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Mooseheart: ‘We appreciate’ judge’s ruling allowing student to play basketball

By CHARLES MENCHACA cmenchaca@shawmedia.com Mooseheart International this week issued a brief response to a Kane County judge’s Monday ruling that an international student can play for the boys basketball team at the organization’s school.

Mooseheart Executive Director Gary Urwiler wrote in a statement that Mooseheart was not a party to the injunction filed on behalf of Rodrigue Ceda Makindu, one of its students from Congo, but that the organization did review Kane County Circuit Judge David Akemann’s ruling.

“We appreciate the court’s consideration of our student’s constitutional rights to equal protection under the law and again, while not a party to this litigation, Mooseheart will abide by any decisions made by the

court,” Urwiler wrote in the statement.

Aurora attorney Judd Lofchie filed the injunction on behalf of Makindu against the Illinois High School Association for not allowing the student to play basketball. The association has until 4:30 p.m. Monday to appeal Akemann’s ruling.

IHSA spokesman Matt Troha wrote in an email on Tuesday that the organization would have a statement on Wednesday on Akemann’s ruling. The Kane County Chronicle by early Wednesday did not receive a statement from IHSA, and Troha did not respond to an email on Wednesday.

“Mooseheart has been a cooperative member of the IHSA since 1940,” Urwiler wrote in the statement. “We look forward to a continuing positive experience with the IHSA and its member schools.”

LOCAL BRIEFS Swedish American choir to present festival BATAVIA – The Swedish American Children’s Choir presents the 16th annual Swedish Christmas and St. Lucia Festival at 3 p.m.

Saturday. The festival will be at Bethany Lutheran Church, 8 S. Lincoln St., Batavia. It will feature music by the choir directed by Marguerite Karl, as well as Margaret Lekander and Christopher Karl, violinists, Ernie Sandquist and John Quatrini, accordionists and Shirley Fox, pianist. After the concert, a Swedish Christmas sweet table will be served, and Jul Tomte, Swedish Santa, will visit with the children.

Proceeds from the concert will benefit the choir tour fund.

Tickets are by reservation only and will be $15 for adults and $8 for children 6 to 12 years

old. Reservations can be made by calling the choir office at 630-414-9700.

Hart Chiropractic collect gift wrapping items GENEVA – Hart Chiropractic is collecting tags, bags, tape and bows to help Mutual Ground wrap gifts this holiday season. Mutual Ground is a nonprofit organization providing programs in Kane County that focus on safety, healing and prevention for domestic violence and sexual assault victims. The collection will continue until Saturday. Hart Chiropractic is at 2172 Blackberry Drive, Suite 102, Geneva.

Drop-off hours are 3 to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 11 a.m. Monday and Saturday. For information, visit www.hartchiropractic.com.

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Kane County Circuit Judge David Akemann ruled Monday that student Rodrigue Ceda Makindu from Congo, pictured here, can play for the Mooseheart boys basketball team. IHSA has until Dec. 8 to appeal the decision.

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Where did you grow up? Lyons Pets? A rescued kitten named Autumn from the Hinsdale Humane Society Who would play you in the movie of your life? Meryl Streep First job? Waitress at the food counter of a 5-and-10-cent store As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? A teacher,

St. Charles Episcopal pancake breakfast

WHAT: Children can get a photo with Santa, and there also will be a “Christmas wonderland of model train sets.”

WHEN: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday WHERE: St. Charles Episcopal Church, 994 N. Fifth Ave. (Route 25), St. Charles INFORMATION: Call 630-584-2596, email scecoffice@sbcglobal.net, or visit www. stcharlesepiscopal.org

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Christmas Coffee set at Rosary High School

WHAT: Parents interested in learning about a Rosary High School education for their daughters are invited to attend a Christmas Coffee. The morning will include a panel discussion by current parents, alumnae, faculty, administrators and students. There also will be time for a question-and-answer session.

WHEN: 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday WHERE: Rosary High School, 901 N. Edgelawn Drive, Aurora INFORMATION: To reserve a spot, call admissions director Meg Olsen at 630896-0831, ext. 12, or email molsen@ rosaryhs.com. For information about

Rosary High School, visit www.rosaryhs. com.

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Saturday with Santa at Peck Farm Park

WHAT: Participants can share a wish list with Santa, create a holiday craft with the elves, sip hot cocoa and warm their toes by the fire. Santa also speaks Spanish. Advance registration is recommended. The cost is $5 a person.

WHEN: 1 to 3 p.m. Dec. 13 WHERE: Peck Farm Park, 4038 Kaneville Road, Geneva INFORMATION: Call 630-232-4542 or visit www.genevaparks.org.

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Elburn Pottery Fundraiser set

WHAT: The Town and Country Public Library has planned an event, the Elburn Pottery Fundraiser. The Elburn Pottery comes in six options, and prices range from $9 to $42. Proceeds will benefit the digitizing of the library’s historical collection.

WHEN: Throughout the holiday season.

WHERE: Town and Country Public Library, 320 E. North St., Elburn INFORMATION: Call 630-365-2244 or email agirmscheid@elburn.lib.il.us.

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Open House at Durant House Museum

WHAT: Admission will be $3 for adults and $1 for kids. Visitors will get a chance to interact with staff dressed in period costume who will explain holiday traditions for families during the 19th century.

WHEN: 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday WHERE: Durant House Museum, which is within the LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve at 37W700 Dean St., St. Charles INFORMATION: Visit www.ppfv.org.

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and I became a teacher. I am now a consultant at Illinois State Board of Education, the Kane County Regional Office and Illinois Reading Council.

A book you’d recommend? “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens or “Cimarron” by Edna Ferber Do you have children? Two daughters Favorite charity? Any local Humane Society Favorite local restaurant? Bien Trucha in Geneva What is an interesting factoid about yourself? I got my doctorate in curriculum and instruction late in life, when I was 65.

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ABOVE: St. Charles Chamber of Commerce and city of St. Charles officials join in cutting the ribbon to the Dunkin’ Donuts at 2057 Lincoln Highway in St. Charles. RIGHT: St. Charles Chamber of Commerce business developer Laura Macklin-Purdy poses with former Chicago Blackhawks player and coach Denis Savard during a ribbon-cutting and grand opening celebration at the Dunkin’ Donuts.

BATAVIA – The Batavia Writers Workshop will meet from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Batavia Public Library, 10 S. Batavia Ave. Experienced and novice writers of all genres meet to perfect their craft by offering constructive criticism and support. Registration is not required.

For information, contact facilitator Frank Rutledge at weatherbone@comcast.net.

Marmion Academy to hold scholarship exam AURORA – Marmion Academy, 1000 Butterfield Road, Aurora, will host its scholarship qualifying entrance exam for eighth-grade boys beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday.

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Geneva School District 304 Board to host program GENEVA – On Dec. 11, the Geneva School District 304 Board will host a program by Ralph Martire on the Future of Illinois State Funding.

This program will be at 6:30 p.m. at Geneva Middle School South, 1415 Viking Drive, Geneva.

Martire, executive director of

the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, will discuss how Illinois’ lack of money may have profound consequences on the future State Aid formula, as well as the possible impact of pending legislation.

For information, visit www. geneva304.org.

All are invited to attend holiday concert Dec. 14 BATAVIA – The public is invited to a holiday concert at 2 p.m. Dec. 14 at the Batavia Public Library, 10 S. Batavia Ave., Batavia.

The Festive Singers, an a cappella quartet, will perform.

Free refreshments will be available.

For information or to register, call 630-879-1393, ext. 200, or visit www.BataviaPublicLibrary.org.

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Weather History Washington, D.C., had more than its usual share of hot air Dec. 4, 1982, when the temperature tied the record high of 75 for the month. On the same date 25 years earlier, Washington was buried under 11 inches of snow.

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COVER STORY ‘MEETING OUR EXPECTATIONS’ Use of Red Gate Bridge doubles since 2012 opening

By CHARLES MENCHACA cmenchaca@shawmedia.com ST. CHARLES – Residents and commuters in St. Charles are making good use of the city’s youngest major bridge, according to traffic data.

Traffic counts this year for the Red Gate Bridge show that 10,570 vehicles use the bridge daily, according to the city of St. Charles. That’s more than double the 24-hour count of 5,198 vehicles on Dec. 17, 2012, the first day the bridge was open to motorists.

“I think it’s meeting our expectations,” St. Charles City Administrator Mark Koenen said of the bridge.

Koenen was the city’s public works director during the bridge’s construction. Under his watch, the bridge was completed on time and under budget.

In addition to becoming the city’s northernmost river crossing and extending Red Gate Road to Route 25, Red Gate Bridge has alleviated some of the traffic through downtown St. Charles, Koenen said.

Traffic counts on the Main Street Bridge averaged 40,000 daily vehicles in 2010 and 2011, and that count has been reduced to about 34,000 vehicles this year, Koenen said.

Although Red Gate Bridge usage is growing, it was not without its skeptics before construction began in August 2011. The Concerned Coalition for Sensible Spending that year was concerned about the effect reduced Main Street traffic might have on downtown businesses.

Current business owners have not noticed an impact with Red Gate Bridge being open, but some have indicated the bridge provides much-needed access into downtown St. Charles from both sides of the river, wrote Lynne Schwartz, executive director of the Downtown St.

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The Red Gate Road Bridge, as seen from the pedestrian walkway, opened to traffic two years ago.

Charles Partnership, in an email.

Another concern expressed by the coalition and also the Rivers Edge Homeowners Association was the impact increased traffic on Red Gate Road would have on the subdivision and nearby St. Charles North High School. Joe Segobiano, then-president of the association, spoke in 2012 in front of city officials about the association’s concerns.

After discussions between the association, city leaders and St. Charles School District 303 officials, turn lanes and a traffic signal were added at the front of the high school’s entrance.

“It’s been a tremendous

help from our point of view,” Segobiano said of the traffic signal. “We do feel that the light will be able to handle the projected traffic volume.”

Segobiano does not use the bridge regularly as a motorist, but he does use the bridge’s pedestrian-only bottom tier for runs or bike rides. The bridge provides great access to Pottawatomie Park and downtown St. Charles via the Fox River Trail, he said.

Another plus for residents using the bridge is the recently paved parking lot in the Fox River Bluff West forest preserve, which is adjacent to the west end of the bridge.

The parking lot, which was completed in October, was not directly part of the bridge

project but it increased accessibility for everyone, said John Goreth, director of operations and maintenance for the Kane County Forest Preserve District.

A project that was done in conjunction with the city and bridgework was the installation of limestone trails south of Red Gate Road for hiking and biking that connect to the pedestrian tier of the Red Gate Bridge.

“We’ve had numerous people acknowledge the fact that it’s much more user-friendly,” Goreth said.

The Red Gate Bridge has become a vital local bridge, but there were many years of difficulty to make it a reality, said Jim Martin, longtime

Ward 4 alderman.

Martin recalls that the city went to court with the village of Wayne because its leaders at one time were opposed to the bridge and the anticipated increase in traffic. The city also had to gain Kane County support by showing officials it could take care of traffic problems downtown with the addition of the Prairie Street Bridge, Martin said.

Now with the Red Gate Bridge in place, many residents agree with Martin that the view from the bridge while driving is breathtaking.

“In my opinion, it’s the most beautiful bridge crossing in the Fox Valley,” Martin said.

Residents invited to recycle electronics, shred documents editorial@kcchronicle.com ST. CHARLES – Kane County Recycles will host a free event from 8 a.m. to noon Dec. 13 at 540 S. Randall Road in St. Charles.

It is for electronics, books

and document shredding.

Participants are asked not to arrive early because it could create a traffic jam.

Participants can recycle electronics, such as Christmas lights, computers, keyboards, laptops, printers, TVs (any size or age), stereos,

cellphones, microwaves and more.

A complete list of accepted items – and information – can be found at www.countyofkane.org/recycling under “Electronics Recycling.”

Books of any age and condition for reuse or recycling

will be accepted.

Documents will be shredded on-site.

The limit is four boxes or paper bags of documents.

It is for residents only; no documents from businesses will be allowed.

Collection will cease once

the trucks are full. Hazardous waste or large household appliances, such as washers and refrigerators, will not be accepted.

For information, contact Jennifer Jarland at 630-2083841 or via email at recycle@ countyofkane.org.

LOCAL BRIEFS Sen. Karen McConnaughay Clique” in January at Pheasant Run Resort, 4051 E. Main St., St. to host open house

ST. CHARLES – The Nomad Theatre Company will hold auditions for “Annie Kids” and “The

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Nomad Theatre Company to hold play auditions

Charles.

Auditions for “Annie Kids” are set from 4 to 6 p.m. Jan. 16; 3 to 5 p.m. Jan. 18; and 4 to 6 p.m.

Jan. 19. The cast is for secondto eighth-graders.

Auditions for “The Clique” are set for 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 18 and 4 to 6 p.m. Jan. 20.

The cast is for high school and college students.

Visit www.selfoundation.org, contact info@selfoundation. org or call 630-234-9506 for information.

The Nomad Theatre Company is sponsored by SELF – Self-Esteem for Life Foundation – an organization dedicated to building self-esteem among young people through the performing arts.

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WEST DUNDEE – State Sen. Karen McConnaughay will host an open house and canned food drive Dec. 13 at her new district office, 130 Washington St., West Dundee.

McConnaughay will host constituents for coffee and doughnuts to officially open the new district office. She and her staff also will accept canned and nonperishable food items, which will be donated to the Northern Illinois Food Bank. The open house will run from 9 to 11 a.m. Call the office at 847-2148245 with questions.

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LOCAL BRIEFS West Aurora High School holds winter concert AURORA – The West Aurora High School music department’s annual winter concert will be at 7 p.m. today in the school auditorium at 1201 W. Galena Blvd., Aurora.

The concert will feature choirs, wind symphony, jazz ensemble and other student-led ensembles.

Fifty percent of proceeds will benefit local charities.

Tickets are $5 each and are available at www.sd129tickets. org. Call 630-301-5600 for information.

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PINGREE GROVE – The Northern Illinois Food Bank and Canadian Pacific announced that the 2014 Holiday Train will be riding the rails to raise money and awareness about hunger issues in Pingree Grove.

The “train of lights” will be in Pingree Grove at 9:15 a.m. today at 14N042 Reinking Road.

Food and fund donations will benefit the Geneva-based Northern Illinois Food Bank.

Items, such as infant formula, canned meats and spaghetti sauce are in demand.

The request is for people to bring a nonperishable food item or a cash donation to support the food bank.

Each Holiday Train has 14 brightly decorated rail cars.

As well, the two trains feature a modified boxcar that has been turned into a traveling stage for performers who entertain supporters with a live show.

According to the Holiday Train’s website schedule, the performer at Pingree Grove will be Kira Isabella.

Those interested can find information about the Holiday Train on Facebook and follow the two trains on Twitter and Instagram @CPHolidaytrain or by using the hashtag #CPHolidayTrain.

For information, visit www.cpr. ca. For information about the food bank, visit www.SolveHungerToday.org.

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nocuous statements from McCullough, and McCullough’s mother’s confession during a time when she was given medications whose side effects included confusion and disorientation – all evidence that then-DeKalb County State’s Attorney Clay Campbell and his prosecutors presented during McCullough’s five-day bench trial.

When Judge Kathryn Zenoff told Appellate Prosecutor Scott Jacobson on Wednesday that prosecutors would not have gone to trial without McCullough’s mother’s confession, Jacobson replied that wasn’t the only evidence in the case.

“That has nothing to do with the evidence against the defendant to show he committed the crime,” Jacobson said.

“If that was the only evidence, then maybe you should be concerned.”

Instead, Jacobson argued that McCullough had enough time to abduct Maria in Sycamore, dump her body in Jo Daviess County and then travel to Rockford, even during an evening when it was snowing outside.

As far as Sigman’s testimony, Jacobson emphasized that the trial judge had stated Sigman’s testimony was the most convincing and that she was the most credible.

Jacobson said he likes what McCullough’s case says about the legal system and society.

“It says no offense, even with the passing of time, no offense will be forgotten,” he said.

Dec. 6, at Moss Family Funeral Home, 209 S. Batavia Ave., Batavia. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m., immediately following the visitation and the commital service will follow in River Hills Memorial Park in Batavia.

Alice June Karel: The visitation will be at Ahlgrim Funeral Home, 567 S. Spring Road, Elmhurst, from 10 a.m. until the time of service at noon Saturday, Dec. 6. Private interment will be at Queen of Heaven Cemetery.

Grace C. Perkins: The Christian funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, preceded by a visitation beginning at 10 a.m.

in St. Mary Catholic Church, 301 N. Fourth St., Oregon, with the Rev. Joseph Naill officiating.

Thomas B. Polly: The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 5, at Yurs Funeral Home, 405 E. Main St., St. Charles. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery, Geneva. The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Tom Spalding: The visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m., with a funeral service to follow, on Saturday, Dec. 13, at Conley Funeral Home, 116 W. Pierce St., Elburn. Private family burial will follow cremation at a later date.

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS Maria A. Erday: The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 30, at St. Peter Catholic Church, 1891 Kaneville Road, Geneva. The visitation will be from 10 a.m. Dec. 30 until the service at the church.

Susan R. Gorecki: The funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, Dec. 6, at St. Patrick Crane Road Church, 6N491 Crane Road, St. Charles. A visitation will be one hour before Mass at the church. The visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, at Yurs Funeral Home, 405 E. Main St., St. Charles.

Richard L. Hoppe: The visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday,

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Charles Ridulph listens to appellate prosecutor Scott Jacobson on Wednesday after an appeal hearing for Jack McCullough at the Second District Appellate Court in Elgin. McCullough was convicted in 2012 in the 1957 kidnapping and murder of Ridulph’s sister, 7-year-old Maria Ridulph of Sycamore. No decision was made at the hearing.

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ELGIN – On the 57th anniversary of the day his sister disappeared from the corner of Archie Place and Center Cross Street in Sycamore, Charles Ridulph listened to legal arguments in the appeal of the man convicted of killing her.

None of what he heard convinced Ridulph that the trial judge was mistaken in finding Jack McCullough guilty in the 1957 kidnapping and murder of 7-year-old Maria Ridulph.

“I don’t have any doubts,” Ridulph said. “None.”

Justices are expected to issue a written decision in three to eight weeks after attorneys for both sides argued Wednesday before a three-judge panel at the Second District Appellate Court in Elgin. McCullough, 75, was sentenced in December 2012 to life in Jack prison.

D e K a l b McCullough County State’s Attorney Richard Schmack, Public Defender Tom McCulloch and Sycamore Mayor Ken Mundy, along with members of the Ridulph family, packed the courtroom. Maria’s disappearance initially inspired an FBI investigation that went cold for decades until McCullough’s half-sister told Illinois State Police about their mother’s deathbed confession.

Defense attorney Paul Glaser, from the Office of the State

Appellate Defender, argued prosecutors did not produce enough evidence at trial to prove McCullough guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. He also argued that McCullough should have been allowed to presenthisalibithatheclaimed was bolstered by FBI records stemming from the case’s initial investigation. Only six pages of the FBI reports were entered into the court as evidence; the trial judge ruled the rest were hearsay. McCullough has maintained that he was in Rockford when Maria Ridulph was kidnapped.

“The defense has to be allowed to present something, too,” Glaser said. “There’s no reason the FBI would fabricate the reports.”

McCullough, who was known as John Tessier at the time Maria disappeared, was arrested in 2011 in Seattle after the investigation was renewed because his mother, Eileen Tessier, told her daughter that McCullough was responsible for the crime.

Maria’s childhood friend, Kathy Sigman, was the only person who saw a stranger take Maria for a piggyback ride as the trio were playing near her Sycamore home. Decades later, she identified McCullough as that stranger from a series of photographs police showed her.

Glaser’s written argument questions Sigman’s personal memories of what occurred 55 years before. He also tried to cast doubt on testimony from jailhouse informants who incriminated McCullough, in-

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director of the Anxiety Program at Linden Oaks at Edward. “And anxiety can worsen over time if untreated.

Avoidance (of what you fear) pulls you into more avoidance,” says Dr. Wright.

BATAVIA – Unity of Fox Valley will host a “Service of Remembrance” to celebrate the lives of loved ones.

The event is from 10 to 11 a.m. Sunday at 230 Webster St., Batavia. For information, call 630-879-1115 or visit www. unityoffoxvalley.org.

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Vanessa King, 26, is a student at Elgin Community College, with plans to start a career in art therapy. Talking with her today it’s hard to picture her at one time virtually bedridden for months because of severe anxiety.

“My life was definitely on hold,” she says.

King remembers missing a lot of school as a child because her anxiety led to frequent stomach aches and vomiting. This pattern subsided during her teen years, but the extreme anxiety returned. By 2008 she was suffering from a full-blown panic disorder with agoraphobia — intense fear that she would be stuck somewhere “unsafe” while having severe anxiety symptoms.

“During part of that year I didn’t go anywhere,” says King. “I was terrified of my symptoms.”

Symptoms of a panic attack might include an accelerated heart rate, lightheadedness, dizziness, faintness and nausea, says M. Joann Wright, Ph.D.,

Late in 2010 King was referred to the Linden Oaks Anxiety Program, which involves 3-1/2 hours of therapy daily, Monday through Friday, typically for about three weeks. Group and individual sessions use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help patients commit to pursuing what they want in their lives. They learn ways to accept and manage the symptoms that are getting in their way.

“ACT literally gave me my life back,” says King. “It’s in your face and encourages you to push your limits.

You see that feeling anxious is not going to kill you.”

King is now married and a full-time student. She also volunteers to share her story with current participants in the Linden Oaks Anxiety Program.

“I still have a few panic attacks but I don’t stop what I’m doing when that happens,” she says. “I just take some deep breaths and ride through it.”

Earlier this year Linden Oaks earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval and Disease-Specific Certification for commitment to excellence in anxiety care.

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“The phones have been going crazy, judging by our house tour ticket sales. People see that the weather is going to be good – in the high 30s – so it’s going to be very, very crowded.”

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GENEVA – The annual Geneva Christmas Walk this weekend is gearing up to be a crowd pleaser as much as a kickoff to the holiday shopping season with Santa Claus, Santa Lucia, a candy cane parade and the lighting of the Great Tree.

Festivities will get started at 6 p.m., said Geneva Chamber of Commerce spokeswoman Laura Rush.

“First is Graham’s candy cane parade, where they march down Third Street and incorporate the Geneva High School band to do a drumline and have trumpeters,” Rush said. “The person leading the parade presents the first candy cane to Mayor Kevin Burns.”

Then comes Santa Lucia, the Swedish symbol of the season; Santa’s arrival; carolers; then the lighting of the Great Tree, a towering fir tree on the courthouse lawn, Rush said.

While the Friday evening events are a highlight of the three-day festival, which continues through Sunday, other activities begin earlier, such as the Christmas Walk House Tour, which features five festively decorated homes from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and continues from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

Tickets are $30 and are available by calling 630-2320444.

“The phones have been going crazy, judging by our house tour ticket sales,” Rush said. “People see that the weather is going to be good – in the high 30s – so it’s going to be very, very crowded.”

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Geneva Chamber of Commerce spokeswoman include cookies and tea from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the Peaceful Parlor, 212 S. Third St., holiday treats from 4 to 9 p.m. at The Olive Mill, 315 James St., and a candy cane pull from 6 to 9 p.m. at Graham’s Chocolates, 302 S. Third St. Friday and Saturday events include the Friends of Geneva Public Library used book sale, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at 127 James St.; and a viewing of an 18th century Neapolitan Creche from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Geneva History Museum, 113 S. Third St. Also on Saturday, The All Chocolate Kitchen, 33 S. Third St., will host the World’s Longest Candy Cane Anniversary and will announce the winner of the Gingerbread House Contest.

Sunday will feature concerts at four churches – called the Steeple Walk – from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 and available at the churches and from the chamber online at www.genevachamber. com, where a full schedule of events and activities also is available.

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By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com CAMPTON HILLS – In two late-night actions at a special meeting Tuesday, Campton Hills trustees voted to reinstate Village Administrator Jennifer Johnsen and to extend Police Chief Daniel Hoffman’s contract to May. Both votes seem to undo Village President Patsy Smith’s recent decisions: putting Johnsen on paid leave Nov. 21 and appointing Sgt. Bob Reichardt to replace Hoffman when his contract expires Dec. 27.

Trustee James Kopec cast the lone “no” vote on the two votes, and Trustee Michael Millette abstained from amending Hoffman’s contract.

Johnsen, who attended the meeting, said she would come to work Wednesday morning, but declined further comment. Village officials did not give a reason for putting Johnsen on leave. Johnsen has worked for the village since January.

“I would not be honoring her reinstatement because I believe that I have the authority, as her supervisor, to have the paid leave in effect,” Smith said.

Hoffman did not immediately return a voice mail message seeking comment late Tuesday.

Trustees and Smith clashed over Hoffman’s contract extension. Smith said she chose someone else to be chief and that it would be on the Dec. 16 agenda. According to state law, a mayor or village president’s appointments expire when their terms end – in Smith’s case, in May, officials said.

“If I don’t run or I don’t get elected, he would return to the rank of sergeant,” Smith said.

But the board majority would not agree to change chiefs.

“We have the ability to

change his term, and he is friendly to it,” Trustee Laura Andersen said of Hoffman.

Village attorney Bill Braithwaite said state law is clear that only the village president can appoint the police chief for a stated term, with the advice and consent of the board.

“She has the right to make an appointment of someone else when that term has ended,” Braithwaite said. “You can amend the contract within the contract terms. You do not have the ability to extend the term. The term is expiring, and the president has already acted to appoint somebody else. … I do not believe you have the right to change that.”

Trustees then clashed with Smith over whether to allow Julie Tappendorf, an attorney with Ancel Glink, a wellknown municipal law firm, to speak.

“I am not giving her the floor,” Smith said. “I am not going to do it.”

But Braithwaite said the board has the right to ask a member of the public to speak. Smith asked for a vote, and the majority agreed to allow Tappendorf to speak.

While she agreed with Braithwaite that the village president has the authority to appoint the police chief, Tappendorf said it is the board of trustees that has the authority to set terms and compensation.

“You can determine what that term of office is,” Tappendorf said. “That is in the state statute.”

Braithwaite would not respond to Tappendorf’s legal opinion.

“I will not engage in public debate,” Braithwaite said.

The board’s votes on Johnsen and Hoffman followed another special meeting earlier in the evening during which trustees and Smith clashed repeatedly over not approving minutes of meetings dating back to June.

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Participants should meet in the parking lot by the silo on Nelson Lake Road, south

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For information, call Terry Murray at 630-896-3219.

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Children can meet Ozzie T. Cougar and Santa, pose for photos with them, and participate in numerous holiday activities, including a coloring station, ornament decorating station and a cookie decorating station.

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By CAROL HAGGAS editorial@kcchronicle.com Although winter hasn’t officially started yet, cold weather has been hanging around long enough to infect most people with a significant case of cabin fever. After all, there are only so many video games a teen can play, only so many times toddlers can master their puzzles, only so many honey-do chores mom and dad can check off their to-do lists before the need to pick up the pace starts to take over.

Heading on over to the Pottawatomie Community Center’s Conner Gym in St. Charles is a smart move when the winter willies set in. There, dedicated open gym schedules for adults, teens, preschoolers and families may be just the cure for the wintertime blues.

And with the school district’s winter break slated for Dec. 20, through Jan. 4, open gyms are an ideal outlet for teens and tweens to blow off steam.

THE SIGHT OF BLOOD IN YOUR EYE While the mere sight of a broken blood vessel on the white of the eye (sclera) is enough to raise concerns, the condition known as a “subconjunctival hemorrhage” is usually a harmless condition. Because neither pain nor changes in vision are involved, many people do not realize that they have the characteristic bright red patches on the whites of their eyes until they see them in the mirror. Causes can range from a violent cough or sneeze to vomiting or heavy lifting. In some cases, eye trauma or roughly rubbing the eyes is enough to cause rupturing of the blood vessels underneath the clear surface of the eye (conjunctiva). In most cases, the body reabsorbs the blood within two weeks.

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Open-gym sessions take place at the Pottawatomie Community Center’s Conner Gym in St. Charles. Guests can opt to buy a daily visit pass for $3 or a 10-visit pass for $25. Children younger than age 11 must have a parent remain on-site while they are using gym facilities.

“It’s a great way for that middle school or early high school student to get out of the house and have something to do for a couple of

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16 Open-gym schedule allows preschoolers, adults alike to use facilities • OPEN GYM Continued from page 14 for basketball, volleyball and pickleball for adults and teens, while equipment, such as scooters, balls and sit-n-rides are available for preschoolers and families. The gym is usable in either full-court or half-court configurations, depending upon the group activity scheduled. For instance, adults ages 18 and older may find the full gym set up a few days a week for lunchtime

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By ASHLEY SLOBODA asloboda@shawmedia.com GENEVA – Ten county officials are one Kane County Board vote away from having bigger paychecks.

The proposed raises – which for most is 5 percent – have cleared the committee review process and were moved to next week’s agenda by the Executive Committee on Wednesday.

Members, however, referred to the proposed increases as salary adjustments – not raises.

Ron Ford, D-Aurora, commented on the distinction, noting the board froze salaries about seven years ago.

If approved, this will be the second consecutive fiscal year this group of employees will receive raises. In April, the board awarded 5 percent salary increases for fiscal 2014 for nine of the 10 employees poised to get raises this fiscal year, 2015.

In the discussions leading to the April vote, Chairman Chris Lauzen said the raises would better align the directors’ compensation with their counterparts in other nearby counties.

According to a salary comparison updated last month, current pay for Kane’s executive directors continues to lag behind.

Chief Information Officer Roger Fahnestock, for exam-

By the numbers The Kane County Board is expected to approve raises for 10 department heads Tuesday. Here are their proposed salaries, effective Dec. 1: • $120,327 – Mark VanKerkhoff, director of development and community services • $106,045 – Scott Berger, director of the office of community reinvestment • $120,598 – Barb Jeffers, director of public health • $71,582 – Don Bryant, director of the office of emergency management • $98,532 – Brad Sauer, director of emergency communications • $111,300 – Don Biggs, staff executive • $130,148 – Sheila McCraven, executive director of human resource management • $149,371 – Roger Fahnestock, chief information officer • $121,620 – Mark Armstrong, supervisor of assessments • $126,788 – Joseph Onzick, executive director of finance

ple, earns nearly $17,000 less than his counterpart in DuPage County, according to the county-provided salary comparison. His proposed 5 percent salary increase would bring his salary to $149,371, thus narrowing that gap to just under $10,000.

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Lauzen: Raises are budget neutral • SALARIES Continued from page 18 Lauzen – who pledged to maintain a frozen property tax levy – said the raises are budget neutral, as reductions were made elsewhere.

In other news, Community Outreach Coordinator Rick Nagel gave his monthly report to the Executive Committee.

But this time was different.

It was his first as a full-time county employee instead of as an independent contractor.

According to county budget documents, his salary is $75,000. He also receives the same benefits as other employees, Lauzen said.

For the last several months, Nagel has been running Kane County Connects, a social media connection program that aims to engage people with county government and to pro-

vide them with information they can use, such as road closures.

In addition to a blog, Kane County Connects has an e-newsletter and a presence on such social media sites as Facebook and Twitter.

As an independent contractor, Nagel said he worked out of his Geneva home or coffee shops. Now, he said, he is working toward getting his own space at the Kane County Government Center.

He described the shift to county employee as wonderful news for him and his family and told the committee that he is “very, very grateful” for the job.

In the next month he hopes to complete a thorough evaluation of where the program is and where the county wants it to go, Nagel said.

“We’ve only just begun,” he said.

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ST. CHARLES – Redeemer Fellowship has planned an alternative service for those who find the holidays painful, rather than pleasant. It will be at 6:30 p.m. Friday at 1125 W. Oak St., St. Charles. “Blue Christmas” is a service for anyone Get a chance to receive who is feeling down or hurting tickets at Pheasant Run this winter, according to a news release. For information, visit www. ST. CHARLES – Those who make a charitable donation to redeemerfellowship.org.

Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley can receive tickets to a “Christmas on Help with local Giving Broadway” production that will Trees this season be at 8 p.m. Dec. 13 at Pheasant ST. CHARLES – The city of St. Charles employee Wellness Team Run Resort, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles. The regular ticket price is coordinating a Giving Tree is $51.75. Tickets are limited. To program with Tri-City Family Services to benefit a local family. reserve tickets, contact Peg Coker at 630-584-4428 or peg@lvfv.

Giving Trees are on display at org, then send a check to Literacy the municipal building, public works and the police department Volunteers Fox Valley, 1 S. Sixth Ave., St. Charles, IL 60174; or use with tags for wish-list items for PayPal by visiting www.lvfv.org/ the family. To help, select a tag events/theaterbenefit. Proceeds from one of the Giving Trees, buy the item or items, and return will benefit Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley, a nonprofit organizathe unwrapped gift or gifts to tion that helps adults read, write, the Giving Tree at the Municipal Building by Wednesday. Items on speak and understand English the tags start at $5. The gifts will by providing free, one-on-one be wrapped and delivered in time tutoring. For details about the for Christmas. Cash donations are program, visit www.lvfv.org or call welcome and will be used to buy 630-584-4428. items on tags not selected. Do– Kane County Chronicle

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Holiday sleigh ride sessions will be offered from 6 to 7 p.m., 7 to 8 p.m. and 8 to 9 p.m.

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Jan. 9, and from 1 to 4 p.m. Jan. 10. A variety of nonsinging and singing roles are available for adults and children, ages 6 and older. Visit the Playhouse 38 page at www.genevaparks.org for detailed characters information. Playhouse 38 is at 524 W. State St., Geneva. Those who wish to audition should prepare up to 32 bars of a musical theatre song to be performed a capella and a monologue or cutting from a story or poem of no more than one minute in length. Auditionees may be asked to read from the script.

Invitation-only callbacks will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Jan. 11. Call 630-232-4542 to schedule an audition. Once cast, a $245 ($265 nonresident) registration fee is required for youth and a $50 registration fee is required for adults.

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Celebrating one of the best seasons Let’s face it. My friends are everything. Without them, who else would I confess dumb secrets to and bake unsuccessful cakes with?

Obviously, the bond between my friends and me is solid. Since I was stuck with two older brothers, they’re the sisters I always yearned for but never had. Thus, with my close-knit group of friends by my side, the holiday season is definitely my favorite time of the year. As the years have passed, my friends and I have developed our own Christmastime traditions that we still carry on now.

For instance, we partake in Secret Santa every December.

For those of you unaware of Secret Santa, it’s when a group of people are each randomly assigned a person to give a present to. Nobody in the group knows who’s assigned to whom, and that is what makes it so intriguing.

Before we know which person we have to buy a gift for, my friends and I are required to write wish lists for our gift-givers. But since normal lists are too boring for my taste, I like to spice things up and create my wish lists in an obnoxious way for extra oomph. I usually try and make my wish list comical since that’s more my style.

And since shopping for Christmas presents for relatives is evidently a must, each year my friends and I hit the local mall to get some Christmas shopping items checked off our lists. We all grab our purses, pile into a minivan and then we’re off to get lost in a giant maze of stores. Sadly, none of us can read maps inside the mall too well.

While there, it’s always an adventure as we smell every cinnamon roll and peppermint aroma in the entire Yankee Candle store, as well as try on 30 different lotion scents

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BEFORE THE DIPLOMA Denise Cartina in Bath & Body Works. We sometimes even get some actual Christmas shopping done. Now that I think about it, we must look like idiots as we sniff candles and lotions that we never actually buy. It’s completely fine though, as we just tell the store clerks that we’re “looking.”

Let’s be real here; I normally don’t get any of my Christmas shopping done while at the annual mall trip. I’m often the one who’s assisting my friends as they buy presents. I’m usually too busy staring at an expensive dress that I will never have any occasion to wear, yet I still want it because it looks elegant.

Normally, I merely appreciate just being with my friends during the holidays as we do casual activities. Sipping caramel hot cocoa by the fireplace or baking gingerbread cookies while singing along to Christmas tunes is enough to put a blissful grin on my face.

Nevertheless, while I have the rest of the month to celebrate Christmas with my friends, everything is more bittersweet this year. As seniors in high school, this is the last time that my entire cluster of friends will be able to celebrate the holidays and join in on our yearly traditions together. Next year, we will be traveling on different paths. Surely, I’m going to treasure this December as much as I can. Let the holidays begin.

• Denise Cartina is a senior at Batavia High School.

In addition to writing, she enjoys watching sappy romantic comedies, eating peanut butter and keeping elegance alive. Contact her at editorial@kcchronicle.com.

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Does ‘Star Wars’ really need more politics?

By JONATHAN BERNSTEIN Bloomberg News The approach of the new “Star Wars” movie means new opportunities to write about politics in that far, far, faraway galaxy. As much as I’d like to resume my argument about the Galactic Republic as an Articles of Confederation knockoff, all I have to work with so far is Alyssa Rosenberg’s excellent kickoff post.

Rosenberg, who writes on culture and politics for The Washington Post, laments the extent to which politics in the old “Star Wars” is simply personal. She hopes the new series fills in some of what was missing in the original and in the prequels.

She’s right that they gave us a lot of vague stuff about “freedom” and little more. But I’m not sure I agree about wanting more politics.

Movies are almost always about individuals. Politics are often about institutions.

Still, there is something “Star Wars” can do, and the original captured this to some extent. It can help us see what it feels like for the individuals who take political action. From this point of view, the politics-is-personal issue that Rosenberg talks

about is a virtue.

Yes, Luke’s eagerness to leave his obscure world or the motives of Han Solo or Lando Calrissian tell us nothing about how they believe the world(s) should be organized.

Yet we recognize the political types: the kid with more idealism than sense; the cynic, who nevertheless, has concluded getting involved is better than not; the guy who doesn’t think of himself as “political” but who is nursing a personal grudge. Or the woman who has inherited her politics.

Since the characters are archetypes rather than fully formed people (which isn’t a flaw of the original films; it’s just a style of storytelling), we don’t get the complexity that real people have. That’s OK, too.

What was missing from the prequels, alas, were other people who were drawn to political action – Padme Amidala is the only one, and we don’t get much from her.

If we’re lucky, we’ll get that in the new movies.

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Holiday music event will be Dec. 15 in Aurora AURORA – The Fox Valley Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra will join forces with guest soloists and the community to sing the choruses from George

Frederic Handel’s “Do-It-Yourself” Messiah and other holiday music on Dec. 14. The event is set to begin at 3 p.m. at Our Savior Lutheran Church, 420 W. Downer Place, Aurora. Parking is available behind the church on Garfield Avenue. Admission is free, but donations are welcome. Proceeds will benefit LifeSpring Ministries of Aurora.

Attendees who want to sing along can bring, borrow or buy the choral part of the Messiah at the door. The cost is $10 a book or refundable deposit. A reception with refreshments will be after the concert in Our Savior’s parish house. For information, visit www.FVacademy. org or call 630-476-9072.

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Two First State Bank locations in Batavia are participating in collection efforts. The First State Bank at 18 E. Wilson St. in Batavia is hosting a Toys for Tots drive, with a collection box in its lobby. Toys can be dropped off through Dec. 15. In addition, the First State Bank at 1978 W. Wilson St. in Batavia is collecting toys for Access in Batavia, an organization through Batavia School District 101 that benefits children in the community. Toys for that collection can be dropped off through Dec. 11. That location also is accepting donations for the Batavia United Way adopt-a-family program.

Donated funds for that effort will be used to buy food, warm clothing and Christmas gifts for Batavia children in need. To learn more, call the 18 E. Wilson St. branch at 630-761-3000 or the 1978 W. Wilson St. branch at 630-879-8500.

Survey will be available from Monday through Dec. 17. Parents of all District 303 students are encouraged to participate.

This anonymous survey takes 10 to 15 minutes to complete and will be available at district. d303.org. Parents should complete one survey for each of their children who attend a District 303 school. All versions of the survey are available in English and Spanish. District 303 conducts this annual survey on a wide range of topics including teachers, curriculum, instruction, principals, administration, buildings and food service. The results of the survey are scheduled for presentation to the District 303 Board of Education in January or February 2015.

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Batavia resident writes about cancer survivorship ‘Right Kind of Pride’ about wife’s cancer battle, caregiving, community

By ERIC SCHELKOPF eschelkopf@shawmedia.com In caring for his wife, Linda, as she battled ovarian cancer for eight years, Batavia resident Christopher Cudworth learned about character, caregiving and community.

His book, “The Right Kind of Pride,” is built around a series of blogs distributed to a community of more than 80 volunteer caregivers who assisted Cudworth and his wife. She passed away last year.

Cudworth will do a book signing for “The Right Kind of Pride” from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at Graham’s 318 Coffeehouse, 318 S. Third St., Geneva.

Kane County Chronicle reporter Eric Schelkopf had the chance to talk to Cudworth about his book.

Eric Schelkopf: I understand the book is inspired by a series of blogs that you distributed to the caregivers who helped you out.

Chris Cudworth: We wanted to communi-

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Christopher Cudworth of Batavia will conduct a book signing for his first book, “The Right Kind of Pride,” from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at Graham’s 318 Coffeehouse in Geneva.

cate to them and also say thank you. Rather than just tell our needs, I started writing about us and I started writing about other people that I met, and really turned it into a dialogue with all these people.

When she was going through chemotherapy or whatever, I would be writing, because I didn’t have much else to do while I was sitting there. I’d write, and I’d read it back to her.

And of course, laughingly at times, she would say, “You can’t say that.” Because I get goofy and have fun.

These are not blogs that are really depressing. They are about survivorship and how you can be positive.

I even wrote one from the perspective of our dog. I really tried to use some literary devices to sort of increase the interest of these blogs, because we were really grateful.

People were bringing us meals and driving Linda to get care and all that sort of thing.

Our philosophy was as we are blessed, let us try to be a blessing to others. After she passed, I wrote an epilogue. I thought it merited a response to everyone that had gone on

this journey with us.

But also, it was my way of processing grief. It was my way of making sense of a lot of what I felt.

Schelkopf: What is the significance of the book title?

Cudworth: Linda did not take the role of victim. One of the things that we wanted to communicate is that it is good to share where you really are and to be honest.

We were always honest with our kids. We were always honest with everyone around us. So, there is sort of a vulnerability.

That’s where the book title kind of comes from. Having pride and being open and honest with people is the right kind of pride.

It’s about having pride and being willing to be honest about your situation.

Schelkopf: What would you like people to get out of the book?

Cudworth: I try to communicate to people through this book that they do have the tools to be a caregiver. They do have the tools to be a patient.

Because nobody feels real prepared for cancer. But if you take the time to analyze who you are and where you come from, there is strength there.

Cancer is sort of the symbol, but the book is about facing life’s challenges.

• Information about “The Right Kind of Pride” is available by going to Cudworth’s website, www.therightkindofpride.com. The book is also for sale at Town House Books, 105 N. 2nd Ave., St. Charles.

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CHRISTMASTIME AT THE FINE LINE SHOW AND SALE

WHEN: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6 WHERE: Multiple locations in Geneva COST/INFO: Five Geneva homes festively decorated by local decorators will open their doors to visitors for self-guided tours. Not all homes are within walking distance of each other, but a map, which includes addresses, of this year’s homes is available at www.genevachamber.com. Tickets cost $30 each and may be purchased in person at the Geneva Visitor Center, 8 S. Third St., Geneva; and at select shops in Geneva (a list is available on the chamber’s website or by calling 630-232-6060).

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WHEN: 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, through Thursday, Dec. 11; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 12, and Saturday, Dec. 13 (closed Sundays) WHERE: Fine Line Creative Arts Center, 37W570 Bolcum Road, St. Charles COST/INFO: Christmastime at the Fine Line Show and Sale is an annual juried event showcasing the best of its members’ artwork, while offering a variety of holiday gifts, such as pottery, paintings, textiles, glass, clothing, jewelry and home and personal accessories. On opening night Dec. 5, there will be luminaries lighting the way to the Fine Line barn and the Kavanagh Fine Arts Building, where there will be refreshments and hot cider. Proceeds from the show go toward funding its artistic programs. For information, visit fineline.org/christmastime-at-fine-line.

FOX VALLEY CONCERT BAND’S ‘HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS’ EVENT

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WHEN: 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7 WHERE: Norris Cultural Arts Center, 1040 Dunham Road, St. Charles COST/INFO: The Fox Valley Concert Band will present its annual “Home for the Holidays” concert. Santa will make an appearance, and after the concert there will be holiday treats. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted. For information, visit norrisculturalarts.com.

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CLASSIC HOLIDAY FILMS AT ARCADA THEATRE

DURANT HOUSE CANDLE LIGHT OPEN HOUSE

WHEN: Saturday, Dec. 6 WHERE: Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., St. Charles COST/INFO: The Arcada Theatre will show three holiday films this weekend, including “Miracle on 34th Street” at 1 p.m.; “Elf” at 4 p.m. and “White Christmas” at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $5 a person per show. Tickets are available for purchase at the door. For information, visit oshows.com.

WHEN: 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, and Sunday, Dec. 7 WHERE: The Durant House Museum (located within LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve), 37W700 Dean St., St. Charles.

COST/INFO: Celebrate 19th century Christmas traditions in the candle-lit Durant House.

Admission is $3 for adults and $1 for children.

For information, call 630-377-6424 or visit ppfv.org.

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A weeknight wine that drinks like a special occasion Rain was an infrequent occurrence during the 2009 growing season in the Douro region of northeast Portugal.

A spring that was an unpredictable mixed bag of weather events was hardly a harbinger of a hot, dry summer.

Despite a challenging growing season, Quinta de Roriz turned out a stellar blend.

Winemaker spotlight If Quinta de Roriz, Prazo de Roriz Tinto 2009 ($16) was a film, it would be a critically acclaimed box office hit. It would appeal to critics and audiences alike.

With 5,000 cases produced, this vintage should be available at your local wine store.

It’s a great value – a weeknight wine that drinks like something you’d open on a special occasion.

There are five grape varieties and their respective percentages listed on the specifications sheet for this wine.

An additional percentage is reserved for other varieties and fruit such as raspberries.

“Those kind of flavors, particularly raspberry, have been side by side with the mineral character, the hallmark of Prazo de Roriz profile along the years,” said Rui Ribeiro, the U.S. Ambassador for the Symington Family Estates.

“That comes from the specific terroir of Quinta de Roriz/ Quinta da Perdiz and the blend of Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz, Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Francisca, creating wine with plenty of finesse and elegance.”

While the dry growing season may have imparted more fruit over the mineral notes in 2009, according to Ribeiro, the terroir of the Douro lends itself to produce wines with acidity, structure and full fruit flavor.

Once again, a wine with fruit grown in a mountain environment captures my attention.

The raspberry notes are clean and clear. There’s a

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black cherry tea note that pleasantly presents itself. The minerality, which Ribeiro said “creates complexity and improves the freshness,” is unmistakable and keeps the fruit tastes vibrant. The tannins are very easygoing; the mouth feel is full, yet inviting.

It’s an ideal companion to any meal, played perfectly with beef stew on a cold night one recent week, and is a great wine to transition into bolder winter reds.

“The Douro is one of the oldest demarcated wine regions in the world, since 1756. That means beyond the large quantity of Portuguese varieties, which offer a unique diversity, there is a deep knowledge about the main ones – Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca – which permit us to set up the right approach according to what type of wine and profile we are looking for,” Ribeiro said.

“The Douro valley has particular soil and climate conditions in a mountain vineyard atmosphere, which makes this place probably the toughest viticultural environment of the world, well known for the unique range of flavors and concentration – naturally low yields – balanced with a distinctive acidity. Inside of the region we have pure expressions of terroir at those places like Quinta de Roriz, Quinta da Perdiz where the wines show world-class character consistently along the years.”

• 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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Mary Poppins, played by Emily Rohm (left), tucks in Michael, played by Charlie Babbo, in “Mary Poppins,” running through Sunday, Jan. 4, at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora.

High-flying ‘Mary’ opens at Paramount

By ERIC SCHELKOPF eschelkopf@shawmedia.com The Paramount Theatre’s high-flying production of “Mary Poppins” is the perfect way to usher in the holiday season with your family.

Rather than trying to emulate Julie Andrews’ iconic performance as Mary Poppins in the 1964 film version of “Mary Poppins,” Emily Rohm makes the role her own through her considerable charisma and vocal power. She is no stranger to the Paramount stage, having

appeared in such Paramount productions as “Annie” and “Hair.”

The same can be said for Matt Crowle, who is perfectly cast in the role of Bert, memorably played by Dick Van Dyke in the 1964 movie.

Crowle injects the warmth and whimsy that the role requires.

The production also provides plenty of laughs, some of them provided by Glory Kissel as the sarcastic housekeeper Mrs. Brill. And while the production doesn’t feature any animal penguins like the film, it does fea-

ture eye-popping scenery, outstanding choreography and some aerobatic thrills, including Rohm flying over the audience.

The musical is rated “G,” so parents can feel comfortable bringing their kids to this family-friendly show.

“Mary Poppins” will run through Sunday, Jan. 4.

The Paramount Theatre is located at 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora.

Tickets are available by calling the Paramount at 630-896-6666 or visiting its website, www.paramountaurora.com.

PLANIT KANE BRIEFS Trans Infinity Orchestra performance to aid Kane County’s Lazarus House

visit www.lazarushouseonline.com.

ST. CHARLES – The Trans Infinity Orchestra will present its musical tribute to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles.

Onesti Entertainment will donate 75 percent of the net proceeds from tickets purchased using the promo code “LAZ14” to Lazarus House, a homeless shelter serving Kane County.

Tickets are available for purchase at www. oshows.com or by calling 888-695-0888.

For information, call Darlene at 630-587-2144 or

Tom Fuller Band concert set for Dec. 5 at EvenFlow GENEVA – After returning from a European tour and the release of the Tom Fuller Band’s new album, “Freedom,” Tom Fuller will return to his hometown of Geneva to play at EvenFlow Music and Spirits on Friday, Dec. 5.

The concert will begin at 9 p.m.

Tickets cost $7 and are available at EvenFlow, 302 W. State St., Geneva.

For information, visit evenflowmusic.com/events.

Contact Sports Editor Jay Schwab at 630-845-5382 or at jschwab@shawmedia.com.

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Kaneland quarterback Jake Marczuk throws the ball against Sycamore on Oct. 3 in Sycamore. Kaneland athletic director Peter Goff, a former administrator at Sycamore, said he already voted in support of a measure that drastically would alter football scheduling. Instead of traditional conferences dictating scheduling, schedules would be determined by the IHSA, which would divide the state into eight geographic groupings consisting of seven to nine teams in each of the state’s eight playoffs classes. The top four teams in each region would make the playoffs.

SANTACATERINA NEARING THE END OF NIU CAREER Geneva grad and Northern Illinois redshirt senior linebacker Michael Santacaterina (left) looks to finish on a high note with the Huskies, writes sports reporter Vinnie Duber. PAGE 29

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EXAMINING THE SCHEDULE Proposal to be voted on this month calls for drastic changes

By JAY SCHWAB jschwab@shawmedia.com

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aking do amid a volatile conference landscape or embracing an uncertain future without direct scheduling control is the decision schools face this month in shaping Illinois high school football.

High schools statewide are voting on a proposal submitted by Sycamore High School that would drastically alter football scheduling. Instead of traditional conferences dictating scheduling, schedules would be determined by the IHSA, which would divide the state into eight geographic groupings consisting of seven to nine teams in each of the state’s eight playoffs classes. The top four teams in each region would make the playoffs.

Schools would still have the flexibility to enlist the IHSA’s help in setting up one or two inter-regional games, with an eye toward preserving rivalries that otherwise might be disrupted by the new structure. Regions would exist for two years before being tweaked based on enrollment changes.

The bylaw proposal – which surprised some observers, including IHSA executive director Marty Hickman, in making the ballot for statewide voting – is designed to combat the increase in conference-jumping, which has become especially prevalent in suburban Chicago in recent years.

Locally, the Upstate Eight and DuPage Valley conferences have been heavily affected, and the UEC – which includes Batavia, Geneva, St. Charles East and St. Charles North – faces the unenviable scenario of having an odd number of schools for 2015-16 once current members Metea Valley, Neuqua Valley and Waubonsie Valley head to the DVC. Geneva athletic director Jim Kafer said Wednesday he still is grappling with the proposal’s pros and cons.

“I really am not 100 percent sure of how I feel about it,” Kafer said. “I come from the state of Iowa where they have had a district concept of football for several decades now and it’s worked relatively well there, and I think in certain situations it would be a good thing for a lot of schools probably in Illinois as well, but I don’t know, there’s that unknown there that makes you kind of worry about it.

“Especially in a metropolitan area like the Chicago area, you wonder how would they end up grouping these schools. Even though they’re going to be based on population you look at last year’s football playoffs, we’re four miles

Today Boys basketball: Aurora Christian vs. Montini at Aurora Christian Tournament, 7:30 p.m.

Girls basketball: West Chicago at Batavia, 7:15 p.m.; St. Charles East at Larkin, 7:15 p.m.; Geneva at St. Charles North, 7:15 p.m.; St. Edward at Wheaton Academy, 7:30 p.m.

Wrestling: Kaneland at Sycamore, 7 p.m.

Boys bowling: St. Charles East at South Elgin 4 p.m.

Girls bowling: St. Charles East at Metea Valley, 4 p.m.; St. Charles North at Neuqua Valley, 4 p.m.

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St. Charles East’s Ramon Lopez gets tackled by the Batavia defense Sept. 19 at St. Charles East High School in St. Charles. St. Charles East athletic director Mike Sommerfeld said the IHSA conference realignment proposal didn’t receive much support at a town hall meeting he attended in Tinley Park. from Batavia and they got sent south and we got sent north. Would the two schools get split up and not be in the same district? You look at a school like East Aurora which has a huge enrollment but has some other issues from a standpoint of competitiveness, they’re going to get grouped in with Neuqua Valley and some of those schools. Those are the things that kind of go through your head.”

St. Charles North football coach Rob Pomazak said a sample grouping he saw for North posed concerns.

“From what I’ve seen the way the proposal would work, I’m a bit leery about the transportation and [the travel distance],” Pomazak said. “I took a look at what the AD from Sycamore sent out [earlier this week] and his versions of what regions would be and it has us playing anywhere from Plainfield Central to Moline. You’re talking about a stretch of 150 to 200 miles, and that would be seven of nine games. From my aspect, the only way I’d be for it is if the regions made sense, if they were truly competitive and

the transportation was within reason.”

Kaneland athletic director Peter Goff, a former administrator at Sycamore, said he already voted in support of the measure.

Finding nonconference football opponents is a huge headache at Kaneland, Goff said, so shifting the scheduling burden on the IHSA would help “immensely.” Kaneland is still searching for a Week 2 opponent for next season, Goff said.

Goff said a sample region for Kaneland included current Northern Illinois Big 12 brethren such as Yorkville, DeKalb and Ottawa along with other schools like Marmion, St. Francis and Hinsdale South.

“It probably will start some good, new rivalries as well,” Goff said.

St. Charles East athletic director Mike Sommerfeld said the proposal didn’t receive much support at a town hall meeting he attended in Tinley Park.

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East still wants Tri-Cities games • SCHEDULE Continued from page 28 Sommerfeld said he and Saints football coach Bryce Farquhar also have reservations, especially since East’s larger enrollment likely would put the Saints in a different region than St. Charles North, Batavia and Geneva, jeopardizing the continuation of some of those well-supported matchups.

“Those games with our Tri-Cities schools are really important to us,” Sommerfeld said.

Batavia is expected to vote against the proposal. Bulldogs football coach Dennis Piron considers shifting away from conferences to be an overreaction to scheduling challenges, especially on such an accelerated timetable.

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ant thing that would solve a lot of the problem would be to find a way for a few more teams to get in the playoffs,” Piron said. “That might solve some of the problem [with conference jumping] and help out in that regard a little bit.”

Kafer said proponents of the change did a solid job accentuating the benefits of the shift in outreach to administrators. He’s just not sold that there will be enough statewide support to carry the vote, the results of which will be announced next month.

“You look at the history of Illinois, and human nature is resistant to radical change – I just would be surprised if people were willing to jump on board right now, but I think there’s enough interest in it, at least curiosity with it, I don’t know that this would necessarily be the end of it even if it doesn’t pass,” Kafer said.

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The Northern Illinois football team is once again competing for a Mid-American Conference championship.

But that has been commonplace for the Huskies (10-2), who are in the league title game for the fifth straight season. The Huskies will play Bowling Green (7-5) at 6 p.m.

Friday at Ford Field in Detroit.

“From inside, it’s just been a year of go back to work, as coach says it,” said NIU redshirt senior linebacker and Geneva graduate Michael Santacaterina. “Every week we kind of know what we have to do to win the game, and it’s right back to work after the game. I think this year’s team is a lot different than last year’s team. There’s no real big star.

There’s no Jordan Lynch, there’s no Jimmie Ward. I think we’ve got a group of guys who love to go to work. It’s a hard-working team, that’s what I love about it.

“I know last year we won some games strictly off Jordan doing what Jordan does. And

here before, and he’ll be there again Friday as Northern Illinois plays Bowling Green for the conference championship. Bowling Green ended the Huskies’ perfect season a year ago in the title game. But Santacaterina is going to make sure his team is focused without revenge on the mind.

“I’m just making sure everyone is focused on the task at hand,” he said. “We have a feeling that last year going into this game we kind of took a breath after the regular NIU Media Services season, kind of looked ahead Geneva graduate and Northern Illinois redshirt senior linebacker Michael Santacaterina looks to make a to the bowl game. The biggest tackle Friday against Western Michigan in Kalamazoo, Mich. NIU won, 31-21. Santacaterina and the Huskies thing will be just focusing on finishing. Our motto this week are playing for the Mid-American Conference title Friday against Bowling Green at Ford Field in Detroit. is finish. And we’re going into ing to know that you can lead a ous programs and are used to that’s not the case this year, practice every day this week winning, that sets the bar high with that mindset of coming bunch of guys to go to war for and we’ve had to win games you as a team for one common and sets the expectation of as a team. And any time you out with a win. winning. I think that standard goal. It’s just a hard-working do that, it brings the team “We’re not really into the is definitely set high here. group, and that’s the kind of together.” whole rematch thing. It’s a “Back in high school, guys you want to have on a Santacaterina is one of new team, new year, different we had a team that loved to team and that’s why we’ve those players not necessarily ending. That’s the motto we work and loved the game, seen so much success.” dominating the headlines have.”

Santacaterina said winning and I think that’s the same as Lynch did, but one who’s in high school helped with the [at NIU]. A lot of guys have a joining with his teammates • Vinnie Duber writes transition to the college ranks. great passion and tremendous the weekly On Campus to continue their dominance enthusiasm about playing “Coming from a winning on the field. A former Viking, column for the Kane County the game, and you don’t see program like Geneva, all Santacaterina is one of the Chronicle. If you have a that everywhere. And I think that can do is help fuel future leaders. story idea on area athletes that’s a great advantage to our competing in college, contact success,” he said. “Winning is “The leading of it has been a habit, and any time you have team.” incredibly satisfying,” Santahim at vinnieduber@gmail.

Santacaterina has been caterina said. “It’s a great feel- guys who have won in previcom.

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IN THE GROOVE RYAN FITZGERALD Burlington Central, Jr., F What he did: Fitzgerald unloaded on Byron on Tuesday for 37 points, more than 10 points more than his previous career high.

BATAVIA’S DEPTH What the Bulldogs did: Batavia’s bench showed well throughout the Windmill City Classic last week as Bulldogs coach Jim Nazos was able to insert a brand-new five with minimal drop-off. Reserve point guard Kamontez Thomas was named “Most Inspirational Player” for the tournament.

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Kaneland’s Ryan David (left) and Batavia’s Kamontez Thomas (right) battle for a loose ball during a Windmill City Classic game Nov. 27 in Batavia. Thomas was named “Most Inspirational Player” for the tournament.

HITTING REWIND Kaneland started the Windmill City Classic well with a lopsided win against Chicago Marine Leadership Academy but then ran into trouble, falling against St. Francis, Batavia and Wheaton Warrenville South.

The tournament, however, was a confidence-builder for junior shooting guard Dylan Vaca, who showed he’d ready to break through in his second year on varsity after an injury-plagued sophomore season.

NOTEWORTHY Injury tests St. Charles East’s depth St. Charles East junior forward James McQuillan banged his head on the floor during the first quarter of Friday’s game against St. Joseph, ultimately being diagnosed with a concussion.

That meant the Saints had to play almost two full games at the Ron Johnson tournament without McQuillan, who has been on varsity since his freshman year and is expected to be among the team’s top scorers this season.

McQuillan did not attend Saturday’s third-place game against St. Charles North, a 70-49 Saints victory.

“He wanted to be at the game [Saturday] but I wouldn’t let him come knowing he has a headache, with all the noise,” East coach Pat Woods said. “ …

But that’s just another weapon we have and I think that just makes us better and also affords us to play a lot of kids, which was our goal coming in [to the season].

“But I thought we got a lot of other kids some good minutes and hopefully they can grow from that experience and make us better down the road.”

With McQuillan sidelined, junior Evan DiLeonardi moved into East’s starting lineup and reserves such as Cam Miller, Jake Clodi and Mike Settle saw extended action. Woods said he was unsure whether McQuillan, a wing player, Sean King for Shaw Media would be cleared in time for Saturday’s St. Charles East junior forward James McQuillan (left) drives to the basket against East rematch with the North Stars.

Vikings, North Stars moved to February Friday’s scheduled game between Geneva and host St. Charles North was moved to Feb. 17 at the request of the North Stars, who otherwise faced an exhausting weekend.

North would have played on three straight days with games scheduled Saturday at St. Charles East and Sunday against St. Patrick as part of a shootout at Ridgewood.

There is precedent for North and East moving back their first conference meeting if they meet during the Ron Johnson Thanksgiving tournament, as they did this year, but that won’t be the case this season.

Aurora’s guard Adrian Smith (center) and Daishon Smith during the Ron Johnson Thanksgiving Tournament on Nov. 24 at St. Charles East High School in St. Charles. McQuillan banged his head on the floor during the first quarter of Friday’s game against St. Joseph, and was diagnosed with a concussion.

After East’s 70-49 thrashing of North, North Stars coach Tom Poulin quipped that the Saints have little incentive to delay a rematch.

“I know they’re not going to want to,” Poulin said.

ald in positions to puncture Byron’s zone defense near the basket.

“He was the beneficiary of a lot of good passing and unselfishness,” Porto said.

Porto said the 30-point margin of victory against Byron was surprising.

“We played really well,” Porto said.

Fantastic Fitz “Byron just came off winning the Byron Junior forward Ryan Fitzgerald scored Thanksgiving Tournament so our kids 37 points in Tuesday’s Burlington Central were pumped up to go against a team rout of Byron but Central coach Brett like that. We have an idea of where we Porto made it clear he had plenty of help. want Ryan to operate versus zones and Porto praised guards Luke McCurdy, he kind of made them pay.”

Stefan Jochum, Drew Wiss and Nathan – Jay Schwab, Moxness for finding the 6-foot-5 Fitzgerjschwab@shawmedia.com

COMING ATTRACTION Rivals Batavia and Geneva and St. Charles East and St. Charles North each will square off Saturday as the nightcap of girls-boys doubleheaders.

Batavia will host Geneva while East will host North, just as the Saints did in last weekend’s third-place game of the Ron Johnson Tournament. The Bulldogs will need to handle West Chicago on Friday to make the Batavia-Geneva game a matchup of early-season unbeatens.

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seph Siprut, a Chicago-based attorney who filed a similar suit against the NCAA over concussions in 2011 on behalf of Adrian Arrington, a former safety at Eastern Illinois.

“Risk minimization for high school student-athletes in all sports, including football, has been and will continue to be a top priority for the association,” the IHSA said. “We believe that since the IHSA began sanctioning football competition, the safety procedures and protocols in place for high school football have been on par with, or have exceeded, those that exist around the country, regardless of the level of football.

“At its core, high school football is not college football, nor is it the NFL, and for the vast majority of these young players this is the highest level at which they will compete. The IHSA bears that in mind as it continues to bring safer standards of play to practice, games and off-season workouts.”

The IHSA has scheduled a news conference for 11 a.m. Friday at Lincoln-Way West High School in New Lenox.

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In response to a class-action lawsuit filed over concussions, the IHSA issued a statement Wednesday, saying the organization is best equipped to handle safety concerns from football.

The lawsuit was filed last weekend against the IHSA on behalf of Daniel Bukal, a quarterback at Niles Notre Dame from 1999 to 2003.

It argues that the IHSA failed to adequately protect players from concussions, and calls upon the association to develop stricter protocols regarding the management of head injuries.

“While this lawsuit alleges that it exists to help aid in that matter, simply put, high school football should not be subject to being dismantled or reassembled,” the IHSA said in a 450word statement. “Those who oversee safety measures on a day-to-day basis are the people best equipped to address these improvements, not those operating within the courts.”

Representing Bukal is Jo-

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Hampshire 64, St. Francis 62: At Hampshire, St. Francis

AURORA – The Aurora Central Catholic boys basketball team bombarded Montini with 16 3-pointers Wednesday, ripping the Broncos, 81-45, at Aurora Christian’s Burney Wilkie Tournament.

Brett Czerak (23 points), Evan Schuetz (22), Mac Cowen (12) and Mario May (eight points, 14 rebounds) paced the Chargers (1-1).

In the tournament nightcap, Aurora Christian topped Joliet Catholic, 61-53. RD Lutze (26 points) paced the Eagles while Zack Singer (14) and Pat McNamara (10) also hit double figures for Aurora Christian (1-1).

dropped a tight, nonconference contest.

GIRLS GYMNASTICS Geneva 137.35, U-46 co-op 129.8: At Geneva, Megan Beitzel won the all-around while Grace Ginsberg (first place, vault), Julia Grootens (first place, floor exercise) and Claire Ginsberg (first place bars, second place beam) also led the Vikings in their season debut.

At Lisle Lanes, Kaneland was led by Dominique Lee (474 series) and Rena Wojciechowski (456 series, 213 in Game 3).

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32 BEARS INSIDER Hub Arkush It’s not that the Dallas Cowboys aren’t for real, they are.

They’re deserving of their 8-4 record and they should beat the Bears tonight at Soldier Field.

But Dallas is flawed, and interestingly enough, the Bears will be far from the best matchup Dallas has seen this year.

Question No. 1, of course, is will the Bears show up?

It’s impossible to know right now what their relationship is with their coach and what kind of hold coach Marc Trestman has on the locker room.

But I don’t believe, whatever you might want to say about them, that guys such as Jay Cutler, Matt Forte, Brandon Marshall, Jermon Bushrod, Roberto Garza, Jeremiah Ratliff, Jared Allen, D.J. Williams or Tim Jennings are quitters.

I don’t think anyone else on the roster is either, but those players specifically are proud veterans who’ve won in the league before. Whatever issues they have right now, they will show up and fight.

Particularly crucial for the Bears will be whether Ratliff, who is listed as questionable because of a balky knee, can go. Not because he’s an ex-Cowboy looking for revenge, because he’s that rare

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Bears’ Jeremiah Ratliff roams the sideline during the Nov. 23 game against Tampa Bay at Soldier Field. The Bears play the Dallas Cowboys tonight at Soldier Field. three-technique who plays the run as well as he shoots gaps and penetrates into the backfield.

If the Bears are to win, defensive linemen Ratliff, Stephen Paea, Allen, Willie Young, Will Sutton and Ego Ferguson are going to have to play their best game of the year.

You probably have heard by now the strength of this Cowboys team is the offensive line, led by first-round picks Tyron Smith, Travis Fredericks and Zack Martin.

As good as running back DeMarco Murray has been, those guys are the biggest reason for his success. If the Bears vetertans up front on de-

fense can turn it into a street fight, they won’t stop Murray, but they can keep him from taking over the game.

That will be where Williams comes in. Knowing what the Cowboys want to do, it would be a mistake for the Bears to play as much nickel as they have to date, and the linebacker has the stuff to take the middle of the field away from Murray if given the chance.

Jon Bostic has to play sound assignment football at weakside linebacker, and I’d start Christian Jones over Shea McClellin at strongside linebacker, but if McClellin has the ability, this is the game in which he can silence

a lot of doubters.

Of course that still leaves Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant, who right now is a better player than Bears receivers Marshall or Alshon Jeffery.

Bryant is gong to make some plays.

Again, this is a game to flip the script. Kyle Fuller has been asked to be the Bears’ No. 1 corner since Charles Tillman went down, and he’s struggled.

If the Bears get Jennings on Bryant as often as possible, Jennings will lose a few, but I suspect he’ll win enough to stay competitive.

If you dare Cowboys quarterterback Tony Romo to beat you, he usually can’t.

Defensively, the Cowboys come in only 22nd in total defense, 22nd vs. the run, 20th vs. the pass, 28th rushing the passer, 30th in third-down efficiency and 16th in points allowed.

The Cowboys’ best defensive player was LB Justin Durant, who went out for the season about five weeks ago.

Barry Church now leads them in tackles from the safety spot, but if the Bears turn Forte loose, the Cowboys have nobody to match him.

Dallas Linebacker Rolando McClain will get my vote for Comeback Player of the Year and he will make some splash plays tonight, but he’s not a guy who will run with Forte all night long.

Defensive tackle Henry Melton is healthy and I’m happy for him. The truth, however, is he really has been just average this year with five sacks, with only two tackles for loss and two passes batted down.

Bears guard Kyle Long should win that matchup.

The Cowboys come in sixth in the league in time-of-possession advantage; the Bears are 11th.

If the Bears are willing to commit to Forte on the ground, stay with him and win that battle keeping Murray off the field, this becomes a winnable game.

• Chicago Football editor Hub Arkush can be reached at harkush@shawmedia.com or on Twitter @Hub_Arkush.

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ADVICE Writer’s sad story has happy ending years later Dear Abby: You mentioned in a recent column that few people write to follow up on what happened since their original letter was published. You printed mine April 1, 2001.

I am “Hurting in Houston,” the son who, with his partner, was suddenly no longer welcome in his parents’ home after they moved to a retirement community, because they were afraid their neighbors would shun them if they discovered they had a gay son.

You advised that I should live my own life and, maybe, someday they would come around – and that is what I did.

After a number of years, I received a call from a sibling informing me that my father was ill with only a short time left, and I should fly to their city to see him. I asked if I was wanted, and he said, “It doesn’t matter, just come!” So, I swallowed my pride, flew there and made my way to the hospice house. Although my mother received me well, Dad did not,

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips and we never had a good moment before he died a few days later. I told my mother I was staying for the funeral whether she liked it or not and had my partner fly in.

After the service there was a gathering at my mother’s house with all their friends. I introduced my partner to them and everyone was as kind as could be. Many mentioned their own gay siblings or relatives.

When the event was over, my mother said, “Wow, this has all been pretty silly, hasn’t it?” It was such a colossal understatement that I could not find words to respond.

Ten years have passed; my mother is now in hospice care with only a short time left. We have built a great relationship, and she loves my partner of more than 20

years very much. We are glad to be able to be there for her.

Much has changed in the world over these years and the acceptance of gays has been remarkable, but for me, having these last years with my mother’s love will be a comfort I can hold onto for the rest of my life. Thank you, Abby. – No Longer “Hurting In Houston” Dear No Longer Hurting: And thank YOU for letting me and my readers know your story has a happy ending. I couldn’t be more pleased to know you are doing well. In case you didn’t see it, there was a follow-up column regarding your letter that was published May 24, 2001, in which a family in California offered to adopt you and your partner! PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) was mentioned in that follow-up and is an resource for building bridges of understanding.

Find it at pflag.org.

• Write Dear Abby at www. dearabby.com.

Swollen legs and ankles have multitude of causes Dear Doctor K: Why are my legs and ankles swollen?

Dear Reader: Swelling of the legs from a buildup of extra fluid is known as edema. In addition to the swelling, the skin above the swollen area is stretched and shiny. Your doctor can easily check for edema by gently pressing a finger over your foot, ankle or leg with slow, steady pressure.

If you have edema, you will see an indentation where the doctor pressed.

Swelling of the legs and ankles is usually not serious.

However, it can be caused by diseases of the heart, lungs, liver and kidney.

Where does the extra fluid come from? About 60 percent of our body weight is from water.

The water is in three “spaces.”

Most is in the space inside each cell. Some is in the space between our cells. The rest is in the space inside our blood vessels and a few other locations. Water passes back and forth between these spaces.

The presence of edema means that there is more fluid than normal in the space between the cells. Usually, this extra fluid

ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff comes from the fluid inside the blood vessels.

Edema of any cause is often worst in the legs and ankles.

When we’re sitting or standing, gravity pulls the water inside blood vessels downward. That raises pressure inside the blood vessels, which pushes water out into the space between the cells.

The two most common causes of leg and ankle swelling are prolonged standing or sitting, especially in hot weather; and weakness of tiny valves inside the veins of the legs. The weakened valves make it more difficult for the veins to pump blood back to the heart. As a result, water leaks out of the veins and into the space between the cells.

Pregnancy can cause edema in the legs. The baby and uterus press on the veins carrying blood from the legs to the heart. Like weakened valves in leg veins, this causes water to leak out of the veins and into the space be-

tween the cells. Fluid retention during pregnancy also can be caused by a more serious condition called pre-eclampsia.

One serious cause of leg and ankle swelling in adults is congestive heart failure. When the heart is not pumping efficiently, some blood pools in the veins of the legs (again, because of gravity), and water leaks into the space between the cells.

Another cause is low protein levels in the blood, often the result of malnutrition or kidney and liver disease. This produces swelling not only in the legs and ankles but everywhere; puffy eyes and face are common.

A more serious cause of swelling in the legs and ankles, and in the face, is a seriously underactive thyroid gland.

In tomorrow’s column we’ll discuss what your doctor should do to diagnose the cause of your edema, and what you and your doctor should do to treat it.

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

Teen’s move to California means making new friends Dr. Wallace: My dad is in the Navy, and he has been transferred to San Francisco. Our family will be moving there in a few weeks, and we are all looking forward to leaving the cold winter days in Chicago. We visited San Francisco on a vacation last year, and we are all looking forward to living in the beautiful “city by the bay.”

The only thing that makes me sad about leaving the “Windy City” is leaving my two closest friends that I’ve known ever since grade school. I’m not a really outgoing person, and it is hard for me to make new friends. I plan to try really hard so that I can enjoy my new high school and have new friends. That’s why I’m writing to you to get some suggestions on fitting in and getting acquainted with my new classmates. Any help will be appreciated. – Brittany, Chicago Dear Brittany: The fastest way to make friends is to display a positive outlook, smile a lot and say nice things about San Francisco, and let them help you learn about your new city.

Be appreciative of their efforts and compliment them on their knowledge of their city. Everybody enjoys a heartfelt compliment. When you make someone else feel good, it will inspire them to respect you, and they will remember your friendliness.

Become involved by joining clubs and taking part in other student activities that you enjoy.

I’m positive that you will make many new friends in San Francisco, but don’t forget to stay in touch with your good

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace friends in Chicago. They will miss you, too.

Dr. Wallace: I’m 17 and dating a girl who is also 17. She is a wonderful girl, and I really enjoy being with her. I always feel comfortable with her. We study a lot together because we are both academically inclined and think getting good grades is important. We generally study together at her house from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

We really have great study sessions together, and our grades are excellent.

My problem is that her parents never make me feel welcome. They say hello and goodbye when I go to her house, but that’s about all they ever say to me. It sometimes makes me think they don’t like me. I have never discussed this with Heather, but I’m wondering if I should, and if maybe we could plan a short meeting with her parents to find out if they have anything against me. What do you advise? – Nameless, Baltimore, Maryland Dear Nameless: Forget about having a meeting with Heather’s parents.

If they didn’t approve of you being with their daughter, you wouldn’t be seeing her at all. The fact that they disappear indicates that they feel comfortable that you are with their daughter and realize that your study sessions are very worthwhile.

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

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BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

Keep an opponent on a fork’s tines

CELEBRITY CIPHER

Hattie McDaniel, an actress who died in 1952, said: “When I was little, my mother taught me how to use a knife and fork. The trouble is that Mother forgot to teach me how to stop using them!”

We have a fork play in bridge, named after Cardinal Morton, who was made the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1486 and Lord Chancellor of England in 1487 by Henry VII. Whichever you turn, you lose. It is highlighted in this deal.

South blasted into six spades.

West led the club queen. What should declarer have done?

After North’s three-spade game-forcing rebid that showed three-card support, South wondered if a grand slam were makable, but sensibly settled for the uninformative leap to six spades.

South had 10 top tricks: six spades, two hearts and two clubs.

He needed to establish his heart suit to gain the extra tricks. That would have been easy if the five missing cards were splitting 3-2, but what if they were 4-1?

Declarer won the first trick with dummy’s king and drew two rounds of trumps with dummy’s honors. When West turned up with three, South sensibly decided that if either opponent had a singleton heart, it was more likely to be West than East. Declarer played a heart to his ace and returned a heart toward the dummy. What could West have done?

Nothing! If he had ruffed, dummy would have played low. Then South would have taken the next club, unblocked dummy’s heart king, ruffed a diamond in his hand, and ruffed a heart to establish his suit. And when West discarded, declarer won in the dummy and conceded a heart trick to East.

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COMICS Arlo & Janis

Garfield

Big Nate

Frank & Earnest

Crankshaft

Soup to Nutz

Stone Soup

The Born Loser

Dilbert

Rose Is Rose

Beetle Bailey

HOROSCOPES

Blondie

Pearls Before Swine

The Argyle Sweater

Real Life Adventures

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TODAY – Setting realistic goals and prioritizing your steps will help you reach your set destination. Be prepared to act quickly to avoid missing out on a once-in-alifetime offer. Procrastinating will be your downfall. Listen to your head, not your heart, where partnerships are concerned.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Education is an ongoing search for knowledge.

You will outmaneuver the competition if you continue to hone your skills and expertise. Don’t overexert yourself while exercising or doing physical or laborious chores.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Whether decorating your home for upcoming festivities or renovating to better suit your needs, comfort and convenience should be scheduled. Get everyone you live with to chip in and help.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Overemotional or irrational outbursts will cause others to alienate you. Prevent hurt feelings or angry confrontations by thinking matters through before you act or speak. Limit your consumption and your spending.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Turn something you enjoy into a money-making venture. Extracurricular activities will help round out your social life and lead to a more diverse and interesting lifestyle.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Don’t expect everyone to agree with you. Work diligently to get everything in place before you share your plans. The more prepared you are, the less opposition you will face.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Financial and personal disappointments are likely if you don’t keep your emotions in check. Consider the motives of anyone who is soliciting a donation, making questionable demands or asking for assistance.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Your stress level is on the rise. Altering your surroundings or a moving to a new location will change the dynamics of your current problem or situation. Devote time to something you enjoy doing.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Others may not agree with your plans, but you have the expertise and intelligence to make your dreams come to life. Let everyone know that you intend to move forward.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Take a step back before you make a irreversible decision.

Observe what’s going on around you and determine the extent of the situation and the consequences that lie ahead should you make a move.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – An unfortunate misunderstanding between you and someone close to you is apparent. Choose your words carefully and be aware of the pressures that both you and those around you are facing.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Love is on the rise. Your creativity level is high, allowing you to come up with solutions to any challenge you face. A short trip will provide inspiration.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – With your abundance of energy you will breeze through your tasks. Taking on additional duties will boost your reputation, but be sure to leave some time for more enjoyable pastimes.

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL

CIRCUIT COUNTY OF KANE, STATE OF ILLINOIS THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS CWABS, INC., ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-13, Plaintiff(s), vs.

MARIA RINCON, SAMUEL RINCON A/K/A SAMUEL J. RINCON, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AND AQUA FINANCE, INC., Defendant(s).

12 CH 3817 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment heretofore entered by the said Court in the above entitled cause, the Sheriff of Kane County, Illinois, will on January 15, 2015, at the hour of 9:00 AM, at the Kane County Judicial Center, 37W777 Route 38, Court Room JC100, St. Charles, IL 60175, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described premises and real estate in the said Judgment mentioned, situated in the County of Kane, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment, to wit: Common Address: 1944 BRISTOL CIRCLE, CARPENTERSVILLE, IL 60110 P.I.N. 03-24-203-041 Contact the Law Office of IRA T. NEVEL, LLC, 175 North Franklin, Suite 201, Chicago, Illinois 60606, (312) 357-1125, for further information.

The terms of the sale are: Ten percent (10%) due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and balance is due within 24 hours of the sale. The subject property is subject to real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the Court.

The property is improved by a single family home, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenants thereunto belonging and will not be available for inspection prior to sale.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)

9(g)(1) (g) (4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

LAW OFFICES OF IRA T. NEVEL, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff Ira T. Nevel - ARDC #06185808 175 North Franklin St. Suite 201 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 357-1125 Pleadings@nevellaw.com MA # 10-00948 I636354 (Published in the Kane Country Chronicle, December 4, 11 & 18, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE F14020216 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY- GENEVA, ILLINOIS Wells Fargo Bank, NA Plaintiff, vs.

Joseph M. Caffarello; Mary Ellen Miller; The Silverstone Lake Condominium Association; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Defendants.

14 CH 334 Property Address: 6778 Slate Drive, Carpentersville, Illinois 60110 NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a judgment of said Court entered in the above-entitled cause on September 29, 2014, I, Sheriff, Patrick B Perez of Kane County, Illinois, will hold a sale on January 8, 2015 , commencing at 9:00 AM, at the Kane County Judicial Center, 37W777 Route 38, St. Charles, IL 60175, Room JC 100. to sell to the highest bidder or bidders the following described real estate, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to satisfy said decree, to-wit: Commonly known as: 6778 Slate Drive, Carpentersville, Illinois 60110 P.I.N.: 03-02-277-022 (new); 03-02-277-001 (old) First Lien Position; Condominium; Judgment Amount $185,146.83 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) AND (H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), AND 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE PURCHASER OF THE PROPERTY, OTHER THAN A MORTGAGEE,

SHALL PAY THE ASSESSMENTS AND LEGAL FEES REQUIRED BY SUBSECTIONS (g)(1) AND (g)(4) OF SECTION 9 AND THE ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION (g-1) OF SECTION 18.5 OF THE ILLINOIS CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY ACT. The property will not be open for inspection.

Terms of Sale: CASH - 10% down at the time of sale and the balance due within 24 hours of the sale. All payments for the amount bid shall be in certified funds payable to the Sheriff of Kane County.

The person to contact for information regarding this property is: Steven J. Lindberg at FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC 1771 West Diehl Road, Suite 120, Naperville, IL 60563 (866)4028661. For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois.com 24 hours prior to sale.

This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC 1771 W. Diehl Rd., Ste 150 Naperville, IL 60563-4947 630-453-6960 866-402-866 630-428-4620 (fax) I636273 (Published in the Kane Country Chronicle, December 4, 11 & 18, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF KANE, STATE OF ILLINOIS THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS CWABS, INC., ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-13, Plaintiff(s), vs.

MARIA RINCON, SAMUEL RINCON A/K/A SAMUEL J. RINCON, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AND AQUA FINANCE, INC., Defendant(s).

CLASSIFIED 39 dant(s) 12 CH 3817 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment heretofore entered by the said Court in the above entitled cause, the Sheriff of Kane County, Illinois, will on January 15, 2015, at the hour of 9:00 AM, at the Kane County Judicial Center, 37W777 Route 38, Court Room JC100, St. Charles, IL 60175, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described premises and real estate in the said Judgment mentioned, situated in the County of Kane, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment, to wit: LOT 22 IN BLOCK 3 OF FIRST ADDITION TO UNIT 15 OF GOLF VIEW HIGHLANDS, IN THE VILLAGE OF CARPENTERSVILLE, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Common Address: 1944 BRISTOL CIRCLE, CARPENTERSVILLE, IL 60110 P.I.N. 03-24-203-041 Contact the Law Office of IRA T. NEVEL, LLC, 175 North Franklin, Suite 201, Chicago, Illinois 60606, (312) 357-1125, for further information.

The terms of the sale are: Ten percent (10%) due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and balance is due within 24 hours of the sale. The subject property is subject to real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the Court.

The property is improved by a single family home, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenants thereunto belonging and will not be available for inspection prior to sale.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

LAW OFFICES OF IRA T. NEVEL, LLC

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40 CLASSIFIED Attorney for Plaintiff Ira T. Nevel - ARDC #06185808 175 North Franklin St. Suite 201 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 357-1125 Pleadings@nevellaw.com MA # 10-00948 I636354 (Published in the Kane Country Chronicle, December 4, 11 & 18, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE F14020216 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY- GENEVA, ILLINOIS Wells Fargo Bank, NA Plaintiff, vs.

Joseph M. Caffarello; Mary Ellen Miller; The Silverstone Lake Condominium Association; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Defendants.

14 CH 334 Property Address: 6778 Slate Drive, Carpentersville, Illinois 60110 NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a judgment of said Court entered in the above-entitled cause on September 29, 2014, I, Sheriff, Patrick B Perez of Kane County, Illinois, will hold a sale on January 8, 2015 , commencing at 9:00 AM, at the Kane County Judicial Center, 37W777 Route 38, St. Charles, IL 60175, Room JC 100. to sell to the highest bidder or bidders the following described real estate, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to satisfy said decree, to-wit: UNIT 69-6 IN SILVERSTONE LAKE CONDOMINIUM AS DELINEATED ON THE PLAT OF SURVEY OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: VARIOUS LOTS IN THE SILVERSTONE LAKE SUBDIVISIONS IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN VILLAGE OF CARPENTERSVILLE, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, WHICH SURVEY IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT D TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 2003K008173 RECORDED JANUARY 15, 2003, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, TOGETHER WITH ITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS. Commonly known as: 6778 Slate Drive, Carpentersville, Illinois 60110

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P.I.N.: 03-02-277-022 (new); 03-02-277-001 (old) First Lien Position; Condominium; Judgment Amount $185,146.83 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(H-1) AND (H-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), AND 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE PURCHASER OF THE PROPERTY, OTHER THAN A MORTGAGEE, SHALL PAY THE ASSESSMENTS AND LEGAL FEES REQUIRED BY SUBSECTIONS (g)(1) AND (g)(4) OF SECTION 9 AND THE ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION (g-1) OF SECTION 18.5 OF THE ILLINOIS CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY ACT. The property will not be open for inspection.

Terms of Sale: CASH - 10% down at the time of sale and the balance due within 24 hours of the sale. All payments for the amount bid shall be in certified funds payable to the Sheriff of Kane County.

The person to contact for information regarding this property is: Steven J. Lindberg at FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC 1771 West Diehl Road, Suite 120, Naperville, IL 60563 (866)4028661. For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois.com 24 hours prior to sale.

This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC 1771 W. Diehl Rd., Ste 150 Naperville, IL 60563-4947 630-453-6960 866-402-866 630-428-4620 (fax) I636273

for the change of names of KENNETH M. MALONE to KENNETH M. BERNHARD SR. pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/21-101 et seq.

Dated November 13, 2014 at St. Charles, Illinois. /s/ Kenneth M. Malone Petitioner (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, December 4, 11 & 18, 2014.)

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS 14 MR 1183 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION REGARDING NAME CHANGE Public notice is hereby given that on January 20, 2015, 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

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This Classic Geneva estate is situated on an acre nestled against the Fabyan Forest Preserve. It is updated with a granite kitchen which includes an AGA cooker and walk-in pantry. The current owners constructed a two story addition which created a 20x16 breakfast room with master bedroom above. At 3,686 square feet this elegant home features high ceilings, large rooms and a great flow. The location is walk to train and with the abundance of windows is both light and bright but so private. Stunning garden as well!

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St Charles $995,000 Super 4 br, 6.5 ba home on fab .92-acre wooded cul-de-sac.

Newer hardscape & pavers. Newer Trane furnaces, Italian tile & mrbl, 4+ car gar. Gour kit w/top appl. Fin LL. Debora McKay 630-587-4672

St Charles $795,000 Exquisite 4 br, 4+2 ba home in Heritage Oaks on 1.3-ac lot w/sweeping views of St Charles! 5700 sq ft w/LL. Handicapped-accessible w/3-story elevator. Hdwd flrs & more.

Debora McKay 630-587-4672

St Charles $729,900 4 br, 4.5 ba home w/pond, forest preserve & St Charles countryside views. Porches, deck & patio. Gour kit & hearth rm w/ fplc, lux master ba, 3 season porch & 10’ bsmt.

Debora McKay 630-587-4672

Geneva $639,900 4 br, 3+2 ba backs to golf course. 1st-flr den, hdwd flrs, curved stairs, glass transoms, gour eat-in kit. Mstr w/sitting rm, lux ba & walk-in closet. Fin lookout bsmt.

Jeffrey Cadwallader 630-587-4634

St Charles $564,900 Stunning 5 br, 4.5 ba Colonial w/unrivaled detail on cul-desac. Crown mldgs, transoms, hdwd fls, remod kit, marble cntrs, SS stove & more. 2nd prep/work kit. Wooded lot.

Debora McKay 630-587-4672

St Charles $549,900 4 br, 5.5 ba 3800 sq ft home. Granite baths, refin hdwd flrs, maple/granite kit, 2-sty fam rm w/fplc, 1st flr den/ba. Lux mstr w/fplc & spa ba. Fin bsmt. 1.2 wooded ac.

Stephanie Doherty 630-643-3602

St Charles $549,000 Totally-updated 4 br, 4 ba home w/fab curb appeal, lot & view. Rich woodwork. Elegance beyond compare. Sprinkler sys, invisible fence & so much more! Home warranty incl.

Susan Kotsy 630-587-4620

St Charles $520,000 Updated 4 br, 2.5 ba home. View of park. Walk/bike to Delnor Woods & downtown. Island kit w/Jenn-Air appl. New hdwd. Remod mstr ba. Fam rm. 2 fplc’s. 3-car gar. Lrg bkyd.

Edie Glenn 630-587-4614

St Charles $519,000 Completely-updated 4 br, 4.5 ba waterfront home on 8.5 acres. Updated baths. Amazing views. Huge fam rm. Bonus rm & bsmt. Screened-in porch w/spiral staircase & views.

Debora McKay 630-587-4672

St Charles $469,900 4 br, 3.5 ba Georgian in Red Gate Ridge. Gorgeous 1+-acre.

Extensive millwork, hdwd flrs, lrg gour granite & ss appl kit.

2-sty fam rm w/3 walls-of windows! Lux mste ste.

Debora McKay 630-587-4672

St Charles $439,900 Great 5 br, 3.5 ba home w/lrg kit w/ss appl & butler serving area. Fam rm w/fplc. Lrg master w/huge closet. Fin bsmt w/ br & ba. Nice back yd w/paver patio. Cmmty pool.

Debora McKay 630-587-4672

Batavia $379,900 5 br, 3.5 ba 3100+ sq ft home w/1st-flr + 2nd-flr master suites. Perfect in-law. 1st-flr fam rm. family room. Part fin bsmt. Wraparound front porch & 4-car att garage.

Ginny Leamy 800-964-4669

Wayne $375,000 All brick 5 br, 3 ba ranch on 1.8-acre. Perfect in-law. Vltd great rm w/skylights & loft. Eat-kit w/new flr & counters.

Din rm, 5 atrium’s, huge bsmt, 3-car gar & more!

Stephanie Doherty 630-643-3602

Geneva $359,900 4 br, 2.5 ba home w/1st-flr den, hdwd flrs, lrg fenced yard & fin bsmt! Formal liv rm w/vaul ceil & wall-of-windows. Fam rm w/hdwd flrs. Lux master ba. 2nd-flr laundry.

Jeffrey Cadwallader 630-587-4634

St Charles $359,900 Beaut 3 br, 2.5 ba Colonial w/fab kit w/hdwd flrs, oak cabs, island & eating area. Lrg fam rm w/stone wbfp & huge bar.

Updated baths. Lrg fin bsmt & screened-in porch.

Debora McKay 630-587-4672

St Charles $324,900 Well-maint 4 br, 2.5 ba home w/1st-flr fam rm, liv rm w/ fplc, den, din rm, ba & lndry rm. Open kit w/island & eating area. Fenced yard. Updated master ba. Part-fin bsmt.

Suzy Macino 630-854-8828

Elburn $299,900 Fab 4 br, 3.5 ba 4100 sq ft home on wooded acre. Hdwd flrs.

Granite kit w/island & ss appl. Liv rm w/fplc. Vaul sunrm w/ skylights. Vaul mstr w/whrlpl. Fin walkout bsmt.

Stephanie Doherty 630-643-3602

St Charles $289,900 4 br, 3.5 ba home w/hdwd flrs. Newer paint & carpet. Vaul fam rm w/fplc. Formal liv & din rms. Vaul mstr w/huge closet & whirlpool ba. Lrg fenced yard. Fin bsmt. Fab loc.

Edward Hall 630-205-4700

Geneva $245,000 3 br, 2.5 ba home backing to pond. Loft, full bsmt & 2-car garage. Priv patio. Hdwd flrs. Liv rm w/fplc. Gour granite kit w/upgraded cabs & ss appl. Lrg master w/lux ba.

Cheryi Gatti 630-222-2445

DeKalb $174,000 Brick-accented front 4 br, 2.5 ba home. Kit w/oak cabs w/ crwn mldg & hdwd flrs. Fam rm w/fplc & new carpet. Frml liv & din. Master w/walk-in closet & ba. Pond view! Gar. Jennifer Daring 815-761-6592

St Charles $169,000 Wonderfully-maint 2 br, 2.5 ba 2-story TH. E St Charles! 2ndflr laundry. New carpet & paint thruout. Foyer, kit & baths w/ new flrs. New ss stove. Patio. Walk-to-all loc.

Debora McKay 630-587-4672

St Charles $168,700 3 br, 1.5 b TH in Pheasant Run Trails! Wooded courtyard. 9’ ceil, huge open liv/din rm, lrg kit & brkfst, 42” oak cabs, lux master w/walk-in closet, loft, fin LL & balc.

Cynthia Jeon 847-529-2500

DeKalb $80,000 2 br, 1.5 ba townhome just minutes from I-88. 2nd-floor laundry. Oak cabinets. Living/dining rm combination, fireplace in living rm. Full basement w/roughed-in plumbing.

Linda Mccroy 773-467-5300

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St Charles $2,150,000 Lux remod 5 br, 5.5 ba 9,000+ sq ft home w/high-end finishes w/panoramic views & golf course. Hand-scraped & travertine flrs, dream kitchen, 5 fireplaces, pool & patios.

Debora McKay 630-587-4672

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She has a few go-to chairs for problem-solving. West Elm’s Button Slipper Chair ($399) measures 25 inches wide and straddles vintage and modern design, “so it works with a variety of decor styles,” she said.

Room and Board’s Celeste Swivel Chair ($749) is a client favorite, and because it’s low to the ground, it can visually open or close a seating area depending on which direction it faces. Ikea’s Poang chair ($69-$149) is far and away the “household staple,” she said, because it’s affordable, comfortable and lightweight.

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Backing to the golf course for amazing Views, this Franklin Model home has a park across the street, too! Recently remodeled with new designer White Kitchen including glass front cabinets, spacious Contrasting Island and stainless steel appliances! Updated laundry/mud room with built-ins, gorgeous baths, Hardwood floors and new carpet! Fabulous finished Walk-out lower level opens to fenced back yard! 10+!

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Fantastic kitchen with hardwood floors, oak cabinets, island and eating area. Kitchen opens to large family room with incredible wood-burning, stone fireplace and huge dry-bar!! All baths updated, spacious finished basement, and screened-in porch with views of fabulous yard. Beautifully landscaped grounds, stream, patio, storage shed and swing set. Completely remarkable!

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For designer Betsy Stires, accent chairs are a decorating treat. They’re mobile pieces, easy to move from room to room, and one of the quickest ways to spruce up a dull space and express personal style.

They add flair.

“If a room were an outfit, the accent chairs would be the jewelry” said Stires, who owns an interior design firm in Old Town Alexandria, Va., called Frog Hill Designs. “It’s the spark. It pops from the rest of the palette but also ties it all together.”

Traditionally, accent chairs are intended to be used only when extra seating becomes necessary, so they tend to be equal parts functional and decorative. That makes them a fun piece to shop for and a great way experiment with color and texture. But they can also have deceptively large footprints, particularly those that rock or recline. In apartments and condos where space is pre-

still large for an apartment, so the downsizing wasn’t terribly dramatic, but accent chairs and poufs have been vital for when guests come over, she said. “If you only have room for one big upholstered piece, you have to get creative.”

The first step to shopping for accent chairs is determining your spatial constraints. Lisa Scroggins, the retail market manager of Room & Board in Washington, said those in small spaces should look for chairs that fall between 25 to 32 inches wide. And although the market is flooded with vastly oversized armchairs, the standard seat depth hovers around a generous 20 to 22 inches.

The next step is to figure out CB2 photo Accent chairs tend to be used only when extra seating becomes nec- what purpose the chair will serve. Is it purely a statement essary; here, CB2s Tayabas Cane Side Chair with black cushion. piece that will be pulled out twice a year for parties? Or cious, finding one that’s stylish, said. “It can make a statewill friends use it every week comfortable and lean can feel ment.” when they come over to watch impossible. But it isn’t.

Stires, 52, recently moved the game? More recreational “Accent chairs add so much from a large home in chairs should be durable, so flavor and character to a room, Great Falls, Virginia, to a shop for fabrics such as leather sometimes you only need one 2,300-square-foot Alexandria and canvas. Chairs destined to do something big,” Stires apartment. Her new home is

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1001 S Batavia Ave: Sold on or before 110414 by James H Fairchild to Alan Legrand & Penny J Van Eynde; $296,000.00 1046 Woodland Ave: Sold on or before 110714 by Robert K Cox to Tracey L Hess; $275,000.00 1050 Parkview Dr: Sold on or before 110614 by Matthew Shun to Melissa J Eliss & Scott Ellis; $255,000.00 19 N Harrison St: Sold on or before 110414 by Mark A Jager to Ryan Upham; $217,000.00 2391 Kane Ln: Sold on or before 110414 by Boyce Trust to William Michael Schury & Bettina Emma Schury; $500,000.00 2S483 S Raddant Rd: Sold on or before 110414 by Christina L Hardesty to Jason J Zimberoff & Jody C Zimberoff; $236,500.00 527 Mckinley St: Sold on or before 110714 by Spillane & Sons Inc to Phillip Limonez; $204,000.00 605 Park St: Sold on or before 110414 by Federal Home

Loan Mtg Corp to Ih4 Property Illnois Lp; $212,500.00 66 Willey Ln: Sold on or before 110714 by Schauer Trust to Margaret A Edwards; $189,500.00 92 Johnson Woods Dr: Sold on or before 110714 by Hsbc Bank Usa Trustee to David Jansen; $299,500.00 932 Gosselin Cir: Sold on or before 110314 by James L Hanson to Rona L Henne; $201,000.00

Campton Hills

40W756 Burlington Rd: Sold on or before 110414 by Myers Trust to David A Myers & Heather M Myers; $75,000.00

Elburn

1340 Dodson Ave: Sold on or before 110414 by Ethan A Hastert to Matthew J Mcnamara & Lindsey A Scharpenter Mcnamara; $387,500.00 1525 Melbourne St: Sold on or before 110314 by Fredrick Jungels to Peter A Gericke & Mary E Gericke; $310,000.00 43W114 Whirlaway Dr: Sold on or before 110614 by Fannie Mae to Ryan P Hutter;

$227,000.00 43W777 Oakwood Dr: Sold on or before 110414

by Joseph E Zimmerman to Matthew Potilechio & Cassidy Potilechio; $226,000.00 825 Weston Ct: Sold on or before 110514 by Fannie Mae to Stuart Hopkins; $199,000.00

Geneva

0N323 Hilts Dr: Sold on or before 110314 by Shodeen Homes Llc to David W Bolender & Ivette M Bolender; $305,000.00 119 N 1st St: Sold on or before 110714 by Shodeen Family Property Co to Shodeen Homes Llc; $90,000.00 1574 Kirkwood Dr: Sold on or before 110314 by Maurer Trust to Justine Fee & Monica W Fee; $270,000.00 163 Planters Row: Sold on or before 110314 by Dolce Trust to Keqi Gan & Irene L Gan; $485,000.00 204 W State St: Sold on or before 110414 by Thad Wisniowski to Dpc Holdings Llc Series K Stat; $675,000.00 2908 Caldwell Ln: Sold on or before 110314 by Hriso

Trust to Albert Moran & Teresa Moran; $210,000.00 3809 Ridge Pointe Dr: Sold on or before 110414 by Blue Geneva Llc to Nvr Inc; $57,000.00 428 N 1st St 1: Sold on or before 110514 by Richard Zimmerman to Bridge Street Properties Llc; $250,000.00 518 Summit St: Sold on or before 110614 by Tad A Hemming to Daniel W Henrie; $225,000.00 844 Howell Dr: Sold on or before 110614 by Jesse A Mercado to Ara Mounkhtarian; $240,000.00

$156,000.00 366 Hilltop Dr: Sold on or before 110614 by Louis Sass to Kevin French; $190,000.00 504 Sharon Ln: Sold on or before 110514 by Amanda L Healey to Bryan Abihider & Josefina Ballines Abihider; $214,000.00 645 Kelley Dr: Sold on or before 110514 by James C Slepicka to Richard M Fabrie & Alezandra M Fabrie; $368,000.00 670 Graham Rd: Sold on or before 110514 by Matthew R Newell to Brain Mohon; $243,000.00 79 Oak Creek Ct: Sold on Maple Park or before 110414 by Federal 48W060 State Route 38: Home Loan Mtg Corp to Jean Sold on or before 110614 by L Mccomsey; $225,000.00 Ckz Investments Llc to Future 80 Oak Creek Ct: Sold on or Savings Llc; $29,500.00 before 110314 by M I Homes 8N196 Percy Rd: Sold on Of Chicago Llc to Jerald L or before 110714 by Hogan Rudman & Mary Kim D RudEnterprises Llc to Rondo Enter- man; $274,000.00 prises Inc; $365,000.00

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1201 Kilbery Ln: Sold on or before 110414 by K Hovnanian At Randall Highlan to Hca Model Fund 2014 7 West Llc; $319,500.00 209 Larchwood Ln: Sold on or before 110714 by Gregory J Iteen to Jessic Ricker & Thomas Ricker Iii; $170,000.00 216 W Arrowhead St: Sold on or before 110614

by Wayne Stanko to Thelma Lopez & George Razo;

112 S 9th Ave: Sold on or before 110714 by Kathryn M Boyens to Serc Llc; $165,000.00 1306 S 10th St: Sold on or before 110614 by Brian A Winters to James Ralph Greco & Danica Lynn Greco; $295,000.00 1602 Lucylle Ave: Sold on or before 110414 by David L Brown to Julie A Fothergill; $180,000.00 See TRANSFERS, page 7

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$479,900

Spacious 4BR/2.1BA Mill Creek home on culde-sac lot backing to golf course. Wood laminate floors, vaulted ceilings, neutral decor.

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Mint 4BR/3.1BA 4000 SQ FT home on acre lot in Evans Glen. Tiered deck, gazebo, courtyard.

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St Charles

$729,900

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

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South Elgin

$695,000

Distinctive 4BR/4.1BA Luxury Thornwood Home! Cul-de-sac lot w/paver patio & putting green. Backs to walking trail. Quality amenities, gourmet kitchen, den, finished bsmt, master suite w/spa bath! grf.me/2Kn

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$369,900

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$249,900

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$745,000

Spacious 4BR/2.1BA home on acre lot! Mature landscaping, deck w/pergola, shed. Eat- in kitchen, family room w/beamed ceiling, 1st floor den. Master w/private bath & even a finished basement! grf.me/31n

Meticulous 5BR/4.1BA luxury home in Tanglewood Hills! Upgrades galore, exquisite decor, high end kitchen, finished bsmt w/home theater. 1st floor den, luxury master suite, excellent location! grf.me/3dl

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Sugar Grove

$385,000

Elgin

Better than new 4BR/3.1BA home in West Point Gardens! Corner lot, stunning backyard, dream interior! 1st floor master, full finished bsmt w/2nd kitchen. Upgrades galore, all brick, walk to park… WOW! grf.me/3jh

Income potential in this ranch style duplex on quiet street backing to farm. Each unit has 3BR/1BA, eat-in kitchen, porch, deck & 1-car garage. New roof in 2012, new furnaces & AC in 2012. Must see! grf.me/3jT

3BR/2BA Farmette on 6 acres, 3 large outbuildings, garden space. Above ground pool, deck, parquet floors, stainless appliances. Close to Rts 64, 38 & 47. Great potential & excellent value! grf.me/33w

$247,700

Gorgeous 2BR/2BA River North condo! 2nd floor unit in secure, elevator building walking distance to downtown, river & more. Kitchen w/ stainless appliances, formal dining room, living room, enclosed porch. bit.ly/10fordst

4BR/2.1BA ranch home in The Windings!

Wooded & landscaped lot, tiered deck, paver front walk, porch & courtyard. Vaulted & beamed ceilings, skylights, updated eat-in kitchen, office, wet bar & more! grf.me/30x

$279,900

Geneva

Completely rehabbed 3BR/1BA ranch home on fenced lot in quiet neighborhood. New HVAC, water heater & roof. Hdwd floors, eat-in kitchen, enclosed porch. Heated garage & outdoor shed. Move-in ready! bit.ly/1wzP50M

$159,900

3BR/2.1BA end unit townhouse! Two-story foyer, stainless appliances, master w/walk-in closet & private bath. Neutral decor, 9’ ceilings, patio & covered porch. Great location close to major highways. grf.me/37S

$649,900

$324,900

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

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Vintage 5BR/3BA home, 1.3 ac. in quiet LaFox! New foundation, new 2-car gar., all new mechanicals! Orig. period trim, pocket doors, b-i china cabinet. Horses allowed, room for the family!

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St. Charles

$194,900

$226,600

Elgin

$249,900

Excellent 3BR/2BA starter home close to downtown! Fenced yard w/shed, screened porch & patio. 1st flr master w/private bath & walk-in closet. Family room w/brick fp. Full bsmt, mint condition! grf.me/1rx

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.

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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

St Charles

Batavia

St Charles

$489,900

Roomy 3,500+ SF 4BR/3.1BA Fox Mill 2-sty on lovely lot! Paver patio, screened porch, 3-car gar., walkout bmt. Vaulted clgs, formal LR & DR, gourmet kitchen, den, master w/luxury bath!

4N481SamClemens.com

$1,299,000

5BR/5.1BA Tanglewood Hills home w/inground pool, hot tub, waterfall & slide. Pro landscaped cul-de-sac lot. Stunning architectural details, 1st flr den, 3rd floor bonus room, finished bsmt, more!

1052Schonback.com

$449,900

Gorgeous 4BR/4BA Fox Mill Georgian backing to park! Extensive trimwork, newer roof, inground sprinkler, tiered patio, invisible pet fence. Full finished bsmt! Award winning schools!

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St Charles

$949,900

Waterfront living at it’s best! 3000+ sqft contemporary backing to Fox River. Luxury 5BR/4BA, finished walkout bsmt, vaulted ceilings, skylights, gourmet kitchen. New millwork, tile, roof, 1.3 acres! grf.me/3hd

St Charles

$346,000

1.75-acre horse property w/full service barn & pasture! 4BR/2.1BA updated 2-story w/hdwd flrs, granite counters, stainless appliances.

Vaulted family room w/brick fp. Master w/ private bath.

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$59,900

Prime 1+ ac. wooded lot in The Woodlands of Elgin! Premium location on private circle. Last lot! Public utilities, curbs, street lights. Build your dream home here! kombrink.com

St Charles

$189,900

ATTENTION INVESTORS! Vintage building, great downtown location adjacent to city parking lot! Former salon/resale boutique w/ one-BR apartment up. Perfect for owner/ occupied business opportunity! kombrink.com

Elburn

$750,000

Privacy abounds on this peaceful 1.9 ac. lot nature at its best! Builders-bring your small projects, or build your own estate in a wooded area. Can be subdivided into 4 lots. St Charles schools! kombrink.com

Maple Park

$489,000

Great 6-stall barn, 12x14 stalls w/indiv. fans, dutch doors, heated Nelson auto waterers, washrack w/h&c water, much more. Room to build home &/or indoor arena. Pressure treated fencing. 16+ acres! kombrink.com

Gilberts

$219,900

Updated & upgraded 2BR/2.1BA townhouse in Gilberts Town Center! Brick front, hdwd floors, gourmet eat-in kitchen w/granite & stainless.

Private deck, loft area, rec room, 2-car attached garage. grf.me/35o

St Charles

$219,900

Great homesite available in desirable Silver Glen Estates! 1.29 acres on this large corner lot. Community well and sewer. Don’t pass up this great investment! kombrink.com

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Batavia

$474,900

Beautiful 4BR/3.1BA home in Johnson Woods.

Full finished walkout bsmt, deck, patio & screened room. Gourmet eat-in kitchen, luxury master suite, pro landscaping, excellent location & 3-car garage. bit.ly/247violet

Sugar Grove

$285,000

Updated 4BR/3.1BA Victorian home in Prestbury! Landscaped lot w/porch, patio & balcony. Hdwd floors, eat-in kitchen, vaulted sun room. Master suite w/private bath, finished bsmt, 2.5-car heated garage! grf.me/3gz

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South Elgin

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

$394,900

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• CHAIRS Continued from page 3 Raines suggests a money-saving design hack: ordering custom slipcovers from Bemz, an online shop that sells covers specifically measured to fit Ikea products.

“It’s the easiest way to give your furniture an upgrade,” she said.

Comfort is often the No. 1 priority when young people shop for seating, which explains why L-shaped couches and big, cozy recliners are post-college staples. But they’re not practical choices for those renting less than 1,000 square feet. To that end, many manufacturers and retailers offer furniture lines geared toward city-dwellers.

Even La-Z-Boy loyalists have hope. Shortly after the recession, the Michigan-based company updated its catalogue to offer sleeker pieces for urbanites. The Midtown Recliner ($849) measures

just 33 inches wide and 21 inches deep, and trades the traditional chair’s pillow-like silhouette for clean, straight lines. And for those willing to splurge, higher-end retailers such as Design Within Reach and Thos. Moser make slender, modern lounge seating (such as Thos. Moser’s Ellipse chair, $2,475, and ottoman, $675, in cherry).

Of course, creative seating solutions don’t have to come in the form of accent chairs.

Poufs, ottomans and benches can double as extra seating.

Many offer hidden storage and even have wheels to make them easily mobile.

Stires has a clover-shaped George Smith pouf in her living room that’s on wheels so she can shuffle it around as needed. Scroggins said customers often piggyback benches up against the back of a sofa and pull them around when guests come over. Says Scroggins: “If you shop right, one piece can do the work of three.”

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1582 N. 5th Avenue

$319,000

This gorgeous lot backs up to the Fifth Hole of St. Charles Country Club Golf Course. Home features hardwood floors, beautiful landscaping and a large flagstone patio off back.

St. Charles

420 Fox Court

$565,000

Wonderful east side location, quiet cul-de-sac, large lush lot! 1st floor master suite with new master bath. Formal LR & DR, FR open to kitchen and eating area. Large bedrooms up, one with private bath. Finished basement with rec room, exercise room plus good storage. Stamped concrete patio with built-in JennAir ss grill & sink. Much new here, stucco exterior over brick. New kitchen. Completely remodeled inside and out.

1 Garden Hill Lane, Unit 1 Lot 1 Barlow Drive Office Space for Rent St. Charles $185,000 303 East Main Street, St. Charles St. Charles $235,000

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Courtyard entrance to 2/3 bedroom Ranch Townhome with center atrium. Living room has wood burning fireplace that looks out onto the private patio which includes a 6’ high brick fence. 3rd bedroom is currently being used as an office. Master bath has private shower and plenty of closet space. This end unit is very quiet and private with mature trees surrounding the property.

High-end office space available downtown St. Charles. 1 Private office and 1 cubicle fully furnished. Small kitchen, reception area and conference room is also available. Plenty of parking. Real Estate Agent Owned.

Last available lot in Barlow Woods Subdivision. Great opportunity to build your custom dream home on this 2 acre wooded lot in the country, just west of St. Charles.

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• Thursday, December 4, 2014

1790 W Main St: Sold on or before 110314 by Cwr Properties Llc to Togi Re I Llc; $1,020,000.00 17I2 Ronzheimer Ave: Sold on or before 110614 by Daniel Westermann to Donald Henry & Christine Henry; $237,500.00 18 Hearthstone Court St: Sold on or before 110414 by Donald C Davis to Eric J Mueller & Heather L Schild; $56,000.00 2312 W Main St: Sold on or before 110314 by Thomas P Vlach to 2312 W Main Stc Llc; $620,000.00 325 S 8th St: Sold on or before 110314 by Curt A Elliott to Adrian D Allatt & Katherine A Allatt; $155,000.00 3304 Royal Fox Dr: Sold on or before 110314 by Elaine M Williams to Denis E Springer & Roselyn D Springer; $824,000.00 39W788 Henry David Thoreau Pl: Sold on or before 110614 by Theodore K Koutouzis to Louis J Morelli & Elizabeth D Morelli; $720,000.00 40W590 Bridle Creek Dr: Sold on or before 110714 by Brett Danforth to Cynthia Shearer; $375,000.00 41W268 Hearthstone Ct: Sold on or before 110414 by William L Petrosini to Jack Lentz; $580,000.00 4387 Canterbury Ct: Sold on or before 110714 by Ryd Trust to Brian Winters & Lori Winters;

808 Sundown Rd: Sold on or before 110514 by Kevin C Macduff to John K Ramsey & Tanya M Ramsey; $185,000.00 87 Concord Ave: Sold on or before 110714 by Prickett Trust to John Lyon; $191,000.00 Sugar Grove 212 Maple St B: Sold on or before 110514 by Eric R Vanderheyden to National Residential Nominee S; $136,000.00 212 Maple St B: Sold on or before 110514 by National Residential Nominee S to Alfred M Arroyo & Katrina G Arroyo; $136,000.00 288 Whitfield Dr B: Sold on or before 110414 by Deutsche Bank Natl Trt Co Ttee to Craig Wetter & Laura Wetter Towle; $136,000.00 44W515 Route 30: Sold on or before 110514 by Joanne M Abel to People Ofstate Of Ill; $12,200.00 702 Stonehill Ct: Sold on or before 110614 by Thomas F Silberg to Silberg Trust; $306,000.00

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$320,000.00 5N147 Grey Barn Rd: Sold on or before 110614 by Holm Trust to Jay S Schumacher & Jaime L Schumacher; $610,000.00 6N533 Sycamore Ave: Sold on or before 110614 by Fannie Mae to Craig R Grisolia; $145,000.00 6N873 Longacre Dr: Sold on or before 110514 by Julie Galloway to Marcin Czaicki & Marta Czaicki; $300,000.00 815 Jackson Ave: Sold on or before 110414 by Daniel E Vogt to Sixth & Adams Llc; $203,000.00 895 Riding Ln: Sold on or before 110314 by Joan Rock to Catherine D Yogada Romanek; $209,000.00 South Elgin 1301 Deer Pointe Dr: Sold on or before 110314 by K Hovnanian At Prairie Pointe to Oscar Cruz & Erin Cruz; $334,000.00 270 Courtland Dr: Sold on or before 110414 by Leonard K Aremka to Kyle Skarb & Jaclyn Ravanesi; $280,000.00 315 S Gilbert St: Sold on or before 110514 by Beneficial Financial I Inc to Diana L Almagauer; $112,000.00 319 Windsor Ct C: Sold on or before 110614 by Fannie Mae to Kari A Klein; $118,000.00 646 Fieldcrest Dr B: Sold on or before 110414 by Patrick Mcguire to Genaro G Elizalde & Gricelda Elizalde; $155,000.00 681 Ashton Ln: Sold on or before 110714 by Barnes F Shirreffs to Kenneth J Williams & Jennifer A Williams; $540,000.00

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