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Kane County Chronicle / KCChronicle.com • Thursday, February 23, 2017

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During February, members of the Northern Illinois Newspaper Association board try to get out to classrooms to speak with journalism students.

As a member of the NINA board, I had the pleasure of speaking Feb. 15 to students who produce the Stargazer newspaper at St. Charles North High School. Of course, I also was wearing my hat as editor of the Kane County Chronicle, Elburn Herald and Sugar Grove Herald.

I had the students ask me some prepared questions. I also gave them information about the annual NINA scholarship. (Learn more about the scholarship at ninaonline.org.)

The following is an edited version of my conversation with the students.

Claire Drewes, news editor at the Stargazer: How did you choose journalism?

Kathy Balcazar: Hunter S. Thomp-

son. He used to write for Rolling Stone magazine and Sports Illustrated and some other outlets. And he had a really colorful way of writing and was a very colorful person in and of himself. So I was reading a bunch of books by him, and I was like: “That’s it! I want to be a journalist!” Then I started taking classes at

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Ashley Zima, entertainment editor at the Stargazer: What skills are needed to be a journalist?

Balcazar: One of the most import-

ant things, in my mind, is that you … kinda gotta like to talk to people if you want to be a journalist cause you have to interview them for stories.

I’d say that you can learn how to be a better writer; you can learn how to be a better reporter over time. But if you don’t have that desire to talk to people and ask them questions and hear their answers, then I’d say you’re probably only going to go so far as a journalist.

Olivia Favia, news editor at the Stargazer: How did becoming a journalist impact you?

Balcazar: Oh, I think it’s impacted

me a lot. When I think about myself

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

GENEVA – An innovative new series called Eat Breathe Thrive will be offered for adults and teens from 3 to 5 p.m.

March 19 to April 30 at Prana Yoga Center, 321 Stevens St., Suite C, Geneva, the

company announced in a news release.

Eat Breathe Thrive combines yoga, meditation and interactive activities to help individuals overcome food and body image challenges, the release stated.

Space is limited to 10 participants. The

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Columbia College, and next thing you know, I’m a journalist.

as a person, I … identify with being a journalist, and I’m proud to identify myself as being a journalist. When [President Donald] Trump is on TV right now and saying, like, oh, the horrible media, the horrible media, I feel like he’s talking about me because I’m in this field, and I take it kind of personally.

I think that we do a really good job at the local level, and I’m sure whom he’s directing his comments at is more the national media … you’d have to think. … Every job is really important, but if I was working a retail job at the mall, I don’t think I would have the same feeling that I have now of what I think is doing something really important for the community, which is giving [people] information about where they live so they can make the best decisions for their family. …

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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK Kathy Balcazar

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ON THE COVER

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Alderman Tom Simonian (far left) and Mayor Kevin Burns (second from right) listen as Nosh owner Mike Dixon talks Feb. 13 at the Geneva City Hall. Simonian is challenging Burns in the mayoral election.

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Alderman seeks to unseat 4-term incumbent mayor

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com

and 800,000 square feet of commercial taxes) but has already created a backspace, according to his campaign ma- log of work, which impacts the city’s terial. efficiency.”

Burns said when the council held Philosophies and interpretation a special meeting on the budget Jan. The mayoral campaign is marked 30, Dawkins stated she was feeling the by a difference in philosophies and in- effects of not having someone in that terpretation of the facts, according to position.

“The idea was to eliminate it from both campaigns and the candidates.

Simonian’s campaign literature the budget and see how we do. I’ve got touts his support of removing the assis- my head above water for eight months tant city administrator position, saving now,” Dawkins said at that meeting. $150,000. The position was eliminated “But I’m starting to feel the toll. There when Stephanie Dawkins stepped up are things that are being missed.”

For example, she said she had litfrom that role to become city administle time to think, brainstorm, analyze trator after Mary McKittrick retired.

Burns countered that the position’s issues, or be creative, once day-to-day removal resulted in “unintended con- duties were finished.

Simonian said he does not believe sequences.”

His campaign website says, ““Elim- Dawkins about needing an assistant to inating the position has had no material effect on the city’s budget (your See UNSEAT, page 4

Current, former Geneva aldermen endorse Simonian in videos

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com GENEVA – What is different about Geneva’s 2017 mayoral race?

Fifth Ward Alderman Tom Simonian has garnered support from sitting and former aldermen in his bid to unseat fourterm incumbent Mayor Kevin Burns.

The endorsements are available on YouTube, http://shawurl.com/30je, through a link on his campaign website, www.simonianforgeneva.com.

Both 2nd Ward Aldermen Don Cummings and Richard Marks endorsed Simonian in videos, as have 4th Ward Aldermen Ron Singer and Jim Radecki, and 3rd Ward Alderman Mary Seno.

See videos online To watch 5th Ward Alderman Tom Simonian’s video, go to http://shawurl.com/30je or www.simonianforgeneva.com.

To watch incumbent Mayor Kevin Burns’ video, go to http://shawurl. com/30jd or burns4mayor.com.

Seno, Singer and Marks are all running for re-election April 4. Marks is also the treasurer for Simonian’s campaign, records show.

“When I got on the City Council, I noticed one thing immediately. The

city of Geneva was driving the decision-making to the council, and the council would then announce it to the citizens of Geneva,” Cummings said in his endorsement video. “This is an upside-down process that I wanted to see changed. Tom noticed this also.”

In his endorsement video, Marks said that Simonian “asks the tough questions and doesn’t quit until he gets the answers.

“At this point in Geneva’s history, it is time for a change,” Marks said in the video. “Tom has the vision and the ability to make Geneva grow better than it ever has been before.”

Former Aldermen Dorothy Flanagan and Ray Pawlak also endorsed Simonian in YouTube videos.

Burns has his own video on YouTube, http://shawurl.com/30jd, which will be accessible on his campaign website, burns4mayor.com, once technical difficulties are addressed. Burns said no one from the current City Council is in it.

“It has always been my practice not to ask sitting council members to endorse my campaign for mayor,” Burns said. “It sheds a negative light on the council itself, which should be independent and focused on what’s best for the community.”

Simonian disagreed.

“It’s a good thing because it validates that a majority of the aldermen ... support change and are no longer willing to accept the status quo,” Simonian stated in a text.

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GENEVA – As the April 4 consolidated election draws near, the two candidates vying to be Geneva’s next mayor could not be more different in their proposals and visions for the city’s future and government.

Mayor Kevin Burns is a four-term incumbent seeking a fifth term. Fifth Ward Alderman Tom Simonian, finishing an appointed term, also wants the city’s top spot.

Burns promotes continuing the city’s “brand” of 15 years of balanced budgets, a high bond rating, a broadened tax base through economic development and a “spirit of collaboration”

among officials, volunteers, the business community and various civic organizations, according to his campaign website, Burns4Mayor.com.

In seeking to unseat Burns, Simonian’s campaign website, www.

SimonianForGeneva.com, calls him a “22-year career politician” who is “more focused on ceremonies and ribbon-cuttings rather than representing the taxpayer. He is no longer the answer to our problem. He is part of our problem.”

Simonian supports reducing taxes and fees, while encouraging economic development. Simonian asserts that the city’s regulations make it too difficult for businesses to come to Geneva – which Burns said is not true.

Under Burns’ leadership, the city’s tax base expanded by developing 3.5 million square feet of industrial space

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Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns attends a Committee of the Whole meeting at the Geneva City Geneva 5th Ward Alderman Tom Simonian attends a Committee of the Whole meeting at Hall on Feb. 13. Burns is running for re-election against challenger 5th Ward Alderman the Geneva City Hall on Feb. 13. Simonian is running for mayor in the April 4 consolidated Tom Simonian. election against current Mayor Kevin Burns.

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Water Street Studios to screen film fest favorites KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com

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Get to know Giuseppe Imperiale

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com

St. Charles resident Giuseppe Imperiale, 58, was working at his eatery, Pomodoro E Mozzarella Pizzeria in St. Charles, when he answered questions for the Kane County Chronicle’s Brenda Schory.

Schory: Where did you grow up?

Imperiale: Sicily Schory: First job?

Imperiale: Dishwasher Schory: As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

Imperiale: An archaeologist. Instead, I own a restaurant.

Schory: Favorite charity?

Imperiale: Muscular Dystrophy Association Schory: Favorite ice cream flavor?

Imperiale: Pistachio gelato Schory: Favorite local restaurant?

Imperiale: Pomodoro E Mozzarella Pizzeria in St. Charles Schory: What is an interesting factoid about yourself?

Imperiale: I met lots of celebrities on trips to Las Vegas. I met Robert De Niro, Frank Sinatra, Redd Foxx, Rich Little and Suzanne Somers.

BATAVIA – Film buffs can head to Water Street Studios in Batavia to catch the Geneva Film Festival Brew and View at 7 p.m. Feb. 24. The event is taking place in the off-year before the Geneva Film Festival returns in 2018.

Hosted by Water Street Studios, the event will highlight short, classic, family-friendly, independent films, according to a news release. All ages are welcome. Doors open at 6 p.m., and films start at 7 p.m. Admission is free, with $5 donations appreciated.

No reservations are required.

Solemn Oath Brewery beer and Bright Angel Wines will be available, along with refreshments for children, popcorn and candy for sale. Seating is limited.

Nine short films from past years of the Geneva Film Festival will be featured in two blocks, with a 15-minute intermission.

• “Rabbit and Deer”: An animated short in which the friendship of rabbit and deer is tested by deer’s desire to go beyond 2-D. • “My Forest”: Includes travels through the forest from the view of a child.

• “Sumer”: An animated short about survival in a world that has been decimated, yet hope prevails.

• “The Club”: That is not what it initially seems.

• “A House, a Home”: Where love is reconciled in a subterranean world.

• “Kavinsky”: Where a young man must pass an interrogation to take his Russian girlfriend to dinner.

• “Amok”: A school shooting prompts the question of survival together or apart.

• “When the Hurlyburly’s Done”: An intense dramatic short.

• “The Godmother”: A quick-paced, romantic-action comedy in which a woman is persuaded by her mother to kill her mobster husband.

Sponsored by the Cultural Arts Commission in Geneva, the volunteer-led, nonprofit film festival has become a well-known venue for filmmakers, writers, producers and actors to screen a variety of independent films, according to the release.

Water Street Studios is at 160 S. Water St.. Visit waterstreetstudios. org or call 630-761-9977.

NEWS BRIEF Kane County Genealogical Society to host monthly meeting

will be a live webinar with an interactive, Q&A format. MacEntree has more than 25 years of experience in information GENEVA – The next monthly meeting of the Kane County Genealogical Society technology, which he uses to improve genealogical research, and to interact will be at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23 in the firstfloor meeting room of the Geneva History with others in the family history community, the release stated.

Museum 113 S. Third St., Geneva.

Call 630-879-0672 or visit www.rootsThe topic will be “Building a Research Toolbox,” with presenter Thomas MacEn- web.ancestry.com/~ilkcgs.

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“I’m not buying it,” Simonian said.

A look at fees

Also as part of his campaign, Simonian targeted the city fee to inspect a water heater installation. If a homeowner installs his own water heater, however, no inspection or fee is required.

“In my opinion, $50 to $100 is way too high a fee to inspect a water heater,” Simonian said. “How long does it take to inspect a water heater? It’s not taking a couple of hours.”

The city ordinance says the cost is $50 to inspect a water heater installation.

Burns said inspecting a water heater installation is a state law, and that it was the council that determined the range of inspection fees to cover city’s costs.

“Mr. Simonian believes that this is somehow a scheme by the city to generate revenue,” Burns said. “His frustration would be better channeled to our friends in Springfield who passed this mandate without funding it. The City Council voted unanimously that we must charge what it costs us to carry out an inspection, period.”

According to a Freedom of Information Act request, the city issued 88 water heater permits, at a cost of $50 each, from Jan. 1, 2016, through Nov. 28, 2016.

Each included a final inspection, officials said.

Different proposals

Simonian’s campaign literature also claims that Burns supported the proposed Marquette apartment development at the former Cetron site and the Geneva Meadows proposed duplex development at the former Geneva Greenhouse site.

“The mayor told a number of people he supported them,” Simonian said.

“He told staff and aldermen he supported them.”

But when pressed, Simonian said he would not say who told him that Burns told them he supported the controversial and unpopular projects.

“I will not put them in that situa-

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tion,” Simonian said.

Burns said Simonian’s assertion is false, noting neither he nor any council member should endorse or reject a proposed project until after they have had a chance to hear all the facts and public comment is completed.

“To do otherwise is a violation of the due process laws that govern our decision-making,” Burns said. “It jeopardizes the integrity of the process and the reputation of the community.

Stating an opinion of a plan before it is fully heard is not only unfair, it’s unethical.”

Burns said the mayor’s role is to facilitate the meeting and to vote only if there is a tie.

Marquette’s developers withdrew their proposal last year after a sustained public outcry against it.

Also, aldermen voted 7-3 against rezoning and the final plat of subdivision for Geneva Meadows on Oct. 17, also after resident opposition.

Possible consolidation

Simonian’s campaign also calls for consolidating Geneva’s police and fire services with neighboring cities, modeling it after TriCity Ambulance, “the most successful consolidation of any ambulance service in the United States.”

“I could not absolutely guarantee it’s going to work, but I want to investigate this,” Simonian said. “It’s a perfect opportunity to incorporate through attrition. I’m guessing we would not know if it would work unless you put together a task force to look into it.”

Burns said when the council met in November 2015 to discuss strategic goals and objectives, the council decided there was no need to pursue consolidation of fire and police services with Batavia and St. Charles.

“You have to understand the impact to our community with staffing, pensions, capital [spending] needs,” Burns said. “With respect, it’s not in our best interest, nor our neighboring communities’ best interest, to move forward.”

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Geneva’s Little Traveler supports Church A Day Without Immigrants boycott hosts forum

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com GENEVA – The Little Traveler, 404 S. Third St., Geneva, participated in the Day Without Immigrants on Feb. 16 by paying all the company’s immigrant workers their normal wage whether they come to work or not.

Owner Michael Simon announced the plan via a Facebook post, noting that his own grandparents “were immigrants to this country, coming here to escape persecution.”

“You may have read that today is ‘A Day Without Immigrants’ and immigrants throughout the U.S. will be staying home from school, from work, and not shopping or dining out today as a way to show their impact on our society,” his Facebook post stated. “As a business that employs many wonderful people who were not born in the U.S., we fully support this movement.”

The national boycott by immigrants was organized in response to President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration. The boycott calls for immigrants not to go to work, to avoid spending money and not to send their children to school.

Simon’s Facebook posting also noted that the store may not look as clean as it normally does, “for many of the people who work ‘behind the scenes’

“It is absolutely not true that immigrants are not paying taxes.”

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to keep us going are immigrants, and they may not be on duty today.”

The store will donate 10 percent of the day’s revenues to the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, “to show our support for the immigrants who are so vital to our country,” the Facebook posting stated.

Artemio Arreola, political director of the Chicago-based coalition, said he was happy to hear of The Little Traveler’s support.

“My organization is a leading organization in the state of Illinois to fight for immigrants’ rights,” Arreola said.

“I’m glad they did it. … It’s great for the support. A lot of businesses are doing it. A lot of people in the community are supporting [it]. We have to continue to show our nation we are a nation of immigrants, and we want to show just of a little bit of how we are part of a growing economy.”

Arreola said his organization is always countering misunderstandings

about today’s immigrants – such as a common misconception that 90 percent of them do not pay taxes.

“That is completely wrong. Ask any employer, before they get paid, the taxes are taken out. And anything they buy, they pay taxes,” Arreola said. “It is absolutely not true that immigrants are not paying taxes.”

He said the organization also must counter claims that immigrants abuse public services.

“When you go asking for any service, they ask for identification,” Arreola said. “If they don’t have documents, how [can they] get benefits?

This is logic.”

Arreola said the movement “A Day Without Immigrants” is peaceful and not intended to hurt the country or the economy. Instead, he said, it is to show how immigrants contribute to and strengthen the economy – and to show the value of their impact.

“We show you today how we contribute to the economy,” Arreola said.

“This is one day. This is really what we want to show, the image we want to build. This is our home, too. We live here. … And we came here … to look for opportunities, the same as 100 years ago.”

More information about the organization is available by visiting www. icirr.org.

Mayor to speak at newcomers club luncheon neva, the city today and its future, the release stated.

Lunch is a choice of the quiche of GENEVA – Mayor Kevin Burns will the day or Maryland crab cakes with be a guest speaker at the Fox Valley remoulade, each served with citrus Newcomers and Neighbors Club lun- vinaigrette estate salad, or chicken cheon at 11:30 a.m. March 15 at Fiora’s caprese sliced roasted chicken breast Restaurant, 317 S. Third St., Geneva, with tomatoes, mayonnaise, fresh mozthe club announced in a news release. zarella and basil leaf on a Tuscan paniBurns, who has been mayor for 16 ni, the release stated. years, will speak on the history of GeDessert will be bananas foster bread

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pudding, baked in a bourbon glaze and topped with a bourbon pecan gelato, the release stated.

Soft drink, tea or coffee and a cash bar will be offered, the release stated.

The cost is $30, and guests who are not members of the club are welcome.

Advanced registration is required and must be done by March 9 by calling Regina at 331-222-7854. For information, visit www.foxvalleynewcomers.com.

Herrington receives 25th award for quality, facilities of services offered by the property, the release said. The AAA four-diamond requirements are that a facility be reGENEVA – The Herrington Inn & fined, stylish with upscale attributes, Spa in Geneva was awarded the AAA extensive amenities and a high degree four-diamond award for the 25th con- of hospitality, service and attention to secutive year, the company announced detail, the release said. in a news release.

The descriptive ratings are assigned AAA diamond ratings for hotels exclusively to properties that meet represent a combination of overall and uphold AAA “rigorous approval quality, range of facilities, and level standards. This prestigious accolade is

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bestowed on 5.9 percent of the nearly 28,000 hotels approved by AAA,” the release said.

“We have a beautiful facility situated in a scenic location,” Shodeen Hospitality President Paul Ruby said in the release. “But I think what really sets us apart from other properties is the service our employees provide. We have a great team here that sincerely enjoys exceeding our guests’ expectations.”

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BLACKBERRY TOWNSHIP – A free public forum on suicide awareness, self-harm and depression called Shining the Light, will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Feb. 25 at Rejoice Lutheran Church, 0N377 N. Mill Creek Drive in Blackberry Township near Geneva, the church announced in a news release.

High school and middle school youth are encouraged to attend with a parent, the release stated. Mental health experts and counselors from Suicide Prevention Services in Batavia will lead discussions for adults and teens and offer information on how to identify trouble signs and receive assistance for loved ones.

Suicide Prevention Services Executive Director Stephanie Weber will make an opening presentation followed by breakout sessions for adults, and age-appropriate discussions for teens, the release stated.

Weber said the stigma surrounding mental health often prevents people from seeking help, the release stated.

“We want people to understand that there are resources available to provide much-needed help,” Weber said in the release. “Mental health issues touch everyone, and it’s critical to raise awareness and discuss these issues.”

The Rev. Lou Quetel, pastor of Rejoice Lutheran Church, said he has witnessed a troubling rise in suicide and self-harm in the Tri-Cities among both youth and adults, the release stated.

“It’s time to come together as a community and shine a light on this issue,” Quetel said in the release.

“This forum is for all who are concerned about these problems and want answers. We also want to provide hope to families and for them to know that we stand with them.”

If you go n WHAT: Shining the Light forum n WHEN: 2 to 5 p.m. Feb. 25 n WHERE: Rejoice Lutheran Church,

0N377 N. Mill Creek Drive in Blackberry Township near Geneva n INFO: 630-262-0596

Blue Goose Market deal falls apart in Batavia

“The city was trying to make a supportive offer.

I guess it just wasn’t to be.”

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Carrie and Joe Tatone will be celebrating the first anniversary of opening their antique store, The Gathering, in the Berry House, 227 S. Third St., Geneva. The store will have sales and promotions March 4 and 5.

Antique store to celebrate end of 1st year in business

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com GENEVA – Carrie and Joe Tatone will be celebrating the one-year anniversary of opening their antique store, The Gathering, in the Berry House at 227 S. Third St. in Geneva.

On March 4 and 5, the store will have 20 percent off on all items $20 or more, with some exceptions, Carrie Tatone said.

And with all purchases, she said, customers will be able to draw for prizes, such as jewelry, extra dollars off a purchase, a percentage off future purchases or coupons for free coffee, tea or hot chocolate at the Coffee Drop Shop,

also at the Berry House.

“It’s been a great year, so we decided to stay another year,” Carrie said.

“We made a lot of good customers, and we made a lot of friends.”

The store sells vintage, primitive and folk art, rugs, runners, baskets and jewelry, as well as a line of specialty paint used for furniture and related objects, such as chalk boards or picture frames.

Not only does the store carry the paint, Carrie said she uses the paint to up-cycle older furniture and teaches customers how to use it to revive their items.

“We do traditional antiques with a twist,” she said.

More information is available by calling 630-457-5024.

St. Peter School resurrects medieval practice of Boy Bishop KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com GENEVA – St. Peter Catholic School in Geneva will implement a medieval practice called the Boy Bishop as a way for the parish to honor the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, the church announced in a news release.

All Catholic parishes celebrate a Patronal Feast Day, which is the feast of the particular saint who watches over, guards, protects, intercedes for and cherishes a particular community of believers, the release stated.

After the school Mass on Feb. 22, a fourth-grade boy will be enthroned as the Boy Bishop and will give a short address

to encourage parishioners to love Jesus and live Christian lives, the release stated.

The ceremony will conclude with the Boy Bishop giving his blessing, and then the school community will gather for a celebration, the release stated.

The Boy Bishop will be celebrated at the school annually, the release stated.

St. Peter’s new pastor, the Rev. Jonathan Bakkelund, decided to resurrect the Boy Bishop, as “a nice way to inspire vocations to the priesthood,” the release stated.

“Additionally, it will be a nice counterpart to the May crowning of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is a lovely tradition for girls in our parish,” Bakkelund stated in the release.

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BATAVIA – Negotiations have collapsed for the Blue Goose Market to locate a store in downtown Batavia.

“The deal isn’t going to work out,” Blue Goose President Paul Lencioni said. “Everybody tried their best. It’s disappointing. I really wanted Batavia to be the sec- Paul Lencioni ond Blue Goose.”

Lencioni was negotiating with Batavia Enterprises, owner of the Batavia Plaza shopping center in the 100 block of West Wilson Street, to open a store in the space vacated by Walgreens last March.

After considerable time, expense and planning, Lencioni and BEI Vice President Austin Dempsey concluded Feb. 1 that they would not be able to reach a mutually beneficial agreement.

“It was not for a lack of effort on anybody’s part,” said Dempsey who, like Lencioni, also expressed disappointment.

Ultimately, putting a deal together would have involved “too many compromises and too much risk,” said Lencioni, whose existing Blue Goose specialty food store has been a fixture in St. Charles since 1928.

Last spring, both Dempsey and Lencioni had hoped to see a new supermarket open in a renovated plaza space by the fall of this year.

BEI sought tax increment financing funds from the city of Batavia to help make the project work. The city spent $12,500 for an independent consultant to analyze a potential TIF deal with BEI. “We all tried to put forward our very best offers,” City Administrator Laura Newman said. “I don’t think you can point to any one thing.

Every party stretched.”

However, it was clear that there was a limit to how far the city could stretch its offer of TIF funds to BEI,

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which in turn limited how low the property firm could go when setting the rent for Blue Goose.

“That was a piece of it,” Dempsey confirmed. “But it was just a piece.

We all just came up short in a bunch of different ways.”

There were no recriminations between the two businesses.

“Austin and I are friends,” Lencioni said.

“Paul is a class act,” Dempsey said.

Both men heaped praise on Newman for her efforts to make the deal work.

“Laura Newman is a star,” Dempsey said. “Her desire to bring this kind of user to our community was incredible.”

Mayor Jeff Schielke also was disappointed at the failure to come to an agreement.

“The city was trying to make a supportive offer,” the mayor said. “I guess it just wasn’t to be.”

Schielke and Lencioni both said they planned another meeting to discuss other potential sites for the Blue Goose in Batavia.

However, Lencioni also noted other area municipalities have expressed interest in attracting his supermarket.

Dempsey said BEI will begin marketing the 12,650-square-foot space in the shopping plaza within a couple of weeks.

“We need to find a tenant for our space,” Dempsey said.

For three decades, the space was home to a Jewel grocery store before Walgreens moved in. Last March, Walgreens moved across the parking lot into a new building specially developed by BEI. Constructed in 1961, the plaza hosts a variety of businesses, including Panera Bread, Prairie Path Cycles, Daddio’s Diner, East China Inn, Great Clips, a laundromat and a liquor store.

But the vacant space is the largest in the plaza.

Once BEI identifies a potential tenant, will it go back to the city with a request for a financial incentive?

“It’s very possible,” Dempsey said in answer to that question.

“Downtowns are very tricky. It depends on the user.”

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Behold the barbers of Batavia’s Beardsgaard

By STEPHANIE N. GRIMOLDBY

Barber Scott Herron of Elburn works with client Todd Piecuch at Beardsgaard Barbers in Batavia.

editorial@kcchronicle.com BATAVIA – It’s not every day you hear of a person traveling nearly 400 miles to get a haircut. But when your barbers are Blademaiden and Beardsmith, and their motto is “Welcome home, nerds,” you make an exception.

Ever since Beardsgaard Barbers launched in 2014 in downtown Batavia, the shop has garnered national – even international – attention.

“Before we even opened, we started seeing a good amount of interest from other places,” said Natalie Anderson, who co-owns the barbershop with her husband, Tyler. “Within a few months of being open, we had a pair of guys from the Twin Cities in Minnesota drive all the way down for an appointment.”

Why? Because Beardsgaard Barbers takes a rare turn. In the 1,700-squarefoot shop, a hand-drawn map of the “realm of Beardsgaard” paints one wall, a 7-foot suit of armor stands at the ready, and if you see a dog or dragon – well, a reptile, anyway – walking around, you aren’t dreaming.

Even with all the Tolkien and Elven lore – which attracts many customers in its own right – at its core, Beardsgaard is a classic barbershop specializing in advanced beard work, traditional haircuts and straight-razor shaves.

As its fantastical website succinctly states, “We live for sci-fi, fantasy and making you look good.”

“It’s like seeing the world’s largest ball of yarn – you know there’s only one place you will be able to find it,” Tyler Anderson said. “We’re a barbershop, first and foremost, and we specialize in beards. We put a lot of pride [in that] and the products that go along with it and the knowledge we give to the client.”

The Andersons, who are parents to a young daughter, like to say they take everything seriously, especially the silliness.

“We’re a bunch of fun-loving people who are stupidly enthusiastic about what we do, and I feel that comes across fairly well,” Natalie Anderson said.

Sean Mulroney isn’t from the Twin Cities – he’s from Waukegan – but even his trek to Beardsgaard is more than an hour. Nonetheless, the 33-year-old won’t go anywhere else.

“It feels like home,” he said. “They make you feel welcome, like you’re part of the family.”

Natalie and Tyler Anderson, both 33, have worked diligently to create a relaxing atmosphere for their “Gaardians.”

Customers sit on a couch or armchair waiting for their appointment, sometimes accompanied by a cuddly mastiff or reptile. Coffee brews, the bookshelf is full of books and toys, and locally painted artwork hangs on the wall amid posters of comic book characters and barber

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Besides having a laid-back vibe, Beardsgaard has barbers with decades of experience, which also puts customers at ease.

“I liked everything about what they did,” said Mulroney, who first visited the shop with hair past his shoulders and a beard to match. “I went from a long mop on my head to more of a business-type cut. … They’re very much perfectionists when it comes to the haircuts and beard work.”

Natalie Anderson, who trained under an 89-year-old Italian barber in Montreal, said Beardsgaard sticks to the classic cuts – flattops, razor-faded pompadours and contours – because they never go out of style. And she and her fellow barbers aren’t shy about sharing their trade secrets.

“Not only [were] Natalie and Tyler able to give me a really great haircut, they were able to tell me about my hair,” said David Ouellette, 36, of Batavia.

Ouellette, who has a “very Frenchshaped head” – long and narrow – learned from the Andersons the easiest way to style his hair that was also flattering, he said.

“That’s why I initially went there and I continue to go back,” he said.

“They offer great products. And it’s reasonable. [I’ve paid] $20 for a bad haircut. I pay $22 there for a really fantastic haircut.”

Part of the fun of Beardsgaard is its obvious love for sci-fi and fantasy.

“I think it adds to the experience … but I think you could be somebody who’s not interested in fantasy or sci-fi or anything like that and still go in and get a great haircut and great knowl-

If you go ■ WHAT: Beardsgaard Barbers ■ WHERE: 117 S. Batavia Ave., Batavia ■ WHEN: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday and

Wednesday; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday; and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday ■ INFO: 630-454-4820, www. beardsgaardbarbers.com and shop@ beardsgaardbarbers.com edge,” Ouellette said. “You can still go in and have a great conversation about anything, listen to some music, get a coffee and get a great haircut.”

That’s something Tyler Anderson and his team pride themselves on – learning about each individual customer and creating a one-of-a-kind experience.

Beardsgaard is the center hub of a wheel, Natalie Anderson said, with several spokes providing the balance that makes up a unique business culture.

The Andersons have their own inhouse product line, River Peak Apothecary, that includes beard butter, beard oils and lip butters handcrafted by the couple.

“People seem to really, really respond to it,” Tyler Anderson said.

“There’s a whole sense of buy local, shop local out here, which is fantastic for us and other businesses as well.”

Beardsgaard also films an annual zombie pumpkin movie – they’ve completed a trilogy of “They Came from the Parking Lot” – that has a small cult following. The short films are available on the shop’s YouTube channel, which also has how-to videos and expert barber tips followed by more than 11,000 subscribers.

Part of Beardsgaard’s international fame has come of late, after Natalie Anderson became an educator for the Netherlands’ Reuzel company, the “godfathers of barbering,” she said.

Beardsgaard sells the pomades made by Reuzel, the Dutch word for lard, which refers to when pomades were made from animal fats. But Natalie Anderson decided to take her allegiance to the brand a step further and audition to represent Reuzel in the U.S. as a Scumbassador.

Of 400 video submissions, Natalie Anderson’s was one of 20 chosen, and she spent five days interviewing and training before becoming one of the 17 Scumbassadors who made the final cut.

She recently completed her first two trainings in southern Illinois, spreading “the gospel of the lard” by sharing cutting styles and products with professionals in the region. The involvement with Reuzel has increased her shop’s visibility not only regionally, but across the globe, she said.

Natalie Anderson’s long-term plan is to continue educating people in the craft of barbering, perhaps by opening a barber school. Until then, she’ll focus on continuing to grow Beardsgaard. This spring, Natalie and Tyler Anderson will add three more barbers to their staff to accommodate their growing number of customers. The shop already is booked weeks ahead, although a small number of daily walk-ins are accepted.

“If you’re really excited about what you’re doing, it carries,” Natalie Anderson said. “The reason this place has worked is because we do what we do pretty darn well, and we care. We’re wildly enthusiastic, and people feel it.”

By KEVIN P. CRAVER kcraver@shawmedia.com

longest state budget stalemate since World War II. The Senate proposal – first developed by Senate President John Cullerton, D-Chicago, and Minority Leader Christine Radogno, R-Lemont – seeks to end the budget impasse. It began in 2015 when Rauner vetoed a budget, with a deficit of almost $4 billion, submitted by the Democratic-dominated General Assembly.

It proposes to raise the state income tax from 3.75 percent to 4.99 percent for people filing individually, or just less than the 5 percent rate that Illinois taxpayers paid for four years until it substantially expired in 2015. The corporate tax rate would increase from 5.25 percent to 7 percent, which doesn’t include the 2.5 percent replacement tax.

In his address, Rauner said the Senate plan should include a firm cap on spending to keep any balanced budget from lapsing back into deficit.

He also said that the income tax rate should be decreased once the economy grows and revenues expand, rather than surpluses fueling more government spending.

State Rep. Steve Andersson, R-Geneva, appreciated the governor’s op-

timistic tone in presenting his budget plan, especially Rauner’s emphasis on working together with both sides of the legislature toward a compromise.

“The governor has presented a budget to us with the necessary reforms to help make Illinois competitive again – and benefit our taxpayers,” Andersson said in a statement. “He has given us parameters on what is acceptable to bring necessary change to our state, and this will help guide us as we navigate the difficult decisions ahead. Now it is our job as legislators to pass this budget, end this impasse and do what’s right for our state.”

State Sen. Jim Oberweis, R-Sugar Grove, said he stands ready to work with the governor and his fellow lawmakers to put aside divisive rhetoric and make the tough decisions necessary to pass a balanced budget with the kind of structural reforms that will boost the economy and jobs.

“Our options are pretty clear,” Oberweis said in a statement. “We continue the efforts of Republican Leader Christine Radogno and President John Cullerton, and work together to fix the roadblocks to economic

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Gov. Bruce Rauner used his annual budget address Feb. 15 to encourage state lawmakers to reach a “grand bargain” budget deal, but said reforms that would accompany proposed tax increases need to be significant before he would sign it.

Rauner thanked the Senate for continuing to work on a budget deal that would end an almost 2-year-old budget stalemate. The Republican governor has stayed out of the process so as “not to disrupt the momentum.”

“First and foremost, the final result must be a good deal for taxpayers and job creators – a grand bargain that fully balances the budget once and for all, and really moves the needle when it comes to job creation,” Rauner said.

However, he told lawmakers near the end of his 40-minute address that some of the reforms being kicked around in exchange for massive tax increases are not adequate.

Rauner said a permanent statewide property tax freeze, like one that passed the House in the final days of session last month, not the temporary two-year freeze now being consid-

ered, is needed. Studies place Illinois’ property tax burden at the highest or second-highest of all 50 states.

“The current Senate proposal calls for a permanent increase Bruce in the income tax rate, Rauner but offers only a temporary property tax freeze in exchange.

That’s just not fair to hardworking taxpayers across the state of Illinois,” Rauner said.

Rauner also said that although he is open to expanding the state sales tax to some services, similar to neighboring states, he opposes the current Senate proposal to raise taxes on food and drugs.

“We cannot raise taxes on people’s groceries and medicine, just as we cannot tax people’s retirement incomes. We can find a way to balance the budget without hurting lower-income families and fixed-income seniors,” Rauner said.

Taxing retirement income is not in the current Senate plan, but has been floated by some outside groups pushing for tax hikes to help reach a balanced budget and ending the nation’s

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Elgin Community College President David Sam arrives for a surprise celebration Feb. 16 in honor of his 10th year at the college.

Among Sam’s many accomplishments, the success of ECC’s annual United Way of Elgin giving campaign earned the college nonprofit’s Jack Shales Spirit of Community Award in September 2015. In October 2015, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency designated ECC as a “Ready to Respond” campus after the police department successfully met rigorous safety criteria.

growth that have forced businesses and their jobs out of our state. We balance spending with revenues. ...

Or we ... allow the governor to do what he can to counteract the wornout rhetoric and false premise that we can tax our way out of this fiscal crisis. We need good-faith negotiations, not more of the House speaker’s political gamesmanship.”

Illinois Working Together co-chairman Michael Carrigan was not as enthused with Rauner’s address.

“For the third straight year, Gov. Rauner failed to satisfy his constitutional responsibility to propose a balanced budget,” he said in a statement. “Because Rauner chooses not to do his job, students are abandoning Illinois’ public universities; the state’s credit rating has been downgraded six times; and over a million people have lost access to critical services. Across Illinois, hardworking families are pleading with the governor to put people ahead of his personal agenda and finally choose to end this crisis. I call on the governor to propose a budget that invests in Illinois communities while making the wealthiest and corporations pay their fair share.”

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Committee selects grand marshal to lead St. Patrick’s parade The St. Patrick’s Parade, hosted annually in downtown St. Charles, has become a family tradition. Thousands of people of all ages line Main Street to watch the antics of cheerful leprechauns, listen to award-winning local marching bands, watch the elaborate and colorful floats glide down the street, pay tribute to the walking units of veterans, hear the melodic strains of the Celtic pipe bands, and see all the best that St. Charles has to offer.

The event began in 1998, when Maurice McNally invited Rosie Martinez to leave Dublin, Ireland, and help open McNally’s Traditional Irish Pub in the heart of downtown St. Charles. In 1999, Martinez approached the city of St. Charles about organizing the first St. Patrick’s Parade, where she “wanted Photo provided by Alex Claney Photography Inc. to bring a piece of [her] culture to St. The St. Patrick’s Parade in St. Charles steps off at 2 p.m. March 11 at Main and Sixth streets.

Charles and show how we really do it back home. We wanted to bring a Downtown St. Charles Partnership and cently celebrated its 90th anniversary piece of Ireland to St. Charles.” in downtown St. Charles, and there Since then, the St. Patrick’s Parade its parade committee determine the is one key person who has not only grand marshal, their decision is based has seen a multitude of organizers, on the positive impact that a particular turned the theater around, but has gotsupporters, and attendees who have person, group, business or organization ten it to thrive over the past decade. turned it into the local tradition and As a self-proclaimed old soul, Ron Onhas made in downtown St. Charles. staple it is today. esti fell in love with the theater from This year is no exception.

One of the great honors of the parade the moment he saw it. He described The historic Arcada Theatre reis to be its grand marshal. While the

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his first experience walking into the theater in September during the 90th anniversary celebration: “When I first walked into the building in February 2005, something special was happening – at least it felt that way.

It was more of a ‘presence’ rather than an actual visual experience. I could almost feel the place buzzing with excitement of the vaudeville shows and the nickel silent films of days gone by. Mischievous kids with tattered clothes and shoes, sporting ‘newsboy’ caps sneaking into the balcony, while adults in their ‘Sunday best’ outfits would excitingly be attending the performances.”

It’s the passion that still lives on from the theater’s inception 90 years ago that gives Onesti pride and motivation to make the theater better each day. His continual effort and investment in one of our downtown’s most historic and valued venues more than qualifies him as grand marshal for the 2017 St. Patrick’s Parade.

Sponsored by Gerald Subaru North Aurora, the St. Charles St. Patrick’s Parade steps off at 2 p.m. March 11 at Main and Sixth streets. The route continues down Main Street and concludes at Fourth Avenue.

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I say “for the most part” because not every goldenrod gall fly lives this life of luxury.

Some are parasitized by beetles and wasps, while others are consumed by chickadees and downy woodpeckers.

Those that do survive will go on to wake from diapause in spring, then pupate and emerge as adults that will begin the cycle all over again.

(Here’s a fun fact: Adult gall flies do not have the proper appendages to engineer an escape and hence would be helplessly trapped inside their former safehouses were it not for one amazing feat.

Note to readers This column has been updated from its original version, which ran in 2013.

Driven by instinct, and a pair of mouth hooks, the gall fly larva excavates an exit tunnel in fall, stopping just short of the thin epidermal layer of the plant. Post pupation, all the adult fly needs to do is ram through the fragile skin. Like a football player breaking through a banner on game day, it’s free to take wing. Go team Gall Fly!) At this point, you may be thinking we’ve come to the end of the Tale of the Gall.

Successful emergence means the gall’s usefulness is over and done with, right?

Well, not quite.

Like so many other fascinating facets of nature, the end of this story actually is the beginning of several others.

Provided they weren’t excavated by bird beaks, or chewed upon by rodents, those galls have plenty of utility left. The tough, corky interior can still protect inhabitants from intruders, and the chambers that once housed gall fly larvae can provide sufficient, even spacious, accommodations for a new round of occupants.

Scientists investigating secondary uses of goldenrod galls have discovered all sorts of creatures holed up inside these sturdy, ready-made structures. Small species of wasps, bees, spiders and beetles – many that are important parasites or predators of pest

species – take advantage of the space inside the galls’ nearly impenetrable walls.

Wasps will cover the chamber’s exit hole with a tiny bit of mud; bees will fill it with a parchment-like plug; and spiders may add a dollop of silken web as a door.

The next time you’re tempted to dismiss a growth on a plant stem as “just another goldenrod gall,” remember that it’s the work of E. solidaginis – a fruitful fly indeed.

Pam Otto is the manager of nature programs and interpretive services at the Hickory Knolls Discovery Center, a facility of the St. Charles Park District. She can be reached at 630-513-4346 or potto@ stcparks.org. Feedback on this column can be sent to editorial@kcchronicle.com.

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A few weeks ago I received an email from a nice woman named Wendy. A member of the Carver County Horticultural Society in Minnesota, she’d come across a “Good Natured” column on goldenrod galls and wanted to know whether she could share the information with her club. I said sure, then went out for a walk. And guess what I found?

Goldenrod galls. Everywhere!

It made me realize that the topic is just as timely now as when it first ran. Even better, goldenrod gall technology is virtually unchanged since the piece first ran. So, without further ado, please enjoy this column from March 2013.

Let’s face it, fruit flies have an image problem.

Some are serious agricultural pests – remember California’s infamous medfly infestation? Others, namely the Drosophilidae, are known primarily for the way they hover around overripe fruit. (Who hasn’t swatted away these tiny creatures as they’ve swarmed over a bowl of browning bananas? People raising tiny toads, that’s who.)

There is, however, another type of fruit fly living in our midst, one that goes about its business quietly, aiding several other beneficial species along the way: the goldenrod gall fly.

If you’ve ever walked past a field of goldenrod, you’re probably familiar with this industrious creature. Or at least the products of its industry.

In late spring and early summer, females of the species Eurosta solidaginis lay individual eggs in the terminal buds of goldenrod, or Solidago spp., plants. The eggs hatch in a week or so, and the wee larvae burrow their way down into the pith, or spongy middle part of the stem. Once ensconced, they go about their business of feeding on plant juices and growing. As they expand, so too does the plant tissue around them, probably in response to chemicals emitted by the baby bug.

This time of year the immature flies for the most part are safely insulated within the plant’s stem, nestled in their homes that by this point have swollen to roughly the size

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KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com CAMPTON HILLS – A group of constituents gathered Feb. 14 outside the Campton Hills office of Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Plano, for a peaceful prayer gathering.

The constituents asked Hultgren to hold a town hall meeting.

“I’m here because I want a town hall meeting and [Hultgren] has been avoiding us,” Elburn resident Jane Goodarzi said.

“We would like our representative to meet with his constituents,” Batavia resident Tara Connolly said. “We want a peaceful dialogue” about the healthcare repeal, immigration and refugees.

In an email from Rep. Hultgren’s communication manager Jameson Cunningham, Hultgren said, “I always appreciate getting input from constituents from across the district about their concerns, challenges and solutions so that I can push to address their priorities in Congress.”

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RIGHT: Jane Goodarzi of Elburn (right) joins peaceful protesters Feb. 14 outside the Campton Hills office of Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Plano.

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Adults condoning violence among children is not something anyone should allow, let alone the state of Illinois.

The writer also suggests – without evidence – that efforts to reform conditions within the IDJJ are leading to the lamentable and tragic increase in gun violence in Chicago. What is the evidence? None.

Rather than increase crime, leading juvenile justice experts agree that employing more rehabilitative services – rather than punitive measures, such as solitary confinement – lead to a reduction in recidivism. Yes, providing more education and more mental health care leads young people away from criminal activity, not into more violence. Other states that have long embraced these principles show that better treatment leads to less crime.

We know there is a long way to go in reforming the state juvenile justice system – especially the services that we provide to young people who are imprisoned. But we are sure that more education, more health care and more services are going to advance that reform more quickly than the needless use of handcuffs, solitary confinement and violence on young people. We must stand up to the resistance to reform by those who believe that force and violence are the only answers to any question.

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Five years ago, conditions and services at facilities operated by the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice were a mess. Facilities were overcrowded and understaffed; physical conditions were woeful; many children weren’t receiving the educational and mental health services they needed; and young people were regularly and capriciously subjected to harmful and unnecessary solitary confinement.

The state of Illinois was failing to meet its constitutional responsibility to care for the youth in its care.

The ACLU of Illinois after a lengthy investigation prepared a lawsuit against IDJJ to fix this situation. The state agreed to an agreement enforceable in federal court to address these problems. The time and expense of litigation were avoided, and the focus was entirely on making conditions better in IDJJ facilities.

Four years later, things are changing in IDJJ operations. The number of young people being confined by IDJJ has fallen, allowing the state to close some facilities. More services are provided for youth, and the department ended the practice of lengthy solitary confinement for young people – a practice that can have permanent harmful psychological effects on youth, especially youth with mental health challenges.

But not everyone has welcomed these changes. Recently, these pages featured the voice of a former employee of the Illinois Youth Center in St. Charles (Kane County Chronicle; Feb. 9, 2017), arguing for a return to the good old days. The days when staff punished a young person by placing them alone in a room for days on end, with little or no intervention or services.

The IDJJ employee laments, for example, that four IDJJ officers recently were arrested. He fails to note that they were arrested and indicted for allegedly encouraging and permitting youth to fight. The author appears to believe that this type of behavior

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Hansen-Furnas Foundation makes scholarship applications available KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com BATAVIA – The Hansen-Furnas Foundation, a charitable organization, announced that scholarship applications for the 2017-18 school year are available.

The application deadline for college and university undergraduate and graduate scholarships is March 1, and prospective students living within a 12-mile radius of Batavia are eligible to apply, according to a news release.

General undergraduate scholarships are awarded to individuals planning to enroll, or who are enrolled, as undergraduate students, and offer a maximum of $3,000 a year.

The William Carlyle Furnas Undergraduate Scholarship is a full-tuition grant awarded to a student planning to enroll, or who is enrolled, at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. The Robert Buckner Scholarship for African-American Students is given to a graduate of Batavia High School.

The tuition award offers a maximum of $5,000 per grant.

The Leto M. Furnas Graduate Scholarship for Women is awarded to

Know more Scholarship applications are available at area high school guidance counselors’ offices; outside the Hansen-Furnas Foundation, 28 S. Water St., Suite 310, Batavia; or by email request to hansenfurnas@sbcglobal.net.

a woman planning to enroll, or who is currently enrolled, in a post-graduate degree program. The tuition award is a maximum of $5,000 per grant.

The Doris L. Nary RN to BSN Completion Scholarship is awarded to a registered nurse attending college to complete a bachelor’s degree in nursing. The amount of the award is $5,000 per grant.

The William Carlyle Furnas, Robert Buckner and Hansen-Furnas Foundation Scholarship applications are available at area high school guidance counselors’ offices. All scholarship applications also are available outside the foundation office at 28 S. Water St., Suite 310, Batavia, or by email request to hansenfurnas@sbcglobal.net. For information, call 630-761-1390.

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• Identity theft was reported Feb. 11 in the 8N200 block of McGough Road, Maple Park.

A sheriff’s office report stated that about $471 was charged to a lost Discover credit card. A sheriff’s office report stated that various charges were made at a KANE COUNTY BP Station, Subway restaurant, SHERIFF’S OFFICE • Brian M. Crawl, 19, of the 700 Marathon Station, Panera Bread block of McKee Street, Batavia, and Wal-Mart. The card had been accidentally left at Burger King in was charged Feb. 5 with posSycamore, the report stated. session of marijuana, 10 grams • Kyle J. Tewell, 23, of the 1500 or less, and possession of drug block of Riverside Avenue, St. paraphernalia.

Charles, was charged Feb. 11 with • Patrick S. Locke, 21, of the DUI of a combination of drugs.

300 block of North Jefferson • Criminal damage to property Street, Batavia, was charged less than $300 was reported Feb. 5 with driving under the influence of alcohol with a blood Feb. 7 in the 7N000 block of Roosevelt Avenue, St. Charles. A alcohol level greater than 0.08 percent, and speeding 98 mph in sheriff’s office report stated that a driver’s-side back car window a 45 mph zone. was smashed out.

• Identity theft was reported Feb. 9 in the 39W400 block of ST. CHARLES West Mallory Drive, Geneva. A • Joseph M. Grimaldi, 22, of sheriff’s office report stated that the 500 block of Litchfield Lane, a Home Depot credit card was Bartlett, was charged Feb. 12 opened without authorization and with DUI and speeding. a $1,072 charge was made on it.

• Emilio E. C. Pontarelli, 25, of the 800 block of Tamarac Drive, Carol Stream, was charged Feb. 11 with retail theft.

• Kenny B. Goldthwaite, 30, of the 8N100 block of Ickenham Lane, Plato Township, was charged Feb. 11 with DUI, driving with a blood alcohol level greater than 0.08 percent, driving while using a cellphone and improper lane use.

• Joshua R. Bauer, 25, of the 200 block of Walnut Drive, St. Charles, was charged Feb. 12 with being a pedestrian under the influence and obstructing a police officer.

• Braiden A. Czumaj, 19, of the 300 block of North Gifford Street, Elgin, was charged Feb. 14 with unlawful use of a credit card or debit card and theft over $500.

• Adrian Diaz-Ramierz, 24, of the 1900 block of Wessel Court, Schaumburg, was charged Feb. 13 with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

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and set up a search perimeter. A K-9 unit from the Kane County Sheriff’s Office was able to track the offender to the dead end of Foxfield Drive. It is believed that the offender got into a waiting vehicle and left the area, the release stated.

The clerk earlier had noticed a suspicious van parked behind the business. He provided the license plate number to the officers, the release stated. Officers were able to track the plate to a local business and – working with the owners – developed a suspect who was an employee of that business.

At 7 p.m., it is believed by police that the same offender walked into the Clark, 1023 W. Main St. in St. Charles.

The offender again pulled a knife on the clerk, the release stated. The offender took an undisclosed amount of

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The first one occurred at 3:20 a.m. at the 7-Eleven, 2400 E. Main St. in St. Charles. The offender walked into the store and pulled out a folding knife and told the clerk to give him all the money, according to a news release from the police department. The offender took an undisclosed amount of cash from the register, as well as a couple of packs of cigarettes, the release stated, noting that the clerk was not injured.

The offender fled north on foot from the store. Officers responded

cash from the register and fled north across Main Street.

Later that same night, the offender allegedly committed an armed robbery in Elgin, the release stated.

Based on the suspect information provided by that police department, the offender was located and taken into custody.

Charges were approved for the case involving the 7-Eleven, the release stated. Investigators are still trying to determine whether there is a link to the case at the Clark.

Ronald L. Medlin, 46, of Thompson Avenue in St. Charles, was charged with one count of armed robbery, a Class X felony.

He was being held at the Kane County jail as of Feb. 15. His bail was set at $500,000.

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Continued from page 20 • Credit card fraud was reported Feb. 10 in the 800 block of Manchester Avenue, Batavia.

• James P. McCue, 19, of the 1100 block of Varsity Boulevard, DeKalb, was charged Feb. 11 with soliciting without a permit in the 1100 block of Schonback Court, Batavia.

• A purse was reported stolen Feb. 12 from the 1300 block of South River Street, Batavia. The police report stated a manager could provide video surveillance.

• Unauthorized charges totaling about $600 were made from a checking account, according to a Feb. 13 police report of identity theft in the 1100 block of Essex Court, Batavia.

• The retail theft of a smart Wi-Fi thermostat valued at almost $200 was reported Feb. 13 in the 300 block of North Randall Road, Batavia.

• A window valued at about $1,000 was damaged by rocks at Pella Windows and Doors, 524 Kingsland Drive, Batavia, according to a Feb. 14 police report of criminal damage to property.

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On Feb. 10, Tiffany R. Marsh, 32, of the 1500 block of West Huron Street, Chicago, and also of Berwyn, agreed to a sentence of seven years of imprisonment in exchange for pleading guilty to identity theft and forgery, both fel-

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Circuit Judge Donald Tegeler Jr. accepted the plea. Kane County Assistant State’s Attorney Dawn Troost stated at the plea hearing that on July Tiffany 8, 2015, Marsh entered a Marsh Chase Bank branch in Elgin and attempted to withdraw $6,500 from a victim’s account. Marsh filled out a withdrawal slip and fraudulently signed the victim’s name, according to the release. Marsh had personal identifying information about the account hold-

er, but did not know the person. Bank employees were suspicious and called police. Marsh was arrested as she tried to leave the bank, the release stated.

On Oct. 21, 2015, while Marsh was free on bond from the July 8 incident, she entered a Citibank branch in North Aurora, and, using stolen personal identifying information, withdrew $6,950 from the account of a second victim she did not know, according to the release.

As part of the plea agreement, Marsh must pay restitution in the amount of $6,950. She was given credit for 300 days served in custody.

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can be done in person in Batavia at the Civic Center, 327 W. Wilson St., or the Eastside Community Center, 14 N. Van Buren St. One should bring the child’s birth certificate, along with a $20 nonrefundable fee and the deposit at time of registration. To schedule a private tour, contact Lori McDonald at lorim@bataviaparks.org or 630-406-5282, ext. 2061.

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First Baptist Church of Geneva: East campus: LUTHERAN 2300 South St. 5 p.m. Saturday; 9:15 a.m. Sun- Bethany Lutheran Church: 8 S. Lincoln St., day: Traditional and Worship Cafe; 10:45 a.m.

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Bethlehem Lutheran Church: 1145 N. Fifth Ave., St. Charles. 8, 9 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:15 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday school for all ages; CATHOLIC 5:30 p.m. Saturday. 630-584-2199, bethSt. Peter Catholic Church: 1891 Kaneville Road, lehemluth.org. Full-day child care/half-day Geneva. 7 and 8 a.m. Monday through Friday; preschool: 630-584-6027.

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Wednesday during school year. Call church for Traditional worship: 5:30 p.m. Saturday; 8 and holy day and holiday Mass times. Confessions: 9:30 a.m.

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PRESBYTERIAN Fox Valley Presbyterian Church (USA): 227 East Side Drive, Geneva. 8 (informal) and 10 a.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. education hour; 10 a.m. church school; 8:30 to 11 a.m. nursery care; 8:30 a.m. Adult Breakfast Club; 4 p.m. seventh- and eighth-grade confirmation; 7 p.m. youth group. 630-232-7448, foxvalleypres.org.

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Among the more than 150 special guests were Otepka’s wife, Diane; their children (and spouses); and five grandchildren (all pictured). Otepka, who has been the organization’s executive director since 1988, will retire in April.

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OBITUARIES How to submit Send obituary information to obits@ KCChronicle.com or call 815-526-4438.

Notices are accepted until noon Tuesday for Thursday’s edition. Obituaries also appear online at KCChronicle. com/obituaries where you may sign the guest book, send flowers or make a memorial donation.

REED BYHRING

Reed Byhring, age 62, of Geneva, IL, passed away on February 15, 2017.

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PHILLIP D. CARLSON

Born: March 30, 1941; in Aurora, IL Died: February 18, 2017; in Aurora, IL Phillip D. Carlson, age 75, of Batavia and the Tri Cities, died Saturday, February 18, 2017 at his son’s home in Aurora.

He was born March 30, 1941, in Aurora, IL. The son of the late Rudy and Ethel Carlson.

Phillip owned and operated Valley Tire in Aurora for many years before going to work for the Secretary of the State and for the Kane County State’s Attorney. He also was a member of the Kane County Republican Party.

He is survived by his four children, Phillip T. Carlson of Aurora, Kari (Robert) Deike of Henderson, Nevada, Peter Sean Carlson of Las Vegas, Kelli (James) Lambert of Henderson, Nevada. Eight grandchildren and a brother, Roger Carlson.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Lucille Carlson; and a brother, John Carlson.

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Joseph Posledni (left), 75, speaks with Dr. Neil J. Thomas (right), an attending cardiovascular surgeon at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, as Posledni’s wife, Toni, looks on. Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital is the first hospital in Chicago’s western suburbs to offer a recently approved, less invasive, aortic valve for patients with aortic valve disease, according to Northwestern Medicine.

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By ERIC SCHELKOPF eschelkopf@shawmedia.com A $2.5 million financial gift presented on Valentine’s Day will support the expansion of the cutting-edge Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute. The expansion will include clinical care services at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Geneva and Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital in DeKalb and a new hub at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield.

As a result of the donation, six niche centers within the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute will be developed in the western suburbs, with a focus on coronary disease, heart failure, heart rhythm disorders, heart valve disease, preventative cardiology and vascular disease. The $2.5 million donation is composed of many unrestricted gifts to the Northwestern Memorial Foundation from donors in the community to Central DuPage and Delnor hospitals over the years.

The expansion also is designed to streamline and enhance coordination for west suburban patients who may require heart transplantation or other cutting-edge treatment at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

“We’re going to build a lot more

Know more To learn more about Northwestern Medicine, visit news.nm.org/ about-northwestern-medicine.html. connections between the downtown campus and Central DuPage, Delnor and Kishwaukee with the funding,” said Dr. Patrick McCarthy, executive director of the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute and chief of cardiac surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, during a reception Feb. 14 at Central DuPage Hospital.

Dr. Nauman Mushtaq, medical director of cardiology for the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute West, said the funding will help bring more advanced technology to the western suburbs.

“The whole idea is that for us as a community hospital, being part of an academic center allows us to do things that we haven’t been able to do before,” Mushtaq said. “We learn really advanced treatment options and bring them to our patients close to their homes. This is going to support that effort.”

As an example, Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital is the first hospital in Chicago’s western

suburbs to offer a recently approved, less invasive, aortic valve for patients with aortic valve disease, according to Northwestern Medicine.

Joseph Posledni, 75, of West Chicago, said he was amazed that he didn’t feel any pain following his surgery.

“I never took one pain pill for this surgery,” he said. “My incision is only five inches long.”

The new system requires only three sutures, compared to 12 to 15 in traditional valve surgery, followed by balloon deployment.

Dr. Neil J. Thomas, attending cardiovascular surgeon at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, said he was glad the surgery was a success and hopes the $2.5 million donation will spur more innovative care.

“We are very excited about having Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute here,” Thomas said. “Because I think it’s going to facilitate further expansion and growth, not just in volume but in the types of procedures we can offer people. We are looking forward to treating some more complex patients.”

The Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute was established on Valentine’s Day 2005 under the leadership of McCarthy with a generous gift by Chicago real estate developer and philanthropist Neil Bluhm.

By SUSAN O’NEILL Bill Hewitt was born and raised in Elburn. At 81 1/2, he said he is the longest living member of St. Gall Catholic Church.

For the past 30 years, he and his wife have lived in Winden Oaks, a subdivision south of town. But for most of his life, until his mother passed away in 1998, he lived in the Hewitt family home, which stood at the southeast corner of Gates and Pierce streets for nearly 100 years.

His grandfather, William Deckert, built the house at what was then 155 W. Pierce St. around 1900, and his mother, Clara Deckert Hewitt, was born there in 1914. She lived in the house her entire life. Bill Hewitt is the second of her six children – he has a brother and four sisters. After Clara Deckert Hewitt’s husband passed away, her friend Wilma Keller lived in the home with her.

The site is now home to a St. Gall Catholic Church garden, where a statue of the Virgin Mary resides. But to Bill Hewitt, it remains the place where he grew up.

Bill Hewitt has many fond memories of growing up in Elburn, when the lives of his family and the other residents in town were inextricably linked. A recent gift from his brother, Jim, a collection of leather postcards from the early 1900s, recalled for Bill one of those relationships.

The postcards belonged to the woman he and his siblings called “Aunt Bey.” Bill Hewitt said she was an “old maid,” a teacher in DeKalb. Her parents and Hewitt’s grandparents were good friends. Because she didn’t have her own family, Hewitt’s mom and dad included her in theirs.

“My folks looked after her,” he said. “She came to all of our shindigs – such as graduation from eighth grade and birthdays – and she had a place to go [with us] for the holidays.

She was a nice lady. She was good to me.”

Before she passed away, Belle Washburn gave the postcards to Hewitt’s brother. Now that his brother is moving into a retirement home, he gave the collection to Hewitt when he

BELOW LEFT: The cards have art and a greeting-style message on them and were stamped and sent through the postal service.

Bill Hewitt inherited these postcards from a late family friend who also lived in Elburn.

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came to town last year for Elburn Days.

The collection includes about 30 cards. The ones in the best shape are mainly from 1907. They are mostly lighthearted, such as the one with a picture of a woman hanging clothes on a clothesline with the message “Just a line,” or somewhat comical, such as the one with the message “Getting out of a bad scrape,” with a

picture of a man running away from a barber shop where he had been receiving a shave.

There is no writing on the cards – no name or any identifying information – other than Washburn’s name and address for where to deliver the card.

According to several websites, including Kovels.com (a source for antique and collectible information), leather postcards were very popular from

around 1905 to 1910. They were often made of deer hide and the pictures were burned in, although some are simply inked.

Around the turn of the century, collecting and exchanging picture postcards became popular all over the world, and leather added variety to the new hobby.

The U.S. Postal Service banned leather postcards in 1907 because they jammed

postage-canceling machines, but they continued to be made as souvenirs until about 1910.

The value of the cards today depends on their condition and design. Common postcards, including those with comical pictures, have sold at auction for less than $1 per card. Those with pictures of important people, such as a U.S. president, sell for more.

Hewitt is not interested in their monetary value. To him, they are a reminder of family history, those who were treated as family, and a time in Elburn when lives were intertwined.

He recalled a time when his cousin, Charles Nash, came down with scarlet fever. Another family, the O’Briens, took him in for 30 days and took care of him during his quarantine, so Nash’s family wouldn’t have to close their hotel in town.

“That’s how it was in those days,” he said. “I’ll help you.

You help us.”

Hewitt said he’s going to take the postcards to the Town & Country Public Library in Elburn to see whether they would be interested in them.

“Maybe they’d want to have a display,” he said.

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LEFT: Bill Hewitt, a lifelong resident of Elburn, shows leather postcards that were made around 1907.

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Chronicle Achievement Program The Chronicle Achievement Program recognizes outstanding local high school students who demonstrate strength in academics, character and

leadership. Several CAP students will be chosen to receive a partial scholarship to the college of their choice at Evening of Applause in the spring.

Batavia High School: Amber Bowman ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS: National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society (publicist), National English Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society, National Science Honor Society and Illinois State Scholars ACTIVITIES: Jazz Ensemble, Wind Symphony, Delnor Hospital volunteer (gift shop, gift delivery), Key Club and Student Council (secretary of the senior class) NOMINATED BY GUIDANCE COUNSELOR GIA RUSSO: Amber Bowman is most definitely a student that I know I will always remember. She always walks into my office with a smile on her face and a purpose for her presence. She has never ceased to amaze me with her unwavering drive and work ethic. Her commitment leadership in numerous school clubs, her academic pursuits and her desire to do volunteer work all represent what a well-rounded individual she is. She is a strong-willed student.

Amber does not give up easily, if at all, and always takes away the positive from any setback. Persistence is an inherent trait she possesses that will make her extremely successful throughout her life. I know this student will achieve great things!

St. Charles East High School: Catalina Gomez NOMINATED BY SCHOOL COUNSELOR KATIE FAHEY: What stands out to me most about Catalina [Gomez] is her character and resiliency. The summer before her senior year of high school, Catalina moved to a new town and school.

In addition to the normal pressures that go along with being a high school senior, Catalina also needed to worry about forming new relationships and navigating new terrain. I have been very impressed with the way she has embraced this change with grace and maturity. I have found Catalina to be personable, responsible and accepting of others. Her positivity is contagious. Catalina is an individual with extremely high character and morals. In the face of adversity, she has demonstrated that she is capable of resilience beyond her years.

Marmion Academy: Jonathon Groom ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS: French National Honor Society, Engineering Solid Works National Certification and honor roll each year of high school ACTIVITIES: Engineering Club president; in Art Club and French Club; Life Group leader, JROTC platoon leader and JROTC staff sergeant; played lacrosse, cross-country, track and band; took part in school plays and tech crew; was choir member, Kairos senior retreat leader and part of Outreach Ministry Team; nursing home volunteer, Fermilab intern, Boy Scouts of America (Life rank, Quartermaster, assistant patrol leader), foreign exchange student guide and Aurora Public Library teen advisory board; and cuts grass for elderly neighbors NOMINATED BY SCHOOL COUNSELOR JUDY KOSKY AND COLLEGE GUIDANCE DIRECTOR DAN THORPE: [Jonathon Groom] uses his gifts to assist others. When he volunteers, you know he will follow through and that you can count on him. He is the type of leader who does not need to be center stage or seek recognition. ‌ It is just in his DNA to be involved and help others.

St. Francis High School: Bryan Murray ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS: Honor roll and National Honor Society ACTIVITIES: Football captain, basketball, track, student ministry leader, Feed My Starving Children, Sophomore Retreat and freshman orientation NOMINATED BY GUIDANCE COUNSELOR ADAM LINDLEY: Bryan [Murray] is a student who manages his time wisely and has his plans set for the future. Bryan is interested in a career in sports management and has many of the qualities needed to be successful in this career, such as communicating well with others, having a sense of humor and being creative in his ideas. His teachers have also observed these qualities in the classroom. Bryan is a great role model for students and a good addition to any community. He has done an excellent job of being a student-athlete and doing well in and outside the classroom. In summary, Bryan has the skills needed to be successful at the college level. He is very personable and has a great sense of determination.

St. Charles North High School: Taylor O’Brien (January nominee) ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS: National Honor Society ACTIVITIES: Nominated for the Breakfast with the Stars Award and the Unsung Hero Award, which honor students who do good things behind the scenes; dancer at the Elite Academy of Dance; member of Hope Club and mentor in the Peer Leadership Program NOMINATED BY COUNSELOR AMY COLLINS: Taylor [O’Brien] is a kind, compassionate, genuine young woman. She is mature beyond her years and has the ability to make people feel important and valued every time they interact with her.

Taylor is a natural leader in all facets of her life and is respected by her peers and the adults in her life. Taylor plans to attend a four-year university after high school to pursue a degree in political science.

Rosary High School: Elizabeth Sayasane NOMINATED BY SCHOOL COUNSELOR LISA SUSTERIC: I have had the privilege of working with Lizzie [Sayasane] during her entire high school career and have found her to be an exceptional student. During her high school career, Lizzie has shown herself to be a highly mature, talented, self-confident, self-motivated and well-rounded young woman. She has continually challenged herself academically. … Her extracurricular activities have showcased her artistic talents, her devotion to her community, her leadership skills and desire to help her fellow students gain a deeper understanding of their faith. … Her ability to showcase her leadership skills while working with our campus minister to enhance our prayer experience are two reasons she enjoys her roles as a Dominican preacher and a Senior Retreat Team member. Her fine leadership skills, coupled with her love of the arts, have been reasons why she has been tapped as the “go-to” person with our school musicals for the past four years. Lizzie has been, and continues to be, an asset to our school community.

She has continually challenged herself and has excelled in whatever she has done. Her outgoing personality and natural leadership abilities have rightfully won her the respect and admiration of both staff and students.

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ACTIVITIES: In addition to being a passionate, well-rounded learner, Noah [Legenski] also is very involved in extracurricular activities at school and within the community. Noah was an avid athlete his first two years of high school but after a significant sports injury and two subsequent surgeries, Noah was unable to continue playing football and basketball. Instead of seeing this as a setback, Noah saw it as an opportunity to get involved in other fulfilling activities. Since then, [he] has been a member and leader within the GHS Robotics, Model UN and Key Club groups. [Noah] is a senior mentor for his church’s youth group.

NOMINATED BY COUNSELOR EMILY DOTY: With enthusiasm, I would like to nominate GHS senior Noah for the Chronicle Achievement Program. Since his freshman year, Noah has continually set out to challenge himself both academically and personally. As an aspiring engineer, Noah has taken advantage of our Project Lead the Way engineering, math and science courses. He also has opted to take a variety of language, fine art and social studies electives in order to diversify his experiences and push himself outside his comfort zone. I admire that Noah not only takes advantage of, but also seeks out, opportunities available to him and that his interests are rooted in genuine curiosity.

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Ryan Wells General Manager

Kathy Balcazar Weekly Group Editor

Tom Laue News Editor

Jason Rossi Sports Editor

Renee Tomell Kane Weekend Editor

It’s flu season all over the world

Like me, have you been feeling enervated? Cantankerous?

No, I’m not talking about feeling sick; that’s my everyday mind and body state of health. You should have been around me when I got the stomach flu. Or not; it wasn’t pretty.

Seen any zombie movies lately where the resurgent dead look like they’re forced to walk to work on New Year’s Day after no sleep or Tylenol? Then you’ve got a fair image of how I looked and felt for two days and nights after the norovirus blew open my well-being’s door like a well-practiced SWAT team.

I hadn’t shaken that much since a seventh-grade pizza party blared Chubby Checker out a boxy Magnavox record player. I hadn’t studied the curvature of a toilet bowl that closely since visiting Wisconsin’s Kohler Design Center. I’ve never reached my daily 10,000-step goal so quickly as when walking back and forth to the bathroom.

Two days later, a slice of dry toast and apple jelly, usually yummy as cardboard slathered with wet cement, tasted like Chateau Briand.

Horror stories abound.

My neighbor bore it for days on end. It traveled through a St. Charles high school faster than the Enterprise chasing Klingons. Like mono, a select few can catch it twice.

So what’s the deal with this year’s severity? It may be another gift of climate change, that evil Santa that’s given earth extreme weather, water shortages, melting ice caps, and the emigration of polar bears moving south faster than public school retirees.

In addition to the past three years being the hottest on record progressive-

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ly, Arizona State University research indicates warmer winters create a flu season that “starts earlier, lasts longer and produces a more virulent strain of the virus, according to mathematicians linking annual climate patterns to epidemics in the U.S.” Moreover, the Carey Institute of Ecosystem Studies concludes, “vector-borne diseases like malaria, Lyme, dengue fever, West Nile and chikungunya offer the clearest examples of how a warming earth is impacting on disease spread. ... As the earth heats up, pathogen-carrying mosquitoes and ticks are moving farther north, spreading these diseases into countries and regions not previously affected. ...”

So, if you thought climate change was just a reason to give your winter parka to Goodwill, think again.

In fact, we need to retain our focus on improving our world’s health.

However, the new White House chooses instead to spend its political capital on denigrating members of the judicial and congressional branches of government who don’t immediately line up with its executive orders.

It’s enough to make a body sick. It’s enough to make a country nauseated.

Rick Holinger teaches high school English and facilitates a local writing workshop. His poetry, fiction, essays, criticism and book reviews have appeared in numerous literary journals.

Contact him at editorial@ kcchronicle.com.

LETTERS Health care coverage, provider sites out of sync

To the editor: My wife and I are self-employed, and therefore we pay for our health care. Our Blue Cross Blue Shield premium increased 42 percent for 2017 ($1,430 to $2,030 per month).

While exploring the BCBS options, I was asked to enter DeKalb County or Kane County for our 60178 ZIP code. The Kane County rates were 20 percent cheaper, so I called BCBS since all of our “health care” is east of Route 47.

I was advised that I must use the county associated with my address, which happens to be DeKalb County.

I can respect the Affordable Care Act is still a work in progress and “bite my tongue” on the 42 percent price hike, but ... can someone please explain to me why our monthly premium is 20 percent higher than the same ZIP code in Kane County (Burlington) ... yet Kishwaukee

Write to us The Kane County Chronicle welcomes original letters on public issues. Letters must include the author’s full name, home address and day and evening telephone numbers.

We limit letters to 400 words.

All letters are subject to editing for length and clarity at the sole discretion of the editor.

Letters can be emailed to letters@kcchronicle.com, faxed to 630-444-1641 and mailed to Letters, Kane County Chronicle, 333 N. Randall Road, Suite 1, St. Charles, IL 60174.

County, and it isn’t farms!

Ken Reinert Sycamore

Rolling back progress

To the editor: President Trump is the only president in my memory that has constantly lied, stated obvious falsehoods, provided alternative facts, failed to support his numerous distortions and got elected and continued to run the executive branch of government the same way.

The Republicans just nod their heads in agreement, so they can grab the power and money, and Democrats spit in the wind.

Hospital is considered out-ofMeanwhile, Trump alienates network for us? One would think our friends, makes nice with Puthat if Blue Cross Blue Shield tin (what’s behind that curtain?) forces us to select DeKalb Coun- and appoints billionaire pals ty, that DeKalb County health that will role back any progress care would also be included. we’ve made on domestic issues Nope. We have to drive to in the last 20 years.

Kane County to be in network.

Something stinks, with Blue Tom Minnerick Cross Blue Shield in DeKalb Elgin

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This shy kid celebrates the little accomplishments I’ve been shy my whole life.

It generally takes me awhile to get warmed up to new people before I can truly be myself.

Once I’m comfortable around someone, my bubbly personality shines. I’m never going to be the first person who starts a conversation if I am in a large group of acquaintances. At nearly 20 years old, I’ve come a long way over the years in terms of my shyness. I’m more confident when I meet new people, and giving class presentations does not scare me as much as they used to.

The other day in my psychology class, my professor talked about how if you were an outgoing child growing up, you’ll likely grow up to be an outgoing adult. If you were a shy child growing up, you’ll

BEFORE THE DIPLOMA Denise Cartina likely always be a bit more shy than other individuals.

Learning this, I realized that I am destined to be timid forever. Yet, being shy has its perks. People who are generally more quiet are usually good listeners, more observant and they’re seen as more polite since they don’t always talk over others.

I wouldn’t consider myself an introvert, however. I like meeting new people and going to social events, I just don’t like to be the center of attention. I have no problem giving presentations in front of an

entire classroom; I just might fumble a bit on my words at the beginning of the presentation. For instance, in a few days I’m giving a presentation in my marketing class about an existing business. I’m not dreading the day I speak in front of the class. Once I set up my PowerPoint and begin speaking, there’s no doubt that I’ll be a bit shaky. This is what it means to be shy.

My humanities class this semester is strictly a discussion-based class. My professor splits the class up into different small groups every day, which forces us to interact and speak with new people.

Our professor asks us all questions, and we then discuss the questions in our small groups. Once all small groups

are done discussing, our professor goes around to each group to share our thoughts with the class. In small group situations like these when I’m forced to interact with strangers, my shyness is evident. I’m just afraid to speak up.

It’s not that I don’t want to participate in group discussions, but even saying one little thing in my small group is difficult. I’m always worried that I’ll say something stupid or that my ideas won’t be the same as the rest of the group.

I keep quiet and let other people talk so I avoid this. I hate having all eyes on me when I talk if I’m not totally comfortable around the people whom I’m talking with.

Yesterday, I finally spoke in front of the entire class.

I was the spokesperson for my small group, so I was the one who shared my group’s ideas with the professor and fellow classmates. Being a shy person, it’s little things like these that make me proud of myself. To all shy people out there, keep celebrating your little accomplishments like this one, because it’s not easy being shy.

Denise Cartina is a student at Waubonsee Community College and graduate of Batavia High School. In addition to writing, she enjoys watching sappy romantic comedies, eating peanut butter and keeping elegance alive. Her column runs every other Thursday.

Contact her at editorial@ kcchronicle.com.

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St. Charles North’s Kyle King (center) goes in for a layup Feb. 17 during a home game against Geneva. North won 62-60 in overtime to hand the Vikings their first loss, and King had a double-double in his first home game after the death of his older brother, Austin.

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St. Charles North players and fans rush the court Feb. 17 after North’s overtime win against Geneva.

Beating Geneva more than just a win for King

By CHRIS CASEY editorial@kcchronicle.com ST. CHARLES – Sometimes sports offer stories that are just inexplicable and leave spectators at a loss for words.

With St. Charles North hosting unbeaten Geneva on Feb. 17, North Stars junior Kyle King took the court for his first home game since his older brother, Austin, died in a car accident less than two weeks ago.

After an emotional statement by coach Tom Poulin on behalf of the King family before the game, Kyle King put together a performance that would have made his brother proud.

King scored 15 points and added 11 rebounds as North handed Geneva its first loss of the season 62-60 in overtime in Upstate Eight River play.

King scored five points in overtime, including a 3-pointer from the top of the key – one of the many plays that set up senior Anthony Delisi’s game-winning jumper with just four seconds left.

“I honestly don’t know how he does it,” Poulin said of King’s composure.

“It shows you the strength he’s got and the support he’s had. He has all my respect in the world. I’ll tell you, though, he’s loving playing basketball right now. We love him, but I don’t know how to explain how he’s battling.”

King couldn’t really explain it either, aside from being grateful for all of the support from the St. Charles community.

He’s thankful he gets to see his best friends every single day on the basketball court.

“Tonight was perfect,” King said. “[Austin] used to love to come to games and talk about them after with me. It means the world to me to know he was looking down on us tonight.”

After Geneva’s Jack McDonald, who scored a game-high 23 points, knocked down a 3-pointer to begin overtime, it was the 6-foot-5 King who answered with his only deep ball of the night.

King then followed with a layup

inside as he scored 13 of his 15 points after halftime.

But when junior Brendan Dal Degan turned the ball over for North (177, 8-3 UER) and allowed Geneva to get to the free-throw line, hope seemed slim for knocking off the unblemished Vikings.

Given another chance, Dal Degan responded with a 3-pointer in the final 20 seconds to tie the game. North then mistakenly fouled McDonald in the tie game after the 3-pointer, but the Geneva sophomore missed the front end of a 1-and-1 to allow Delisi to score the game-winner.

“It’s an emotional time for us and, obviously, especially for Kyle,” said Dal Degan, who provided a huge boost with 11 points off the bench. “He’s honestly one of the strongest people I have ever met. To play at the level he did tonight with everything that is going on is truly remarkable and we love him.”

Delisi finished with a team-high 19 points.

After losing to Geneva in double overtime in the first meeting of the season, Delisi said the team doesn’t get worried when games come down to the wire because of experience in those instances.

“As a team, we’re definitely comfortable in those situations,” Delisi said. “I think we have had like 10 games decided by three points or less or in overtime. So, definitely at the end there, we knew we just had to grind it out and work harder than them. Hopefully just pull one out and we did.”

Geneva (26-2, 10-1) fell to Quincy one night later.

A nice moment came after the Feb. 17 game as Kyle King’s father went into the Geneva locker room to offer his appreciation for the pregame moment of silence for Austin.

“North played a heck of a game,” Geneva coach Phil Ralston said. “They made some tough shots. They did that the first time we played, as well. Hats off to them for pulling this one out.”

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Marmion’s Jimenez finishes one step away Junior’s loss in state title match provides motivation

By CHRIS CASEY editorial@kcchronicle.com CHAMPAIGN – Not that Marmion junior Nate Jimenez will need any motivation for his final high school season, but he certainly got some at the Class 3A state wrestling tournament.

Reaching the Class 3A 160-pound title match Feb. 18 wasn’t enough for Jimenez. He wanted to hold the bracket board and stand atop the podium as the best in the state.

Unfortunately, he’ll have to wait.

Jimenez fell to Lockport’s Trevell Timmons by a 3-2 decision to finish second after taking third place in 2016.

“It’s probably the worst feeling in the world,” said Jimenez, whose record slipped to 39-7 before the Cadets faced Sandburg in a team dual sectional Feb. 21. “[In front of] all these fans, taking second, it’s something you don’t want to go through. It’s going to motivate me for next year. It’s a process now.”

Noticeably upset, mostly at himself for not getting enough offensive chances throughout the match, Jimenez expects to put in the offseason work and be right back on the state championship mat in one year’s time.

Marmion coach Donny Reynolds has no doubt that reaching the final again is possible with Jimenez’s work ethic.

“He’s got to work his tail off now, and he will,” Reynolds said. “It’s crushing. You have to attack to score. At this stage, that’s the way it is. No one is going to hand you points, hand you a trophy or a championship, you gotta go out there and take it. He’ll learn from this.”

Joining Jimenez with spots on the podium in Champaign were Anthony Cheloni (third at 138 pounds), Brad Gross (third at 152), Trevor Chumbley (fourth at 126) and Peter Ferraro (fifth at 170).

Michael Jaffe (106), Jake Polka (145) and Tyler Surges (195) were state qualifiers who came up short of earning medals.

After falling in the quarterfinals to eventual state champion Austin Gomez of Glenbard North, Cheloni, a senior, responded with four straight wins, including a pin at 3:13 of his third-place match.

Cheloni and Gross offered perspectives from the other end of the state tournament’s emotional spectrum.

“It’s awesome. It’s the best feeling in the world,” Cheloni said after claiming his state medal. “To end your career in a way as amazing as that, the last time here, last time with all of this … it’s just great. It’s awesome. You’ve got to

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Marmion’s Nate Jimenez (right) looks to put a hold on Lockport’s Trevell Timmons on Feb. 18 during their 160-pound Class 3A championship match at the state tournament. Jimenez placed second in the state after finishing third in 2016.

“He’s got to work his tail off now, and he will. It’s crushing. You have to attack to score. ... No one is going to hand you points, hand you a trophy or a championship, you gotta go out there and take it. He’ll learn from this.”

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come back. There’s no way around it.

“I just wanted to prove what I could do this last match and got it done.”

Gross was equally jubilant after winning 4-2 in sudden overtime to earn third place.

“I just knew I had to keep pushing the pace,” Gross said. “If I didn’t, I knew I wasn’t going to win. It feels great getting a little better than [sixth in 2016]. The ultimate goal is to win it Douglas Cottle/PhotoNews - For Shaw Media all, so I’m going to keep working and Marmion’s Peter Ferraro (right) competes in the 170-pound fifth-place match Feb. 18 at the not be satisfied.”

Class 3A state tournament. Ferraro won 6-1 to finish his season with a victory.

By TAMMY SWANSON editorial@kcchronicle.com

ABOVE: St. Charles North’s Nate Baxter competes in the 200-yard medley relay Feb. 18 during the sectional meet at St. Charles East. Baxter was part of two winning relays and earned two individual state meet berths.

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LEFT: St. Charles East’s Kyle Dunlap congratulates a competitor after a race Feb. 18 during the sectional at St. Charles East.

Dunlap won the 100-yard freestyle at the meet.

St. Charles North

St. Charles North finished second to crosstown foe St. Charles East in the sectional, but the meet still was a resounding success.

The North Stars qualified all three relay teams and nine individuals for state.

“Obviously, I’m pretty happy where we are at,” North coach Rob Rooney said. “For us, it was getting ourselves in a flow for this meet. They were a team with no exclusions.”

Brad Whitehurst won the 200 freestyle in 1:43.26 and the 500 freestyle in 4:38.45, and was part of the winning 200 freestyle relay with Will Myhre, Jack Williams and Nate Baxter that clocked a 1:25.81.

“I think I did really well,” Whitehurst said. “It was a long, hard journey throughout this whole season. I’m really proud of all the swims that I did.”

Myhre also was a dual winner, capturing the 200 individual medley (1:53.48) and the 100 breaststroke (55.89) for the North Stars. He also swam with Siba Filipovic, Baxter and Williams on the winning 200 medley relay (1:33.56).

“I’m really happy with my breaststroke,” Myhre said. “[At state], I drop the hammer and go harder.”

Baxter also qualified in the 200 individual medley (fourth, 1:57.33) and 100

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butterfly (fourth, 51.80).

Caymus Cairns made it to state in the 500 freestyle (third, 4:40.25), while Nick Wolff (fourth, 52.09) and Filipovic (fifth, 53.12) got through to state in the 100 backstroke.

“I’m really excited for [the team],” Rooney said. “From where we started out this year to where we are today, this group has done an awesome job.”

Batavia

The Batavia-West Chicago co-op saw Keegan Hawkins earn two state berths at the St. Charles East sectional.

Hawkins was second in the 200 freestyle (1:44.04) and fourth in the 100 breaststroke (59.19) to move on.

Geneva

Payton Glod earned a pair of state meet berths at the St. Charles East sectional by finishing fourth in both the 50 freestyle (21.66 seconds) and 100 freestyle (47.64).

Marmion

Nolan Fergus placed third in the 100 butterfly (51.58) and William Kamps was third in both the 200 freestyle (1:42.53) and 500 freestyle (4:38.22) for the Cadets’ best finishes at the Neuqua Valley sectional Feb. 18.

Those finishes were just three of several state berths Marmion earned at the meet.

Fergus also made it to state in the 200 individual medley (fifth, 1:56.79) as well as on two relays.

Kamps and Fergus joined Gary Rockwood and Sam Wehrli on the fifthplace 200 freestyle relay (1:26.58) that advanced. Kamps, Fergus, Wehrli and Henry Bliss powered the 400 freestyle relay to fifth (3:12.81) and a state berth.

Wehrli added a state berth in the 50 freestyle (ninth, 21.83), Rockwood made it to state in the 100 breaststroke (seventh, 59.82), and Nathan Kuszynski got through in the 500 freestyle (fifth, 4:43.76).

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ST. CHARLES – Taking risks paid off for the St. Charles East boys swimming team.

The Saints decided not to taper for the sectional meet they hosted Feb. 18, and despite not being rested or shaved, they had several strong finishes.

It led to a sectional win as East scored 301 points, the third most points of any sectional winner in the state.

“We swam well,” East coach Joe Cabel said. “We missed in a couple spots, and that was a little disappointing. We tried not shaving and we barely made it, but it was good.”

Senior Nick Boryk was third in the 100-yard freestyle and 100 backstroke, and also swam on the Saints’ winning 400 freestyle relay as well as the state-qualifying 200 medley relay.

“Most of us have been close to getting our cuts already so it would be a good idea not to taper for this to see how well we do and hit them with the taper next week,” Boryk said of the sectional.

“Overall, I was pretty decent. I got best times for most of the year.”

Freshman diver Joe Scimeca also advanced to state, winning the sectional with 461.5 points.

In addition to Boryk, Sean Yetter, John Cranfill and Matt Nagler were part of the 200 medley relay that clocked a 1:36.22.

Kyle Dunlap joined Nagler, Boryk and Cranfill on the 400 freestyle relay that timed 3:08.99 to hold off St. Charles North for the win.

Kyle Lewarchick (second, 1:55.99) and Dunlap (third, 1:56.27) both made state in the 200 individual medley.

Nagler also qualified in the 50 freestyle (second, 21.54 seconds).

Matt Ortlund (second, 50.70) and Cranfill (third, 51.40) advanced to state in the 100 butterfly.

Dunlap won the 100 freestyle in 46.98 to join Boryk as a state qualifier in the event.

Austin Cabel (second, 4:40.05) qualified for state in the 500 freestyle.

“We had a lot of really good swims.

Cabel dropping 10 seconds in the 500 was a pleasant surprise,” Joe Cabel said.

Garrett Prybell (58.58) edged out Yetter (58.81) in the 100 breaststroke for second and third, respectively.

Both moved on to state.

With a slew of state berths in hand, preparation begins in earnest for the biggest meet of the year.

“We’re ready to shave and take a break,” Joe Cabel said. “We’ve been working really hard. We’ll leave the gas in the tank for next weekend.”

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Three more medals cap Ginsberg’s Geneva career

By BILL STONE editorial@kcchronicle.com PALATINE – Geneva senior Claire Ginsberg went out like a champion in her final state gymnastics battle with the balance beam.

Ginsberg solidly hit her first three routines in the preliminaries. Then came beam – the only individual event in which she didn’t qualify after an 8.3 at sectionals – during the all-around at state Feb. 17.

For a fleeting moment after her flip flop layout, Ginsberg appeared destined to fall. Not this time.

“When I landed and fought so hard to stay on, I’m like, ‘Keep fighting,’ and everything went smoothly,” Ginsberg said. “There was no way I was going to fall off.”

Ginsberg’s spirit resonated in hitting all seven state routines and earning three more all-state medals at Palatine High School.

Her 38.00 all-around score was tied for third. In the Feb. 18 event finals, she tied for second on floor exercise (9.55), just .05 from first, was fourth on vault (9.7), and tied for seventh on uneven bars (9.45), .025 points from fifth.

“I pretty much did what I wanted to do. Hitting 7 for 7 is obviously the goal,” Ginsberg said. “Ending on floor was a good way to go out. It’s my favorite event and to be able to hit a good routine and place was just awesome.”

Ginsberg owns Geneva’s lone state championship with the all-around title as a freshman, and has a program-best nine top-five, all-state medals.

She might have had more, but she missed the 2016 postseason with labrum surgery.

“She’s such a strong competitor, and with her work ethic, I think she’s the complete athlete,” Geneva coach Kim Hostman said. “She did such an amazing job, especially after all of the rehab and trying to get back to where she needed to be.”

Thanks to her 9.375 on beam, Ginsberg finished .075 from first in all-around and actually did better than her 2014 championship score of 37.875.

Her 9.575 shared the top preliminary floor score with Carmel senior Sammi Lococo,

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Geneva’s Claire Ginsberg (left) celebrates Feb. 18 after a solid floor routine at the state meet at Palatine High School. Ginsberg won three state medals, including finishing tied for second on floor, to become the most decorated gymnast in the history of Geneva’s program who won the championship with a 9.6 in the finals.

“The competition has gotten better every year,” Ginsberg said. “To be able to keep up is a good thing.”

Geneva’s other state qualifiers were senior Michaela Allen, a first-year team member, in all-around and three events and junior Kelly Frank on beam.

Allen tied for 15th on beam

(8.95). She tied for 19th on vault (9.4) and tied for 27th on bars (8.85).

Frank placed 34th on beam (7.65).

Ginsberg contributed to the second-place 2015 state lineup with Frank and the second of Geneva’s three straight state-qualifying teams in 2014.

Ginsberg followed older sisters Jenna and 2015 all-stater Grace, who were among her

entire family watching the finals.

“It’s a really cool thing to be a part of school history,” Ginsberg said. “With an amazing coach and teammates, it’s always a great day to be a Viking.”

31st with a 9.2 score.

St. Charles co-op

Juniors Emma Grace Redmond-Mattucci and Grace Levita both competed in the event prelims Feb. 17 at the state meet. Redmond-Mattucci tied for 19th on vault (9.4), was 22nd Batavia on uneven bars (9.0), and tied Senior Cameron Hindel for 27th on beam (8.475). Levicompeted in the vault prelims ta finished 27th on floor with a at the state meet and placed 9.05 score.

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BOYS BASKETBALL POSTSEASON PREVIEW

Area teams gearing up for playoffs KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com The grind of the high school basketball regular season is about to give way to the grind of the postseason as teams from across the state start on the road toward the state finals in Peoria.

Here is the playoff outlook for Batavia, Geneva, St. Charles East, St. Charles North and other area schools.

Batavia

Regional: Batavia Sectional: Hinsdale Central Sectional seed: No. 13 First game: 6 p.m. Feb. 27 vs. No. 20 Metea Valley

Outlook: The Rockets have flexed their muscle all season against some solid competition, a trend they hope to continue in the postseason. As the top seed in a subdivided Class 3A sectional, Burlington will be the favorite to win its first playoff game against either Montini or Marmion. No. 4 seed Glenbard South could be the foe in the March 3 regional final, though No. 6 St. Francis and No. 10 Wheaton Academy could make a run to the championship game.

Geneva

Regional: Downers Grove North Sectional: Hinsdale Central Sectional seed: No. 2 First game: 7 p.m. Feb. 28 vs. No. 16 Lyons Outlook: There have been some ups Township/No. 18 Glenbard North

and downs for the Bulldogs this season, but they have flashed potential along the way, including winning six of eight games in late December and early January. A 60-51 overtime victory against West Aurora on Jan. 28 was a nice win on the resume, but Batavia dropped the next three before the regular-season finale against St. Charles North on Feb. 22. Metea Valley also has had some mixed results. If the Bulldogs win the Class 4A playoff opener, they would face No. 4 seed Naperville North in a regional semifinal Feb. 28.

Burlington Central

Regional: Marmion Sectional: Genoa Kingston Sectional seed: No. 1 First game: 7 p.m. Feb. 28 vs. No. 7 Montini/ No. 9 Marmion

Outlook: Despite back-to-back losses Feb. 17 and 18 that put the end to an undefeated season, the Vikings have to be considered the team to beat in this Class 4A regional. Matt Johnston, Jack McDonald, Cole Navigato and Dom Navigato provide scoring depth, and Geneva always plays tough defense.

The Vikings will be favored to win their playoff opener, through Lyons Township and Glenbard North both have quality athletes and have played challenging conference schedules to rival Geneva’s. No. 7 Downers Grove North or No. 10 Hinsdale South could be waiting in the March 3 regional final.

Marmion

Regional: Marmion Sectional: Genoa Kingston

Sectional seed: No. 9 First game: 6 p.m. Feb. 27 vs. No. 7 Montini

Sectional: Elgin Sectional seed: No. 4 First game: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28 vs. No. 9 Outlook: Wins have been few and far Crystal Lake Central

between for the Cadets, though they have played better ball since the calendar flipped to 2017. Home court in the Class 3A regional could help Marmion power past Montini, which topped the Cadets 83-73 early in the season. If the host Cadets can get past Montini, No. 1 sectional seed Burlington Central would be waiting in the regional semifinal Feb. 28.

St. Charles East

Regional: Larkin Sectional: Elgin Sectional seed: No. 2 First game: 6 p.m. March 1 vs. No. 6 Bartlett/ No. 7 South Elgin Outlook: The Saints have been playing well coming down the stretch.

Their only losses in the last month have come against Geneva (twice) and on the road at Alton. East will be looking to continue its success during the Class 4A postseason.

Justin Hardy and Zach Mitchell are elite scorers while Alec Champine and Jack Zylke add scoring depth. East could reach the regional final of the subdivided Elgin sectional, but first it will have to contend with a scrappy Bartlett or South Elgin team. No. 3 seed Prairie Ridge could be waiting in the March 3 regional final.

St. Charles North Regional: Jacobs

Outlook: Knocking off previously undefeated Geneva on Feb. 17 was just the latest confidence boost for the North Stars heading into the Class 4A postseason. They also made the final at St. Charles East’s Thanksgiving tournament, and won the consolation bracket at the tough Pontiac Holiday tournament.

6-foot-5-inch senior Kyle King offers size few teams can match, and Brendan Dal Degan and Anthony Delisi are two skilled guards. If North can get past Crystal Lake Central, it might have the chance for another signature win against No. 1 seed Jacobs in the March 3 regional final.

St. Francis

Regional: Marmion Sectional: Genoa Kingston Sectional seed: No. 6 First game: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27 vs. No. 10 Wheaton Academy Outlook: The Class 3A postseason could be the Spartans’ time to shine. A win against Class 4A foe West Chicago is part of the recent results for St. Francis, and it already owns a win against Wheaton Academy this season. If the Spartans can make it two wins against the Warriors, they would move on to the March 1 regional semifinal and get another crack at a Glenbard South team they played tough in a December loss.

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FAR LEFT: Batavia’s Colin Cheaney takes a jump shot Feb. 3 during a game against visiting Geneva. The Bulldogs host a Class 4A regional and hope the homecourt advantage leads to an extended playoff run.

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LEFT: St. Charles East’s Alec Champine chases down a loose ball Jan. 21 during a home game against Geneva. The Saints have played well of late in the regular season and hope to ride that momentum in the Class 4A postseason.

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Saints come up empty at state wrestling

By CHRIS CASEY

St. Charles East’s Joe Ruffino wrestles at 106 pounds Feb. 16 in the first round of the Class 3A state tournament in Champaign. Ruffino won the match, but dropped his next two bouts.

editorial@kcchronicle.com CHAMPAIGN – In the blink of an eye, the tide of a wrestling match can completely change.

Jason Potter has been coaching wrestling for close to 15 years, but never had anything happen quite like what happened to his St. Charles East team at the Class 3A state tournament.

Liking the position both of his sophomore qualifiers – Ben Anderson (113 pounds) and Justin Benjamin (120) – were in, things changed in a span of about 20 seconds and ended both of their seasons.

Both Anderson and Benjamin suffered losses by pin in that span of time – something the Saints coach very well knows could happen in the sport.

“We’re definitely disappointed with how the weekend turned out,” Potter said after none of his four state qualifiers reached the medals podium. “It’s the nature of the beast. I have been coaching a long time and haven’t had anything like that happen at the same time that quickly. It’s a painful blow, for sure.”

Senior Joe Ruffino (106 pounds) also

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had a bitter end to not only his individual season, but career. After winning a tough match in the opening round to advance to the quarterfinals, Ruffino fell by a 10-3 decision to eventual state runner-up Dylan Ragusin of Montini.

Still feeling some of the disappointment of that loss, Ruffino fell in his first consolation match by a 3-1 decision to end his tournament.

Senior Cody Glidewell had the misfortune of drawing top seed and even-

tual 182-pound state champion Kordell Nofleet of Marian Catholic in the first round. Glidewell fell by pin at 2:18 and came up short in his backdraw match.

Though the individual state tournament didn’t go how the Saints wanted, they had a chance to make amends in a Class 3A dual team sectional match against Oak Park-River Forest on Feb. 21. A win there would send East to the team state finals on Feb. 25.

The disappointment of swift losses

at state will serve as motivation and fuel for sophomores Anderson and Benjamin in the offseason. It already did in the tunnel about 30 seconds after their matches ended in Champaign.

“This definitely gives me motivation to get better [in the offseason] so I don’t have to feel the disappointment again,” Anderson said. “I know now that to get to where I want to be, I’ll have to train harder not only during the season, but also in the offseason.”

Having gotten a taste of the state tournament and all the energy and excitement with wrestling during that weekend, Potter believes his sophomores will be ready to attack the offseason with those losses never having left their minds.

“Both of them know they are right there with every single one of those guys [in their weight classes],” Potter said. “I’ve been around enough to know you can’t change any of what just happened, but instead just make sure it never happens again. It’s the beauty and curse of wrestling.

“We had every intention of both of those guys, and Joe, placing this year, but all it’s going to do is make them train harder.”

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Recently, he surpassed his 100th career varsity win. He is a 2-time IHSA Sectional Qualifier and was an Upstate Eight Conference Champion. Seth is also a 2-year Varsity Team Captain.

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William Myhre is the Conference Champion and new conference record holder for the 100 breast, 200 IM and 200 Medley Relay. He broke 3 pool records at the UEC Championships in the 100 breast, 200 IM and 200 Medley Relay

Joe Ruffino is a senior wrestler who’s 36-0 record has helped lead the saints to both a conference and regional team championship. Individually he is a returning state qualifier, Conant Champion, Illini Cup Champion, UEC Conference Champion, and Regional Champion.

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Colee Navi Col N Navigato avigat avi gato gat Geneva High School Boys Basketball Cole Navigato, a Senior, averaged 15.7 ppg in the month of January (scoring over 20 points 4 times), shooting 68% from the floor and was 2nd in rebounding in the month of January. He had 12 rebounds in two separate games. He also made 30 of his last 32 free throws in the month of January.

Congratulations Cole!

GLEN ELLYN – It was close, and then it wasn’t.

Leading just 12-7 early in the second quarter, Geneva’s girls basketball team went on a 24-0 run to all but lock up a 54-33 win against Wheaton Warrenville South in a Class 4A sectional semifinal game at Glenbard West on Feb. 20.

The Vikings (25-4) will face Rolling Meadows for the sectional title at 7 p.m. Feb. 22.

WWS ran a slowed-down offense in an effort to limit the Vikings’ offensive chances, but even that wasn’t enough. Once Geneva figured out how to attack, it surged ahead.

“In every game we try to figure out [the other team’s] little quirks.

We talk about it in practice, but you don’t really know about it until you get out there,” junior Stephanie Hart said. “Once we figure it out, we keep getting better.”

Grace Loberg’s three-point play started the Vikings’ run, during which she scored nine of her 13 points.

When the Tigers (21-9) finally ended a 10:51 scoreless stretch, Hart drained one of her three 3-pointers to answer.

Hart led the Vikings with 15 points.

Margaret Whitley added eight and Madison Mallory had seven.

The Vikings topped Rolling Meadows 54-48 on Dec 30 for third place at the Montini Holiday Tournament, but that might as well be ancient history as far as Hart is concerned.

“We played them, but that was the beginning of the season ... so we need to see how they’ve improved and what they need to work on,” she said.

St. Charles East

A slow stretch early in the fourth quarter allowed Wheaton Warrenville South to take the lead for good against host St. Charles East in a Class 4A regional final Feb. 16.

The Saints cut their deficit to three points twice in the final minute, but they came up short 51-45.

“We talked a lot about our passes, and I think our first three possessions of the fourth were turnovers, and just unforced turnovers, really,” East head coach Lori Drumtra said. “It’s unfortunate because [Wheaton Warrenville South] does not make mistakes. They are fundamentally sound. They’re going to come down and they’re going to execute.”

Sarah Rosenfeldt battled through a second-quarter ankle injury to lead East (23-6) with 13 points. Rose Bundy had 10, and Ashley DiOrio tallied eight.

St. Charles North

After a 47-31 win against host Conant in a Class 4A regional semifinal Feb. 14, the North Stars fell 50-21 against Rolling Meadows in the regional final Feb. 16.

North shot just 10 of 46 (21 percent) against Rolling Meadow’s tough defense in the game and finished the season with a 19-10 record.

Batavia

The Bulldogs gave Wheaton North all it could handle in a Class 4A regional semifinal game at Batavia on Feb. 14. Trailing 28-13 entering the fourth, Batavia closed to within 34-28 before falling 42-36. Mackenzie Foster had a game-high 16 points to lead the way for Batavia (9-22).

ANTHONY DELISI St. Charles North Senior | Boys basketball Why Delisi was selected: Delisi scored 19 points, including the game-winning jumper with four seconds left, to help the North Stars hand Geneva its first loss of the season 62-60 in overtime.

St. Charles North senior guard Anthony Delisi wanted redemption. Not only did the North Stars fall in double overtime the last time they took on Geneva, but this time around Delisi had his layup at the end of regulation fall just short, forcing overtime. He got another chance in a wild finish at home, coming off a screen to hit the game-winning jumper with four seconds left in overtime. Delisi, the St. Charles Bank & Trust Athlete of the Week, caught up with Kane County Chronicle correspondent Chris Casey after the win.

Casey: How badly did you want to take that shot in overtime, espe-

cially after the miss at the end of regulation?

Delisi: I definitely did. We kept saying ‘Next play.’ You have to move on after something doesn’t go your way. We know everyone makes mistakes, but I think we had guys step up at the right times and make huge plays for us.

Casey: What did it mean to you guys to hand Geneva its first loss of the season?

Delisi: Yeah, there was definitely a chip on our shoulder coming into the game.

You always want to be that team, like in baseball to be the guy to end a perfect game. It’s a great victory for us, but now we have to focus on the postseason.

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ANTIQUES AND COLLECTING

BY TERRY AND KIM KOVEL KOVELS.COM Fifties furniture is very popular with vintage collectors today, but some earlier Art Deco designs from the 1930s are not in demand. Look at old movies on television to study some of the stranger pieces. The look is sometimes called “Hollywood Deco” because the extravagant rooms with huge round mirrors and sofas were exaggerations of the modern furniture used in average homes. An unfamiliar cabinet was sold recently at a Garth’s auction. It was a flat, round cabinet on a base. When placed against a wall, it showed all of the 51-inch diameter of the cabinet and the glass doors and shelves waiting to display a collection. The plain solid base stretched beyond the rounded sides to give safe support for the top-heavy design. This type of cabinet was made in the 1930s, but most for sale today were made in England, not the U.S. Most have no maker’s name and the wood choice suggests it was not expensive when new. Some were oak or even mahogany, but many were made of laminate with grain painting. A cabinet like this sold at a Midwestern auction in 2016 for $450. A selection of similar round modernist curio cabinets found online had asking prices as high as $2,000, but most of these are in English shops and prices were cut to less than $500. *** Q: I bought an “Ascot on Oak” pattern dinner set three years ago from an antiques shop. It’s marked “Mason’s Patent Ironstone, Made in England, Ascot on Oak, Permanent Detergent Proof Decoration.” I was using this dinner set for meals, and recently it came to my attention that it could be leaking toxins from the material used to make the dishes. The set has quite a bit of crazing and I don’t use the coffeepot for fear of it breaking when hot coffee is in it. Is it safe to use for food and if so, is it wise for me to use the coffeepot?

A: We have never heard of toxins leaking out of ironstone. The words “detergent proof” were first used on dinnerware in about 1944, so your set meets 20-century standards. If the glaze is so severely crazed or cracked it could break off, or could not be properly cleaned, it would be best not to use the dish for food. There might be some bits of glassy glaze with sharp edges or imperfections that make adequate washing impossible. You can use the coffeepot if it has no internal crazing.

*** Q: I have a print titled “An Enemy in Camp” that shows a pair of barnyard ducks defending their brood of ducklings from the farmyard dog. It’s marked “James Lee Co. Chicago, Illinois” and dated 1906. I understand it’s a chromolithograph. It’s in excellent condition. What is it worth?

A: James Lee was born in England and emigrated to Canada before moving to the United States in 1892.

The James Lee Co. was in business in the early 1900s. It published postcards as well as prints in the early 1900s.

Chromolithography, a process of making colored prints, was developed in the early 1800s. It made inexpensive color art available and was popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Today, chromolithograph prints sell for about $40 to $70. *** Q: I have an old manual L.C. Smith typewriter. Can you tell me what it’s worth?

A: Most old typewriters are hard to sell, but some are wanted by collectors. The Early Typewriter Collectors’ Association (etconline.org) is a club and publication for collectors of old typewriters. L.C. Smith & Bros. Typewriter Co. was founded in 1903 by Lyman C. Smith and his three brothers in Syracuse, N.Y. The company’s first typewriter, model No. 2, was introduced in 1904, a year before No. 1 was offered for sale. The company merged with Corona Typewriter Co. in 1925 to become L.C. Smith & Corona Typewriter Co. To find the age of your typewriter, you need to know the serial number. L.C. Smith serial numbers and production dates are listed on The Typewriter Database (typewriterdatabase.com). We could have helped more if you had sent pictures of the typewriter and any marks. *** Q:I’d like some information about a pitcher and washbowl made by Edward Clarke. It’s marked on the bottom with two touching shields. The words “Edward Clarke, Tunstall, Trade Mark, Stone China” are above the shields and “Stone China” below.

A: Edward Clarke made earthenware and white ironstone at Phoenix Works in Tunstall, England, from about 1865 to 1877. That’s when your pitcher and washbowl were made. After that Edward Clarke worked at potteries in Longport and Burslem. Your pitcher and washbowl probably were part of a commode set that included a soap dish, chamber pot and other items. Before there was indoor plumbing, a commode set or chamber set was kept in the bedroom and emptied each morning. ***

This unusual round cabinet was made to hold a collection of curios or china. It was sold at a Garth’s in Ohio auction for $450.

Tip: When polishing the metal hardware on old chests of drawers, get a piece of stiff paper and slide it under the brass plate. This will protect the wood near the brass. *** Sign up for our free weekly email, “Kovels Komments.” Terry Kovel writes about the latest news, tips, questions and her views of the market.

If you register on our website, kovels.com, there is no charge. *** Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel answer questions sent to the column.

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WHERE: Studio Theater at Vero Voce, 951 State Ave., Suite F, St. Charles WHEN: 2:30 p.m. Feb. 26, March 19 and May 21 COST & INFO: $15 for adults, $12 for students and seniors; verovoce.com, 630-584-0139 ABOUT: Main Street Cabaret and Vero Voce present a Sundays Live cabaret series, featuring Broadway songs from all eras. The first show, “As We Stumble Along,” will offer music from “Little Women,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Into the Woods” and “The Music Man.” Vero Voce Theater, established in 2012, is described as drawing some of the best non-equity actors in the Chicago area.

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WHERE: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory off Kirk Road and Pine Street, Batavia WHEN: 8 p.m. Feb. 25 COST & INFO: $33, $17 for ages 18 and younger; 630-840-ARTS (2787), events.fnal.gov ABOUT: “Murder on the Nile,” a touring production by Aquila Theatre, is Agatha Christie’s own staging of her famous novel, “Death on the Nile.” The whodunit is set on a paddle steamer cruising the Nile in 1940s Egypt. The passengers are abuzz when an heiress and her penniless new husband board the ship. Deceit, theft and murder soon make waves on the river.

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A number of photographers, videographers, officiants, florists, caterers, bakers and related wedding professionals will be on hand.

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WHERE: Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., St. Charles WHEN: 8 p.m. Feb. 24 COST & INFO: $20 to $100 onstage VIP seats; arcadalive.com, 630-962-7000 ABOUT: A Mojo Mardi Gras Party will star Mojo & The Bayou Gypsies from New Orleans.

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heard us play before,” he said.

Paisano’s will be offering four dinner options – meat or vegetable SUGAR GROVE – The Kaneland lasagna with bread and a side salad Performing Arts Boosters will be or pasta salad for $10; Italian beef holding their fifth annual Knight of sandwich with a side salad or pasta Performances on March 11. salad for $10; one large slice of pizza This evening of entertainment will with garden or pasta salad for $7 (adinclude pieces from talented student ditional slices may be bought for $3); musicians and performers from or a kids’ meal for $5, which includes Kaneland Harter Middle School and a slice of cheese pizza, drink and desKaneland High School. sert. Drinks and desserts are included The Knight of Performances is free with all adults meals, and extras may to attend and will take place from 5 be bought for $1. Dinner orders need to 8 p.m. at Kaneland Harter Middle to be placed by March 1.

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To order dinner, complete the form Attendees will also have the opporat www.knightmusic.org and place tunity to buy dinner from Paisano’s it in an envelope marked “Knight of Pizza & Grill and win raffle baskets Performances Dinner.” Forms can during the evening. All proceeds from be mailed to: Kaneland Performing the event will benefit the students in Arts Boosters, P.O. Box 611, Elburn, the band, choir and theater programs IL 60119. at the two schools.

Raffle tickets will be sold through“The Knight of Performances fund- out the evening with the opportunity raiser helps us maintain and enhance to win several raffle baskets filled the programs that are educational, with gift certificates to local restauenjoyable and rewarding for all our rants, Disney Park Hopper passes, students at Harter Middle School and Kaneland High School parking passes Kaneland High School,” said Heidi and more.

Kintz, chairwoman for the Knight of “As with any fundraising event, Performances. volunteers are a huge part of its The money raised goes directly success,” Kintz said. “Our Knight of back to the students, Kintz said.

Performances committee is composed Last year, the Kaneland Performof about 12 women who start planning ing Art Boosters bought things such as this in the fall and become increasingdirectional head sets and microphones ly busy with meetings and donation for the middle school theater; a porrequests as the event nears. We are table amp for the high school theater; always looking for additional help.” an electronic keyboard for the middle If someone would like to be on the school jazz band; and they helped fund committee for next year, volunteer the the middle school’s jazz band’s trip to day of the event or donate something a jazz festival. for the basket raffle, they can contact Riley Orsch, an eighth-grader who the Kaneland Performing Arts Booster will be performing with the middle through their email at info@knightschool jazz band, is excited to perform music.org. because it’s not the typical jazz band “This event is a great way to concert setting, he said. showcase our students’ talent and at “It’s a fun, casual setting with a the same time raise money to benefit whole new crowd who may have never them,” Kintz said.

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Michelle Boyd, making a blown sugar balloon animal, runs Good Gracious Cakes out of her studio in Batavia. Boyd was named one of the Top Ten Cake Artists in North America for 2014 by Dessert Professional magazine.

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By RENEE TOMELL rtomell@shawmedia.com BATAVIA – A graphic designer’s passion for dessert is baked into a business about extreme edible creations.

Turning her fine art skills to the medium of sugar is Michelle Boyd of Batavia, owner of Good Gracious Cakes.

“I had worked for several years as a graphic designer and illustrator for a greeting card company in Chicago,” Boyd said. “I was a stay-athome mom for awhile and [got] bored. I missed working with my hands.”

Her career in custom-order edible art was inspired a decade ago, while watching some of the early cake decorating shows on television. By 2014, she had been named one of the Top Ten Cake Artists in North America by Dessert Professional magazine.

“I do look at the dessert

“My goal is not to crank out cakes that look the same, [but] to create menu first,” Boyd said. “I’ll big showstopping creative, plan my dinner around what Michelle whimsical I’m having for dessert.”

Boyd pieces,” Boyd She said she has made said, noting the seven or eight appearances designs are dictated by the on TLC and Food Network client or the competition. “If cake and food television a client wants something for shows. This fall, she hopes to an anniversary, [it may be] compete in an international something sophisticated and competition in England put on by Cake Masters magazine, elegant. For a kid’s birthday, which has published her work. more colorful and whimsical.

You have to be flexible.”

She’s still deciding on her To avoid icings that are concept for the contest. overly sweet, she said she “It will probably be something hand-painted,” Boyd has devised her own recipes, said. “I bring some of my fine including her marshmallow and art background and apply powdered sugar fondant. And instead of traditional buttercream, it to cakes. Right now, it’s a she makes a Swiss meringue in popular trend.” which the sugar is dissolved to a Conventional designs don’t silky smoothness with an almost appeal to Boyd, who doesn’t focus on normal-sized cakes, but whipped-cream consistency.

“There’s chemistry and on large-occasion commissions.

Know more To learn more about Good Gracious Cakes, visit facebook. com/goodgraciouscakes or call 708-369-9794. science in a lot of what I do,” Boyd said. “I don’t just do cake. Most of my business this year is doing demonstrations at events and a lot of teaching in different cities. I get to travel, and I get to see the country, and I get to eat food in different cities and visit with friends around the United States.”

She teaches decorating using faux cake layers made of Styrofoam, common practice for bakery displays. Among the skills she instructs is hand-painting, airbrushing and blown sugar sculpture.

In addition to teaching across the U.S., she offers private classes in her home studio

and provides cake coaching.

“If someone has a birthday for their child or dad or grandfather, you can schedule some time with me, and I can help you achieve the cake you want,” Boyd said.

Among her favorite pieces have been cakes she created for the Icing Smiles nonprofit whose slogan, in part, is “baking a difference.”

“They provide over-the-top dream cakes to critically ill children and their families,” Boyd said.

For a family celebrating a year of their son being free from leukemia, Boyd said she designed a sea theme, with a dolphin jumping out of a cake.

She also collaborates with other artists on projects featured at major food and wine events as part of the spectacle entertainment.

“We turn food into works of art,” she said. “I tend to zig when everybody zags.”

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you can see a lot of Frank Lloyd Wright’s influence on them,” Emma said. “Wright has had an influence on design in that era.”

Wright designed a house for Agnes Hoyt at 318 S. Fifth St., two years after her husband died.

Emma said they theorized that Hoyt met Wright through Jane Addams’s Hull House, as Addams had spoken in Geneva several times, and Hoyt may have gone to listen to her.

Addams and Wright knew each other through the suffragette movement, and through Wright’s Chicago Arts and Crafts Society, as Hull House was the center of it, Emma said.

“We are assuming this,” Emma said. “I know it’s a Photo provided by the Geneva History Museum stretch, but that is how we Frank Lloyd Wright designed this home, 318 S. Fifth St., Geneva. It’s known traced these connections.”

A glass house, 949 S. Batas the Mrs. P.D. Hoyt House and was constructed in 1906 by Geneva’s well-known builders, brothers Oscar and August Wilson. This and other avia Ave., was designed by important Geneva architecture and architects are featured in the exhibit, Jacques Brownson, the archi“Inside & Out: Geneva’s Faces, Places & Spaces,” exhibit at the museum. tect who also designed the Daley Center in Chicago, Emma said. It was his master’s thesis and it has a Frank Lloyd Wright who were contractors for for architectural school. style,” Emma said.

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GENEVA – The Geneva History Museum’s new exhibit, “Inside & Out: Geneva’s Faces, Places & Spaces,” highlights the people who designed, constructed and lived in some of the city’s most interesting homes and buildings.

The exhibit – 113 S. Third St., Geneva – will feature architects Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Frazier and J. Howard Raftery, Jacques Brownson and Thomas Emma, as well as current local architects, museum Executive Director Terry Emma said.

Vignettes of each house will include artifacts from the museum’s collection spanning from the years 1906, 1931, 1949 and 1964, she said.

“A lot of these architects who did these jobs in Geneva were influential in other places, such as in Chicago,” Emma said. “It’s amazing that our small town had such influence, especially in designing homes and buildings here.”

For example, through

Wright’s association with Col. George Fabyan, he converted a barn into what is now Fabyan Villa, Emma said.

“And how cool is it that we have this letter dated Dec. 8, 1933, signed by Frank Lloyd Wright,” Emma said. “It’s a response to the founder of the Friends of the Geneva Public Library, when they asked if Frank Lloyd Wright could come out to talk about a possible addition for the library in 1933.”

Wright’s response was, “I would be glad to come to Geneva some Sunday and confer with your group.”

However, the cost for Wright’s visit would have been $250, and he asked what they could afford. But there is no proof that Wright ever actually came out, Emma said.

Author Forrest Crissey lived in Geneva, Emma said.

He wrote for the Saturday Evening Post, and among his books were “Tattlings of a Retired Politician,” “The Story of Foods” and “Where Opportunity Knocks Twice.”

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• Herbs need very little space: My first herb garden in Chicago was barely 4 feet square – the size of half a twin bed. Chamomile, cilantro, basil, dill, parsley, thyme and sage all fit into a small space on the south side of the house. However, a window box or a couple of pots will do.

• Herbs like average soil: Since I couldn’t get a shovel into my first garden plot, I added peat moss and compost to soften and nourish the soil, but that’s all I did. No fertilizers, sprays or additional amendments are generally needed. In fact, herbs might not like them.

Last year, I dug up a long bed of tiger lilies next to the garage and started an herb garden. I did nothing to that soil, and the herbs love it! So if you have a

size season to season. Choose herbs that fit your gardening style.

• Herbs grow quickly: Most annuals such as cilantro and basil will produce yummy leaves before you know it.

One day you’ll notice little cilantro former garden spot or just a bare space seedlings peeking out above the soil next to the house or a fence, fluff up the and before you turn around you will soil with some compost and plant some be saying hello to your little friends herb seeds. A good quality potting soil and making tacos. For fast-growing is enough for pots on the porch. herbs such as cilantro, you can keep • Herbs grow where you live: In other planting seeds throughout the season words, you can find herbs for full sun, to ensure a continuous supply. part sun, part shade and full shade.

• Herbs like haircuts: In fact, most Sage, chamomile and lavender love full common culinary herbs need regular sun. Cilantro, thyme and mint do well in trimming. For example, if you let partial, cool shade. Mint will grow in full cilantro flower, the leaves will become shade. Well, mint will grow anywhere. bitter. Pinch off the top parts that • Herbs grow easily from seed: Those start to flower, and the plant will grow preplanted seedling packs at the bushier. The same holds true for basil, garden center look great, but they parsley, sage and thyme. Keep harcan be expensive. Browse the garden vesting the leaves as needed. Presto! center’s seed packets. They are a In no time you’ll be whipping up pesto. wealth of information. Pick a few that • Herbs grow like kids: Like children, appeal to you and carefully follow the herbs are small, but mighty. I think of directions. Remember to keep the soil herbs as the little kids in the garden. Demoist. Until the herb plants are well spite their size, they exude tons of energy underway, try to water them daily. and each one has its own flavorful per• Herbs fit your style: Annual herbs such sonality. For example, mint is like a little as chamomile and dill are informal and boy racing around the yard, getting into free-wheeling. When left to flower and set everything, barely containable. If you seed, they will appear again next spring don’t keep mint safely contained in a pot, and also may appear in other parts of the it will run rampant all over your garden, garden. Perennial herbs such as thyme your lawn and your neighbor’s lawn. and sage have a more predictable nature. When this happens, make a big, refreshThey survive the winter, stay where you ing batch of flavorful mint iced tea. plant them and generally maintain their • Herbs grow potential: Just like

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children, as herbs grow their potential grows as well. Since herbs are the perfect size for kids to easily handle, my 4-year-old granddaughter can help pick my chamomile flowers this year.

If she can’t settle down at bedtime, I might give her a small cup of chamomile tea, traditionally used to calm nervous energy. In the morning, she can help gather marigold, nasturtium and sweet woodruff for a bouquet.

When she’s a little older she can help make potpourri. When she’s old enough to bake cookies, I can suggest adding a teaspoon of crushed lavender flowers to my shortbread recipe.

When she graduates from high school, she can carry a fragrant herbal sachet for good luck. When she goes off to college, she will find references to herbs in literature, art, history, science and even math. See the potential?

Hopefully I’ve inspired you to grow some herbs. Tomatoes and cucumbers are great, but basil and dill bring so much more to the party! Oh, one last thing. Don’t worry if things don’t go as planned in your herb garden. You can always plant more seeds! And that little city garden in Chicago ... I remember it fondly as the best one I ever planted!

Susan Werner lives, gardens and writes in St. Charles, while pursuing a 25-year career in natural products marketing. Feedback on this column can be sent to editorial@kcchronicle.com.

Soups and stews seasoned by Southern history TOM’S COOKBOOK LIBRARY Tom Witom “Southern Soups and Stews” (Chronicle Books) has lingered for too long on a shelf in my cookbook library through no fault of its own. Let’s just say it was unintentionally overlooked and leave it at that.

Written by North Carolina food writer and cooking instructor Nancie McDermott, the book provides a gateway to Cajun-style cooking.

Home cooks will find “Southern more than 75 recipes Soups and from Burgoo and GumStews” bo to Étouffée.

To show the regional diversity surrounding cherished versions of a popular standby, McDermott shares four versions of Brunswick stew. Check out Rufus Estes’ Brunswick Stew (recipe below).

RUFUS ESTES’ BRUNSWICK STEW Serves 6 to 8 1 chicken (about 4 pounds), cut into serving pieces 1-1/2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper 3 cups peeled, coarsely chopped tomatoes 3 cups white or yellow corn, fresh, frozen or canned 2 cups butterbeans or lima beans, fresh, frozen or canned 1 cup chopped onion 1 cup all-purpose flour Place chicken pieces in large Dutch oven or stockpot and add enough water to cover.

Bring it to rolling boil over medium-high heat. Skim off and discard any foam that The recipe was first published in 1911 in “Rufus Estes Good Things to Eat: The First Cookbook by an African-American Chef.”

Other recipes that McDermott

rises to surface. After 10 minutes, lower heat to maintain active but gentle simmer.

Add salt and pepper and cook chicken for 35 minutes.

Add tomatoes, corn, butterbeans and onion. Stir to mix everything evenly into soup.

Cook it for 25 minutes more, until chicken is tender. Transfer chicken pieces to platter to cool, leaving vegetables simmering in stew.

Meanwhile, in medium bowl, combine flour with 1/3 cup broth from stockpot and stir together. You will have a raggedy bowl full of dough. Using your hands, press and scoop it into lump and knead a few dozen times, until you have a fairly smooth, springy dough.

Using rolling pin on lightly floured surface, roll dough out into big, thin round – little thinner includes are Virginia Brock’s Georgia-Style Brunswick Stew, Amber Nimocks’s’ Wild Game Brunswick Stew and “Benton Gooch’s Outdoor Old-School Brunswick Stew.

than pie crust. Cut into long, slender strips, about 1 inch wide and 2 inches long and transfer dough to large plate or platter by stove.

Remove and discard skin and bones from cooled chicken pieces, and pull or chop meat into bite-size pieces. Return chicken meat to stew and stir it in. Cook at 5 minutes more.

Increase heat to high and bring stew to rolling boil. Drop in dough pieces one by one, adding them around pot without touching each other. Scoop little broth up over dumplings to moisten them. After 2 minutes, stir gently to move dumplings around into stew. When dumplings are tender and chewy like good pasta, remove pot from the heat. Serve stew hot or warm.

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

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I planted my first herb garden 25 years ago. My inspiration came from an herbalist named Althea. A friend suggested she might help alleviate my terrible hay fever and eczema symptoms.

She mixed up an herbal tincture, which I faithfully ingested. After a few days I felt much better. That tincture did more for me in a couple weeks than all the crazy treatments and drugs prescribed for me throughout my childhood.

I couldn’t help wanting to learn more about what I considered to be miracle plants. Since then I’ve enjoyed growing herbs and learning all sorts of things about these useful plants! Here are some great things about herb gardening.

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FOOD

TASTY BURGER TOPPINGS

Sauces hail from around the globe

Aioli, a garlicky mayonnaise from Provence, pairs perfectly with a juicy burger.

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By LINDA BASSETT More Content Now Hamburgers are always a hit. Especially in summer.

I pulled together some topping recipes from around the globe – Asia, France and Mexico. All taste great on a burger in a soft seeded roll or a big fat bulky roll. Tasty without the roll, too.

Slather them on as thickly as you like.

The burgers just get better and better.

Best part: You never need to turn on your stove to make these.

From Asia, there’s raita, a creamy cucumber sauce, and a peanut-y sauce meant for chicken but delicious on a burger, too. From France, two classics: Tapenade, a salty olive spread, and the garlicky mayonnaise from Provence called aioli. We all love traditional Mexican salsa and guacamole, buying them by the gallon. Homemade versions will up your game.

RAITA

Makes about 1 cup.

This cool cucumber sauce, made with yogurt, is healthy and luscious.

2 cups plain whole milk Greek yogurt 1 large English cucumber, peeled and coarsely grated 1 teaspoon coarse grain sea salt 2 heaping tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro 4 heaping tablespoons finely chopped fresh mint Place the yogurt in a fine mesh strainer over a bowl. Refrigerate for an hour to drain out any extra moisture.

Stir together the yogurt, grated cucumber, cilantro and mint in a bowl. Cover tightly with plastic wrap; chill for 30 minutes. Taste; and stir in salt.

Process all above ingredients together until smooth.

TAPENADE

Makes about 1-½ cups

1 cup cured black or green olives, pitted 2 anchovy fillets 4 tablespoons capers 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1-½ tablespoons Cognac or brandy, optional 1 tablespoon fresh grated orange zest ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil

Have all ingredients at room temperature to make this decadent garlic mayonnaise.

8 to 10 cloves garlic, peeled 2 egg yolks salt, pepper to taste 4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1 teaspoon Dijon-style mustard 1-½ cups olive oil

Puree the garlic in a food processor, tossing the cloves through the feed tube while the motor runs. Add eggs, salt, pepper, lemon juice and mustard, pulsing until smooth.

With the machine running, pour a few drops of the oil through the feed tube, then in a slow, steady stream until the mixture thickens. Refrigerate, covered, up to 3 days.

chopped ½ cup loosely packed cilantro leaves, chopped 4 tablespoons fresh lime juice, or to taste Salt and black pepper, to taste Place onion, jalapenos, garlic and avocadoes in a food process. Process in short pulses, mixing coarsely. Add cilantro and lime juice, pulse to mix all ingredients. Taste for seasoning.

BASIC PICO DE GALLO

Makes about 1-½ cups Rinse olives, anchovies and capers to PEANUT SAUCE Buy fresh-picked tomatoes from a farmers’ remove excess salt. Drain; let dry on paper Makes about 1 cup market. The jalapeño seeds add heat, so use towels.

Usually a dipping sauce for chicken them only if you like it spicy.

In a food processor, combine olives, anchoskewers, this keeps, covered and refrigerated, vies, capers, lemon juice, pepper, cognac to 2 medium ripe red tomatoes, diced GUACAMOLE up to 5 days. ½ medium yellow onion, diced Makes about 2 cups form a thick paste. With the machine running, 1-¼ cup coconut milk (unsweetened) 1 to 3 jalapeños, seeded and diced Add plenty of lime juice to keep its pour in the olive oil in a slow, steady stream ¾ cup smooth peanut butter ½ cup chopped fresh cilantro green color bright. through the feed tube. Scoop the thick paste 3 tablespoons Asian fish sauce ¼ cup fresh lime juice 1 medium onion, finely diced into a bowl and refrigerate covered with plas1 tablespoon soy sauce Salt, to taste 1 to 3 jalapeno peppers, seeded and tic wrap, for one hour to let the flavors mingle.

3 tablespoons minced fresh ginger diced 2 tablespoons light brown sugar Gently stir together all ingredients. Taste 1 clove garlic, minced AIOLI 1 teaspoon cayenne, or to taste 2 medium ripe avocadoes, pitted, peeled, and adjust jalapeños, lime juice, or cilantro.

Makes about 2 cups

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Lessons in loss

Finding unexpected joy in a new pet, then answering the hard questions

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The author’s daughter and her beloved guinea pig. vested in a larger, more comfortable cage, researched different types of hay and bedding, and started visiting the pet store for fun to observe the other caged animals. And then a few months later, we got a second guinea pig. I found I couldn’t dismiss what was clearly Pig 1’s loneliness, and I started to worry it was ailing. When I read a New York Times story, “Is your pet lonely and bored?” my conscience got the best of me.

Our two guinea pigs proved to be more work than I had imagined.

At some point when I was cleaning out their cages, it occurred to me that for all the joking about car seats or minivans or single-family homes being the ultimate symbol of parenthood, the really telling symbol was probably a guinea pig: a pet that only a reluctant pet owner would get (the animal lovers would go for the dogs or the cats), but one that would nonetheless find its way into the home as the child’s wants and needs slowly overtook your own so at the end of a long day you were

sweeping up wood chips and picking pellets out of the cage as your child slept.

Despite the work, I found the pigs delightful. They squeaked hello when we came home, chased each other around the cage, and late into the night when the house was dark, they seemed to go back and forth in a conversation that was incomprehensible to us, but sounded quite involved. It was sort of like that talkative, wordless teacher on Charlie Brown cartoons. Pig 1 one stopped sitting lazily in its cage and became more animated now that she had a friend.

Friends teased I was crazy to open my home to a pair of rodents.

My daughter, meanwhile, wrote a poem about guinea pigs for her school yearbook, and when her ninth birthday came around, she asked for a cake decorated with two guinea pigs. I rolled my eyes at her growing obsession, yet when we went to see “The Secret Lives of Pets,” I found the guinea pig was my favorite character. I enjoyed how

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hat happens when you combine an animal-loving child with an animal-indifferent mother?

You relent and get a guinea pig.

A dog would be too much work and too much money. And while a goldfish might be the ultimate choice for the pet-indifferent parent, it seemed cruel to offer that to a kid who constantly was running up and smooching every furry creature she encountered.

But a guinea pig seemed manageable. There had been one in the day-care center my daughter had attended years ago, and as far as I could tell, all it did was sit there.

A note was sent home the day the day care guinea pig died, asking us to tell our kids it had just gone away for a while, and explaining the teacher was sad and would be taking the day off. Well that’s a bit much, I’d thought at the time. Even if you were an animal lover, could you really mourn a rodent?

I wasn’t about to cuddle up to our pet guinea pig. I certainly would never call in sick when it eventually died. I didn’t see the appeal of a creature with zero apparent personality. But I decided I could live with it.

So last Christmas, my daughter awoke to a cage and a furry creature under the tree. Or rather, next to the tree. Adding a guinea pig cage was like adding a piece of small furniture to our house. Still, it didn’t take long for me to see the lost square footage and the subtle smell of wood chips in our home was worth it.

The new toys were tossed aside before winter break was over, but our new pet became an ongoing source of fascination that entertained my daughter and brought out her nurturing side. She started insisting play dates come to our house, and when the weather got warmer she took it upon herself to give the pig weekly sponge baths on our front lawn.

None of this was a surprise. My daughter is a real animal whisperer. But what I had not expected was I, too, would be won over. We in-

it wandered endlessly through the building’s ventilation system trying to find its way back to its cage and was amused when it uttered a profanity only a guinea pig owner could appreciate: “Oh, pellets.”

My daughter researched how long the guinea pigs would live, and when she learned they sometimes made it to eight years, she assumed they’d still be alive when she was well into her teenage years. But our adventure in pets turned out to be a crash course in their life cycle: Shortly before the school year started, Pig 2 died a sudden and untimely death. It was not yet fully grown.

If there is a hierarchy of pets, you have to figure the guinea pig ranks significantly below the dogs and cats that are pretty universally beloved, perhaps a rung or two above rats or mice, or the goldfish that can be replaced without your kids being any wiser. That’s at least how my non-pet loving self saw it.

So, even as I gradually took to our guinea pigs and found myself occasionally watching cute guinea pig videos on YouTube, I was careful not to post Facebook photos or make the pigs my screen saver.

I was struck by how much the loss moved me. No, I didn’t call in sick. But I was briefly moved to tears, mainly for my daughter, who felt the loss profoundly.

She cried herself to sleep for several nights and asked all those deep questions about death, including this killer, “Why did she have to come into the world if she was going to leave so soon?”

Good question, I think, as I remind myself of the blessing that she’s asking this question about a guinea pig. Because I know after all, it is still just a guinea pig.

I suppose there are a lot of teaching opportunities in here somewhere, but I haven’t yet figured out what a child is supposed to learn from the loss of a pet, especially a pet rodent who died young.

One thing I have learned is pets get the best of you. If you get a pet, no matter how reluctantly, you’ll probably be won over. And that means more upside and ultimately more downside too.

Which is something to consider as I mull over a possible Pig 3.

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Topical pain relievers can be effective Dear Doctor: I play in a weekend softball league, and my shoulder aches for a couple of days after the game. Aspirin hurts my stomach, so I wonder whether using a pain medication in a cream or an ointment might help?

Dear Reader: Thanks to effective over-thecounter drugs, banishing minor aches or pains is as easy as a trip to your medicine cabinet. These pain relievers, which are also used to reduce fever, fall into two main categories. One is acetaminophen, sold under the brand name Tylenol. The others are nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs. Aspirin, ibuprofen and naproxen (sold under the brand name Aleve) are all NSAIDs. As you have found, stomach upset can be a side effect of NSAIDs like aspirin. For people who prefer not to take ibuprofen or NSAIDs in pill form, topical pain relievers, which are applied directly to the skin, offer an alternative. The idea is that the medication, when placed on or near the point of pain, will be absorbed into the body, bypassing the stomach, and offer targeted relief.

A visit to the drugstore for a topical pain reliever can be confusing. Not only do you have your choice of creams, gels, foams, patches, sprays and (we’re almost done) roll-ons, the products themselves fall into several distinct categories. Once you understand what they contain and how they work, you can decide what’s right for you.

• Topical NSAIDs: Yes, we’re talking about aspirin, ibuprofen or naproxen again.

However, studies show that blood levels of NSAIDs that are delivered through the skin are quite low, so potential for stomach upset is greatly reduced. What’s important here is to follow the dosage recommendations.

Don’t use too much or reapply too often.

And never use multiple NSAID products at

once. Talk to your doctor about which ones to use, because they exist in both prescription and over-the-counter forms.

• Capsaicin: This is the compound in chili peppers that gives them their kick. Topical products with capsaicin work by essentially desensitizing your body’s pain response.

However, some people find the burning sensation to be so intense that they are replacing one kind of discomfort with another.

• Menthol: Like capsaicin, menthol is a counterirritant that creates a new, cooling sensation powerful enough to distract from the pain.

• Methyl salicylate: Also known as oil of wintergreen, this is another counterirritant.

It first makes the skin feel cool, and then feel warm. It’s similar to aspirin, so be sure to read the label for counter-indications.

Finding a product you like may take some trial and error. When you do: • Remember that topical pain relievers are meant for pain that is mild to moderate.

• They should be used for no longer than seven days, unless your doctor says otherwise.

• Wash your hands immediately after applying the product.

• Never use on an open wound or damaged skin.

• Do not wrap or bandage the affected area until you’re sure the product has been fully absorbed, as warmth and pressure may cause a higher level of absorption.

• For that same reason, you should never use a heating pad with these products.

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

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Dear Abby:

DEAR ABBY

California Dear Embarrassed: Your husband chews the

way he does because he is trying to ease the pangs of withdrawal from his nicotine addiction.

Because what he’s doing is unsightly, suggest he discuss it with his doctor to see if there are other options such as a nicotine patch to help him over the hump. And be sure to tell him how proud you are of his determination to quit.

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

Dr. Wallace: I’m 16 and so is my boyfriend. We’ve been dating for over two years. I live alone with my mother who is very strict. My boyfriend and I can only date every two weeks and I have an 11:30 p.m. curfew. She does allow us to spend time at our house studying and watching TV or videos and this doesn’t count as a date.

My problem is that I think two dates a month for a 16-year-old who is a very trustworthy young woman is a little short. My mom has been a single mom since I was born. She never married my father, so she was an unwed mother.

Because of this, she is doing everything to make sure I don’t follow in her footsteps.

Every week, I ask her if we could start dating once a week, but her answer is always no.

Yesterday I asked her the same question and she said if I keep on pestering her she’ll cut my dates to once a month. Do you think I’m being treated like a child? I sure do. – Nameless, Moncton, New

Brunswick Nameless: I get many letters

from 16-year-old girls who are not allowed to date at all. Your mother has let you have a boyfriend since you were 14, so don’t force the issue now. In time, your mother will allow you to date more often.

Dr. Wallace: I’m 19 and my husband is 23. We have a beautiful 14-month- old daughter and I’m also eight months pregnant. This has made my mother very upset.

She said it’s obscene that I’ll have two children before I’m 20. Yesterday, she said, “Just because you’re married doesn’t mean you can’t practice birth control.”

My husband and I love children and plan to have three – that’s our limit. It just so happens we want them close together so they can do things together when they’re older.

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’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace than I am and we had very little in common when we were growing up.

I’m very upset at Mom’s attitude. The number of children my husband and I have and when we have them is nobody’s business but ours. My husband thinks we should tell my mom our plans and reasoning, in order to convince her we’re not obscene. I think I should tell her to mind her own business and that we want eight kids.

My husband and I would appreciate your input. Grandma does love our daughter and is an excellent babysitter for her. – Maria,

Austin, Tex. Maria: I agree the number of

children you and your husband bring into this world is your business, 100 percent, and that your mother’s remark was uncalled for.

But I also agree with your husband that you should be straight with your mother about your plans, rather than react to her comment with anger and sarcasm. A grandmother who loves her grandchild – and also is a good babysitter – deserves a second chance to be genuinely a part of your life.

Dr. Wallace: I have been meaning to write this letter for quite some time. I’ve read your column throughout my teen years and I want to thank you for all your advice. At least there is someone out there still teaching today’s youth the importance of high morals and values. I appreciate the things you’ve done and hope you continue to do your good work for a long time to come. I just wish there were more people out there like you. Even though I’m 20, I still look forward to getting the paper and reading your column every

day. – Kimberly, Lake Charles, La. Kimberly: You sure know how to make a columnist feel good!

Thanks for your kind words.

Dr. Wallace: My dad is a beer drinker on the weekends. He spends the whole weekend watching sports on television and drinking beer. He’s a good father and works hard at the steel mill where he makes a good salary so our family can have a very nice lifestyle.

The problem is that I have a 13-year-old brother who gets into a lot of trouble at home and at school.

For the past several months I have seen him swipe beer from my dad’s stash and he drinks them, too. Lately, I have been spying on him and when he steals two cans a day he drinks both of them. Then he always puts the empty cans in a brown paper sack and dumps them in a neighbor’s garbage can.

When I confronted him he begged me not to “squeal” on him and said that he would stop stealing and drinking. Well, he still steals and drinks. I hate to be known as a squealer, but I’m going to tell our parents. Is it possible my brother could actually already be addicted to beer? I think that he is too young, but I’m not sure. I’ve never actually seen my brother drunk. What do you think? – Nameless, Hobart, Ind. Nameless: According to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, children as young as ten have been classified as addicted to alcohol, and yes, a person can be addicted to alcohol and never become totally drunk.

Don’t wait even one second longer. Inform your parents immediately about your brother’s very harmful habit.

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

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My husband’s nephew, “Jacob,” Jeanne is 25 and always Phillips hanging around our house. He has had a hard time over the last four years. First, his mom committed suicide. Two years later, his dad died in his sleep.

My husband and I told Jacob we would be there when he needed advice about things.

Well, he recently broke up with his longtime girlfriend, and he’s here at my house every day – even days he’s not working. He calls every afternoon to see what I’m cooking and expects to eat here every night. He also expects me to drop what I’m doing to go and clean his house and wash his clothes.

I’m disabled, so it’s a struggle just to feed my husband and myself. He also sleeps here on the weekends if he doesn’t work. My husband and I no longer have any alone time because he’s always here.

I have tried to tell Jacob nicely that he needs his own life, but the message isn’t getting through. I know he has issues with being alone.

He has never learned to be by himself. My husband is starting to get angry about the situation and wants me to “handle” it, but my words are not working.

If my husband decides to say something, it will end up in a heated argument.

How can I get through to this kid without hurting him? I do love him and try to treat him like one of my own kids. – Upset Aunt Dear Aunt: Talk to Jacob again. This time do it in plain English. Your nephew’s dependence on you has persisted for too long, and for everyone’s sake it needs to stop. If you haven’t suggested grief counseling for him, you should.

Explain that you love him, but you and your husband need time to be alone together. Point out that if he’s unable to do his own housecleaning and laundry, he should hire someone. Do not feel guilty for speaking up. You have done more than enough for Jacob over the last few years, and for him to expect you to cook for him every night and weekend is over the top.

Dear Abby: My husband quit chewing tobacco, but now he chews gum constantly, three pieces at a time. If he’s not asleep or eating, his jaw is moving. He chews it aggressively, rolls it around in his mouth while talking, so that it looks bad and is irritating.

He works with the public, and I’m embarrassed for him because I believe it’s bad manners to chew gum in that manner. I don’t know how to approach him. Please advise as to how I can help him. – Embarrassed for Him in

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After the holidays, our household is full of quiet celebrations that can be just as joyous as the noisier ones.

Aflame with the spirit of cleaning up, clearing out and simplifying, we attack cluttered desks, stuffed closets and any area that has the feng shui of a blocked artery. Last January, in a Marie Kondo frenzy, I rolled and folded every cloth object on the premises.

This year’s campaign was launched in our furnace room. It has always housed our garden tools pretty well, but pretty well was no longer good enough. Even well-planned storage systems must be refined and updated, and winter is the time for that, before the haste and zeal of gardening puts them to the test.

Tools, like plants, can multiply. So our first step was to purge the room of anything obsolete, redundant, useless or beyond repair. Out went the leaky buckets, torn row covers, left-hand gloves with no mates and stinky mosquito sprays that repelled nothing but people. What remained suddenly looked manageable, and you could even walk across the floor.

Still, certain problem areas stood out. The worst was my collection of metal plant supports in various shapes and sizes. Even after throwing out the bent and poorly designed ones, I needed a plan for the corner where they were kept, that is to say, sprawled.

I sorted the vertical supports by height and corralled them into three upright containers. The circular ones were falling off their shared wall hook, so I bought three more hooks and sorted the supports by size and style. Did I need so many round grids to hold up bushy perennials? Maybe not, but we’ve found that they can hold fireworks tubes safely upright as well.

Long-handled tools such as forks and spades also had wall hooks, but again we needed more hooks – and better ones. Hardware stores, garden centers and big-box stores offer many kinds, some as simple as a single screw-in hook, like a giant cup hook. Those are good for small hangable tools such as pruning saws, loppers and hedge shears. But the Photo by Barabara Damrosch - For The Washington Post

The author sorts her collection of plant supports by size and shape and uses upright containers and wall hooks to store them.

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By BARBARA DAMROSCH Special to The Washington Post

Watercress, an edible aquatic plant, thrives along Barbara Damrosch’s pond.

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planted at the outflow has long since given up on that spot, crossed the pond and taken up residence where water from the ditch flows in. The water carries with it nutrients from the fertile soil of our growing areas, and I figure that’s what the watercress was after. Because we keep the water wholesome by avoiding chemicals on our land, we eat the watercress with confidence and look forward to its reappearance each year. We have also grown watercress in regular garden beds with frequent watering or by using an automatic misting system.

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A number of food crops like to grow in wet places, but the degree of moisture they need varies. Our blueberries, for example, like the slightly wet spot near the house that we’ve chosen for them. They also would do well along the shores of a pond. But unlike the mint, nettles and watercress, they can’t have their roots flooded.

In the wild, they’re found in swampy areas, but only if they’re perched on hummocks at least 14 inches above the water level. They also can thrive in regular garden soil as long as it’s made moisture-retentive by adding

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By JEANNE HUBER Special to The Washington Post

I have a leather desk mat next to my computer. Oils from my hand and forearm build up on the leather. Do you have any suggestions for removing these unwanted marks?

Use Chamberlain’s Straight Cleaner No. 2, suggests Vanessa Shropshire, a spokeswoman for Saddleback Leather in Fort Worth, Texas, which sells leather items, including desk mats. (It can be reached at 210-8585210 or saddlebackleather.com.) This cleaner, also labeled as Chamberlain’s Leather Milk, sells for $12 for a 6-ounce bottle on the Saddleback website and the manufacturer’s website, leathermilk.com.

This product contains alcohol, which lifts the oils but can also dry

out leather. So it’s recommended that you follow up with a leather conditioner, such as Chamberlain’s Leather Care Liniment No. 1 ($17 for 6 ounces).

Instructions for using the cleaner say to “massage” a small amount into the leather, using a terry-cloth applicator that’s included with the product.

But you might want it to be a gentle massage because another company that sells leather desk mats, JKS Marketing in Unionville, Ontario, warns against rubbing when you clean. (It can be reached at 905-475-7451 or jksmarketing-deskpads.com.)

“Sponge gently until all grime and stains are absorbed,” the company’s website stated. It says to use a “gentle cleaner” but makes no recommendation about which one.

farther out a support extends from the wall, the more D-handle spades and other implements you can put on it. Straight-handle tools are hung working end up between two hooks, or even grouped in a garbage can if wall space is limited. Leaning against a wall is the worst way to arrange them, since they will always fall down.

However well designed a tool wall is, it’s only as good as the empty space in front of it. You will never put away a tool if you have to get past a lawn mower, bicycle, bagged fertilizers and the stuff on its way to the dump. Place bags of soil amendments such as lime in tubs or buckets, where they can harmlessly rip and spill. Stack pots and pot saucers in tidy towers.

Any kind of netting – bird net, deer net, plant support net, volleyball net – will catch on your feet and get tangled up with your tools. Store it somewhere off the floor and out of the way. Hoses are almost as bad and are best suspended from simple but sturdy hose hangers. I favor those with a wide, metal, downward-facing

Barbara Damrosch is the author of “The Four Season Farm Gardener’s Cookbook”; her website is www. fourseasonfarm.com.

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arc that you can loop the hose over, with an upright piece at the end to keep the hose from falling off. Those are also good for extension cords and rope.

In the end, though, it’s the countless little odds and ends that do you in. A metal utility shelf allows you to sort items by type and caddy them. A plastic seedling tray could hold trowels, dandelion diggers, hand pruners and nozzles. A small wooden box that tangerines came in could take care of tape measures and garden lines. Fill one shoe box with gloves, another with balls of twine.

For even smaller items such as plant labels, hose connectors and tomato clips, use the best storage receptacle ever invented: the quart yogurt container. Eat enough yogurt, and soon you’ll have a row of them, each marked with a black Sharpie, another tool without which a gardener would be lost. In fact, I just labeled a yogurt container “Black Sharpie Pens.”

A perfect first step for the new garden year.

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When spring comes, I keep a sharp eye on the wet parts of our property.

The two great forces of spring are sun and water, and as the days grow longer and warmer, the ditch we have dug to drain excess moisture from our gardens offers nutritious fare even before those gardens are dry enough to till.

The mint we planted in the ditch years ago has colonized a long stretch of it. The first little green tips emerge from the water at the ditch’s bottom, and only later start to climb its banks.

We snip the first shoots for a celebratory round of mojitos, muddling the flavorful leaves and stems with maple sugar and ice in tall glasses. Soon we’ll have enough mint to gather handfuls for mint tea.

Nettles appear in the ditch about the same time, volunteers that have come in on their own and seem to be chasing the mint downstream. Those I’ll turn into a creamy nettle soup.

Meanwhile, the mint is staking out new territory. It has traveled under the driveway by way of a culvert that directs the ditch water down to our spring-fed pond.

At the pond, the watercress we once

organic matter. You must also irrigate them in dry weather, and it helps to apply mulch to prevent evaporation.

Keeping the soil acidic by adding peat moss and avoiding lime is important, too.

Cranberries like similar conditions, but they will tolerate periodic flooding. You don’t have to flood them, though: The reason commercial cranberry farms float the berries in man-made bogs is to make them easier to harvest.

There are other water-loving food plants that might be fun to try. The Indian or sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) is a true aquatic that can be grown in a pool or a pond and is edible in its entirety. Planted in a mud-bottomed pond, it will spread wide and far, although it will stay put in a sunken container.

Crisp, delicious water chestnuts are mud-dwellers that need cold protection north of Hardiness Zone 8, but a tub of mucky soil in a greenhouse or enclosed porch would do.

As for the cattails that have made their home on a shallow edge of our pond, I could extract the starch from their fibrous roots and make flour in time of famine, but for now I’ll leave that to the muskrats and enjoy the stately beauty of this fine native plant.

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daughters’ rooms are messy, which they often are, I can live with that.

For some people, it might be that their bedrooms or home offices need to be straightened up each day, but it doesn’t matter if there are dirty dishes in the sink at night. I have been in enough houses to know that no one’s looks like a picture in a magazine. No one’s. So let yourself off the hook.

• Don’t try to attend every school event: Parents often feel guilty if they are unable to attend every event at their child’s school or if they can’t volunteer for something regularly.

It is OK if you are not present for everything. Your child will survive and understand. If it’s too stressful for you to take off work or to take another child with you, you’re not going to enjoy it anyway. On the one hand, it’s wonderful that schools welcome parental involvement. On the other hand, it can be hard to not go to everything when you think every other parent is there. But no one will think less of you if you can’t be there all the time.

• Find at least two things you can delegate: Because it can be easier to do housework ourselves rather than ex-

plain it to someone else (and then worry that it’s not being done correctly), we just do it. But it is important that we delegate tasks when we can, even if the person doing them doesn’t do them the way we would. Have your kids fold laundry or load the dishwasher. Send your spouse to the grocery store every weekend, or hire someone to help you with household or administrative tasks. Asking for help is not a sign of weakness. It’s a sign of leadership and efficiency.

• Schedule time to do something for yourself: Make yourself a priority.

This is not selfish. If you don’t schedule time to do the things you need and want to do, it will make you less – not more – productive and organized.

Block off time on your calendar and commit to giving yourself at least an hour or two each week when you are doing something for yourself. It could be lunch with a friend, a workout, a haircut or a walk outside. Finding time to re-energize is a must. If you don’t give yourself a break, no one else will.

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One of the joys of my job is working with interesting, smart, accomplished people. Some are stay-at-home parents, some work outside the home part time, others full time. Some are married, others are divorced, and some are single. Whatever differences exist, they all seem to have one thing in common: a sense of feeling overwhelmed, all the time.

We’re driving ourselves crazy trying to do everything, instead of identifying ways to do fewer things and a few things better. One way I’ve been suggesting that clients think about organizing is by considering how to simplify and prioritize the things on their to-do lists, as well as to think through what can be eliminated or delegated. And, perhaps most important, when they can say no.

• Turn off your cellphone at the same time each night: The endless emails and texts that arrive on our computers and phones 24 hours a day are a major reason we feel constantly overwhelmed. There’s never a break in the action. Even though you

may have signed up your children for summer camp almost a year in advance and scheduled their doctor’s appointments for the next six months, there still is a sense of never being on top of things. There are deadlines at work, things that must be brought to school, events that need an RSVP, grocery shopping, gifts to buy and animals to take care of. If it seems unending, that’s because it is.

Because I can’t stop the influx, I’ve decided to turn off my phone each night at 9. That is when I say that I’ve done enough and that anything that didn’t get done will have to wait until tomorrow. It’s a hard stop and gives me some control over my time. Give it a try.

• Manage expectations about having a clean and tidy home: No matter how hard you work at keeping your house spotless and orderly, it’s a battle you’re never going to win.

So think about which spaces are nonnegotiable – those areas that you absolutely need to have clean and tidy – and just let the other rooms go. For instance, I like the island in my kitchen to be cleared every night. I also like having no clutter on the dining room table. But if my

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Why does blue food turn some people green? create a blue iridescence.

A few animals – a brilliant blue starfish, for one – do have My mother, always very blue pigmentation. The seabird clear in her preferences, did named the blue-footed booby not like blue food. I could gets its foot color by eating cerunderstand that feeling. Wasn’t tain blue-pigmented algae. But there something weird about such species are so unusual the bright blue popsicles of the that they would barely fill a toy 1950s, oddly flavored with coco- boat, let alone an ark. nut? Or the swimming-pool blue Blue eyes aren’t even blue. of curaçao, an orange-flavored They just lack enough pigliqueur dyed with artificial ment to make them brown. food coloring to make it seem Blue color in plants is tropical? And what about blue commonly caused by the antiM&M’s? Fifty-four years after oxidant pigment anthocyanin, the famous pelleted candies which is normally red or purple were created in 1941, blue ones but can be modified – often by were added to the merry mix. pH – to produce a truer blue.

Why did we need those?

Alkaline soil, for example, will Blue foods sometimes seem lead to blue hydrangea blosunnatural because they raise soms that, in acid soil, might suspicions of artificial, synthetic be pink. Red cabbage leaves coloring, but there may be ancan similarly edge into blue other reason as well. The color territory, although with many blue is rare in nature. Yes, Earth members of the cabbage family, has its vast blue sky (and the such as kale or broccoli, a bluvast oceans that reflect it), but ish tinge may result from the only because of the way we perpresence of “bloom” – a whitish, ceive space through the Earth’s waxy protective covering. You atmosphere, lit by the sun. can also find it on bluish leeks, One could argue that the such as Blue Solaise (which difference between looking blue turn purplish in cold weather) and being blue is a fine point and on some fruits, such as and that on some level all colors plums, that would be a deeper, are a matter of perception, more purple color without it. which varies according to the Blueberries have this covercreature that perceives them. ing, too, adding to the fruit’s unBut there is still a difference beusual blueness. Blueberries are tween a solid lump of blue cobalt one of the few blue foods that are and the shimmering blue of a widely accepted – though even morpho butterfly’s wings, which they turn purple when cooked. is not produced by pigments but They’ve been part of North by microscopic structures that American culture for a long manipulate the angle of light to time, unlike the more recently

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Not all blue foods enjoy the same popularity that blueberries do.

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introduced purple corn and purple potatoes, both anthocyanin-rich. These have earned some popularity, but some find them startling and unappetizing.

There are also situations in which purple anthocyanin pigments turn an unappealing blue because of alkaline ingredients – events that are within the cook’s control. Blueberry muffins sometimes progress all the way into the green spectrum if large amounts of baking soda are used. If green muffins weird out your family at breakfast, baking powder, which is less reactive, can be used instead.

Reactive cookware such as iron or aluminum pots and pans can turn red cabbage an odd turquoise. I’ve learned to use stainless steel instead.

Here’s another theory: Some people might mistrust blue food because it’s the color of mold.

Were the blue tortillas in the back of the fridge made with blue corn or are they well on their way to becoming garbage?

On the other hand, some of the world’s greatest cheeses have been, by injection, imbued (imblued?) with a penicillin mold. The blue veins that result will not cure your pneumonia, but neither will they cause you harm. So if someone offers you a cracker spread with a fine Stilton, Roquefort or Gorgonzola, enjoy! It’s blue. Live with it.

Barbara Damrosch is the author of “The Four Season Farm Gardener’s Cookbook.”

4 over-the-top ideas from Marie Kondo’s new organizing book

By JURA KONCIUS The Washington Post In the recently published “Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up,” celebrity organizer Marie Kondo goes into minute detail about all of her de-cluttering directives.

The book is a follow-up to her global sensation “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.” Here, Kondo wrote of the many items keeping homes in a state of disarray, clogging everyday life and robbing one of joy. She struck a chord in a chaotic world, and her ideas became known as KonMari.

The first book initiated a flurry

of questions from her tidying disciples about how exactly to achieve minimalist joy.

The new book has detailed recipes for more joyful living through her KonMari method, with a little bit of feng shui thrown in. She shows how to fold underwear and how to thank items for their service as you shove them into a garbage bag. She says that sorting through her family’s photos was one of the hardest things she has ever done.

Her space-saving approach appeals most to urban dwellers living in tiny apartments.

American families living in the suburbs in a four-bedroom house with a two-car garage

(or any family with a crowded attic, basement or storage unit) might have a harder time achieving Kondo’s goal of “once-in-a-lifetime special event of tidying-up.” Ditto anyone who shops in bulk at Costco.

With ultimate respect for Kondo’s goal of beauty, simplicity and perfect closets, here are a few concepts I just can’t get behind: • Cut photographs out of coffee table books. Kondo says if you only like certain photos in a beautiful book, it’s OK to snip them out and put them in a clear plastic folder. (Many of us were taught never to cut up a book.) I’m left to assume that I should then toss the mangled

tidy is challenging. Kondo hates tacky labels on things such as toilet cleansers (“loud and ugly,” she writes) and suggests you try to remove them. Good luck with that. I agree that storing toilet paper rolls in a basket or box is a stuffed-animal friends when nice idea, but covering them in a relegating them to the trash. Some cloth is going a bit far.

• Spend joyful hours wearing may be hesitant to part with vintage school uniforms. Kondo their tubs of teddy bears that once sat in a baby’s nursery. But says if you are really attached blindfolding each animal before to your uniform, you should put it on and wallow in the sweet tossing? “Once their eyes are memories of your youth. Then hidden, stuffed toys and dolls you can hold onto the memories look much more like objects, but let the plaid skirt and blazer and that makes it far easier to get stuffed into the donation part with them,” Kondo said.

• Obsess over bathroom storage. bag. Meanwhile, there’s one She admits keeping the bathproblem. Who can still fit into room and all of its accessories their clothes from high school?

book. Hopefully, after looking at the photos at a later time, she writes, you will wonder why on earth you saved them and will eventually toss them, leaving you with no trace of the book.

• Cover the eyes of your

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Step 1: Sand down the last inch or so of both ends of all your dowel pieces, enough so they will fit snugly into the copper fittings.

Step 2: If you’d like to add a pop of color, paint four inches on both ends of your 12-inch dowels in a color of your choice. I eyeballed this, but you could use painter’s tape and a ruler for more precise results. Allow it to dry. Mine was dry enough in 15 minutes.

Step 6: Repeat this process until you have three 12-inch dowels connected to three tees. Add one 24-inch dowel to the bottom tee hole, again using wood glue.

Step 7: Apply wood glue to the exposed ends of the top and bottom dowels, and slip on a copper cap.

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If your home is tight on space, you’ve probably gone to great lengths to make every room seem larger than it actually is. But have you ever considered going to great heights?

A tall ladder used to display things – sometimes called a blanket ladder – makes use of empty space above eye level and draws attention up from the cramped floor. It’s considerably less bulky than a bookshelf and can be moved on a whim.

“A ladder is great because it’s versatile, cross-functional and a statement piece,” said Emily Motayed, a Potomac, Md., native and co-founder of Havenly, an online design service that offers affordable home remodeling. “It’s a way to add a layer of depth in a very cost-effective way.”

Especially when you make it yourself. This project takes less than an hour (and that includes time to let paint dry!), and all the supplies can be bought for less than $50 during a single trip to your local hardware store.

And before you go out and buy a saw to cut the wooden dowels, which typically come in lengths of 48 inches: Big-box stores such as Home Depot and Lowe’s Home Improvement have cutting stations where you can borrow their tools at no cost.

Follow these steps to make a 5-foot-tall storage ladder on your own and create your own styling options: Think magazines, blankets, jewelry.

Here’s what you’ll need: • Medium-grit sandpaper • Interior paint in your color of choice (optional) • Paintbrush (optional) • Wood glue • Four 3/4-inch copper tube caps • Six 3/4-inch copper tee fittings • 7/8-inch-thick wooden dowels cut to the following lengths: two at 24 inches, three at 16 inches and six at 12 inches

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vertical rails, so the following two steps are all about gaining height.

By HOLLEY SIMMONS

Step 8:

Repeat Steps 3 through 7 so you have a second, identical vertical rail.

Step 9: Step 3: Apply a thin layer of Now, for

wood glue to one end of your 12-inch dowels.

Step 4: Slip on a tee fitting

using one of the holes along the top part of the “T.”

Step 5:

Apply glue to another 12-inch dowel, and slide it into the opposing end of the tee. We are building the

the rungs: Apply glue to the end of a 16-inch dowel. Slide it into the remaining hole of your tee on the left rail. Repeat this two more times, and then use wood glue to secure the three rungs in the other side of your rail.

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ABOVE: If your home is tight on space, a tall ladder – sometimes called a blanket ladder – can be used to display things.

LEFT: A blanket ladder can be styled in many ways, and not just with blankets.

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For a diverse diet in the winter, sow these greens in the fall

By BARBARA DAMROSCH Special to The Washington Post We all want a healthy diet, and we each have our own way of getting it.

Some people take a daily multivitamin as an insurance policy, to make up for any vitamins or minerals they might have skimped on between the onset of breakfast and the last bite of dinner.

My approach is different. I figure that if I eat real, high-quality food, it will take care of the vitamins, minerals, fiber, phytonutrients and anything else I might need to keep on being my usual robust self. So I consume a traditional range of fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, dairy, eggs, legumes, grains, sourdough breads, coffee and wine. Most of it is organic, and aside from highly processed food, there’s little I turn down.

For me, the best nutritional insurance is diversity. In the garden, I grow as many different edibles as possible, year-round, and in the kitchen I tend to combine many of them in one soup, salad or stew. Call it the multivitamin-in-a-bowl diet.

In September, my family and I made sure we go into winter with a wide variety of fresh food, in addition to what we freeze, can or dry.

Potatoes and beets go into cold, moist storage. Onions and winter squash want their storage cool and dry. Carrots and leeks can be pulled from the ground for most of the winter, with a little protection as needed.

But to have a truly diverse winter diet, we also sow a collection of baby greens for winter salads. People refer to such a medley as mesclun, a word traditionally used for a spring mix of early greens harvested in the area around Nice, in southern France. Its meaning now includes fall and winter fare, sown in late summer or early fall for a continuous winter harvest.

The leaves in a good baby leaf mix are not big ones chopped up but ones you pick when they’re a few inches tall.

They’re not small for cuteness’s sake, but because they’re hardier when overwintered at ground-hugging size. They also take up less space and will even regrow when cut just above the growth point. The small size permits diversity as well, because you can fit in a wide choice of greens. All of them prefer cool weather and are winter-hardy, especially when protected by a cold frame, low plastic tunnel or greenhouse.

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Baby spinach, red oak leaf, winter density, bull’s blood beet leaves, Bianca Riccia endive and claytonia are from Barbara Damrosch’s garden.

But to have a truly diverse winter diet, we also sow a collection of baby greens for winter salads. People refer to such a medley as mesclun, a word traditionally used for a spring mix of early greens harvested in the area around Nice, in southern France. Its meaning now includes fall and winter fare, sown in late summer or early fall for a continuous winter harvest.

To make mesclun as nutritious as possible, include greens from different plant families, with leaves of different colors, textures and flavors. This will also add to your salads’ appeal.

In the aster family, you’ll find some especially hardy lettuces, such as winter density (a green romaine) or red oak leaf.

That family also includes hardy parsley (the frilly type) and endives, such as the ruffled, yellow-green Bianca Riccia.

The cabbage family offers many

choices, including arugula, red Russian kale with its blue leaves and handsome red ribs and a wide selection of Asian treasures such as red Japanese mustard, mild-tasting tatsoi, feathery mizuna and the little golden leaves of Tokyo Bekana. We’ve even added watercress to a winter mix.

From the beet family, we’ve enjoyed the super-hardy leaves of the variety Bull’s Blood, whose leaves turn deep maroon in the cold, and

also red-striped Red Ace. We’ve used beets’ close cousin Swiss chard, from the classic Fordhook to the vibrant rainbow types, and tender, narrow-stemmed Erbette. Spinach, a mesclun staple, is in that family, too.

In the Montiaceae family, you’ll find a true winter gem called claytonia, mild and succulent with tiny round leaves.

All are cut-and-come-again, except for mâche, in the valerian family, whose soft little rosettes are cut whole, just below soil level. Try it, along with volunteer chickweed and Johnny jump-ups. Those are the first edible flowers of the year, even before sorrel and tender dandelion leaves appear for your overflowing bowl of spring salad.

Barbara Damrosch is the author of “The Four Season Farm Gardener’s Cookbook”; her website is www. fouseasonfarm.com.

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DIRECTOR OF NURSING DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center is currently accepting resumes for the Director of Nursing position.

The Director of Nursing is responsible for overseeing the nursing department and assuring high quality nursing care for the residents in accordance with State & Federal regulations.

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ACTIVITY DIRECTOR / COMMUNITY LIFE DIRECTOR DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center is currently accepting resumes for a skilled, enthusiastic, and passionate Director of Activities / Community Life Director to join our team.

This professional individual will oversee the activities department of our community. The qualified candidate is responsible for planning, organizing, and implementing a program of therapeutic activities designed to meet the social, spiritual, intellectual, emotional, educational and physical needs and interests of residents in accordance with the comprehensive resident care plan as well as State and Federal regulations. As a key leadership role for the community, this position requires a self-motivated and hands-on individual. An Illinois (or National) Certification for Therapeutic Recreation and 36 hour Activity Director Certification, with at least two years of activities / recreational experience in a Skilled Nursing Facility setting, is preferred.

Some of the benefits include an excellent salary, Health Insurance (with employer contribution), Paid Hours Off (including nine holidays), and excellent County retirement (IMRF).

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DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center Attn: Bart Becker, Administrator 2600 N. Annie Glidden Road DeKalb, IL 60115 Email: bbecker@dekalbcounty.org Fax: 815-217-0451 EOE LOCAL NEWS WHEREVER YOU GO! Up-to-date news, weather, scores & more can be sent directly to your phone! It's quick, easy & free to register at KCChronicle.com JOBS ANNOUNCEMENTS STUFF VEHICLES REAL ESTATE SERVICES LEGALS Find it all right here in Kane County Chronicle Classified

Applicants must have an active Illinois Registered Nurse license with strong customer service and leadership abilities. Previous long-term care experience required.

D.O.N. or A.D.O.N. experience is preferred.

Some of the benefits include an excellent salary, Health Insurance (with employer contribution), Paid Hours Off (including nine holidays), and excellent County retirement (IMRF).

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DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center Attn: Bart Becker, Administrator 2600 N. Annie Glidden Road DeKalb, IL 60115 Email: bbecker@dekalbcounty.org Fax: 815-217-0451 EOE

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Jay Leno said, “The reason there are two senators for each state is so that one can be the designated driver.”

Today’s deal features two possible contracts, each of which might be chosen by South: three no-trump and five clubs. Today, we will look at three no-trump. How should the play proceed after West leads a low diamond?

After West opened one heart, North might have jumped to four clubs to show his seven-card suit, but that would have taken his side past three no-trump, which might have been the only game. When he settled for three clubs, South took a shot at three no-trump, but was nervous that five clubs would prove preferable.

South seemed prepared for a heart lead, so West tried a sneak diamond attack. This would work well against someone who does not plan his campaign at trick one.

Obviously, South must establish and run dummy’s club suit. But he has to anticipate that the defender with the ace will win the second round of the suit. Then declarer will need a dummy entry to cash the five club winners nestling there. What is that entry?

Obviously, in diamonds; and to leave West with no defense, South must take the first trick with his diamond king.

(In August, Phillip is running the bridge on a Kalos golf-and-bridge cruise down the Danube from Nuremburg to Budapest with an optional three-day extension to Prague.

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St. Charles Estate Sale Fri & Sat, Feb 24 & 25 9-3

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JOHN ALMBURG MEMORIAL CONSIGNMENT AUCTION Almburg Auctioneering Inc. will be conducting a Consignment Sale located at the Kuipers Family Apple Farm, 1N318 Watson Road, just 5 miles West of Elburn, Illinois and 8 miles East of DeKalb, Illinois on Rt. 38 to Watson Road, Kane County, Illinois.

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Saturday, March 25 starting at 10:30 am * Tractors * Trucks * Farm Equipment * Tools * Lawn & Garden * The time and opportunity is here now to clean out your sheds and yard. Turn it into cash in a day the auction way. Hauling available, forklifts standing by to unload at this great location.

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Kane County Chronicle / KCChronicle.com • Thursday, February 23, 2017 • DeKalb Bridges of Rivermist Sub Ranch Home Filled w/Quality

BATAVIA - GREEN MEADOWS 1 Bed Rm. $950/mo.

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Close to metra, pets OK, $1300/mo. 630-518-2392

PEPPER VALLEY APARTMENTS 2 BEDROOM - 2 BATH $1,190 - $1,200 Fireplace, heat, gas, water incl. A/C, D/W, disposal, microwave, blinds, patios, clubhouse, pool, garage avail, small pets OK.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS ADOPTION DIVISION MARGARITO JIMENEZ SANCHEZ and ZOYLA GONZALEZ MARTINEZ Petitioners TO ADOPT DARIEL ALEXANDER SOTO, A minor No. 16 AD 90 ADOPTION PUBLICATION NOTICE NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU, ADOPTION NOTICE-STATE OF ILLINOIS, County of Kane, ss.-Circuit Court of Kane County.

In the matter of the Petition for the Adoption of DARIEL ALEXANDER SOTO, a male child. Adoption No. 16 AD 90. To CARLOS ERNESTO PACHECO, any unknown fathers and to all whom it may concern.

Take notice that a petition was filed in the Circuit Clerk of Kane County, 540 Randall Rd., St. Charles, IL 60174 for the adoption of a child named DARIEL ALEXANDER SOTO. UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the office of the Circuit Clerk of Kane County , 540 Randall Rd., St. Charles, IL 60174 on or before March 4, 2017, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. Name: CUNNINGHAMLOPEZ LLP Attorney for: Petitioners Address: 120 W. Madison St. Suite 611 City: Chicago State: Illinois Zip: 60602 Telephone: 815-923-2107 Attorney No. 6306808 (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on February 9, 16, 23, 2017) 1262957

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY – GENEVA, ILLINOIS M&T Bank, Successor by merger to Hudson City Savings Bank, FSB, Plaintiff, vs.

Miguel Perez; Elena Perez; PNC Bank, National Association, s/b/m to National City Bank; Banco Popular North America; The First National Bank of Chicago; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, Defendants.

Case No. 16 CH 200 39W909 Silver Glen Road, Saint Charles, IL 60175 Judge Moran PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit(s) having been duly filed herein, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL DEFENDANTS IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED ACTION, that said action has been commenced in said Court by the plaintiff(s), naming you as a defendant(s) therein and praying for a judgment of foreclosure and sale and other relief, that summons has been issued out of this Court against you as provided by law, and, that this action is still pending

dant(s) therein and praying for a judgment of foreclosure and sale and other relief, that summons has been issued out of this Court against you as provided by law, and, that this action is still pending and undetermined in said Court.

NOW, THEREFORE, unless you file your answer or otherwise make your appearance in said action in this Court, by filing the same in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court on or before March 27, 2017, AN ORDER OF DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court on March 28, 2016. /s/ Thomas M. Hartwell Clerk of the Circuit Court Ellen C. Morris (6308804) MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff One East Wacker, Suite 1250 Chicago, IL 60601 Phone: 312-651-6700 Fax: 614-220-5613 Email: MDKIllinoisFilings@manleydeas.com /s/ Ellen C. Morris One of the Plaintiff's Attorneys (Published in the Kane County Chronicle February 16, 23, 2017 and March 2, 2017) 1265503

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS In Re Marriage of Blanca Flores Plaintiff vs.

Armando Flores - Hernandez Defendant.

CASE NO. 16 D 1284 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit(s) having been duly filed herein, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL DEFENDANTS IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED ACTION, that said action has been commenced in said Court by the plaintiff (s) naming you as defendant (s) therein and praying FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE and for other relief, that summons has been issued out of this Court against you as provided by law, and, that this action is still pending and undetermined in said Court.

NOW, THEREFORE, unless you file your answer or otherwise make your appearance in said action of this Court, by filing the same in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court on or before March 13, 2017, AN ORDER OF DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court on January 30, 2017 Name: Robert W. Smith Attorney for: Blanca Flores Atty Registration No: 02653117 Address: 75 Market St., Suite 1 City, State, Zip: ELGIN, IL 60123 Phone: 847-931-5060 (Published in the Kane County Chronicle February 9, 16, 23, 2017) 1264097

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF (DECEDENT): Name: Marino Lopez Address: 232 South Lincoln Avenue City, State, Zip: Aurora, IL 60505 Date and Place of Death: August 31, 2016 Aurora, IL Case No. 16 P 647 PUBLICATION NOTICE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION TO: CREDITORS, CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES

31, 2016 Aurora, IL Case No. 16 P 647 PUBLICATION NOTICE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION TO: CREDITORS, CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES 1. Notice is hereby given of the death of Marino Lopez who died on August 31, 2016, a resident of 232 S. Lincoln Avenue, Aurora, Illinois.

2. The representative for the estate is: Heriverto Lopez.

3. The Attorney for the estate is: Mark M. Berardi, 207 South Water Street, Wilmington, IL 60481.

4. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before August 9, 2017. Claims against the estate may be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, 540 S. Randall Rd., St. Charles, IL 60174 or with the Representative, or both Any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim tiled with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

5. On January 3, 2017 an Order Appointing the Representative was entered.

6. Within forty-two (42) days after the effective date of the original Order Admitting the Will to Probate, you may file a petition with the Court to require proof of the validity of the Will by testimony or witnesses to the Will in open Court, or other evidence, as provided in Article VI 5/6-21 (744 ILCS 5/6/21).

7. Within six (6) months after the effective date of the original Order Admitting the Will to Probate, you may file a petition with the Court to contest the validity of the Will as provided under Article VIII 5/8-1 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/8-1).

8. The estate will be administrated without Court supervision unless an interested party terminates independent supervision administration by filing a petition to terminate under Article XXVIII 5/28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4).

No. 250, of the Kane County Courthouse, 100 South Third Street, Geneva, Illinois, at the hour of 9:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as this matter may heard, a Petition will be heard in said Courtroom for the change of name of Shirzad Stephen Gorjinia to the new name of Stephen Gorjinia pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/21-101 et seq. /s/ Shirzad Stephen Gorjinia Petitioner

the Circuit Court, P.O. Box 112, Admitting the Will to Probate, you his/her address is: Strohschein Law may file a petition with the Court to Group, 455 Dunham Road, Suite Kaneland Community Unit School District #302 will accept sealed claim not filed within that period is provided under Article VIII 5/8-1 of 4. Claims against the estate may bids for custodial services for the barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/8-1). be filed on or before August 9, 2017-2020 school years. Potenthe Clerk must be mailed or deliv- 8.The estate will be administrated 2017. Claims against the estate tial bidders must attend a mandaered to the Representative and to without Court supervision unless an may be filed with the Clerk of the tory pre-bid meeting on March 9, the attorney within 10 days after it interested party terminates indepen- Circuit Court, 133 W. State St., 2017 at 9:00 A.M at the Kaneland has been filed. dent supervision administration by Sycamore, IL 60178, or with the CUSD #302 District Office (Door 5. On February 2, 2017 an Order filing a petition to terminate under Representative, or both. Any claim #8), 47W326 Keslinger Road, Admitting the Will to Probate was Article XXVIII 5/28-4 of the Probate not filed within that period is Maple Park, IL 60151. Sealed bids must be received by April 11, entered. barred. Copies of a claim filed with 2017 at 10:00 A.M. The bid Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4).

6. Within forty-two (42) days after delivthe Clerk must be mailed or opening will be held at the District the effective date of the original Or/s/ Michelle S. Clancy ered to the Representative and to Office on April 11, 2017 10:00 der Admitting the Will to Probate, Executor the attorney within 10 days after it A.M. Specifications will be availyou may file a petition with the has been filed. able beginning Friday, February Court to require proof of the validity of the Will by testimony or witness- (Published in the Kane County 5. On January 4, 2017, an Order 24, 2017. Interested vendors may es to the Will in open Court, or oth- Chronicle on February 16, 23, Admitting the Will to Probate call 630-365-5111 extension er evidence, as provided in Article 2017 March 2, 2017) 1266093 and/or Appointing the Representa- 71103 for information and specifications.

VI 5/6-21 (755 ILCS 5/6/21), tive was entered.

7. Within six (6) months after the PUBLIC NOTICE The estate will be administered effective date of the original Order without Court supervision unless an (Published in the Elburn Herald on Admitting the Will to Probate, you IN THE CIRCUIT COURT interested party terminates indepen- February 23, 2017) 1267443 may file a petition with the Court FOR THE SIXTEENTH supervision administration by dent PUBLIC NOTICE to contest the validity of the Will JUDICIAL CIRCUIT filing a petition to terminate under as provided under Article VIII 5/8-1 KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS LEGAL NOTICE Section 28-4 of the Probate Act (Ill. of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/8IN RE THE MATTER OF: INVITATION TO BID 1).

Amy Dulmage gonzalex on behalf Rev. Stat. Ch. 110 1/2, Par. 28-4) (Published in the Kendall County 8. The estate will be administrated of Scott Alexander Becker Record on February 9, 16, 23, Kaneland Community Unit School without Court supervision unless CASE NO. 17 MR 132 District #302 will accept sealed an interested party terminates inde- NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION 2017) 1264646 bids for snow removal services for pendent supervision administration FOR CHANGE OF NAME the 2017-2020 school years. Poby filing a petition to terminate un- To: Shawn Becker tential bidders must attend a PUBLIC NOTICE der Article XXVIII 5/28-4 of the Pro411 Leah Lane mandatory pre-bid meeting on bate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4) Woodstock, IL 60098 March 9, 2017 at 1:00 P.M at the Notice is given you, the public, that IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR Kaneland CUSD #302 District Of(Published in the Kane County on March 17, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT fice (Door #8), 47W326 Keslinger Chronicle February 16, 23, March Scott Alexander Becker, a minor, KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS Road, Maple Park, IL 60151.

2, 2017) 1266431

by Amy Dulmage Gonzalez, Sealed bids must be received by his/her biological mother and next Amy Dulmage Gonzalez, April 11, 2017 at 8:30 A.M. The friend, will request that this Court Plaintiff/Petitioner, bid opening will be held at the DisPUBLIC NOTICE change his/her present name of vs. trict Office on April 11, 2017 8:30 Scott Alexander Becker to the Shawn Michael Becker, A.M. Specifications will be available beginning Friday, February IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE name of Scott Alexander Dul- Defendant/Respondent Case No. 07F126 24, 2017. Interested vendors may SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT mage. The hearing will take place To: at 719 South Batavia Avenue, in call 630-365-5111 extension KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS Shawn Becker Geneva, Illinois.

71103 for information and specifi(Published in the Kane County 411 Leah Lane cations.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Chronicle on February 9, 16, 23, Woodstock, IL 60098 (DECEDENT): 2017) 1264741 (Published in the Elburn Herald on Name: Michael W. Clancy NOTICE OF MOTION February 23, 2017) 1267444 On March 6, 2017 at 9AM in Address: 6N977 Brewster Creek 101 of the Kane County courtroom PUBLIC NOTICE Circle Judicial Center, 37W777 Rt. 38, City, State, Zip: Wayne, IL 60184 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT St. Charles, IL, 60174, before PUBLIC NOTICE Date and Place of Death: FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD his/her Honor, Judge Dalton or in 02/03/2017 Wayne, Kane Co., JUDICIAL CIRCUIT his/her absence, before any other Illinois LEGAL NOTICE DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS Judge that may be presiding, and Case No. 17 P 91 IN THE MATTER OF CAMPTON TOWNSHIP shall then and there present a MoPUBLICATION NOTICE THE ESTATE OF tion to Allocate Parental Responsi- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION Richard A. Missing, Sr. voters and residents of the township bilities to plaintiff.

TO CREDITORS, CLAIMANTS, Deceased /s/ Amy Dulmage Gonzalez of Campton in the County of Kane, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES and State of Illinois, that two Public Case No. 2016 P 136 1.Notice is hereby given of the INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION Subscribed and Sworn to before me Hearings of said Township will take on 1-31-17 place on Thursday, April 6th, 2017 death of Michael W. Clancy who PUBLICATION NOTICE TO: /s/ Thomas M Hartwell at the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:15 died on 02/03/2017, a resident of Creditors and Claimants Notary Public/Clerk of the Circuit p.m. at the Campton Community Wayne, Kane County, Illinois.

1. Notice is given of the death of Court Center, 5N082 Old LaFox Road, 2.The Representative for the estate Richard A. Missing, Sr., who died (SEAL) is: Michelle S. Clancy 6N977 on November 10, 2016 a resident Campton Hills, Illinois 60175. The Brewster Creek Circle, Wayne, IL of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illi- (Published in the Kane County purpose of said 7:00 p.m. meeting 60184 nois.

Chronicle on February 23, March is to conduct a public hearing on 3.The Attorney for the estate is: 2. The Representative for the estate 2, 9, 2017) 1267462 the Tentative Budget and AppropriJohn J. Hoscheit / Hoscheit, and his/her address is: Richard A. ation Ordinance - General Town PUBLIC NOTICE McGuirk, McCracken & Cuscaden, Missing, Jr. of 217 S. Lake Street, Fund Ordinance #17-1T. The P.C. 1001 E. Main Street, Suite G, Grayslake, IL 60030. purpose of said 7:15 p.m. meeting LEGAL NOTICE St. Charles, IL 60174 is to conduct a public hearing on 3. The attorney for the estate and INVITATION TO BID 4.Claims against the estate may be his/her address is: Strohschein Law the Tentative Budget and Approprifiled on or before August 17, 2017. Group, 455 Dunham Road, Suite Kaneland Community Unit School ation Ordinance Road and Bridge Claims against the estate may be 200, St. Charles, IL 60174.

District #302 will accept sealed Fund Ordinance #17-1R. At the filed with the Clerk of the Circuit 4. Claims against the estate may bids for custodial services for the public hearing, all persons desiring Court, 540 S. Randall Rd., St. be filed on or before August 9, 2017-2020 school years. Poten- to offer statements or other evidence Charles, IL 60174 or with the Repre- 2017. Claims against the estate tial bidders must attend a manda- in support or opposition to the sentative, or both Any claim not filed may be filed with the Clerk of the tory pre-bid meeting on March 9, proposed General Town Fund within that period is barred. Copies Circuit Court, 133 W. State St., 2017 at 9:00 A.M at the Kaneland Ordinance #17-1T or the proposed of a claim filed with the Clerk must Sycamore, IL 60178, or with the CUSD #302 District Office (Door Road and Bridge Ordinance 17-1R 47W326 NOTICE Keslinger Road, as presented, shall be afforded an be mailed or delivered to the Repre- Representative, or both. Any claim #8), PUBLIC Park,CIRCUIT, IL 60151.

Sealed opportunity IN THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS CAUSE 17-TX-9: TO THEor sentative and to the attorney within not to do so orally, filed CIRCUIT within COURT, that period is Maple bids must be received

by April 11, HEIRS AND DEVISEES), AND TO FOLLOWING NAMED PERSONS (AND IF DECEASED, TO THEIR UNKNOWN 10 days after it has been filed. barred. Copies of a claim filed with 2017 at 10:00 A.M. writing or both. Copies of the The bid in KANE THE STATE OF ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL AND SECRETARY OF STATE, COUNTY CLERK, COUNTY 5. On 2/9/2017 an Order the Clerk must be mailed or deliv- opening will be held at the District proposed Tentative Budgets are TREASURER, STATES ATTORNEY, TREE FINANCIAL, AND TO OCCUPANTS UNKNOWN appointing the Representative was ered to the Representative and toGREEN availableAND at the CamptonOWNERS Township Office on April 11, 2017 AND PARTIES INTERESTED IN THE PARCELS HEREINAFTER NAMED:10:00 entered. the attorney within 10 days after it Community Center, A.M. Specifications will be availParcel Number Owners/Parties Interested Cert Number Street Or Common5N082 Address Old 6.Within forty-two (42) days after has Campton been filed. able beginning Friday,2014-90004 February LaFox 02-010-90 VALVERDE, ANDRES 9 ARoad, MARGARETS LN Hills, Illinois the effective date of the original 5. On January 4, 2017, an Order 24, 2017. Interested vendors may 60175 and at 43W870 Empire MARGARETS HI-ACRE Order Admitting the Will to Probate, Admitting call 630-365-5111 extension Road, St. Charles, IL 60175. the Will to Probate 02-010-90 HARRIS BANK NKA BMO HARRIS BANK 2014-90004 9 A MARGARETS LN specifi- Dated you may file a petition with the and/or this CANDLEWOOD 14th of February Appointing the Representa15-118-40 DOFFYN, CARYN 71103 for information and 2014-90006 1184 LOT2017 574 cations.

Court to require proof of the validity tive was entered. KOZUSZEK, RONALD Richard G. LOT Johansen 15-118-40 E 2014-90006 1184 CANDLEWOOD 574 of the Will by testimony or witnesses The 15-118-40 BANK 2014-90006 1184 CANDLEWOOD LOT 574 estate will beU Sadministered Campton Township Clerk (Published in the Elburn Herald on TAKE Court NOTICEsupervision THAT THE ABOVESAID MOBILE HOMES WERE SOLD ON DECEMBER 8, 2014,( Seal FOR ) to the Will in open Court, or other without unless an February 23, 2017) 1267443 DELINQUENT HOME LOCAL SERVICES TAXES FOR THE YEAR 2014 AND PRIOR YEARS, AND THAT evidence, as provided in Article VI interested indepenpartyMOBILE terminates THE supervision PERIOD OF administration REDEMPTION FROM TAKE FURTHER THAT 5/6-21 (755 ILCS 5/6/21).

(Published in the NOTICE Kane County dent

by SUCH SALE EXPIRES JUNE 30, 2017.

TITLE HAS FILED THE A PETITION FOR ORDER DIRECTING 7.Within six (6) months after the filing a petition to terminate under ISSUANCE OF TAX CERTIFICATES OF Chronicle, on BEEN February 23,IN2017) COUNTY, AS TRUSTEE, AND THAT ABOVESAID AS TO THE ABOVE-NAMED MOBILE HOMES BY KANE1267418 effective date of the original Order Section 28-4 CAUSE of the Probate Act (Ill. ON JULY 21, 2017 AT 9:00 AM, SAID PETITIONER WILL APPLY FOR AN ORDER THAT A TAX CERTIFICATE OF Admitting the Will to Probate, you Rev. Stat.

Ch. 110 Par.ABOVESAID 28-4) TITLE ISSUE AS TO1/2, EACH MOBILE HOME NOT REDEEMED ON OR BEFORE JUNE 30, 2017. may file a petition with the Court to (Published in the AS Kendall County /S/ KANE COUNTY TRUSTEE, PETITIONER. contest the validity of the Will as Record on February 9, 16, 23, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK provided under Article VIII 5/8-1 of 2017) 1264646 ADDRESS: 719 S BATAVIA AVE BLDG B, GENEVA, IL 60134 TELEPHONE: (630) 232-5964 the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/8-1).

8.The estate will be administrated February 23, 2017 March 2, 9, 2017 Kane County Chronicle 1267569

Geneva, IL 60134-0112 or with Kanethe County Chronicle / KCChronicle.com Thursday, February 2017 • Will as 200, St. Charles, 23, IL 60174.

Representative, or both.

Any contest the validity •of the

(Published in the Kane County Chronicle on February 9, 16, 23, 2017) 1264055

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF STEPHEN W. WENNMACHER 1071 Almond Drive Aurora, IL 60506 Date and Place of Death: 12/12/2016 Aurora, Illinois PUBLICATION NOTICE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION TO: CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS (ONLY) 1. Notice is hereby given of the death of Stephen W. Wennmacher who died on 12/12/2016, a resident of Aurora, Illinois.

2. The Representative for the estate is: Stephanie Wennmacher, 403 Huntington Ct., Oswego, IL 60543 3. The Attorney for the estate is: G. Alexander McTavish 10 W. State Street, Suite 200 Geneva, IL 60134 4. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before 8/28/2017.

Claims against the estate may be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, 540 S. Randall Rd., St. Charles, IL 60174 or with the Representative, or both. Any claim not filed within that period is barred.

Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered /s/ Signature of Executor Heriverto to the Representative and to the atLopez torney witin 10 days after it has (Published in the Kane County been filed.

Chronicle on February 9, 16, 23, 5. The estate will be administered without Court supervision unless an 2017) 1264098 interested party terminates independent supervision administration by PUBLIC NOTICE filing a petition to terminate under Article XXVIII 5/28-4 of the Probate IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4).

SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT /s/ Stephanie W. Wennmacher KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS Signature of Executor (Published in the Kane County No. 17 MR 130 Chronicle February 16, 23, March 2, 2017) 1265377 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION REGARDING NAME CHANGE Public notice is hereby given that PUBLIC NOTICE on March 24, 2017, in Courtroom IN THE CIRCUIT COURT No. 250 of the Kane County Courtof THE SIXTEENTH house, 100 South Third Street, JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Geneva, Illinois, at the hour of 9:00 KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS a.m. or as soon thereafter as this IN THE MATTER OF THE matter may be heard, a Petition will ESTATE OF: (DECEDENT): be heard in said Courtroom for the JOHN T. JERRARD change of name of CATHERINE 232 N. Jefferson Street MARY RUSSO to CATHERINE Batavia, IL 60510 MARY CREAMER, pursuant to 735 Date and Place of Death: ILCS 5/21-10.

November 13, 2016 – Geneva, IL Case No. 17 P 72 Dated January 31, 2017 at St. PUBLICATION NOTICE Charles, Illinois.

INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION TO: CREDITORS, CLAIMANTS, /s/ Catherine M. Russo UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES Petitioner 1. Notice is hereby given of the death of February 9, 16, 23, 2017 John T. Jerrard Kane County Chronicle 1264116 who died on November 13, 2016, a resident of Batavia, IlliPUBLIC NOTICE nois.

2. The Representative for the esIN THE CIRCUIT COURT tate is: Glenore G. Jerrard, 232 N. FOR THE SIXTEENTH Jefferson Street, Batavia, IL 60510 JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 3. The Attorney for the estate is: KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS Carl F. Safanda, 111 East Side 17 MR 134 Drive, Geneva, IL 60134 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION 4. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before August 30, REGARDING NAME CHANGE Public notice is hereby given that 2017. Claims against the estate on March 31, 2017, in Courtroom may be filed with the Clerk of No. 250, of the Kane County the Circuit Court, P.O. Box 112, Courthouse, 100 South Third Geneva, IL 60134-0112 or with Street, Geneva, Illinois, at the hour the Representative, or both. Any of 9:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter claim not filed within that period is as this matter may heard, a Petition barred. Copies of a claim filed with will be heard in said Courtroom for the Clerk must be mailed or deliv-

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the Tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance Road and Bridge Fund Ordinance #17-1R. At the public hearing, all persons desiring to offer statements or other evidence in support or opposition to the proposed General Town Fund Ordinance #17-1T or the proposed Road and Bridge Ordinance 17-1R as presented, shall be afforded an opportunity to do so orally, or in writing or both. Copies of the proposed Tentative Budgets are available at the Campton Township Community Center, 5N082 Old LaFox Road, Campton Hills, Illinois 60175 and at 43W870 Empire Road, St. Charles, IL 60175.

Dated this 14th of February 2017 Richard G. Johansen Campton Township Clerk ( Seal )

520 W GALENA BLVD, 2FL

PUBLIC NOTICE

IL 60506 located at: ASSUMED NAME 74 CLASSIFIEDAURORA, • Thursday, February 23, 2017 • Kane County Chronicle KCChronicle.com 1032 Dean St /Unit #A ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Dated: 1/27/2017

PUBLICATION NOTICE

/s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk

Public Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 a certificate was filed in the office of (Published in the Kane County the County Clerk of Kane County, Chronicle on February 16, 23, Illinois, setting forth the names and 2017 and March 2, 2017) addresses of all persons owning, 1265466 conducting and transacting the business known as:

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE

Eve's Dream Photography located at: 164 Division St Elgin, IL, 60120

Public Notice is hereby given that on Friday, February 10, 2017 a Dated: 2/14/2017 certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, /s/ John A. Cunningham Illinois, setting forth the names and Kane County Clerk addresses of all persons owning, (Published in the Kane County conducting and transacting the (Published in the Kane County Chronicle, on February 23, 2017) business known as: Chronicle on February 23, March 1267418 2, 9, 2017) 1267425 Darin Anderson Business LOOKING Advancements

FOR DBE'S!

Curran Contracting Company is seeking IDOT approved DBE subcontractors, suppliers, & trucking companies for the 03/03/17 IDOT letting.

Plans & Specs are available at www.dot.state.il.us or email estimating@ currancontracting.com (815) 455-5100 February 23, March 2, 2017 Kane County Chronicle 1266899

PUBLIC NOTICE

Lien Sale Notice of Publication Notice is hereby given that a disposal of property will be Held on 3/3/2017 at 9:00a.m. at 1690 Shanahan Drive, Kane County, in the city of South Elgin, state of Illinois. AAA Storage, Inc will dispose of said property to satisfy the lien on the property stored at AAA Storage, Inc, 1690 & 1685 Shanahan Drive South Elgin, Illinois, 60177 by the following person(s) Autumn Davison unit G5, Scott Diehl unit D27, Doris Dixon unit C30, Charles Eckhardt unit J26, Dane Passo unit F7, Dana Ragiel unit F26, and Anthony Ralls unit E7.

This notice is being published on 2/23/2017 and 3/2/2017 in the Kane County Chronicle in accordance with the S.S.S. Act SHA, Chapter 114, Paragraph 801 et seq. (Illinois Law) This disposition is subject to prior cancellation in the event of settlement between AAA Storage, Inc and the obligated party. This disposition is not open to the public.

February 23, 2017 March 2, 2017 Kane County Chronicle 1267385

located at: 956 South St, Elgin, IL, 60123

Public Notice is hereby given that on Friday, January 27, 2017 a /s/ John A. Cunningham certificate was filed in the office of Kane County Clerk the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and (Published in the Kane County addresses of all persons owning, Chronicle on February 16, 23, conducting and transacting the 2017 and March 2, 2017) business known as: 1266123 Helfrick Recruiting

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as: Automotive Diagnostics Plus located at: 4N862 Middlecreek Ln St Charles, IL, 60175

Dated: 1/27/2017 /s/ John A. Cunningham

located at: 2721 Wessex Drive West Dundee, IL, 60118

ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE

Broderick Development

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 a Dated: 2/6/2017 certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, /s/ John A. Cunningham /s/ John A. Cunningham Illinois, setting forth the names and Kane County Clerk Kane County Clerk addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the (Published in the Kane County (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on February 9, 16, 23, business known as: Chronicle on February 16, 23, 2017) 1263985 2017 and March 2, 2017) Postcraft 1265440

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, January 31, 2017 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as: LR Compliance Services located at: 913 Gosselin Circle Batavia, IL, 60510

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE

located at: 254 Kenston Ct. Geneva, IL 60134

located at: 95 N 17th St St. Charles, IL 60174 Dated: 2/7/2017

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby given that on Friday, February 17, 2017 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and (Published in the Kane County addresses of all persons owning, Chronicle on February 9, 16, 23, conducting and transacting the business known as: 2017) 1263975

ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE

Powell Home Services located at: 1171 Giese Rd Batavia, IL, 60510 Dated: 2/17/2017 /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on February 23, March 2, 9, 2017) 1267428

MD Service located at: 306 Bent St Elgin,IL, 60120

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE

Dated: 2/9/2017

Public Notice is hereby given that on Friday, February 17, 2017 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and (Published in the Kane County addresses of all persons owning, Chronicle on February 23, March conducting and transacting the 2, 9, 2017) 1267427 business known as: /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE

Prairie Street Glass Studio located at: 376 Prairie St Elgin, IL, 60120

Dated: 2/21/2017

Public Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 Dated: 2/17/2017 certificate was filed in the office a /s/ John A. Cunningham /s/ John A. Cunningham of the County Clerk of Kane County, Kane County Clerk Kane County Clerk Illinois, setting forth the names and (Published in the Kane County addresses of all persons owning, (Published in the Kane County conducting and transacting the Chronicle on February 23, March Chronicle on February 23, March business known as: 2, 9, 2017) 1268028 2, 9, 2017) 1267429 MI PUEBLITO

PUBLIC NOTICE

ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as: J. A. Monty Design and Home Solutions located at: 1032 Dean St Unit #A St Charles, IL, 60174

Public Notice is hereby given that Dated: 2/14/2017

located at: 107 Valley Dr Elburn, IL, 60119

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE

Shlimon Odisho Trucking located at: 26 Creekside Circle Unit A Elgin, IL, 60123

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE

located at: 368 Bluff City Blvd. Suite 201 Elgin, IL, 60120 Dated: 2/14/2017

Project and Process Solutions located at: 381 Fountain Ave, Elgin, IL, 60124

Public Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 a Dated: 1/27/2017

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby given that on Friday, January 27, 2017 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as: FOBRAS LANDSCAPING COMPANY

located at: 520 W GALENA BLVD, 2FL Public Notice is hereby given that AURORA, IL 60506 Dated: 1/30/2017 on Friday, February 3, 2017 a certificate was filed in the office of the Dated: 1/27/2017 /s/ John A. Cunningham County Clerk of Kane County, IlliKane County Clerk nois, setting forth the names and /s/ John A. Cunningham addresses of all persons owning, Kane County Clerk (Published in the Kane County conducting and transacting the Chronicle on February 9, 16, 23, business known as: (Published in the Kane County 2017) 1263970 Chronicle on February 16, 23, Top Quality Detailing 2017 and March 2, 2017) 1265461 PUBLIC NOTICE located at: 1508 Laurel Ct. ASSUMED NAME Sleepy Hollow, IL 60118 PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLICATION NOTICE Dated: 2/3/2017 ASSUMED NAME Public Notice is hereby given that PUBLICATION NOTICE on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 a /s/ John A. Cunningham certificate was filed in the office of Kane County Clerk Public Notice is hereby given that the County Clerk of Kane County, on Wednesday, January 25, Illinois, setting forth the names and (Published in the Kane County a certificate was filed in the 2017 addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the Chronicle on February 9, 16, 23, office of the County Clerk of Kane 2017) 1264767 County, Illinois, setting forth the business known as: names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transactswell gallery ing the business known as: PUBLIC NOTICE located at: Greg's Hand Wash and Detail ASSUMED NAME 123 1/2 W Main St West Dundee, IL, 60118 PUBLICATION NOTICE located at: Public Notice is hereby given that 1910 West Plum St Dated: 2/14/2017 on Monday, February 6, 2017 a Aurora, IL 60506 certificate was filed in the office of /s/ John A. Cunningham the County Clerk of Kane County, Dated: 1/25/2017 Kane County Clerk Illinois, setting forth the names and /s/ John A. Cunningham (Published in the Kane County addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the Kane County Clerk Chronicle on February 23, March business known as: 2, 9, 2017) 1267424 (Published in the Kane County Executive Ink Art Collection Chronicle on February 16, 23, and March 2, 2017) 2017 PUBLIC NOTICE located at: 1265459 1365 N. LaFox St. ASSUMED NAME South Elgin, IL 60177 PUBLICATION NOTICE

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Public Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as: Vary located at: 316 N. Western Ave Carpentersville, IL, 60110

Dated: 2/14/2017 Public Notice is hereby given that on Friday, January 27, 2017 a /s/ John A. Cunningham /s/ John A. Cunningham certificate was filed in the office of Kane County Clerk Kane County Clerk the County Clerk of Kane County, (Published in the Kane County Illinois, setting forth the names and (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on February 23, March addresses of all persons owning, Chronicle on February 23, March conducting and transacting the 2, 9, 2017) 1267423 2, 9, 2017) 1267420 business known as: Dated: 2/15/2017

located at: 309 South 13th Street St. Charles, IL 60174

Dated: 1/27/2017

Public Notice is hereby given that on Monday, January 30, 2017 a /s/ John A. Cunningham certificate was filed in the office of Kane County Clerk the County Clerk of Kane County, setting forth the names and Illinois, (Published in the Kane County (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on February 16, 23, addresses of all persons owning, Chronicle on February 23, March 2017 and March 2, 2017) conducting and transacting the 2, 9, 2017) 1267419 business known as: 1265367

/s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk

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/s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk

Dated: 1/31/2017

Public Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, February 09, 2017 a certificate was filed in the office of /s/ John A. Cunningham the County Clerk of Kane County, Kane County Clerk Illinois, setting forth the names and (Published in the Kane County addresses of all persons owning, Chronicle on February 9, 16, 23, conducting and transacting the business known as: 2017) 1263965

Public Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, February 21, 2017 a certificate was filed in the office of /s/ John A. Cunningham the County Clerk of Kane County, Kane County Clerk Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, (Published in the Kane County conducting and transacting the Chronicle on February 23, March business known as: 2, 9, 2017) 1267426 Intrinsic Yoga

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Public Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, /s/ John A. Cunningham Illinois, setting forth the names and Kane County Clerk addresses of all persons owning, (Published in the Kane County conducting and transacting the Chronicle on February 23, March business known as: 2, 9, 2017) 1267421 PlasticJarStore.com Dated: 2/14/2017

Dated: 1/27/2017

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located at: Public Notice is hereby given that 39 W 108 Campton Hills Dr on Friday, January 27, 2017 a St Charles, IL, 60175 certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Dated: 1/27/2017 Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, /s/ John A. Cunningham conducting and transacting the Kane County Clerk business known as: (Published in the Kane County ALEXME PAINTER & Chronicle on February 9, 16, 23, CONSTRUCTION CO. 2017) 1263980 located at: 520 W GALENA BLVD, 2FL AURORA, IL 60506

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Dated: 2/6/2017 /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on February 16, 23, 2017 and March 2, 2017) 1265432

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ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on Friday, February 3, 2017 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as: Handyman Home Services

located at: 720 Lafayette St Public Notice is hereby given that Aurora, IL 60505 on Monday, February 6, 2017 a certificate was filed in the office of Dated: 2/3/2017 the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and /s/ John A. Cunningham addresses of all persons owning, Kane County Clerk conducting and transacting the business known as: (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on February 16, 23, Extravagant Painting 2017 and March 2, 2017) 1265455 located at: 309 South 13th Street Find. Buy. Sell.

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located at: Public Notice is hereby given that 520 W GALENA BLVD, 2FL on Friday, February 3, 2017 a cer- AURORA, IL 60506 tificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illi- Dated: 1/27/2017 nois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, /s/ John A. Cunningham conducting and transacting the Kane County Clerk business known as: PUBLIC NOTICE (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on February 16, 23, Living Image Solutions ASSUMED NAME 2017 and March 2, 2017) PUBLICATION NOTICE located at: 1265465 2694 Berkshire Drive Public Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, February 09, 2017 Geneva, IL 60134 PUBLIC NOTICE a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Dated: 2/3/2017 ASSUMED NAME Illinois, setting forth the names and PUBLICATION NOTICE addresses of all persons owning, /s/ John A. Cunningham conducting and transacting the Kane County Clerk Public Notice is hereby given that business known as: on Tuesday, January 31, 2017 a (Published in the Kane County certificate was filed in the office of Chronicle on February 16, 23, the County Clerk of Kane County, Happily Inspired 2017 and March 2, 2017) Illinois, setting forth the names and 1265452 located at: addresses of all persons owning, 39 W225 Acres Pl., conducting and transacting the Geneva, IL, 60134 business known as:

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Dated: 2/9/2017 /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on February 16, 23, 2017 and March 2, 2017) 1266131

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as: JBS ENTERPRISE located at: 435 ERICKSON COURT PO BOX 8019 ELBURN, IL 60119 Dated: 2/7/2017

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located at: 401 S 1st, Unit 308 Public Notice is hereby given that St. Charles, IL 60174 on Thursday, February 2, 2017 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Dated: 1/31/2017 Illinois, setting forth the names and /s/ John A. Cunningham addresses of all persons owning, Kane County Clerk conducting and transacting the business known as: (Published in the Kane County PRESTON SMITH PHOTOGRAPHY Chronicle on February 16, 23, 2017 and March 2, 2017) 1265426 located at: 3440 ANTOINE PL PUBLIC NOTICE ST CHARLES, IL 60175 SUPPLEMENTAL Dated: 2/2/2017 ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk Public Notice is hereby given that on Monday, January 30, 2017 a (Published in the Kane County certificate was filed in the office of Chronicle on February 16, 23, the County Clerk of Kane County, 2017 and March 2, 2017) Illinois, concerning the business 1265456 known as CLOVE TECHNOLOGIES

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/s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk

Public Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, January 12, 2017 a (Published in the Kane County certificate was filed in the office of Chronicle on February 16, 23, the County Clerk of Kane County, 2017 and March 2, 2017) Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, 1265419 conducting and transacting the business known as:

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Krishnam P Raju and Udaya P Raju have 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.

Dated: 1/30/2017 /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk

Public Notice is hereby given that on Monday, January 30, 2017 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Public Notice is hereby given that Illinois, concerning the business (Published in the Kane County on Friday, January 27, 2017 a known as Chronicle on February 16, 23, certificate was filed in the office of Triad Services 2017 and March 2, 2017) the County Clerk of Kane County, setting forth the names and Illinois, 1265447 located at 39W142 Warner Lane, addresses of all persons owning, Geneva, IL, 60134 which certificonducting and transacting the cate sets forth the following business known as: PUBLIC NOTICE changes in the operation thereof: /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk

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located at: Public Notice is hereby given that 520 W GALENA BLVD, 2FL on Friday, February 3, 2017 a cer- AURORA, IL 60506 tificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illi- Dated: 1/27/2017 nois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, /s/ John A. Cunningham

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Krishnam P Raju and Udaya P Raju have 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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Dated: 1/30/2017 /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on February 9, 16, 23, 2017) 1264036

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on Friday, February 3, 2017 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as: Tonye Tariah Holistic Fitness and Health Coaching located at: 1750 N Marywood Ave #305 Aurora, IL 60505 Dated: 2/3/2017 /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on February 16, 23, 2017 and March 2, 2017) 1265471 Check us out online

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located at 39W142 Warner Lane, Geneva, IL, 60134 which certificate sets forth the following changes in the operation thereof:

located at: (Published in the Kane County Public Notice is hereby given that 833 North Avenue Chronicle on February 9, 16, 23, on Monday, February 6, 2017 a Aurora, IL 60505 2017) 1264043 certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Dated: 1/12/2017 Wake up with Illinois, setting forth the names and Kane County Chronicle addresses of all persons owning, /s/ John A. Cunningham 5 days a week.

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