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Batavia High School student Thomas Kein (center) works on the Fox Valley area FIRST Robotics Team, PWNAGE, practice robot in preparation for their FIRSTWorld Championships in St. Louis today.

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Music is such an integral

part of our lives. It can lift

our spirits when we’re feeling

down, get us on our feet and

feeling energized, or take us

back in time to a long-ago

memory.Those who play an instru-

ment have a greater apprecia-tion for the melodies and har-monies that make up a song.Many start learning to play aschildren and hone their skillsthroughout their lifetime. Formost, it takes many years ofpractice to learn the intrica-cies of an instrument.

And then there are theDixon Anderson’s of theworld.

Two summers ago,Anderson’s music teachersat Rotolo Middle Schoolsuggested he participate inthe Batavia Park District’sEncore Summer Music Camp.His parents, Dan and Irene,also encouraged him to join.He had played the piano forseveral years, as well as thesaxophone, in his school band,but Anderson began thinkingabout playing a string instru-ment in the Encore Orchestra.

“I really liked the sound

of the strings and the orches-tra,” Anderson said. “Myfriend was a violinist, and Ithought it would be fun to beable to play with a group offriends.”

Anderson initially leanedtoward the violin, as well,but the Encore teachers men-tioned that they needed acellist. He tried several instru-ments and eventually settledon the cello.

It has been two years sinceAnderson began playing thecello in the Encore SummerMusic Camp, and this sum-mer will be his third yearplaying. He also has takenup lessons and plays withthe Rotolo Middle SchoolOrchestra. Anderson recentlywon second place in theFox River Youth SymphonyOrchestra concerto compe-tition and will be a featuredsoloist in the FRYSO springconcert.

In addition, five Batavia

orchestra students recentlywere selected to play CarnegieHall this summer as partof the 2014 Middle SchoolHonors Performance Series.A total of 80 students fromthe United States and Canadawere chosen. A Rotolo MiddleSchool teacher nominatedseveral students, and after alengthy selection process thatincluded an audition tapesubmission, Anderson wasselected, along with four otherstudents.

“Dixon has always beenmusical, even as a baby,”said his mother, Irene. “Ashis brother August says, theminute Dixon started playingcello it was as though goldflowed through his fingertips.Dixon has improved at anunheard of pace, and we areall beyond thrilled with hisaccomplishments.”

Anderson grew up sur-rounded by music. His dad,Dan, is a musician and oftenpractices at home. His brotheralso has a love of music andplays a variety of instru-ments.

“I was very excited to bechosen to play at Carnegie

Hall this summer,” he said.“I have always been aroundmusic and enjoy performing.”

This summer, Andersonwill proudly representBatavia as he spends fourdays at Carnegie Hall in NewYork City, taking masterclasses and performing onstage. Then he will return toonce again participate in theEncore Summer Music Camp.The Encore Orchestra willperform at the Riverwalk onJuly 24, so the entire commu-nity will be able to share inAnderson’s talent.

“The camp is such agreat way for the kids tostay connected with friendswhile playing music,” IreneAnderson said. “I love howthe program culminates in aconcert at the Riverwalk.”

For information about theEncore Summer Music Camp,contact the Batavia ParkDistrict at 630-879-5235 or visitwww.bataviaparks.org.

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of marketing and public re-lations for the Batavia ParkDistrict. Contact her at [email protected].

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Tickets on sale for pigroast, silent auction eventST. CHARLES – The St. Charles

Heritage Center is sellingtickets to the fourth annualHeritage Celebration Pig Roastand Silent Auction to take placefrom 5 to 9 p.m. June 28 at themuseum, 215 E. Main St., St.

Charles.This is a 21-and-over event, as

there will be alcohol served. Theevent will feature live music bythe Good Ole Boys Band, a pigroast by Dave’s Slow Food anda silent auction that will featuremore than 30 gift baskets withitems donated from local shops

and restaurants.Tickets to the event are $45, a

portion of which is tax deduct-ible, and can be bought at theSt. Charles History Museum.Also available for purchase

are tax-deductible raffle ticketsat $10 each for a chance to winone of three $1,000 cash prizes.

The drawing will be held thenight of the Heritage Celebra-tion.Winners need not be present

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Kiwanis Spaghetti Dinnerset at Riverview Banquets

WHAT: 27th annual Kiwanis Spaghetti DinnerWHEN: 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. ThursdayWHERE: Riverview Banquets, 1117 N. Wash-ington Ave., BataviaINFO: The event will include all-you-can-eatspaghetti, salad and bread. Dessert will be do-it-yourself sundaes. The cost is $8 for adults,$4 for children ages 6 to 11 and free for those5 and younger. In addition, carryout will beavailable, and basket raffles will take placeduring the event. Proceeds will benefit youthservice programs and support the Kiwanis,Key Club, Builders Club, K-Kids, and effortswith Chip In.

Heritage Prairie Farm hostsfarm dinner for Bridges

WHAT: Heritage Prairie Farm will host the St.Charles-based Bridges Montessori Academyfor a fundraising farm dinner. Guests will dineon a chef-prepared menu of various appe-tizers and a three-course dinner. Individualtickets are priced at $85, including tax andgratuity. All proceeds from the evening will goto the school. Local band Majors Junction willserve as entertainment for the evening.WHEN: 5:30 p.m. May 10WHERE: Heritage Prairie Farm is at 2N308Brundige Road, ElburnINFO: Tickets are available on the HeritagePrairie Farm website at www.heritageprai-riefarm.com/farmdinners.htm or by callingthe farm office at 630-443-5989 to reserve

tickets over the phone. Seating is limited.Information also can be found at www.bridg-esmontessori.org.

Elburn Lions Club

bingo on FridaysWHAT: The Elburn Lions Club has bingoevents each Friday night, although the lastbingo nights of the season are taking place.The season ends May 9. Food and drink areavailable for purchase. Proceeds go towardElburn Lions charities for the sight and hear-ing impaired.WHEN: Doors open at 5 p.m. Friday. Jumpstart bingo starts at 6:30 p.m.WHERE: Elburn Lions Club, 500 Filmore St.,ElburnINFO: Call 630-365-6315.

‘Seussical Jr.’ headed

to Harter Middle SchoolWHAT: “Seussical Jr.” will be performed atKaneland Harter Middle School. Tickets areavailable for purchase at the door before theshow. Ticket prices are $5 for adults and $3for students. The Kaneland Performing ArtsBoosters will be selling concessions beforethe play and during intermission.WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m.SundayWHERE: Kaneland Harter Middle SchoolCafetorium, 1601 Esker Drive, Sugar GroveINFO: Visit www.kaneland.org.

Elburn library friendsplanning plant sale

WHAT: The Elburn Friends of the Libraryannual plant sale is set. Plants are $3.75 orthree for $11. Drop-ins are welcome. Ticketsfor the spring gardener’s raffle are availableat the circulation desk. Tickets are $1 or sixfor $5.WHEN: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 9 and from 9a.m. to noon May 10.WHERE: Town and Country Public Library,320 E. North St., ElburnINFO: Visit www.elburnfriends.org or thelibrary’s circulation desk to pre-order.

Pancake breakfast benefitsBetween Friends pantry

WHAT: Covenant of Grace Church will hosta free pancake breakfast to benefit theBetween Friends Food Pantry. Attendees areasked to bring a nonperishable food item, pa-per product or personal care item to donateto the food pantry. Cash donations also willbe accepted for the pantry.WHEN: 8 to 10 a.m. May 17WHERE: Sugar Grove Community Center,151 MainSt., SugarGroveINFO: Call630-906-9661 orvisit www.covof-grace.org.

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FACE TIME WITH MATT STREITMATTER

Geneva resident Matt Streitmat-ter, 29, was walking his dog at FoxRiver Bluff Dog Park in St. Charleswhen he answered 12 questions forthe Kane County Chronicle’s BrendaSchory.

Where did you grow up? BartlettPets? Grizz, an Australian cattle

dogWhowould play you in the mov-

ie of your life? Edward NortonFirst job? Pushing carts at Wal-

MartAs a kid, what did you want to

be when you grew up? A conser-vationist, and I became that. I workfor the Schaumburg Park District atSpring Valley Nature Center.

A book you’d recommend?“My Side of the Mountain” by JeanCraighead GeorgeFavorite charity? I was a member

of Friends of the Fox RiverDo you speak another lan-

guage? GermanDo you play an instrument?

BanjoWhat game showwould you be

on? “Survivor”Favorite local restaurant? Gen

Hoe in GenevaWhat is an interesting factoid

about yourself?My nose has beenbroken three times, twice by abasketball and once with a baseballbat at the catcher’s mound. I wasn’twearing a mask.

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ST. CHARLES – For hoursat a time, groups of teen-agers gather in an area

of Genesis Automation in St.Charles, working to preparea robot for competitions. Ata recent practice, the placebuzzed with activity, as teensdid their jobs in preparationof a major upcoming event.

The PWNAGE team, madeup of members from through-out the Tri-Cities, Kaneland,Aurora and beyond, will take asignificant step starting todayat the FIRST World Champi-onships for robotics in St. Lou-is. The competition stretchesthrough Saturday at the Ed-ward Jones Dome.

No matter how the teamfares at the world competition,its members are consideringthis to be a successful season.The team’s website definesPWNAGE as “to rule, to own,to dominate.” The FIRST or-ganization means, for inspira-tion and recognition of scienceand technology.

The competition is a littlelike handball, with competingteams at times working to-gether during the event. Teammembers described the entireexperience as kind of a simu-lation of a real-world compa-ny. Each person has a role thatmust be carried out.

David Mahler, a juniorfrom Batavia, drives the robot,a task he said can be stressful.Most team members can put inmore than 25 hours in a week,working out issues and prac-ticing for a competition. Then,during a competition, a lot oftime can be spent waiting for afew minutes of action.

But team members, mostof whom say they aspire tobecome engineers, say theycan’t get enough of it. NickBowgren, a junior from Bata-via, said participants meet af-ter school from 5 to 9 p.m., andSaturdays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.Thomas Kein, a junior fromBatavia, said some team mem-bers spent extra time comingin during spring break.

“If they put cots here, we’dbe here all the time,” Keinsaid.

Team members work withmentors and get help fromGenesis owners Scott and Bon-nie Hale. The opportunity toget a hands-on learning expe-rience is a big draw for futureengineers. And some said thefact that the team draws mem-bers from so many schools– eight in all – is appealing aswell.

McKenna Haller, a se-nior from Metea Valley HighSchool, said the team is “builtlike an engineering company.”She said 96 percent of partic-ipants on the team aspire tobecome engineers.

Tristan Powell, a sopho-more from Kaneland HighSchool, said he was the driv-er for the robot last year. Hesaid he came to the team afterseeing it in action during anNIU STEM festival, and “[he]thought it was pretty cool.”

He described it as “a re-al-work environment.”

“There are deadlines thatare almost impossible to makeand other things that comealong that won’t be possibleto fix,” he said, saying thoseon the team learn to find solu-tions.

Getting this far is a big dealfor the team. Haller said that,after working so hard for yearson the goal, she “broke intotears” when PWNAGE quali-fied. Powell agreed that it is “abig deal” and “puts us ahead ofmost of the teams in the area.”

Kein said the team in thepast had been thought of as“just below a powerhouseteam,” and that this year’s re-sults will improve that repu-tation.

“The robot is great thisyear, and things went ourway,” he said.

High school members of thePWNAGE robotics team comefrom eight high schools. Therealso are two middle school partic-ipants. Team members listed byschool are:• Batavia: Bennett Bernardoni,

Nick Bowgren, Emil Broemmelsiek,Phil Des Jardins, Thomas Kein,

David Mahler, Josh Vilchuck, EricYingst, Ben Zinser• Burlington Central: Brian

Holmgren• Kaneland: Alyssa Faulkner,

Charlie Faulkner, Tristan Powell• St. Charles East: Ryder Stout• St. Charles North: Christopher

Draus, Starbuck Johnson, Dan

Leonard, Kalin Rudnicki.• Glenbard North: John Duffy• Metea Valley: McKenna Haller• West Aurora: Baillie Caldwell,

Jacqueline Chavez, Ryan Newen-dyke, Jose Torres, Emily Young• Middle schools: Rosie Johnson

(Haines Middle School), NathanKein (Rotolo Middle School)

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ABOVE: Members of the Fox Valleyarea FIRST Robotics Team, PWNAGE,work with their practice robot inpreparation for the FIRST WorldChampionships in St. Louis todaythrough Saturday.

LEFT: Batavia High School student Da-vid Mahler drives the Fox Valley areaFIRST Robotics Team practice robot.


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ELGIN – The Illinois Com-merce Commission will holda public hearing Thursdayin Elgin to hear commentson ComEd’s Grand PrairieGateway project, a proposalto build a new electric trans-mission line through Kane,DeKalb, DuPage and Oglecounties.

The hearing will begin at7 p.m. in the Hemmens Audi-torium, 45 Symphony Way,Elgin.

The Grand Prairie Gate-way was proposed as a meansto improve electric systemreliability and alleviate con-straints on the electricity

grid.The ICC is considering the

ComEd petition to install, op-erate and maintain this newoverhead electric transmis-sion line and other related fa-cilities necessary for its oper-ation, in Docket 13-0657.

Testimony in the case isavailable through the ICCwebsite at www.icc.illinois.gov/docket/Search.aspx.

Written and spoken com-ments will be accepted atthe public hearing. Inter-ested people also may filecomments through the ICC’spublic comment link on thewebsite at www.icc.illinois.gov/docket/comment or callthe ICC’s consumer servicesdivision at 800-524-0795.

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Town and Country librarywill be closed todayELBURN – The Town and

Country Public Library, at 320E. North St., Elburn, will beclosed from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.today so that staff membersmay attend funeral servicesfor longtime employee WayneJensen, who was the buildingmanager. Jensen recently diedat the age of 74.The library will be open from

5 to 9 p.m. today.

Geneva Park Districtforming softball leaguesGENEVA – The Geneva Park

District is forming adult softballleagues for the summer. Teamswill play on the Peck Farm Parkfields.Weeknight leagues, includ-

ing the 12-inch competitivedoubleheader, 14-inch co-edrecreational and 12-inchrecreational leagues, beginthe week of May 5. Games

are played between 6:30 and10:30 p.m.Registration and fees are

due in full by Monday. Sunday14-inch intermediate and socialchurch leagues begin May 18.Games are played betweennoon and 7 p.m. Registrationand fees are due in full Friday,May 2.For information, call 630-232-

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Second annual DuckyDerby to be held June 8ST. CHARLES – The St. Charles

Noon Rotary Club will team upto present the second annualSt. Charles Ducky Derby, whichwill be June 8, during the Cityof St. Charles RiverFest.

Rubber ducks will be droppedinto the Fox River at 4:45 p.m.and will head downstreamtoward the finish line. The firstducks to the finish line will winprizes such as trips, gift cer-tificates and hotel stays. Bothorganizations will be offering“duck adoptions” along withadoption centers during thefestival.Ducks, in the form of a raffle

ticket, are $5 each and willbe available for “adoption” bycalling 630-296-7683.RiverFest takes place from

June 6 to 8 at sites throughoutSt. Charles.For information on the fes-

tival, visit www.prideofthefo.com.


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B A T A V I A – B a t a v i aSchool District 101 boardmembers Tuesday debat-ed whether to have middleschool and high school stu-dents pay more in registra-tion fees so the district couldpurchase additional GoogleChromebooks for students.

Board members voted 5-2to approve the district’s 21stCentury Learning Plan, withboard members Jon Gas-par and Gregg Hodge voting“no.” The plan calls for thedistrict to provide a personal

device to all students with-in two years. The device forstudents in kindergarten tosecond grade has not yet beendetermined.

The plan calls for a $75student registration fee in-crease for grades six to 12 andthe upgrade of the district’swireless network at a cost of$275,000. District staff plansto present a recommendationin May to purchase Chrome-books for students in thosegrades.

The district’s total costfor this year’s program is$890,020.

Gaspar said he wanted

to make sure teachers wereproperly trained on theChromebooks.

“I don’t want the devicesgiven and nothing happensand then the training isn’tthere,” Gaspar said. “I thinkit’s a great tool.”

The increase would bringregistration fees for Bataviamiddle school students to$165 a year and to $194 a yearfor the district’s high schoolstudents. Currently, middleschool students pay $90 annu-ally in registration fees and

high school students pay $119annually in registration fees.

With the cost of GoogleChromebooks at $300 each,a $75 a year increase in feeswould pay for half of the de-vice. The Chromebooks havean expected lifespan of twoyears.

Hodge said he would liketo get more public input be-fore making a decision.

“We are looking for 50 per-cent of this to be funded bythe taxpayers,” Hodge said.“I don’t want to see dollarsthat were intended on fix-ing buildings to go into aChromebook.”

Board OKs 21st Century Learning PlanDISTRICT 101

“We are looking for 50 percent of this to be fund-ed by the taxpayers. I don’t want to see dollars

that were intended on ixing buildings to go into a

Chromebook.”

Gregg HodgeBatavia School District 101 board member

8LOCAL BRIEFS

STC commission solicitsrequests for fundingST. CHARLES – The City of

St. Charles Visitors CulturalCommission is solicitingrequests for funding fromorganizations that supportand promote tourism, culture,history and the arts in St.Charles.The following eligibility

guidelines will be used todetermine which organiza-tions will be recommended forfunding. Organizations must:• Be based in St. Charles.• Be certified by the Internal

Revenue Service as a 501nonprofit corporation.• Be in operation for a mini-

mum of two years.• Provide the most recently

completed annual report andthe current budget, outlininganticipated programs andexpenditures• Provide IRS Form 990.• Provide a narrative show-

ing how the organization’smission aligns with the cul-tural commission’s mission tosupport and promote tourism,culture, history and the arts inSt. Charles.• Must complete funding

request application form.• Must provide amount

requested to be funded alongwith detailed list of use of

funds.Requests are due in the

Finance Department of CityHall at 4:30 p.m. May 15 andshould be addressed to: St.Charles Visitors Cultural Com-mission, City of St. CharlesFinance Department, 2 E. MainSt., St. Charles, IL 60174.For information, contact

Christopher Minick, director offinance, at 630-377-4478.

Second annual nativeplant sale set for May 3ELGIN – Northern Kane

County Wild Ones will havea second annual native plantsale from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.May 3 at the Hawthorne HillNature Center, 28 BrooksideDrive, Elgin.Both plugs and pints of

Natural Garden Natives will beoffered. Free expert plantingand gardening advice will beavailable from Wild Ones nat-uralists, master gardenersand native landscape design-ers.Exclusive, ready-to-plant

collections will be for sale,created for butterfly, rain andshade gardens by local authorand landscape designer Patri-cia Hill.The Butterfly Lady, Charlene

Breitlow, will share her exper-tise, and every purchaser will

go home with a free butterflyweed to attract monarchs totheir gardens.For information, email north-

[email protected].

Coroner’s office collectsunwanted prescriptionsGENEVA – Kane County Cor-

oner Rob Russell stated thatthe Kane County Coroner’sOffice has recently become acollection site for disposal ofprescription drugs.Proper prescription drug

disposal is important becausestudies have shown that pre-scription drug abuse promotesheroin use and addiction.Many prescriptions, such as

painkillers, have frequentlybeen stolen from medicinecabinets of homes, becausepeople who no longer needthem are unaware of an outletto get rid of them properly.Russell said his office is

available to accept prescrip-tion drugs from 8:30 a.m. to4:30 p.m. Mondays throughFridays at the coroner’soffice at 719 S. Batavia Ave.,Geneva.Russell also said that he will

be participating in the Nation-al Drug Take Back Day from 10a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at theoffice.


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State Sen. Jim Oberweis,R-Sugar Grove, still hopes toconvince Democrats that hisproposed minimum-wage in-crease is the better option forIllinois.

Oberweis’ plan, only forthose age 26 and older, grad-ually would increase the min-imum wage from $8.25 to $10an hour in 2017. Oberweis de-cided that age 26 should be thecutoff because that’s the agewhen people no longer can becovered under their parents’health insurance.

Oberweis thinks that par-tisan politics will play a rolein the success or defeat of hisproposal. A separate mini-mum wage increase plan byState Sen. Kimberly Light-ford, D-Maywood, advancedout of Illinois Senate commit-tee in March. Lightford’s plancalls for a gradual minimumwage increase to $10.65 anhour in 2016.

“I’m hoping the Lightfordbill is soundly defeated and

that they look for better al-ternatives,” Oberweis said onTuesday of his fellow legisla-tors.

Oberweis said his age-re-stricted plan is more idealthan Democratic-backedplans, which he said wouldcost thousands of jobs becausethose plans call for everyoneto receive an increase.

He cited a February Con-gressional Budget Office re-port that included estimatedeffects of a federal minimumwage increase of $10.10 anhour.

A federal minimum wageincrease would move an es-timated 900,000 people abovethe poverty line, but it would

cost about 500,000 jobs, ac-cording to the report.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbinis one of several legislatorspushing to see the federal$10.10 increase. Oberweis isrunning against Durbin inNovember’s general election.

“Sen. Durbin believes thatSen. Oberweis’ proposal isfundamentally flawed,” saidRon Holmes, a Durbin spokes-man.

He said Durbin wants allworkers to have a shot at mak-ing a decent living, includingcollege students, veterans andyoung parents.

Oberweis said that min-imum-wage jobs ultimatelygive people experience toqualify for a higher-payingjob. In theory, younger em-ployees will need on-the-jobtraining and haven’t earned ahigher minimum wage.

In response to the criticismof exclusion, Oberweis saidthat no legislation is perfectbut his plan won’t cost jobs.

“We’ve offered a good com-promise, an alternative solu-tion,” Oberweis said.

Oberweis pushes proposalfor minimumwage increase

“Sen. Durbin believesthat Sen. Oberweis’

proposal isfundamentally lawed.”

Ron HolmesU.S. Sen. Dick Durbin

spokesman

8LOCAL BRIEFS

‘Nature by Stroller’series offered FridayBATAVIA – Moms or care-

givers with infants or toddlerscan bring the young ones tothe Forest Preserve Districtof Kane County’s “Nature byStroller” program series.The April “Nature by Stroller”

program will be from 9:30to 10:30 a.m. Friday at DickYoung Forest Preserve inBatavia. Use the Main Streetentrance at 39W115 Main St.,Batavia.The May “Nature by Stroller”

program is from 9:30 to 10:30a.m. May 16 at Fitchie CreekForest Preserve. Use the Rus-sell Road entrance at 39W933Russell Road, Elgin.Participants will take relaxed

walks on stroller-friendly trails.Fussy, as well as quiet babies,are welcome. Interruptionsare expected, and feeding anddiaper stops are allowed. Bothprograms are free, but ad-vance registration is required.Call 630-444-3190 or email

[email protected] toregister.

Wasco Elementary tohold annual book saleWASCO – Wasco Elemen-

tary School will have its 14thannual used book sale from 3to 8 p.m. Friday at the school,which is at 4N782 School Roadin Wasco.Books will be priced from 50

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Bernadelle K. Daly: Gravesideservices will be at 11 a.m. Friday,April 25, at Resurrection Cemetery(Fabyan Parkway), Geneva, withDeacon Fred Sims officiating. Thevisitation will be from 9:30 to10:30 a.m. Friday at Yurs FuneralHome, St. Charles.

Shawn Danu: The visitation will befrom 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April26, at Moss-Norris Funeral Home,100 S. Third St., St. Charles. Acelebration of Shawn’s life will beafter the visitation at 4 p.m. at thefuneral home. Interment will beprivate.

Mae DePauw: A funeral service willbe at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April23, at Yurs Funeral Home, 405 E.Main St., St. Charles. Burial will bein River Hills Memorial Park.

Annalisa Lillian Green: Amemorialservice will be from 11 a.m. to 1p.m. Saturday, May 10, at Medinah

Country Club, 6N001 MedinahRoad, Medinah.

Sharon C. Schulz: Funeral prayerswill be at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, April24, at Malone Funeral Home, 324E. State St. (Route 38), Geneva,proceeding to St. Peter CatholicChurch, 1891 Kaneville Road,

Geneva, for celebration of funeralMass at 10:30 a.m., the Rev. Mar-tins Emeh, celebrant. Burial willfollow in Assumption Cemetery,Wheaton. The visitation will befrom 4 to 8 p.m., with a Liturgicalservice at 7:45 p.m., Wednesday,April 23, at Malone Funeral Home.

JANET G. GORECKIBorn: Sept. 14, 1941Died: April 22, 2014

ST. CHARLES –Janet G. Gorecki,of St. Charles, diedTuesday, April 22,2014. She was bornSept. 14, 1941, toPaul J. Copia andMargaret MaryCopia (nee Marshall) in Oak Park.Her childhood was spent in DeKalb,where she attended St. Mary’sSchool. Her family moved to NewJersey, where she attended St.Aloysius School and then graduatedfrom St. Joseph’s High School inPittsfield, Mass. Janet graduatedfrom St. Michael’s School of Nursingin Newark, N.J., and took graduateclasses at NIU in DeKalb.Janet worked as a nurse at Delnor

Hospital, for Dr. Fred Haskins, andat Elgin Mental Health before herretirement. Janet’s life was focusedon her family and her community.She volunteered as a school nurse,taught art classes, chaired fund-raisers and served as the presidentof the parent’s association. Shealso was committed to serving theelderly and the mentally challenged.Janet was the president of theFideliter’s Club of Elgin, a charitableorganization, and served as thechairman of their 100th anniversaryball. She was a member of St. Pat-rick’s Church and often volunteeredto bring food for funeral luncheons.In her retirement, Janet helped

survivors of Hurricane Katrina whowere relocated to Illinois. She alsoenjoyed traveling, reading, garden-ing, cooking and spending time withfamily and friends.She is survived by her husband,

Robert L. Gorecki; her son, RobertL. Gorecki Jr.; her daughter, MegGorecki; and two sisters, Pau-lette Borota and Margaret MaryMcGahan.She was preceded in death by her

parents; and her sister, Joey Copia.The visitation will be from 3 to 8

p.m. Thursday, April 24, at Yurs Fu-neral Home, 405 E. Main St., (corner

of Routes 64 and 25), St. Charles. Afuneral Mass celebration will be at11 a.m. Friday, April 25, at St. Pat-rick’s Crane Road Catholic Church,6N491 Crane Road, St. Charles, witha burial to follow in Prairie Cemeteryon Crane Road in St. Charles. In lieuof flowers, donations may be madeto Lazarus House, 214 Walnut St., St.Charles, IL 60174. To leave an onlinecondolence or remembrance tothe family, visit the funeral homes’obituary page at www.yursfuner-alhomes.com. For information, callYurs Funeral Home of St. Charles,630-584-0060.Please sign the guest book at

www.legacy.com/kcchronicle.

DAVID A. KRANTZBorn:May 19, 1950

NORTH AURORA – David A. Krantz,63, of North Aurora, passed away athis home surrounded by his family.He was born May 19, 1950, in Auro-ra, to Arthur and Phyllis Krantz.David worked for AllSteel in Mont-

gomery before becoming a CPAfor IEBC in Geneva. David enjoyedgardening, going for walks along theriver, taking photographs and birdwatching.David is survived by his wife of

42 years, Rosanne; two sons, Brian(Amanda) and David (Suzi); twograndchildren, Logan and Keira; hissidekick Indy of 10 years; six broth-ers; and two sisters.He was preceded in death by his

parents, Arthur and Phyllis.Private services were held Mon-

day, April 21 at Moss Family FuneralHome in Batavia.

8OBITUARIES8POLICE REPORTS

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Kane County Sheriff’s Office

• A resident of the 6N500 blockof Sycamore Avenue, St. Charles,reported Wednesday, April 16,that someone used his card tobuy a pair of diamond earringsonline for $1,010. The jewelerreportedly told him the earringswere ordered in November.• Matthew W. Lang, 37, of

the 6N100 block of WoodviewLane, St. Charles, was chargedFriday, April 19, with leaving thescene of an accident, drivingwith a suspended license andfailure to reduce speed to avoidan accident. He reportedly hit aparked car in the 38W200 blockof Foxwood Lane, St. Charles.• Two vehicles were reported

damaged Tuesday, April 15, inthe 6N800 block of WabashAvenue, St. Charles. Rocks werereportedly thrown throughwindows of a 1989 Buick Centuryand a 2000 Buick LeSabre. Totalrepair costs were estimated at$600.• Zachary Allen Rodriguez, 27,

of the 34W600 block of Iowa Av-enue, St. Charles, was arrestedThursday, April 17, on a warrantfrom Yavapai County, Ariz., for aprobation violation.

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• James William LombardoJr., 45, of the 0-100 block ofCypress Court, Elgin, was arrestedMonday, April 21, on a St. Charleswarrant on a charge of deceptivepractice.• Vincent M. Johnican Benton,

18, of the 1800 block of CovingtonCourt, St. Charles, was chargedTuesday, April 15, with possession

of marijuana.• Kevin J. Chmiel, 47, of the

35W400 block of St. Charles, wascharged Thursday, April 17, withdriving under the influence of al-cohol and driving with a blood-al-cohol content of more than 0.08percent after he reportedly lostcontrol of his motorcycle at Thirdand West Main streets. Policereported he refused medicalassistance.• Christopher Michael Gicla, 20,

of the 5N100 block of PercheronLane, Wayne, was charged Friday,April 18, with possession of drugparaphernalia and possession ofmarijuana.• Nicholas G. Rose, 30, of the

35W300 block of Bonfield Drive,St. Charles, was charged Friday,April 18, with felony possessionof a controlled substance forreportedly having 10 pills of Ad-derall. He also was arrested on aDuPage County warrant for failingto appear in court on a drivingoffense and a Kenton County, Ky.,warrant.• Parker Steven Wiersema, 18,

of the 41W600 block of Fox-tail Circle, Campton Hills, wascharged Friday, April 18, withunderage drinking. A 17-year-old he was with was chargedwith driving without headlightswhen required, driving without alicense, driving without insurance,underage drinking and possessionof marijuana. The 17-year-old wasfrom Wisconsin.• Dylan Thomas Tucker, 20,

of the 1400 block of MadisonAvenue, St. Charles, was chargedFriday, April 18, with underagedrinking and retail theft forreportedly stealing a $15 bottle ofvodka from Meijer, 855 S. Randall

Road, St. Charles.• Nicholas R. Valenti, 19, of the

1200 block of Sycamore Street,Lake in the Hills, was chargedSaturday, April 19, with speeding,illegal transportation of alcoholand underage drinking.• Horacio Guillermo Duran,

30, of the 1800 block of WesselCourt, St. Charles, was chargedSaturday, April 19, with posses-sion of drug paraphernalia, drivingwithout a license and failure toyield while turning left.• Frederick L. Wallace, 45, of the

1400 block of Indiana Street, St.Charles, was charged Saturday,April 19, with having open alcoholin a public place.• Jervonshe Temar Purdis, 23,

of the 1300 block of West MainStreet, St. Charles, was chargedSaturday, April 19, with havingopen alcohol in a public place.• Shayna R. Gillingham, 26, of

the 1800 block of Walnut Street,St. Charles, was charged Satur-day, April 19, with having alcoholin a public place.• Isamuel Robles-Balladares, 31,

of the 1000 block of Hecker Drive,Elgin, was charged Sunday, April20, with driving without a licenseand failure to reduce speed toavoid an accident. Police reportedhis Suzuki Aerio rear-ended a FordFocus in the 100 block of EastMain Street in St. Charles.• Brandon Lee Haas, 24, of the

1200 block of Sturbridge Drive,Hoffman Estates, was chargedSunday, April 20, with drivingunder the influence of alcohol andspeeding.• Benjamin William Stiritz, 23, of

the 34W900 block of North JamesDrive, St. Charles, was chargedSunday, April 20, with fighting.

Barbecue fundraiser set

ST. CHARLES – The St.Charles Lacrosse Club willhave a Fay’s Pork Chop BBQfundraiser from 4:30 to 7 p.m.May 1 at the Kane County Fair-

grounds (use the Oak Streetentrance on Randall Road), 525Randall Road, St. Charles. Thecost is $13 a meal.For information, call Linda at

630-715-6310. Meals include

two pork chops, half-chickenor combo meal of pork andchicken along with bakedbeans, apple sauce, cole slawand rolls and butter.


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BATAVIA – A 27-year-oldBatavia man remains in KaneCounty jail on a $15,000 bondafter being charged with bur-glary after police found him af-ter 2 a.m. Tuesday near PrairiePath Cycles at 160 W. WilsonSt. in downtown Batavia.

Frank E. Ryan, of the 300block of Delia Street in Bata-via, has been charged with onecount of burglary, a felony.If convicted, Ryan could facethree to seven years in prison.

Batavia police responded at2:12 a.m. to a burglary alarmat Prairie Path, and an officerfound Ryan at the back of thebuilding. Other officers wereat the front of the business and

observed damage to the frontdoor and noted that a bicycledisplay inside the store was indisarray.

Police said a woman’s Trekracing bike, val-ued at $2,899,was found inb u s h e s n e a rw h e r e R y a nwas spotted,and it was de-termined thatthe bike camefrom the busi-

ness.“We’re not looking at any

other suspects at this time,”Batavia Police Detective Kev-in Bretz said.

No other merchandise ismissing from the store, hesaid.

Man charged withbike store burglary

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Woman home for Easter chargedwith shoplifting in St. Charles

By ASHLEY [email protected]

ST. CHARLES – An EastCoast woman who traveledto St. Charles to spend Eas-ter with her parents must re-turn next month for a courtappearance on a shopliftingcharge, according to policeand court reports.

According to a St. Charlespolice report, Carolyn JeanAsh, 28, of the 200 block ofLaird Avenue, CliffsidePark, N.J., stole 11 items to-taling $401 from Von Mauron Saturday.

She was charged with

felony retail theft and takento the Kane County Jail formorning bond call.

Ash report-edly told po-lice that shec a m e h o m ef r o m N e wJersey for theweekend to bewith her par-ents and toattend church

with them.“The entire time she was

in custody, Ash repeatedlyasked if she would be re-leased in time for Easterchurch service tomorrow,”

police reported.Police did not have an

answer for her, according tothe report.

The department store,3810 E. Main St., St. Charles,told police Ash also was sus-pected of stealing merchan-dise Thursday, but wasn’tdetained at that time, policesaid.

Police reported that Ashadmitted to stealing $92 inmerchandise Thursday andagreed to pay restitution onthose items.

Ash is expected in courtat 9 a.m. May 21 for a statushearing.

Carolyn Jean

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ST. CHARLES – The Heart-land Blood Center will holda blood drive from noon to 5p.m. May 1 at the St. CharlesMunicipal Building, 2 E. MainSt., St. Charles.

The event is sponsored by

the city of St. Charles and theSt. Charles Noon Rotary Club.Walk-ins are welcome, butan appointment will ensure aquick and efficient donation.

To make an appointmentonline, visit https://ht.heart-landbc.org. The new onlineprocedure requires donors to

register with a username andpassword.

Once registered, donorswill be able to track donationsand other information onlineand quickly sign up for futureblood drives. For information,call 630-377-4446 or email [email protected].

Heartland Blood Center to hold blood drive May 1

Yoga workshop set May 4SUGAR GROVE – A yoga work-

shop for girls ages 8 to 12 willbe from 2 to 4 p.m. May 4 at theSugar Grove Community Center,151 Main St., Sugar Grove.Kristen Desler uses the

principles and poses of yoga topromote self-awareness andfoster the nature of confidenceand self-acceptance.This workshop will include

games and icebreakers, 50minutes of yoga practice, anddiscussion of topics, such aslabeling. Girls will create andenjoy a healthy snack.The cost is $21, and partici-

pants can pay at the door. Tosign up, email [email protected] contact informa-tion. Space will be limited.

Elburn Chamber seekscrafters, vendors for saleELBURN – The Elburn Chamber

of Commerce is seeking craftersand vendors for a sidewalk saleand fleamarket set for Aug. 8 andAug. 9 on Route 47.Applications are available on the

chamber website, www.elburn.com, or from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Monday through Friday at the

chamber office at 109 N. Main St.,Elburn.


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ELBURN – The ElburnVillage Board voted Mondaynight to adopt its budget forthe fiscal year beginning May1, although board memberJeff Walter voted no, as hedid when the vote for the ten-tative budget came up at theboard’s previous meeting.

The budget was in the totalamount of $6,154,703. At the

last meeting, Walter said hevoted no because of issues hehad with the park fund andthe Metra fund. He said hisvote would not be changing,and he followed through withthat when the final budgetvote came Monday.

Walter had said he didn’tagree with raising the fees forMetra parking, which will riseto $1.50, up from $1.25, on May1. That was a highlight of thebudget, as the projected reve-

nue of $90,300 for the parkingis significantly higher thanthe 2013-14 estimated revenueof $75,366. Yet Doug Elder, thevillage’s finance director, hadsaid the village still is show-ing that expenses in that areaare higher than revenue. Wal-ter said there could be betterways to increase revenue,such as doing away with freeparking on weekends.

There was no public com-ment on the budget during

an open hearing before theboard’s vote.

Also on Monday night,Police Chief Steve Smith pre-sented details from the ElburnPolice Department’s firstquarter report. In it, Smithnoted that crime numberswere down significantly fromthe same period last year. Hesaid “the weather had every-thing to do with that whenyou consider the number ofarrests for intoxicated motor-

ists and traffic accidents.”For instance, Smith noted

that arrests for driving underthe influence declined by 75percent, and traffic crasheswere down by 40 percent. Hesaid that total calls for servicehad increased by 5 percent,but he said most were calls forassistance.

“There were cars in ditch-es,” he said, adding some werevehicles from the Kane Coun-ty Sheriff’s Office.

Budget wins approval from Village BoardELBURN

Breaking ground at soon-to-be-builtAce Hardware store in Sugar Grove

Al Lagattolla – [email protected]

Mark Driscoll (third from left), owner of the soon-to-be-built Ace Hardware store headed to Sugar Grove,takes part in a groundbreaking ceremony at the site where the store will be located, 160 E. Galena Blvd.,Sugar Grove. Joining Driscoll are trustees from Sugar Grove – Kevin Geary (far left) and Mari Johnson. Sug-ar Grove Village President Sean Michels is at the far right. The 16,000-square-foot store is scheduled toopen in September. It will feature a separate area called Sugar Grove Pet Supply, which will have its ownentrance.

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Wasco Nursery to hostdrop-in session SaturdayST. CHARLES – Matt Zerby,

owner of Wasco Nursery, willlead the first informal drop-inquestion-and-answer session

from 8 to 9 a.m. Saturday at thenursery and garden center at41W781 Route 64, St. Charles.This session will focus on the

effects of the past polar vortexwinter on evergreens, including

needles that have turned brownor orange.For information, call 630-584-

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SUGAR GROVE – Kev-in Ullery and Stan Krozelknow what it’s like to minglewith sharks – metaphoricalsharks, that is.

The Sugar Grove resi-dents got a chance in Septem-ber to pitch their companyFun Time Express to a groupof investors on ABC’s Fridayprimetime program “SharkTank.”

Watching themselves get adeal with QVC-TV personali-ty Lori Greiner and entrepre-neur Kevin O’Leary on theApril 11 broadcast was a sur-real moment, they said, not-ing they are fans of the show.

The process to appearon “Shark Tank” began lastspring, when Krozel submit-ted an email to the show with-out Ullery’s knowledge, thecouple of 19 years said.

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“We were scared,” Ullerysaid, describing it as “easilythe most intense experienceof my life.”

But once they were infront of the investors, he said,they soon realized the sharkswere just people – “just very,very rich people.”

Ullery said it helped thathe and Krozel, a licensed fu-neral director, have experi-ence in performing and pub-lic speaking.

“We put our professionalgame faces on and went outthere and performed,” Ullerysaid.

They sought $125,000 for 20percent equity of their com-pany from the sharks, whowere quick to dismiss thecompany as a worthy invest-ment.

“It’s tough to grow this,”said Cuban, the first to sayno.

Even O’Leary had initialdoubts.

“I like to think big,” hesaid. “It’s not bad. It’s justsmall.”

Greiner, however, waswilling to make an offer.

“It’s like a feel-good, nicebusiness to have,” she said.

Ullery agreed with her,recalling his initial reactionto Krozel’s proposal for FunTime Express.

“There was such a level ofjoy associated with it,” Ullerysaid on the show.

The offer Krozel and Ul-lery accepted from Greinerand O’Leary essentially wasa $125,000 loan. The sharkswill receive 20 percent equityin the company after the debtis repaid.

Krozel and Ullery said thedeal still is in the due dili-gence process.

Ullery said the once-in-a-life-time experience is hisproudest moment as a couplesince he and Krozel startedthe business together andboth applied their skills tomake the “Shark Tank” op-portunity happen.

Photo provided

Sugar Grove residents Stan Krozel and Kevin Ullery recently landed a dealon the ABC show “Shark Tank” for their business Fun Time Express. Krozel– dressed here as the conductor – and Ullery – dressed as the engineer –said their agreement with the sharks is in the due diligence stage.

On the Web

To watch Sugar Grove residents Stan Krozel and Kevin Ullery on theApril 11 episode of ABC’s “Shark Tank,” visit www.abc.go.com. It is alsoavailable On Demand.

Sugar Grove men land deal with ABC’s sharks


ELBURN – An Elburn vet-erinarian who also sells rag-doll cats has filed a lawsuitagainst the creator of anony-mous websites she contendsare trying to hurt her busi-ness.

Jennifer Creed, who ownsA+ Pet Vet and Dr. Jenn’sRagdolls, on April 4 filed alawsuit against John Does 1-5.In the lawsuit, Creed request-ed unspecified damages andthat the defendants be forcedto remove the content in ques-tion.

The lawsuit stated she “hassuffered and continues to suf-fer damages including, butnot limited to, harmed reputa-tion, embarrassment, mental

anguish, loss of business andemotional distress.”

Creed, who previouslyused the name Jennifer Woll,has requested a jury trial. Thecase is set for a hearing inKane County Court on June26.

Among other things, theanonymous websites claimthat Creed has kept ragdollkittens in poor conditions.The suit also claimed thatJohn Does 1-5 began sendingemails to other businesses inthe pet breeding and veter-inary community assailingher character and warningthem against doing businesswith her.

According to the IllinoisDepartment of Financialand Professional Regulation,Creed first received her veter-

inary license in 1993 and nev-er has been disciplined.

Creed declined comment,referring all questions to herattorney, Charles Mudd, whocould not be reached for com-ment. In the lawsuit, Creedcontends that John Does 1-5are competitors of hers thatgain a “commercial or eco-nomic advantage” from theirconduct toward her.

Ragdoll cats are a specif-ic breed of cat known for itsblue eyes and distinct color-point coat. They are notablefor collapsing into the arms ofanyone who holds them, evenif they are cradled on theirback.

According to the lawsuit,John Does 1-5 have intention-ally interfered with Creed’sbusiness “by creating multi-

ple websites on the Internetdesigned for this purpose,publishing false and defam-

atory statements about theplaintiffs on their websites,and other related conduct.”

Elburn veterinarian files suit against anonymous complaint websites

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Getting the job doneTo the Editor:Years ago, I wasn’t much aware

of my dad’s interest in civicaffairs, one way or the other, as itpertained to being on the villageboard or similar positions. Mymother accepted it. I let it go atthat.He also worked closely with a

man who headed the Glen Ellynand Wheaton YMCA programs. Theman’s name was B.R. Ryall, and Itook advantage of the fact that weyoungsters could have weekly Ymeetings and play at good athleticgames together, all of which weresupervised by Ryall.Right then, it turned out that the

YMCA had bought some land onthe southwest side of Glen Ellynbetween Wheaton and Glen Ellyn,and money was being raised tobuild a swimming pool and head-quarters there. My dad aggres-sively stepped in and saw to it thatenough money was raised to getthe job done. The pool, etc., wasnamed the B.R. Ryall YMCA, andtwo villages enjoyed the benefit ofthe whole program ever since.Not long after that it was decided

that the Chicago-Winfield Tuber-culosis Sanitarium was no longerneeded. The sanitarium could bebetter used as a full hospital totreat the many diseases that stillprevailed. The need for more hos-pital facilities was clearly there,so my dad stepped in and headedup a program to redo the Winfieldfacility and begin building a largegeneral hospital. I rememberattending fundraising meetings runby my dad.He was a remarkable visionary

and his efforts – along with others– created Central DuPage Hospital.He is gone now, but the qualityof the hospital he was active increating is very much a reality.

Chuck Barr

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First National Bank of Facebook could be disrupting forceBLOOMBERG NEWS

The company that re-branded the word “friend”may soon take up a moreambitious makeover – theword “bank.”

Facebook is on the vergeof winning approval fromIreland’s central bank toallow its users to storeand exchange money. Thecompany’s plans are notyet clear, but regulators areright to allow more experi-mentation.

Facebook will reported-ly focus on the remittancemarket, which is growingand ripe for disruption. TheWorld Bank estimates thatremittances – funds sentin payment for goods orservices, or as gifts – will top$600 billion in 2014, most of itto developing countries andmore than triple the amounta decade earlier. That figureis three times greater than

all the world’s aid bud-gets. But transaction fees,averaging 9 percent, are waytoo high. Competition fromFacebook could bring thosefees down quickly.

Facebook is hardly alonein its ambitions; Wal-MartStores, the world’s largest re-tailer, introduced last weeka service that will allow theunbanked to transfer moneyamong its 4,000 U.S. stores.

It remains to be seenwhether Facebook’s newservice will allow money tomove across borders as easi-ly and instantaneously as catvideos and family photos. Itprobably will be less expen-sive than existing services– assuming Facebook takesadvantage of its size and lowoverhead to charge less thanthe hefty fees traditionalbanks’ money-transfer ser-vices now extract. (Wal-Martsays it will charge half whatsome competitors now do.)

As regulators considerthese new models, theyshould be flexible. Rulesissued by the U.S. ConsumerFinancial Protection Bureauunder the 2010 Dodd-FrankAct are a good example.Companies that send re-mittances from the UnitedStates must disclose theexchange rate that will beapplied, the fees to be collect-ed in the U.S. and overseas,and the pre-tax amount thatwill actually be delivered.

The U.S.’s money-laun-dering regulations areanother story. Last year,European banks closed theaccounts of numerous insti-tutions in developing coun-tries that allegedly lackedproper money-launderingsafeguards for remittancesfrom migrant workers. Thepressure to crack down camefrom the U.S.

Perhaps U.S. regula-tors should rethink their

approach. Why not apply therules in proportion to therisk involved? They could,for example, allow some lee-way for as much as, say, $250in remittances when trans-ferred through Facebook ora similar secure network.

It almost goes withoutsaying that the transforma-tion of the banking industryis already well under way.Hundreds of millions ofpeople worldwide use mobileapplications to send andreceive money.

For the 2.5 billion peoplein emerging markets withno access to a bank, how-ever, Facebook’s entry intothe market could do morethan make it cheaper tosend earnings back home. Ifit allows them to establishcredit, obtain loans, meetpayrolls, pay household billsand invest, the bank of Face-book could find itself with alot of friend requests.

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ST. CHARLES – It wasshaping up to be a night toforget for Sophie Pohl and theSt. Charles North girls soccerteam.

Crosstown rival St. CharlesEast outplayed North much ofthe game Tuesday, and Pohl,one of North’s top scoring op-tions, was having an especiallymaddening time trying to keepthe ball at her feet.

“The ball, it would hit mein bad places, my toucheswere off,” Pohl said. “It wasn’tclicking for me. Offensively,we weren’t connecting, so itwas just frustrating. Towardthe end I think we were start-ing to take more advantage ofopportunities, but it just tookawhile.”

Pohl and North had justenough time to make amends.The Toledo recruit is reputedfor her rocket shot, but sheopted for finesse in chippinga mid-range shot beyond thereach of Saints goalkeeperKendra Sheehan with 3:09 toplay in the match, enablingthe host North Stars to tie theSaints, 1-1.

“With her shot, that’s onething for her that’s alwaysconsistent, is that shot,” Northcoach Ruth Vostal said. “Itworked out. A couple of times

we put her in the midfieldwhere she has a little bit morespace in front of her, and it justso happened with that switchwhere we put her in there, shetook the opportunity to takethat shot.”

Freshman Amanda Czer-niak was credited with an as-sist on Pohl’s goal.

East (7-1-3, 2-0-1 UpstateEight Conference River) wasmostly downcast afterward,

understandably irked to settlefor a tie on a night when theSaints dictated much of theplay.

“The first half I thoughtwe were fantastic, the secondhalf I thought we were evenbetter,” East coach Paul Jen-nison said. “Unfortunately, wedidn’t kill them off. Fair play toNorth, one thing they’re nevergoing to do is give up. That’swhat Ruth and her team’s spir-

it is all about. They kept going,they kept going.”

East’s goal materializedwith 8:36 to play in the firsthalf as junior forward DarcyCunningham finished off asharp passing sequence featur-ing connections from ShannonRasmussen to Julia Peterson,then on to Cunningham, whocapitalized from close range.

Cunningham beat Northgoalkeeper Shelby Stitz, who

left the match early in the sec-ond half. Stitz hobbled off withan apparent ankle injury, hav-ing landed awkwardly in traf-fic after pursuing a high ballin the box.

“I’m sure she’ll be fine. Itjust wasn’t a play that I washappy to see,” Vostal said.

North (8-2-1, 3-0-1 UEC Riv-er) turned to sophomore Al-exa Lievrouw in goal the restof the match, although withthe North Stars channelinga sense of urgency in the latestages, the Saints were unableto force the sophomore intomany challenging spots.

For most of the night, how-ever, East appeared poised toturn the tables on North, whichhas enjoyed the upper-hand inthe crosstown rivalry on mostoccasions in recent years.

“We were first to everyball,” Saints senior midfield-er Amanda Hilton said. “Weplayed our hearts out. Hey, it’snot a loss, so we’re not going tohang our heads. We’re going tomove forward.”

Jennison thought Tues-day’s performance bodes wellfor the Saints.

“I couldn’t be prouder ofthe girls,” Jennison said. “Ithought that was an absolute-ly fantastic play. I thought wewere excellent. If we play likethat every game, it’s going tobe a good finish to the season.”

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WHAT TO WATCH

TODAYBaseball: Batavia at St.

Charles East, 4:30 p.m.; St.Charles North at Geneva, 4:30p.m.; Aurora Central Catholic atEdgewood (Ind.), 4 p.m.Softball: Batavia at Geneva,

4:30 p.m.; St. Charles East atLarkin, 4:30 p.m.; St. CharlesNorth at Streamwood, 4:30 p.m.;St. Francis at Guerin, 4:30 p.m.;St. Edward at Aurora CentralCatholic, 4:30 p.m.; Rosary atWalther Christian, 4:30 p.m.;Montini at Aurora Christian, 4:30p.m.; IC Catholic at WheatonAcademy, 4:30 p.m.Boys tennis: Glenbard North

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Grove North at St. Francis, 6p.m.;Boys water polo: River-

side-Brookfield at St. CharlesEast, 6 p.m.

BASEBALL: ST. CHARLES EAST 3, BATAVIA 1

Eck pitches Saints past BulldogsBy IANMATTHEWS

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BATAVIA – Before thestart of an important three-game Upstate Eight Confer-ence series against Batavia,the St. Charles East baseballteam collectively hit the resetbutton.

East came into the seriesagainst the Bulldogs havingdropped three in a row andwas facing a Batavia teamplaying as well as anyone inthe Tri-Cities.

East had to sweat out atense seventh-inning Bataviarally Tuesday but held on totake game one of the series, 3-1.

“We’ve been very close tohaving a perfect game, andtoday we got it,” East coachLen Asquini said. “We’ve beenmissing something here orthere in all of our losses, buttoday we got it and it was a bigtime to get it.”

“It,” turned out to be a cou-ple of timely hits in the earlygoing for East (8-5, 4-3 UECRiver) before turning to itspitching to hold on for the win.

East pitcher Adam Eckcruised through the first sixinnings, facing one over theminimum after the first in-ning, before running intotrouble in the seventh. Eckfanned Kyle Niemiec to startthe seventh but then walkedDino Simoncelli and allowedan opposite-field single to An-drew Siegler.

Reagan McReynolds lookedto hit Eck’s next pitch off theplate but it was called foul in-stead. The next Eck offeringhit McReynolds in the back toload the bases.

Asquini called on relieverMick Vyzral to finish the job.The junior brandished a nastycurveball, striking out StevenBusby before getting LarenEustace to ground out to sec-ond to end the game.

“We were trying hard notto see that guy, especially inthat situation,” Asquini saidof Eustace, an Indiana recruit.“It happened, we went at it andMick got the best of him today.Hopefully we can get that to-morrow as well.”

Eck worked 61⁄3 innings, al-

lowing five hits while nearlyshutting down Batavia (9-2, 5-1UEC River) completely to im-

prove to 2-0 on the year. Theonly blemish came on a Jere-my Schoessling RBI ground-out in the third that scoredEustace, who tripled to leadoff the inning. After that, Eckallowed just a Niemiec singlebefore running into trouble inthe seventh.

“I was keeping the curve-ball low and spotting my fast-ball inside and outside,” Ecksaid. “I knew that [the top ofthe Batavia order] liked tochase curveballs in the dirt. Ijust tried to keep it outside, es-pecially against Eustace.”

Batavia starter Evan Acos-ta nearly matched Eck, per-mitting just an earned runin six innings of work. Eastscored an unearned run in

the second on a passed ball toscore its first run before tak-ing a 2-1 lead in the fourth onan RBI single from Alex Abate.The hit turned out to be thegame-winner.

“Acosta pitched really well.That passed ball looked likethe goal that [St. Louis Bluesgoalie Ryan Miller] gave uplast night,” Batavia coach MattHolm said. “Against a good,solid coached program likeLen’s always going to have,you can’t make mistakes. Ina series like this, whoevermakes the most mistakes isn’tgoing to win.”

Acosta flirted with dan-ger in the fifth and sixth butpitched out of trouble in bothcases. In the fifth, Adam Rojas

led off the inning with a singlebefore Acosta threw just wideof first on Mike Settle’s buntback to the mound. After bothrunners were sacrificed up abase by Reid Olson, Acostastruck out Brannon Barry be-fore getting Ben Smith to lineout to right to end the inning.

In the sixth, Austin Regel-brugge singled to left to leadoff the inning but was strand-ed at second as Acosta got aweak groundout and a flare toright.

East added an insurancerun in the seventh off reliev-er Nick Rogalski on an infieldsingle from Smith, scoring Ol-son, who reached on a throw-ing error.

“Adam Eck was super onthe mound today. He was real-ly tough,” Asquini said. “Mickcame in in a tough situationand kept his composure to getout their best hitter with thebases loaded. I’m really happyfor the kids, as we had somebig at-bats and some timelyhits.”

Smith and Regelbruggeeach had a pair of hits for East.

Eustace finished 2 for 4with a triple and a run scoredfor Batavia. Acosta took theloss for the Bulldogs, workingsix innings, permitting justone earned run on six hitswhile striking out seven.

Photos by Sandy Bressner – [email protected]

St. Charles East’s Austin Regelbrugge is safe at home after an attempted put-out by Batavia pitcher EvanAcosta on Tuesday in Batavia. BELOW: St. Charles East pitcher Adam Eck tosses the ball to first baseduring their game at Batavia.

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By JARED [email protected]

ST. CHARLES – Tuesday’sgame between St. CharlesNorth and Geneva was diffi-cult for even the most ardentbaseball fan to watch.

North beat Geneva, 18-8, insix innings in a mistake-filledcontest. The teams combined16 errors in an Upstate EightRiver Conference River game.

North Stars third basemanJordan Bergren ended the two-hour, 20-minute contest in thebottom of the sixth when hesingled home John LeGare.The sophomore scored North’s18th run, giving it a 10-runlead needed to end the gameon the mercy rule.

“I think this was the ugliesthigh school baseball game I’vebeen around ever. I mean, asa player and as a coach,” Ge-neva coach Matt Hahn said. “Ithink there were 20 errors inthe game or close to it. Theytook advantage more than wedid.”

“It wasn’t pretty, that’s forsure,” North coach Todd Gen-ke said. “I kind of felt like itwas Wrigley Field out therewhere no lead was safe. Westruggled a little bit defensive-ly. We made just enough playsto keep Geneva at bay becausethey are dangerous offensive-ly.”

Geneva (9-3, 5-2 UEC Riv-er) took an early lead, scoringtwo runs in the first inning offNorth starting pitcher Frank-ie Farry. Farry hit Genevaleadoff batter Jason Croci withthe third pitch of the game.Croci scored when Nick Derr(2 for 3) doubled to right field.Ben Chally (3 for 3) plated Derrwith a single to left.

The North Stars regainedthe lead in their half of the in-ning on a bases-loaded tripleby LeGare.

North (12-2, 6-1 UEC Riv-er) widened its lead to 10-2 inthe second. The North Stars

sent 12 batters to the plate andscored seven runs on two hitsand four Geneva errors.

The only inning Northdid not score a run in wasthe fourth, when relief pitch-er Mitch Mergus retired theside in order. Mergus, a re-cent varsity call-up, replacedstarting pitcher Max Novak inthe third inning. North addedthree runs in the third, one inthe fifth and four in the sixth.

Genke was impressed withhis team’s offense. The NorthStars notched 17 hits. NickDrawant singled four timeswhile Kyle Khoury went 3 for 5with two doubles and a single.

“I’m really proud of theway we hit the ball today. Weexploded offensively,” Genkesaid. “We certainly have thatpotential. It was nice to see ithappen today. It’s the best wehave hit the ball all year. It’sgreat because they are reallygetting some confidence, andthat is going to takes us a longway.”

“Defensively, it was a lit-tle sloppy, but we picked it upwhen we needed it,” Khourysaid. “We got hits when weneeded them, so that helped alot.”

Farry, who was creditedwith the win, pitched five in-nings.

“I thought Frankie pitchedwell,” Genke said. “He hadsome hard luck with some ofthe ground balls.”

The two teams meet againtoday at Geneva in the middlegame of the three-game series.

“I told the team this oneyou erase. Forget about it,”Hahn said. “The score will be0-0 when we show up [today].”

Godley closes door for CougarsBASEBALL: ST. CHARLES NORTH 18, GENEVA 8 (6 INN.)

STCNorth topsGeneva in gamefull of mistakes

By KEVIN [email protected]

GENEVA – Following theusual protocol of Ozzie’s Read-ing Club matinees, thousandsof schoolchildren dispersedbefore the Cougars recordedthe final out against Beloit onTuesday afternoon.

Pity.The kiddos missed Zack

Godley’s baffling cutter thatpunctuated a 5-4 victory aswell as an accompanying les-son in compromise.

Summoned with two onand two out after Jose Ariasallowed a pair of runs to openthe ninth inning, Godley con-ferred with catcher Will Re-millard before a 3-2 deliveryto Snappers right fielder Ty-ler Marincov.

Although he had strug-gled to command the pitch infalling behind Marincov, 3-0,Godley was thinking insidefastball.

Remillard lobbied for thecutter and won, much likethe Cougars, who snapped athree-game skid.

“A little bit more urgencyin it, but you try and stay ascalm as you can going into asituation like that,” Godleysaid. “Did all right.”

Godley notched his thirdsave as the Cougars improvedto 12-6. Beloit (7-11) held thehosts in check their first time

through the order before KaneCounty scored on RBI dou-bles from right fielder YasielBalaguert and third basemanDavid Bote in the fourth.

Designated hitter BenCarhart contributed two hitsand an RBI, crediting hittingcoach Tom Beyers’ advice tolay off starter Kyle Finnegan’soff-speed pitches low in the

zone.Coming off

s i x s h u t o u tinnings of one-hit, one-walk,six-strikeoutball in an April15 win at Bowl-i n g G r e e n ,Cougars righty

Paul Blackburn pitched effec-tively again despite lamentingpoor stuff.

A supplemental first-roundpick of the parent Cubs in 2012– part of the first draft classunder president Theo Epsteinand general manager Jed Hoy-er – he scattered one run, fivehits and a walk in 51

⁄3 innings.Manager Mark Johnsoncalled Blackburn’s effort “a

grindy outing.” No argumentfrom Blackburn.

“The days you don’t haveyour best stuff, it feels likeyou’re out there forever,” hesaid. “On the days you haveyour great stuff, it feels like itjust flies by.”

Could have fooled his team-mates, who laud Blackburn (2-0) for helping them stay alert.

“Most of these pitchers wehave on this squad really geton the mound and work quick-ly. (Jen-Ho) Tseng works re-ally quick. Paul works quick.(Tyler) Skulina,” Bote said. “Itmakes the game fun, for sure.It makes the game go quick. Itgets you in a rhythm. You getin a rhythm on defense. Youget in rhythm on offense. Itjust kind of flows.”

The beat went on even withEpstein sitting behind homeplate in Section 110 for muchof the game, unbeknownst toJohnson and most players.

“I try not to really lookaround that much when I’mon the mound, especially daysI pitch,” Blackburn said. “Justkind of tunnel vision.”

COUGARSSHORTHOPS

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Cougars (RHP Tyler Skulina,1-0, 3.78 ERA) vs. Beloit (RHPDylan Covey, 0-2, 5.71 ERA), 11a.m. today, kccougars.com

Hey, aren’t you ... ?

At first blush, Andrew Toledofigured the guy in the con-course who looked like TheoEpstein was too small to bethe Cubs president of baseballoperations.Then Toledo took a chance,

greeted Epstein as such, and

shared a brief exchange.Then Toledo scrambled to

his seat, grabbed his cellphoneand returned to snap a picturewith Epstein before Epsteinleft for WrigleyField.“That was

almost a surrealmoment,” saidToledo, 37.Epstein

watched mostof Tuesday’sgame fromSection 110, behind homeplate, and apparently blendedin among the crowd of 5,991 –composed largely of studentson Ozzie’s Reading Club Day.Security staff monitored himfrom afar.Epstein, who also took a

picture with a child, declinedan interview request from theChronicle as he and an associ-ate departed.“I’ve got to run back to Wrig-ley,” Epstein said.Toledo, a Chicago native

now living in Poplar Bluff,Mo., is visiting family in thesuburbs.His group plans to attend

today’s Cubs-Arizona Dia-mondbacks game saluting the100th anniversary of WrigleyField’s opening.“Kind of planned the vaca-

tion around that, which makesmeeting Theo even sweeter,”Toledo said. “Because I’m surehe’s going to be there [today]for the 100th anniversary.”

– Kevin Druley,[email protected]

TheoEpstein

PaulBlackburn

“A little bit more urgency in it, but you

try and stay as calm as you can going

into a situation like that. Did all right.”

Zack Godley, Kane County Cougars pitcher

COUGARS 5, SNAPPERS 4

“I’m really proud of the

way we hit the ball today.

We exploded offensively.”

Todd GenkeSt. Charles North coach

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JAKE SCHUTTABurlington Central, Sr., P

What he did: Schutta threwa perfect game against visitingHarvard on Monday, striking out13 in a 9-0 victory. He threw 56of his 83 pitches for strikes.

COLBY GREENBatavia, Sr., P

What he did: Green struckout six and walked three in ano-hitter Friday, defeating SouthElgin, 6-0.

NOTEWORTHYACC’s ‘unbelievable’home streak endsSt. Francis extended Aurora Central

Catholic’s home losing streak to twowith Thursday’s 8-3 victory.One day earlier, IC Catholic Prep

ended the Chargers’ 18-game homewinning streak by taking a 4-2 game.The Knights and Spartans became

the first group of visitors to win at ACCsince Oswego on March 30, 2013.“Unbelievable,” St. Francis coach

Rich Janor said. “Man, that’s wild. Realwild.”Will Purdom paced the Spartans’

attack with two hits and three RBIs,helping St. Francis recover from afrustrating April 15.Michigan State-bound Marmion lefty

Alex Troop stifled the host Spartans ina one-hit shutout.“It was a good bounce-back game,”

Janor said. “We started a little slow andkind of put the gas pedal down late inthe game. It was nice to see the batsget going.”

Derr keeps stinging ’emGeneva sophomore shortstop Nick

Derr generates buzz whenever he stepsinto the batter’s box by virtue of hiscommitment to Florida State.It always occurs to him, however,

that he’s capable of creating morechatter.Derr continued a torrid start that has

matched the Vikings’ – 9-2 enteringTuesday – by going 2 for 3 with a homerun in Monday’s Upstate Eight Con-ference crossover win against visitingBartlett.He smacked three homers in a non-

conference home win against Conanton April 13.“I worked very hard in the offseason

to get bigger and stronger and I thinkby far it’s paid off,” Derr said. “It’s justa lot of hard work in the offseason. I’mglad to see it’s paying off.”

Troop changes it upTroop adjusted to the wind conditions

at St. Francis and used his changeup

to do most of his damage against theSpartans.“He has high confidence in all of his

pitches,” Cadets coach Dave Rakowsaid. “It kind of varies game to game,just whatever’s working for him.”Most times, Troop, a Batavia resident,

gets a sense during pregame warmupsin the bullpen. Other times, it mighttake an inning or two to find the pulse.“Seven-inning shutout, you really

can’t ask for much more than that,”Rakow said. “He really did a great job.”

Saints ready for road testsSt. Charles East will play on the road

in two out of three games in its nexttwo conference series. The Saints faceBatavia this week and Geneva nextweek, with the Vikings hosting a May3 doubleheader. The schedule puts anadded premium on winning at home.“It’s definitely a pitcher’s park,” Saints

senior righty Mike Boehmer said.– Kevin Druley,

[email protected]

IN THE GROOVE

COACH SLY SEZ ...That adage about pitchers holding the

edge on hitters in the early season has beenaround for some time, but man is it echoingpretty loudly these days.Perfect games, no-hitters, one-hitters. Just

about anywhere you go in Chronicle Country,

you’ve got the chance of seeing somethingspecial on the hill.We’ll see how hitters respond. This trend

has to turn the other way sometime, right?• You can respond at kcchronicle.com/

blogs/coachsly.

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InsiderA closer look at prep baseball

WHAT WE LEARNEDLAST WEEK ...Kaneland keeps rolling. The Knights reeled off

their eighth straight win – and fourth straight inNorthern Illinois Big 12 East play – on Monday.Timely offense again backed strong pitching,as Anthony Holubecki scattered two runs andthree hits in five innings before Nick Stahl’s twoinnings of scoreless relief.

WHAT WE’LL LEARN INTHE WEEK AHEAD ...

A mouthful about the Upstate Eight Confer-ence River Division race. A pair of all-Tri-Citiesseries opened Tuesday, with 2013 co-leaguechamps St. Charles East and Batavia squaringoff along with perennial contenders St. CharlesNorth and Geneva.

Danielle Guerra – [email protected]

Kaneland baserunner Joey Panico lunges towards first base while DeKalb’s Eric Swineheart backhands the ball Mondayduring the seventh inning at DeKalb High School. Panico was called safe on the play and later scored, helping Kaneland to a7-2 win over DeKalb.

Danielle Guerra – [email protected]

Kaneland starter Anthony Holubecki pitchesduring the third inning against DeKalb on Mon-day at DeKalb High School. Holubecki had sevenstrikeouts in the 7-2 Kaneland win.

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Kaneland junior pitcher AngieMorrow arrived in Maple Parkwith quite a reputation aftercommitting as an underclass-man to play collegiately atWisconsin.Morrow, a Burlington Central

transfer, delivered on the buzzin Game 1 of a doubleheaderagainst host Geneva on Satur-day, firing a no-hitter.Morrow, who also threw

a no-hitter as a freshman atCentral, is the Kane CountyChronicle-St. Charles Bank &Trust Athlete of the Week.She spoke with Chronicle

sports editor Jay Schwab afterSaturday’s gem.The following is an edited

transcript:

Do you feel fully acclimat-ed to your new team by this

stage of the season?

Yeah, definitely. We’re reallyclose outside of softball so Ithink it helps because we bondreally well with the wholeteam.What did you consider your

go-to pitch [Saturday], andin general?My drop-ball definitely has

been working really well forme and that’s what’s beencreating the ground balls, sothat’s my go-to.If you had to pick one

teammate to help you withsome difficult homework,who would it be and why?Lexi Roach, because I think

she would make me calmdown and just figure it out, andshe’s really smart, too.She’s always smiling and

she’s always happy, too, soshe’d definitely be the one I’dpick.

Batavia boys tennis tops GenevaKANE COUNTY CHRONICLE

GENEVA – Batavia contin-ued what coach Brad Nelsoncalled a “very enjoyable firstpart” of the boys tennis sea-son with Tuesday’s 6-1 victoryagainst Geneva.

The Bulldogs (1-0 UpstateEight Conference River Divi-sion) downed the Vikings (2-1) on the strength of a doublessweep. The tandems of RyanSterling and Adam Maris (No.1) and Josh Boyle and JeffLorden (No. 2) – both champi-ons at the recent Maine SouthInvitational – were amongBatavia’s winners.

Batavia improved to 42-5 indoubles play.

“Our doubles have beensolid all season long,” Nelsonsaid.

Canan Ciesielski was Ge-neva’s lone victor, earning a6-2, 6-2 win at third singles.

St. Charles North 7, South El-gin 0: At South Elgin, Northmoved to 6-0 in duals with acomfortable conference cross-over win. Matt Ernst was a 6-0,6-0 winner at No. 1 singles.

Marmion 5, Aurora CentralCatholic 0: At Aurora, Marmi-on yielded just nine games inimproving to 5-0 (3-0 SuburbanChristian Conference). TheCadets’ John Graft and RickyAngsten won, 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1doubles.

BASEBALLMarmion 11, Marian Central

4: At Aurora, Gunnar Stankestruck out six in five inningsto earn the victory for Marm-ion, which scored seven runsin the first inning of the SCC

game.St. Francis 1, Wheaton Acad-

emy 0: At Wheaton, host St.Francis scored in the fourthinning en route to a tight SCCwin.

Aurora Central Catholic 7, St.Edward 6 (8 inn.): At Aurora,Chris Saltijeral knocked thegame-ending hit for ACC (10-7,4-4 SCC).

Montini 6, Aurora Christian 0:At Aurora, Aurora Christianfell to 6-4 (3-4 SCC) despite twohits from R.D. Lutze.

SOFTBALLSt. Charles North 14, West

Chicago 0 (5 inn.): At West Chi-cago, North’s Sabrina Rabinstruck out nine in a two-hitter.Andrea Beal and Alex Millettboth homered for the NorthStars (9-5, 5-2 UEC River).

Geneva 6, Metea Valley 0:At Aurora, Geneva’s AnnaGeary went 3 for 4 to backRachel Fanella, who had fourstrikeouts and two walks in athree-hitter. The Vikings im-proved to 7-4 (2-2 UEC River).

Batavia 20, East Aurora 1 (5inn.): At Aurora, Batavia (4-6) scored the game’s final 20runs, including 14 in the fifthinning. Ryanne Rokos went 4for 5 with four RBIs. NatalieOffutt and Tara Zufan drovein three runs apiece.

Neuqua Valley 1, St. CharlesEast 0: At Naperville, Kate Pe-terburs tripled among her twohits, but East still lost despiteHaley Beno’s two-hitter. TheSaints are 12-4 (6-1 UEC River).

St. Francis 7, Marian Central2: At Wheaton, St. Franciswon the SCC game to move to10-2.

GIRLS SOCCERBurlington Central 1, Rich-

mond-Burton 0: At Burlington,Alyssa Messina scored on asecond-half feed from BrittanyBourdage as BC (4-3-2, 3-0-1 BigNorthern Conference East)earned a shutout behind AbbiCiganek.

Aurora Central Catholic 4,Chicago Christian 0: At Aurora,Jordyn Sundberg tallied a hattrick for ACC (6-1-1, 3-1 SCC)as Bry Mandarino made 10saves for her sixth shutout.

St. Francis 4, IC CatholicPrep 0: At Wheaton, Bri Miul-li earned the shutout for St.Francis (3-4-1, 3-1 SCC).

BOYS VOLLEYBALLSt. Charles North def. Elgin,

2-0 (25-14, 25-17): At Elgin, JeffRollins powered North (8-9,1-0 UEC River) with 19 assists,eight kills and seven digs.Drew Lanz added 13 digs.

St. Charles East def. Stream-wood, 2-0 (25-21, 25-23): AtStreamwood, Joseph Leaman(15 digs) and Luke Spicer (11kills) paced East.

Geneva def. Larkin, 2-0 (25-23, 25-16): At Geneva, DavidFranz (19 assists) and ChrisParrilli (nine kills) helped Ge-neva win its league opener.

GIRLS TRACKYorkville 80, Kaneland 65: At

Maple Park, Kaneland’s Ni-cole Sreenan won the 100 me-ters (12.86) and 400 (58.69).

BOYS LACROSSESt. Charles North 10, Wheaton

North 4: At East Side SportsComplex in St. Charles, Northearned a home victory.

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HOROSCOPE Give Jarmusch another chancewith ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’

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It’s been a long while since I’ve real-ly, really enjoyed a Jim Jarmusch film.With exceptions of brilliant moments inthe droll “Broken Flowers” and the grim“Dead Man,” the oddly goofy “Down byLaw” has been my favorite. But “OnlyLovers Left Alive,” best described as acontemporary vampire film, has pushed“Down by Law” into second place.

If you’ve tried Jarmusch before, andliked him, you’ll realize upon seeingthis one that it’s his most assured andaccessible film. If you’ve tried him andwalked out vowing never to see anotherby him, it’s time to give him anotherchance.

First and foremost, this is a lovestory about Adam, an old-schoolunderground musician (he records ona reel to reel machine) who holes upin a crammed, rundown apartment inDetroit, and his wife, Eve, who spends aleisurely and rather enigmatic existencein faraway Tangiers.

Adam has given up performing live,and shies away from the world, especial-ly from the obsessive music fans whokeep searching for him. But he doeshave Ian, a right hand man of sorts, whogets supplies for him, and regularlyfinds and drops off rare guitars at theapartment (a blue sparkly Hagstromand a red Gretsch are the ones I wasdrooling over). Eve wanders the streetsand back alleys of Tangiers, regularlymeeting up with her old friend Marloweat a quiet café.

Since there’s not a whole lot of sto-rytelling going on here, the biggest andbest thing the film has going for it is thealluring mood that’s set at the start, andthat Jarmusch maintains almost for itsentirety. Yet keeping right up with thatmood to make the film so memorable isthe cast Jarmusch has assembled. TildaSwinton adds her usual other-worldlypresence to Eve, and Tom Hiddleston(the evil Loki in the Thor films), asAdam, gives us the best reclusive rockersince Todd Haynes filled a film withthem in “Velvet Goldmine.”

For the record, Adam and Eve arevampires, and if vampires had souls,they would be soul mates. It’s nevermade clear how old they are, how longthey’ve been a couple (though it’s men-tioned they were married in 1868), orhow long they’ve been living apart, butthey are always at the center of the film,and circumstances soon bring themback together again, sharing glasses offine, unspoiled blood that’s purchased,under shady circumstances, from alocal hospital.

The characters who rotate closelyaround them easily fit right in withthe film’s flow. Anton Yelchin is thehelpful but hapless Ian, an updated nodto Count Dracula’s assistant Renfield;John Hurt is the suave and secretiveMarlowe; and Jeffrey Wright is thecrooked cash-for-blood doctor. I men-tioned earlier that Jarmusch maintainsthe film’s mood for “almost” its entirety.That’s because he breaks it in what, asI was watching the film, was a jarring,annoying manner, with the introduc-tion of Eve’s estranged little sister, Ava(played with a free-spirited brightnessno one else exudes by Mia Wasikow-ski). The character even disrupts theminimal storyline, not just the mood. It

wasn’t until the day after I saw the filmthat I realized what a darkly comic gemthe character was, and how unconven-tionally vibrant she played it.

As a longtime fan of vampire stories,and someone who was terribly dis-illusioned by what was presented inthe “Twilight” series, I was extremelypleased with the take given to the genrehere. These are, with the exception ofAva, elegant and sophisticated crea-tures. Their existence is not a violentone. They only want to be left alone andallowed to keep on keeping on. Theirbiggest problem is not Ava, but thefact that the “good stuff” they subsiston, as opposed to the blood that’s been“contaminated” by the “zombies” – therest of us – who make up our society – isin short supply. That’s where the film’smain drama lies. Jarmusch’s triumph isthat he makes us care about these char-acters, all the while placing us in theirworld and, for a couple of hours, neverletting us think about ours.

• “Only Lovers Left Alive” waswritten and directed by Jim Jarmusch.The film stars Tilda Swinton, Tom Hid-dleston, Anton Yelchin, Mia Wasikows-ki and John Hurt. This film is rated R.

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Tilda Swinton (left) stars in Jim Jarmusch’s “Only Lovers Left Alive.”

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Dr.Wallace: I’m re-

sponding to the parents

of the 16-year-old girl

who was constantly

the butt of jokes about

her extra-long nose.

My heart goes out to

this girl because her

parents would not even

consider plastic surgery.

I was very glad that

you encouraged the

parents to see if plastic

surgery could improve

her appearance and her

self-esteem. I want to

share my experience

with both this girl and

her parents.

I had a similar prob-

lem as a fifth-grader and

was routinely taunted by

these immature class-

mates and others. My

parents were no help at

all because they told me

to just smile. That way,

the kids wouldn’t get the

reaction they wanted

and the problem would

go away. Well, smiling

didn’t work, and by the

time I got to junior high,

the verbal abuse includ-

ed remarks that were

very hurtful.

When I went to high

school, the hurtful

remarks stopped, but I

became a bookworm and

made a few friends. I was

rewarded with excellent

grades and graduated

with honors. Because of

my singing ability, I was

voted the most talented

senior in my graduation

class.

Right after gradua-

tion, I went to a doctor

to find out about the

procedure to shorten

my nose and was really

surprised that the cost

was less than I thought.

My grandmother said

she would lend me the

money, so I took her up

on her generosity and got

the “nose job.” When it

was all over and I looked

in the mirror, I no longer

saw the dateless ugly

duckling, but a beautiful

swan.

I am now married to

a wonderful handsome

husband and have two

beautiful daughters

who have lovely normal

noses.

I only wish that my

parents had done this

for me before I went to

high school. I suffered

needlessly because they

couldn’t or wouldn’t

understand the emotion-

al pain I was feeling. –Nameless, Dallas, Texas

Dear Nameless:Thanks

for sharing your wonder-

ful success story.

Dr.Wallace: I’m a

16-year-old girl, and

Brandon and I date a

couple of times a month,

but we aren’t going

steady. The two of us are

really good friends, and

we go out with others

when we aren’t on a date

together.

Sometimes I just

feel like I need to talk to

Brandon about some-

thing, and I call him at

his home. His mother

usually answers the

phone and she always

acts miffed when I call.

One time she even told

me that, “girls aren’t

supposed to be calling

boys.” This made me feel

uncomfortable and now

I don’t know if I should

call his house again.

Do you think I should

just stop calling him or

should I tell him that his

mother makes me feel

uncomfortable when I

call? – Kayla, Rochester,New York.

Dear Kayla:Brandon’s

mother has no reason

to be upset because you

phone him, so don’t

allow her old-fashioned

philosophy to concern

you. Continue calling

him when you feel like it.

However, I see no need to

mention anything about

this to Brandon.

• Email Dr. RobertWallace at [email protected].

Dear Abby:My 23-year-old son,“Wayne,” who is single, has a3-year-old son. We didn’t learnabout the child until he was morethan a year old, when Wayne wasasked to take a paternity test.Luckily, we have been able toform a good relationship with ourgrandson’s mother and see himoften. However, our son has shownno interest. He pays child support,but has little interaction.

Wayne is an only child. I lovehim, but I never wanted anotherone. I was never comfortablearound or interested in young chil-dren except for my own son. Couldhe have gotten this from me?

Wayne says he feels resentmentand doesn’t want to be around thischild. I have tried to explain thathe’ll regret it in years to come, buthe won’t listen.

My husband is appalled thatour son would act this way, but heseems to forget that I was the onewho did everything with Wayne. Idid the Boy Scouts, movies, horses,trips, etc. He did almost nothingwith Wayne. At this point, I don’tknow what to do. – Mom In Illinois

DearMom:Your son is displac-

ing his anger at himself onto hisson. He should have used birthcontrol and he knows it. It’s notfair, but Wayne does not appear tobe the most mature of 23-year-olds.

Rather than blame yourself forthe fact that he wants no involve-ment, consider that children usual-ly model themselves after theirsame-gender parent. Because yourhusband was so uninvolved withWayne, it is possible that Waynehas no idea of what a father’s roleought to be. A parenting classcould fix this – if your son is will-ing to take one.

Until then, continue to be thesupportive and loving grandpar-ents your grandson needs.

Dear Abby: I come from atroubled family. I am just now real-izing that there is more to life thanposting bond for family membersand getting people out of jail at3 a.m. I got my GED and startedcollege this year. Although I try

to keep them at bay, they call mewith one family crisis or another,and it’s putting stress on everyonearound me.

I’d love to have a positiverelationship with my family,but drama seems to follow themeverywhere. Should I just let themgo and move on with my life, orcontinue doing the same as al-ways? Must I drop everything I’mdoing to jump and run every timethe phone rings? – Family DramaIn Texas

Dear Family Drama:Every timeyou come to the rescue, youfurther enable your relatives todo whatever it is that has gottenthem in hot water. That you havemanaged to separate yourself tothe extent you have, and achieveto the level you have reached, isadmirable. But if you’re going tocontinue to accomplish your goals,you cannot allow your family todistract you from your studies.Let them know when you can’t bedisturbed and turn your phone off.They’ll survive and you’ll thrive.

• Write Dear Abby at www.dearabby.com.

Dear Doctor K:My husbandrecently had a heart attack.Fortunately, he’s doing well. ButI’d like to understand better whathappens to the heart during aheart attack.

Dear Reader:The heart is aspecial kind of muscle that keepsblood circulating throughoutyour body. Your husband’s heartdoesn’t just pump blood to the restof his body; it also pumps bloodto itself – it needs that blood tosurvive. Your husband’s heartattack occurred when a blood clotblocked a coronary artery – anartery that provides blood to hisheart muscle. This prevented theartery from delivering oxy-gen-rich blood to a specific part ofhis heart’s muscular wall.

Usually, heart attacks causepain and make the heart pumpless efficiently. With minor heartattacks, heart function may notbe impaired. With more seriousheart attacks, heart failure orsudden death can follow.

Heart failure is a condition inwhich the heart is still pumping.However, it is pumping so weaklythat blood is not circulatingadequately. Not enough fresh, oxy-gen-rich blood is getting to the tis-sues of the body. Also, not enoughblood is returning to the heart.

This causes swelling, shortness ofbreath and other symptoms.

Sudden death is usually causedby a dangerous heart rhythmcalled ventricular fibrillation.Instead of working like a pump,the heart muscle just quivers. Itdoesn’t pump blood at all, leadingto death. Fortunately, there aretreatments that can restore a regu-lar heart rhythm – and life.

During the early stages of aheart attack, heart cells are dyingrapidly from a lack of oxygen. Atthis point, the primary goal is tounblock the artery and quicklyrestore blood flow to the injuredheart muscle to limit permanentdamage. This is called reperfusiontherapy. The faster blood flow isrestored to the heart, the greaterthe chances of surviving andrecovering.

Reperfusion is often done me-chanically. The doctor threads acatheter carrying a small deflatedballoon through a large bloodvessel and past the blockage. Heor she inflates the balloon to crushthe clot and plaque. Most balloon

catheters also have a wire mesh,called a stent, over the balloon.After the balloon is inflated, thestent remains in place to keep theartery open.

Doctors also often give the pa-tient various medications. Thesehelp prevent further blood clottingin the coronary arteries and min-imize the heart’s oxygen needs.Bed rest immediately following aheart attack also helps reduce theheart’s oxygen needs.

With colleagues at Orca Health,I and my colleagues at Harvardhave recently published inexpen-sive iBooks for the Apple iPad andiPhone on various heart condi-tions. One is about heart attack;another is about angioplastyand stent. A third is about heartfailure, and a fourth is on suddendeath.

These inexpensive iBooksexplain each of these conditions,not just with words, but also withspectacular videos, animationsand interactive tools. You canlearn more about them on mywebsite, AskDoctorK.com.

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

Parents appalled by man’s indifference to son

During heart attack, restoring blood flow is critical

Woman verballyabused over ‘big nose’

RobertWallace

’TWEEN

12 & 20

JeannePhillips

DEAR ABBY

Anthony L.Komaroff

ASK

DOCTOR K


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BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

Jean Nidetch, a co-found-er of Weight Watchers, said,“It’s choice – not chance – thatdetermines your destiny.” At thebridge table, sometimes chancedoes determine your destiny.For example, when you are in acontract that depends solely ona finesse. But much more often,your choices are the determin-ing factor.

In today’s deal, West had twochoices on the first round of theauction: to make a takeout dou-ble or to overcall one no-trump.Here, the double would haveworked much better, because itwould not have placed all of themissing honors in his hand. ButWest preferred one no-trumpbecause it defined his handstrength much more accuratelythan double.

Against four hearts, West ledthe diamond queen. How didSouth plan the play?

North’s decision to jump tothree hearts worked well. Any-thing less and his side probablywould not have reached game.

Declarer was faced with fourpotential losers: one heart andthree clubs. And since only 16points were missing, West wasmarked with the heart king andclub ace. South saw that his onlychance was an endplay.

After taking the first trick, hecashed his heart ace, relieved tosee East follow suit. Then declar-er cashed his other top diamondand dummy’s top spades, ruffedthe spade five in his hand, andexited a trump.

West won with his king, buthad no riposte. If he had shiftedto clubs, South would havescored his king. But when Westled the diamond jack, declarerdiscarded a club from the boardand ruffed in his hand. He thenclaimed, conceding two clubtricks.

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Plaintiff,VS.

Diane A. Weisz; Jose-Antonio Para-da; Gilberts Town Center Condo-minium Association No. 1;

Defendants.12CH 3364

NOTICE OF JUDICIALSALE OF REAL ESTATE

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that

pursuant to a judgment heretoforeentered by the said court occurredin the above entitled cause, PatrickB. Perez, Sheriff of Kane, Illinois,will on May 22, 2014, at the hourof 09:00 AM at Kane County Judi-cial Center, 37W777 Route 38, St.Charles, IL 60175, Room JC 100,sell at public auction to the highestbidder for cash, all and singular,the following described real estatein the said judgment mentioned,situated in the County of Kane,State of Illinois, or so much thereofas shall be sufficient to satisfy suchjudgment to wit:

C/K/A: 280 Jackson Street,Gilberts, IL 60136

PIN: 02-24-102-039The person to contact regarding

information regarding this propertyis: Sales Dept., The Wirbicki LawGroup, 33 W. Monroe St., Suite1140, Chicago, IL 60603. Anyquestions regarding this saleshould refer to file number W12-4660. The terms of the sale areCash. 10% at time of sale, withthe balance due within 24 hours.The property is improved by: SFH.The Property is not open for inspec-tion prior to sale.

The real estate, together with allbuildings and improvements there-on, and tenements, hereditamentand appurtenances thereunto be-longing shall be sold under suchterms.Russell C. Wirbicki (6186310)The Wirbicki Law Group LLCAttorney for Plaintiff33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140Chicago, IL 60603Phone: 312-360-9455Fax: [email protected]

(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, April 23, 30 & May 7,2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

"THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COL-LECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED

FOR THAT PURPOSE"W12-4660

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE16TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT KANE

COUNTY, ILLINOISCOUNTY DEPARTMENT,CHANCERY DIVISION

Bank of America, N.A.;Plaintiff,

VS.Diane A. Weisz; Jose-Antonio Para-da; Gilberts Town Center Condo-minium Association No. 1;

Defendants.12CH 3364

NOTICE OF JUDICIAL

SALE OF REAL ESTATEMORTGAGE FORECLOSURE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, thatpursuant to a judgment heretoforeentered by the said court occurredin the above entitled cause, PatrickB. Perez, Sheriff of Kane, Illinois,will on May 22, 2014, at the hourof 09:00 AM at Kane County Judi-cial Center, 37W777 Route 38, St.Charles, IL 60175, Room JC 100,sell at public auction to the highestbidder for cash, all and singular,the following described real estatein the said judgment mentioned,situated in the County of Kane,State of Illinois, or so much thereofas shall be sufficient to satisfy suchjudgment to wit:

C/K/A: 280 Jackson Street,Gilberts, IL 60136

PIN: 02-24-102-039The person to contact regarding

information regarding this propertyis: Sales Dept., The Wirbicki LawGroup, 33 W. Monroe St., Suite1140, Chicago, IL 60603. Anyquestions regarding this saleshould refer to file number W12-4660. The terms of the sale areCash. 10% at time of sale, withthe balance due within 24 hours.The property is improved by: SFH.The Property is not open for inspec-tion prior to sale.

The real estate, together with allbuildings and improvements there-on, and tenements, hereditamentand appurtenances thereunto be-longing shall be sold under suchterms.Russell C. Wirbicki (6186310)The Wirbicki Law Group LLCAttorney for Plaintiff33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140Chicago, IL 60603Phone: 312-360-9455Fax: [email protected]


PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THESIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS

14 MR 319NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

REGARDING NAME CHANGE

Public notice is hereby given thaton June 16, 2014, in CourtroomNo. 110, of the Kane CountyCourthouse, 100 South ThirdStreet, Geneva, Illinois, at the hourof 9:30 A.M. or as soon thereafteras this matter may heard, a Petitionwill be heard in said Courtroomfor the change of name ofFREDERICK DOUGLAS SNIDER toERICA LOUISE SNIDER pursuant to735 ILCS 5/21-101 et seq.

Dated April 14, 2014 at Batavia,Illinois.

/s/ Frederick D. SniderPetitioner

(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, April 16, 23 & 30,2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

TO: RICHARD TATE, OCCUPANT,CHARLES PEICH A/K/A CHARLES S.PEICH, PARTIES IN OCCUPANCYOR ACTUAL POSSESSION OF SAIDPROPERTY; UNKNOWN OWNERS

OR PERSONS INTERESTED IN SAIDLAND OR LOT. KANE COUNTYCLERK

TAX DEED NO. 14TX112FILED 4/1/2014

TAKE NOTICE

County of Kane, State of IllinoisDate Premises Sold 10/24/2011Certificate No. 2011-02236Sold for General Taxes of 2010Sold for Special Assessment of N/Aand Special Assessment NumberN/AWarrant No. N/A Inst. N/A

THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLDFOR DELINQUENT TAXES

Property located at 2122KANEVILLE RD., GENEVA, IL

Legal Description or Property In-dex No. 12-04-376-021

This notice is to advise you thatthe above property has been soldfor delinquent taxes and that theperiod of redemption from the salewill expire on 9/10/2014 .

The amount to redeem is subjectto increase at 6 month intervalsfrom the date of sale and may befurther increased if the purchaser atthe tax sale or his or her assigneepays any subsequently accruingtaxes or special assessments to re-deem the property from subsequentforfeitures or tax sales. Check withthe county clerk as to the exactamount you owe before redeeming:

This notice is also to advise youthat a petition has been filed for atax deed which will transfer titleand the right to possession of thisproperty if redemption is not madeon or before 9/10/2014.

This matter is set for hearing inthe Circuit Court of this County inGeneva, Illinois, on 10/15/2014 inthe Kane County Courthouse, 100S. Third St., Geneva, IL 60134,Courtroom 110 at 9:30 A.M.

You may be present at this hear-ing but your right to redeem will al-ready have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEMIMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT

LOSS OF PROPERTY

Redemption can be made at anytime on or before 9/10/2014 byapplying to the County Clerk ofKane County, Illinois at the Office ofthe County Clerk in Geneva, Illinois.

For further information contactthe County Clerk.

CENTRAL BUYER CORP.PURCHASER or ASSIGNEE

Kane County Clerk719 Batavia Ave, Building BGeneva, IL 60134(630) 232-5964Dated: 04/14/2014


PUBLIC NOTICE

Kane County is accepting bids(21-014 Carpet Replacement)seeking to retain a qualified and li-censed Contractor to provide carpetand installation at various KaneCounty facilities.

Bids will be accepted in the Kane

cepCounty Purchasing Office, until3:00 p.m., Friday, May 9, 2014,when they will be publicly opened.

Christopher RossmanCounty Purchasing Director

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, April 23, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

ASSUMED NAMEPUBLICATION NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby giventhat on Wednesday, April 14,2014 a certificate was filed in theoffice of the County Clerk of KaneCounty, Illinois, setting forth thenames and addresses of all personsowning, conducting and transact-ing the business known asNATURE'S ROOTED WISDOM lo-cated at 830 Cleveland Ave,Batavia, IL 60510.

Dated: April 14, 2014.

/s/ John A. CunninghamKane County Clerk


PUBLIC NOTICE


Public Notice is hereby giventhat on Friday, April 11, 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 ORIGINALFOCUS PRODUCTIONS located at910 Downer Pl #2, Aurora, IL60506.




PUBLIC NOTICE

SUPPLEMENTAL ASSUMED NAMEPUBLICATION NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby given thaton Tuesday, April 15, 2014 a cer-tificate was filed in the office of theCounty Clerk of Kane County, Illi-nois, concerning the businessknown as THAI TOWN RESTAU-RANT located at 267 South Ran-dall Road, Elgin, IL 60123 whichcertificate sets forth the followingchanges in the operation thereof:

Kalayakorn Bogaert has ceaseddoing business under the abovenamed business and has no furtherconnection with or financial interestin the above named business car-ried on under such an assumedname.

Dated: April 15, 2014

/s/ John A. Cunningham

unninghamKane County Clerk


PUBLIC NOTICE


Public Notice is hereby giventhat on Tuesday, April 15, 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 U'NEEKPROPERTIES located at 202B Ran-dall Rd #6733, Elgin, IL 60123.




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ant to these kids,” Kryszak

said, who added that librar-

ians have told them “a used

book or a gently used book

is just as good as a new

book.”

This will be the Elburn

Lions’ second such book col-

lection. Kryszak said in the

previous collection, organiz-

ers asked members to drop

off books.

This time, they are seek-

ing books from the general

public.

And the effort to accumu-

late books will continue be-

yond the collection event.

Literacy programs help

fulfill the mission of Lions

Club International, which

also seeks to help those who

are visually impaired.

The Elburn Lions Club

has embraced the cause, Hall

said, and she added

that Kryszak “has been

instrumental, making sure

everybody is involved and

active.”

The Elburn Lions

work to get anonymous

lists of youths who are in

need of books, working

with churches, as well as

groups such as the Maple

Park Family Fund and the

Sugar Grove-based Between

Friends Food Pantry.

Lions officials also seek

help, guidance and expertise

from local librarians and

officials in the Kaneland

School District.

For information about

the Elburn Lions Club, visit

www.elburnlions.com.

• Al Lagattolla is the newseditor of the Kane CountyChronicle. Write to him [email protected].

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Elburn Lions send $10K donationto Gifford tornado recovery

Photo provided

Elburn Lions Club member Chris Halsey, the vice-governor forDistrict 1-J of the Lions Club, encountered this house on a recenttrip to Gifford, an area of Illinois that was hit hard by tornadoeslast year.

By AL [email protected]

ELBURN – When ChrisHalsey starting hearing ofreports about the devasta-tion caused in the state bytornadoes that struck inNovember, the Elburn Li-ons Club member said hewas puzzled that the town ofGifford received such littlepublicity.

“You heard about Di-amond, Coal City and,of course, Washington,”Halsey said.

Halsey traveled to Gif-ford, located in central Illi-nois, north of Champaignand east of Rantoul. Halsey,the vice governor of Lions

Club District 1-J, took somephotos and told Elburn Li-ons Club members of thedamage he saw. One photo inparticular, he said, showedwhat was left of a house thatwas “right where the torna-do came in.”

After he returned, helooked to raise $10,000. Hesaid the club collected $5,900from local businesses andElburn residents, and theclub itself put in $4,100. Theclub also donated a load ofdeodorant.

The money went to theGifford tornado relief fund,and Halsey worked with theGifford Lions Club. He saidthere are 50 to 60 members inthat organization.

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On Thursday, April 10, 2014, the fourth graders at Kaneland John Shields participated in a

wonderful presentation to support their structures of life science curriculum. The presentation by

SOAR, Save Our American Raptors, focused on birds of prey and included live owls for the students

to meet. SOAR is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the welfare of our native birds of prey.

Bernadette Richter, licensed master falconer, educated students about the importance of raptors

and their habitat, while highlighting various adaptations of species such as examples of camouflage

and talons used for hunting prey. Students learned the important role raptors play in ecosystems

and how they fit into the food chain. Mrs. Richter then shared three owls that she has rehabilitated

and adopted. The owls ranged in size from six ounces to four pounds, and included a Screech owl,

a Barred owl, and a Great Horned owl. The assembly, which was funded by the Kaneland John

Shields PTO, was highly engaging and greatly enjoyed by the fourth graders.

Recognition Morning

Third graders from John Stewart Elementary were honored at Recognition Morning last

Thursday. Recognition Morning has been a long-standing tradition at John Stewart and is a time

for students and their families to share in their quarterly achievements with the school. The third

grade teachers, who host the event, chose students to receive awards in three different categories:

Most Improved, Outstanding Academic Achievement, and Good Character. Parents of the students

who are selected for awards are invited to join this well-attended event prior to the school day.

Recognition morning awards give the teacher and students an opportunity to set quarterly goals.

Throughout the quarter, students are encouraged to work toward the award that they would like to

earn. The photo shows recipients from Mrs. Weigt’s third grade class. From left to right: Mrs. Weigt,

Morgan Iwanski (Good Character), Breanna Roberts (Good Character), Selah Turk (Good Character),

Abigail White (Most Improved), Kiley Soper (Most Improved), and Trevor Metcalf (Most Improved).

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