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Buddy Break provides fun for allBy BRENDA [email protected]

GENEVA – One-year-oldKei’ana Bateman of Kanevillecupped rice in her tiny handand scooped it into a cup.

Nearby, Luke Abbs of Bata-via also ran his hands throughthe rice, while their one-on-one buddies stayed with them.

In the next rooms, childrenplayed with cars and trucks,Legos, Play-Doh, basketballand saw a magician perform,among other activities.

Luke and Kei’ana, bothchildren with special needs,were among the 19 childrenand six siblings who partici-pated in Buddy Break on Sat-urday. It was a free three-houractivity day at Geneva BaptistChurch.

Andrea Koster and Mi-chelle Demaray, both of Gene-va, Jaimie Valentini of Elburnand Michelle Frediani of Bata-via are the Buddy Break pro-gram coordinators.

Koster said the event is in-tended to give children withspecial needs and their sib-lings an afternoon of fun – andto allow their parents to havea break.

“They loved it,” Kostersaid of both parents and kidswho participated in their firstevent last month. “I had onemom tell me today when shedropped her son off that shehad Buddy Break on the cal-endar, and every day her sonwould ask, ‘Is it today? Is ittoday?’ She said this has beenthe highlight of the year so farfor him. And she gets a break,too.”

The various activities wereset up in the Sunday schoolclassrooms at the church, giv-ing enough space for each one,yet with ready access for allthe children.

Tommy Brooks, 7, of Bata-via, preferred the quiet room,rocking in the rocking chair,

looking at books and beingwith his one-on-one Buddyvolunteer, Nicole Lopez of Ge-neva, Koster’s daughter.

“I am going to school for oc-cupational therapy, and I wantto work with kids with specialneeds once I graduate,” Lopezsaid. “I figured this is a greatopportunity for me to get expe-rience with kids before I startworking.”

In the cars, trains andtruck room, Claire Rodriguez,3, of Wheaton, had all thevehicles to herself. The girlclutched a balloon in one handand a doll in the other whilesending small cars and truckszooming down a curved slide.Every time a vehicle made itdown the slide, her Buddy vol-

unteers, Kristie Brewer, BethJasso and her daughter, Isa-bel, 15, of St. Charles, cheered.

The program was a sugges-tion of parents Deb Abbs ofBatavia and Kelli Anderson ofSt. Charles, with children whohave special needs. Nathan-iel’s Hope Buddy Break is anational program, Koster said.

This is the second session,and Koster said the church’sgoal is to host it once a monthall year.

“As long as we have enoughvolunteers who want to helpwith us,” Koster said. “Wehave a few more kids thistime, and we already knowthat our next one that is goingto be May 3, we will have evenmore than this.”

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Max Slowiek, 3, of Elburn gets his face painted Saturday by volunteer Megan Clark, 13, of Batavia during the Buddy Break monthly event atGeneva Baptist Church.

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Meet an Animal Days

events at Peck FarmWHAT: Children ages 4 to 10 can meet, touchand interact with a variety of animal speciesat Meet An Animal Days. Each class willfeature a different animal, and the opportuni-ty to learn about its adaptations, movement,senses and diet.WHEN: 4 to 5:15 p.m. Tuesdays, startingtoday. Classes include a corn snake (today),a leopard frog (April 15), a rabbit (April 29), aturtle (May 13) and a dog (May 20).WHERE: Peck Farm Park, 4038 KanevilleRoad, GenevaINFORMATION: Advance registration isrequired. Register for one class or all five. Thecost is $5 a class. For information, call 630-232-4542 or visit www.genevaparks.org.

‘Grow Your Own Groceries

– in Containers’ event setWHAT: Master gardeners Ron and Linda Storkof the Bolingbrook Garden Club will sharetheir knowledge and experience of growingfood in containers. Sponsored by Geneva AceHardware and the Just Food Initiative of theFox Valley. Advance registration is encouragedbut not required. The event is free.WHEN: 1 to 3 p.m. SundayWHERE: Geneva Ace Hardware, 617 W. StateSt., GenevaINFORMATION: Contact Janice at 630-854-1228 or [email protected].

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set at Hickory KnollsWHAT: Gina Wysocki will present informationon fossil hunting in preparation for a trip toFossil Ridge at Mazon Creek in Illinois.WHEN: 7 p.m. April 9WHERE: Hickory Knolls Discovery Center,3795 Campton Hills Drive, St. CharlesINFORMATION: The public is invited. ContactBob Andrini at 630-584-8386 for information.

‘Baby-Sitter Training

2.0’ at PottawatomieWHAT: Participants will get recipes for foodand fun, tips for safe games and play, andideas that will keep kids in their care involvedand out of trouble. It is for ages 10 to 16. Thefee is $36 for residents and $54 for nonresi-dents.WHEN: 2 to 4 p.m. SundayWHERE: Pottawatomie Community Center, 8North Ave., St. CharlesINFORMATION: Advance registration isrequired at www.stcparks.org.

Changing Children’s Worlds

dinner fundraising eventWHAT: Villa Verone is donating the venue andentire dinner menu, making each ticket a directdonation to Changing Children’s Worlds. Themoney will be used on programs to improveparent-child connections and relationships

in order to prevent child abuse and neglect.The dinner includes music, a raffle and silentauction. The cost is $40 a ticket.WHEN: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. April 6WHERE: Villa Verone, 416 Hamilton St., GenevaINFORMATION: To pay via PayPal, see http://www.changingchildrensworlds.org/#!fundrais-er/crs8, call 630-909-9411, email [email protected] or by mailing acheck to 411 Stevens St., Geneva, IL 60134.

Helicopter Egg Drop set

at Faith Baptist Mill CreekWHAT: Faith Baptist Mill Creek has planned itsfirst Helicopter Egg Drop. There will be morethan 10,000 eggs, filled with candy, toys andprizes, from a helicopter. Four egg hunters canfind special eggs that will allow them a chancefor a free helicopter ride for their family. Ad-vance registration is recommended.WHEN: The event will be April 12. Hunts startat 11:15 a.m. for 3-year-olds and younger;11:40 a.m. for 4- to 7-year-olds; 12:10 p.m. for8- to 12-year-olds; and 12:35 p.m. for those 13and older.WHERE: FaithBaptist Church MillCreek, 1S455 S. MillCreek Drive, Geneva.INFORMATION: Vis-it www.fbcmillcreek.org or call 630-845-

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Kane County Chronicle staffers pick the best of what to do in your free timeandAboutOut

FACE TIME WITH MARTIN TASCHRoselle resident Martin Tasch, 53, was at the

Geneva Starbucks when he answered 10 ques-tions for the Kane County Chronicle’s BrendaSchory.

Where did you grow up? River ForestPets? A beagle-chow rescue named RustyWho would play you in the movie of your

life? George ClooneyFirst job? At Kiddieland Amusement Park in

Melrose ParkAs a kid, what did you want to be when you

grew up? A doctor. I became a lawyer insteadA book you’d recommend? “The Pillars of the

Earth” by Ken FollettDo you play an instrument? PianoFavorite charity? Food for the PoorWhat game show would you be on? “Jeop-

ardy”What is an interesting factoid about your-

self? I got my picture taken with Ernie Bankswhen I was 11 years old.

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4 Geneva to hire consultantfor study on TIF eligibility

By BRENDA [email protected]

GENEVA – Aldermenunanimously recommendedapproval Monday for a taxincrement finance eligibili-ty study and redevelopmentproject near the intersectionof Routes 38 and 25.

Acting as the committeeof the whole, aldermen ap-proved a contract for $25,700for consultants SB Fried-man of Chicago to provideconsultant services for theproject. The City Councilwill take final action on therecommendation.

The area to be studiedcenters on State Street fromthe Fox River to the existingtax increment finance dis-trict and includes propertiesalong Route 25.

“This is the beginningof the process to actuallyallocate the funds in orderto develop a report that will

state whether it is TIF eli-gible,” Mayor Kevin Burnssaid. “Otherwise, it is purehypothesis.”

A tax increment financedistrict is a development toolwhere tax dollars are divert-ed for public improvementssuch as roads and sewers, aswell as other purposes as thelaw allows.

Once established, a dis-trict’s property value is fro-zen and anything generatedfrom the improvements isthe tax increment.

Geneva’s East Side TIFDistrict, established in 2000,

covers 24 acres starting justeast of the downtown, ac-cording to the city’s website.

In September, city offi-cials considered the use ofa tax increment finance dis-trict to assist with the rede-velopment of six significantcommercial property nearthe intersection of Routes 38and 25 that are vacant anddeteriorating.

The significant proper-ties are identified as thoseat 4 E. State St., 113 E. State,122 E. State, 130 E. State, 206E. State and 106 N. BennettSt., officials said.

“This is the beginning of the process

to actually allocate the funds in order

to develop a report that will state whether

it is TIF eligible.”

Kevin BurnsGeneva mayor

Officials review results fromSt. Charles resident survey

By CHARLES [email protected]

ST. CHARLES – Residentsfeel like St. Charles is mov-ing in the right direction, buteconomic development is stilltoo slow for them, accordingto results of the city’s latestsurvey.

City Administrator MarkKoenen shared the results ofthe 2013 Priorities Survey onMonday at the GovernmentServices Committee’s regularmeeting. The survey was dis-tributed last fall to 1,200 ran-domly selected householdsthroughout St. Charles. A to-tal of 482 St. Charles residentscompleted the survey, andthat 40 percent response raterepresented families through-out the city, Koenen said.

Instead of using an in-house survey, the city usedthe National Citizen Survey,which has been used by morethan 500 communities in 45states. Using the national sur-vey allowed the city to com-pare results from St. Charlesto benchmarks created fromthe 2013 survey results ofabout 500 communities,Koenen said.

“We are much above aver-age compared to our compara-ble groups across the nation,”he said.

St. Charles ranked muchabove or above average on ar-eas of service such as police,

fire and public works. Whilethe electric utility rankedhighly, the quality of drinkingwater received low ratingsfrom residents.

“The comments we receiveis that our water is hard,”Koenen said. “Hard water isnot a health issue.”

The city made a decisionlong ago to maintain its cur-rent water, but criticism ofthis increased when Chicagoand other suburbs transi-tioned to soft water, Koenensaid.

On economic development,66 percent of respondents sayretail growth as too slow and82 percent think job growth inSt. Charles is too slow. Koenensaid these results were likelynot surprising to any of thecity staff and the committeemembers at the meeting.

Koenen did not mentionany of the current businessredevelopment projects inprogress in St. Charles, but hedid reference an effort the citymade to boost hiring. In 2013,the city entered into an agree-ment with Clarke, an environ-mental products and servicescompany that offers mosquitocontrol, he said.

As part of Clarke’s effortsto relocate to St. Charles fromRoselle, there was an incen-tive clause wherein the cityoffered to offset Clarke’s hir-ing costs if they took on localworkers.

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Waubonsee CommunityCollege to host job fairSUGAR GROVE – Waubonsee

Community College will hostits spring job and internship fairApril 11.The job fair will be from 9:30

a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Academicand Professional Center onWaubonsee’s Sugar Grovecampus, Route 47 at Waubons-ee Drive.Almost four dozen employers

have registered to meet withjob seekers, and the collegeexpects that number to double.For a complete listing, visitwww.waubonsee.edu/jobfairs.Job seekers planning to attendthe job fair are encouraged

to research the employerswho will be attending; dressprofessionally; bring plenty ofresumes; and be prepared tointerview with employers onthe spot.To help job seekers prepare,

Waubonsee will offer free re-sume preparation help sessionsfrom 10 a.m. to noon April 1 atthe college’s downtown Auroracampus, 18 S. River St., Aurora,and again on April 2 at theSugar Grove campus.For information, contact

Waubonsee’s Career ServicesDepartment at 630-466-7900,ext. 2368, or email [email protected].

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Moonrise 3:15 a.m. 3:59 a.m.

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Temperatures

High/low ....................................... 34°/19°

Normal high ......................................... 50°

Record high .............................. 74° (1994)

Normal low .......................................... 32°

Record low ................................. 3° (1974)

Peak wind ........................ WNW at 10 mph

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Month to date ................................... 0.96”

Normal month to date ....................... 1.78”

Year to date ...................................... 4.68”

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Dayton ................... 12....... 8.93...... -0.37

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Atlanta 54 27 pc 54 36 s

Baltimore 38 28 sn 38 26 s

Billings 45 33 pc 43 21 pc

Boise 66 42 pc 56 40 c

Boston 37 27 pc 38 23 sn

Charlotte 53 23 r 51 29 s

Chicago 28 14 sf 38 32 pc

Cincinnati 37 15 sf 40 28 s

Dallas 64 41 s 57 56 r

Denver 58 35 s 69 35 pc

Des Moines 32 18 s 57 39 pc

Honolulu 83 70 s 84 70 pc

Houston 70 46 s 65 58 sh

Indianapolis 33 14 sf 39 32 s

Kansas City 40 26 s 60 43 pc

Las Vegas 84 64 s 73 57 s

Los Angeles 70 56 pc 67 55 sh

Louisville 41 19 sf 45 32 s

Miami 83 59 t 74 64 s

Milwaukee 25 11 sf 36 29 pc

Minneapolis 21 10 pc 41 32 pc

Nashville 49 21 pc 49 33 s

New Orleans 68 45 s 61 56 pc

New York City 38 28 sn 38 25 pc

Oklahoma City 58 35 s 57 48 sh

Omaha 37 24 s 62 38 pc

Orlando 75 47 r 67 53 s

Philadelphia 38 28 sn 38 26 s

Phoenix 86 59 s 82 59 s

Pittsburgh 36 15 sn 31 20 pc

St. Louis 39 22 s 53 37 pc

Salt Lake City 69 44 s 59 39 sh

San Francisco 61 51 sh 61 53 r

Seattle 55 43 r 56 41 sh

Washington, DC 39 27 sn 42 28 s

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Baghdad 83 58 c 81 61 pc

Beijing 77 50 s 79 53 s

Berlin 48 30 r 52 37 pc

Buenos Aires 79 63 pc 79 64 sh

Cairo 78 58 s 79 57 s

Calgary 26 8 pc 18 6 c

Jerusalem 65 48 sh 65 46 s

Johannesburg 77 52 s 75 54 s

London 48 34 r 50 34 r

Madrid 57 38 r 55 32 pc

Manila 87 77 pc 89 76 pc

Mexico City 79 53 t 79 50 pc

Moscow 64 42 pc 52 30 pc

Nassau 84 70 t 77 68 s

New Delhi 86 64 t 84 64 c

Paris 50 39 r 52 34 pc

Rio de Janeiro 80 68 sh 81 69 sh

Rome 54 44 r 57 47 sh

Seoul 63 46 c 71 44 pc

Singapore 90 77 r 90 77 t

Sydney 77 64 t 79 68 t

Tokyo 70 50 pc 64 52 r

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Deerfield 27 13 sf 38 31 pc

Des Plaines 28 15 sf 38 31 pc

Elgin 28 11 sf 40 33 pc

Gary 29 13 sf 39 36 pc

Hammond 33 15 sf 44 34 s

Janesville 25 11 pc 39 33 pc

Kankakee 30 13 sf 43 35 pc

Kenosha 26 9 sf 37 29 pc

La Salle 29 13 sf 43 32 pc

Morris 29 14 sf 43 36 pc

Munster 28 13 sf 38 33 pc

Naperville 29 11 sf 40 33 pc

Tinley Park 28 13 sf 39 32 pc

Waukegan 25 9 sf 35 29 pc

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HarvardMcHenry27/10

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Schaumburg28/12

Oak Park28/14

Chicago28/14

Orland Park28/13

Aurora28/8

Sandwich28/10

DeKalb26/12

Belvidere26/12

Rockford27/11

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GENEVA – When LeslieJuby’s 17-year-old daughter,Madelyn, went to register tovote in last week’s primaryelection, she thought it wouldbe simple.

Madelyn Juby, a seniorat Geneva High School, wentinto Kane County Clerk JackCunningham’s office to reg-ister under the grace period– which is up to three days be-fore the election. She had herstudent photo ID, library cardand Social Security card, butshe still was told no.

Leslie Juby, a Geneva Dis-trict 304 School Board mem-ber, said several employeestold her daughter she couldnot register because MadelynJuby did not have an ID witha signature.

A printout of the clerk’swebsite listing acceptableforms of identification didnot include a requirement foran ID with a signature, Les-lie Juby said. After MadelynJuby called her mother, LeslieJuby went to the clerk’s officeand asked to be shown wherein the state law does it showa photo ID with signature isrequired.

“It took an hour total be-fore she could register andvote,” Leslie Juby said. “Ifound it disheartening. If ithad not been for me goingdown there ... most teenswould not fight it; they wouldjust walk away.”

Juby filed a complaint withthe Illinois Board of Electionsand contacted Kane CountyState’s Attorney Joe McMa-hon about it. Bernadette Har-rington, in the office of thegeneral counsel for the stateboard, said the office hadnot yet received Juby’s com-plaint.

She said in all, 12,88817-year-olds who would be 18in time for the Nov. 4 generalelection registered to vote un-der the new law.

“We consider and reviewall communications that are

submitted to this office,” Mc-Mahon said in an email re-sponse to a question. “Howev-er, we do not discuss potentialor pending inquiries.”

Cunningham said he didnot know about Juby’s com-plaint and could not comment.

According to the clerk’swebsite, www.kanecountye-lections.org, those registeringto vote are required to providetwo forms of identification,one of which must include thecurrent name and residenceaddress.

Identification shall in-clude, but is not limited to,a driver’s license, Social Se-curity card, employee or stu-dent ID card, credit, libraryor insurance card, selectiveservice card, civic, fraternal,union or professional associ-ation membership card, a util-ity bill or checkbook, accord-ing to the clerk’s website.

According to Juby’s com-plaint letter, eventually a dep-uty clerk said Madelyn Jubycould register using the lastfour digits of her Social Secu-rity number.

“Which is what she hadoriginally provided,” Juby’sletter stated. “My daughterwas then able to register andvote. I wonder how many peo-ple are prevented from regis-tering to vote because employ-ees of the clerk’s office areunaware of the legal require-ments.”

Leslie Juby said by mak-ing a formal complaint, theclerk’s employees would re-ceive more training.

“I just want to make surethey train everybody and thatnobody gets turned away,”she said. “I did not write thisletter to get anybody in trou-ble.”

“It took an hour total

before she could register

and vote.”

Leslie JubyMother of Madelyn

Public invited to give input onSt. Charles Police Department

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ST. CHARLES – Citizensare invited to offer com-ments about the St. CharlesPolice Department as it goesthrough its reaccreditationprocess, according to a newsrelease issued Monday.

A team of assessors fromthe Commission on Accredi-tation for Law Enforcementare expected to arrive April1 to examine all aspects ofthe department’s policies,procedures, managementoperations and support ser-vices.

The purpose of the team’s

site visit is to verify thatthe St. Charles Police De-partment meets CALEA’sstandards and is part of avoluntary process to gainreaccreditation.

As part of the on-siteassessment, citizens mayoffer comments to the as-sessment team by calling630-443-3719 between 1 and 3p.m. April 2.

Comments should belimited to 10 minutes andaddress the police depart-ment’s ability to complywith CALEA standards.A copy of the standards isavailable at the St. CharlesPolice Department, 211 N.

Riverside Ave., St. Charles.The accreditation coordina-tor, Lisa Blackwell, can bereached at 630-762-6967.

Department employeesand community membersalso are invited to providecomments at a public in-formation session at 6 p.m.April 2 in the department’straining room, which isaccessible through Door 4.These comments also arelimited to 10 minutes.

Written comments willbe accepted at Commissionon Accreditation for LawEnforcement Agency Inc.,13575 Heathcote Blvd., Suite320, Gainesville, VA 20155.

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ST. CHARLES TOWNSHIP– The 26-year-old man shotin St. Charles Township lastweek has been charged withtwo felonies, Kane CountySheriff’s Office spokespersonLt. Pat Gengler said Monday.

Michael G. Huston, of the300 block of Walnut Street,St. Charles, faces charges ofresidential burglary, a Class 1felony, and possession of bur-glary tools, a Class 4 felony.

The charges stem from theMarch 17 incident in whicha homeowner in the 38W000

block of Mallard Lake Roadin unincorporated St. CharlesTownship shot an intruder,police said.

Huston received treatmentat Delnor Hospital before hisrelease Saturday, when hewas taken to the Kane CountyAdult Justice Center, Genglersaid.

Huston remained in custo-dy Monday afternoon but hadnot yet attended bond call,Gengler said.

The homeowner was notcharged in the incident, Gen-gler said. Police have said thehomeowner has a valid Illi-nois FOID card.

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North Riverside Driveto be closed todayST. CHARLES – North

Riverside Drive will be closedbetween East Main Street andCedar Avenue from 7 a.m. to3 p.m. today for storm sewerrepairs.There will not be any ac-

cess on Tuesday to the south“checkerboard” parking lot in

front of the Municipal Building,2 E. Main St., according to anews release from the city of St.Charles.Visitors and staff will be able

to access the building and northparking lot from State Avenue.For information, contact the

Public Works Department at630-377-4405.

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Soda tax would target obesityOpponents say education would be better way to address issue

By ERIC [email protected]

That 12-ounce can of pop

soon could cost more if a bill

being discussed in the state

Legislature is approved.

The Healthy Eating Active

Living Act proposes to place

a penny-per-ounce excise tax

on sugary beverages, which

include beverages with add-

ed caloric sweeteners such

as soda, fruit drinks, sweet-

ened teas and coffees and en-

ergy and sports drinks. Diet

or no-calorie drinks, milk or

milk substitutes and unsweet-

ened seltzer water would be

exempt.

In other words, a 12-ounce

can of pop or a 12-ounce sports

drink would go up 12 cents.

The act, introduced in Feb-

ruary in twin bills sponsored

by state Rep. Robyn Gabel,

D-Evanston, and state Sen.

Mattie Hunter, D-Chicago, is

estimated to raise more than

$600 million in the first year

of the tax for prevention and

health care.

State Rep. Tim Schmitz,

R-Batavia, is opposed to the

tax. He believes that educa-

tion is a more effective way of

curbing obesity.

“If you drink a 12-pack

of pop a day, you’ve got to

have the education to un-

derstand that’s not good for

you,” Schmitz said. “If they

are going to charge a penny

an ounce, it’s probably not

going to dissuade people that

much.”

State Rep. Mike Fortner,

R-West Chicago, also opposes

the bill.

“This is a product that’s

already taxed,” he said. “We

already have that problem

with motor fuels, where we

tax the tax. There are two dif-

ferent taxes on motor fuels,

and I think that’s a problem.

It’s one of the things that caus-

es us to have the highest gas

prices in the Midwest.”

And he also doesn’t think

that increasing the price of

sugar-sweetened beverages

will necessarily stop people

from buying them. He used

cigarettes as a comparison.

“The education proba-

bly does more to discourage

smokers than the price of a

pack,” Fortner said. “The fact

that we educate, the fact that

we’ve done a good job promot-

ing the health risks – I think

that does a lot more than just

saying we’re going to put a tax

on it.”

The bill was introduced

with the support of the Illi-

nois Alliance to Prevent Obe-

sity. Proponents contend the

increased purchase price for

sugary beverages will reduce

consumption by about 23 per-

cent in the first year of imple-

mentation.

Dr. Frank Chaloupka,

professor of economics at

the University of Illinois at

Chicago, testified during a

recent Illinois Senate Public

Health Committee about a

study he authored that found

the proposed excise tax could

reduce childhood obesity by

9.3 percent, diabetes by 3,400

new cases and save taxpay-

ers more than $150 million in

state and private health care

spending in the first year of

the tax.

According to the Illinois

Alliance to Prevent Obesity,

one in three children in the

state are overweight or obese

and nearly one in 12 Illinois-

ans have been diagnosed with

diabetes.

“I think this is a really ex-

citing bill because it’s mul-

tifaceted in the way that the

problem of obesity is multi-

faceted,” said Elissa Bassler,

CEO of the Illinois Public

Health Institute, the conven-

ing organization of the Illinois

Alliance to Prevent Obesity.

Half of the revenue gener-

ated by the tax would go into

a wellness fund to support

initiatives that promote such

things as physical activity,

school health and wellness,

access to healthy foods and

obesity prevention. The other

half of the funds will support

the state’s Medicaid program.

“There’s a cost to society of

obesity, of these health care

costs,” Bassler said. “This

helps to place those costs

where they belong.”

The Kane County Health

Department hasn’t taken a

stance on the bill, said Mi-

chael Isaacson, assistant di-

rector of community health

for the Kane County Health

Department. But he added

“that we support efforts to re-

duce people’s consumption of

sugar-sweetened beverages.”

“There was an article re-

cently in The Journal of the

American Medical Associa-

tion that provided more ev-

idence of a link between the

amount of added sugar people

have in their diet and dying

from cardiovascular disease,”

Isaacson said.

Isaacson said sugar-sweet-

ened beverages are also “the

number one of beverage calo-

ries, which is completely un-

necessary.”

“We would much prefer to

see kids drinking more water,

or healthier low-fat dairy,” he

said.

If you drink a 12-pack of pop a day, you’ve got to have the education to

understand that’s not good for you. If they are going to charge a penny

an ounce, it’s probably not going to dissuade people that much.”

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2 businesses fail police compliance checkKANE COUNTY [email protected]

ST. CHARLES – Two busi-nesses failed a March 21 liquorcompliance check, accordingto a St. Charles police news re-lease issued Monday.

The Thirsty Fox Pub, at 104E. Main St., received two viola-

tions, with an employee citedfor sale of liquor to a minor.St. Charles Bowl, 2520 W. MainSt., received one violation, andone of its employees was citedas well, the release said.

Members of the police de-partment, along with two19-year-old civilian specialagents, inspected 23 business-

es in all, police said. Congrat-ulatory letters of compliancefrom Interim Police ChiefSteve Huffman will be deliv-ered to the 21 businesses thatpassed the inspection, policesaid.

Thirsty Fox employee Ray-mond Melvin Stone, 31, of the200 block of Countryside Park-

way, Yorkville, and St. CharlesBowl employee Jeffrey P.Trombetta, 26, of the 100 blockof Walnut Drive, St. Charles,each were served with a no-tice to appear at 9 a.m. April24 at the Kane County BranchCourt in St. Charles.

The reports will be forward-ed to the St. Charles Liquor

Control Commission, accord-ing to the release.

Two other businesses,Rookies, 1545 W. Main St.,and Walmart, 150 Smith Road,were caught in February sell-ing alcohol to minors duringa separate Illinois Liquor Con-trol Commission compliancecheck.

ST. CHARLES

Tegeler, Kostelny 10 votesapart, more still to count


D.J. Tegeler’s apparentvictory over Associate KaneCounty Judge MarmarieKostelny to fill an upcomingjudicial vacancy has turnedout to be closer than the un-official tally recorded on elec-tion night, officials said.

Tegeler, a Geneva attor-ney, has 6,213 votes, andKostelny, an Elgin resident,has 6,203 votes, accordingto totals provided by KaneCounty Clerk Jack Cunning-ham and the Aurora ElectionCommission.

Both election jurisdictionshave mail-in and other bal-lots that, once counted, coulddeclare another winner, offi-cials said.

“They are 10 votes apart,”Cunningham said. “But Ihave 34 absentee ballots thatare still out and that do affectthis particular race.”

Cunningham said themail-in ballots have to bepostmarked before the day ofthe primary election, whichwas March 18, and will beopened and counted April 1.

Linda Fechner, executivedirector of the Aurora Elec-tion Commission, said thereare up to 10 ballots concerningthis race that could changethe results. Three are mail-in Republican ballots – withone still not received. Two aregrace-period votes, and fourare provisional votes, Fech-ner said.

Grace-period voters werethose who registered to votebetween Feb. 19 and March15. Fechner said with the

new voting laws allowingregistration and voting up tothree days before an election,they mail out voter ID cardsto those grace-period votersto make sure they live at theaddress they provided.

As to provisional ballots,those belonged to people whowent to vote on the day of theprimary, and their name wasnot in the book.

“They have until sev-en days after the election tocome in with supporting doc-umentation,” Fechner said.“Two have come in, and oneof the two will not be countedbecause they were not regis-tered in our jurisdiction afterall.”

The other two have until5 p.m. today to bring in sup-porting materials, she said, ortheir votes will not be count-ed. These ballots will not becast until April 1, both Cun-ningham and Fechner said.

Tegeler said he thought itwould be a close race – but notthis close.

“There’s not a whole lot Ican do about it,” Tegeler said.“I thank all my supporters.We both fought a clean cam-paign.”

As to the notion that allvotes count, Tegeler said hewould be happy to visit a civ-ics class and talk about howimportant voting is.

“The turnout should be98 percent, not 18 percent,”Tegeler said.

Kostelny did not return avoicemail message seekingcomment. The winner willfill the vacancy left by JudgeKaren Simpson, who plans toretire Oct. 6.

By ASHLEY [email protected]

BATAVIA – When Bataviathird-graders Alice Nevilleand Regan Recklaus decidedto hold a bingo fundraiser forthe Muscular Dystrophy As-sociation, they envisioned ittaking place in a basement.

But – with the help of Face-book, advertising at schooland word of mouth – the eventquickly turned into some-thing bigger than they hadimagined.

“Now it’s somethinghuge,” Alice said Sunday asdozens of children and theirparents filed into Bethany Lu-theran Church in Batavia forthe fundraiser.

“I guess it really spread,”Regan said. “It’s really anhonor for us.”

Alice, 8, and Regan, 9, arefriends determined to helpfind a cure for muscular dys-trophy, a disease Alice has.

“We have known each

other for our whole lives andwant to grow up doing thethings we love together,” theywrote in a note attached to theparticipants’ gift bags.

Their MDA bingo fundrais-er not only surpassed initialattendance expectations, butit also earned the support ofbusinesses. Several donatedchildren’s prizes for the bingowinners and raffle prizes forthe parents.

The church donated thespace once it learned what itwould be used for, said Alice’smother, Cari Neville. Alice’sfather, Mark Neville, said theevolution of the event – whichhappened over about twoweeks – was overwhelming.

Raising money for otherkids helps Alice feel like she’s

fighting back against her dis-ease, her mother said. After afew rounds of bingo, Alice andRegan announced they hadraised more than $2,200.

Cari Neville thanked theparticipants and, as is done atMDA events, she encouragedthem to show their musclesand say, “Make a muscle.Make a difference.”

“That’s what you’re doinghere today,” she said.

She said that when shetalks with Alice aboutstrength, she explains thatit doesn’t only come frommuscles. It also comes fromfriends, family and the com-munity, she said.

“We have the strength ofall of you,” Cari Neville said,“and we could not be moregrateful.”

Visit www.mda.org forways to donate to the Muscu-lar Dystrophy Association.Alice’s MDA team can befound by searching “Alice’sMiles of Smiles” online.

On the Web

Visit this story at www.kc-chronicle.com to view video fromthe MDA bingo event.

Ashley Sloboda – [email protected]

Lifelong friends Alice Neville (left) and Regan Recklaus led an afternoon of bingo Sunday as a fundraiserfor the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Alice, 8, has muscular dystrophy.

Batavia third-graders raise money for MDA


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“Ugly jar” is just one of the names for an

antique memory jar - and it often is an

accurate description. But a homemade

memory jar is of interest because it tells

a story. The jars can be any shape, but

the most popular with collectors today

are jars made from 19th-century jugs or

bottles. The jug or bottle was covered

with a sticky material. It could be plaster,

clay, putty or mortar. New ones are often

covered with modern epoxy glue. The

creator placed small objects like stones,

buttons, broken glass, small figurines,

watch parts, jewelry, doll heads, coins or

even framed daguerreotypes in the plas-

ter. Since the original idea of a memory

jug is said to have started in Africa and

related to water spirits, shells have long

been popular. Traditionally the shells are

broken to release the spirit of the de-

ceased who inspired the jug. Today the

jugs are considered folk art and sell for

$50 to $300 at shows, but a few excep-

tional antique examples have brought up

to $3,000. Most jugs can be dated by

examining the things stuck in the

plaster. Campaign buttons, coins and toy

parts often suggest a date, but remem-

ber that new jugs can be made using old

parts. A small percentage of old or new

jugs are finished with a coat of gold paint

or lacquer. Many are pictured online. They

may be called forget-me-not jugs, memo-

ry vessels, whatnot jars or even by the

French name “pique assiette.”

***

Q: I’m thinking of selling an old

Steinway upright piano and I’d like to

give the buyer as much information as

possible. It says “Pat Nov 21 1893” with

the serial number “79386” inside the

flip-down panel. On the right side there is

a gold stamp with gold “coins” that read

“Piano manufacturers to H.M. the Queen

of England, H.R. Highness the Prince of

Wales and H.R. Highness the Princess of

Wales.” What can you tell me about my

piano?

A: Steinway & Co. was founded in

New York City by Henry E. Steinway, a

German immigrant. He was born Heinrich

Steinweg and changed his name when

he immigrated in 1850. He and his sons

began making pianos under the Steinway

& Co. name in 1853. The Nov. 21, 1893,

patent is for “improvements in string-

frames for upright pianos,” and was

granted to Henry Ziegler, a member of the

Steinway family. The gold “coins” show

that the company held royal warrants,

which meant that they made pianos for

members of the royal family. Queen Vic-

toria granted the first royal warrant to the

company in 1890. The serial number indi-

cates that your piano was made in 1893.

Steinway was bought by Paulson & Co. in

September 2013.

***

Q: My ceramic mantel clock is about

15 inches high and 13 inches across at

the base. It has an ornate shape and is

painted in vivid pink, yellow, green and

white with large flowers and greenery.

There is gilt trim around the dial, which

has Roman numerals. The clock chimes

and is key-wound. The back opens up.

The clock is marked “Ansonia Clock Co.,

New York, USA, Patent June 14, 1881”

and also “Royal” above a crown over a

shield with “FAM” and “1755” inside it

and the words “Bonn, Germany” beneath

it. What can you tell me about this clock

and its value?

A: Ansonia Clock Co. was in busi-

ness in southeastern Connecticut from

1850 to 1929. Royal Bonn is the trade

name used on pottery made by Franz

Anton Mehlem. He operated a pottery

in Bonn, Germany, beginning in 1836.

The number “1755” is the first year a

pottery operated on the site. Villeroy &

Boch bought the pottery in 1921, but it

closed in 1931. The mark on your clock

was used from 1890 to 1920 for clocks

with Ansonia works and Royal Bonn cas-

es. There are many Ansonia Royal Bonn

clocks available. They sell for $500 to

$750, depending on condition and the

quality of the case and decoration.

***

Q: Years ago, my mother gave me

two Roseville vases telling me they were

a “find” and quite valuable. I kept them

all these years for sentimental value but

now I’d like to know more about them.

Each one is a cornucopia standing on its

end with a day lily on either side. They are

marked on the bottom “Roseville, USA,

203-6.” What is their history and value?

A: Roseville Pottery Co. was in busi-

ness in Roseville, Ohio, from 1890 until

1954. The pottery opened another plant

in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1898. The pattern

of your cornucopia vase is called Zephyr

Lily, which was first made in 1946. The

pattern was made in Bermuda blue, Ev-

ergreen and Sienna Tan. The numbers

on the bottom refer to the shape number

(203) and the size (6 inches). Value of

a single vase is about $50. The pair is

worth about $125.

***

Q: I have a great number of toys

from three generations. My mother was

born in 1899, I was born in 1926 and

my daughter was born in 1964. The toys

were stored in an unoccupied basement

apartment. Unfortunately, one of the

apartment’s concrete walls leaked, the

hot water heater leaked and the base-

ment carpets got soaked. The toys in-

clude three large furnished wooden doll-

houses, many dolls, doll clothing, games

and other toys made of wood, metal or

cloth. Most have a musty smell. Is there

a way to eliminate the odors?

A: Special products that kill mold

and mildew or prevent them from form-

ing are available at hardware and home

improvement stores. Move the toys into

a dry room. Wash surfaces that smell

moldy with a mild detergent solution. If

that doesn’t get rid of the odor, try us-

ing vinegar, water with a little chlorine

bleach in it, or a commercial product

meant to kill mold. Doll clothes and other

textiles should be washed and dried in

the normal way. Stuffed toys should be

laundered and dried in a dryer at low

temperature or dried in the sun. Sunlight

helps remove the smell. Store the toys in

a dry place that is not exposed to tem-

perature extremes. Basements, attics

and garages do not make good storage

places for anything of value.

***

Tip: Never leave a note outside ex-

plaining that you are not at home.

** *

Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel answer

questions sent to the column. By send-

ing a letter with a question, you give full

permission for use in the column or any

other Kovel forum. Names, addresses or

email addresses will not be published.

We cannot guarantee the return of pho-

tographs, but if a stamped envelope is

included, we will try. The amount of mail

makes personal answers or apprais-

als impossible. Write to Kovels, (Name

of this newspaper), King Features Syn-

dicate, 300 W. 57th St., New York, NY

10019.

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GORDON HOWEBorn: July 3, 1924; in ChicagoDied:March 23, 2014

Gordon F.Howe, 89, ofGeneva, passedaway peacefullySunday, March 23, 2014.Hewas born July 3, 1924, in

Chicago, the son of Robert andMeta(Kampfer) Howe. Gordon grew up inthe Lakeview neighborhood of Chi-cago and became a devoted ChicagoCubs fan. He loved other Chicagoteams, especially the Chicago Bearsand the Blackhawks.Gordon served his country in the

U.S. Navy duringWorldWar II. Hegraduated from the University ofIllinois with a degree in pharmacy.Gordon is survived by his loving

wife of 63 years, Helen (Lang); threechildren, Richard of Geneva, Gail(David) Simpson of St. Charles andRobert of Streamwood; four grand-children, Jacob (Rachel) Simpson,Rebecca (Brandon) LaBarre, Benja-min Simpson andMadeline Simpson;and two great-grandchildren, JonahLaBarre and Evangeline Simpson.Gordon and Helen aremembers

of Hosanna Lutheran Church inSt. Charles. Gordonwill best beremembered for his kind, gentle andreserved nature. He only had kindwords to say about everyone.Hewas a loving husband, father

and grandfather whowill be dearlymissed by all who knew him.An opportunity to visit with the

family will be at 9 a.m. Saturday,March 29, at Yurs Funeral Home, 1771

W. State St., Geneva. Amemorialservice will follow at 10 a.m.In lieu of flowers, contributions

may bemade in his memory toHosanna Lutheran Church.Please sign the guest book at

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DUANE THAYERBorn: June 15, 1930; in Sac County,Iowa

Died:March 23, 2014; in Geneva

GENEVA – Duane C. “Dewey”Thayer, 83, of Geneva, passed awaySunday, March 23, 2014, at his home,surrounded by his family.Hewas born June 15, 1930, in Sac

County, Iowa, the son ofWilliam Guyand Frances (Wagner) Thayer.Deweywas raised in Odebolt, Iowa,

graduating from Iowa State TeachersCollege (now the University ofNorthern Iowa). He received his mas-ter’s degree in education from theUniversity of Iowa. Dewey began histeaching career in Springville, Iowa,where he spent eight years teachingat the junior and senior high schooleventually becoming principal. Hethenmoved to Rockford where hewas principal atWinnebago HighSchool for two years. Eventually,Dewey and his family moved to Ge-neva and he accepted the principalposition atWest Chicago Junior High

School where he spent 23 years.Dewey also worked at Viking Office

Supply for 13 years. He served aterm on the Geneva School Board,was past president of the GenevaCommunityMemorial Center andwas amember of the Geneva LionsClub and longtimemember of FoxValley Presbyterian Church. Deweywas an avid New York Yankeesand Iowa Hawkeyes fan, enjoyedwatching Geneva High Schoolsports andwas a strong supporterof girls basketball. He loved reading,traveling, cooking and playing cards.Some of his fondest memories werespending time at his log cabin inLake Camelot inWisconsin. Dewey’sgreatest enjoyment in life, however,was spending timewith his family.Hewill be dearly missed by everyonewho knew him.He is survived by his lovingwife

of 60 years, Betty (Barnes); threedaughters, Teri (Bill) Koehn, Julie(Tim) Tokars and Nancy (Terry)Koehn, all of Geneva; eight grandchil-dren, Lindsey (Trevor) Huettemannof Elburn, Christopher Koehn of Gene-va, Jack, Carey andMatt Tokars ofGeneva, Ericka (Ben) Sunday of NorthAurora andMakayla and Olivia Koehnof Geneva; andmany dear nieces,nephews and friends. Dewey is alsosurvived by his friend and caregiver,Chris Maningo.Deweywas preceded in death

by his parents; infant brother, Lyle;brother, Robert Thayer; and grand-daughter, Lisa Koehn.The funeral service for Deweywill

be at 11 a.m. Friday, March 28, atFox Valley Presbyterian Church, 227

East Side Drive in Genevawith Rev.LoyWilliams officiating. Burial willbe private in Oak Hill Cemetery inGeneva. The visitation will be from4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 27, atMalone Funeral Home, 324 E. StateSt. (Route 38), Geneva.Memorials may be sent to CNS

Home Health and Hospice, 0S050Winfield Road, Suite 200,Winfield,IL 60190, Fox Valley PresbyterianChurch, 227 East Side Drive, Geneva,IL 60134 or a charity of the donor’schoice. For information, call 630-232-8233 or visit www.malonefh.com.Please sign the guest book at

www.legacy.com/kcchronicle.

8OBITUARIES

Antoinette Frohn: A memo-rial visitation will be fromnoon to 2 p.m. Sunday,March 30, at Moss-NorrisFuneral Home, 100 S. ThirdSt. (three blocks west ofthe river and one blocksouth of Route 64) in St.Charles. Interment will beprivate.

Angela Lexa: A Mass to cel-ebrate her faith will be at11 a.m. Tuesday, March 25,following visitation from 10to 10:45 a.m. at S.S. Peter& Paul Catholic Church,5N539 Meredith Road,Virgil. Fr. Perfecto Vasquez,pastor of the church, willofficiate with interment tofollow in S.S. Peter & PaulCatholic Cemetery, Virgil.

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8POLICE REPORTS

Batavia

• A cellphone was takenThursday, March 20, from DimpleDonuts, 328 E. Wilson St.• Kenneth Kapusta, 55, of the

1200 block of East Wilson Street,Batavia, was charged Monday,March 17, with battery of aninsulting nature or to provokecontact. The incident happenedat the Batavia Public Library, 10 S.Batavia Ave.


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Parishes to participate in‘Be Reconciled’ initiative

By ERIC [email protected]

Monsignor Aaron Brodes-ki of Holy Cross CatholicChurch in Batavia is hope-ful that parishioners acrossthe Rockford Diocese willrespond well to a “Be Recon-ciled” day, an initiative tomake the sacrament of recon-ciliation more available thisLenten season.

As part of the initiative,parishes in the 11-county di-ocese, including Holy CrossChurch, will offer confessionsfrom 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. April 9.A letter announcing the effortwas read at all parish Masseson March 1 and 2.

“I think it’s an outstand-ing idea,” Brodeski said. “It’snice when we do things on aparish level, but it’s also verynice when we have initiativeslike this that go beyond ourparish, that really cover ourwhole Catholic diocese, so allof our parishes do somethingtogether. I think that every-body is excited about it.”

He said he is hopeful thatmany people will take advan-tage of the opportunity the“Be Reconciled” initiativelends.

“Holy Cross is a nice, ac-tive parish, and we are veryblessed with a lot of peoplewho take advantage of thissacrament of reconciliation,”Brodeski said. “I have a lotof good confessions here on aregular basis. I think that bymaking this available at ev-ery parish in the diocese allday long, I think it just makesit so extremely convenient foreverybody and it just kind ofputs an exclamation point,in a sense, behind the impor-tance of this, and it also saysthat we are ready in makingourselves completely avail-able that day.”

In announcing the initia-tive, Bishop David Malloyof the Rockford Diocese saidthat “Lent is a privileged mo-ment to focus on forgiveness.”

“Let’s make this Lent atime of deep and joyful recon-ciliation which Pope Francishas called us to,” Malloy saidin a letter to all Catholics.

Know more

Information about the RockfordDiocese’s “Be Reconciled” initiativeis available by going to the Rock-ford Diocese’s website at www.rockforddiocese.org.

The St.CharlesChamber ofCommercerecentlyheld anafter-hoursmixer atIntegrativeFamilyHealthcareLLC, locatedat 1400LincolnHighway,Suite C in St.Charles.

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Can’t afford to be ‘done’

To the Editor:A Geneva resident recently

sent me an email entitled “I’mDone.” This resident recentlyspentmany hours of his personaltime developing a solution tothemassive $300+million debtthe Geneva School District iscarrying.In his ownwords, this is why he

is giving up: “I know I will neverbe heard by this board, nor can[I] make any difference. Bangingagainst a brick wall is old andhurts. We are likely moving backto our home state. The businesssignals and schools are a keypart, and apathy by parents andneighbors all figure in.”At least 16 businesses have

recently closed in Geneva. Nodoubt some of these closingswere a direct result of highproperty taxes. It seems everyday another local business says,“I’m done.”

Five years ago, I helped form agroupwhose goal was to informlocal homeowners and busi-nesses how their tax dollars arespent. That group has evolvedinto Geneva TaxFACTS. Nomatter your opinion of the group,we have achieved our goal ofeducating the community.As spokesperson for Geneva

TaxFACTS, I quickly realizedtwo things: boardmembers andemployees of taxing bodies don’tlike to be questioned, and theapathy in Geneva is appalling.Without taxpayer participation,taxing bodies and elected boardmembers can easily begin to feelunaccountable for their actions.To ensure taxing bodies and

boardmembers are accountableto the community, the commu-nity must be involved. I can’t tellyou the number of people whohave attended local meetings,realized they have no voiceand – out of frustration – vowed

never to return. This leads to thereality that if taxing bodies aren’theld accountable, theywill dowhatever theywant.With only a few people

involved, nothingwill change.Businesses are leaving thiscommunity because high taxesare harming Geneva.Geneva TaxFACTSwill continue

to observe and be involved, but afew people can’t do it all. Individ-ual communitymembers need toshow up atmeetings and speakupwhen needed. They need towrite or call the boardmembersand tell them they aren’t happywith the direction being taken.What is your plan of action to

get involved andmake a differ-ence in your hometown?Go towww.genevataxfacts.org

and sign up for the email list. Geton board and help keep us afloat.

BobMcQuillanGeneva

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Should, can U.S. fight Putin on energy politics?THE WASHINGTON POST

Debate has raged overwhether the United Statescan fight Vladimir Putin onthe Russian president’s mostfavorable ground: energypolitics.

It can, and it should,particularly because there’san obvious path forward thatcoincides with the UnitedStates’ – indeed, the world’s –economic interests. That pathis lifting irrational restric-tions on exports and makingit easier to build natural gasexport terminals.

For years, Putin has usedhis nation’s wealth of oil andnatural gas as a cudgel tobully his neighbors. At pres-ent, the European Union’s

large imports of Russiannatural gas discourage aforceful Western response toRussia’s aggressive actionsin Ukraine. Meanwhile, theUnited States is tappingmassive reserves of uncon-ventional natural gas. Thathas not only made the U.S.self-sustaining in gas, butit also has driven down theprice of U.S. gas to a pointwell below what Europeansare paying for the Russianstuff. If the federal govern-ment allowed more of it to beliquefied and exported, wouldthe Russians lose a share ofthe European market?

The story is more compli-cated than that. Russian gas,which doesn’t need to be liq-uefied to move (by pipeline)

into the European market,would enjoy significant priceadvantages over importedU.S. gas. The interaction ofprivate buyers and sellerswould probably direct U.S.exports to places where gasis more profitable to sell,such as Japan and Korea.The result would be a bountyfor the U.S. economy and animproved American tradedeficit – but not much directdisplacement of Russian gasin Europe.

But that’s also not the endof the story. The U.S. entryinto the Asian market woulddiminish Russia’s opportuni-ty to profit there, as it aims todo. Contributing to an alreadywidening and more diverseglobal supply of liquefied

natural gas would also giveEuropean importers moreflexibility in sourcing theirfuel – from the United States,Qatar, or others – the sort ofmarket conditions that havealready enabled Europeans torenegotiate gas contracts withRussia. The Council on For-eign Relations’ Michael Levipoints out that Putin mightend up with an uncomfortablechoice between maintainingmarket share in Europe andslashing his prices more.

Ramping up U.S. exportswould take years, but theeffects would not only be long-term, as some critics charge.Action that communicates acertain intent to allow moreliquefied natural gas exportswould send a signal that “the

U.S. is open for business,” asthe Eurasia Group’s LesliePalti-Guzman puts it. Thatcould deter Putin from play-ing the energy card and helpmany buyers in negotiatinglong-term contracts.

The economic case forallowing natural gas exportsis compelling on its own.Doing so would bring moneyinto the country and upholdthe vital principle that energyresources should flow freelyaround the globe, makingthe markets for the fuels theworld economy needs as flex-ible and robust as possible.The more major suppliersthere are following that prin-ciple, the less control preda-tory regimes such as Putin’swill have over the market.


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SPORTS Sports reporter Kevin Druley shares some highlights from thegirls and boys indoor track conference competitions in theUpstate Eight and Northern Illinois Big 12. PAGE 17

GETTING A GLIMPSE

BATAVIA’SNEW DIGS

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Batavia baseball player Sean Townsend fields a ball during practice at the school Monday afternoon.

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LOOKING FORWARD: THE WEEK AHEAD

IN KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE SPORTSTodayThe Kane County Chronicle

previews the upcoming prepbaseball season, includingteams and players to watch.Batavia enters the season

with lofty expectations andalso is celebrating facilityupgrades to the Bulldogs’home field.

FridayCoverage of Thursday night’s

Tri-Cities girls soccer show-down between host Bataviaand St. Charles East

Neither team was scoredupon in their season openers,although East settled for ascoreless tie against Fremdlast week.

SaturdayWe preview the upcoming

boys tennis season around theTri-Cities.St. Charles East senior Jasper

Koenen, a Michigan Staterecruit, returns for his finalseason after advancing to thefinal day of the IHSA StateTournament last year.


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Men’s collegebasketball

NIT, quarterfinal, Belmont atClemson, 6 p.m., ESPNNIT, quarterfinal, Southern

Miss atMinnesota, 8 p.m.,ESPN

Pro baseballPreseason, Cubs vs. L.A.

Angels, 3 p.m., CSN

Pro basketballOklahoma City at Dallas, 7

p.m., TNTNew York at L.A. Lakers,

9:30 p.m., TNT

Pro hockeyDallas at Blackhawks, 7

p.m., CSNDetroit at Columbus, 6:30

p.m., NBCSN

WHAT TO WATCH

PREP SCHEDULES

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TODAY

Baseball: Kaneland atPlainfield North, 4:30 p.m.; Os-wego East at St. Francis, 4:30p.m.; Sycamore at BurlingtonCentral, 4:30 p.m.; WheatonAcademy at Glenbard North,4:30 p.m.Softball: Burlington Central

at Sycamore, 4:30 p.m. Girlssoccer: St. Charles North atNeuqua Valley, 4:30 p.m.; St.Charles East atWest Chicago,6:30 p.m.; East Aurora atGeneva, 4:30 p.m.; BurlingtonCentral at Sycamore, 4:30p.m.Boys volleyball:Wheaton

Academy at York, 6 p.m.Boyswater polo: St. Charles

East at Maine East, 6 p.m.;St. Charles North at HinsdaleSouth, 6 p.m.Girls water polo: St. Charles

North at Hinsdale South, 5p.m.

By KEVIN [email protected]

BATAVIA – Sea-son-ending lossesoften trigger tears,

shows of emotion Bataviabaseball players hardlyenvision for themselves in2014.

So what could possiblyprompt longtime coachMatt Holm to nearly turnon the waterworks beforethe Bulldogs even threw orsaw their first pitch thisspring?

Have you checked outthe Dogs’ refurbished digs?

An offseason projectcosting almost $200,000 sawthe construction of newdugouts and the installa-tion of a concrete backstopand 30-foot screen behindhome plate, accoutrementsthat have only augmentedBatavia’s optimism.

“I stood out here bymyself one day and almostcried just looking at it,knowing how long it’s beenjust trying to get this thinggoing,” Holm said. “Andthe people that we’ve hadsupporting it.”

A former Bulldog en-tering his 23rd season ascoach of his alma mater,Holm calls the effort onehe’s been pushing “for thebetter part of 15 years.”Rumors of expanding Bat-avia’s athletic facilities tonearby Mooseheart prop-erty were usually whatcurtailed talks – and ac-tion.

Demolition began Nov.9, the same day a handfulof Bulldogs played with thefootball team in a Class 6Asecond-round playoff gameat Rolling Meadows. Bata-via-based Eagle Concrete,owned by the family ofsophomore baseball coachCraig Martin, headed theproject.

“They were working insome of the coldest parts ofthe winter, so I really givethose guys credit,” Holm

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Batavia’s facilities refurbished, features new dugouts, backstop, screen


Batavia baseball player Laren Eustace throws the ball from the outfield during practice at the school Mondayafternoon.

J.T. Baksha, Aurora Christian,Sr., P/1B/OFThe Eagles’ bid to rebound from

last season’s early postseason exithinges on help from the Western Il-linois commit, who is one of severalexperienced seniors returning tocoach Andy Zorger’s lineup.Brannon Barry, St. Charles East,

Sr., CFSaints are excited about Barry’s

athleticism in center as he movesover from right field. One of threereturning starters from East’s Class4A state tournament team, he’llagain be a threat offensively, too.Micah Coffey, Batavia, Sr., 1BMinnesota recruit led Batavia

with 11 doubles in 2013 while tyingfor the team lead with three homeruns. Also drove in 25 runs as a No.3 hitter with plenty of speed andpower to go around.Nick Derr, Geneva, So., SSDon’t count on any Derr day-

dreaming, opponents. He alreadyhas committed to Florida State andis eager to build on a freshman sea-son that included a .320 average,eight doubles and 12 steals.Laren Eustace, Batavia, Sr., OFA third-year starter committed to

Indiana, Eustace covers remarkableground whether he’s roaming theteam’s cavernous home stadium orspeeding around the bases. Batted.381 with 21 RBIs and 21 steals asa junior.Michael Fidler, Aurora Central

Catholic, Sr., P/OFPart of ACC’s returning haul

of five starters and 17 pitchingwins from last season’s regionalchampion, Fidler, bound for Tennes-see-Martin, topped out at 90 mphduring summer ball.Danny Gerke, Burlington Cen-

tral, Sr., PLooks to lead a staff that will be

breaking in its share of new arms.Got off to a sound start by notchingthe victory in Saturday’s sea-son-opening victory against CrystalLake Central.Anthony Holubecki, Kaneland,

So., P/OFSplit time between two levels

last season, including a weeklystint as a varsity pitcher. Knightsare pumped to see what the NotreDame recruit will do as an everydaytalent.Adam Rojas, St. Charles East,

Sr., C

Improved his swing and plate me-chanics from a season ago, makingcoach Len Asquini optimistic hewon’t have to DH for the standoutdefensive catcher’s spot too often.Good leader who stabilized staffduring 2013 spring and summerstate runs.Jason Sullivan, St. Francis, Jr.,

P/SSVersatile Spartan who sparked

team’s trip to 3A state finals lastseason will bat leadoff, play short-stop and anchor the pitching staff.Hit .333 last season while going 8-2with 1.99 ERA in 74 innings.Alex Troop, Marmion, Sr., P/1BEmerging lefty from Batavia eager

to show his pitching and hittingprowess for one more spring. Heknows doubling up won’t be likelywhen he heads to Michigan Statenext season.Cory Wright, St. Charles North,

Jr., 1B/PWright built on a solid varsity de-

but with a productive summer withhis travel program, Elite BaseballTraining, and verbally committed toKansas State in November. Lookedto add some offseason bulk toboost power.

Players towatch

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Philip Marruffo – [email protected]

Kaneland’s Dylan Nauert (left) and Dixon’s JD Gieson (middle) and Syc-amore’s Edgar Garcia compete in the 60-meter hurdles Saturday at theNorthern Illinois Big 12 Indoor Conference Meet in Sterling.

Track and field athletesdefinitely are primed to takeit outside in April, but variousindoor conference meets overthe weekend proved the out-doors aren’t the only thing thathas to be great.

Here’s a look at somehighlights from girls and boysconference competitions in theUpstate Eight and NorthernIllinois Big 12. The indoor sea-son ends with the Illinois PrepTop Times meet at IllinoisWesleyan in Bloomington onFriday and Saturday.

Kaneland rolls: The Kane-land boys and girls swept theNorthern Illinois Big 12 titlesat Sterling’s Westwood SportsComplex on Saturday.

“We like where we’re atconsidering we haven’t gottena lot of work outside yet due toour lack of facilities,” Knightsboys coach Eric Baron said.

“A lot of this is off ofstrength and speed right now.”

For the boys, Nate Dyer’ssizable personal record to winthe discus (55 feet, 5 inches)provided the turning pointthat helped Kaneland place inall but two events.

“Kind of got the ball rollingfor us really early,” Baronsaid.

Remember the name:Enteringthe final championship heat ofthe 200 at Saturday’s UEC girlsmeet, public address announc-er Skip Stolley reminded thecrowd of the field’s prowess.

Five of the six entrantswere state qualifiers, and theonly one excluded from theclub wasn’t eligible; Bataviafreshman Hannah Schlamanstill was an eighth-grader lastspring.

Schlaman finished fifth in atightly contested race that re-flected athletes’ camaraderie.

“She ran against a lot ofthem over the summer lastyear, so she knows them,”Bulldogs coach Justin Allisonsaid. “This is a very friendly,competitive rivalry with them.She’s very excited.”

That’ll work for now:WhileSt. Charles East finished inthe second half of the teamstandings in Friday’s 14-teamUEC boys meet, the Saints stillwere beaming about plenty ofperformances.

“Where’d this speed comeout of all of us?” senior MikeSkora said after helping theSaints to a second-place finishin the 4x800-meter relay in8:24.82.

The meet offered a barome-ter, and challenging eventualUEC champion Neuqua Valleyin that race encouraged theSaints about moving up comeoutdoor season.

“We were just out there tocompete today. That’s it. Wewere trying to just get pastpeople and hold that position,”Skora said. “That was our goal.Our goal was to compete, nottime at all, and we did that.”

• Kevin Druley is a sports-writer for the Kane CountyChronicle. He can be reachedat 630-845-5347 or [email protected]. Follow himon Twitter at @kevindruley.

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said. “Tremendous work andsomething that’s really goingto turn out well.”

Like many, Holm and ath-letic director Dave Andrewsare waiting for the weatherto break so the group can ad-minister finishing touches.The dugouts still need roofs,as well as some touch-up sitework that will be more easilyaccomplished once the groundthaws.

If need be, Andrews saidthe field is game-ready shouldBatavia host Thursday’s sea-son opener against Minookaas scheduled. He then listedanother reason fans shouldn’tfret.

“As a spectator of softballand a spectator of lower-levelbaseball, you’re not going tohave to worry about varsitybaseballs flying out to you,”Andrews said. “Now we’vejust got to get the rest of themdone.”

Other fields and athleticfacilities will be renovated asfunds become available. Inaddition to money from theschool’s booster program,Batavia relied on donations/

fundraisers from the baseballprogram and Batavia YouthBaseball.

Senior first baseman Mi-cah Coffey, the third of fourbrothers to come through theschool, is especially eager totake the field. Much of the corefrom a 2013 team that sharedthe Upstate Eight ConferenceRiver Division title and to-taled a school-record 27 victo-ries returns, and they won’tjust be trotting out to theirpositions on any old patch ofland.

“To see some progress be-ing made, it definitely gener-ates a lot of energy, especially

within the team, within thecommunity,” Coffey said.“Just seeing something hap-pen with our baseball pro-gram, it’s just exciting.”

Holm cited the facilities atconference rivals St. CharlesEast and St. Charles North asan aesthetic model.

Once games begin, he andplayers are confident the fieldwill develop a personality allits own.

“When you get everybodypushing in the right direction,you finally get somethingdone,” Holm said.

His eyes were dry. Theground was another story.

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Aurora Central CatholicSpeaking with the Chronicle

last month, junior second base-man/pitcher Hunter Fiorito ofBatavia was bold in his reasoningto transfer from Aurora Christianto ACC last season. Fiorito thinksthe team has a good chance ofgoing deep in the state tourna-ment, and the rest of the Char-gers agree. However ACC fares,it will do so behind a crop of toppitchers who are also positionplayers, including Andrew Bruss,Andy Czerak and Matt Rahn, whohas recovered from summer ACLsurgery.

BataviaUpgraded field, same excite-

ment. Armed with a glut of col-lege recruits – including DivisionI recruits Jake Piechota (West-ern Michigan), Micah Coffey(Minnesota) and Laren Eustace(Indiana) – Batavia is primed toimprove on last season. Sharingthe Upstate Eight ConferenceRiver Division title and winning a

school-best 27 games were highpoints. The regional semifinalupset loss to Hoffman Estateswas not. “We’re not going to letwhat happened last year happenthis year,” said Eustace, a speedyoutfielder/relief pitcher.

KanelandThe Knights stumbled to a

sub-.500 season in 2013, butlook to rebound behind a seniorcore including Curtis Thorson (P/OF), Ty Carlson (1B/UT), NateHopkins (P/OF) and Nick Stahl(P). Kaneland also has a skilledsophomore class highlighted byAnthony Holubecki (P/OF) andJoe Laudont (C). The programhopes those are among theingredients to win the NorthernIllinois Big 12 East for the fourthtime in five seasons.

MarmionFour 2013 all-Suburban Catho-

lic Conference players headline ahaul of seven returning starters.Senior shortstop Josh Meyers

is a three-sport standout, whileclassmate Brady Roberts, thecatcher, set a program record bybatting .484 last season. Slottedfor 4A in 2014, the Cadets willlook to avoid the regional-open-ing losses that sank them whenthe team also played in 4A in2009 and 2013. Marmion won 3Aregionals in 2008 and from 2010to 2012.

St. Charles EastJust three starters return

from last season’s 4A statetournament qualifier, but a runto the summer state tourneyquickly eased some of coach LenAsquini’s anxiety. “We’ve got ourhands full to replace them, but Ithought our kids in the summerdid a wonderful job certainly inthe end,” he said. Adam Eck, a6-foot-5 power lefty, and MikeBehmer, a location righty, lookto step up on the mound. Firstbaseman Ben Smith is a constantamid early-season battles in themiddle infield.

Teams to watch


The new screen behind home plate and the shell of the new dugoutsat Batavia High School.

Cold weather delays finishing touches

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St. Charles East ties for league titleBy KEVIN DRULEY

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BATAVIA – Public ad-dress announcer Skip Stolleyoutlined the scenario thatwould produce a tie betweenSt. Charles East and NeuquaValley for the Upstate EightConference girls indoortrack title late in Saturday’smeet.

Moments later, it oc-curred: the Saints won the4x400-meter relay to closethe day and the Wildcats fin-ished seventh.

While Stolley’s skill asa soothsayer may be up fordebate, there was no dis-agreement regarding East’sdemeanor, dual plaques not-withstanding.

“Still excited,” Saints ju-nior Allison Chmelik said. “Ithink first is still first, so I’mhappy with it.”

East and Neuqua both to-taled 115 team points, a com-fortable distance from MeteaValley (83.5) and St. CharlesNorth (74). The Wildcats

came frustratingly close towinning outright, as their4x400 anchor leg stumbleddown the stretch.

Neuqua also endured off-track adversity because itsentry was in the second-fast-est heat based on seed times.East won the fast finals heatin 4:06:08, with third leg An-astasia Honea securing thelead from Batavia beforehanding off to Notre Dame-bound senior anchor JordanShead.

“We knew it was close,”second leg Corrin Adamssaid, “so we just wanted to goand have a good race for theteam and enjoy ourselves.”

East claimed three otherevent wins, including TorreeScull in the 3,200 (11:16.77).

Chmelik took the triple jumpwith an effort of 37 feet, 6¼inches, while Shead was vic-torious in the 400 with a timeof 58.36.

Overall, Shead edged Ch-melik (1:00.17) for the crown,but she cruised by more thaneight seconds in her heat.Because she had not regis-tered an individual 400 timeearlier in the indoor season,Shead was easily the mar-quee athlete in the first offour races.

North senior Jessica Grillearned the Chronicle area’sonly other event title, clear-ing 10-9 in the pole vault.

Grill also is a top girls golf-er in the fall, just one amongNorth’s solid core of multi-sport athletes that also in-

cludes Northwestern softballrecruit Sabrina Rabin in thesprints. The latest to join theclub, Quinn Samanic, is justa few weeks removed fromhelping the North Stars’ drillteam to the 3A Team DanceIllinois grand championship.

“People have just beentelling me I was fast, so I waslike, ‘I should just give tracka try and see how I like it,’ ”said Samanic, a sprinter andhigh jumper in only her sec-ond meet. “And I really likeit.”

Batavia and Geneva bothwere missing athletes be-cause of illness or other com-mitments but still deliveredsome memorable perfor-mances.

Bulldogs freshman Han-nah Schlaman placed a nar-row second in the 55 (7.44)and fifth in the 200.

“I think once everythinggets going for outdoor sea-son, we’ll see a lot more suc-cess from everyone,” Bull-dogs coach Justin Allisonsaid.

Geneva coach Peter Raak,“pleasantly surprised” bya handful of PRs as well asShannon Callahan’s run-ner-up effort in the highjump (4-11), echoed that sen-timent.

“They competed verywell, they’re getting lots ofexperience for outdoors, sowe’ve got a lot to work with,a lot to build off of,” Raaksaid.

Whether due to absence,illness or injury, each of the12 teams on hand used line-ups that likely won’t matchthe ones on display for theoutdoor conference meet inMay.

The Saints are awaitingthe return of Chmelik’s twin,Elizabeth, who is battlinghip troubles. East’s resil-ience delighted coach TimWolf all the more.

“We always go battle witha team concept, and I thinktoday [was] just one of thoseperfect examples of how topull together as a team,” hesaid.

Photos by Rena Naltsas for Shaw Media

ABOVE: Allison Chmelik of St. Charles East competes in the 400-meter dash Saturday at Batavia HighSchool during the Upstate Eight Conference indoor track and field championships.

RIGHT: Natalie Mueller of Batavia competes in the finals for the 800meter run during the girls indoor trackand field championships.

“We always go battle with a team concept, and I

think today [was] just one of those perfect examples

of how to pull together as a team.”

Tim Wolf

St. Charles East girls track coach

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The beauty of Jay Cut-ler’s new contract is that itreportedly allowed the Bearsto make adjustments for capspace at any time, and theydid so recently.

NFLPA records confirmthat Cutler’s base salary for2014 is now $17.5 million, a $5million reduction from the$22.5 million.

As first reported by BrianMcIntyre, the $5 million wasconverted into a signing bo-nus, and that lowers Cutler’s2014 cap number to $18.5 mil-lion, which creates $4 millionin cap space for this year. Therestructuring does increaseCutler’s cap charge $1 millionin each of the next four years(the bonus is prorated for cap

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to bring back Zack Bowmanand/or Eben Britton.

Mills earns bonus: Headinginto last summer’s trainingcamp, right tackle JordanMills was considered thebackup right tackle to J’Mar-cus Webb, and a project tostart down the line. Instead,he won the job after the firstpreseason game and woundup starting all 16 games.

Now, Mills will get reward-ed for outperforming his draftslot in the form of a perfor-mance-based bonus, and it’sthe highest in the NFL, ac-cording to multiple reports.

According to Tom Pelisse-ro of USA Today, the leaguehas a pool of $3.46 million to“reward players who makethe least and play the most.”

Mills, who made a base sal-ary of $495,000 in 2013, will get

a performance-based bonus of$318,243. He played every snapof the season until the firstseries of Week 17 against thePackers, when Mills had toleave the game after injuringhis foot.

According to the Bears’website, the list of oth-er Bears to get perfor-mance-based pay is (in or-der) Chris Conte ($210,957),Isaiah Frey ($179,411), ZackBowman ($162,273), Jon Bos-tic ($143,309), Matt Slauson($134,485), Dante Rosario($126,156), Alshon Jeffery($121,902) and David Bass(($111,228).

The checks for the bonuseswon’t come until April 1, 2016.

No compensatory picks: TheNFL handed out 32 compen-satory picks for the 2014 draftMonday to 13 teams, but the

Bears were not included.Compensatory picks are giv-en when “a team losing moreor better compensatory thanit acquires in the previousyear.”

The number of picks a teamreceives equals the net loss ofcompensatory free agents upto a maximum of four. Thepicks are in Rounds 4 through7 and cannot be traded.

According to the league,the Bears qualified for a com-pensatory pick under the netloss formula, but did not re-ceive it because that net losswas ranked 33rd in the league,and only the top 32 compensa-tory free agents get picks forteams.

For May’s draft, the Bearshave seven picks – includingtwo in the sixth round andnone in the seventh.

Bears restructure Cutler’s contract

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Geneva girls badmintonedges West ChicagoWEST CHICAGO – The

Geneva girls badminton teamdefeated West Chicago onMonday, 9-6.Geneva won in straight sets

in No. 1 singles (Melanie Bur-khardt, 21-15, 21-5) and at No.2 singles (Cara Birschbach,21-10, 21-17).The Vikings improve to 7-1

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Recovery is everywhere.

Quintana, Sox agree on 5-year dealBy DARYL VAN [email protected]

PEORIA, Ariz. – With JoseQuintana and Chris Sale underclub control through 2020 and2019, respectively, the WhiteSox now have the top two piec-es of their starting rotationpieces locked in for a good, longwhile.

A $26.5 million, five-yeardeal for Quintana, 25, whichincludes club options for 2019and 2020 that could bring thetotal to $47.5 million, was an-nounced Monday. As in Sale’scase, the Sox didn’t have to giveQuintana big bucks yet – helikely would have been underteam control for five years – butit seems worth any arm-injuryrisks on the Sox’s part to havethose pitchers’ services paidfor at a price that figures climbout of the Sox’s reach down theroad.

“It not only rewards themfor the hard work they havedone, the success they havehad, but it allows us to havecome cost certainty and obvi-ously extending control,’’ gen-eral manager Rick Hahn said.“It frees us up to allocate our re-

sources to other needs, whichis beneficial, and takes a coupleof other things off our to-do list,which is always nice.”

Sale signed a $32.5 millionextension last spring. In thelikely event Quintana is eli-gible for Super 2 arbitrationstatus after the season, his to-tal guaranteed dollars wouldbreak down this way: $850,000in 2014, $3.4 million in ’15, $5.4million in ’16, $7 million in ’17and $8.85 million in ’18. The Soxhold options for 2019 at $10.5million and for 2020 at $11.5million. Quintana gets a $1 mil-lion buyout if either option isdeclined.

“That’s a lot of money. ButI want to focus on games,”Quintana said. “The money,my family is happy with that.I talked to them and they’re sohappy. I want to say thank youto the Chicago White Sox forthis opportunity to be here along time.”

Quintana’s rise to beinga bona fide No. 2 or 3 startingpitcher has been quick. A re-peatable delivery, adaptabili-ty to coaching, willingness towork and poise all factored intohis development that placed

him first among AmericanLeague left-handers in starts,third in runners per nine in-nings and fifth in ERA.

Last season, he was 9-7 witha 3.51 ERA over 200 inningspitched. Until Sunday, he hada sketchy spring, not lastingmore than three innings, tak-ing a batted ball off his shinthat forced an early exit andthen getting shelled two startsago.

On Sunday, everythingwas right again in Quintana’sworld. He pitched five scorelessinnings of one-hit ball againstthe Rockies, a significant out-ing considering he had facednine Oakland A’s his previousstart without retiring a singlebatter. It turns out the contractdiscussions were close to beingfinalized when he faced the A’s,and it weighed on his mind.

“That one’s probably onme,” Hahn said. “He eitherthought that we were stillconsidering the final deal orthat we had said ‘OK’ to the fi-nal deal, but he needed to getthrough that outing and passa physical before it became of-ficial. That’s a lot for someoneto handle.”


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Thibodeau dismisses notionof rivalry with Bulls, Pacers

By HERB [email protected]

Told that Taj Gibson said,“There’s a lot of floppers’’ onthe Pacers, Roy Hibbert re-layed the message to forwardDavid West.

“That’s who said it, DWest!Taj called us floppers,’’ the In-diana center said. “I haven’ttaken a charge in probablyfour years. He’s entitled to hisopinion. I’m just going to goout there and play hard.’’

Gibson took his shot afterthe Bulls’ 91-79 loss at Indi-ana on Friday.

“He’d just got a couplefouls so he probably was a lit-tle frustrated,’’ Hibbert said.“Chicago is a terrific team.They always bring it. Theyplay extremely hard. So thatraises our level of competi-tion too.’’

RIVALRY?

The roles are reversed abit since things started heat-ing up between the Bulls andPacers in the 2011 playoffs.

Now Indiana, which leadsthe Eastern Division, is ontop, and the Bulls are one

of the teamshoping to beatthem in theplayoffs.

Still, Bullsc o a c h T o mThibodeau dis-missed the no-tion of a grow-ing rivalry.

“You can’t allow youremotions to get in the way ofgetting the job done,’’ Thibssaid. “I think you [media]guys are into the rivalry. Weknow they’re good. To beat agood team, you have to playwell. I think the focus has

to be on what are the thingsthat are necessary to win.’’

Joakim Noah acknowl-edged emotions are involved,though.

“You’re supposed to befrustrated after a loss,’’ Noahsaid. “Everybody’s frustrat-ed after a loss, you know?It’s all part of the process. Ofcourse, Indiana’s a team wewant to beat.

NOTES

• This was the fourth

a n d f i n a l r e g u l a r - s e a -son meeting between theBulls and the Pacers. Indianawon two of the first three.

• The Pacers have been

following the Bulls’ de-f e n s e - f i r s t b l u e p r i n t .They were allowing anNBA-best 91.9 points ag a m e . T h e B u l l s w e r esecond (92.1).

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By MARK [email protected]

Ben Smith’s dad is a com-poser and a professor of com-position at the University ofHartford. His mom, a formerconcert pianist, teaches pi-ano at a girls prep school inConnecticut.

His oldest brother is aprofessional oboist, touringthe country. His uncle is themusic director of the Toron-to Symphony Orchestra.

Smith played guitar andtrombone growing up. Andalthough he is sheepishabout admitting it, he sangbass in high school, too.

So if national-anthemsinger Jim Cornelison getsa last-minute bout of laryngi-tis, the Blackhawks can turnto the bench for a replace-ment.

“Oh, I hope not,” Smithsaid with a laugh. “Hopeful-ly, they’ll get someone else todo that.”

Heck, why not? It’s aboutthe only role Smith hasn’tfilled with the Hawks. Fromshutdown fourth-line wingerand penalty-killer to his newrole as the front-of-the-netpresence on the power playto his recent stint as PatrickKane’s center, Smith – whomade the team out of train-ing camp largely becausehe would have had to clearwaivers to be sent back toRockford – has establishedhimself as one of coach JoelQuenneville’s most versatileand reliable weapons.

“Benny started off allright, but I’ve seen a realnice progress to his individu-al game all year long,” Quen-neville said.

The culmination of thatprogress was his surpriseshot at filling the long-stand-ing void at second-line cen-ter.

Smith made the most of it,posting a goal and an assistin a victory against the De-troit Red Wings and winning11 of 15 faceoffs in his twofull games in that spot. It wasthe chance Smith had beenwaiting for his whole career.

Then came Kane’s kneeinjury, and Smith’s big op-portunity was gone. He wasdropped back down to thethird line with Peter Reginand Jeremy Morin.

“It’s a little frustratingor disappointing, I guess,”Smith said. “But injurieshappen. It’s tough for ourteam – not just for me, butfor everyone – that Pat-rick’s not playing rightnow. You never really knowwhat’s going to happen. Itwas great to have that op-portunity to play with him,and hopefully, it possiblycould happen again. But, forme, it’s always kind of beengame by game.”

Game by game, year af-ter year. Since winning twonational championships infour years at Boston College,Smith patiently has waitedhis turn.

At the end of his first sea-son in the minors, Smith wascalled up for the 2011 play-offs and scored three goalsin a seven-game loss to theVancouver Canucks. Butit wasn’t the breakthroughmoment he hoped for. Heplayed only 13 games withthe Hawks in 2011-12 andonly one last season beforebecoming a last-minute re-placement for Marian Hos-sa in Game 3 of the StanleyCup Final – enough to get hisname etched on the Cup.

Now, at 25 – four monthsolder than Kane and threemonths younger than Jon-athan Toews – and at theend of his second NHL con-tract, Smith finally is theevery-game NHL player heexpected to be. Smith, whocredited his love of the Hart-ford Whalers for inspiringhim to play hockey, said henever doubted he would getthere.

“If there ever was thatmuch doubt, then it neverwould have happened,” hesaid. “You just have to be-lieve that whatever you gothrough, if you keep push-ing and working hard, thatit’s going to work out in theend.”

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CHICAGO – If you lovebaseball, you’ve heard ofCubs greats Ron Santo andBilly Williams.

How about Chris Frit-sche? Have you heard ofhim?

No? The name doesn’tring a bell?

Sheesh. And you callyourself a fan.

A funny scene unfoldedMonday outside of WrigleyField, even if no touristsstopped to snap pictureswith their cellphones. Tothe left sat a statue of ayoung Santo, baseball inhand, ready to snap a throwacross the diamond. To theright sat a statue of a leanWilliams, following throughwith his sweet swing, watch-ing a hit take flight.

And in the middle sat theliving version of Fritsche,of Wauconda, who parkedhis semi-trailer squarely be-tween the statues and waitedfor his next short-distancehaul. He was one of dozens

of workers who worked tohelp prepare the 100-year-old stadium for its April4 home opener, a massiveproject that seemed at leastas daunting as morphing alast-place team into a WorldSeries contender.

“It’s like Noah tryingto get the ark ready in twodays,” Fritsche said with alaugh. “That’s about howI would describe it to you,brother.”

Except, instead of load-ing animals two at a time,Fritsche and his fellowworkers spent most of theirafternoon unloading pilesof snow 30 cubic yards at atime.

Perhaps you’ve heard. Itsnowed a lot here this win-ter. Mother Nature appar-ently was mad at somebody

– maybe she took exceptionto Dale Sveum’s firing? – soshe dumped about 79 inchesof snow (and counting) tomake all of us suffer.

Here’s the thing, though.Baseball season arrivesevery spring, regardless ofhow pleasant or how painfulthe winter has been. Youneed a clean field to playbaseball, and if you’re in thebusiness of filling seats, youneed those seats to be clean,too.

So, next thing you know,you’re calling a bunch ofcontractors and subcontrac-tors. Because somebody hasto get the park ready beforethe team returns fromspring training in Arizona.

“It’s been a mess,” saidEric Clark, a retail workerwho has watched crewsprepare the stadium fromacross the street at Wrig-leyville Sports. “Seeing itfinally starting to come intoplace is amazing.”

Give a small slice of the

credit to Fritsche, whoseday started when he left hishouse at 4:30 a.m. for thelong commute to the NorthSide. Fritsche’s shift didn’tstart until 8 a.m., but hewanted to beat the inevita-ble, insufferable traffic jaminto the city.

The plan worked asFritsche arrived about 6a.m. and had two hours ofdowntime before his workbegan. When it did, he start-ed a long day of driving incircles.

The pattern went likethis: Crews cleared pilesof snow out of the stadiumand dumped them on to thesidewalk along Sheffield Av-enue, just below the right-field bleachers. Then moreworkers used shovels andfront-end loaders to scoopthe piles of dumped snowand lift them into Fritsche’strailer.

When the trailer wasfilled, Fritsche pulled weston Addison and headed to-

ward a nearby lot where hecould dump the snow. Mostof it was dirty brown andfrozen into large chunks,resembling something likebaseball gloves for giantsnowmen.

After Fritsche dumpedthe snow, he returned toWrigley for another load. Alltold, he and his coworkersestimated that they hauled20 to 30 trailers’ worth.

Not bad for one day’swork.

Now, as for the paintingand the sodding and thestocking and the staffingand everything else thatneeds to happen before theCubs’ home opener … Frit-sche smiled.

“They’ve got a lot of workto do,” Fritsche said. “Butthey’ll get it done.”

• Northwest Herald sportscolumnist Tom Musick canbe reached at [email protected] and onTwitter @tcmusick.

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Dear Teens:Growing

up is no guarantee that

you will outgrow the

rivalry you have with

your brothers or sisters.

“I know people in

their 60s and 70s who

are still jealous of their

brothers and sisters,

people who feel their

entire lives might have

been different if only

their parents had loved

them more,” says Dr.

Maury Lacher, a clinical

psychologist.

Quite often, he

explained, an older child

is jealous of the younger

one because he or she

gets to spend more time

with their mother. Or

sometimes jealousy is

sparked by a sibling who

is a better student, more

outgoing, or has more

dates.

Says one teen who is

envious of her talented

younger sister, “My jeal-

ousy takes the form of

sometimes being angry

or short-tempered with

her. Then I get angry

for being angry because

I know I shouldn’t feel

that way.”

As a general rule, peo-

ple become jealous when

they don’t have a chance

of getting what someone

else has. When someone

you know wins an award

or does well in class, one

reaction is to say, “I’m

really happy for you,”

says Lacher. “The other

is to be reminded of your

own deprivations. But

allowing someone else’s

success to make you feel

bad about yourself is

essentially immature.”

Immature or not, this

kind of jealousy between

brothers and sisters can

persist into adulthood

unless the feelings are

recognized. A crucial

step in escaping from

such jealousy is to admit

that you feel it and try to

understand why. Since

brothers and sisters

continue to be a part of

your life, the sooner you

overcome the problem,

the more you’ll benefit

from this special rela-

tionship.

Of course, you can’t

expect that you’ll never

feel jealous again. But

you can learn to look be-

yond it and acknowledge

what’s really bothering

you, since jealousy is a

symptom of an insecu-

rity.

Whether your jealou-

sy is most often triggered

by a sibling or a friend,

there’s only one way to

overcome the problem:

• Pinpoint the real

cause of your jealousy.

• No matter how

difficult it seems, discuss

your feelings with the

person you are envious

of.

• Focus on your own

good points and suc-

cesses the next time you

start to envy someone

else.

• Get involved in a

project that will use your

talents and frustrated

energies so you don’t feel

jealous about another’s

accomplishments.

Dr.Wallace: I have

a problem getting to

sleep at night. This may

sound funny, but I count

sheep every night, and

I usually count into the

thousands before I doze

off. After school I’m usu-

ally so tired that I have

to take a catnap. What

can I do? – Melanie, Ft.Walton Beach, Fla.

Dear Melanie: One

way to get back to

normal is to stick to a

rigid sleeping schedule.

Go to bed and get up at

the same time each day

– no catnaps allowed. A

good sleep inducer is a

warm bath and a glass

of warm low-fat milk.

Warmth is soothing and

the milk contains an

amino acid that helps

bring sleep.

• Email Dr. RobertWallace at [email protected].

Dear Abby:My daughter is be-ing married soon, and I need someguidance about inviting my auntand uncle to the wedding. Theylive about 30 miles from us. Wemoved to this area four years ago,and we’ve had them over for din-ner once and invited them anothertime. They declined because theywere going to be out of town.

Abby, they didn’t reciprocate,and in fact, didn’t even invite us totheir daughter’s wedding, whichhurt us very much. I had alwaysconsidered myself close to theserelatives before we moved here, sotheir treatment of my family andme has been painful.

My mother is telling me to turnthe other cheek despite everythingand invite them to my daughter’swedding. My daughter doesn’twant them to attend and neitherdoes my husband, but Mom isemphatic about inviting them“because they’re family.”

I would appreciate your opin-ion on this, Abby, because I’mbetween a rock and a hard place,and my emotions are pulling meapart. – Betwixt And Between

Dear Betwixt:The bride’s wishesshould prevail. Her happiness onher wedding day is more import-ant than the feelings of relativeswho don’t bother with you, herand your family. I have alwayssaid that one should never inviteguests to a wedding hoping theywon’t show up, because theyusually do.

Dear Abby: I have an olderfriend who is 70. She doesn’t havemuch money. She was havingblood pressure problems, so Iordered a deluxe blood pressuremachine for her that cost $160. Itwasn’t a birthday gift; I was seri-ously concerned for her.

I learned this week that she“loaned” it to a friend. I wroteher a note and asked her nicely toplease get it back because I didn’tbuy it for her friend (who has plen-ty of money), but because I wasworried about her health. She is

now not speaking to me, and MYblood pressure is going up by theminute because I’m so angry. WasI out of line or is she? – Hyper-Fu-rious In Arizona

Dear Hyper-Furious:Relax.Breathe. What you did was abeautiful and generous gesture,but the blood pressure machinewas a GIFT. Once a gift is given, itbelongs to the recipient to do withas she (or he) wishes.

Dear Abby: I’m an average17-year-old guy. I love basketball,football and girls. The problem isI’m a player, and girls say I “use”them. How can I cure my playerhabits and heal some of the heartsI’ve broken? – Tired Of Playing

Dear Tired Of Playing:Apologizeto any young woman you havemisled. Then ask yourself, “Howwould I feel if I had been treatedthis way?” If you practice theGolden Rule – “Do unto othersas you would have them do untoyou” – it will serve you well inmost situations.

• Write Dear Abby at www.dearabby.com.

Dear Doctor K: I’m havingcataract surgery in a few weeks.There are so many options forreplacement lenses. Which oneshould I choose?

Dear Reader: I can’t tell youwhich you should choose, since Idon’t know the specifics of yourcataract. But I can suggest howyou should think about severaloptions that your ophthalmolo-gist is likely to discuss with you.

First, the basics. A cataract isa clouding of the normally clearlens of the eye. Over time, it cancause a disabling loss of vision.Surgical removal of the cloudedlens is the only effective curefor a cataract. In most cases, thesurgeon replaces the clouded lenswith an artificial intraocular lens(IOL).

As you noted, there are sever-al options for replacement lenses.The most popular are monofocalIOLs. These lenses are designedto focus at one set distance: far,intermediate or near. (On mywebsite, AskDoctorK.com, I’veput a figure that illustrates these“zones of vision.”) Standardmonofocal IOLs lack the abilityto accommodate. That’s the abil-ity to change focus from near tofar and back again.

Many people choose a mono-

focal IOL that allows for cleardistance vision after cataractsurgery. Other people choose alens that’s good for reading. Stillothers choose a lens that focus-es about 18 to 36 inches awaybecause they spend a lot of timeat a computer, and that’s abouthow far away the screen is fromtheir eyes.

If, like most people, youchoose a lens that’s good for dis-tance vision, you probably willneed to use reading glasses. Andvice versa if you choose a lensthat’s good for close vision.

If you need cataract surgeryon both eyes, and choose mono-focal IOLs but hope to be lessdependent on glasses, considera technique called monovision.Monovision involves implantingan IOL for near vision in one eyeand an IOL for far vision in theother eye. For many years I didthis – but with contact lenses,not IOLs (I didn’t have cataractsthen). It worked fine for me.

Many people find the ad-justment to monovision quite

challenging, if not impossible.That’s because reducing yourbinocular vision (your ability touse both eyes together) changesyour depth perception. If you areconsidering monovision, try itout with contact lenses beforeyour cataract surgery. Monovi-sion is not an ideal option if yourequire crisp, detailed vision.

One approach is to forgotraditional monofocal IOLs.Instead, consider specialized,non-monofocal IOLs. There areseveral options in this category.For example, accommodatingIOLs allow you to change focusbetween middle and distancevision, but they aren’t as reliablefor near vision.

Another option, multifocalIOLs, is similar to bifocals or pro-gressive eyeglasses. These lensesinclude different areas designedfor distance, intermediate andnear vision. Just as people withprogressive eyeglasses requirejust one pair of glasses for seeingthings at all distances, the sameis true with multifocal IOLs.

• Dr. Komaroff is a physicianand professor at Harvard MedicalSchool. Visit www.AskDoctorK.com to send questions and getadditional information.

Let bride be the guide for wedding guest list

Review your lens options for cataract surgery

Jealousy can persistbetween brothers, sisters

RobertWallace

’TWEEN

12 & 20JeannePhillips

DEAR ABBY

Anthony L.Komaroff

ASK

DOCTOR K


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Big Nate

Crankshaft

Stone Soup

Dilbert

Garfield

Frank & Earnest

Soup to Nutz

The Born Loser

Rose Is Rose

Arlo & Janis

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BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

Ambrose Bierce defineda dentist as a prestidigitatorwho, while putting metal inone’s mouth, pulls coins out ofone’s pockets.

A bridge player also wantsit both ways: Heads I make mycontract, tails you fail in yours.

In this deal, South is in fourspades. West cashes his two topdiamonds, then shifts to theclub 10. How should declarercontinue?

This is one auction thatalways mystifies less experi-enced players. By an unpassedhand, after partner’s takeoutdouble and responder’s pass, ifadvancer (the doubler’s part-ner) makes a simple suit-bid, itshows some 0-8 points; a jumpin a suit is approximately 9-11;and a cue-bid of the opener’ssuit indicates 12 points ormore. After South’s cue-bid, theauction turns to natural.

Declarer’s only problemis in the trump suit. He mustavoid two losers. In this case,the bidding should help him,but the right play is the same,even if during the auctionthe opponents gave excellentimpersonations of Trappistmonks.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE

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KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA-TIONAL ASSOCIATION

Plaintiff,-v.-

LYSLE L. BOWER AKA LYSLE BOW-ER, LIANA BOWER, THE CAM-BRIDGE LAKES COMMUNITY ASSO-CIATION, DISCOVER BANK

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NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICEIS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant toa Judgment of Foreclosure andSale entered in the above cause onOctober 7, 2013, an agent for TheJudicial Sales Corporation, will at1:00 PM on April 15, 2014, at theCDH LAW GROUP, LLC, 2000 W.Galena Blvd., Suite 210, Aurora,IL, 60506, sell at public auction tothe highest bidder, as set forth be-low, the following described realestate:

Commonly known as 867 BRIS-TOL STREET, Pingree Grove, IL60140 Property Index No. 02-33-102-010 (NEW); 02-33-100-001(OLD). The real estate is improvedwith a townhouse. The judgmentamount was $422,023.84. Saleterms: 25% down of the highestbid by certified funds at the close ofthe sale payable to The JudicialSales Corporation. No third partychecks will be accepted. The bal-ance, including the Judicial salefee for Abandoned ResidentialProperty Municipality Relief Fund,which is calculated on residentialreal estate at the rate of $1 for each$1,000 or fraction thereof of theamount paid by the purchaser notto exceed $300, in certifiedfunds/or wire transfer, is due withintwenty-four (24) hours. No feeshall be paid by the mortgagee ac-quiring the residential real estatepursuant to its credit bid at the saleor by any mortgagee, judgmentcreditor, or other lienor acquiringthe residential real estate whoserights in and to the residential realestate arose prior to the sale. Thesubject property is subject to gener-al real estate taxes, special assess-ments, or special taxes leviedagainst said real estate and is of-fered for sale without any represen-tation as to quality or quantity of ti-tle and without recourse to Plaintiffand in "AS IS" condition. The sale isfurther subject to confirmation bythe court. Upon payment in full ofthe amount bid, the purchaser willreceive a Certificate of Sale that willentitle the purchaser to a deed tothe real estate after confirmation ofthe sale. The property will NOT beopen for inspection and plaintiffmakes no representation as to thecondition of the property. Prospec-tive bidders are admonished tocheck the court file to verify all in-formation. If this property is a con-dominium unit, or a unit which ispart of a common interest commu-nity, the purchaser of the unit at theforeclosure sale, other than a mort-gagee, shall pay the assessmentsand the legal fees required by TheCondominium Property Act, 765ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). Inaccordance with 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(h-1) and (h-2), 765ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby

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BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEEFOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERSCWABS, INC. ASSET-BACKED CER-TIFICATES, SERIES 2006-11

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40W835 MAPLEHURST LANE

HAMPSHIRE, IL 60140

NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TOJUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UN-DER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORE-CLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENTIS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON ADEBT. ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THATPURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to aJudgment of Foreclosure and Saleentered by said Court in the aboveentitled cause on December 7,2007, KANE COUNTY SHERIFF inKANE County, Illinois, will on May8, 2014, in Room JC 100, KaneCounty Judicial Center, 37W777Route 38, St. Charles, IL 60175, at9:00 AM, sell at public auction andsale to the highest bidder for cash,all and singular, the following de-scribed real estate mentioned insaid Judgment, situated in theCounty of KANE, State of Illinois, orso much thereof as shall be suffi-cient to satisfy said Judgment:

TAX NO. 02-27-302-006 COM-MONLY KNOWN AS: 40W835MAPLEHURST LANE HAMPSHIRE,IL 60140 Description of Improve-ments: SEE PRELIM TITLE 2 STO-RY, RED BRICK SINGLE FAMILYHOME WITH 2 CAR ATTACHEDGARAGE The Judgment amount

dgmwas $663,240.76. Sale Terms:This is an "AS IS" sale for "CASH".The successful bidder must deposit25% down by certified funds; bal-ance, by certified funds, within 24hours. NO REFUNDS. The subjectproperty is subject to general realestate taxes, special assessments orspecial taxes levied against saidreal estate, water bills, etc., and isoffered for sale without any repre-sentation as to quality or quantityof title and without recourse toplaintiff. The sale is further subjectto confirmation by the court. Uponpayment in full of the bid amount,the purchaser shall receive a Certifi-cate of Sale, which will entitle thepurchaser to a Deed to the real es-tate after confirmation of the sale.The property will NOT be open forinspection. Prospective bidders areadmonished to check the court fileto verify all information. The suc-cessful purchaser has the sole re-sponsibility/expense of evicting anytenants or other individuals present-ly in possession of the subjectpremises. If this property is a con-dominium unit, the purchaser ofthe unit at the foreclosure sale, oth-er than a mortgagee shall pay theassessments and the legal fees re-quired by The Condominium Prop-erty Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1)and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THEMORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER),YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAININ POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AF-TER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POS-SESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITHSECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLI-NOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURELAW. For Information: Visit ourwebsite at http:\\service.atty-pierce.-com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.only - Pierce & Associates, Plain-tiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn,Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No.(312) 372-2060. Please refer tofile #PA0707522 Plaintiff's attor-ney is not required to provide addi-tional information other than thatset forth in this notice of sale.I596891

(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, March 25, April 1 & 8,2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE




Bank of America, N.A., successorby merger to BAC Home Loans Ser-vicing, LP f/k/a Countrywide HomeLoans Servicing, LP

PLAINTIFFVs.

Darrell M. Russell Jr.; et. al.DEFENDANTS

10 CH 03489

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF

REAL ESTATE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-EN that pursuant to a Judgment ofForeclosure and Sale entered in theabove cause on 5/31/2012,Patrick B. Perez, the Sheriff of KaneCounty, Illinois will on 4/10/14 atthe hour of 9:00AM at Kane Coun-ty Judicial Center, 37W777 Route38, Room JC 100 St. Charles, IL60175, or in a place otherwisedesignated at the time of sale,County of Kane and State of Illi-nois, sell at public auction to thehighest bidder for cash, as set forthbelow, the following described realestate:

PIN 02-24-151-084Improved with Condo/Town-

houseCOMMONLY KNOWN AS: 172

Jackson Street, Gilberts, IL 60136

Sale terms: 10% down of thehighest bid by certified funds at theclose of the auction; The balance,including the Judicial sale fee forAbandoned Residential PropertyMunicipality Relief Fund, which iscalculated at the rate of $1 for each$1,000 or fraction thereof of theamount paid by the purchaser notto exceed $300, in certified funds,is due within twenty-four (24)hours. The subject property is sub-ject to general real estate taxes,special assessments, or special tax-es levied against said real estateand is offered for sale without anyrepresentation as to quality orquantity of title and without re-course to Plaintiff and in "AS IS"condition. The sale is further subjectto confirmation by the court.

If the property is a condominiumand the foreclosure takes place after1/1/2007, purchasers other thanthe mortgagees will be required topay any assessment and legal feesdue under The Condominium Prop-erty Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1)and (g)(4).

If the property is located in acommon interest community, pur-chasers other than mortgagees willbe required to pay any assessmentand legal fees due under the Con-dominium Property Act, 765 ILCS605/18.5(g-1).

If the sale is set aside for anyreason, the Purchaser at the saleshall be entitled only to a return ofthe deposit paid. The Purchasershall have no further recourseagainst the Mortgagor, the Mort-gagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

Upon payment in full of theamount bid, the purchaser shall re-ceive a Certificate of Sale, whichwill entitle the purchaser to a Deedto the real estate after Confirmationof the sale. The successful pur-chaser has the soleresponsibility/expense of evictingany tenants or other individualspresently in possession of the sub-ject premises.

The property will NOT be openfor inspection and Plaintiff makesno representation as to the condi-tion of the property. Prospectivebidders are admonished to checkthe Court file to verify all informa-tion.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THERIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSIONFOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF ANORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC-CORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORT-GAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

For information: Examine thecourt file or contact Plaintiff's attor-ney: Codilis & Associates, P.C.,15W030 North Frontage Road,Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527,(630) 794-9876. Please refer tofile number 14-10-24533.I595194

(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, March 11, 18 & 25,2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE




WELLS FARGO BANK, NAPLAINTIFF

VSEUGENE SULIMA; CANTERBURYPLACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIA-TION, INC.; UNKNOWN OWNERSAND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ;BMO HARRIS BANK, N.A. S/I/I TOHARRIS N.A.; JULIE FOX, SPECIALREPRESENTATIVE OF THE DE-

CEASED MORTGAGOR, HANNASULIMA; UNKNOWN HEIRS ANDLEGATEES OF HANNA SULIMA, IFANY; EWA ZAPART;

DEFENDANTS11 CH 1429

1595 MILLBROOK DRIVE

ALGONQUIN, IL 60102

NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TOJUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UN-DER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORE-CLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENTIS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON ADEBT. ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THATPURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to aJudgment of Foreclosure and Saleentered by said Court in the aboveentitled cause on January 17,2014, KANE COUNTY SHERIFF inKANE County, Illinois, will on April24, 2014, in Room JC 100, KaneCounty Judicial Center, 37W777Route 38, St. Charles, IL 60175, at9:00 AM, sell at public auction andsale to the highest bidder for cash,all and singular, the following de-scribed real estate mentioned insaid Judgment, situated in theCounty of KANE, State of Illinois, orso much thereof as shall be suffi-cient to satisfy said Judgment:

TAX NO. 03-06-202-033 COM-MONLY KNOWN AS: 1595 MILL-BROOK DRIVE ALGONQUIN, IL60102 Description of Improve-ments: TOWNHOUSE, ATT GARAGE,NOT FOR SALE, UTIL ON The Judg-ment amount was $233,944.43.Sale Terms: This is an "AS IS" salefor "CASH". The successful biddermust deposit 25% down by certi-fied funds; balance, by certifiedfunds, within 24 hours. NO RE-FUNDS. The subject property is sub-ject to general real estate taxes,special assessments or special tax-es levied against said real estate,water bills, etc., and is offered forsale without any representation asto quality or quantity of title andwithout recourse to plaintiff. Thesale is further subject to confirma-tion by the court. Upon payment infull of the bid amount, the purchas-er shall receive a Certificate of Sale,which will entitle the purchaser to aDeed to the real estate after confir-mation of the sale. The property willNOT be open for inspection.Prospective bidders are admon-ished to check the court file to verifyall information. The successful pur-chaser has the soleresponsibility/expense of evictingany tenants or other individualspresently in possession of the sub-ject premises. If this property is acondominium unit, the purchaserof the unit at the foreclosure sale,other than a mortgagee shall paythe assessments and the legal feesrequired by The CondominiumProperty Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THEMORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER),YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAININ POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AF-TER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POS-SESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITHSECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLI-NOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURELAW. For Information: Visit ourwebsite at http:\\service.atty-pierce.-com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.only - Pierce & Associates, Plain-tiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn,Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No.(312) 372-2060. Please refer tofile #PA1114861 Plaintiff's attor-ney is not required to provide addi-tional information other than thatset forth in this notice of sale.

I594025


PUBLIC NOTICE




BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,Plaintiff,

-vs-DAVID F. ORTSCHEID, TIMBERTRAILS UNIT 7 CONDOMINIUM AS-SOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS-TENANTS AND NON-RECORDCLAIMANTS,

Defendant(s).12 CH 3213

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby giventhat pursuant to a Judgment ofForeclosure entered in the aboveentitled cause on May 21, 2013,the Sheriff of Kane County will onApril 17, 2014, at the hour of 9:00a.m. at the Kane County Court-house, 100 South 3rd St, Geneva,IL 60134 , sell to the highest bid-der for cash, the following de-scribed property:

COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 572Telluride Drive, Gilberts, IL 60136

PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NO:02-25-306-025

The improvement on the propertyconsists of a Single unit dwelling.

Sale terms: cash in hand.The Judgment amount was

$238,853.93The property will NOT be open

for inspection.IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR

(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THERIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSIONFOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF ANORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC-CORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORT-GAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

For information: Contact KorinKnutson , Esq. of Kozeny & Mc-Cubbin Illinois, LLC., Plaintiff's At-torney, 105 West Adams, Suite1850, Chicago, Illinois 60603.(312) 605-3500 ext. 1533.I596511

(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, March 18, 25 & April 1,2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE




Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. successorby merger to Wells Fargo HomeMortgage, Inc.

PLAINTIFFVs.

Hildegarde Glueckstein; et. al.DEFENDANTS

13 CH 01240


REAL ESTATE


PIN 03-03-228-012

Improved with ResidentialCOMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1105

Meghan Avenue, Algonquin, IL60102

Sale terms: 10% down of thehighest bid by certified funds at theclose of the auction; The balance,including the Judicial sale fee forAbandoned Residential PropertyMunicipality Relief Fund, which iscalculated at the rate of $1 for each$1,000 or fraction thereof of theamount paid by the purchaser notto exceed $300, in certified funds,is due within twenty-four (24)hours. The subject property is sub-ject to general real estate taxes,special assessments, or special tax-es levied against said real estateand is offered for sale without anyrepresentation as to quality orquantity of title and without re-course to Plaintiff and in "AS IS"condition. The sale is further subjectto confirmation by the court.









PUBLIC NOTICE




Green Tree Servicing LLCPLAINTIFF

Vs.Richard G. Sweitzer; et. al.



REAL ESTATE


PIN 03-23-182-014Improved with ResidentialCOMMONLY KNOWN AS: 16

Guth Street, East Dundee, IL 60118Sale terms: 10% down of the

highest bid by certified funds at theclose of the auction; The balance,including the Judicial sale fee forAbandoned Residential PropertyMunicipality Relief Fund, which iscalculated at the rate of $1 for each$1,000 or fraction thereof of theamount paid by the purchaser notto exceed $300, in certified funds,is due within twenty-four (24)hours. The subject property is sub-ject to general real estate taxes,special assessments, or special tax-es levied against said real estateand is offered for sale without anyrepresentation as to quality orquantity of title and without re-course to Plaintiff and in "AS IS"condition. The sale is further subjectto confirmation by the court.







For information: Examine thecourt file or contact Plaintiff's attor-ney: Codilis & Associates, P.C.,15W030 North Frontage Road,Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527,(630) 794-9876. Please refer tofile number 14-13-21128.

I597907


CLASSIFIEDKane County Chronicle / kcchronicle.com Tuesday, March 25, 2014 •

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE

SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

PUBLIC NOTICE




BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,Plaintiff,

-vs-DAVID F. ORTSCHEID, TIMBERTRAILS UNIT 7 CONDOMINIUM AS-SOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS-TENANTS AND NON-RECORDCLAIMANTS,

Defendant(s).12 CH 3213

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby giventhat pursuant to a Judgment ofForeclosure entered in the aboveentitled cause on May 21, 2013,the Sheriff of Kane County will onApril 17, 2014, at the hour of 9:00a.m. at the Kane County Court-house, 100 South 3rd St, Geneva,IL 60134 , sell to the highest bid-der for cash, the following de-scribed property:

UNIT 669-5, IN TIMBER TRAILSUNIT SEVEN (7) CONDOMINIUM,BEING A PART OF THE SOUTH-WEST QUARTER OF SECTION 25,TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 7EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPALMERIDIAN, IN KANE COUNTY ILLI-

NOIS, ACCORDING TO THE PLATTHEREOF RECORDED FEBRUARY26, 2003 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER2003K033533, IN KANE COUNTY,ILLINOIS AND THEREAFTER RE-PLATTED AND RECORDED ON AU-GUST 19, 2003 AS DOCUMENTNUMBER 2003K147659, IN KANECOUNTY, ILLINOIS.

COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 572Telluride Drive, Gilberts, IL 60136

PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NO:02-25-306-025

The improvement on the propertyconsists of a Single unit dwelling.

Sale terms: cash in hand.The Judgment amount was

$238,853.93The property will NOT be open

for inspection.IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR

(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THERIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSIONFOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF ANORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC-CORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORT-GAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

For information: Contact KorinKnutson , Esq. of Kozeny & Mc-Cubbin Illinois, LLC., Plaintiff's At-torney, 105 West Adams, Suite1850, Chicago, Illinois 60603.(312) 605-3500 ext. 1533.I596511


PUBLIC NOTICE




Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. successorby merger to Wells Fargo HomeMortgage, Inc.

PLAINTIFFVs.

Hildegarde Glueckstein; et. al.DEFENDANTS

13 CH 01240


REAL ESTATE


LOT 12 IN RIVERWOOD ESTATE,UNIT 1, A SUBDIVISION OF PARTOF THE EAST HALF OF THE FRAC-TIONAL NORTHEAST QUARTER OFSECTION 3, T42N, RANGE 8 EASTOF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDI-AN, ACCORDING TO THE PLATTHEREOF RECORDED JUNE 25,1979 AS DOCUMENT 1509577,IN KANE COUNTY ILLINOIS.


Meghan Avenue, Algonquin, IL60102

Sale terms: 10% down of thehighest bid by certified funds at theclose of the auction; The balance,including the Judicial sale fee forAbandoned Residential PropertyMunicipality Relief Fund, which iscalculated at the rate of $1 for each$1,000 or fraction thereof of theamount paid by the purchaser notto exceed $300, in certified funds,is due within twenty-four (24)

ty-four (24)hours. The subject property is sub-ject to general real estate taxes,special assessments, or special tax-es levied against said real estateand is offered for sale without anyrepresentation as to quality orquantity of title and without re-course to Plaintiff and in "AS IS"condition. The sale is further subjectto confirmation by the court.









PUBLIC NOTICE




Green Tree Servicing LLCPLAINTIFF

Vs.Richard G. Sweitzer; et. al.



REAL ESTATE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-EN that pursuant to a Judgment ofForeclosure and Sale entered in theabove cause on 11/26/2013,Patrick B. Perez, the Sheriff of KaneCounty, Illinois will on 5/8/14 atthe hour of 9:00AM at Kane Coun-ty Judicial Center, 37W777 Route38, Room JC 100 St. Charles, IL60175, or in a place otherwisedesignated at the time of sale,County of Kane and State of Illi-nois, sell at public auction to the

publichighest bidder for cash, as set forthbelow, the following described realestate:

LOT 8 IN BLOCK 2 OF CHRIS-TIAN GUTH'S SUBDIVISION, IN THEVILLAGE OF EAST DUNDEE, KANECOUNTY, ILLINOIS.


Guth Street, East Dundee, IL 60118Sale terms: 10% down of the










(g ), yo bynotified that the purchaser of theproperty, other than a mortgagee,shall pay the assessments and le-gal fees required by subsections (g)(1) and (g)(4) of section 9 andthe assessments required by sub-section (g-1) of section 18.5 of theIllinois Condominium Property Act.IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THERIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSIONFOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF ANORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC-CORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORT-GAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For in-formation, contact Plaintiff's attor-ney: Anthony Porto, FREEDMANANSELMO LINDBERG LLC, 1807W. DIEHL ROAD, SUITE 333,NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (866)402-8661 For bidding instructions,visit www.fal-illinois.com.. Pleaserefer to file number F13030416.THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA-TION One South Wacker Drive,24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You canalso visit The Judicial Sales Corpo-ration at www.tjsc.com for a 7 daystatus report of pending sales.FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERGLLC 1807 W. DIEHL ROAD, SUITE333 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (866)402-8661 E-Mail: [email protected] Attorney FileNo. F13030416 Attorney ARDCNo. 3126232 Case Number: 13CH 1085 TJSC#: 34-4181 NOTE:Pursuant to the Fair Debt CollectionPractices Act, you are advised thatPlaintiff's attorney is deemed to bea debt collector attempting to col-lect a debt and any information ob-tained will be used for that purpose.I596580


PUBLIC NOTICE




BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEEFOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERSCWABS, INC. ASSET-BACKED CER-TIFICATES, SERIES 2006-11

PLAINTIFFVS

TERESA M. HATCH; DANIEL L.HATCH; UNKNOWN HEIRS ANDLEGATEES OF TERESA M. HATCH,IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS ANDNON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; TERE-SA M HATCH;

DEFENDANTS07 CHK 1156

40W835 MAPLEHURST LANE

HAMPSHIRE, IL 60140

NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TOJUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UN-DER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORE-CLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENTIS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON ADEBT. ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THATPURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to aJudgment of Foreclosure and Saleentered by said Court in the aboveentitled cause on December 7,2007, KANE COUNTY SHERIFF in

KANE County, Illinois, will on May8, 2014, in Room JC 100, KaneCounty Judicial Center, 37W777Route 38, St. Charles, IL 60175, at9:00 AM, sell at public auction andsale to the highest bidder for cash,all and singular, the following de-scribed real estate mentioned insaid Judgment, situated in theCounty of KANE, State of Illinois, orso much thereof as shall be suffi-cient to satisfy said Judgment:

LOT 34 IN MAPLEHURST SUBDI-VISION UNIT 6, ACCORDING TOTHE PLAT THEREOF RECORDEDJULY 1, 2004 AS DOCUMENT2004K087236, IN RUTLANDTOWNSHIP, KANE COUNTY, ILLI-NOIS.

TAX NO. 02-27-302-006 COM-MONLY KNOWN AS: 40W835MAPLEHURST LANE HAMPSHIRE,IL 60140 Description of Improve-ments: SEE PRELIM TITLE 2 STO-RY, RED BRICK SINGLE FAMILYHOME WITH 2 CAR ATTACHEDGARAGE The Judgment amountwas $663,240.76. Sale Terms:This is an "AS IS" sale for "CASH".The successful bidder must deposit25% down by certified funds; bal-ance, by certified funds, within 24hours. NO REFUNDS. The subjectproperty is subject to general realestate taxes, special assessments orspecial taxes levied against saidreal estate, water bills, etc., and isoffered for sale without any repre-sentation as to quality or quantityof title and without recourse toplaintiff. The sale is further subjectto confirmation by the court. Uponpayment in full of the bid amount,the purchaser shall receive a Certifi-cate of Sale, which will entitle thepurchaser to a Deed to the real es-tate after confirmation of the sale.The property will NOT be open forinspection. Prospective bidders areadmonished to check the court fileto verify all information. The suc-cessful purchaser has the sole re-sponsibility/expense of evicting anytenants or other individuals present-ly in possession of the subjectpremises. If this property is a con-dominium unit, the purchaser ofthe unit at the foreclosure sale, oth-er than a mortgagee shall pay theassessments and the legal fees re-quired by The Condominium Prop-erty Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1)and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THEMORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER),YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAININ POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AF-TER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POS-SESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITHSECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLI-NOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURELAW. For Information: Visit ourwebsite at http:\\service.atty-pierce.-com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.only - Pierce & Associates, Plain-tiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn,Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No.(312) 372-2060. Please refer tofile #PA0707522 Plaintiff's attor-ney is not required to provide addi-tional information other than thatset forth in this notice of sale.I596891


PUBLIC NOTICE




Bank of America, N.A., successorby merger to BAC Home Loans Ser-vicing, LP f/k/a Countrywide HomeLoans Servicing, LP

PLAINTIFF

Vs.Darrell M. Russell Jr.; et. al.



REAL ESTATE


UNIT 281-4 IN GILBERT TOWNCENTER - UNIT 1A CONDOMINIUM,AS DELINEATED ON A SURVEY OFTHE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PAR-CEL OF REAL ESTATE:

PART OF CERTAIN LOTS INGILBERT TOWN CENTER - UNIT 1A,BEING A PART OF THE NORTHHALF OF SECTION 24, AND PARTOF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OFSECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 42NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THETHIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN AC-CORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOFRECORDED NOVEMBER 22, 2005AS DOCUMENT 2005K40427,AND ANY AMENDMENTS SUBSE-QUENT THERETO IN KANE COUN-TY, ILLINOIS.

PIN 02-24-151-084Improved with Condo/Town-

houseCOMMONLY KNOWN AS: 172

Jackson Street, Gilberts, IL 60136Sale terms: 10% down of the





Upon payment in full of theamount bid, the purchaser shall re-ceive a Certificate of Sale, whichwill entitle the purchaser to a Deedto the real estate after Confirmationof the sale. The successful pur-chaser has the soleresponsibility/expense of evictingany tenants or other individuals

anypresently in possession of the sub-ject premises.





PUBLIC NOTICE




WELLS FARGO BANK, NAPLAINTIFF

VSEUGENE SULIMA; CANTERBURYPLACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIA-TION, INC.; UNKNOWN OWNERSAND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ;BMO HARRIS BANK, N.A. S/I/I TOHARRIS N.A.; JULIE FOX, SPECIALREPRESENTATIVE OF THE DE-CEASED MORTGAGOR, HANNASULIMA; UNKNOWN HEIRS ANDLEGATEES OF HANNA SULIMA, IFANY; EWA ZAPART;


1595 MILLBROOK DRIVE

ALGONQUIN, IL 60102

NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TOJUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UN-DER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORE-CLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENTIS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON ADEBT. ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THATPURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to aJudgment of Foreclosure and Saleentered by said Court in the aboveentitled cause on January 17,2014, KANE COUNTY SHERIFF inKANE County, Illinois, will on April24, 2014, in Room JC 100, KaneCounty Judicial Center, 37W777Route 38, St. Charles, IL 60175, at9:00 AM, sell at public auction andsale to the highest bidder for cash,all and singular, the following de-scribed real estate mentioned insaid Judgment, situated in theCounty of KANE, State of Illinois, orso much thereof as shall be suffi-cient to satisfy said Judgment:

BUILDING 13 UNIT 3 TOGETHERWITH ITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGEINTEREST IN THE COMMON ELE-MENTS IN THE CANTERBURYPLACE CONDOMINIUM, AS DELIN-EATED AND DEFINED IN THE DEC-LARATION RECORDED MARCH 16,2004 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER2004K032068, AS AMENDEDFROM TIME TO TIME, IN THENORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION6, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPALMERIDIAN, IN KANE COUNTY, ILLI-NOIS.

TAX NO. 03-06-202-033 COM-MONLY KNOWN AS: 1595 MILL-BROOK DRIVE ALGONQUIN, IL60102 Description of Improve-

ptio prments: TOWNHOUSE, ATT GARAGE,NOT FOR SALE, UTIL ON The Judg-ment amount was $233,944.43.Sale Terms: This is an "AS IS" salefor "CASH". The successful biddermust deposit 25% down by certi-fied funds; balance, by certifiedfunds, within 24 hours. NO RE-FUNDS. The subject property is sub-ject to general real estate taxes,special assessments or special tax-es levied against said real estate,water bills, etc., and is offered forsale without any representation asto quality or quantity of title andwithout recourse to plaintiff. Thesale is further subject to confirma-tion by the court. Upon payment infull of the bid amount, the purchas-er shall receive a Certificate of Sale,which will entitle the purchaser to aDeed to the real estate after confir-mation of the sale. The property willNOT be open for inspection.Prospective bidders are admon-ished to check the court file to verifyall information. The successful pur-chaser has the soleresponsibility/expense of evictingany tenants or other individualspresently in possession of the sub-ject premises. If this property is acondominium unit, the purchaserof the unit at the foreclosure sale,other than a mortgagee shall paythe assessments and the legal feesrequired by The CondominiumProperty Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THEMORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER),YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAININ POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AF-TER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POS-SESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITHSECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLI-NOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURELAW. For Information: Visit ourwebsite at http:\\service.atty-pierce.-com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.only - Pierce & Associates, Plain-tiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn,Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No.(312) 372-2060. Please refer tofile #PA1114861 Plaintiff's attor-ney is not required to provide addi-tional information other than thatset forth in this notice of sale.I594025


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2014 Crack Sealing Program

1. NOTICE is hereby given thatthe City Council of the City ofBatavia, Illinois (hereinafter calledth "O ") ill iv aled

PUBLIC NOTICERUTLAND TOWNSHIP

ANNUAL TOWNSHIP MEETINGNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

To the legal voters, residents ofRutland Township in the County ofKane and the State of Illinois thatthe ANNUAL TOWN MEETING ofsaid Township will take place onTuesday APRIL 8, 2014, being thesecond Tuesday of the said monthat 7:00p.m. at Rutland Town Hall,16N491 Powers Road, Gilberts,IL 60136 for the transaction of themiscellaneous business of saidtownship; and after a Moderatorhaving been elected, will proceedto hear and consider reports of offi-cers, and decide on such measuresas may, in pursuance of law, comebefore the meeting: and especiallyto consider and decide the follow-ing: Call to order and Pledge of Al-legiance/Invocation; Electors Nomi-nate and elect Moderator: Adminis-tration of Oath to Moderator: Rollcall of Officials: Motion to approveAnnual Meeting Agenda for 2014;

ng AgeAdoption of Date and Time for the2015 Annual Township Meeting,Motion to approve Annual MeetingMinutes of April16, 2013. Readingof Annual Financial Statements forTown and Road Funds; Reportfrom Highway Commissioner: Re-port from Assessor, Supervisor and/or Trustees; Open/Discussion/Com-ments: Adjournment. Signed anddated this 24th day of March2014.

Linda K. IversonTownship Clerk

(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle and the Northwest HeraldMarch 25, 2014)

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Time and Place ofOpening of Bids

Complete bids submitted in du-plicate, in a sealed envelope withthe words "2014 STREET IM-PROVEMENT PROJECT" clearlymarked on it, will be received bythe City of Geneva, Illinois until10:00 a.m. on April 10, 2014 atthe office of the City Administrator,located at 22 South First Street,Geneva, IL 60134, at which timethey will be publicly opened andread aloud. Proposals submittedafter the time specified will be re-turned to the bidder unopened.

Description of WorkThe 2014 STREET IMPROVE-

MENT PROJECT will be for the im-provement of approximately 6.0miles of various City streets. Deteri-orated Inlets, Manholes, Curb, Side-walk and Pavement will be re-moved and replaced. Water Mainreplacement on two streets, anddomestic water service lines up-grade on one street. The Parkwaywill be restored with topsoil, seed-ing and mulch. Pavement crackson other streets will be routing andfilling.

Bidders Instructions1) Plans and proposals will be

available in the office of the Directorof Public Works located at 1800South Street Geneva, Illinois60134-2547; Attn: C. Elton Oroz-co 630-232-1501. Contractorsshall submit $50.00 per each copyof the plans along with an IDOTprequalification that includes HMAPlant Mix. Contractors without thenecessary IDOT prequalification willbe able to pick up the plans andspecifications as Sub-contractorsonly.

2) All proposals shall be accom-panied by a proposal guarantyequaling an amount not less than5% of his bid amount. This guar-

guaranty may be a Bid Bond orcashier's check.

3) The City of Geneva, Illinois re-serves the right to reject any or allbids and waive technicalities.

4) Bidders shall submit in theirbid package the Contract Coversheet, Notice to Bidders, ContractProposal, Contract Schedule ofPrices, Signatures and Guaranty(see item 2).

5) The quantities appearing inthe bid schedule are approximateand are prepared for comparison ofbids. Payment to the Contractorswill be made only for the actualquantities of work performed andaccepted or for materials furnishedaccording to the contract. Thescheduled quantities of work to bedone and materials to be furnishedmay be increased, decreased oromitted as hereinafter provided.

6) Submission of a bid is con-

6)clusive assurance and warranty thebidder has examined the plans andunderstands all requirements for theperformance of the work. The bid-der will responsible for all errors inthe proposal resulting from failureor neglect to conduct an in depthexamination. The City will, in nocase be responsible for any cost,expenses, losses or changes in an-ticipated profits resulting from suchfailure or neglect of the bidder.

7) The bidder will take no ad-vantage of any errors or omissionsin the proposal and advertised con-tract.

8) Permission will be given tothe bidder to withdraw a proposal ifthe bidder makes the request inwriting or in person before the timespecified for opening the proposals.

(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, March 25, 2014.)

KANE COUNTY, ILLINOISJPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA-TIONAL ASSOCIATION

Plaintiff,-v.-

LYSLE L. BOWER AKA LYSLE BOW-ER, LIANA BOWER, THE CAM-BRIDGE LAKES COMMUNITY ASSO-CIATION, DISCOVER BANK

Defendant13 CH 1085

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICEIS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant toa Judgment of Foreclosure andSale entered in the above cause onOctober 7, 2013, an agent for TheJudicial Sales Corporation, will at1:00 PM on April 15, 2014, at theCDH LAW GROUP, LLC, 2000 W.Galena Blvd., Suite 210, Aurora,IL, 60506, sell at public auction tothe highest bidder, as set forth be-low, the following described realestate:

LOT 774, IN CAMBRIDGE LAKESUNIT 8, BEING A SUBDIVISION OFPART OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OFSECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 42NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THETHIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN INTHE VILLAGE OF PINGREE GROVE,ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THERE-OF RECORDED DECEMBER 14,2005 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER2005K148981, IN KANE COUNTY,ILLINOIS.

Commonly known as 867 BRIS-TOL STREET, Pingree Grove, IL60140 Property Index No. 02-33-102-010 (NEW); 02-33-100-001(OLD). The real estate is improvedwith a townhouse. The judgmentamount was $422,023.84. Saleterms: 25% down of the highestbid by certified funds at the close ofthe sale payable to The JudicialSales Corporation. No third partychecks will be accepted. The bal-ance, including the Judicial salefee for Abandoned ResidentialProperty Municipality Relief Fund,which is calculated on residentialreal estate at the rate of $1 for each$1,000 or fraction thereof of theamount paid by the purchaser notto exceed $300, in certifiedfunds/or wire transfer, is due withintwenty-four (24) hours. No feeshall be paid by the mortgagee ac-quiring the residential real estatepursuant to its credit bid at the saleor by any mortgagee, judgmentcreditor, or other lienor acquiringthe residential real estate whoserights in and to the residential realestate arose prior to the sale. Thesubject property is subject to gener-al real estate taxes, special assess-ments, or special taxes leviedagainst said real estate and is of-fered for sale without any represen-tation as to quality or quantity of ti-tle and without recourse to Plaintiffand in "AS IS" condition. The sale isfurther subject to confirmation bythe court. Upon payment in full ofthe amount bid, the purchaser willreceive a Certificate of Sale that willentitle the purchaser to a deed tothe real estate after confirmation ofthe sale. The property will NOT beopen for inspection and plaintiffmakes no representation as to thecondition of the property. Prospec-tive bidders are admonished tocheck the court file to verify all in-formation. If this property is a con-dominium unit, or a unit which ispart of a common interest commu-nity, the purchaser of the unit at theforeclosure sale, other than a mort-gagee, shall pay the assessmentsand the legal fees required by TheCondominium Property Act, 765ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). Inaccordance with 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(h-1) and (h-2), 765ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS

9(g)(5),605/18.5(g-1), you are herebynotified that the purchaser of theproperty, other than a mortgagee,shall pay the assessments and le-gal fees required by subsections (g)(1) and (g)(4) of section 9 andthe assessments required by sub-section (g-1) of section 18.5 of theIllinois Condominium Property Act.IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR(HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THERIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSIONFOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF ANORDER OF POSSESSION, IN AC-CORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORT-GAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For in-formation, contact Plaintiff's attor-ney: Anthony Porto, FREEDMANANSELMO LINDBERG LLC, 1807W. DIEHL ROAD, SUITE 333,NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (866)402-8661 For bidding instructions,visit www.fal-illinois.com.. Pleaserefer to file number F13030416.THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA-TION One South Wacker Drive,24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You canalso visit The Judicial Sales Corpo-ration at www.tjsc.com for a 7 daystatus report of pending sales.FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERGLLC 1807 W. DIEHL ROAD, SUITE333 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (866)402-8661 E-Mail: [email protected] Attorney FileNo. F13030416 Attorney ARDCNo. 3126232 Case Number: 13CH 1085 TJSC#: 34-4181 NOTE:Pursuant to the Fair Debt CollectionPractices Act, you are advised thatPlaintiff's attorney is deemed to bea debt collector attempting to col-lect a debt and any information ob-tained will be used for that purpose.I596580


PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THESIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

KANE COUNTY, ILLINOISCHANCERY DIVISION

OLD SECOND NATIONAL BANK,Plaintiff,

v.MILTON J. ROMY; LORRAINE B.ROMY; MAXIMUM PROFESSION-ALS, INC.; FIRST MIDWEST BANK;PRAIRIE LAKE INDUSTRIAL PARKASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWN-ERS and NON-RECORDCLAIMANTS,

Defendants.14 CH 346

Property Addresses:170 PrairieLake Road, East Dundee, Illinois60118

MORTGAGE FORECLOSUREPUBLICATION NOTICE

The requisite affidavit for publica-tion having been filed, notice ishereby given you, Unknown Own-ers and Non-Record Claimants, De-fendants in the above entitled suit,that the said suit has been com-menced in the Circuit Court of KaneCounty, Illinois, by the Plaintiffagainst you and other defendants,praying for the foreclosure of a cer-tain Mortgage conveying thepremises described as follows, towit:

LOT 13 IN PRAIRIE LAKE INDUS-TRIAL PARK, BEING A SUBDIVISIONOF THAT PART OF THE SOUTHEASTQUARTER OF SECTION 13 ANDPART OF THE NORTHEAST QUAR-TER OF SECTION 24, ALL INTOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 8EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPALMERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE

PLAT THEREOF RECORDED FEBRU-ARY 27, 2001 AS DOCUMENT2001K016788, IN THE VILLAGEOF EAST DUNDEE, KANE COUNTY,ILLINOIS.

PIN: 03-13-476-004Property Address: 170 Prairie

Lake Road, East Dundee, Illinois60118

And which Mortgage was madeby Milton J. Romy and Lorraine B.Romy, in favor of Old Second Na-tional Bank, dated August 12,2005 and recorded August 19,2005 as Document No.2005K097212. with the KaneCounty Recorder of Deeds and forsuch other relief prayed, that sum-mons was duly issued out of thesaid Circuit Court against you asprovided by law, and that the saidsuit is now pending.

NOW THEREFORE, UNLESSYOU, the said above defendants,file your answer to the complaint inthe case or otherwise file your ap-pearance in the Office of the CircuitCourt Clerk, 540 S. Randall Road,St. Charles, Illinois 60174, on orbefore the April 10, 2014, a defaultmay be entered against you at anytime after that day and a decree en-tered in accordance with the prayerof said complaint.

THOMAS M. HARTWELL,Clerk of the Circuit Court of

Kane County, IllinoisSamuel J. Schumer(ARDC No. 6300807)MELTZER, PURTILL & STELLE LLC300 South Wacker Drive,Suite 3500Chicago, Illinois 60606(312) 987-9900I595863


PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLICATION NOTICEINDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION

Case No. 2014 P 000136

NOTICE TO ALL CREDITORS,CLAIMANTS, ANDUNKNOWN HEIRS

Notice is hereby given of thedeath of UDO KARL AUGUSTIN,who died intestate on February 2,2014, a resident of, Carpen-tersville, Kane County, Illinois. Onor about March 10 or 11, 2014,an Order was entered by the CircuitCourt of the Sixteenth Judicial Cir-cuit, Kane County, Illinois appoint-ing Mr. Kai Gerkey, 2913 North-land Road, Oklahoma City, OK73120, as Independent Adminis-trator and the Letter of Administra-tion was issued on March 11,2014. The attorney of record andagent for the Estate is Law Office ofAnthony Abear, P.C., 460 S. Coun-ty Farm Road, Wheaton, Illinois60187. Claims against the Estatemay be filed on or before Septem-ber 25, 2014. Claims against theEstate may be filed with the Clerk ofthe Circuit Court, 540 S. RandallRd., St. Charles, IL, 60174 or withthe Administrator, or both. Anyclaim not filed within that period isbarred. Copies of a claim filed withthe Clerk must be mailed or deliv-ered to the Administrator and to theattorney within 10 days after it hasbeen filed. The Estate will be ad-ministrated without Court supervi-sion unless an interested party ter-minates independent supervisionadministration by filing a petition toterminate under Article XXVIII 5/28-4 of the Probate Act. (755 ILCS

(75/28-4).


PUBLIC NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICENOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that theCity of St. Charles City Council willhold a Public Hearing at 7:30p.m., April 7, 2014, in the Munici-pal Center, 2 E. Main Street, St.Charles, IL, to examine the pro-posed budget for the Fiscal Year2014-2015. All persons will havean opportunity to ask questionsabout the overall budget and havethe opportunity to comment on thebudget as a whole both verballyand in writing.

The proposed budget is availablefor public inspection in the office ofthe City Administrator, MunicipalCenter, 2 E. Main Street, St.Charles, IL, between the hours of8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Mondaythrough Friday.

Christopher A. MinickFinance Director


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ASSUMED NAMEPUBLICATION NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby giventhat on Thursday, March 20, 2014a certificate was filed in the officeof the County Clerk of Kane County,Illinois, setting forth the names andaddresses of all persons owning,conducting and transacting thebusiness known as “Twins” locatedat 115 S. Pine St, Geneva, IL,60134.

Dated: March 20, 2014.

/s/ John A. CunninghamKane County Clerk

(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, March 25 & April 1, 8,2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE


Public Notice is hereby giventhat on Monday, March 17, 2014a certificate was filed in the officeof the County Clerk of Kane County,Illinois, setting forth the names andaddresses of all persons owning,conducting and transacting thebusiness known as THUNDERPAINTING AND CONSTRUCTIONlocated at 766 High Street, Aurora,IL 60505.




PUBLIC NOTICE


Public Notice is hereby giventhat on Monday, March 17, 2014a certificate was filed in the officeof the County Clerk of Kane County,Illinois, setting forth the names andaddresses of all persons owning,conducting and transacting thebusiness known as SCHMANKEMEDIA located at 16 E WilsonStreet #3, Batavia, IL 60510.




(hthe "Owner") will receive sealedbids at the Batavia Public WorksOffice, 200 North Raddant Road,Batavia, Illinois 60510-2292, until10:00 o'clock A.M. local time onTuesday, April 8, 2014 for theconstruction of the 2014 CrackSealing Program (hereinaftercalled the "Project") at which timeand place the bids will be publiclyopened and read aloud at 10:05o'clock A.M. local time on Tues-day, April 8, 2014.

2. This is a cash project.

3. The work for which bids areto be received generally and brieflyconsists of the following:

Crack Sealing several

locations in the City ofBatavia

4. All work shall be in accor-dance with the specifications as setforth in the Contract Documents,plans, and other State and Localregulations as applicable.

5. The proposal from the Con-tractor shall consist of the submis-sion of the completed ContractDocuments and supplemental ad-dendums as received from theOwner. The bid shall be made onthe BID PROPOSAL, BID SCHED-ULE, BID CONDITIONS, AND BIDFORM provided as part of theseBidding Documents and shall beaccompanied by a bid guaranteein the form of a Certified orCashier¡Çs check from a responsi-ble solvent bank or Bid Bond madepayable to the City of Batavia inthe amount of five percent (5%) ofthe bid amount. The amount of thebid guarantee shall be forfeited tothe Owner if the Bidder neglects orrefuses to enter into a Contract or tofurnish performance security afterthe bid has been accepted.

6. The Owner reserves the rightto require the low Bidder to fileproof, within seven (7) calendardays of the bid opening, of theContractor's ability to finance andexecute the project. This proof shallinclude, but not be limited to, a fi-nancial statement, a list of equip-ment owned by Bidder, and abacklog of jobs under a Contract.The Project will be awarded oncethe qualified low Bidder furnishessatisfactory evidence that they havethe ability, sufficient capital, facili-ties, and plant to enable the Con-tractor to prosecute the work suc-cessfully and promptly, and tocomplete the work within the timespecified in the Contract Docu-ments.

7. The Contractor shall providea written statement as part of theBid submittal of verifying their abili-ty to commence work on theproject within the time specified inthe Contract Documents.

8. The Owner intends to acceptthe lowest responsible bid and theOwner reserves the right to rejectany and all bids, offers, or propos-als submitted, or to advertise fornew bids. The Owner reserves theright to defer the acceptance of anybid and the award of a Contract fora period not exceeding sixty (60)days after the date of opening thebids. The public bid opening dateis 10:05 o'clock A.M. local timeon Tuesday, April 8, 2014.

9. The successful Bidder towhom the Contract shall be award-ed shall sign the Contract, furnish a

gnPerformance Bond, or Letter ofCredit in amounts equal to onehundred ten percent (110%) of theContract Amount and required Cer-tificates of Insurance, within five (5)calendar days after the Contracthas been awarded. Failure to doso shall make the Contract null andvoid.

10. Bidders are advised of thefollowing requirements of this con-tract: 1) Illinois Prevailing Wage;2) 5% Bid Security with submittalof bid; 3) 110 Performance Securi-ty five calendar days after Contractaward; 4) applicable OSHA andEPA requirements.

11. Bid package (Instructions toBidders, Contract Documents,Plans, Specifications and SpecialProvisions) for use by prospectiveBidders and interested suppliersmay be obtained from the BataviaPublic Works Office, 200 NorthRaddant Road, Batavia, Illinois,60510-2292.

Dated this 25th day of March,2014

City of Batavia__________________Scott HainesStreet Superintendent


PUBLIC NOTICE

INVITATION TO BID

NOTICE is hereby given that theCity Council of the City of Batavia(hereinafter called the "Owner") willreceive sealed bids at the BataviaPublic Works until 10:30 a.m. lo-cal time on Tuesday, April 8,2014, for the 2014 Uniform RentalThree-Year Renewable Contract.Bids will be publicly opened andread aloud at 10:35 a.m. localtime on Tuesday, April 8, 2014.

This is a cash project. The workfor which bids are to be receivedgenerally and briefly consists of thefollowing:

Uniform Rental Three-YearRenewable Contract

The Owner reserves the right toreject any and all bids, offers, orproposal submitted, or to advertisefor new bids. The Owner reservesthe right to defer the acceptance ofany bid and the award of a Con-tract for a period not exceedingforty-five (45) days after the date ofopening the bids.

The successful Bidder, to whomthe Contract shall be awarded,shall sign the Contract within fifteen(15) days after the Contract hasbeen executed. Failure to do soshall make the Contract null andvoid.

Bid Documents, for use byprospective Bidders and interestedsuppliers, may be obtained at theBatavia Public Works, 200 N. Rad-dant Road, Batavia, Illinois,60510. The bids shall be madeon the Proposal/Schedule of Pricesprovided as part of the ContractDocuments.

Dated this 25th day of March,2014.

Scott A. Haines

Superintendent of StreetsBatavia Public Works


PUBLIC NOTICE


Public Notice is hereby giventhat on Monday, March 24, 2014a certificate was filed in the officeof the County Clerk of Kane County,Illinois, setting forth the names andaddresses of all persons owning,conducting and transacting thebusiness known as ALLOY SOURCElocated at 1900 Tyler Road, Suite700, St Charles, IL 60175.




PUBLIC NOTICE


Public Notice is hereby giventhat on Monday, March 17, 2014a certificate was filed in the officeof the County Clerk of Kane County,Illinois, setting forth the names andaddresses of all persons owning,conducting and transacting thebusiness known as JOYFUL SAGEACUPUNCTURE located at 1035 EState St Suite B, Geneva, IL 60134.




PUBLIC NOTICE


Public Notice is hereby giventhat on Monday, March 10, 2014a certificate was filed in the officeof the County Clerk of Kane County,Illinois, setting forth the names andaddresses of all persons owning,conducting and transacting thebusiness known as LUXE FINDSAND GOODS located at 2303 Ran-dall Road #216, Carpentersville, IL60110.




PUBLIC NOTICE


Public Notice is hereby giventhat on Friday, March 21, 2014 acertificate was filed in the office ofthe County Clerk of Kane County,Illinois, setting forth the names andaddresses of all persons owning,conducting and transacting thebusiness known as MALLOW &SUN located at 348 Windsor Court

Suite B, South Elgin, IL 60177.




PUBLIC NOTICE


Public Notice is hereby giventhat on Friday, March 07, 2014 acertificate was filed in the office ofthe County Clerk of Kane County,Illinois, setting forth the names andaddresses of all persons owning,conducting and transacting thebusiness known as MB DESIGNSlocated at 621 Cole Drive, SouthElgin, IL 60177.




PUBLIC NOTICE


Public Notice is hereby giventhat on Friday, March 21, 2014 acertificate was filed in the office ofthe County Clerk of Kane County,Illinois, setting forth the names andaddresses of all persons owning,conducting and transacting thebusiness known as MINOGUEBROTHERS PAINTING ANDWALLCOVERING located at 1024Beau Brummel, Sleepy Hollow, IL,60118.


/s/ John A. Cunningham

unninghamKane County Clerk


PUBLIC NOTICE


Public Notice is hereby giventhat on Friday, March 21, 2014 acertificate was filed in the office ofthe County Clerk of Kane County,Illinois, setting forth the names andaddresses of all persons owning,conducting and transacting thebusiness known as SACHIKO EU-BANKS PHOTOGRAPHY located at135 Westhaven Cir, Geneva, IL60134.




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