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Chronicle wins 12 NINA awards

NEWS BRIEFS Speaker series to host program on Syrian refugee crisis

The Kane County Chronicle picked up 12 awards at the annual Northern Illinois Newspaper Association conference at the end of October.

Staff won first-place awards for best special section, best website, best technology/medical story (Ashley Sloboda) and best in-depth news story (Brenda Schory); second-place awards for best general feature (Brenda Schory), best personality profile (Ashley Sloboda), best business/ financial/consumer story (Ashley Sloboda), best technology/medical story (Ashley Sloboda), best online photo gallery (Sandy Bressner) and best education reporting (Ashley Sloboda); and third-place awards for best business/financial/consumer story (Ashley Sloboda) and best columnist (Pam Otto).

In addition, the Kane County Magazine – a sister publication of the Chronicle – won a first-place award for best niche publication.

Of the first-place award for best special section, which was for our 2015 Everyday Heroes section, the judges wrote: “Inspiring and appealing subject matter; strong environmental portraits and photo use; clean and consistent design and format.

Especially liked the ‘lowdown’ boxes – including the fun fact. And inspiring to readers, too!”

(Note to readers – the 2016 Everyday Heroes section will be in papers Nov. 10. Stay tuned!)

Of the first-place award for best

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

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“I love Geneva because of the citizen involvement and early morning walks along the river with my dog, Cooper, a black and white cocker spaniel.” – Tim Vetang, chairman of the Geneva Cultural Arts Commission and vice chairman of the Geneva Foundation for the Arts and member of the Geneva Lions Club

EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK Kathy Balcazar website, the judges wrote: “Appealing and easy to navigate. The inclusion of times and dates stories are posted and updated gave this site the edge.”

Regarding Ashley’s first-place award for best technology/medical story, which was about breastfeeding, the judges wrote, “A wonderful package of stories reflecting thoughtful writing and excellent sourcing.”

And of Brenda’s first-place story for in-depth reporting, the judges wrote: “This story is a ‘wow’ from start to finish. Reporter Brenda Schory did something few could do – landed an interview with a man who had been charged with groping a 3-year-old boy on a plane.”

NINA was founded in 1962 to promote the newspapers of northern Illinois, develop programs to enhance the profession and promote good fellowship among its members. The awards ceremony took place in DeKalb.

GENEVA – The Geneva Library Foundation Speaker Series will host a program on the Syrian refugee crisis at 7 p.m. Nov. 16 in the meeting room at the Geneva Public Library, 127 James St., Geneva.

Leading the program will be Suzanne Sahloul from the Syrian Community Network, which was established to aid and assist in easing the resettlement of Syrian refugees.

The event is free. Reservations are not required, but suggested. Those interested can register at www.genevalibraryfoundation.org.

Marmion’s fishing team to host annual fish fry drive-thru event AURORA – Marmion Academy’s Fishing Team will host its drive-thru-only annual Fish Fry Fundraiser from 4 to 7 p.m. Nov. 18.

Each meal includes three pieces of Sgt. Dotsons famous fried catfish, french fries, hush puppies, cole slaw and a dinner roll. Each meal costs $12, and all proceeds will benefit Marmion’s fishing team.

Meals must be bought beforehand at marmion.org/fishfry.

Marmion is at 1000 Butterfield Road in Aurora.

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ON THE COVER Payton Dahlin (left) and Megan Styrna rehearse a scene from “Noises Off” at Geneva High School. Performances run from Nov. 4 to 6 at the school.

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Play challenges actors with complex and layered roles

By BRENDA SCHORY

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BOTTOM RIGHT: Sydney Gitner rehearses a scene from “Noises Off” at Geneva High School.

Performances run Nov. 4-6 at the school.

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GENEVA – “Noises Off,” a show within a show, is a challenging – yet entertaining – fall play for Geneva High School, director Konnie Sherry said.

“It’s a farce,” Sherry said.

“It’s a group of actors in three acts. We see them as they are getting ready to start the show on tour. We see them six weeks later and the last day of their tour 12 weeks later. It’s all about their relationships while they are doing their show … and all the mishaps that can happen.”

“Noises Off” performances are at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 4 and Nov. 5 and 2 p.m. Nov. 6 in the Geneva High School auditorium, 416 McKinley Ave., Geneva.

Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students and are available at the door.

Jacob Miller, a 17-year-old junior who plays Frederick, one of the lead roles in “Noises Off,” praised the strength of the play itself.

“This play is complex – it has a lot of layers to it,” Miller said. “It’s very witty, very funny. It doesn’t spoon-feed the audience at all. It has subtle jokes and innuendos and it’s always moving. There’s always something happening.

It’s a very fast-paced play.”

Miller said his character is Frederick, who is a nervous, jittery, scaredy-cat person without confidence in himself.

Yet, when Frederick is playing Philip, he is the opposite – very confident and bold.

“They are very contrasting characters [and] this is definitely the hardest role I’ve ever had to pull off,” Miller said. “I’ve worked with the director before, and she’s great.

I have full confidence that this is going to be a well-put-together production.”

Megan Styrna, 16, a junior, agreed with Miller’s assessment.

“I love the play this year, but it’s definitely one of the hardest shows,” Styrna said.

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LEFT: Henry Tawzer and Sydney Gitner rehearse a scene from “Noises Off” at Geneva High School.

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LEFT: Lucy Smith rehearses a scene from “Noises Off” at Geneva High School. Performances run Nov. 4-6 at the school.

“There are many layers and relationships between the characters, both on stage and off, which is very interesting to see. In one act, it will show the actual show and how two characters could love each other. And backstage, it will show how two characters will hate each other.”

Styrna plays Brooke, an actor who is “very vacant.”

“She does not pay attention as a lot of the time her mind is elsewhere,” Styrna said.

“She’s very sweet but not very bright.”

Brooke plays Vickie in the show. Vickie is focused on sleeping with another character, Garry, Styrna said.

“She is very accidentally sexual – and kind of ditsy,” Styrna said. “She does not intend to be putting herself out there, it’s just the way she carries herself. … My two characters are different, and the difficult aspect is differentiating between the two.”

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Cast list

n WHAT: “Noises Off” n WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 4 and

n Lucy Smith as Belinda n Megan Styrna as Brooke n Sydney Ginter as Dotty n Jacob Miller as Frederick n Payton Dahlin as Garry n Quinn Hensley as Lloyd n Audrey Carberry as Poppy n Chris Kubiak as Selsdon n Henry Tawzer as Tim n Ariella Policasero is the

5, and 2 p.m. Nov. 6

n WHERE: Geneva High

School auditorium, 416 McKinley Ave., Geneva n COST: Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students and are available at the door.

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Geneva aldermen resurrect issue of liquor licensees holding office

By BRENDA SCHORY

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Get to know Elizabeth Sullivan

By TARAH THORNE

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Elizabeth Sullivan of Batavia was at Ream’s Meat Market in Elburn when she answered questions for News Editor Tarah Thorne.

Thorne: Where did you grow up?

Sullivan: River Forest Thorne: What’s your favorite movie?

Sullivan: “[National Lampoon’s] Christmas Vacation” Thorne: What was your very first job?

Sullivan: Working as a secretary in a doctor’s office Thorne: As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

Sullivan: A nurse, and I am.

Thorne: What’s your favorite band?

Sullivan: Fleetwood Mac Thorne: Do you have a favorite charity?

Sullivan: Misericordia Thorne: What’s your favorite type of food?

Sullivan: Italian Thorne: Is there anywhere you’d like to travel?

Sullivan: The Mediterranean – again

GENEVA – Aldermen decided to resurrect an idea they quashed in 2012 – that is to let liquor license holders also serve on the City Council as aldermen or as the mayor – and it may lead to a clash of opinions when they discuss it after the regular Committee of the Whole meeting Nov. 7.

Liquor license holders can run for office, officials said. They just can’t serve if elected unless they give up the license. Mayor Kevin Burns, who does not favor changing the law, said if a liquor licensee won election, the council would change the law to allow him or her to be sworn in.

Fourth Ward Alderman Jim Radecki requested that aldermen take another look at the issue during the Committee of the Whole meeting on Oct. 24.

“In 2012, the council had taken a look at our ordinance, which prohibits liquor license holders from holding elected office,” Radecki said. “And I thought that – in discussion with several aldermen and several that have initiated it with me and other people – that I thought it was maybe appropriate to resurrect and bring that back for some discussion.”

Burns said resurrecting the issue “is mind-boggling.”

“I cannot believe we are addressing a problem that does not exist,” Burns said. “That was my position [in] 2012 and in 2016. We are trying to solve a problem where one does not exist. I am flummoxed as to why.”

Radecki said he has had “zero discussions with anyone wanting to run for office.”

“There has been no specific person who asked me to bring this up,” Radecki said.

Still, Radecki said with the consol-

“I cannot believe we are addressing a problem that does not exist. That was my position [in] 2012 and in 2016.

We are trying to solve a problem where one does not exist. I am flummoxed as to why.”

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idated election in April, now would be the time to change the law.

“I have no motive to push this through,” Radecki said. “If there is somebody that is out there [who wants to run], we owe it to them.”

Candidates for the April 4, 2017, consolidated election must file their nominating papers between Dec. 12 and 19, according to the Kane County Clerk’s website, www.kanecountyelections.org.

“No one said it’s a bad idea,” Radecki said.

But Radecki would not name any other aldermen or others whom he said brought the issue to him.

Burns said the state law was amended to accommodate a small Southern Illinois town that did not have enough people to serve in office if they could not include liquor licensees – not because it was a good idea for all other cities and villages to follow suit.

St. Charles, Batavia, Naperville, Cicero and Melrose Park all do not allow liquor licensees to hold public office, Burns said.

Burns said of the 74 liquor licensees in Geneva, 21 actually live in the city.

“Ask any alderman ... how many

News to your phone Sign up for breaking news text and email alerts at KCChronicle.com/subscribe. [liquor] license holders who are also residents of Geneva have come to them in the last six months or year and said, ‘Please change the law. I want to serve on the City Council,’” Burns said.

In 2012, Michael Olesen, owner of Stockholm’s, wanted to run for an alderman’s seat in the 1st Ward, and that was the impetus for the council to look at its ordinance.

Olesen said he has not spoken with any other liquor license holders who are interested in being elected in Geneva.

As before, he also said he did not see a problem with holding a liquor license and serving in public office.

“It is allowed by state law and I think that is perfectly all right,” Olesen said. “If they do change the law, I will certainly be reaching out to those colleagues to see if they would be interested in making Geneva a better place.”

As to whether he would run for election as alderman or mayor, Olesen said, “Ask me that question when they change it. ... I will make my decision at that point about what I’m going to do.”

For liquor license holders who think serving on the council will give them a voice for their industry, Burns said conflict of interest and ethics laws would require they recuse themselves from discussion and voting.

“I look forward to the discussion on Nov. 7,” Burns said. “And I am confident that good governance will prevail and that the council will determine after all is said and done that it is in the best interest of the legislative body to preserve the law in its current form.”

House severely damaged, family dog lost in fire KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com

GENEVA – A family dog was killed in a house fire Oct. 26 in the 700 block of Redwing Drive on Geneva’s west side.

The Geneva Fire Department responded to the incident at 1:53 p.m.

Nobody was home when the blaze ignited, but the homeowners called 911 after finding their house on fire as they returned to the residence, a news

release stated.

Firefighters found thick, dark smoke coming from the two-story house with heavy fire visible in the rear of the home. The department mounted an aggressive interior fire attack using multiple hose lines and had the blaze under control by 2:36 p.m., the release stated.

One firefighter suffered a minor injury while fighting the fire, according to the release.

The cause of the fire is under investigation. Damage estimates still were being compiled the morning of Oct. 27.

Firefighters from Batavia, St. Charles, Elburn, West Chicago and the North Aurora fire departments provided assistance to Geneva at the scene.

The South Elgin and Winfield fire departments filled in at the Geneva fire stations and responded to several other fire and medical calls in the city during the duration of the fire.

As an advocate for the Third Street businesses, Burnham was among about 30

By BRENDA SCHORY people in 2007 bschory@shawmedia.com w h o h o s t e d Steve Burnham GENEVA – Steve Burn- Rain Barrels on ham, 69, owner of The Paper Parade – 55-galMerchant on Third Street and lon barrels made of recycled longtime Geneva Chamber plastic – that were decorated board member, died Oct. 26, by artists.

Burnham, of Geneva, according to a news release.

Geneva History Museum served on numerous city and Executive Director Terry Chamber committees, includEmma said she was saddened ing working as the merchant representative for the Third by news of Burnham’s death.

“He would come in there Street replacement project, the and sit and talk about Third release stated.

Geneva Chamber President Street,” Emma said. “He was very loving and very kind – Jean Gaines described Burnham as giving “countless hours” and he loved Geneva.”

to the Third Street project.

“Meeting weekly for months, he always found the time because he valued the importance of this project to downtown businesses,” Gaines stated in the release.

His friendship and guidance to all will be missed, the release stated.

Burnham is survived by his wife, children and grandchild, the release stated.

Steve and Patricia Burnham moved their popular shop to Geneva from St. Charles in 1990, according to The Paper Merchant website.

A visitation was Oct. 29 at Yurs Funeral Home in Geneva, and a memorial service will be held privately, the release stated.

Geneva advocate Caroline Simpson, 90, dies

By BRENDA SCHORY

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The Geneva Chamber of Commerce hosts a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Allen + Pepa Architects, 215 Fulton St., Geneva.

Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns and Geneva Chamber of Commerce board member Neil Johnson held the ribbon, while owners Lane Allen and Eric Pepa cut it.

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Police ask residents to lock cars after string of burglaries KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com

Photo provided by the Geneva History Museum

Caroline Simpson (second from right) was one of Geneva’s RAM – Relieve A Man – girls during World War II in 1942. High school girls were too young to be a WAVE or WAAC, so they formed their own group to help with odd jobs that usually would be done by a man. The RAM girls raked lawns, cleaned homes and planted Victory Gardens. sons, and they lived in the Fox Valley through much of that decade, according to her family.

Bruce Simpson died in 2001.

When Bruce Simpson joined the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C., the family lived the tumultuous 1960s in the Washington area. Caroline Simpson opposed the Vietnam War and attended the legendary 1967 anti-war march on the Pentagon, according to her family.

In 2007, she participated in an interfaith prayer for peace

service at the Unitarian Universalist Society in Geneva.

The family moved back to Geneva in 1974 and Caroline Simpson continued her community involvement, serving on the Geneva Public Library Board, volunteering for Meals on Wheels and at the Interfaith Food Pantry, according to her family.

A funeral Mass at 11 a.m. will follow the visitation from 10 to 11 a.m. Nov. 5 at Calvary Episcopal Church, 222 S. Batavia Ave., Batavia.

GENEVA – Geneva police are asking residents to lock their vehicles after responding to 11 reports of car burglaries since Oct. 23, officials announced in a news release.

The burglaries have taken place overnight primarily on the city’s east side, but similar incidents also have been reported in the Allendale subdivision near Western Avenue, the release stated.

Valuables were reported taken from the burglarized vehicles, all of which were unlocked, the release stated.

Police believe these incidents are crimes of opportunity and can be reduced with help from the community, so they are encouraging residents to lock their car doors, remove all valuables from their vehicle if possible, park in well-lit areas and consider installing motion-triggered

outside lighting, the release stated.

Seven of the 11 car burglaries were among police reports released that all occurred Oct. 21.

In the 400 block of Chalmers Street, $10 in change was taken from a cup holder; in the 100 block of Simpson Street, $3 in change was taken; and in the 200 block of Harrison Street, a car was rifled through, but nothing was taken.

Also, in the 100 block of Ridge Lane, sunglasses and cigarette lighters valued at $10 were taken; in the 100 block of Ridge Lane, $20 in dollar bills and change was taken; and in the 200 block of Kansas Street $5 in loose change was taken at one location, while a $500 pair of prescription sunglasses was taken at another.

People who witness or hear suspicious activity in their neighborhood should call 911, the release stated.

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GENEVA – Longtime Geneva resident and community advocate Caroline Simpson, 90, died Oct. 27 at Atria Park of Glen Ellyn, her family announced.

Simpson and her late husband, Bruce Simpson, a former 2nd Ward Geneva alderman, together won the 1998 Wood Award for their contributions to the community.

Caroline Simpson was known for her support of the Geneva History Museum, Executive Director Terry Emma said, noting Simpson was instrumental in moving the museum from Wheeler Park to its location on Third Street.

“She always had something funny to say. She made me laugh,” Emma said. “I enjoyed talking to her and being with her. She was a nice person, a neat lady, very involved in the community.”

Caroline Simpson co-wrote a chapter of the 1985 book, “Geneva, Illinois: A History of its Times and Places,” as well as served on the history museum board, according to her family.

Caroline and Bruce Simpson married in 1951 and had four

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D-304 considers changes to GHS courses

By BRENDA SCHORY

bschory@shawmedia.com GENEVA – New and modified courses in math, technology, digital photography, entrepreneurship, foods courses and social studies and history are expected to be offered at Geneva High School next school year, officials said.

Associate Principal Doug Drexler presented the proposed changes and additions Oct. 24 at the Geneva District 304 school board meeting.

The board did not take action as this was the first-draft presentation of course changes, Superintendent Kent Mutchler said.

“We do have three brand-new courses that we are proposing for next year and some tweaks and modifications to seven others,” Drexler said. “These proposals were not dreamed up yesterday. They have been in the pipeline for a while and they have gone through a variety of different phases of approval.”

One of the new courses is advanced calculus, Drexler said.

“It’s a very high-level mathematics course, … really, really tough calculus material,” Drexler said. “A credit to our elementary and middle schools [that are] producing students more advanced in math. … We believe it will be a great addition to our math department.”

A new computer science class is

“We do have three brand-new courses that we are proposing for next year and some tweaks and modifications to seven others.

These proposals were not dreamed up yesterday.

They have been in the pipeline for a while and they have gone through a variety of different phases of approval.”

Doug Drexler

Geneva High School associate principal

an app development course, he said, “where they are taking an idea that they’ve got and developing a programming solution to it.”

“Many schools that have this course [their] students come out with finished products that they actually put on the app marketplace,” Drexler said.

The third new course is a technology support internship, Drexler said, “that will allow our students to work very closely with the high school’s building technology staff.”

Student interns will not only work side-by-side with the building technicians to service students’ devices, but they also will work on customer service skills.

Of the seven course modifications proposed, three are a “package deal” in the art department and photography

program, Drexler said.

A prerequisite for digital photography was to take a darkroom course to learn about film development, Drexler said.

“Our students have shifted and are not in a darkroom mentality anymore,” Drexler said. “They are in a digital world.”

The existing visual photography course required the darkroom course as a prerequisite. Although students can still take the darkroom course, the recommended change eliminates that prerequisite to take the advanced photography class, Drexler said.

“We see this as a necessary evolution to our program and a way to appeal to a lot of students in that setting.,” he said.

Another of the modifications is to

Marklund, Little Angels complete merger KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com

BLACKBERRY TOWNSHIP – After eight months of preparation, Marklund and The Little Angels Center for Exceptional Care officials announced in a news release that they have approved the merger of the nonprofit organizations.

The merger was to become effective Nov. 1.

Marklund, based in Bloomingdale and in the Mill Creek subdivision of Blackberry Township near Geneva, serves children and adults with profound developmental disabilities.

Little Angels is in Elgin.

“After working toward this goal since February, I am very excited that our merger will finally become a reality,” Marklund President and CEO Gil Fonger said in the release. “I am confident that the joining of these two solid organizations is going to be very positive and make us stronger together than we could be apart.”

Two board members and a parent from Little Angels will be joining the

Marklund board of directors, the release stated.

“The board has great respect for the long-term commitment and accomplishments of the Little Angels organization and we are excited to join forces with them in our collective mission to care for individuals with profound developmental disabilities,” Marklund’s board Chairman Duane J. Fitch said in the release.

“We are so pleased that this day has come and we look forward to continuing this important journey.”

Little Angels will be renamed the Marklund Wasmond Center to acknowledge its history and founding family, as well as to conform with the naming of Marklund’s other facilities. The new organization will have more than 450 staff members, the release stated.

“Little Angels has always been a labor of love for the entire Wasmond family,” Shelley Lewis stated in the release. Lewis is the longtime executive director of Little Angels, and her parents founded the organization, the release stated.

“Of utmost importance to us is

that we carry on my mother’s legacy of providing care and support to children and young adults with profound disabilities and complex medical needs in a place that feels like home,” Lewis stated in the release. “My family and our dedicated staff have entrusted this legacy to Marklund who shares a very similar history and passion for caring. Joining the Marklund family feels very much like home to us and we are excited about what the future holds.”

Marklund and Little Angels have similar histories, the release stated.

Established in 1954 by Claire and Stan Haverkampf, Marklund currently serves more than 170 families in its residential, therapeutic and educational programs, and operates on a $20 million budget, the release stated.

Founded in 1958 by Pat and Bob Wasmond, Little Angels operates on a $7 million budget providing programs and services for 57 medically complex individuals with developmental disabilities, including 24-hour skilled nursing care, the release stated.

the computer software applications course, eliminating the words-per-minute keyboarding requirement, Drexler said.

The business department’s entrepreneurship and business communications course will change its name to entrepreneurship – a more straightforward title, he said.

The family and consumer sciences courses will see a name change, not a curriculum change, Drexler said, so students and parents will have a better understanding of what is involved in that course.

An example is that culinary arts will become culinary arts baking and pastry, he said.

Two modern world history courses for freshmen will be adjusted to become thematic-based courses that show students similarities in history, rather than a traditional, chronologically based course, he said.

“So they will deal with themes like international conflict. And they won’t deal with it from a chronological perspective,” Drexler said. “They’ll look at different points in history that really illustrate the concept of international conflicts and look at similarities and differences. It’s a pretty powerful way of addressing social studies students and history students with many more connections throughout history.”

NEWS BRIEF Food bank hosts pumpkin recycling, Holiday Meal Box event

GENEVA – The Northern Illinois Food Bank is hosting a double event from 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 5 at its warehouse, 273 Dearborn Court, Geneva.

The inaugural Pumpkin Pitch is a post-Halloween pumpkin composting event to support anti-food waste initiatives, a news release stated.

Also taking place is the annual Holiday Meal Box kickoff packing event, where more than 200 volunteers will begin packing meal boxes for 35,000 families across northern Illinois with a traditional holiday meal, the release stated.

Volunteers will come from several local companies that help make the program possible, including Tyson Foods – which is the official sponsor of the program – Kellogg’s, Jewel-Osco, Bimbo Bakeries USA and The Jel-Sert Co., the release stated.

Meal boxes will be distributed throughout November and December, the release stated.

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64/39

Pontiac

Watseka

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Chatsworth

64/40

Eureka

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Bloomington

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Temperatures are Thursday’s highs and Thursday night’s lows.

Sunrise Thursday ..................... 7:28 a.m.

Sunset Thursday ...................... 5:45 p.m.

Moonrise Thursday ................ 10:45 a.m.

Moonset Thursday ................... 8:44 p.m.

Sunrise Friday ......................... 7:29 a.m.

Sunset Friday .......................... 5:44 p.m.

Moonrise Friday ..................... 11:35 a.m.

Moonset Friday ........................ 9:33 p.m.

Sunrise Saturday ..................... 7:31 a.m.

Sunset Saturday ...................... 5:42 p.m.

Moonrise Saturday ................ 12:22 p.m.

Moonset Saturday ................. 10:26 p.m.

Sunrise Sunday ....................... 6:32 a.m.

Sunset Sunday ........................ 4:41 p.m.

Moonrise Sunday ................... 12:05 p.m.

Moonset Sunday .................... 10:24 p.m.

Sunrise Monday ....................... 6:33 a.m.

Sunset Monday ........................ 4:40 p.m.

Moonrise Monday .................. 12:44 p.m.

Moonset Monday ................... 11:25 p.m.

Sunrise Tuesday ...................... 6:34 a.m.

Sunset Tuesday ....................... 4:39 p.m.

Moonrise Tuesday .................... 1:22 p.m.

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Gary

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Joliet

64/40

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Evanston

62/37

63/38

Temperature

59/43

Oak Park

62/38

Cloudy

55 40

Arlington Heights

61/39

62/37

61/37

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59 40

Waukegan

Elgin

Hampshire

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Crystal Lake

62/39

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McHenry

Belvidere 60/35 62/38

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THE WEEK AHEAD

Kenosha

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TEMPERATURES High for the week ............................... 76 Low for the week ................................ 33 Normal high ........................................ 57 Normal low ......................................... 39 Average temperature ....................... 49.8 Normal average temp. ..................... 48.3 Temperature departure .................... +1.5 PRECIPITATION Total for the week ........................... 1.05” Total for the month ......................... 2.81” Normal for the month ...................... 3.07” Total for the year ........................... 31.39” Normal for the year month ............ 32.33” % of normal this year ....................... 97%

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Turning sunny and Mild with abundant Clear to partly cloudy pleasant sunshine

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Batavia siblings collecting candy to honor troops

By RENEE TOMELL

rtomell@shawmedia.com BATAVIA – Two children who miss their grandfather, a Vietnam veteran who lived with them during his last illness, found a sweet way to pay tribute to him and to active and former members of the military and their families.

The Batavia siblings, Abby Anderson, 9, and Bradley, 11, attend Geneva’s Western Avenue School and Geneva Middle School, respectively.

Overlapping the Halloween season, they set up a collection box near their home’s driveway, where a 20-foot inflatable black cat marked the spot for donors to drop off wrapped candy and gum through Nov. 2.

They planned to ship the items Nov. 3 to Operation Gratitude, which sends out care packages.

They designed their own fliers and started ringing doorbells in their surrounding neighborhoods to spread the word.

“A girl just came and dropped off 10 pounds [of candy] because of the flier,” Abby Anderson said in a phone interview. “It’s really nice.

It shows the veterans that they’re not forgotten.”

Bradley and Abby Ander-

moting a good use for excess candy at Halloween.

This year, the kids each doBradley and Abby nated $15 of their own savings Anderson of Batavia, to the organization and an added $10 each for an Operation who go to school Gratitude T-shirt to wear as in Geneva, collect they went door to door. She said candy for the troops the children also called aunts and veterans. and uncles and wrote letters Photo provided inviting out-of-state friends and relatives to participate. Packages have been sent to them from four states. Heather said her children are doing it in memory of her father, who was a U.S. Army private first-class in the Vietnam war.

“I did a lot of research on Operation Gratitude,” she said. “They have sent over 1.6 million care packages. The nice thing [is] you can request a care package for somebody and they send it free of charge to the person. It’s a great organization, and a great way for the kids to give back.”

Abby said they hope to collect 50 pounds of candy through their project.

“We were trick-or-treating in Geneva [at] a store called Copper Fox, and they donated son are the children of Heath- ing this is the second year five pounds,” she said. “We er and Brad Anderson. the two have undertaken the came back [the next day] to say “It is a wonderful project candy drive after learning of thank you, and they said, ‘Oh, – we are very proud of them,” Operation Gratitude at their we have another five pounds of Heather Anderson said, not- dentist’s office, which was pro- candy. Would you like to have

it?’ So, we just got another five pounds.”

Abby said she and her brother each plan to tuck in a letter to be passed along to someone receiving a care package and hope to hear back.

“Just to let them know that our grandpa was in the war, and we’re doing it because he passed away … and we wanted to let them know that they are not forgotten and we really appreciate it,” she said.

Heather said the cavity-free duo will give away all the candy they’ve collected for the care packages, and the siblings are determined to meet their goal, adding, “Both my kids have big hearts.”

In talking about the candy drive, she said her daughter told her: “‘Mom, I just want to make one person smile.’”

The Operation Gratitude website at operationgratitude.com/operation-gratitude states it sends care packages filled with food, entertainment, personal care and handmade items, plus letters of appreciation to veterans, first responders, new recruits, wounded heroes, their caregivers, and to individually named U.S. service members deployed overseas and their families waiting at home.

Scentimental Gardens adds home decorating to repertoire

By BRENDA SCHORY

bschory@shawmedia.com GENEVA – For nearly three decades, Scentimental Gardens and Antiques at 428 W. State St. in Geneva has helped people with their garden decorating plans.

Earlier this year, the business began offering additional decorating for all areas of the home, not just the landscape, owner Debra Phillips said.

“It’s really the whole shebang,” Phillips said. “I’m lucky in that my first love was as a horticulturist. I understand plants and design, and a lot of those principles extend to the home.”

The business now focuses on antiques, garden design, landscaping and outdoor decorating, and doing what Phillips called a “face-lift” indoors or outdoors.

For example, one customer’s home was Mediterranean with big pillars and dark rails, and they wanted to change it to French Normandy, Phillips said.

Know more More information is available by calling Scentimental Gardens and Antiques at 630-232-1303 or visiting www. scentimentalgardens.com.

“We changed out the rails – they became iron,” Phillips said. “We changed the colors from stucco yellow to a whitish taupe. We added shutters in brownish turquoise. And we changed the light fixtures and the house numbers.

There’s so much you can do without a major, expensive overhaul.”

So far, she’s done more than 15 houses and several have been out of state, including Florida, Nebraska and Tennessee, Phillips said.

“We have evolved in 27 years,” Phillips said. “We never offered this service Sandy Bressner - sbressner@shawmedia.com before, so we are kind of in a real unique position – we are the whole package. It Owner Debra Phillips works in her store, Scentimental Gardens and Antiques. The store, took me awhile to get there.”

428 W. State St. in Geneva, sells home and garden decor, as well as offers design services.

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