years, they have come home with several national titles. They are eager to get back on the national floor and bring some back.”

The academy also fields an outreach troupe of girls who perform at community and sporting events.

A summer recital will begin at 5:30 p.m. June 3, at West Aurora High School, showcasing all ages and the varied styles of dance taught at the academy. Tickets for event are sold at the door.

“It’s a great show,” said Holst, an award-winning choreographer.

She came up with the name of her academy in a college class business plan she created while she was a junior, and it has stuck.

Holst also offers private yoga lessons, and for youth entering the world of gymnastics and figure skating competition, helps them elevate their artistry with polishing touches.

“I come from a gymnastics and dance background,” she said. “From the time I was 3 to 17, I was competing in both dance and gymnastics. I was a busy kid. I didn’t want to give either up until it was time to go to college. I chose dance … It led me to this path.”

The academy is south of Wilson Street near the west bank of the Fox River.

Woman receives business award Batavia man convicted of hurting teen KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com BATAVIA – Parksite in Batavia announced that Elizabeth Wheeler received the 2017 Illinois ESOP Employee of the Year award. ESOP stands for employee stock ownership plan.

Every year, the Illinois Chapter of the ESOP Association selects an Employee Owner of the Year.

“The award is meant to acknowledge the individual who exemplifies the ownership culture so dear to ESOPs; it’s great to see Elizabeth recognized for her tireless efforts, both inside and outside of Parksite, to promote and demonstrate what it means to be an employee-owner,” Parksite CEO Ron Heitzman stated in a news release.

Wheeler, a Winfield resident, is based at Parksite’s Batavia location.

“I am very honored to receive this prestigious award, and thank both the Illinois ESOP Association and my co-owners at Parksite for recognizing

“I’ve been privileged with considerable opportunities to make contributions in the company we own, and it has been profoundly rewarding both professionally and personally.”

Elizabeth Wheeler Illinois Employee Owner of the Year

my belief and pride in our employee-owned culture,” she stated in the release. “I’ve been privileged with considerable opportunities to make contributions in the company we own, and it has been profoundly rewarding both professionally and personally.”

Parksite, founded in 1971, is 100 percent employee-owned. Nationally, Parksite has 10 locations and more than 400 employee owners.

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com ST. CHARLES – A Batavia man faces a possible prison sentence for pushing a 13-year-old to the ground outside the Batavia Public Library and causing a pelvic fracture, according to a news release from the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office.

Kane County Associate Judge Linda Abrahamson convicted Russell R. Jenkins, 38, of the 1300 block of East Wilson Street, on April 11 of aggravated battery with great bodily harm Russell and aggravated battery R. Jenkins in a public place; each is a Class 3 felony, the release stated, noting Jenkins waived his right to a jury trial.

Kane County prosecutors presented evidence that about 6:45 p.m. July 6, 2016, Jenkins and the victim were

among a group of five in a patio area just outside the Batavia Public Library, 10 S. Batavia Ave., according to the release. Russell, having become angry at the victim, shoved the victim to the ground, the release stated, noting their respective weights were 230 and 70 pounds. The victim, who suffered a fractured pelvis and multiple scratches, continues to recover from the injuries, according to the release.

Abrahamson set Jenkins’ next court appearance for 1:30 p.m. June 8, for motions and sentencing, according to the release, which stated Jenkins faces a sentence of probation or between two and 10 years of imprisonment. The April 12 release noted Jenkins remained in the Kane County Jail, where he has been held since his arrest in lieu of $50,000 bail, and that bond was revoked upon conviction.

The case was prosecuted by Kane County Assistant State’s Attorneys Mark Stajdohar and Lori Anderson, according to the release.

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Film shooting complete in St. Charles Young producer wants Batavia as next location

By RENEE TOMELL rtomell@shawmedia.com BATAVIA – A young filmmaker has been scouting locations in Batavia for his next short film, a companion piece to “The Lazarus Bridge,” which he recently finished shooting in St. Charles, Bloomingdale and Chicago.

“It’s my second film outside film school,” said James Albright of Roselle, writer and producer. “It’s the first one I’m trying to submit to film festivals. I’m hoping that this project will enable me and the people I’ve worked with to get our names out, so people can see what we can do.”

He said “The Lazarus Bridge” is a dramatic piece about a young woman and the client who comes into her office. Divulging more specifics about the plot would spoil the twists of the 15-minute movie, which is expected to have post-production completed this spring.

Since starting the project last fall in St. Charles, the crew filmed in areas including the footbridge near the police sta-

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Filming “The Lazarus Bridge” at a St. Charles Township cemetery are lead actors Matthew Hallstein (from left) and Meghan Bordeaux, Director Crystal Contreras and Cinematographer Ivan Rodriguez. tion and at a township cemetery.

“I love the downtown area,” Albright said of St. Charles. “It’s a beautiful area. The officials have been very kind and flexible about allowing us to film there. That’s always a plus.”

The short film’s director is Crystal Contreras of Chicago, and the lead actors in the

four-person cast are Meghan Bordeaux and Matthew Hallstein. Also appearing are Isaiah Grass and Journie Kalous.

Albright said “The Lazarus Bridge” is part of larger narrative.

“It’s a two-part story,” he said. “I’m hoping to begin work on the second one in the

He graduated from Judson summer. I’m hoping to film in Batavia. I just love the area University in Elgin, followed around the river … Wilson by film school at the UniversiStreet. That area is gorgeous. ty of Miami in Florida, where [And] the drive down Route 25 he earned a master’s degree in to Wilson. The town, in partic- screenwriting. ular, appeals to me.”

To learn more about AlThe second part also will be bright’s production compaa drama, but Albright said it ny, DWP, visit facebook.com/ dancingwombatproductions. will be lighter in character.

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Batavia preschool has ribbon cutting The Batavia Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Enlightened and Empowered Preschool.

Mayor Jeff Schielke and preschool Director Maureen Collins cut the ribbon.

Enlightened and Empowered Preschool is an intergenerational preschool program for ages 1 to 6 and is located within Bethany Lutheran Church, 8 S. Lincoln St. in Batavia. To learn more at http://enlightened-empowered-kids.org.

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Aurora Luncheon to discuss Trump presidency

AURORA – The Aurora Regional Chamber of Commerce is hosting “A Report Card: The First 100 Days of Trump Administration” luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. May 3 at Belle Salle Banquets, 1920 E. New York St., Aurora. The featured speaker is Ben Taylor, executive director of the Great Lakes Regional Office of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Likely topics include health care, tax reform and regulatory reform.

Registration for members and the general public is $35 online by visiting http://tinyurl.com/areport-card.

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... with the St. Charles History Museum Wouldn’t you want to pay 25 cents to get into a sporting event today?

This poster promoted the game between the Fighting Irish and the Boosters for the city championship during World War II. The St. Charles History Museum is kicking off the summer with two temporary exhibitions: “Game Changers: Sports in St. Charles” and a tribute to veterans of World War I, which will open in May. “Game Changers: Sports in St. Charles” features articles, videos and artifacts relating to the popular and unusual sports that makes up the St. Charles community.

The World War I exhibit will feature uniforms and stories from St. Charles residents who served in the war.

Learn more at www.stcmuseum.org.

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BATAVIA – The search is on for a photo of Charles Johnson of Batavia.

His name is listed among the missing photos of servicemen and women from the war in Vietnam.

The picture would be placed in the Wall of Faces, which can be viewed online at vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces and is coordinated by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.

A statewide effort is underway to find missing photos of more than 500 Illinoisans who died in action or went missing in action in Vietnam.

Assisting in the photo recovery effort is the Illinois Press Association and its members newspapers.

Anyone who can provide a missing image or knows someone who could is asked to email the Kane County Chronicle at editorial@kcchronicle. com.

To see all the names in the statewide photo project, visit illinoispress.org/Foundation/WallofFaces. aspx.

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By Sandy Bressner, photo editor at the Kane County Chronicle

Tractors and animals are what most people think about when they think about farms. That’s what I mostly saw when I photographed the recent TouchA-Tractor event hosted by the Kane County Farm Bureau.

Tractors, a calf and combines were all on display for kids and adults, who maybe aren’t around farms all that much.

But my interest was piqued when I saw a tire swing out of the corner of my eye. It was so great to see kids enjoy the sunshine and outdoors as they escaped for a small moment and swung on the tree.

Pictured: Johnny Ruzyc, 5, of Bartlett, rides a tire swing during the Kane County Farm Bureau’s 12th annual Touch-A-Tractor event in St. Charles.

Sandy Bressner, follow me on Instagram @kcchronicle and Twitter @sbressnerKCC

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By Denise Freese Spring is peak season for popular vegetables like asparagus, spinach, and artichokes. This time of year offers the height of flavor, so be sure to try them while they’re at their best!

To prepare asparagus, choose a bunch with tightly closed tips and firm, bright green stalks.

Asparagus can be sauteed, grilled, oven-roasted, or steamed. Try adding it to vegetable linguine alfredo or a cold pasta salad, or wrap in bacon and roast at 400 degrees for 15 minutes for a party appetizer. For use as a side dish, mix 1 tbsp sesame oil, 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 clove minced garlic, and 2 tsp brown sugar in a bowl.

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with spring greens, and can be added to lasagna and other pasta dishes. It can also be used in place of lettuce in a BLT. For a side dish, saute 2 cloves minced garlic and 1/2 cup diced onion in 2 tbsp butter until soft, then add 2 pkgs spinach. Cover pan and steam for 5-6 minutes until spinach is wilted. Toss with bacon bits, then serve.

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After leaves are removed, cut into the center to enjoy the heart of the artichoke.

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SERVICE CALENDAR ASSEMBLIES OF GOD

Road, Geneva. 7 and 8 a.m. Monday through Friday; 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Saturday; 7, 9 and 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday.

School Mass at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday during school year. Call church for holy day and holiday Mass times. Confessions: 7:30 a.m. Monday through Friday; 8:30 a.m. and 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. Saturday. 630232-0124.

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 community.

630-879-3444, 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.

BAPTIST 630-584-2199, bethlehemluth.org.

First Baptist Church of Geneva: East campus: Full-day child care/half-day preschool: 2300 South St. 5 p.m. Saturday; 9:15 a.m. Sun- COVENANT 630-584-6027. day: Traditional and Worship Cafe; 10:45 a.m. Batavia Covenant Church and Preschool: Immanuel Lutheran Church and School 1314 W. Main St., Batavia.

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SunWord & Table. West campus: 3435 Keslinger (Missouri Synod): 950 Hart Road, day coffee at Fellowship Hall, lower level; Road, 9:15 and 10:45 a.m. Sunday contempoBatavia. Traditional worship: 5:30 p.m.

10 a.m. Sunday. 630-879-3721, batabiacov. rary service; 630-232-7068, fbcg.com. Hand in Saturday; 8 and 9:30 a.m. Sunday; Concom. Preschool: 630-879-3795.

Hand Christian Preschool, 630-208-4903. temporary worship: 10:45 a.m. Sunday.

9:30 a.m. Sunday education hour. Day LUTHERAN school serves preschoolers through CATHOLIC Bethany Lutheran Church: 8 S. Lincoln St., eighth-graders. 630-406-0157, ilsbataSt. Peter Catholic Church: 1891 Kaneville Sanctuary Assembly of God: 1S430 Wenmoth Road. 9 a.m. Sunday worship and prayer; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school for all ages; 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship service; and 7 p.m. Wednesdays Bible study for all ages.

630-879-0785, sanctuaryag.com.

Get in service calendar To include your place of worship, call 877-264-2527. via.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, 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. 630-5848638, stmarkschurch.church. Preschool for ages 2 through pre-K: 630-584-4850.

NEWS BRIEFS Charles. To sign up, visit the “Register County Bar Foundation accepting scholarship-information. In years past, the Illinois Extension and the Conservation applications for law scholarships foundation has given at least two $1,500 Foundation for an upcoming free program Online” section at go.illinois.edu/extenST. CHARLES – The Kane County Bar Foundation is taking applications for Kane County law student scholarships until April 28. To qualify, applicants must have a permanent address (or a parent/guardian with a permanent address) in Kane County. Applications are at kanecountybar.org/

scholarships annually. To learn more, call Kane County Bar Foundation Executive Director Jan Wade at 630-762-1915.

Free program on pollinators set to take place May 22

ST. CHARLES – Join the University of

to get the buzz on pollinators.

Trish Beckjord of the Conservation Foundation and Midwest Groundcovers will present “What’s the Buzz? Promoting and Protecting Pollinators” at 6:30 p.m. May 22 at the University of Illinois Extension office, 535 S. Randall Road, St.

siondkk. Program is free, but registration is required. Space is limited If a person needs a reasonable accommodation to participate, contact the Extension office at 630-553-5823 at least two weeks prior to the program.

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Photo provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

The eastern kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus, gets its scientific name from its approach to territory defense, which typically is tyrannical. other. But in actuality, though their large pincers are fearsome, they mostly are used for digging and foraging, not pinching.

This species is one of three types of burrowing crayfish that can be

found in our area. The genus name, Cambarus, comes from the New Latin alteration of cammarus, which means sea crab or lobster. The second, or species, name, meanwhile, comes directly from Greece. Diogenes was a Greek

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 potto@stcparks.org. Feedback on this column can be sent to editorial@kcchronicle.com.

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I’ve been in a literature sort of mood recently, and have come to realize that, golly, when Juliet asked the question, “What’s in a name?” she sure opened up a can of worms.

If I had to guess what kind of worms, I’d go with Lumbricus terrestris, an animal we know as the Canadian nightcrawler, but actually is European in origin and also goes under the names common earthworm, lobworm and dew worm, depending on which continent is doing the name.

But I digress. The point is, Juliet may have tried to trivialize, “What’s in a name?” But as she soon learned, and we all have come to know, names actually are pretty important – especially when it’s time to identify a species.

Taxonomists, those scientists who group plants and animals by characteristics and then apply an appropriate scientific name, are perhaps the supreme namers, if such a title exists. And even though the thought of adding Latin or Greek words to our modern American vocabulary might sound at best boring, and at worst, completely intimidating, it’s actually a great way to get to know some of our local flora and fauna.

(Oops, see? We started already.

Flora comes from the Latin word for plant. And fauna comes directly from Fauna, a sister/wife/daughter, depending on source, of Faunus, the Roman god of forests and fields.)

At any rate, scientific names can at first seem at little overwhelming.

But if you break them down into their parts, they become absolutely fascinating. Some of my personal favorites are Mephitis mephitis, which is Latin for Stinky stinky and denotes the striped skunk; Tyrannus tyrannus, the eastern kingbird, a natty looking flycatcher that gets a bit tyrannical during territory defense; and Vulpes vulpes, which doubles up on the Latin word for fox and is the scientific name for our locally common red fox.

(These pairings of identical names, by the way, have a name of their own.

They’re known at tautonyms and, interestingly, are “allowed” in the naming of animals, but not plants.)

Oftentimes, an organism’s scientific name gives clues to the plant or animal’s appearance and/or life cycle.

Cambarus diogenes, for example, is a local species that also goes by the common name of devil crayfish. Now, that moniker might lead you to believe that these guys are evil in some manner or

philosopher who lived in a tub.

Well guess what? C. diogenes digs down to the water table and creates a tub-like chamber, where it no doubt sits and philosophizes deep, crayfish-y thoughts. Betcha won’t ever look at crayfish the same way again, huh?

Let’s take a look at another example. Lampropeltis triangulum is the name for the milksnake, of which there are 24 subspecies. Our local representative is L. t. triangulum, the eastern milksnake. While the common name lets us know that the subspecies lives in the east, the scientific name tells us that the snake has smooth, shiny scales (Lampro = shiny, peltis = shield) and a three-pointed marking on its head (tri = three, angulum = angle or corner).

Yet animals don’t have an exclusive on fun names. Plants have their share, too. Buttercups, for example, belong to the genus Ranunculus, which means little frog. The plants often are found near wet areas just like, you guessed it, little frogs.

Even though it’s a pernicious invasive, the scientific name of common buckthorn has some interesting etymology as well. Rhamnus comes from the Greek and refers to the shrub’s false, but nonetheless painful spines, while cathartica refers to the, shall we say, cleansing action of the plant’s berries.

Buckthorn berries are mildly toxic and produce a purgative effect on the digestive tracts of any animal that eats them – a consequence that has no doubt contributed to the plant’s pervasiveness. Birds readily feed on these fruits in late summer and fall.

Soon after being eaten, the four seeds contained in each berry make a rapid exit, typically landing on soil where they will then soon germinate and eventually produce yet another buckthorn thicket.

We could go on and on looking and laughing at the fun taxonomists have had naming the 8.7 million or so species that inhabit our great planet.

But that would take a lot of time, and a lot of space, either cyber or on paper.

What I’d like to do instead is continue this train of thought next week, and explore some of the odd turns taxonomists have taken in their quest to provide accurate scientific names. Hope you’ll join me, dear Homo (which means man) sapiens (Latin for wise).

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EmotiPlush story to air April 21 on ABC’s ‘The Toy Box’

BATAVIA – When Padmini Sriman pitched the premise of her EmotiPlush line of dolls to the Fox Valley Entrepreneurship Center of Batavia, the team couldn’t resist the story behind them. She will have a chance to retell it on television April 21, when the next prime-time episode of ABC’s “The Toy Box” airs at 7 p.m.

To help her autistic son, the Naperville mom and former electrical engineer, created dolls whose faces can be manipulated to express the gamut of human expressions and emotions, something her child struggled to recognize.

She approached the center in late 2015 for their mentoring assistance for her fledgling business.

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with her story. … She’s creating foundational emotional and social skills that will transcend her child’s life.”

Sriman praised the center’s work.

“The accelerator program really was just that,” she said. “It’s really accelerating your business, looking at all the different aspects … it’s a crash course in bringing your business up to the next level. They gave a lot of valuable input and feedback that I would not have gotten otherwise.”

And while she can’t divulge what happened at the taping of Friday’s episode of “The Toy Box,” she called the experience of being on television nerve-wracking but an exciting opportunity.

“I think, hopefully, it will help put the spotlight on EmotiPlush, as well as the special needs population that I cater to,” Sriman said. “I think my message is what caught their attention. I think I [have] one of the very few products that was catering to the special needs children with developmental disabilities.”

On the show, hosted by “Modern Family” star Eric Stonestreet, toy inventors pitch a team of children in hopes of attaining a deal with Mattel for its toy line.

“I think, hopefully, it will help put the spotlight on EmotiPlush, as well as the special needs population that I cater to.”

Padmini Sriman EmotiPlush creator

Sriman developed the dolls after she left her career to work with her son at home.

“He’s a very sweet boy,” she said.

“You learn a lot of things from having a special needs child. The benefit is mutual.”

To find out more about her doll line, visit emotiplush.com, and for details on the Fox Valley Entrepreneurship Center, go to fvec.org. For more on “The Toy Box,” visit abc.go.com/ shows/the-toy-box.

For other young businesses looking for a leg up, the nonprofit center describes itself as a virtual collaboration of expert advisors and mentors who surround qualified entrepreneurs with the resources they need to achieve growth.

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“Every quarter, we hold a pitch night for two to three businesses [for] a 90-day accelerator,” Algrim said. “They get a very extensive, devoted consultant that digs into the company Padmini for 90 days and finds Sriman the best way to get from point A to point B. … She was asking for marketing support. She had a great product, but didn’t quite know how to go to market with it.”

He said the center engages trusted consultants who know how to execute.

They work alongside the entrepreneurs, who commit to spending 10 to 15 hours a week working on the development of their enterprise and in sessions with the consultant.

“We usually take 10 or 12 businesses per year,” Algrim said. “Generally, we don’t do start-ups … [and] look for between $100,000 and $1 million of annual revenue.”

He said that once a year, the center will accept a start-up.

“That was kind of the case with EmotiPlush,” he said. “We saw such a great social purpose there to help kids with autism – a mission. We fell in love

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Fifty years ago, Jean Divine of Aurora became Waubonsee Community College’s first employee.

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our first employee, Jean Divine. Mrs. Divine and Mr. Von Ohlen remain in the area and have both attended college events earlier this year. Dr. Nelson’s career took him out of state. However, he has also contacted us this year to offer his congratulations.”

Divine knew she was going to be a part of something big. She also knew it would be a challenge.

She previously had worked in the East Aurora Public School District and was a divorcee with three young children.

“Fortunately my mom lived with me and helped out a lot with the kids,” she said. “It was a busy time because everything was so new to so many people. So we had to work a lot, and there were some long days and nights. It was

quite the experience though. I wouldn’t change it for anything.”

As for favorite memories, Divine has so many that she doesn’t know where to begin her storytelling.

“My favorite parts? I don’t know.

There were so many, and I am just honored to be a part of all this,” she said.

“Working with the board and president and being busy all the time meant a lot of socializing and getting to know people. I liked that. That was a great experience.”

Divine even took to studying herself, occasionally taking a course when she could fit it into her busy schedule.

When the college opened, 75 percent of its students were part time, so technically Divine was one of them.

All three of her children also even-

tually took classes.

“I was busy, but I still was able to take some classes,” she said. “I enjoyed it.”

When Waubonsee first opened, The Doors had just released their self-titled debut album. Now, you don’t even have to open your front door to take a class.

The college offers close to 200 online courses and delivers fully accredited associate degrees and certificates to students in an online format.

It’s difficult to comprehend the impact the college has had on so many in 50 years.

“I’d definitely say we’ve come a long way from where we first started,” Divine said. “But it was worth every minute I spent there. I really enjoyed everything about it.”

Waubonsee’s 50 Hours of Caring a way to give back to communities

By VIOLET MARQUARDT editorial@kcchronicle.com In an effort to celebrate its 50th anniversary, Waubonsee Community College launched its 50 Hours of Caring initiative.

The initiative, which started on Aug. 1, 2016, allows the community college to give back to its supporting communities.

“This is an initiative that allows every faculty member, administrator and student to give back to the communities that give so much to us [at Waubonsee],” said Mary Tosch, Stu-

dent Life manager.

The goal of the initiative is for Waubonsee members to donate 50 hours of their time to volunteer sites within the community. Each participant has until May 1 to complete the number of hours.

“Participants can even join teams to help them spread out the hours, depending on your schedule,” Tosch said.

“I’m on a team myself with some other faculty members, and it’s a lot of fun.”

Waubonsee has listed more than 160 volunteer sites for participants to choose from; however, participants may volunteer wherever they see fit.

Some sites, such as Mission Possible,

a Christian health care organization, and Boy Scouts of America, have more than 150 hours logged by Waubonsee students.

“We’re doing it on an honor system, so students just log whatever hours they have completed,” Tosch said. “A lot are doing it to give back, but a lot of them have also volunteered at these places before, so it’s just a continuation for them.”

After all hours are submitted on May 1, the college will host a celebration of its anniversary on May 4. Although the exact details of the event are not official, Tosch said there are

some plans to recognize those who have completed their service hours.

“I think those who participate will get a certificate of participation just recognizing their efforts,” Tosch said.

“I look forward to announcing the total number of hours that Waubonsee has been able to do on the fourth of May.” Having been in the community for five decades, Waubonsee Community College felt it necessary to give back to the communities that have helped the college prosper over the years. The 50 Hours Caring Initiative has allowed students, faculty, administrators and more a way to give back.

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Jean Divine is taking it easy these days.

The 96-year-old Aurora resident might not be as active as she used to be, but there was a time when she was part of one of the most exciting things to come to Sugar Grove.

Divine was the first employee hired at Waubonsee Community College. She served as administrative assistant to the president of the college from 1966 through 1986.

“I’ve got a lot of memories from that time, and most of them are good ones,” she said. “You can’t imagine the feeling of being part of what was a piece of dirt that grew into a mansion. It’s remarkable.”

When the college first opened its doors, it became home to 1,603 students. Today, it’s serving more than 12,000 students each semester.

Its official 50-year anniversary is Sept. 11, as classes originally began on that date in 1967.

Two days later, Divine will celebrate her 97th birthday.

“It took a lot of hard work to get things going, and a lot of people worked together,” she said. “It seems like just yesterday. It’s wonderful to have been a part of something like this, and people were good to me and we had some marvelous students.”

Dr. Christine J. Sobek, who is the president of the college, is extremely pleased that former employees such as Divine are still around to celebrate 50 years.

“We are thrilled that several key individuals are still with us to witness firsthand the results of their work,” she said. “Our founding board of trustees chair, Dale Von Ohlen, our founding president, Dr. James Nelson, and

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Woman pleads guilty in Canadian murder plot The hearing and sentencing will be held at the Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax, Hansen said.

Souvannarath has been in custody since her arrest and will re- Lindsay main so through the Kantha s e n t e n c i n g h e a r i n g , Souvannarath Hansen said.

Unlike in the United States where there are different levels of felony and misdemeanor crimes, Canada has only two, a summary offense – comparable to a misdemeanor – and an indictable offense, Hansen said.

“Conspiracy to commit murder

is an indictable offense, and there is only one level,” Hansen said.

The sentencing hearing does not involve a jury, but the Crown prosecutors will present a sentencing recommendation. Souvannarath’s defense will come up with its recommendation, and the judge will decide, Hansen said.

While there are sentencing guidelines for the crime of conspiracy to commit murder, Hansen said, other factors will come into consideration, such as the accused’s willingness to accept responsibility and the facts of the case.

Souvannarath and Randall Steven Shepherd, 22, of Halifax, Nova Scotia,

both had faced charges of conspiracy to commit arson, conspiracy to use weapons for a dangerous purpose, and unlawfully conveying threats through social media, officials said.

Shepherd pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy to commit murder and was sentenced to a decade in jail, officials said.

A Crime Stoppers tip that originated in Canada suggested that Shepherd and Souvannarath had access to firearms and they intended to go to a public venue – the Halifax Shopping Centre in Canada – with the goal of opening fire to kill citizens before killing themselves, according to police reports.

shoes, realizing later that the shoes were fake and the seller’s account was deleted from Craigslist.

• A saw, grinder and recharger valued at $400 were reported stolen April 4 from a vehicle parked in the parking lot of Brittany Court.

ST. CHARLES • A mailbox in the 900 block of Har• Kenady J. Dean, 21, of the 1100 block of Lexington Lane, Batavia, was charged bortown Court was reported damaged April 10 with driving under the influence, March 29.

• Freddy A. Flores, 20, of the 900 block driving with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08 percent, improper lane of Gary’s Mill Road, West Chicago, was charged March 24 with possession of an use, and failure to report damage to an electronic sale with marijuana residue. unattended vehicle.

• Anton Medina-Viveros, 42, of the 1300 In the same incident, Nicolle Del Rosario, 25, of the 7600 block of Manchester block of West Main Street, St. Charles, Manor, Hanover Park, was charged with was charged April 11 with obstruction possession of drug paraphernalia. and possession of drug paraphernalia.

• Windows of an unknown value were • Wayne A. Randazzo, 62, of the 7100 reported broken March 27 at the First block of North Oakley Avenue, Chicago, Congregational Church, 327 Hamilton St. was charged April 6 with one count of • Four windows of an unknown value domestic battery. were reported broken March 28 at a • Peter C. Audet, 20, of the 1200 house in the 2100 block of Sheffield Lane. block of Walnut Street, St. Charles, was charged April 5 with obstructing and resisting arrest, criminal trespass to land, BATAVIA and battery.

• Nicholas J. Diehl, 19, of the 700 block • Timothy C. Audet, 22, of the 200 block of Morton Street, Batavia, was charged of North 15th Street, St. Charles, was April 6 with possession of more than charged April 5 with interfering with re30 grams but less than 100 grams of porting of domestic battery, obstruction marijuana and with possession of drug and resisting arrest, and endangering the paraphernalia in the 900 block of South life of a child.

Raddant Road, Batavia. In the same incident, police also reported ticketing Brian GENEVA M. Crawl, 19, of the 700 block of McKee • A resident reported a $500 loss to a Street, Batavia, for possession of less scam March 28 in which he bought an than 10 grams of marijuana by a minor. expensive pair of shoes from someone • Christopher P. Ramont, 39, of the 700 through Craigslist. He met the seller at block of Illinois Avenue, St. Charles, was Geneva Commons and gave him cash in charged April 8 with domestic battery an envelope for a pair of Adidas Yeezy and interference with reporting domes-

tic violence in the 1000 block of Lorlyn Circle, Batavia.

• Eggs were thrown at a vehicle in the parking lot of a business in the 800 block of North Randall Road, Batavia, according to an April 8 report of criminal damage to property.

• Diana A. Hawkins, 21, of the 8700 block of South 87th Terrace, Justice, was ticketed April 8 for possession of 10 grams or less of marijuana in the 1000 block of East Wilson Street, Batavia.

• Jazzlyn E. Smith, 21, of the 400 block of Hoover Drive, Carpentersville, was charged April 8 with illegal transportation of alcohol and was ticketed for possession of drug paraphernalia in the 900 block of South Kirk Road, Batavia.

• Timothy M. Dietrich, 42, of the 100 block of East Wilson Street, Batavia, was charged April 11 with driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with a blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08 percent, and driving with expired registration in the zero to 99 block of South Water Street, Batavia.

• Stephanie Olalde, 23, of the 600 block of Seneca Drive, Aurora, was ticketed April 11 for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, and charged with speeding and driving without a valid license in the 500 block of South Randall Road, Batavia.

was charged April 1 with driving under the influence, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, improper lane use and illegal transportation of alcohol.

• Jessica A. Marino, 34, of the 2200 block of Rebecca Circle, Montgomery, was charged March 11 with driving under the influence, driving with a blood-alcohol level greater than 0.08 percent and illegal transportation of alcohol. According to police reports, Marino’s vehicle was flipped over on its side against a tree in front of a house in the 6N500 block of Pinto Drive.

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com A Geneva woman who was charged in a 2015 plot to go on a Valentine’s Day massacre at a Canadian mall pleaded guilty April 11 to conspiracy to commit murder, Nova Scotia officials said.

Lindsay Kantha Souvannarath, 25, a former Geneva High School student, will have a hearing and sentencing on Oct. 5 and 6, said Chris Hansen, spokeswoman for the Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service.

“There will be a hearing, and the facts will come out at that point,” Hansen said.

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Individuals in Police Reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proved guilty in court.

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• Two pearl necklaces valued at $800 were reported stolen April 8 from a home in the 4N000 block of Wild Rose Road, St. Charles Township.

• Damage estimated at $500 was reported April 8 to a car that was egged while parked in the 39W300 block of Armstrong Lane, Blackberry Township.

• A mailbox valued at $500 was reported damaged April 8 in the Howard Square area of Mill Creek in Blackberry Township.

• A woman in the 36W800 block of Hickory Drive, St. Charles Township, reported April 4 that she received two yellow bubble-wrapped envelopes containing women’s underwear and a personal note. According to reports, she felt threatened and would sign a complaint if police find out who sent them.

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A riverside party for all paddlers, friends, families and spectators will take place at the finish area at McCullough Park, and will feature food, music, beer, prize drawings, local vendors and interviews with paddlers. An awards ceremony will conclude the event, with awards for top-three finishers in each division for both races.

All registered paddlers will receive a commemorative T-shirt, goodie bag and grilled lunch with chips and drink, and will be eligible for prize drawings.

Visit foxvalleyparkdistrict.org to register online; registration forms also are available at park district community centers. Registration closes at noon May 31, and day-of registration will not be available. For information, call 630859-8606.

Marklund employee earns national scheduler award SHAW MEDIA Jennifer Thompson of Oswego and six other schedulers at the Marklund Hyde Center in Geneva recently received the 2017 OnShift Scheduler of the Year Awards. The annual award program honors the achievements of staff schedulers who work in health care organizations nationwide.

As Marklund’s scheduler, Thompson, of Oswego, is responsible for making sure all shifts are covered by direct care staff, and to ensure Marklund clients receive the care and support they need.

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ST. CHARLES – Registration is being accepted for the 56th annual Mid-American Canoe and Kayak Race set for June 4 on the Fox River.

The event will feature two lengths for paddlers to choose from – a 10-mile run starting in St. Charles and a 6-miler from Batavia – with both races finishing at McCullough Park in Aurora, according to a news release. The Mid-Am is open to paddlers of all ages and abilities, featuring 11 canoe and eight kayak divisions and one open, noncompetitive division.

“The Mid-Am is meant for everybody – from ultra-competitive, seasoned paddlers to first-timers and young families who want to enjoy a memorable paddling experience on the Fox River,” event director Jeff Long stated in the release.

“It’s a celebration of river recreation.”

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The state has not had a budget for two years because of a stalemate between Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Democrat-controlled General Assembly.

“The pension debt is $120 billion.

Our deficit is $7 billion a year,” McConnaughay said. “We have $20 billion in unpaid bills.”

McConnaughay said Republicans have put together two balanced budgets, while House Speaker Michael Madigan has introduced another stopgap budget. The legislature will take a look at all proposals when it reconvenes April 25, she said.

“One of the proposals we have been talking about is expanding the income tax for a five-year period and using those additional revenues for the purpose of paying down our debt,” McConnaughay said. “And have those revenues sunset after five years. And during that same period of time, providing property tax relief, a property tax freeze for five years.”

Senate Republicans have offered balanced budget proposals that reflect cuts and a sales tax increase to broaden

the revenue base, paired with a property tax freeze across the board, McConnaughay said.

“We think it’s important we address the problem with high property taxes,” McConnaughay said. “I think there is reason to be optimistic.”

Many units of local government “are sitting on healthy cash balances” while still increasing their levies year after year, “taxing people out of their homes,” she said.

“We need to have a better understanding of our local government finances and how local government functions to be sure people are getting the kind of services they want, and getting that in an affordable fashion,” McConnaughay said.

Cost-saving efforts would come through pension reform, which Democrats, Republicans and the governor agree on, changing health care plans and “deep cutting into agency budgets in order to find efficiency,” she said.

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We have to be able to demonstrate that we know how to be fiscally responsible and be consistent,” McConnaughay said.

The state’s lack of budget and high property taxes keeps businesses from locating in Illinois, McConnaughay said.

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Former White Sox player to be guest speaker at Salvation Army dinner KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com ST. CHARLES – Ron “Kitty” Kittle, who played with the Chicago White Sox in the 1980s and early 1990s, will be the special guest speaker for The Salvation Army’s annual Volunteer and Donor Appreciation Dinner.

The event will take place from 6 to 7:30 p.m. May 19 at The Salvation Army, 1710 S. Seventh Ave., St. Charles.

The dinner is free to volunteers and donors to The Salvation Army Tri-City Corps Joe K. Anderson Community Center, and is the organization’s way of saying thank you for the community’s support, a news release stated.

Recognition of Christmas bell ringers and other volunteer awards will be presented.

Kittle was one of the most powerful young hitters in the American League during the mid-1980s, the release stated. As a member of the 1983 Chicago White Sox, he hit 35 home runs and knocked in 100 runs en route to the American League Rookie of the Year Award.

For more than 66 years, The Salva-

tion Army Tri-City Corps has provided emergency assistance, including food and shelter, to those in need in Kane County.

In 2016, more than 43,748 individuals were provided with bags of groceries to combat hunger, the release stated, and last year more than 108 families were assisted with rent or utility assistance to combat homelessness.

In an effort to show appreciation to its faithful volunteers and donors, The Salvation Army Tri-City Corps is seeking corporate sponsors to help cover the cost of the Volunteer and Donor Appreciation Dinner, invitations and mailing costs.

Three levels of sponsorship are available at $250, $500 and $1,000. For information, contact Beverly Peterson, regional development director, at beverly_peterson@usc.salvationarmy.org or 815-222-1773.

Volunteers and donors can RSVP for the event by contacting Deanna Wieden, volunteer coordinator, at Deanna_wieden@usc.salvationarmy. org or 630-377-ARMY (2769).

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Police arrest woman who drove into Fox River

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Driver became confused, did not intentionally drive into river, according to police KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com ST. CHARLES – At 9:38 p.m. April 17, the St. Charles Fire Department was dispatched to a report of a car in the Fox River near Pottawatomie Park, 801 N. Second Ave., St. Charles. After being rescued, Jeannette Geskie, 26, of the 34W500 block of Roosevelt Avenue, St. Charles, was charged with driving under the influence, according to a police news release.

A police officer in the Pottawatomie parking lot had seen Geskie’s car drive down the boat ramp and called for assistance, according to the release. The fire department stated that its Jeannette units appeared on the Geskie scene at 9:41 p.m., and police officers already had arrived and were in the water.

Police Officer Charles Crumlett swam out to the vehicle as it sank slowly and found the driver in the vehicle, the sole occupant, according to news releases from the fire and police departments. He was able to break out the back window using a baton and pulled the driver out of the car, according to police.

With the assistance of fire and police personnel, Crumlett was able to get Geskie to shore. The driver had become confused and did not intentionally drive into the river, according to police.

Geskie was assessed by paramedics and then transported to Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Geneva, and later released. She is scheduled to appear in court at 9 a.m. June 7, according to the police report.

Fire department divers verified that there were no other occupants in the vehicle, and it was removed from the water, according to the release.

Police stated that Crumlett is an 11year veteran of the St. Charles Police Department, and that fire department officials estimate the car was more than 70 feet from shore.

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NEWS BRIEFS Kirk Road over Union Pacific Bridge to be inspected April 20-21

GENEVA – Inspectors will be conducting inspections on Kirk Road over the Union Pacific bridge from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 20 and 21, weather permitting.

Traffic will be restricted to a single lane in each direction to allow the inspectors to access the road. Motorists should expect delays while traveling through the work zone and may want to add additional time to their commutes.

Motorists must reduce their speed, watch for workers and vehicles entering or leaving the site, and obey flaggers and other traffic control devices within the work zone. Motorists should consider using alternate routes while the work is being completed. It is illegal for drivers to

talk on a cellphone while driving through a highway construction work zone.

Questions and concerns may be directed to Mike Zakosek at 630-406-7346.

TLC Pregnancy Services to host Spring Fundraising Banquet

TLC Pregnancy Services, based in Elgin, is hosting its annual Spring Fundraising Banquet on April 27. Seating begins at 6:30 p.m., and the event begins at 7 p.m. at The Seville, 700 S. Barrington Road, Streamwood.

TLC is a ministry with medical clinic locations in Elgin and Schaumburg and a mobile ultrasound unit in various Chicago suburbs.

These clinics give free pregnancy tests, limited ultrasounds, and other practical help and resources for under-resourced women

facing unplanned pregnancies. For information, call 847-622-1235 or email hope4lives@ sbcglobal.net.

Learn about Abbey Farms, vendors during April 30 open house AURORA – Abbey Farms will host its annual open house from 1 to 4 p.m. April 30 at The Nagel Emporium, 2855 Hart Road.

In addition to touring the rustic-chic barn venue, attendees can visit with preferred vendors while enjoying light refreshments and catering samples. Vendors will include caterers, bakeries, florists, décor specialists, hotels, photographers, ceremony hosts and DJs. Preregistration is suggested by visiting abbeyfarms.org/store or register at the door.

For information, call 630-966-7775, ext. 3.

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JEAN M. HARRISON

Born: July 29, 1930; in Chicago, IL Died: April 15, 2017; in Geneva, IL

Born: August 13, 1926; in Philadelphia, PA Died: April 16, 2017; in Lisle, IL

Mary P. Naughton, age 90, of Lisle formerly of St. Charles, died Sunday, April 16, 2017 at Brookdale Plaza Care Center, Lisle.

She was born August 13, 1926 in Philadelphia, PA. The daughter of the late Anthony and Mary Pentimall. Mary was a long time member of St. Patrick Church St. Charles.

She is survived by her children, James (Deborah) Naughton, Maureen Naughton, Thomas Naughton, John Naughton, Eileen (Patrick) Brennan, Theresa (Michael) Gilbert, Patrick (Marilyn) Naughton, and Kathleen (Terrence) Lyne; 16 grandchildren, five great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James B. Naughton. Also her sister, Jane Raymond.

Visitation will be held Thursday from 4:00 to 8:00 P.M. at Yurs Funeral Home 1771 W. State Street (Rte 38) Geneva.

Funeral Mass will be 10:30 A.M. Friday at St. Patrick Catholic Church 400 Cedar

How to submit Send obituary information to obits@KCChronicle.com or call 815-526-4438. Notices are accepted until noon Tuesday for Thursday’s edition. Obituaries also appear online at KCChronicle.com/obituaries where you may sign the guest book, send flowers or make a memorial donation.

Street St. Charles. Burial will be at Union Cemetery St. Charles.

In Lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the James B. and Mary P. Naughton Memorial Scholarship Fund c/o Marmion Academy 1000 Butterfield Road Aurora IL 60502.

To leave an online condolence or remembrance to the family, visit the funeral homes’ obituary page at www. yursfuneralhomes.com.

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Jean M. Harrison, age 86, of Geneva, died Saturday, April 15th at her home.

She was born July 29, 1930 in Chicago.

The daughter of the late Alex and Anne Katsoolias. Jeanwas a member of the Tri B. League Bowlers for over 40 years.

Before her retirement she was employed at the Kane County Clerk office for over 20 years. She also was an avid Cubs fan.

She is survived by her four children, Sue (Don) Eads of St. Charles, Jim Harrison of Geneva, Theresa (the late Larry) Teafoe of Columbus, Georgia and Ted Harrison of Phoenix, AZ. Seven grandchildren, Sean (Tiffanie) Harrison of California, Jason (Jessica Moorman) Eads of North Carolina, Tony (Daisy Alvarado)Harrison of St. Charles, Dan Eads of Geneva, Jaime (Harrison) Jay of California, Sherry Harrison of California and Kellie Ventura of California. Four Great grandchildren, Van and Zig Harrison and Timmy and Tommy Jay. Also her extended family.

She was preceded in death by her brother, Sgt First Class Theodore Katsoolias who is MIA in Korea. Son in law, Larry Teafoe; and her special friend, Elizabeth Colpen that she knew since she was three years old.

Visitation will be held from 3:00 to 7:00 PM Friday, April 21st from the Yurs Funeral Home 1771 W. StateStreet (Rte 38) Geneva.

Funeral Services and Burial will be private.

Contributions may be made to the family.

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Wayne Robert Clement, age 66, of Oswego, IL, died peacefully surrounded by his family at his residence.

He was born the November 12, 1950 in Aurora, IL the son of the late Roman and Noella nee Perusse Clement. He graduated from Marmion Academy Class of 1968 and had taken classes at Waubonsee Community College, a member of St Anne Catholic Church in Oswego, IL and was a branch manager at the Steiner Electric Co in St Charles, IL. Wayne is survived by his wife, Dianne nee Gunderson Clement; daughter, Michelle Clement; son, Bradley (Tina) Clement; grandson, Tanner Clement; sister, Linda (Mike) McCabe; also several nieces, nephews and friends.

He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Alcide and Elizabeth Perusse; and paternal grandparents, Harmidas and Lydia Clement.

A gathering of family/friends will take place on Friday, April 21, 2017 from 3:00 pm until a memorial service at 7:00 pm at DUNN FAMILY FUNERAL HOME with CREMATORY 1801 Douglas Road, Oswego, IL. Cremation took place at American Crematory.

Memorials may be directed to an Educational Fund for Tanner Clement, grandson, P.O. Box 665, Oswego, IL 60543-0665.

For additional information 630/5543888 or www.dunnfamilyfuneralhome. com

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To economize, North Aurora contributed toward Aurora’s fireworks display during the intervening years.

“We heard from a lot of residents that they didn’t go to the Aurora [show],” he said. “A lot of people [wanted] them to come back.”

He said the fireworks presentation will last about 20 minutes and will be fired from the riverside park near Village Hall, where they will shimmer off the Fox River.

He said it has been tradition to have patriotic music before the

show, and organizers are working on finding musicians, whether it be an American Legion-style band or high school performers. Bringing in food trucks also is being considered, Gaffino said.

After July 3, fans of fireworks will only have to wait a month for their return during the North Aurora Days festival between Aug. 4 and 6.

“We’re considering a couple different companies for a different flavor,” Gaffino said of the August fireworks show selection process of pyrotechnicians.

“They are kind of like artists. They have a certain style.”

NEWS BRIEFS On May 29, events celebrating Memorial Day set to take place

Riverwalk Freedom Shrine, where Mayor Ray Rogina will give an address. After that event, a family picnic will take place at the ST. CHARLES – Memorial Day events Pottawatomie Park pavilion from 11:30 a.m. will take place in St. Charles on May 29.

The day will start with a flag ceremony at to 1:30 p.m., where free brats, burgers and beverages will be available, courtesy of 6 a.m. at Baker Community Center, 101 S. Second St., St. Charles. Then, a parade will local veterans. Music also will be provided

by Gregory Hyde. To learn more, contact step off in downtown St. Charles along event coordinator Mark Powell, a retired Main Street at 10 a.m. Directly after the parade, a Memorial Day ceremony will take lieutenant colonel, at mpowell@onpathfiplace behind the Municipal Building at the nancial.com or 630-329-6444.

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Highland Avenue Church to host Hot Topics presentation May 7

ELGIN – From 3 to 5 p.m. May 7, a “Hot Topics” presentation will take place at Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren, 783 W Highland Ave., Elgin. Guest speakers will be Jack Altschuler, who will share a PowerPoint presentation on Citizens United; Dr. Anne Scheetz, who will discuss single-payer health care and Medicare-for-all health care; and Dave

and Sandra Davis of Save Our Illinois Land (SOIL), who will share a PowerPoint presentation on the proposed Canadian pipeline that Enbridge Inc. intends to build near Belvidere. To learn more, contact Joni Lindgren at jmonks12346@ comcast.net. This event is one of a series of events planned where speakers will present topics on health, the environment and political policy.

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“WeuseGesture,anonlinebiddingplatform, for guests to bid on auction items,” explained Wendt. “They can monitor the bidding on their smartphone or tablet. We’ll provide bidding buddies to assist anyone not comfortable with technology.” Supporters unable to attend the event can also place bids online.

Please Join Maestro Andrew Grams, ESO musicians and staff, and other supporters on Monday, May 1, 2017 from 6:00 - 8:30 pm for a Musical Masquerade Event and Auction.

The Anvil Club in East Dundee, IL will host the event. “This wonderful private dinner club has an outdoor veranda, a warm atmosphere, and lots of character,” said Cheryl Wendt, Chief Development Officer for the ESO. “It’s a beautiful location for our fundraiser.”

The auction items will include one-of-a-kind experiences that you can’t get anywhere else.

“Our musicians donate their time and talents to offer incredible experiences for our supporters,” said Wendt. “For example, cellist Elizabeth Start will compose an original cello solo for you.

She’ll perform it at your home or event and will provide you with a CD. You can also bid on a trumpet/piano recital in your home (if you own a piano), a private plane ride and lunch in Lake Geneva, and the chance to play the triangle in one of the ESO’s concerts.” To buy tickets or get the online auction information, please visit http://www.elginsymphony.org/concert/musicalmasquerade-fundraiser/.

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NORTH AURORA – It will be a red-white-and-blue-letter day when Fourth of July fireworks return to downtown North Aurora.

They will make their splashy entrance July 3. With one dissenting vote, the Village Board on April 3 approved $25,000 for a fireworks show to be put on by Melrose Pyrotechnics, Village Trustee Mark Gaffino said.

“Back before ’09, we … did our own on the Fourth,” Gaffino said. “Then the economy went south.”

“Back before ’09, we … did our own on the Fourth.

Then the economy went south.”

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Ryan Wells General Manager

Kathy Balcazar Weekly Group Editor

Jason Rossi Sports Editor

Renee Tomell Kane Weekend Editor

LETTERS Appreciate the votes

To the editor: Dear Batavia School District 101 voters – I would like to THANK all the voters who voted early or on April 4 and especially those voters who voted for me.

It will be an honor to again serve the students, parents, staff and taxpayers of Batavia School District 101. I promise to continue what I have been doing in my first term to keep Batavia schools strong by watching the budget and ensuring we have strong academics and fine and applied arts areas, along with quality athletic programs and extracurricular activities to allow our young adults to be productive citizens in the future.

Again, I wanted to thank you,

Write to us The Kane County Chronicle welcomes original letters on public issues. Letters must include the author’s full name, home address and day and evening telephone numbers. We limit letters to 400 words. All letters are subject to editing for length and clarity at the sole discretion of the editor. Letters can be emailed to letters@kcchronicle.com, faxed to 630-4441641 and mailed to Letters, Kane County Chronicle, 333 N. Randall Road, Suite 1, St. Charles, IL 60174.

Batavia School District 101 voters.

Jonathan “Jon” Gaspar Batavia

You’re getting warmer, HOT, SCALDING! When on Easter morning all but the best-hidden Easter eggs are found, parents hint at the tough spots by giving hints of “hot” and “cold,” depending on where the hunter is headed.

“Scalding hot!” the adult yells when an unseen egg, colorful as a hippie’s tie-dyed T-shirt, nests behind a couch pillow mere inches from an outstretched hand.

The memory returned a few weeks ago when President Donald Trump signed an executive order, according to Time, that “curtails some of the most significant Obamaera regulations,” including efforts to reduce global warming.

Scientific evidence showing the earth growing warmer doesn’t faze this administration. The president

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RIVER TOWN CHRONICLES Rick Holinger has tweeted global warming “was created by and for the Chinese,” implying it a hoax, despite an overwhelming majority of astrophysicists who demonstrate its man-made origins.

Incredibly, many Earthlings still deny our planet is slowly incinerating. Their recalcitrance reminds me of a story.

Before Geneva’s library referendum passed, a friend mentioned she voted “no” because growing up in Geneva, she loved the old building just the way it was. No amount of reasonable argument – that it was landlocked, had no

parking or drive-up drop-off box, its interior couldn’t accommodate the town’s current population, and its antiquated utilities and infrastructure were on life support – affected her decision. Her choice resided in emotions, not facts.

Yes, there will be an additional cost for a new library, but to save a building from ruin, and to save a planet from suffocating, the cost will be worth it.

Sure, we love our planet the way it was – and is; how tempting to bathe in the warm comfort of golden memories.

Meanwhile, the ice caps melt, extreme weather bakes and floods the globe, clean water evaporates, and countries – and counties – fight for arable land.

“It looks fine,” nonbelievers tell themselves. “I grew up

with it looking just like this.

If I don’t want it to change, it won’t.”

The new administration is trying to sell us a rosy outlook, even to the point of pushing coal again. However, The New Yorker unmasks the White House by asserting its executive order a “declaration of war on the basic knowledge of the harm that burning coal, and other fossil fuels, can do.

Indeed, it tells the government to ignore information.”

On March 16, about 100 people showed up outside 14th District Congressman Randy Hultgren’s office to protest the proposed stripping of funding from the Environmental Protection Agency. The Kane County Chronicle interviewed Jeanne Neltnor who said, “To destroy the EPA – it’s going

to destroy humankind.”

Many of us just celebrated Easter. To celebrate the wondrous resurrection, the miracle needed to be preceded with a stormy crucifixion.

Only after a Lenten season in which we recognize our flaws and work on becoming better, can transcendence occur.

Not until we accept the fact that we are killing the earth can we reverse our actions. As one scientist put it, the earth doesn’t care what we think, or what we believe.

Believe it.

Rick Holinger teaches high school English and facilitates a local writing workshop.

His poetry, fiction, essays, criticism and book reviews have appeared in numerous literary journals. Contact him at editorial@kcchronicle.com.

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It’s Transfer Day at Illinois State

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BEFORE THE DIPLOMA Denise Cartina booths about paying for school, counseling services and housing information.

Filled with students and parents, everyone was scrambling around trying to visit each booth. Unaware of where I was going to live during the school year, my parents and I visited the housing booth to learn more about off-campus apartments.

Before leaving the Transfer Day program, we walked by booths from various real estate agents who were advertising off-campus student apartments. A girl from one of the booths jumped out in front of my mom and handed her a pamphlet about a real estate agent. That same girl even gave me a free T-shirt, which is a very comfy pajama top. To keep things short, I ended up getting an apartment that day from that same real estate agent.

I’ll be sharing the apartment with three other girls.

Luckily, I got to meet one of the girls the same day that I signed the lease.

I’m a bit terrified to start my new life away from Batavia, but I cannot wait for all the possibilities and new adventures that I’m going to have at Illinois State University. After a long day of walking around, I drove home that day with a new ISU shirt, a new home and an idea of the new life that I will soon have in just a few months.

Denise Cartina is a student at Waubonsee Community College and graduate of Batavia High School. 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.

LETTERS A consistent set of privacy rules

back with the FTC. In a bid to expand its own power, the FCC stripped the FTC of its To the editor: The Kane County Chronicle jurisdictional authority and I am strongly committed welcomes original letters on reclassified ISPs as common to protecting the privacy of public issues. Letters must carriers. The FCC’s power grab Americans using the internet. include the author’s full name, created a dual-track system in There’s been much discussion home address and day and which the FCC applies its own and confusion about S.J. Res. evening telephone numbers. set of rules to ISPs, while the 34, which passed the House We limit letters to 400 words.

FTC monitors the rest of the and reversed a recent Federal All letters are subject to internet ecosystem. The FTC Communications Commission editing for length and clarity has been the “cop on the beat” at the sole discretion of the regulation on internet privacy. for decades, and the FCC’s editor.

Letters can be emailed Let’s be clear – the proposed to letters@kcchronicle.com, decision created a bifurcated rule was published in Decemfaxed to 630-444-1641 and approach in order to advance ber 2016 and had never gone mailed to Letters, Kane Counits own political clout. into effect in the first place. ty Chronicle, 333 N. Randall Contrary to some reports, When proposed, the FCC Road, Suite 1, St. Charles, IL personal health and financlaimed the rules would 60174. cial information are already provide broadband customers protected under regulatomeaningful choice, greater ry regimes created by the transparency and strong and Microsoft’s Bing, as well Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and security protections for their as third-party companies, were the Health Insurance Portabilipersonal information collected carved out, creating a false ty and Accountability Act. The by internet service providers. sense of privacy that simply FCC rule did nothing to expand ISPs only include a designatdidn’t exist. This left a vast these protections.

Reversing it ed number of providers. And majority of browsing and cusdid nothing to diminish them. these ISPs do not have unique tomer information unprotected S.J. Res. 34 puts all segments or complete access to consum- and does a great disservice to of the internet on equal footing ers’ online activity, according consumers. That’s why I supand moves consumer privacy to experts, including Larry ported reversing this rule. protection back to the FTC Downes of Georgetown Univer- I believe the Federal Trade where it is best housed. Amersity and others at the Georgia Commission, which has been ican consumers will be once Tech Institute for Information focused on protecting consumagain provided with a consisSecurity and Privacy. ers since the 1970s, should tent set of privacy rules.

Because of this, the rule arbi- maintain its jurisdiction over trarily treated ISPs differently this area. Rolling back the Randy Hultgren from the rest of the internet.

FCC proposed rule puts the Representative for Illinois’ Search engines such as Google full authority for compliance 14th U.S. Congressional District

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I am officially a Redbird!

I’m not a Bulldog, nor a Chief, but a magnificent, mighty Redbird!

As I have mentioned in columns before, I am transferring this fall to Illinois State University.

Now, after years of waiting, I am officially part of the Redbird family. I even have my school ID card to prove it. I attended a Transfer Day program on the last day of March, and that is when things really started to sink in.

The day began at 8 in the morning. It started off with me checking in and picking up a folder stuffed with pamphlets and fliers about ISU. At 9 o’clock, I had a counseling appointment. My major is public relations, and PR is part of the school of communication.

At my counseling session, I sat down in a room with about 10 other students whose majors are in the school of communication.

During the session, I was put in a group with two other girls who also are PR majors. The two girls both live in towns close to ISU. From what the girls described to me, they live in what I consider to be very small “farm towns.” They were amazed to hear that my high school had more than 2,000 students, and that I didn’t recognize each person I passed at Waubonsee.

By the end of the counseling session, I signed up for classes for the fall semester.

Two of them are required communication classes; one of them is an introductory class to PR, and the other class is about interviewing.

I was told that two of my classes are going to be in large lecture halls, so I’m not too sure what to expect when it comes to the size of that room.

After the counseling session, I walked back to the enormous room where I checked in at the beginning of the day. The room was filled with informational

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WHERE: Our Savior Lutheran Church, 420 W. Downer Place, Aurora WHEN: 3 p.m. April 23 COST & INFO: Free with donations welcome; fvacademy. org, 708-579-2878 ABOUT: The Fox Valley Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted

by James Yarbrough, will highlight solo performances by its principal chair wind players in concerto works by Mozart and Cimarosa. The full orchestra will play Dvorak’s “Slavonic Dances.”

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WHERE: Vero Voce Theater, 951 State Ave., Suite F, St. Charles WHEN: 7 p.m. April 21 and 28, 7:30 p.m. April 29, 3 and 6 p.m. April 23 and 3 p.m. April 30 COST & INFO: $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors; verovoce.com, 630-584-0139 ABOUT: Vero Voce will stage “Legally Blonde The Musical Jr.” The show celebrates a journey of self-empowerment and expanding horizons, as Elle Woods tackles stereotypes, snobbery and scandal in pursuit of her dreams.

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WHERE: Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., St. Charles WHEN: 6 to 9 p.m. April 25 COST & INFO: $25 in advance, $10 for students and $30 at the door with cash only; lunafest.org, zontawest-sgb. org or 573-774-9483 ABOUT: The Zonta Club of St. Charles-Geneva-Batavia will present Lunafest, a short-film festival with movies for, by and about women. Proceeds from the fundraiser will support breast cancer research, scholarships for local women in need and local agencies working to empower women and families.

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WHERE: Elgin Community College, 1700 Spartan Drive, and Marcus Theatres, 111 S. Randall Road, Elgin WHEN: 5:30 p.m. April 21 at ECC; 5 p.m. April 22 and 3 p.m. April 23 at Marcus Theatres COST & INFO: $15; LatinoFilmFestivalElgin. com, 630-335 5229 or 630-696 6095 ABOUT: Latino Film Festival Elgin opens with a party at ECC’s Spartan Auditorium. The subtitled, five-film fest will showcase comedy, drama and biography from five countries.

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GEMS OF ‘LIGHT OPERA’

WHERE: First United Methodist Church, 216 E. Highland Ave., Elgin WHEN: 3 p.m. April 23 COST & INFO: Suggested donations are $15 to $30 with no ticket sales; soireelyrique.org, 224-595-1526 ABOUT: “Light Opera” will be presented by Soirée Lyrique and will star soprano Genevieve Thiers, who sang at Lyric alongside Renee Fleming; soprano Solange Sior, artistic director of Soirée Lyrique; mezzo-soprano Jennifer Kosharsky; baritone Nicholas Provenzale; and bass-baritone Keanon Kyles. Violist prodigy Sofiya Kyrylyuk will play as will a string quartet and pianist Chiayi Lee of Batavia.

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Will any of these members of the cast of “And the Murder Goes to …?” be the victim or the killer? In the show are Galen Malick (from left), Cheryl Rice, Valerie Meachum and Bill Boggs.

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Playwright plots murder mystery dinner benefit

By RENEE TOMELL

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rtomell@shawmedia.com Man of mystery could describe Carl Zeitler, who just co-wrote his latest murder plot. His motive? To benefit Batavia’s annual summer Shakespeare production directed by Julane Sullivan, who also helms his latest interactive dinner-theater play debuting at Aliano’s Ristorante on April 30.

As audience members try to sleuth out the killer in the Oscar party-themed whodunit, they will mingle with Hollywood characters: the Oscar-winning diva, an up-andcoming director, a maven of red carpet reporting, a hapless and harried personal assistant, an often ignored multiple winner of the Science and Technical Academy Award, his niece from Kansas with an extreme fascination for movies and no filter in her comments, and a surprise guest.

The Glen Ellyn actor and writer, a mild-mannered elementary school-level reading specialist in Berwyn by day, dropped a few clues about “And the Murder Goes to … “ in speaking with reporter Renee Tomell. The following is an edited version of their conversation.

Renee Tomell: How did you get involved in Julane Sullivan’s project?

Carl Zeitler: She had directed me on several occasions in Shakespeare productions. I did a couple Shakespeare shows at Clark Island and one at the

Batavia Fine Arts Centre.

Tomell: How did you pick your co-writer, Debbi Dennison?

Zeitler: I have a similar sense of humor with Debbi. … I knew she had a theater background in improv. She’s a great writing partner.

Tomell: How do the two of you devise a story?

Zeitler: We’ll work on kind of a theme – Valentine’s Day or Halloween or Mother’s Day. We start with the characters. We know it’s going to be usually seven [and] find actors that we can reach out to that can fill these roles. Debbi and I brainstorm based on the theme, and we’ll be back and forth … online or texting. Then we’ll get together in person and have a major brainstorm. It’s a great process. [You] get energized with an idea. One person will add something, and it evolves.

Once we’ve got solid characters and a plot, we will start writing, and we will send it back and forth, [asking] did we get enough clues in and motive and false clues – all the intricate details?

Debbi and I are story-based and character-based [and] make it fun and quirky.

In addition to cast members Debbi Dennison and Carl Zeitler, the show also features Bill Boggs of Schaumburg, Galen Malick of Bartlett, Valerie Meachum of Elgin, Lynn Meredith of Elburn and Cheryl Rice of Elmhurst. Part of the ticket price will be donated to Shakespeare on Clark at the Centre’s summer production of “Love’s Labour’s Lost.”

Entree choices are grilled Atlantic salmon with a blood orange balsamic reduction over asparagus risotto; chicken Parmesan with penne pasta and marinara; and a thin-crust mini margherita pizza topped with fresh mozzarella and basil.

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fit Shakespeare on Clark at the Centre ■ WHERE: Aliano’s Ristorante, 90 N.

Island Ave., Batavia ■ WHEN: 5 p.m. April 30 social hour and

6 p.m. performance ■ COST: $30; includes appetizers,

entree, dessert and show ■ INFO: Reservations at Aliano’s

Ristorante at 630-406-9400; details at facebook.com/ShakespeareonClark Tomell: How is Aliano’s as a new venue for the sixth benefit?

Zeitler: They’ve exceeded our expectations. They’re really on board. We’re

excited to perform there. You get a full course meal of great food and great service, an interactive show and a fun time. For $30, you can’t beat that.

Tomell: How does the event begin?

Zeitler: During social hour, we will have appetizers The actors in character will mingle with the crowd. We’ve written things in where audience members can get involved in various ways throughout the script itself.

Tomell: Will audience members be rewarded for their detective skills?

Zeitler: We have a variety of prizes. We make it fun and creative. We might have a clueless prize or worst detective – [their] reasons are way in left field. Somebody really interactive [we] might call that the best actor award or the best detective if they were spot on – not only who but why.

What clues did they find? We offer several different awards. We usually have something through Julane’s costume shop [All Dressed Up]. It’s something fun we announce at the end of the show [after] the dessert break.

Tomell: Will there be other creative touches?

Zeitler: I hear Aliano’s is working on special names for drinks that will be movie based, as well [as the food courses]. And while we don’t want to make people feel they have to dress [for] the Oscars, they’re welcome to. If we see someone who really got into the spirit, that would be another award.

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And finally, you can get more from your garden if you practice three season gardening. Many of us plant the cold-tolerant crops, such as kale, carrots, peas, spinach, lettuce and beets, in the spring

and the warm-loving crops, such as tomatoes, squash, cucumbers and peppers, in late May. Consider replanting

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Sue Styer 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 or go to web. extension.illinois.edu/dkk for information. Feedback on this column can be sent to editorial@kcchronicle.com.

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You work hard to prepare and plant your vegetable garden, so why not take a few simple steps to get the most from your garden?

One of the easiest ways to maximize yield is to water correctly. How do you know whether your garden needs water? The low-tech method is to poke your finger into the soil a couple of inches around the base of a plant. If the soil is dry, it’s time to water.

The time of day you water can affect your garden yield. If you water late in the day, water splashed on the leaves may not dry, increasing the chance of disease. Watering in the late afternoon reduces the chance of disease, but more evaporation occurs, so less water gets to your plants. The best time of day to water is early in the morning through early afternoon. Water evaporation is low, and the plants have time to dry.

Water at the base of plants, not from above, to reduce the chance of disease.

Water slowly, so water soaks into the soil and doesn’t run off. To encourage deep root growth, water deeply and check that

“By following a few management practices, you can reap even more from your garden,” Master Gardener Sue Styer writes.

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When self-help books don’t help I believe in transparency, especially now with the various filters we put on our life via social feeds. And when it comes to the modern woman, we are the masters of putting on a happy face no matter what the circumstance. It’s what we do as women – soldier on.

No matter what the situation, from the everyday stresses in life to more intense bouts that entail anything from a high stress career to an abusive relationship, if there is one thing we need as a community of people it is to be supportive and compassionate.

In my last column I talked about slow living and how to get there. But how can you get the peace of slow living if your life is in a shambles? Well, you can’t at first. This is where the phrase “baby steps” comes into play.

A few short years ago, I was living in abundant middle-class stability. But with the swoop of life-changing health concerns generously paired with the aftermath of a serious car accident, my husband and I decided to revamp our little world to support a mindset of “happy living or bust.” Isn’t it funny how unexpected change and a dose of fear light a fire under you to get busy living?

The trauma was not only health-related but of a financial nature, that consisted of the following years of challenges: The short sale of our home, bankruptcy, unemployment, over 25 job interviews, Medicaid, applying for food stamps, depression and an overwhelming amount of demoralization during the job hunting process, our electricity, gas, and phone shut off, a period of eight months receiving at least 10 calls a day from collection agencies, working multiple jobs to make ends meet, and a car accident.

I’m sharing to let you know there are people right here in our community who “get it.” In the past, I scoffed at people who chose to collect unemployment and thought homeowners who opted for a short sale were irresponsible.

And bankruptcy! My thoughts about bankruptcy before we went through a season of hardship were of failure and an easy way out.

Both my husband and I were working multiple jobs and at the same time, interviewing for positions that would sustain our meager life. Week after week we sunk deeper and deeper into debt hoping that the latest job interview would be “the one.”

I felt like I was drowning every day.

Desperate for some kind of relief and hopeful there was an end in sight to all of this stress, I sought self-help books to lift me out of the sadness and exhaustion. Suggestions of exercise, making inspirational mood boards and taking time for myself by getting a manicure or

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“You never know who is suffering out there, and – as humans – we need to be compassionate,” writes columnist Elizabeth Rago. “That ‘hot mess’ of a woman in a disheveled outfit or the consistently late gal could be drowning inside. If you are in the rock bottom of an overwhelming season, start with breathing.” sobbing in the shower, but the inhale of the cool air against the steam of the hot water brought my senses happily to life for just a moment and reminded me of camping as a child.

Coffee was a true friend, always a “mental health” day, were apparently there for me in the mornings to get me the answer to my stress. Yet deep in the going, but later in the day, helped me middle of a breakdown, a pretty board crash and burn with an overload of caffeine. I loved the ritual of sitting down full of pictures wasn’t going to help with a hot beverage, but had lost my me, and I couldn’t justify spending any enthusiasm for a good ‘ol bean buzz. money on myself because we needed it Tea became my new best friend. It’s for food. amazing how the leaf of a plant heated I couldn’t breathe most days. just right, helps you slow down a bit.

Quietly crying in the shower became I also now understood what people a morning ritual. It took everything I had to smile in front of my children in- in prison meant when they said they stead of weep as I stressed about how “found Jesus.” I made a list of all the we were going to pay the rent. things that I hoped for in a “higher These self-help books didn’t apply power” and found I resonated the most to me. I needed the “rock bottom” adwith a message of unconditional love. vice book, where the reader is in such If God was the caring being that I envisioned in my heart, then simple prayers a state of personal crisis, all she can muster is simple short directions like, of “help me” should suffice until I could figure out how to really talk to Him. “breathe” and “iron your shirt now.”

Everyone has issues. Every. Single.

So I decided to back up and figure out how I could help myself cope with living Person.

The daily call of loving and caring until I could take a mental holiday. I purposefully started to look for insignif- for a child with special needs, the icant things that brought me joy. aftereffects of a divorce, debilitating The smell of fresh air coming in health problems, living with addiction, through the window of our bathroom depression or anxiety – no matter what made me relax a bit. Sure, I was you’ve been dealt, you’re not alone.

THE MODERN DOMESTIC WOMAN Elizabeth Rago

You never know who is suffering out there, and – as humans – we need to be compassionate. That “hot mess” of a woman in a disheveled outfit or the consistently late gal could be drowning inside. If you are in the rock bottom of an overwhelming season, start with breathing.

It doesn’t cost a dollar, and you don’t need childcare or a day off work to get it.

I’m gradually coming out of that rough patch, but my outlook on what’s important is vastly different. Storms don’t last forever. I encourage you to be stubborn enough to see what’s on the other side. Pull up your big girl panties, dig in your heels, BREATHE and press on – even if it’s one minute at a time.

“Every great change is preceded by chaos,” Deepak Chopra said.

Smitten with domestic life, but not to the point of unhealthy obsession, “The Modern Domestic Woman” author and St. Charles resident, Elizabeth Rago, is a freelance writer who spends her days writing for PB Kitchen Design in Geneva. You can visit her blog at thecircularhome. com or connect with Rago on Facebook at facebook.com/TheModernDomesticWoman. Feedback can be sent to editorial@kcchronicle.com.

TOM’S COOKBOOK LIBRARY Tom Witom

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“Rao’s Classics” has more than 140 recipes, including those for Risotto Milanese, Lobster Fra Diavolo, My Grandmother’s Stuffed Calamari and Red Velvet Shortcake. friendship, conviviality and pleasure.”

Journalist Tom Witom, who lives in Elgin, has written extensively for years about food and the food industry. Contact him at editorial@ kcchronicle.com.

PASTA WITH PEAS AND HAM IN A CREAM SAUCE 1 quart heavy cream 3 tablespoons salted butter 2 tablespoons diced shallots 1 cup fresh or frozen peas 3 1/4 cups diced cooked ham (1/4-inch cubes) 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/2 cup grated Pecorino Romano cheese, plus more for sprinkling 1 pound spaghetti (or substitute linguine or your favorite pasta) Freshly ground black pepper In medium saucepan over high heat, bring cream to boil. Reduce heat to medium and cook until cream has reduced by half. Set aside.

Serves 4 to 6

Meanwhile, bring large pot of cold water to boil over high heat.

Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in large sauté pan over medium-low heat. As it melts, add shallots, peas and ham and sauté until shallots are transparent. Add cream and bring to boil.

Add nutmeg, remaining 2 tablespoons of butter and grated cheese. Stir with wooden spoon until thoroughly integrated.

Reduce heat to low.

Add pasta to boiling water and cook until al dente. Using tongs, transfer the pasta from pot to sauce. Increase heat to high and toss pasta until evenly coated.

Transfer to medium-size bowl. Garnish with sprinkle of grated cheese and a dusting of freshly ground black pepper and serve.

MAPLE PARK – Christina Staker, an English teacher at Kaneland High School and director of the school’s upcoming production of “Singin’ in the Rain,” said “the hope” is that it will indeed rain during the famous song and dance scene in the musical.

“Our mission is to try to make it rain onstage,” Staker said.

The technical rehearsal scheduled for the week of April 17 will be the test for whether they can pull it off. A trough system, PVC piping and a baby pool will not only produce rain, they hope, but real puddles for Don Lockwood (played by senior Jarod Kovach) to dance in and out of.

The iconic musical, set in 1920s Hollywood, plays with the movie industry’s transition from silent film to “talkies.” Silent film star Lina Lamont (played by senior Taylor Heiser) faces a challenge with her nasal and high-pitched voice, which would likely end her career in the changing movie industry.

A solution is found through using the lovely voice of aspiring actress Kathy Selden (played by senior Sabrina Massa), substituting it for Lamont’s squeaky voice.

Then, Lockwood falls in love with Selden, and he wants her to have a career of her own, not just being the voice for Lamont. Therein lies the conflict of the story.

“We love this musical,” Staker said.

Staker, who is finishing her fourth year of directing theater at Kaneland High School, said she loves working with the students involved in productions. The seniors she is working with in the lead roles for “Singin’ in the Rain” were the freshmen she saw in her first year with the theater program.

“It’s a ton of fun to watch them grow and develop over time,” she said. “They wow me every year with some new talent.”

When Massa found out that this year’s production would be “Singin’

If you go ■ WHAT: Kaneland High School per-

formance of “Singin’ in the Rain” ■ WHERE: Kaneland High School

auditorium, 47W326 Keslinger Road, Maple Park ■ WHEN: 7 p.m. April 21 and 22 and 2 p.m. April 23 ■ COST: $10 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. Preschoolers are free, but need a ticket. Kaneland School District staff and Kaneland High School students are free, but must show a Kaneland ID when presenting ticket for admission. Tickets can be bought at http://shawurl.com/31u9. in the Rain,” she set her sights on the role of Selden. Although she had tap danced when she was young, she knew it was her weakest link, so she took classes for three months last fall to get ready for the audition.

“She’s a very determined woman who wants to make it on Broadway,” Massa said of her character.

Massa said she related to her character’s determination to achieve her goals.

Although she tried out for the role of Selden, Heiser said when she was chosen for Lamont, she instantly fell in love with the character.

“She’s crazy, and she’s not afraid of telling people what she thinks,” she said.

Her biggest challenge was finding a balance between good singing and the nasal tonality of her character’s voice.

Kovach said he started doing theater when he saw how much his older brother, Alec, enjoyed it.

He said he is enjoying the dancing and singing, and especially likes the songs “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Moses Supposes.”

He also enjoys playing a character who changes over the course of the production. He said Lockwood starts out with a bit of an ego, and a girl “brings him down to earth.”

Tickets are now on sale. The production will be staged April 21 through 23.

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Readers can post events to the Kane County BOOKS BETWEEN BITES: noon April 20, Chronicle’s online calendar. Visit planitkane.

Batavia Public Library, 10 S. Batavia Ave., com, click “+Add Event” and follow the prompts. Batavia. Longtime presenter Rick Kogan, a Select items also will appear in the newspaper. journalist and WGN radio personality, will

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return to discuss legendary Chicagoans.

The season concludes May 18 with author

Amy Dickinson, who writes a nationally syndicated advice column, “Ask Amy,” and is a frequent panelist on NPR’s “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!” People can drop by with their lunch at the free event, and items also can be bought at Chapters Coffeehouse &

Café inside the library. For more information, call Becky Hoag at 630-482-9157 or visit booksbetweenbites.com.

COMEDIAN JOHN CAPONERA: 8 p.m. April 20 See CALENDAR, page 45

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“Rao’s Classics” (St. Martin’s Press), a recently published cookbook co-authored by Frank Pellegrino Sr. and Frank Pellegrino Jr., comes with a collection of favorite Italian recipes from the iconic New York restaurant whose history dates to 1896.

Besides its popular East Harlem location, the business has expanded to Las Vegas and Hollywood.

“Rao’s Classics” recognizes timeless southern Italian cooking with more than 140 recipes for Risotto Milanese, Lobster Fra Diavolo, My Grandmother’s Stuffed Calamari and Red Velvet Shortcake, among others.

The Pellegrinos grew up with red sauce, so they pronounce their first encounter with Pasta with Peas and Ham in a Cream Sauce (recipe below) an “epiphany.” They describe the broadening experience as “a radical departure from the tyranny of tomatoes.”

In introductory remarks, the Pellegrinos observe: “Serving outstanding food enriches some of the most important elements in life: love,

By SUSAN O’NEILL editorial@kcchronicle.com

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Children are ready for the hunt to begin April 15. during an Egg Hop at the Peg Bond Center in Batavia.

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Celebrating Easter, eggs

Mary Beth Nolan - For Shaw Media Mary Beth Nolan - For Shaw Media ABOVE: Anna Virtue, 2, of North Aurora, pets a goat before during an Easter egg hunt April 15 at Heritage Chris Clark of St. Charles gives his daughter Celia, 6 a boost to Prairie Farm in Elburn. grab some hard-to-reach eggs during an Easter egg hunt April 15 at Heritage Prairie Farm in Elburn.

TOP: Children ages 1 through 8 participate April 8 in Mooseheart’s seventh annual Easter Egg Hunt.

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Tuna or Salmon Stuffed Eggs rescue lunch box Hard-Boiled Eggs

MORE CONTENT NOW If it’s already time to start gearing up for school – and if you’re open to rethinking the typical lunch box fare, consider losing the sandwich and embracing the stuffed egg.

There’s nothing more elemental and satisfying than good bread, but the standard loaf is loaded with empty calories.

Eggs, by contrast, are low-carb, high-protein and gluten-free. And just about anything you can slide between two slices of bread can also be stuffed into a hard-cooked egg.

Still, I’m not talking about the typical version, loaded with mayo and a sprinkling of paprika. I mean eggs filled with any number of more substantial, and tastier, ingredients – from tuna or avocado to chicken or roast beef.

First, how to boil an egg. As a student of Julia Child, I spent decades “boiling” eggs the way she taught us, which was, in fact, not to boil them. She started by putting the eggs in a pot of cold water, then brought the water up to a boil. Next she turned off the heat, covered the pan and let the eggs sit until they were hard-cooked.

Finally, to stop them from cooking, she pulled the eggs out of the pot and chilled them briefly in a bowl of ice water. This method results in egg whites that are more tender than if they had been conventionally boiled.

Then a few years ago, I heard from a couple from Chicago who suggested steaming the eggs. This method turns out to be easier to time than the noboil method because you don’t have to wait for the water to heat up. But much more important is the end result: the whites are ridiculously tender.

Start to finish: 40 minutes (5 minutes active) Servings: Makes 6 hard-boiled eggs 6 large eggs Fit a collapsible steamer inside a medium saucepan and fill the saucepan with about 1 inch of water or to just below the level of the steamer basket. No water should be touching the eggs. Put the lid on top of the pan and bring the water to a medium-high boil over medium-high heat.

Using a large, long-handled, slotted spoon, place the eggs in a single layer in the steamer, being careful not to burn your hand with the steam. Steam the eggs for 12 minutes.

Transfer the eggs to a bowl of ice and water and let them cool completely. This will take 20 to 30 minutes.

When they are cool, crack them all over and peel under cold running water, starting at the wide end of the egg and making sure to get under the membrane (which makes it easier to peel the egg).

Tuna or Salmon Stuffed Eggs Servings: 12 stuffed egg halves

One 3.5 ounce can tuna or regular salmon, or smoked salmon, drained 6 large hard-boiled eggs 1/4 cup mayonnaise 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 2 tablespoons minced celery, plus celery leaves for garnish In a medium bowl mash the tuna with a fork until it is in small flakes. Cut the eggs in half and remove the yolks.

Add the yolks to the tuna and mash the mixture well. Stir in the mayonnaise, lemon juice and celery; salt and pepper to taste. Mound a heaping spoonful of the yolk mixture into the cavity of the whites and garnish with the celery leaves.

Nutrition information per serving: 86 calories; 56 calories from fat; 6 g fat (1 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 99 mg cholesterol; 68 mg sodium; 0 g carbohydrate; 0 g fiber; 0 g sugar; 7 g protein.

Guacamole Eggs

Servings: 12 stuffed egg halves 1 medium ripe Hass avocado (about 3/4 cup) 6 large hard-boiled eggs 3 tablespoons minced scallions 2 to 3 teaspoons minced serrano chile (with the seeds and ribs) or to taste 1 tablespoon mayonnaise 2 to 3 teaspoons fresh lime juice, or to taste Coarsely chopped cherry tomatoes, sprinkled with kosher salt for garnish In a medium bowl, mash the avocado with a fork until it is mostly smooth with a few lumps. Cut the eggs in half and remove the yolks. Add the yolks to the avocado and mash the mixture until it is smooth. Stir in the scallions, chile, mayonnaise and lime juice. Salt and pepper to taste.

Mound a heaping spoonful of the yolk mixture into the cavity of the whites and garnish with the chopped tomatoes.

Nutrition information per serving: 62 calories; 43 calories from fat; 5 g fat (1 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 94 mg cholesterol; 64 mg sodium; 1 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 0 g sugar; 3 g protein.

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Stuffed eggs with tuna, topped with dill, and guacamole, topped with tomatoes, provide a low-carb, high-protein lunch box meal.

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Summer’s a great time for kids to dive into a foreign language The WASHINGTON POST For a lot of kids, summer is a time to travel intellectually as well as literally, to dive headlong into new languages and cultures in a way that classroom learning alone doesn’t allow.

For instance, every summer around 4,500 kids between the ages of 7 and 18 travel to one of dozens of “language villages” nestled in the north woods of Minnesota and run

by Concordia College. The camps, which also include typical summer-camp activities like swimming and crafts, offer serious cultural and linguistic immersion in 16 different languages.

There is belly dancing and Middle Eastern food at Arabic language camp, for example, or traditional calligraphy, taiko drumming, karate and Japanese meals in Japanese camp.

“Having a foreign language and cultural skills in your background is vitally important. Sometimes it’s a matter of heritage or ethnic background, or sometimes it’s about community demographic. Or it’s just what a child seems to be passionate about,” says Christine Schulze, executive director of the program, based in Moorhead, Minnesota. “Korean pop culture, for example, seems to be a big driver of interest in Korean language and cultural studies.”

For younger kids, the camps run one or two weeks, while those for high schoolers are four weeks.

The longer high-school-level camps are designed (and accredited) to cover an entire year of high school language learning, Schulze says, and unlike a summer overseas, the camps offer the security and ease of remaining in the United States.

Kids also can try out several of the “country” villages to find the best fit.

“Children come in with the full range of language abilities, with some starting at the very beginning and others quite advanced and ready push their skills even further,” she says. “Sometimes children do a summer at a village as preparation for a program abroad the following year.”

The programs cost roughly $1000

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Participants are “living the language” at the Chinese Language Village by learning a traditional fan dance in Callaway, Minn. per week, with about 20 percent of the children receiving some level of financial assistance.

Middlebury College, in Vermont, also offers summer language programs for eighth to 12th graders, as do some other colleges and universities.

For older kids, the Washington, D.C.-based Youth for Understanding offers high school study-abroad summer programs in dozens of countries. They include group travel for language teachers and their classes, and more traditional, individual home-stay programs, says Heather Deno, sales director for the organization.

Youth for Understanding was started after World War II to foster peace, and is also known for high school programs lasting a semester to a year, and gap-year programs

between high school and college.

In its summer programs in India, Ecuador, Paraguay, South Africa and Thailand, kids stay with a host family and do community-oriented volunteer work.

“Our organization started in the 1950s with the idea that it’s hard to hate or generalize about a culture once you know people personally,” says Deno.

The summer programs run four to eight weeks and cost between $5,500 and $9,000 depending on airfare; many students receive financial aid. “We give out $2 million a year in scholarships. Many Japanese companies, in particular, offer full or partial scholarships to Japan,” she said.

Of course, you don’t have to leave home to get summer language study.

Many bilingual and language schools

across the U.S. offer their own immersive day camps.

The French American School of New York, in Larchmont, offers summer camps for kids, as does the German International School in Portland, Oregon, among many others. Prices vary widely depending on the school and region.

To find such a program, begin with a quick online search of local bilingual, dual immersion or international schools.

For sleepaway camps, Schulze recommends checking that the program is affiliated with the American Camp Association, which sets general and safety guidelines.

And for overseas programs, Deno, at Youth For Understanding, says programs should be certified by CIEST (the Council on Standards for International Education Travel).

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Go on and please don’t look back Dr. Wallace: What makes one drug addictive and not another?

Do people who use addictive drugs all wind up becoming addicted?

My boyfriend is starting to use cocaine, but he says he can control his use and won’t become addicted. Is this really possible? – Nameless, Peoria Nameless: Simply stated, a drug

is considered addictive when a user feels uncomfortable or unhappy without it. This discomfort can be either physical or psychological. Cocaine is an addictive drug and is so potent that, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuses, people have become hooked on cocaine in as little as one month.

If a person uses cocaine only three or four times a year, chances are he will not become addicted. If he uses it three or four times a week, he will become addicted. Do you know a smoker who smokes on a regular basis who is not addicted to nicotine? I don’t think so.

Once a person becomes addicted to a certain drug, if he doesn’t get that drug he experiences withdrawal symptoms. That means the body or mind is distressed without the drug and demands to have it. These powerful symptoms cause the user to become irritable, lose energy and motivation, suffer severe depression and, in some cases, suffer acute physical discomfort. Your boyfriend risks plunging himself into a living nightmare!

If he still has the power to stop using cocaine but chooses not to, then leave him and go on with your life and don’t look back!

Dr. Wallace: I’m 15 and so is my best friend. She used to be a very happy-go-lucky person, full of energy and loads of fun to be around.

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’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace Now she always seems sad and depressed. It’s almost like she is a totally different person.

In the past three months, her parents were divorced and her boyfriend broke up with her.

Some days she will hardly talk to me. She misses a lot of school lately and I know her grades have dropped. When I talk to her about this, she either says that she doesn’t care that her grades are slipping or that she just doesn’t want to talk about it.

I have two questions. First, please tell me the warning signs for potential suicide victims. Next, do you think I should tell her school counselor about the odd behavior of my friend? – Nameless,

Providence, R.I. Nameless: I’ll answer your

second question first. Yes, tell your friend’s counselor immediately! Counselors are prepared to get help for teens who are depressed.

Now to answer your first question: Suicide is now the third leading cause of death among young people age 15 to 24.

Also, the suicide rate for teenagers has tripled over the past 30 years.

How can you tell if a teen is thinking about ending his or her life? The warning signs, according to Dr. James Comer, professor of child psychiatry at Yale University, include: noticeable change in eating and sleeping habits; withdrawal from friends and family and from regular activities; persistent boredom; decline in the quality of schoolwork; violent or rebel-

lious behavior; running away; drug and alcohol abuse; unusual neglect of personal appearance; difficulty concentrating; radical personality change, complaints of physical symptoms, such as stomachaches, headaches and fatigue.

Comments such as, “I won’t be a problem much longer,” or “It’s no use,” may be verbal signs of suicidal thoughts. A teen who goes about putting his or her life in order, throwing or giving away favorite possessions or cleaning his or her room, it this is uncommon, may be considering suicide.

A sudden forced cheerfulness after a period of depression is another danger sign.

Research indicates that young people who attempt suicide are more responsive to suggestion than adults are. The presence of examples or models also seems to be a factor. Thus, adolescents from families or in schools or groups in which suicide has occurred are more at risk.

Teen suicide often occurs after a loss, such as the death of a loved one, breakup with a girlfriend or boyfriend, or parental divorce. When such conditions exist, it is particularly important that adults be alert to the warning signs.

Dr. Wallace: If a girl asks a boy on a date, who should pay the expenses? My dad says the girl should pay and my mom said that if the guy was a true gentleman, he would pay. What do you say? – Laura, Michigan

City, Ind. Laura: The person who does the

inviting should be the one who picks up the tab. It’s not debatable!

Write to Dr. Wallace at rwallace@thegreatestgift.com.

Ex’s anger at betrayal spills over to daughter Dear Abby: My DEAR ABBY ex-husband had an affair with a Jeanne woman who was Phillips one of my dearest friends.

My heart is broken; my marriage is over. I have lost my home and my friend. It has been a struggle for me to recover.

My daughter, with whom I am very close, continues to have a relationship with this woman. While I know it’s not my place to tell her who to be friends with (she’s 22), I can’t help but feel betrayed.

My daughter is pregnant, and this woman seems to be attempting to play mother and push her way into every detail of my daughter’s pregnancy.

It’s extremely upsetting to me to have to share one more thing with her. She already took my home and husband; I would like to keep my daughter and grandbaby. What to do? – The Real Grandma-to-Be Dear Real Grandma: Although you cannot cut this woman completely out of your life because she is now with your ex, calmly discuss this with your daughter. She may have reasons that you are unaware of for wanting to include the woman to the extent that she has.

Dear Abby: We need help with our dad.

Many of his grandchildren participate in sports. For some reason, he thinks it’s perfectly fine to sit in the stands surrounded by people he doesn’t know and loudly criticize the other players.

We talk to him before the games. We remind him that he’s sitting by these players’ parents and what he’s doing is not cool.

Some of the parents become quite emotional if things don’t go well and Dad doesn’t need to be doing this. Yet he continues.

Have you any ideas on getting Grandpa to keep his opinions to himself? We don’t want to ban him from games and treat him like a 5-year-old who can’t behave, since he is still able to travel to see us for these visits. We try to sit away from others, but it’s not always possible. – Embarrassed in

Houston Dear Embarrassed: You already know the

answer to your problem, and I do not understand why you haven’t taken action. Was your father always this way, or has he become demented? When an adult acts like a 5-yearold and behaves inappropriately after having been cautioned against it, there is cause for concern.

If he is unable to control his behavior at those games, instead of being allowed to ruin them for everyone within earshot, he should ABSOLUTELY be banned from attending.

If you won’t do it for the sake of the players and other parents, then do it for your father’s safety because one of these days, an irate parent or relative may punch his lights out.

Write Dear Abby at www.dearabby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

ASK THE DOCTORS / ELIZABETH KO AND EVE GLAZIER

one side of the head. They can be accompanied by flashes of light, photosensitivity, a blind spot in the field of vision, tingling sensations on the skin and nausea.

Headaches can also be the result of factors such as eye strain, allergy, hunger or fasting, fever, fatigue, dental problems, lack of fluids and hangover, to name just a few. The truth is, the subject of headache is vast and extremely complex. And despite many strides forward (remember that dead-mole-on-the-head cure?), science still has more questions than answers.

What signals that a headache may be something to worry about?

• A major change to the pattern of your headaches, such as going from a few per month to one per day.

• The sudden onset of persistent headaches, particularly after age 50.

• A headache that is the most severe you have ever had.

• The onset of a headache after a traumatic event to the head.

• Any headache that alters cognitive function, is accompanied by fever and a stiff neck, or includes symptoms like slurred speech, blurred vision, weakness, numbness or seizures.

These can be signs of underlying conditions such as head injury, infection, tumor, high blood pressure, fluid buildup in the skull, decrease in blood flow or bleeding in the brain.

This all sounds alarming, so let us assure you again that these conditions are rare.

However, if any of the above happen to you, please be safe and seek immediate care.

Eve Glazier, M.D., MBA, is an internist and assistant professor of medicine at UCLA Health. Elizabeth Ko, M.D., is an internist and primary care physician at UCLA Health.

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Dear Doctor: I’ve always had headaches, from the time I was a teenager. But now I get them more often – about one headache per week. Is this a warning sign of something?

Dear Reader: Headache is among the most common – and ancient – of physical complaints. You would be hard-pressed to find someone who hasn’t suffered from a headache at some point in time.

Mentions of headache in written texts date back to 1200 B.C., and treatments over the centuries have included the use of leeches, garlic, oil in the ear, tying a dead mole to one’s head (no, we’re not making this up), magnets, electricity, psychotherapy and that universal refuge, the soothing bath.

Most headaches are periodic bouts of pain centered in the head and/or neck. It’s not the brain tissue itself that’s sending pain signals – it’s the surrounding tissues, blood vessels and nerves that serve the area. Many headaches respond to medication and lifestyle changes. Some, however, like migraines, may persist despite treatment. Some headaches can be warning signs of larger problems such as blood clot, stroke or tumor. Thankfully, those are rare.

Although there are many different types of headache, most fall into four major categories: • Tension headaches are the most common, marked by dull pressure, like a band tightening around your forehead.

• Sinus headaches, which cause a deep, throbbing pain, occur when the cavities around the cheeks, nose and forehead become inflamed.

• Cluster headaches, marked by severe pain in and around one eye, get their name because they often occur in clusters, but they are less common.

• Migraines, which can last for hours or even days, cause debilitating pain, often on

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THEY’RE STEEL STRONG

Chicago Steel dominate first two games of playoff series vs. Youngstown

By CHRIS ROLLIN WALKER editorial@kcchronicle.com GENEVA – The start of the United States Hockey League’s Clark Cup playoffs couldn’t have gone better for the Chicago Steel.

The Steel dominated the Youngstown Phantoms twice in the Eastern Conference best-of-5 semifinal series at Fox Valley Ice Arena.

Chicago made a statement in the opener April 14, winning 4-1, and was even more impressive the next night, blanking the Phantoms 6-0.

The series now shifts to Youngstown for Game 3 on April 21. If necessary, Game 4 will be on April 22, and if the Phantoms force a Game 5 it will come back to Geneva on April 25.

“I thought you saw the things you have to have in playoff hockey these past two nights,” Steel coach Dan Muse said after the 6-0 win. “Guys were working hard, stopping pucks and getting pucks out.

There was the little details, stuff that you want to see, and the big detail stuff. Great goaltending, excellent special teams and all the power-play goals [April 15].

“In the playoffs you need to find different ways to win every night, and what you saw both nights was a good team effort and contributions from guys throughout.”

The Steel made the most of their first two power plays during the first period April 15. Reggie Lutz scored twice on feeds from Geneva alum Graham Lillibridge, who finished with four assists.

The Steel seemingly broke the game open just 16 seconds into the second period when Jack Badini scored a short-handed goal to make it 3-0.

“That was really big and we had the [penalty] kill going so we were all focused on shutting down that power

“I thought you saw the things you have to have in playoff hockey these past two nights.”

Dan Muse Chicago Steel coach

play,” Badini said. “We ended up scoring short-handed there, and I think that maybe ended all the hope they had of getting back into the game.

It just shows how our special teams were. We’re pretty happy about that.”

Mitch Lewandowski and Badini added goals later in the second period and the rout was on. Lewandowski received the puck from Marc Johnstone at the bottom of the right circle to make it 4-0. Badini backhanded a Lutz rebound during a power play to make it 5-0.

In the third period, Eduards Tralmarks concluded the scoring with a goal assisted by Johnny Walker and Ben Mirageas.

While Chicago’s scoring was impressive, goaltender Ales Stezka was arguably even better. He denied all 40 shots that came his way to pick up his fifth shutout of the season.

“He was excellent both nights,” Muse said. “He’s continued to progress as the year has gone on and he’s worked really hard. He’s been great for us all year and to see him come here and have a great weekend like this is a great way to start the playoffs.”

Baker Shore, Lewandowski, Lutz and Johnstone each recorded goals for the Steel, while Stezka made 25 saves in the 4-1 victory.

Confidence abounds after a strong opening playoff weekend.

“We’re really happy to start like this and hopefully we can finish it off at Youngstown,” Badini said. “We had a lot of contributions from everyone in Jeff Krage - For Shaw Media the lineup. With great goaltending, great forwards, great de- The Chicago Steel’s Reggie Lutz (left) and Johnny Walker celebrate a goal by Lutz on April 14 during Game fense, we’re pretty happy with 1 of the USHL’s Western Conference semifinal against Youngstown. Lutz scored once in a 4-1 win in Game 1 how we played this weekend.” and twice in a 6-0 victory in Game 2 on April 15.

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ST. CHARLES – Geneva’s baseball team needed a win to snap a threegame losing streak.

Sean Sinisko delivered a performance that helped the Vikings get on track.

The Geneva junior yielded just two hits over five innings to help lead the Vikings to a 6-2 win against host St. Charles East on April 13.

“I was feeling great,” Sinisko said.

“Everything seemed to be working in the right situations. I was just trying to attack every batter on every pitch, trying to get it over the plate and having movement, keeping them on their toes and guessing.”

The lefty retired the first 10 batters he faced with seemingly little effort, and just one of the balls put in play in that span left the infield. He had five of his six strikeouts through 3 1/3 innings and needed just 65 pitches to get through five innings and earn the win.

“Everything was super sharp, his fastball, his change-up and his curveball,” Geneva coach Brad Wendell said.

“He was throwing three pitches for strikes and everything just looked sharp.

“We needed that from him on the mound.”

Geneva was scuffling entering the game, having been shut out against Marmion 5-0 April 7 and then falling 2-1 and 3-1 against the Saints the previous two days. A solid pitching performance plus a 10-hit attack offensively was the boost the Vikings needed.

“This is the kind of game that gives us the confidence to play the elite teams like St. Charles North and Batavia,” Sinisko said. “Come out and attack every pitch every at-bat, and play our best ball.”

Dom Guido, Josh Rose and Graham Owen had three straight singles to start the second inning for the Vikings.

Niko DiLeo’s groundout plated Guido, and Jason Peruba’s groundout scored Rose.

After the Saints cut the deficit to 3-1 in the fourth, Geneva answered with four runs in the top of the fifth.

Peruba, Nathan Dewey and Dylan Baer led off with three straight singles, the latter two attempted sacrifice bunts that went for hits. Jeremy Davis’ sacrifice fly scored Peruba. After Jack Olson reached on a fielder’s choice, Guido laced a double to deep left field to bring home Dewey and Olson. Rose followed with a double that scored Guido.

For a team that is relatively inexperienced, a win like the one the Vikings had against St. Charles East was a confidence booster.

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Geneva’s Dominic Guido (left) attempts to tag St. Charles East’s Thomas Adams at second base during a game at Geneva on April 12.

The Saints won the first two games of the series, but the Vikings used solid pitching and timely hitting to win the finale 6-2 April 13.

“We have a lot of kids that haven’t played [varsity] before, a bunch of them with very limited innings,” said Wendell, whose team improved to 7-5 on the season with an 8-6 win against Bartlett on April 15.

“I think we have three or four guys that got consistent innings last year, and that’s it. Everyone else is kind of a new guy trying to figure it out. Wins like this help you figure it out.”

Patrick Griffin’s single scored John Carroll for East’s first run, and Niko Klebosits singled home John DelloStritto in the sixth, but that was the extent of the Saints’ offense as the struggles at the plate that started with Sinisko on the mound carried over throughout the game.

“As much as I’m upset about our offense, you have to give kudos to their guys,” said East coach Len Asquini, whose team topped West Chicago 13-0 April 15 to improve to 9-4 overall. “We did not do much offensively this whole series, so you have to give kudos to their pitchers. They hit their spots and were keeping us off balance.

“We were fortunate with our lack of offense to come out of this series with two wins.”

Batavia

After Larkin scored three times in the top of the seventh to grab a 5-4 lead, the Bulldogs scored twice in the bottom of the inning for a 6-5 win April 13.

Pinch-hitter Michael Downs hit a two-out single to right to drive in Quinn O’Brien with the tying run, and Glenn Albanese scored the winning run on a passed ball.

Anthony Carlini drove in two runs, and Jake Robinson and John Lemon both doubled and scored a run.

Albanese tossed a no-hitter against St. Charles North on April 17, but the North Stars earned the 1-0 win with a run in the bottom of the seventh.

Marmion

The Cadets extended their recent winning streak to five games with a 12-2, six-inning win against visiting St. Joseph on April 17.

Bobby Pierce was 2 for 3 with two doubles, two RBIs and three runs scored for Marmion (9-4 overall). Jack Molenhouse, Chase Stanke and Trevor Taus drove in two runs apiece, and Bryce Burton scored twice.

Marmion swept De La Salle 5-1 and 6-5 in a doubleheader April 15, topped DePaul 10-0 April 13 and got

past Fenwick 7-5 April 12.

St. Charles North

Sam Faith’s leadoff walk, Jason Shanner’s stolen base, a groundout to move Shanner to third, and Sean Krueger’s sacrifice fly led the North Stars to a 1-0 win against Batavia on April 17 despite the Bulldogs’ Glenn Albanese throwing a no-hitter. North improved to 9-2 with the win.

The North Stars won big, 16-3, in a nonconference game against Lake Park on April 14.

Sean Nemetz was 2 for 3 with three RBIs, Faith was 3 for 3 with a triple, RBI and two runs scored, and Shanner hit an RBI double in his only at-bat.

St. Francis

The Spartans jumped out to a 4-0 lead and surged ahead late in an 11-5 win against Bishop McNamara on April 17.

Matt Cooney went 2 for 3 with five RBIs, and Nick Kosmetatos hit two doubles, drove in two runs and scored three times. Zach Crescenzo drove in two runs, Tim Sullivan and Nolan Pechan each scored two runs, and Pechan pitched 4 2/3 innings to earn the win.

KANE COUNTY PREPS St. Charles East’s Garcia ATHLETE OF THE WEEK ATHLETE OF THE MONTH

has a passion for track

DOM GUIDO

By JASON ROSSI jrossi@shawmedia.com

Geneva Junior | Baseball Why Guido was selected: Guido had two of the Vikings’ 10 hits, including a two-run double, and scored twice in a 6-2 win against St. Charles East on April 13.

After losing three straight, including two against St. Charles East, Dom Guido helped the Vikings break out of their slump with a big day at the plate against the Saints on April 13. He kept it going April 15, when he was 3 for 4 with a double, RBI and run scored in an 8-6 win against Bartlett.

Guido, the St. Charles Bank & Trust Athlete of the Week, spoke with Kane County Chronicle sports editor Jason Rossi to discuss the finale against St. Charles East and more. Here is an edited transcript.

games, but we felt good today. We were jumping on the fastballs and not letting them throw curveballs late in the counts.

Rossi: I know the bats weren’t there in the first two games of the East series. How did it feel to finally get them going?

Guido: It felt good. Coach talks about approach and it was rough the first couple

Rossi: Do you feel like the team is starting to turn the corner now?

Guido: Yeah, definitely. We were in a dry patch, and I think this kind of game can turn us around, get out of the slump and get the bats going.

Rossi: What led to your success?

Guido: My first at-bat I hit a first-pitch fastball. My second one was another first-pitch fastball, but I grounded out, and my third one I got to a 3-2 count and he wasn’t throwing his curveball for strikes so I was expecting fastball, got it, turned on it and hit a double.

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ST. CHARLES – People use the term running in circles to figuratively describe a tough situation with an elusive solution.

Running in circles is what Stephanie Garcia loves to do.

The St. Charles East junior started running track in middle school, and ever since then she has had a love affair with the sport. A former basketball player, Garcia left hoops behind when she got to high school, and she has no regrets.

“I felt I was better at [track],” said Garcia, the March Athlete of the Month sponsored by St. Charles Toyota. “I was really short for basketball, and track is more my passion.”

So far this spring, Garcia has competed in the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes as well as the 4x200 relay, and she occasionally runs the 4x100 and the 4x400 relays. Sprints are her specialty, and the 100 dash is her favorite of the bunch.

“I just like that it’s such a short race,” she said. “It’s over and done with in a couple seconds. I tried jumps in middle school, but I’m not a jumper. I’ve always been a sprinter and it’s always been my favorite.”

Becoming a state-qualifying sprinter (she ran on the 4x100 relay that ran in the state prelims in 2015) is easier said than done. While the 100 dash does last a little more than 10 seconds, there is a lot of training done behind the scenes: speed drills, weightlifting and intensive coaching to reach peak performance.

“There’s a lot of weight room work, power lifting like clean-and-jerks just to build power and just be quicker off the line at the start of a race,” Stephanie Garcia said. “It defiGarcia nitely helps having all the coaches pushing me, and I think all the work in the weight room and the drills really help you improve.”

Garcia recently set a personal record in the clean-and-jerk in the weight room, which has led to solid results on the track.

In three outdoor meets so far this spring, Garcia has not finished outside the top three in a race. She was second in the 400 and third in both the 100 and 200 in a triangular meet against Bartlett and West Aurora on April 17. She was second in the 100 and 200 dashes at the Naperville North invite April 13.

Garcia is hopeful the solid results continue to the postseason. After running at the state meet as a freshman in 2015, she just missed making it last spring. She beat the state qualifying standard in the 100 at the Upstate Eight Conference meet last year, but she came up just short when it came to running a qualifying time at the sectional meet. She ran a 12.70 in the 100 dash April 17, just .09 off the state standard.

“The environment at state is so beautiful, and after freshman year I just want to get back there,” Garcia said. “I was pretty close last year and I’m hopeful I can qualify in the 100 this year.”

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editorial@kcchronicle.com SCHAUMBURG – Three proved to be the magic number for Hailey Rydberg and Gia Wahlberg – and by extension for their St. Charles North soccer teammates.

Rydberg and Wahlberg both figured into the scoring three times in North’s 4-2 win against Crystal Lake South in a semifinal of the PepsiCo Showdown on April 15 at Olympic Park in Schaumburg.

Rydberg scored the first two goals for North on assists

by Amanda Czerniak and Wahlberg before Wahlberg made it a 3-0 game with a goal on Alison Wessel’s feed. After CLS closed the gap to 3-2 with back-to-back goals, Wahlberg fed Rydberg for an insurance goal and the hat trick.

The North Stars improved to 7-0-1 overall and will face Lake Forest for the PepsiCo Showdown title at 3:40 p.m.

April 23 at Wish Field at DePaul University.

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Kyrsten Pellikan, Sydney Pryor, Jordan King and Zoey Kollhoff each scored two goals for the Rockets in an 8-0 win against Marengo on April 17.

Erin Rafferty made one save in net, and BC moved its record to 10-1-1 on the season.

Geneva

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD Batavia

The Bulldogs won nine events at the Glenbard West invite April 15.

Jay Hunt was a winner in both the 100-meter dash (11.06 seconds) and high jump (6 feet, 6 inches), and he joined Jordan Birkhaug, Jeremiah Evers and Michael Stanley on the winning 4x100 relay (43.17).

Shane Knanishu (2:03.30 in the 800 run), Sam Conger (14.84 in the 110 hurdles), Elijah Green (135-11 in discus) and Nick Krella (14 feet in pole vault) were other individual winners.

Charles McMarrow, Julian Davis, Thomas Stuttle and Reggie Phillips teamed up to Jeff Krage - For Shaw Media win the 4x200 (1:32.29), and McSt. Charles North’s Jordan Karom heads the ball April 13 during a game Marrow, Adam Kennedy, Philagainst Lyons Township at Batavia High School as part of the PepsiCo lips and Josh Young won the 4x400 (3:31.73).

Showdown tournament.

Plocinski homered and drove in four, and Katelyn Keller hit a home run as part of a 20-hit attack in a 14-0 win against Larkin on April 17.

Emily Viebrock pitched four innings and earned the win as Geneva improved to 10-2 overall and 2-0 in the Upstate Eight River.

Jenna Dominguez assisted on Stephanie Howe’s opening goal and scored Geneva’s next two tallies in a 7-0 win against South Elgin on April 17.

Molly McGavin and Caitlin Farrell also scored in the first half, Anneliese Lockner and Sydney Gratz scored after halftime, Emma Harkleroad and Katie Montgomery shared the St. Charles East The Saints took two from shutout, and the Vikings improved to 10-0 on the year for Naperville Central on April the best start of the nine-year 15, winning 14-1 and 3-2 to imtenure of head coach Megan prove to 11-3 on the season.

A 10-run third inning broke Owens. open Game 1. Rylee Stout and Delaney Devor both hit home SOFTBALL runs in the game. Stout went 1 Geneva for 3 with three RBIs and three Alyssa Kramer hit two runs scored, and Devor drove home runs and a double and in two and scored three times. drove in five runs, Kaitlyn Jordan Hieber had two RBIs

and Maddie Candre and Sara Campagna both scored twice.

Central had 11 hits in Game 2, but Krista Sbarra avoided major damage and earned the pitching win.

Geneva

St. Charles North

The long distance races belonged to the Vikings at their own VanDeveer invite April 15. Tyler Dau won the 1,600-meter run in 4:29.23, and Josh Rodgers took the 3,200 run in 10:01.45.

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Jordyn Wolfe was 2 for 3 with an RBI and run scored, St. Charles East JB Sandlund won the and Allison Moberg drove in a run, but the North Stars fell 800-meter run (2:01.47) and 3-2 against West Aurora on Nick Kane took the discus title (131 feet, 1 inch) at the West April 17.

Aurora invite April 15.

Batavia

The Bulldogs won in straight sets in seven matches and earned an 8-0 dual meet win against Oswego on April 17.

James Pierce won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 singles, and Chase

The North Stars had four event champs as they won the team title at Geneva’s VanDeveer invite April 15.

Eric Lins won the 100-meter dash (11.68 seconds) and 200 dash (23.65), and Luke Suther-

land made it a North sweep of the sprints as he won the 400 (50.20). Peter Willis cleared 6 feet, 3 inches to win the high jump.

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD Batavia

A slew of strong finishes had the Bulldogs in contention for the team title at the Oswego East invite April 15, but Batavia (103.5 points) had to settle for second place behind Bolingbrook (106).

Sabrina Schlenker won the 300-meter hurdles in 47.65 seconds, Samantha Healy won the shot put with a mark of 36 feet, 5 inches, and the 4x800 relay was victorious in 10:00.81.

Runner-up showings by Alexa Andrews (12:15.99 in the 3,200 run) and the 4x200 relay (1:51.18) boosted the team score.

Geneva

The Vikings scored 148.5 points and narrowly finished second to Palatine (150.5) at Geneva’s VanDeveer invite April 15.

Georgia Reed swept both hurdles races, winning the 110-meter race in 16.63 seconds and the 300 in 47.49.

Sophia McDonnell won the 3,200 run (11:41.63), and it was Reed, Taryn Christy, Michelle Siciliano and Colette Malovany on the winning 4x400 relay (4:15.05).

In field events, Hannah Borodin (33 feet, 1 inch in shot put), Kristin Higgins (5-1 in high jump) and Susan D’Onofrio (33-4.75 in triple jump) were event champs.

St. Charles North

North had six individual champs at Geneva’s invite April 15 as it placed third as a team.

Nikole Custer won in the 100-meter dash (13.54 seconds) as well as the 200 dash (27.61), Natalie Galvan won the 800 run (2:24.64), and Audrey Ernst took the 1,600 run (5:25.08).

Custer anchored Kendall Maffia, Alyssa Graf and Flo Ugoagqu on the winning 4x200 relay (1:51.93).

Autumn Horlock won the pole vault by clearing 10 feet.

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Bremner (6-2, 6-1 at No. 2) and Rocco Carbonara (6-2, 6-1 at No. 3) were straight-set singles winners. Matthew Cave rallied for a 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 3 singles.

Cameron Marbach and Thomas Maren, William Freiburger and William McClure, Keegan Thompson and Griffin Unterberg, and Justin Chu and Peter Novak were winners at Nos. 1-4 doubles, respectively. Batavia moved to 8-1 on the season.

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Five outstanding student athletes have been nominatedd by the heir ir schools to compete for the title of the April St. Charles Toyota Athlete of the Month.The athl hlet hl etee re et rece ceiving the most votes wins a ce $500 donation for their school from St. Charles Toyota! Voting is limited to one vote per day.

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Colton Weber St. Charles East High School Boys Track & Field

Jay Hunt Batavia High School Boys Track & Field

Megan Safranski Burlington Central Girls Track & Field

Sam Faith St. Charles North High School Baseball

Sophia McDonnell Geneva High School Girls Track & Field

Colton is a Senior and a pole vaulter on the St. Charles East track team. He was the indoor conference champ and he was 4th at Prep Top Times. He broke the school record in Pole Vault by vaulting 15’1.

Jay is a great leader and competitor.He is a two time state qualifier and State medalist. At the Indoor UEC Meet won the 200 meters and the High Jump and at the moment is the number 1 ranked jumper in illinois following the indoors season at 6’9”.

Megan was a three event qualifier for the Indoor State Meet running in the 4x800 relay, 3200 meter run, and the 1600 meter run. Megan ran all three races at the Indoor State Meet and medaled in two events. She finished in 5th place in the 3200, 5th in the 4x800, and 12th in the 1600. Megan set two Central High School records in the 4x800 relay and the 3200 meter run, running 11:13.71.

Sam Faith has been an integral part of the St Charles North Baseball program for the last 4 years (3 on the varsity).

Sam is already off to a magnificent start to his senior season. He was the area leader in hits, runs, average and RBI after our spring trip. He also made countless spectacular plays defensively.

Congratulations Jay!

Congratulations Megan!

Sophia McDonnell has had a tremendous track and field season so far. She was a double winner at the Upstate Eight Conference Indoor Championships winning the 4x800m relay and 1600m run in 5:11.

From there, she went on to compete at the prestigious Illinois Prep Top Times meet where she placed 7th with a time of 11:05 among some of the state’s best. She has been a top runner for us all season and has displayed a remarkable consistency through a variety of events.

Congratulations Colton!

Congratulations Sam!

Congratulations Sophia!

QUILL THE UMPIRE Chris Rollin Walker March 31. None of those 13 games were played because of the weather. Then, Mother Nature mocked me – on April Fools Day of course – by finally allowing me to get out onto a field to work a Saturday doubleheader on a day where I was almost 100 percent positive that I’d be postponed again.

I know the rain is awful for umpiring assignors, athletic directors, coaches and players. It’s dreadful for us umpires, too, and you can add that to another reason why there is a shortage of umpires. Some are just sick and tired of all the waiting around and inevitable cancellations. I know some who try to not work games until mid-April in order to avoid the especially unpredictable first month. I know of a few others who spend time working games in Arizona, enjoying rainless days, wearing short sleeves, soaking in plenty of sun and warmth and the opportunity to catch some spring training games when they have some free time. Unfortunately, only a select few are so lucky.

Most of us are stuck waiting around most days wondering if we’re playing or not. It’s even worse when the rain stays away until around 3:30 or 4 p.m. when we’re already en route to the field all for nothing. Imagine if you got ready for work every day, waited around to go to work and then received word that you wouldn’t need to work that day and were paid nothing for it. Now imagine if that happened about half of the time.

That’s what spring high school baseball and softball has been for umpires in 2017. What a way to make a living, right?

The rescheduling is a thing of nightmares. There’s nothing like having a game 15 minutes away from home on a Friday turned into one 75 minutes away. “C’mon, blue, why are you complaining. They pay you extra for doing that!� No, sir, they do not. Throw in the fact that the visiting team arrives 15 minutes late after you’re sweating bullets in Friday afternoon traffic and get there minutes before game time, and you’ve got an umpire who is bubbling with the antonym of joy. There was some good news that day. The sun was out and it didn’t rain. Busy umpires can’t make up the lost dates. Certain games, such as conference contests, have to be rescheduled,

but there’s only so much time. If you’re already scheduled to work most days, you’re not going to be picking up many rescheduled games because you simply don’t have open dates. Fewer games result in fewer opportunities for the kids, which is the biggest shame.

Waking up on a beautiful Sunday morning is a blessing, although I also often think it’s Mother Nature’s way of saying, “Na-na na-na, boo-boo, you can’t play today.� How long is it going to be before high school teams start playing games on Sundays so they have one extra day to work with for reschedules? Nothing like a beautiful Sunday wasted followed by feeling like you’re in a Friday the 13th movie thunderstorm all day on Monday and dealing with yet another postponement.

Well, enough whining from me. I’m just so sick and tired of all the rain and now it looks like my dogs need to get out for a walk. Oh, great, it’s raining again. But postponing a doggy potty break will result in an even bigger mess than all these rainouts. At least I have an umbrella.

Sugar Grove resident Chris Rollin Walker is a baseball umpire. Contact him at editorial@kcchronicle.com.

SPORTS BRIEFS Registration underway for youth hoops tournaments

Registration is open for youth basketball tournaments to be held by North American Youth Sports in Aurora.

The tournaments will take place May 20 and July 8 at East Aurora High School.

Each tournament will have 12 brackets: fourth- and fifth-grade boys; fourthand fifth-grade girls; sixth-grade boys; sixth-grade girls; seventh-grade boys; seventh-grade girls; eighth-grade boys; eighth-grade girls; ninth- and 10th-grade boys; ninth- and 10th-grade girls; 11thand 12th-grade boys; and 11th- and 12thgrade girls. All brackets are based on the current grade of enrollment. The entry fee for each tournament is $160. The registration deadlines for the tournaments at East Aurora are May 5 and June 23, respectively. For information, visit www.northamericanyouthsports.org or call the NAYS hotline at 866-352-5915.

Chicago Bears youth football camps coming to area

The Chicago Bears will host a number of noncontact youth football camps in

the western suburbs in June and July.

Designed for children ages 6 through 14, the camps are led by professional, USA Football-certified coaches.

Kids will learn to run, throw, catch, defend and compete like a pro. Through safe, noncontact instruction, the program develops athletic skills, football skills and life skills.

Former Chicago Bears players Rashied Davis, Kris Haines, Al Harris, Michael Haynes, Jason McKie and Jim Morrissey will be on hand to lend instruction for the camps.

The time and date for camps coming to the area are: • 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. daily June 12 to 16 in Carol Stream. • 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. daily June 19 to 23 at the Bartlett Community Center in Bartlett. • 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. daily July 10 to 14 at Berens Park in Elmhurst. • 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. daily July 17 to 21 at Wredling Middle School in St. Charles. • 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. daily July 24 to 28 in Geneva.

For information about the cost or to register for the camps, visit www.BearsCamps.com or call 312-226-5553.

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Mother’s Day is less than a month away, but you don’t have to worry about buying anything for Mother Nature.

I’d like to tell you what I’d like to give her, but I know my editor won’t allow me to write it and I don’t want him to eject me from producing future columns.

Does anyone know if it’s ever going to stop raining this spring?

Is the rain the tears of Mother Nature? If so, we all know there’s no crying in baseball, so stop crying!

Can someone contact coach Mike Leak, not Cardinals right-hander Mike Leake, but the coach of the Bad News Bears and get him to lead a chant of “Let them play?� Then again, do we want to talk about a leak with all these precipitation and soggy field issues?

My final regular-season high school game is May 20. In case you haven’t noticed, today is April 20. The season is flying by and games continue to be postponed because of bad weather and sloppy field conditions.

If you don’t think it’s been as bad as I say, consider my schedule at the end of March. I was scheduled to work doubleheaders on all but one day during spring break from March 25 through

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LEFT: A Senninger Xcel-Wobbler sprinkler is mounted on a tripod stand.

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As everybody knows, the best way to make it rain is to wash your car. As extra insurance, a superstitious gardener might provoke a shower by ordering a complicated drip irrigation system.

Or maybe there’s a better way to deal with drought.

Apart from the lengthening days, there’s little you can forecast about the upcoming summer.

If it turns out to be wet, you’ll be inundated with weeds, and soil so soggy you can’t dig them out. Leafy crops will be green and happy – if they don’t succumb to fungus.

All you can do is maximize good soil drainage by adding plenty of organic matter.

If it’s dry, your vegetables are at risk, but you have more options. In arid places where watering is restricted by law or conscience, people corral their thirstiest crops into a small area and in some cases don’t water at all. There’s even a name for that: dry gardening.

I’ve always assumed that the juicy fruiting crops, such as tomatoes, needed water the most, and for better productivity, yes, they do. But lack of water concentrates their flavor so well that smaller and fewer fruits might seem like a small price to pay.

That won’t work in my garden, though, because the weather changes every 10 minutes, and it’s inconsistent watering that does tomatoes in, with splitting, cracking and blossom end rot. The only way to provide perfectly even moisture is to grow tomatoes in a small irrigated greenhouse, which I do, and it works very well.

Still, it’s useful to take a cue from desert dwellers and plant some things that are more drought-proof than others, such as potatoes, melons and squash. And lots of organic matter will help the soil retain moisture just as it allows excess water to drain.

Mulch is useful because in

addition to deterring weeds, it keeps soil moisture in, as long as you apply it when the soil is wet. And make sure that when you water, you apply enough to reach deeply.

But next to great soil structure, there’s nothing like an irrigation system to calm a gardener’s jitters about rain. To a minimalist like me, a system can be something as simple as a good black rubber hose or even two or three of them, with first-rate brass fittings. I’m partial to a type of brass coupling called Quick Disconnect (available at dramm.com), which locks securely into place with minimal leakage. I make sure any nozzle or sprinkler device I use has a Quick Disconnect on it so I can easily shift things around.

When people opt for drip or trickle systems, despite their cloggy emitters, dry gaps, ugly appearance and high price, it’s because most conventional sprinklers have one serious flaw: Because they atomize the water to a fine spray, they lose a great deal of it to evaporation and waste even more when wind blows the droplets away from their designated target.

I avoid that problem by using a relatively new type of low-pressure sprinkler head called a Wobbler (from Sprinkler.com and elsewhere). It spins around, emitting uniform drops too heavy to blow around. The Senninger Xcel model I use is mounted on a tripod sprinkler stand.

For container plants, I leave one solitary hose on the terrace with a wand called the Wonder Waterer (johnnyseeds.com), which delivers a soft, gentle spray. But I also keep handy an old-fashioned, hard-stream, suds-busting, pistol-grip nozzle I can put on that hose if the rain never comes and I must resort to washing the car.

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Designer Erin Paige Pitts: A white kitchen doesn’t have to be plain vanilla Newport Brass wall-mounted pot filler in polished nickel, which is useful and adds anWhite kitchens seem to be other design element. everywhere these days. White • Research your marbles. The cabinets and white counters marble countertop that Pitts continue to be the top choice and the Todorovs selected is of many homeowners, whethCalacatta gold. Pitts said she er going for a classic, country is fond of it in white kitchens or industrial look. But yours because of the pureness of the doesn’t have to look like evwhite and the veining. The eryone else’s. white sections of Calacatta Designer Erin Paige Pitts gold are very white, so the was careful to give a light contrast of these against the and bright custom look to the gray and golden-beige veins Todorov family’s kitchen in adds warmth to a white kitchBishopville, Maryland. en. She is also fond of statuary “It’s very easy to order a marble, which has slight gray kitchen full of white cabinets, veining. That’s what she used but that isn’t what makes it in her own kitchen. special,” said Pitts, who has • Don’t go with plain glass. offices in Maryland and FlorIn keeping with her water ida. “I look for opportunities theme, Pitts installed “water to add a lot of visual interest, glass” in some of the cabinets whether it be interesting tile with glass doors. This type of for the backsplash, beautiful glass is wavy and looks like cabinet hardware or unique ripples in the water. It adds glass.” Particularly when usanother layer of shimmer to ing white, “it’s the layering of the space, especially when the all these interesting elements sun hits it. that makes a kitchen special • Choose a clean, crisp and visually appealing.” white paint. There’s a whole Here’s her advice: spectrum of white paint out • If you go with white tile, there, some with a little yelmake it special. The Todorov low, some with a little gray. kitchen has lustrous white In this project, Pitts used tiles that shimmer in the Super White by Benjamin sunlight. Pitts used handMoore, which she calls “the crafted iridescent tiles (the best pure white.” “It’s like a specific color is Chalk) from crisp, new white bedsheet,” the Winchester Tile Co.’s she said. This color allows Metropolitancollection. The detail in millwork to pop and company, based in England, is reflects color and light witha favorite of Pitts’s. “I love to out discoloration. Pitts used use them in waterfront homes Super White in matte on the where we want to have light walls, semigloss on the trim reflecting through the space,” and flat on the ceiling. She Pitts said. She said the glossy suggests pairing Super White finish of the tiles “reflects on trim with walls in Decorator’s water and brings it into the White by Benjamin Moore, home.” She also used Winwhich has a touch of gray, chester light blue (Lupin) tile when you want to create a as an accent to add another contrast between the walls dimension. and the trim or when the • Make your range hood a house has too much southern focal point. Seek out a beauexposure. tifully designed hood or • Use a darker floor to customize one so you make ground the room. Any time it a design feature instead of you’re doing a very white just a functional appliance. kitchen, the floor needs to Pitts worked with RangeCraft balance the white and ground to style a striking polished it. At the Todorovs’, Pitts stainless-steel and pewter did that with a walnut wood range hood embellished with floor. Gray or taupe tile is a riveted trim. She added a another option.

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raclette – but it’s fun to sneak in something extra, such as an anchovy, a tiny shrimp, a fat clove of roasted garlic or a bit of jalapeno pepper. After stuffing the blossoms, you batter-fry them and eat them immediately with coarse salt and pepper. I twirl them in a thin slurry of whole-wheat flour and water, twisting them to close the tips, and fry them on both sides in olive oil.

It’s easy with a little practice.

Lately, I’ve been branching out into other, even simpler uses for these gorgeous flowers. They magically keep their vivid gold color and don’t entirely shrivel up when cooked or dressed with vinaigrette, unlike some edible flowers. I especially like them cut into chiffonade (thin ribbons) and strewn into a soup. The classic one is creamy, with chicken broth, green chiles, potatoes, corn and chunks of the squash itself. But you might also try a black bean soup as a dark background for the flowers’ brightness, along with strips of roasted red peppers.

Why stop there? Let’s slip them into tacos, garnish salads with them, toss them into pasta. Tuck them into a sandwich along with slightly warm fontina cheese. Scatter them on a pizza.

This summer I’m going to try a version of chef Waldy Malouf’s dessert blintzes, in which fresh ricotta and honey are stuffed into squash blossoms instead of into pancakes.

Brushed with a little butter, warmed in the oven and topped with sour cream, they could be a breakfast worth getting up for at first light.

The best flower show is in the vegetable garden come June. Squash blossoms open for business at dawn, their huge, golden trumpets proclaiming a fresh pollen supply for bees. As the morning goes on, the pollen’s quality declines a bit, the bees turn groggy, and the flowers start to close their doors.

Around noon, they fold up for the day.

A single plant bears both male and female flowers, joined in procreation as bees burrow in the pollen and carry it from boy to girl. Peer into the flowers’ centers to see male or female parts, but a flower’s gender is clear with just a quick glance. A male has a long, slender stem, but a female has a thick base that enlarges to form an ovary. When pollination occurs, the ovary swells to an obvious baby bump and soon grows into a recognizable squash.

The flowers are prized in the kitchen, especially by cooks who have access to a garden and can be there when it counts, just like a bee. If picked very early when wide open and then refrigerated, the flowers probably will remain open for the evening meal.

The most popular way to cook squash blossoms is to stuff them, and the more open they are, the easier this is to do. It’s hard to open a closed flower without damaging it, and you want to leave it intact to hold the stuffing.

Flowers of both sexes are delicious, but it makes sense to choose males because only a few are needed for pollination and females are best left in the garden to bear fruit.

Barbara Damrosch is the author of The usual stuffing consists of “The Four Season Farm Gardener’s cheese – from soft goat cheese to a Cookbook”; her website is www.foursemisoft Monterey Jack to a firmer seasonfarm.com.

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Female squash blossoms have a thick stem, and males have a thin one. You can cut the flowers into strips and sprinkle them over black bean soup for a pretty contrast.

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How to clean bricks above a fireplace

By JEANNE HUBER Special to The Washington Post I tried to wash bricks above a fireplace with soap and water, but I got an uneven result. How can I do a better job?

If you didn’t saturate the bricks with water before you applied the cleaning solution, that could explain the blotchiness.

The Brick Industry Association, a trade group, recommends starting the cleaning process by saturating the bricks with water, because that

stops most of the cleaning solution from being absorbed into the bricks.

The cleaner will then stay on the surface, where it can dislodge grime.

Dry bricks absorb whatever liquid is applied, and if that’s dirty or soapy water, it can become difficult to rinse away. In the picture you sent, the bricks closest to the fireplace opening appear more streaked than those above them. That could be because they absorbed cleaning solution that dripped from bricks higher up.

Outdoors, saturating bricks is

easy: Just turn on a hose and make sure all the bricks get wet. Indoors, even if you mask surrounding surfaces with plastic sheeting, you obviously want to limit how much water you introduce. A masonry sponge, sold at home centers, makes a good tool for transferring water to bricks while minimizing drips. This type of sponge, sold for cleaning grout, holds a lot more water than typical household sponges.

So what to do now? Start by saturating the brick with water. Scrub with

soapy water, using a clear soap or one labeled for use on brick. Scrub with a fiber or plastic-bristle brush, not one with metal bristles. Then rinse several times, using the masonry sponge.

Rinse and re-wet the sponge with clear water as you go.

Once the brick dries, check again for stains. If smoke stains remain, the Brick Industry Association recommends using a stiff-bristle brush and scouring powder that contains bleach. Again, rinse the residue thoroughly.

5 kitchen gadgets to keep out of your kitchen

By MEGAN MCARDLE Bloomberg News The other day, a friend asked me to write about the uselessness of the salad spinner. Now, I kind of like our salad spinner. It does a pretty good job of drying greens, and it’s excellent for getting the sand out of bok choy (cut bok choy in half and place in the bowl, fill with water, put it through its paces in a nice deep sink). You can also use it to dress your salad, though I never have.

But this did get me thinking: What gadgets wouldn’t I use? Here are my current top five.

The Eggstractor

People in infomercials seem to have very hard lives. They are constantly thwarted by tasks that most of us seem to manage with minimal fuss, such as cooking a grilled cheese sandwich or getting meatloaf out of the pan.

But the Eggstractor people are in a class by themselves. They are the Mozarts of misfortune, the Beethovens of befuddlement. Faced with the task of peeling a hard-boiled egg, they are apparently unable to keep from mauling the egg into a post-apocalyptic ruin of shells, white and yolk. It is like watching someone try to eat a bowl of Jell-O with one of those arcade claw machines.

Luckily for these people, there is the Eggstractor, which also doesn’t work but will at least not send egg shrapnel hurtling through the drywall into the neighboring apartment. It will merely cost you $15, two dozen hard-boiled eggs, and the hour of your life that you will spend trying to make the gadget work as

it does on television. (Note: It will never work as it does on television.

Legend has it that there actually is a foolproof method which will, if employed carefully, make the Eggstractor work as promised. However, this method involves methodically removing the shell from both tips, along with the inner membrane, at which point you realize it would be faster and much more convenient simply to donate the Eggstractor to a rummage sale and peel the darn egg with your hands.)

Target market: People who live in infomercial world, people who have taken a monastic vow never to remove their oven mitts.

The pancake bot

You can upload an image, say of a Tyrannosaurus rex, and it will make a pancake out of your picture! Works as promised.

Not promised, but also true: The production time for a single pancake rivals that of the Chevy Cruze. Even my gadget-loving brain balked at spending 10 minutes to turn out a single T. rex pancake for an honored brunch guest, while everyone else stared grimly at their mimosas and made pointed remarks about having to be home by 9 p.m. to catch “True Detective.”

Target market: Single people who never entertain, find it tedious to sweep up all the piles of unused money that are lying around their apartment, and love Tyrannosaurus rexes.

Instead, use a pancake mold, or make a normal round pancake and say it’s an impressionist representation of Pluto in honor of NASA’s recent flyby.

Multichoppers.

I owned one of these for a while because the lure is irresistable: perfect dicing, every time! And it does dice vegetables into evenly sized bits, just as advertised. What is not advertised is the fact that getting an onion through the grates requires the use of such titanic force that I frequently had to call my husband to do the job. And by the time you have actually gotten it out of the cupboard, inserted the correct blade, and forced your vegetable through, you realize that it would have been much easier just to take a knife out of the block, or dropped it into the food processor with willful indifference to the appearance of your minced onions.

Dropped the vegetable into the food processor, I mean. The multi-chopper should be dropped into the nearest trash can.

Target market: Bodybuilders with poor knife skills.

The pancake machine

Are you daunted by dumping dry pancake mix into a bowl, adding liquid and eggs, and pouring the result onto your griddle? The pancake machine is for you! If you are daunted by this task, however, you are probably not old enough to handle your own money or eat solid food.

Reviews suggest this device is a fail on every level: It automates a task that does not require automation; the automation doesn’t work unless a human intervenes with a scraper to keep the dry mix from caking to the sides; it breaks easily; and, like most devices with trigger/spout mechanisms, it is an

enormous pain to clean.

Target market: People looking for an inexpensive housewarming gift for someone they don’t particularly like.

Vertical egg cookers

Have you ever thought, “Gee, I wish my scrambled eggs looked more like a long, eyeless worm?” No? Until a few years ago, I wouldn’t have imagined that anyone might have. Yet the vertical egg cooker exists.

For a summation of its charms, I cannot improve upon this review from The Guardian: “This week’s gadget describes itself as ‘a new way to prepare eggs,’ which is accurate in the way that chopping off your legs could be described as a new way to lose weight.”

I sampled the output from one of these devices a few years back, and in case you were wondering, the flavor and texture are every bit as appalling as its appearance. There are certainly things that I would less rather eat. But most of them are not legal in the continental United States.

While this machine does not make anything that you would voluntarily eat, it does make you think. It’s healthy to dwell on life’s questions sometimes, and this one raises a big one: “Why?” Target market: People with elaborate and troubling fantasy lives, people who need a relatively inexpensive way to mock up alien parasites for their small-budget film.

Actual method for making scrambled eggs: Use a pan. Or, if you really can’t wait five minutes, cook them in the microwave.

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by Mary L Ufer to Daniel W Henrie; $295,000 34W898 Clyde Pkwy: Sold on or before 032817 by Bayview Loan Servicing Llc to Tong Hou; $95,000 351 Brownstone Dr: Sold on or before 032417 by Paul F Kovac to Jennifer C Manns; $486,500 3N320 W Mary Ln: Sold on or before 032317 by Thomas P Banaski to Egidijus Butkus; $200,000 3N898 Baert Ln: Sold on or before 032417

by Jason Babcock to Eric L Brinkmann & Amanda M Brinkmann; $453,000 41W107 Campton Trail Rd: Sold on or before 032417 by Lehman Trust to Kevin J Lamb & Kathleen M Lamb; $550,000 42W260 Retreat Ct: Sold on or before 011817 by Kim K Cohan to Christine M Crosby; $220,000 49 Highgate Crse: Sold on or before 032417

by William R Ackerman to Brian Hisel & Whitney Hisel; $410,000 4N338 Booth: Sold on or before 032417 by Royden E Vonnordeck to John J Erwin & Jcan A Erwin; $412,000 526 S 14th St: Sold on or before 032317 by Hartman Trust to Lawrence P Terzo & Laura Terzo; $220,000 5N144 Maple Ct: Sold on or before 011817

by George M Powell to Dennis Junod & Joan Junod; $452,000 5N774 Jens Jensen Ln: Sold on or before 032317 by John Andreacchi to Paul Reilly & Jennifer Reilly; $341,000 5N777 Autumn Ct: Sold on or before 032417

by Mark Fiorino to Randall Dyer & Dianne Dyer; $575,000

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1221 Thoroughbred Cir: Sold on or before 032817 by Patric A Pera to Willaim A Miller Continued from page 59 & Christin M Miller; $437,500 126 Saint Germain Pl: Sold on or before 032417 by Shodeen Homes Llc to John F 032417 by Don Hitzel to Bertha L Laha; Bubeck & Shea N Bubeck; $680,000 $335,000 40W223 Palmer Rd: Sold on or before 1405 S 13th Ave: Sold on or before 032417 011817 by Et Cet Era Land Co to Shodeeen

by Kevin D Meyer to Robert E Schraft & Homes Llc; $188,000 Jenmice Schraft; $229,000 723 Downing Pl: Sold on or before 032417 by 2018 Bridle Ct: Sold on or before 032317 by Eric M Griffin to Scott A Piagnarelli & Kelly John Rodgers to David A Jones & Danielle A Piagnarelli; $320,000 Jones; $405,000 202 Benham Ct: Sold on or before 032317 North Aurora

by Roland M Vanderhagen Estate to Brian J 2583 Imgrund Rd: Sold on or before 032417 Tompkinson; $136,500

by Robert E Taylor to David R Klemencic & 22 N 11th St: Sold on or before 032417 by Christina Marassa; $270,000 Webb Jr Trust to Mark David Ende; $185,000 338 Timber Oaks Dr: Sold on or before 2916 Pleasant Plains Dr: Sold on or before 032417 by Louis Shirley to Brent Giesen & 011817 by Flora Butler to Steven P Tito; Kathryn Giesen; $252,000 $190,500 408 Pinecreek Dr: Sold on or before 011817 2986 Langston Cir: Sold on or before 021417 by

by Frank M Babich to Daniel K Berry & John W Schalk to Andrea Wallace; $215,000 Kailen Berry; $257,500 3011 Majestic Oaks Ln: Sold on or before 438 Chesterfield Ln: Sold on or before 011817 by 032417 by Bank Of America Na to Scott Richard C Seaberg to Diane Astrella; $259,000 Curatti & Carol Curatti; $575,000 58 Silver Trl: Sold on or before 021417 by 3074 Renard Ln: Sold on or before 032417 Hall Trust to Anne Ingold; $140,000

by Pari Properties Llc to Richard Sternberg; 716 Fairfield Way: Sold on or before 011817 $231,000

by Ruben Alonso to Ronald W Sterrts & 3218 Charlemagne Ln: Sold on or before Rebecca D Sterrts; $299,000 011817 by Michael L Parsons to Kurt J Kuczora & Megan J Kuczora; $391,500 St. Charles 34W625 Elm Ct: Sold on or before 032317 by 1122 S 5th St: Sold on or before 032317 by Ronald Scott Zacher to Don Miller & Amy Cory Scarbrough to Ketih Funke & Laura Miller; $72,000 Funke; $325,000 34W686 W Mary Ln: Sold on or before 032417

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By BARBARA DAMROSCH Special to The Washington Post

top inch or so of the soil with a narrow collinear hoe or an even narrower wire weeder. The goal is to catch the young weeds at what’s called the white thread stage, when they have minute, wispy roots.

Recently, I discovered a wire hoe with even thinner wire from Two Bad Cats (www.twobadcatsllc.com) in North Clarendon, Vt. With it I can place the wire blade carefully between a small weed and a young plant’s stem without harming the plant.

My husband has come up with an even simpler broomstick version.

I try to keep cultivating until the vegetables grow big enough to shade out most weeds. But somewhere in between, pigweed can pounce and lamb’s quarters can seem to go from white thread to green tree trunk in a fortnight of houseguests and rain. Occasionally there’s a row in the garden so weedy I can hardly find the crop.

It’s too late then to yank the weeds out

because vegetables would come out with them, or at least suffer damage to their roots.

But there’s a solution. Put the weeds to work, I say, as I fell them one by one, cutting them at the soil surface with a sharp knife. (Quick, before they drop any seed!) Let’s hope they’ve brought up valuable minerals with their strong roots and created pathways for soil creatures, water and air.

I lay them in the paths and between my plants. What an excellent mulch they will make as they lie there wilting in the sun. They’ll leach nutrients into the bed, keep new weeds from sprouting and shade the soil. And how enriching those roots will be as they decompose beneath the ground, for next year’s garden.

Barbara Damrosch is the author of “The Four Season Farm Gardener’s Cookbook”; her website is www.fourseasonfarm.com.

Why living with wildlife makes life a little livelier

By BARBARA DAMROSCH Special to The Washington Post I live in a delightful community where neighbors talk more about wildlife sightings than the upcoming election. The conversation is most lively in spring and early summer, when creatures are migrating, de-hibernating, nesting and raising their young.

A couple of year’s ago, the buzz was the one-note hoot of a juvenile great horned owl, alone and hunting for food. This year it’s a flock of ravens so noisy they wake everybody up. Are they discussing our chickens as a potential meal? Or just driving away an owl by keeping it awake, so they can hog its prey?

Everyone agreed that the tiny peeper frogs in the ponds were late with their singing this year. (“Was it too cold?”) I worry about amphibians, whose numbers are decreasing. But toads are now out and about, some nickel-size, some the size of a large fist. They hop along next to us as we weed.

The dragonflies that hover over our pond are waiting for more mosquitoes, which have been blessedly sparse this year. (“Too dry?”) The pond did lure a pair of mallards, though. No ducklings yet, but my hairdresser (“Top this!”) saw a newborn fawn near his place, still wet from its birth.

My neighbor Mark has a motion-activated camera in his yard and photographed what looked like a cougar,

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One of the more amusing species that live on the author’s farm is the killdeer, a bird that zips around on wiry legs and calls out in a high-pitched voice. Its eggs are speckled to blend in with their surrounding. until a rear shot showed a bobcat’s stubby tail.

The most entertaining species we host is the killdeer, a bird that inhabits farm fields, zipping around on long, wire-thin legs. We always have a pair, calling to each other with high-pitched voices. Their nest is a masterpiece, a shallow saucer on the ground with a perfectly symmetrical cluster of four eggs, speckled to match their surroundings. We search for them and leave the area around

them untouched until they hatch. The babies skitter around in formation, squeaking responses to their attentive mom and dad.

Because we feed ourselves from our land, we’re unsentimental about certain creatures that thrive and multiply by consuming our crops. We’re hoping that after two years of peak vole numbers, we’ll get a break from these voracious rodents, thanks to a consequent rise in predators such as foxes and hawks. On a recent morning

as I was brewing coffee, I looked out the window and saw movement at the hole where voles enter our home greenhouse – at times a vole motel.

After a few sips from the mug woke up my brain, I realized that the furry blur running in and out was not a large vole but a small weasel, followed by its larger parent. “Great news!” I shouted to my husband. Those weasels knew where to find their favorite snack.

Recently, while working in a greenhouse where I grow market flowers, I found a little coiled garter snake, easily identified by its pale stripes. Noticing me, it flicked its red tongue and poured itself through a three-quarter-inch hole in the pipe rail that forms the greenhouse’s base.

The next day I saw a larger one there, and a transparent, papery skin that it had shed. Snakes are good for rodent management, too.

If you think that living with wildlife is a pleasure that only country bumpkins like me can enjoy, pick up a copy of Tristan Donovan’s book “Feral Cities: Adventures With Animals in the Urban Jungle.” Wherever you live, read Sara Stein’s 1993 book, “Noah’s Garden.” Keep your land poison-free.

Let some outdoor spaces be a little untidy. And keep your eyes open. You’ll have some good stories to tell.

Barbara Damrosch is the author of “The Four Season Farm Gardener’s Cookbook”; her website is www.fourseasonfarm.com.

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According to our young friend Mélodie, who is visiting from France, the French term for “weed” is no longer “mauvaise herbe,” which translates as “bad plant.” All plants are good, and to deny that would be politically incorrect or at least a faux pas. The preferred word is “adventice”: a plant that has wandered into your garden and availed itself of your hospitable soil.

Weeds have long had their defenders, not all of them French. In 1950 the biologist Joseph A. Cocannouer wrote “Weeds: Guardians of the Soil,” which championed weeds as free and abundant sources of organic matter. They enrich and aerate the soil, especially such “deep diving” weeds as ragweed, pigweed and lamb’s quarters that mine the subsoil layer for nutrients and thus “enlarge

the feeding zone for a cultivated crop.” Weeds stabilize soil, improve its structure by “fiberizing” it and keep it moist. Also, edible weeds are often more healthful to eat than the crops we grow.

A British book published a year later by F. C. King called “The Weed Problem: A New Approach” also pleaded for coexistence and raising weeds for the compost pile.

These books are great touchstones. They remind us of the importance of plant diversity and are antidotes to the reigning practice of monoculture farming. Neither of them argues for letting weeds ruin our gardens.

My own relationship with weeds follows a predictable arc each year. I begin with a virgin plot in which vegetable seedlings line up in tidy rows and grids with nothing but beautiful dark soil in between. For quite a while I keep it that way, cultivating just the

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“I have this sofa … and I love it because it is so cozy,” Amy Rutherford says of Cisco Brothers’ Seda, available at her shop, Red Barn Mercantile in Alexandria, Va. ($2,997, redbarnmercantile.com).

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Sink into the perfect sofa

By LINDSEY M. ROBERTS Special to The Washington Post Buying a sofa requires a strong knowledge of self, says Amy Rutherford, owner of furniture and home store Red Barn Mercantile in Alexandria, Va. “The first question I ask people is ‘Where is it going?’

Then, ‘How do you use your space?

What’s your lifestyle like?’” If you like entertaining, you might go for a traditional shape, with rolled arms. If you live more casually, you might go with something slipcovered. Because sofas are such big purchases, they also require a lot of research and measurements. The width of the sofa needs to fit up or down any stairs, through the doorway and in the room itself. The height of the seat should be about the same as other seats in the room. And don’t forget the depth, D.C. interior designer Byron Risdon says. “Is it goPhoto provided by Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams ing to cut off a door or be in the way?

If you can’t decide between modern and traditional, land in the middle with a transitional Measure, measure, measure.” Beyond silhouette, as with the Clifton sectional (from $5,140, mgbwhome.com). size, there’s fabric to choose, different

cushion materials, different shapes – it can all get a little overwhelming.

So we asked five designers and shop owners to give us the skinny on their favorite sofas – ones they’ve touched, sat on or sourced for real homes. It’s up to you and your tape measure to decide the right fit for you.

Kid- and pet-friendly

• “I have this sofa … and I love it because it is so cozy,” Rutherford said of Cisco Brothers’ Seda, which her shop sells ($2,997, redbarnmercantile.com).

“I like putting up my feet and snuggling in the corner and reading a book or watching TV with my kids.” She recommends it for a living room or family room and suggests that families choose a white denim slipcover for it. “You pull it off, throw it in the wash, bleach it and throw it back on,” she said.

• When you have kids or pets, it’s important to choose your sofa fabric wisely. Risdon favors furniture makers that understand this and points to Room & Board’s 88-inch Dean sofa,

REAL ESTATE | Designer and artist Kristin Try says that the York guest sleeper sofa “is the most comfortable sofa I’ve ever slept on.” The comfort comes from a regular mattress plus an inflatable top layer ($1,799-$1,899, roomandboard.com).

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if it’s taking up less space.”

For large spaces

• If you have a big room to fill, by all means, go with a big sofa! (“My biggest pet peeve is little tiny furniture in a big space,” Rutherford said.) The sizable Dryden two-piece sectional is for a “savvy buyer,” Baker said, “someone who is not ready to go custom, For small spaces but has graduated from the Craigslist • If you can’t sit on a sofa before you arena” ($2,699, crateandbarrel.com). buy it, designer and artist Kristin Try The sofa has a high-quality fill and the of Alexandria’s Gingham & Grosgrain promise of a long life. said you need to make sure the company • If you can’t decide between modern you’re buying from has great customer and traditional, land in the middle with service. She chose the Rose apartment a transitional silhouette, as with the sofa from Interior Define, a company she Clifton sectional (from $5,140, mgblikes, for a client with a small space and whome.com). “It could fit in a more tratraditional taste ($1,200, interiordefine. ditional home with the right coffee table com.) The English roll arm style makes and chairs, but it’s pretty contemporary it warmer than most of the urban-modand modern,” Baker said. “People are ern small-space sofas out there. always looking for nice, clean pieces, • For a recent grad or a working especially in upholstery, because it will 20-something, interior designer Maube in style that much longer.” reen Baker, based in New York with international firm Décor Aid, likes Sofa beds the Flatiron gray apartment sofa, with • Risdon looks to Joybird for apartits single cushion and cool metal legs ment-friendly sofas that don’t require ($799, cb2.com). It also has slim arms, a loan from Mom and Dad. The Eliot something that Risdon said will make sleeper sofa comes in seven in-stock it appear less obtrusive: “If you live and 69 custom fabrics, plus leather in a smaller apartment, having a sofa options ($2,349-$6,099, joybird.com). with slimmer lines makes it appear as The company has a return policy of

365 days, something Risdon notes is rare when it comes to buying large pieces of furniture but nice to have if you make a mistake with sizing. The company also offers a lifetime warranty and free delivery.

• Try said the York guest sleeper sofa “is the most comfortable sofa I’ve ever slept on.” The comfort comes from a regular mattress plus an inflatable top layer ($1,799-$1,899, roomandboard. com). “The sofa is really well-made and looks good, too,” she added. One of her clients has the sectional version in a family room, and it has held up well to abuse from toddlers and a dog.

Budget-friendly

• Risdon picked out Article’s Cirrus as the perfect sofa for city folk. It comes in green, teal and gray velvet, which is a fun fabric for a loft, if not one with pets ($999, article.com). “If you don’t have kids or pets, then you’re not worried about what’s going to happen to a sofa. … You go with what makes you feel good,” Risdon said. Delivery is a flat fee of $49.

• For an affordable sofa you don’t have to assemble, interior designer Lindsay Boudreaux of Alexandria’s Shotgun Double design studio likes the Eddy from West Elm because of its clean lines and wooden legs

($799-$1,399, westelm.com). If $800 is still more than you have budgeted for a sofa, Baker suggests searching Craigslist and considering cost versus benefit. Ask sellers about the size and age of a sofa, and add in the cost of renting a truck, if necessary.

Splurge-worthy

• Baker Furniture’s Madison sofa “is an heirloom piece,” Boudreaux said (from $10,380, bakerfurniture. com). “It is handcrafted in the U.S. with first-rate materials.” The tuxedo-style sofa has been in Baker’s line for decades and holds up against trends. As Rutherford said: “You get what you pay for when you’re buying a sofa. If you want to get eight-way, hand-tied [springs in your] sofa, you will pay for it, but you will have it for ages. It will be heirloom quality, and you will be passing it down to your children and they will want it.”

• “That is an awesome sofa,” Baker said of the Cloud track-arm leather two-seat-cushion sofa ($4,950-$9,250, restorationhardware.com). “If you get a chance to go over to Restoration Hardware and sit on him, you’ll never get up again.” The double-doweled frame is built of kiln-dried hardwood, while the sofa cushions are made of luxurious goose feathers wrapped in down.

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which comes in indoor-outdoor Sunbrella fabric and performance fabric options ($1,799-$2,499, roomandboard. com). (If you have cats, pay attention to fabric weave, too. Large weaves don’t play well with cat claws.) No matter what you choose, get a protective treatment, Risdon said, by a professional company such as Fiber-Seal.

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directions. The original tulipieres were made of 17th-century Delft. Queen Mary II of England liked flowers in the

BY TERRY KOVEL palace and ordered the vases to be reKOVELS.COM filled three times a week with cut flowComic collectibles remain popular ers, including tulips. Part of the reason as long as the comic characters are was renewed fascination with the still seen or heard in comic books, flower due to the strange “tulipmania” cartoons, radio, TV, movies, plays or of the 1630s, when rare tulip bulbs had reruns. And B.O. Plenty, who was an become a very expensive status symearly figure in the Dick Tracy comic bol. Like other economic “bubbles,” it strip that started in 1931, has been burst in 1637 and caused financial ruin dropped and reintroduced many times. for many. The many-spouted tulipiere He married Dirty Gertie, and these two also was used to grow flowers indoors, ugly people had a beautiful daughter, and each spout was made the right Sparkle Plenty, in 1947. Later, they had size to hold a bulb partially covered a very ugly son whose face was never with water. So both of you are right. shown in the strip. The tin windup They held either cut flowers or bulbs toy by Marx picturing B.O. holding his now or in the past. *** daughter Sparkle just sold at a BerQ: My family heirloom is a divided toia auction for $118. The 8-1/2-inch child’s feeding plate decorated with toy shuffles across the floor while his hat tips. The Dick Tracy characters scenes of a girl playing with or feeding and inventions still are familiar. The her toys. The back is marked “Thompson.” What is its value? original artist, Chester Gould, drew A: Your plate was made by CC the strip from 1931 to 1977. Other artists have continued it. His characters, Thompson Pottery Co. of East Livertheir strange names and the inventions pool, Ohio, founded in 1868 and closed used by policeman Dick Tracy still are in 1938. They made porcelain plates popular. The two-way wrist radio first after 1917. The decoration on your mentioned in 1946, two-way wrist TV plate is a decal called “Dinnertime,” (1964) and Spacecar (1960s) have all which was used by several companies.

The dish was made sometime bebecome realities. tween 1917 and 1938. It would sell in *** Q: I just found a metal tin that seems a shop today for about $20, but should to have held pepper at theWhite House. be worth much more to your family. *** How much is a political piece like this Q: I have a picture from the Civil War worth?

A: Sorry to disappoint you, but White that is a family heirloom. An ancestor House is a brand name used by Wilson whom I believe was named William Burns & Co. of Baltimore in the 1930s. Heard (or Hurd) was General Grant’s In those days, all grocery store contain- wagon master during the war. The ers of small amounts of spices were story behind the picture is that a New sold in tins. There still are collectors of York Times reporter wanted a picture of the tins for their advertising or country- General Grant for his paper, but Grant store collections. The best place to find was signing the peace treaty. So, the them is at the back of the kitchen cup- reporter asked if he could have a picboard at a house sale. Most tins sell for ture of the horse. My relative would let the reporter take a photo of the $15 to $35. horse only if the reporter allowed him *** Q: I bought a modern copy of a tall to be in the picture, because his wife flower container with 24 tubes to hold didn’t know if he was alive. The reflowers that go to a center section. I porter agreed and took the picture of bought it to use as a flower vase and the horse and my relative, which apnow I’m told it was used to grow indoor peared in The New York Times. I have plants in places like Williamsburg. Can an enlarged version of that picture and wonder about its value. you settle a bet about this for us?

A: To be valuable, a historical picA: The name “tulipiere” is used for tall many-spouted vases like yours, ture requires an event or people who and for a shorter vase with five spouts are important, few existing pictures that looks like fingers on a hand or just of the event and documented proof a round vase with spouts facing in all of the history that is the same age as ANTIQUES AND COLLECTING

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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, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. *** CURRENT PRICES Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United the picture. Your enlargement probably States. Prices vary in different locais a copy of the original picture, which tions because of local economic condimeans it is not unique. What written tions.

Celluloid hair receiver, faux tortoiseproof do you have of the story? A letter written when the war ended? A copy shell pattern, squat octagonal base, lid of The New York Times with the pic- with center hole, scallop and point rim, ture? A description of the picture in a 1930s, 5 inches, $25.

Easter basket, tin lithograph bucket, relative’s home in the 1860s? A piece of the uniform your cousin wore in the pail handle, nursery rhymes, candy, picture, and his Army records? Family eggs and Easter designs, 1950s, 4 x 4 legend is not enough, and usually a inches, $70.

Salt shaker, Wemyss, Plump Porker, story as unusual as yours is a fable that has been enhanced through the years. figural pig, posie design, white with You might take the picture to a shop, pink clover blooms, leaves, sleepy auction house or museum that has an eyes, 3 x 5 inches, $120.

Barber shop razor strop, brown appraiser who can date the picture from the paper, subject matter or type leather, brass medallion handle with of developing. Even if the story is true, crisscross design, round base, mountthere would be minimal interest in the ing holes, c. 1900, 29 inches, $195.

Ship’s telescope, mahogany, brass general’s horse even if it is a picture mounts, three draws, lens cover and over 150 years old. eyepiece slide dust cover, Troughton & *** Tip: You can use an old iron cooking Simms, c. 1890, 30 inches, $305.

Pinocchio, marionette, hand-carved utensil. The finish on the iron will not be damaged if you wash the item prop- puppet, articulated head, multicolor erly after using it. Don’t let it get rusty. paint, strings and cross handle, c. 1905, 16 inches, $350. *** Umbrella holder, pine, oval bucket, Take advantage of a free listing for your group to announce events or to Thursday Night find antique shows, April 20th 5:00pm-ish sharp national meetings Antique Store Liquidation At Public Auction 10 North 3rd Street, Geneva IL 60134 and other events. Go Indoor Auction Rain or Shine to the Calendar at Items can be picked up the following weekend Kovels.com to find, Saturday 4/22 and Sunday 4/23 publicize and plan America’s Treasures Is going out of Business your antiquing trips. *** Everything Must Go!!!

For additional information and pictures please visit: Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel answer www.auctionzip.com questions sent to Auctioneer I.D. # 23035 Free Bidder 101 class available ½ hour before every auction the column. By sending a letter with Reed’s General Merchandise a question and a CONSIGNMENT GOODS auction service TREASURE SEEKERS picture, you give full R. Kyle Reed, St. Charles, IL LIC. #441.001706 (630)365-2753 email: reedsgm@yahoo.com permission for use

flower bouquet, painted, tulip shaped top handle, mounting hole, Germany, 1930s, 24 x 11 inches, $505.

Garden bench, Louis XV style, painted iron, scalloped crest, scroll and flower back, open-weave seat, arched legs, 1930s, 39 x 33 inches, $795.

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1945, $1,000.

Sterling-silver cigarette case, incised, Moscow city and scrolling vines, hinged lid, marked, Russia, 1889, 4 x 2 inches, $1,800. *** Keep up with changes in the collectibles world. Send for a FREE sample issue of our 12-page, color-illustrated newsletter, “Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles,” filled with prices, news, information and photos, plus major sale reports and opinions about the world of collecting. An important tool for anyone who buys, sells or collects antiques and collectibles. To subscribe at a bargain $27 for 12 issues, write Kovels, P.O. Box 292758, Kettering, OH 45429-8758; call 800829-9158; or subscribe online at KovelsOnlineStore.com. *** (Cutline for April 16, 2017) Some of the plots, names and situations in the old Dick Tracy comics would be considered non-PC today.

But the foul smelling, dirty thief B.O. Plenty has become a popular character. A walking tin windup toy of B.O. holding his beautiful baby Sparkle sold at auction for $118. c) 2017 by Cowles Syndicate Inc.

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Now a negative double promises length in both minor suits. (If North had been stronger, he would have responded two clubs; but with insufficient power to bid immediately at the two-level, he starts with a negative double.) South’s hand isn’t perfect with those three losing spades, but it would be cautious to rebid less than four hearts.

What should the result be after West leads the spade king?

If only South could gain the lead, he could collect a lot of tricks. Now, though, the defenders are in control.

First, East must overtake the spade king with his ace. Then he leads back his second spade. West takes two more tricks in the suit, and East should discard a discouraging diamond two. What happens next?

West should realize that his side has no more side-suit tricks available.

The bidding and East’s signal mark declarer with the diamond ace. Also, if South needs a club finesse to work, it will. The defenders must try to gain a trump trick.

West should lead a fourth spade.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS JUVENILE DIVISION IN THE INTEREST OF: Jayce McKiness MINOR GEN. NO. 15 JA 17 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN: Nicholas J. Weinfurter, John Doe and Unknown Fathers Take notice that on the 3rd day of May, 2017, Petitions for Termination of Parental Rights were filed under the Juvenile Court Act by Joseph H. McMahon, through his Designee in the Circuit Court of Kane County entitled “IN THE INTEREST OF Jayce McKiness, MINOR(S)” and that on May 3, 2017 in courtroom #140 of the Kane County Courthouse, Geneva, Illinois, at 1:30 P.M. Or as soon thereafter as this cause may be heard a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS HEARING will be held upon the petitions to have the minors declared wards of the court under the Act. THE COURT HAS AUTHORITY IN THIS PROCEEDING TO TAKE FROM YOU THE CUSTODY AND GUARDIANSHIP OF THE MINORS, TO TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS, AND TO APPOINT A GUARDIAN WITH POWER TO CONSENT TO ADOPTION. YOU MAY LOSE ALL PARENTAL RIGHTS TO YOUR CHILDREN. IF THE PETITION REQUESTS THE TERMINATION OF YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS AND THE APPOINTMENT OF A GUARDIAN WITH POWER TO CONSENT TO ADOPTION, YOU MAY LOSE ALL PARENTAL RIGHTS TO YOUR CHILDREN. Unless you appear you will not be entitled to further written notices or publication notices of the proceedings of this case, including the filing of an amended petition or a motion to terminate parental rights.

Now, unless you appear at the hearing and show cause against the petition, the allegations of the petition may stand admitted as against you and each of you, and an order of judgment entered.

/s/ Thomas M. Hartwell Clerk Dated: March 29, 2017

(Published in the Kane County Chronicle on April 6, 13, 20, 2017) 1395897

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS JUVENILE DIVISION IN THE INTEREST OF: Isabella Jimenez MINOR GEN. NO. 15 JA 67 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN: Enrique Jimenez Take notice that on the 3rd day of May, 2017, Petitions for Termination of Parental Rights were filed under the Juvenile Court Act by Joseph H. McMahon, through his Designee in the Circuit Court of Kane County entitled “IN THE INTEREST OF Isabella Jiminez, MI-

tion of Parental Rights were filed under the Juvenile Court Act by Joseph H. McMahon, through his Designee in the Circuit Court of Kane County entitled “IN THE INTEREST OF Isabella Jiminez, MINOR(S)” and that on May 3, 2017 in courtroom #140 of the Kane County Courthouse, Geneva, Illinois, at 1:30 P.M. Or as soon thereafter as this cause may be heard a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS HEARING will be held upon the petitions to have the minors declared wards of the court under the Act. THE COURT HAS AUTHORITY IN THIS PROCEEDING TO TAKE FROM YOU THE CUSTODY AND GUARDIANSHIP OF THE MINORS, TO TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS, AND TO APPOINT A GUARDIAN WITH POWER TO CONSENT TO ADOPTION. YOU MAY LOSE ALL PARENTAL RIGHTS TO YOUR CHILDREN. IF THE PETITION REQUESTS THE TERMINATION OF YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS AND THE APPOINTMENT OF A GUARDIAN WITH POWER TO CONSENT TO ADOPTION, YOU MAY LOSE ALL PARENTAL RIGHTS TO YOUR CHILDREN. Unless you appear you will not be entitled to further written notices or publication notices of the proceedings of this case, including the filing of an amended petition or a motion to terminate parental rights.

Now,unless you appear at the hearing and show cause against the petition, the allegations of the petition may stand admitted as against you and each of you, and an order of judgment entered.

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Thomas M. Hartwell Clerk Dated: March 29, 2017 (Published in the Geneva Kane County Chronicle on April 6, 13, 20, 2017) 1259038

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF (DECEDENT): Name: Philip A. Woods Address: 111 John Street City, State, Zip: Wheaton, IL 60187 Date and Place of Death: 9/15/2016 2016 P 588 PUBLICATION NOTICE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION TO: CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS (ONLY) 1. Notice hereby given of the death of Philip A. Woods who died on Sept. 15, 2016, a resident of North Aurora, Illinois.

2. The Representative for the estate is: James R. Woods 3. The Attorney for the estate is: Robert T.C. Kay 330 S. Naperville Road, Suite 208 Wheaton, IL 60187 4. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before June 15, 2017 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 filing a petition to terminate under Article XXVIII 5/28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4).

Signature of Executor /s/ James R. Woods (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on April 6, 13, 20, 2017) 1395992

(630) 232-3500 /s/ Thomas M. Hartwell

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Seal of Court /s/Julianne Gerding Affiant Dated: April 7, 2017

terminate under Article XXVIII 5/284 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4). /s/ Daniel Karkusiewicz Signature of Executor

interested party terminates who died on January 6, 2017,

supervision adminis- a resident of Batavia, Illinois.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY GENEVA, ILLINOIS Federal National Mortgage Association Plaintiff, vs.

Norman Turner; PNC Bank, National Association; Michael Turner; Lisa Turner; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of JoAnn Assell; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Richard Kuhn, Claimants; as Special Representative for JoAnn Assell (deceased) Defendants.

Case No. 17 CH 00147 Notice to Heirs and Legatees. Notice is hereby given to you, the Unknown Heirs and Unknown Legatees of the decedent, JoAnn Assell, that on March 23, 2017, an order was entered by the Court, naming Richard W. Kuhn, 552 S. Washington Street, Suite 100, Naperville, Illinois 60540, Tel. No. 630-4208228, 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: 712 Mountain Street, Aurora, IL 60505.

(Published in the Kane County Chronicle on April 13, 20, 27, 2017) 1398180

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

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS: Marcia Oidtman on behalf of Chirstopher N. Oidtman Petitioner, vs.

Austin G Oidtman Respondent.

GEN. NO. 17 CM 244 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit having been duly filed herein, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL RESPONDENTS IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED ACTION, that said action has been commenced in said Court by the petitioner, naming you as a respondent therein and praying: 1. That a Petition for a Plenary Order of Protection filed in the county of Kane, in the state of Illinois, naming Austin G. Oidtman as the Respondent, be granted, 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 offices of the Clerk of the Circuit Court on or before, _November 19, 2015, 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 April 7, 2017.

Joseph H. McMahon Julianne Gerding Assistant State's Attorney Kane County State's Attorney 37W777 Rt. 38 St. Charles, IL 60175 (630) 232-3500 /s/ Thomas M. Hartwell Clerk of the Circuit Court Seal of Court /s/Julianne Gerding Affiant

(Published in the Kane County Chronicle on April 13, 20, 27 2017) 1398277

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

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS CASE No. 17 MR 462 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION REGARDING NAME CHANGE Public notice is hereby given that on June 28, 2017, in Courtroom No. 250, of the Kane County Courthouse, 100 South Third Street, Geneva, Illinois, at the hour of 9:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as this matter may be heard, a Petition will be heard in said Courtroom for the change of name(s) of Maikobi Shawn Burks, aka Mia Burks to Mia Tatiana Martinez pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/21-101 et seq..

April 17, 2017 /s/ Maikobi Shawn Burks Petitioner

17 MR 400 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION REGARDING NAME CHANGE Public notice is hereby given that on May 26, 2017, in Courtroom No. 250, of the Kane County Courthouse, 100 South Third Street, Geneva, Illinois, at the hour of 9:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as this matter may be heard, a Petition will be heard in said Courtroom for the change of name of Shari Dana Goggin-Ward to the new name of Shari Dana Goggin pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/21-101 et seq.

March 29, 2017 (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on April 20, 27, May 4, /s/ Shari Dana Goggin-Ward Petitioner 2017) 1400696 (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on April 6, 13, 20, 2017) 1395130

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS 17 MR 437 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION REGARDING NAME CHANGE Public notice is hereby given that on May 26, 2017, in Courtroom No. 250, of the Kane County Courthouse, 100 South Third Street, Geneva, Illinois, at the hour of 9:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as this matter may be heard, a Petition will be heard in said Courtroom for the change of name of MaryGrace Lopez Hibionada to the new name of MaryGrace Lopez Palazzo pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/21-101 et seq.

April 6, 2017 /s/ MaryGrace Lopez Hibionada Petitioner (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on April 13, 20, 27, 2017) 1398347

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS Case No. 17 MR 455 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION REGARDING NAME CHANGE Public notice is hereby given that on June 16, 2017, in Courtroom No. 250, of the Kane County Courthouse, 100 South Third Street, Geneva, Illinois, at the hour of 9:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as this matter may be heard, a Petition will be heard in said Courtroom for the change of name of Hayleigh Anne Newman to the new name of Hayleigh Newman Milholland pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/21-101 et seq.

April 11, 2017 /s/ Hayleigh Newman Petitioner (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on April 20, 27, May 4, 2017) 1400645 Find. Buy. Sell.

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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: Stanley Karkusiewicz Address: 10N874 Belmont Street, Elgin, IL 60123 Date and Place of Death: 12/14/2016, Egin, IL Case No. 2017 P 198 PUBLICATION NOTICE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION TO: CREDITORS, CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES 1. Notice is hereby given of the death of Stanley Karkusiewicz who died on December 14, 2016, a resident of the City of Elgin, County of Kane, Illinois.

2. The Representative for the estate is: Daniel S. Karkusiewicz of 237 Village Drive, Northlake, IL 60164 3. The Attorney for the estate is: Richard L. Williams 21 N. 4th Street Geneva, IL 60134 4. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before Oct. 6, 2017.

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. On March 27, 2017 an Order Appointing the Representative was entered.

6. Within forty-two (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 5/6-21 (755 ILCS 5/6/21).

7. Within six (6) months after the effective date of the original 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 VIll 5/8-1 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/8-1).

8. 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 5/284 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4).

(Published in the Kane County Chronicle April 6, 13, 20, 2017) 1395858

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT of THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: (DECEDENT): ROGER C. WILLIAMS 225 Oakwood Drive Geneva, IL 60134 Date and Place of Death: January 21, 2017; Geneva, IL Case No. 17 P 200 PUBLICATION NOTICE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION TO: CREDITORS, CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES 1. Notice is hereby given of the death of Roger C. Williams who died on January 21, 2017, a resident of Geneva, Illinois.

2. The Representative for the estate is: John P. Williams, 829 Foxwood Circle, Geneva, IL 60134 3. The Attorney for the estate is: Mullen & Winthers, PC, 1N141 County Farm Rd., #230, Winfield, IL 60190.

4. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 26, 2017. 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. On March 28, 2017 an Order Admitting the Will to Probate, Appointing the Representative was entered.

6. Within forty-two (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 5/6-21 (755 ILCS 5/6/21).

7. Within six (6) months after the effective date of the original 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 5/81).

8. 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) /s/ John Williams Executor (Published in the Kane County Chronicle April 20, 27, May 4, 2017) 1400599

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT of THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: (DECEDENT): EDITH R. PATTERSON 315 Franklin Street Batavia, IL 60510 Date and Place of Death: January 6, 2017; Batavia Case No. 17 P 52 PUBLICATION NOTICE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION TO: CREDITORS, CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES 1. Notice is hereby given of the death of Edith R. Patterson who died on January 6, 2017, a resident of Batavia, Illinois.

2. The Representative for the estate is: Daniel Winz, 226 N. Van Buren Street, Batavia, IL 60510 3. The Attorney for the estate is:

tate is: Daniel Winz, 226 N. Van Buren Street, Batavia, IL 60510 3. The Attorney for the estate is: Carl F. Safanda, 111 East Side Drive, Geneva, IL 60134 4. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 30, 2017. Claims against the estate may be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, P.O. Box 112, Geneva, IL 60134-0112 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. On January 30, 2017 an Order Admitting the Will to Probate, Appointing the Representative was entered.

6. Within forty-two (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 5/6-21 (755 ILCS 5/6/21).

7. Within six (6) months after the effective date of the original 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 5/81).

8. 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) Daniel Winz /s/ Carl F. Safanda One of his attorneys (Published in the Kane County Chronicle April 20, 27, May 4, 2017) 1400506

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE ESTATE OF DORIS I CESZYK Deceased.

Case No. 2017 P 145 PUBLICATION NOTICE OF CLAIM DATE Notice is given of the death of Doris I Ceszyk on December 30, 2016, and Letters of Office were issued on March 7, 2017 to John Ceszyk as Independent Administrator, whose attorney is Strohschein Law Group, LLC, 455 Dunham Road, Suite 200, St. Charles, Illinois 60174.

Claims may be filed on or before the 3 day of October, 2017, or six (6) months from the date of the first publication of this Claim Date, whichever is later, and any claim not filed on or before that date is barred.

Claims against the Estate may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, Kane County Judicial Center, 540 South Randall Road, St. Charles, Illinois 60174, or with the representative, or both. Within 10 days after a claimant files its claim with the Court, the claimant must mail or deliver a copy of the claim to the representative AND to its attorney of record AND file with the Court proof of mailing or delivery of said copies.

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(Published in the Kane County Chronicle on April 6, 13, 20, 2017) 1395225

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Public Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 a certificate was filed in the office of PUBLIC NOTICE the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and SUPPLEMENTL ASSUMED NAME addresses of all persons owning, PUBLICATION NOTICE conducting and transacting the business known as: Public Notice is hereby given that on Thursday April 13, 2017 a Catlin Cleanout and Services certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, located at: Illinois, concerning the business 45W594 Raymond Rd known as ABYSSINIAN CLEANING Big Rock, IL 60511 SERVICE located at 985 Aurora Ave, Aurora, IL 60505 which cer- Dated: 4/12/2017 tificate sets forth the following changes in the operation thereof: /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk I, SENAYIT AUKBA MICHAEL do certify that I have a financial interest in (Published in the Kane County the business being conducted and Chronicle on April 20, 27, May 4, transacted in Kane County, Illinois 2017) 1400218 under the above named business and that the address of such busiPUBLIC NOTICE ness will be: 818 East New York St, Aurora, IL 60505.

ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Dated: 4/13/2017

Public Notice is hereby given that /s/ John A. Cunningham on Thursday, April 6, 2017 a Kane County Clerk certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, (Published in the Kane County Illinois, setting forth the names and Chronicle on April 20, 27, May 4, addresses of all persons owning, 2017) 1400268 conducting and transacting the business known as:

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE

DIAZ TOWING located at: 228 S La Salle St Aurora, IL 60505

Public Notice is hereby given that on Monday, March 27, 2017 a Dated: 4/06/2017 certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, /s/ John A. Cunningham Illinois, setting forth the names and Kane County Clerk addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the (Published in the Kane County business known as: Chronicle on April 13, 20, 27, 2017) 1398218

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located at: 457 Dunham Rd #116 St Charles, IL 60174 Dated: 3/27/2017

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Public Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, April 13, 2017 a /s/ John A. Cunningham certificate was filed in the office of Kane County Clerk the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and (Published in the Kane County addresses of all persons owning, Chronicle on April 6, 13, 20, conducting and transacting the 2017) 1395656 business known as: Get Bears news on Twitter by following Dixie's Corner @bears_insider located at: Antique Market 1 PUBLIC NOTICE 11 N Third St St Charles, IL 60174 ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Dated: 4/13/2017 Public Notice is hereby given that /s/ John A. Cunningham on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 a Kane County Clerk certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Bridget Wrobel, Illinois, setting forth the names and (Published in the Kane County Attorney No. 6276202 addresses of all persons owning, Chronicle on April 20, 27, May 4, Karen Mills, Attorney No. 6315580 conducting and transacting the 2017) 1400169 STROHSCHEIN LAW GROUP, LLC business known as: 455 Dunham Road, Suite 200 PUBLIC NOTICE St. Charles, IL 60174 BETO'S SEALCOATING (630) 377-3241 ASSUMED NAME Bridget@StrohscheinLawGroup.PUBLICATION NOTICE located at: com 324 Hill Ave Public Notice is hereby given that (Published in the Kane County Elgin, Il 60120 on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 a Chronicle on April 6, 13, 20, 2017) 1395671 certificate was filed in the office of Dated: 3/28/2017

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located at: 1957 Pleasant Ave Public Notice is hereby given that St Charles, IL 60174 on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 a certificate was filed in the office of Dated: 3/31/2017 the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and /s/ John A. Cunningham addresses of all persons owning, Kane County Clerk conducting and transacting the business known as: (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on April 6, 13, 20, 2017) 1395802 Dragonfly Cleaning located at: 1869 Sheffield Lane Geneva, IL 60134 Dated: 4/12/2017

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Public Notice is hereby given that /s/ John A. Cunningham on Thursday, April 6, 2017 a cerKane County Clerk tificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illi(Published in the Kane County nois, setting forth the names and Chronicle on April 20, 27, May 4, addresses of all persons owning, 2017) 1400151 conducting and transacting the business known as:

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 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: Dual Portraits located at: 966 Locust Dr, Apt 2G Sleepy Hollow, IL 60118

Flatlander Fitness located at: 333 N Randall Rd, #4 St Charles, IL 60174 Dated: 4/06/2017 /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on April 20, 27, May 4, 2017) 1400188

PUBLICATION NOTICE located at: Public Notice is hereby given that 840 N State St on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 a cer- Elgin, IL 60123 tificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illi- Dated: 4/05/2017 nois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, /s/ John A. Cunningham conducting and transacting the Kane County Clerk business known as: (Published in the Kane County Interior Concepts And Design Chronicle on April 13, 20, 27, 2017) 1398233 located at: 2248 Schrader Lane PUBLIC NOTICE North Aurora, IL 60542 Dated: 4/11/2017 /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on April 20, 27, May 4, 2017) 1398873

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 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:

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/s/ John A. Cunningham Public Notice is hereby given that Kane County Clerk on Friday, March 31, 2017 a certificate was filed in the office of (Published in the Kane County the County Clerk of Kane County, Chronicle on April 13, 20, 27, Illinois, setting forth the names and 2017) 1398752 addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as: PUBLIC NOTICE

Fantasmic Adventures located at: 1957 Pleasant Ave St Charles, IL 60174 Dated: 3/31/2017

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ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 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: Los Rivera Grill

located at: Public Notice is hereby given that 840 N State St on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 a cer- Elgin, IL 60123 tificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illi- Dated: 4/05/2017

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Public Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and SUPPLEMENTL ASSUMED NAME addresses of all persons owning, PUBLICATION NOTICE conducting and transacting the business known as: Public Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday April 12, 2017 a Parkside Electric certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, located at: Illinois, concerning the business known as MI PUEBLITO located at 517 Parkside Dr. 107 Valley Dr, Elburn, IL 60119 Elburn, IL 60119 which certificate sets forth the following changes in the operation Dated: 3/29/2017 thereof: /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk I, ADRIANA D BROWN do certify that I have a financial interest in the business being conducted and (Published in the Kane County transacted in Kane County, Illinois Chronicle on April 6, 13, 20, under the above named business 2017) 1395737 and that the address of such business will be: 107 Valley Dr, Elburn, IL 60119.

Dated: 4/12/2017 /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk

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Public Notice is hereby given that (Published in the Kane County on Thursday, March 30, 2017 a Chronicle on April 20, 27, May 4, certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, 2017) 1400252 Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the PUBLIC NOTICE business known as: ASSUMED NAME Pro Blacktop Paving PUBLICATION NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby given that /s/ John A. Cunningham on Thursday, April 13, 2017 a Kane County Clerk certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, (Published in the Kane County Illinois, setting forth the names and Chronicle on April 6, 13, 20, (Published in the Kane County addresses of all persons owning, 2017) 1396338 Chronicle on April 20, 27, May 4, conducting and transacting the Public Notice is hereby given that 2017) 1400231 on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 a cerbusiness known as: tificate was filed in the office of the PUBLIC NOTICE County Clerk of Kane County, IlliPUBLIC NOTICE FYDO & Friends DBA FYDOLAND nois, setting forth the names and ASSUMED NAME addresses of all persons owning, ASSUMED NAME located at: PUBLICATION NOTICE conducting and transacting the PUBLICATION NOTICE 10N521 Manchester Lane business known as: Elgin, IL 60124 Public Notice is hereby given that Public Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, March 30, 2017 a Newlyweds Cinema on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 Dated: 4/13/2017 certificate was filed in the office of a certificate was filed in the office the County Clerk of Kane County, of the County Clerk of Kane County, /s/ John A. Cunningham Illinois, setting forth the names and located at: Illinois, setting forth the names and Kane County Clerk addresses of all persons owning, 6N406 Oakwood Drive addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the St Charles, IL 60174 conducting and transacting the (Published in the Kane County business known as: Dated: 4/4/2017 business known as: Chronicle on April 20, 27, May 4, 2017) 1400136 LEUER REALTY /s/ John A. Cunningham Dynamic Detail Kane County Clerk located at: PUBLIC NOTICE located at: 114 N MAIN ST (Published in the Kane County 1801 S. Tyler Road ELBURN, IL 60119 Chronicle on April 20, 27, May 4, Saint Charles, IL 60174 ASSUMED NAME 2017) 1400192 PUBLICATION NOTICE Dated: 3/30/2017 Dated: 3/29/2017 Public Notice is hereby given that PUBLIC NOTICE /s/ John A. Cunningham /s/ John A. Cunningham on Monday, April 10, 2017 a cerKane County Clerk Kane County Clerk tificate was filed in the office of the ASSUMED NAME County Clerk of Kane County, IlliPUBLICATION NOTICE (Published in the Kane County nois, setting forth the names and (Published in the Elburn Herald on April 6, 13, 20, 2017) 1395158 Chronicle on April 13, 20, 27, addresses of all persons owning, Public Notice is hereby given that 2017) 1398287 conducting and transacting the CAN'T GET ENOUGH on Friday, March 24, 2017 a cerbusiness known as: BEARS NEWS? Questions about your subscription? tificate was filed in the office of the We'd love to help.

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/s/ John A. Cunningham /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk Kane County Clerk

(Published in the Kane County Chronicle on April 13, 20, 27, Public Notice is hereby given that 2017) 1397660 on Monday, March 27, 2017 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, PUBLIC NOTICE conducting and transacting the business known as: ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE RALPHS BARBER SHOP Public Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and Dated: 3/27/2017 addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the /s/ John A. Cunningham business known as: Kane County Clerk Soccer Success dba (Published in the Kane County Chicagoland Futsal Chronicle on April 6, 13, 20, 2017) 1395647 located at: 268 Trudy Court Batavia, IL 60510 located at: 746 WEST CHICAGO ST ELGIN, IL 60123

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Dated: 4/18/2017

SUPPLEMENTL ASSUMED NAME /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on Thursday April 6, 2017 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, concerning the business known as RAM Remodeling & Home Improvements located at 664 Keep Ave, Elgin, IL 60120 which certificate sets forth the following changes in the operation thereof:

I, ROBERT MIKKELSEN do certify that I have a financial interest in the business being conducted and Dated: 3/30/2017 transacted in Kane County, Illinois under the above named business /s/ John A. Cunningham and that the address of such busiKane County Clerk ness will be: 159 Hill Ave, Elgin, IL 60120.

(Published in the Kane County Chronicle on April 6, 13, 20, Dated: 4/06/2017 2017) 1395749 /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk (Published in the Kane County April 13, 20, 27, 2017) 1397660 NOTICE OF REVIEW AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC Chronicle on PUBLIC NOTICE

HEARING AND WRITTEN COMMENT

In accordance with the requirements of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act, notice is given of receipt to establish a Long Term Care (LTC) facility in Geneva.

Project #17-012, Meadowbrook Manor of Geneva, Geneva. Applicants: Butterfield Health Care III, LLC, and MMG Partners, L.P. The applicants propose to establish a 150-bed skilled long term care facility, in 94,816 GSF of newly constructed space. The facility will be located at 37W220 Kesslinger Road, Geneva. Project cost: $23,245,319.

The application was declared complete on March 29, 2017. A copy of the application may be viewed at the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board Office, at the address below. To obtain a copy of an application, please call the office for details and copying fees, at the number listed below. Consideration by the State Board has been tentatively scheduled for the September 26, 2017 State Board Meeting.

Any person wanting a public hearing on the proposed project must submit a written request for a hearing to: Mike Constantino, Supervisor, Project Review Section Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board Numeric Marketing 525 West Jefferson Street (2nd Floor) Solutions.com Springfield, Illinois 62761 (217) 782-3516 located at: (TTY# 800-547-0466 for hearing impaired only) 15N235 Maplehurst Lane Suite 101, Hampshire, IL 60140 Requests for hearings must be received by this Agency no later than April 13, 2017. Any person wanting to submit written comments on Dated: 3/24/2017 this project must submit these comments by September 6, 2017.

The State Board will post its findings in a State Board Staff Report, and /s/ John A. Cunningham the report will be made available via the internet on September 12, Kane County Clerk 2017. The public may submit written responses in support of or in opposition to the findings of the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Re(Published in the Kane County view Board. The public will have until 9:00 am, September 18, Chronicle on April 6, 13, 20, 2017. The internet address used to access this report is: 2017) 1393894 www.hfsrb.illinois.gov (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on April 6, 13, 20, 2017) See yourself in Neighbors 1395976 neighbors@kcchronicle.com

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(Published in the Kane County Chronicle on April 20, 27, May 4, 2017) 1401498 PUBLIC

(Published in the Kane County Chronicle on April 20, 27, May 4, 2017) 1401498

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Public Notice is hereby given that on Friday, March 24, 2017 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:

Ursula Naturals located at: 541 B Mallard Lane Sugar Grove, IL 60554 Dated: 3/24/2017

/s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on April 6, 13, 20, 2017) 1394610

NOTICE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AMENDING ANNEXATION AGREEMENTS Notice is hereby given of a public hearing to be held before the Village of Elburn President and Board of Trustees on May 15, 2017, at 6:45 p.m., at the Village Hall of the Village of Elburn located at 301 E. North St., Elburn, IL, to hear and consider comments for and against amendments to annexation agreement recorded on April 4, 2013, with the Kane County Recorder as Document 2013K024915 between the Village of Elburn and Covington Court Partnership, an Illinois Limited Partnership and Elburn Station Land Company, L.L.C., a Delaware Limited Liability Company, as the then owners, respectively described in the Plat of Annexation attached hereto and marked Exhibit “A.” Copies of said Annexation Agreements and proposed amendment are available for public inspection at the Village of Elburn Village Hall, 301 E. North St., Elburn, IL, Mondays through Fridays (exclusive of legal holidays) 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The purpose of the amendment is to amend Paragraph 6.C. of the Agreement to read as follows: “C. Development of the SUBJECT PROPERTY may be in any phase or area as shown on the phasing plan in the MPDG, provided construction of public improvements in phases 1-6 as shown on plan PP11 to commence first. “Phasing” does not necessarily imply sequential order, and instead merely designates specific areas on the preliminary plan.”

DATED April 18, 2017 VILLAGE OF ELBURN EXHIBIT “A” - LEGAL DESCRIPTION PARTS OF LOTS 2, 11 AND 12 IN BLOCK 16 OF JOHNSON'S PLAT OF THE VILLAGE OF BLACKBERRY (NOW ELBURN), IN BLACKBERRY TOWNSHIP, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS AND ALSO, PART OF THE SOUTH HALF OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN BLACKBERRY TOWNSHIP, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS AND ALSO, PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN BLACKBERRY TOWNSHIP, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS AND ALSO, PART OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE WEST 1/2 OF SECTION 4 AND THE EAST 1/2 OF THE EAST 1/2 OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN BLACKBERRY TOWNSHIP, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS AND ALSO, PART OF THE WEST HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 4 AND PART OF THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 5, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN BLACKBERRY TOWNSHIP, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. AND ALSO, PART OF THE SOUTHEAST AND NORTHEAST QUARTERS OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN BLACKBERRY TOWNSHIP, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. AND ALSO, PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN BLACKBERRY TOWNSHIP, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. AND ALSO, PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN BLACKBERRY TOWNSHIP, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. AND ALSO, PART OF THE NORTHWEST FRACTIONAL QUARTER OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 7, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN THE TOWNSHIP OF BLACKBERRY, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. AND ALSO, PART OF THE EAST HALF OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN AND THAT PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. (Published in the Elburn Herald on April 20, 2017) 1401308

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