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Habitat restoration day at Bliss Woods set Nov. 26
SUGAR GROVE – A habitat restoration work day will be from 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 26 at Bliss Woods Forest Preserve. For information, call Robb Cleave at 630-232-5980.
– Kane County Chronicle
Wayne Township, was charged Nov. 5 with driving without a valid license, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and failing to report a personal injury accident within an hour. ST. CHARLES • Perla M. Garcia, 18, of the • Jessica F. Bedrich, 23, of the 900 block of South Second 1700 block of Howard Street, Street, St. Charles, was charged St. Charles, was charged Nov. 12 with two counts of identity Nov. 13 with driving under the theft and arrested on an outinfluence, improper lane use standing warrant. and failure to reduce speed to • Ryan B. Castle, 39, of the avoid an accident. • Jocelyn M. Cadwallader-Bai- 40W300 block of Carl Sandburg Road, Campton Hills, was ley, 37, of the 5N700 block of Prairie Valley Drive, St. Charles charged Nov. 9 with driving Township, was charged Nov. 12 under the influence, driving with with improper lane use, driving a blood alcohol content greater without insurance and criminal than 0.08 percent and speeding. • Douglas M. Sawyer, 26, of defacement causing more than the 6N000 block of Ferson $300 in damage. • Jennifer R. Belsanti, 43, of the Woods Drive, St. Charles Township, was charged Nov. 8 with 700 block of Shady Lane, Auspeeding, disobeying a traffic rora, was charged Nov. 10 with possession of drug parapherna- control signal and a traffic control device, fleeing and eluding lia, possession of a controlled substance, obstructing a police police, failure to display registration and reckless driving. officer, driving without a valid • Delrae Walker, 62, of the license, speeding and arrested 28W000 block of Roosevelt on an outstanding warrant. Road, Winfield, was charged • Kellie R. Shaw, 35, of the 6N000 block of Dunham Road, Nov. 9 with retail theft. • Ethnic slurs written in wax were reported Oct. 30 on the ramps at the Geneva Skate Park, 1776 South St.
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If nothing else, life is an adventure … never stagnant or dull. Interest rates are at all-time lows, in fact some countries have negative interest rates. These means that you pay them to hold your money. The Fed may raise interest rates in the US but it is questionable how high they can go if other countries have negative rates. Then the stock market has been at all-time highs for the past few years. Some ups and downs but still historically really high. Furthermore, there is the US economy and the US stock market but the world is becoming more and more integrated so that we cannot ignore the economies and stock markets of the rest of the world. Coca-Cola and McDonalds are US companies but they saturate the entire world. The world is constantly evolving and the strategies of the past may not have the same impact as they used to. Bonds used to be a stabilizing, conservative part of a portfolio, especially during retirement. Investors are flocking to dividend-paying large-cap stocks to provide retirement income and portfolio stability. This strategy works until the cost of those stocks grows too high and investors start
over-paying for them. The other concern is that, at some point, the company may be paying out more dividend than they can cover with revenue and the dividend will be reduced, thus causing the value of the stock to drop. Real estate and utilities are the other go-to sectors for stability since they tend to pay a more consistent dividend, although, oil prices did drop last year and some utilities followed. Ideas? Diversify everywhere. Final thought? Watch how much you look at past performance to help determine potential future performance, for example, the future of bond returns may be quite different from the past. By Cammie Humke, Registered Representative at The Humke Group, Inc
Located at 555 S. Randall Rd in St. Charles, IL, phone 630-377-7133 A diversified portfolio does not assure a profit or protect against loss in a declining market. Past performance is not guarantee of future results. Opinions expressed are not intended as specific investment or tax advice. The Humke Group, Inc is an independent firm with securities offered through Summit Brokerage Services, Inc. Member of FINRA/SIPC.
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ST. CHARLES – Nominations are being sought for the 2017 Jodie Harrison Lifetime Achievement Award by St. Charles East High School. The nomination deadline is Dec. 2. The form is available online at il.8to18.com/scehs, or nominations can be submitted in writing to Michael Sommerfeld, St. Charles East High School, 1020 Dunham Road, St. Charles. The nominee’s address, telephone number, athletic achievements and contributions, and graduating year or years of service should be included. The award is a top honor for St. Charles East athletes.
St., was reported shattered Nov. 12, with the cost to replace Continued from page 13 it from $1,500 to $1,800. • Tools, a headset and a global a bank card that had been lost, positioning system valued at according to a Nov. 14 police $2,250 were reported stolen report of credit card fraud in the Nov. 10 from a vehicle parked 200 block of North Randall Road. in the lot at Comfort Inn, 1555 • Lucero Ballesteros, 26, of the E. Fabyan Parkway. The front 400 block of North View Street, passenger side door was also Aurora, was charged with drivdamaged. ing with a suspended license • Mindy L. Cummings, 38, of Nov. 15 in the 1000 block of the 200 block of North Sixth South Kirk Road, Batavia. Street, Geneva, was charged • Carlos J. Zaca, 21, of the 200 with domestic battery. Accordblock of Bevier Place, Aurora, ing to police reports, she and was charged with driving with the victim were drinking and a suspended license Nov. 15 on an argument escalated, which Prairie Street, Batavia. involved Cummings swinging • Beverly Haynes, 62, of the a Jim Beam whiskey bottle at 1300 block of East Wilson Street, the victim’s head – missing Batavia, was charged with the victim but putting a hole in driving with a suspended license the drywall – and grabbing the Nov. 15 in the 1200 block of East victim’s shirt and ripping it in Wilson Street, Batavia. an attempt to punch the victim • Someone damaged a screen in the face. Police reports sliding door in the 1200 block of state Cummings also picked East Wilson Street, Batavia, acup a chair and swung it at the cording to a Nov. 15 police report. victim. Cummings was released on a personal recognizance GENEVA bond and is to appear in court • The large display window at Dec. 12. Geneva Cleaners, 130 W. State
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