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The St. Charles Mothers’ Club hosted a meeting Dec. 5 at Villa Verone in Geneva. “We had our annual Holiday Dinner, and we brought together all of our gifts and stockings for our ‘adopted’ D-303 families,” a news release stated.

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2016 NEWS STORIES OF THE YEAR

By BRENDA SCHORY

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Dani DuCharme, an associate professor of biology at Waubonsee Community College, addresses students and faculty members during a convocation ceremony Aug. 25 in Sugar Grove. The college is celebrating 50 years this year.

Waubonsee celebrates 50th year

After years of planning, the Geneva Public Library District bought the former Sixth Street School property at 210 S. Sixth St., Geneva, in March for $1.5 million, plus $416,500 for demolition costs, as a site for a new, future library building.

The library board agreed to put a $21.8 million referendum on the April 4 ballot, seeking to build a new 50,000to 60,000-square-foot facility on the former school site – with parking.

Officials said the facility should be at least that size to serve its district population of 30,500.

The current building at 127 James St., Geneva, is 27,000 square feet.

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It is not large enough to meet the needs of a modern library – with room for collaborative spaces, study rooms and accessibility, officials said.

Another issue with the current building is its lack of energy efficiency, as officials said all the heating and ventilating systems are at the end of their life spans, and the

windows leak air.

The building also lacks storage – so the library has three off-site self-storage units for holiday decorations and program materials.

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com The Waubonsee Community College New Student Convocation kicked off the college’s 50th anniversary celebrations Aug. 25 at the Sugar Grove campus.

President Christine Sobek said that in the past five decades, more than 290,000 students have made Waubonsee their choice for college.

Waubonsee features modern facilities, degree and certificate programs, career training options, plenty of student services and more.

The college’s focus for its anniversary year has been honoring those who have helped shape its “proud past and bold future,” according to a news release.

The college was established in August 1966, when the electorate of 12 school districts in most of Kane County – and portions of Kendall, DeKalb, LaSalle and Will counties – voted to establish Community College District 516. It has grown to include four campuses, as well as online courses.

In addition, the college’s community partners, faculty, staff and students are being challenged to complete 50 volunteer hours this year for the college’s 50 Hours of Caring Initiative. Visit www.waubonsee.edu/50 for information.

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An artist’s rendering of the Wilson Street view shows the scope of the One Washington Place proposal for apartments and retail just east of the Fox River in downtown Batavia.

Proposed development to reshape downtown Batavia KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com BATAVIA – Plans are advancing for proposed apartments in a four-story building that would cover most of an entire city block in the heart of downtown Batavia.

The One Washington Place project calls for 185 apartments; a two-level, partially underground parking garage with 348 spaces; and street-level commercial space totaling 13,850 square feet.

Geneva’s Shodeen Construction intends to spend $43 million to build the project on land essentially being given by the city, which plans to

Looking back The Kane County Chronicle, Elburn Herald and Sugar Grove Herald are looking back at the year 2016.

In today’s news section, readers will find our top news stories of the year, top newsmakers of establish a tax increment financing district.

Numerous structures, now all under city control, would be demolished, including the vacant Baptist church at East Wilson Street and North Washington Avenue, the city parking deck at North River

ernmental Studies, said that during the construction phase alone, $67 million in economic activity would result from the the year and top photos of the project. year. In addition, you can find Richard’s presentation our top sports stories of the year came during the plan commisin today’s sports section. Our sion’s Dec. 7 public hearing on top sports photos of the year the project. The hearing will can be viewed online at www. resume Jan. 4. kcchronicle.com.

On Aug. 23, about 15 local residents protested against and State streets, and several the project for two hours outrecently acquired commercial side the Baptist church. Most buildings. Once the project is – if not all – were part of a complete, the city will retain group called Batavians for Reownership of the parking sponsible Government, which deck. led the protest, citing inadeBrian Richard, assistant quate parking, increased trafdirector of Northern Illinois fic and financial risk for taxUniversity’s Center for Gov- payers.

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The Geneva Public Library District bought the former Sixth Street School property in Geneva as a site for a new library building.

The library board agreed to put a $21.8 million referendum on the April 4 ballot, seeking to build a new 50,000- to 60,000-squarefoot facility there.

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Ream’s expands with new, bigger location

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2016 NEWS STORIES OF THE YEAR

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com Ream’s Meat Market reopened in March at its new location, 250 S. Main St., Elburn.

It was a move that was nearly a year in the making. In May 2015, the Reams purchased the former Papa G’s location, and they spent months gutting the building and reworking it as the new home of the award-winning Elburn market.

New features include barn wood in

News to your phone Sign up for breaking news text and email alerts at KCChronicle.com/subscribe. the front entrance and a tin ceiling near the fresh meat display. Customers can park right outside of the shop. There also is a lot more room in the production area.

The new shop is nearly twice as large as the old one, which was in the heart of

Local fans celebrate the Cubs

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Get to know Steven Flink

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com

Coral Springs, Fla., resident Steven Flink, 62, was at his nephew 3rd Ward Batavia Alderman Dan Chanzit’s potluck dinner when he answered questions for the Kane County Chronicle’s Brenda Schory.

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Schory: Where did you grow up?

Flink: The Bronx [in] New York Schory: Who would play you in the movie of your life?

Fink: Tom Hanks Mary Beth Nolan - For Shaw Media

Schory: First job?

Flink: I parked cars for tips – a quarter – when I was 15 years old.

Gov. Bruce Rauner (right) and Tom Russell, president of Canaryville Veterans Riding Association, turn onto Route 47 in Elburn on Oct. 9 to start the 30th annual DuKane ABATE Toy and Food Run. The event collected toys and food donations for local charities.

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

Flink: I was interested in becoming a car designer. I own a company that prints labels and bar codes.

DuKane ABATE Toy & Food Run marks 30 years of giving

Schory: Favorite charity?

Flink: Active Minds Schory: A book or movie you would recommend?

Flink: The Tony Hillerman books Schory: What is an interesting factoid about yourself?

Flink: I paid for my first car in 1970 – which was a 1966 Ford Mustang – with $500 in quarters I earned parking cars for tips.

Elburn’s downtown area. The move has allowed the Reams to better display the items for sale. At the old store, customers might feel crowded or rushed, owner Janelle Ream had said.

The Reams still own the former property at 128 N. Main St. and the parking lot across the street, but future plans have not yet been announced. Ream had said the property was being cleaned up while they explored options for future uses – either renting out the space or “maybe opening a restaurant.”

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com Thousands of motorcyclists and other volunteers helping give to those in need participated in the 30th annual DuKane ABATE (A Brotherhood Aimed Toward Education) Toy and Food Run on Oct. 9.

Gov. Bruce Rauner even stopped by Elburn and Geneva for the action.

A motorcycle parade started off at Knuckleheads in Elburn. The event was open to motorcyclists, as well as nonmotorcyclists.

Once again, the lineup of live entertainment was stacked, with seven bands performing at the Batavia VFW. Vendors selling leather, art, jewelry and more once again were on site, while a variety of food items, including brats, burgers, hot dogs and wings, kept attendees’ appetites at bay.

Admission to the daylong event was $10 a person, in addition to the donation of one new, unwrapped toy and one nonperishable food item.

Donations were distributed to 18 different charities, including Mutual Ground and the Elburn Food Pantry.

As the Chicago Cubs made their way through the playoffs this year, Kane County fans started getting excited.

After the team won the World Series, fans let it all out.

At local Metra stations, fans boarded trains to Chicago to watch the Cubs parade and rally. Some even parked at the stations illegally as the parking spaces filled up with commuters.

For the Pairitz family of Geneva, the championship win meant a ton – parents Eric and Michelle named all four of their daughters after Cubs players: Maddux (Maddy), after Greg Maddux; Regan, after 1960s/1970s pitcher Phil Regan; Cuyler, after 1920s/1930s Hall of Fame outfielder KiKi Cuyler; and Blake, after 1920s/1930s pitcher “Sheriff” Blake.

Meanwhile, at Avenue Two Barber Shop in St. Charles, a sketch of a sad man in a Cubs hat had his beard “cut.” The beard had been growing longer every year that the Cubs failed to win the World Series.

“The best part is that for all the fans, former players, management and all the playoff teams that didn’t make it, the burden has been lifted,” Scott Comperda, affiliated with the barber shop, had said. “It has finally sunk in. We can all finally relax.”

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McMahon, Lauzen battle over attorney contracts

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By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com In an unprecedented move, Kane County State’s Attorney Joe McMahon sent a letter to all 24 Kane County Board members stating that Chairman Chris Lauzen exceeded his authority when he entered into three agreements with an outside law firm, in violation of state law and the county’s own ordinances.

McMahon’s letter asserted that Lauzen

entered into agreements with a Chicago law firm at a cost of $95,000, without being authorized as required by state law or the county’s own purchasing ordinance, nor were they reviewed or approved Joe by the State’s Attorney’s McMahon Office.

“These unilateral decisions to retain and pay for legal services using county

funds are acts in excess of the authority of a Kane County board chairman,” McMahon’s letter stated.

“This office is reviewing the selection and payment authorization Chris Lauzen history to determine whether any legal violations may have occurred and the extent of the breakdown in the financial oversight controls that are in place to pro-

tect the county from the unauthorized use of funds,” McMahon’s letter stated.

Lauzen insisted that the contracts were for consultant work, not legal services, and that he sought advice on getting revenue from better cellphone reception, fiber optics and turning municipal waste into fuel.

Lauzen also charged that McMahon’s actions were retaliation for his questioning bonuses the state’s attorney gave his employees.

Sugar Grove Chamber celebrates 25 years

Mill Race Inn torn down and makes way for development

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE

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By BRENDA SCHORY

editorial@kcchronicle.com SUGAR GROVE – This year, the Sugar Grove Chamber of Commerce and Industry celebrated 25 years of serving the community.

The anniversary was celebrated Nov. 5 in the Pine Room at the Open Range Southwest Grill in Sugar Grove.

Guests enjoyed trivia, raffles, food, drinks and fellowship with each other.

The chamber was formed in 1991, and much has happened in Sugar Grove since then.

When the chamber was first getting started, you couldn’t buy groceries in town, grab a quick submarine sandwich for lunch or hit a hardware

Julie Walker - For Shaw Media

The Sugar Grove Chamber of Commerce celebrates its 25th anniversary in November. store without trekking to Aurora or Yorkville, let alone enjoy the benefits of the many area businesses that are now a part of the chamber.

“Now we’re the place for people to come shop, and I mean the entire Kaneland area with Big Rock and

Hinckley, and we continue to get services with the access on [Routes] 47 and 56, so we are the crossroads for [those] far out west,” said Sally McClellan, current president of the Sugar Grove Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Proposal for drug, alcohol facility stir residents’ ire

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com Maxxam Partners LLC’s zoning petition for a special use to convert the former Glenwood School for Boys into a 120-bed, private pay, luxury treatment drug and alcohol rehabilitation center was met with opposition at almost every turn.

The petition for the property at 41W400 Silver Glen Road in St. Charles Township, near Campton Hills, prompted nine days of hearings with more than 20 hours of testimony before the Kane County Zoning Board of Appeals.

Frequently, more than 100 people packed the Kane County Branch Court in St. Charles.

Residents who testified against Maxxam’s petition objected on several fronts: too close to their houses and farms; fears about security if addicts left the facility to meet drug dealers in the nearby forest preserve or came through their backyards or kitchens; worries that it would divert ambulance and police calls away; and concerns that it would affect their property values.

Those who testified in favor said the county needed a state-of-the-art

rehabilitation facility, especially to counter a growing heroin addiction problem.

Ultimately, the Zoning Board of Appeals voted 4-3 against approval, the Kane County Development Committee unanimously backed a motion to deny the special use, and – in March – the Kane County Board denied the request, 15-6, with one abstention and one member voting “present.”

But in November, the County Board voted to rescind its denial and send a revamped petition back to the Zoning Board of Appeals to begin the process again.

Geneva’s iconic Mill Race Inn – gone from blacksmith shop in 1842 to restaurant in 1944 to closed in 2011 – was torn down this year to make way for new development.

Developer Shodeen Inc. created 4 East State Street Holdings LLC to purchase the Mill Race Inn’s 1.4-acre property at 4 E. State St. Shodeen Construction Inc. sought its demolition.

The building was in bad shape due to periodic flooding by the Fox River as it was constructed in a flood plain.

Crews removed the 1846 limestone sections of the restaurant to see whether the structure could be considered a historic landmark or be incorporated into a future development of the property.

Shodeen has not determined the future use of the property, although the company has a contract to buy the .39 of an acre corner lot at 12 E. State St. that is contiguous to the Mill Race Inn parcel.

The property is now included in a new tax increment finance district created this year.

A tax increment finance district allows municipalities to divert the increased assessed value of property and sales taxes from redevelopment.

The diverted tax revenue can be used for specific improvements, such as buying land, razing buildings, relocating a business or rebuilding streets, sidewalks and utilities, among other uses.

Under state law, TIF districts can last up to 23 years.

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2016 NEWSMAKERS OF THE YEAR

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE ELBURN – Fulfilling a childhood dream of becoming a firefighter, Kelly Callaghan retired in October after 33 years of service with his hometown Elburn & Countryside Fire Protection District.

He and his brother, Keith, and their neighborhood friends began hanging out with some of the volunteer firefighters when they were kids, helping to wash the trucks and clean the station and hoses. In high school, he became a cadet and then served as a volunteer firefighter for

four years after graduating in 1985. He said the real reason he became a firefighter was to help people.

In 1989, Callaghan was hired as the department’s full time deputy Kelly chief, and he was pro- Callaghan moted to chief in 2001.

“I’m very appreciative that the community has trusted me and my administration to guide the district for so long,” he had said.

He said he’s proud to have been a part of the department’s growth, including two additional fire stations

and the move of Station 1 to its new location last year.

“Kelly Callaghan, in my opinion, as a young man made a decision, and he has dedicated his life and his life’s efforts to the village of Elburn and the Elburn & Countryside [District],” said Elburn Village President Dave Anderson, who has known Callaghan all his life. “I am very proud of him as well as many, many, many other residents in the village should be.”

The new chief is Joseph Cluchey, who was selected in a nationwide search and previously served as chief of the South Elgin & Countryside Fire Protection District.

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Former Geneva High School student Kayla Mickelsen competed on FOX’s final season of “American Idol.”

District 303 board member Steve Spurling prevents ‘situation from becoming a lot worse’ Kayla Mickelsen St. Charles Police Chief James Keegan (far right) presents Steve Spurling and his wife, Diane, a Citizen Recognition Award on June 6 from the city and the St. Charles Police Department. The award was for actions the couple took during a shooting incident in May on Hunt Club Drive.

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com Steve Spurling, a St. Charles School District 303 Board member, had a dog-walking excursion turn into much more May 3.

Spurling and his wife were walking their dog in St. Charles when they saw a woman leaving a house.

He recalled the woman’s face was beaten up and bloody. That’s when Scott J. Turyna of the 400 block of Hunt Club Drive, St. Charles, came outside and tried to explain that the woman just fell, police reported.

The Spurlings separated the couple, Spurling said, noting his wife started walking away with the other woman.

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tance when “all of a sudden I heard a gunshot.” Turyna had walked after the women and fired a revolver in their direction, police reported.

Spurling said he then did what anyone would have done: He tackled Turyna, got the gun out of his reach and

held him until police arrived.

“He prevented that situation from becoming a lot worse,” St. Charles Deputy Police Chief David Kintz wrote in an email.

Turyna’s next court appearance is scheduled Jan. 30.

Community mourns loss of Beverly Holmes Hughes KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com SUGAR GROVE – The community grieved the passing of North Aurora resident Beverly Holmes Hughes, who served as Sugar Grove Public Library director for 21 years and died Nov. 19 at the age of 56 after a long battle with brain cancer.

“Beverly always had a smile on her face and a warm greeting, and would take whatever time was necessary to help a library patron,” Bill Durrenberger had said. “I had the great privilege of working with her as a trustee on the library’s board,

and she was as helpful to me, and as pleasant to work with, in my capacity as a new trustee, as she had always been to my family and [me] as library patrons. …

Beverly’s involvement Beverly in our community went Holmes well beyond her service Hughes as library director. Her death is the passing of a truly good human being.”

Hughes, who worked at the library from 1990 to 2011, was named Sugar Grove Citizen of the Year in 2010.

“Beverly was also crucial to the de-

velopment of the Sugar Grove Chamber of Commerce,” Sugar Grove residents Daniel and Nancy Herkes had said.

“She made the community Corn Boil a major area event through her tireless work ethic and attention to detail. Beverly’s relentless efforts to provide literacy to our community must be acknowledged. We feel as though a great spirit left us, yet her legacy remains.”

Shannon Halikias, the current library director, had known Hughes since college.

“When she attended my director reception, she healed hearts here by the giving of herself,” Halikias had said.

“She was a steward to the world.”

of Geneva appears on ‘American Idol’ KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com GENEVA – This year, Kayla Mickelsen, a Geneva High School senior at the time, won a golden ticket to Hollywood to participate in the final season of “American Idol.”

Mickelsen won over judges Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick Jr. to earn a spot on the hit show.

Her “Idol” journey began with a push from her guitar teacher to participate in a talent show at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, she said.

She won her age category, she said, and someone involved with the event encouraged her to try out for the TV show.

Mickelsen also had been involved with choir since her freshman year of high school.

“She’s an extremely talented young woman,” Roxanne Curtis, choir teacher at Geneva High School, had said.

Kayla’s biggest supporter was her father, Kraig Mickelsen.

“Nobody’s more excited for her than me,” Kraig had said. “I support her fully.”

Although Kayla did not end up making the top 24, she was overwhelmed with support from her town.

“It was a great experience, and I learned a lot from it,” she had said.

Kayla now is a student in the music program of Belmont University in Nashville, where she will major in songwriting.

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McCarthy, Wahlberg bring star power to St. Charles KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com ST. CHARLES – This year, Donnie Wahlberg and Jenny McCarthy, St. Charles’ resident celebrity couple, were the talk of the town as they made several appearances at many different events across the city.

On June 2, the Arcada Theatre hosted “An Evening With Donnie Wahlberg And Special Guests.” The event saw Wahlberg reunite with former New Kids On The Block members Jordan Knight, Joey McIntyre and Danny Wood.

Model and actress McCarthy, who married Wahlberg at the Baker Hotel in 2014, was also in attendance.

The show raised awareness about Generation Rescue, a national organization that provides hope, information and immediate treatment assistance to families affected by autism spectrum disorders.

Later in the year, Wahlberg, McCarthy and their family were chosen as the grand marshals for the annual Electric Christmas Parade.

The result was a record-breaking parade, with more than 28,000 people in attendance, according to reports.

“The city of St. Charles is appreciative of the positive light they have Photo provided by Joe Perez shed on our community and the entire Tri-Cities area ... ,” St. Charles Mayor Actress Jenny McCarthy and her husband Donnie Wahlberg host a benefit for Generation Ray Rogina had said.

Rescue on Aug. 28 at the Oscar Swan Country Inn in Geneva.

Ex-cop pleads guilty to child sexual assault

Julia Gutierrez appears before Judge D.J. Tegeler for a status hearing at the Kane County Judicial Center.

Gutierrez, 54, of Geneva faces two counts of first-degree murder in the death of her husband, Eduardo Gutierrez.

By BRENDA SCHORY and TARAH THORNE editorial@kcchronicle.com Former Elburn police Officer David Wright, in the second day of his jury trial on 33 counts of sexual assault and abuse of a child, changed his plea to guilty.

Kane County Judge D.J. Tegeler accepted the negotiated plea Aug. 16, and Wright, 54, was sentenced to serve 23 years in prison on two counts of felony sexual assault David of a child he knew.

The abuse occurred Wright over 10 years, from the time the victim was 7 until she turned 17, prosecutors said. Wright was charged April 24, 2015, records show.

Also under the terms of the agreement, Wright waived all his rights to appeal, is not to have contact with the victim for 28 years and will have to register as a sex offender the rest of his life, Tegeler said.

As part of the agreement, the other 31 charges were dismissed.

Wright received credit for 478 days in the Kane County jail. He was fired from the Elburn Police Department in 2015, following the investigation into the sex abuse charges.

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Geneva woman faces charges in husband’s poisoning death KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com Geneva resident Julia Gutierrez, 54, was accused of two counts of first-degree murder in the death of her husband, Eduardo.

Prosecutors described the case as an attempted murder-suicide.

According to a news release, the Geneva Police Department and the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office alleged that Julia Gutierrez mixed the sedative Temazepam into a drink and gave it to her husband sometime between Jan. 26 and Jan. 28.

Geneva police responded to the couple’s home on Crissey Avenue on the evening of Jan. 28 after receiving a telephone call for a well-being check, police have said. Police reportedly found Eduardo Gutierrez, 53, dead and Julia Gutierrez in need of medical assistance.

The reason Julia Gutierrez had given for poisoning her husband, prosecutors said, was that she did not want him to suffer from her death, and that he was suffering by watching her suffer from “environmental illness.”

Prosecutors recounted a similar incident in 2002, where Julia Gutierrez

had dosed her husband’s milkshake with sleeping pills, allegedly intending for both to die.

In that incident, Julia Gutierrez’s husband survived, and she received psychiatric services, prosecutors said.

If convicted, Julia Gutierrez would face a possible sentence of 20 to 60 years in prison.

The judge denied bond to her in February because he believed her to be a danger to herself. Julia Gutierrez continues to be held in the Kane County Jail.

Julia Gutierrez’s case was continued to Feb. 2.

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE BATAVIA – Edwin L. “Ned” Goldwasser, deputy director of Fermilab during its founding in 1967, died Dec. 14 at age 97.

“He was a great, kind and generous man,” Fermilab scientist emeritus Dick Carrigan said in a Fermilab news release.

Carrigan was also one of Goldwasser’s thesis students at the University of Illinois. Edwin “Ned” Goldwasser served as Goldwasser the laboratory’s deputy director from 1967 to 1978, taking an extended leave of absence from the University of Illinois to serve at the new facility in Batavia.

“When Ned took leave from the University of Illinois to help create Fermilab from green fields, the project took on new dimensions: a truly effective concern for the variety of people to build it, and a dedication to make it both fruitful for its users and attractive for the professional development of its

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bschory@shawmedia.com GENEVA – The Geneva Public Library board unanimously approved putting a $21.8 million referendum on the April 4 ballot to fund building a new library on the former Sixth Street School property.

The board voted Dec. 22 after a public hearing in which Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns stated his support for the referendum.

“I support the library’s vision because I, like many people in Geneva, support the downtown and the community,” Burns said. “... I am unaware of any organization, any entity, or any group [other than the library] that brings in a quarter-million people a year to downtown Geneva, supports its energy and supports its potential.

That is why I support the referendum for the library, and that is why I will be voting yes on that referendum.”

Resident Tom Lichtenheld added his voice in support of the referendum.

“A library is part of our quality of life, no different than schools or infrastructure,” Lichtenheld said. “Paying $110 more a year is a small price to

pay for the quality of life I and many others enjoy.”

But resident Ed Butts said he could not support it as library use was changing and more people were reading digital books instead of physical books.

“This is a fine building,” Butts said. “I simply do not see a need.”

Resident Patricia MacLachlan said she was a firm supporter of the referendum.

“This should be something that the community should be looking up to and be proud of,” MacLachlan said.

“People my age … are really looking forward to the future of the library.”

Though he did not testify at the hearing, resident Jeff Willsey said no library referendums have passed in Kane County since 2007 out of a dozen requests.

“I don’t think they are prepared to conduct a referendum,” Willsey said of Geneva library officials. “The concern I have is they have not presented the revised plans yet ... so they can’t have certainty about the number.”

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staff,” University of Illinois professor emeritus Ralph Simmons said in the release. “All this was combined with contagious yet critical enthusiasm for the discoveries made possible.”

Goldwasser oversaw the construction of National Accelerator Laboratory – completing it on time and under budget – scheduled its experimental program, managed its program advisory committee and implemented its groundbreaking equal employment program. Together with Director Robert Wilson, he authored the laboratory’s original “Policy on Human Rights,” issued in 1968.

“Among many things I think of when I remember Goldwasser’s contribution was his impact on the experimental areas, the bubble chamber program, neutrino physics and the development of the theory group,” Carrigan said.

“He gave the laboratory a place for the users, which was not the case in the other laboratories,” former Fermilab Director John Peoples said in the release, adding that Goldwasser also created room and budget for lab scientists to allow them to

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Fire and police chiefs and city administrator retire in 2016

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com In 2016, Geneva saw the retirements of its city administrator Mary McKittrick, police chief Steve Mexin and fire chief Steve Olson.

McKittrick had served as administrator for 17 years; Mexin as chief for eight – though he worked for the department since 1989 starting as a patrol Mary officer.

McKittrick Olson retired after 42 years with the city – 20 of them as fire chief.

Mayor Kevin Burns had called Mexin “the quintessential Steve Mexin humble servant.”

“We could not be more proud of the contributions he brought to the police department and the Steve Olson spirit in which he carried out his duties, and the contributions he made to enhance our reputation as a community,” Burns had said.

Burns also praised McKittrick’s service.

“Mary has helped shepherd Geneva to a new level of sophistication, and established practices and policies in a culture that helped us withstand an unpredictable economic environment,” Burns had said. “And we are better off for having had her with us for 17 years.”

As to Olson, Burns stated in a news release that “under Olson’s leadership, Geneva’s fire department remains the envy of communities far and wide.”

Officials appointed Stephanie Dawkins as city administrator, former police commander Eric Passarelli as police chief and Michael Antenore as fire chief.

Michael Szot found dead in Waubonsee library

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com Michael Szot, 23, of Geneva, who was found unresponsive in the library at Waubonsee Community College, was later determined to have died from drug intoxication that included heroin and the pain killer fentanyl.

Szot had pleaded guilty to felony aggravated driving under the influence in connection with the 2014 deaths of two friends who drowned in a car Szot had driven into a pond in Naperville.

A DuPage County judge sentenced him to a year in jail and four years of probation. Szot was allowed to leave jail for school, work and to fulfill his 200 hours of community service – during which he was to give talks about the repercussions of drinking and driving.

Szot had just given such a presentation a month before he was found dead in the school’s library. A toxicology report found that Szot had died from a combination of heroin, fentanyl and diphenhydramine – an antihistamine. A secondary and contributing cause of death was bronchial asthma, the report stated.

Fentanyl is estimated to be

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Geneva High School alumnus Michael Szot, who killed two people in a drunken driving crash, speaks to Geneva juniors and seniors about his experience in May. Szot was found dead in the library of Waubonsee Community College on June 16, officials said.

50 times stronger than hero- Kane County Coroner Rob public that fentanyl combined in alone, and 80 to 100 times Russell said. with heroin can be a deadly stronger than morphine, Russell had warned the combination.

Former U.S. House Speaker Hastert goes to prison KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com One of the highest-ranking politicians in U.S. history to be sentenced to prison, former Republican U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, 74, began serving his sentence in June.

He was sentenced to 15 months in prison April 27 in a hush-money case that centered on accusations that he sexually abused at least four students when he was a Yorkville High School wrestling coach, according to a report from The Associated Press.

Judge Thomas M. Durkin also announced that the former U.S. speaker of the House must undergo sex offender

victims’ fund, the AP reported, noting the judge called Hastert a “serial child molester.”

Hastert pleaded guilty last year to violating banking law as he sought to pay $3.5 million to someone referred to in court papers only as Individual A to keep the sex abuse secret, according to the AP. Hastert left teaching and coaching at Yorkville High School in 1981, following his election as a state representative representing the Kendall County area. He was elected to Shaw Media file photo Congress in 1986.

Now serving a prison term, former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert He was elected speaker of is shown at the Hotel Baker in St. Charles in 2010. the U.S. House of Representatives in early 1999. He left Contreatment, serve two years of time behind bars and pay a gress and retired from politics supervised release after his $250,000 fine to go to a crime in 2007.

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Kaneland High School graduate Nick Croft shakes hands May 20 with students at Kaneland John Stewart Elementary School in Elburn. The high school students walked the halls of their former elementary school, greeting their younger counterparts and former teachers.

A picture’s worth many wonderful stories to tell visually in 2016.

The Kane County Chronicle, Here are some of the papers’ Elburn Herald and Sugar Grove favorite news and feature photos Herald were fortunate to have so of the year.

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ABOVE: Twins Luca and Frankie Binetti peek into the Chicago Steel locker room at the Fox Valley Ice Arena in Geneva.

RIGHT: Vivian Brady of St. Charles sits with her parents, Grant and Sandie Brady, at Advocate Children’s Hospital in Oak Lawn. Vivian was diagnosed with leukemia, and the St. Charles and Geneva communities held fundraisers to offset medical expenses.

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By Sandy Bressner, photo editor at the Kane County Chronicle

A look back This is the time of year when the Kane County Chronicle staff looks back on the past 12 months and identifies the stories that stood out the most and shaped our county. Like most years, there is a mix of heartwarming and dismal or somber stories.

I love this time of year because I get to look back on my work and reminisce about the stories I have had the great opportunity to work on and the people who have been so gracious to let me into their lives for a short while.

Some of my favorite stories this year were about the young Chicago Steel hockey players and how they became a fabric of the Kane County community. I feel I really got to know the Chicago Steel hockey team, which moved to the Fox Valley Ice Arena in Geneva after spending 15 years in Bensenville.

The players, host families and front office staff made me feel so welcome and like I was a part of the family.

Sandy Bressner, follow me on Instagram @kcchronicle and Twitter @sbressnerKCC

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RIGHT: Students file into Davis Primary School in St. Charles on Aug. 24 for their first day of school.

BELOW RIGHT: Cam Bader, a student at J.B. Nelson Elementary School in Batavia, reaches to pet a 6-day-old calf during the Kane County Farm Bureau’s annual Ag Days at Mooseheart.

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FAR LEFT: Spectators sit atop a fence while watching the Batavia July 4 Sky Concert Fireworks show.

LEFT: Drum major Patrick Murphy greets spectators as the Marching Knights march in the Maple Park Fun Fest Parade.

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ABOVE: The Midlothian Scottish Pipe Band marches in the 2016 St. Patrick’s Parade in downtown St. Charles.

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Resolve to help the planet be healthier in new year Now that the Christmas excess has started to subside and the Hanukkah latkes are gone, the Kwanzaa candles have burned low and the Festivus Feats of Strength are but a memory, it’s time to get down to the serious business of proclaiming our New Year’s resolutions for 2017.

I’m sure most of you take part in this tradition in some way or form.

Some may boldly declare to eat better, work out and lose weight, or spend less and save more. Others – myself included – may just keep a notion in mind, something along the lines of, “Gee, it’s a whole new year. This might be a good time to (fill in the blank).

But this year, in addition to filling in that blank with something productive (at this point I’m thinking harmonica lessons, but we’ll have to see) I’d like to share a few ideas that might not only be good for you, but also good for the planet.

Over the next few weeks we’ll be sharing, in a “Good Natured” way, some things you can do to either cut down on waste, save a few bucks or make your life just a little easier. What we’re going to strive for, though, is to make these suggestions in a way that is neither preachy nor political, judgmental or heavy-handed. Think of them, if you will, as ideas you can sample. Like a slick wedge of pickled herring or a fruitcake the size and weight of a fireplace brick, you might give it one try and call it quits. Even that one small attempt will make the world a better place.

This week’s suggestion comes out of an activity that occurs throughout the year, but seems to be slightly more prevalent during the holidays: eating out.

Now, I don’t go out very often, and when I do I usually reaffirm my standing in the Clean Plate Club. But there are those occasions when a full meal is

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Yep, the stuff we (incorrectly) call Styrofoam. (Styrofoam, capital S, is a trademark of the Dow Chemical Company and refers to a rigid foam product used in insulation and craft supplies.)

Also labeled as PS, this material actually has a lot going for it. It’s light, it’s sturdy, it’s cheap. Shoot, it even insulates, to a certain degree.

But polystyrene also has a major disadvantage. In our area, and most others, too, it’s not easy to recycle.

Sure, PS boxes, bowls and cups all are stamped with a No. 6 inside the familiar triangular-shaped recycling symbol. You’d think that emblem would serve as a stamp of approval – a virtual green light for throwing the container into a recycling bin.

The problem is that PS needs some special handling, and not all recycling streams are prepared to handle it. It’s light, so it blows away. PS takeout containers often still contain bits of food – the leftovers of the leftovers – which are regarded as contaminants. And PS cups usually have their lids and straws still attached; as they’re made from different types of plastic, even different types of PS, they, too, foul things up.

So into the trash the PS goes, a wasteful postscript to the meal or drink it once held. Even though it doesn’t weigh much, it takes up space. Just a few meals out can lead to a full trash bag; a few full trash bags mean a full

trash can. And a full trash can means another trip out to the curb – and more money literally thrown away.

I hate that.

The good news, and where the resolution part comes in, is that we have options other than throwing our PS in the trash.

One, we’re fortunate to have a Dart Container Corp. facility in our area. Located in North Aurora, the site features drive-up bins where you can drop off PS food containers, as well as PS packing material. (A few caveats: PS must be clean and bagged in clear plastic; food containers and packing materials need to be bagged separately; and the facility cannot accept packing peanuts. More info at www.dartcontainer.com.)

Recycling is good, as the used PS can be made into other useful items, such as picture frames and toys. But recycling isn’t a perfect solution. For one thing, not everyone has the space, or patience, to allow their PS stash to build to the point where a trip to Dart is practical. For another, the PS still needs to be processed, then trucked, then processed some more before it can be used as a manufacturing material.

What you might want to try instead is forgoing the PS container completely.

Sound easy? Well, it can be, but that’s where the habit-forming needs to kick in. Just like when you trained yourself to take reusable bags to the grocery store (or have been meaning to), you can take your reusable mug to your favorite coffee place.

A little tougher, but still worth the effort, is working out a system to take a food storage container to a restaurant.

Collapsible bowls with lids are perfect for this sort of thing. They’re lightweight, attractive and don’t take up much space.

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The catch, though, is that first part – remembering to bring the container along.

I’ll be honest, I’ve been trying to take this step for about three years. I keep a small container in the center console of my car that’s the perfect size for half a sandwich and some French fries. The little bowl and lid have never once seen the inside of a dining establishment.

So while I work on forming that habit, I’ve had to get creative. My napkin works great for that quarter of a burger my dog Joey would never forgive me for leaving behind. I’m also extremely grateful to the Tri-Cities restaurants, such as Stockholm’s in Geneva, that have indulged my request for a little aluminum foil. After I, or Joey, eat the tasty morsels inside, I add the foil to the clump I keep in top of the recycling toter. When the wad reaches the size of a 16-inch softball, into the bin it goes. (Fun fact: Used aluminum can be recycled into new aluminum over and over again. According to the Aluminum Association, almost 75 percent of the aluminum produced in the United States is still in use today.)

Turning down the offer of a PS container might not seem like a huge deal, but it’s still a step in the right direction, a path on the journey to waste reduction.

Next week: Options for recycling those ugly sweaters and ill-fitting pants, even the ones with stains and holes in them.

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.

New Hope Lutheran: 710 Western Ave., Geneva Park District, Geneva. 9 a.m.

Bethany Lutheran Church: 8 S. Lincoln St., BatSunday; 10:15 a.m. Sunday school, fellow avia. 9 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 10 a.m. Sunday and intergenerational. 630-492-0455, To include your place of worship, call coffee; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school; 5 to 7 p.m. hewhopelcmc.org.

877-264-2527. monthly last Friday community supper, free to community. 630-879-3444, bethanybatavia.org. St. Mark’s Lutheran Church and Preschool (Missouri Synod): 101 S. Sixth Ave., St. day; 7 and 8:45 a.m. Friday during school year; Bethlehem Lutheran Church: 1145 N. Fifth Charles. 5:30 p.m. Saturday; 8:30 and 11 a.m.

Ave., St. Charles. 8, 9 and 10:30 a.m. Sun8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Saturday; 7, 9 and 11 a.m.

BAPTIST Sunday; 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. education hour. 630day; 9:15 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday school for and 5 p.m. Sunday. Call church for holy day and First Baptist Church of Geneva: East campus: 584-8638, stmarkschurch.church. Preschool for all ages; 5:30 p.m.

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Batavia Covenant Church and Preschool: 8 and 9:30 a.m. Sunday; Contemporary a.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. education hour; 10 a.m.

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charged Dec. l7 with harassment through electronic communication threatening bodily harm.

• Emilie Stander, 26, of the 500 block of McKee Street, Batavia, was charged Dec. KANE COUNTY 13 with stalking in violation of a no-conSHERIFF’S OFFICE tact order.

SUGAR GROVE • Daniel L. Stotler, 35, of the 200 • Stephen E. Gamble, 65, of the 1100 • Residential burglary was reported Dec. block of Maple Street, Sugar Grove, block of Delta Court, Elgin was charged 15 in the 100 block of Monna Street, Sugar was charged Dec. 13 with driving on a Dec. 13 with retail theft.

Grove. A police report stated that a camsuspended/revoked license.

• Phoenix J. Barringer, 24, of the 500 era and equipment valued at $2,580 were • Berenice Alonzo, 21, of the 400 block block of Madison Lane, Batavia, was taken from inside the home. The front door of Streamwood Lane, Belvidere, was charged Dec. 21 with retail theft. had been left unlocked, the report stated. charged Dec. 15 with DUI of alcohol and • Peter C. Audet, 19, of the 1200 block of • Nicholas Humbles, 26, of the 100 improper lighting. A sheriff’s office report Walnut Street, St. Charles, was charged block of North Locust Street, Wenona, stated that she struck three trees while Nov. 21 with DUI and improper lane use. was charged Dec. 17 with driving under driving along Randall Road in South Elgin. the influence of drugs and improper lane GENEVA use along Bliss Road in Sugar Grove. A ST. CHARLES • Luke Wiesbrock, 31, of the 600 block police report stated that residue found • John P. Arteaga, 54, of the 200 block in the bowl of a spoon in the vehicle was of Arquilla Drive, Algonquin, was charged of Austin Avenue, Geneva, was charged consistent with narcotics use.

Dec. 15 with DUI, driving with a blood-al- Dec. 11 with DUI, driving with a blood-al• Identity theft was reported Dec. 19 in cohol content of more than 0.08 percent cohol content of more than 0.08 percent and driving too fast for conditions. the 900 block of Pinecrest Drive, Sugar and illegal transportation of alcohol.

• Victoria’s Secret, 222 Commons Grove. A police report stated there had • Carl A. Tirona, 28, of the 22000 block of Drive, Geneva, reported 120 bras valued been several unauthorized attempts to Oak Ridge Drive, Aurora, was charged Dec. at $7,180 stolen on Dec. 13 and 30 more open credit accounts with Harley-David- 20 with two counts of using an account son, Kohl’s and airlines. with the intent to defraud of less than $150. bras valued at $1,755 stolen on Dec. 15.

• Theft under $500 was reported Dec. • Fredrick D. Robinson, 42, of the 22000 • Timothy J. Bronzino, 48, of the 200 block of Maple Lane, Geneva, was charged 20 in the 300 block of Mallard Lane, block of Larson Road, Sycamore, was Sugar Grove. A police report stated that a holiday laser light valued at $40 was missing from a front yard.

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• Samuel D. Ogden, 28, of the 200 block of Richards Street, Geneva, was charged Dec. 11 with standing in a public roadway while intoxicated.

• Someone caused $1,000 in damage Dec. 8 to the hinges on the metal fireplace screen for the public fireplace on the 100 block of South Third Street.

• Armando V. Martinez, 41, of the 400 block of Longview Drive, Geneva, was charged Dec. 4 with DUI and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.

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24 Police respond to aggravated robbery at St. Charles 7-Eleven KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com ST. CHARLES – At 7:33 p.m.

Dec. 17, St. Charles police officers responded to the 7-Eleven at 1705 W. Main St., St. Charles, for a report of a robbery.

The lone offender was described as an adult white male, wearing a black winter jacket, gloves and a winter-type face mask, a news release from the police department stated.

A weapon was implied but was not displayed, the release stated. The subject fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of currency and coins.

There were no injuries during the incident, according to the release.

The business and surrounding area were quickly secured by responding officers, and a K-9 search was conducted of the area, with negative results, the release stated. St. Charles was assisted by K-9 units from the Kane County Sheriff’s Office and the Aurora Police Department.

NEWS BRIEF 2 businesses cited for tobacco noncompliance

19 meeting of the St. Charles Liquor Control Commission, which considers alcohol, tobacco and massage license issues.

The 7-Eleven at 51 S. Randall Road and Star Oil and Food Mart at 1023 W. Main St. were

cited for unlawful sale of tobacco to a minor.

Both businesses are required to pay a $250 fine and $500 in administrative fees, according to a news release from the city.

• Carmen Munguia-Cuateco, 35, of the 3200 block of Hopewell Continued from page 22 Drive, Aurora, was charged Dec. 16 with driving with a suspended a suspended license, without license in the 500 block of South vehicle insurance and with Kirk Road, Batavia. expired registration on Fabyan • Someone shattered a glass Parkway, Batavia. door at the Shell service station • Cornelius L. Thomas, 21, of the at 108 N. Batavia Ave., Batavia, 1500 block of Raymond Drive, according to a Dec. 16 police Naperville, was charged Dec. 15 report of criminal damage. with retail theft in the 800 block • A cellphone valued at $400 of North Randall Road, Batavia, was taken after it was left on after he put on a pair of boots val- a register counter in the 100 ued at about $20 and walked out, block of North Randall Road, according to the police report.

Batavia, according to a Dec. 19 • Bonnie Louise Beaumont, police report.

28, of the 300 block of West • Deborah L. Misialek, 52, of Hubbard Street, Chicago, was the 4N700 block of Crane Road, charged Dec. 15 with driving St. Charles, was charged Dec. with a suspended license on 20 with theft less than $500 East Wilson Street, Batavia. and possession of less than 10

grams of marijuana in the 800 block of Skyline Drive, Batavia.

• Natanael Avendano-Cruz, 30, of the 100 block of Tara Court, West Chicago, was charged Dec. 20 with DUI of alcohol and illegal transportation of alcohol on East Wilson Street, Batavia, according to a police report.

• A vehicle’s front, driver’s-side door window was broken in the Subway restaurant parking lot, 324 E. Wilson St., Batavia, according to a Dec. 20 police report of criminal damage to property.

• Julissa N. Morales, 24, of the 100 block of Bluff Street, Aurora, was charged Dec. 20 with retail theft less than $300 at Wal-Mart, 801 N. Randall Road, Batavia.

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On Dec. 17, St. Charles police officers responded to the 7-Eleven at 1705 W. Main St., St. Charles, for a report of a robbery. Police describe the suspect as an adult white male, wearing a black winter jacket, gloves and a winter-type face mask.

Anyone with information regarding the incident is encouraged to contact the St. Charles Police Department. A cash reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the offender, the release stated.

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When guests talked, they listened, and six months ago the popular Geneva establishment began serving up Sunday brunch.

“Our customers demanded it,” said owner Michael Olesen. “We developed a menu based off what our guests wanted and we’re happy to accommodate their palate.”

From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. guests can dine from a special brunch menu that includes an array of Benedicts, omelets, favorites and even a selection for the kiddies.

“As with our regular menu, we freshly prepare our brunch menu items to order. We do put our twists on the menu. Take the old-fashioned favorites like steak and eggs,” Olesen said. “We do it with a little better quality.

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“We have a few items for the little ones, too,” Olesen said. Those include short stacks of pancakes, French toast, and an egg and bacon with hash browns.

Brunch, stresses Olesen, just would not be complete without Bloody Marys and mimosas. Stockholm’s aims to please with five different versions of each, depending on your particular level of spice on the Bloody Marys.

“For a different twist on a mimosas, we have a BeerMosa. It is made with champagne, orange juice and our Older But Weisser — our Belgian wheat style beer. That’s absolutely delectable,” Olesen said. “We typically serve our Older But Weisser with a slice of orange already, so it’s a no-brainer when you mix it with champagne and orange juice. It just fits right in flavorwise.”

As with Stockholm’s monthly beer dinners, Olesen said, Sunday Brunch is a hit. And if Brunch isn’t what you want, Stockholm’s full regular menu is available at 11:00.

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After setting Fermilab firmly on its feet, Goldwasser returned to the University of Illinois in 1978, as vice chancellor for research and dean of the Graduate College. In 1986, he took another extended leave to join the Central Design Group of the proposed Superconducting Super Collider accelerator facility, where he served as associate director until 1988. In 1990, following his retirement from the university, he was appointed a distinguished scholar at the California Institute of Technology to work on the Laser

Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory – or LIGO – project.

“Ned was a natural leader, who was instrumental in making Fermilab a place where both physics and physicists thrived,” Barry Barish said in the release. Barish is professor emeritus of physics at Caltech and the first director of LIGO. “I will personally miss his wisdom and guidance. In every way, Ned was a class act.”

Goldwasser did his undergraduate work at Harvard University. Following service as a physicist with the U.S. Navy, he received his doctorate in physics from the University of California, Berkeley, then served a year on the faculty there before going to the University of Illinois in 1951.

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or $99 a year in property taxes, or about $8.25 per month, board President Bob Shiffler said.

The bonds would be paid off in 20 years, he said.

The design will not be determined until the referendum passes, Shiffler said, noting the library will use $300,000 it has in existing reserves.

Building a new facility will enable the library district to provide services to a district with more than

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30,000 residents.

“Our community has asked us to provide additional services and resources that we can’t offer in our current facility,” Shiffler stated in a news release. “These include a computer/ technology lab, spaces to create and learn new skills like robotics, book publishing, cooking, and crafts, imaginative play space, parent networking opportunities, meeting, study and function rooms – and on-site parking.”

More information about the project is available by visiting the library’s website devoted to the building project at www.gpldnewbuilding.org.

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Chronicle Achievement Program The Chronicle Achievement Program recognizes Several CAP students will be chosen to receive a partial outstanding local high school students who demonstrate scholarship to the college of their choice at Evening of strength in academics, character and leadership.

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Batavia High School: Maia Haworth ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS: National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, French National Honor Society ACTIVITIES: Interact Club; Student Athletics Board; cross country team captain, track and field – all conference, state team, class award; Batavia Food Pantry; Feed My Starving Children; Batavia Apartments and HC Storm tutor; Community Impact Award NOMINATED BY COUNSELOR ERIN HACK: Maia has exemplified the highest standards as not only ... a high-achieving student and incredible athlete, but also as an upright citizen who gives back to her school and community. Maia is a shining star here at Batavia High School and in our community.

Aurora Central Catholic High School: Josh Hoffman ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS: Honors level classes in all core subjects, high honor roll every year, been inducted into National Honors Society and Mu Alpha Theta, was elected Mu Alpha’s vice president ACTIVITIES: Football, soccer, basketball, tennis, All-Conference Academic for basketball junior year, student ambassador since sophomore year, volunteers coaching youth basketball, tutors in math and leads a youth group NOMINATED BY SCHOOL COUNSELOR JESSICA PRILL: I have known Josh since his sophomore year and have been his counselor for two years. Josh is an intelligent and driven student whose positive attitude and strong work ethic reflect his success. Josh has dedicated himself to his academics and has been extremely successful … and has challenged himself with the rigor of his schedule since his freshman year. ... Josh is always polite and kind, and his quiet confidence makes him a great leader.

Marmion Academy: Nicholas Huggins ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS: Honor Roll every semester, All-Conference All-Academic four years of golf, All-Conference All-Academic two years of tennis, National Honor Society, French National Honor Society ACTIVITIES: All-State golfer; state qualifier in golf two years as team; golf letterman four years; tennis letterman two years; French Club; Kairos senior retreat leader; leader as senior for junior retreat; Eucharistic minister; Life Group member; alter server; senior year Kairos leader; food pantry volunteer; Road Side picks; member of Squires, a junior Knights of Columbus organization NOMINATED BY DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE GUIDANCE DAN THORPE: Nicholas is a leader while being naturally quiet. His voice is heard, as when he speaks he does from the heart and with passion and conviction. He goes out of his way to help others in school and the golf team. He is a great role model! It is no wonder he is successful on the golf course as the mental toughness required fits his personality perfectly.

Rosary High School: Kourtney Lipps ACTIVITIES: Royal Exchange (school newspaper), staff – three years, co-editor – one year; Student Council; Art Club; Film Club; Eucharistic minister; Feed My Starving Children; Spark Aurora early childhood collaboration; Hesed House; Crayons for Kids drive; Abbey Farms; St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Shop NOMINATED BY GRAPHIC DESIGN INSTRUCTOR LAUREN SHRINER: Kourtney is hard-working and dedicated to both her studies and those around her. She is a smart young woman who stays active in the community by providing service to those in need, as well as staying involved in her school community. I am continually impressed by her ability to balance strength in her studies with her multiple school and community involvements. Kourtney is a positive influence to her peers, and she radiates excellence in her service to her community. She is, in my opinion, the embodiment of what we hope a “Rosary Girl” is, and, for this reason, I believe that she deserves recognition.

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Geneva High School: Tulsi Patel

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS: National Honor Society, AP Scholar, ​Citizenship Award at Wheaton Academy, 4.0 gradepoint average ACTIVITIES: Varsity tennis junior and senior years, junior varsity soccer freshman and sophomore years, varsity basketball sophomore to senior year, FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes), Project Lead Local (volunteer at PADS, organize food drive, volunteering with Puente del Pueblo) NOMINATED BY COLLEGE AND ACADEMIC COUNSELOR BART GREGERSEN: Emily Renn is not only one of the top performing students in her class but also an amazingly humble and servant-hearted young lady. I’ve never heard her speak an unkind word. She is an incredible athlete who always gives 100 percent on the court.

St. Charles North High School: Katherine Steele ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS: Social Studies National Honor Society, Academic All Conference 2014-16 ACTIVITIES: Hope Club; marching band; St. Charles North girls swim, diving and water polo teams; Feed My Starving Children; St. Patrick’s Church alter server; teaching assistant in math for the extended geometry class and math lab during lunch hour and free periods NOMINATED BY COUNSELOR JEANINE JAMES: She was the first student to complete and submit her college applications in a complete and timely manner. She is very much appreciated for her contributions to St. Charles North High School as an athlete and student. Her maturity, responsibility and reliability are certainly appreciated and will serve her well at the university level of study. It is always a pleasure to have such an outstanding student and citizen.

St. Francis High School: Michael Stompanato ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS: AP scholar ACTIVITIES: Summer internship at a computer network security firm, video game club, pingpong club, Scholastic Bowl, lacrosse, Feed My Starving Children, Habitat for Humanity, Marion Park tutoring, Camp SOAR NOMINATED BY COUNSELOR ADAM LINDLEY: I have known Michael for four years as his guidance counselor. Michael has met with me on many occasions to discuss his interest in pursuing a career in computer science. Michael comes from a hardworking family that supports him and is evident in his coursework. He is a positive and hardworking student that is an excellent candidate for the Kane County Chronicle Achievement Program.

St. Charles East High School: Sophia Watts ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS: Seven honors classes, eight AP classes ACTIVITIES: Saxophone player and section leader, swim team captain, assistant manager at a local store NOMINATED BY COUNSELOR LISA COLE: It is clear that Sophia is a dedicated, hardworking individual. Her strengths and talents have not gone unnoticed. She shows great maturity in her decision-making and goal setting. She will be a tremendous addition to her chosen university and will truly excel at the college level.

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BY TERRY AND KIM KOVEL Sewing was an important part of the life of a woman during the 17th and 18th centuries. There was no sewing machine; everything was hand-stitched.

Iron “grippers” were sometimes used to hold one end of the fabric while it was hemmed or embroidered. An improvement, the first “sewing bird,” was invented by Charles Waterman in 1853. It was made of brass, iron, or later, steel. The tool was clamped to a table and the bird held the fabric taut. It acted like an extra hand. Improvements were added to this sewing tool, including emery balls to sharpen needles, spool holders, drawers, winding reels for thread, pincushions, thread cutters and clamps made in fancy shapes like dogs, snakes, cherubs or dolphins. Variations of the sewing tool continued to be made by Singer Sewing Machine Co. until the 1980s. The sewing machine was invented in 1854, but it took many years to sell enough machines, so the sewing bird was no longer necessary. Copies are made today mainly for collectors or as decorations.

Early sewing birds were sometimes given as love tokens. The groom-to-be gave a sewing bird to his future bride long before the wedding so she would think of him while she sewed her trousseau. An elaborate 18th-century sewing bird made of brass and iron sold at a Skinner auction in 2016 for $1,046. It had a feathered bird and a pincushion. *** Q: How much is a Chanel tortoiseshell purse with gold chain strap worth? It’s

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Sites online say it was a limited edition created by Karl Lagerfeld and rare. I’ve found high prices online, but I’m not sure how accurate they are. I have one in very good condition.

A: This box-shape tortoiseshell purse was part of Chanel’s 1997 Autumn/Winter collection. Karl Lagerfeld is the head designer at Chanel, as well as at Fendi, and has his own label. These bags were made for Chanel’s 1997 Autumn/Winter collection and are hard to find since only a limited number were made. The tortoiseshell purse sells for $3,500 to $4,500, depending on its condition. *** Q: My grandmother gave me a tall coffee pitcher. It’s one of the few pieces left from her best china set. The pitcher is 10 inches tall, is decorated with blue flowers and green leaves, and gold trim. The rim and base are scalloped. The bottom is marked “Haviland France” in green and “Haviland Limoges” in red. Is it worth anything?

A: Your Haviland is not a coffee pot. It’s a chocolate pot, designed to serve hot chocolate. Chocolate pots are taller and more slender than coffee pots, which are usually squat.

They were most popular during the Victorian era. The Haviland brothers of New York City were importers of china, mostly from England. They moved to France to open a factory in Limoges, which was noted for its highquality porcelain. Haviland china has been made in Limoges since 1842. Your chocolate pot has the “Ranson” shape, named after Paul Ranson, a factory employee who designed it.

Ranson worked at the factory from 1890 to 1893. Ranson shapes were decorated with floral designs and were made until the French factory closed in 1931. The marks on your chocolate pot were used by Haviland from 1893 until 1926, so your pot was made during that time. It’s worth about $100 to $200. *** Q: I’m downsizing and want to sell my dining-room furniture. It’s made of maple and

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is marked “A genuine Cushman Colonial Creation made in Bennington, Vermont.” I have a table with two leaves, hutch, six chairs and a wet sink. How much do you think I can get at a sale?

A: The H.T. Cushman Manufacturing Co. was in business in North Bennington, Vt. from 1892 to 1971, when it was bought by Green Mountain Furniture. The company was founded by Henry Theodore Cushman. The furniture probably won’t sell in antiques sales, but a house or garage sale could be good. You should get about one-third the price of comparable new furniture if your set is in great condition. *** Q: I found a glass cruet etched with a cascading flower design and the word “catsup” on the front. It’s about 7 5/8 inches tall and has a glass stopper. The bottom is marked “Hawkes” with the trefoil stamp and “Patented Oct. 6, 1914.” I’ve seen some online with a silver stopper. Can you tell me anything about my cruet and what it’s worth?

A: Thomas Gibbons Hawkes immigrated to the U.S. from Ireland in 1862. He worked for a cut-glass company in Corning, N.Y., before starting his own firm, T.G. Hawkes & Company, in 1880. The company cut blanks made at other glass companies. Hawkes was in business until about 1962. Not all Hawkes glass was marked. The mark adds value. Cruets like yours are being offered at $50 to $100, but most sell for $30 or less.

A: Solingen, Germany, is known as the “City of Blades.” It has been the center of knife-making in Germany since the Middle Ages and home to several manufacturers of knives, swords and cutlery. Arnex was in business in Solingen from about 1920 to 1940. Some pocket knives made by Arnex have handles decorated with animals, sports, trains, zeppelins and other themes. The value of your pocket knife is under $25. *** Tip: Store photographs flat, in acid-free albums. *** Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel answer questions sent to the column. By sending a letter with a question and a picture, 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.

Christmas postcard, Santa Claus, seated at desk, working on his list, candlestick, maroon coat, c. 1905, $20.

Copper chestnut roaster, squat pot, round lid with reeded edge, openwork collar, flat tapered handle, loop end, 21 x 9 inches, $40.

Wine glass, venetian glass, deep red and gold gilt, menorah and star of David design, twist stem, marked, Murano, 1950s, 5 1/4 inches, $145.

Champagne tap, soda, two parts, treaded shaft, removable

needle, round ribbed wooden handle, c. 1900, 6 1/2 inches, $160.

Celluloid letter opener, page turner, creamcolored, girl in bonnet finial, carved leaves, England, 1920s, 10 inches, $215.

Sterling pepper pot, baluster shape, embossed roses and leaves, cartouche, pineapple and scroll design, flared foot, 1800s, 4 x 2 inches, $475.

Boxing trophy, figural, De Molay Championship, silver plate boxers, engraved, Hollenbeck Chapter, wood base, 1933, 13 x 11 inches, $700.

Violin, Mathias Heinicke, cherrywood, strings intact, clasic shape, scrolled top, lined case, marked, Czechoslovakia, 1922, $900.

Football helmet, dog ear model, black leather, chin strap, interior padding, Red Grange, Wilson, 1920s, $1,005.

Sideboard, gothic, walnut, linen fold panel doors, columns, carved monkeys, relief sculpted tracery, swirl apron, 1800s, 47 x 62 inches, $2,100. *** “Kovels’ Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide, 2017,” 49th edition, is your most accurate source for current prices. It’s available now and includes a special bonus section that tells you how to declutter the Collector’s way and make money! If you order directly from the Kovels, you’ll receive our FREE Companion eBook with ALL of the book’s 25,000 prices - ready for downloading to your eReader.

“Kovels” is the best book to own if you buy, sell or collect. The paperback has more than 2,500 color photographs and more than 700 categories of antiques and collectibles. You’ll also find hundreds of factory histories. Available for $29.99 plus $4.95 postage. Purchase directly from the Kovels if you want the free eBook Companion and be sure to include your email address. Visit KovelsOnlineStore.com, call 800-303-1996, or write to Price Book, P.O. Box 22900, Beachwood, OH 44122. *** (Cutline for Dec. 25, 2016) This strange device was an everyday item used by an 18th-century woman. It is called a “sewing bird” and was used to hold the fabric she was sewing. When used the sewing bird was clamped on a table top edge. The 10-inch high tool auctioned for $1,046. *** (c) 2016 by Cowles Syndicate Inc.

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ABOVE: Fox River and Countryside Fire/Rescue District firefighter/paramedic Bryan Phelps (in water) waits for firefighter/paramedic Matt Bracken to “rescue” him Dec. 22 during an ice rescue drill.

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ABOVE: Fox River and Countryside Fire/Rescue District firefighter/paramedic Joe Grant (right) talks with firefighter/paramedic John Yianni (left) on Dec. 22 before participating in an ice rescue drill in a retention pond near Red Gate Road in St. Charles.

LEFT: Fox River and Countryside Fire/Rescue District firefighter/paramedics Kellie Newcomer (left) and Allen Badger put on their Mustang suits, which keep them warm and dry in the water.

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• Suppose the value of my money is 5%, which means that someone will pay me 5% interest to borrow my money for a year. So, I loan out $100,000 for a year at 5% interest, which means that I give them $100,000 and then they give me $105,000 in a year.

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Born: December 25, 1922 Died: December 25, 2016

Carol Mason Bricher, of St. Charles, IL, died on her 94th birthday, December 25, 2016 at Michealsen Health Center in Batavia.

She was born in Toledo, OH on December 25, 1922 to Samuel W. And Ophelia Smith Mason. After graduating from DePauw University in Greencastle, IN in 1944, she came to St. Charles to teach physical education in the local schools. She met her future husband there and they were married in June 1945. Active in many organizations, she was a past president of St. Charles Mother’s Club, Valley Panhellenic, St. Charles Woman’s Club and Kane County Homemakers Extension Assoc. She sang in her church choir for 41 years and was a member of Baker Memorial United Methodist Church since 1945. As a world traveler, she had visited all continents except the poles.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph (Bud) Bricher in 1986; her parents; a brother, John B. Mason in France in World War II; a sister, Jean M. Davis in 2003; a sister, Anita Mason in 1996; a grandson, Timothy Skea in 1976; and a grandson, Jake Bricher in 2000.

She is survived by three children, Joan B.

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JOHN STEVENS JENKINS Born: June 18, 1926 Died: December 20, 2016

John Stevens Jenkins, 90, of Wayne, Illinois died Tuesday, December 20, 2016.

Mr. Jenkins was born June 18, 1926, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania to Thomas Evans Jenkins and Kathleen Dreher Jenkins.

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Madison Touchette, Noah Touchette and A celebration of his life will be held at Paige Alexandre Bricher.

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Janice Claire McKindley, 78, of Geneva, IL passed away Monday December 19, 2016 at her home.

Janice was born on August 29, 1938 in Patterson, NJ. Janice was the daughter of Francis Bolt Overwyk and Michael Overwyk. Janice was the youngest of 3 children and is survived by her older brother, Michael Overwyk from Washington Township, NJ and older sister, Anne Stephen from Las Vegas, NV. Janice is preceded in death by her first husband, Joseph Charles Pizzi.

Janice married Joseph on February 13, 1960 and was married for 24 years.

Janice and Joseph had 4 children, Joseph Thomas Pizzi of Geneva, IL, Suzanne Dunlop of Geneva, IL, Nancy Ann Pizzi of Florham Park, NJ, and Dr. [Marker] Michael Anthony Pizzi of Jacksonville, FL. Janice worked at AT&T in Naperville for 20 years.

Janice re-married on September 17, 1995 to Donald McKindley. They were married for 21 years.

Janice is survived by seven grandchildren whom were always in her thoughts.

She received so much pleasure in watching them grow into the special individuals they all are. Her grandchildren are Amanda Pizzi, Mathew Dunlop, Jordan Dunlop, Kevin Dunlop, Margaret Pizzi, Lauren Murray, and Mark Murray.

Janice was a mother that raised 4 children. Janice was an amazing cook.

Whomever sat at her table appreciated the love and care she put into creating meals.

Janice admired nature and took the time to stop and observe the simple beauty around her.

A remembrance service was held for Janice on Friday December 23rd at 10:30 am at St. Peters Catholic church at 1891 Kaneville Rd, Geneva, IL. Memorials for Janice can be made to the American Heart Association (http:// www.heart.org/) or the American Cancer Society (http://www.cancer.org/).

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EDITORIAL

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Ryan Wells General Manager

Kathy Balcazar Weekly Group Editor

Tarah Thorne News Editor

Jason Rossi Sports Editor

Renee Tomell Kane Weekend Editor

LETTERS Our country’s attitude

To the editor: The Americans who voted for Donald Trump and put their hope in him for better times should stand cautioned.

They are delusional. Trump’s lies and contradictions were puffed by empty promises and hot air – his attitudes defied common decency. He defies common sense.

Trouble is, his supporters are too much in denial, too blinded by wishful thinking, to realize the hurt, suffering, and misery they’ve unleashed. The irony of this catastrophe will unfold during the next four years.

We all, those who brought it on and those who opposed him, will feel the pain, endure it, watch it happen, but hopefully we’ll fight for our rights and oppose it at its every infraction against our communal well-being.

Let’s hope we Americans can join together, learn from experience, and demand the common good be served: living wages, health care, education, social and racial justice, equitable distribution of wealth, a sound viable infrastructure, incorruptible government, fair taxes, a free press, and especially an unsullied presidency. No oligarchy, no war profiteers.

This is to be longed for, prayed for, hoped for, demanded. Community without hatred. We should settle for no less!

Marion J. Reis Wheaton

Write to us The Kane County Chronicle welcomes original letters on public issues.

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AMENDMENT

A Christmas tale offers up a New Year’s resolution Once upon a recent time, a senior couple from South Elgin, let’s call them Tim and Sally, decided to donate their fake-fir Christmas tree to charity. Let’s call her Griselda.

Griselda’s limbs sagged. Her snowwhite hair had grayed. Worst yet, she wouldn’t light up, as if embarrassed to look this way.

Sally asked Tim to take Griselda to a local charity when convenient. Not one to let a bridal request grow stale – or, worse, forgotten – Tim promptly packed Griselda into their SUV and started out.

Pulling up to the double doors, Tim hopped out and showed his worthy junk to a helper who pulled Griselda to her foot, then asked whether the other things went as well.

Tim had ignored two bulging bags when loading Griselda. Now he saw that Sally surely wanted them donated as well, what with them riding back there with the tree and their give-me-away demeanor. God knew how many throwaways Sally and he culled each year from bulging closets, dresser drawers and garage shelves!

Tim thanked the Lord this man could spot has-been collections before they got dragged back home.

“Sure, go ahead,” Tim said. “Take ’em.”

RIVER TOWN CHRONICLES Rick Holinger The man did, gave Tim a receipt and disappeared inside.

Returning home, Tim found Sally in the kitchen. “You didn’t tell me about those two bags in back. Good thing the guy spotted them when unloading the tree.”

Sally, about to drop cut-up potatoes into a pot, asked, “What two bags?”

“The ones with the fancy store names on them.”

Sally dropped the cutting board, sliced potatoes scampering like mice.

“You didn’t.”

Ecstatic he’d done something worthwhile without his wife having to spell it out for him, Tim shouted, “I did!”

Sally hooked her hands to her thighs. “Those bags were full of presents for the kids and grandkids!”

Driving back to the store, Sally beside him, Tim rationalized the oversight was Sally’s fault in at least a dozen ways, but kept this to himself.

“Hi,” Tim greeted the helper, who looked surprised, or perhaps amused, to see him. “You know those two bags

I donated along with the tree? Still have them? They were a mistake.”

“Real nice things,” the man remarked. “You need them back? Liability laws keep you out of the room, but you can look through the glass. By now, everything would be unpacked, and a truck just left for our Wisconsin stores.”

Tim and Sally stared through the windowed wall like new parents aghast to find their newborn not in any of the nursery’s plastic tubs. Next day, they drove to Cleveland to visit their daughter’s family. The trip, Tim tells me, was long and silent.

That tale, as Huck Finn says about “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” was mostly true, with some “stretchers.” I learned enough from it, though, to inspire a New Year’s resolution: Always look inside a notion before giving credence to your understanding of it.

Oh, yeah, and check with your wife before going it alone.

Rick Holinger teaches high school English and facilitates a local writing workshop. His writing has appeared in numerous literary journals. His family has lived in the Fox Valley for more than 35 years. Contact him at editorial@kcchronicle.com

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LETTERS

Kevin Phillips

Financial adviser in Savant Capital Management’s Geneva and Naperville offices

Goodbye Christmas, hello new year This past week, I’ve felt like I’ve gotten no sleep. As I write this, Christmas is less than a week away, and I, just as many others, have been scrambling to get all my last-minute Christmas shopping done. I have legit excuses for being behind on my Christmas shopping this year. Between studying for finals, driving six hours to go see a Blackhawks game in St. Louis (which they won!), and hanging out with friends who just came back from college, time slipped by. When this column comes out, all the Christmas festivities will mainly be over, and I can maybe breathe for once.

Don’t get me wrong, I am in love with Christmas. You should see my bedroom decorated with snowmen, twinkling Christmas lights and a pink Christmas tree. It’s just that this year, it seems like I woke up and – boom! It’s a week before Christmas, and I’m panicking. Yesterday I

wrap all the gifts. However, after awhile, I just want to throw the wrapping paper out the window. So I soon decide to just stuff presents into gift bags and stick some finished all my Christmas tissue paper in it. It’s easier, shopping, thankfully. As and, again, I’m running out many of you can probably re- of time. Anyone agree with late, shopping for other peome here? Christmastime can ple can be difficult. Especial- be stressful and tiring, but in ly for guys. For girls, you can the end I believe it’s worth it. buy us a cute stuffed animal You get to spend time with reindeer, lotion, chocolate loved ones, give and receive or fuzzy socks, and you’re presents, and I get to stuff good to go. But for guys, it’s my face with cookies. always tricky. What do I give Christmastime is ending, them? Just giving a guy food and the new year is upon us. doesn’t seem like enough, The year 2017 sounds odd to but what can I buy them that say now, but after a month, is affordable and is someI’m sure it’ll catch on in my thing they won’t completely brain. I know many people dislike? It’s hard work! have complained about 2016 On top of shopping, I’ve being a rotten year because been slacking on baking of certain daily or world Christmas desserts. Then events, or due to people there’s the biggest pain of showing up in one’s life. Although, if you ask me, people all: wrapping presents. At complain about every year first, I’m always eager to cut up some wrapping paper being “awful.” Some individuals give up on the year halfwith gingerbread on it and

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way through it for certain reasons, so I advise everyone to stop being pessimistic.

The year 2016 was the best year of my life. Maybe not for you, but – for me – it was. So, don’t fight me on this one. For anyone going around and asking what made this year special, I have an answer. I think the year is what you make it.

If you believe it is going to be terrible, it’s going to be terrible. If you look at the year with positivity, being thankful for each day, it’s going to make you smile.

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

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To the editor: Are you planning to make a New Year’s resolution? Nearly half of Americans will, but only 8 percent will be successful at achieving their resolution.

“Spend less and save more” comes right after “lose weight” on a typical New Year’s resolution list. While I can’t speak on weight-loss strategies, I can offer a few quick and relatively easy ways to help families spend less and save more.

Many times it’s as easy as paying yourself first and trimming the fat on your expenses.

Start by taking a look at your bills and credit card statements. Determine what can be cut or trimmed, and make sure you aren’t getting hit with small recurring charges for services you don’t use. Call your cable, cellphone and internet providers and ask them to lower your rate. It doesn’t always work, but it’s worth a try. Stay away from credit card debt that can’t be paid off monthly, and live within your means. It’s easier said than done, but doing so can have a real impact on your future finances.

Next, determine an amount you can comfortably save each month and put yourself on your own payroll. This automatic monthly savings can be deposited into your emergency savings account, retirement account or investment account.

Try to have at least three to six months of expenses in an emergency account. As you grow accustomed to the amount you are saving each month, and as your income increases, continue paying yourself first and increase the amount being saved. You can’t miss money that you never see.

For better or worse, financial decisions made in 2017 will affect your financial future.

Why not make this the year you achieve your New Year’s resolution!

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St. Charles North’s baseball team celebrates in June after winning a Class 4A supersectional title. It was the first supersectional title for the North Stars, who went on to place third in the state for their first state trophy.

North baseball takes home first state trophy KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com ST. CHARLES – The goal for seniors playing baseball is to be finished with high school, but still have games left to play.

If graduated seniors are still in uniform, it typically means their teams are playing at state and have a chance to bring home some hardware.

That was the case for Brendan Joyce and 11 of his St. Charles North teammates as the North Stars made history by taking third place in the state for their first state trophy.

“We’ve gotten the furthest in North history,” Joyce said. “I think that’s

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something in, like, 30 years, when we all come back and be together, we’ll say, ‘Yeah, we were that team to do that.’”

North ended the first state tournament appearance in program history with a 6-5 win against Plainfield North in the Class 4A third-place game June 11.

A four-run fifth inning at Joliet’s Silver Cross Field – punctuated by senior right fielder John LeGare’s tworun single – provided the winning margin while following a familiar script.

“That game was like a microcosm of our season, especially the playoffs,” North Stars coach Todd Genke said.

“We get down, you know, we get the lead. We give up the lead, chasing three runs, and what do they do? They come

right back and showcase their skills and talents and get us back in the lead, and then hang on.”

Medals dangling from their necks and a shiny new trophy in tow, the North Stars wouldn’t have it any other way.

The win against Plainfield North came less than 24 hours after a 10-4 loss to Mundelein in a state semifinal. St. Charles North (33-7) responded to tie the program’s single-season victories record. The team captured its first sectional and supersectional titles in school history on the way to state.

Plainfield North’s five-run fourth erased the North Stars’ 2-0 lead before SCN staged one last rally. Run-scoring doubles from senior Luke Corcoran

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and junior Zach Mettetal preceded LeGare’s two-run double. LeGare opened the scoring with a solo home run with one out in the second, another big hit in a postseason filled with them.

“Playoff baseball just got hot at the end of the season,” LeGare said.

In the postgame, North’s players, coaches and school administrators accepted their medals as the grounds crew readied the field for the championship game, but the North Stars simply migrated to the nearby berm and concourse to celebrate.

“All playoffs, almost every game, we’ve been down every game,” Joyce said. “Just a never give up attitude is what we’ve rode these entire playoffs.”

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KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE In golf parlance, the 2016 season for Tri-Cities area teams was a huge drive right down the center of the fairway.

Or a knock-down chip shot. Or a 60-foot birdie putt.

To put it more succinctly, it was a major success.

St. Charles North’s girls team set a school record for low total at the state tournament – by a wide margin – as it placed fourth in Class 2A. In 2015 the North Stars placed fourth with a 647 team total. This year, they shot a 617 and were just four strokes away from a third-place finish.

Sophomore Megan Furtney led the way with a two-day score of 145 that was good for ninth place.

“Overall we’re pleased with how it went for our team,” Furtney said.

“All the girls played really good golf.

Our goal was maybe to place a little bit higher, but we shot a low score and everyone improved.”

Kate Lillie finished in the top 20 (tied for 17th, 152), and she and Reagan Stanton were the only seniors in the state lineup.

“I’m very, very pleased with how we performed as a team,” said head coach Irish Whalen, who guided North to the third straight state berth during her tenure and fourth straight overall. “Every year we’ve been putting up better and better numbers.

This was a two-day low total for us.

Other teams just made a few more birdies than us and there’s nothing you can do about that.”

Geneva’s boys team made a major improvement from its 2015 state tournament thanks to across-the-board individual improvements.

After placing 12th as a team with a 686 score at the Class 3A state tournament in 2015, Geneva made a big jump this time around, shooting a 625 team score and finishing in a tie for sixth. It was Geneva’s top finish in a state tourney.

Not only did the Vikings make a major move as a team, but the three players who played both rounds at state in 2015 as well as in 2016 also had drastic improvements.

Tyler Isenhart shaved 21 strokes off last year’s score and tied for third place individually with a 148 mark as a sophomore. Senior Andrew Abel dropped six strokes as he tied for 32nd with a 157 total, and sophomore Jack McDonald cut 10 strokes as he tied for 81st with a 168.

Senior Spencer Monroe (82-78-160, tied for 50th) improved on the second

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St. Charles North’s Kate Lillie hits a tee shot during a round at Pottawatomie Golf Course in September. Lillie was top 20 at the Class 2A state tournament as she helped the North Stars set a school record for low total at the state tourney.

Geneva’s Tyler Isenhart hits from a sand trap onto the green during the Upstate Eight Conference golf tournament in September. Isenhart tied for third place at the Class 3A state tournament in October as the Vikings tied for sixth as a team.

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day of state and counted toward the team score. Junior Nick Green (80-87167, tied for 79th) counted in the first round, as did senior Casey Prentiss (8191-172, tied for 98th), while McDonald (87-81-168, tied for 81st) contributed in the second round.

Marmion’s boys placed second in the Class 2A state meet as senior Nich-

olas Huggins (77-75-152, tied for eighth) and junior Jimmy Morton (76-77-153, tied for 11th) notched top-20 finishes.

Sophomore Peter Thayer (75-88-163, tied for 50th) and senior Henry Pierce (84-89-173, tied for 87th) contributed to a 309 total in the first round at state.

In the second round, Huggins, Morton, sophomore Austin Velazquez (91-

84-175, tied for 95th) and senior Sean Regan (81-85-166, tied for 61st) counted as Marmion carded a 321 for a 630 total that was three strokes clear of thirdplace Vernon Hills.

Not to be outdone, St. Francis junior Luke Armbrust captured the individual title at the Class 2A boys tournament with a two-day total of 147. He carded a 73 on the second day of state and won by one stroke.

St. Charles East’s girls team placed 12th in the Class 2A state tourney with a two-day total of 666.

Junior Nicole Jordan (79-82-161, tied for 58th) led the way for East. Senior Rose Bundy (83-81-164, 64th), junior Riley Sullivan (85-85-170, tied for 76th) and senior Kacie Gaffney (85-86171, tied for 80th) also had their scores count in both rounds of the tourney.

Junior Grace Westerhoff (89-96-185, 102nd) and senior Breanna Sheehan (95-103-198, 107th) also played at state for East.

Junior Connor King (83-78-161, tied for 55th) and senior Mike Bertke (8784-171, tied for 94th) represented St. Charles East at the Class 3A boys tourney.

Junior Darby Lillibridge (90-87-177, tied for 95th) played at the Class 2A state tourney for Geneva’s girls team.

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KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com The state track and field meets are the culmination of many months of hard work for high school athletes, and the 2016 meets featured several strong performances from local athletes.

In the Class 3A girls state meet, Geneva tied for eighth in the team standings with 21 points, while St. Charles North tied for 14th with 17 points.

Geneva’s Kristin Hig- Seth Groom gins was third in the high jump after clearing 5 feet, 6 inches. McKenzie Altmayer shined in the distance races – she took fourth in the 3,200 (10:39.37) and seventh in the 1,600 (5:03.27) – while Ndidi Ukaobasi took eighth in the 100 dash (12.42) and ninth in the 200 (26.09).

North also benefited from its share of multi-medalists. Hannah Schilb was third in the long jump (19-0) and fourth in the triple jump (39-9). Audrey Ernst was eighth in both the 3,200 (10:51.25) and 1,600 (5:03.37).

“Those girls were really awesome,” Ernst said after the 1,600. “It was so cool to be able to run against them. I put everything I had out there, and I guess you can’t ask for anything more.”

Batavia resident Madison Ronzone finished fourth in the Class 2A 1,600 run in 5:01.60 for Rosary’s girls team.

“This is my best time of the season,” Ronzone said. “I hadn’t been under 5:10 since indoor state. I dropped a lot of time, so I’m happy.”

At the Class 3A boys state meet, Geneva’s Justin Taormina made the finals in just one of the four events in which he qualified for state, but he made the most of that race.

Taormina was eighth in the 100-meter dash in 10.86 seconds in his final high school meet.

“It was a fun race and a great way to go out senior year,” Taormina said.

“Definitely wasn’t expecting to qualify in the 100 coming in, to be honest.

“Freshman year, my goal was to be all-state as a senior in at least one of my events, and I accomplished that, so I’m not upset at all.”

Geneva’s Tyler Dau took sixth in

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the 1,600 run in 4:19.85.

Geneva finished in a tie for 37th with six points in the team standings.

St. Charles East’s 4x800 relay of Brett Izzo, Jack Rzepecki, Evan Patel and JB Sandlund finished an all-state eighth in 7:57.38 in the Class 3A state meet.

In Class 2A, Burlington Central’s Nick Harvey was second in the 800 with a clocking of 1:55.52, 0.14 seconds off the pace of state champion Sean Zerrusen of Effingham in a back-andforth finish.

“My goal was to lead the race after the first [400 meters], and I did that,” Harvey said. “I kicked with 300 meters and I caught [Zerrusen], and I didn’t think he’d be coming back.

“I wanted him, but I just had the burning in my legs.”

Harvey’s finish helped the Rockets take seventh in the team race with 26 points.

Also in 2A, Marmion’s Seth Groom placed third in the triple jump with an effort of 46 feet, 8.25 inches.

TOP: St. Charles North’s Hannah Schilb competes in the triple jump during the Upstate Eight Conference meet in May. Schilb was a medalist in long jump and triple jump for the North Stars at the Class 3A state meet in May. RIGHT: Rosary’s Madison Ronzone competes in the 1,600-meter run at the Class 2A state meet in May. Ronzone clocked a season-best time of 5:01.60 in the 1,600 finals as she placed fourth.

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Upstate Eight River title among highlights KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com

ST. CHARLES – There was a thrilling crosstown win.

Then came a streak-stopping win.

And with each win came an increasing belief for St. Charles East’s football team – if not a belief in the team from the general public.

After a win over St. Charles North in Week 4 in a battle of two 3-0 teams and then ending Batavia’s 34-game Upstate Eight River winning streak, the Saints kept the mojo going for an unbeaten regular season and UER title.

“We were just that team that nobody respected all year and took that kind of personally,” quarterback Zach Mitchell said. “But at the same time, we just continued to do our thing. We just continued to prove people wrong.

We bought into this program and truly believed throughout this season that we were one of the best teams in the state.”

The Saints went 9-0 in the regular season – quite an achievement for a team that was 4-5 in 2015 – and they did it in their own style.

Not only did the Saints boast a powerful triple-option offense guided by Mitchell, but East had a formidable defense. East averaged nearly 37 points per game, including seven games in which it scored 30 or more points.

The defense was just as impressive. It yielded a little more than 10 points per game.

Mitchell, Matt Bertke, Justin Galante, Dante Macaluso, Max Schumann, Logan Waxman and Jack Zylke were just a few of the seniors who set the tone all season for the Saints, whose

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St. Charles East’s Matt Bertke (left) and Abe Swanson celebrate a play during a Class 8A second-round playoff game at New Trier on Nov. 4. The Saints used a potent offense and formidable defense to capture the Upstate Eight River title and start the season 11-0. only stumble came in a 10-6 loss against Palatine in a Class 8A quarterfinal playoff game.

“It started with our seniors from

last year,” Galante said. “They gave us a tradition, something to believe in.

The relationships with each other, the confidence in each other after the [St.

Charles North] win, the Batavia win, it continued to grow and grow. ... [It] showed that this program is up there with the best around.”

Batavia High School sees unveiling of turf field KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com BATAVIA – Some construction projects end up taking longer than expected.

That wasn’t the case for the new turf field at Batavia High School.

Batavia High School and other community officials gathered on May 13 to break ground on the project, and construction was done well before the

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Bulldogs hosted a boys soccer and football doubleheader on Sept. 16.

The first games on the field ended roughly two years of talk about the project. Voters initially rejected a referendum that would have brought several upgrades, including turf on the competition field, to the school. Batavia Bulldog Boosters and other donations helped fund the project.

Batavia football fans didn’t have to wait long for a highlight as Matthew

Huizinga took the opening kickoff and went 92 yards the other way for a touchdown.

“We’ve been waiting a very long time to play on this field,” Huizinga said.

“Practice has been nice, and then our first game felt very nice. It’s a very nice thing to have. We’re grateful for it.”

Batavia joined schools such as Geneva, Mooseheart, West Aurora, West Chicago, Aurora Christian and many others with turf fields. The new addi-

tion at BHS could provide many advantages for Batavia athletics.

“If you want to have good practices, if you want to have good game prep, if you want to be able to work through the horrible weather we have in Illinois, these types of facilities and these surfaces make all the difference in the world,” Batavia football and boys track and field coach Dennis Piron said. “You could have things we never dreamed about hosting at our school.”

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KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com The year 2016 saw plenty of local swimmers make waves, both literally and figuratively.

Rosary’s girls swimming team captured its second straight state title in November thanks to solid swims throughout the championship heats.

Senior Alexis Yager anchored Emily Ryan, Anne Tavierne and Kathryn Mueller to victory in the 400-yard freestyle relay, which timed a 3:25.25 to beat Loyola by 1.09 seconds.

Camryn Streid won the 100 butterfly in 55.39 seconds for her first individual state title, and the 200 freestyle relay team of sophomore Athena Ye, Mueller, Yager and Emily Ryan clocked a 1:34.37 to win that race.

Rosary tallied 185.5 points to win comfortably over

Loyola (131).

“I love the Beads,” Yager said. “[Swimming at Rosary] is probably the best thing that’s ever happened to me.”

The girls state meet also brought strong finishes individually for St. Charles North’s Audrey Guyett (second in the 500 freestyle and third in the 200 freestyle).

Guyett brought home four state medals for the second straight season as she swam with Rachel Ponte, Mallory Jump and Kayleigh Lewis on the 200 medley relay that finished seventh in 1:45.03; and with Megan Armstrong, Sydney Maxwell and Ponte on the 400 freestyle relay squad that took 11th.

North was eighth as a team and brings back every swimmer who competed at state.

“Everyone did amazing, no matter what place they got, so I’m happy about it,” Guyett said. “Next year we’re going to

be even better.”

St. Charles East freshman Mary Jania was a double medalist at state, taking fifth in the 100 breaststroke in 1:04.11 and 12th in the 200 IM in 2:06.50.

Junior teammate Kayla Jones won her first individual medal by placing seventh in the breaststroke in 1:04.24.

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Will Myhre was second in the 100 breaststroke. The Myhre brothers earned fourthplace medals in both the 200 medley and 200 freestyle relays. They teamed up with Nathan Bawolek and Stephen Hutchinson in the medley relay, while Jack Williams joined Hutchinson and the Myhres in the 200 freestyle relay.

Marmion’s Will Kamps and St. Charles East’s Mitchell MiAl Benson - For Shaw Media losch earned fifth-place finishes. Kamps competed in the 500 ruary also was a big success freestyle (4:35.17), while Milosch was in the 100 butterfly for local athletes.

St. Charles North’s Joe (50.25). Milosch also competed Myhre won his first state title in the 100 backstroke consolain his final time in the pool as tion finals (10th in 51.86).

Batavia sophomore Garrett a North Star, taking the 100yard freestyle crown in 44.92 Clasen was the lone competitor for the West Chicago-Batseconds.

“It means a lot. It’s still avia co-op and finished eighth kind of sinking in,” Myhre in the 200 individual medley said. “It’s been a goal of mine (1:52.91).

Batavia resident Alexis Yager holds the state title trophy as she leads Rosary’s swimmers to a pep rally Nov. 20 celebrating the team’s 2016 championship.

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Marmion wrestlers, Geneva lacrosse capture state titles KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE editorial@kcchronicle.com The state wrestling tournament in February saw Marmion add two names to its growing list of state champions as St. Charles residents AJ Jaffe and Nathan Traxler brought home titles.

Jaffe won at 132 in his first state finals, and Traxler repeated his title at 182 in what was his final season of high school wrestling.

“I thought you were supposed to smile after a state title,” Jaffe said.

“All I’ve been doing is crying. Way beyond expectations.”

Marmion’s Trace Carello was a finalist at 152 and placed second in the state in Class 3A, and Nate Jimenez won his third-place bout at 160. Marmion junior Anthony Cheloni (41-9) took fourth at 132 pounds, while freshman Brad Gross (28-12) was sixth at 145.

In Class 2A, Burlington Central’s Austin Macias capped a 41-2 season with a third-place finish at 120, topping Bloomington senior Jack Henderson 3-1 in his final bout.

Kaneland 106-pounder Austin Kedzie lost to unbeaten Marian Catholic freshman Travis Ford-Melton in a title bout, while teammate George Strang was sixth at 152.

A young St. Francis girls soccer team that had just six seniors on the roster exceeded expectations by getting to the Class 2A state finals (for just the second time in school history) and placing fourth.

“I think this builds a lot of confidence for our program because it’s the first time Geneva has ever won a state championship, even advanced past the semifinals.

I think it’s a big step forward in the right direction.”

Ryan Deane Geneva senior lacrosse goalie

“Having such a young team is an advantage and a disadvantage at the same time, so it was an awesome accomplishment just to make it to state,” senior Rachel Rahman said.

“Obviously, this team has incredible potential to go far in the next [couple of] years.”

Before lacrosse becomes an official IHSA sport in 2018, Geneva’s boys team had a highlight as it won the Illinois High School Lacrosse Association Class B state title with a 10-7 win against Carmel in June.

The Class B title means the Vikings will move up to Class A for the upcoming spring season, but more important it sets the stage for future success.

“I think this builds a lot of confidence for our program because it’s the first time Geneva has ever won a state championship, even advanced past the semifinals,” senior goalie Ryan Deane said. “I think it’s a big step forward in the right direction.”

NATE JIMENEZ Marmion Junior | Wrestling Why Jimenez was selected: Jimenez won all three of his matches at the Marmion quad on Dec. 23, beating wrestlers from St. Charles East, DeKalb and West Aurora.

Marmion wrestler Nate Jimenez has gotten off to a great start this season after a sweep of three matches at a quad that Marmion hosted. Jimenez, 17-3 on the season, is trying to take the next step after a third-place finish at 160 pounds at last season’s state tournament. Jimenez, the St. Charles Bank & Trust Athlete of the Week, recently spoke with Kane County Chronicle correspondent Chris Casey. An edited transcript follows:

consin] in January, I will make a decision which one to stay at moving forward.

Casey: You have wrestled at 160, 170 and 182 pounds this season. Where do you feel most comfortable?

Jimenez: Well, 182 isn’t my weight class. I have wrestled there a couple of times to help us win duals if we need. I’m mainly at 160 and 170 pounds and after the [Cheesehead] Tournament [in Wis-

Casey: How far do you feel you can go in the postseason once you decide a weight class?

Jimenez: I have wrestled a lot of the 160- and 170-pound kids since I was little.

I know how our styles and techniques match up. I have confidence, yeah, but it’s going to be a good one.

Casey: What’s your mentality going into a match?

Jimenez: I honestly just let it fly. I have a game plan to score right away and then keep scoring and scoring. But I also know if I get it to the third [period], I have a great gas tank and can capitalize on that.”

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By SUSAN ONEILL editorial@kcchronicle.com SUGAR GROVE – The farmer’s market in Sugar Grove is not just for summer anymore.

Set within the Sugar Grove Public Library building, the Second Saturday Wintermarket will feature products from local farmer-producers throughout the winter and spring months.

Starting Jan. 14, shoppers eager for local produce will find fresh eggs, honey, wool roving and meat from Grandma’s Farm Fresh Eggs at the Ogle Family Farm in Sugar Grove, a variety of cheeses from Curds and Whey Cheese Company in Geneva, and hormone-free pork, beef and eggs from Burgin Farms in Maple Park.

Library director Shannon Halikias said she is excited for the library to play a role in supporting the local economy and commerce while offering farm-fresh produce to the community during the winter. The library is actively looking for additional farm vendors who wish to take advantage of the free space within the library to

reach the local community with their produce.

“It’s a win-win,” Halikias said.

The Wintermarket will give the first opportunity to local farmers and producers, she said.

After that, there may be space available to hand crafters. There is room for 15 vendors. The vendors will be responsible for setting up as well as cleaning up the meeting room space as the library does not have additional funds to support the extra housekeeping involved.

Halikias said they are looking for vendors with a true sense of stewardship.

Sugar Grove has supported its local farmer’s market, currently located in the Village Hall parking lot along Route 30, for years during the summer. Organizer Pat Graceffa began to talk with Halikias about a year ago about the possibility of extending the concept to inside the library. In the meantime, the library had revised its meeting room policy and set other things in place that made the Wintermarket a viable option.

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nutritious food,” Axtell said. “What a wonderful use of public space to help raise the quality of life and rebuild Fox Valley’s healthy local food sys■ WHAT: Wintermarket tems together.”

■ WHEN: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 14, Feb. The Wintermarket will be open on 11, March 11, April 8 and May 13 the second Saturday of each month ■ WHERE: Sugar Grove Public Library, from January to May during the 125 S. Municipal Drive, Sugar Grove hours of 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There is ■ INFO: 630-466-4686 no entry fee; however, a donation ■ DETAILS: Interested vendors should to the Friends of the Library will download and complete the applibe suggested should the market be cation available on the Sugar Grove successful.

Public Library website at sgpl.org.

Library staff will work to promote Applications can be sent to the atthe Wintermarket to the community. tention of the library director or email All applicable sales taxes and regulaShannon@sgpl.org. tions are the sole responsibility of the vendors.

Axtell said that winter is also the ideal time to learn about community conversation one night with local orsupported agriculture – or CSA – opganizer Rebekah Axtell, Halikias said portunities. she became even more excited about “Many farmers offer subscription opening the library’s doors to support services, then plant in the spring the local agriculture community and based on the number of people that to contribute to the rich tradition of have signed up to receive weekly rural living and farming in the surboxes of fresh-picked produce,” Axtell rounding Kaneland area.

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Guests are encouraged to preregister by noon Dec. 30 to guarantee admission, party favors, activities and snack.

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“THE ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS CAROL BY E. SCROOGE, ESQ., AS TOLD TO C. DICKENS:” 8 p.m. Dec. 29 and 30, Steel Beam Theatre, 111 W. Main St., St. Charles. The screwball musical send-up of the holiday favorite blends the original with modern twists, original holiday songs, audience participation and sing-along ghostly visits. Tickets and holiday schedule are available at steelbeamtheatre.com or 630-587-8521. Tickets cost $28 for adults, $25 for seniors, and $23 for students.

STAND-UP COMEDIANS ENTERTAIN AT ZANIES COMEDY CLUB IN ST. CHARLES: Liza Treyger will star at 8 p.m. Dec. 29 for $25. Julian McCollough, current host of TBS’s “Very Funny News,” will appear at 8 p.m. Dec. 30, with tickets at $25.

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Chicago” by Chicago Magazine, performs in two shows Dec. 31: 8 p.m. for $30, and 10:30 p.m. for $40, including party favors and Champagne toast. Tickets are available at zanies.com or 630-5240001.

BANDS STAR AT BALLYDOYLE IRISH PUB: 28 W. New York St., Aurora, with details on artists and cover charge at 630-8440400. Bally’s Got Talent Elimination round is set for Dec. 29 to see who’s moving on in the contest, and R-Gang stars Dec. 30, followed by entertainment on Dec. 31 for New Year’s Eve with party favors and Champagne toast.

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TWEEN CRAFTERNOON: 1 to 4 p.m. Dec. 30, Town and Country Public Library, 320 E. North St., Elburn. At the free event, kids ages 9 to 14 can make a Perler Bead craft.

Popcorn and beverages will be provided.

Drop in for a short time, or stay for the whole afternoon. Call 630-365-2244 for information.

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WHERE: St. Charles Public Library, 1 S. Sixth Ave. WHEN: 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Dec. 31 COST & INFO: Free; register to guarantee a spot at 630-5840076; details at stcharleslibrary.org ABOUT: A daytime New Year’s Eve concert by Joel Frankel will be a celebration for all ages, when he rocks the room with his award-winning songs. Watch as the book drops down to kick off the new year. Frankel’s recordings will be available for purchase.

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WHERE: Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd., Aurora WHEN: Wednesday through Sunday to Jan. 15 COST & INFO: $44 to $59; ParamountAurora.com, 630-896-6666 ABOUT: Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” will share its musical magic for a few more enchanted weeks at the award-winning Paramount Theatre. The action is accompanied by a 12-piece orchestra. In the hit show, mermaid Ariel longs to leave her underwater kingdom to find love.

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River’s Edge Bar & Grill sets gastropub to music in Batavia

By RENEE TOMELL rtomell@shawmedia.com BATAVIA – Stepping inside River’s Edge Bar & Grill feels like time traveling to the early 1900s, the era when the 1880s stone building first became home to a succession of drinking establishments just east of the Fox River on North River Street in downtown Batavia.

The carved, wooden Brunswick back bar was used at the World’s Fair in Chicago in 1933, a vintage match for the rich wood in the venue’s two rooms, set off by a patterned tin ceiling.

Melissa Monno acquired the business a year ago this month, and has nurtured its reputation for live music and good food. She is fine-tuning it as a gastropub, collaborating with executive chef Rick Kaniuga.

A graduate of the Le Cordon Bleu culinary program at the Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago, he has been chef at River’s Edge since its start in 2014.

“About two months ago, we changed up the menu – every meat [and] cheese are locally sourced, everything’s from a farm within a 300-mile radius,” Monno said. “We’re family-run, and we can support local family farms. Everything is slowcooked and made from scratch [like] the hand-pressed burgers. You can tell the difference. Virtually nothing is frozen in the house. Everything is fresh.”

That includes the hickory-smoked back bacon made in-house. She said menu favorites range from the River Street burger with a coffee barbecue sauce to duck confit and a country pate. The chicken fingers appetizer is breaded with Cap’n Crunch and Corn Flakes for a sweet-savory combination.

“I worked with the chef to bring that one into the world,” Monno said.

She notes the bar offers a rotating array of 10 beers on tap, complemented by 100 brews in bottles or cans, and also does its own aging of beer in bourbon barrels.

“We buy stuff we like to sit on,” she said. “When you age the beer a little bit longer, the flavors meld together and become something really special.

I become a geek when I start talking about beer.”

She said she keeps track of other

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The River Street burger features a hand-pressed, ground brisket and chuck patty, Wisconsin cheddar, house-made back bacon and coffee barbecue sauce on a pretzel bun at River’s Edge Bar & Grill in Batavia.

A thoughtfully curated array of beer is on tap at River’s Edge Bar & Grill, 12 N. River St. in Batavia. bars’ offerings and is happy when she discovers River’s Edge is the only one within a 40- to 50-mile radius to carry a particular find on tap. Trained as a journalist, she creates the written

descriptions for all of them.

Kaniuga is working with Penrose Brewing Co. in Geneva in preparation for a beer dinner in January.

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at River’s Edge, Monno said, adding she also is working on the cocktail menu.

“We are seasoning our barrels right now to do Manhattans in,” she said of the oak barrels previously used for sherry.

Also local is the nonalcoholic Windmill Ginger Brew made in Geneva.

The bar is on its second batch of Swedish glogg, accompanied by homemade pepparkakor, Swedish ginger cookies.

Hot buttered rum is another winter offering, and whiskey options are growing.

The chef changes the dinner specialties every few days, encompassing seafood, vegetarian and meat dishes, and accommodating gluten-free requests. Recently featured were lamb chops, a Bloody Mary stew, and hickory-smoked pork shank.

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Dennis O’Brien Music to perform New Year’s Eve

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com GENEVA – For those planning on celebrating New Year’s Eve with dinner and live music, Fiora’s Restaurant, 317 S. Third St., Geneva, might be just the place.

Dennis O’Brien Music will perform acoustic guitar, classic rock and pop with John Paruolo and Pete Kruse from 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 31.

O’Brien, of St. Charles, plays guitar and sings; Batavia resident Paruolo plays keyboards and sings; and percussionist Kruse is from Wheaton.

“We play classic covers with meaningful arrangements,” O’Brien said. “Emphasis on ‘meaningful.’

We’ve built a reputation as a very solid presentation of music.”

With four decades of performing, O’Brien said his band “has a tendency to fill the room when we play.”

“Guys like John Paruolo come from great stock,” O’Brien said. “He has played with some of the greatest musicians in the world – Bob Dylan, Smokey Robinson, B.B. King, Joe Walsh.”

O’Brien said he has shared the stage with many notable artists and

bands, including the Eagles, Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald, America, Poco, Firefall, Three Dog Night, Rare Earth, Koko Taylor, Little River Band, Air Supply, Tommy James and the Shondells, and The Turtles.

“I’ve opened for all those bands,” O’Brien said.

There is no cover charge for the performance at Fiora’s.

Other upcoming shows for the band are 8 to 11 p.m. Jan. 7 at McNally’s Traditional Irish Pub, 109 W. Main St., St Charles and from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Jan. 13 at FoxFire Grill, 17 W. State St., Geneva.

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Dennis O’Brien will perform acoustic guitar, classic rock and pop with John Paruolo and Pete Kruse from 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 31 at Fiora’s Restaurant, 317 S. Third St., Geneva.

ST. CHARLES – Families who want to ring in the new year before the clock strikes midnight will have that option at the St. Charles Public Library.

The library, located at 1 S. Sixth Ave., St. Charles, will have a concert called “New Year’s Celebration with Joel Frankel” on Dec. 31.

Chicago resident Frankel is a children’s musical entertainer, singer and songwriter. He will sing and strum his guitar during the celebration.

“He has a history of doing these types of events,” library director Edith Craig said. “He’s very energetic. We just felt that’s the kind of energy we wanted for this type of event. And so, he fit that bill.”

Two party session options will be offered. The first is from 11 a.m. to noon. The next is from 1 to 2 p.m.

According to A. Denise Farrugia, the library’s youth services manager, attendees can rest up if they want.

Frankel, who has award-winning songs, is expected to rock the library.

Farrugia confirmed that she anticipates attendees will be clapping, singing and dancing. She also had glowing compliments about Frankel on what makes him the ideal musician for the upcoming shows.

“Joel Frankel is an award-winning musician and [has] absolutely grand, original songs,” Farrugia said. “His engagement with the audience is top-notch, lots of giggling and smiles, laughing and a lot of interaction and participation.”

Frankel will play his original tune, “Wacky Weather Watcher,” which he noted is a “tongue twister about the weather.”

Other tunes he’ll perform include “Bagels and Cream Cheese,” “Don’t Sit on a Cactus,” and “Red Racer.”

He also will play some seasonal songs such as “Let It Snow” and “Jingle Bells.”

Frankel will even get the crowd doing special rhythm clapping and delight with playing instruments such as a Brazilian hand drum and harmonica.

Attendees can expect to do a freeze dance. That’s where all can dance and “freeze” in place when the music stops.

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Batali shares Chicago deep-dish pizza TOM’S COOKBOOK LIBRARY Tom Witom Celebrity chef, restaurateur and cookbook writer Mario Batali takes readers of “Big American Cookbook” (Grand Central Life & Style) on a grand tour across the United States.

“To best enjoy this book, look at it as a culinary travel guide around the smaller towns and cities of the country,” Batali says in introductory notes to the book he wrote with Jim Webster, a copy editor at The Washington Post.

The book covers a lot of ground, in the process culling 250 favorite regional recipes. Batali’s travels take him from New England to the southwest, the Deep South to the Pacific Coast.

Home cooks will be tempted by Swedish Pancakes, a dish served at the Stockholm Inn in Rockford. Or they may want to shake winter’s chill with a steaming bowl of Wild Rice Soup from northern Minnesota.

Midwesterners will find it hard to pass up the well-thought-out recipe (right) for Chicago Deep-Dish Pizza.

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

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Continued from page 51 Frankel said he plans to crack some jokes, too.

He explained what he hopes attendees will take away from his performance.

“My CDs,” Frankel joked. “Just a good time, joy to bring into the new year and appreciation of the library.”

The conclusion of the concert will not have a ball drop, but rather a book drop.

People can expect to count down to the new year and will see some red, white and blue, too.

“We wanted to do something different that kind of gave that same kind of spirit of entering into the new year,” Craig said.

St. Charles patrons interested in attending the celebration must register online at www.stcharleslibrary. org or by calling 630-584-9390. Those who live outside of the library district will be asked to pay $2 per person on a space-availability basis.

“It’s a fun way for kids to have a celebration of their own before midnight, and to have fun at the library on the last day of 2016,” Farrugia said.

CHICAGO DEEP-DISH PIZZA Serves 6 ... or 2 hungry bears FOR CRUST 2-1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast 1/2 cup warm water 1 cup water 1/4 cup shortening, melted 3 cups all-purpose flour or more as needed 3/4 cup cornmeal 2 teaspoons kosher salt FOR TOPPING 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 1 small onion, finely chopped 1 green bell pepper, finely chopped Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 1-1/2 cups tomato sauce 1 pound Italian sausage, casings removed 8 ounces crimini mushrooms, sliced 1 pound fresh mozzarella cheese, cut into 1/2- inch slices 1 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano For crust: Spray an 11-inch round pan that’s 2 inches deep with cooking spray.

In a bowl of a stand mixer with the dough hook, combine the yeast with the 1/2 cup warm water and set aside for 10 minutes. Add the 1 cup water, shortening,

1/4 cup at a time. Put the dough in an oiled bowl, cover with a towel and let rise in a warm place in the kitchen for 90 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 425°F. Punch the dough down. Put it in the prepared pan and, with your fingertips, work it out from the center to the edges and up the sides of the pan. Bake for 5 minutes, then remove and allow to cool.

For topping: In a large skillet over medium-high heat, heat the olive oil, then sauté the onion and green pepper until the onion is soft, about 5 minutes.

Season with salt and pepper and add the tomato sauce. Stir and cook for about 10 minutes.

Tear bits of sausage with your fingers Photo provided and spread it around the pizza crust.

Celebrity chef, restaurateur and cook- Spread the mushrooms on top of the saubook writer Mario Batali takes readers sage and cover with slices of mozzarella, of “Big American Cookbook” on a grand overlapping them if necessary to use it all. tour across the United States – including Press the meat and mozzarella down into the dough to make room for the sauce, to the Stockholm Inn in Rockford. then pour the tomato mixture over the flour, cornmeal and salt. Beat slowly until top. Bake for 35 minutes. Add the Parmithe flour is damp, then increase the speed gano-Reggiano over the top and bake 10 more minutes, until the cheese melts and to form a dough. On a floured surface, the sauce is bubbling. Let the pizza rest knead the dough for 5 minutes, until it feels smooth. Add more flour if necessary, 10 minutes before cutting it.

activities and snack. Advance tickets cost JAN. 4 $8 per person ages 2 to adult; register KANEVILLE LUNCH BUNCH: Meeting first Continued from page 48 online at shawurl.com/2yth. Day-of regisand third Wednesdays of each month in tration costs $11 per person, if available. For 2017. The first meeting of the new year information, call the center at 630-907will begin at 11:45 a.m. Jan. 4 in the village DEC. 31 9600. Visit foxvalleyparkdistrict.org. room of the Kaneville Community Center, ARCADA NEW YEAR’S BASH: 8 p.m. Dec. 2S101 Harter Road, Kaneville. Local seniors 31, Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., St. are welcome. The menu includes pot roast, JAN. 1 Charles. It will feature prime rib buffet, mashed potatoes, gravy, broccoli, cookies, KANE COUNTY AUDUBON BIRD WALK: 9 open bar, dancing, Jersey Girls from Europe brownies and beverages. The cost is $7. a.m. Jan. 1, LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve, and Reflections of Motown. Coming shows Call Paisano’s Pizza & Grill at 630-36537W370 Dean St., St. Charles. Participants include Mr. Blotto’s Procrastinator’s Ball, 9477 for reservations. should dress for the weather, and meet 8 p.m. Jan. 6; Jimmy Page Birthday Bash HABITAT WORKDAYS AT FERMILAB at the parking lot by Creek Bend Nature starring Kashmir, 8 p.m. Jan. 7; and Beatles NATURAL AREAS: 1 p.m. various Mondays Center. The group leader will be Nancy Night featuring The McCartney Years, 7:30 and 9 a.m. various Wednesdays – includSchnaitman. Learn more at 630-365-9595. p.m. Jan. 10. Visit arcadalive.com or call ing Jan. 4 – near Kirk and Batavia roads, 630-962-7000.

Batavia. People interested in the outdoors CHRISTMAS VILLAGE AND TRAINS OPEN JAN. 3 and nature will learn about ecology and HOUSE: 1 to 6 p.m. Saturdays, Dec. 31 to CASTING CALL FOR “SCHOOL OF ROCK: the environment. The group meets weekly Jan. 28, St. Charles Free Methodist Church, THE MUSICAL” BY MARQUEE YOUTH year-round. No experience is required. All 214 Walnut St., St. Charles. Admission is STAGE: Jan. 3 for actors and musicians, tools and safety equipment are providfree. For information, visit stcharlesfmc.org.

The Quad (formerly Charlestowne Mall), ed. Simply bring a photo ID to show the FAMILY NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY: 11 a.m.

3800 E. Main St., St. Charles. It is open Fermilab security guard at the entrance, to 1 p.m. Dec. 31, Vaughan Athletic Center, to youth ages 9 to 18. Auditions for Disand then meet in the Lederman Science 2121 W. Indian Trail, Aurora. There will be ney’s “Mulan, Jr.” are planned Jan. 4 and Center parking lot. Those younger than 18 giant inflatables, games, hula-hoop con7 for ages 8 to 16. Kids in pre-K to third need to have written parental permission tests and dancing to tunes by a disc jockey. grade can be part of “A Mixed-Up Fairy or supervision. Rain or hazardous weather Characters including superheroes will be on Tale,” combining casting and rehearsal cancels any event. Visit fnal.gov. hand, with a balloon drop at noon. Guests when it kicks off Jan. 7. For details on all are encouraged to preregister by noon Dec. of the season’s theater opportunities, 30 to guarantee admission, party favors, visit MarqueeYouth.org.

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SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN FUNDRAISER: Hosted by McNally’s Irish Pub and Fox Valley Newcomers and Neighbors Club, 6 to 9 p.m. Jan. 16, McNally’s, 109 W. Main St., St. Charles. Raffle tickets for prizes will be available for purchase. A portion of McNally’s sales will be donated to the charity, which is a nonprofit organization that cares for vulnerable children. To learn more, visit safe-families.org or foxvalleynewcomers. com.

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NATURE BOOK GROUP: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 18, Creek Bend Nature Center at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve, 37W700 Dean St., St. Charles. The scheduled books are “The Art of Seeing Things: Essays” by John Burrough, edited by Charlotte Walker, Jan. 18; and “Lab Girl” by Hope Jahren, Feb. 15.

Advance registration is required at 630444-3190 or programs@kaneforest.com.

JAN. 19

“PRAIRIESCAPES: GROW NATIVE” TALK:

By University of Illinois Extension master gardener Mary Jo Murphy, 6:30 p.m. Jan. 19, U of I Extension office, 535 S. Randall Road, St. Charles. The class will cover a range of topics, including the advantages of prairie plants and the incorporation of native plants into existing beds. Murphy is an award-winning master gardener with 30 years of experience. Program cost is $5. For more information or to register online, visit web.extension.illinois.edu/dkk.

SIP AND PAINT EVENT: 6:30 p.m. Jan. 19, Kaneville Public Library, 2S101 Harter Road, Kaneville. The canvas will be a decorative glass block. Guests will paint a winter scene on one side, and another scene of their choice on the opposite side. The block is versatile and can be used as a vase, or be filled with lights or colored marbles.

Beverages and snacks will be served. The cost is $30. Make reservations at 630-5572441 by Jan. 17.

Continued from page 50 She said the new lunch menu features seven sandwiches, and there’s a to-go adult sack lunch. Because the bar has a package goods license, one can carry out a sandwich, side and tall-boy can of beer from Surly Brewing of Minnesota.

Musicians and music lovers appreciate the multiple nights of entertainment, from bluegrass at 5 p.m. Sundays, including a monthly jam session; to open mic Tuesdays; and live music Fridays and Saturdays, spanning rock, folk and rockabilly.

“There’s a wealth of talent around here,” Monno said. “We’re across the street from a music store.

It feels very European at times. People will have their instruments and play a couple tunes in the middle of the day.”

She said patrons range from 20-somethings to folks in their 60s and 70s, many with a story about the venerable pub.

“It’s a beautiful thing to be part of – I love Batavia,” she said, noting she’s happy to team up with other businesses as special events in town take shape such as the recent debut of Oktoberfest on North River Street.

“Hospitality is in my blood,” she said. “My first job was in the industry.”

She said she gained experience working at family-run places to corporately structured venues, tackling everything from bartending to managing. She even used to grab a ketchup bottle as an ersatz microphone, and belt out a ’50s song as a choreographed singing diner waitress at a burger chain.

With help from the historical society, she’s delving into the past of her location, and looking forward to spring, when patrons can flock back to the five-tiered, dog-friendly beer garden with outdoor bar and stage.

If you go ■ WHAT: River’s Edge Bar & Grill

winter hours ■ WHEN: 11 a.m. Tuesday through

Sunday, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays and midnight other days ■ WHERE: River’s Edge Bar & Grill, 12 N. River St. ■ INFO: 630-406-9200 or theriversedgebatavia.com ■ DETAILS: The kitchen stops serving at 9 p.m. during the week, and at 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, but latenight appetizers are available.

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“WELL-CRAFTED WEDDING SHOW”: Noon to 4 p.m. Jan. 15, ​Penrose Bre​wery, 509 Stevens St., Geneva. Organizers said brides are invited for a day of wedding vendor shopping among local craftspeople whose business it is to make weddings unique. The free show is set in the brewery’s industrial-chic setting. Guests can grab a beer with a friend in Penrose’s Taproom before socializing with wedding professionals in the Barrel Cellar, which is available for events of all types for up to 70 people. Learn more at www.joannagoss.com/well-crafted. Follow the Facebook event page for snapshots of vendors and gifts available to win, and make reservations.

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ELGIN YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA’S SIXTH ANNUAL FACULTY RECITAL: 2 to 3 p.m. Jan. 8, Spartan Auditorium, Elgin JAN. 5 Community College Arts Center, 1700 Spar“WILDFLOWERS IN THE WINTER”: Part of tan Drive, Elgin. It’s a rare chance to hear the monthly Senior Stroll program, 10 a.m. members of the EYSO’s faculty, staff and Jan. 5, inside the Barbara Belding Lodge Chamber Music Institute coaches perform at Brewster Creek Forest Preserve, 6N921 repertoire ranging from edgy to accessible.

Route 25, St. Charles. Nature Programs ManThe concert is free, but tickets must be ager Valerie Blaine will present photos and reserved in advance at tickets.elgin.edu stories of the native flora. Registration is not or 847-622-0300. Donations to the EYSO required for the free program. All seniors are scholarship fund will be accepted at the welcome to join the group for festivities and concert, may be made online at eyso.org, fellowship. It gathers each first Thursday. or mailed to EYSO, P.O. Box 6508, Elgin, IL Learn more at kaneforest.com.

60121-6508. The theme of the EYSO’s 41st season is “Hearts & Minds, The Power and Politics of Music.”

JAN. 7 NOMAD THEATRE COMPANY AUDITIONS ELGIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: 7:30 p.m.

FOR “WIZARD OF OZ”: Jan. 8 and 9, Arts Jan. 7 and 2:30 p.m. Jan. 8, Hemmens CulCenter of St. Charles, 2422 W. Main St. tural Center, 45 Symphony Way, Elgin. The The troupe will present a youth edition of concert will feature Beethoven’s Symphony “Wizard of Oz,” with auditions for secondNo. 3 and works by Prokofiev and Stravinthrough eighth-graders. To schedule an sky, conducted by Music Director Andrew audition, email info@ArtsCenterSTC.org.

Grams. Guest violinist will be Angelo Xiang For details, visit artscenterstc.org/noYu, 2010 winner of the Yehudi Menuhin mad-theatre-company, call 630-234-9506 International Violin Competition. Tickets or go to artscenterstc.org. start at $30, and cost $12 for students.

Grams will give a pre-concert chat one hour before the performance, and Saturday JAN. 12 concertgoers are invited after the show THE ALL-CANADA SHOW: Jan. 12 to 15, Pheasto Mingle with the Musicians at the Elgin ant Run Resort, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles.

Public House. For concert tickets, call 847The event includes free seminars, maps 888-4000 or visit elginsymphony.org. and travel guides – and on opening night, a ANIME CLUB: 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Jan. 7, Teenfree Eppinger Dardevle 2017 collector lure.

Zone, Sugar Grove Public Library, 125 S. MuNew is the Canada Border Crossing Services nicipal Drive, Sugar Grove. Do you like anime booth for information about routine border and manga? Join this new, monthly club – run crossings and how to handle special circumby teens – for a chance to draw manga, watch stances. The Labatt Hockey Challenge, an anime and eat Japanese snacks. The club is interactive hockey slap-shot contest, will be for grades six to 12. Registration is required for hosted by the Labatt Girls throughout the the free event; call Genna at 630-409-1568 or show. Hours are 5 to 9 p.m. Jan. 12; 3 to 9 email genna@sugargrove.lib.il.us. p.m. Jan. 13; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jan. 14; and 10 BIRD WALK BY KANE COUNTY AUDUBON: a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 15. Cost is $12 for adults, 8 a.m. Jan. 7, Nelson Lake/Dick Young $10 for seniors, and free for children 17 and Forest Preserve, 39W115 Main St., Batavia. younger. Admission on Jan. 15 is free for Participants should meet in the parking lot veterans. Learn more at AllCanada.com. by the silo. Kane County Audubon hosts a bird walk at Nelson Lake the first Saturday JAN. 13 of every month throughout the year. The “SPRING AWAKENING” BY NOMAD THEwalks are open to the public and all levels ATRE COMPANY: 7 p.m. Jan. 13 and 15, of experience. Call leader Terry Murray with and 3 and 7 p.m. Jan. 14, Arts Center of St. questions at 630-896-3219.

Charles, 2422 W. Main St. The show is rated FREE GUIDED HIKES AT KANE COUNTY R for language and adult content. Nomad FOREST PRESERVES THIS WINTER: Hikes notes: “Our shows are always tasteful and will be led by a naturalist from the Forest never display graphic content.” For details, Preserve District of Kane County, who will visit artscenterstc.org/nomad-theatre-cominterpret the ecology. Each month will offer pany. Nomad, sponsored by Self-Esteem for a two-hour hike at a different preserve for Life Foundation, is a tuition-based educaages 18 and older. “Trek with a Naturalist” tional program. For details, call 630-234programs are designed for those who like 9506 or visit artscenterstc.org. active hiking. The first one will take place from 9 to 11 a.m. Jan. 7 at Burnidge Forest JAN. 14 Preserve, 38W235 Big Timber Road, Elgin.

WINTERMARKET: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 14, It’s followed from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Feb. Sugar Grove Public Library, 125 S. Municipal 16 at Les Arends Forest Preserve, 2S731 Drive, Sugar Grove. The new WintermarLincoln Way (Route 31), Batavia, and from ket at the library will feature a variety of 5 to 7 p.m. March 16 at Jon J. Duerr Forest Preserve, 35W003 Route 31, South Elgin. agricultural and food producers from the Advance registration is required at 630surrounding community. The market will be 444-3190 or programs@kaneforest.com. held on the second Saturday of each month

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Easy, peasy. pert Graves also returns to the cast, and Lindsay OK, so they’re not really cookies at all.

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I peeled wrappers from Hershey Kisses. I’d make the snaps, those cute little butter pretzels each adorned with Kisses and, after softening in a warm oven, green and red M&M’s. Easy, peasy. OK, so they’re not really cookies at all. They’re what I call “warm up” Christmas cookies, or cookies with training wheels. No fail, practically no-bake, no-brainer holiday treats, and just the ticket to get us out of our slump.

Except that I failed and overbaked (it seems a hotter oven won’t melt the kisses faster – it simply bakes them, gosh darn it), and into the trash they went.

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ticket to get us out of our slump. Except that I failed and over-baked (it seems a hotter oven won’t melt the kisses faster – it simply bakes them, gosh darn it), and into the trash they went.

“You burned them? You’re kidding me,” Holly said. We had a good laugh at my expense and prayed her cookies would be the ticket. What could go wrong? It was 10:30 p.m., we were giddy with failure, and where the heck was the baking powder?

“No way!” When scanning the cupboards for ingredients I was sure I’d spotted it, butstars it seems my baking Kaitlin Olson in “The Mick,” powder was really just baking soda, premiering Sunday on Fox. packaged in a small can the likes of which I’ve only ever seen baking powtus Prew) decides trybe a risky process my on him. der in. Gah! Nottoto deterred, elf Walter (Dermot Mulroney) is personally invested Googled substitutions. Apparently it in the case of his daughter’s (guest star Taylor all comes down thehas acidic balance, Rose) closest friend,towho contracted a fleshso, with the cream of tartar M.I.A., I eating disease.

Odette Annable, Reshma Shetty, fished lemon and juice out of thealso fridge.

Aaron Jennings Brenda Song star.

Unsure of how much to use, we popped 8:30 p.m. on @ WFLD a few more kisses into our mouths Family Guy and approximated.

We burned Long-esteemed actress Yeah.

Glenn Close voices her the first likeness batch, in and a little later, animated “A Lot Goingwhile on Upstairs,” which involves Stewie (voicehe oftried Seth MacFarNoah grimaced when one lane) making the attic(He his new bedroom.

Peter from the second. wasn’t wrong). (also voiced by MacFarlane) decides to follow “Nothing a few candy canes can’t him there, as do others — making the site a vircure,” I decided, so I grabbed the of Alex tual “man cave” and enraging Lois (voice stash I’d So, planned to hang on the treeher Borstein). what’s the Close tie-in?

Likely moviethe “Thekids Big Chill,” which a memorable after retired tohad their beds atticChristmas scene. on Eve, giddily smashed p.m. the on _ WLS them to bits 9with rolling pin, and Conviction pressed them into the last bit of rolledThe dough. drama series moves a different with out Close, buttono cigar. night Pretty the new episode “Notwouldn’t Okay,” as Hayes (Hayley sure even Santa eat ’em.

Atwell) debates pursuing a full-fledged personal relationship with Wallace (Eddie Cahill). ProJennifer lives in Batavia fessionally, sheDuBose wants to re-examine the case with her family.

Her star column regof a young woman (guest Jordanruns Hayes) ularly in to the Weekend section of sentenced lifeKane in prison for killing the collegebasketball she accused of sexually assaultthe Kanestar County Chronicle.

Contact ing her.

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DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips

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

Dr. Wallace: I’m 17, and I’m a senior in high school. My boyfriend is in his first year of college at San Diego State University. I really like him, but I’m not 100 percent in love with him.

My problem is that I have been sitting at home every weekend watching television while my friends are all going out on dates and having a good time. When Jeff left for college, we both agreed that we wouldn’t date anyone else.

I called him last weekend and told him that I still cared for him but that I thought we should both have a social life and date other people. I told him that we could still spend a lot of time together during holidays and summer break.

He was not happy about this.

He said that he thought we were in a serious relationship and that we should not be going out with other people.

Now I feel really trapped. I told him I would think it over. I’d like to hear what you think I should do. – Tammy, Anaheim, Calif.

Tammy: Trust your feelings.

Your words to Jeff make perfect sense and bear repeating. Call him again, and let him know that you still care for him but that you are going to start dating others.

Encourage him to do the same.

Dr. Wallace: My grandfather works for the American Cancer Society, which is very interested in getting teens to start early on living a healthy life and reducing the risk of cancer. It has come up with five protective factors to add to your life and five risk factors to subtract from your life. You would really do your teen readers a big favor by printing these factors.

Protective factors

1. Eat more vegetables in the cabbage family. Important studies show these vegetables (also known

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’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace as cruciferous vegetables) appear to protect against colorectal, stomach and respiratory cancers.

They include broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, cabbages and kale.

2. Add more high-fiber foods.

A high-fiber diet may protect you against colon cancer. Fiber occurs in whole grains, fruits and vegetables, including peaches, strawberries, potatoes, spinach, tomatoes, wheat and bran cereals, rice, popcorn and whole-wheat bread.

3. Choose foods with Vitamin A. This vitamin may help protect against cancers of the esophagus, larynx and lungs. Fresh foods with beta carotene, such as carrots, peaches, apricots, squash and broccoli, are the best source of vitamin A -- not vitamin pills.

4. Do the same for Vitamin C. This vitamin may help protect against cancers of the esophagus and stomach. You’ll find it naturally in lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, like grapefruit, cantaloupe, oranges, strawberries, red and green peppers, broccoli and tomatoes.

5. Add weight control. Obesity is linked to cancers of the uterus, gallbladder, breast and colon.

Exercise and lower calorie intake help you avoid gaining too much weight. Walking is ideal exercise for most people, and it strengthens you for other sports. Check with your physician before undertaking strenuous activity or a special diet.

Risk factors

1. Trim fat from your diet. A high-fat diet increases your risk

of breast, colon and prostate cancer. Fat-loaded calories mean weight gain, especially if you don’t exercise. Cut overall fat intake by eating lean meat, fish, skinned poultry and low-fat dairy products. Avoid pastries and candies.

2. Subtract salt-cured, smoked or nitrate-cured foods. Cancers of the esophagus and stomach are common in countries where these foods are eaten in large quantities.

Indulge in bacon, ham, hot dogs or salt-cured fish only occasionally, if at all.

3. Ban tobacco products.

Smoking is the biggest cancer risk factor of all. It is the main cause of lung cancer and 30 percent of all other cancers. Smoking at home potentially means more respiratory and allergic ailments for family members. Pregnant women who smoke can harm their babies.

Chewing tobacco is a harmful risk for mouth and throat cancer.

4. Go easy on alcohol. If you drink a lot of alcohol, your risk of liver cancer increases. Smoking and drinking alcohol also greatly increase the risk of cancers of the mouth, throat, larynx and esophagus. If you do drink alcohol, be moderate in your intake. But better yet, don’t drink at all.

5. Respect the sun’s rays. Too much sun can cause skin cancer and other damage to your skin.

Protect yourself with sunscreen -- at least 15 SPF -- and wear long sleeves and a hat during the day, especially between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Don’t use indoor sunlamps, tanning parlors or tanning pills.

If you see changes in a mole or a sore that does not heal, see your physician. – Angie, Atlanta, Ga. Angie: Thanks so much for the important information. It will help educate both teens and adults.

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

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twin sister and I were raised by a single mom.

Because Mom received welfare benefits, she was required to list “potential” fathers in order to receive aid. After a time, the state required paternity tests be given to the men she had listed, so we had no idea who our biological father was until we were 16.

Although paternity was proven, he never attempted to contact us. I recently learned that he died several years ago at a relatively young age (mid-50s). I also discovered that he had at least two other children, one of whom I was able to locate on Facebook. I don’t want to cause any undue distress by reaching out to them. However, I’m curious about any historical information they could provide, particularly medical or hereditary issues I should know about. All of a sudden I have this overwhelming need for information, especially now that I have a child.

Should I try and contact my half-siblings, or let it go and hope there’s nothing there to find out? I don’t want to hurt anyone, but I feel I just have to know. – Needs To Know Dear Needs To Know: The revelation that you and your sister exist may come as a shock to your half-siblings, so be prepared. Ideally, the way to go about asking for the information you’re seeking would be through an intermediary such as a lawyer. However, if you can’t afford one, then write a letter explaining who you are and that you are a parent and would like any information that can be provided about any genetic illnesses that run in your father’s side of the family, including his cause of death. While you’re at it, be sure to mention that you are not trying to intrude – only to find information that may be pertinent to you, your twin sister and your child.

Dear Abby: I have been separated from my ex-wife for a year and I’m still depressed. I can’t eat, I sleep only a couple of hours a night and since the split I have lost 40 pounds.

I’m in my late 20s. My wife and I were together since high school. We have two kids.

We separated because of her infidelity and immaturity. I was the one who decided to leave and I don’t regret my decision, but a part of me can’t move on. I’m still nice to her and cater to her sometimes, but I want to stop.

I feel she uses me because she knows I will always love her. How do I break my bond with her? – Still Not Over Her in North Carolina Dear Still Not Over Her: If your ex-wife is the only woman you have ever dated or been intimate with, it’s not surprising that this has been extremely hard for you. Divorce can bring with it a roller coaster of emotions, some high and some low. Because you can’t seem to break out of the lows, it might help you to go online and research divorce support groups for men and attend some meetings. However, if you find you need more help than that to disengage -- and you may – ask your doctor for a referral to a licensed mental health professional.

It’s time to end the relationship

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ASK THE DOCTORS / ELIZABETH KO AND EVE GLAZIER

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Being trained in CPR may save a life Dear Doctor: A woman in the mall near our home collapsed and wasn’t breathing. A shopper performed CPR until the paramedics showed up. Later, my friends and I realized that none of us could have helped her. Should we get trained in CPR? Dear Reader: Only a small percentage of the population in the United States knows how to perform CPR, so the woman you and your friends saw was lucky. As you can probably guess, our answer is yes; learning proper CPR technique is a very good idea.

More than 350,000 people per year in the U.S. suffer from sudden cardiac arrest, which is when the heart abruptly stops beating. Although heart arrhythmias and heart disease are the major causes of sudden cardiac arrest, heart function may also stop due to near drowning, smoke inhalation, asthma attack, poisoning or even a severe allergic reaction.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, really does make a difference. It consists of two separate components – chest compression and mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing.

(According to the latest American Heart Association guidelines, only individuals who are trained in CPR should attempt rescue breathing.)

When someone goes into cardiac arrest and stops breathing, the first few minutes are critical. Studies show that the survival rate of someone in cardiac arrest can double or triple when prompt and high-quality CPR is performed.

So what happens when you perform CPR? Your body needs oxygen to survive.

When your heart suddenly stops beating, the biological chain of events that provides you with oxygen also stops. Without that oxygen, cells begin to die. Brain damage

can occur in just 4 or 5 minutes, and death in 8 to 10 minutes.

The purpose of CPR is to keep oxygenated blood flowing to the victim’s brain and other vital organs. This is done by chest compressions, in which you’re essentially providing an artificial heartbeat. Although by itself CPR will not restart someone’s heart, it can help the person survive until medical aid arrives.

When shown on TV or in films, CPR may look easy. However, where and how you place your hands on a victim’s chest to perform compressions is very important.

So is the rate and depth at which you press on the chest, as well as exactly how and for how long you release.

That’s why it’s critical to get certified training. Classes, which are offered throughout the nation, are interesting and easy. The American Red Cross offers classes, and the American Heart Association has a list of other training centers.

You’ll learn proper CPR technique and may also get trained in the use of an automated external defibrillator.

Although attending in-person class with fellow students and a mannequin to practice on is optimal, a video on the AHA’s updated method of hands-only CPR is available online.

A final thought: Between 70 and 80 percent of sudden cardiac arrests occur in or near the home. Why not make CPR certification a family, neighborhood or even community project? Everyone will be just that much safer.

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

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Gifts for hosts, homebodies and everybody else

By LINDSEY M. ROBERTS Special to The Washington Post For people who love, love, love to nest and entertain, a gift for the home is always a win. You know the type: a homebody who loves to organize, a newlywed in a new house, a consummate party planner. You doubtlessly have someone in your life like this, so we’ve compiled an expansive list of ideas for you to choose from. If you can’t find something here, then your gift recipient really is the mythical person-who-has-everything.

• Cocktail Nap-

kins Sets ($45, amano.bz): Charm any

host with one of nine witty animal sets. “Make mine a double,” said two grasshoppers.

Photo provided by A Mano “Buzzed,” said the bee. “Just a splash,” said the whale.

The challenge is in choosing the pun.

• Chateau Spill’s Emergency Stain Rescue ($8, thegrommet.com): Every wine lover needs it, whether pouring or holding the stemware. It will take out berries, beets and the toughest merlot spill. Pair it with the gift of your favorite red wine, or stick it in a holiday stocking. The 4.05-ounce size is just right.

• Snowe’s Drink Essentials Set ($70, snowehome.com): Even the smallest of social occasions can feel special with a matching Italian carafe and glassware set. Pair it with a bottle of wine or a recipe for a seasonal cocktail, and you might get invited to stay and enjoy it yourself. Has one pourer and four glasses, made of break-resistant Italian lead-free crystallized glass.

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cool instead, and you’ve got a really wonderful thing going.

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fun. The Foodie Dice Seasonal Dinners Tumbler is a jar of nine dice to roll to create a sumptuous meal. The five primary dice (protein, cooking method, grain or carb, herb, bonus ingredient) stay the same no matter the season, but throw in the four seasonal veggie dice and you’ve got seasonal gourmet.

Save your favorites with recipe cards.

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• Eataly Pasta Tool Set ($38, store. moma.org): Give a cook a new kitchen • Nate Berkus’s Striped Tassel Throw Blanket ($35, target.com): Try a tasseled skill with this tool set. Gadgets include two ravioli presses, one gnocchi twist on the classic throw with this throw blanket. It has an abundance of maker, one spaghetti maker and four luxurious passementerie at a welcome recipes. price.

• Eat Cake 3 Piece Set ($35, katespade. com): It’s said that Marie Antoinette once quipped, “Let them eat cake.”

Fast forward 227 years, and designer Kate Spade said, “Eat cake for breakfast.” We’ll consider both permission to encourage that baker-in-law to keep on baking with this set, which has Photo provided sweets emblazoned on a potholder,

by Uncommon Goods oven mitt and dish towel.

• Soapstone Ice Cream Scoop and

Hot and Cold Soapstone Handheld Bowls ($85 for both, uncommongoods.com):

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• Gallery 7 Piece Perfect Wall Picture Frame Set ($100, allmodern.com): This

wall picture frame set does all the hard work of arranging an artful salon-style wall for a new renter or homeowner. Seven solid-wood frames in black, white or walnut come with a template and layout options for a foolproof, sophisticated collage.

Encourage the dessert-maker in your life to swirl up some goodies. The hint is a pairing of a Soapstone Ice Cream Scoop and Hot and Cold Soapstone Handheld Bowls. The scoop is heat-conducting, so you can run it under hot water and scoop that ice cream more easily. The bowls come in a set of two, each with a freezable soapstone bowl and an acacia wood holder, so your hands don’t freeze, too.

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• Double Insulated Wine Tote ($79, markandgraham.com): Mark and Graham’s smart, plaid tote is like an entertainer’s emergency travel kit.

That it insulates two bottles of wine is pretty great on its own, but then you add the self-storing cheese board, wine key, bottle stopper and removable center for when you want to keep snacks

• Hartland Stone Oval Platter ($50$90, simonpearce.com): There’s one

truth all hosts know: You can never have enough serving dishes. The oval platter mixes in with any collection, with its classic cream color, rustic scalloped edges and ability to go from oven to table.

• Recipe cards ($44 for both, foodiedice.com): Now here’s something really

miles of coastline – all represented meticulously in Haptic Lab’s handstitched navy or gold quilts. Haptic Lab makes quilts of cities and coasts around the world. Any quilt can be personalized for $25.

• White Butter Keeper ($46, food52. com): Any foodie with a love of handcrafted items will appreciate the White Butter Keeper. A larger design of a Food52 favorite, this piece is handthrown by San Diego-based Sawyer Ceramics with a clean, white glaze.

Fill the base with water and overflow the other half with butter, then assemble for an airtight seal that keeps butter perfectly soft on your counter.

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• Concrete Jungle Bookend ($28, urbanoutfitters. com): For a book or

cookbook lover, go beyond a bookend: Give the multipurpose Concrete Jungle Bookend, which has a pocket for pens and a perch for a tiny plant.

• Darby Way

Watering Pitcher Black ($13, target.com): A

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their workhorse mixing bowls. The set with Pour Spouts’ twist is in the material: bamboo instead of plastic or metal, for a soft, organic touch.

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Couple morphs home without tearing it down

By HARRIET EDLESON Special to The Washington Post In 2006, Chris Timura saw a 1930s Colonial house for sale by owner while he was out walking in a neighborhood in Arlington, Va., with one of his sons.

Drawn by the backyard with a pond and easy access to the subway, he and his wife, Elise Frasier, moved quickly to buy it. But they outgrew the house.

The circuitous configuration of the interior made it difficult to get from the living room to the backyard to enjoy their garden and patios.

In addition, because the house had only two bedrooms, their two sons, ages 10 and 12, had to share a bedroom.

“An important thing was to gain a bedroom,” their architect, Robert Gurney, said.

The couple also wanted more open space and views of the outdoors.

The original above-grade house was about 2,300 square feet, including the lower level.

The couple ultimately

reached a crossroads and had to decide among several options: move; renovate; renovate and enlarge; or tear it down and start from scratch.

Ultimately, money helped dictate their decision. They took an unusual approach: Rather than tear down the house and build a McMansion as so many other homeowners do, they opted to rebuild within the footprint of their house, using the original exterior walls and constructing a 700-square-foot addition.

“We weren’t interested in building a massive house,” said Timura, a lawyer who works in downtown Washington, D.C. “We had a budget we had to stick within. Otherwise, it was out-of-pocket or do it ourselves.”

The key to the transformation is Gurney’s signature style of using as much natural light as possible.

“They wanted to incorporate green, sustainable elements into the project,” Gurney said.

They wanted light-filled

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Elise Frasier and Chris Timura’s remodeling project starts with a 1930s Colonial and ends up 700 square feet larger as a modern cube home.

Photos by Katherine Frey / The Washington Post

The main level of the house is open with floor-to-ceiling windows that bring in lots of natural light.

LEFT: The main level of the house is open with floor-to-ceiling windows that bring in lots of natural light.

By BARBARA DAMROSCH Each era has had its excesses, and during the Victorian days, horticultural decoration topped the list. Jennifer Davies, in her book “The Victorian Kitchen Garden,” describes the art of “dressing” a formal dining table as practiced by an estate’s head gardener.

No effort was spared to bring the outdoors in. Ripe dessert fruits were offered up in grottoes of palm and fern. A grape-laden vine might ascend from the center of the table, trained to grow through a hole from a pot hidden beneath. And those efforts were modest compared with an 1873 New York table, set with not only banks of moss and roses, but also “a tank full of water, over which was an aviary of song birds, and in the midst of the water two live swans swam about, the whole being adorned with superb flowers, water lilies and ferns.”

I love to dress a table, especially on festive occasions, and I usually do it with food. This is partly because my husband will remove any floral displays because they are “in the way.” But I also like the custom of having certain foods for nibbling throughout the meal. Years ago, on a trip to Venice, we enjoyed the tall glasses of raw vegetables that were

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Continued from page 62 spaces, so the house relies on glass throughout to capture natural light.

The front of the house uses Forest Stewardship Council mahogany siding that blends with the neighborhood.

(The council sets standards for responsible forest management to protect wooded areas for future generations.)

Insulated glass keeps the heat out during the summer and in during the winter.

“In between two layers of glass is argon gas that increases the insulation value of the windows,” Gurney said.

Between the windows and the frame of the house, spray-foam insulation expands to fill gaps. A rain-screen system creates an airspace between the back of the siding and the actual wall of the house to “let the house breathe a lot better.” In short, that means the house does not retain humidity, Gurney said.

The combination of the wood siding with gray stucco and charcoal fiber-cement panels allows the house to “recede into the leafy, tree-lined street,” Gurney said. The result is a compact structure that subtly draws the eye.

“We made sure we could keep all the trees,” he said. The renovated structure is the same height as the

set on tables so that you could refresh your palate with a stalk of fennel or a slender leaf of Treviso radicchio.

Edible table art is useful when garden flowers are scarce. You might find a few sprigs of tattered roses, calendulas, Johnny-jump-ups or Salvia horminum, but mostly you’ll rely on evergreen branches and bright but inedible berries from holly, winterberry and such. Fruits pair especially well with these.

Fruits and nuts have always seemed right for a holiday table. Baskets and bowls are fine for holding them, but lately I’ve preferred a more informal way of putting them out. Trailing vines or cascading branches of flowers and leaves can be found in table arrangements,

original one to “protect the rhythm of the street,” he said.

The first floor houses the main living spaces with an open floor plan.

Windows at the front of the house light up the dining area; across the back of the house, floor-to-ceiling windows in the kitchen and living space intensify the light and showcase views of the backyard.

“We really do like the outdoors,” Timura said. “We spend a lot of time outdoors. We wanted to be able to see our garden.”

Four bedrooms are on the second floor, where ceiling heights vary between about 14 and 15 feet in the bedroom of one of the couple’s sons to 10 feet in the other son’s bedroom. (One bedroom is Frasier’s office, and the fourth is the master bedroom and bath.)

Throughout the renovation, Frasier and Timura aimed to save where they could.

“We were definitely going to salvage yards all the time,” Frasier said.

For example, that’s where she found two Gaggenau ovens. If Gurney suggested materials, they would look at the samples and see what else they could find that was similar but less expensive.

Neither Frasier nor Timura say the project was easy, but they think the results were worth the effort.

“It is a relaxing place to be,” Timura said.

bridal bouquets and more, with nothing stiff or prim in sight. Correspondingly, a mixture of fruits that look strewn or tumbled onto the table rather than captured and served can be appealing.

I look for the best of our apples, especially the olive-tan russets, mixed with whatever small, unblemished red and yellow ones I can find. I mix these with the little orange clementines that are in the markets, so sweet and easy to peel.

Decorative crudités provide more variety. The Venetian glass-of-water trick is fine, but not for every size or shape of vegetable. Most round storage vegetables can be served raw if sliced very thinly in rounds and laid on a plate. As long as they are small and ten-

der, turnips, kohlrabi and beets can be served this way, along with very thin rounds of onion. They can be dressed, or even pickled, but a dip in salty water is often all you need.

The same goes for tender leaves of lettuce, savoyed spinach, Swiss chard, Belgian endive, kale and endless choices among the Asian vegetables, especially baby bok choy, which is good to eat raw either by the leaf or as a tiny head. All of these are improved by being dipped in salt water, too.

While the strongest member of the family is mashing that big pot of potatoes, let the most artful one arrange these jewels on long and skinny serving dishes. Try for contrasting flavors, shapes and colors, with at least one oddball, such as husk cherry.

To me, the display’s simplicity is what makes it so appetizing. If your Victorian soul insists that you fancy up the scene, make little nests out of parsley, microgreens, mizuna or frisée endive and place in each a clutch of tiny red radishes and nickel-size white Japanese turnips, to represent eggs.

But spare us the swans.

Barbara Damrosch is the author of “The Four Season Farm Gardener’s Cookbook.”

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County, IL, as Document No. 2005K146530.

Present owners of the property are the above mentioned mortgagors and Ubaldo Rubio Notice is also given you that the said Complaint prays for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Kane County, IL, on or before January 30, 2017, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

This is an attempt to collect a debt pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

DANIEL O. BARHAM, (6319903), Attorney, 2644 Kull Road, Lancaster, Ohio 43130.

(Published in the Kane County Chronicle on December 29, 2016, January 5, 12, 2017) 1254305

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: JOSEPH FRANCK GIBNEY, Petitioner, and JUANJUA HU, Respondent.

Case No. 16 D 1487 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION YOU, Juanhua Hu, ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that this case has been commenced in this Court and is pending against you asking for a dissolution of marriage and other relief.

UNLESS YOU FILE YOUR Response or otherwise file your Appearance in (Published in the Kane County this case in the office of the Clerk of Chronicle on December 15, 22, the Circuit of the 16th Judicial Circuit, Kane County, Illinois at 540 29, 2016) 1251677 Randall Road in St Charles, Illinois, 60174 on or before January 24, 2017, A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT PUBLIC NOTICE MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THIS STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF COMPLAINT. Kane, ss. - In the Circuit Court of the 16th Judicial Circuit, Kane Susan D. Shivers County, Illinois, Chancery Division, Attorney at Law Partners for Payment Relief DE III, State Bank of Geneva Building LLC, Plaintiff, vs. Juana Aguilar, et 22 South 4th Street, Suite 2 Geneva, Illinois 60134 al., Defendants.

630/232-9503 Case No. 16CH1212 The requisite affidavit for publica- (Published in the Kane County tion having been filed, notice is Chronicle on December 22, 29, hereby given you, Unknown Own- 2016, January 5, 2016) 7 ers and Non-record Claimants, 1253350 defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been PUBLIC NOTICE commenced in the Circuit Court of the 16th Judicial Circuit, Kane IN THE CIRCUIT COURT County, Illinois, Chancery Division, FOR THE SIXTEENTH by the said plaintiff against you JUDICIAL CIRCUIT and other defendants, praying for KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS the foreclosure of a certain 16 MR 1415 Mortgage conveying the premises NOTICE OF PUBLICATION described as follows: to-wit: REGARDING NAME CHANGE The Easterly 44 feet of Lot 11 of Woodruff?s 3rd Addition to Aurora, Public notice is hereby given that in the City of Aurora, Kane County, on February 3, 2017, in Courtroom No. 250, of the Kane County Illinois Commonly known as: 913 Courthouse, 100 South Third Superior Street, Aurora, IL 60505 Street, Geneva, Illinois, at the hour of 9:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter P.I.N.: 15-23-181-037-0000 as this matter may heard, a Petition Mortgagor: Juana Aguilar Mortgagee: Mortgage Electronic will be heard in said Courtroom for Registration Systems, Inc. solely the change of name of Kathleen as nominee for Homecomings Frances Wakefield to the new name of Kathleen Frances Financial Network, Inc. Recorded in the office of the Christopher pursuant to 735 ILCS Recorder of Deeds of Kane 5/21-101 et seq. /s/ Kathleen Frances Wakefield County, IL, as Document No. Petitioner 2005K146530.

Present owners of the property are the above mentioned mortgagors (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on December 15, 22, and Ubaldo Rubio Notice is also given you that the 29, 2016) 1251768

filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, 540 S. Randall Rd., St. Charles, IL, 60174 or with the Representative, or both. Any claim not filed within that period is barred.Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Representative and to the atPUBLIC NOTICE torney within 10 days after it has been filed.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 5. The estate will be administrated SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT without Court supervision unless an interested party terminates indepenKANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF TIIE ESTATE OF dent supervision administration by filing a petition to terminate under (DECEDENT): Article XXVIII 5/28-4 of the Probate Name: Eddie Monteclaro Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4).

Address: 4400 Northgate Ct. Signature of Executor City, State, Zip: Carpentersville, IL /s/ James R. Woods 60110 Date and Place of Death: Jaauary (Published in the Kane County 24, 2016 Kane County Chronicle on December 15, 22, 29, 2016) 1251680 Case No. 16 P 342 PUBLICATION NOTICE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION TO: CREDITORS, CLAIMANTS, UNPUBLIC NOTICE KNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES 1. Notice is hereby given of the IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT death of Eddie Monteclaro who KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS died on 01/24/16, a resident of Kane County, Illinois.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF 2. The representative for the estate Name: WILLIAM C. MURPHY is: Lolda Monteclaro care of Law Address: 40W302 WILDWOOD Office of Donald R. Brewer, 444 N. DRIVE Route 31, Suite 100 Crystal Lake, City, State, Zip: AURORA, IL 60506 IL 60012 Date and Place of Death: 3. The Attorney for the estate is: 11/25/16 AURORA, IL Donale R. Brewer 16 P 631 444 N. Route 31, Suite 100 PUBLICATION NOTICE Crystal Lake, IL 60012 INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION 4. Claims against the estate may TO: CREDITORS, CLAIMANTS, be filed on or before June 15, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES 2017. Claims against the estate 1. Notice is hereby given of the may be filed with the Clerk of the death of WILLIAM C. MURPHY who Circuit Court, 540 S. Randall Rd., died on NOVEMBER 25, 2016, a St. Charles, IL 60174 or with the resident of AURORA Representative, or both Any claim 2. The Representative for the estate not filed within that period is is: WILLIAM F. MURPHY, 490 barred. Copies of a claim tiled with MAGELLAN AVE., Illinois. SAN the Clerk must be mailed or deliv- FRANCISCO, CA 94116 ered ro the Representative, to the 3. The Attorney for the estate is: attorney within 10 days after it has GERALD K. HODGE 2114 DEERPATH ROAD been filed.

AURORA, IL 60506#IL 60506 5. On August 30, 2016 an Order 4. Claims against the estate may Appointing the Represtative was be filed on or before 6/15/17. entered.

Claims against the estate may be 8. The estate will be administrated filedwith the Clerk of the Circuit without Court supervision unless an Court, 540 S. Randall Rd., St. interested party terminates indepen- Charles, IL 60174 or with the Repdent supervision administration by resentative, or both Any claim not filing a petition to terminate under filed within that period is barred.

Article XXVIII 5/28-4 of the Probate Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed ordelivered Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4). to the Representative and to the attorney within I O days after it has /s/ Signature of Executor Donald R. been filed.

Brewer 5. On 12/1/2016 an Order Admitting the Will to Probate.

(Published in the Kane County 6. Within forty-two (42) days after Chronicle on December 15, 22, the effective date of the original Or29, 2016) 1251686 der Admitting the Will to Probate, you may file a petition with the Court to require proof of the validity of the Will by testimony or witnessPUBLIC NOTICE es to the Will in open Court, or IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE other evidence, as provided in Article VI 5/6-21 (755 ILCS 5/6/21).

SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 7. Within six (6) months after the KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS effective date of the original Order IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Admitting the Will to Probate, you (DECEDENT): may file a petition with the Court to Name: Philip A. Woods contest the validity of the Will as Address: 111 John Street provided under Article VIII 5/8-1 of City, State, Zip: Wheaton, IL 60187 the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/8-1).

Date and Place of Death: 8. The estate will be administrated 9/15/2016 without Court supervision unless an 2016 P 588 interested party terminates indepenPUBLICATION NOTICE dent supervision administration by INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION filing a petition to terminate under TO: CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Article XXVIII 5/28-4 of the Probate (ONLY) Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4).

1. Notice hereby given of the death of Philip A. Woods who died on (Published in the Kane County Sept. 15, 2016, a resident of North Chronicle on December 15, 22, Aurora, Illinois.

29, 2016) 1251654 2. The Representative for the estate is: James R. Woods 3. The Attorney for the estate is: PUBLIC NOTICE Robert T.C. Kay 330 S. Naperville Road, Suite 208 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE Wheaton, IL 60187 4. Claims against the estate may SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS be filed on or before June 15, 2016 Claims against the estate may be IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE filed with the Clerk of the Circuit OF: Court, 540 S. Randall Rd., St. Annie Knutsen, Deceased General No.: 2012P0541 Charles, IL, 60174 or with the Representative, or both. Any claim not INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION PUBLICATION NOTICE TO: filed within that period is barred.Copies of a claim filed with the CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS

OF: Annie Knutsen, Deceased General No.: 2012P0541 INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION PUBLICATION NOTICE TO: CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS d1. Notice is given of the death of Annie Knutsen who died on July s23, 2012, a resident of St. Charles, Illinois.

2. The Executor for the estate is: Olga E. Werner, 2692 Stone Circle -#202, Geneva, IL 60134. y3. The Attorney for the estate is: rGregory W. Hoskins, Law Offices of Gregory W. Hoskins, 1770 S. Randall Road #A278, Geneva, IL 60134. s4. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before June 22, y2017. Claims against the estate may be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, P.O. Box 112, Geneva, Illinois, 60134-0112, or with the Executor, or both. Any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Executor and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

5. The estate will be administered without Court supervision unless an Dinterested party terminates independent supervision administration by Lfiling a petition to terminate under Article XXVIII 5/28-4 of the Probate :Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4).

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(Published in the Kane County Chronicle on December 22, 29, 2016, January 5, 2017) 1253291

PUBLIC NOTICE

Lien Sale Notice for Publication Notice is hereby given that a disposal of property will beHeld on 1/1/2017 at N9:00 a.m. at 1690 Shanahan Drive, Kane County, in the city of South Elgin, :state of Illinois. AAA Storage, Inc will dispose of said property to satisfy the lien on the property stored at AAA Storage, lnc, 1690 & 1685 Shanahan Drive South Elgin, Illinois, 60177 by the following person(s) Jason Roth unit K39, .Dane Passo unit F7, and Scot Hampel eunit G34.This notice is being published ton 12/22/2016 and 12/29/2016 in the Kane County Chronicle in accordance with the S.S.S. Act SIIA, Chapter 114, Paragraph 801 et seq. (Illinois Law) .This disposition is subject to prior cancellation in the event of settlement dbetween AAA Storage, Inc and the -obligated party. This disposition is not open to the public.

PUBLIC NOTICE

The practice of Dr. Narha Lee, Lee Advanced Breast Care, will be closing on January 31, 2017. rThis public notice supplements -individual notice previously mailed to all active patients.

Patients may request a copy of their rmedical record by submitting a uduly completed authorization form.

This form may be obtained by scalling Lee Advanced Breast Care at 630-208-7500.

After January 31, 2017, all medical records from Lee Advanced Breast Care will be transferred to -Midwest Surgery, 2210 Dean yStreet, Suite B, St. Charles IL. You rmay contact Midwest Surgery at 630-377-5300 to request medical records after that date.

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as: 8th Juror, Ltd. located at: 473 Dunham Rd Suite 200, St Charles, IL 60174

/s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk (Published in the Kane January 1253137

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2017)

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, December 01, 2016 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as: B Electric

Dated: 12/1/2016

/s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk NOTICE OF INTENTION OF GENEVA PARK DISTRICT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS (Published in the Kane TO ISSUE GENERAL OBLIGATION County Chronicle on LIMITED TAX PARK BONDS December 15, 22, 29, 2016) 1251755 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given Find. Buy. Sell. that the Board of Park CommisAll in one place... HERE! sioners of the Geneva Park District, Everyday in Kane County, Illinois, will hold a public hearing on the 16th day of Kane County Chronicle Classified

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PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, December 08, 2016 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as: Kelcub Studio located at: 420 Praireview Parkway, Hampshire, IL 60140

(Published in the Kane County Chronicle on December 15, 22, 29, 2016) 1251760

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on Monday, Decemnber 05 2016, a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as: MAAS VINYL LETTERING & DESIGN

Dated: 12/14/2016

y(Published in the Kane County located at: 753 Strom Apt 3C, Chronicle on December 29, 2016) West Dundee, IL 60118 1253341

PUBLIC NOTICE

Dated: 11/30/2016

(Published in the Kane County Chronicle on December 29, 2016) Dated: 12/8/2016 1254236 /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk

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St Charles, IL 60174 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of Park Commissioners of the Geneva Park District, Kane County, Illinois, will hold a public hearing on the 16th day of January, 2017 at 7:00 pm. The hearing will be held at the Geneva Community Center, 710 Western Avenue, Geneva, Illinois 60134.

The purpose of the hearing will be to receive public comments on the proposal to sell bonds in the amount of $1,575,000 for the purpose of financing the payment of land condemned or purchased for parks, for the building, maintaining, improving, and protecting of the same, and for the payment of the expenses incident thereto.

By order of the Board of Park Commissioners of the Geneva Park District, Kane County, Illinois.

DATED this 29th day of December, 2016. /s/ Sheavoun Lambillotte Secretary, Board of Park Commissioners Geneva Park District, Kane County, Illinois

located at: 249 S 19th St, St Charles, IL 60174 Dated: 12/5/2016 /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on December 15, 22, 29, 2016) 1251712 Breaking News available 24/7 at KCChronicle.com

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, November 30, 2016 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as: Packed PCs located at: 1100 Geneva Road Apt 22C, St Charles, IL 60174 Dated: 11/30/2016 /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk

(Published in the Kane County Chronicle on December 15, 22, 29, 2016) 1251752

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Gilberts, IL 60136

Dated: 12/2/2016 /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk

PUBLIC NOTICE

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as:

ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE

R & L Carpentry located at: 1856 Windette Drive, Montgomery, IL 60538 Dated: 12/14/2016 /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on December 22, 29, 2016, January 5, 2017) 1253012

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as: Shoot90 located at: 39W225 Acres PI, Geneva, IL 60134 Dated: 12/13/2016 /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on December 22, 29, 2016, January 5, 2017) 1253012

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on Friday, Decemnber 02, 2016 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as: The Retired Fireman

Public Notice is hereby given that on Friday, Decemnber 02, 2016 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as: The Viking's Plunder located at: 1972 Cobblestone Drive, Carpentersville IL 60110 Dated: 12/2/2016 /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on December 15, 22, 29, 2016) 1251746

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, Decemnber 08, 2016 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, setting forth the names and addresses of all persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as: WORKSMARTER4U located at: 841 Staghorn Ln #304, North Aurora, IL 60542 Dated: 12/8/2016 /s/ John A. Cunningham Kane County Clerk (Published in the Kane County Chronicle on December 15, 22, 29, 2016) 1251733 Have a photo you'd like to share?

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