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Historic home converted into restaurant that gives a taste of New Orleans PAGE 21 Sandy Bressner – sbressner@shawmedia.com

The historic 1857 Patten House in Geneva is being transformed into a multilevel restaurant that will have a New Orleans flair.

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DOMINATION The STC North softball team scores 16 runs to claim a UEC River win over Batavia. Page 28

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City wants to study condition of center

By ERIC SCHELKOPF eschelkopf@shawmedia.com BATAVIA – City officials want to make sure the building that houses the Batavia Government Center lasts another 100 years.

Aldermen are looking to hire an architectural firm that will do a comprehensive condition assessment report on the Batavia Government Center complex at 100 N. Island Ave., Batavia.

The Batavia Government Center is located in the former Appleton windmill factory, which was built in 1901.

“The building has lasted a long time really well,” Batavia Water and Sewer Division Superintendent John Dillon told aldermen during Tuesday’s Joint Committee of the Whole meeting. “We need to make sure this building will last another 100 years hopefully.”

The Batavia Government Center houses city offices, the City Council Chambers, the Batavia Police Department and The Albright Theatre Company.

The firm selected will look at the condition of the whole building, Dillon said.

Officials already know that the aging windows in the building need to be improved or replaced, he said.

“We don’t know of anything more serious right now with the building,” Dillon said.

City staff members have interviewed four architectural firms vying to do the work – Chicago-based BauerLatoza Studio, DeKalbbased Sharp Architects, B a t av i a - b a s e d Kluber Architects and Allen and Pepa Architects, which has offices in Aurora and South Elgin and previously was based in Batavia.

Alder men on Tuesday said they would like to see one of the two local firms – Kluber Architects and Allen and Pepa Architects – do the assessment report on the Batavia Government Center.

They want to see staff make a recommendation to the City Council on which firm should get the job.

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Batavia aldermen are looking to hire an architectural firm to assess the condition of the Batavia Government Center at 100 N. Island Ave. The Batavia Government Center is housed in the former Appleton windmill factory, which was built in 1901.

“As far as I am concerned, all four of them are quali-

fied,” 2nd Ward Alderman Marty Callahan said. “I don’t

know what separates one from the other.”

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FACE TIME WITH MAUREEN BERGESON

Where did you grow up?

St. Charles Pets? Two cats named Sonny and Cher, and an old English bulldog named Choochie Who would play you in the movie of your life?

Diane Keaton First job? Waitress at Colonial on St. Charles’s east side As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew

up? A baker. I wanted to have my own bakery. I am a hair stylist.

A book you’d recommend? “The Notebook” and anything else by Nicholas Sparks Favorite charity? American Cancer Society What game show would you be on? “The Price is Right” Favorite local restaurant?

Egg Harbor in Geneva What is an interesting factoid about yourself? My daughter, Colleen, and I got to meet James Taylor in the green room on the Oprah Winfrey show and had our picture taken with him.

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

Memorial Day event in Geneva WHAT: The Kane County Veterans Assistance Commission will be conducting a Memorial Day ceremony at the Kane County Veterans Memorial, where the names of Rachel Carey and William Holstine will be added to the Wall of Honor. The guest speaker will be Col. Duane Buttell Jr., an Air Force veteran who flew combat missions in Vietnam and was awarded the Silver Star.

Handicap parking and shuttle service will be available.

WHEN: 3 p.m. May 26 WHERE: Kane County Government Center, 719 S. Batavia Ave. in Geneva, on the front grounds of Building A

Kane County Fair contest seeks entries WHAT: The Kane County Fair Talent Contest is seeking entries. It is open to any person or group residing in Kane County.

There are two divisions – junior division, which includes those 14 and younger, and the senior division, for those ages 15 to 21. Among those who have participated in the past are singers, dancers, instrumentalists, bands, vocal groups, acrobats, magicians, ventriloquists and comedians.

WHEN: Auditions will be held June 14 WHERE: St. Patrick Catholic School, 787 Crane Road, St. Charles INFORMATION: All who wish to enter

the contest must submit an entry form

by June 9. Those interested may receive a free entry form by calling 847-6229935, email in KaneCoTalent@aol.com or visiting www.kanecountyfair.com.

Fox Valley Concert Band performs at The Holmstad WHAT: The Fox Valley Concert Band will perform. The band is comprised of 80 volunteer musicians under the baton of conductor Colin Holman. Space is limited.

WHEN: 7:30 p.m. May 27 WHERE: The Holmstad, 700 W. Fabyan Parkway, Batavia INFORMATION: To register, visit www.

TheHolmstad.org or call 877–226-7310.

Gardenology set in Geneva WHAT: Geneva’s sixth annual Gardenology is set. More than 50 garden experts will be giving presentations and answering questions to help patrons get the most out of the gardening season.

Topics include gardening tips, how to grow a crystal garden and how to make salad dressings. Plants and accessories available for purchase. The event will be held rain or shine. There will be free admission.

WHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday WHERE: Under a tent at the Geneva Lutheran Church, 301 S. Third St., Geneva

INFORMATION: Visit www.gardenologygenevail.com or call Country Naturals at 630-232-1172.

Touch-a-Truck set in Batavia WHAT: The Batavia Park District’s annual Touch-A-Truck event is set. Vehicles include a crane, fire truck, police car and dump truck. The event is free. Parent supervision is required.

WHEN: 10:30 a.m. to noon Friday WHERE: Eastside Community Center, 14 N. Van Buren St., Batavia INFORMATION: Call 630-879-5235 or visit www.bataviaparks.org.

Playhouse 38 presents ‘Charlotte’s Web’ WHAT: Tickets are now available for purchase for Playhouse 38’s spring youth production, “Charlotte’s Web.” Tickets cost $10 and are available for purchase at Sunset Community Center, 710 Western Ave., Geneva.

WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday, 1 and 7 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday WHERE: Playhouse 38 is at 524 W. State St., Suite I, Geneva INFORMATION: Call 630-232-4542 or visit www.genevaparks. org.

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Sycamore resident Maureen Bergeson, 57, was shopping during Geneva’s Citywide Garage Sale when she answered 10 questions for the Kane County Chronicle’s Brenda Schory.

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8LOCAL BRIEFS Misty River Music Makers to host contest

Bike ‘medic’ to the rescue with mobile service GENEVA – For the past 20 years, Geneva firefighter-paramedic Michael Palombi has had a part-time career as a bike repair man.

But he does not have a shop where you bring your broken bike. Instead, he is a traveling bike repairman whose business is called The Bike Medic.

Palombi, 59, said he probably has repaired thousands of bikes from all around the area, covering a territory from the middle of Elgin to the middle of Aurora, Maple Park to Wheaton.

“Bicycling and bike repair is something I’ve loved for a

long time,” Palombi said. “It’s been my hobby for years.”

Palombi said he researched a Southern California person who did this work full time and adapted it to his

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Every spring, he mails out some 800 postcards reminding regular customers of the need to have their bikes tuned up for the season.

“I go over the bike with a fine-tooth comb, from top to bottom, adjust the brakes and shifters and pump up the tires,” Palombi said. “I am an extremely good value. My rates are less. My overhead is less, and I come to you.”

And he is available to fix broken bikes as well, he said.

“I can fix anything, and I can get any part you would need to fix a bike,” he said.

Information is available online at www.thebikemedic.com or by calling 630232-8251.

AURORA – The Misty River Music Makers, a ladies barbershop singing group, will be hosting this year’s Harmony Inc. area competition June 13 and June 14.

The competition will be at 7 p.m. June 13 and 12:30 p.m. June 14 at Aurora Christian High School, 2255 Sullivan Road, Aurora.

The event is open to the public.

For information, visit www.mistyrivermusicmakers.org.

Admission will cost $10 per event for adults and $5 for children 12 and younger.

Tickets will be available at the door.

To learn more, contact Linda Berg at 630-232-0965 or email lberg56@gmail.com.

This event is not a program of or sponsored by Aurora Christian School.

Cub Scout Pack 347 to have car wash event AURORA – Sugar Grove Cub Scout Pack 347 will have a car wash event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 1 at Discount Tire, 2445 Augusta Way, Aurora.

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SMOKING GUN According to a recent population-based study, smokers are more likely to need cataract surgery. Researchers found that smoking more than 15 cigarettes per day led to a 42% higher likelihood of needing cataract surgery during 12 years of follow-up. The good news to report is the fact that the study also found that giving up the smoking habit reduced the need for cataract surgery (but not to the level of someone who had never smoked). Generally speaking, the longer a person smokes, the longer it takes for his or her risk of developing cataracts to decline once he or she decides to quit. That means that even smokers with a 15-a-day habit remained at significant risk 20 years after quitting. P.S. Cigarette smoke contains toxic metal ions (including cadmium) that can accumulate in smokers’ eye lenses.

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Mike Palombi works on a bicycle Tuesday morning in St. Charles. Palombi has owned his Bike Medic mobile bicycle repair business for 20 years.

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Seven-Day Forecast

National Weather

Shown are noon postions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.

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Tri-Cities Almanac

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54/36 McHenry Statistics through 4 p.m. yesterday Belvidere 54/37 Temperatures Waukegan 55/38 52/37 High/low ....................................... 57°/47° Normal high ......................................... 70° Rockford Crystal Lake Deerfield Record high .............................. 91° (2013) Algonquin 55/38 56/40 50/38 54/37 Normal low .......................................... 50° Hampshire Record low ............................... 35° (1988) Schaumburg 54/38 Elgin 54/38 Peak wind .......................... NNE at 13 mph 54/37 DeKalb Precipitation 56/40 Tri-Cities Chicago 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. ........... 0.00” 56/40 54/40 Month to date ................................... 1.63” Normal month to date ....................... 1.76” Oak Park Year to date ...................................... 9.19” 53/40 Aurora Normal year to date ........................ 11.15” Dixon 57/38

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Today Hi Lo W 53 39 sh 54 36 t 50 38 sh 52 39 sh 54 37 t 51 37 sh 60 41 t 55 35 c

Friday Hi Lo W 53 37 sh 53 35 sh 52 37 sh 53 37 sh 54 36 sh 52 36 sh 58 40 sh 54 36 sh

City Kankakee Kenosha La Salle Morris Munster Naperville Tinley Park Waukegan

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Fox River Stages 0-50 Good; 51-100 Moderate; 101-150 Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200 Unhealthy; 201-300 Very Unhealthy; 301-500 Hazardous Source: Illinois EPA

Pollen Count Data as of Wednesday

Fld: flood stage. Prs: stage in feet at 7 a.m Wednesday. Chg: change in previous 24 hours.

Station Fld Prs Chg Station Fld Prs Chg Algonquin................. 3....... 1.29...... -0.55 Montgomery........... 13..... 12.49..... +0.15 Burlington, WI ........ 11....... 9.11..... +1.17 New Munster, WI .... 19..... 10.45..... +3.46 Dayton ................... 12....... 8.19..... +1.21 Princeton .............. 9.5....... 8.27...... -0.05 McHenry .................. 4....... 2.90..... +0.96 Waukesha ................ 6....... 5.48...... -0.38

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Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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Batavia will attempt to set record for largest group hug

By ERIC SCHELKOPF eschelkopf@shawmedia.com BATAVIA – Local residents will be asked to hug it out in September in an attempt to set a world record.

Batavia resident Randy Simonian is organizing the Batavia Group Hug, set for 10 a.m. Sept. 13. Simonian hopes to surpass the current Guinness World Record for largest group hug of 10,554 people, set in May 2010 in Ontario, Canada.

“We’re going to blow that away,” he said.

Details still are being worked out, but Simonian said the idea would be for neighborhoods across the city to be involved in the group hug and for other parts of the city to be set up as overflow areas, such as along the Batavia Riverwalk.

As details are worked out, they will be posted on Batavia Group Hug’s new Facebook page. The event will not be

limited to Batavia residents.

“Bring your friends; bring your family,” Simonian said.

“The more, the merrier.”

Simonian said he is used to organizing large events, as he plans large-scale corporate events for a living.

“This is right up my alley,” he said.

Simonian said he already has contacted Guinness World Records, which has given him permission to go ahead with the event, though he added “we have to get final approval on a counting method.”

Through the event, Simonian said he hopes that residents will get to know each other a little better.

“We’re all so busy these days,” Simonian said.

He said he also hopes the event will help raise money for a worthy cause. In December, Simonian led a bus trip to Chicago to help the homeless.

“This is going to be an effort from everybody’s heart,” he said.

Chronicle Achievement Program scholarship recipients honored at ceremony

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Austin VanAcker of Central High School (left) and Brandon Gadson of Mooseheart High School were recipients of Chronicle Achievement Program scholarships sponsored by the Kane County Chronicle and KCT Credit Union. Laura Vento of Wheaton Academy, also a scholarship recipient, is not pictured. The scholarships were given during the CAP awards ceremony Wednesday at the Fox Valley Repertory in St. Charles. More photos of CAP award winners can be viewed at KCChronicle.com.

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Restaurant Week has strong fourth showing in STC

By CHARLES MENCHACA cmenchaca@shawmedia.com ST. CHARLES – The fourth annual St. Charles Restaurant Week this year was a success, city officials said Monday.

The event, held from Feb. 24 to Feb. 28, included its highest participation at 34 restaurants. Restaurant Week typically is held in the last week of February to increase patron and shopping traffic in St. Charles during a traditionally slow time of the year, said Matthew O’Rourke, the city’s economic development division manager.

“The whole idea of this thing was to get people into St. Charles,” O’Rourke said to the city’s Planning and Development Committee on Monday. “We definitely felt it was a worthwhile effort.”

In an effort to bring more people in, the city mailed the Restaurant Week postcard coupon to nearly 30,000 residents in St. Charles and neighboring areas.

There were more than 3,000 unique views of the Restaurant Week 2014 website page, and 732 residents visited various websites of participat-

“The whole idea of this thing was to get people into St. Charles.”

Matthew O’Rourke St. Charles economic development division manager

ing restaurants using a link provided on the city website, O’Rourke said.

Staff asked each participating restaurant to take a summary survey, and six of them returned responses.

All but one of the respondents indicated that they noticed an increase in business during the promotion, O’Rourke said.

The restaurants surveyed also rated the city’s handling of the promotion as “good” or “very good.”

Restaurant owners would like to see the event continue to be held during the weekday when business is slower compared to the weekends, according to the survey results.

All of the survey takers said they will participate in Restaurant Week next year, O’Rourke said.

8LOCAL BRIEFS Fishermen’s Inn to host community open house ELBURN – The renovated Fishermen’s Inn will have a community open house event from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. June 7 at 43W901 Main Street Road, Elburn.

Fishermen’s Inn closed in 2009 and was purchased in late 2012.

Fishermen’s Inn will be offering planned “signature events” available throughout the year.

For a schedule of events, visit www.fishermensinnelburn.com.

At the open house, there will be food available for purchase until 8 p.m. and a cash bar available until 11 p.m.

The Holmstad sponsors senior wellness fair BATAVIA – The Holmstad, 700 W. Fabyan Parkway, Batavia, will sponsor an all-day senior wellness fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 28.

The event will feature free health screenings, produce from a local farmers market available for purchase, free food samples, raffles,

giveaways and exhibits by organizations, businesses and individuals who serve seniors.

All events are free.

For information, visit www.

TheHolmstad.org or call 877226-7310.

Attendees are encouraged to bring a nonperishable food item to donate to the Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry.

Call or email Tim Sury for information or to RSVP at 630-264-6855 or serveavet@ gmail.com.

Historian, actress to present Earheart event ST. CHARLES – Historian and actress Leslie Goddard will present “Never Lost: Amelia Earhart Before the Legend” at noon May 29 in the St. Charles Public Library’s Huntley Meeting Room, 1 S. Sixth Ave., St. Charles.

Goddard will recount Earhart’s life; the many records she broke; her unconventional views on marriage; and her ability for succeeding in a man’s world without losing the adoration of the public.

Registration is required.

Sign up at the library, call 630-584-0076, ext. 1, or visit www.stcharleslibrary.org.

The event is co-sponsored by the St. Charles Public Library and the St. Charles Heritage Center and produced in part by the Illinois Humanities Council’s Road Scholars Speakers Bureau.

Memorial Day breakfast event set for May 26 AURORA – A Memorial Day breakfast event is set from 9 to 11 a.m. May 26 at the SciTech Museum, 18 W. Benton St., Aurora.

The breakfast will be hosted by State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia, State Rep. Stephanie Kifowit, State Sen. Linda Holmes and Arlene Hawks, director of SciTech.

The breakfast will be held just before the Aurora Memorial Day parade.

The event is free to all veterans, firefighters and police officers.

All other guests are welcome, and they are asked to offer a donation to help fund area veterans organizations.

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Joyce Cantrell: A memorial service celebrating Joyce’s life will be open to the public from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, June 11, at Geneva History Center, 113 S. Third St., Geneva, with a service at 5:30 p.m.

Thomas C. Lawler: The funeral service will be at 12:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 17, at Malone Funeral Home, 324 E. State St. (Route 38), Geneva, with Deacon Mike Zibrun officiating.

The visitation will be at 10 a.m.

Saturday, May 17, until the funeral service at Malone Funeral Home. Burial will be private.

Following the funeral service, please join the family for an old-fashioned Irish wake from 1 to 4 p.m. at Old Town Pub, 201 W. State St., Geneva.

8LOCAL BRIEFS Firehouse Pizza and Grill to host fundraiser GENEVA – Firehouse Pizza and Grill in Geneva will host a fundraiser for leukemia and lymphoma research on Tuesday.

Ten percent of all sales for the day will be donated to Friends of Jason Gould Inc. Gould died from complications of a transplant for leukemia in 2006.

Firehouse Pizza and Grill is at 17 N. Fourth St., Geneva.

For information, call 630-2628000.

Social Security program set at community center ST. CHARLES – A program, “Understanding Social

9 Security: A Look at the Bigger Picture,” is set for 7 p.m. June 5 at the Pottawatomie Community Center, 8 North Ave., St. Charles.

Jim Flanagan of Bentron Financial Group offers a presentation that will help people gauge where their unique circumstances fit into the bigger Social Security picture.

Flanagan’s talk covers a range of topics, including the benefits of taking Social Security, when to begin taking benefits to maximize your return, how the benefits are affected when people work while receiving them, taxation of Social Security benefits, and spousal and widow benefits.

To register, call the St.

Charles Park District at 630513-4324.

The session is for those who have not yet begun receiving Social Security benefits.

For information, visit www. bentron.com.

Families sought for exchange students Share America International Exchange is seeking families to host high school exchange students for four weeks in the summer.

Students speak English, are insured and have their own spending money.

Two trips a week are planned for the students. Families are welcome, too.

Families will provide the

home, meals and a bed. It is not necessary to have a teen in the family.

For information, call Juliann Spina at 314-620-5822 or email juliannspina@gmail.com.

The deadline for applications will be May 23.

Elburn Chamber seeks crafters, vendors ELBURN – The Elburn Chamber of Commerce is seeking crafters and vendors for a sidewalk sale and flea market set for Aug. 8-9 on Route 47.

Applications are available at www.elburn.com, or from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday at the chamber office at 109 N. Main St., Elburn.

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GWYNETH I. ABTS Born: Oct. 31, 1923 Died: May 11, 2014 GENEVA – Gwyneth I. Abts, formerly of Geneva, passed away peacefully Sunday, May 11, 2014, at Delnor Glen in St. Charles. She was born Oct. 31, 1923, the daughter of William J. and Olga A. (Krause) Hartmann in Union.

Gwyneth was a member of AAUW, Kane County Home Economists and also a member of the American Dietetic Association for over 50 years.

She was a member of Who’s Who of American Women, and Who’s Who Women of the World. She was employed as a food administrator for the Illinois Department of Corrections.

She is survived by her children, Dr. Leigh (Lois) Abts, of Phoenix, Maryland, and Michael (Joy) Abts Sr. of Geneva; five grandchildren, Margaret (Tom) Bastian, Anna (Carl) Poettker and Michael (Jamie) Abts Jr., David (Elizabeth) Abts and Brian (Marcie) Abts; a son-in-law, John Sherrill; two great-grandsons, Thomas Bastian III and Bradley Abts; and many nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, Gwyneth was preceded in death by her husband, Harold, in 1993; her daughter, Patricia Sherrill; and her siblings, Christina Hartmann, Lois Hartmann, Roy Hartmann, Henry Hartmann, Florence Schwab, Francis Bohart and Mildred Ruth.

The visitation will be from 2 until 4 p.m. Saturday, May 24, at

Moss-Norris Funeral Home, 100 S. Third St. (three blocks west of the river and one block south of Route 64) in St. Charles. A memorial service will follow the visitation at 4 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be private.

For information, call Moss-Norris Funeral Home in St. Charles at 630584-2000 or visit www.mossfuneral.com.

Please sign the guest book at www.legacy.com/kcchronicle.

RUTH JOHNSON Born: Sept. 22, 1915 Died: May 11, 2014 BATAVIA – Ruth Almyra Hassler Johnson, 98, longtime resident of Batavia, passed away at Tidewell Hospice, Bradenton, Fla., on Sunday, May 11, 2014. She was born Sept.

22, 1915, in Harvard, Illinois, the daughter of Paul Marlowe and Frank Chester (Sweetland) Hassler.

Ruth was first and foremost a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, homemaker and cook.

Ruth and her first husband, Richard “Harold” Foland, were owners of the Batavia Recreation Center (later known as the Batavia Bowl). Ruth and Harold were married for 48 years before his passing. Ruth was

remarried to Bert Johnson for 20 years.

Ruth is survived by daughters, Susan Smith, Linda (Kurt) Maves and Marlo (William) McGhie; daughterin-law, Marsha Foland; stepchildren, Richard Johnson, Marjorie Loughman and Mary (Andrea Goudy) Johnson; 14 grandchildren; five stepgrandchildren; and many greatand great-great-grandchildren. Also surviving Ruth are her siblings, Doris Hassler Farmiloe, Jack (Elizabeth) Hassler and Elizabeth (James) Moseley, as well as many nieces and nephews and their families.

In addition to her husbands, Ruth was preceded in death by a son, Richard Harold “Dick” Foland; son-in-law, Ronald Smith; stepsonin-law, Edward Loughman; siblings, George Hassler, Frank Hassler, Lavina Hassler Ellithorpe, Paul Hassler, Lois Hassler Curnock and Margaret Hassler McGinnis; and two great-grandchildren.

The visitation will be from 4 until 8 p.m. Friday, May 16, at Moss Family Funeral Home, 209 S. Batavia Ave., Batavia.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m.

Saturday, May 17, at Congregational Church of Batavia, 21 S. Batavia Ave. Batavia.

Memorial contributions may be directed to Batavia Congregational Church or The Salvation Army or Philanthropy Department, Tidewell Hospice, 5955 Rand Boulevard, Sarasota, FL 34238.

For information, contact Moss Family Funeral Home at 630-879-

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BURREL J. ‘BJ’ REYNOLDS Born: July 17, 1921 Died: May 14, 2014 DIXON – Burrel J. “BJ” Reynolds, 92, of Dixon, died Wednesday, May 14, 2014, at Delnor Hospital in Geneva.

He was born July 17, 1921, in Dixon, the son of Robert and Susan (Knifer) Reynolds.

He served in the U.S. Navy from 1940-46. He was captured at the fall of Corregidor and became a Japanese P.O.W. for three years and four months – as a slave laborer in the fields at Cabanatuan, Philippines; in a copper mine at Hitachi, Japan; and digging a tunnel for a hydroelectric plant in Mitsushima, Japan. He was located at each of the camps for approximately one year. He was transported from the Philippines to Japan in an infamous “Hell Ship.”

After the war, he returned to Dixon and married Kathleen Mantsch in Rockford on March 9, 1948, who preceded him in death Sept. 12, 2002. They were married 54 years.

BJ spent his adult life as an independent contractor in many homes and businesses in Dixon.

BJ was a longtime member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Dixon, the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor, the American Legion, Dixon Garden Club and Kiwanis. He was truly a hero and remarkable man who touched many with his great compassion, strong faith and good humor.

He is survived by one daughter, Lyn (Bob) Turnbull of St. Charles; two grandchildren, Paul (Megan) Turnbull and Ann (Tom) Hufford; three great-grandchildren, Liam, Lucy and Nora; and one sister, Anna Gerdes of Dixon.

Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday, May 16, at in St. Patrick Catholic Church in Dixon, with the Rev. Bernard Sehr officiating. Burial will follow with military honors by the Combined Veterans Group in Oakwood Cemetery in Dixon. The visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday in the church.

A memorial has been established to Kiwanis Golden K. Funeral arrangements by the Jones Funeral Home in Dixon.

Condolences may be sent online at www.thejonesfh.com.

Please sign the guest book at www.legacy.com/kcchronicle.

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8POLICE REPORTS Kane County Sheriff • A resident of the 6N600 block of Foley Lane, St. Charles, reported Friday, April 25, that the cable, electrical and phone box on her rear patio had been tampered with. Repairs were estimated at $200.

• Nicholas W. Kanehl, 22, of the 9N900 block of Muirhead Lane, Elgin, was charged Friday, May 9, with driving under the influence of drugs, possession of hypodermic syringes and possession of drug paraphernalia after he was reportedly found passed out in his car at Essex and Park avenues in St. Charles Township.

• A resident of the 39W200 block of Sheldon Lane in Blackberry Township reported Sunday, May 11, a screen on a back window had been cut, as if someone tried to open the window.

Damage was estimated at $50.

8LOCAL BRIEF Church offers free supper event Tuesday GENEVA – The free Community Third Tuesday Supper at United Methodist Church of Geneva will feature the theme, “breakfast at suppertime.”

The event will be from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the church, 211 Hamilton St., Geneva.

For information, visit www. thirdtuesdaysuppers.com or call 630-232-7120.

This month’s meal is scrambled eggs, cheesy hash browns, biscuits and gravy, sausage and bacon, fruit cup and the “legendary 16-foot-long dessert buffet,” featuring muffins and coffee cakes.

Hot dogs and carrots and dip always are available as an alternative meal.

Diners may eat in or carry out their meal.

Anyone wishing to donate money to the supper program can do so by sending a check to the church office marked “Third Tuesday Suppers,” or donating in “The Quiet Can” that sits on the beverage table on supper night.

Funds received go to supper expenses.

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By ASHLEY SLOBODA asloboda@shawmedia.com GENEVA – Odds are Kane County won’t be home to a medical marijuana cultivation center, but its leaders are working on zoning regulations that will address such a facility should a proposal be brought forward.

Mark VanKerkhoff, the county’s development and community services director, provided an update to a Kane County Board committee Wednesday.

The state’s four-year medical marijuana pilot program is being regulated by three state agencies – the Department of Public Health, the Department of Agricul-

ture and the Department of Financial and Professional Regulations, VanKerkhoff said.

Although the program took effect Jan. 1, he said, the administrative rules have yet to be adopted.

Once that is done, he said, the application process for cultivation centers and dispensing organizations will be established.

Kane County, meanwhile, is tweaking its zoning regulations for unincorporated areas to account for cultivation and dispensing centers.

Current proposed rules would allow up to two dispensing centers in Kane County and one cultivation center in each state police

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Kane County is in a police district with DuPage, DeKalb, McHenry and Lake counties.

Staff is proposing to define both types of centers as an “interim special use” that would be subject to a public hearing and require County Board approval. The special uses could be limited to five years and could be specified to terminate automatically when the state law expires Dec. 31, 2018.

“I think the interim special use concept here is a good approach,” said board member Mike Donahue, R-Geneva.

Cultivation centers would be allowed in certain farm-

ing, business and industrial districts. Dispensing organizations would be confined to business districts.

Donahue asked if the dispensing centers are expected to be stand-alone retail or existing businesses, such as pharmacies.

VanKerkhoff said he hadn’t heard anyone mention pharmacies as possibilities, but noted that the recommended zoning districts allow for pharmacies and medical offices.

A public hearing will be scheduled for the county’s proposed zoning rules, VanKerkhoff said. He said feedback from the hearing then will be shared with the committee.

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• Thursday, May 15, 2014

MAPLE PARK – Each year during the Memorial Day weekend, American Legion members from Post 312 in Maple Park place American flags on the graves of service members at six Maple Park cemeteries.

On Memorial Day, the honor guard and rifle squad will perform a memorial service at each of the cemeteries with a 21-gun salute honoring fallen and deceased veterans.

In full American Legion dress, the honor guard will assemble at each cemetery.

The post chaplain will recite a veterans prayer, the rifle squad will fire three volleys of seven rifles over the graves of the veterans, and the bugler will play taps.

Memorial Day services begin at 9 a.m. May 26.

The complete honor guard schedule is as follows: • 9:15 a.m.: Pierce Cemetery, Pritchard Owens roads in Troxel.

• 9:30 a.m.: St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, County Line Road, Maple Park.

• 9:45 a.m.: Gardner Methodist Cemetery, Route 38, Maple Park.

• 10 a.m.: Van Vlak Cemetery, McNulty Road, Maple Park.

• 10:15 a.m.: Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Meredith Road, Maple Park.

• 10:30 a.m.: South Burlington Cemetery, Ramm Road, Maple Park.

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Performers wanted for STC Live! events Program kicks off Memorial Day weekend KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com ST. CHARLES – The Downtown St. Charles Partnership seeks quality performers of all ages to take part in its summer program, STC Live!

The program kicks off Memorial Day Weekend, in conjunction with the St. Charles Fine Art show, and will be

held Wednesday and Friday evenings through mid-September.

The purpose of STC Live! is to help create activity by coordinating live, free entertainment in downtown businesses and on the First Street Plaza, according to a news release.

The partnership is in search of artists, musicians and entertainers of different disciplines who have an interest in showcasing their talents to support downtown St. Charles.

“We want this program to promote our businesses, encourage people to explore

all that our downtown offers, and expose the many talents of people in our community,” said Lynne Schwartz, the partnership’s executive director, according to the release.

Applicants should email jblair@downtownstcharles. org their contact name, the name of act, a phone number, an e-mail address and a short description of the type and style of the act’s entertainment.

The applicants should submit at least two of these four items: A demo and examples of past work, a performance resume, three professional references or a website link

with work examples or testimonials.

The STC Live! Committee will review information submitted by interested performers and begin arranging appropriate talent with interested businesses, the release stated.

Performers will have information listed on the partnership’s website. They will receive no pay, but they will receive publicity and promotion, according to the release.

The performing entity must present a professional, family-friendly performance including appropriate language and attire.

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8LOCAL BRIEFS Commission solicits requests for funding

Ozzie’s Home Run and Walk 5K kicks off May 31 GENEVA – The Kane County Cougars organization will host Ozzie’s Home Run and Walk 5K at 8 a.m. May 31 at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark, 34W002 Cherry Lane, Geneva.

Registration is now open for the event at www.kccougars. com and www.racetime.info.

The event will start and finish on the field at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark, with the finish line at

home plate.

Participants will be seen on the stadium’s videoboard through a live-feed camera and can receive a high-five from Ozzie T. Cougar on the final stretch of the race inside the ballpark.

Families with children are encouraged to participate as strollers are permitted and there is a special discounted rate for participants between 5 and 18 years old.

Businesses interested in race sponsorship opportunities are encouraged to email ozzie@ kanecountycougars.com.

Registration is $25 for adults and $12 for those age 5 through 18.

A portion of race proceeds will be donated to the Ozzie’s Scholars Reading Scholarship Program.

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ST. CHARLES – The City of St. Charles Visitors Cultural Commission is soliciting requests for funding from organizations that support and promote tourism, culture, history and the arts in St. Charles.

The following eligibility guidelines will be used to determine which organizations will be recommended for funding. Organizations must: • Be based in St. Charles.

• Be certified by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501 nonprofit corporation.

• Be in operation for a minimum of two years.

• Provide the most recently completed annual report and the current budget, outlining anticipated programs and expenditures • Provide IRS Form 990.

• Provide a narrative showing how the organization’s mission aligns with the cultural commission’s mission to support and promote tourism, culture, history and the arts in St. Charles.

• Must complete funding request application form.

• Must provide amount requested to be funded along with detailed list of use of funds.

Requests are due in the Finance Department of City Hall at 4:30 p.m. today and should be addressed to: St. Charles Visitors Cultural Commission, City of St. Charles Finance Department, 2 E. Main St., St. Charles, IL 60174.

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Kane County Audubon plans bird walk May 31 BATAVIA – Kane County Audubon has planned a bird walk for

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Elgin Genealogical Society to meet today ELGIN – The Elgin Genealogical Society will meet at 7 p.m. today in the first-floor meeting room of the Gail Borden Public Library, 270 N. Grove Ave., Elgin. Certified genealogist Teresa Steinkamp McMillin will be presenting “From Piles to Files: Get Organized.”

Meetings are open to the public. For information, visit www. elginroots.com.

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ELBURN – St. Gall Catholic Church has announced its annual vacation Bible school, which will be from 9 a.m. to noon June 23 through June 27, at the church, 120 W. Shannon St., Elburn.

All children from preschool through fourth grade are eligible to attend. The theme is “Go Tell it on the Mountain.”

There will be crafts, songs, skits, activities and snacks. An ice cream social will be at 6:30 p.m. June 27 for all attendees and their parents.

The cost to attend is $25 a child. Registration forms can be found on the parish website at www.stgall.com, faith formation, children tabs or email dbiggs@stgall.com.

For information, call 630-3659166.

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8 a.m. May 31 at the Dick Young Forest Preserve, 39W115 Main St., Batavia. Participants should meet in the north parking lot, just west of Nelson Lake Road on Main Street.

The parking lot is behind the house on the south side of Main Steet.

During the walk, participants will look for arriving migrants and summer residents.

The public is invited. For information, contact leader Jon Duerr at 630-584-5891.

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8LOCAL BRIEFS Geneva School District 304 to host meeting GENEVA – At 9 a.m. May 22, a meeting conducted by Geneva School District 304 will be at 227 N. Fourth St., Geneva.

The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the district’s plans for providing special-education services to students with disabilities who attend private schools and home schools within the district for the 2014-15 academic school year.

Parents of home-schooled students who have been or may be identified with a disability and reside within the boundaries of District 304 are urged to attend.

RSVP to 630-463-3060 by today.

For information, call 630463-3060.

PWNAGE foundation to host science camps ST. CHARLES – The PWNAGE Robotics/Youth STEM Education Foundation will be hosting two science camps to teach kids about science, robotics

and engineering.

PWNAGE team members will be teaching kids how to build and program basic Lego robots, as well as walk them through an assortment of experiments.

The first camp will be geared toward kids in first through third grades, and the second will cater to those in fourth through sixth grade. Camps will be from 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 4 to 7 for those 6 to 9 years old and 1 to 4 p.m. for those 9 to 12 years old.

The programs take place at the Pottawatomie Community Center, 8 North Ave., St. Charles.

The cost is $150 for St. Charles residents and $200 for nonresidents.

Register at www.StCharlesParks.org. For information, email info@pwnagerobotics.com.

Calif.-based company recalls chili powder The Kane County Health Department is advising residents that the US Trading Company of Hayward, California, is

recalling its Dragonfly Brand Crushed Chili Powder in 6.3-ounce plastic tubs with lot code 359XP because it has the potential to be contaminated with salmonella, states a news release.

No illnesses have been reported to date, but the product was distributed nationwide in retail stores and food wholesale, the release states.

Salmonella is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

The Crushed Chili Powder comes with the bar code 7 21557 53317 8 printed on the front of the tub.

The code 359XP is affixed to the bottom of container. It is a product of Thailand.

Consumers who have purchased the product are urged to return it to the place of purchase for a full refund.

Consumers with questions may contact the company at 510-781-1818.

– Kane County Chronicle

Liu Brothers Bistro in St. Charles makes it official

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St. Charles Chamber of Commerce and St. Charles city officials help cut the ribbon Tuesday for Liu Brothers Bistro at 1554 E. Main St.

STC clean up set for Saturday KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE ST. CHARLES – The City of St. Charles Spring Clean Up collection for west side residents is Saturday. This service is for residents within the city limits of St. Charles only.

Advanced Disposal will conduct the collection. Items must be placed on the curb, not in the street, before 7 a.m. to ensure pickup.

Once Advanced Disposal has passed through an area, workers will not come back and the resident would be responsible for removing all materials.

Also, do not place items out more than 48 hours before the assigned collection date. A list of prohibited items is available at www.stcharlesil.gov/ green/recycling-and-waste.

For information, call 630377-4405.

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GENEVA – Northern Illinois Food Bank officials Wednesday named Julie Yurko as the organization’s president and CEO. Yurko, who currently is the organization’s vice president of philanthropy and communications, will succeed CEO Pete Schaefer, who announced earlier this year that he would be stepp i n g d o w n Julie Yurko from his role.

“I am certainly humbled and very excited,” said Yurko, 45, who lives in Winfield with her husband, Ed, and their four children. “Not only is it a vote of confidence in me, it is a vote of confidence in the whole operation.”

Last year, the food bank distributed 42 million meals to those in need through its network of food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters and youth and senior centers.

The food bank serves 13 counties, including Kane County.

Yurko said one of her goals is to increase the number of meals the food bank serves to make sure that fewer people are going hungry.

She also wants to continue to increase the awareness

of hunger in the counties the food bank serves.

“We know it is real,” Yurko said.

Jeff Burdeaux, chair of the Northern Illinois Food Bank Board of Directors, said in a news release that Yurko is a “proven leader who delivers results, while seeking innovative ways to keep up the food bank’s positive momentum in our mission to ensure that no one goes hungry in northern Illinois.”

She has more than 23 years of experience in managing fundraising, operations and marketing at a variety of nonprofit organizations.

Yurko started at the food bank in 2009. Since her arrival, contributed revenue has doubled, according to the release.

“Our board could not have found a better candidate,” Schaefer said in a news release. “I have had the pleasure to know and work with Julie for over five years, and I am confident she will be an exceptional leader of the food bank.”

Before joining the food bank, Yurko served as director of major gifts at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, where she established and managed a new major gifts program.

She also held positions at The Children’s Memorial Foundation and the Chicago Zoological Society and Brookfield Zoo.

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CASA Kane County will be holding general information meetings for individuals interested in becoming a Court Appointed Special Advocate volunteer for abused and neglected children.

Those who are at least 21 years old and want to learn more can RSVP to Sarah Baxa at sbaxa@casakanecounty.org to attend one of the meetings listed below: • 9 to 10 a.m. June 9 at CASA offices, Kane County Courthouse, 100 S. Third St., suite 460, Geneva.

• 6 to 7 p.m. May 20 and June 3 at Graham’s 318, 318 Third St., Geneva.

• 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. May 22, May 29 and June 12 at CASA offices, Kane County Courthouse, 100 S. Third St., Suite 460, Geneva.

• 11 a.m. to noon May 16, May 30 and June 13, at CASA offices, Kane County Courthouse, 100 S. Third St., Suite 460, Geneva.

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com GENEVA – Kane County is working to provide outdoor recycling bins outside of its buildings.

Recycling stations were installed this month at the Kane County Government Center and the Kane County Courthouse, both in Geneva, according to a county news release.

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and food all need to go in the trash/landfill bin.”

The release indicates that this project was a team effort by recycling program staff, facilities maintenance personnel and the county’s custodial companies.

Contact Kane County Recycling Program coordinator Jennifer Jarland at 630-208-3841 or recycle@ countyofkane.org for information.

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Contact Cathy Winters at 630-377-2769, ext. 210, for information.

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Each station has two openings, one blue Saturn-shaped opening for recyclable items and one black square opening for trash.

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These meetings will be held as follows: • 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. May 21 at Two Brothers Roundhouse, 205 N. Broadway St., Aurora.

• 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. June 4 at Elgin Public House, 219 E. Chicago St., Elgin.

For information, visit www. casakanecounty.org.

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Existing bins at other county campuses – including the Kane County Judicial Center in St. Charles Township – will receive retrofits in the coming month, the release states.

The project is being supported with funds from the Riverboat Grant.

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ST. CHARLES – The Pottawatomie Garden Club has planned a program, “England’s Legacy of Gardens and Country Life,” for

11:30 a.m. Monday at PNC Bank, 2600 E. Main St., St. Charles.

Karla Lynch will be back to share her passion for English Gardens. Social time starts at 11:30 a.m., with refreshments

followed by a business meeting and the program.

All interested are invited to attend. For information, visit www.pottagardenclub.org.

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ELGIN – Elgin Community College has learned it is one of 448 educational institutions in Illinois to receive a grant to enhance safety and security on campus, according to a news release issued by ECC. The Illinois Emergency Management Agency announced the Illinois School and Campus Safety Grant Program earlier this year. ECC was awarded $186,641.62 to fund two projects, the release stated.

The first project is the purchase of five additional STARCOM radios, which ensure interoperable communication between the ECC Police Department and its mutual aid fire and police partners. The other project is the purchase and installation of shatter-resistant glass and film in strategic locations throughout the campus.

Tami Haukedahl, ECC’s deputy chief of police, said ECC “has a well-earned reputation for being among the

safest campuses in the state and country,” according to the release.

“This support will maintain the great momentum we gathered over the last few years in campus safety and security,” Haukedahl said.

These security enhancements will greatly benefit the safety of all ECC students, faculty, staff, administrators and visitors, Haukedahl said, according to the release.

Gov. Pat Quinn recently announced grant awards totaling $25 million to enhance security at public elementary and secondary school districts, community colleges and state universities in Illinois. The grants will support 1,312 projects, including reinforced doors, shatter-resistant glass, physical locks and other security measures that will enhance safety for students, staff and visitors, the release stated.

In 2012, ECC was named the fifth-safest college or university in Illinois by www.stateuniversity.com, which was based on campus crime rates.

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OPINIONS Passion and pride abound in Marmion drill Every weekday bright and early, I arrive at Marmion with a less than sunny demeanor and an amazement that anybody can function so early. Nevertheless, I continue through the double doors and hear the familiar pang of a replica 8.9-pound M1903A3 Springfield rifle bounce against the field house floor.

A tremendous amount of hard work and concentration goes into making that sound, and, where one finds this sound, one will also find passion.

For the members of the Marmion Flannigan Rifles Drill Team, drill becomes more than the usual Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps marching and inspection; it becomes a daily challenge to memorize an incredible amount of rifle

spins and marching steps.

Military drill is a unique tradition of discipline and rigor. In basic terms, drill refers to synchronized marching and movement in units.

Military drill teams, such as the Flannigan Rifles, excel at marching routines and have squads that specialize in rifle handling and spinning.

Sgt. Maj. John Gissel (retired), the instructor of the Flannigan Rifles, has taught in the military department at Marmion and coached the drill team since 1996. Before every Marmion JROTC Battalion formation, one can see SGM Gissel coordinating cadets and preparing for the review.

Every weekday morning, from 6:30 to 7:20, SGM Gissel and the drill team practice their sequences and rehearse

MARMION’S MANLY MAN Kurt Zepeda for competitions against other JROTC high school battalions. Chris Voirin, a current Marmion senior and commander of the Flannigan Rifles, and Andrew Graves, also a senior and executive officer, lead practices.

When competition draws near, the team prepares on weekends and vacations from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Needless to say, the members of the drill team are some of the most dedicated and hardworking individuals I know.

Commander Voirin calls the dedication of the members voluntarily: “They want to be there and want to be the

best, which is ultimately our goal.”

On the weekend of May 3 and 4, the Flannigan Rifles traveled to Daytona, Florida, to compete in the National High School Drill Team Championships. Out of the 43 top tier teams across all four JROTC branches, they placed third overall and won multiple top five finishes in squad and platoon events, taking first in Exhibition Squad and first in the Solo. Among the other Army JROTC drill teams, the Flannigan Rifles placed first.

SGM Gissel cites Graves and Voirin’s leadership as having a “trickledown effect” upon the other seniors, and he says the dedication of each member contributed to the success at the 2014 National event: “The sincere dedication from each member

whether they are on the National’s team or not is very critical and a direct result from the seniors.”

Also, he thanks the parents behind each member of the team.

When asked about the National event next year, SGM Gissel replied: “The makeup of the team and the leadership in place for 2014-15 is fully capable of a strong showing if not a National title.”

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

Contact him at editorial@ kcchronicle.com.

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By GREG WILLIAMS Special to The Washington Post Recently, Starbucks announced it would expand its offerings and start selling alcoholic drinks in the evening in thousands of its stores.

The move was touted by chief executive Howard Schultz as a strategy for the company to grow profits by increasing the average sale per customer.

Schultz’s shareholders no doubt exchanged a mental fistbump. But the celebration may be short-lived once they realize that they are in danger of turning away a key coffee-consuming segment – more than 23 million Americans living in recovery from substance-use disorders.

Every day, people in recovery meet up in Starbucks cafes to support one another, to talk to their 12-step sponsors and,

most of all, to be welcomed in one of the few lively, popular, alcohol-free gathering places in their community.

Starbucks should pay special attention to them.

One of the most useful concepts in business is the Pareto principle, or what is commonly known as the 80/20 rule.

This widely adopted marketing principle – that 20 percent of input causes 80 percent of the result – suggests that 80 percent of all coffee consumed at Starbucks is derived from just 20 percent of their consumer base.

And who might be part of that base? The October 2008 issue of the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research found that 88.5 percent of those studied who were in recovery from alcoholism drank coffee. Thirty-three percent of those coffee drinkers drank

more than four cups a day.

That means millions of recovering people drink coffee, and a third of them drink a lot of it.

In the short run, Schultz may be adding a new set of customers who bring in a $20plus sale once a week. But if the evening culture of the cafes turns into a hybrid bar scene, Starbucks will be at serious risk of forcing out a devoted set of high-volume existing customers.

If Starbucks executives studied this market demographic, perhaps they would think twice about this move.

• Greg Williams has been in recovery from alcohol and drug use for more than 12 years.

He wrote and produced the documentary “The Anonymous People,” about long-term recovery.

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Kathy Gresey

Al Lagattolla

Jay Schwab

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

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Opinions remain split regarding Madigan’s odds • MADIGAN Continued from page 17 session May 31, Madigan has to convince a number of Democrats to renege on a promise they have publicly vowed to keep – that the historic tax hike will significantly sunset at year’s end.

The Democratic Party holds a 71-seat House supermajority, which means Madigan has an 11-vote cushion, given the safe bet that none of the Republican minority will vote in favor. But at least 19 House Democrats are on record as opposing the tax increase to begin with, or favoring allowing it to expire as scheduled.

That means Madigan will need at least eight of them to change their publicly-made stances and raise taxes with an election six months away.

And that assumes that all 52 of the remaining House Democrats are on board with the plan.

Opinions are split regarding Madigan’s odds.

As one of the most vocal Democratic opponents of the tax increase, Rep. Jack Franks said he believes tax hike supporters will fall short given what he’s seen and heard on the House floor.

“I’ve been actively lobbying my colleagues to vote no, and I’ve been working this very hard,” Franks, D-Marengo, said. “I don’t believe they have the votes.”

But John Jackson, visiting professor at the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, said he has many reasons to believe the increase will have the votes to be made permanent. Jackson said the biggest argument that opponents have – that lawmakers wouldn’t dare raise taxes in an election year – is a myth in Illinois.

“The hype about legislators losing their seats over tax hikes is almost totally legendary, and the record of people losing their seats because of their votes for a tax increase is very, very thin. There’s almost nobody in recent history in this state who has lost their seat over a tax increase,” Jackson said.

Illinois workers have paid on average an extra week’s salary in income taxes since Democratic lawmakers in January 2011, without a single Republican vote, raised the state income tax 67 percent on individuals and 46 percent on corporations. But the bill signed into law by Gov. Pat Quinn contains language that sunsets much of the tax increase on Jan. 1, 2015.

Democratic lawmakers sold the tax increase as a stopgap measure needed to straighten out state government’s dire finances and pay down a shameful pile of unpaid bills.

But it didn’t work – most of the $31 billion that the increase is predicted to generate has been

swallowed by the state’s ballooning public pension obligations, and the state’s backlog of bills was $7.6 billion at the end of 2013.

Quinn in his 2015 budget address in March asked state lawmakers to make the tax permanent, lest the state suffer draconian cuts that would hurt its neediest residents.

The measure is expected to start, and pass, in the more liberal Senate, where Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, says he has the 30 votes needed.

But voting records reinforce the conventional wisdom that the tax hike could stall in the House.

Twenty-three of the 60 House Democrats who voted for the tax increase back in 2011 have since left office. Seven of the 11 House Democrats who voted against it are still in office. And while the Democratic majority has increased since then from 64 to 71 seats, a portion of the freshman class of Democrats first elected in

2012, mostly from the north and northwest suburbs, have shown an independent streak.

Seven freshman Democrats last year signed onto a bill that would have set the tax rates back to their pre-increase levels of 3 percent for individuals and 4.8 percent for corporations. Six of them face Republican challengers this November. Three incumbent Democratic lawmakers also signed onto the bill, including one, Patrick Verschoore, D-Rock Island, who voted for the tax increase in 2011.

But Franks, who signed onto a separate Republican resolution demanding that the tax increase be allowed to expire, said the bill was more for show because its sponsors did nothing at all to advance it. He also said with assurance that some of those lawmakers will flip.

Jackson said Democratic lawmakers who switch sides and vote for the tax increase would have little to fear in Illinois for several reasons, the

biggest being legislative maps that are very friendly to them.

The party controlled the General Assembly and the governor’s office during the redistricting process after the 2010 U.S. Census, and drew very safe districts for themselves for the next decade.

“Most of these guys are in seats in which they couldn’t be beaten, no matter what they do. The Republicans, too,” Jackson said.

And despite the polls – a March poll by the Simon institute found 60 percent favor the tax decreasing as promised compared to 27 percent who support it being permanent – history shows that Illinois voters tend not to hold a grudge when it comes to tax increases.

The largest exception is the 1972 governor’s race, when Democrat Daniel Walker narrowly defeated Republican Richard Ogilvie, whose success in pushing a Republican-led General Assembly to adopt a state income tax cost him votes.

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By ERIC SCHELKOPF eschelkopf@shawmedia.com GENEVA – St. Charles resident Nancy Luyten is bringing a taste of New Orleans to downtown Geneva.

Since 2013, Luyten has been transforming a historic house at 124 S. Second St. in downtown Geneva into a multi-level restaurant and lounge called The Patten House.

“We’re going to have a New Orleans flair,” Luyten said. “We have some incredibly good recipes and the house lends itself to that. It’s more of a French Quarter-type menu. We’re not doing the heavy fried food. We’re doing a lot of seafood, poor boy sandwiches and gumbo. Some of the recipes are from chefs we’ve known from New Orleans.”

Those who attended the 60 Men Who Cook fundraiser in April got to try the restaurant’s gumbo.

“It went over well,” Luyten said.

The house, located in the city’s historic district, was built in 1857 by lumber man George Patten, and Luyten purchased the two-story house in March 2013. Luyten said she wanted the restaurant’s name to reflect the family’s heritage.

“I wanted to honor the family and the tradition of the house,” Luyten said.

According to historic records, the house served as a temporary Kane County courthouse between March 1890 and September 1892, when the present courthouse, located at 100 S. 3rd St, was completed.

The project to transform the house into a restaurant is winding down, and Luyten hopes to open the restaurant’s doors later this month.

“The whole property needed a lot of care,” Luyten said. “When I bought the house, there were a lot of shrubs and trees on the property, and you could not even see the house.”

Luyten put a new face on the house inside and out.

“We upgraded everything, including putting in new bathrooms, adding air conditioning and redoing the existing floors,” she said. “It just needed to be upgraded, especially for commercial use.”

At the same time, Luyten said she wanted to keep the historic feel of the house.

“We kept the integrity of everything in the house we could,” she said.

Luyten turned to local businesses to help with the project, including Elburn-based Good Call Plumbing and Heating. The furniture and furnishings in the house are supplied by such local businesses as Geneva Home Works and the Strawflower Shop in Geneva.

“I wanted to stay local,” she said.

Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns lauded Luyten for her efforts.

“Nancy’s efforts are a quintessential example of sweat equity,” Burns wrote in an email. “Her hard work, patience and attention to detail [have] resulted in a new landmark for downtown Geneva.

I’m very proud of her and look forward to celebrating the grand opening of The Patten House and all that it will provide to our community.”

The Patten House will feature five different dining rooms on two levels along with a bar.

“We have a lot of spaces for parties and banquets,” Luyten said. The restaurant and bar will be able to seat about 150 people at one time, she said.

The Patten House will be open for lunch and dinner seven days a week. Appetizers will run between $8 to $12, and entrees will be priced between $17 and $25, Luyten said.

“I don’t want to be the type of restau-

TOP: The historic 1857 Patten House in Geneva is being transformed into a multi-level restaurant that will have a New Orleans flare. MIDDLE: The view to the patio is seen from leaded windows on the upper level of the Patten House. BOTTOM: One of five dining rooms is fit with tables and chairs.

rant that we price out anybody,” she said.

Luyten said she is happy with how the project has come together.

“We’ve done and redone the house so it would be exactly as we wanted,” she said.

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DO O T S G N 5 THI UND O R A & IN NTY U O C E KAN DOG JOG AND 5K RUN

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GARDENOLOGY FESTIVAL

WHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 17 WHERE: Third and State Streets (from the Kane County Courthouse down to the Metra Train Station) in downtown Geneva COST/INFO: The Gardenology Festival will take place rain or shine. Experts from the horticulture field will meet with the public to discuss farming, gardening, wildlife control, composting, birds and butterflies and more. There will be vendors, speakers and special appearances. Admission is free. Visit gardenologygenevail.com for more information.

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WHEN: Onsite registration is 8 to 9:15 a.m., with the 5K run beginning at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, May 17 WHERE: Kane County Animal Control facility, 4060 Keslinger Road, Geneva COST/INFO: A dog jog and 5K run benefiting the Kane County Animal Control shelter will take place. There is a two-dog limit per racer. All dogs must be controlled and on a leash no longer than 6 feet. No retractable leashes will be allowed. Water stations will be provided for runners and dogs. Registration fees are $15 per dog; $40 per adult; and $25 for children ages 14 and younger. Participants may also raise donations to help support the pets cared for by Animal Control. For more information, call 630-232-3555.

WATERLINE WRITERS EVENT

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WHEN: 5 p.m. Sunday, May 18 WHERE: Water Street Studios, 160 S. Water St., Batavia COST/INFO: The Waterline Writers will host writers Barbara Barrows, Marc Frazier, Frank Rutledge, Patrick Shannon and Greg Stolze at the event, which is free. For more information on Waterline Writers, visit www.waterlinewriters.org.

WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 17, and Sunday, May 18 WHERE: Kane County Fairgrounds, 525 S. Randall Road, St. Charles COST/INFO: Part swap-meet, part expo, part entertainment event, the Chicago Drum Show is now in its 24th year. There will be exhibits and vintage, used, new and custom drum sets.

There also will be internationally-known artists presenting clinics that are free to all attendees. Special events will include a roundtable discussion – “Careers In The Percussion Industry” – moderated by industry veteran Karl Dustman, and presentations by Gary Astridge, who has been helping Ringo Starr catalog his Beatle gear. Admission costs $15 for adults and $10 for children ages 5 to 12 years old.

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WHEN: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, May 15, through Saturday, May 17 WHERE: Fox Valley Wildlife Center barn, 45W601 Route 38, Elburn COST/INFO: The Fox Valley Wildlife Center is having its annual barn sale to raise funds to care for the injured and orphaned wildlife admitted for care this season. Among items available will be kitchen and entertaining items, antiques and collectibles, art, bath items, bedding, towels and blankets. For information, call Karen at 630-701-4080.

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Singer/songwriter Justin Towne Earle will perform Friday, June 20, during the Two Brothers Brewing Company’s 2014 Two Brothers Summer Festival.

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‘Whose Live’ coming to Batavia

By ERIC SCHELKOPF

P

robably best known for his appearances on the television show “Whose Line Is It Anyway,” Greg Proops will join his castmates on stage Friday, May 30, at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre for “Whose Live Anyway,” a live version of the show.

The Batavia Arts Centre is located on the Batavia High School campus at 1201 Main St., Batavia. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are available by visiting bataviafineartscentre.org.

Kane County Chronicle reporter Eric Schelkopf had the chance to talk to Proops about the upcoming show.

Eric Schelkopf: You are probably best known as an improvisational comedian on the show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” Why do you like being on that show?

Greg Proops: It’s opened up a whole world for me. I can’t say enough about how it has opened every door for me as far as being a comedian.

I’ve worked with Ryan Stiles from “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” for over 20 years now. We’re getting on to 25 years.

He’s just a pleasure to work with.

He’s so professional.

It’s just fun. We make each other laugh, and we really try to hit the stage as hard as we can.

All in all, it’s been a positive experience. I got lucky and ended up on a show [that] ran for 14 years, and then out of nowhere, 10 years later, we’re back on the air again. What are the chances?

Schelkopf: What is the difficulty in doing improvisational comedy?

Proops: There’s really not much diffi-

culty. Making the stuff up is fun for us.

We like flying by the seat of our pants, and we like the challenge of the audience yelling stuff out. Really, the difficulty is making it as funny as possible and not disappointing yourself.

Schelkopf: So, is that it, you are playing off the rest of the cast and the audience, and it just comes naturally to you?

Proops: I don’t think anything comes naturally for anyone. I think you have to work at all these things.

It’s like saying someone is a natural athlete. That doesn’t acknowledge they put in the time.

I have been doing this for over 30 years, so I put the time in and probably perform 200 to 300 days a year.

When I was in college, I went to see an improv group, and I said to myself, “I can do that.” And I had never done improv at that point.

And I went the next week and I volunteered to be in a sketch, and then they offered me to be in the group.

Schelkopf: So, what should people expect from the live show? Because you’re live, is there more pressure on you guys?

Proops: Well, we’re big and loud. And we hit the stage running.

We’re not shy and retiring. We’re putting on a big show with lots of music.

We sing, we jump around. It’s funny.

So, there’s that. And also, there’s way more audience interaction than on TV. We have volunteers coming out of the crowd. We’re really an audience show. We’re about what the audience wants to see, and we’re about bringing the audience up and putting them in the show.

I think you’ll find it’s a lot more exciting. Everyone is involved.

Everything is based on audience suggestions.

Schelkopf: Your weekly podcast, “The Smartest Man in the World,” has been called “some of the boldest comedy on the podcasting frontier.” Did you expect such accolades?

Proops: No, I don’t go out looking for the accolades. The podcast is my baby, so I can be as opinionated as I want.

And I’m very, very opinionated about politics and feminism and the class war and the rich and all that.

It’s a different bag. It’s really worked out for me. It’s been such a labor of love, and it’s just me on my own.

My wife and I really put the whole thing on. I get about 60,000 downloads a week, so I do pretty well.

Schelkopf: As far as inspiration for your comedy, where do you get it from?

Proops: All around me. I’m full of anger. I’m furious with the way the world is going.

And there’s plenty in the newspapers and on the Internet to keep me busy. I find inspiration every moment, one in how beautiful people can be. The podcast has struck such a chord with people that I couldn’t be happier about that.

And then all the “Who’s Line” people, they all love us. We’re not characters to them.

So, I really feel lucky like that, that I get to be myself. I think that people are beautiful and that they have to fight always against what the interests of the rich are.

The world does not have to be the way they want it to be. And that’s always my message to everybody.

PLANIT KANE planitkanenews@shawmedia.com AURORA – This June, music and brews will come together in a weekendlong celebration of summer during the Two Brothers Brewing Company’s 2014 Two Brothers Summer Festival.

Formerly known as the Two Brothers Hop Juice Festival, the three-day event will take place Friday, June 20, through Sunday, June 22, at Two Brothers Roundhouse, 205 N. Broadway St., Aurora. Festival hours will be 5 to 11 p.m. June 20; noon to 11 p.m. Saturday, June 21; and noon to 6 p.m. June 22.

Grammy-winning rock group Los Lobos and singer/song-writer Justin Townes Earle will headline the summer music fest.

Earle and Edward David Anderson will perform June 20; Los Lobos, Cornmeal, Autumn Defence, Kwame Bediako and Kevin Presbrey & the Midwest will perform June 21; and Ralph’s World will perform June 22, with a second act that has yet to be announced.

General admission costs $5 on June 20; $10 on June 21; and the Sunday Family Day concerts are free to attend. V.I.P. ticket options also are available for $50 on June 20 and $82.50 on June 21.

The festival was created to raise money and awareness for a growing list of charities, as well as give back to the local and regional community, states the Two Brothers Brewing Company website. Proceeds from the festival will be donated to the MakeA-Wish foundation, the Aurora-based Mutual Ground domestic violence shelter and other local nonprofits.

For tickets or information, visit twobrothersbrewing.com.

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Ryan Stiles (left), Greg Proops (right) and their “Whose Line Is It Anyway” castmates will perform “Whose Live Anyway,” a live version of the show, Friday, May 30, at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre.

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By JAY SCHWAB jschwab@shawmedia.com BATAVIA – An audible groan emanated from the St. Charles North dugout Wednesday as senior Sabrina Rabin’s blast to left field smacked off the wall.

Rabin has been a hit machine throughout her fouryear varsity career, but the blazing-fast senior only has one career home run, which came during her sophomore season.

“Every time I hit the fence I’m like ‘Oh, dang it, one more Wheatie or something,’ but that’s alright, it was still a good at-bat,” Rabin said.

“And it’ll come.”

Rabin’s near-miss was about as far as North’s frustration went in a dominating performance for the North Stars, who drilled Batavia, 16-2, in five innings.

“She’s had a handful off the fence,” said St. Charles North assistant coach Thijs Dennison, filling in for the ill Tom Poulin. “She hit a bases loaded one off the fence a couple weeks ago. She tells me if it’s 185 [feet out] I hit it off the fence, if it’s 230 I hit it off the fence. Just unlucky, but she’s hitting the ball hard.”

Rabin led an offensive onslaught for the North Stars, tripling, doubling, singling and driving home four runs in three at-bats before being replaced as North (18-6, 14-2 Upstate Eight Conference River) substituted generously after roaring to a 13-0 lead by the middle of the second inning.

When the North Stars weren’t bashing the ball, they were strolling to first base.

North drew 11 walks and a hit batsman as Batavia pitchers Alyssa Klemm and Rachael Lovestrand struggled with their location.

It was the first game in about two weeks for Lovestrand, returning from a concussion. Lovestrand replaced Klemm in the top of the first before Klemm re-entered the

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Softball: Geneva at Streamwood, 4:30 p.m.; Kaneland at DeKalb, 4:30 p.m.; North Boone at Burlington Central, 4:30 p.m.; Aurora Christian at Somonauk, 4:30 p.m.; IMSA at Wheaton Academy, 4:30 p.m.

Girls soccer: Metea Valley at St. Charles North, 4:30 p.m.; Geneva at Glenbard South, 6:15 p.m.

Boys track: UEC River meet at Larkin, 3:30 p.m.; Burlington Central at BNC Meet, 4:30 p.m.

Boys volleyball: Metea Valley at St. Charles East, 5:30 p.m.

Boys tennis: St. Francis at IMSA, 4:30 p.m.

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St. Charles North’s Mickey Goetz (left) and Kaitlyn Waslawski celebrate at the end of an inning against Batavia Wednesday. game during the second inning.

“When you face a good-hitting team like that, you can’t give them anything free,” Batavia coach Lupe Castellanos said. “Those extra walks in between – you’ve got to make them earn it. They’re going to hit the ball hard so if you give them those free passes they’re going to put runs up on the scoreboard on you.”

North cleanup hitter Abby Howlett homered for the second straight day, a deep drive to left that ricocheted off a

tree.

Howlett later added a double and drove in three runs while left fielder Abi Ginther also notched three RBIs for North, which remained even in the loss column with St. Charles East atop the UEC River.

Batavia (8-17, 6-10 UEC River) scored its runs in the bottom of the third, stringing four straight hits together off North senior Katie Roggemann, who pitched the final four innings for the North Stars, replacing Rabin.

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baseman Natalie Offutt and catcher Christina Karius had two hits apiece for the Bulldogs.

North third baseman Erin Nemetz reached base in each of her three at-bats before stepping aside. There was little else that could have gone the North Stars’ way unless Rabin’s drive cleared the fence.

“It’s always fun to see that tiny, little slapper hit the ball over the fence,” Nemetz said.

“That’s always really fun to watch. Hopefully she’ll get one here soon.”

FRIDAY Baseball: Fenwick at St. Francis, 4:30 p.m.; Aurora Central Catholic at Byron, 6 p.m.

Softball: Batavia at St. Charles East, 4:30 p.m.; Plainfield North at Kaneland, 4:30 p.m.; Aurora Central Catholic, Wheaton Academy at ICCP Tournament, TBA; Burlington Central at Knight Invite Boys tennis: UEC River meet at Geneva, TBD Boys track: NI Big 12 meet at Kaneland, 3 p.m.

Boys volleyball: Geneva at Willowbrook Invite, 4:30 p.m.; St. Charles North at Evanston Spring Fling, 5 p.m.; Glenbard West at St. Francis, 6 p.m.

Rodriguez off to blazing start at Aurora University

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ON CAMPUS Vinnie Duber success out of the gate in her college career is definitely striking, she had plenty of momentum from her high school days, earning all-state honors and winning a 2011 state championship with her 4x200 relay teammates.

It’s her time at Aurora Central Catholic – her last two years of high school – that she credits for the sprinter she’s become.

“They shaped me and molded me, they gave me constructive criticism. The workouts they did and how to use my talent and my speed wisely and to my benefit, they’ve really helped me come to where I’m at right now,” Rodriguez said. “We practice at Aurora Central during the week, and it’s nice to see all the girls I used to run with, how they’re doing, how the program is doing. I give a lot a credit to what my past teammates and coaches have done for me throughout the years.”

Regardless of whether Rodriguez reaches the national championships, it’s been an outstanding first season at Aurora. The elementary education major was happy to report she earned all A’s and B’s in her first semester. But there’s still that one accomplishment that can make Year 1 near perfect, and there’s one final opportunity to close that .25-second gap.

“It’s right there, it’s right in front of me,” Rodriguez said. “I just have to go out there and work for it.”

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Even with all the records she’s broken this season, Lisa Rodriguez still has more she wants to accomplish.

The Aurora University sprinter – a Sugar Grove native who attended both Aurora Christian and Aurora Central Catholic – has broken 10 school records, been named athlete of the week three times and ranks just outside the top 30 nationally for Division III in the 400-meter dash.

And, oh yeah, she’s done all this as a freshman.

“It’s crazy, it’s really crazy,” Rodriguez said. “I’m surprised that I’ve done so much, but it’s all because of my teammates and coaches.

They’ve trained me and have gotten me to where I am right now. It’s a good feeling, a really great feeling to come and take down really good records.”

The thing still left on her to-do list is to get to the national championships. The top 22 times in the country make it to the D-III national championships, and Rodriguez’s time of 57.1 seconds – a school record, conference record and conference meet record – currently ranks 31st.

As things stand now, she’d miss a trip by .25 seconds.

Rodriguez also is a member of the 4x100-meter relay team that ranks 21st in the country. The top 16 teams go to nationals, and Aurora trails by .08 seconds.

There’s one last chance to climb the ranks Friday for Rodriguez, individually and as part of that relay squad, one last chance to add another impressive accomplishment to the ever-growing list.

“My No. 1 goal was to go to nationals as a freshman because not a lot of people can say that,” she said.

Sprinters live in those tenths, even hundredths of seconds, so it’s not a huge surprise to see the times so close. And while Rodriguez’s

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• Vinnie Duber writes the weekly On Campus column for the Kane County Chronicle. If you have a column idea about area athletes competing in college, contact him at vinnieduber@gmail.com.

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Cadets win ninth straight title

By KEVIN DRULEY kdruley@shawmedia.com AURORA – Table the talk of Marmion’s stranglehold on the Suburban Christian Conference boys track and field scene at nine-peats.

The Cadets would welcome competing for a 10th straight conference title next spring if only the SCC weren’t dissolving.

On Wednesday, Marmion extended its streak and imprint on the league with a comfortable victory in the 12-team event at Aurora Central Catholic. Totaling 187.5 team points, the Cadets were 127.5 points better than runner-up Aurora Christian in their SCC swan song.

“It’s kind of sad this is it,” sad Marmion senior Kevin Grahovec, who was part of three first-place finishes, “but, I mean, it’s cool that it’s the year I’m leaving. So we kind of are, like, the last team remaining.”

Marmion, which may not have a track conference over which to reign next spring, again credited a focused approach for helping it triumph.

Athletes insist extending their run was not on their lips for very long during this or any week.

“We don’t say a word about it,” senior standout high jumper Tyler Maryanski said last week. “We just focus on getting the job done. We know everyone has their roles. We all know what we have to do.

We just go out there, compete to our best and whatever happens, that’s what happens.”

While many schools among Wednesday’s field – including host ACC – will head to the Metro Suburban Conference next school year, Aurora Christian, St. Francis, Montini and Marmion face a less certain future.

Those four remaining SCC schools likely will compete as part of the Chicago Catholic League’s postseason tournaments in cross country, golf, wrestling, tennis and track and field next school year, Marmion athletic director Joe Chivari said.

Athletes from those schools, however, will not be eligible for all-conference recognition.

The plan has yet to be finalized.

Marmion will be a member of the CCL in football and soc-

AREA EVENT SCC BOYS TRACK AND FIELD WINNERS

200 meters Matt Ruff, Wheaton Academy, 22.31 400 Matt Ruff, Wheaton Academy, 49.58 800 Kevin Grahovec, Marmion, 2:01.57 1,600 Javier Montelongo, Aurora Central Catholic, 4:35.38 3,200 Tanner Chada, Aurora Christian, 9:53.86 110 hurdles Seth Sevenich, Marmion, 15.89 4x100 Aurora Christian (Noah Roberts, Noah Hagerty, Grant Schweisthal, Johnathan Harrell), 43.86 4x200 Aurora Christian, (Noah Roberts, Noah Hagerty, Grant

Schweisthal, Johnathan Harrell), 1:33.05 4x400 Marmion (Joe Duffield, Jack Saloga, Andrew Grahovec, Kevin Grahovec), 3:29.49 4x800 Marmion (Tim Riordan, Eric Lifka, Matt Milder, Kevin Grahovec), 8:23.25 Long jump Isaiah Brown, Marmion, 21-0.5 Triple jump Anton Blaeser, Marmion, 4010.75 Shot put Luke Juriga, Marmion, 50-05 Discus Jonah Walker, Aurora Christian, 156-01 High jump Tyler Maryanski, Marmion, 6-06 Pole vault Jake Cornish, Marmion, 13-0

cer in 2014-15, and is applying for full conference membership for the 2015-16 school year.

As Grahovec indicated, the meet had added significance for seniors, namely Aurora Christian’s Johnathan Harrell, who anchored the Eagles’ win-

ning 4x100 and 4x200 relays, among other duties.

The busy slate is nothing new for Harrell, a preferred basketball walk-on recruit at North Carolina-Greensboro who said he also has been talking with the school’s

track coaches. While those two sports have been Harrell’s mainstays at ACS, he added golf to his fall slate as a senior and also is splitting time as the baseball team’s center fielder this spring.

“My mom still thinks I’m too small for football,” said the 6-foot-3, 185-pound Harrell, who hasn’t played the sport since middle school, “even though I still feel different about it.”

Wayne resident Matt Ruff of third-place Wheaton Academy won the 200 and 400, enjoying what he called “maybe my best meet ever.”

Javier Montelongo of Sugar Grove was the lone winner for the host Chargers, taking the 1,600 in a tight finish.

“I was just trying to stay up and kick the last 200,” Montelongo said. “Usually, the last 200 meters are the best part of my race.”

Cadets coach Dan Thorpe, who pushed to continue the conference MVP tradition as coaches awaited awards and results, said he’ll miss the “quality of the conference” and working with “legends of track in northern Illinois” such as Chargers coach Troy Kerber.

“It’s the coldest conference meet I’ve ever been at, so our kids, they come to compete, and they’re wonderful,” he said.

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Boys Premier & Classic Youth Tryouts May 19 and May 20, 2014 (Mon & Tues) U10-U11...

4:30-6:00 p.m.

U12, U13, U14...

6:30-8:00 p.m.

May 21 and May 22, 2014 (Wed & Thurs) U8-U9...4:30-6:00 p.m.

*All dates and times are subject to change. Please check www.tcsa.net for any changes.

Rain out dates will be announced on the website.

High School Boys Tryouts May 18 and June 1, 2014 (Sunday) 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Girls Premier & Classic Youth Tryouts May 27 and May 28, 2014 (Tues & Wed) U10-U11...4:30-6:00 p.m.

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YOUTH OPEN HOUSE 5/14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Indoor Facility.

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NOTEWORTHY

Knights, Royals remain on collision course Kaneland and Rosary are the top two seeds at next week’s IHSA Class 2A Rosary Regional, and neither team faces a highly regarded opponent in its regional semifinal matchup.

A closer look at prep girls soccer

IN THE GROOVE MARY LANDRY GENEVA, JR., F What she did: Landry scored two of Geneva’s three goals and assisted on the other in Friday’s 3-1 Vikings victory against St. Charles East.

ABBY OLSON WHEATON ACADEMY, SR., F What she did: Olson had one of Wheaton Academy’s three goals and set up another from Rachel Song off her corner kick Tuesday as the Warriors blanked Rosary, 3-0, in Suburban Christian Conference action.

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St. Charles East’s Shannon Rasmussen gets past two Geneva defenders during an April 12 Augsburg Drach Invitational match at St. Charles East.

That means it’s likely the Knights and Royals will meet in a regional final for the fourth time in five years, with Rosary victorious in each of those previous meetings. Last year’s regional final in Rochelle went to double overtime, with Rosary prevailing, 2-1.

Kaneland – the regional’s top seed this year – is still hunting its first regional title in program history.

Staying sharp Geneva coach Megan Owens was especially pleased with her team’s play in Friday’s 3-1 win against St. Charles East considering the team’s build-up to

the match.

“You never know when you play two weaker teams in a week, with Elgin and Larkin, I wasn’t quite sure if we’d come out focused, and we did,” Owens said. “They played great.”

Owens loved what she saw in the Vikings’ play up top, where senior Michaela Loebel and junior Mary Landry clicked throughout the night.

“It takes a while to get the chemistry going,” Owens said. “I think this was our strongest game offensively of the season.”

– Jay Schwab, jschwab@shawmedia.com

COACH SLY SEZ ...

Postseason soccer is upon us, and Sly’s definitely ready.

We have a chance at an all-Tri-Cities regional final with Batavia and St. Charles North part of the same regional next week, and Geneva and St. Charles East are plenty capable of bringing home regional titles, too.

Then in Class 2A, this could be the year Kaneland finally breaks through and wins a regional, and you have teams like St. Francis and Wheaton Academy capable of going pretty deep.

Bring on the postseason drama, PK shootouts and all.

WHAT WE LEARNED LAST WEEK ...

Postseason cakewalks are hard to come by, even in Class 1A. After a strong regular season, Aurora Central Catholic bowed out of the postseason in a hurry with a 2-0 regional semifinal loss Tuesday against Hinckley-Big Rock.

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

Which teams can advance to regional finals.

Regional semifinals for teams in classes 2A and 3A will take place Tuesday and Wednesday, with championship matches slated for May 23 and May 24.

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A largely inexperienced defense was the biggest question mark for St. Charles East entering the season.

As the postseason nears, the Saints’ play on the back line has developed into one of the most confidence-inspiring aspects of the team’s game. East’s defense has shined in recent shutouts against formidable opponents such as Conant, Kaneland and Neuqua Valley.

“Excellent,” East coach Paul Jennison said of his team’s defensive play this season. “It’s been very good. We’ve made a few switches from the first lineup of the first game in the season, a couple changes, whether it’s due to injury or players just stepping up and filling the role excellently.”

Senior Shannon Rasmussen, a midfielder and forward for much of her Saints career, was moved to left-back part-way through the season, and Jennison said it’s served the Saints well.

“It’s a compliment to her that she’s embraced the role of helping out our team, coming into that position and playing the best I’ve seen her play in her time here,” Jennison said. “She’s really moved forward and been a massive part of our team this season.”

Junior Mallory Mollenhauer bookends East’s defense as right-back while sophomore Sonia Ost and junior Sara Buetow are excelling in the middle of the defense.

Jennison said East’s defensive depth also has come through with sophomore Julia Peterson and junior Maggie Smith factoring in heavily.

“A lot of those girls have started various games,” Jennison said. “There’s six or seven of them that could start in that back line, and I feel very confident in any of them.”

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St. Francis softball triumphs over Rosary KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE AURORA – The Suburban Christian Conference Blue race isn’t going the St. Francis softball team’s way but the Spartans still stand by their season body of work.

The Spartans handled Rosary, 5-1, on Wednesday, running their record to 20-4 overall and 13-2 in SCC Blue play.

St. Francis’ conference title hopes took a hit with a pair of recent losses to Montini, the lone conference team to defeat the Spartans this spring.

“We’ve had a good season,” St. Francis coach Ralph Remus said. “We lost a lot from last year. I’m probably having a better record than I thought we’d have but … you always want to be a little better so we’re still looking for some more here.”

Ali Dittrich, Maggie Remus and Carly Pasquale had two hits each for St. Francis while Emma Chapman, the middle of three pitchers the Spartans used against the Royals, got the win.

Geneva 11, Larkin 0 (5 inn.): At Geneva, Rachel Fanella tossed a five-inning one-hitter, Haley Orwig went 3 for 3 and Madison Keith tripled and drove in three runs for Geneva (15-11, 8-8 Upstate Eight Conference River).

River), which got five innings of shutout ball from Haley Beno.

Aurora Central Catholic 13, Wheaton Academy 2 (6 inn.): At West Chicago, freshman left fielder Maddie Reinecke had three hits, scored two runs and added an RBI and Gabi Alfaro went 2 for 2 with two RBIs for ACC. Marissa Gagliano, Hannah Bolds, Jessica Bosse had six of the seven hits for Wheaton Academy (13-9, 8-6 SCC Gold) against winning Chargers pitcher Paige Miller.

BASEBALL Marmion 16, Walther Christian 0 (5 inn.): At Melrose Park, winning pitcher Danny Bickness and Brady Roberts each went 3 for 3 at the plate as the Cadets (14-7, 13-2) scored 11 runs in the top of the third and rolled to the SCC win.

GIRLS SOCCER Waubonsie Valley 2, St. Charles North 1: At Aurora, Lizzie Parrilli scored the lone goal for North (14-4-2) off an Ashlyn Walter assist and Shelby Stitz made 11 saves as the North Stars fell to UEC crossover foe Waubonsie Valley.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL Waubonsie Valley 2, St. Charles North 0 (25-20, 25-18):

St. Charles East 12, Elgin 0 (6 At St. Charles, North (12-15) inn.): At Elgin, Kate Peterburs dropped the UEC crossover went 3 for 4 with a triple and three RBIs and Mackenzie Meadows went 3 for 4 with two RBIs for East (25-5, 15-2 UEC

despite Jeff Rollins’ six kills, nine assists apiece from Rollins and Ben Connor and 15 digs for Trevor Gonzaga.

8SPORTS SHORT Cougars swept by Beloit BELOIT – The Kane County Cougars suffered their third consecutive loss to Beloit after suffering a 2-1 loss Wednesday.

The Cougars (26-13) jumped out to a 1-0 lead after the first inning, but starting pitcher Juan Paniagua (0-2) allowed two runs – both earned – in the fourth inning before being pulled after 3 ⅔ innings of work. Paniagua walked four and struck out four while allowing four hits and one

home run.

The Cougars were held without a run the rest of the game after claiming the one-run lead after the first.

Cael Brockmeyer led the Cougars on offense after going 2 for 4. The Cougars finished with four hits, with the other two coming from Jordan Hankins (1 for 4) and Jacob Rogers (1 for 3).

The Cougars host Quad Cities at 6:30 p.m. today.

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By KEVIN FISHBAIN kfishbain@chicagofootball.com

Cornerbacks Isaiah Frey and Kelvin Hayden When the Bears re-signed Hayden, Frey knew he wouldn’t be given the job as

Running back Michael Ford The Bears still like Ford

and he is the front-runner to make the roster again as the No. 3 running back who contributes on special teams, but with a fourth-round pick spent on Ka’Deem Carey, it will be tough for Ford to win the role as Matt Forte’s immediate backup.

In terms of knowing the offense and his value on special teams, Ford could begin camp ahead of Carey, and he certainly will have an edge over Jordan Lynch and Shaun Draughn, but Lynch is the wild card here.

Clearly, coach Marc Trestman and general manager Phil Emery are excited about Lynch’s potential as a runner who should be able to carve out a role on special teams.

Could he be this year’s undrafted rookie to make the 53man roster, like Ford was last year?

Lynch fans need to remember the former Northern Illinois quarterback will be playing a new position.

And let’s not assume he will be an immediate boost to the special teams, but he will make it a stiff competition with Ford, who for a couple months was the Bears’ No. 2 back.

Punters Tress Way and Drew Butler It’d be a surprise if both these players wound up in camp. Rarely would you see three punters taking up roster spots, especially when one is a draft pick. It couldn’t have been too happy in the Way and Butler households when the Bears took Patrick O’Donnell in the sixth round.

Teams generally don’t spend draft picks on punters unless that guy is going to be

the punter. Way was in camp last year with Adam Podlesh, and it certainly is possible one of these players gets to compete with O’Donnell in Bourbonnais, but that probably is a losing battle.

Defensive tackles Stephen Paea and Nate Collins The Bears should keep five defensive tackles, so this isn’t questioning the chances for Paea and Collins to make the roster. Paea was playing at a high level in the first three weeks last season before a toe injury slowed him, and Collins made big strides before his ACL tear.

Paea still is in line to start next to Jeremiah Ratliff, but playing time could be affected for both players with the additions of Ego Ferguson and Will Sutton.

ANALYSIS

Blackhawks’ confidence never wavered in playoffs

BY MARK LAZERUS mlazerus@suntimes.com Patrick Kane wasn’t trying to be flippant, and he certainly wasn’t trying to insult the Minnesota Wild.

But after a lucky bounce led to his series-clinching overtime goal in Game 6 on Tuesday night, Kane knew the Blackhawks were fortunate to be advancing to the Western Conference final.

“We still feel we have another level to get to,” Kane said. “It’s exciting to say you didn’t play your best and you still won a series in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.”

He’s right. The Hawks haven’t been at their best.

They’ve been good. At times, they’ve been great. And they’ve certainly been clutch.

But there have been significant stretches in the first two rounds where the Hawks looked – to borrow Joel Quenneville’s most denigrating phrase for a struggling player – just ordinary. Tired after the longest 16 months of their

careers. Indifferent, even.

Think about how close they’ve come to a very different outcome this spring.

What if Corey Crawford doesn’t get a piece of his paddle on T.J. Oshie’s shot on a two-on-one in the third period of Game 5 in the first round, and the Hawks fall behind 3-2 in the series?

What if Crawford doesn’t singlehandedly keep the Hawks in Game 6 against St. Louis during a second period in which the Blues outshot the Hawks 17-3? And what if Crawford (sensing a theme here?) doesn’t make brilliant stop after brilliant stop (and catch a couple of breaks on Wild whiffs along the way) in the second and third periods Tuesday night in Game 6?

The Hawks have played 12 games in this postseason.

Every single one has been a one-goal game or tied at some point in the third period.

There are two ways to look at that.

The positive way is that the Hawks are clutch. And while there may be no such thing

as clutch, it’s hard to argue with a group that’s now 14-0 in Games 5 and 6 after a series has been tied 2-2. It’s hard to get around the fact that Kane has now ended three series in overtime in the last five years.

It’s hard to brush off the fact that the Hawks have eight wins this postseason, and Jonathan Toews (four) and Kane (three) have combined for seven game-winning goals.

And it’s pretty much impossible to doubt Crawford at this point.

“It’s clearly a great group of guys,” Toews said.

The pessimistic way of looking at it is that the Hawks are a bit lucky to have survived this long, that they’re winning with brilliant goaltending and indefinable intangibles, either or both of which might be unsustainable over the full two-month grind of a Stanley Cup run.

Or maybe that’s just winning on sheer talent, that even when a young and hungry team such as the Wild come at the Hawks with everything they’ve got and control play

for much of the series, it’s still not enough. The Hawks still get it done.

Of course, it really doesn’t matter how they won the first two rounds, just that they did.

But to a man, the Hawks all have said the same thing – they need to be better moving forward.

It only gets harder from here.

But whether they’re not at the top of their game, or whether they’re feeling the effects of a relentless yearplus of hockey, or whether the ice is tilted against them as it was Tuesday night, or whether they’ve endured two straight gut-punch losses as they did in St. Louis, the Hawks’ confidence never seems to waver.

“You’re always going to have to face some moments where some people on the outside maybe doubt what you’re capable of as a team,” Toews said. “But in the locker room, you never have that doubt and you never let it creep in. … I think that’s what makes us a tough team to beat.”

Hawks’ playoff run CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS Hawks 4, St. Louis 2 April 17: St. Louis 4, Hawks 3 (3 OT) April 19: St. Louis 4, Hawks 3 (OT) April 21: Hawks 2, St. Louis 0 April 23: Hawks 4, St. Louis 3 (OT) April 25: Hawks 3, St. Louis 2 (OT) April 27: Hawks 5, St. Louis 1 CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS Hawks 4, Minnesota 2 May 2: Hawks 5, Minnesota 2 May 4: Hawks 4, Minnesota 1 May 6: Minnesota 4, Hawks 0 Friday: Minnesota 4, Hawks 2 Sunday: Hawks 2, Minnesota 1 Tuesday: Hawks 2, Minnesota 1 (OT)

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When a player is on an NFL roster come draft time, generally he is – at a bare minimum – given a chance to compete for a roster spot in training camp.

Sometimes, though, the youngsters push the veterans out as soon as the draft is over, but in most cases, they just make the tasks more difficult come camp.

For several Bears players, last weekend’s draft class means winning a starting job, or even making the roster, just got tougher. Here’s a look at those who have more competition now from the rookies:

nickel corner. He’d have to earn it back.

And now with the addition of first-round pick Kyle Fuller, both Frey and Hayden are on notice.

Fuller should be the No. 3 cornerback from Day One, which means Frey and Hayden will have to prove enough on special teams and at corner to stay on the roster, competing as well with special teams stalwart Sherrick McManis and Derrick Martin.

Frey was on the field for 48.8 percent of defensive snaps, but the production (one pass defensed, zero picks) did not match the playing time.

Hayden played well in 2012, but missed all of last year with a hamstring injury.

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Madeleine Albright (1937), former secretary of state; Dan Patrick (1956), sportscaster; Emmitt Smith (1969), football player; Ray Lewis (1975), football player; Andy Murray (1987), tennis player.

– United Feature Syndicate

HOROSCOPE

By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association

‘Godzilla’: The monsters (yes, monsters) are a scream

By MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN The Washington Post

TODAY – This will be an eventful and exciting year for you. Follow your heart and stand firm regarding your goals. You can simplify things by refusing to let others complicate your plans.

Determination, hard work and focus will get you where you want to go.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Confusion, mistakes and a lack of control could be problems for you today. Remain diligent at your workplace despite the conditions. Certain relationships are likely to be difficult. Avoid restrictions.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – You will capture the attention of your superiors. Show how much of a team player you can be. Make relevant suggestions that are sure to improve the workplace.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Someone close to you may be deceptive. Don’t let your anger get the better of you. Try to pinpoint the source of the problem and work it out together. Honesty is the best policy.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – You will have to make some compromises to stay in the good graces of your colleagues today. Someone will feel that you’ve failed to be attentive or caring. Make amends.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Children and loved ones should be included in your plans. Find something physical to participate in. Sports events or other outdoor activities will provide a much-needed diversion.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Take a good look around and consider what positive adjustments you can make to your home. Get feedback from friends and family. It’s time to reorganize or recycle any unused or unwanted possessions.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Proceed with caution when using mechanical or electrical devices. You’ll encounter problems if you take a shortcut. You will get the results you want by being methodical and precise.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Consider starting a home-based business. Your ideas are good, but don’t share them until you have everything in place. Someone will steal your deal if you aren’t careful.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Emphasize your best traits when dealing with superiors. You will be well- equipped for a promotion if you develop a closer rapport with those in a position to further your interests.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – You need to make big personal decisions without getting flustered.

It may not be as difficult as you imagine, although you may need to do some extra research to discover the right course of action.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Expand your circle of friends. Stimulate your curiosity by visiting different locations. Make the most of an opportunity to explore interesting people, places and pastimes.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Someone may feel left out if you are too busy with work. Take time to listen and offer suggestions. Equitably dividing your time between work and home will lead to success.

“Godzilla” director Gareth Edwards’ 2010 theatrical debut, “Monsters,” hardly lived up to its name. Though technically a sci-fi flick, the British filmmakers’s first foray into creature features was basically an opposites-attract love story, set against the backdrop of a post-apocalyptic world beset by (barely glimpsed) aliens. If only it were more of an old-fashioned horror movie, I wrote, something featuring more monsters – and cooler ones – “it might be a bit better than it is.”

Be careful what you wish for.

With Edwards’ reboot of the 1954 Japanese classic (last rebooted in a mediocre 1998 update starring Matthew Broderick), the pendulum has swung too far in the opposite direction. “Godzilla” not only has more monsters – three, to be precise – but they’re way more interesting than any of the human characters.

The first mistake was killing off Juliette Binoche before the butter has even congealed on my popcorn.

The second was casting Ken Watanabe, Sally Hawkins and David Strathairn, and then giving them nothing to do.

And what’s with Bryan Cranston? As everyone by now knows from the trailer, he plays doomed nuclear engineer Joe Brody, a conspiracy nut obsessed with the Japanese government’s cover-up of a 1999 nuclear-plant disaster, ever since his wife (Binoche) was killed by a ball of radioactive steam. In his performance here, the Emmy Award-winner chews through more scenery than the titular lizard. After a few demented early scenes with him, “Godzilla” winds up in the far less capable hands of

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TOP: Bryan Cranston (left) and Aaron Taylor-Johnson star in director Gareth Edwards’ reboot of the 1954 Japanese classic “Godzilla.” BOTTOM: Godzilla is ready for his close-up.

... Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

Yes, yes, he was fine when playing a teenage nerd in previous movies. But as Joe’s son Ford, an army ordnance expert who gets swept up in his father’s battle to save humanity, the British actor – all grown up and hunky – registers as just another piece of Hollywood beefcake.

Fortunately, the monsters are actually kind of a kick.

And isn’t that why you go see a movie like this anyway?

In addition to Godzilla, who the grainy opening credits reveal has been around since the 1950s, there are two new creatures. Dubbed MUTOs, for Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organisms, they’re giant, bug-like things that make a guttural clicking sound and feed on nuclear weapons. (Sometimes they

use their mandibles. In one dimly lit scene, one of them appears to shove a warhead between its legs. Ew.) One of them – the male – flies. His mate is carrying an egg sac filled with dozens, perhaps hundreds, of considerably less massive, but even more terrifying, babies. The film centers on Mr. and Mrs. MUTO’s attempt to settle down and raise a family. At the same time, we humans are trying to figure out a way to kill them that doesn’t also kill us.

And the movie is called “Godzilla”? Trust me, there’s a reason he gets top billing, but it would spoil the fun to explain why.

In any case, the MUTOs alone are worth the price of admission. They’re nasty, hard to kill and very, very

destructive. The film boasts handsome CGI animation, not just in the creature department, but in the plentiful scenes of mayhem, which involve train derailments, collapsing cranes and cooling towers, as well as picturesque havoc on the Golden Gate Bridge.

This Godzilla is ready for his close-up, and he looks pretty great in Imax 3-D. The plot, such as it involves humans, centers mainly on Ford, a hero whose attention keeps getting diverted from his wife, Elle (Elizabeth Olsen), to his father to his kid (Carson Bolde) to the MUTOs to Godzilla and back to Elle again. Though credited solely to writer Max Borenstein (“Swordswallowers and Thin Men”), The “Godzilla” screenplay derives from a story tweaked and retweaked by four other writers, including Frank Darabont (“The Shawshank Redemption”).

If anything, it suffers from a form of ADHD. To be sure, “Godzilla” is cheesy, cliched and shallow.

Though it exploits our fears of environmental calamity, it gives short shrift to any deeper message. As Watanabe’s scientist character opines, sagaciously, before resuming his expression of concerned dismay, “The arrogance of man is thinking nature is in our control, and not the other way around.”

That’s a thought about as deep as Godzilla swims, when he’s cruising, sharklike, through the ocean, his dorsal spikes rising ominously out of the water.

Like the movie, they’re primitive but effective weapons.

• “Godzilla” received twoand-a-half stars out of four.

The film is rated PG-13 and contains frightening mayhem and destruction. It runs 123 minutes.

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Food allergies may occur in those allergic to plant pollen Dear Doctor K: I’ve always had seasonal allergies. But over the past few years, I’ve noticed that my lips swell and my mouth gets irritated when I eat certain fruits and vegetables. Have I developed new food allergies as an adult?

Dear Reader: I suspect you’ve developed a type of adult-onset food allergy known as oral allergy syndrome (OAS). People with OAS suffer from hay fever and experience an itchy mouth, scratchy throat, or swelling of the lips, mouth, tongue and throat after eating certain raw fruits, vegetables or some tree nuts.

In people who have allergies of any kind, immune system cells that normally fend off germs become overactive. They respond inappropriately – setting off an allergic reaction – to otherwise harmless substances known as allergens. These allergens are often proteins, found in everything from pollen to pet dander.

Every protein has a distinct shape. The immune system is responding to these shapes. Some fruit and vegetable proteins have a similar shape to plant pollen • proteins that are shed by trees, grasses or other plants. People with OAS often already have allergies to plant pollen. When they eat fruit or vegetables that contain similar proteins, their

ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff overactive immune system goes to war. It unleashes the reaction normally produced by pollen.

However, in this case, the reaction occurs in the mouth, rather than in the nose and sinuses.

If you have OAS, the food or foods that will trigger an oral allergic reaction depend on the type of pollen you’re allergic to: • Birch tree (early spring allergies): People with allergies to birch tree pollen often have OAS from peaches, apples, pears, kiwis, plums, coriander, fennel, parsley, celery, cherries, carrots, hazelnuts and almonds.

• Grasses (late spring): peaches, celery, tomatoes, oranges, cantaloupe, watermelon and honeydew.

• Ragweed (late summer, early fall): bananas, cucumbers, cantaloupe, watermelon, honeydew, zucchini, sunflower seeds, dandelion, chamomile and echinacea.

• Latex (year-round): bananas, avocados, kiwis, chestnuts and papayas.

If a food you love causes a reaction, try cooking it. This alters the protein so your im-

mune system doesn’t recognize it. Peeling a fruit or vegetable before you eat it may also help.

That’s because allergy-provoking proteins congregate near the surface. Finally, try taking an antihistamine about 30 to 60 minutes before eating a food that might give you OAS. It can help with your seasonal allergies and blunt an allergic reaction to food.

OAS is one of those conditions that are rarely taught in medical school. That once worked to my advantage. I was teaching a medical student in the clinic who told me he had just examined a patient with a problem he had never seen before. The patient’s lips suddenly had swollen up “bigger than Angelina Jolie’s!”

I went to see the patient with the student and asked, “In the past 24 hours, have you eaten any brand-new food, like a melon?” The patient replied: “Why yes, a friend brought over cantaloupe last night. I had never had that before.”

The student thought I was a genius. Untrue, but nevertheless, a moment to treasure.

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

Dr. Wallace: I didn’t like my history teacher this year. He always favored the boys, especially the athletes, because he is the school’s athletic director and used to be the boys’ basketball coach.

When I asked my counselor to transfer me to a different history class, his answer was a firm “no.” He said that students can never initiate a class transfer.

I then asked him if my parents could initiate a transfer and, again, I was told no.

What does a student have to do to get a lawyer to get out of a nogood class? – Unhappy Student, Houston, Tex. Dear Unhappy Student: All a lawyer could do is take your money and then inform you that a transfer would be impossible. Only school personnel can have a student transferred when it would be in the student’s or class’s best interest. Rarely, if ever, will a student be transferred because of a dislike for the teacher.

If students could initiate a transfer, counselors would be inundated with transfer requests because “the teacher is too hard,” or “I want to be with a friend in another class.”

All students should listen and do their very best in every class. Students can learn from all teachers, even teachers who need to improve their teaching style.

Dr. Wallace: I’m 18 and so is my very, very best friend. We will both graduate from high school in June and we both were planning to attend the University of Washington. But all that has changed now. I’ll still be at the university, but I’m not sure of her plans just yet.

My friend recently found out that she is pregnant and her

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace boyfriend is trying to talk her into having an abortion. This is a very difficult decision for her and she is not sure what she wants to do. When she told her parents she was pregnant, they were not happy, but they are leaving the decision up to her. They assured her that they would stand by her regardless of what she decides.

I have been there for my friend through all this from the beginning, even before she told her parents, and she told me she couldn’t have gotten through it without me.

Now, my parents want me to sever all contact with my friend.

They think it’s disgraceful that my friend is pregnant and they feel strongly that the “sin” my friend committed will taint me if I continue to be her friend.

I don’t know what to do. Please give me your thoughts. – Nameless, Seattle, Wash.

Dear Nameless: Friendship can’t be turned off and on like a water faucet! This young lady is your best friend and it would be a serious error if you would turn your back on her when your trust and love is so desperately needed.

Your parents are not thinking clearly.

You would be tainted if you deserted a friend in a time of need. Even though your parents do not agree with your thinking, I hope that, in time, they will respect your decision and eventually embrace your definition of true friendship.

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However, to carry on long, involved conversations while your wife just stands there is rude, and if you find out that the person with whom you are talking also speaks English, you should make an effort to see that she is included.

Dear Abby: I was born with a very weak heart. At the age of 23, I went into heart failure and needed surgery. It has been two years since my open heart procedure, and it has changed my life for the best.

As a young, semi-attractive male, I feel insecure about my scar. I went to the beach with friends, and so many people looked at my scar I got uncomfortable and put my shirt back on for the rest of the time. I haven’t

gone back to the beach since.

And in situations where guys go shirtless, I wear mine even over the protests of my friends.

I can’t get over the scar. I feel like I’m disfigured. Any advice on how I can deal with this huge change? – Self-Conscious In Georgia Dear Self-Conscious: Because you’re sensitive about the scar, perhaps you should talk to a plastic surgeon about your options in having it reduced. However, in my opinion, you are not “disfigured” – you are ALIVE. You fought for your life and won.

Few people get through life without some “battle scars.”

Since you can’t change the fact that it’s there, consider changing the way you think about it. In a way, it’s your medal of honor.

Scars have been known to fade with time, and so does self-consciousness.

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Dear Abby: My wife and I speak English as our native language.

I also speak other languages fluently, although my wife does not.

When we travel to a country where I speak the language, she insists I speak only English. She says everybody in the world now speaks English and accuses me of showing off when I converse with a local in his or her language. She says it makes her uncomfortable.

I realize many people in other countries speak some – or even a lot of – English, but many do not.

What do you think? – Speechless In Atlanta Dear Speechless: Much as your wife might wish it, not everybody in the world speaks English. That you are able to speak to individuals in their native language is a tremendous asset when you travel. It makes for a warmer welcome and a fuller experience wherever you go, and I hope you will continue to use the skill you have worked

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U.S. Rep. George Miller, from California, said, “The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later, you’re hungry again.”

The trouble with 5-6 hands is deciding in which order to bid the suits. Look at today’s South hand. Would you open one spade or one heart?

With a relatively weak hand, it is better to open one spade and describe your hand as a 5-5. But this hand has very few losers if partner has a fit in one suit (or, even better, in both suits). So South should plan to bid hearts, spades and spades again to describe his 5-6.

Note that his two-spade rebid is a reverse because partner, to show preference for the firstbid suit (hearts), has to go to the three-level.

There are two other points about the two-level reverse. It guarantees that the first-bid suit is longer than the second-bid, and it shows extra strength, instigating a gameforce.

So, North quietly supports hearts before using the GrandSlam Force, asking South to bid seven hearts with two of the top three trumps. (Roman Key Card Blackwood would also do the job.) Surely South has the spade king for his three-spade bid.

How should South play after West leads the diamond king to dummy’s ace?

Just in case the breaks are bad, declarer should play a low trump to his ace. When West discards, South leads a spade to dummy’s ace, returns a spade to his king and ruffs a spade with dummy’s heart queen.

Then he plays a heart to his nine, draws trumps and claims.

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CLEANING PEOPLE Needed - Residential St. Charles and Fox Valley Area Days Mon-Fri 8am-5pm Must have valid Driver's license Must speak English.

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MEDICAL SECRETARY/ RECEPTIONIST wanted for busy orthopedic practice in Geneva. Full time.

Prior Medical office experience preferred. Varied duties. Must be able to multitask. bi-lingual a plus. Qualified candidates must submit a resume to: dstrand@midwestbonejoint.com

Fax resume 630-963-3591 or Call 331-481-1742 & leave name & number.

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Full Time Inside Sales / Telemarketing (Batavia, IL) We are looking for full time telemarketer/inside sales reps to call on qualified retail outlets in the sporting, toy and retail sales industry. We are 23 years old and growing. We offer full benefits including profit sharing, health/ dental insurance, paid vacations and holidays. Job Hours are 8:30 through 5:00 Monday through Friday.

Start your new career by calling Chris at 630-879-0546 x 123 or email him at allsportschris@hotmail.com

COOK Cook Part time 20-30 a week.

Looking to add to our growing pub.

Pay depending on experience.

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CARE COORDINATOR Looking for a Medical Assistant interested in Care Coordination for a Home Health organization. Requirements include great organizational skills, people oriented, and excellent computer skills.

Fax resume to 815-455-8232 Healthcare Gaffey Health Service Inc. is in need of LPN's and RN's to work in the home of a Pediatric client in the Sycamore area.

Sunday -Thurs. 9pm-7am.

Please call 815-625-5575 for more information.

WAREHOUSE LOGISTICS MANAGER Growing injection-molding company has an immediate opening for an experienced Warehouse Logistics Manager.

Qualified individual must be self-motivated and should have working experience in the injection molding industry.

Person will be responsible for overseeing the safe receipt, storage, retrieval and shipment of goods. Able to motivate, lead and monitor the performance of employees. Skilled in planning, organizing, prioritizing and multitasking warehouse responsibilities. Must have at least five years of warehouse, computers, bar coding and forklift experience.

Excellent pay & great benefits.

EOE. Email resume or apply in person to:

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Compensation is based on a per delivery stop rate. Must have reliable vehicle, valid drivers license, insurance & a good driving record.

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60+ YEARS IN HOME Great selection of vintage items: Tools, games, trains, household & furniture. Riding lawnmower, 2012 stackable washer & dryer, furniture, garden & more.

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Trains, Art, Toy’s, Restored Doc’s Buggy, Totem Pole, Parade Saddle, Wall Clocks, Nickel Slot Machine, Steam Engine, Llardo’s, Crystal, Collectable Antique items Complete Amish Restored Doctors horse drawn Buggy, w/Candle lamps, Black trimmed in Yellow, Sharp!; Antique Wooden wheeled small livestock Feed cart; Totem pole, British Columbia, w/Plaque, “The Legend of the Fog Woman”; Silver Parade Saddle, with breast Collar, Bridle very ornate, decorative saddle, w/rose scrolling on the horn.; Round House, working Live Steam Engine “The Fowler”, G scale # 16256 engine and tender 0-6-2, w steam gauge, manufactured in UK.; Cactus Pete, Nickel slot machine; W.R.R.S Co. R.R Bell; R.R. Lantern; Ornate Oriental inlay desk and chair; Ornate Oriental Inlay China cabinet and two night stands; Inlay Dresser and Desk; Oak case Stromberg-Carlson crank wall phone; 1876 Double face walnut antique 31 day clock; Oak cased Alexander, Paris, Chanieclair pendulum wall clock; Thwaits & Reed Oak wall clock, Clerkenwell; Regulator pendulum, 30 day Clock; Black Bear rug and mounted black bear head; Mounted Catfish and Lg Sail Fish; Mounted Elk head w/antlers in velvet; Cast iron Still banks, blacks, Mickey mouse, Mr Peanut; 13 pc’s of Llardo porclein figurines. Incs Fish-ing w/ Gramps in Paloma boat, Lucky stroll-ing, rare Elephant, two in Airplane, lg. figurines.; Sev. Pc’s of Waterford Crystal some signed; H.P spice decanters, w/Salter; Hand painted plates & collectable glassware; Sev. pcs of Aunt Jemima collection; Paper weight collection; Whiskey character bottle stoppers; (3) Jim Beam collector trains on track; 29 pc Lincoln Memorial Coinage; 20 pc war time coinage 1942; 26 pc Coins minted in US 1900-1973; Lg Goose HP signed Carol Ann Smith; Pheasant signed Chris Olson; Indian on Horse Statue, signed T Holland 1977; (3) collectable Dream Catchers; Porclien painted statue “6 Paws” numbered Quipie Dolls; (4) Ettes, Decorative Brandy bottle decanter’s, Switzerland; Franklin mint Incs.

AC WD 1:12 scale & Mack B61 truck; Max Armstrong signed box, 1953 “M’s”; John Deere Still bank trucks; Ertl IH model 200 spreader, MD farmall w/loader; Lg Model Ship; Many other items too numerous to mention Collection of framed art works, signed oils, water color, numbered prints, different themes, roughly 30 pcs in all inc’s. such names artist as Juan Arryo, Anwar Marcos Maher, Korso, Ray Swanson, Ruff, Collins, Heinz, S. Hawkinc , Pena and many others. Several Indian prints but many other themes.

(brindle) has orange back left foot, 10 mo. old, name is NAPI, Went missing Easter weekend area of Wilson St. & Lincoln in Batavia, info, please call REWARD if Found 630-815-2308

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Lg collection of Danbury Mint Die Cast Trucks 1:29 scale. 58 pc’s Complete w vehicle title, promotional replica sales bro-chure and box. Mainly pickups and delivery trucks from the 1920’s through the 1950’s. Trucks with advertising include Texaco, Campbell Soup, Morton salt, Coca-Cola, Borden’s Milk “Elsie” and others.

Specialty trucks inc. 1930’s IH Wrecker truck, 1920’s paddy wagon, mail trucks etc. for a complete list go to web or call us for a complete list. Impressive collection.

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HUGE ESTATE SALE Fri 5/16, Sat 5/17 & Sun 5/18 8am to 5pm Family Downsizing from 9000s/f to less than 2000s/f Many High End Items Traditional Furniture Antiques including 18th Century tavern table, blanket chest and Sligh Anniversary limited edition desk, oriental rugs, Housewares, Collectibles, 1962 Seebring Restored Jukebox, Restored Coke Slider Box, Sony Flat Screen TV;s, Electronics, Stereo's, Computers and accessories, Crystal, Silver Ladies Vintage Clothing, Tools Auto's 1965 Mercedes 230SL and a 2003 Corvette 50th Edition and MUCH MUCH more CASH ONLY NO CHILDREN

SAT, MAY 17 8AM - 12PM 1178 Chillem Dr. (off Kirk Road) Lots of Mature Top Quality HOSTAS in a wide variety of sizes, colors, and variegations. PLUS many other Shade Plants.

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GENEVA 565 & 507 Linden Ct. SAT. ONLY 8AM-3PM GARAGE SALE!

Designer Clothing, White Patio Bench & Chair, China & Glassware, Bike, Smalls, Antiques & Collectibles & Much Misc.

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Fifth Third Mortgage Company Plaintiff, vs.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY – GENEVA, ILLINOIS

PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit(s) having The above bids will be opened been duly filed herein, NOTICE IS and read publicly at 10:00 a.m.

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/s/ John A. Cunningham Public Notice is hereby given Kane County Clerk that on Tuesday, May 06, 2014 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, (Published in the Kane County Illinois, setting forth the names and Chronicle, May 15, 22 & 29, addresses of all persons owning, 2014.) conducting and transacting the business known as BLANK CHECK REALTY GROUP located at 2130 Hartford Ln., Geneva, IL 60134.

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/s/ Laura A. Duplantier (Published in the Kane County One of Plaintiff's Attorney's Chronicle, May 15, 22 & 29, 2014.)

Laura A. Duplantier MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff PUBLIC NOTICE One East Wacker, Suite 1250 Chicago, IL 60601 Legal Notice Telephone: 312-651-6700 Advertisement for Bidding Fax: 614-220-5613 Attorney. No.: 6297986 FOR: Pottawatomie Golf Course (Published in the Kane County Restrooms Chronicle, May 15, 22 & 29, OWNER: St. Charles Park District, 101 South Second Street, 2014.)

St. Charles, Illinois 60174

Public Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, May 13, 2014 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, concerning the business known as CUT MASTERS CONSTRUCTION located at 801 Citizen Ave, Elburn, IL 60119 which certificate sets forth the following changes in the operation thereof: David Spohn and Jason Spohn has ceased doing business under the above named business and has no further connection with or financial interest in the above named business carried on under such an assumed name.

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Public Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as A NATURALLY BALANCED DOG located at 422 Princeton Drive, North Aurora, IL 60542.

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1985 Challenger Bass Boat 70HP & 9.8 HP Motors, Electronics, Cover, $3500 815-585-0977

(Published in the Kane County Chronicle, May 8, 15 & 22, 2014.)

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2012 Chevrolet Malibu

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Excellent Condition. $14,500.

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2001 Toyota Avalon

low miles, one owner, excellent cond $7,600 331-575-1250

advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise "any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to GENEVA ~ 2 BEDROOM make any such preference, limita1.5 bath, A/C, 2 car garage. tion of discrimination." Familial staWalk to downtown, $1395/mo. tus includes children under the age 630-650-0000 of 18 living with parents or legal Geneva ~ 4 Bedroom, 2 Bath, custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children in country, no pets under 18. $1200/mo.+ 630-232-6429 This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law.

Our readers are hereby informed ST. CHARLES ~ DOWNTOWN st that all dwellings advertised in this $520/MO + 1 MO FREE! Contact Summers Commercial newspaper are available on an Property Mgmt. 630-232-7535 equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD tollfree at 1-800-669-9777. The tollfree telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

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The St. Charles Park District reASSUMED NAME serves the right to reject any or all PUBLICATION NOTICE proposals or to accept any proposals which, in its judgment, will be to the best interest of the Park Dis- Public Notice is hereby given trict. Only bids in compliance with that on Tuesday, May 06, 2014 a the provisions of the specifications certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, will be considered.

Illinois, setting forth the names and Denise Gillett-Parchert addresses of all persons owning, Golf Course Superintendent conducting and transacting the business known as BLOO PANTS (Published in the Kane County located at 523 Shagbark, Elgin, IL Chronicle, May 15, 2014.)

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ry ball Farms Condominium Associa- DANTS IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED tion ACTION, that said action has been Defendants. commenced in said Court by the plaintiff(s), naming you as defendant (s) therein and praying and Case No. 14 CH 454 for other relief; that summons has 5510 Liam Court, Unit 29-5, been issued out of this Court Carpentersville, IL 60123 against you as provided by law, and, that this action is still pending PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit(s) having and undetermined in said Court. been duly filed herein, NOTICE IS NOW, THEREFORE, unless you HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL DEFEN- file your answer or otherwise make DANTS IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED your appearance in said action in ACTION, that said action has been this Court, by filing the same in the commenced in said Court by the office of the Clerk of the Circuit plaintiff(s), naming you as defen- Court on or before June 16, dant (s) therein and praying and 2014, AN ORDER OF DEFAULT for other relief; that summons has MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU. been issued out of this Court IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have against you as provided by law, hereunto set my hand and affixed and, that this action is still pending the Seal of said Court on May 1, 2014. and undetermined in said Court.

NOW, THEREFORE, unless you /s/ Thomas M. Hartwell file your answer or otherwise make Clerk of the Circuit Court your appearance in said action in (SEAL) this Court, by filing the same in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit /s/ Keith Levy Court on or before June 16, One of Plaintiff's Attorney's 2014, AN ORDER OF DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have Keith Levy hereunto set my hand and affixed MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLC the Seal of said Court on April 30, Attorneys for Plaintiff One East Wacker, Suite 1250 2014.

Chicago, IL 60601 /s/ Thomas M. Hartwell Telephone: 312-651-6700 Clerk of the Circuit Court Fax: 614-220-5613 (SEAL) Attorney. No.: 6279243

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Convenient first floor laundry has access to the garage. Master suite with an elegant fireplace, dressing area and a walk-in closet. Nicely finished basement has a 25x22 recreation room. This home is in excellent condition and a wonderful value!

St. Charles

$342,500

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Real Estate Transfers Batavia

114 S Barton Trl: Sold on or before 040914 by John Alterie to Katelyn M Saltzman; $145,000.00 1251 Kingsland Dr: Sold on or before 041714 by Millard Refrigerated Services to Linage Il Batavia Re Llc; $7,883,000.00 713 Cleveland Ave: Sold on or before 041614 by Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp to Terri Olsen; $189,000.00

Elburn

2N276 Beith Rd: Sold on or before 041714 by Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp to Jesus M Rivera; $190,000.00 425 Maple Ave: Sold on or before 041514 by Jeffrey A Humm to Harley D Potts & Terra K Potts; $215,000.00

Mae to Nicholas Matthews; $103,000.00 5N475 Cochise Dr: Sold on or before 041514 by Grandview Capital Llc to Garry B Alcorn & Heaven E Alcorn; $200,000.00

North Aurora

109 Hidden Creek Ln: Sold on or before 041114 by Andres J Schavone to Nicholasr Frak & Melanie E Frank; $116,000.00 1310 Clark St: Sold on or before 040914 by Anthony A Andrews to Christian Lauffer & Kelly Lauffer; $332,500.00 161 Lilac Ln: Sold on or before 041114 by Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp to Nestor D Alvarado; $100,000.00

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1025 S 6th St: Sold on or before 041714 by Thomas Sparacino to Jennifer K Wallace & Geneva 0N314 N Mill Creek Dr W: Sold Everette R Johnson; $340,000.00 116 Elmtree Ct: Sold on or on or before 041414 by State Bank Of Geneva Trustee to Sho- before 041614 by Elliott Trust to Renata Carlson; $227,000.00 deen Homes Llc; $55,000.00 1215 Ash St: Sold on or before 0N318 Napleton Ct: Sold on 040914 by Legacy Capital or before 041014 by Et Cet Era Land Co to Shodeen Homes Llc; Partnersllc to Maureen Restivo; $155,000.00 $70,000.00 0N331 Charlotte Dr: Sold on South Elgin or before 041014 by Et Cet Era 210 Courtland Dr B: Sold on or Land Co to Shodeen Homes Llc; before 040914 by Federal Home $97,500.00 Loan Mtg Corp to Michael O Donnell; $147,000.00 Maple Park 44W584 Cochise Dr: Sold on Sugar Grove or before 040914 by Zackery 1010 Oak St: Sold on or before Rundlett to Bernard A King & 041414

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First time buyer or rental property! Corner lot with mature trees. Great location...just one block south of Wheeler Park in Geneva. Walking distance to downtown, the bike path and the Fox River.

Lot 13, one of the few lots left in Brookhaven Subdivision.

Build your dream home on this 2.02 acre lot that backs up to Forest Preserve. St. Charles schools. Close to shopping and restaurants. Bring your own builder.

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Courtyard entrance to 2/3 bedroom RanchTownhome 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. adno=0275500

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Maple Park

$29,000

Build your dream home on this cul-de-sac lot in Maple Park. Public utilities, just minutes from Metra (Elburn), NIU, I-88 access and more!

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South Elgin

$549,900

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

$424,900

$625,000

West Chicago

St Charles

$259,900

$249,900

4BR/3BA split-level, fin. Bmt., custom millwork, dead-end street, pro ldscp, deck, granite, marble, 6-panel doors, Corian & stainless in kit., cedar-lined closets, excellent neighborhood, loved & cared for!

829ELawrence.com

Spacious 4BR/2BA Cambridge home on quiet cul-de-sac! Huge living room, formal dining room, eat-in kitchen. Master w/shared bath, lower level family room w/brick fp. Backyard deck, gorgeous lot!

1359Madison.com

Elburn

Geneva

$354,900

Custom 3BR/2BA ranch home on secluded acre lot! Vaulted ceilings, hdwd floors, full English bsmt. New 30-year roof, fresh interior paint, porch, deck. Master w/luxury bath & whirlpool. grf.me/1AO

St Charles

St Charles

$489,900

$179,900

Perfect 3BR/1.1BA starter home in Natures Edge. Landscaped lot, paver patio, Brazilian cherry hdwd floors. Stainless appliances, 1st flr laundry. Finished bsmt w/play room & media room. Close to parks! grf.me/2wE

4BR/2.5BA 2-sty on 2.41 wooded acs, privacy, tiered deck w/spa, sunroom, sunken family rm, formal DR, master w/fpl, sitting room, fin. bmt w/rec rm, workshop, wine cellar, mudroom, more!

40W015OakRidge.com

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!

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Aurora

Stunning 5BR/4.1BA Fox Mill Home! Elegant neutral decor, gourmet eat-in kitchen, formal den, split staircase. 2nd floor library, exquisite master suite. Finished walkout bsmt, patio, large deck & more! grf.me/1B8

$499,900

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!

4N414School.com

$799,000

Maple Park

$25,000

LaFox

$349,900

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

Use your builder or ours. kombrink.com

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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Batavia

St. Charles

$297,000

Updated 4BR/2.1BA Braeburn home w/new siding, roof, soffits & gutters. New tile floors inside, eat-in kitchen, vaulted screened porch.

Master w/luxury bath. Bsmt w/gas log fp, walk to park & more!

651Mair.com

Sugar Grove

$354,900

$234,900

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

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

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Elburn

$318,900

Batavia

$439,000

Custom 5BR/5.1BA Colonial home in downtown Geneva! Walk to train, park, school & more. Over 4,900 sq ft, upgrades & updates galore, 1st flr master suite, finished bsmt, inground pool & paver patio!

700Peck.com

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

825Queensgate.com

Custom 3BR/2BA brick & cedar ranch! Light & bright decor, open & flowing floor plan. Eat-in kitchen w/granite, gas log fp, master w/private bath. Finished bsmt, backyard deck w/awning & more!

712RidgeDr.com

Mint condition 4BR/2.1BA brick front home in Prairie Trails! Pro landscaping, Trex deck, paver patio & sprinkler. Hdwd floors, 2-story family room, sunroom, den. Master w/luxury bath & walk-in closet. grf.me/1Ak

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Sugar Grove

St Charles

St Charles

$334,900

Popular Bristol model, 4BR/2.5BA, 2-sty, 2nd flr balcony off master, kit w/granite, stainless, 1st flr ldry, gracious patio, open floorplan, generous room sizes, neutral dÈcor, great location, move-in ready!

503Shepherd.com

$424,900

Gorgeous updated 3BR/2.1BA home backing to pond! All the amenities you want! Updated kitchen w/granite, new neutral paint & trim, newer AC, furnace & water heater. 3-car garage w/heated floor…

900Spruce.com

$179,900

3BR/1BA in-town home on corner lot. Walk to park, dowtown & river. Eat-in kitchen, enclosed porch & sunroom, 1st flr bed & full bath. Two more bedrooms upstairs, full bsmt, 2-car garage & more!

602State.com

$825,000

5BR/5BA luxury home on fenced lot w/ inground pool. Over 2 acres, gourmet kitchen, 1st flr laundry, finished bsmt w/2nd kitchen, full bath, 5th bedroom, 2nd family room. Deck, paver patio, pergola!

7N350StevensGlen.com

St Charles

$489,900

Exceptional 3,500 sq ft Fox Mill home! 2-story celings, open floor plan, neutral decor, mint condition! Gourmet kitchen, luxury amenities, 1st floor master suite, finished bsmt w/rec room & full bath! grf.me/2wm

Campton Hills

$119,000

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

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$424,900

Totally rehabbed 5BR/3.1BA Thornwood home for sale! Brick paver patio, 3-car garage, hdwd floors. Vaulted ceilings, granite & stainless kitchen, brick gas log fireplace. Luxury master bath, finished bsmt. grf.me/2vr

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

St. Charles

$529,900

Exquisite 4BR/3.5BA 2-story on gorgeous lot w/trees, excellent location, amenities, upgrades, gourmet eat-in kitchen, finished basement, formal DR, family room w/fpl, luxury master & more!

1014Thoroughbred.com

Batavia

$549,000

Exquisite 5BR/5BA custom home, super location, backs to nature preserve, fin. bmt. w/ rec rm, office, wet bar, full BA, BR5, storage.

Gourmet kit, luxury MA w/fpl, 2-sty fam. rm., 1st flr ldry, den.

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St Charles

$199,900

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

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

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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Geneva

$1,025,000

Luxury 5BR/5.1BA Mill Creek home, 6,000+ SF! Finished walkout bmt, vaulted clngs, amazing inside & out. 1st floor master, 5 car gar., Trex deck, paver patio, upgrades around every corner.

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Brick front ranch has 2580 sf of living space with finished basement on .88 wooded acre! All new inside with 4 bedrooms and 3 full baths! All stainless appliances! 1st floor laundry! 3 fireplaces!

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Perfectly idyllic acre lot with ST. CHARLES SCHOOLS!! So much is NEW: windows, roof, Casablanca ceiling fans, sump pump, humidifier, etc. Long list of updates, too: Brazilian cherrywood floors, spacious bright and sunny Kitchen with imported tile and white cabinets. Two fireplaces, 4 bedrooms + main floor den.

Large Master with private bath. Private yard with tons of mature trees

Beautifully decorated 5 bedroom, 4.1 bath home with hardwood floors throughout! Finished walkout basement has the fifth bedroom, full kitchen, bath and TV room with fireplace. Large kitchen with granite and stainless steel appliances. Generous master suite with large sitting room. Other bedrooms are generously sized. Professionally landscaped with sprinkler system, paver patio and deck.

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$289,900

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St Charles $1,995,000 Fab 4 br, 5.5 ba home w/gour kit w/Crystal cabs, top appl & great eating area w/views of scenic lot. Lrg saltwater pool.

Access to bass stocked pond & fishing dock!

Debora McKay 630-587-4672

St Charles $1,190,000 Updated 4 br, 6.5 ba home on fab .92-acre wooded lot! New Trane furnaces, radiant htd 4+-car gar, Italian tile & marble.

Front/back stairs! Gour kit w/top appl. Fin LL. Debora McKay 630-587-4672

5N773 Dunham Trails Rd, Wayne $575,000 Traditional 4 br, 2.5 ba 2-story home backing to Wayne horse trails. 16x13 formal din rm, 23x15 liv rm w/bay window, fam rm w/stone fplc, 4-car garage w/bonus rm.

Dennis Neri 630-336-4034

39W488 Abbey Glen Ct, St Charles $509,900 Gorgeous 4 br, 3+ ba custom home on a tree-lined 1.33 acre lot. Step-down liv rm w/stone fplc Gourmet kit. Formal din rm, 1st flr den w/French doors. Fin bsmt w/fam rm.

Pam Burke 630-935-2777

St Charles $499,000 Beautifully-decorated 5 br, 4.5 ba home w/hdwd flrs thuout.

Fin walkout bsmt w/br, full kit, ba & TV rm w/fplc. Lrg granite & ss appl kit. Mstr w/sitting rm. Prof lndscp.

Debora McKay 630-587-4672

St Charles $495,000 Custom 4 br, 3 ba 3000 sq ft home on large prof landscaped in-town lot. Fin English bsmt, 3-car gar w/boat bay, dbl-sided fplc separates liv & fam rms. 4-season sun rm.

Amy Andreas 630-542-5173

St Charles $479,000 4 br, 3.5 ba home wooded 1.37 acre, priv yet mins to town!

Pretty eat-in kit w/bay window. Frml din rm, liv rm & fam rm w/fplc & French drs to sun rm. Lrg part-fin bsmt.

Bridget Wagner 630-587-4659

Batavia $439,000 Great value on this large 4 br, 2.5 ba 2-story brick & cedar home. Great floor plan, 2-story fam rm w/fireplace, 3-car att garage, full basement & in-ground swimming pool Russell Weglarz 630-759-3100

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St Charles $389,900 Fabulous 4 br, 2 ba W-side home. New hdwd & carpet. Water rights & fab views of huge pond from kit, din rm, fam rm & master br. Open layout, lrg walkout bsmt & lrg deck.

Debora McKay 630-587-4672

5N625 Rochefort Ln, Wayne $375,000 4 br, 2.5 ba updated home on a wooded 1-acre backing to Pratt Woods & horse trails. Kit w/ss d/w & ref. Dbl-oven.

Granite island. Vaul mstr w/walk-in closet & whrpl ba.

Pam Burke 630-935-2777

St Charles $345,000 Finest unit & value in Milestone Row. Largest 2 br, 2 ba unit w/2 prkg spaces. Hdwd flrs. Granite & ss kit w/brkfst bar.

W/d. Priv deck. Huge mstr w/ba. Vaul ceilings.

Debora McKay 630-587-4672

Elburn $315,000 Rehab 4 br, 3 ba 2580 sq ft home on .88 wooded acre. 3 fplc.

New flrs. New cherry & granite kit w/ss appl. 1st flr lndry. All new baths. Mstr w/walk-in closet. Fin bsmt.

Stephanie Doherty 630-643-3602

St Charles $309,000 Boatable riverfront property w/pier! Updated 2 br, 3 ba home w/New granite & ss kit. Liv rm w/fplc. Lrg master w/ ofc & loft. Fin bsmt. 2.5+-car gar w/attic. Huge deck.

Stephanie Doherty 630-643-3602

1556 Allen Ln, St Charles $294,000 Great loc! 4 br, 2.5 ba traditional 2-story home in quiet neighborhood. Updated roof, furnace, windows, hdwd flrs, crown molding. Basement w/100-bottle wine rack.

Jim Trudeau 630-561-8212

Wayne $275,000 Well-maint 3 br, 2.5 ba converted barn from the Dunham Estate. 1.6 ac. 10’ ceil, solid const, stucco ext, beaut grnds & fam rm. Stone fplc, 2+-car gar, lrg attic. Bsmt.

Heide Hughes 630-587-4630

Geneva $269,000 Luxury 2 br, 3.5 ba Th w/sophisticated features! Hdwd on 1st flr, custom millwork, plantation shutters, liv rm w/wet bar, covered porch, fin bsmt w/rec rm & much more.

Stephanie Doherty 630-643-3602

DeKalb $199,900 Beaut 3 br, 2.5 ba Colonial on wooded lot! 2+-car gar, walkout bsmt w/roug-in plumb & 9’ ceilings. Oak eat-in kit w/ss appl, RO sys & hdwd flr. Huge deck. Liv rm w/fplc.

Suzi Warner 630-587-4690

St Charles $188,000 Downtown St Charles 2 br, 2 ba penthouse. Fam rm w/20’ vaul ceil, fplc & lots of windows. Eat-in kit w/granite counters & appl. In-unit laundry. Tray ceil master. Prkg.

Beverly Wolff 630-587-4606

Batavia $169,900 Unique 2 br, 2 ba unit w/sunroom w/views of private yard. newer main ba, furn/overhead ducts, humidifier, gutters, roof & more. Lrg eat-in kit w/cabs w/pull-out shelves.

Janice Burke 630-768-5860

DeKalb $133,900 Beaut 3 br, 2.5 ba end-unit 2-story TH w/full fin bsmt w/fam rm & 2-car gar. Huge Kit w/maple cabs, tile flr & eating area.

Frml din rm. 2-sty great rm w/fplc. Hdwd flrs.

Suzi Warner 630-587-4690

Batavia $119,900 Great location in downtown Batavia, close to park and river.

2-car garage. Newer roof, windows, furnace, a/c & water heater. Some upgrading started, needs finishing.

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471 W Thornwood Dr, South Elgin $404,900 Wonderful 4 br, 2.5 ba Canterbury model in desirable Thornwood subdivision w/St Charles schools & park district. 2-story liv & din rm. Pro landscaping. Fenced yard.

Maria Bonacci 630-587-4608

514 Pottawatomie Trl, Batavia $434,514 Fab 4 br, 2.5 ba home w/vault fam rm w/skylights. Sun rm off island kit w/granite tops, ss appl & dbl oven. Refin hdwd flrs & new paint thruout. Mstr w/tray ceil & ba.

David Foote 630-355-3500

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2S904 Heritage Glen Ct, Batavia $350,000 Huge bkyd w/many mature trees. 4 br, 2.5 ba freshlypainted home. Open fam rm w/nat light. Newer windows, roof, high-eff a/c & heater. 24’ pool, deck, fin bsmt & more.

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$279,000 Dundee

3012 Sawgrass Dr. In Savannah, Batavia School Dist 101, 4br incl vaulted master w/private bath, 9 ft ceilings on main level, hardwood flrs in liv rm, din rm & vaulted fam rm that’s adjacent to 20x13 kit. MLS ID 08384379 Heide Fralic 630-236-6500

Elgin

$344,900 Elgin

354 Cassidy Ln. Approx. 3600 sq ft home in Shadow Hill, open liv & din rms, main flr den, 19x17 fam rm. 14x12 loft plus 4br up. Full bsmt. MLS ID 08565080 Pam Murray

$237,500 Elburn

215 E 1st St. Totally remodeled, incl warranty, refin hardwood flrs thruout, 4br, 1.5ba, granite counters, 4-season sun rm, full bsmt, fenced yard. Offering $2500 towards closing costs!

MLS ID 08542100 Darlene Kearney 630-232-6900

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$369,900 Elburn

43W781 Willow Creek Dr. On almost 1 acre, approx 3,800 sq ft, new central air & granite, 4br incl 28x17 master w/fpl & luxury bath, hardwood flrs in liv rm w/fpl, din rm & fam rm w/see-thru fpl to sun rm, 3 car gar. MLS ID 08451705 Tammy Sartain 630-904-4334

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$189,900 3426 Wheatland Cir, Geneva $479,000 3528 Heartland Dr, Geneva

4072 Pompton Ave. Cedar Grove townhouse min from Randall Rd amenities! 1,688 sq ft, 2br (master has luxury bath & walk-in closet), loft, 15x13 fam rm, multi-purpose rm on lower level, 2 car gar. MLS ID 08608541 Dawn Stippich 630-232-6900

Peck to Prairie View to Willowbrook Way to Wheatland Cir -- On over half acre in Prairieview Estates, 3,387 sq ft, 20x17 luxury master suite, 1st flr 5th bedroom, hardwood flr in kit w/island & 2 story fam rm w/fpl.

Framed bsmt, side-load 3 car gar. MLS ID 08542040 Pam Murray 630-232-6900

State St to Williamsburg Ave -- On corner lot in Williamsburg South, 2,744 sq ft, 4br (master has luxury bath & sitting rm), 1st flr den, crown molding in liv rm, din rm & fam rm w/fpl. Center island & ceramic flr in kit. MLS ID 08408181 Donna McQuade 630-232-6900

$314,900 Geneva

15 Wakefield Ln. 2300+ sq ft home in Pepper Valley, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, skylights & fpl in 19x19 fam rm. Part fin bsmt rec rm & office.

Paver patio. MLS ID 08539163 Chris French

630-896-3100

$199,000 South Elgin

884 Manchester Course. In Geneva East near town, park & trails! 2 baths, 16x15 liv rm, 22x19 rec rm & 3rd bedroom on lower level, lge 2 car gar, paver patio. MLS ID 08595234 630-232-6900

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Kara Norman

Main St to Dunham Rd to Fairfax to Forest Ridge -- Approx. 2000 sq ft home in Hunters Fields on east side near parks & schools. 3br, 2.5 baths, liv & din rms, fam rm w/fpl opens to patio. Office or rec rm in fin bsmt. MLS ID 08490511 Donna McQuade 630-232-6900

$299,900 746 Westfield Course, Geneva $292,500 Geneva

10 Ford St 107. 1st flr corner condo downtown overlooking the river, 2 big bedrooms, 2ba, 18x15 liv rm, cherry cabinetry, stainless appliances, in-unit laundry, elevator in bldg, underground parking. MLS ID 08536984 Kara Norman 630-232-6900

$293,000 St Charles

503 E Thornwood Dr. St Charles Schools! Open flr plan, approx 2,700 sq ft, 4br incl vaulted master w/bath, liv/din combo, kit has island, hardwood flr & opens to fam rm. Fin bsmt, community sports complex w/pool! MLS ID 08571031 Gina Rizza 630-232-6900

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Geneva Rd to Westfield Course -- Over 2100 sq ft home in Geneva East. Walk out bsmt has 5th br, 12x23 rec rm & full 3rd bath. Wood laminate thru main flr. Incl 1 year home warranty! MLS ID 08464824 Donna McQuade 630-232-6900

$725,000 St Charles

40W767 Fox Creek Dr. Backs to forest preserve, approx 4,200 sq ft, alder hardwood flrs on main level, 19x19 luxury master suite, 3 fpl, gourmet kit opens to 2 story fam rm w/surround sound, sun rm, English bsmt. MLS ID 08570371 Barbara Daly 630-232-6900

$594,900 St Charles

40W366 Edna St. Vincent Milay St. In Fox Mill, approx 6,000 sq ft incl fin bsmt, winding staircase to 4br incl 28x22 luxury master, Brazilian hardwood flrs on main level, 2 story stone fpl in fam rm, community pool & clubhouse. MLS ID 08499208 Jonathan Nutt 630-232-6900

$249,900

207 Nebraska St. Ranch close to town, refin hardwood flrs thru most of home incl all 3 bedrooms & open din/liv rm w/stone fpl.

2 full baths, bsmt, fenced backyard. MLS ID 08602264 Lucy Mullarkey 630-232-6900

$479,900

6N884 Hastings Dr. On 1+ acre, approx 4,200 sq ft, upstairs has new carpet, 4br incl 14x25 master, bonus rm & screened porch. Hardwood flrs thru main level, 5thbr w/full bath on 1st flr, liv rm fpl, bsmt rec rm. MLS ID 08407916 Barbara Daly 630-232-6900

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1715 Forest Ridge Rd, St Charles $289,000 615 Adams Ave, St Charles

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$365,000

343 Diane Ct. Almost 2700 sq ft home in Fisher Farms backing to green space! Brazilian cherry flrs thru main level, 2 fpl, fin bsmt 5th br & 4th bath. Paver patio w/cabana. MLS ID 08607375

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1809 Williamsburg Ave, Geneva $322,900 Geneva

Jeff Jay

$344,900

370 Comstock Dr. Almost 3600 sq ft home in Shadow Hill backs to horse property. Hardwood flr from foyer thru to kit & breakfast rm, 4br plus 14x12 loft up, 19x17 fam rm w/fpl, double staircase. Full walkout bsmt w/rough-in bath. MLS ID 08564968 Pam Murray 630-232-6900

$429,500 Geneva

Peck Rd to Heartland Dr -- French country ranch on over half acre in Westhaven! 9 & 10 ft ceilings, hardwood flrs, crown molding, new furnace & air! 4br, 3.5ba, French drs from kit to fam rm, fin lower level, 3 car gar. MLS ID 08543673 Gina Rizza 630-232-6900

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Geneva

$359,900 Elgin

652 Avon Ct. Backs to wetlands, 2,763 sq ft, vaulted & tray ceilings, 4br (1st flr master), 2 story fam rm w/stone fpl, kit has hardwood flr, stainless appliances & Corian counters. Tandem 3 car gar. MLS ID 08550898 Laureen Lindstrom 630-232-6900

$259,900 St Charles

Main St to 7th Ave to Adams -- Vintage home a few blocks from town & the river in Lincoln School area, original woodwork, doors & hardwood flrs! Updated kit & upstairs bath, 3br, main flr den, bsmt, 2 car gar. MLS ID 08561740 Donna McQuade 630-232-6900

$214,900 West Chicago

1791 Cumberland Green Dr. Bank owned ranch duplex, as low as 5% down, 1,436 sq ft, 2br, 2ba, vaulted liv/din combo w/double sided fpl, hardwood flr in kit, bsmt. MLS ID 08574610 Shirley Guercio

630-236-6500

$419,000 West Chicago

1020 Acorn Hill Ln. In Willow Creek, 3br incl 24x15 master w/sitting area, 3.5ba, hardwood flrs in din rm & kit w/island & stainless appliances. French drs between liv rm & fam rm w/ fpl. Fin bsmt w/2nd fpl. MLS ID 08590110 April Heinemann 630-232-6900

$399,000

1022 Acorn Hill Ln. In Willow Creek, 2,928 sq ft, luxury master suite, hardwood thru main level, kit has granite counters, custom built-ins & Thermador appliances. Fam rm w/fpl & French drs to liv rm. Fin bsmt. MLS ID 08591963 Darlene Kearney 630-232-6900