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GETTING STARTED ON THE COVER Josh Stewart (from left), 12, of St. Charles; Garfield Farm museum assistant site manager Joseph Coleman; Emma Stewart, 15, of St. Charles; and Boyd Eggen, 10, of Geneva feed the turkeys as part of the museum’s camp in Campton Hills.

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CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS The headline for the story on page 4 of the July 14 edition of the St. Charles Kane County Chronicle requires clarification.

A hotel and bank are being proposed for the First Street redevelopment project. An amendment to the existing plans has not yet been approved. Accuracy is important to the St. Charles Kane County Chronicle, and we want to correct mistakes promptly. Call errors to our attention by phone, 630-8455355; email, stcharles@shawmedia.com.

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“Personally, I’ve always loved the location and the downtown homeyness of St. Charles. It holds a lot of memories for me.” – Marie Bush-Smithey of North Port, Fla., formerly of Virgil

Send us a sentence or two about something you love in St. Charles to stcharles@shawmedia.com and we’ll share it in print and online at KCChronicle.com.

Candidate coverage discussed during recent ‘Tales From the Trail’ program DEKALB – The Northern Illinois Newspaper Association hosted its annual spring training program last month at the Northern Illinois University Campus Life Building in DeKalb.

The program, “Tales From the Trail,” examined how the media covers elections.

The event was broken down into three sections: the first explored how hard it is to write an engaging and fair election-based story and how election coverage is changing with the shifting political and media landscapes; the second discussed what the press does well when covering politics and where it falls short; and the third delved into how digital coverage of elections is evolving and what are effective strategies for using various social media platforms in election coverage.

Panelist Jim Webb, a former political editor for the Chicago Tribune who is now with the public relations firm Serafin & Associates, noted that lending context to political stories can help media outlets stand out in a world markedly different from the past – a world where, because of advancements in technology, “everyone

EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK Kathy Balcazar is in the wire service.”

“It’s an incredibly challenging environment,” he said. “How do you make a difference for your readers? I would argue that you add context.”

Fellow panelist Chuck Sweeny, senior political editor for the Rockford Register Star, discussed how he took two road trips as part of covering the 2004 presidential contest between George W. Bush and John Kerry.

While on the trips, he asked regular people what they thought about that election. And during the training program, he contrasted the road trips with having covered multiple GOP and Democratic national conventions (first noting to laughs from the audience that “the Republicans have better booze” at those conventions).

“I went to places that were obscure and places that were well-known, like the St. Louis Arch,” Sweeny said of the two trips that he took. “I think that

ended up as better stories than going to a convention where I’m doing the same thing 150,000 others are doing.”

Professor Matthew Streb, chairman of the NIU Department of Political Science, and Bill Catching, a former journalist and current supervisor for Aurora Township and spokesman for the mayor of Aurora, joined Webb for the second part of the training program.

While discussing where the media excels and where it is lacking, Streb said, “In general, I think the media gets a bum rap. … At the end of the day, people get the information that they need from the news media to make decisions.”

But he noted that journalists should be cautious of falling into the 24-hour news cycle, recommending that they often take a step back to ask themselves whether a particular event or happening actually matters in the long run.

Catching, meanwhile, took a question from the audience about what journalists might not realize about elected officials, answering that the vast majority of politicians are human;

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Campton Hills fires village administrator

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com CAMPTON HILLS – Campton Hills trustees voted 5-1 at a special meeting July 13 to dismiss its first administrator, Jennifer Johnsen.

The village was incorporated in 2007. Johnsen began her position as administrator in January 2014. Johnsen said her agreement allows for termination with or without cause.

“So, that is all I can really say – there was no cause,” Johnsen said.

“It’s just my understanding they wanted to go in a different direction. It was for political purposes. They just have political ambitions. I’m not sure what those ambitions are, but they don’t include me. That’s all I know.”

Neither Village President Harry Blecker nor trustee Mike Millette –

who cast the lone no vote against firing Johnsen – would comment about “political ambitions.”

“I do see where she feels that,” Millette said. “I don’t know that that’s exactly what I saw, but I certainly would not take away her feeling that. I can certainly empathize with her.”

Millette said he voted no because there were other avenues to address the issues raised by other board members.

“I didn’t feel that the concerns of the rest of the board were of a magnitude that warranted this action,” Millette said.

Blecker said he advocated against taking a vote to fire Johnsen.

“Obviously, it was a difficult decision and the vote was taken over my objections,” Blecker said. “I’m not allowed to vote. I only vote if there is a tie. I objected to the whole procedure. I

objected to dismissing her. I preferred her not to be dismissed.”

Blecker said Johnsen gets 30 days’ notice and three months salary, plus benefits. Her termination is effective Aug. 12, but she has enough paid time off accumulated not to return to work, Blecker said.

In the meantime, Blecker said he and the administrative assistant are filling in while an interim administrator is being sought. Trustee Laura Andersen said she could not talk about the reasons behind Johnsen’s dismissal.

“She was dismissed without cause,” Andersen said. “‘With cause’ means pretty serious offenses, which she did not do. There has been a lot of talk about a divided board, but it was obvious from the vote that five trustees voted in favor of this action. We are not a divided board.”

Get to know Zach Smith South Elgin resident Zach Smith, 18, was playing “Pokemon Go” at Mount St. Mary Park in St. Charles when he answered questions for the Kane County Chronicle’s Ashley Sloboda.

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INAUGURAL FAMILY FUN DAY AT THE HISTORY MUSEUM

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WHEN: 8:45 to 9:15 a.m. July 26 WHERE: The Salvation Army, 1710 S. Seventh Ave., St. Charles INFO: Imelda Garcia of Senior Services will answer Medicare questions and provide details about Senior Services. By appointment. Call 630-377-2769, ext. 210. Bingo begins at 9:30 a.m., and lunch will be at 11:30 a.m. To reserve a meal, call 630377-2769, ext. 213, a day in advance.

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INFLATABLES DAY AT PHEASANT RUN RESORT

WHEN: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. July 22 WHERE: Pheasant Run Resort, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles COST & INFO: Adults and children are welcome to this event, which will feature a 33-foot slip-and-slide and a 22-foot fireand-ice slide. A splash island also will be available for younger children. Cost is $10 a person. For information, call 630-5846300.

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PUPPETS WITH THE JUNIOR FRIENDS

WHEN: 11 to 11:20 a.m. July 25 WHERE: St. Charles Public Library, 1 S. Sixth Ave., St. Charles INFO: Student storytellers will present this puppet show, which is for children 5 and younger with a caregiver. Attendees may drop in.

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GARDENING WEBINAR

WHEN: 1:30 p.m. July 26 and 6:30 p.m. July 28 WHERE: Online COST & INFO: Diane Plewa, diagnostician at the University of Illinois Plant Clinic, will discuss some of the most common problems seen on oaks across Illinois.

Topics include serious diseases, such as oak wilt and bur oak blight, as well as less serious problems. Webinar sessions are free and open to all to view online, but participants must register in advance at http://go.illinois.edu/4seasons_webinars.

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WHEN: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 31 WHERE: St. Charles History Museum, 215 E. Main St., St. Charles, and the top deck of the adjacent Third Street parking garage COST & INFO: Carnival games, kid-friendly food, live music, a dunk tank, face painting and a trackless train are among the activities planned. Cost is $25 for a family of four and includes admission, 25 game tickets, a bag of popcorn and a bottle of water. Individual tickets are $10 and include the same benefits but only 10 game tickets. For information or to buy tickets, visit www.stcmuseum.org/events or the museum from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday.

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An archaeologist Are you studying anything in that field? I am not.

What’s your favorite ice cream flavor? Chocolate marshmallow What’s a TV show you’d recommend? “Parks and Recreation” Do you have a favorite place to go on vacation? Florida Do you have any pets? One dog, Ruby.

What was your first job? Swim coach What’s an interesting factoid about yourself? I love to run. I was a member of the St. Charles North cross country team.

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How many Pokemon have you caught here? Ten or 15 just around the circle.

How many do you have total?

Way too many.

Where did you grow up? South Elgin Do you have a favorite summer activity? I like to swim.

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Siblings Emma, 15, and Josh Stewart, 12, of St. Charles feed the turkeys as part of the Garfield Farm Museum Camp in Campton Hills. Campers had the chance to experience farm life through guided tours of the museum’s historic barns and 1846 brick inn, and began each day by helping to feed the museum’s farm animals.

Photos by Sandy Bressner - sbressner@shawmedia.com

Garfield Farm gives kids ‘old-fashioned’ experience

By ASHLEY SLOBODA asloboda@shawmedia.com CAMPTON HILLS – With a yoke hoisted on his shoulders and a Garfield Farm staff member following close behind, 12-year-old Josh Stewart on a recent sunny day carried two buckets of water to the property’s turkeys, the last of the animals to be fed and watered that morning.

The task was just one of several activities the St. Charles boy – along with his sister, Emma, 15, and Geneva resident Boyd Eggen, 10 – did as part of a three-day camp at Garfield Farm.

Assistant Site Manager Joseph Coleman said about 10 children were expected to attend the second camp session planned for July 19 to 21.

By the last day of their session, Emma, Josh and Boyd seemed to know just what to do when it came to feeding the animals, but would sometimes get direction from Coleman.

“Did the geese get some food?”

Coleman said to the trio earlier in the morning rounds, adding that “a scoop will do.”

Nowadays, Coleman said, most people are removed from typical farm life, so the camp – which teaches children ages 8 to 15 about 1840s farm and prairie life – gives kids a chance to interact with historically appropriate farm animals and to try historical trades, such as blacksmithing, and dances.

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Coleman taught Emma, Josh and Boyd the Virginia reel and the waltz after describing what a ball might have been like in the 1800s.

“It might last all the way until dawn,” Coleman said, asking if they could imagine having to feed the chickens after staying up all night.

Earlier in the week, the kids participated in ice block relay races using ice tongs and tried writing with a pen and ink, Coleman said.

Emma, who has been participating in the camp for several years, said she enjoys the “old-fashioned way of doing all the chores.”

Plus, she said, she likes the animals.

Her brother agreed.

“Feeding the animals is really fun,” Josh said.

Turkeys, oxen, pigs, sheep and chicken are among the animals that call Garfield Farm home. Many are endangered breeds, Coleman said, noting the Java chicken as an example.

Boyd said interacting with the animals at Garfield Farm is not the same as visiting animals at a petting zoo.

“You can really see how the animals Garfield Farm Museum Assistant Site Manager Joseph Coleman helps Boyd Eggen, 10, act,” he said. of Geneva carry a yoke to feed the turkeys as part of the Garfield Farm Museum Camp.

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Artificial turf field efforts hit a snag

J.D. Rodriguez of Batavia (left), Katelyn Jassoy of St. Charles (right) and Maddy Donatelli of Geneva (on floor) rehearse a scene for the Vero Voce production of “Heathers: The Musical” at the Pheasant Run Mainstage Theater in St. Charles.

By ASHLEY SLOBODA asloboda@shawmedia.com ST. CHARLES – The St. Charles North High School Booster Club’s hopes to start fundraising for an artificial turf field hit a snag July 11 when it failed to garner enough support from school board members.

Board President Kathy Hewell said the board’s endorsement would merely give the boosters permission to solicit businesses and advertising for a “very big project.”

She said their efforts wouldn’t be as successful without support from the board.

“This doesn’t commit the board to do anything,” she said.

The resolution under consideration did, however, outline possible cost-sharing scenarios. In one option, the booster club would contribute two-thirds of the costs up to $666,667 and the board would contribute one-third of the cost, as well as any future replacement of the artificial turf.

In the second option, the parties would split the cost, and the booster club would pay for any future replacement.

Hewell said the boosters won’t know how much money they can secure until they try.

Board member Jim Gaffney said the existing field isn’t always in usable condition, but an artificial field would be usable every day of the year.

Board member Lori Linkimer said she was concerned about possible advertising along Red Gate Road.

Board member Ed McNally said he had reservations about using artificial turf and would want to have a “very thorough discussion” about whether to install natural or artificial turf.

The motion to approve the resolution failed when the board’s vote ended in a tie. McNally, Linkimer and Steve Spurling voted against it, while Hewell, Gaffney and Corinne Pierog supported it.

Nick Manheim was absent.

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Cult musical to amp up teen angst

By RENEE TOMELL rtomell@shawmedia.com A cult movie reimagined as a musical is about to bring its darkly humorous vision to the Pheasant Run stage in a production by Vero Voce of St. Charles, featuring a cast from the Tri-Cities and beyond.

“It’s an over-the-top look at all the [high school] cliques and ways teenagers and others react to other types of people,” said musical director Dawn Harkins of St. Charles, co-owner of Vero Voce with husband Dennis Brown, the show’s producer. “We cast it age appro-

priately – high school and early college, and adults playing … teachers and parents.”

It’s about Veronica Sawyer, a brainy, beautiful teen misfit who hustles her way into the ruthless clique called the Heathers and falls in love with a dangerously sexy new kid. Describing the show as hilarious, heartfelt and homicidal, the troupe notes it includes intense adult themes and is recommended for mature audiences only.

Playing the character Kurt is J.D. Rodriguez. Although he’s just entering his sophomore year at Batavia High

School this fall, he already has an impressive resume.

“I was on Broadway in 2012 in ‘Christmas Story: The Musical,’” said Rodriguez, a tenor whose range now extends to bass. “I was Schwartz, the kid who tells the other kid to stick his tongue to the flagpole.”

For that musical, he appeared in the tap number “You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out” in the 2013 broadcast of the Tony awards, a performance people can catch on YouTube.

Lately, he’s been too busy competing in track and golf to

If you go n WHAT: Vero Voce’s

“Heathers: The Musical” n WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Fridays

and Saturdays and 6 p.m.

Sundays, July 22 to 31 n WHERE: Pheasant Run Mainstage Theater, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles n COST: $16 general admission, $12 students and seniors n INFO: Visit verovoce.com or call 630-584-6342 or 630-584-0139.

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City, chamber officials welcome Firestone St. Charles Chamber of Commerce and city of St. Charles officials join in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Firestone Complete Auto Care, 1645 E. Main St., St. Charles.

Photo provided

Group seeks 7 families to host foreign students

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By ASHLEY SLOBODA Photo provided

BNI Active Business Connections recently make a donation to Lazarus House on behalf of FONA. Pictured are BNI Vice President Randall Hall (from left), FONA President Joe Slawek, Lazarus House Executive Director Liz Eakins, BNI President Tiffany Carter and BNI mentor Dr. Matthew Waln.

Area business donates to Lazarus House KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com A St. Charles organization that serves the homeless recently got a financial bump from a group of business owners.

BNI Active Business Connections made a $1,250 donation July 7 to Lazarus House on behalf of Flavors of North America, a news release said.

The release indicated this was a way for BNI Active Business Connections to publicly thank FONA, which hosts the group’s weekly meetings at its Geneva facility.

According to the release, BNI is a worldwide network referral marketing organization with local chapters.

Active Business Connections is composed of business owners from West Chicago,

Bartlett, Batavia, Wheaton, St Charles and Geneva, the release stated. The group meets at 7:30 a.m. Thursdays to build each other’s businesses.

Visitors are welcome.

Contact BNI mentor Matthew Waln at drwaln@sbcglobal.net for information.

For information about supporting Lazarus House, contact Liz Eakins at LizE@ lazarushouseonline.com.

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St. Charles Chamber of Commerce and city of St. Charles officials join in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Two Wild Seeds Baking Company, 320 W. Main St., St. Charles.

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Continued from page 2 that it can be difficult for them to campaign; that – as part of campaigning – they often have to request money from their friends and others; that they are not all narcissists, as many of them want to help; and that they work hard.

Roger Ruthhart, president of the NINA Board and managing editor of The Dispatch and Rock Island Argus, and Nicole Franz,

who has served as a digital editor for the Northwest Herald, a sister paper of the Kane County Chronicle, led the final part of the program.

Ruthhart used a projector to show the audience a new electronic database for candidates that his operation was creating, while Franz discussed using new digital tools such as ScribbleLive for election reporting.

“I think as we try and figure out how to do more with less people and also present more information digitally … that’s one thing we’re work-

ing on,” Ruthhart said of the candidate database he presented. “I challenge you all to look for ways that we can do our reporting smarter and easier, and maybe better.”

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

Families who want to temporarily add one more to their clan now have their chance.

Terra Lingua USA, a nonprofit that promotes global awareness and cultural understanding one student at a time, is seeking volunteer host families for high school exchange students coming to the St. Charles, Geneva and Batavia area for the 2016-17 school year, according to a news release.

The organization’s St. Charles representative, Rheanna Valdez-Reed, said families from Elburn and Sugar Grove may also apply.

The students come from more than 20 countries, including Spain, Brazil and Thailand, Valdez-Reed said.

The release indicated the students pass an application process for academic achievement, behavioral expectations and English proficiency. Each student arrives with medical insurance and spending money, the release stated.

Families may specify which gender they want to host, Valdez-Reed said.

“We work with families to help them choose the best fit for their family,” she said.

She said families with and without children may apply.

Prospective host families are interviewed and given an orientation, Valdez-Reed said, adding the families receive support from a local coordinator such as herself throughout the year.

Host families are expected to provide exchange students with room and board and treat them as a family member, she said.

Students generally stay with their host families for an academic year, Valdez-Reed said.

Families not sure whether they want to commit to a year may choose to be a temporary host family, Valdez-Reed said.

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try out for school plays, but hopes this winter will offer a stage opportunity.

He was introduced to Vero Voce when his sister tried out for “Annie Jr.” earlier in the year. He ended up cast as Rooster. In “Heathers,” he said he plays a stereotypical idiot jock.

“It’s a super fun role,” Rodriguez said. “It’s really raunchy – a dark, dark, dark comedy. It’s super funny but inappropriate. I’m so excited to do [a role] that shows the contrast of what I’m able to do with my acting.”

In “Heathers,” the body count stacks up and the themes are explicit. Harkins calls the show’s music fantastic, and said it incorporates pop, rock and ’50s rockabilly.

She said gospel comes into play in a number featuring the character Ms. Fleming, a teacher portrayed by Sarah Heylmun, who just graduated from Batavia High School and will attend Illinois Wesleyan University as a theater major. “[In] ‘Shine a Light,’ the entire ensemble sings and she has these improvisatory higher notes over them – really cool,” Harkins said.

Choreographing the show is Haleigh Hutchinson of Geneva, who pursued musical theater with a dance focus in college, and was one of Harkins’ original voice students.

Cast members include Collin Callahan, Hanna Gustin, Tim Gustin, Anna Harms, Heylmun, Justin Knautz, Nathan Knautz, Paige Lindsay, Rodriguez, Natalie Sweeney, Maisie Sweeney and Maisy Wilson, all of Batavia; Demie Anderson, Jill Danklefsen and Maddy Donatelli, all of Geneva; Kayla Bussert, Ryan Bussert and Jackie Majure, all of South Elgin; Dennis Brown, Katie Czajka, Maggie Kinney, Brooke Lynch, Lauren Nicole, Katelyn Jassoy, Maddi LeBlanc and Gabrielle Willaert, all of St. Charles; Charlie Karner of Elgin; and Steve Schroeder of Warrenville.

“Heathers” is directed by the Stella Adler Academy of Acting-trained David Rodriguez [no relation to J.D.], who is an instructor at Vero Voce in St. Charles, which offers classes for all ages in voice, all instruments, acting, improv and individual coaching.

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The Kane County Fair runs through July 24 at the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles.

‘Make room for some fun’ at Kane County Fair

By ASHLEY SLOBODA asloboda@shawmedia.com ST. CHARLES – Larry Breon understands that people are busy. But he hopes they can enjoy themselves at the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles for the annual fair, which ends July 24.

“Take time and make room for some fun,” said Breon, Kane County Fair Board president. “Come to the Kane County Fair.”

He especially encouraged people to visit if they haven’t been to the fairgrounds since it was remodeled about seven years ago.

“It’s not like it used to be,” Breon said, describing the facilities as modern and up-to-date.

The Kane County Fair offers various activities for visitors.

obstacle course and floor hockey.

Live music is planned daily for the soundstage. This year’s lineup includes 7th heaven at 7:30 p.m. July 21, n WHAT: Kane County Fair Hi-Infidelity at 8 p.m. July 22, Hillbilly n WHEN: Midway hours are 3 to 11 p.m.

Rockstarz at 7 p.m. July 23, Mariachi July 21, noon to midnight July 22 and Tierra Jaliscience at 3 p.m. July 24, 23, and noon to 10 p.m. July 24 and Mariachi Universal at 6:30 p.m. n WHERE: Kane County Fairgrounds, July 24, according to a press release.

525 S. Randall Road, St. Charles The mariachi bands are a first for n COST: Admission varies by day but the fair, Breon said, adding organizers is always free for children younger decided to give them a try based on the than 3. popularity of the music. n INFO: kanecountyfair.com Breon said the grandstand, which requires an additional admission charge, also has a new element to its In addition to carnival rides, the event schedule: the Charro Mexican Horsefeatures daily outdoor family activities – man Show set for 7 p.m. July 21. including the Swifty Swine Racing Pigs, Other grandstand entertainment a magic show and a petting zoo – as well includes professional championship as indoor activities such as a kid-friendly bull riders, a performance by country

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The release indicated admission prices vary by act.

Breon noted the fair also offers an aspect other local festivals don’t.

“We have livestock,” he said, adding fairgoers may watch 4-H members auction off their animals on July 24.

For those who have never attended an auction, Breon said it’s fun just to watch the pageantry of the event.

This year, smartphone users have a new way to get information about the fair. Breon said the organization recently unveiled the free Kane County Fairgrounds App, which he described as easy to use.

Those who prefer the fair’s website may visit www.kanecountyfair.com for information.

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Mother of the Year? This mallard hen guides her large brood past predators and a variety of other local hazards while also keeping them safe from storms and weather extremes.

Mama duck could be Mother of the Year I couldn’t believe my eyes.

But there she was, smack dab in the middle of downtown St. Charles.

A bona fide Mother of the Year sitting with her nine half-grown offspring.

Nine!

They were near the Main Street bridge – below and a little to the south, actually – occupying a ledge by what used to be the Manor Restaurant.

Mom was off to the side, and the kids were heaped in a mound beside her.

Everyone looked clean and well fed, which in itself was pretty remarkable.

But the fact there were so many little ones – two more than TV’s Waltons, four more than the Partridge family – and that she raised them alone, with no help from her mate, made her achievement extraordinary indeed.

I had to stop, take a few photos and give a round of applause (discreetly, lest the “Pokemon Go” people think I was clapping for them). I’d have given three cheers if I could have for this distinguished Anas platyrhynchos, which you might know more familiarly as the mallard duck.

Nine baby anythings would be a lot to keep track of, but keeping nine baby ducks healthy and out of harm’s way, in the middle of a downtown area, is truly amazing.

GOOD NATURED Pam Otto Ducklings – flightless, soft and fluffy, with absolutely zero defenses – are on the menu for just about every carnivore that frequents the Fox River. Snapping turtles. Muskellunge, or muskies. Raccoons. Mink. Herons.

Hawks and owls. If you take into account the fact that those ducklings started out as duck eggs, the predator inventory grows even larger and includes coyotes, foxes and skunks.

The surrounding streetscape is rife with threats as well. Dogs and cats think nothing of batting a baby ducky around, and feral cats especially appreciate having duck for dinner.

Traffic takes its toll, too, as do storm drain grates with gaps that measure almost exactly one duckling wide.

Litter also can be deadly, with nylon mesh and fishing line being particularly hazardous to waterfowl – babies and adults alike.

Moreover, ducks in our area face pressure from a most unlikely source: well-meaning humans.

Mallards, in fact all waterfowl in

our area, lay eggs at a rate of about one per day. A female will delay incubation until the last egg is laid, keeping her nest well-concealed between each “deposit.” In this way she ensures that her entire brood will hatch within a few hours of each other. The young, which are precocial, can walk around and feed themselves shortly after hatching. They still need mama’s care and will fall in line and follow her, sometimes for blocks and over a period of days, until a water source is found.

Where these natural processes run a-fowl, ha, is when people interfere.

Sometimes it’s a nest that’s found and declared abandoned. Fans of the TV sitcom “Modern Family” may recall Phil Dunphy did exactly this over a series of episodes one season. Hollywood liberties aside, “rescuing” eggs typically doesn’t work out well at all.

And “rescuing” ducklings that have hatched far from water succeeds only in separating the young from their parent, the one creature that is eminently qualified to care for them.

Even if they successfully navigate this gantlet of peril, baby ducks still can fall victim to a variety of other hazards, including weather extremes, disease and parasites – a daunting

array of dangers if there ever was one.

Yet there on the concrete shelf below the Main Street bridge, among the driftwood and assorted flotsam that makes its way into our Fox River, those nine not-so-little ones sat in peaceful repose amid the relative safety of that ledge.

If we were to ever host a Mother of the Year contest for wildlife, we’d find there are countless contenders.

The robin that shields her young from a storm. The squirrel that totes her babies, one by one, to a safer location.

The killdeer that pretends to have a broken wing in an effort to draw attention away from her brood.

This mama mallard would face some stiff competition, for sure.

There’s actually a good chance she wouldn’t win. But when all is said and done, she doesn’t need a contest or ceremony. Her achievements speak, or maybe quack, for themselves.

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 630-5134346 or potto@stcparks.org. Feedback on this column can be sent to editorial@kcchronicle.com.

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Game players I’ve never been a huge video game player, besides the Nintendo Game Boy I got for Christmas as a tooold-for-games teenager many years ago.

After being shamed by my mom for wanting the game system, she reluctantly bought it for me and – not too long after – became addicted to the game “Tetris” herself.

Having been out of town during the release of the “Pokemon Go” application, I felt out of the loop. I admit I was skeptical that this game would be as big a deal as Facebook and other social media outlets made it out to be when I set out to photograph Kane County residents playing the game.

I wasn’t even at Mount St. Mary Park for a whole minute when I noticed multiple groups of people walking around, staring at their phones, looking for Pokemon characters.

Pictured: Haley Cisewski (left), 13, and Payton Baxter, 12, both of St. Charles, wander Mount St. Mary Park in St. Charles in search of “Pokemon Go” game items.

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By RENEE TOMELL rtomell@shawmedia.com BATAVIA – A new way to navigate the Fox River has launched in Batavia with the arrival of Cruisin’ Waves electric boats, which offer an easy and ecologically friendly experience on the water.

Owner Michael Preston of North Aurora has teamed with the Batavia Park District to offer the rentals at the site of the district’s paddleboat rides.

Rentals are available evenings and weekends.

He said the Go-Float vessels are as comfortable as a recliner. The trolling motor turns on with a touch, and the craft runs on the same long-term battery as a wheelchair, achieving speeds of 3 to 4 mph.

Preston has equipped the boats with a speaker system on board, so people can bring along a music device and travel along to their favorite tunes. Because the boat is battery-operated, the music doesn’t have to compete with a noisy engine.

“There’s no motor noise and no [fuel] to foul up the water or wildlife,” Preston said. “It’s user-friendly and does no harm to the environment.”

His wife, Greta, co-owner in the business, originally pointed out GoFloat models at the 2013 boat show in Chicago, and initially he was skeptical about their size. Now a convert, he compares them to the time-travel TARDIS – time and relative dimension in space – machines of iconic English sci-fi hero Dr. Who for being deceptively roomy on the inside.

He notes the 175-pound boats are stored perpendicularly with wheels at the base to provide mobility for storage. Manufactured in Minnesota by

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Each boat will carry 500 pounds.

“I’m originally from Chicago,” Preston said. “My summers as a [youth], I would always ride my bike from home on the West Side seven miles down to the lakefront. I would just sit on the edge of the water and watch all the boats go by.”

That yearning gave impetus to letting Go-Float boats provide people with watercraft fun without the usual expense involved.

“I wanted to bring something special and different to Batavia and the Fox Valley – something exciting,” he said. “The people with the chamber of commerce have been so welcoming.”

While the river currently is too low for the electric boats to operate, as soon as the water rises, Cruisin’ Waves plans to be back in action.

GENEVA – After being in business 3 1/2 years, Sweet Natalie’s bakery has expanded, doubling its commercial baking space and retail offerings, owner Ilene Keivel said.

Though its address is still 228 S. Third St. in Geneva, the previous downstairs location will become the commercial baking center. Its retail section has moved to the northwest corner of Third and Franklin streets, Keivel said.

“It’s the same address; it’s just on the first floor now,” Keivel said.

“We’re more than doubling our square footage to more than 2,100 square feet. … We just made it a bigger area for baking and upstairs for all of our retail.”

New to the expanded first-floor retail section will be a coffee bar, featuring Collectivo coffee by one of Keivel’s renters, Coffeeology. Collectivo is roasted in Milwaukee.

“It’s a beautiful space – it’s cute and classy,” Keivel said. “We have a wedding tasting section … and we are going to serve some savory items now.”

Keivel said they were closed only for two days while they moved and reopened at the end of June and beginning of July.

“It’s more accessible on the first floor,” Keivel said. “There’s more visibility with signage. It was not like it was not accessible, but it was difficult to go down there. It’s 16 steps, and if you’re older or in wintertime, it’s just easier to walk straight in.”

The former downstairs location will double the number of commercial kitchens from seven to 14, which are accessible 24 hours a day, she said.

While the baking part and retail part are now separated, they connect at the back where the baked goods are passed from the kitchens to the store, Keivel said.

Sweet Natalie’s carved out a specialty niche in its bakery, going completely gluten-free in October. Keivel said she only rents her commercial ovens to bakers who do gluten-free, allergy-free, peanut-free and tree nutfree baking.

“Any food allergy possible – we provide for that. It’s a little niche we kind of created here,” Keivel said.

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For example, the Paleo diet is raw and includes no grains or dairy, Keivel said. Her bakers offer a Paleo German chocolate cake made with hazelnut flour and dairy-free dark chocolate.

A Paleo dessert would have honey, dates or maple syrup, she said.

“It’s very good – you’d never know,” Keivel said. “The bakers are very talented.”

The baker for the Eye Candy Bake Shop, for example, can make a vegan wedding cake or fondant wedding cake with no eggs or dairy or animal products, Keivel said.

“We kind of transformed in another direction,” Keivel said. “And it’s just amazing.”

More information is available by visiting sweetnataliesgeneva.com or calling 630-232-7434.

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• Joshua M. Colby, 25, of the 400 block of Reagan Drive, Oswego, was charged July 3 with unlawful possession of drug equipment.

• Matthew R. Evrard, 32, of the 300 block of Division Street, Geneva, was charged July 8 with public intoxication.

• Michael Jones Jr., 25, of the 1300 block of East Wilson Street, Batavia, was charged July 10 with leaving the scene of a property damage accident and improper lane use.

• Fifteen items of clothing valued at $715.35 were reported stolen July 6 from Pink, 318 Commons Drive, Geneva.

• Three pairs of shoes valued at $145 were reported stolen July 1 from Famous Footwear, 1530 S. Randall Road, Geneva.

• Three bikes were reported stolen July 1 from the bike rack at the Metra station, 328 Crescent Place, Geneva. The stolen bikes were a Trek FX hybrid valued at $450, a Hardrock sport specialized bike valued at

the LED lights on the fixture. Replacement costs were estimated at $1,500.

• Beau R. Sanders, 21, of the 700 block of Van Buren Avenue, St. Charles, was charged June 30 with driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with a blood-alcohol content more than 0.08 after he was reportedly found passed out in a Chevrolet Tahoe that was stopped on Campton Hills Drive near LaFox Road in Campton Hills.

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• Katherine J. Fischer, 21, of the 38W500 block of Dobson Lane, Geneva, was charged July 7 with driving under the influence of alcohol and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident after an accident at Sheldon and Warner lanes in Blackberry Township.

• Reginald DeWayne Green, 50, of the 1700 block of Marywood Avenue, Aurora, was charged July 8 with possession of ammunition without a FOID card after court security officers at the Kane County Judicial Center in St. Charles Township reportedly found a loaded pistol magazine in his bag.

According to police, his FOID card was revoked, and he sold the handgun associated with the magazine about two years ago.

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$519, and a Fuji Absolute flat-bar road bike revoked license and improper lane use. valued at $599. According to police reports, • Four vehicle tires were reported slashed July 9 in the 200 block of North Batavia Avall the bikes were locked into the rack. enue, Batavia. They were valued at $900.

• A case of identity theft was reported July BATAVIA • Tammy D. Stroup, 34, of the 100 block 7 in the 1100 block of Edwards Drive, Batof Bertram Drive, Yorkville, was charged avia. A credit card was reportedly opened using someone’s personal information.

July 13 with driving under the influence of alcohol, improper lane use and driving SUGAR GROVE without insurance.

• Theft of about $15 was reported June • A retail theft was reported July 13 at 29 in the 1300 block of Dorr Drive, Sugar Menards, 300 N. Randall Road, Batavia.

Grove. A police report stated that a res• Unauthorized credit card charges ident received a package from Amazon. were reported July 13 as part of a credit com, but the cardboard box was found in card fraud case in the 1300 block of the yard and the contents were missing.

Larkspur Lane, Batavia.

• Theft of about $45 was reported June 29 • A case of identity theft was reported in the 700 block of Wild Ginger Road, Sugar July 13 in the 1100 block of Lexington Grove.

A police report stated that a resident Lane, Batavia. An unauthorized account said a pair of Crocs were stolen from a box had reportedly been opened. that had been delivered to their home.

• Unauthorized credit card charges were • Nakia Hosey, 30, of the 900 block of reported July 13 as part of a credit card fraud Aurora Avenue, Aurora, was charged July case in the 300 block of Maple Lane, Batavia.

2 with a third DUI offense, an aggravated • Megan L. Johnson, 20, of the 1000 DUI while driving on a revoked license, block of Canyon Trail Court, Yorkville, was driving on a revoked license and possescharged July 13 with domestic battery. sion of less than 2.5 grams of marijuana.

• Twelve Gatorade bottles and several • Credit card fraud was reported July 6 bags of peanuts were reported stolen in the 200 block of Maple Street, Sugar July 12 from a vehicle in the zero to 100 Grove.

A police report stated that five block of Webster Street, Batavia. Loss charges were made on a credit card at was estimated at $50. various locations in Oklahoma City, Okla.

• A $1,500 aluminum breaker, two ladder • Michael Johnson Jr., 21, of the 500 jacks valued at $160 and a 20-foot scafblock of Woodlawn Avenue, Aurora, was fold were reported stolen July 12 from the charged July 9 with possession of less 1100 block of West Wilson Street, Batavia. than 30 grams of marijuana.

• A stop sign at an intersection in the 400 • Criminal damage to property was block of Bond Drive, Batavia, was reported reported July 9 at the railroad tracks damaged July 12. The sign reportedly had about one-quarter mile west of South been broken from its metal post and stolen.

Main Street in Sugar Grove. A police reThe post reportedly had minor damage. port stated that a rear window of a John • A solar light valued at $5 was reportDeere backhoe had been broken. ed damaged July 11 in the 100 block of • A cellphone was reported lost July 9 in North Van Nortwick Avenue, Batavia. the 100 block of Neil Road, Sugar Grove.

• A hammock valued at $120 was reA police report stated that an iPhone 6S ported stolen July 11 from the 300 block had been left at a party and then tracked of Lathem Street, Batavia.

• Keys were reported stolen July 11 from until it lost signal. a vehicle in the 900 block of North Forest • Financial exploitation of the elderly was reported July 9 in the 100 block of West Avenue, Batavia.

Galena Boulevard, Sugar Grove. A police • Noel Carvajal, 29, of the 1100 block of Mountain Street, Aurora, was charged July report stated that a resident received 11 with driving with a suspended or revoked phone calls stating a grandson needed money. The resident attempted to transfer license, leaving the scene of an accident, $3,000 via Western Union, which later failure to give aid and improper lane use.

• Lukas A. Melgosa, 21, of the 500 block told the resident it was a phone scam.

• An IRS phone scam was reported July of Spring Street, Batavia, was charged 11 in the 700 block of Heartland Drive, July 10 with DUI of alcohol, driving with a blood alcohol content more than 0.08, Sugar Grove. A police report stated the improper lane use, driving without insur- caller pretended to be with the IRS. ance and illegal transportation of alcohol.

• Miguel A. Perez-Romero, 32, of the CAMPTON HILLS 500 block of South Loucks Street, Aurora, • A stop sign at Brown and Old LaFox was charged July 9 with DUI of alcohol, roads in Campton Hills was reported damDUI with a revoked license, driving with a aged July 8. Someone had spray-painted

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• Viktoria Ausra Sadauskas, 36, of the 9N800 block of Route 47, Elgin, was charged July 10 with driving under the influence of drugs, improper lane use, driving while using a cellphone and failure to notify the secretary of state of an address or name change.

• Rashad Nicholas Sutton, 36, of the 1700 block of Covington Court, St. Charles, was arrested July 9 on a warrant.

• Patricia Murillo, 35, of the 1300 block of Foran Lane, Aurora, was charged July 9 with retail theft.

• Samantha Rae Donovan, 22, of the 1400 block of Walnut Hill Drive, St. Charles, was charged July 9 with DUI of alcohol, driving with a blood alcohol content more than 0.08, improper lane use and speeding.

• Bruce Edward Gaddy Jr., 28, of the 200 block of Walnut Drive, St. Charles, was charged July 8 with possession of marijuana and illegal transportation of alcohol.

• Rogina Nicole Weston, 28, of the 26W300 block of North Avenue, Carol Stream, was arrested July 8 on a warrant.

• Alma Beth Ceballos, 22, of the 800 block of North State Street, Marengo, was charged July 8 with retail theft.

• Charles Xavier Anderson, 25, of the 700 block of West Forest Avenue, West Chicago, was charged July 7 with retail theft.

• Leonard Richard Slovin, 66, of the 4400 block of Grove Street, Skokie, was charged July 11 with retail theft.

• Gustavo Torres-Aguilar, 27, of the 700 block of Inland Circle, Naperville, was charged July 6 with retail theft.

• Susan Vianey Flores, 22, of the 700 block of Inland Circle, Naperville, was charged July 6 with retail theft.

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‘Pokemon Go’ stirs mixed emotions in Kane County

By TARAH THORNE tthorne@shawmedia.com ST. CHARLES – Up, down and all around town, people of all ages have been searching for Pokemon.

Since the July 6 release of the mobile app “Pokemon Go,” the game has captured the attention of many. Even those who aren’t playing the game have said they’ve noticed more people walking around outside, staring at their phones.

Game users gather in local parks and area businesses, known in the Pokemon world to be Pokestops or Pokemon Gyms, to capture Pokemon – a mission similar to a scavenger hunt.

One local Pokemon Gym is Blue Goose Market of St. Charles. President and General Manager Paul Lencioni said he hasn’t found the game to “affect business one way or another.”

“My two [teen] nephews want to hang out and talk about the game with me, so that’s fun,” Lencioni said. “I’ve found that the game is bringing lots of different people together.”

The game uses Google Maps to lead players to Pokemon. Even churches and monuments provide players with crucial game items for their Pokemon hunt. “Pokemon Go” uses a device’s camera to allow players to see animated creatures in a real environment. Since its release, the app has made about $1.6 million a day, according to reports from SensorTower.

Lencioni said he knows there’s going to be more kids at Blue Goose with the game labeling the store as a Pokemon Gym. But it’s a “natural fit,” he said.

“We are Pokemon-friendly,” Lencioni said. “We take care of people and are just trying to understand [the craze] as best we can as a retailer.”

The Sugar Grove Public Library is both a Pokestop and a Pokemon Gym, according to library director Shannon Halikias.

“We are just wildly entertained,” Halikias said of the game. “At first, we noticed men in their 20s coming in and playing the game – the demographic that grew up with Pokemon – but now the craze is starting with the tween ages as well.”

Halikias said she’s glad more people have been visiting the library but noted she thinks adults should be talking about the game with their children.

“There could be people using the game as a predatory technique,” Halikias said. “We haven’t seen anything like that at the library and are definitely keeping an eye on all of the increased traffic.”

People in St. Charles’ Mount St. Mary Park on July 17 were playing “Pokemon Go” while walking, biking and even while riding hoverboards.

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Payton Baxter (left), 12, and Haley Cisnewski, 13, both of St. Charles, wander Mount St. Mary Park in St. Charles in search of “Pokemon Go” game items.

Liam Bordoni, 12, and Anika Schwingel, 16, both of St. Charles, wander Mount St. Mary Park in St. Charles in search of “Pokemon Go” game items.

Sam Patrick, 25, of Wheaton and his friend, Kyle Groves, 25, of St. Charles chose the walking route.

The pair said they’ve been playing the game “most days” ever since the game debuted.

“It’s getting us outside a lot more,” Patrick said.

Groves said he rides his bike to area parks that are known to have Pokemon but doesn’t actually play the game while on his bike.

“People need to pay attention and be smart,” Groves said. “I do always

catch more Pokemon when I’m walking around instead of staying in one spot.”

Amy Chaaban, associate professor of information systems at Waubonsee Community College, said she’s concerned about “Pokemon Go.” “We, as a society, don’t have an ‘off’ button when it comes to our phones these days,” Chaaban said. “People are out walking, texting, playing games – not paying attention to anything.”

Chaaban teaches game design courses at Waubonsee and said she thinks “Pokemon Go” is exciting for people of

all ages and backgrounds because “it’s like a treasure hunt in a way.”

“We all seek that instant gratification, but we have to find some self-control and use our devices appropriately,” she said.

Chaaban added she’s concerned about the GPS component of the game.

“People can tell where you’re at, and that’s scary.” Chaaban said.

An armed robbery occurred July 14 while two teens were playing the game past sunset in unincorporated Lake County near Lake Villa. A news release from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office stated that a firearm was displayed as the teens were robbed of their cellphones. Neither teen was injured, the release stated.

St. Charles Police Deputy Chief David Kintz said there’s been a few reports of suspicious persons in the area – with more people out wandering – but no safety incidents as of July 15.

“We have seen more people out in clusters ... more people out staring at their phones,” Kintz said. “I’ve told my officers to be aware of the app and how it works.”

Chaaban said “Pokemon Go” is just the beginning of augmented reality games for cellphones.

“Other companies are probably scrambling right now to come up with a game just like this,” she said.

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Seventy-two years after its inception, the GI Bill is still going strong at colleges across the nation. But while the GI Bill might help veterans get their foot in the door of higher education, it’s up to colleges and universities to implement services for veterans to ensure that the transition from service to our country to scholarly pursuits goes smoothly. At Waubonsee Community College, offering personalized service to veterans is just one way we thank our veterans for all they’ve sacrificed for our freedom.

Originally passed as the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the updated veteran’s education law, now known as the Post-9/11 GI Bill, is the largest investment in veterans’ education since World War II. Paying in-state tuition rates and providing a living allowance and a stipend toward books and supplies have resulted in more than 1.5 million military veterans and their families using this benefit in pursuit of post-secondary education and career training. Veterans who have served at least 90 days of active service since Sept. 11, 2001, or who have served 30 days and were discharged because of a service-connected injury or illness, also may be

WAUBONSEE VOICES Heather Watson eligible to transfer their earned benefit to their families.

Student veterans are a diverse population with leadership skills, global experience, discipline and focus that adds tremendous value to the classroom. But it’s no secret the transition from military life to college life can be challenging for veterans. At Waubonsee, we pride ourselves on our “onestop” personalized services that help to smooth this transition. We have a streamlined admissions process, a strong academic support system and close partnerships with community resources to ensure the success of our student veterans.

All veterans who are interested in pursuing a degree or certificate at Waubonsee begin by meeting with me, the transfer/veterans adviser. I provide an individualized orientation that covers topics such as applying for education benefits, transferring previous college credit and credit awarded for military experience, academic planning, registration for classes, and

discussing college and community resources. Two financial aid advisers/ Veterans Administration school-certified officials assist with the financial aid application process and any VA billing or payment issues a student may encounter.

Meeting academic expectations while balancing family or job responsibilities, coping with military-related injuries and finding new peers outside the military structure can be a daunting task. Waubonsee offers services to address these challenges. Where relevant, we can refer them to support through the Access Center for Disability Resources. We also have other services to help first-generation students succeed in college through academic planning, individualized tutoring, financial aid and scholarship information, transfer options and guidance with life skills. Academic assistance is also offered at no cost through the Tutoring Center/Skills Lab. For those who are seeking employment, our Career Development Center can help convert military experience into skills needed for civilian employment.

Involvement in campus organizations can enhance student success by aiding as a support network. Being around peers with similar experi-

ences is comforting, and joining the Waubonsee Veterans Club provides a comradeship many miss after leaving the military.

Local community veteran organizations also are instrumental in providing support services to our student veterans. The DuPage County Vet Center provides counseling services to combat veterans and their families, as well as training sessions and workshops to Waubonsee staff and students. For VA claim and benefit services, each county has a Veterans Assistance Commission that aids veterans of all eras to access local, state and federal benefits they have earned.

At Waubonsee, we take pride in removing the obstacles student veterans may face while using their GI Bill. Our mission is to provide service members with the tools necessary to meet their educational goals.

Heather Watson is the transfer/veterans adviser at Waubonsee Community College. The “Waubonsee Voices” column runs the third Thursday of each month in the Kane County Chronicle. Comments and questions can be sent to editorial@kcchronicle. com.

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5th, 1941, in Boston, MA, the son of David and Kathleen (MacDonald) Webster.

David graduated from Boston English High School in 1958. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Physiology from Boston University. David played first singles tennis at Boston University (1959 - 62), Junior Davis Cup second singles (1960), round of 16 finalists Jr. Wimbledon, England (1960), and was a U.S. Open qualifier (1962).

David also competed in gymnastics at Boston University. He was the all-around winner at the New England Gymnastics Championships (1961), NCAA finalist (1961), and named Modern Gymnast Magazine All-American (1962).

Following college, David was the strength coach for the Boston Patriots. He also enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps (1958 - 63).

David moved to Glen Ellyn, IL from Boston, MA and coached and taught at College of DuPage (COD) from 1969 to 1999. He was the men’s and women’s tennis and gymnastics coach, assistant football coach, assistant and head hockey coach, interim athletic director, and Kinesiology professor.

Beyond David’s personal athletic achievements, he inspired generations of student athletes. His COD tennis teams were nationally ranked in the NJCAA top 12 seven times, he had 128 state champions in both singles and doubles, and over 20 All-Americans.

As the COD gymnastics coach for 14 years, he had 60 national medalists, 300 lifetime wins, and 30 National Champions and All-Americans. David was an International Gymnastics Judge, having judged the Olympic trials in 1968 and 1972. In 1989, he was inducted into the Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

David found incredible joy through competing and then coaching and mentoring others.

He felt fortunate to have the support of his family throughout his career.

He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Barbara (Fleming) Webster; children, Pamela (Ray) Webster Richardson of RI, Allison (Andy) Webster Stromberg of MA, Elizabeth (Christoph) Groth of Germany, Andrew (Purani) Webster of Chicago; grandchildren, Marena and Nalin Richardson, Isabelle and Tess Stromberg, and Maximillian Groth.

David was preceded in death by his parents; and sisters, Marion and Donna.

All contributions in David’s memory may be made to his care team at Central DuPage Hospital who helped him fight Alzheimer’s Disease. Donations may be made by visiting http://foundation.nmh.org/webster or calling 312-926-2033.

Arrangements handled by Malone Funeral Home, 630-232-8233 or visit www.malonefh. com.

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On Dec. 29, 1954 she married Dr. Thomas J. Starshak in St. Bride’s Catholic Church, Send obituary information to obits@ Chicago, Illinois.

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After spending a year in San Diego, Calif., Gary R. Browne, 77, of Notices are accepted until noon TuesTom’s service in the US Navy took them to Slater, MO formerly of St. day for Thursday’s edition. Obituaries Okinawa, Japan for 2 1/2 years. Upon returnCharles, IL died Thursday, also appear online at KCChronicle. ing to the states, they settled for a short June 23, 2016 at his home. com/obituaries where you may sign time in Chicago (close to family) and began Memorial services will the guest book, send flowers or make a preparations to start a family of their own. be 3:00pm, Thursday, July 21, 2016 at the memorial donation.

They settled in the Aurora for 20+ years Salvation Army Bldg, 17105. 7th Ave, St. and subsequently moved into their “dream Charles, IL with Lt. Betsy Clark officiating, house” in Wayne Ill. with flag presentation from the United CONOR MCKAY LANKTON She and her sisters were each members to States Navy Funeral Honors.

Born: Aug. 2, 1991 the National Society of the Daughters of the Born November 27, 1938 in Elgin, Illinois, Died: July 5, 2016 American Revolution. he was the son of the late Lloyd and Vera They were active members of Holy Angels Roe Browne.

Conor M. Lankton, 24, passed away July Parish, Aurora and of St Patrick Catholic On April 21, 1973 he married Marlee 5, 2016. Conor was born in Park Ridge, IL on Church, of St Charles. She was chairman Haberman and she survives of the home.

August 2, 1991. of the Liturgy committee, and a member Also surviving is a daughter, Yvette Lick of Conor is the cherished son of Kathleen of the Dominican Third Order of Laity. She Lee, Illinois: a granddaughter and a brother, McKay Breen, adored brother of Shannon volunteered at the Crisis Pregnancy Center, Gordon Roe of Elgin, Illinois.

Lankton, Shaun Lankton, Kelly Feldman was a Board member of Misericordia Home, Mr. Browne was a U.S. Navy veteran and (Michael), Brian Lankton and loving uncle of member of the Wayne Countryside Garden worked for many years as a punch press Henry and Riley.

Club and a current, longtime member of operator at metal and wood shops. He and Conor was a kind, compassionate, intelliDunham Woods Riding Club. his wife moved to Slater in 2002 from St. gent man with a quick sense of humor and a Survivors include her children, Jeanmarie, Charles, Illinois smile that lit up a room. Conor, we will carry Paul, Martha (Jack) McBean, David (Chris); Arrangements are under the direction of you in our hearts forever. and her dearest Granddaughter Molly; and Weiker Funeral Home in Slater.

Funeral Services to be private. Laird Funer- her Beloved “Lady Sinead” and Rascal too; al Home, Elgin assisted the family.

2 younger sisters, MaryEllen (Arthur) Picard JUDITH ANN CHAPMAN and Kathleen (Matthew) Selfridge; and many dear nieces and nephews.

WILLIAM RADZUN Judith Ann “Judi” Chapman, age 72, of Funeral Mass will be held at 12:00 pm William “Bill” Radzun, 54, of South Elgin, Burlington went to be with her lord in the Tuesday, July 19th at St. Patrick Catholic passed away July 15, 2016. early morning hours of Sunday, July 10, Church, Crane Road, St Charles with Fr. Arrangements by Malone Funeral Home, 2016 at her home surrounded by her loving Geneva, 630-232-8233.

Manno officiating. Internment will be at family.

Prairie Cemetery, Crane Road, St Charles.

She leaves behind her husband, George; Family and friends may gather for visitation two daughters, Jil (James) Cottone, Sr., and TERESA M. SILLS from 10:00am to 12:00pm Tuesday at St Teresa M. Sills, age 99, of Geneva, IL Robin (Ken) Harber; and four grandchildren, Patrick Church. passed away July 8, 2016.

Alexandra Chapman, Sammuel Cottone, Donations in lieu of Flowers may be made Arrangements by Malone Funeral Home, Benjamin Cottone and John Harber. to Hilarity for Charity,www.hilarityforcharity.

630-232-8233.

Judi now joins her parents; son, Christoorg (partnered with Alzheimer’s Assoc. to pher Chapman; and siblings, Robert Blevins, fund research and provide grants for caregivJr., Marilyn Blevins, Jean Van Gyseghem, MADANGOPAL SRIVATSAV ers in need.) Harbor Hospice of Muskegon, and Nora Kay Dennis.

Madangopal Srivatsav, age 77, of Aurora, Michigan 49441, www.HarborHospiceMI.org A gathering of family and friends will be IL passed away July 9, 2016.

For more information, please call Yurs Friday, July 22, 216 from 10:00 to 11:30am at Arrangements by Malone Funeral Home, Funeral Home of St Charles, 630-584-0060 the United Methodist Church of Geneva. A 630-232-8233. or at yursfuneralhomes.com memorial service will follow at 11:30am Friday at the church with Pastor Rich Darr BARBARA STARSHAK officiating. An inurnment will take place at Born: Nov. 28, 1929; in Chicago, IL Burlington Cemetery at a later date.

Died: July 9, 2016; in Whitehall, MI In lieu of flowers a memorial has been established in Judi’s name: Checks may be Barbara (McG.) Starshak, 86 died Saturmade to the “Judith Chapman Memorial” day, July 9, 2016 at her lifelong summer and mailed in care of P.O. Box 66, Elburn, home in Whitehall, Michigan. She was 60119. comforted by her loving daughter Martha Tributes may also be forwarded to the and two long time care companions, Betty DAVID WEBSTER same address, on the web at www.conleyand Meg. Born: January 5, 1941 care.com or our Facebook page.

The daughter of John & Josephine (Lewis) Died: July 10, 2016 McGoorty, Barbara Therese was born on VIRGINIA R. KINDELIN Nov. 28, 1929, on the South Side of Chicago.

David Webster, age 75, She attended high school at St. Clara of Geneva, IL, passed away Virginia R. Kindelin, 91, of St. Charles, Academy nicknamed “The Mound” in peacefully on July 10th, 2016 passed away July 12, 2016.

Sinsinawa, Wisconsin. She graduated from at Silverado Memory Care in Arrangements by Malone Funeral Home, Rosary College, class of ‘51 currently known Naperville, IL. 630-232-8233. as Dominican University in River Forest, He was born on January Born: Nov. 27, 1938 Died: June 23, 2016

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After-tax money goes into the 529 account and then everything that comes out is tax-free, IF the withdrawals are used for qualified education expenses. Withdrawals not used for qualified education expenses are subject to a 10% penalty and taxation on account growth. 529 plan funds are wholly under the control of the account owner. The intended recipient of the account has no right to the funds and, in fact, you have control to change the intended recipient of the funds. 529 plan intended recipients can be changed to other members of the immediate family, including other children, grandchildren, parents, yourself, spouses, and then also nieces/nephews. Therefore, if the intended recipient does not attend college, the funds can just be redirected to another family member. Note that 529 account withdrawals need to be made in the same year that the funds are used.

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ST. CHARLES – The Salvation Army, 1710 S. 7th Ave., St. Charles, will take appointments with Imelda Garcia of Senior Services from 8:45 to 9:15 a.m. July 26.

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ST. CHARLES – The Pottawatomie Garden Club will meet at noon July 25 at Baker Memorial United Methodist Church, 307 Cedar Ave., St. Charles, to hear from Linda Miller about making a fairy garden. Guests are welcome. More information is at PottaGardenClub.org.

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Located in Aurora, Rosary is a single-sex high school for young women. The decision to hire Choice was made by the high school’s board of directors and its member board. Choice, who has a Tom Choice doctorate in higher education administration, brings 35 years of experience from his varied educational leadership positions, the release said.

Choice began his career as an English teacher at Marmion Academy in Aurora in the early 1980s. Most recently, he served as president of Kishwaukee College in Malta from 2007 to his retirement in December 2015. Choice served as chair of Rosary’s board of directors from 2015-16, the release said.

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“I am honored to have the opportunity to serve the students and community of Rosary High School,” Choice said in the release. “I look forward to supporting and building upon the long tradition of excellence in providing a premier Catholic, college-prep education for young women in the Fox Valley area.”

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Women of Distinction identifies women who have made a difference in Kane County and who are representative role models as leaders in their fields and communities. Honorees will be profiled in the Kane County Magazine’s October issue and recognized at an awards luncheon on October 26, 2016.

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By ASHLEY SLOBODA GENEVA – Giving the public access to Kane County’s online checkbook is just the beginning of the data that internet users might glean from a platform the auditor’s office rolled out in 2015.

Along with the financial data already made public, the platform – Kane County OpenGov – has the potential to store various non-financial information from, for example, the circuit clerk’s and sheriff’s offices.

Auditor Terry Hunt and Deputy Auditor Andrea Rich shared Kane County OpenGov’s existing capabilities and potential uses with county officials on July 11, a little more than a year after the platform was launched.

The service began in response to public demand, Hunt said, adding the earliest suggestion was for an online checkbook. Anyone with an internet connection can access it, he said, and users may download reports, as well as share them on social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook.

“I don’t think we’re hooked up on ‘Pokémon Go’ yet,” Hunt said.

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“Most everything in this report is intuitive,” Hunt said.

Rich showed reports in development for internal uses, including reports on head count and salaries. Board members showed particular interest in a map showing the distribution of riverboat grants.

“It’s great to have that information there,” said Becky Gillam, R-West Dundee.

Phil Lewis, R-St. Charles, suggested compiling information about property taxes in a way that would make it easy to compare communities.

Hunt said the auditor’s office doesn’t have the authority to make certain information public and is limited by resources in what it can do. But, he said, if the County Board feels something is important, that provides added incentive to accelerate the process.

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BY TERRY AND KIM KOVEL Why not collect food-storage antiques?

Food had to be specially prepared to last during the centuries before ice boxes and refrigerators. Long hours were spent smoking, pickling, drying and canning foods. Fresh fruits and vegetables were available only “in season.” Ice boxes were used in the 19th and 20th centuries. A block of ice was cut from a frozen lake then wrapped and stored in a special zinc-lined box. It melted as it cooled, and the housewife had to empty the pan of melted ice water at least once a day. The first electric refrigerator was made in 1911, and by 1923, Frigidaire was selling a home refrigerator. Early refrigerators used Freon in the cooling process, but to keep the planet green, the chemical was outlawed in the 1990s. The refrigerator-freezer combination we use today was first sold in 1939. But spices still are used to store,flavor,and preserve food.

Grocery stores of the 1890s sold spices from a large container or later, the small-sized tins sometimes used today. A spice display was an important part of the store.A 36-inchtall Pagoda shaped spice bin with original paint sold at a Showtime auction in 2015. It was a six-sided tower that held ginger, cinnamon, mustard, cloves, allspice and pepper. The revolving tower had ornate lithographed labels on the tin sections. The rare antique sold for $3,300. If that is too big, look for the small (2to 3-inch) tins that used to hold spices. The best have unusual graphics. Prices range from $5 to $25. They are still found at house sales, flea markets and online, but rarely at auctions because they are so inexpensive. *** Q: I have a piece of pottery marked “Anna Van, Colo. Spgs.”When was it made?

A: This mark was used by Van Briggle Pottery of Colorado Springs, Colo., from 1954

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to 1968. Van Briggle bought Dryden Pottery in Ellsworth, Kan., in 1954 and the mark was first used on pottery made by Dryden and sold by Van Briggle. In 1956, the molds, clay and glazes were moved to Van Briggle’s site in Colorado Springs, where production of pottery marked “Anna Van” continued until 1968. Van Briggle pottery closed in 2012. *** Q: I have a round bowl that makes a belllike ping when tapped on the side. I bought it at a sale at a retirement community in 2005.

It’s yellow outside, white inside and has raised white flowers. The top is wavy and folded in.

There is a mark that looks like “G Henn.” It looks like an unmarked cameo-glass cherryblossom bowl by Thomas Webb. If it is, what is its value?

A: First of all, your bowl is called a rose bowl. And it is not glass; it’s pottery, decorated with a cameo-style design. Henn Workshops was a family business in Warren, Ohio. It was started by Gerald Henn in the early 1980s, when “American country” decorating was becoming popular. Henn was a direct-selling business that sold woodenware, handcrafted baskets, home accessories, bakeware, dinnerware and serving pieces. Eventually the company started making its own products.

It’s best known for modern reproduction spongeware. In the mid-1990s, the company moved operations to New Waterford, Ohio.

It went out of business in 2009. The factory that housed Henn’s pottery now makes coffee mugs with green signature logos for Starbucks and other collector mugs. *** Q: I found a Charlie McCarthy knife handle in things after my mother died. The blade is missing. Is the handle worth anything by itself?

A: Charlie McCarthy was a ventriloquist’s dummy used by Edgar Bergen from the 1930s to the 1970s. They appeared on stage,

radio, movies and TV. Four pieces of flatware were offered as premiums in 1939 by Chase & Sanborn Coffee Co., the sponsor of a radio program starring Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen. The set included a knife with Charlie wearing a cowboy hat, a fork with Charlie wearing a top hat, and a two spoons. One spoon has a finial with Charlie wearing a top hat and the other has Charlie wearing a detective’s hat. The pieces usually sell for under $10 apiece, but the knife handle alone probably is worthless. *** Q: I bought seven ceramic 7 1/2-inch plates at an estate sale. They’re decorated with a big yellow sun with a smiling face and orange rays. The backs of the plates are marked “Vera for Mikasa, happy sun FC 041, oven to table to dishwasher, made in Japan.” I have a collection of Vera scarves but didn’t know she designed tableware. What can you tell me about them?

A:Vera Neumann (1907-1993) was a textile designer who started her own business in 1946. Her first designs were done at her kitchen table and produced on Army surplus silk. The Vera Company was sold after she died. In 2005, Susan Seid bought the assets and contracted with other companies to make products using some of Vera’s designs.

Happy Sun is the name of the pattern of your plates made in Japan by Mikasa, an American company. Seid sold the business in 2013.

The plates sell for a few dollars each. Vera’s

original design drawings and works of art are now being sold in a gallery. *** Tip: Don’t use old home-canning jars to preserve food. The jars with wire bails, glass caps, zinc porcelain-lined caps or metal caps with rubber rings do not seal as well as the new two-piece vacuum-cap jars. *** Take advantage of a free listing for your group to announce events or to find antique shows, national meetings and other events. Go to the Calendar at Kovels.com to find, publicize and plan your antiquing trips. *** Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel answer questions sent to the column. By sending a letter with a question, you give full permission for use in the column or any other Kovel forum. Names, addresses or email addresses will not be published. We cannot guarantee the return of photographs, but if a stamped envelope is included, we will try. The amount of mail makes personal answers or appraisals impossible. Write to Kovels, (Name of this newspaper), King Features Syndicate, 300 W. 57th St., New York, NY 10019. *** CURRENT PRICES Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions.

Elvis Presley record, All shook up, RCA, 45 RPM, 1957, $10 Folk-art birdhouse, wood, steep pitched roof, two windows and door, 21 x 21 inches, $60.

Toy sand pail, kids playing on beach, tin lithograph, Ohio Art Co., c. 1930, 6 1/2 inches, $380.

Stein, man on bicycle, majolica, enamel,

transfer pattern, pewter lid, Rudolph Ditmar, 1/2 liter, $390.

Political embroidery, spread wing eagle, American flag and shield, c. 1900, 20 x 16 inches, $420.

Tricycle, figural horse, leather saddle, wood & metal spokes, 1890s, 22 x 35 inches, $480.

Wigwam Oats box, cardboard, Indian village, multicolor, 9 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, $775.

Barometer, thermometer, Eiffel Tower, metal fretwork, France, 21 inches, $940.

Lalique figurine, Chrysis, nude woman, kneeling and leaning backward, round base, c.

1931, 5 inches, $2,000.

Bench, softwood, red ocher paint, beaded crest, open back rest, 1800s, 33 x 72 inches, $3,775. *** New! Ralph and Terry Kovel, newspaper columnists, authors of Kovels’ Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide, collectors and authorities on antiques, hosted the award winning House and Garden (HGTV) series “Flea Market Finds with the Kovels.” Season 4 of the TV series is now available. Enjoy the shows again and explore the most exciting flea markets in the country. In the season’s 12 programs, Ralph and Terry share their secretswhen and where to shop, what to look for and how to make a good buy. The Season 4 DVDs include three DVDs, 12 TV shows in total.

Available online only at KovelsOnlineStore. com for $29.95, plus $4.95 postage; by phone at 800-303-1996; or mail a check to Kovels, P.O. Box 22900, Beachwood, OH 44122. *** (Cutline for July 17, 2016) A country store spice bin shaped like a Pagoda sold for $3,300 because of its rarity, condition, and size. The lithographed tin Pagoda held six different spices that were ladled into bags by the store clerk in about 1890. (c) 2016 by Cowles Syndicate Inc.

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Ryan Wells General Manager

Kathy Balcazar Editor

Tarah Thorne News Editor

Jason Rossi Sports Editor

Renee Tomell Kane Weekend Editor

OUR VIEW

Despite downsides, benefits of playing ‘Pokemon Go’ mostly positive In more ways than one, “Pokemon Go” is not like many smartphone apps.

Many apps keep users immobile while they stare at a screen a few inches in front of their faces. And most apps don’t present potential physical dangers to their users.

Sure, “Pokemon Go,” which some reports claim has been downloaded more than 7.5 million times (and is on pace to surpass Twitter for number of users), is bringing users together outside of their houses, but at what cost?

It was reported on July 14 that two men fell off a cliff in San Diego while chasing Pokemon, ignoring warning signs in the area. A woman in Wyoming found a body in a river while playing the game. People have been lured to remote areas with the promise of Pokemon and instead have been robbed, and distracted players have run into trees and lightposts, stepped off curbs and fallen off skateboards.

In another misstep, the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Arlington, Va., and the Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland are sites where “Pokemon Go” players have been sighted. Reports state both sites have asked players to refrain from searching for Pokemon there.

There are definitely downsides to playing “Pokemon Go,” but there are also positives.

While playing a game on a smartphone isn’t the same as playing a game of basketball or going for a swim, at least “Pokemon Go” users are moving around instead of sitting around playing the game. That can’t be a bad thing.

Since the app launched, groups of people have been out and about, teaming up in their quests to capture Pokemon. Anything that can bring people together and provide some common ground between them is a plus.

We believe that, despite the potential drawbacks, “Pokemon Go” is mostly beneficial. As long as app users keep aware of their surroundings, and sacred and solemn locations are kept out of the game, we say let the people have their Eevees and Zigzagoons, their Pikachus and Vileplumes.

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AMENDMENT

Facing your fears the best way to conquer them When I was in elementary school, I absolutely loved watching a TV show called “The Berenstain Bears,” based on a children’s book series of the same name. Most of the episodes were lighthearted and entertaining, centered around a family of bears and their adventures.

However, there was one episode of this usually cheery show that, in my young mind, was the epitome of terror. In this episode, one of the bears becomes immensely jealous of her brother’s new bike and is visited by the “green-eyed monster”: a bright green bear with yellow eyes and a menacing smile. As you can probably imagine, the anti-jealousy message that this episode sought to promote fell flat with me and my sisters – the first time we saw the “monster,” we ran out of the room screaming!

Thinking about that terrifying green bear still gives me the creeps, although I no longer have nightmares about it. As I grew older, that monster from “The Berenstain Bears” was replaced by new fears such as roller coasters, horror movies and guillotines (thanks to a particularly vivid description of the French Revolution in one of my history classes). Sure, not every fear I’ve ever had has been 100 percent rational. But at certain times in my life, they have been

THE WRITE PLACE Emma Chrusciel nerve-wracking, restrictive and even overwhelming.

Some fears go away with time and experience, making you question why you were ever afraid in the first place. For instance, the idea of driving a car used to intimidate me to no end, and my first few times behind the wheel were filled with constant stopping and a speeding heart rate (although my mom in the passenger seat may have beat me out in that regard). Now, as a licensed driver with more than a year of experience under my belt, I can confidently operate a motor vehicle with only minimal nerves. It just goes to show that, sometimes, facing your fear repeatedly over time is the best way to conquer it.

However, some fears are just too big to pass off lightly or face without any trouble. Sometimes, our apprehensions can prevent us from doing what we truly desire or from becoming the best versions of ourselves. In this case, it’s important to recognize that at times it’s OK to be afraid. Fear is a normal part of the human exis-

tence, and it’s nothing to be ashamed of. Also, you don’t have to be the bravest of the brave right away. Like I said earlier, some fears take time to overcome and it’s not always the best idea to rush into something without thinking it through.

However, it’s truly by facing our fears that we are able to move on and become stronger as individuals. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, right? When we find the courage to take on whatever scares us most, it’s then that we are equipped to overcome whatever may frighten us in the future.

Your fear may not be a green Berenstain Bear with yellow eyes and a lesson to teach about jealousy, but whatever it may be, I believe you’re strong enough to conquer it. After all, it’s only through facing our fears, no matter how big or small, that we can move on to bigger and better possibilities, free of the frights that once held us back.

Emma Chrusciel is going to be a junior at Geneva High School.

In addition to writing, she loves Broadway musicals, playing piano and spending time with her family and friends. Her column runs every other Thursday. Contact her at editorial@kcchronicle.com.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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LETTERS Plenty of work – and reform – left to accomplish To the editor: After a year of uncertainty, the 11th hour stopgap budget approved in late June will provide the people of Illinois much-needed support and security.

While not anyone’s preferred path, the proposal represents a responsible compromise, especially when compared to the end of session budgets advanced by the legislative majorities in the House and Senate.

Those grossly out-of-balance budgets included a significant bailout of the Chicago Public Schools at suburban taxpayers’ expense. That approach simply threw money at a problem. With the budget package we approved, CPS is given the tools they need to help fix their schools, just like schools in our region and across Illinois must do. Notably, any state funding for Chicago schools is tied to the passage of significant pension reform.

The stopgap budget offers a sensible path forward that will ensure schools open this fall as planned; human service providers receive the

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.

funds they rely on to serve Illinois’ most vulnerable citizens; state facilities can continue to operate; and many, many more functions of state government move forward unobstructed.

However, the stopgap budget proposal provides only a temporary respite. It is not – and was not intended to be – a solution to Illinois’ many challenges. Instead, it is a bipartisan bridge to the comprehensive reforms and the truly balanced budget for which Republican lawmakers and the

governor have long advocated.

What I find promising is that the bipartisan, bicameral compromise signed into law on June 30 demonstrates that trust can be established, and it is possible for the state’s leaders to build the important working relationships that will be necessary to produce a long-term budget solution and the accompanying structural reforms needed to make Illinois strong, healthy and vibrant.

Illinois will never regain its position as a national leader unless partisan politics are set aside and the members of the General Assembly work together to create a state where families want to live and employers believe they can thrive. The last year clearly demonstrated that positive things can be accomplished when we work together.

In the coming months, I hope my colleagues representing both parties and in both chambers embrace the spirit of compromise and give-andtake that allowed us to take the first step toward tackling Illinois’ considerable obstacles.

Karen McConnaughay

State senator for the 33rd Senate District

I am so tired of all the Obama bashing in this Sound Off section. I’ve liked presidents, and I’ve disliked presidents. But I have never known a president who hasn’t done one single thing right. That kind of absolute thinking makes me suspicious. For the past eight years, a Gallup poll has found that President Obama is the most admired man in the world. His approval ratings in this country are at an all-time high. So, when I hear people say things like “worst president ever,” I ask myself, “Really?” Worse than Nixon or John Tyler, who was expelled from the party, or Warren Harding, who presided over a well-known corrupt administration? If people think Obama is worse than one of these presidents, they are either stupid or racist. How many people are aware of the fact that Fox News ran an online story on Malia Obama deciding to attend Harvard? The piece drew so many racist responses – some with full names attached – that Fox had to shut down its comments section. Please stop kidding yourself. When hateful remarks like those can be said about a beautiful young girl who has not been involved in politics, who has nothing to do with policy in our country – when people can talk about her that way – racism is alive and well in our country.

Looking for Prince Charming

Diversity is pushed by many groups, including the gay community. But, yet, what could be more diverse than two human beings with different body parts? As a single young woman, I recall opening the door to a ballroom in Los Angeles.

I was thrilled to see at least 700 men dressed up in tuxedos for an elegant meal. Yet not one woman was present. They were only interested in each other. They wanted someone who had their same body parts, not mine. Looking into the ballroom that night gave me a glimpse of the gay life. A woman in a pretty dress was not welcome.

I walked away and wondered where my Prince Charming was. Unfortunately, I believe he was in that ballroom ignoring me. The gay movement has not been kind to single women who long for a husband.

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I live along the [Great] Western Trail, and I’ve noticed large groups of runners coming through lately, and I’ve also noticed a lot of high-energy gel packs and discarded bottles along the trail.

Please pick up your trash when you run or cycle along the trail. We all want to enjoy the trail, and if you don’t have the strength to pick up your trash, maybe take a shorter run.

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NEIGHBORS Catching up on birthday emails “If you are going to tell them the truth, make them laugh. Otherwise, they will kill you.”

That quote – in about those words, more or less – often is attributed to G.B. Shaw.

Back home on the range.

No buffalo, no discouraging words. Just Mister Z and the critters. It is great.

One of the things I savor is the extended satellite package and the much wider choice of television reruns. “Blue Bloods” galore!

In fact, I have just now become aware that in practically every episode, Danny Reagan, the police detective, utters some version of, “I need you to trust me!”

Hmm. Words for today?

You betcha.

On the other hand, I was totally bummed when I found “Law and Order” at last, only to find that – on the same day – the reruns were followed by reruns of the same episodes.

Something about that seemed

JOAN KNOWS Joan Arteberry kind of “today,” if you know what I mean?

So, I went to the all-music channels for a different kind of rerun while I caught up on birthday emails. Oldies seemed appropriate, which for me would be “Music of the ’50s.”

Just before Bill Haley let loose the Comets and “Rock Around the Clock,” our high school crowd was still seeking something slow for dancing such as a big band “Stardust,” right?

Then off to Chicago for nursing school. There’s no known recordings of the bawdy drinking songs we sang at “the Rat” (Rathskeller). But I do recall the music of the day might be the lingering tunes of a visit to Mister Kelly’s or The London House (Sarah Vaughan or Erroll Gar-

ner, respectively), given that a date might have a few bucks to spare. At times, we all felt a bit “Misty.”

Otherwise, we appreciated a young jazz pianist named Ramsey Lewis who was installed at the lounge down the street from the hospital.

Then it was on to Wisconsin. Similar unrecorded drinking songs. During those early years of the ’60s, the times were, as it always seemed, troubled. I hear the echo of the JFK campus visit.

And on stage downtown the highly popular folksingers The Kingston Trio singing Dylan’s “ ... the answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind.”

How very today, my friends.

Joan Arteberry is a longtime resident of St. Charles.

Her columns are featured in the Kane County Chronicle’s Neighbors section every other week. Write to her at editorial@kcchronicle.com.

Inaugural Color Burst 5K a success KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com The Association for Individual Development – or AID – hosted a Color Burst 5K Fun Run and Roll on June 26 to raise funds for programs and services benefiting more than 5,000 children and adults with developmental disabilities, mental illness and special needs.

Participants were showered with colorful dust as they made their way across a 3-mile course, with the top three male and female participants receiv-

ing special prizes. Event attendees also enjoyed a craft fair hosted by individuals with special needs and a special “Star Wars”-inspired performance, according to a news release.

The event was made possible with the help of 75 volunteers and corporate, individual and family sponsors, including the Eby-Brown Foundation, First Alert, Hollywood Casino Aurora, Alarm Detection Systems Inc., IHC Construction Companies LLC, the Kane County Chronicle, Natural Choice, North Star

Credit Union, Waubonsee Community College, Weldstar, and Caterpillar.

“The Color Burst 5K successfully replaced the annual AID telethon by raising much-needed funds for AID programs and services,” the release stated. “AID has provided services to individuals with disabilities in the Fox Valley area for 55 years.”

In October, AID will have its annual benefit auction. To learn more about AID or to make an auction donation, visit www.the-association.org.

requires nomination and approval by a chapter.

grade-point average of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale. Local students on the list include Conner Livingston of Geneva and Brittany McCullough of St. Charles.

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Welcome to the Kane County Chronicle Poetry Corner, where original poems by our readers will be featured in the Neighbors section every third Thursday of the month. Readers are encouraged to email their own, original poems for consideration to neighbors@ kcchronicle.com. Those who submit poems must include their full name, address and phone number in order for their submission to be confirmed. Submissions also will be accepted in person at our office, 333 N. Randall Road, St. Charles, or via regular mail with attention to the features editor.

‘The Heavenly Sound of Silence

by Phil Baert of St. Charles Have you ever heard the sound of silence Why ... does silence make a noise Not that you can hear, it’s very quiet One thing for sure, it won’t wake you up When all the radios and televisions are off And all around you say nothing at all That may be what we are listening for The heavenly sound of silence Now wait a minute ... if silence is silent Why do we have to listen for it We were just told silence is very quiet So relax, enjoy, shhh, don’t make sound Oh, oh, I hear a thump, thump, thump That’s your heart, you must turn it off And now a little whoosh of air You are breathing, stop all that noise I’m trying, I’m trying, if I stop, then what You will then hear the sound of silence Wait a minute now, won’t that kill me Yes ... but then you won’t hear a thing So now we are learning something here You can’t hear silence when you are alive And you can’t hear anything when you are dead So what is so great about silence Well, when there is silence You can hear everything that is important Your heart, your breathing And me saying I love you so much Wow, if you are silent, I can say I love you, too That is the heavenly sound of silence Shhh, I can hear your heart beating And mine as well, listen close They Are Beating ... As One So Sweet!

CAMPUS NOTES Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Eric Meuer of Elburn recently was initiated into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, one of the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor societies for all academic disciplines. Meuer was initiated at the University of Evansville in Indiana.

Membership is by invitation and

University of Findlay The dean’s list for the spring 2016 semester at the University of Findlay in northwest Ohio has been announced. To earn the achievement, a student must attain a

Western Illinois University Riley Rutter, daughter of Julie and Dan Rutter of Sugar Grove, has been

named to the Western Illinois University President’s List for the spring semester. Riley is involved in Special Olympics and the Children’s Tumor Foundation. She is a 2015 graduate of Kaneland High School.

West Virginia University Rachel Rutter, daughter of Julie

and Dan Rutter of Sugar Grove, has been named to the West Virginia University Dean’s List for the spring semester. Rachel is involved in the AOII sorority, Children’s Tumor Foundation and Operation Snowball. She is a 2015 graduate of Aurora Central Catholic High School.

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A PRAYER TO ST. JUDE Most holy Apostle St, Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the Church honors and invokes you universally as the patron of hopeless cases.

Please intercede on my behalf. Make use of that particular privilege given to you to bring hope, comfort, and help where they are needed most.

Come to my assistance in this great need that I may receive the consolation and help of heaven as I work with my challenges, particularly (here make your request). I praise God with you and all the saints forever.

I promise, blessed St. Jude, to be ever mindful of this great favor, to always honor you as my special and powerful patron, and to gratefully encourage devotion to you.

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Luka Sulic, who was born in Slovenia, said, “It can rock like the hardest rock guitar, and it can sing like the human voice. ... It’s a hard instrument to play. There are no frets, and it takes finesse and technique to play.”

Which musical instrument was he talking about?

Some contracts play like a perfectly tuned instrument, especially when key finesses succeed. But getting to those contracts may require guesswork. In today’s deal, for example, look at the North hand. Your partner opens one spade, you respond one no-trump (6-9 points), and he rebids two hearts. What would you do now, if anything?

There is a natural reaction to pass, but with a maximum nine points, North should rebid two spades because if partner is strong enough to bid a third time, North-South can probably make a game.

Here, South might well continue with three hearts (North raises to four hearts) or three clubs (North bids three hearts, and South raises to four hearts).

When the deal was played, West led a diamond against four hearts.

South ruffed, played a heart to dummy’s queen (yes!), led a club to his queen (yes again!), played a spade to dummy’s king, took another club finesse, drew a second round of trumps with dummy’s ace, and started to run the spades. Declarer had no trouble taking 12 tricks, losing only to East’s heart jack.

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Luka Sulic was discussing the cello.

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ASSEMBLIES OF GOD Sanctuary

1S430 Wenmoth Rd. (630) 879-0785 www.sanctuaryag.com Sunday Service at 10:00 a.m.

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Bethany Lutheran Church 8 S. Lincoln St., Batavia (corner of Lincoln and Wilson) (630) 879-3444 www.bethanybatavia.org Sundays 9:00am Worship 10:00am Coffee Hour Monthly Last Friday Community Supper 5:00 – 7:00pm Free to the Community

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Band brings ‘Power’ to The Arcada Theatre

By ASHLEY SLOBODA asloboda@shawmedia.com

ST. CHARLES – Emilio Castillo had, as he put it, a really short crime career.

He said he was caught during his first attempt to shoplift T-shirts as a teen.

His dad not only made him and his brother apologize to the store owner, but he also wanted them to find something that would keep them out of trouble, Castillo said.

A trip to a music store was the answer. Castillo pointed to the sax, he said, adding his brother chose the drums.

Castillo went on to become one of the founding members of Tower of Power, a group that is nearing its 50th anniversary and continues to perform worldwide.

After performing elsewhere in the Midwest, the group will stop at The Arcada Theatre on July 29.

Reporter Ashley Sloboda recently caught up with Castillo in advance of Tower of Power’s visit to St. Charles.

What follows is an edited version of their conversation.

Ashley Sloboda: When Tower of Power formed, did you envision it would still be around nearly 50 years later?

Emilio Castillo: No. I was an imma-

ture 17-year-old kid who was completely overtaken by music. I lived for the band.

Sloboda: What’s it like to be part of the same band for most of your life?

Castillo: I don’t know many people who have done this type of thing.

It’s beyond my understanding. I feel blessed.

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Tower of Power will make a stop in the Tri-Cities on July 29 with a performance at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles. ourselves over and over again.

Sloboda: I was looking at the list of musicians Tower of Power has recorded with – including Elton John, Smokey Robinson, Rod Stewart and Dionne Warwick.

Do any stand out as being especially memorable?

Castillo: There’s a lot. We’ve record-

If you go n WHAT: Tower of Power n WHEN: 8 p.m. July 29 n WHERE: Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main

St., St. Charles n COST: Tickets start at $59 n INFO: www.arcadalive.com or call

630-962-7000

ed with a lot of very famous people.

All the work we did with Little Feat, Elton John, Huey Lewis and the News – we had a really fantastic recording and toured live with them. We worked with Linda Ronstadt. All those were great experiences.

Sloboda: Do you ever get starstruck?

Castillo: I get starstruck to a degree.

We did the 1,000th “Arsenio Hall Show.” He had us play with Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Madonna. When she walked in – wow, there’s Madonna. She says, “You guys are Tower of Power horns?” She does the “I’m not worthy” sign.

Sloboda: Did you ever want to do anything else with your life?

Castillo: No. I got into music when

Sloboda: Why do you think Tower of Power’s been able to last as long as it has?

Castillo: We make the music exactly

Sloboda: Do you remember what sparked that interest in you?

Castillo: I always loved singers and

Sloboda: You recently returned from Tokyo. Is performing overseas different Sloboda: How has the dynamic changed than performing in America? as members come and go?

Castillo: It’s different in a few subtle Castillo: The musical concept never ways. In Japan, the fans there are

I was 14, and I never, ever thought about doing anything else. I knew that all I wanted to do was play music.

songs, even when I was a little kid. My parents really liked to play music. I just loved it all, and I mimicked it.

the way we want it to be. We’re not chasing a trend. We’re not trying to be anything but who we are.

changes. We just make Tower of Power music. We try to push the envelope musically, but we’re not remaking

over the top. We do this autograph session after the second show. A lot of times they come up and start crying

or they’ll start shaking. It’s sort of unnerving but very flattering.

Sloboda: What’s your favorite place to perform?

Castillo: I have a lot of favorites,

but certainly Tokyo is one of them.

Anywhere in Denmark, Holland. I love playing in New York City. Anywhere in Connecticut. For some reason, Connecticut is like playing in Oakland for us. We feel like The Beatles.

Minneapolis is great. I love going to Canada. We get to enjoy the world, and it’s wonderful.

Sloboda: Looking at your tour schedule, it seems like the group stays busy.

How do you keep the shows fresh?

Castillo: We’re sort of always evolv-

ing. We don’t do the same show every night. We’re always sort of tweaking.

We call it “polishing the diamond.”

Sloboda: What can audiences expect from your shows?

Castillo: It’s excitement. We play

soul music. It moves you emotionally.

Sloboda: Is there anything else you’d like to say?

Castillo: We are recording an allnew, original CD. We recorded 28 songs and are trying to do the best record of our career.

By TARAH THORNE tthorne@shawmedia.com

Photos provided by Lauri Novak

Lauri Novak of Elgin (below) took this “Arctic Reflections” photo (above) during her favorite day of her 10-day trip. The photo was taken near the Monacobreen Glacier in Liefdefjorden, which is a fiord on the northern coast of Spitsbergen in northern Norway.

and bearded seals as well.

“We saw a mother and a cub polar bear, but they were pretty far away, and the male polar bear was trailing behind them – so that was cool,”

Novak said. “And some kayakers saw beluga whales. I wish I would have seen those.”

Novak said one of the biggest challenges during her trip was trying to

keep her camera in focus on a moving ship.

“But even without the camera, the trip was amazing,” she said.

Novak said she plans to print many of her photos for upcoming art fairs.

She also sells and showcases her work online at www.laurinovakphotography.com.

Lynda Fillipp, director of the Kaneville Public Library, went to high school with Novak. Fillipp said she plans to have Novak visit the library this fall for a special event.

“I want to have a mini show with some of Lauri’s really nice work,” Fillipp said. “We can display her work for about a week and then have her come in for a presentation on her trip.”

Fillipp said the library hasn’t set a date for the event yet, but it will be sometime after August.

“I have seen Lauri’s work for many years,” Fillipp said. “She’s a fantastic landscape photographer. She has an eye and sees stuff that the normal person doesn’t see. Her landscape photos tell a story.”

Visit https://youtu.be/VujTqjCXaq8 to watch a slideshow video from the Spitsbergen Encounter trip and www.oneoceanexpeditions.com for more information.

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ELGIN – Not many people can say they’ve been about 540 nautical miles from the North Pole – but Lauri Novak says it with a smile.

Novak, a Kaneland High School alumna, packed her bags for a trip to the arctic last month. She traveled on a scientific expedition ship to further her landscape photography skills. Novak has been focusing on her passion of photography ever since she received her first camera at age 10.

The Elgin resident said she’s always dreamed of being a National Geographic photographer, and this 10-day trip was just the thrill she was looking for.

“We were well over the 70-degree north mark,” Novak said of her travels. “I found out about the expedition program from a mentor of mine and made the trip happen within about two months. There were about 90 passengers on the ship, 60 crew members and – at times – some big waves.”

Novak said living quarters were tight. “This wasn’t the Princess Cruises line,” she said with a laugh.

There was a chef on board and a communal dining room, which was nice, Novak said.

The trip was called the Spitsbergen Encounter, presented by One Ocean Expeditions, and participants traveled to more than a dozen stops around the island of Spitsbergen in northern Norway.

The expedition trip was combined with a photography symposium, Novak said, so there were people with a variety of interests on board – those focused on birds, animals, flowers, science and, of course, photography.

Each day, except for one day with bad weather, the passengers got out into Zodiak boats for various excursions. Novak said she lost “about seven pounds” on the trip from climbing up and down different levels of the ship and carrying all her outdoor gear.

“I packed for a winter vacation,” Novak said. “But nothing way too heavy – just layers. I knew the weather wouldn’t ever get below freezing since it’s technically summer there as well.”

Novak said the skies were often grey, but sometimes sunny.

“There was one perfect day,” Novak said. “It was my favorite day.

The water was perfectly still and I could capture the reflections from the mountains. We even saw polar bears that day.”

Polar bears weren’t the only animals the travelers saw. Novak said there were “all kinds of arctic birds,” puffins, arctic ducks, beluga whales

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LASER TRIBUTE TO PINK FLOYD, LED ZEPPELIN

WHEN: 8 p.m. July 23 WHERE: Vasa Park, 35W217 Route 31, South Elgin COST & INFO: A multimedia laser light show will be part of a tribute to Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin performed by Echoes of Pompei and Kashmir in an Arcada Under the Stars concert. It promises an all-hits mash-up of some of the biggest rock anthems. Tickets cost $25 for adults, $10 for those ages 15 and younger, and carload pricing also is offered. This is an all-ages, reserved-seating show, with food and beverages available for purchase. For tickets, visit oshows.com or call 630-962-7000.

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‘A CHORUS LINE’

WHEN: 7 p.m. July 27 WHERE: Batavia Riverwalk in downtown Batavia COST & INFO: Wild Daisy, billed as the most energetic female-fronted country band in the region, will star in the Batavia Park District’s River Rhapsody Concert Series. The family-friendly band will play current, upbeat country with a few pop-rock songs thrown in. The free concert series is presented by the Rotary Club of Batavia. Panera Bread Batavia will be on-site with its “Rapid PickUp;” simply pre-order online, indicate you are a concert attendee and pick up your meal at the Riverwalk. For more information, call 630-8795235 or visit bataviaparks.org.

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WHEN: 8 p.m. July 22 and 23, and 3 p.m. July 24 WHERE: Hemmens Cultural Center, 45 Symphony Way, Elgin COST & INFO: Set on a bare stage of a Broadway theater during auditions, “A Chorus Line” is a day in the life of 17 dancers all vying for a spot in the chorus line of a musical. Based on real Broadway dancers’ stories, as told to fellow dancer and choreographer Michael Bennett, the Marvin Hamlisch musical is described as funny, heartbreaking and honest. It will be presented by Elgin Summer Theatre. Tickets cost $15 to $20 and are on sale at 847-931-5900 and hemmens.org.

WHEN: 5 to 9:30 p.m. July 28; 4 to 11 p.m. July 29; 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. July 30; and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 31 WHERE: Volunteer Park, near routes 47 and 31, Sugar Grove COST & INFO: The 49th annual Corn Boil will offer carnival rides, craft and vendor booths, bands, bingo and fireworks. Bands will begin Friday evening, and WLS’s Dick Biondi will kick off festivities. Thursday’s offerings are the carnival and Genoa’s Pizza & Italian Concession. Music will feature The Duke Band, The Stone Giants (right) and Liverpool Legends in a Beatles tribute, all on July 29; Remember the Future, an 11-piece jazz funk/fusion band from Maple Park, along with Mark and his Swingin’ Sophisticates, Photo provided Jeff and Kurt’s Acoustic Refreshment, Cadillac Groove, Whiskey Romance, and Eric Von, will perform July 30; and Apollo, The StingRays, Fast Eddie and the Corvettes, and The Names, all will perform July 31.

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WHEN: July 27 to 31 WHERE: Lamplight Equestrian Center, 6N940 Dunham Road, Wayne COST & INFO: The Chicago Festival of the Horse will feature a rated hunter and jumper competition. Tickets range from free to $75 during the five-day event, followed by EQUIFEST II and III from Aug. 2 to 7 and 10 to 14, respectively. The festival will present the $75,000 Chicago Grand Prix. For the schedule and details, visit lamplightequestriancenter.com.

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WHEN: 7:30 p.m. July 22 WHERE: RiverEdge Park, 360 N. Broadway (Route 25), Aurora COST & INFO: Hits will be flying when Pat Benatar, joined by husband Neil Giraldo (guitarist from the Rick Derringer Band), will be followed by Melissa Etheridge. First up will be rock-and-roll powerhouse duo Benatar and Giraldo, known for such songs as “Hit Me With Your Best Shot,” “We Belong,” “Invincible” and “Love is a Battlefield.” Among Etheridge’s many hits are “Come to My Window” and “I’m the Only One.” Tickets cost $45, and are available at RiverEdgeAurora.com and 630-896-6666.

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WHEN: 7 p.m. July 23 WHERE: Near the sponsoring Riverfront Playhouse in a park across from City Hall bordered by Route 25 on the east, Downer Place on the south and Water Street Mall on the west COST & INFO: People who missed Saturday’s production in Geneva still can catch a a free outdoor performance of an early Shakespeare comedy, “Two Gentlemen of Verona,” a family-friendly show the troupe calls just plain silly and sure to entertain. A second free performance in Aurora will be set in the courtyard of Two Brothers Roundhouse at 7 p.m. July 26 at 205 N. Broadway (Route 25). The first of Shakespeare’s plays in which a heroine dresses as a boy, it deals with the themes of friendship and infidelity, and the foolish behavior of people in love. Visit riverfrontplayhouse.com.

PIZZA NIGHTS AT HERITAGE PRAIRIE FARM

WHEN: 5 to 8 p.m. July 27 and every Wednesday through August WHERE: Heritage Prairie Farm, 2N308 Brundige Road, Elburn COST & INFO: Heritage Prairie Farm’s Wood Fired Pizza Nights are designed as a family-friendly summer treat, with a wood-fired oven cooking up specialty pizzas. Picnic tables are spread out across the lawn and people are welcome to bring their own blankets. While parents relax, events will entertain kids. A magician will perform, and a vintage Good Humor ice cream truck will arrive later in the evening. Live music will play outside or in the tent. A bar will serve beer, wine and specialty cocktails. This season, the farm has added “Pizza Night Pre-Orders.” For details, visit heritageprairiefarm. com.

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GENEVA ARTS FAIR

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WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 23 and 24 WHERE: South Third Street in downtown Geneva COST & INFO: The highly anticipated Geneva Arts Fair will turn South Third Street into an outdoor gallery of juried fine art. Showcasing over 150 artists from around the country, the event will offer works in photography, pottery, fiber, printmaking, glass, mixed media, watercolor, oil, acrylic, wood, sculpture and jewelry.

Admission is free. For details, contact the Geneva Chamber of Commerce at genevachamber.com or call 630-232-6060.

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WHEN: 1 to 3 p.m. July 23 WHERE: Geneva Public Library, 127 James St., Geneva COST & INFO: Families can meet Geneva writer E.V. Jones, author of the new young-adult book titled “The Wish.”

Audience members will learn about her journey in getting published, hear an excerpt from her book and can have their own copy signed. For more information on the free program, call 630-232-0780 or visit gpld.org.

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Geneva Arts Fair to feature original work by 155 artists

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com GENEVA – The 15th annual Geneva Arts Fair will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 23 and 24, featuring the work of 155 artists on Third Street in Geneva.

The Geneva Chamber of Commerce sponsors the arts fair, which has been voted the “Best Craft or Art Show” by an area magazine.

Chamber spokeswoman Laura Rush said this is the type of art fair people want to attend.

“It’s a juried show, so we have way more applicants than get accepted,” Rush said. “It is an original art fair, with no reproductions. You can buy something for $50 or $5,000. The price point is across the board.”

Art media featured will include photography, pottery, fiber, printmaking, glass, mixed media, watercolor, oil/acrylic, wood, sculpture and jewelry.

Rush said about 2,500 people usually attend.

“They line both sides of the street from James to South streets,” Rush said. “It’s very well attended. It opens at 10 a.m., but before that people are already wandering the streets, and it stays busy until closing at 5 p.m.”

Because the artists themselves are in the booths, attendees have an opportunity to talk to them about their work.

“If you start at the beginning of the block talking Shaw Media file photo to artists, it really could take you all day to go down The Geneva Arts Fair will take place July 23 and 24 and will showcase more than 150 artists from around the counboth sides and cover four blocks of art,” Rush said. try. Art media will include photography, pottery, fiber, printmaking, glass, mixed media, watercolor, oil/acrylic, wood, More information is available by calling the sculpture and jewelry. chamber office at 630-232-6060.

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By RENEE TOMELL rtomell@shawmedia.com

• Titania – Mary Nigohosian, Batavia • Oberon – Steve Delaney, St. Charles • Puck – Kasandra Hesek, Warrenville • Peter (Petra) Quince – Lynn Meredith, Elburn • Nick Bottom – Craig Gustafson, Lombard • Starveling – Kathy Bright, Lombard • Snout – Tyler Haigh, Streamwood • Snug – Tom Rieser, North Aurora • Flute – Ben Tennant, Warrenville • Lysander – Matthew Rosario, Aurora • Demetrius – Michael Hudetz, Batavia • Hermia – Elissa Wolf, St. Charles • Helena – Kylie Edmonds, Wheaton • Theseus – Matt Heine, Batavia • Egeus – Bruce Worthall, North Aurora • Hippolyta – Ally O’Donnell, Batavia • Fairies – Kate Heart, Ally O’Donnell, Faith NieKamp, Noelle NieKamp

• Thursday, July 21, 2016

BATAVIA – The beguiling young lovers, fairies and homespun amateur actors who inhabit Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” are headed to their latest home under the stars in Batavia. They will ply their joyful mischief in the courtyard of the Batavia Fine Arts Centre from July 22 to Aug. 7.

“This will be the second year,” Director Julane Sullivan said of the courtyard venue. “We love it – the actual production value and setting.

There’s so many benefits.”

An annual classical comedy by the bard originally was mounted along the Fox River at Clark Island starting more than a decade ago.

Sullivan said an overload of sensory sound at the old location occasionally hindered the audience from hearing the actors.

Coming to the rescue in time for last summer’s production after a year’s hiatus for the project was Dominic Cattero, manager of the Batavia Fine Arts Centre.

“Dominic approached me and said he would like to have it in [the] courtyard,” Sullivan said. “It’s a beautiful facility.”

The BFAC sponsors the show, and part of ticket sales go to Shakespeare on Clark at the Centre.

“The space is so lovely,” Sullivan said, alluding to welcome amenities for audience members inside the air-conditioned center. “Parking is accessible. You’re comfortable.

Chairs are there, and we set up little tables. You can still bring in picnic dinner, but [on the school property] no alcohol.”

Having the courtyard space reserved for the production during its entire run lightens logistics considerably for this undaunted band of performers who have put up with a lot over the years to bring Shakespeare to audiences.

“For the actors, it’s so nice we have places to change,” Sullivan said of the BFAC. “We don’t have to put up tents.”

Having the run of the center means storage space for costumes, along with a sound system and lighting that stay accessible without the need to remove gear and equipment

Characters and cast

If you go n WHAT: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” n WHEN: 7 p.m. July 22, 23, 24, 29, 30

and 31 and Aug. 5, 6 and 7 n WHERE: The outdoor courtyard at the

Batavia Fine Arts Centre, 1201 Main St., Batavia (located at Batavia High School) n COST: $14 ($2 less online) n INFO: bataviafineartscentre.org or 630-937-8930 to and from Clark Island.

Cattero said the Batavia Fine Arts Centre, which is about to celebrate its fifth anniversary, has grown to be a cultural hub for the city.

“And we have this wonderful Shakespeare company,” he said. “I felt we had the perfect space for them in our courtyard performance space.

It just seemed to fit perfectly [as a] welcome addition to what we do in the summer here.”

He said the audience reaction to last year’s courtyard production was great, and praised the cross-growth advantage, noting, “It got people who had never been to the fine arts center to come, and people who’d never been to see [the Shakespeare troupe] to see them.”

Cattero said he remembers the troupe from his student days at Batavia High School.

“They have a long-running tradition of providing great Shakespeare [and] fun entertainment in the summer,” he said. “I’m really glad [to

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Jerry Urbik and Lynn Meredith of Shakespeare on Clark rehearse a scene for a past production of “The Merry Wives of Windsor” at Clark Island in Batavia. Now in a new home, Shakespeare on Clark at the Centre will perform “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” from July 22 to Aug. 7 in the outdoor courtyard at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre. have them] at the fine arts center.”

And in another example of Batavians networking to nurture the arts, Sullivan, president of the Batavia Arts Council and owner of All Dressed Up Costumes in Batavia, said she’s been enjoying acting again in addition to directing. Earlier this month, saw the close of the U.S. premiere of “Out of the Blue,” a new Russian work performed at the Organic Theater Company in Chicago, where she played Babuschka.

The opportunity was brought to her attention by the show’s star, Will

Burdin, a Batavia native whom she trained in her youth theater workshop years ago.

With many of the Shakespeare company’s favorites returning to roles in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” it will be comfortable territory as audiences are treated to a funny, fast-paced, 90-minute adventure complete with woodland sprites – this time inspired by the Scandinavian roots of the midsummer celebration.

The language of Sullivan’s adaptation is designed to be accessible to modern audiences ready to laugh.

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Render the fatback over medium-high heat or heat the olive oil until it is shimmering. Add the oxtail segments and cook until browned all over, then remove from the pot and set aside. Reduce the heat to medium-low and add the onion, garlic and cloves.

Cook until the onion is translucent and the garlic has Braised Oxtail, or “coda alla vaccinajust turned golden, about 10 minutes. Add the tomato ra” (recipe below). paste and cook until it turns a deep, brick red, about Appetizing food photos by Kristina 5 minutes. Add the wine, scraping up any browned Gill add pizzazz to this well-researched bits from the bottom of the pan and cook until the volume. alcohol aroma dissipates, about a minute, then add the tomatoes.

Return the meat to the pot and cover three-quarBraised Oxtail ters of the way with the beef broth. Cover and cook Serves 4 to 6 until the meat is just falling off the bone, 5 to 6 hours, adding more broth if the sauce reduces too much.

2 1/2 oz. cured fatback or 3 Tbl. olive oil Toward the end of cooking, add the celery, 3 1/2 lbs. oxtail, cut into 3-in. segments raisins, pine nuts and cacao, mixing well. Simmer for 1 yellow onion, chopped 20 to 30 minutes more.

1 clove garlic, smashed Turn off the heat and allow the oxtail to rest for 5 to 6 whole cloves at least 30 minutes, ideally overnight, in the refriger2 Tbl. tomato paste ator. Serve on its own.

1 cup red wine 1 (28-oz.) can whole peeled tomatoes Journalist Tom Witom, who lives Up to 6 cups beef broth in Elgin, has written extensively for 2 celery stalks cut into 3-in. pieces years about food and the food indus1/4 cup raisins try. Feedback on this column can be 1/4 cup pine nuts sent to editorial@kcchronicle.com.

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Chapters in “Tasting Rome: Fresh Flavors and Forgotten Recipes from an Ancient City” focus on snacks, starters and street food; classics and variations; bread and pizza; sweets; and drinks.

Process of deadheading keeps garden looking its best Deadheading, the practice of removing spent blooms, has many benefits. Some perennials can be encouraged into a second round of flowers; others are prompted to continue blooming; some can be kept in check by removing blossoms before they set and disperse seed; and removing shriveled flowers just makes the garden look better.

The methods of deadheading perennials include pinching, snipping or pruning, and shearing. All are pretty simple. To pinch, grasp the stem below a spent flower just above a set of leaves and break it off. Pinching encourages the plant to produce new stems below the pinch. More flowers bloom on these new stems.

Flowers that bloom on long stems are best removed by snipping or pruning. Stems are cut back as close as possible to the base of the plant.

Shearing works best on perennials with a mass of small blooms. Grab a handful of stems and, using a pair of pruners or grass shears, cut them back by at least half. New growth will begin quickly, and – in a few weeks – new flowers buds will appear.

Some of the perennials that reward gardeners for their deadheading efforts with additional flowers are balloon flowers (Platycodon), bellflowers (Campanula), bee balm (Monarda), black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia), blanket flowers (Gaillardia), columbines

LEARNING TO GROW Diana Stoll (Aquilegia), coral bells (Heuchera), daisies (Leucanthemum superbum), Delphinium, lavenders, Phlox, pinks (Dianthus), Salvia, speedwell (Veronica), tickseed (Coreopsis), and yarrow (Achillea).

Spent flowers of perennials that spread aggressively by seed should be removed. Cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum), false indigo (Baptisia), ironweed (Vernonia), and mallow (Malva) are plants I deadhead in my gardens to keep them in their assigned spaces.

A small group of perennials should be deadheaded simply because their spent blooms are unattractive enough to detract from the entire plant.

Daylilies, irises and peonies are at the top of this list. Hostas, Jacob’s ladder (Polemonium) and obedient plant (Physostegia) are more examples.

Some perennials produce flowers that die gracefully, even beautifully, in the garden. Forego deadheading and enjoy the spent flowers or seed heads of Allium, Astilbe, Clematis, pasque flower (Pulsatilla) and Sedum.

Some boast berries or seeds that attract birds and provide winter interest. From late summer on, these plants

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If deadheaded, speedwell rewards gardeners with more blooms. Deadheading is the practice of removing spent blooms. can wait until next spring for pruning.

Ornamental grasses are the obvious examples.

Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia), coneflowers (Echinacea), gayfeather (Liatris) and yarrow are more.

Time spent deadheading now makes the difference between a nice garden and a jaw-dropping, traffic-stopping landscape. And is there a better way to spend a summer afternoon than in the garden with the bees

and butterflies?

Diana Stoll is a University of Illinois Extension master gardener for Kane County. The “Learning to Grow” column runs weekly during warmer months of the year. Call the extension office at 630-584-6166 or visit web. extension.illinois.edu/dkk for more information. Feedback on this column can be sent to editorial@kcchronicle. com.

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“Tasting Rome: Fresh Flavors and Forgotten Recipes from an Ancient City” (Clarkson Potter), a new cookbook by experienced freelance food writer Katie Parla, is designed to paint a complete picture of Italy’s capital and its food – enjoyed by many but completely understood by few.

Parla discusses how traditional trattorias and bars now have company. The so-called “new realities” include speakeasies, 10-table restaurants and street food stalls.

Various chapters focus on snacks, starters and street food; classics and variations; bread and pizza; sweets; and drinks. Others include Cucina Ebraica: Honey-Soaked Matzo Fritters; Spicy Fish with Couscous; and Chicken Meatballs in White Wine Sauce. And Verdure: Baked Tomatoes Stuffed with Rice; Fennel, Radicchio and Pear Salad; and Romanesco Custard.

Don’t overlook recipes from Rome’s historical center, Testaccio’s “quinto quarto” classics such as tripe, intestines and brains. A tasty example is

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The Ellwood House Museum and Park is a 10-acre estate memorializing Isaac Ellwood’s contribution to the development of the American barbed wire industry.

SUMMER

GETAWAYS Day trips provide endless possibilities throughout the Chicago suburban area

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s summer kicks into high gear, do you find yourself feeling desperate to go outside to enjoy the sunshine?

Feeling the urge to just get out and do something?

While we often know of numerous attractions in our own communities to have fun, there are many places within a few hours’ drive where you can explore new attractions or delve into the history of the region.

While by no means encompassing, we present this list of options for consideration.

BROOKFIELD ZOO

8400 31st St., Brookfield. Open from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., seven days a week.

Cost is $17.85 for adults, and $12.50 for seniors 65 and older and children ages 3 to 11. For information, call 708688-8000 or visit www.czs.org/brookfield-zoo.

The mostly widely known zoo attraction in the Chicago suburbs, the Brookfield Zoo is home to more than 5,000 animals, including mainstays such as gorillas, polar bears, elephants, dolphins and tigers. Its parent Chicago Zoological Society is

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Hudson, the polar bear, 3, gets a closer look at Melody Alleman, of Lockport and vice versa in the Great Bear Wilderness at Brookfield Zoo. The zoo is home to more than 5,000 animals, including mainstays such as gorillas, polar bears, elephants, dolphins and tigers.

operated as a museum by the not-forprofit Ellwood House Association.

The property remains a monument of the Ellwood family and their integral role in the creation of the world’s first barbed wire factory.

Guests can walk guided tours of the Ellwood Mansion and the Ellwood-Nehring House, or explore three exhibit galleries, free and open to the public, at the museum’s visitor’s center.

Ellwood Explores, a series of family programs, operates each summer between June and August, with details about scheduled events available at Ellwoodhouse.org.

Members of the Accelerators Running Club practice on the lawn in front of the Fabyan Tickets for guided tours can be purWindmill in Geneva. chased in-person at the visitor’s center. an organization devoted to care and ELLWOOD HOUSE MUSEUM conservation of animal species and to 509 North First St., DeKalb. It is open FABYAN WINDMILL The windmill is on the east side of the education of its visitors about the 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Fabyan Forest Preserve in Geneva, challenges that these animals face in Sundays. Cost is #8 for adults; $3 for on Route 25 just north of Batavia. It is the wild. children ages 6 to 17; free for children open from 1 to 4 p.m. weekends from The zoo hosts events throughout younger than 6. For information, call May 15 to Oct. 15; private tours also are the year, most of them deliberately 815-756-4609 or visit ellwoodhouse.org. available by appointment by calling family friendly.

The historic Ellwood House Muse630-208-8662.

Admission is free but a $2 The zoo is free to active, reservist um and Park is a 10-acre estate memodonation is encouraged. For informaand retired members of the military rializing Isaac Ellwood’s contribution tion, visit www.kaneforest.com/hiswho present valid ID. to the development of the American toricsites/fabyanwindmill.aspx.

Brookfield Zoo members also get barbed wire industry.

Fabyan Windmill, which is managed free admission, in addition to disThe land was given to the DeKalb counts on education programs and Park District in 1965 by Erwin Perry special events.

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The versatility of Main Beach in Crystal Lake offers something for everyone. offers boat rentals. Paddle boats, sailboats, rowboats, canoes, kayaks, and stand up paddle boards are all available ranging from an hourly fee of $8 to $12.

As far as the beach itself, there are two sectioned swim regions, one 3 feet in depth and the other 5 feet in depth.

These areas also feature two splash pads to play on as well as a water slide.

There is a concession stand on-site, and guests may refuel at one of the many picnic tables. Also available are porch swings overlooking the waterfront for those wanting to relax and unwind.

FARNSWORTH HOUSE

14520 River Road, Plano. The Visitor Center is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesdays through Sundays. Cost is $20 for guided tours, plus $2.50 online convenience fee; moonlight tours, $30.

For informatio, call 630-552-0052.

Located just south of Plano, the Farnsworth House has been an attraction for architecture students and lovers of modern art since its construction in 1951.

Famed modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed and built the stark, glass box residence for Dr. Edith Farnsworth as a country retreat overlooking the Fox River and Silver Springs State Park.

Van der Rohe, who died in 1969, is regarded as one of the pioneers of 20th century modern architecture. In addition to the Farnsworth Home, his credits include the IBM Plaza, four high-rise residences on Lake Shore Drive and several buildings on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus.

Like the Farnsworth Home, all of those Chicago buildings featured simple, stark industrial steel and plate glass that encase their interior spaces.

The Farnsworth House was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006, two years after being named to the National Register of Historic Places.

The house is owned and operated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

I & M CANAL HERITAGE AREA

This nearly 100-mile heritage area includes attractions in towns such as Lemont, Lockport, Joliet, Channahon and Morris. To learn more about the activities, special events and communi-

SHABBONA LAKE STATE PARK

100 Preserve Road, Shabbona. It is Sarah McDaniel of Carpentersville casts her line while fishing with her family at Shabon- open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Cost is $25-50 a na Lake State Park in DeKalb County. day. For information, call 815-824-2106 or visit shabbonalake.com. ties along the trail, visit https://iandm- one stop along the path. Channahon Each year, more than 475,000 people canal.org.

State Park, now managed by the Illinois visit Shabonna Lake State Park, 100

The Illinois and Michigan Canal in 1848 connected the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River, therefore, connecting New York to the Gulf of Mexico.

The “water highway” ran 96 miles from the Chicago River in Bridgeport to the Illinois River at LaSalle-Peru and allowed people and goods to travel in a timely manner.

The canal was replaced in 1933 by the Illinois Waterway; the I &M Canal was designated in 1965 as a National Historic Landmark, and the state created in 1975 the I&M Canal State Trail along the original towpath.

Today, visitors can visit the canal towns, where they can take in museums, shop in quaint downtown areas housed in historic buildings, or take part in recreational activities like biking and boating.

Lockport, which was the headquarters of the Canal Commissioners, is considered the town that built the canal, and is recommended by the I & M Canal National Heritage Area to be the place to go if you can only make

Department of Natural Resources, is the official trailhead for the Illinois & Michigan Canal State Trail.

MAIN BEACH

300 Lake Shore Dr, Crystal Lake. It is open from 9 a.m. to dusk daily from June 6 to Aug. 19. Cost for park district residents and guests is $1, while it is free for those 60 and older and children 3 and younger. For nonresidents, costs is $11 for those 16 to 59; $7 for those 4 to 15; and free for those 60 and older and children 3 and younger. For information, call 815-477-5404 or visit http:// crystallakeparks.org/parks-facilities/ beaches.asp.

When considering where to spend a day outdoors, the versatility of Main Beach offers something for everyone.

Besides the beach area staffed with lifeguards, also popular is the playground.

While children climb on the equipment, parents have the option to lounge at the nearby picnic tables.

For those more interested in spending a day on the water, Main Beach

Preserve Road, Shabbona, for its fishing, food and camp sites.

Campgrounds house 150 sites with electricity, showers, and fire pits.

Groups or families of no more than four adults are considered a single camp, and four unrelated adults without children may use as many as two tents per site. Campers can also rent one of Shabbona Lake’s two 200-square-foot, two-room cabins, overlooking the water. Reservations can be made at reserveamerica.com. Bait, tackle and boat rentals are available to fishermen at the park’s Lakeside Bait Shop.

Fingerling large-mouth bass from the State Of Illinois Fish Hatchery are released into the park’s rearing pond early June. The bass feed all summer long on minnows, crawdads and bugs, often reaching 5 to 7 inches in length by October.

Visitors can rent anything from a paddle boat, to canoe, to a six-passenger pontoon for one hour or the entire day.

Boat rentals are avaialbe at shabbonalake.com.

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by the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, is a Dutch mill that continues to draw area residents year after year – both those who casually view it from the outside, as well as those who enter the mill for tours.

The forest preserve district has owned the mill since the late 1930s, when it was purchased from relatives of Col. George Fabyan, the owner of the estate, after he died.

The mill sat in Lombard before it was moved to Geneva. It was built between 1875 and 1876 by German craftsmen Louis Backhaus and Friedrich Brockmann, according to information provided by the forest preserve district.

Over the course of 30 years, Fabyan developed an estate of more than 300 acres in Geneva, complete with Japanese gardens, a Frank Lloyd Wright villa, a private zoo, a farm and several greenhouses.

The gardens and villa still exist and are within walking distance of the mill and can be toured as well.

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Batavia MainStreet hosted the fifth annual Cocktails in the Park event July 16 at Appleton Park in Batavia. The event raised funds for Batavia MainStreet’s revitalization efforts, and featured food and drinks from local restaurants, as well as live music.

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ABOVE: Andy and Jeanette Storch of Batavia enjoy refreshments July 16 during the fifth annual Cocktails in the Park event.

BELOW: Gaetano’s was one of the many restaurants that offered samples at the event.

ABOVE: Tammy and Michael Schiesl enjoy a picnic as they listen to live music July 16 at Batavia MainStreet’s fifth annual Cocktails in the Park event.

LEFT: Batavia resident Heather Mahler and her friend Brenda Mareso of Schaumburg talk as they sit near the Fox River during the event.

ABOVE: Residents of the Prairie Trails subdivision on Batavia’s east side have their photo taken July 16 during the fifth annual Cocktails in the Park event.

LEFT: Entertainer Greg Boerner applauds Batavia MainStreet Board member Patrick Moynihan as he speaks to the crowd.

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A&E CALENDAR Readers can post events to the Kane County Chronicle’s online calendar. Visit planitkane.com, click “+Add Event” and follow the prompts. Select items also will appear in the newspaper.

JULY 21

TREK WITH A NATURALIST, 6 to 8 p.m.

July 21, Grunwald Farms Forest Preserve, Elburn. Get all your steps in during these evening hikes. Each month, a naturalist will lead a two-hour hike at a different forest preserve. The free program is designed for people 18 and older who like active hiking.

The naturalist will interpret the ecology of the preserve along the hike. Advance registration is required at 630-444-3190 or programs@kaneforest.com.

AN EXHIBITION by St. Charles School District 303 art students, titled “Art of the Imagination,” will be hosted by the St. Charles Public Library, 1 S. Sixth Ave., St. Charles, through July. The artwork by elementary through high school students includes drawings, paintings, weavings, photographs, sculptures and digital media.

It is displayed in the Huntley Meeting Room, the art gallery on the Mezzanine and both lobby display cases. For more information, call 630-584-0076, ext. 240.

31, Pheasant Run Mainstage Theater, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles. It’s a dark comedy about Veronica Sawyer, a brainy, beautiful teen misfit who hustles her way into the most powerful and ruthless clique at Westerberg High – the Heathers. Described as hilarious, heartfelt and homicidal, it includes intense adult themes and is recommended for mature audiences only. Tickets cost $16 for general admission and $12 for students and seniors, available at verovoce.com or 630-584-6342.

FOX COUNTRY PLAYERS’ “Scenes That Go Bump in the Night” by first- through eighth-graders, 7 p.m. July 22 and 23, Waubonsee Community College auditorium, near Route 47 in Sugar Grove. Visit foxcountryplayers.org or call 630-234-5459.

JULY 23

HABITAT RESTORATION WORK DAY, 9 a.m. to noon July 23, Bliss Woods Forest Preserve on Bliss Road just east of Route 47, Sugar Grove. Meeting in the inner parking lot, volunteers of all ages are needed to help pull various invasive weeds including hedge parsley and giant ragweed. Wear sturdy shoes or boots, long pants and sleeves, and work gloves. Mosquito repellent is a must.

Children younger than 13 must be accompanied by an adult. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, contact Mary JULY 22 Ochsenschlager at maryoxie@sbcglobal.net KILLER QUEEN TRIBUTE to the music or Robb Cleave at the Kane Forest Preserve of Queen, 8 p.m. July 22, Arcada Theatre, office at 630 232-5980.

105 E. Main St., St. Charles. The group is ROCK GUITARIST GARY HOEY’S “Dust described as England’s top Queen tribute band. Tickets start at $39; visit oshows.com & Bones” record release party with special guests TD Clark, 8 p.m. July 23, Arcada or call 630-962-7000.

Theatre, 105 E. Main St., St. Charles. Tickets BRIAN ALLISON, 8 p.m. July 22, Eddie Gaedel Pub and Grill, 117 N. Main St., Elburn. start at $19; visit oshows.com or call 630962-7000.

Next up will be The Wooden Rockers at 8 SUMMER SONGWRITER WORKSHOP p.m. July 23, and Jake Mack at 1 p.m. July and Performance Series, a collaboration of 24. Visit eddiegaedelpubandgrill.com. the Fox Valley Music Foundation, Aurora “MARY POPPINS” summer musical by Public Library West Branch and Batavia PubKaneland Arts Initiative, 7 p.m. July 22 and 23, Kaneland High School, 47W326 Kesling- lic Library, featuring professional musician Noah Gabriel, 1 to 3 p.m. July 23, Batavia er Road, Maple Park. Call the box office at Public Library, 10 S. Batavia Ave. The 630-365-5100, ext. 123.

“HEATHERS: THE MUSICAL,” presented program is free and two more workshops will be offered in August. Registration is not

by Vero Voce Theater, 7:30 p.m. Fridays required. For information, visit foxvalleymuand Saturdays, 6 p.m. Sundays, July 22 to

sicfoundation.com or call the Batavia Public Library Reference Desk at 630-879-1393, ext. 200.

FOX RIVER TROLLEY MUSEUM, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays until Labor Day and varied dates through October, 365 S. La Fox St. – along Route 31 – South Elgin. Half-hour round trips travel between Castlemuir in South Elgin and Blackhawk Station in the Jon Duerr Forest Preserve. Trains operate each half hour. Almost 20 special event days are planned this season. Admission to the grounds is free.

Round-trip rides cost $5 for adults, $3 for seniors, and $2 for ages 3 to 11; $1 for each additional ride. The village and museum will team up for South Elgin Riverfest Express on Aug. 13 and 14 (the village’s festival begins Aug. 11). For more information or to rent a train, call 847-697-4676. Polar Express and Ghost Train tickets already are on sale. Visit foxtrolley.org.

JULY 24

GARFIELD FARM MUSEUM GUIDED TOURS, 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday and Sunday afternoons through September, and at other times by appointment, five miles west of Geneva just north of Route 38 on Garfield Road. It is a 375-acre historically intact former prairie farmstead and teamster inn that volunteers and donors are preserving as an 1840s living history museum. For more in-

formation, contact 630-584-8485 or info@ garfieldfarm.org. Visit garfieldfarm.org.

JULY 25

HABITAT WORKDAY AT FERMILAB natural areas, 1 p.m. July 25 and Aug. 1 and 8, near Kirk and Batavia roads, Batavia. People interested in the outdoors and nature will learn about ecology and the environment.

The group meets weekly year-round. No experience is required. In the summer, volunteers harvest seed from native plants and remove invasive white sweet clover.

In the fall, they harvest native seed, spread the seed mixes, and begin brush cutting again. All tools and safety equipment are provided. Simply bring a photo ID to show the Fermilab security guard at the entrance, and then meet in the Lederman Science Center parking lot. Those younger than 18 need to have written parental permission or supervision. Rain or hazardous weather cancels any event. Visit fnal.gov.

JULY 27

CONCERTS IN THE PARK: MR. MYERS, 7 p.m. July 27, Island Park, 2 E. State St., Geneva. Mr. Myers specializes in the tropical sounds of reggae, Caribbean rock and classic rock. Free. For more information, call 630-232-4542 or visit genevaparks.org.

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Continued from page 14 ADULT FANS OF ANIME invited to Adult Anime Club, 6:30 to 9 p.m. July 27, Batavia Public Library, to watch anime, play video games and meet other anime enthusiasts.

No registration is required. For more information, write to Anime@BataviaPublicLibrary.org or call the library Reference Desk at 630-879-1393, ext. 200.

JULY 28

TWEEN NIGHT AT QUARRY BEACH, 6:30 p.m. July 28, 400 S. Water St., Batavia. Guests can enjoy games, sports, music, movies, dancing and food as they hang out with old friends and meet new kids from other schools. Concessions will be available for an additional fee. A $5 admission fee is charged for non-pass holders. For details, visit bataviaparks.org.

JULY 29

FOX COUNTRY PLAYERS’ “The Addams Family” by high school students and graduating seniors, 7 p.m. July 29 and 30, Waubonsee Community College auditorium, located near Route 47 in Sugar Grove. Visit foxcountryplayers.org or call 630-234-5459.

SUNSET POOL TEEN NIGHTS, 8 p.m. July 29 and Aug. 11 , Sunset Pool, 710 Western Ave., Geneva. Teen Nights grant teens exclusive twilight access to the pool. The regular fee is $5 for residents and $6 for nonresidents. For more information, call 630-232-4542 or visit genevaparks.org.

AMERICAN ENGLISH, Downtown Alive!

Concert Series, 8 p.m. July 29, RiverEdge

TALES FROM THE MOTHERHOOD Jennifer DuBose us Subaru to the movies. I have to let Jackson out Subaru at 3.” Seems Subarus are quite popular. I’ve had two. I can relate. But still, infatuation is a powerful thing. The stitching on the wheel, the feeling of the road when it’s in sport mode, the Mini’s adorable shape … ah! I can’t help but grin when I see one.

Noah did his own lobbying against the Minis, and came with me to another dealer when I spotted what I thought was an even better bargain. But nobody but Flat Stanley would fit in the backseat of that dang car, so we passed.

To be doubly sure the novelty had worn-off, he volunteered reviews from friends who’d owned them. Fun, sure, but somewhat expensive to maintain.

“But Aunt Dotty has one,” I said,

Park, 360 N. Broadway, Aurora, followed Aug. 19 by 7th Heaven. Tickets cost $3, and are available at RiverEdgeAurora.com and 630-896-6666.

JULY 30

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP CHILI COOKOFF, 2 p.m. July 30, Batavia Riverwalk, 100 N. Island Ave., Batavia. Admission is free to the 24th annual event, with an additional fee for a tasting cup. The event is offered in partnership with the Batavia Chamber of Commerce. Visit bataviaparks. org.

SUPER SCITECH SATURDAY: SCIENCE OF SPORTS, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 30, Scitech Hands On Museum, 18 W. Benton St., Aurora. Admission is free for up to four Fox Valley children with a paying adult. Creation Stations also will be open for everyone to learn how art and science belong together; fee is $4, and it’s offered the last Saturday of every month. Visit scitechmuseum.org.

JULY 31

CELEBRATION OF CHICAGO – GANGSTER STYLE, the next program in Batavia Public Library’s Sundays on Stage series, 2 p.m. July 31, 10 S. Batavia Ave. Jan and Gino of Soundz of Time will visit the Roaring Twenties in Chicago – Al Capone’s hangouts, Green Mill Club, Aragon Ballroom, Little Italy, Rush Street, Chicago Theater – performing the lively music of the era. It is sponsored by the Batavia Public Library Foundation, and registration is required online at BataviaPublicLibrary. org or by calling the library Reference Desk at 630-879-1393, ext. 200.

“and she’s super smart. She’d have done her homework.” My kids weren’t swayed. I need not worry about Holly’s negotiating skills, apparently, because she then threw down her ace card.

“You can put any stickers on it you want, but you have to get a Subaru.”

(Whoa! My girl’s got moxie!) Noah nodded in assent. If you’ve read this column for any length of time, you know that’s a huge concession. The stickers on my first Subaru were apparently visible from space (via Google Earth), much to Noah’s dismay during a classroom exercise four years ago.

Yeah. The decision is mine to make, of course, and the sticker compromise aside, even I can’t resist Subaru’s undeniable reputation for safety and longevity (here’s hoping I don’t achieve a total-loss hat trick with my third Forester so I can finally see the latter in action). I finally found a good deal on another one on cars.com, and after driving two was so close to making a real offer. But I wanted to drive one more (the one with the sun roof). The

AUG. 4

MOVIES IN THE PARK: “GOONIES,” 7 p.m. Aug. 4, Island Park, 2 E. State St., Geneva. The free film is rated PG. For information, call 630-232-4542 or visit genevaparks.org.

AUG. 5

FOX COUNTRY PLAYERS’ “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” by the teachers and staff of the academy, 7 p.m. Aug. 5 and 6, Waubonsee Community College auditorium, near Route 47 in Sugar Grove. Tickets cost $5 for students 12 and younger, and $10 for adults. Tickets can be purchased online or at the door with cash or checks only. Visit foxcountryplayers.org or call 630-234-5459.

AUG. 12

FLICK ‘N’ FLOAT NIGHTS, 8 p.m. Aug. 12, Sunset Pool, 710 Western Ave., Geneva. Enjoy a movie while floating at Sunset Pool.

The Aug. 12 film will be “Pan.” Twilight admission rates are $4 for residents and $6 for nonresidents. For more information, call 630-232-4542 or visit genevaparks.org.

salesman wasn’t game.

“I have a mortgage to pay. I make my money selling cars, not taking test drives,” he said. Well.

“True,” I said. “But I can’t seriously consider a car I haven’t driven.” He relented, but still.

“We’re not buying one here,” Holly announced as we pulled out of the lot.

This girl, so determined to get a Subaru that she’d practically developed a verbal tic, was willing to walk away. I could take a lesson from her. “It’s a gut feeling,” she said. Plus, she didn’t want to give money to a rude, overly impatient guy. I couldn’t argue with that.

Trust is important when considering such a purchase. And gut feelings are good for 15-year-old girls to notice and honor. Yes, I do believe we will. The search continues.

Jennifer DuBose lives in Batavia with her family. Her column runs regularly in the Kane Weekend section of the Kane County Chronicle. Contact her at editorial@kcchronicle.com.

Keep your child safe.

More than

60,000

young children end up in emergency rooms every year because they got into medicines while their parent or caregiver was not looking.

Always put every medicine and vitamin up and away every time you use it.

Also, program your poison control center’s number in your phone: 800.222.1222.

To learn more, visit UpandAway.org

AUG. 13

GREEN FAIR ON THE FOX, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 13, 151 N. Island Ave., Batavia. The Green Fair on the Fox features an eco-marketplace, local businesses, organizations and individuals that raise awareness about sustainable living, physical fitness and healthy living. Live music, food, demonstrations and activities will be available. For more information, visit GreenFairontheFox.com or call 630-7613528.

In partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Thursday, July 21, 2016

I was in love. Who can resist the charms of a Mini Cooper? My kids, apparently. Thrown back into another car quest by an apparently distracted driver (this time poor permitted Holly was behind the wheel when she and I were rear-ended after we’d stopped, rendering our beloved Subaru a total loss), I had to at least explore whether the love was real. So I took Holly with me to the dealer (I wanted my newest driver to understand how to read a Carfax and negotiate a fair price) to test drive a slightly used four-door with low miles. She just shook her head from the back seat.

“But it’s so CUTE!” I said. “And so FUN to drive!” The head-shaking continued.

“It’s not a family car,” she said. She wanted another Subaru. As rattled as we’d been by the accident, she’d felt safe in the Subaru. I get it. They’re intrepid. Holly took to pointing out every Subaru we passed. Each and every one, without missing a beat.

“Subaru. And Zoe can come with

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FUN&GAMES Arlo & Janis

Beetle Bailey

Big Nate

Blondie

The Born Loser

Dilbert

Frazz

Monty

Non Sequitur

Pearls Before Swine

Pickles

The Family Circus

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Rose is Rose

The Argyle Sweater

Frank & Ernest

• Thursday, July 21, 2016

Soup to Nutz

Crankshaft

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18 Addiction has strong biological basis Dear Dr. K: My brother has struggled with

addiction for years. I’ve told my husband that addiction is a disease, but he claims my brother is weak and lacks willpower. Is he right?

Dear Reader: There is a lot of stigma and shame associated with addiction. But the truth is, people with substance-use disorders aren’t simply weak or immoral. It surely is true that people who try out illegal addictive drugs for recreational purposes are breaking the law. In my opinion, they also are doing something profoundly stupid. But they’re often teens, who tend to do a lot of stupid, impulsive things. Moreover, many people who become addicted to legal drugs were started on those drugs by their doctors.

The most important point is that addiction has a biological basis. Addiction impairs the brain in many important ways.

I spoke to my colleague Dr. Michael Bierer, an internist at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital, about this topic.

We discussed a recent review article in The New England Journal of Medicine about the “brain science” of addiction and its management.

Here are some of the highlights: • An addicted person’s impaired ability to stop using drugs or alcohol has to do with deficits in the function of the prefrontal cortex. This is the part of the brain responsible for self-monitoring, delaying reward, and integrating messages from the intellect (reason) and libido (pleasure center).

• The prefrontal cortex is not fully developed in adolescents and is particularly vulnerable during this time. The earlier the brain is exposed to a drug, the greater the potential for damage. Adolescence is a time when caution and intervention may prove most valuable, but it’s also the time

ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff when it’s hardest to influence a person’s behavior.

• Once addiction sets in, which may be very early in experimenting with an addictive substance, the emotional response when a person is deprived of the drug is usually extreme negative emotion, a reaction that is “hard-wired” in the brain.

• In a particular setting, the strong association of learned environmental cues (for instance, seeing the corner where a person’s dealer can be found, or entering the doctor’s office for re-evaluation of chronic pain) intensifies the craving for the substance.

• What’s more, the brain releases a flood of intensely intoxicating brain chemicals, called neurotransmitters, during drug use.

This is called the “reward pathway.” This makes the brain relatively insensitive to “normal” sources of pleasure, like a conversation with a good friend or a beautiful sunset. And it makes the brain focus all of its attention on obtaining the addicting substance.

This brain science is helping to shape treatment strategies. Medications such as methadone and buprenorphine can stabilize cravings. This gives the reasoning part of the brain a chance to get back in shape and kick in. Once cravings are under control, a person may be able to develop alternative sources of joy and reward in order to avoid the cues that set off cravings.

• Write to Dr. Komaroff at www.askdoctork.com or Ask Doctor K, 10 Shattuck St., Second Floor, Boston, MA 02115.

SUDOKU HOW TO PLAY Each row, column and set of 3-by-3 boxes must contain the numbers 1 through 9 without repetition.

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Dear Abby: My

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips

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

Teens: There’s a good chance that one of these days you’ll be in a situation where alcohol is present and someone will say, “Come on, try it, it won’t hurt you.” How would you respond?

Here, thanks to Cindy in East Chicago, Indiana, are several better replies than just “No thank you.” She says to look the person straight in the eye and say: • “My suspicious parents will check my breath when I get home.” Or...

• “I’d rather not drink. Alcohol makes me feel sick.” Or...

• ‘No, thanks, but I’ll have a soft drink if you have one.” Or...

• ”No, thank you. I just don’t like the taste of alcohol.”

Our thanks to Cindy for sharing these handy responses.

Sometimes teens receive a bad rap from the actions of a few.

In reality, the majority of teens respect Cindy’s views.

Dr. Wallace: About a year ago, one of my closest friends accused one of our male teachers of having sex with her. The case eventually went to court and the jury found the teacher not guilty.

This makes my girlfriend look like she was lying and I’m sure she wasn’t.

This teacher was on paid

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’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace leave of absence while the trial was going on, but now that he was found innocent he’s back teaching summer school. I think this is a disgrace because deep down in my heart I really think he is guilty. Also, he is a very bad teacher. He never smiles and he gives tons of homework. Most of the kids at our school think he should be fired. – Nameless,

Chicago.

Nameless: I realize that a

case like this will be discussed endlessly by the entire student body and most students will form an opinion. But the bottom line is that the teacher was found innocent in a court of law and therefore is entitled to return to teaching. And the amount of homework he gives has nothing to do with it.

Dr. Wallace: Last year at a church-sponsored summer retreat, I met a boy from Oakland and we really hit it off. When the retreat ended, we promised to write to each other faithfully. I wrote to him twice a week and he answered every single letter. He

even signed his letters, “Love, Ryan.” We planned to attend the same retreat this summer and I was really excited at the thought of seeing him again.

Well, I went to this year’s retreat, but Ryan was a no-show.

I called him from the retreat and his mother said that Ryan had gone fishing for a week with his girlfriend’s father. When I heard that, I was speechless. All I said was, “Thanks,” and I hung up the phone. My question is this.

Should I continue writing to Ryan or should I wait for him to contact me, if he ever does? –

Megan, San Diego, Calif.

Megan: What a shocking way

to learn about Ryan’s change of plans. Waiting for him to contact you is likely to keep you immobilized with a sense of false hope.

Take the initiative. Contact him and say you’re sorry he missed an enjoyable retreat, but you hope he had fun on his fishing trip. Then go on with your life, not expecting a reply from him.

If he does contact you, you can base your decision on whether to continue the correspondence on the honesty and sincerity of his response.

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

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• Thursday, July 21, 2016

husband and his sister had a rough childhood in foster care. Long story short, they lost contact for 10 years -- until now.

She found us on Facebook and was desperate to know if she had found her brother or not.

My husband ignored her. He isn’t sure he ever wants to rebuild a relationship with her.

I know that’s his decision to make, and if he doesn’t want her in his life, that’s fine. But I couldn’t live with myself if I ignored her, too. I just wanted her to know she could stop looking and wondering if her brother is still alive. So I told her. She was grateful to have some closure and know that he is doing well, and she reassured me that she wouldn’t contact him again unless he reaches out to her. Even if they never talk again, I think she deserved to know she had found him.

Now I feel guilty for going behind his back and meddling in things that aren’t my business.

But I can’t imagine spending my whole life searching for a family member, when someone could have been honest with me and given me peace of mind. Did I make a terrible mistake, and should I come clean to my husband about what I did? – Feeling Guilty in Georgia Dear Feeling Guilty: You failed to mention the reason for your husband’s ambivalence about re-establishing a relationship with his sister.

Now that she has found you on Facebook, she can follow his whole life, unless you block her.

Whether you made a terrible mistake remains to be seen. If the sister contacts your husband again, you will have to tell him what you did.

He may have wanted to protect his privacy. As long as she doesn’t, I think you should keep your mouth shut.

Dear Abby: My 18-year-old daughter has just finished school. She now wants to take a gap year and work to save enough to travel overseas.

The problem is, she’s so eager to get away from home that she wants to move to another city to work. I have advised her that staying home and working will allow her to save more to travel, and she would have to pay for her food, accommodation and transportation, and would have little left over to save to travel. She got upset with me and could not understand why I wouldn’t want to pay her rent or support her.

Am I being unreasonable saying that she should pay her own way if she moves out of the home? – Mom in Johannesburg, South Africa Dear Mom: If anyone thinks that an attitude of entitlement is strictly a problem in the United States, your letter should banish that notion.

What you told your daughter makes perfect sense. If she wants independence, she should be prepared to accept the responsibility for living that way.

I would, however, encourage you to continue the dialogue with her so you can understand why she feels the need to live apart from you, on the chance that a compromise might be possible.

I’m sure it would be enlightening.

Our thanks to Cindy for good advice

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7 p.m. on ^ WBBM The Big Bang Theory No one likes to be caught in the middle of an argument ... which is even more the case when Sheldon and Leonard (Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki) are the two people fighting, as in “The Viewing Party Combustion.” Neither of them lets anything go easily, and the other members of the group are wary of choosing a side in the battle. Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch also star.

7 p.m. on % WMAQ Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge The freshman round of the competition has come down to this — the season finale indicated by the title “Spartan Season One Championship.” The most difficult course the contenders have faced yet awaits them, and the rewards will be great for the team members who finish successfully first ... in the form of $250,000 and the championship title. Their greatest immediate reward, though, may be the shower they’ll most definitely need after tackling the elements here.

7 p.m. on _ WLS BattleBots Vernon Davis, who was a member of the Denver Broncos when they won Super Bowl 50, is a guest judge for the new episode “Shake, Battle, and Roll: The Round of 32 Part 2,” as the 32 teams still in the competition put their robots up to do the indicated battling. The heat is on the judges, who also include Fon Davis and Jessica Chobot, since they have to determine a winner if there’s no knockout in one of the three-minute bouts. Samantha Ponder is the host.

7 p.m. on + WTTW; 9 p.m. on ^ WBBM % WMAQ _ Republican National Convention The culminating moment of the event arrives as the party’s candidate for the presidency accepts the nomination in Cleveland, in the last evening of the fourday gathering. Gwen Ifill and Judy Woodruff anchor coverage for PBS, and other networks — both broadcast and cable — also will be on hand for the nominee’s acceptance speech. Correspondents and analysts surely will have much to weigh in on, given the many aspects that have made this a very unique campaign.

7 p.m. on @ WFLD Bones A serial killer known as the Puppeteer continues to plague the team in “The Nightmare in the Nightmare,” the new episode that closes the show’s 11th and nextto-last season. Brennan (Emily Deschanel) regrets not having caught the felon, who retains his victims’ bodies for a while

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after committing the murders — and she could end up with a very personal reason for that remorse. Ryan O’Neal reprises his guest role as Brennan’s father. David Boreanaz also stars.

7:31 p.m. on ^ WBBM Life in Pieces Though he’s been in more of a dramatic mode lately on such shows as “Heroes Reborn,” Greg Grunberg made his name in offbeat humor, and he displays that again in “Soccer Gigi TV Mikey.” He guest-stars as the Mikey of the title, Joan’s (Dianne Wiest) visiting, generally disliked nephew. Greg and Jen (Colin Hanks, Zoe Lister-Jones) tackle their trouble with sleeping. The late Ann Morgan Guilbert (“The Nanny”) made one of her last acting appearances here.

8 p.m. on _ WLS Greatest Hits If you were around then, exactly where were you in the early ’90s? The tunes performed in this new episode — in most cases, by the original artists — probably will help jog your memory, since the focus is on the years 1990 to 1995. Hosts Arsenio Hall and Kelsea Ballerini introduce the acts, encompassing solo artists as well as some of the most popular groups of that decade.

8 p.m. on ) WGN Beauty and the Beast AnnaLynne McCord (“90210,” “Dallas”) is having an active summer as a series guest star, proven by appearances on “The Night Shift” as well as her role here in the new episode “Love Is a Battlefield.” She plays a mystery woman who works with Vincent (Jay Ryan) on an undercover operation — and is discovered to be a hired killer, making Cat (Kristin Kreuk) frantic to contact Vincent. Austin Basis, Nina Lisandrello and Nicole Gale Anderson also star.

8 p.m. on @ WFLD Home Free Four contestants remain in the new episode “Team Teardown,” so the pressure is that much more intense for them — forcing decisions on whether they should col-

7 p.m. on ^ WBBM Big Brother As its fans are well aware, it’s never really over until it’s over on this show — and a new, rare Friday edition confirms that even more by announcing the winner of this season’s “Battle Back” contest, which has enabled the first five evicted houseguests to compete to be the one to get back into the game. That person will rejoin the others in the ongoing bid to be the last player and win the $500,000 grand prize.

7 p.m. on _ WLS Shark Tank The Sharks could end up literally feeling better as a Las Vegas woman pitches a remedy for back pain and California relatives, alias the “Ice Siblings,” propose an inflammation reducer in this episode.

Also from California — Emeryville, specifically — is a mechanical engineer with the bicycle lock of tomorrow, and an Arizona woman likens her gourmet tea shots to espresso. Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner and Robert Herjavec are among the Sharks.

7 p.m. on @ WFLD Rosewood A case has a particularly personal impact on Rosewood (Morris Chestnut) in “Dead Drops & Disentanglement,” as the probe of a man’s death reveals he had medical issues similar to those of Rosewood himself.

The investigation also comes to involve Hornstock’s (Domenick Lombardozzi) estranged daughter (guest star Amanda Leighton). Adding to Rosewood’s worries is Donna and Erica’s (Lorraine Toussaint, guest star Joy Bryant) debate over him.

8 p.m. on ^ WBBM Hawaii Five-0 Michael Imperioli (“The Sopranos”) is back as Odell Martin, a pal of McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin), who needs his help in defending a murder-accused police informant in “Ka Pohaku Kihi Pa’a” (Hawaiian for “The Solid Cornerstone”) Musician Ziggy Marley, son of reggae legend Bob, and Will Yun Lee (“True Blood”) also guest star.

Scott Caan, Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park also star.

9 p.m. on ^ WBBM Blue Bloods Several people appear to have wanted a murder victim dead, as Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) finds when he interrogates some of the deceased man’s female employees, in “The Road to Hell.” Frank and his priest (Tom Selleck, guest star Jack McGee) have differing ideas about dealing with a young thief. Nicky (Sami Gayle) is in the wrong place at the wrong time when police find her in the vicinity of drugs — which expectedly doesn’t please Erin (Bridget Moynahan).

proceed to follow through with the agreed-upon course of action. Romance will enhance your personal life.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – You should take care of your responsibilities and move on to more enjoyable pastimes. An unusual connection you have with someone will lead to an interesting turn of events.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Consider your current position. If you aren’t satisfied with the way things are going, reconnect with an old co-worker. Something good will transpire.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – You need to take care of your domestic chores before someone criticizes you for neglecting your duties. Take on a challenge that will enlighten you. A short trip

will spark a unique idea.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Socialize with people who are heading in the same direction as you. If you lose sight of your goals, you will end up at a destination that won’t help you advance.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Think about the past and use your findings to help plan for the future. You are facing a changeable time, and you should use this opportunity to explore new possibilities.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Learn from those around you. If someone makes a scene, don’t get involved in the furor. A change you make will bring you good fortune and a brighter future.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Don’t make your choices based on what others do or say. Do your

The season finale of “Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge” airs Thursday on NBC.

Mark Cuban is among those getting pitched investment ideas in “Shark Tank” Friday on ABC. 9 p.m. on + WTTW The Great British Baking Show Separate challenges to make dishes without sugar, gluten or dairy products inform the new episode “Alternative Ingredients,” which starts with the remaining contestants having to bake cakes that don’t contain sugar — nor flour. Then, the preparation of pitas without gluten is a substantial task. Finally, the creation of ice cream rolls that lack dairy elements involves a coconut-milk base and decidedly tropical tastes in the Showstopper round.

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Tomorrow, the field will take the final ride down the Champs-Elysees in Paris.

7 p.m. on ^ WBBM Angel From Hell The comedy’s final episodes play out in the two halves of a story titled “Believe Me.” Amy and Allison have a very detailed chat about guardian angels — on Marv’s (Kevin Pollak) answering machine, which they try to get to before he can listen.

Then, in the conclusion, Amy’s run-in with a bus leaves her determined not to let Allison’s friend get married.

7 p.m. on % WMAQ Movie: The Bourne Identity Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) isn’t having a good day: He’s been shot, lost his memory and has mysterious assassins trying to kill him. Picked up by a fisherman, Bourne attempts to work through his memory loss.

He feels mild-mannered, but weapons knowledge, martial arts and multitudes of passports pop up. Franka Potente co-stars in the movie-franchise-launching 2002 thriller, based on Robert Ludlum’s novel, as an innocent woman who winds up dodging bullets with Bourne.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Don’t take on too much baggage or you won’t reach your destination. Put your energy into what’s important and expand your interests and concepts while you reach for success.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – You can make positive changes if you discuss matters openly and

own thing, negotiate on your own behalf and draw up contracts that suit you. A take-charge attitude will bring good results.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Keep your money in a safe place. Don’t ignore medical issues. Focus on your needs and self-improvement. Love and romance are on the rise will help 4 and x 2” ad stabilize your life.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Complaints will get you nowhere. If something needs doing, do it yourself. You only get out what you put in. Don’t wait for someone else to make the first move.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Your vocal and outgoing way of dealing with matters will help you bring about positive change. Don’t trust someone else to do as good a job as you. Love is featured.

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6 p.m. on @ WFLD The Simpsons Twin sisters Selma and Patty (both voiced

by Julie Kavner) receive shocking information about their father’s death, prompting them both to give up smoking, in “Puffless.” It turns out to be only lip service on Selma’s part, though, since she continues to light up ... and Patty is so upset about it, she seeks shelter with Marge and Homer (voices of Kavner and Dan Castellaneta).

Famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma voices his animated likeness. Another episode airs an hour later.

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Because of the time of year in which it’s set, some people have debated whether “Die Hard” is a holiday movie — and fuel is likely to be added to that fire by “Yippee Kayak.” Jake, Charles and Gina (Andy Samberg, Joe Lo Truglio, Chelsea Peretti) find themselves in a Christmas Eve situation similar to the one that was faced

by Bruce Willis’ character. Upon finding out about their plight, Terry (Terry Crews) goes to the rescue.

8 p.m. on ^ WBBM Madam Secretary

Matt Damon stars in “The Bourne Identity” Saturday on NBC. 7 p.m. on % WMAQ Hollywood Game Night In “Hannigan, Hale & Hunt ... Oh My!,” Alyson Hannigan — who has just become the host of “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” — Tony Hale (“Veep”) and Emmy and Oscar winner Helen Hunt justify the episode’s title by being among the celebrities teamed with “everyday citizens” to try to win up to $25,000. Jane Lynch is the host. The house band is Dean Butterworth and the Scorekeepers.

7 p.m. on _ WLS Celebrity Family Feud Sometimes, the pairings of teams on this show can seem somewhat random — and so it is with this new episode, with a first round that pits the Band Perry of countrymusic fame against television personality Giuliana Rancic. They each bring along some of their relatives to make educated guesses at what a “survey says.” The second game is an unusual match-up, too, with Melissa Joan Hart against “GoodFellas” veteran Paul Sorvino. Steve Harvey is the host.

7 p.m. on + WTTW Dancing on the Edge Louis (Chiwetel Ejiofor) tries to keep his cool as the band performs at an exclusive dinner, but that becomes difficult when he spots some of Julian’s friends there, in the drama’s “Episode 5.” Masterson (John Goodman) wants to purchase Stanley’s (Matthew Goode) magazine. Lady Cremone (Jacqueline Bisset) pushes herself to be more sociable. Janet Montgomery,

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Lewis, Hathaway and Maddox (Kevin Whately, Laurence Fox, Angela Griffin) begin to form a much more cohesive investigative unit in “The Lions of Nemea,” an “Inspector Lewis” tale. As they probe the murder of a student, one of the victim’s professors emerges as a likely suspect.

They were having a romance that ended, but additional clues make the possible solution to the case less clear.

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8:30 p.m. on @ WFLD The Last Man on Earth Young Jacob Tremblay, who earned much acclaim — and stole many hearts — as the child in the Oscar-winning movie “Room,” guest stars here. He plays the younger version of star Will Forte’s character Phil, aka Tandy, whose brother Mike (guest star Jason Sudeikis) is an astronaut who lands on the supposedly deserted planet a la Charlton Heston in “Planet of the Apes.” Boy, is he in for some surprises.

9 p.m. on ^ WBBM BrainDead Emmy winner Margo Martindale (“The Americans,” “Justified”) worked with this show’s creator-producers on “The Good Wife,” and she teams with them again on a new episode titled “Back to Work: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Congress and How It Gets Things Done (and Often Doesn’t).” She plays an entomologist recommended by Luke (Danny Pino) to Lauren (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) for a professional take on what’s bugging Washington, D.C. — very literally.

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7 p.m. on _ WLS Last Man Standing Patricia Richardson, formerly Tim Allen’s “wife” on “Home Improvement,” reunites with him in “Tanks for the Memories.” Mike (Allen) wants the woman’s late husband’s collection of miniature tanks — and when he learns she’s sold it to a Gulf War veteran (guest star Robin Roberts, “Good Morning America”), he takes measures to make it his anyway. Kristin and Ed (Amanda Fuller, Hector Elizondo) are dismayed by a restaurant critic’s review.

7:31 p.m. on _ WLS Dr. Ken Ken finds himself in a tough spot in “Kevin O Connell,” with the title referring to the guest character played by Will Yun Lee (“True Blood”) — Allison’s (Suzy Nakamura) ex-boyfriend, who’s also a doctor now, When Ken is invited to speak at an event honoring the fellow, the appearance turns into something else. To fulfill a school assignment, Molly (Krista Marie Yu) tries to decide what she wants to be when she gets older. Dave Foley also stars.

10 p.m. on @ WFLD Home Free Who in his or her right mind would turn down a new home, absolutely free? That’s a lot of incentive, so there’s a lot on the line as well as the remaining contestants continue their quest to win a dream home for their personal heroes. Co-hosts Mike Holmes and Tim Tebow are there to guide the competitors, but some of them still miss the mark in “Holmes on the Range.”

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