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IN HIS DEBT BATAVIA RESIDENT JOHN CARR NAMED ILLINOIS VETERAN OF THE MONTH. PAGE 11

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Batavia resident John Carr (right) hugs Kendall County Superintendent Ed Dixon before a ceremony Wednesday naming him Illinois Veteran of the Month at the Kane County Government Center in Geneva.

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Lawyers working toward resolution

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com GENEVA – The ongoing saga of St. Charles resident Clifford McIlvaine’s decadeslong unfinished home improvement project took a step closer to resolution Wednesday, after attorneys met in chambers with Kane County Judge David Akemann.

Attorney Phillip Luetkehans, representing the city of St. Charles, and McIlvaine

attorney Philip Piscopo said they were working to get the remaining issues resolved.

“We are trying to find a workable solution,” Piscopo said during a break in the n e g o t i a t i o n s . Clifford “Mr. McIlvaine McIlvaine is an inventor. ... We would like a solution, so he can live on his property with his materials that he

works with.”

“My house project is one of the inventions,” McIlvaine said. “I want to have the best, super-energy efficient home in the world.”

City officials sued McIlvaine in 2010 for his unfinished home improvement project that began in 1975.

Piscopo said he and Luetkehans “framed the issues” and know each other’s positions.

Luetkehans said there are five to six items that need to be finalized.

“The judge asked us to go through the items remaining,” Luetkehans said.

“This is a long process to get this resolved,” Piscopo said. “Both sides have to do some hard thinking to either come to agreement or present their disagreement to the court.”

McIlvaine faces a hearing Feb. 6 on motions to show why he should not be held in contempt of court in connection with his long-term project.

www.geneva304.org/purposeplansschools.aspx.

Printed copies are available at each school building’s main office, as well as at the district’s administrative offices, 227 N. Fourth St., Geneva.

Convocation on May 16.

For information about the awards and for nomination forms, visit www.rosaryhs. com/alumnae.

For questions, contact Debbie Olson at 630-896-0831, ext. 19, or email dolson@rosaryhs.com.

Rosary is at 901 N. Edgelawn Drive in Aurora.

630-587-8521.

8LOCAL BRIEFS Unity of Fox Valley to show ‘Garbage Warrior’ BATAVIA – Unity of Fox Valley, located at 230 Webster St., Batavia, is hosting the movie “Garbage Warrior” by Michael Reynolds including a group discussion and free refreshments.

The event is from 7 to 9 p.m.

Friday.

No registration is required.

For information, call the office at 630-879-1115 or visit www.

Unityoffoxvalley.org.

District 304 announces redesigned booklet GENEVA – Geneva School District 304 has announced the publication of a newly redesigned booklet titled “Our Purpose, Our Plans, Our Schools.”

Previously referred to as the district’s goals booklet, this annual publication previously outlined the primary goals of the board of education and the action plans identified by district administrators to achieve those goals.

District staff members have changed the content of the booklet to identify the successes of the past year, the major areas of focus for the current year, and the overarching goals of the board of education. While the district typically publishes this document at the start of each school year, significant revisions to the booklet’s content and appearance delayed the publication until mid-year.

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Dominican Alumnae Awards recognize grads AURORA – Rosary High School’s Dominican Alumnae Awards recognize graduates who “model the mission of Rosary and who live the truth (Veritas) as taught by Jesus Christ.”

Awards are given for service, professional excellence and Rosary spirit. Nominations may be made by Rosary alumnae, parents, past parents, supporters, faculty and students to recognize alumnae who are role models for current Rosary students.

Nominees must have graduated from Rosary at least 10 years ago. The deadline for the nominations is Feb. 14.

Recipients will be honored at Rosary’s annual Candle-Rose

Steel Beam to feature ‘Postmortem’ ST. CHARLES – Steel Beam Theatre, 111 W. Main St. in downtown St. Charles, will feature “Postmortem,” by Ken Ludwig, through Feb. 9.

This Sherlock Holmes-type whodunit features Jim Quan of Schaumburg as William Gillette, the actor best-known for portraying the famous detective.

Performances are at 8 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays.

Tickets are $28 for adults, $25 for seniors, $23 for students and $22 for parties of 10 or more.

Visit www.SteelBeamTheatre. com to purchase tickets or call

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CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS On page 23 of the Jan. 22 edition of the Kane County Chronicle, an article incorrectly stated the name of Jared Leto’s band, 30 Seconds to Mars. The Chronicle regrets the error.

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Bridges Montessori to host open house ST. CHARLES – Parents of potential preschool and kindergarten students for the 2014-15 school year can meet the staff and check out the classrooms during Bridges Montessori Academy’s open house from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the academy, 716 Oak St., St. Charles.

The academy offers a multilevel guided curriculum for children in preschool through kindergarten.

Private tour appointments are available for those who would like to see a Montessori classroom in action during school hours. For information or to schedule a visit, call 630-5139742. Tours of the elementary campus, Bridges Academy, also are available.

For information, visit www.

BridgesMontessori.org, or check out Bridges’ Facebook page.

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Where did you grow up? Batavia Who would play you in the movie of your life?

Michael Cera First job? Paper route and umpire for Little League As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? To play center field for the White Sox. I’m a customer service representative.

A movie you’d recommend? “Memento” Favorite charity? American Cancer Society What game show would you be on? “Wheel of Fortune” Do you speak another language? Spanish Favorite local restaurant? Bien Trucha in Geneva What is an interesting factoid about yourself?

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Kane County Chronicle staffers pick the best of what to do in your free time

Family Chess Night set for District 304 families WHAT: The event is open to all Geneva School District 304 students and families. It is sponsored by the GHS Chess Club. There will be instruction and games, including a Chess Night Championship Tournament. Family Chess Night is for all ages and skill levels, and even those who have never played are invited to come and give chess a try. Several members of the GHS Chess Club will be on hand to teach chess basics to anyone who needs a little help with the rules or wants some coaching.

WHEN: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4 WHERE: Geneva High School cafeteria, 416 McKinley Ave., Geneva INFO: RSVP to Brian Schmidt at bschmidt@ geneva304.org by Friday.

Family Open House takes place at Fermilab WHAT: It will include activities for the family, from hands-on science exhibits to tours of some of the lab’s attractions – including the massive electromagnet that was brought to Fermilab last summer. Highlights include a series of performances by Jerry Zimmerman as Mr. Freeze, demonstrating the cool effects of liquid nitrogen. About a dozen scientists will be ready to answer questions on the 15th floor of Wilson Hall.

WHEN: 1 to 5 p.m. Feb. 9 WHERE: Fermilab, Pine Street and Kirk Road, Batavia INFO: Visit www.fnal.gov.

‘Those Ordinary, Extraordinary Juncos’ WHAT: Presented by Bob Andrini, Kane County Audubon president, in conjunction with the St. Charles Park District. Andrini presents the biology, evolution and scientific studies about the well-known winter migrant, the dark-eyed junco.

WHEN: 7 p.m. Feb. 28 WHERE: Hickory Knolls Discovery Center, 3795 Campton Hills Drive, St. Charles INFO: Call 630-584-8386.

Indoor brat stand set at Blue Goose WHAT: The Blue Goose Market will have an indoor brat stand.

WHEN: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday WHERE: 300 S. Second St., St. Charles INFO: Call 630-584-0900.

Two Guys and Free Spaghetti at St. Charles Episcopal Church WHAT: Two Guys and Free Spaghetti will provide a free homemade spaghetti and meatballs dinner with beverage, salad, garlic

bread and homemade dessert to any and all who attend. Carry-out is available, and the building is wheelchair-accessible.

WHEN: 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday WHERE: St. Charles Episcopal Church, 994 N. Fifth Ave., St. Charles INFO: Call Joe at 630-890-6586.

‘Making Your Own Star Wars Movie’ WHAT: A St. Charles Park District class, for ages 8 to 12, will have participants make a “Star Wars” movie, using special digital cameras and software. Work in teams to create a story and script. Use graphic editing techniques and stop-motion animation.

WHEN: 4:30 to 6 p.m. Feb. 18 WHERE: Pottawatomie Community Center, 8 North Ave., St. Charles INFO: Fee is $98 for residents and $148 for nonresidents. Advance registration required at www.stcparks.org.

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8LOCAL BRIEF Group seeking nominations for Salute to Senior Service awards Sponsored by Home Instead Inc., the franchiser of the Home Instead Senior Care network, Salute to Senior Service recognizes the contributions of adults age 65 and older who give at least 15 hours a month of volunteer service to their favorite causes.

Members of the community are asked to nominate and vote for these everyday heroes through March 1 at www.SalutetoSeniorService.com.

State winners will be determined by popular vote.

A panel of senior care experts will select a national Salute to Senior Service winner from among the state honorees.

Home Instead Inc. will donate $500 to each of the state winners’ designated and approved nonprofit organizations, and their personal stories will be shared online on the Salute to Senior Service Wall of Fame.

In addition, $5,000 will be donated to the national winner’s designated and approved nonprofit charity.

Completed nomination forms can be mailed to Salute to Senior Service, P.O. Box 285, Bellevue, NE 68005. For information, call 815-754-1300.

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Deitchman to lead Batavia chamber

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com BATAVIA – Holly Deitchman, the station manager of Batavia Access Television, was named Wednesday as the next executive director of the Batavia Chamber of Commerce.

“I’m really excited about it,” Deitchman said. “I see great things coming to the Batavia Chamber of Commerce in the short term and long term. I look forward to meeting with local businesses to see what we can do make their experience in Batavia even better.”

Deitchman said she hopes to bring the collaborative process and the growth she experienced as the manager of BATV to the chamber.

She will replace Roger Breisch, who has led the chamber for nearly 10 years.

Chamber board President Jack Zaruba said the organization would miss Breisch’s leadership, “but we are pleased to have found someone more than capable of continuing to

move our organization forward.”

Zaruba said the board interviewed nine applicants, eventually whittling the number to five.

“Then we finished up with the last one, and Holly was the one. It was not hard at all once we interviewed everyone,” Zaruba said. “She came in with a plan and knew the organization inside and out. She has a great reputation in the community and the Holly skill set ... we really Deitchman couldn’t have written a resume that would have fit her any better.”

Among Deitchman’s strengths, he said, was her accounting background, how tech savvy she is, her public speaking ability and familiarity with uploading video for their website and sending out announcements to local media.

Deitchman also has a demographics background for research

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she did for the housing industry, Zaruba said.

“We wanted to know this – what is our audience, and how do we reach them better?” Zaruba said.

“We are psyched. We closed up the board meeting today, and it was unanimous. Everybody went, ‘Yes, this is the one.’ ” Before becoming BATV station manager in July 2008, Deitchman spent three years as a market analyst with Metrostudy in Elgin. In this role, she performed feasibility and fiscal impact studies for urban retail and housing projects for financiers, developers and builders.

Deitchman said she has done a lot of the same functions managing a nonprofit organization, so the business model for the chamber will be similar.

“And staying with a local focus has always been a strong part of the mission for BATV and the chamber,” Deitchman said.

Deitchman will start her new duties Feb. 10, officials said.

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Teske resigns, appointed library’s assistant director

Fox Valley Philharmonic Orchestra will present free children’s concert

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com GENEVA – Geneva library trustees accepted the resignation of director Matt Teske at a special meeting Wednesday, then appointed him to be an assistant director and appointed library consultant Marilyn Boria the interim director.

Trustees also accepted the retirement of assistant director Peggy Carlson, effective June 27. Teske’s resignation is effective Monday.

Trustee Travis Ketterman, who was part of the personnel committee that hired Teske in 2007, said he was the right choice then.

“We were right in that decision and I’ve been proud of Matt every single day,” Ketterman said. “Matt has always had my unwavering support. I wish him well.”

Trustee Steven Andersson said he echoed Ketterman’s comments.

“I never had anything but the utmost respect for his work,” Andersson said. “I want to thank him publicly for that service.”

In reading his resignation letter aloud, Teske revealed deeply personal information, that his seven weeks of leave during November and most of December were for treatment of depression and anxiety.

“I have made huge inroads in dealing with these issues and am in a much better position emotionally Matt Teske today than I was,” Teske read from his letter. “I have come to the conclusion that the position of library director is not a good fit for me right now.”

Teske said he would welcome being appointed an assistant director and serve with the new interim director Marilyn Boria and the future library director.

“I believe my experience would allow me to step into this position and make a strong, dynamic contribution to the operations of the library,” Teske’s letter stated.

Trustee Susan Shivers, who criticized Teske’s lead-

ership in earlier meetings, voted against appointing him as assistant library director, and against Boria as interim director.

“Now the library has two assistant directors and an interim director,” Shivers said. “We never had or needed two assistant directors in the past.”

Shivers said the library’s job description of the assistant library director calls for the assistant to serve as acting director and to be responsible for library operations in the absence of the library director.

“Upon Matt’s resignation, Peggy should have been placed in the position of acting library director and the board should have begun an active search for a new director,” Shivers said. “That’s the reason I don’t feel we need to hire an interim director.”

Shivers said Teske is welcome to apply for Carlson’s position when she leaves in June.

“So now I’m looking at two assistant directors and a job description that is not being fulfilled,” Shivers said.

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KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE AURORA – At 3 p.m. Feb. 23 the Fox Valley Philharmonic Orchestra will present a special “Children’s Concert.”

The event will be at Our Savior Lutheran Church, 420 W. Downer Place, Aurora.

The free concert will feature a performance of the classic, “Aladdin,” by Carl Nielsen.

Among other favorites on the program is “What’s Up at the Symphony,” the music of Looney Tunes cartoons.

There will be an oppor-

tunity for children to have a brief turn conducting the orchestra in a march by Anton Bruckner.

During the intermission, there will be an “instrument petting zoo,” where children can try playing various orchestral instruments, and the “instrument doctor” will give a “checkup” to any old instruments that are brought in, to provide an estimate on their value or repair.

Admission to the concert is free, but donations are appreciated. For information, visit www.FVacademy.org or call 630-476-9072.

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Officials pondering concealed-carry policy for county

By ASHLEY SLOBODA asloboda@shawmedia.com GENEVA – Kane County’s law enforcement leaders – the chief judge, state’s attorney and sheriff – are seeking input from county board members about its concealed-carry policy.

Sheila McCraven, the county’s executive director of human resources, brought this request Wednesday to the Human Services Committee.

The county could adopt the state statute, she said, or it could be more restrictive.

McCraven noted other counties appear to be in similar situations, as she’s gotten calls asking about Kane County’s approach.

“This does raise a lot of questions,” said committee chair Cristina Castro, D-Elgin.

She cited such factors as the county’s liability and limitations on employees.

“We have to look at everybody’s safety,” she said.

Melisa Taylor, R-Sugar Grove, said the policy must be consistent throughout the county’s buildings.

Michael Kenyon, R-South Elgin, said there is no reason someone would need a gun at a county building.

“We don’t need to look for trouble,” he said.

Without having a policy in hand, Castro said, it’s difficult for board members to make a decision. She suggested the State’s Attorney’s Office provide a draft the committee can review and modify.

She requested that McCraven participate in the process so she can provide perspective from the employees and human resources.

8LOCAL BRIEFS Shelter’s cat adoption fee reduced in February SOUTH ELGIN – Throughout the month of February, Anderson Animal Shelter’s black and black with white cats adoption fee is reduced to $50 to qualified adopters.

The shelter said black cats often are overlooked by adopters. The adoption fee includes spay/neuter, annual vaccinations, microchip identification, feline leukemia/FIV testing, deworming, collar and an ID tag and a carrying case.

Anderson Animal Shelter is at 1000 S. Route 31 in South Elgin. For information, visit www.andersonanimalshelter. org or call 847-697-2880, ext.

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U of I Extension to offer grandparents’ workshop ST. CHARLES – The University of Illinois Extension and Home and Community Education

will be offering the workshop “Grandparents Have an Important Role in a Child’s Life” from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Feb. 4 at 535 S. Randall Road, St. Charles.

Advance registration is required. This program discusses the important roles of a grandparent and strategies to enhance the relationship between grandparents and the grandchild, as well as the parents.

This lesson will be presented statewide via the Web by a family life extension educator.

The lesson is free, but advance registration is required

by Jan. 31. To register, email the attendee’s name to jarmusz@illinois.edu or call 630-584-6166.

If a special accommodation is needed to attend this program, please notify at registration.

All are welcome to attend this program.

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8FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS Obituary deadline The deadline for obituary notices is 4 p.m. for the next day’s edition. Obituaries can be emailed to obits@ kcchronicle.com. For information, contact news editor Al Lagattolla at alagattolla@ shawmedia.com.

8LOCAL BRIEFS Kane County Cougars plans couples event

Program to award two $1,250 scholarships

GENEVA – The Kane County Cougars organization is offering a Valentine’s Day experience for couples. A limited amount of dinner packages will be on sale for Feb. 13 and 14.

The events begin at 6:30 p.m. and are at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark, 34W002 Cherry Lane, Geneva. Both evenings will include a candlelit dinner for couples at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark prepared and served by the Cougars’ catering staff.

Couples can choose a private suite option ($80 a couple) or enjoy dinner in the banquet room ($70 a couple), a restaurant setting that holds multiple tables.

Interested couples can reserve a suite by calling 630-232-8811 and asking for either Jenni Brechtel or Derek Harrigan. Couples looking to double-date are encouraged to call and make reservations as well.

Last year’s Valentine’s Day dinner event reached capacity on both dates.

ST. CHARLES – The St. Charles Chamber of Commerce’s Council for Industry has partnered with Advanced Disposal and STC Capital Bank to fund an ongoing college scholarship program.

The program will award two $1,250 scholarships to graduating seniors, one each at St. Charles North and St. Charles East high schools. The scholarship will be applied toward tuition for an associate of applied science degree or vocational specialist certification through the career and technical education program at Elgin Community College. Advanced Disposal and STC Capital Bank are sponsoring the scholarship for Academic Year 2014-2015.

Applications for academic year 2014-15 are being accepted.

The deadline for application is Feb. 14. For information, find the application at www.stcharleschamber.com or contact Stacey Ekstrom at the St. Charles Chamber at info@stcharleschamber. com or 630-584-8384.

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Carrie E. Petrie: A celebration of her life will begin at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at Elburn American Legion Post 630, 112 N. Main St., Elburn. Arrangements are being handled through the care of Conley Funeral Home in Elburn.

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Denny Ayala: The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, at Yurs Funeral Home, 405 E. Main St. (corner of Routes 25 and 64), St. Charles.

Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 24, at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 400 Cedar St., St. Charles. Contributions may be made to St. Patrick Church.

Marion M. Behling: The memorial service will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at First Congregational Church, 615 N. First St., DeKalb, with the Rev. Joe Gastiger and the Rev. Judy Harris officiating. Cremation is by Anderson Funeral Home Crematory. The visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Saturday at the church.

Bettye Frunzar: Private interment will be in River Hills Memorial Park in Batavia. A “celebration of life” will be Friday, June 13, at a location to be determined.

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8POLICE REPORTS Kane County Sheriff’s Office • A person salting roads reported Wednesday, Jan. 15, someone had dumped garbage in a ditch on Schneider Road near Keslinger Road in Elburn. Items included five gallon water bottles, a fan, a cat litter box and a DVD player.

• Byron J. Roe, 20, of the 100 block of Josephine Avenue, South

Elgin, was charged Saturday, Jan. 11, with driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with a blood-alcohol content of more than 0.08 percent, illegal transportation of alcohol, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

He reportedly called for a motorist assist because he was stuck in the snow on the 5N800 block of Route 25 in St. Charles Township.

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8LOCAL BRIEFS ‘Moon River Mingle’ to benefit Elderday Center BATAVIA – The “Moon River Mingle,” a wine and craft beer tasting and silent auction to benefit Elderday Center in Batavia, is set from 7 to 10 p.m. March 8 at Interiors for Business, 409 N. River St. in Batavia.

A selection of wine and craft beer will be offered from Gibby’s Wine Den and Stockholm’s, as well as hors d’ouevres and desserts. Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 at the door. RSVP to Elderday at 630-761-9750 by Feb. 27.

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Businesses will have representatives available to talk about their companies and employment opportunities. Participants may fill out an application on-site or take it home. It is for ages 16 to 24. Businesses interested in participating or information can call Lara Piner at 630-513-4330.

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ABOVE: Carr receives a proclamation naming him Illinois Veteran of the Month during a ceremony in his honor. Carr, who joined the Army in 1969, began working for the Veterans Assistance Commission of Kane County as a hospital caseworker in 1974.

Batavia man honored for his decadeslong career of helping veterans

By ASHLEY SLOBODA asloboda@shawmedia.com GENEVA – U.S. Army veteran John Carr didn’t know what direction his life would take when he left the service.

Carr – who entered the Army in 1969 and retired in 1972 – said he was trying to reorient himself. Then one day he spotted an ad seeking a disabled veteran – he had been wounded in an attack – to transport veterans to the hospital, he said.

Because he wasn’t doing anything else at the moment, he said, he went for the job, thus beginning a decadeslong career of helping veterans.

In a ceremony Wednesday, the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs recognized Carr’s contributions by naming him the Illinois Veteran of the Month for January.

The honor is presented to veterans who continue to serve their communities after leaving the military and make a difference in the lives of others.

“I am humbled, and I thank you ... This is not just an award for me. It’s an award for my staff as well.”

John Carr Illinois Veteran of the Month for January “I am humbled, and I thank you,” Carr said to the crowd of veterans, elected officials and community members gathered at the Kane County Government Center.

The 64-year-old Batavia resident has received such military awards as the Bronze Star medal, the Purple Heart medal, the Air Medal, the Army Commendation medal, the Vietnam Service medal and, among others, the Combat Infantryman Badge.

He joined Kane County’s Veterans Assistance Commission as a hospital caseworker in 1974 and was elect-

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He retired in February 2013.

Working one-on-one with veterans, Carr helped them secure benefits they were entitled to, he said, noting one case lasted 10 years.

He stressed he didn’t work alone.

“This is not just an award for me,” Carr said. “It’s an award for my staff as well.”

A lifetime member of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Carr also served as president of the Illinois Association of County Veterans Assistance Commissions from 1990 to 1993 and was instrumental in the building of the Kane County Veteran Memorial, which was dedicated in 2005.

“I’m very proud of him,” said Judy Carr, his wife of 37 years. “I’ve always known he’s done an excellent job.

It’s nice to know other people think so, too.”

Their daughter, Tegan, said her father would involve her and her brother in differ-

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ent projects and would talk to her classes.

“I know that I’ve definitely learned a lot about the veterans and all that from my dad than I did from school,” she said.

On behalf of Gov. Pat Quinn, Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs Assistant Director Rodrigo Garcia presented Carr with a framed proclamation and a state flag.

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“Mr. John Carr,” Garcia said, “we are in your debt.”

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LEFT: Batavia resident John Carr addresses a small crowd gathered in his honor Wednesday at the Kane County Government Center in Geneva after receiving a proclamation naming him Illinois Veteran of the Month.

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Geneva seeks applicants for 3rd Ward seat KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com GENEVA – The city of Geneva will be accepting applications for a vacant 3rd Ward seat, after Alderman Dawn Vogelsberg resigned this week, officials said in a news release.

Vogelsberg announced her resignation Tuesday night.

She served as an alderman for 10 years. Mayor Kevin Burns has 60 days to submit an appointee for consideration by the Geneva City Council, according to the release.

Those interested should submit a letter of interest and a resume, postmarked no later than Feb. 3, to Mayor Kevin Burns, Geneva City Hall, 22 S. First St., Geneva, IL 60134.

The envelope should include the reference “3rd Ward Alderman” on the front, according to the news release.

To be considered, candidates must be a legal U.S. citizen, must have lived in Geneva’s 3rd Ward for at least one year, be a registered voter, have no felony convictions and be current on taxes and payments to Geneva.

Burns will review the applications and plans to bring his nomination choice to the council by the end of February, the release stated. The alderman will serve on the council through April 2015 and have the option to run in the consolidated election for a two-year term that will expire in 2017.

The 3rd Ward is located on Geneva’s northeast side, with approximate boundaries including Division Street, Woodward Avenue, East Side Drive, State Street and Kautz Road, the release stated. For information and a ward map, visit www.geneva.il.us.

8LOCAL BRIEF Hickory Knolls center plans ‘Ex Files’ program ST. CHARLES – Mastodons, stag moose, wolves, alligators – many are gone for good, but a few are here to stay.

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays in February, Hickory Knolls Discovery Center, 3795 Campton Hills Road, St. Charles, has planned a

program, Ex Files. All ages are welcome.

On Feb. 15, there will be indoor activities and displays describing animals that once were common, but will never been seen again.

Admission is free.

For information, visit www. stcnature.org.

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By ASHLEY SLOBODA asloboda@shawmedia.com ST. CHARLES – A South Elgin man accused last year of sexually gratifying himself at Charlestowne Mall has pleaded guilty to public indecency, according to Kane County court records.

Kenneth Ray Rutherford, 71, entered the plea on Jan. 16.

It was accepted by Judge Elizabeth Flood.

He was sentenced to supervision and is expected in court on July 17, according to

records.

Records indicate that a related charge of disorderly conduct was dismissed.

St. Charles police charged Rutherford with the two misdemeanors last August afKenneth Ray ter he was seen Rutherford masturbating in the upper level of Charlestowne Mall near Classic Cinemas Charlestowne 18.

8LOCAL BRIEF ST. CHARLES – Steel Beam Children’s Theatre, 111 W. Main St., St. Charles, will present “The Frog Princess” through Feb. 9.

Times are 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.

A man accused of multiple burglaries last year in St. Charles, Campton Hills and Aurora has pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary, according to Kane County court records.

Mark E. Swienton, 49, of Aurora, pleaded guilty Jan. 15 to burglarizing NAPA Auto Parts at 201 S. Third St. in St. Charles and a gas station in Aurora, records show.

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In St. Charles, police reported that Swienton threw a rock through a window at NAPA Auto Parts to gain entry.

Court records indicate some charges are being dismissed.

“Defendant enters a cold plea, and partially negotiated plea as it relates to dismissal of remaining counts in lieu of stipulation of restitution amounts as provided by victims on those listed counts that are being dismissed,” a court document states.

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Judge Susan Clancy Boles accepted his plea. Sentencing was continued to March 26.

Swienton also had been charged with burglarizing Valley Springs Auto Spa in St. Charles, J. DeMarco Salon in Campton Hills and six Mark E. other busiSwienton nesses – mostly gas stations – in Aurora.

Police described the burglaries as “smash-and-grab.”

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OPINIONS An exercise in freezing and reflection In the winter season, Mother Nature enjoys constantly reminding me that I should have chosen a better hobby than running. I imagine I wouldn’t be a half bad knitter or bird house builder, but – for the time being – I’ll stick to showing Mother Nature that I don’t care for her subzero winds or rather nippy attitude.

I just think she’s jealous of my remarkable calves.

I picked up running at the start of high school. In a way, the choice was made for me.

As a wee lad on the baseball diamonds of Primrose Park in St. Charles, the constant fear of having a lobbed softball smash into my noggin kept me from advancing further in

my surely promising baseball career.

With about the same handeye coordination as a disoriented slug, I set to finding a sport that worked for me. Tennis seemed promising for a while, until I realized that serving should probably require fewer than seven attempts and a little less profanity. Not to mention the actual tennis balls, some of those things at high speeds became green spheres of fuzzy striking death.

Moving onto basketball, I thought the larger and slower moving orb might mean an improvement in my athletic ability. Due to a certain vertical challenge in regards to my height and a lack of dribbling

MARMION’S MANLY MAN Kurt Zepeda ability, my NBA calling ended rather quickly. I did, however, enjoy a stint as the best traveler around.

Through many years of failed tryouts and games, sports and I disagreed on a great number of things. Perhaps I didn’t have that certain competitive nature, or – more likely, considering my lovely adolescent moods – I didn’t care, but I never really got into them before cross country came my way.

In all honesty, I don’t know

how my lackadaisical past self arrived at the conclusion that running three miles at a rapid pace seemed like a good idea, but I’m glad that that pile of freshmen meat did.

Thankfully, there wasn’t much to screw up with running. I’m elated to say that I managed to figure out how to put one leg in front of the other with only minor tripping issues.

Sure, the first few months brought a lot of foot pain and interesting sweat patterns, but I grew to respect running and those who love it.

Three and a half years later, I’m still throwing on my Asics and shorter than necessary running shorts to

run along the Prairie Path.

For me, every minute of a run brings a certain happiness of life and a span of time to put things in perspective; every mile gives me a brief escape to my own thoughts.

If Mother Nature wants to keep trying to stop me, I say bring it on little lady. I’ve got running to do.

• Kurt Zepeda is a St. Charles resident and a senior at Marmion Academy in Aurora. He enjoys running, writing and the occasional confection. His column runs every other Thursday in the Kane County Chronicle.

Contact him at editorial@ kcchronicle.com.

ANOTHER VIEW

Nobody wants to go to 2014 Olympics in Sochi

By KAVITHA A. DAVIDSON Bloomberg News All the concerns about human rights and safety might be catching up with the organizers of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. The Associated Press reported this week that hundreds of thousands of tickets to next month’s games remain unsold, with fans staying away because of cost, security and visa issues.

The organizers said 70 percent of 1.1 million tickets have been sold, while 15 percent are being held for sale once the games begin. They are confident that last-minute sales will prevent the embarrassment of empty seats. The Olympics have been touted as a source of great pride for Russian President Vladimir Putin, despite its numerous problems, including terrorism concerns. Last month,

two blasts just a day apart killed more than 30 people in the southern city of Volgograd. And recently, Russian authorities issued notices for “black widows” sent to carry out attacks and disrupt the Olympics, including one thought to be in Sochi already.

Because of security concerns, Russia can’t expect a boost from foreign fans. Coupled with the unattainable prices of the merchandise in Sochi’s Olympic Village, including a $720 polyester winter coat and a ski jacket that runs $400 – on sale – it’s clear that this Winter Games is not for the everyman.

Given its lackluster ticket sales, it might not be for any man, either.

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

• Kavitha A. Davidson is a Bloomberg View columnist who writes about sports.

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Fermilab to host Jr.FLL open house Saturday BATAVIA – Fox Valley Robotics/Batavia Robotics, Fermilab, and FIRST TM will bring the second annual Junior FIRST LEGO League (Jr.FLL) season to the Fox Valley Area with the 2014 “Disaster Blaster” Open House from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Fermilab.

Fermilab is at Pine Street and Kirk Road, Batavia.

The event features 16 teams of as many as six children per team, plus team coaches and mentors, involved with this

Geneva Idol Karaoke Event set at EvenFlow GENEVA – The Geneva Academic Foundation is hosting the first Geneva Idol Karaoke Event on Friday at Evenflow Music & Spirits, 302 W. State St., Geneva.

Friends and neighbors are invited to join in as singers or voters.

Tickets are $10 if purchased ahead, $12 at the door. There will be prizes for best karaoke performance (solo or group), best school performance, best costume (solo or group), karaoke participation, Hula Hoop contest, finish that tune contests, and more. Visit www.gafgeneva.org to purchase tickets and for more information.

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ST. CHARLES – In conjunction with the release of “The Monuments Men” on Feb. 7 and Feb. 8, the Charlestowne 18 at 3740 E. Main St., St. Charles, will transform itself into historic World War II Germany.

The WWII Historical Re-enactment Society of Illinois/Indiana will perform in a fully decorated lobby from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 7, and 2 to 5 p.m. Feb. 8.

Re-enactors dressed as U.S. soldiers, captured German soldiers and civilians of the period will stage interrogations similar to those in the film, and engage with patrons.

Call 630-587-3300 for information on the re-enactments, or to order advanced tickets of “The Monuments Men” screening.

year’s topic “Disaster Blaster.”

It is intended to give students an opportunity to present their research and celebrate the work they’ve done as a team, while at the same time, highlighting how new ways of thinking about technology is needed in today’s world. It is not a competition.

“Disaster Blaster” gives 6- to 9-year-old kids a hands-on, real world experience allowing them to use their imaginations and creativity in combination with science and technology.

The event will be in the atrium of the main building, followed by the awards ceremony.

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MARCH 15 Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day!

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New name, same quality

From clerk to owner, Stephanie Heitzman continues to please with Dolce Bakery

By CHARLES MENCHACA editorial@kcchronicle.com ST. CHARLES – The name of a St. Charles bakery might have changed, but the recipes and at least one face still are the same.

That face belongs to Stephanie Heitzman, owner of Dolce Bakery and Cafe at 131 S. First St. in downtown St. Charles.

Heitzman was a clerk at the bakery when it was known as Il Giardino del Dolce, which is Italian for “The Garden of the Sweets.” She joined the business in spring 2011, about two years after the bakery first opened, and kept moving up.

“It was always in my plan to open a bakery, just not this early,” Heitzman said between serving customers on the afternoon of Jan. 8. “When opportunity knocks, you can’t really pass it up.”

Like the first installment of the bakery, Heitzman offers customers a variety of baked and other food items. On the sweet side, there are cakes, cookies, brownies, cupcakes and pastries. On the cafe side, there are sandwiches, paninis, flatbreads and homemade pastas.

Specialty items include a large cannoli that holds 42 mini cannolis and a gelato selection that’s popular even in winter, Heitzman said.

The diverse menu helps her bakery stand out from others, Heitzman said.

That’s something Sofia Flores of St. Charles noticed when she and her mother, Floria Castro, ate at Dolce for the first time. They had tomato focaccia and lasagna for their Wednesday lunch at one of the many tables inside the business.

“Most pastry shops just have pastries – I like having the savory options,” Flores said.

To make sure Flores and other customers walk away happy, Heitzman is typically at Dolce for 14 to 15 hours a day, six days a week. She has three employees who help her on the weekends and two more during the summer, she said.

Heitzman went from clerk to manager when the bakery was sold in September 2012 to Sean Glore, the man who originally shortened the shop’s name to Dolce.

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Stephanie Heitzman, owner of Dolce Bakery and Cafe in St. Charles, waits on customer John Colpen of St. Charles. business wasn’t for him, so he made a deal with Heitzman to have her purchase Dolce in installments.

Customers can still find some of the Il Giardino del Dolce products in Dolce because they are still shipped there from Il Giardino’s original bakery of the same name in Chicago, Heitzman said. She has continued to produce more of the bakery items in house, and she makes additional sweets available as seasonal items. Heitzman offered pies during Christmas and will sell cookie bouquets and decorated shortbread for Valentine’s Day.

Even with a full array of products, Heitzman wants to continue expanding the menu. She plans to introduce new lunch items this spring and has a longterm goal of offering breakfasts on the weekends.

One customer that will likely be back for the offerings is Robert Smith of Oswego. He discovered the bakery this month when he was looking for a lunch spot, and he was back for another order five days later.

“I tried one of the snowman cookies and thought they were good, so I got some more for the kids,” Smith said.

Learn more What: Dolce Bakery and Cafe Where: 131 S. First St. in St. Charles Contact: 630-443-2497 or visit dolcebakerycafe.com or facebook.com/DolceBakeryCafe

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TO DO S G N I 5 TH UND O R A & IN NTY U O C E KAN ‘MOZART FOR THE MASSES’ WHEN/WHERE: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at St.

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PARAMOUNT’S PRODUCTION OF ‘42ND STREET’ WHEN: Running now through Sunday, Feb. 9; showtimes are 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays; 7:30 p.m.

Thursdays; 8 p.m. Fridays; 3 and 8 p.m. Saturdays; and 1 and 5:30 p.m. Sundays WHERE: The Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora COST/INFO: “42nd Street” is a classic Broadway story. Peggy, a small town girl, leaves the sanctity of family to pursue her dreams in New York. While keeping the big city wolves at bay, she befriends the working class of the theater world – the chorus – and lands a part on the line in the newest play “Pretty Lady.” The play is rated G. Tickets start at $48.60. For tickets or for more information, call 630896-6666 or visit paramountaurora.com.

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Vincent de Paul Church, 1010 W. Webster Ave., Chicago; and 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, at Baker Memorial church, 307 Cedar Ave., St. Charles COST/INFO: The St. Charles Singers and Metropolis Chamber Orchestra will be joined by Anima, the internationally recognized, Glen Ellyn-based youth choral organization, for “Mozart for the Masses,” the eighth installment in the St. Charles Singers’ Mozart Journey series. For more information, visit www.stcharlessingers.com. Tickets cost $40 for general adult admission; $30 for seniors 65 years old and older; and $10 for students. For ticket information, call 630513-5272.

‘THE GREEK MYTHOLOGY OLYMPIAGANZA’

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DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND WHEN: 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25 WHERE: Fermilab’s Ramsey

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Auditorium, located at Pine Street and Kirk Road in Batavia COST/INFO: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, a New Orleans brass band established in 1977, will perform at Fermilab. Tickets cost $30 for general admission and $15 for those ages 18 and younger. For information or reservations, visit www.fnal.gov/culture or call 630-840-2787.

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WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23; 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24; and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25 WHERE: The Black Box Theatre at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre, 1201 Main St., Batavia COST/INFO: Batavia High School will present “The Greek Mythology Olympiaganza.” Tickets cost $12 online and $14 by phone and at the box ofice. Tickets are available for purchase by calling the box ofice at 630-937-8930 or by visiting www.bataviaineartscentre.com.

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The band 7th Heaven, known for its “30 songs in 30 minutes” medley of songs from the ’70s and ’80s, will perform as part of the Kane County Cougars concert series July 12 at the Music Garden at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark in Geneva. music is loved by thousands of people. Fans will have the opportunity to enjoy a summer concert at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark, a Cougars game and one of our popular fireworks shows after the game to make it a complete evening of fun.”

The Mr. Myers Band is a Jimmy Buffett cover band that will perform a mix of Buffet and beach music as part of the Cougars’ annual Jimmy Buffett Theme Night on Saturday, June 21. The band 7th Heaven is known for its famous “30 songs

at kccougars.com. Group outings, season tickets and ticket packages are available for purchase now.

Earlier this offseason, the Cougars announced that ballpark organist Nancy Faust will play live organ music before and during every Sunday home game, beginning May 4. The Sunday dates also are Sunday Fundays, featuring free kids entertainment and ballpark discounts for families. The Jesse White Tumblers will perform following every Saturday game, beginning May 3. Thirsty Thursdays – with $1 beers, sodas and hot dogs – begin May 15.

A total of 27 home dates will feature a post-game fireworks show as well.

The Cougars will be making at least one more announcement as part of the 2014 promotional calendar before single-game tickets go on sale Thursday, Feb. 6.

Santa Barbara County wine industry features collection of talent Industrial-style, blue-tinroofed buildings have been the business neighborhood for Santa Barbara, Calif., winemaker Rick Longoria for 16 years.

A pioneer in the Santa Barbara County, Calif., wine industry, Longoria watched as the Lompoc Wine Ghetto blossomed throughout the years. And the desire to own a facility tailored for winemaking with sloped grounds and drains that run the length of the floor will be huge assets come harvest time. A historic building for a tasting room presented a great opportunity.

Only nine blocks away from his current Lompoc, Calif., site, Longoria will have a new production facility, tasting room, office, kitchen and private room to host events.

The free-standing building on D Street is two blocks from the Brewer-Clifton and Transcendence tasting rooms on F Street.

“It’s one of those things where you have to have a little vision to see something work,” Longoria said. “The company that owned it used it as a gathering hall. They also started to let employees

UNCORKED James Nokes use it for birthdays, graduations or wedding receptions.

Long-time Lompoc residents are all very familiar with the building.”

With the tasting room expected to come online in July, in time for the 2014 harvest, Longoria will begin to carve his niche into an already wellknown location.

Winemaker spotlight Turntables in a dimly lit corner pumped out 1980s rock music at the La Vie tasting room.

At Jalama it was a shaggy carpet, mirror ball and seldom-seen surfer movies from the 1950s that played over subtle beats as darkness and a winter chill began to settle into the night air at the Lompoc Wine Ghetto in California.

Both tasting rooms are within shouting distance of Longoria’s tasting room. It’s a spectacular collection of talented winemakers. While

their wines share some similarities, like the differences in tasting room decor, the deft touch each winemaker has chosen and the variance in site-specific terroir means each wine is a unique creation.

A 30-minute drive north of Santa Barbara, Calif., a visit to the Wine Ghetto can be an all-day affair where it’s easy to walk from tasting room to tasting room.

What to buy • Jalama, LaPresa Vineyard Syrah, 2009 ($36) – from an isolated vineyard on a hillside so steep it can be accessed only by a small staircase comes one of the most impressive Syrah’s I encountered on my trip through Santa Barbara County.

Twenty percent whole cluster fermentation and 36 months in the barrel provide a powerful structure yet a delicate, silky, beautiful mouth feel. Mocha, vanilla and blackberry flavors elegantly unfurl through the extended finish.

The Jalama Pinot Noir lineup impresses as well.

• La Vie, Ballard Canyon

Syrah, NV ($35) – a blend of fruit from the 2009 and 2010 harvest was aged for 30 months in neutral oak. The unique nose provides hints of nuttiness and blackberry jam.

There’s great dark fruit, beef and even petrol flavors.

• Longoria, Lovely Rita Pinot Noir, 2011 ($32) – lighter color, very special, pretty fruit provide a nice burst of cherry. This wine has hints of tea and a charming nose. Two years ago, I tasted it after it had been in the barrel for only five months and thought it was spectacular. The revisited finished product was like a warm, friendly visit with an old friend.

Longoria said it is a “feminine version” of his Fe Ciega Pinot Noir.

• Longoria, Fe Ciega Vineyard Pinot Noir, 2010 ($48) – this is a deep examination of Pinot Noir with tea spices and clove. There’s bigger cherry and dark cherry flavors present than Lovely Rita. A hint of zesty white pepper livens up the mid palate and a long finish ties things together nicely.

• Longoria, Rita’s Crown Chardonnay, 2011 ($55) – this

wine has an exquisite balance and a richness of fruit. Melon, peaches and stunning acidity come in a small quantities.

Longoria made only 47 cases, two barrels worth of this world-class Chardonnay.

Wine 101 AVA maps seem to be framed in every tasting room.

I’ve noticed people walk right past them on their way to sample their wines. My advice is to stop. Examine where the fruit from the wine you are drinking is grown. At most small operations, you can find the winemaker manning the tasting room. Ask them about the elevation, the soil, the oceanic influence and what the harvest was like.

It’s an education, a glimpse into what you are drinking and a great way to further define what style of wine you’d enjoy most.

• James Nokes writes a bi-weekly wine column for Shaw Media. He’s been tasting, touring and collecting in the wine world for several years. Contact him at planitkanenews@shawmedia.com.

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GENEVA – The Kane County Cougars ballpark concert series will be introduced during the 2014 summer season, beginning Saturday, June 21.

Fans will enjoy live music before baseball games on select Saturdays, as well as postgame entertainment, including the Jesse White Tumblers and a fireworks display.

Bands confirmed for the concert series include Mr. Myers Band on June 21; 7th Heaven on July 12; American English on July 26; Suburban Cowboys on Aug. 2; and Hi Infidelity on Aug. 23.

“We’re very excited to announce our ballpark concert series,” Cougars promotions manager Jenni Brechtel said in a news release. “Each of these bands has a tremendous following in Chicagoland, and their

in 30 minutes” medley of songs from the ’70s and ’80s. American English is a Beatles tribute band that covers the entire career of The Beatles, with attention given to costume changes and vintage instruments. Suburban Cowboys is a country cover band. Hi Infidelity is a cover band playing music of all types, with special attention paid to the ’80s rock period.

For each of the dates, ballpark gates will open at 3:30 p.m., with the concerts beginning at 4 p.m. The first pitch for each of the games is set for 6:30 p.m.

A game ticket for each of the above dates includes admission to that day’s pregame concert, which will take place in the Cougars’ Music Garden at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark, 34W002 Cherry Lane, Geneva.

Single-game tickets go on sale beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 6. Fans can order tickets in person, by phone or online

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Water Street Studios to open ‘I AMerican’ art exhibit Jan. 24 PLANIT KANE planitkanenews@shawmedia.com BATAVIA – Water Street Studios will open the exhibition “I AMerican” at 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24. Curated by Sergio Gomez, owner and Director of 33 Contemporary Gallery, the show will explore the meaning of being “American” from the perspective of artists with bicultural experiences.

“Each artist brings a particular point of view on the subject without being completely literal,” said Gomez in a news release. “There are stories and experiences with artists’ backgrounds representing the Philippines, Peru, Korea, Mexico, Japan, Cuba, Poland, Native American, India and the United States.”

In the news release, Water Street Studios gallery director Steven Lockwood said he’s honored to be working with Gomez in the show.

“Not only is Sergio well known as an artist and curator in the region, but he recently had a solo show at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago and the Regional Museum of Natural Science in Turin, Italy,” Lockwood said in the release.

In conjunction with “I AMerican” the Kane County Chronicle Gallery will feature the work of students and recent graduates from Eastern Illinois University.

“This is a great way to give these emerging artists exposure,” said Lockwood in the release. “It is an important element of our mission at Water Street Studios.”

During the event, 28 artists’ studios will be open. The public is welcome to wander the facility; venture into the studios; explore; and talk with the artists.

For more information, call 630-761-9977 or visit www.waterstreetstudios.com.

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Band to honor Beatles’ historic show PLANIT KANE planitkanenews@shawmedia.com ELGIN – American English, a Beatles tribute band, will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”

The performance, “American English presents February 1964,” will take place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 – almost 50 years to the day after the historic performance – in the Elgin Community College Arts Center, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin.

On Feb. 9, 1964, 73 million people tuned in to watch The Beatles make its American television debut. Fifty years later, the ECC concert experience will capture the sights, sounds, songs and excitement of that day.

According to a news release, American English has won numerous awards, including the Illinois Entertainer of the Year award, and has been voted Best Tribute Band by fans in the Chicago area.

Tickets cost $35.

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Beatles tribute band American English will perform Saturday, Feb. 8, at Elgin Community College in Elgin. dinner prepared by ECC’s award-winning culinary arts and hospitality program – and inspired by the British invasion – can be purchased online for an additional $29. The menu will include a mixed green salad, bangers and apple mash and a sticky toffee pudding. Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. in the Spartan Ter-

race Restaurant, located in the lobby of the ECC Arts Center.

Dinners must be ordered on or before Monday, Feb. 3.

Tickets for all performances in the ECC Arts Center are available online at tickets.elgin.edu or at the box office located in the arts center.

To purchase tickets by phone, call 847-622-0300.

This show will explore the intricate meaning of being an American from the eyes of a variety of artists of diverse cultural experiences.

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ST. FRANCIS BOYS BASKETBALL

Saluting magical 1988-89 season Spartans to celebrate 25th anniversary of lone team to make it downstate

By JAY SCHWAB jschwab@shawmedia.com

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St. Francis High School history teacher and former head boys basketball coach Mike Harper stands with the IHSA Class A fourth-place trophy the school earned under his leadership in 1989.

It didn’t look like Harper was headed for a hall of fame career after his first four seasons, in which St. Francis went 24-77. The program showed signs of life in Harper’s fifth season – when the core of the eventual state team were juniors – improving to 11-14. The next year, a team powered by scoring dynamo Jamie Green, skilled big man Jason Gilroy and sharpshooter Lenert made a tremendous leap, guiding St. Francis to a 27-5 season and trip to Assembly Hall in Champaign.

Harper, still a history teacher at St. Francis, looks forward to rekindling the memories Saturday.

“I would say even more than their physical effort was their loyalty because there wasn’t a lot of tangible suc-

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The 1988-89 St. Francis High School boys basketball team finished the season with an IHSA Class A fourth-place run. cess leading up to that year, but they stayed loyal to each other and to me, and it ended up working out pretty well for all of us,” Harper said.

Mike Healy, now athletic director at Wheaton Warrenville South, was the team’s

gritty, facilitating point guard. He later became an assistant coach under Harper.

“I guess what makes it so special is that we still, 25 years later, keep in contact with each other and went to each other’s weddings and

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he sense of deflation was unmistakable among the St. Francis faithful.

The Spartans’ boys basketball team’s exhilarating postseason push into a Class A sectional semifinal was about to come to an end, with Walther Lutheran in control in the closing seconds.

But Walther Lutheran clanked three free throws in the final 10 seconds, leading to a miraculous, last-second shot from near halfcourt that turned Dan Lenert into a Spartans’ immortal.

St. Francis won the game, 61-59, the most unforgettable moment in what stands as the lone season ending with a downstate berth in program history.

“If you could see the video, you could actually see my father in the stands and the look of disgust, like we weren’t going to win the game,” said Chad Lane, a reserve forward on that team who lived in St. Charles then and resides in Mill Creek now. “It was pretty fun to see the change [in expressions] … when Dan hit that shot, which was just an amazing shot.”

Twenty-five years later, St. Francis will celebrate the 1988-89 team that finished fourth in Class A, as well as its coach, Mike Harper, who will be inducted in March into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. The Spartans will honor the team before Saturday’s 7:30 p.m. home game against Prairie Ridge as part of the program’s annual “Alumni Night.”

have seen our kids now grow up,” Healy said. “It’s a bunch of guys you can count on. If you need anything, they’re going to be there for you, and that was all kind of driven

by Coach Harper. He just instilled a family-type atmosphere with our group, and it’s continued on.”

Harper ended up leading St. Francis for 23 seasons, finishing with a mark of 315-285, before stepping down after the 2005-06 season. Only one of his final 13 teams finished with a losing record.

Harper thanked former St. Francis athletic director Larry Baker for standing behind him when his first several teams floundered. Harper said he was one of many coaches in the mid-1980s who tried to emulate the authoritarian coaching persona of Bobby Knight, and he matured into a better coach when he left that act behind.

“Sometimes that stuff is OK, as long as you win, but we weren’t winning, and as a result I brought a lot of that [criticism] on myself,” Harper said. “I grew up and matured and Larry Baker was kind of my guidepost in doing that. He helped turn a young, immature coach who was kind of looking for his own identity and said you don’t need to copy anyone else’s identity, just be who you are, and that’s my debt to the ’89 team. When you finally can have some tangible success, you can be yourself and you can have success being yourself, and that’s what I’m indebted to with that group.

They kind of turned that page for me.”

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Harper still backing St. Francis boys hoops • SEASON Continued from page 21 After the dramatic win over Walther Lutheran, St. Francis beat St. Benedict in the sectional final and Aurora Christian in a jam-packed supersectional at Lewis University, at which Harper said, “I’m not kidding you, every fire code that could have been broken, we broke.”

Under the old, two-class system, St. Francis played and defeated Mendota in an Elite Eight matchup at Assembly Hall before finishing fourth after a pair of losses the next day against Rock Island Alleman and Prairie Central.

Harper said the 1988-89 team was a trailblazing group at St. Francis, which had previously experienced little success in boys sports.

That’s changed substantially since, and last year’s Spartans boys basketball team came tantalizingly close to becoming the second in program history to go downstate before falling to Bartonville Limestone in a hotly contested 3A supersectional in DeKalb.

Harper attended that game at Northern Illinois University and has remained an ardent backer of the program.

“He’s very supportive of everything we do,” current Spartans coach Bob Ward said. “The last few years he’s come and spoken to our kids, and they have him in class. For us, he’s really important as far as the support he gives us and the encouragement he gives us.

He’s a real rock as far as the foundation of the school and the athletic tradition of the school.”

Harper stepped away from coaching to free up time for his wife and two children. Both his son and daughter ended up gravitating toward volleyball rather than basketball.

“I don’t want to sound cliché because I love [coaching], there’s a big part of me that misses it, I oftentimes

“I remember I did a Jim Valvano sprint, but ironically enough I did the sprint in the opposite direction [of the rest of the team]. I ran into a teacher at St. Francis and I gave him a bear hug because he was the first guy I saw, and then I kind of composed myself and congratulated the Walther kids. But yeah, I was in a state of shock that it all happened.”

Mike Harper St. Francis history teacher, former St. Francis boys basketball coach wish I was still out there doing it, but I wouldn’t change my decision because I have been a dad who has had the opportunity to literally be with my kids as they grew up,” said Harper, now 56. “I was right there in the middle of the action, and that what I wanted to do, and I’ve got the chance to do it, and you just can’t beat that.”

After the game Saturday, the celebration will continue at the Bank Restaurant in downtown Wheaton. Most of the ’88-89 team is expected to attend, including Scott England, DJ Paoni, John Driscoll, Green, Lenert, Gilroy and Lane.

Count on Lenert’s magical heave at the Lemont Sectional semifinal coming up a time or two throughout the night.

“I remember I did a Jim Valvano sprint, but ironically enough I did the sprint in the opposite direction [of the rest of the team],” Harper said. “I ran into a teacher at St. Francis and I gave him a bear hug because he was the first guy I saw, and then I kind of composed myself and congratulated the Walther kids. But yeah, I was in a state of shock that it all happened.”

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Will the NFL draft fit the Bears’ needs?

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

Specifically, will the best talent available at the time the Bears select in each round of the draft fit the Bears’ needs?

Here is a given. Teams that skip the best players available when it’s their turn to draft to take a lesser prospect to fill an area of need fail to become good football teams.

Phil Emery and Marc Trestman committed at their season-ending press conference to get younger on defense. That happens by drafting well.

Lance Briggs and Tim Jennings will be back, and Zack Bowman and Kelvin Hayden will be economical options to re-sign as well. We can also assume the Bears plan to continue to try and develop Jonathan Bostic and Khaseem Greene, and it seems likely

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Shea McClellin may end up spending some time at linebacker, too. So the Bears get younger on defense by drafting defensive linemen and safeties.

Offensively, the Bears are in the best shape they’ve been in decades but need depth at running back and tight end.

That may wait, but the development of a young quarterback shouldn’t.

I have no idea if the prospects I’m about to introduce you to interest the Bears or not, but I think the next few months of scouting will prove they should.

Two prospects who might fit with Trestman and, if the Bears get very lucky, could be available in the fourth round but should be in the third are

A.J. McCarron of Alabama and Jimmy Garoppolo of Eastern Illinois.

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

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

Get to know Kony Ealy of Missouri.

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

Defensive tackle will be one of the deepest positions in the draft, but will the Bears be sticking with Lovie Smith’s base Tampa 2, which requires

a 3-technique, or will they be shopping for larger, space-eating 2-gap players.

The best 3 technique prospect is Timmy Jernigan of Florida State, but he’s no where near good enough to merit a pick higher than 20 to 25.

Notre Dame’s Louis Nix is the best defensive tackle in the draft and will almost certainly be a top 10 pick, maybe top 5.

His teammate, Stephon Tuitt and Minnesota’s Ra’Shede Hageman are the next best prospects and could fit at 14, but at 6-6, 310 to 315 pounds each, both are best suited to be 5 technique ends in a 3 – 4 scheme.

At safety, Alabama’s Hasean Clinton-Dix is the prize of the draft and could just be a fit with the Bears at 14. Second, third and fourth round options are Deone Bucannon of Washington State, Louisville’s Calvin Pryor and Jimmie Ward of Northern Illinois.

There are a ton of 40-yard dashes and agility drills to run between now and the draft, but these are a few of the young men worth keeping an eye on.

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to participate in the Senior Bowl, Garoppolo received a late invitation after his strong showing in the EastWest Shrine game.

The NFL wanted to see more with better players around him.

It was a grind going straight from St. Petersburg, Fla., to Mobile – “I’m a little sleep-deprived,” Garoppolo said – but that hasn’t prevented him from turning heads.

“He’s looked really good,” an NFL executive in search of a quarterback said.

The best thing about him?

“He’s got a good release – a great release,” the executive said.

Two weeks in front of the NFL world only has strengthened his case for the draft.

He’ll get a chance to show more next month at the NFL combine in Indianapolis.

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MOBILE, Ala. – With Eastern Illinois quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo destined for the big stage of the NFL, the media made sure to clarify a few things about him while he sat on a small stage during Senior Bowl week.

How exactly do you say your name?

“Ga-ra-po-lo,” he said with an affable smile. “It’s usually how most people think.”

Is that a Greek name?

“Italian,” he said, now beaming. “It ends in a vowel.”

So goes the world of Garoppolo. The Rolling Meadows High School graduate was the most valuable player of the East-West Shrine game Saturday, and now he’s taking a starring role during Senior Bowl week.

Everyone – from media to scouts to team executives – wants to know everything about him.

The NFL world is gushing over Garoppolo, who, in the past several weeks, has gone from an unknown to a potential late-round pick to a possible second- or thirdround selection, in the opinions of some NFL evaluators.

His model mechanics, quick release and overall potential are the buzz of the offseason.

••• Only nine quarterbacks from the Chicago metro area have started an NFL regular-season game since the merger.

“It’s a rare thing,” Garoppolo said.

He just happens to be the next best thing.

With Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron declining

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North graduate Catalano gets closure Every athlete dreams of a storybook career ending, like John Elway winning a Super Bowl at age 38. Most careers, however, end far less grandly, with little or no fanfare.

Angelo Catalano of St. Charles knew his collegiate soccer career at Illinois Wesleyan was coming to an end Nov. 2 against North Central College, regardless of which team won.

“I took a lot of time before that game and reflected on it,” Catalano said.

His journey to that moment of reflection began 17 years earlier, when his older brother Dominic began playing soccer.

“I was probably 4 when I started playing with him in the back yard,” Catalano said.

A couple of years later, the younger brother started playing organized soccer.

“I started playing traveling soccer when I was 8,” he said.

He tried other sports, like

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“There was too much standing around,” he said.

“My parents tried to get me into hockey, but I didn’t like the cold.”

He played with the Galaxy Soccer Club of Naperville and at St. Charles North High School, where he was a twotime all-conference selection.

He said he did “the traditional college search type of thing” and was looking at Washington University in St. Louis and Xavier in Cincinnati when an assistant coach with his club team encouraged him to apply to Illinois Wesleyan.

“A couple days later, the coach gave me a call and asked me to come for a visit,” Catalano said.

He liked the campus and

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Catalano said he went through some fairly routine transition problems his freshman year, but stuck with

Illinois Wesleyan.

“I definitely ended up being happy with it,” he said of his college choice. “In hindsight, just the way everything worked out between sports and the friends and I made here and the professional opportunities I’ve had, it was definitely the right choice for me.”

The professional opportunities included an internship at BDO in Chicago, a firm

which provides a variety of financial services to other companies. The internship helped Catalano line up a job with the company, beginning in October.

He didn’t have much trouble transitioning to college soccer.

The 5-foot-8 midfielder played in 13 of 16 matches as a freshman, starting eight. He scored three goals, including a match-winner against North Central.

He wound up scoring nine goals during his collegiate career and last week was named co-recipient of the team’s MVP award.

“It was a little all over the place,” he said of his individual play over his four years in Bloomington. “It’s tough with the [NCAA] Division III regimen just focusing on sports. …

I had some good plays, some good goals – not as many as I would have liked.”

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IN THE GROOVE NOAH FRAZIER Batavia, Jr., 195 pounds What he did: Frazier delivered host Batavia’s lone individual championship in its tournament Saturday, registering a 10-0 major decision in the title match. The Bulldogs placed seventh out of 18 teams.

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St. Charles East wrestling coach Jason Potter helped guide the Saints to an unbeaten run to the Upstate Eight Conference River Division duals title. The Saints will look to stay hot at this weekend’s UEC tournament at Elgin.

Locking horns again Marmion and Montini have waged memorable duels during a tense Suburban Christian Conference rivalry.

The atmosphere was no different Saturday, as the Broncos edged the Cadets, 36-28, with Marmion forfeiting three weight classes.

Montini grabbed a quick 18-0 advantage, as the dual started with forfeit victories at 220, 285 and 106.

“At that point in time, I didn’t care what the result was,” Cadets coach Ryan Cumbee said. “I wanted to see the way our guys performed and the way they responded.”

Decision victories from AJ Jaffe and Johnny Jimenez and an Anthony Cheloni fall helped Marmion tie the dual at 18. It was tight thereaf-

ter, which is nothing new between these programs.

Marmion also defeated Westerville North (Ohio) on Saturday as it closed a 3-1 homestand that also included victories against Mount Carmel and Baylor (Tenn.).

Baylor, a boarding school in Chattanooga, has won seven dual state championships since 2001.

The Cadets are set to travel Saturday to Novi, Mich., for a triangular with Detroit Catholic Central and Cincinnati power Archbishop Moeller in a state series tune-up.

Regionals are scheduled for Feb. 8.

Two brothers, two seasons Friday’s St. Charles North-Geneva dual was a

near-miss on a brotherly civil war.

While North freshman Kolbe O’Brien registered a fall at 106 pounds, his older brother, Thomas, was unable to compete as he misses the season with a knee injury.

A Class 3A state alternate at 132 last season, Thomas O’Brien battled knee troubles in the offseason and was poised to make the next progression after transferring from North in 2012-13.

“He was primed to place in state. He blew out his knee.

He tried to come back but blew out his ACL,” Geneva coach Tom Chernich said.

Geneva won the dual, 59-9.

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ZACH PARKER Kaneland, So., 182 pounds What he did: Won an individual title to help host Kaneland finish as runner-up to Niles North at Saturday’s Margaret Flott Memorial Tournament in Maple Park.

WHAT WE LEARNED LAST WEEK ...

Lots of runners-up can almost make you a champ. Had it not been for a tournament-high seven second-place finishers – that’s half the weight classes – host Kaneland would not have been in the running against winner Niles North at Saturday’s Margaret Flott Memorial Tournament. Kaneland’s haul of runners-up included Dane Goodenough (138 pounds) and Tom Price (170).

WHAT WE’LL LEARN IN THE WEEK AHEAD ...

How teams fare at conference tournaments.

Athletes from the Upstate Eight (Elgin) and Northern Illinois Big 12 (Sterling) will vie for individual and team honors at their respective conference championships. St. Charles East, which wrapped up its second consecutive unbeaten run through the UEC River dual season, is eager to test itself against Valley Division foes.

In the NI Big 12, Kaneland lost to conference front-runner DeKalb during duals season, but is primed to produce its share of all-conference finishers.

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Conference tournaments, like all weekend events before and after, test wrestlers’ endurance.

Appetites simultaneously come under duress as athletes work to keep energized during long lulls between bouts.

Expect to see more healthy foods on the premises than even a decade ago if you’re planning to head to any conference tournaments this weekend.

“There’s more out there as far as nutritional information,” said St. Charles East coach Jason Potter, a former Saints standout.

“Even through the [1990s], the diet wasn’t the smartest. We’d pig out in a sense and then try to crash it at the end of the week. But now guys are tighter with the diet – meal replacement shakes, lifting. I think it’s good for the kids. Like every sport, everything keeps getting better and generations go on.”

On dual match days, East junior 160-pounder Ramon Lopez typically dines on an apple and banana for breakfast and a chicken breast for lunch.

If the Saints are competing at home, he’ll venture out for a sandwich at nearby Jersey Mike’s after weigh-ins and drink a Pedialyte or Powerade.

Whatever’s on the menu, the pre-bout routine helps return wrestlers to buoyancy, er, normalcy.

“We make sure we run a lot to get it out,” Lopez said.

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PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Boys basketball: St. Charles East at Metea Valley, 7:15 p.m.; North Boone at Burlington Central, 7:15 p.m.

Girls basketball: Batavia at

KEEP UP ONLINE Larkin, 7:15 p.m.; Streamwood at St. Charles East, 7:15 p.m.; Elgin at Geneva, 7:15 p.m.; St. Francis at Glenbard South, 7 p.m.; Rosary at Walther Lutheran, 7 p.m.

Boys wresting: Aurora Central Catholic, Walther Christian at St. Francis, 5:30 p.m.

Boys swimming: Neuqua Valley at St. Charles East,

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Girls bowling: Upstate Eight Conference Tournament at St. Charles East, 4 p.m.

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SCN grad closes out college soccer career • JACOBS Continued from page 26 The Titans went 34-30-5 in Catalano’s four years.

“We had some significant program wins,” he said.

“Before I came here, we’d never beat the University Angelo of Chicago.

Catalano We beat them twice. In the previous 20 years, we’d lost every time, so those were big wins.”

Still, the team was not quite able to put it all together to become a consistent winner.

“We were just right on the cusp,“ Catalano said. “It seems like the conference got better every year. … We had opportunities. Sometimes it was a bad bounce. Sometimes it was missed opportunities.”

He offered – as a case in point – a missed second-half penalty kick against then ninth-ranked Wheaton College when the score was tied. The Thunder wound up winning the match, 2-1.

That loss helped knock Illinois Wesleyan out of postseason contention, leaving Catalano and his teammates with nothing to play for but pride in their last game of the year against North Central.

The Cardinals jumped out to a 3-0 lead, but the Titans refused to go quietly. They scored a goal eight minutes after halftime and in the 83rd minute Catalano assisted on another to cut the deficit to 3-2. Illinois Wesleyan had one final chance to avert defeat, but a last-minute shot sailed high.

Catalano’s parents Vince and Melanie, were on hand, as well as Dominic and his sister, Brittany.

“I think that gave me some pretty good closure,” he said.

“It was definitely a rewarding four years all-around.”

So maybe it wasn’t a storybook ending. It was still a pretty good story.

• Dennis D. Jacobs has covered sports for newspapers in five different decades. To suggest local college athletes deserving recognition in the On Campus column, email him at mngeditor@yahoo. com.

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Your doctor will say they aren’t. Because he cares about you.

The most painful development for Cubs fans, oddly enough, was the team’s inability to land Tanaka, a 25-year-old pitcher who went 24-0 last season in the Japanese League. Odd, because no one in his right mind thought the Cubs were going to get a player whom big spenders and big winners such as the Yankees and the Dodgers were pursuing.

The Yankees lured Tanaka from Japan with a seven-year, $155 million contract. The Cubs’ per-year offer was reportedly worth much less. Any longtime follower of this franchise knew deep down how this was going to play out.

We probably will never know for sure how serious the Cubs were about landing Tanaka. You’d have to think that, at some point, they took a step back and looked at the situation from Tanaka’s (or anybody’s) standpoint: Yankees, Dodgers or Cubs – hmmm, which of the three doesn’t fit here?

Winners want to win as soon as possible. They don’t sit down with a prospective

8SPORTS SHORTS St. Francis boys hoops beats Walter Christian WHEATON – The St. Francis boys basketball team knocked off Walther Christian, 66-41, on Wednesday in a Suburban Christian Conference crossover.

Forward Kilian Brown scored 21 points and Will Purdom added 12 points for the Spartans (7-6). Forward Adam Hart had 12 rebounds. The Spartans led at halftime, 33-14.

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employer and look at a plan that includes at least a season or two of serious losing. They don’t look at an impressive list of minor-leaguers who might or might not become productive major-leaguers and jump for joy at the idea of helping to build something from the ground up.

You go 24-0, you don’t want to join a team that has a history of not – what’s the word?

– winning. You don’t go to the Cubs or the White Sox. You go to the Yankees, who win and leak money.

The proof of the Cubs’ intentions will be in whether they take the money they had carved out for Tanaka and give it to other free agents who will help the team win more games in 2014 or 2015.

Call me skeptical.

While we wait for an answer, we can watch Rooftop Rumble, a contact sport R

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that threatens to never end.

Rooftop owners have filed a defamation lawsuit against a stadium financing consultant who had referred to them in a newspaper story as “carpetbaggers stealing the product paid for by others for their own profit.” The contract between the Cubs and the roofies aside, isn’t truth a defense?

The on-field product is still all guesswork at this point.

It’s why Cubs fans are left with the only thing they ever have had – hope. They’ll hope that president of baseball operations Theo Epstein hits on his minor-league players, on upcoming drafts and on Anthony Rizzo.

He’s doing things the right way by building the farm system, but he wasn’t getting a pitcher such as Tanaka without a massive offer and an eraser to hide the 197

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combined losses of the past two seasons.

Wednesday’s news was more of the same on the North Side. We’ve witnessed so many bad things with this organization that it’s hard to envision something good happening. It’s true that there’s a loser’s attitude in town when it comes to the Cubs, and I’m sure it drives Epstein crazy. But he hasn’t seen what this city has seen, not even in Boston, which was a committed loser before he helped get it two World Series titles.

So Masahiro Tanaka?

Come on, Cubs fans. Did you really believe your team was going to beat out the Yankees for his services? Please.

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Quite the painful week and a half for the Cubs and their followers, even by their standards.

First there was the rollout of Clark the mascot, doomed from the start to be a hairball stuck in the throats of most Cubs fans.

Then there was the news Wednesday that pitcher Masahiro Tanaka, the most coveted free agent on the market, had chosen the Yankees over the Cubs. The only way it could have been worse is if the White Masahiro Sox, also purTanaka suing Tanaka, had landed him. This being Chicago baseball, that wasn’t going to happen either.

Finally, there was Wednesday’s revelation from the Sun-Times that the war between the Cubs and the rooftop owners over the renovation of Wrigley Field was headed to court. You can’t beat fun at the old ballpark, although both sides seem intent on beating it to a pulp.

There ought to be a warning that comes with being a Cubs fan: “Following this team has been shown to cause side effects such as weakness, dizziness, nausea, stomach pain, seizures, cardiac arrest, profound depression, life-threatening allergic reactions and, if you’re lucky, death. Ask

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‘Gimme Shelter’: Message with a light touch

Newspaper Enterprise Association TODAY – You will finally be forced to make tough decisions that you have managed to avoid in the past. The only way to make progress will be to address any longstanding problems once and for all. You may not like change, but it will be necessary to accept it this year.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Knowledge will be the defining feature of your future success. Take part in anything that will give you an edge over the competition. A romantic interest will develop swiftly.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) – A relationship may preoccupy you today. Remain calm and try to be fun and lighthearted. You will be emotional, and it’s better to be positive, affectionate and devoted than upset.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Now is not the time to pause and reflect. Move forward and reach for your goals. Professional matters could work out in your favor if you make an effort.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Don’t let conflicting feelings paralyze you. Make decisions that will eliminate interactions with people who are causing you grief. You are at a crossroads in your life.

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By MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN The Washington Post Vanessa Hudgens’ campaign to erase the memory of “High School Musical” from our nation’s collective consciousness continues apace with “Gimme Shelter,” a fact-based indie drama in which the former Disney teen queen plays a troubled, pregnant, 16-year-old runaway. As with her bad-girl performance in last year’s campy, cult-y “Spring Breakers” – which garnered more critical praise than viewers, but also a few outright pans, including mine – it’s unclear whether middle America is ready to embrace this newly serious actress.

That’s a shame, because she’s quite good.

It’s more than a matter of adopting fake facial piercings, matted hair, a spotty complexion, a Noo Yawk accent and a bad attitude, all of which Hudgens does with great conviction. That’s nothing that a host of other glamorous actresses seeking artistic street cred haven’t also done.

Hudgens, however, makes the most of her physical transformation, down to her character’s shuffling, boyishly belligerent walk.

Hudgens also gets at the character’s vulnerability, making it poignantly clear that the chip on the girl’s shoulder is a defense mechanism. From the opening scene, when Apple decides to leave her mother – a junkie prostitute played, with ferocious intensity and filthy yellow teeth, by Rosario Dawson – it’s obvious that Apple is terrified, despite her bravado.

She tracks down her birth father, Tom (Brendan Fraser), a wealthy Wall Streeter who’s willing to take Apple in if she gets an abortion. But

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Vanessa Hudgens stars in “Gimme Shelter,” a fact-based indie drama in which the former Disney teen queen plays a troubled, pregnant, 16-year-old runaway. our heroine can’t go through with the procedure and finds herself in a shelter for pregnant teens.

The movie, which was inspired by Kathy DiFiore, a New Jersey woman who operates several such shelters, has a strong antiabortion message but mostly avoids religiosity.

That doesn’t mean it’s areligious. James Earl Jones plays a kindly Roman Catholic priest who leads Apple to the shelter.

At one point the camera zooms in, significantly, on a book, lingering on the words “Holy Bible.”

It isn’t especially polemic.

At first, Apple isn’t interested in what the Good Book has to offer.

Filmmaker Ron Krauss wrote the script while living in one of DiFiore’s shelters, and the character of Apple is a composite of two real people, one of whom, Darlisha Dozier, plays a shelter resident. Thanks to Ann Dowd’s unvarnished performance

as the fiercely protective yet baloney-free mother hen, Kathy, the film has a plain-spoken, un-preachy verisimilitude.

The truth-telling is bolstered by a supporting cast that features, in addition to other real-life shelter residents, mostly unknown young actresses.

The mothers-to-be are shown sneaking into Kathy’s office to read their files – a surprisingly poignant scene – and delighting in such simple pleasures as a meal at an old-fashioned diner.

Missing from these glimpses of shelter life, however, is the Bible study offered as part of DiFiore’s shelter programs (which the real-life DeFiore spoke about at a post-screening Q-and-A session). I suppose that would have seemed too much like proselytizing.

When it comes to its agenda of raising awareness about pregnant teens who choose to keep their babies, “Gimme Shelter” has a

lighter touch than you might think. Yet there are times when its attempts at wringing drama out of real life are more strenuous than is strictly necessary.

After Apple has had her baby and reunited with her father, there’s a touching scene where the new grandfather is cradling his daughter’s infant, flashes of regret and joy playing out subtly on Fraser’s expressive face.

Though Tom doesn’t need to tell us what he’s feeling, Krauss’ script feels compelled to. “I never got to do this with you,” Tom tells Apple.

It’s not the only time “Gimme Shelter” doesn’t trust the power of its own story – and the truth of its acting – to deliver the point.

• “Gimme Shelter” received two-and-a-half stars out of four. The film is rated PG-13 and contains mildly crude language, mature themes and brief violence. It runs 100 minutes.

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips stands, your marriage is broken.

Counseling may help. If it doesn’t and you don’t have a job, find one and figure out a way to cut your expenses so you CAN afford to be on your own, because it looks like you will be.

Dear Abby: I am an esthetician who works as a waxing specialist.

A customer of mine came in a short while ago and admitted to driving to my salon while drunk.

She mentioned she had almost crashed her car getting here, and I could smell the liquor on her breath.

She is one of my regular customers, but I am very against drunk driving. How would I professionally handle this? – Conflicted In San Francisco Dear Conflicted: Because you know the woman well, you might say: “You nearly crashed your car getting here. I care about you too much to let you drive home like this. I’m calling you a taxi. Pick up

your car tomorrow.”

When she’s sober again and comes in for her next appointment, tell her how worried you were about her. There are two ways to lose a customer. One is by offending her. The other is by letting her kill herself behind the wheel because she’s so drunk she can’t see straight.

Dear Abby: I have a condition that causes constant migraines. A new neighbor heard about my illness and is determined to become my second mother. She continually tries to visit, call and text even though my husband and I have asked her not to. How can I get her to stop her stalker-ish behavior without making this old lady my enemy? – My Other Headache’s A Neighbor Dear Other Headache: Stop asking and TELL this well-meaning woman that she’s making your condition worse by continuing to call, text and visit. And while you’re at it, tell her that when you’re ready for company, you will contact her.

• Write Dear Abby at www. dearabby.com.

How a wound is treated affects how it scars Dear Doctor K: How and why does a scar form after injury or surgery? Why do some scars last, while others fade over time?

Dear Reader: It’s actually amazing how few scars most people have despite a lifetime of injuries to the skin.

Skin heals in a remarkably complicated process. When you cut yourself (or a surgeon makes an incision), three processes take place in roughly the following order, although they often overlap.

• Inflammation. When you cut the skin (or any other tissue), the tiny blood vessels inside the skin start bleeding. Within seconds of a cut or an incision, cells near the cut send out chemical signals that tell blood vessels to narrow. This limits bleeding until blood cells (called platelets) can form tiny clots that plug up the ends of the tiny vessels and thereby stop the bleeding.

Additional chemical signals recruit white blood cells and other substances to the injured area.

These white blood cells release a flood of chemical factors to relax blood vessels that were not cut and thereby increase blood flow to the injured area. This causes the pain, redness, heat and swell-

ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff ing typical of inflamed tissue.

The white blood cells are part of the immune system. They fight infection and clean up damaged tissue.

• Proliferation. In this stage, cells start to form new blood vessels to replace the ones that were severed by the cut. Skin cells burrow under dead tissue to begin forming a healthy layer of skin. Fibroblasts, specialized cells that are critical to wound healing, produce substances that pull the ends of the wound closer together.

The fibroblasts also form a small scar over the injured area, which protects the new skin and blood vessels growing underneath it.

• Maturation. The wound gets stronger.

If the two sides of a wound are too far apart, it will take a long time to repair the cut, and it is more likely to leave a scar.

That’s why surgeons use sutures (stitches), staples or tape to bring the edges together when they’ve made a wound.

So, why are some scars bigger than others? If a wound is “clean” – even, straight and not contaminated by dirt and bacteria – it will generally heal well. Wounds caused by a surgeon’s knife fall into that category.

Wounds caused by accidents don’t. Such wounds are more likely to be jagged, to contain dirt and bacteria, and to be infected.

These wounds are more likely to have been reinjured or reopened after the initial accident. All of these factors tend to increase the chance of a permanent scar.

Finally, some people are born with a tendency to form prominent scars called “keloids.” These scars do tend to get smaller with time, and there are treatments to make them smaller if they are bothersome.

So, we form scars because they help us heal. But our genes, what caused the cut that led to the scar and how the cut was treated all affect a scar’s size and permanence.

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

Dear Teens: Learning to handle money without letting it slip through your fingers is more difficult than ever today, but for teens whose parents have encouraged them to have even a part-time job, the experience in personal bookkeeping pays off, says a professional financial planner.

“Teenagers who earn money usually handle it better,” Elizabeth Lewin, director of Budget Advisory Service, pointed out in a special report on financial tips for teens. According to Lewin, earning money by working (if possible) is a valuable opportunity for young people of almost any age.

For teens 16 and older, Lewin strongly recommends taking on a part-time job. Not only is this the best possible crash course in money management, but Lewin also says that it is a gesture parents will appreciate these days since the family budget could probably use the money given out as allowance.

Even though boys and girls under the age of 16 are generally not eligible for regular parttime jobs, they should try to arrange to receive an allowance at home, rather than simply asking parents for money as it’s needed. Having a set income teaches a young teen how to set spending priorities.

In order to get a feel for expenses and spending priorities, she recommends that teens keep a money diary for several weeks. By examining this after a certain period of time, it will be easier to see just where their money is going and how best to save for a major expense such as college or purchasing a car. After reviewing the money

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace diaries of several teens, Lewin explained how to better manage funds by offering the following financial tips: • Open a savings account and try to deposit at least 10 percent to 30 percent of each allowance or paycheck.

For Kim, a Mobile, Ala., sophomore who was squandering too much of her $30 monthly allowance on junk food, the decision to invest about $2.50 a week into a savings account proved an ideal plan.

• If you pay a lot of bills, open a checking account. Make sure you understand any and all charges associated with your account; you might want to comparison shop. Gail, a 17-year-old from Brooklyn, N.Y., whose weekly allowance was $25, had been working part time. Yet, school lunches, entertainment, gifts and transportation costs left her with no savings. “When I work, I can’t seem to get to a bank,” she told Lewin.

“I just put any leftover change into a cup.”

Keeping change in a cup makes it too easy to get at. She instructed Gail to set aside and deposit a certain portion of each paycheck.

• It’s fine to treat friends once in a while, but be careful of always picking up the bill or lending money. Go “Dutch” with friends, and be careful about incurring wasteful expenses such as overdue library books. Remember, “A fool and his money are soon parted.”

• Email Dr. Robert Wallace at rwallace@ galesburg.net.

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Dear Abby: I am 36. My husband is 60. We have been together for 10 years. During the first four years we got along great, but he now says he wants to have affairs.

He texts women and tries to hide it from me. I found out he was texting his first ex-wife. It made me uncomfortable, so I asked him to stop. He didn’t. When I realized he hadn’t, I told him I would leave if it happens again.

I am at the point where I don’t want to cuddle or be affectionate with him at all. He commented the other day that he should be allowed to have an affair because I mentioned that I find Hemingway interesting. (He was known for affairs.)

I’m at a loss. I care for my husband and don’t want to hurt him.

But I’m also scared that I can’t afford to be on my own. A little advice? – Unsure In Washington Dear Unsure: Hemingway was also known for his drinking and big-game hunting. Is your husband considering doing those things, too?

If ever I heard of a couple who could benefit from marriage counseling, it’s you two. As it

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Benjamin Franklin Fairless, a steel company executive who died on the first day of 1962, said: “What is the recipe for successful achievement? To my mind, there are just four essential ingredients: Choose a career you love, give it the best there is in you, seize your opportunities, and be a member of the team.”

What is the recipe for success in this four-spade contract? West cashes his two top hearts, then shifts to the club king.

The bidding was instructive.

North’s redouble indicated at least 10 high-card points. Then, when he raised spades on the next round, he showed exactly three-card support. (With four spades or more, he would have responded two no-trump.)

East’s two-heart advance did not promise any values. By the logic of the auction, he was known to be weak. He was just saying that he had a definite preference for hearts over diamonds and clubs. West raised hearts with four-card support and a full-weight takeout double.

South’s four-spade bid was ambitious, but the vulnerable game bonus was a powerful lure.

Declarer has six black-suit winners. Ergo, the essential ingredient for success is taking four diamond tricks, which might require three finesses.

And if so, speed is of the essence.

At trick four, South must play a diamond to dummy’s 10. Then, he cashes the spade queen, leads a spade to his 10, repeats the diamond finesse, returns to the spade king, takes a third diamond finesse, and claims.

Before playing from the dummy at trick one, count losers and winners.

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Page 36 â&#x20AC;˘ Thursday, January 23, 2014 purs udgm Pingree Grove ~ 3BR, 1.5BA Foreclosure and Sale entered in the Appliances, W/D, 2 car garage on above entitled cause on October large lot, close to I-90. $1250/mo 18, 2013, Kane County Sheriff will + security + ref. 847-464-5075 on February 27, 2014, at the hour of 9:00AM at Kane County Judicial Center, 37W777 Route 38, St. Plano House Rental to Share Charles, Illinois 60175, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the followFor Working Lady. Private bath and kitchen privileges + parking. ing described mortgaged real estate: 630-234-0497 Commonly known as 1232 St. Charles Large Furnished BR Brookdale Drive, Unit 2-1232-47, Includes refrig, microwave, new Carpentersville, IL 60110 flatscreen TV, DVD player + more!

Parcel Number(s): 03-14-176$140/wk. 630-377-9006 081 The real estate is improved with a Condominium.

Sale terms: Bidder's must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% ST. CHARLES of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successfully bid Off/Ware Space shall be paid within 24 hours, by 1,568sf - 19,000sf. similar funds. The subject property Docks/Drive-Ins is offered for sale without any repreAggressive Move-In Package sentation as to quality or quantity 630-355-8094 of title and without recourse to www.mustangconstruction.com Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the Court. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than the mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4).

For information call Plaintiff's AtPublisher's Notice: All real estate torney, Manley Deas Kochalski advertising in this newspaper is sub- LLC, One East Wacker, Suite 1250, ject to the Fair Housing Act which One East Wacker, Suite 1250. makes it illegal to advertise "any Phone number: 312-651-6700. preference, limitation or discrimina- Attorney file number: 13-017404. tion based on race, color, religion, Laura A. Duplantier sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLC make any such preference, limita- Attorneys for Plaintiff tion of discrimination." Familial sta- One East Wacker, Suite 1250 tus includes children under the age Chicago, IL 60601 of 18 living with parents or legal Telephone: 312-651-6700 custodians, pregnant women and Fax: 614-220-5613 people securing custody of children Attorney. No.: 6297986 under 18.

I585331 This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real es- (Published in the Kane County tate which is in violation of the law. Chronicle, January 16, 23 & 30, Our readers are hereby informed 2014.) that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To comPUBLIC NOTICE plain of discrimination call HUD tollfree at 1-800-669-9777. The tollfree telephone number for the hear- IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

COUNTY OF KANE, STATE OF ILLINOIS Metropolitan Capital Bank, Plaintiff, vs.

RFO Holdings, Inc.; GD Land Corporation; IH Land Corporation; Robert F. Oury; Grupo Unidos Por El Canal, S.A.; 333 West Lake, LLC; Indian Hills Training Center, Inc.; and Unknown Owners And PUBLIC NOTICE Non-Record Claimants, Defendants.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 13 CH 671 SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE OF KANE COUNTY - GENEVA ILLINOIS REAL ESTATE Fifth Third Mortgage Company Pursuant to a judgment made Plaintiff, and entered by said Court in the vs. above-entitled cause, Patrick P. Tungsten L. Molino, AKA Tungsten Perez, Sheriff of Kane County, IlliMolino; April C. Relleno; Mortgage nois, will on February 20, 2014, at Electronic Registration Systems, the hour of 9:00 a.m. at the Kane Inc., as nominee for Fieldstone County Sheriff's office, Room Mortgage Company, its successors JC100, Kane County Judicial Cenand assigns; Aragon Condominium ter, 37W777 IL Rt. 38, St. Charles, Association IL 60175 sell at public auction the Defendants. following described premises and 13 CH 1543 real estate mentioned in said judg1232 Brookdale Drive, Unit 2- ment: 1232-47, Carpentersville, IL COMMONLY KNOWN AS: Indian 60110 Hills Farms located at Interstate 90 Judge Leonard J. Wojtecki and Powers Road, Rutland Township, Illinois NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given PIN: 02-22-100-009; 02-22that pursuant to a Judgment of 200-002; 02-23-100-008; 02-

23-100-009; 02-22-300-017; 02-22-400-011 The property consists of an agricultural horse farm.

The judgment amount was: $2,854,180.67.

Sale shall be under the following terms: payment of not less than ten percent (10%) of the amount of the successful and highest bid to be paid to the Sheriff by cashier's check or certified funds at the sale; and the full remaining balance to be paid to the Sheriff by cashier's check or certified funds within twenty-four (24) hours after sale. Sale shall be subject to general taxes, special assessments. Premises will NOT be open for inspection.

If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchases other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

For information call W. Michael Seidel of Plaintiff's Attorney, Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC, 200 South Michigan Avenue, Ste. 1100, Chicago, Illinois 60604.

(312) 372-4000.

I585065 (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, January 16, 23 & 30, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY - GENEVA ILLINOIS Fifth Third Mortgage Company Plaintiff, vs.

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Tungsten L. Molino, AKA Tungsten Molino; April C. Relleno; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Fieldstone Mortgage Company, its successors and assigns; Aragon Condominium Association Defendants.

13 CH 1543 1232 Brookdale Drive, Unit 21232-47, Carpentersville, IL 60110 Judge Leonard J. Wojtecki NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on October 18, 2013, Kane County Sheriff will on February 27, 2014, at the hour of 9:00AM at Kane County Judicial Center, 37W777 Route 38, St. Charles, Illinois 60175, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Unit number 2-1232-47 in the Aragon Condominium, as delineated on a plat of survey of the following described tract of land: Lots 1 thru 4 in Aragon Townhomes, being a subdivision of the West Half of Section 14, Township 42 North, Range 8 East of the Third Principal Meridian, in the Village of Carpentersville, in Kane County, Illinois which survey is attached to the Declaration of Condominium recorded 07/27/2000 as Document Number 2000K0591412 and as amended from time to time; together with its undivided percentage interest in the common elements.

Commonly known as 1232 Brookdale Drive, Unit 2-1232-47, Carpentersville, IL 60110 Parcel Number(s): 03-14-176081 The real estate is improved with a Condominium.

Sale terms: Bidder's must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successfully bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity

quality quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the Court. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than the mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4).

For information call Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski LLC, One East Wacker, Suite 1250, One East Wacker, Suite 1250.

Phone number: 312-651-6700.

Attorney file number: 13-017404.

Laura A. Duplantier MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff One East Wacker, Suite 1250 Chicago, IL 60601 Telephone: 312-651-6700 Fax: 614-220-5613 Attorney. No.: 6297986 I585331

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1. Notice is hereby given of the death of Joseph Robert Barnes who died on March 9, 2013 a resident of St. Charles, Illinois.

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2. The Representative for the estate is: Philip Joseph Barnes, 1565 Benson Court, Batavia, IL 60510.

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3. The Attorney for the estate is: IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE PETER M. DONAT, DONAT & DO- OF: HELEN I KUNCHES, NAT, P.C., 150 Houston Street, Deceased.

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General No. 14 P 007 4. Claims against the estate may PUBLICATION NOTICE be filed on or before August 1, INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION 2014. Claims against the estate TO CREDITORS and CLAIMANTS may be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, P.O. Box 112, Gene- 1. Notice is hereby given of the va, IL 60134, or with the Repre- death of Helen I. Kunches who sentative or both. Any claim not died on December 13, 2013, a filed within that period is barred. resident of St. Charles, Illinois.

Copies of a claim filed with the 2. The name and address of the Clerk must be mailed or delivered Representative for the estate is: to the Representative and to the at- Joseph Michael Kunches, 7344 torney within 10 days after it has Dry Creek Rd., Niwot, CO 80503. been filed.

3. The Attorney for the estate is: Robert L. Gorecki, 801 East Main 5. The estate will be administrat- Street, St. Charles, IL 60174. ed without Court Supervision unless 4. Claims against the estate may an interested party terminates inde- be filed on or before July 16, pendent supervision administration 2014. Claims against the estate by filing a petition to terminate un- may be filed with the Clerk of the der Article XXVIII 5/28-4 of the Pro- Circuit Court, 540 South Randall bate Act (755 ILCS 5/25-4).

Road, St. Charles Illinois 60174 or with the Representative or both. Any /s/ Peter M. Donat claim not filed within that period is Executor's Attorney barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or deliv(Published in the Kane County ered to the Representative and to Chronicle, January 16, 23 & 30, the attorney within 10 days after it 2014.) has been filed.

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

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

Public notice is hereby given that on April 2, 2014, in Courtroom No. 110, of the Kane County Courthouse, 100 South Third Street, Geneva, Illinois, at the hour of 9:30 A.M. or as soon thereafter as this matter may heard, a Petition will be heard in said Courtroom for the change of name(s) of VIRGINIA ALLYN BAHR to VIRGINIA ALLYN SISKA pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/21-101 et seq.

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1. Notice is hereby given of the death of Mildred M. Younger who died on January 2, 2014, a resident of Aurora, Illinois.

2. The Representative for the estate is: Linda Marie Taylor, 2055B Best Place, Aurora, IL 60506.

3. The Attorney for the estate is: ROBERT P. BOOTH, LTD., 2000 W. Galena Blvd., Suite 208, Aurora, IL 60506.

4. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 24, 2014. Claims against the estate may be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, P.O. Box 112, Geneva, IL 60134-112, with the Representative or both. Any claim not

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Any 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 17, 2014, an Order Admitting the Will to Probate and 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 Admit-ting the Will to Probate, you may file a petition with the Court to contest the validity of the Will as provided under Article VIII 5/8-1 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/8-1).

8. The estate will be administered without Court supervision unless an interested party terminates independent supervision administration by filing a petition to terminate under Article XXVIII 5/28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/284). /s/ Linda Marie Taylor Executor (Published in the Kane County January 23, 30 & February 6, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on January 21, 2014 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 PIONEER CLEANING CO. located at 1250 Trask St, Aurora, IL 60505.

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PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on January 8, 2014 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 SC CONSULTING GROUP located at 534 Dempsey Place, Geneva, IL 60134.

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(Published in the Kane County Chronicle, January 23, 30 & Public Notice is hereby given February 6, 2014.) that on December 27, 2014 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and ITEMS WANTED addresses of all persons owning, OLD SLOT MACHINES, conducting and transacting the JUKEBOXES, PINBALL MACHINES, business known as MORNINGSTAR COKE MACHINES, NEON CLOCKS EXPRESS (MSE) located at 1711 & ADVERTISING SIGNS WANTED Covington Court, St. Charles, IL BY COLLECTOR, I PAY CASH AND 60174.

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF KANE, STATE OF ILLINOIS Metropolitan Capital Bank, Plaintiff, vs.

RFO Holdings, Inc.; GD Land Corporation; IH Land Corporation; Robert F. Oury; Grupo Unidos Por El Canal, S.A.; 333 West Lake, LLC; Indian Hills Training Center, Inc.; and Unknown Owners And Non-Record Claimants, Defendants.

13 CH 671 NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE OF REAL ESTATE Pursuant to a judgment made and entered by said Court in the aboveentitled cause, Patrick P. Perez, Sheriff of Kane County, Illinois, will on February 20, 2014, at the hour of 9:00 a.m. at the Kane County Sheriff's office, Room JC100, Kane County Judicial Center, 37W777 IL Rt. 38, St. Charles, IL 60175 sell at public auction the following described premises and real estate mentioned in said judgment: PARCEL 1: THE SOUTH 35 CHAINS OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER; AND THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER; AND THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER; ALL IN SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN; (EXCEPT THAT PART OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID QUARTER SECTION 419.60 FEET FOR THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID QUARTER SECTION 328.52 FEET; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG A LINE FORMING AN ANGLE OF 65 DEGREES, 57 MINUTES, 00 SECONDS TO THE LEFT WITH THE EXTENSION OF THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, 1818.98 FEET; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 11,309.16 FEET, A DISTANCE OF 1,096.96 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE SOUTH ALONG SAID WEST LINE 345.17 FEET; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG A CURVE TO THE LEFT 345.17 FEET; THENCE 11,609.16 FEET, BEING PARALLEL WITH THE FIRST DESCRIBED CURVE, A DISTANCE OF 953.09 FEET; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY 1,952.68 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; ALSO EXCEPT THAT PART OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID QUARTER SECTION 748.12 FEET; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG A LINE FORMING AN ANGLE OF 65 DEGREES, 57 MINUTES, 00 SECONDS TO THE LEFT WITH THE EXTENSION OF THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, 390.7 FEET FOR THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG THE EXTENSION OF THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE 554.7 FEET; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG A LINE FORMING AN ANGLE OF 135 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT WITH THE EXTENSION OF THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, 63.6 FEET; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG A LINE FORMING AN ANGLE OF 45 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT WITH THE EXTENSION OF THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, 286.7 FEET; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG A LINE FORMING AN ANGLE OF 45 DEGREES TO THE LEFT WITH THE EXTENSION OF THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, 49.6 FEET; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG A LINE FORMING AN ANGLE OF 45 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT WITH THE EXTENSION OF THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, 108 FEET; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG A LINE FORMING AN ANGLE OF 45 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT OF THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, 113.1 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING); IN THE TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, EXCEPT THEREFROM THE NORTH HALF OF THE NORTH HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 22.

PARCEL 2: EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS CREATED BY INSTRUMENT DATED DECEMBER 16, 1966, AND RECORDED FEBRUARY 1, 1967 AS DOCUMENT 1083849 MADE BY THE ILLINOIS STATE TOLL HIGHWAY COMMISSION TO ANDREW NELSON, AND OTHERS, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THAT PART OF PARCEL 1 LYING NORTHERLY OF THE NORTHERLY LINE OF THE EXCEPTIONS AS SHOWN THEREIN OVER THAT PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 15, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 7, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 15, A DISTANCE OF 167.67 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THEREOF; THENCE CONTINUING NORTHERLY ALONG THE LAST DESCRIBED WEST LINE EXTENDED, A DISTANCE OF 304.3 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ON A LINE FORMING AN ANGLE OF 177 DEGREES, 55 MINUTES, 00 SECONDS TO THE RIGHT WITH THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE EXTENDED, A DISTANCE OF 824.1 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ON A LINE FORMING AN ANGLE OF

125 DEGREES, 07 MINUTES, 00 SECONDS TO THE RIGHT WITH THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE EXTENDED, A DISTANCE OF 35.8 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; (EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE EXISTING PUBLIC ROAD); ALSO OVER THAT PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 15, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 7, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN THE TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, COUNTY OF KANE, STATE OF ILLINOIS, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 15, A DISTANCE OF THE 167.67 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THEREOF; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ON A LINE FORMING AN ANGLE OF 123 DEGREES, 02 MINUTES, 00 SECONDS TO THE RIGHT WITH THE LAST DESCRIBED WEST LINE EXTENDED, A DISTANCE OF 35.8 FEET FOR A POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE EXTENDED, A DISTANCE OF 266.1 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SECTION 15; THENCE EASTERLY ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SECTION 15, A DISTANCE OF 72.0 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ON A LINE FORMING AN ANGLE OF 146 DEGREES, 16 MINUTES, 00 SECONDS TO THE LEFT WITH THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE EXTENDED, A DISTANCE OF 354.1 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTHERLY ON A LINE FORMING AN ANGLE OF 125 DEGREES, 07 MINUTES, 00 SECONDS TO THE LEFT WITH THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE EXTENDED, A DISTANCE OF 48.9 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; ALSO OVER THAT PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 7, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, COUNTY OF KANE, STATE OF ILLINOIS, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 22; THENCE EASTERLY ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 22, A DISTANCE OF 253.08 FEET FOR A POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ON A LINE FORMING AN ANGLE TO THE RIGHT OF 33 DEGREES, 44 MINUTES, 00 SECONDS FOR A DISTANCE OF 552.13 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE CONTINUING SOUTHEASTERLY ON A CURVE TO THE LEFT, SAID CURVE HAVING A RADIUS OF 11,309.16 FEET, FOR A DISTANCE OF 692.37 FEET TO A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 22; THENCE NORTHERLY ON SAID EAST LINE A DISTANCE OF 46.27 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ON A CURVE TO THE RIGHT, SAID CURVE HAVING A RADIUS OF 11,269.16 FEET, THE TANGENT TO THE CURVE AT THE POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH SAID EAST LINE FORMING AN ANGLE OF 59 DEGREES, 48 MINUTES, 00 SECONDS TO THE LEFT WITH SAID EAST LINE, A DISTANCE OF 666.7 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ON A LINE TANGENT TO THE LAST DESCRIBED CURVE, A DISTANCE OF 492.23 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 22; THENCE WESTERLY ON SAID NORTH LINE A DISTANCE OF 72.0 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, ALL IN THE TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 3: THAT PART OF THE NORTHERLY 744.00 FEET OF THE WESTERLY 370.00 FEET OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 7, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER; THENCE EAST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER 370.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES, 13 MINUTES, 51 SECONDS WEST, PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER, 114.73 FEET TO THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF THE PUBLIC ROAD DESCRIBED IN DOCUMENT NO. 256724 IN BOOK 746, PAGES 217 AND 218; THENCE SOUTH 22 DEGREES WEST ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID ROAD 105.83 FEET, TO AN ANGLE POINT IN SAID ROAD; THENCE SOUTH 61 DEGREES, 04 MINUTES, 46 SECONDS WEST 378.72 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER 66.00 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE ALFRED BOSWORTH FARM; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES, 13 MINUTES, 61 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER 396.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, IN KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 4: THE NORTHERLY 744.00 FEET OF THE WESTERLY 370.00 FEET OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 7, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN EXCEPT THAT PART DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER; THENCE EAST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER 370.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES, 13 MINUTES, 51 SECONDS WEST, PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER, 114.73 FEET TO THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF THE PUBLIC ROAD DESCRIBED IN DOCUMENT NO. 256724 IN BOOK 746, PAGES 217 AND 218; THENCE SOUTH 22 DEGREES WEST

ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID ROAD 105.83 FEET, TO AN ANGLE POINT IN SAID ROAD; THENCE SOUTH 61 DEGREES, 04 MINUTES, 46 SECONDS WEST 378.72 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER 66.00 FEET SOUTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE ALFRED BOSWORTH FARM; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES, 13 MINUTES, 51 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER 396.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, IN KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 5: THAT PART OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 AND THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 7, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, LYING NORTHERLY OF THE CENTER LINE OF STATE ROUTE 72 AS ESTABLISHED BY DOCUMENT 415970, AND LYING NORTHEASTERLY OF THE CENTER LINE OF BIG TIMBER ROAD, EXCEPTING THEREFROM THOSE PARTS THEREOF DEDICATED FOR PUBLIC ROAD BY INSTRUMENTS RECORDED AS DOCUMENTS 290945, 293304 AND 415970, AND ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PART THEREOF DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SOUTHWEST 1/4; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SOUTHWEST 1/4 AND ALONG SAID LINE EXTENDED, A DISTANCE OF 1339.20 FEET (MEASURE 1344.80 FEET) TO THE CENTER LINE OF BIG TIMBER ROAD FOR THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID CENTER LINE, BEING ALONG A CURVE TO THE LEFT, A DISTANCE OF 37.91 FEET (MEASURE 107.01 FEET); THENCE CONTINUING NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID CENTER LINE, BEING TANGENT TO THE LAST DESCRIBED CURVE, A DISTANCE OF 96.42 FEET (MEASURE 29.00 FEET); THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG A LINE WHICH FORMS AN ANGLE OF 123 DEGREES 33 MINUTES 00 SECONDS (MEASURE 123 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 41 SECONDS) TO THE RIGHT WITH THE PROLONGATION OF THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, A DISTANCE OF 274.33 FEET (MEASURE 273.07 FEET); THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG A LINE WHICH FORMS AN ANGLE OF 79 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 00 SECONDS TO THE RIGHT WITH THE PROLONGATION OF THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, A DISTANCE OF 178.96 FEET; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG A LINE WHICH FORMS AN ANGLE OF 72 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 00 SECONDS TO THE RIGHT WITH THE PROLONGATION OF THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, A DISTANCE OF 168.41 FEET (MEASURE 168.85 FEET) TO THE CENTER LINE OF BIG TIMBER ROAD; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID CENTER LINE, BEING ALONG A CURVE TO THE LEFT A DISTANCE OF 164.94 FEET (MEASURE 164.55 FEET) TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, AND ALSO EXCEPT THAT PART THEREOF DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4, 476.00 FEET FOR THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG A LINE MAKING AN ANGLE OF 43 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 00 SECONDS (MEASURE 43 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 41 SECONDS); MEASURED CLOCKWISE, FROM THE PROLONGATION OF THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, 503.20 FEET (MEASURE 504.93 FEET); THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG LINE MAKING AN ANGLE OF 148 DEGREES 15 MINUTES 00 SECONDS (MEASURE 148 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 16 SECONDS), MEASURED CLOCKWISE, FROM THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, 86.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG A LINE MAKING AN ANGLE OF 135 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 00 SECONDS, MEASURED CLOCKWISE, FROM THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, 262.00 FEET TO THE CENTER LINE OF STATE ROUTE 72; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID CENTER LINE, BEING ALONG A CURVE TO THE RIGHT, A CHORD DISTANCE OF 225.95 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4; THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID EAST LINE, 632.30 FEET (MEASURE 629.75 FEET) TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, AND ALSO EXCEPT THAT PART OF THE WEST 650.00 FEET, AS MEASURED ALONG THE NORTH LINE THEREOF, OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 22, LYING NORTHERLY AND NORTHEASTERLY OF THE CENTER LINE OF BIG TIMBER ROAD; AND ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PART CONVEYED TO THE COUNTY OF KANE IN DOCUMENT RECORDED MAY 23, 2012 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 2012K033175 DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: THAT PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 22; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 56 MINUTES 03 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER, 1339.85 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF BIG TIMBER ROAD PER DOCUMENT RECORDED SEPTEMBER 17, 1927, AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 293304; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY 126.01 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CIRCLE TO THE LEFT, ALSO BEING SAID CENTERLINE OF BIG TIMBER ROAD, HAVING A RADIUS OF 4611.00 FEET AND WHOSE CHORD BEARS NORTH 30 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 55 SECONDS

WEST, 126.00 FEET; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID CENTERLINE NORTH 31 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 54 SECONDS WEST, 259.75 FEET; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID CENTERLINE NORTH 31 DEGREES 45 MINUTES 51 SECONDS WEST, 120.71 FEET; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID CENTERLINE NORTHWESTERLY 194.53 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CIRCLE TO THE LEFT, HAVING A RADIUS OF 2795.86 FEET AND WHOSE CHORD BEARS NORTH 33 DEGREES 45 MINUTES 10 SECONDS WEST, 194.05 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY 106.56 FEET ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF SAID BIG TIMBER ROAD BEING AN ARC OF A CIRCLE TO THE LEFT, HAVING A RADIUS OF 2795.86 FEET AND WHOSE CHORD BEARS NORTH 36 DEGREES 50 MINUTES 00 SECONDS WEST, 106.56 FEET TO A POINT OF COMPOUND CURVATURE; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY 243.83 FEET CONTINUING ALONG SAID CENTERLINE OF BIG TIMBER ROAD BEING AN ARC TO THE LEFT, HAVING A RADIUS OF 1188.26 FEET AND WHOSE CHORD BEARS NORTH 43 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 13 SECONDS WEST, 243.40 FEET; THENCE NORTH 40 DEGREES 20 MINUTES 20 SECONDS EAST PERPENDICULAR TO THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE, 45.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY 253.06 FEET ALONG A LINE 15.00 FEET NORTHERLY OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF BIG TIMBER ROAD BEING AN ARC OF A CIRCLE TO THE RIGHT, HAVING A RADIUS OF 1233.26 FEET AND WHOSE CHORD BEARS SOUTH 43 DEGREES 48 MINUTES 13 SECONDS EAST, 252.61 FEET TO A POINT OF COMPOUND CURVATURE; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY 108.50 FEET ALONG SAID PARALLEL LINE BEING THE ARC OF A CIRCLE TO THE RIGHT, HAVING A RADIUS OF 2840.86 FEET AND WHOSE CHORD BEARS SOUTH 36 DECREES 49 MINUTES 52 SECONDS EAST, 108.49 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 55 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 03 SECONDS WEST PERPENDICULAR TO SAID CENTERLINE OF BIG TIMBER ROAD, 45.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; AND ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PART CONVEYED TO THE COUNTY OF KANE IN DOCUMENT RECORDED MAY 23, 2012 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 2012K033175 DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: THAT PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 22; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 56 MINUTES 03 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID NORTHEAST QUARTER, 1339.85 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF BIG TIMBER ROAD PER DOCUMENT RECORDED SEPTEMBER 17, 1927, AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 293304; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY 126.01 FEET ALONG THE ARC OF A CIRCLE TO THE LEFT, ALSO BEING SAID CENTERLINE OF BIG TIMBER ROAD, HAVING A RADIUS OF 4611.00 AND WHOSE CHORD BEARS NORTH 30 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 55 SECONDS WEST, 126.00 FEET; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID CENTERLINE NORTH 31 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 54 SECONDS WEST, 89.96 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID CENTERLINE NORTH 31 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 54 SECONDS WEST, 40.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 58 DEGREES 42 MINUTES 06 SECONDS EAST PERPENDICULAR TO SAID CENTERLINE, 55.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 31 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 54 SECONDS EAST ALONG A LINE 25.00 FEET NORTH OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF SAID BIG TIMBER ROAD, 40.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 58 DEGREES 42 MINUTES 06 SECONDS WEST PERPENDICULAR TO SAID CENTERLINE OF BIG TIMBER ROAD, 55.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, IN THE TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMONLY KNOWN AS: Indian Hills Farms located at Interstate 90 and Powers Road, Rutland Township, Illinois PIN: 02-22-100-009; 02-22-200-002; 02-23-100-008; 02-23100-009; 02-22-300-017; 02-22-400-011 The property consists of an agricultural horse farm.

The judgment amount was: $2,854,180.67.

Sale shall be under the following terms: payment of not less than ten percent (10%) of the amount of the successful and highest bid to be paid to the Sheriff by cashier's check or certified funds at the sale; and the full remaining balance to be paid to the Sheriff by cashier's check or certified funds within twenty-four (24) hours after sale. Sale shall be subject to general taxes, special assessments. Premises will NOT be open for inspection.

If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchases other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

For information call W. Michael Seidel of Plaintiff's Attorney, Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC, 200 South Michigan Avenue, Ste. 1100, Chicago, Illinois 60604. (312) 372-4000.

I585065 (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, January 16, 23 & 30, 2014.)

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Family Time: How to welcome a new pet into the home MORE CONTENT NOW Congratulations! You’re a pet owner. Bringing a new pet home is an exciting experience, but it requires some preparation.

Prepping your house, wardrobe and routines ahead of time can help ease the transition for both you and your new family member.

Here are some tips to welcome a new pet into your household and ensure a smooth transition for everyone.

• Pet-proof your home.

Just as you would baby-proof a house for an infant, make sure to pet-proof your house for your furry friend. Rearrange your living space by placing anything breakable at a higher level.

Baby gates work well to prevent dogs from entering areas of the house that aren’t safe for them, or places you don’t want them to be.

Remember, cats can jump extreme distances, so clean off the top of your cabinets and refrigerator in case your kitty decides those are his or her favorite places to play, hide and pounce.

• Manage pet hair on your clothing. Many would agree that if they have a “pet peeve” about their four-legged friends, it’s the shedding.

Fifty-seven percent of women are hesitant to wear black clothing around cats and dogs because of the lint and pet hair it attracts, according to a Procter & Gamble study conducted in August.

However, you don’t need to change your wardrobe just to snuggle with your new pet.

Use a hair-repelling laundry product to keep hair away.

• Prepare for pet odor. A dog or cat will introduce new smells to your house. You can help contain these pet smells with frequent vacuuming,

disinfecting toys on a regular basis, and clumping and deodorizing litter.

Regularly bathing your dog is an important part of keeping their skin and coats clean and odor-free.

Also, brushing your dog or cat’s teeth can help keep his or her mouth healthy and help prevent bad breath.

• Help your new pal adjust.

Place a cozy bed in several rooms where your pet will be allowed, giving him or her a comfortable place to snuggle and sleep.

This will help encourage your pet to stay off the furniture. Keep in mind that your pet has a highly developed sense of smell, and a brand new bed from the store could contain strange odors to him.

Rubbing a blanket or old towel on your pet’s bed can help make the smells of the bed more familiar and friendly. – Brandpoint

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MORE CONTENT NOW Each year there is a plethora of sports games, birthday parties and holidays to celebrate with friends and family. Now is the ideal time to create an impressive entertaining space in your home – one that you will be proud to share and truly enjoy throughout the year, whatever the occasion.

Just imagine the memories your family will make snuggled on a plush new couch reading stories, or cheering their favorite soccer or football team to victory while watching a new flatscreen TV. Here are easy ways to upgrade your space, and your electronics, without busting your budget.

• Freshen furniture. If your current couch and recliners are more shabby than chic, it’s time to upgrade. New, plush furniture can be within your budget with lease-toown alternatives.

transform any room. Simple to install and remove, Murals Your Way’s more than 750,000 images, along with the ability to create a personal mural from a photograph, make wall murals an attractive and affordable design trend. – Brandpoint

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Updating a living space with a plush, new couch can enhance comfort and help create a cozy space for watching television or reading.

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Faucets and cabinet hardware can quickly date a room.

Replacing hardware can add beauty to your kitchen without adding a lot of extra cost. Be sure to find knobs and pulls that are the same size as the existing ones so you don’t have to re-drill the

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Todd Imholte, president of Murals Your Way, predicts that wall murals will be even more popular next year as more homeowners and business owners embrace this unique, distinctive way to

Find creative ways to repurpose, recycle and reuse by relocating pieces from other rooms in the house or seeking out older, better-made items from architectural salvage sites. Salvaged or antique tiles can give an authentic patina to a historic home; mix tile and stone so the look isn’t so intense. – Brandpoint

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Tie interior design with outside landscape views to evoke a feeling of openness and flow from the inside out. Adopt the mantra “less is more” to focus on quality, not quantity, when it comes to art, rugs and furnishings. – Brandpoint

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• Accessorize. Whether you just got a new couch or want to update your current furniture, new pillows, throws and blankets are perfect for keeping guests toasty warm no matter how low the temperatures drop. Pillows are great for lounging and, when you’re hosting a large group, can be used on the floor to keep everyone comfy.

• Electronic entertainment.

Setting the scene for the perfect party is easy when you have the right entertainment prepped beforehand.

Start by having some music ready to get everyone in a festive mood from the moment they arrive.

• Rethink the arrangement.

Cluster seating together to encourage conversation, and face the main pieces of furniture toward a focal point, like the TV. By keeping flow and function in mind as your arrange the area, you’ll better define the space and maximize its potential use. – Brandpoint

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Home Help: A budget-friendly entertainment space

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Standby generators can increase home resale value NAPS For the first time in a long time, home remodel costs are trending in a positive direction for homeowners looking to add value with cost-effective projects.

According to a recent study

by Remodeling, the average cost-to-value ratio has increased to 60.6 percent.

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The Remodeling report also said, regarding the national average for midrange home remodeling projects costing less than $12,000 that still recoup at least half of their cost, that: • A steel entry door replacement increases resale value by 85.6 percent of its cost.

• A garage door replacement increases resale value by 75.7 percent of its cost.

• A fiberglass entry door replacement increases resale value by 65.9 percent of its cost.

• A wood deck addition increases resale value by 77.3 percent of its cost.

• A vinyl window replacement increases resale value by 71.2 percent of its cost.

• A wood window replacement increases resale value by 73.3 percent of its cost.

• A backup power generator increases resale value by 52.7 percent of its cost.

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During a power outage, standby generators provide a seamless supply of power using a transfer switch and power management system.

This lets you run appliances such as sump pumps, air conditioners, heaters, refrigerators, clothes washers, dryers and lights.

“Any time a homeowner can choose a remodeling project that increases the home’s livability while also recouping a large chunk of the project investment it’s a great idea,” said Amanda NAPS photo Grandy of Briggs and Backup power generators, also known as standby or home generators, can offer your family peace of mind during Stratton, one of the nation’s leading man- emergencies and natural disasters. ufacturers of home standby generators.

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1131 Newton Ct: Sold on or before 122013 by Randall E Gibson to Frank S Ferrara & Julia R Ferrara; $375,000.00 1460 Georgetown Dr: Sold on or before 122313 by Floyd C Fitch to William Gallagher & Janice Gallagher; $157,000.00 333 Wolcott Ln 333: Sold on or before 122313 by Bryan Rouse to Laurel Rouse; $185,000.00 436 Waubonsee Trl: Sold on or before 122013 by Contemporary Estates Llc to James Fahrenbach & Marilee Fahrenbach; $292,500.00

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2 S Main St: Sold on or before 121913 by Heartland Bank & Trust Co Ttee to Moxie 69 Llc; $237,500.00 443 W Reader St: Sold on or before 122013 by Mark B

Hanson; $300,000.00 824 Sterling Ave: Sold on or before 122313 by Brian P Malone to Gene R Grant Jr & Gina Olson; $351,000.00 925 Stonewood Glen Dr: Sold on or before 122613 by John T Zucker to Brookfield Relocation Inc; $550,000.00 925 Stonewood Glen Dr: Sold on or before 122613 by Brookfield Relocation Inc to Margaret Fohn & Steven E Fohn; $550,000.00

Maple Park

50W710 Peterson Rd: Sold on or before 122713 by Castenson Trust to Michael P Sauber; $334,000.00 611 Walnut Ave: Sold on or before 122013 by Amanda Teachman to Ryan Courtney; $165,000.00 644 Settlement Dr: Sold on or before 122313 by Kane County Sheriff to Bank Of New York Mellon;

$172,800.00 8N065 Grand Arbor Ln: Sold on or before 122713 by John Mcintyre to Mitchell J Katkus; $228,000.00

North Aurora

156 Schneider Ct: Sold on or before 122313 by Kane County Sheriff to Federal National Mortgage Assn; $240,479.00 1616 Abington Ln: Sold on or before 122013 by Audrey M Redgate to Mallory Kathryn Kresse; $120,000.00 2022 Rockwood Ln: Sold on or before 122013 by K Hovnanian T&c Homes At Ill to Andrew J Hauser & Aveline K Hauser; $332,500.00 2084 Bartram Rd: Sold on or before 122413 by K Hovnanian T&c Homes At Ill to Jillian Renee Burrows; $351,000.00 See TRANSFERS, page 6

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0N110 Holland Ln: Sold on or before 122413 by Joseph J Vallero to Michael Tolle & Kathleen Tolle; $385,000.00 0N534 Fieldstone Ln: Sold on or before 121913 by Shodeen Homes Llc to Frank J Scarpino & Donna L Scarpino; $317,000.00 0N619 Bowdish Dr: Sold on or before 122313 by Brian Gassmann to Christopher J Dziekan & Maryann G Maslowski; $322,500.00 1223 Croydon Ct: Sold on or before 122313 by Cooke Trust to Gideon M Warne & Nancy Valenta; $422,500.00 2231 Wildflower Ct: Sold on or before 122313 by Michael

L Sullivan to John P Molloy & Amy L Molloy; $467,500.00 38W430 Callighan Pl: Sold on or before 122313

by Shodeen Homes Llc to Christopher J Meier & Leigh A Meier; $445,000.00 39W274 E Mallory Dr: Sold on or before 121913

by Michael R Mccoy to Kurt A Lasse & Rebecca E Lasse; $349,000.00 401 Longview Dr: Sold on or before 121913 by Bayview Loan Servicing Llc to Ih3 Property Illinois Lp; $180,000.00 411 Anderson Blvd: Sold on or before 121913 by Samih Haddad to Juan J Velasco; $260,000.00 427 N Kirk Rd 2: Sold on or before 122013 by Kristel Re Llc to Four Hundred Llc; $0.00 457 Cannon Dr: Sold on or before 121913 by Christopher A Munger to Jeffrey

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• TRANSFERS Continued from page 5 210 April Ln: Sold on or before 122713 by Jeanne A Moecher Estate to Carmen Huerta; $176,000.00 257 Kathryn Ln: Sold on or before 121913 by Michael B Nottke to Donna Walker & Wayne Walker; $124,500.00 266 Abington Ln: Sold on or before 122313 by Warren W Stippich Sr to Edmund W Shaw & Gerie B Shaw; $128,000.00 2745 Moutray Ln: Sold on or before 122713 by Business Protection Agency Ltd to Dode Group Cto; $50,500.00 318 Hillside Pl: Sold on or before 122313 by Eric J Tietje to David J Rott; $158,000.00 480 Mount Ct: Sold on or before 122313 by Gladstone Builders & Developer to Michael D Damato & Rebecca J Winkler; $489,500.00

611 Hidden Creek Ln: Sold on or before 122313 by Judy Yonkovich to Steven D Koszola; $130,000.00 840 Bennett Dr: Sold on or before 122013 by Josh D Nolke to Roger Lafaver & Barbara Lafaver; $310,500.00

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1716 Essex Ct: Sold on or before 122713 by Madjid Soofi to Ryan Steven Schilb & Leslee Marie Schilb; $315,000.00 1800 Via Veneto: Sold on or before 122313 by Perry A Davis to Taylor P Curran & Mariel E Curran; $216,000.00 19 S 5th St: Sold on or before 121913 by Hunt Trust to Steven P Rooney & Heather J Rooney; $520,000.00 222 Birch Ln: Sold on or before 122013 by Kenneth A Serritella to John Yeo & Cynthia Yeo; $192,000.00 2674 Regency Ct E: Sold on or before 122413 by K Hovnanian T&c Homes At Ill to Brian Kittle & Jill Kestner;

$394,000.00 28 Lakewood Cir: Sold on or before 122713 by Thomas J Kaiser to Harold A Ohlrich; $295,000.00 2911 Turnberry Ct: Sold on or before 121913 by Kelly A Caloia to James P Johnson & Joyce Johnson; $429,667.00 3186 Renard Ln: Sold on or before 122013 by Michael Mohn to Ryan T Murphy; $235,000.00 35W376 Rockwell Ave: Sold on or before 122013 by Hud to William Garbato & Laurie Thomas; $84,000.00 36W928 Ridgewood Dr: Sold on or before 121913

by Patrick Swain to James F Kinney & Mary Katherine V Kinney; $510,000.00 36W962 Treetop Ln: Sold on or before 122313 by William J Bellah to Alan D Polivka; $176,000.00 3714 King Charles Ln: Sold on or before 122013 by Robinson Trust to Linda J Eckelman; $253,000.00 38W450 Stevens Glen Rd:

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by Diane M Wentworth to Rajiv Puri & Shannon Puri; $700,000.00 40W710 Bridle Creek Dr: Sold on or before 122013 by Andrew Getz to Mark James Cros & Denise Jean Cross; $320,000.00 4N044 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Pl: Sold on or before 122013 by Benjamin E Radke to Daniel J Block & Jennifer A Block; $547,000.00 4W898 Fox Creek Dr: Sold on or before 122413

by Hudson T Harrison to Drh Cambridge Homes Inc; $75,000.00 7N063 Plymouth Ct: Sold on or before 122713 by David Rohe to Maung Aung Khin & Baby Min Than; $793,000.00 816 S 8th St: Sold on or before 122313 by Derrico Custom Homes Inc to Raymond Ehlen & Lisa Ehlen; $431,500.00 95 Whittington Crse: Sold

on or before 122313 by De Mon L Wiggins to Laura Boldt; $220,000.00

South Elgin

1 Kaelynn Ct: Sold on or before 122013 by Pennymacloan Trustee to Tang Leong & Yeping Pan; $161,000.00 1081 Mark St: Sold on or before 122313 by Charles W Trainor Jr to Simon Guzman & Karen Guzman; $131,000.00 1115 Manchester Ct: Sold on or before 122713 by Barbara A Wilson to 1800 7th St Uuc & Eric W Thull; $85,000.00 325 Woodridge Cir F: Sold on or before 122413 by Fannie Mae to Ryan Finneran & Morgan Finneran; $73,000.00 340 Woodridge Cir G: Sold on or before 122013 by Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp to Max J Beecher & Nikole D Beecher; $90,000.00 See TRANSFERS, page 7

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The Home Show will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, and Sunday, Feb. 23, at Georgios Comfort Inn and Conference Center in Orland Park. awnings; security systems; waterproofing; new roofing products; custom decorating and painting; window treatments; and the latest in solar energy.

Attendees also will have an opportunity to register to win

two tickets for P.A.W.S. of Tinley Park’s 40th anniversary gala. Registration for the event will take place at the front desk.

For more information, visit www.chicagohomeshow.net or call 630-385-4000.

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506 N Walnut St: Sold on or before 122013 by Kane County Sheriff to Rbg Properties Llc; $47,000.00 691 Oak Ln: Sold on or before 122413 by Erick J Kolacinski to Scott C Barton & Amy M Barton; $520,000.00 771 Hobart Dr: Sold on or before 122613 by Federal National Mortgage Assn to Catherine E Gotham; $100,000.00 829 Sunrise Dr: Sold on or before 122013 by Jennifer L Leber to Jason D Dale & Julie A Dale; $359,000.00 849 Gerald Ave: Sold on or before 122313 by Kane County Sheriff to Federal National Mortgage Assn; $212,557.00 880 Rainbow Ter: Sold on or before 121913 by Fannie Mae to Joe Dichiarro & Gino Metallo; $126,000.00 9 Ridge Ct: Sold on or

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before 121913 by Adrian R Urbieta Sr to Carmen Imperatrice & Maritza Imperatrice; $190,000.00

Sugar Grove

332 Bastian Dr: Sold on or before 121913 by Andrew T Van Vliet to Donald Williams & Sue Williams; $187,000.00 479 Snow St: Sold on or before 121913 by Orleans Rhil Lp to Jason R Jensen & Tiffany A Jensen; $287,000.00 5 Hanover Ln: Sold on or before 122413 by Fannie Mae to Kelley A Radeke & Kenneth Radeke; $154,000.00 825 Myers Rd: Sold on or before 122313 by Kane County Sheriff to Federal National Mortgage Assn; $343,814.00 998 Pembridge Pl: Sold on or before 121913 by Charles F Petersen to Greg J Vassallo & Stacey Masters Rolle; $424,000.00

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Fabulous In Town Geneva!

Enchanting Woodland Estate

Stunning home with volume ceilings and open floor plan!

Numerous upgrades thru out and high quality craftsmanship construction. Extensive millwork, arches, niches, hardwood floors and two fireplaces. Spacious two-story family room opens to Cook’s kitchen with granite, double ovens and breakfast bar.

Huge main floor master suite with luxurious spa-like bath! 1st floor den and finished basement!

Fabulous Brick Ranch on a Beautiful Lot with Mature Trees! Bright and open floor plan. Oversized living room and formal dining room. Large family room with fireplace and cathedral ceiling.

Master suite with private bath and walk in closet. Incredible updated cooks dream kitchen with Stainless Steel appliances!

Newly carpeted full finished basement with office. Huge paver patio. Lovingly cared for! ~ So much is new!

Walk to train, shopping and restaurants, everything downtown has to offer! Attention to detail throughout this elegant, open, spacious and bright end unit. English garden views from the deck, patio and enclosed porch. Huge master suite with cathedral ceiling, walk in closets, plus luxury bath with whirlpool. Gleaming hardwood floors. Loads of closets and storage. Relax and enjoy maintenance free living!

Enjoy the incredible yard, landscaping, Koi ponds and waterfall!

An inviting front porch enhances this gorgeous home! Elegantly appointed for entertaining with designer décor, high-end finishes and masterful craftsmanship. Amazing kitchen with beautiful glazed cabinetry and walk-in pantry! Four fireplaces, hardwood floors, custom library, luxury master suite and fabulous finished English basement! 4 car heated garage!

1619 KEIM CIR, GENEVA

110 HIGHGATE COURSE ST., ST. CHARLES $399,900

217 CAMPBELL CT, GENEVA

38W110 HERITAGE OAKS DR, ST. CHARLES $730,000

$599,900

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A New Direction Of Living Awaits You!

5+ Acres of Private Wooded Estate

One of THE most beautiful lots in Woods of Fox Glen!

Extraordinary views of the golf course, pond and wooded vistas.

Almost 10,000 square feet of living space in this spectacular home. Gourmet kitchen with granite and stainless steel appliances, two-story family room with wet bar, floor-to-ceiling fireplace and views! Wood paneled study with fireplace, finished walk-out lower level, sauna, huge deck, and pool!

CUTE 3 bed/2 bath 1285 square foot ranch with finished lower level. Great location near river and bike paths between downtown areas of St. Charles and Geneva. Wood laminate floors throughout. Huge kitchen with separate dinette. Cozy family room with fireplace overlooks fenced backyard with a large deck, new paver patio and shed. Neutral colors and many other updates.

For those who won’t abide the ordinary! A livable sculpture that offers the ultimate gift: PRIVACY! This gorgeous home features an open floor plan that dramatizes a versatile interior and creates visual excitement for avant-garde living! City chic meets country (5+ acres) in this truly innovative home. Clean lines, distinctive architecture and striking décor distinguish this Estate.

This private estate offers a tranquil setting amid a stunning wooded oasis complete with trickling stream! St. Charles Schools!

Incredible home with ONLY the finest details and amenities.

Reclaimed wood beams from a civil war barn provide the perfect balance of old and new, blending history with function. Spectacular Master Suite with private sitting area and panoramic views, dressing room with custom cabinetry and spa like bath! 5+ ACRES

929 FOX GLEN DRIVE, ST. CHARLES

1723 S 5TH PL, ST. CHARLES

33W946 FLETCHER RD, WAYNE

34W341 COUNTRY CLUB RD, WAYNE $ 1,650,000

$1,199,000

$199,000

$1,695,000

View These Homes and Many Others at: www.TheMcKayGroup.com

Debora McKay 630-587-4672 630-542-3313 2690 E. Main St. • St. Charles Owned and Operated by NRT, Incorporated

ABR, Broker, CHMS • Luxury Home Specialist Relocation Specialist • Top 1% of Coldwell Banker

email: Debora@TheMcKayGroup.com

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• Thursday, January 23, 2014

ORLAND PARK – The Home Show will take place at Georgios Comfort Inn and Conference Center from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, and Sunday, Feb. 23.

Georgios Conference Center is located at 8800 W. 159th St. in Orland Park.

Residents in the south suburbs are invited to attend the free exposition with free parking.

The show will feature the latest in home remodeling and repair products and services.

Local exhibitors will present an assortment of the latest services and products, including energy efficient replacement windows and doors; the latest in vinyl siding products; high-efficiency furnaces and air conditioners; landscaping, decorative concrete, pavers and retaining walls; flooring; designer kitchens and bathrooms; patio rooms; marble and granite;

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Home Show coming to Orland Park

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• 12 Homes Sold in 2014 • #1 Team in the Fox Valley • #2 RE/MAX Team in Illinois

Geneva

$295,000

Modern 2BR/2.1BA brick & cedar end unit townhouse. Quiet wooded location, private backyard deck. Hardwood floors, 2-story living room w/ fireplace, formal dining room. Gourmet eat-in kitchen w/granite & stainless. Loft, luxury master!

1462Averill.com

Elburn

$279,900

5BR/3BA, .6-acs, 2 patios, tiered deck, abv-grd pool w/deck, priv. fencing, cul-de-sac, 2-car gar., walk-out bmt w/huge fam. rm., sunroom, large LR & DR, master w/wic. St. Charles schools!

2N525Colt.com

St Charles

$439,968

Quality built 4BR/3.1BA new construction in Silver Glen Meadows. 1.25-acre lot, gourmet kitchen w/granite & stainless, 1st floor den.

Master w/His & Her walk-in closets, luxury bath. Lookout bsmt w/rough-in for 3/4 bath.

41W629FoxBend.com

Wayne

$599,999

5.27-acre wooded estate, horse country!

Corner lot, pro-ldscp, fenced. Contemporary w/ open flrpln, soaring clgs, 2 fpls, views from every window! Sunrm, encl porch, deck, patio, large rm sizes, great for entertaining!

4N742HoneyHill.com

Batavia

$399,900

Elburn

$154,900

Elgin

$49,900

Unbeatable homesite on Fox River in front of bike path! 1.3 wooded acres with river views.

Close to Geneva. Build your dream home with Sjodin Custom Homes or bring your own builder! kombrink.com

Large 1+ acre lot perfect for your dream home.

Use your builder or ours (Homes by Steve Hed). Great location in popular Blackberry Crossing subdivision. Just moments west of Randall Road. Soil test available on request. kombrink.com

Great Buy! Build your dream home on this mature wooded lot in a very sought after subdivision. You won’t be able to find a better lot in this area at this price!

St Charles

St. Charles

Geneva

$749,900

$449,900

Glorious 4BR/3.1BA Neo-Victorian home on 2.45 acre lot in Three Lakes! Authenticity, quality & craftsmanship around every turn. Architectural antiques make this new home look “old”. Perfect home w/lots of true character!

8N020Columbine.com

Unique 4BR/3.5BA 2-story, wooded 1+ac., fenced, ingrd pool, spa, sauna, amenities & upgrades galore. Circular drive, 3-car heated garage, deck.

Fpl in sunken LR & in master suite, wet bars, gourmet kitchen and much more!

42W561Eagle.com

Maple Park

St Charles

$25,000

Corner lot in great subdivision in Maple Park.

Public utilities to site. 6 miles from I-88 access, 15 min. to colleges, university, shopping, health & wellness facilities, entertainment, dining. Bring your builder or use ours. kombrink.com

Maple Park

$25,000

Great value for one of several lots we can show you! I-88 access, university, colleges, shopping, health & wellness facilities, entertainment all nearby. Public utilities to site.

Bring your build or use ours. kombrink.com

$189,900

Fabulous 2BR/1.1BA Harvest Hills townhouse.

Wood laminate floors throughout, 2-story living room w/gas log fp. Formal dining room, roomy kitchen w/pantry. 2nd floor loft, vaulted master w/shared master bath, finished bsmt.

255GrandRidge.com

Batavia

$179,900

Awesome investment potential awaits you!

Charming two flat close to downtown. 1st floor unit w/fresh paint, updated bath & new kitchen flooring. Newer windows, roof, furnace & AC. 1-car garage, stamped concrete patio & more!

30SJackson.com

kombrink.com

$199,000

Brick & cedar in-town story w/3BR/1BA, finished walkout bsmt. Updated kitchen w/ Corian counters & maple cabinetry. Den, enclosed porch, updated bathroom. Walk to downtown, shopping, river & more!

127First.com

Elburn

$195,000

St. Charles

$532,500

5BR/3.5BA John Hall custom executive estate on 1.5 lush acres in Three Lakes. Exquisite architectural features, upgrades throughout, finished lookout bmt. Craftsmanship & luxury at the right price!

38W235Chickasaw.com

Geneva

$265,000

2BR/1BA pre-Civil War 2-story near Wheeler Park, patio, enclosed porch, pond w/waterfall, family rm, LR, formal DR, hwd floors, detached 2-car garage, large corner lot, lovely landscaping. Location! Geneva schools!

428FordSt.com

Batavia

$239,900

Brick & vinyl 3BR/2.1BA two story in Blackberry Creek! Fenced yard, deck w/ gazebo, wood laminate flooring. Eat-in kitchen, master with private bath. All bedrooms have walk-in closets, huge loft. Walk to park!

625Gray.com

Spacious 4BR/2BA cedar bi-level on quiet culde-sac! Large corner lot w/fenced backyard.

Huge family room w/fireplace, roomy kitchen w/breakfast bar, dining room, sunroom w/ private balcony, 2-car garage & more!

813Greenwood.com

Batavia

LaFox

$699,900

Exceptional 5BR/5.5BA 2-story, super location, finished bmt, custom details in & out, hwd, granite, millwork, screened porch, gourmet kit, master suite w/exc rm & office, 1st flr guest suite, mudroom, everything!

2314Kane.com

$379,000

Vintage 5BR/3BA home on 1.3 acres in quiet LaFox! New foundation, new 2-car garage, all new mechanicals! Original period molding, pocket doors, built-in china cabinet. Horses allowed, plenty of room for the family!

1N026LaFox.com

St. Charles

$799,900

5BR/5BA, 5800 SF finished living space, almost one-half acre in Fox Mill. 1st flr master w/spa & dressing area, formal LR & DR, hwd floors, expansive fam rm w/fpl, gourmet kitchen, upgrades throughout. Stunning!

39W562HenryDavid.com

South Elgin

$549,900

Dwyer Homes proposed construction on one of the last remaining lots in desirable Thornwood subdivision. Huge corner lot, also available to purchase just lot and bring your own builder and plans. Exceptional value! kombrink.com

Batavia

$439,900

5BR/4.5BA 2-story, soaring ceilings, open floorplan, upgrades throughout, 1st floor laundry/mudroom, great kitchen, huge family room w/fpl, 1st floor den, excellent condition, great location, perfect for the family!

949Hodge.com

North Aurora

$329,900

Over 3000SF living space, 4BR/3.5BA, skylights, fenced yard, tiered deck, ext. speakers, gourmet eat-in kit. w/granite island, built-ins, finished basement, 2-story foyer, large fam. room w/fpl. - must see!

707OakCrest.com

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$424,900

3BR/2.5BA 2-sty on 2.41 wooded acs, privacy, tiered deck w/spa, sun room, sunken family room, formal DR, master suite w/fpl, sitting room, finished bmt w/rec rm, workshop, wine cellar, mudroom, more!

40W015OakRidge.com

Elburn

$224,900

Sprawling 3BR/2BA ranch home on large lot backing to open space! Vaulted & beamed ceilings, hdwd floors, master w/private bath.

Finished walkout bsmt! Large patio, deck, 2-car garage & more.

43W724OldMidlothian.com

St Charles

$177,500

Mint condition 2BR/1.1BA end unit townhouse in convenient Pheasant Run Trails on the east side of St Charles. Close to shopping, schools, transportation & more. Vaulted eat-in kitchen, living room w/stone gas log fp, finished bsmt & more!

533Pheasant.com

Sugar Grove

$359,900

5BR/4.5BA, exceptional custom 2-story, office, mudrm, 1st flr master, 1st flr ldry, rec rm, exercise rm, loft, sitting rm, hwd flrs, custom millwork, kitchen w/sunny eating area, formal DR, LR w/fpl, patio, firepit, hot tub!

825Queensgate.com

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Elgin

$435,000

Gorgeous 5BR/2.1BA retreat on wooded acre lot on quiet cul-de-sac. Large family room w/ stone gas log fp, formal dining room, gourmet eat-in kitchen, sun room. Vaulted master w/ marble gas log fp & luxury bath!

43W228TallPines.com

Maple Park

$219,900

Great investment! 1st flr. commercial office space on corner lot w/new air & roof. 2nd floor 3BR/1BA rental apt. has new windows & appliances. 10 minutes to I-88 and Rt. 47.

Includes lot west of bldg. kombrink.com

St. Charles

$239,900

4BR/2.5BA two-sty, 2-car gar., peaceful cul-desac, backs to open space, over half-acre lot.

Fam rm w/vaulted clg, fpl, large eat-in kit w/ cherry cabs & pantry, 6-panel doors. Roof & furnace new in 2011.

5N088MaryCt.com

Great American North Each office independently owned and operated.

40W160 Campton Crossing Drive, St. Charles IL 60175

Elgin

$249,900

7.7 ac. parcel for your estate AND your horses!

Peaceful country living, highly rated BURLINGTON SCHOOLS, less than 10 minutes to Randall Rd. Envision country living, still near all the conveniences. kombrink.com

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