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IN FOCUSA weekly feature by Sandy Bressner, photo editor at the Kane County Chronicle
MyMondaymorningthis week startedwithphotographing a rolled
over JeepWrangler in a ditch onRandall Road.As I headed toward Batavia, I
saw the flurry of emergency andtow truck officials working thescene, so I pulled over and took afew photos in the frigid, minus 15degree temperatures, and headedback on the road asmore reports
of vehicle crashes and a Sundayfire in St. Charles came in.That is where I found the
pristine icicles that were createdfrom firefighters’ hoses as theyput out the fire on South Third
Street in St. Charles. At the time,it summed up how I felt – fro-zen – even though I hadmy fullmenagerie of cold weather gearon.
– Sandy Bressner
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ELGIN – The Associationfor Individual Development ishosting three benefit events,two beanbag tournaments andbunco at 2 p.m. Feb. 22 at its El-gin training center at 1135 Bow-es Road, Elgin.
Registration forms for allevents are available online atwww.the-association.org, atthe Bowes Road facility or atthe Thompson Center, 309 W.New Indian Trail Court, Auro-ra or by calling 847-931-2294, oron the day of the events from 1to 2 p.m.
Food, refreshments and raf-fle prizes will be provided for
both events. The beanbag tour-nament is double-eliminationstyle bracket.
The entry fee for eachtwo-person team is $50. Thefirst-place prize is $200 for the
team, and second place is $80for the team.
Those who want to play aless competitive beanbag gamecan register for the Just for FunTournament for a $10 entry fee
and be eligible for other prizes.The entry fee to play bunco
is $10. All proceeds go to AID’sprograms and services for in-dividuals with developmentaldisabilities.
AID to host benefit beanbag tourneys, bunco
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Schielke set to appear
at Books Between BitesWHAT: Batavia Mayor Jeff Schielke makeshis annual appearance at the Books BetweenBites program at the Batavia Public Library.Each year, Schielke shares stories andhistorical anecdotes about our city and thisyear he reveals a whole file of materials puttogether by the late Batavia historian, BillWood, about famous folk “Batavia Celebri-ties, 1908–1909.”WHEN: Noon to 1 p.m. ThursdayWHERE: Batavia Public Library, 10 S. BataviaAve., BataviaINFORMATION: Visit the website www.booksbetweenbites.com or call 630-482-9157.
TriCity Family Services
set for Trivia NightWHAT: The Friends of TriCity Family Servicesand the “Charge of the Trivia Brigade” team(November 2013 trivia champions) will behosting this fundraiser. Teams of six to eightpeople (maximum 10) battle other teams tosee who has the greatest knowledge of allthings trivial. Each team has its own tableand answers trivia questions together. Theevening is highlighted by additional gamesand a 50/50 raffle.WHEN: 6 p.m. Feb. 8WHERE: Batavia Moose Lodge, at 1535 S.Batavia Ave. (Route 31) in BataviaINFORMATION: Register online at www.
tricityfamilyservices.org, or call 630-232-1070. The cost to attend is $10 a person, andall proceeds benefit TriCity Family Services.Space is limited, and registration in advanceis required.
Gavin Coyle to perform
at St. Charles libraryWHAT: The St. Charles Public Library’sSunday Concert Series will host Irish-borntenor Gavin Coyle in the Carnegie CommunityRoom. He will sing pop, folk and traditionalmusic popular in the U.S. and his nativecountry.WHEN: 2 p.m. SundayWHERE: St. Charles Public Library at 1 S.Sixth Ave. in St. CharlesINFORMATION: Visit www.stcharleslibrary.org or call 630-584-0076.
Master yoga instructor heads
to Going toMy Happy PlaceWHAT: Going To My Happy Place Yoga willhost master yogi Gabriel Halpern in a work-shop geared toward relieving pain, “Back CareBasics.” He is known for his healing practicesand ability to help others overcome pain.WHEN: 6 p.m. Jan. 17WHERE: Going To My Happy Place Yoga, 316Anderson Blvd., GenevaINFORMATION: Register online at www.GoingToMyHappyPlace.com, call Laurie at630-935-9554 or visit Going to My HappyPlace.
GreekMythology
Olympiaganza in BataviaWHAT: Batavia High School will present “TheGreek Mythology Olympiaganza.” The cost is$12 online and $14 by phone and at the boxoffice.WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 23 through Jan. 25WHERE: The Black Box Theatre at the Bata-via Fine Arts Centre, 1201 Main St., BataviaINFORMATION: Tickets are available at thebox office and at www.bataviafineartscentre.org.
Super Bowl Party set
at Rosary High SchoolWHAT: Rosary High School Sports Boosterswill hold its 34th annual Super Bowl Party.The event will include mini raffles, a $5 raffle,a silent auction, the “Lotto” drawing, plentyof boards, and the ability to watch the biggame on more than 25 flat-screen TVs. A fullmenu and cash bar are available throughoutthe night. Tables of four to 12 are available.Visitors must be 21 years of age or older toattend.WHEN: 3 p.m. Feb. 2WHERE: Turf Room, 1033 Kilbery Lane, NorthAuroraINFORMATION:Event tickets andraffle and lotto ticketsare available online atwww.rosaryhs.com/superbowl.
Kane County Chronicle staffers pick the best of what to do in your free timeandAboutOut
FACE TIME WITH MATT DIETERNaperville resident
Matt Dieter, 36, wasat St. Charles Bowlwhen he answered 11questions for the KaneCounty Chronicle’sBrenda Schory.
Where did you growup?WarrenvilleWho would play you
in the movie of yourlife? Clint EastwoodFirst job? Stacking
firewoodAs a kid, what did
you want to be whenyou grew up? Alawyer. Instead, I ownRay’s Evergreen in St.Charles, the Boxcar inGeneva and Rowdy’s in
Yorkville.A movie you’d rec-
ommend? “DespicableMe 2”Favorite charity?
Where There’s a Will,There’s a WayDo you speak
another language?SpanishDo you play an
instrument? DrumsWhat game show
would you be on?“Family Feud”Favorite local
restaurant? Frances-ca’s by the River in St.CharlesWhat is an inter-
esting factoid aboutyourself? I’m not Ray.
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BATAVIA – Former Bata-via School District 101 Super-intendent Jack Barshingerwas among those who sentemails to the Batavia SchoolBoard leading up to its vote onthe 2013 levy.
That concerned residentSylvia Keppel, who discov-ered the retired administra-tor’s correspondence througha Freedom of Information Actrequest. She said the emailwas inappropriate becausehe is no longer employed withthe district.
“I’m sure his comments
carried weight,” Keppel said.S u p e r i n t e n d e n t L i s a
Hichens wouldn’t commentspecifically on Barshinger’semail but said his was amongmany that Dis-trict 101 offi-cials receivedabout the levy.
“He has theright to providehis opinion tothe board justlike anybodye l s e d o e s , ”Hichens said, noting he sub-mitted his input through thedistrict website, as did theothers.
Barshinger’s email in-
cluded two quotes from MarkTwain:
• “Never argue with stu-pid people, they will drag youdown to their level and thenbeat you with experience.”
• “Never argue with a foolin public, onlookers may notbe able to tell the difference.”
He also wished the boardgood luck.
“The majority want you topass the full levy,” he wrote.“A few, that will never let ‘thefacts’ get in the way of theirargument, will attempt to rep-resent the majority.”
Keppel said the attitude ofhis email was condescending.
Reached by phone Thurs-
day, Barshinger said it wasn’this intent to insult taxpayers.He has frequently referencedthose quotes when talkingwith school boards about theimportance of listening to –not arguing with – the publicduring meetings, he said.
“I always encourage theboard and any board of edu-cation that I’ve worked withover the years that it’s theirjob to listen,” Barshingersaid. “If you’re talking, you’renot listening.”
Barshinger said he sentthe email because he’s a res-ident and taxpayer and stillfeels connected to the district.Additionally, he said, compo-
nents of the tax levy were partof a long-range financial strat-egy. With newer members onthe board, he said, he felt com-pelled to weigh in.
Board president CathyDremel could not be reachedfor comment by deadline.
The Batavia School Boardadopted the 2013 tax levy lastmonth.
According to the District101 website, the nearly $63million levy represents an al-most 13 percent increase from2012.
The district estimates theaverage homeowners will seea $28 reduction on their taxbill.
Resident concerned about ex-superintendent
Jack
Barshinger
DISTRICT 101
By BRENDA [email protected]
GENEVA – A New Year’sDay party netted underagedrinking charges for 10 people,ranging in age from 17 to 20,according to Geneva police re-ports.
The incident occurred atPepper Valley Apartments,2127 Pepper Valley Drive, Ge-neva.
Those charged includ-ed John B. Ingram, 20, of the1400 block of Ash Court, CarolStream; Jordyn E. Schmidt, 18,of the 200 block of WakefieldLane, Geneva; Elena J. Kelly,18, of the 600 block of ParkerCourt, Geneva; and JonathanS. Sommers, 18, of the 0N000block of Underwood Drive,Blackberry Township.
Also charged were six17-year-olds, five boys and onegirl, whose names were not re-leased because of their age.
Ingram also was chargedwith battery and battery of in-sulting or provoking contact,both misdemeanors. Accord-ing to police reports, Ingramstruck someone with his fistand with a door. He is sched-uled to appear in court Jan. 21,court records show.
Ten chargedwith underagedrinking atGeneva party
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Navy League Councilto host monthly dinnerMONTGOMERY – Aurora Navy
League Council 247 will hostits monthly dinner meetingJan. 21 at Grandma’s TableRestaurant, 1700 DouglasRoad, Montgomery.A reception will begin at 5:15
p.m., followed by dinner at6 p.m. The dinner includes achoice of three entrees (fish,chicken or beef), soup or salad,dinner rolls, vegetables, des-sert, and nonalcoholic drink.The cost is $17. Alcoholic
drinks can be purchasedseparately.The after-dinner speaker
will be former Navy SealMike Martin, who will speak
on “Navy Seal Operations.”In addition, the Aurora NavyLeague Council is having amembership drive and will payhalf of the first year’s dues fornew members. Call LeonardWass with any questions aboutthe event at 630-554-9386.
Line dancing availableat Salvation ArmyST. CHARLES – Line dancing
is offered at The SalvationArmy, 1710 S. Seventh Ave., St.Charles, from 10:30 to 11:30a.m. Mondays and 1 to 2 p.m.Wednesdays. It is open to all.Free.Call Cathy Winters at
630-377-2769, ext. 210, forinformation.
Aurora University to hostopen houses in JanuaryAURORA – Aurora University
will host four open housesin January for prospectivestudents.During the information
sessions, faculty and staff willprovide information about de-gree options, course offeringsand admission procedures.Financial aid counselors willbe available. Aurora Universityis at 347 S. Gladstone Ave.,Aurora.The adult degree completion
programs open house willbe from 5 to 7 p.m. Jan. 21 at
University Banquet Hall.Register at www.aurora.edu/
adultopenhouse. The educa-tion open house for incomingfreshmen will take place at6 p.m. Jan. 22 at UniversityBanquet Hall. Register at www.aurora.edu/eduopenhouse. Themaster of science in appliedbehavior analysis informationsession takes place at 6 p.m.Jan. 23, at University BanquetHall. Register at www.aurora.edu/abainfo. The doctor of so-cial work information sessionis from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 25,in the Perry Theatre Atrium.
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ST. CHARLES – For 15years, Goody’s Fast Food hassat in its prominent spot at2057 Lincoln Highway in St.Charles, building a reputa-tion through its deep menuand the car shows it has host-ed during summer months.
The restaurant could beclosing soon, as a deal is be-ing worked out to convertthe building into a two-unitbuilding, in which one areawould become a Dunkin’ Do-nuts restaurant. The otherwould be available for anoth-er business, said Marv Vestu-to of Vestuto Real Estate.
Lorenzo Alba, one of theowners of Goody’s, stressedthat the deal isn’t done yet.The St. Charles Planning andDevelopment Committee willmeet at 7 p.m. Monday on theplans, which is listed on theagenda as a minor change.Plans will call for a drive-thru for the Dunkin’ Donuts.
Alba said the building hasbeen for sale for a while, andthe restaurant is a familybusiness with his brothers. Itremains open, and Alba saidhe has enjoyed the relation-ships that have been builtwith those who visit.
“We have customers whohave been coming here sincethey were little kids,” he said.“Some people might miss it.”
Alba said some familymembers would like to stayin the restaurant business,perhaps at a smaller placeand maybe in a location near-
by. Goody’s sells pizza, sand-wiches, melts, burgers, hotdogs, ribs, gyros, salads, fishand croissants.
“We have some good foodhere,” he said. “We mightspecialize in something – Ital-ian beef, chicken sandwich-es.”
Alba said the restauranthas been called Goody’s sincethe brothers took over thesite. Previously, it had beena Hardee’s restaurant, andAlba said another owner tookover and called it Goody’s.Alba said he understood it
was named after a chain inGreece.
He said the car shows,known as “cruise nights”came about because a cus-tomer brought the idea for-ward.
“I noticed that people likedit, and I thought it would begood for business,” he said,adding that it had been a pop-ular feature.
Vestuto has Dunkin’ Do-nuts clients for this building,as well as in Elburn, whereone is scheduled to be builtthis year on Route 47, near
the Jewel store in the village.Also, he said there are newDunkin’ Donuts locations
possible at other nearby loca-tions, in Pingree Grove andElgin.
Sandy Bressner – [email protected]
A new Dunkin’ Donuts location has been proposed for the Goody’s Restaurant building, located at 2057 Lincoln Highway in St. Charles. Theproposal is headed to the planning and development committee Monday.
Goody’s Fast Food in STCmight close
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WEST CHICAGO – Localbusiness owners Thursdaylearned about key upcominglegislative issues from a U.S.Chamber of Commerce offi-cial.
Immigration reform andtrade deals will be importantto the economy’s future, saidBen Taylor, executive direc-tor of the Chamber of Com-merce’s Great Lakes RegionalOffice. Taylor spoke to about30 business owners and localchamber members at the Prai-rie Landing Golf Club in WestChicago.
Taylor said trade is vitalfor the U.S. on a global stagebecause it has only 5 percentof the world’s 6.5 billion pop-ulation. He also spoke aboutthe 20-year anniversary of theNorth American Free TradeAgreement and the competi-tions businesses face fromChina.
The U.S. continues to behurt by a skilled worker short-
age and a lack of immigrationreform, he said. Critics havelong called immigration abroken system, with ongoingissues at U.S. borders, resi-
dency verification and earnedlegal status. There is no for-mal program for lesser-skilledimmigrants to come to theU.S. legally, Taylor said.
Taylor said there are 11million undocumented immi-grants in the U.S., and someof them keep finding jobs herebecause some citizens don’twant to work in open fieldsand other environments.
“These are not easy,glamorous jobs … they arewell-paying, but it’s not jobsAmericans want to do,” Tay-lor said.
The reluctance of citizensto take low-skill jobs is some-thing that concerns JudyDeVoe, president of SpareWheels Transportation inWest Chicago. DeVoe also isworried about the climate forlocal businesses when thereare many large companies inthe area that can provide ser-vices at a lower cost.
“It really hurts small busi-nesses trying to compete,”DeVoe said. “The qualitydoesn’t seem to matter any-more.”
Taylor urged businessowners to be vocal and telltheir elected officials whatchanges are needed for the
economy.“You need to be gathering
the stories from [chamber]membership,” Taylor said.“The next step is tackling leg-islation.”
The right educational op-portunities will help boost thenumber of skilled workersand the local economy, saidRob Ferrigan, senior vicepresident of Old Second Bankin St. Charles.
Ferrigan said the founda-tion and training for manu-facturing jobs should begin atthe middle school level. Thenstudents could continue todevelop trade skills throughspecialized high school andcommunity college courses.
“They don’t understandthat working at a CNC ma-chine they could make $70,000to 80,000 a year,” Ferrigansaid.
Charles Menchaca – [email protected]
Ben Taylor, executive director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce GreatLakes Region, speaks to business owners Thursday at Prairie LandingGolf Club in West Chicago.
Chamber breakfast focuses on economic future
Geneva
• A white gold women’s ringvalued at $510 was reportedstolen Friday, Dec. 20, from thefront porch of a house in the 700block of Tanager Lane. Accordingto police reports, the ring waspurchased online through eBay.Postal records show it was left onthe front porch Dec. 20, but thepurchaser did not look for it untilDec. 21, and it was gone.• A spare tire valued at $250 was
reported stolen Monday, Jan. 6,from a vehicle in the 400 block ofStevens Street.
• Macdaniel F. Sullivan, 18, of the600 block of East Illinois Street,Wheaton, was charged Friday, Jan.3, with possession of less than 2.5grams of marijuana. In the sameincident, Alex J. Furrh, 18, of the500 block of Amy Lane, Wheaton,was charged with possession ofdrug paraphernalia.• Daniel J. Hince, 20, of the 800
block of 29th Street, Boulder, Colo.,was charged Wednesday, Dec. 25,with underage drinking.• Edward J. McGonalge, 28, of the
1100 block of Cheever Avenue, Ge-neva, was charged Tuesday, Dec.31, with driving under the influence
and driving with a blood-alcohollevel of more than .08 percent.• A 95-gallon garbage cart valued
at $314 was reported stolen Sat-urday, Jan. 4, from a house in the2100 block of Sheffield Lane.• Ronald S. Zacher, 44, of the
700 block of North Street, Geneva,was charged Monday, Dec. 30,with criminal damage to property,a glass snow globe and a glasscandle holder, valued at $50.
Kane County Sheriff’s Office
• A residential burglary wasreported Wednesday, Jan. 1, in
the 34W500 block of RooseveltAvenue, St. Charles Township.About $3,000 in property wasreported stolen. Bedroom furniture– including a dresser, nightstandsand a cabinet – were reportedlyopened, and their contents weremoved and scattered.
St. Charles
• David Michael Gonyea, 22, ofthe 600 block of MeadowridgeDrive, Aurora, was chargedWednesday, Jan. 8, with posses-sion of drug paraphernalia andpossession of marijuana.
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ST. CHARLES TOWNSHIP– A 22-year-old Geneva mancharged with several drug-re-lated felonies has petitionedthe court to be allowed to par-ticipate in the Kane CountyDrug Rehabilitation Court,records show.
T y l e r E . W h i t e w a scharged June10 with felonypossession ofheroin while atStarbucks, 229W. State St. inGeneva.
He also wascharged withfelony obstruc-tion of justicefor allegedly trying to hideevidence and misdemeanorpossession of a hypodermicsyringe and drug parapher-nalia.
White had another felonypending against him, as hewas charged April 26 with thepossession and manufactureof ecstasy pills.
In July, Kane County Cir-cuit Judge John Barsantiallowed White to go into anaddiction treatment facilityinstead of jail.
“My goal is to save thiskid’s life,” White’s attorneyVince Solano said. “I’m put-ting him in a position thatthere is hope for this kid.There is a process here. Drugcourt is not something to get
without everybody being onboard. The state’s attorneyand the police have to agree.”
Drug court allows nonvi-olent drug offenders to havetheir charges held in abey-ance while they complete re-habilitation, pay their fines,get frequent drug tests andhave weekly court dates.
The heroin-related felonycharges against White carrya penalty of one to three yearsin prison and a fine of up to$25,000 each.
The misdemeanors have apenalty of up to a year in jailand a fine of up to $2,500.
The felony charge of pos-session of ecstasy is punish-able by four to 15 years in pris-on and a fine of up to $25,000.
The charge of manufactur-ing or delivering ecstasy ispunishable by six to 30 yearsin prison and a fine up to$25,000.
Solano said heroin addic-tion among teens and youngadults in the Fox Valley issomething not seen 20 yearsago.
“We know where thesekids end up – dead or in pris-on,” Solano said. “Kids outthere need help more than thepunishment. ... Bottom line,if we are going to make him[White] a member of society,our chance is now to swing itand get him into drug court.It’s long-term, highly inten-sive and ... if he completes theprogram, we have all succeed-ed, including himself.”
Tyler E.
White
Geneva man, 22,seeks drug courtinstead of prison
8FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
Ronald Henne: The visitation willbe from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan.10, at Conley Funeral Home, 116W. Pierce St., Elburn. The visi-tation will continue from 10:30to 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 11, atthe funeral home, with a funeralservice to celebrate Ron’s lifebeginning at 11 a.m. Intermentwill follow in Blackberry Town-ship Cemetery.
John R. Loftus: Funeral services
will begin with prayers at9:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 10, atMoss-Norris Funeral Home,100 S. Third St. (three blockswest of the river and one blocksouth of Route 64), St. Charles,before proceeding to St. PatrickCatholic Church, 408 Cedar St.,St. Charles, to celebrate Massat 10 a.m. Interment will followin Prairie Cemetery in St.Charles.
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R O C K F O R D – A S t .Charles man is being heldon $30,000 bond in Winneba-go County Jail, on chargesof felony vehicle theft of anambulance and two countsof felony aggravated assault,records show.
In a statement, Rockfordpolice said Paul Chandler,51, took a Metro Ambu-lance valued at more than$100,000, from the emer-gency room parking lot at
Rockford Memorial Hospi-tal, 2400 N. Rockton Ave.,Rockford, at about 4:30 p.m.Wednesday. Police saidChandler en-tered the am-bulance whileit was parkedand unattend-ed.
A s C h a n -dler was start-ing to driveaway, a para-medic and anurse tried to stop him, butChandler then drove the
ambulance at them, forcingthem to run out of the wayor get hit, police said.
Chandler drove out of theparking lot. Rockford po-lice said they later receiveda call about an ambulancebeing driven recklessly, butit was not in the area oncethey arrived.
The ambulance later wasfound abandoned in McHen-ry County and recovered,police said.
Further information ledpolice to identify the sus-pect as Chandler, and that
he was at a business inBelvidere. Belvidere policetook Chandler into custodythere without incident andtook him to Rockford, policesaid.
Rockford Police spokes-man Lt. Pat Hoey said theaggravated assault chargesstem from Chandler drivingthe ambulance at the para-medic and nurse in the hos-pital parking lot.
Chandler faces betweenfour and 15 years in prisonand fines of up to $25,000 onthe three felony charges.
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Man charged in ambulance theftST. CHARLES8LOCAL BRIEFS
Faculty recital set fortoday at Geneva churchGENEVA – A Geneva faculty
recital is set for 7 p.m. todayat Geneva United MethodistChurch, 211 S. Hamilton St.,Geneva.Faculty performers will
include Kevin Henrickson fromGeneva Middle School North,featuring voice and guitar, andWilliam Alles on the eupho-nium, coming from GenevaMiddle School South.Teaching at both GMS North
and South, Helen Bogda willperform violin, Linda Duneskeon the cello, and Jason Flakswith his trumpet.Leah Kamm, teaching at
Williamsburg ElementarySchool, will sing, and SueKautz, who teaches at WesternAvenue and Fabyan elemen-tary schools, will perform theaccordion.There will be Keith Pitner
from Harrison Street andHeartland elementary schoolson his trombone, Andrew Bar-rett from the district office onhis guitar, and Julie Lawrencefrom Geneva High School onher cello.The cost is $5 a person or $15
a family.There will be a spread of
sweets after the performance.All proceeds are donated tothe Geneva Music BoostersScholarship Fund.For information, call Kristen
Severson at 630-262-9212 orBonnie Eich at 630-232-4663.
Batavia’s Library WritersWorkshop to meetBATAVIA – The Batavia Public
Library Writers Workshop willmeet from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Mon-day at the library, 10 S. BataviaAve., Batavia.Writers of all genres, high
school students and adults areinvited.Writers share their works
and offer each other helpfulcriticism.Registration is not required.For information, contact
workshop facilitator FrankRutledge at [email protected].
– Kane County Chronicle
By AL [email protected]
BATAVIA – “The girls”walked slowly into thesmall arena – some
of the horses content with acasual stroll. Others rolledaround on their backs andotherwise enjoyed an oppor-tunity to stretch their legs.
After they exited, a groupof “boys” hustled into the are-na. A little more aggressive,the horses still were calm,content to get some exer-cise and hang out with somefriends.
It’s the scene on a typicalSaturday morning at Field ofDreams, a horse rescue andadoption facility that sits justsouth of the Dick Young For-est Preserve near Batavia.Teams of volunteers work atexercising the horses, clean-ing the stalls, preparing theirfood and washing them. Andthe horses, the ones that havebeen rescued and are await-ing adoption, are going abouttheir business as they wait fortheir special day.
Of the 11 horses housedthere now, six horses aremeant to be there temporar-ily, searching for their truehome, their “field of dreams.”Five are boarded there, andsome actually have been ad-opted by someone associatedwith the organization.
The nonprofit organiza-tion, based in St. Charles butwith the facilities near Bata-via, seeks to spread its mes-sage on at least three levels. Itwants horse owners who areexperiencing difficulty caringfor their horses to know theyhave an option. It wants thosewho are seeking to purchase ahorse to consider one housedat Field of Dreams. And addi-tional volunteers always arewelcome. Those interestedon any of the levels can visitwww.fodonline.org.
Craig Knight, presidentof the organization, said thehorses come to the locationthrough a process, and thatofficials field calls every weekfrom those looking to bringhorses there. He said part ofthe goal is education because
some people interested inowning a horse aren’t neces-sarily familiar with the cost.He said the cost of caring fora horse at Field of Dreams is$530 a month a horse, and thatcost could be higher for somehorse owners.
“We want people to knowthat, yes, a horse is more ex-pensive than a goldfish or acat,” said Knight, who addedthat for someone consideringbecoming a horse owner, astint as a volunteer can helpone gain valuable experienceand information about whatit takes.
Calls come from the area,but also from throughout thecountry. He pointed out a fewwho were there, includingTJ, a former thoroughbred.Knight said TJ, a 7-year-oldwith a chestnut color, racedat Arlington Park and got in-jured, then found his way toField of Dreams.
“He might be the nexthorse to be adopted out,”Knight said.
There is Kallie, a rescuedhorse from Michigan whostands out with blue eyesand is ready to be adopted. Amare, Wildfire, was rescued
from near Wisconsin and isexpected to be ready for adop-tion soon.
There is a process. Poten-tial adopters are met with, andthere is an interview processto make certain they under-stand all that is involved. Andhorses, when they first comein, need time for recovery.Knight said that when horsesarrive, they often have lost alot of weight because they areunderfed. He pointed out one1,200-pound horse, Willie, whorecently had been adopted byvolunteers. Willie came in 500pounds underweight.
Another horse, Jessie, ismore than 30 years old andis one of the organization’s“ambassadors,” along witha 48-year-old donkey. Knightsaid Jessie had been owned bysomeone who had difficultyfeeding her, and had resortedto feeding Jessie table scraps.The owner knew this wasn’t agood situation, and she calledto have Jessie sent to Field ofDreams. Knight said that wasthe right call, as volunteersand those with the organiza-tion were able to provide Jes-sie the help she needed.
Knight said the organiza-tion has more than 130 volun-teer workers, who operate intwo shifts each day. Each shifthas a supervisor. On Satur-day, the shift supervisor wasSandy Ahern, who became in-volved in the organization fiveyears ago, after reading aboutField of Dreams in a newspa-per article. She said her chil-dren were getting older and“leaving the nest,” and shewas looking for a meaningfulway to fill that time. She saidshe learned how to ride hors-es when she was young, butshe never had owned a horse.Now, she owns a horse that re-sides at Field of Dreams.
Ahern, a South Elgin res-ident, said she works twonight shifts and one day shifteach week. She said some vol-unteers do more, and somemight work one or two shiftseach month. She said volun-teers don’t need any previousknowledge of horses whenthey begin, as they can learnwhat they need to know.
She said “it’s amazing” tosee people come in withoutany experience and then be-come leaders in the barn. Onesuch volunteer, Montgomeryresident Jill Davis, was at thebarn Saturday. Davis worksas a mentor, and a girl shewas working with wanted to
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ABOVE: Craig Knight,
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By BRENDA [email protected]
BATAVIA – A new Italian
fusion restaurant is coming
to Batavia, scheduled for a
March 1 opening at 15 E. Wil-
son St., the former location of
the Rhino Room.
Gaetano Di Benedetto,
who owns Gaetano’s in Forest
Park, and his family moved to
Batavia last year and wanted
to open a similar restaurant in
his new town, his wife, Wendy
Di Benedetto said.
“We moved to Batavia be-
cause I have a personal attach-
ment here,” Wendy Di Bened-
etto said. “I spent my summers
here with my aunt – who still
lives here – playing with my
cousins, riding horses on
Raddant Road and the prairie
path, swimming at the quarry
and running through the corn-
fields. I have a great connec-
tion to Batavia.”
Di Benedetto said after
some research, she found the
Batavia schools had an excel-
lent reputation for their three
children to attend. Then they
started looking around for
good restaurants.
“We really need a good, up-
scale restaurant in this town
in Batavia,” Di Benedetto said,
as they considered opening
one themselves. “But nothing
fit, and we put our idea on the
shelf.”
As soon as the Rhino Room
was available to rent, they de-
cided it would become a small-
er version of their successful
Forest Park restaurant, she
said.
“We enjoyed Batavia so
much with the farmers mar-
ket, and we used to walk by
that space all the time. And
then it was available,” Di Ben-
edetto said. “We knew right
away it would work for us.”
The type of food her hus-
band prepares will combine
traditional fare from different
regions of Italy, she said.
“He started cooking when
he was a young boy in Italy,”
Di Benedetto said. “He wanted
to buy a guitar, and his father
said he had to go to work. So he
did, at 11 years old.”
Di Benedetto said for most
Americans, Italian food means
spaghetti and meatballs or la-
sagna – which is nothing like
Italian food in Italy. Italian fu-
sion is a blend of the regions,
she said.
“He fuses food from Tus-
cany with food from Paler-
mo. He would take something
from Naples and blend it with
Rome,” Di Benedetto said.
“He is always very respectful
of tradition. The slogan on
our restaurant in Forest Park
– and will be in Batavia – is
‘Fusion of the regions of Italy
with respect to tradition.’ “
According to its website,
www.gaetanos.us, Gaetano
Di Benedetto was invited by
the Italian delegate to serve
as chef for Team Italy and the
government dignitaries at the
2002 Winter Olympics in Salt
Lake City.
Di Benedetto teaches cu-
linary art in both Italian and
U.S. culinary colleges.
In 2010, he was named to
the board of advisers of Chefs
for Humanity, an alliance of
culinary professionals in part-
nership with U.S. and global
organizations working to re-
duce hunger.
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volunteer at Field of Dreams.Davis said she was intim-idated.
“ I n e v e r e v e n h a dtouched a horse,” she said.
She kept coming becauseshe had to, but she learnedthe tasks and started warm-ing to the place.
She enjoyed it so muchthat she started coming
even when the girl hadmoved away.
“Now, I feel like howcould I have gone all my lifeand not have done this,”she said.
Davis said she wouldrecommend it to anyone,adding that though it canbe physically demanding,it also is highly rewarding.
“There is never a badday here,” she said. “Thereare hard days, but no baddays.”
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8LOCAL BRIEFS
CASA Kane Countyto hold meetingsGENEVA – CASA Kane
County is holding informationalmeetings for those interestedin becoming a court appointedspecial advocate volunteer forabused and neglected children.Must be age 21.Meetings are set for 9 to
10 a.m. Monday at the CASAoffices in the Kane CountyCourthouse, 100 S. Third St.,Suite 460, Geneva; 6 to 7 p.m.Tuesday at Graham’s 318, 318Third St., Geneva; and 1:30 to2:30 p.m. Jan. 15 and Jan. 22 –both Wednesdays – and Jan. 9and Jan. 16 – both Thursdays –at the CASA offices.Friday meetings are set for
11 a.m. to noon today and Jan.17 at the CASA offices. Forinformation or to RSVP, contactSarah Baxa at [email protected] or 630-444-3366.
Studio to celebratePrintLab’s openingST. CHARLES – Water Street
Studios will celebrate theopening of its newest facility,PrintLab, at 4:30 p.m. Jan. 18.PrintLab is at 117 W. Main
St., St. Charles. The event willinclude a ribbon cutting and anopen house featuring memberartists and instructors.
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Organize yourown festivalTo the Editor:Christmas 2013 is now past
– hymns, dinners, wrappings andtinsel are things of memories.The atheists will have removed
the large “flying A” from DaleyPlaza, and lawsuits againstChristmas carols, prayers, crèch-es and menorah displays will beon hiatus once again.Still, one finds it odd that this
group, which claims no Godexists, always pitches its tentright along and against our holydays. They make full use of theattention, reverence and festivi-ty created to honor the God theydeny. If they really had faith intheir belief (a dichotomy?), whynot pick a month of their own?January, February and March areopen.Being winter, not much cele-
brating is going on. Perhaps theycould generate some excitementin believing on nothing butthemselves. Why, those folkscould even change their calendar– A.D. having such a Christianmeaning and all. Surely, a morenondescript numbering of theiryear should suffice.Oops, my bad! The French tried
that in the late 18th century. Itdidn’t work out all that well.So, to all the atheists, anti-
religious, naysaying crowd– get the guts and gumptionto organize your own festivaltime; quit riding the coattailsof Judeo-Christianity. It soundscheap, and it is weak.BTW, why do the atheists not
protest during the Islamic holymonth of Ramadan? Just askin’.
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It’s becoming clear – Obamacare is workingBy HAROLD MEYERSON
Special to The Washington Post
Despite the treasuredright-wing talking points,it’s increasingly clear thatObamacare is a success.Moreover, in places whereObamacare is not succeeding,it’s also clear that the rightwing is to blame. Well, it’sclear to any who look at thestate-by-state numbers of thenewly insured. A whole lot ofAmericans will have to look,however, for the program’ssuccess to contribute to Dem-ocrats’ advantage.
Charles Gaba, an enter-prising website designer,has taken it upon himself totrack the number of Ameri-cans who have gained healthinsurance under the Afford-able Care Act. Tallying thosewho have signed up on the
state and federal exchanges(2.1 million), those who haveobtained Medicaid coverage(4.4 million) and those whogained coverage through thelaw’s requirement that pri-vate plans allow parents tocover their children up to age26 (3.1 million), he cites morethan 9 million newly insuredthrough Obamacare.
The meaning of thatnumber is, to be sure, alittle fuzzy. To begin, it’s agross, not a net, increase.Some of the 2.1 million whopurchased insurance onexchanges did so after theirprevious plans were alteredor canceled. In some states,the increase in those insuredthrough Medicaid does notdistinguish between thosenot eligible previously andthose who are simply renew-ing coverage.
All that said, whether thetotal is 9 million or 7 million,it’s a big number and it’srising rapidly – Decembersign-ups far exceeded thosein November, and the num-ber is expected to continuegrowing through 2014.
Whether you can accessthe benefits of the ACA,however, depends on whereyou live. In states that setup their own exchanges andaccepted federal fundingfor Medicaid expansion, theincrease in the number ofinsured vastly exceeds thatin states that declined to doeither.
Theda Skocpol, a Harvardprofessor of governmentand sociology, has comparedstate totals of those whogained insurance through theexchanges and Medicaid withCongressional Budget Office
projections of the numberof enrollees in each state forthe first year the ACA is ineffect, as well as with the Kai-ser Medicaid Commission’sprojections of new Medicaidrecipients in that first year.
In the three months sincethe exchanges opened, shewrote this week, the 14 statesthat established their ownexchanges and acceptedMedicaid funding reportedincreases amounting to 37.2percent of the projected year-ly exchange purchases and42.9 percent of the projectedMedicaid enrollments. In the23 states that refused to es-tablish insurance exchanges,refused to cooperate in mak-ing the federal website easilyaccessible and declined toexpand Medicaid, exchangepurchases were just 5.6 per-cent of the projected increase
and Medicaid enrollmentsjust 1.5 percent.
Which is to say, the ACAis working as planned,perhaps a little better, in thestates where governors andlegislatures chose to imple-ment it, such as Californiaand New York. It is barelyworking in those stateswhere governors and legisla-tors have refused to imple-ment it, such as Texas.
The conservative argu-ment that the ACA is a disas-ter is true only when it’s aself-fulfilling prophecy. Onlyby publicizing the act’s man-ifest success in states whereit has been implemented cansupporters begin to changethe public’s verdict.
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Rosary’s Quincy Kellett tries to get past Aurora Central Catholic’s Maggie O’Brien during Thursday’s game in Aurora.
SAINTS CRUISE TOWINThe St. Charles Eastwrestling team sets thetone for the rest of theweek by rolling pastStreamwood, callingthe dual meet win agood springboard for tonight’sdual against Neuqua Valley andSaturday’s Batavia quad. PAGE 15
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AURORA – Danielle Goer-ing hadn’t so much as prac-ticed with the Rosary girls bas-ketball team, but the freshmanfound a way to make her pres-ence felt at one of the season’smost dramatic junctures.
Deadlocked with rival Au-rora Central Catholic withabout 3 minutes to go Thurs-day, Goering made four cru-cial free throws and had a keyassist in the closing minutesas the Royals fended off theChargers, 47-40.
“We told her, ‘Welcome tovarsity,’ ” Rosary coach Jes-sie Wilcox said.
Rosary (7-9, 2-2 SuburbanChristian Conference) wasn’ta deep team to begin with andbecame less so last month af-ter losing leading scorer Me-gan Conlin to an ACL tear.Add in plenty of foul troublein Thursday’s game, and Ro-sary needed a fresh face ortwo to step forward.
Goering did just that. Hertwo free throws with 2:47 toplay gave the Royals the leadfor good at 40-38, and Goer-ing had the assist on a crisppassing sequence beginningwith Quincy Kellett and end-ing with a Taylor Drozdowskilayup to make it 42-38 Rosarywith 1:13 left.
Goering had been with thesophomore team until receiv-ing a promotion in the nickof time.
“Yesterday we practicedwith the sophomores andwe saw a lot of good energycoming from her, especiallyon the defensive end,” Wilcoxsaid. “We brought her up. Shehasn’t even practiced with us.… We threw her in againstACC, and some girls are gameplayers, and some girls arenot. That’s a game player.”
It was a matchup made forhard-nosed players, as fluidpossessions were a rarityand bodies crashing into one
another – and onto the floor– were commonplace.
Free throws piled up, andACC (8-7, 2-2) converted only4 of 17 on the night. Rosarystruggled from the line attimes, too, but saved its bestshooting for the fourth quar-ter, when the Royals drained11 of 14 attempts.
“I think toughness wonthat game – not just phys-ically, but mentally tough,”Drozdowski said. “That’swhat our coaches stress to us
all the time, you’ve got to bementally tough, and I think itreally showed through duringthis game.”
In addition to his team’swoeful foul shooting, ACCcoach Mark Fitzgerald alsolamented guard Gabi Alfaro’soverly aggressive attempt tocorral a missed free throwthat turned into her fifthfoul. At the time, the Char-gers only trailed by two, butwithout Alfaro, the Chargersfaded in the closing minutes.
“She’s a key player for us,”Fitzgerald said. “Her sittingon the bench didn’t help.”
ACC trailed, 14-3, after thefirst quarter before surgingin the middle stages of thegame, taking four differentleads in the fourth quarter.
Despite the Chargers’ ral-ly, Fitzgerald thought severalchoppy sequences were notrepresentative of his team’squality.
“Honestly, I’ve got twogirls graduating and that’sit, so we’ve got a long timeto work together,” Fitzgeraldsaid. “We’re going to do it oneway or the other before we’redone, or I’m going to die try-ing, let’s put it that way. Be-cause they’re too good to playlike that.”
Forward Alex Hortoncame off the bench to leadACC with 10 points.
Kalie Soris added ninepoints, while Natalie Droeske(12 rebounds) and Alfaro bothscored six points before foul-ing out.
Kellett led Rosary with17 points. Drozdowski added13 and Rachel Choice had 11points and eight rebounds.
Despite ACC wielding asize advantage, Rosary outre-bounded ACC, 38-25.
“If we’re going to contin-ue to shoot poorly, we haveto get [on the glass] and getmore and more opportuni-ties,” Wilcox said.
Wilcox saluted Kellett,Choice and Emily Bakala foreach playing the full 32 min-utes without dips in their ef-fort.
“That’s the kind of lead-ership that we need,” Wilcoxsaid.
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Aurora Central Catholic’s Natalie Droeske (left) and Rosary’s TaylorDrozdowski go after a loose ball during Rosary’s 47-40 victory Thurs-day in Aurora.
“Yesterday, we practiced with the sophomores and we saw a lot of good energy coming from [Danielle
Goering], especially on the defensive end. We brought her up. She hasn’t even practiced with us. ... We threw
her in against ACC, and some girls are game players, and some girls are not. That’s a game player.”
Jessie Wilcox, Rosary girls basketball coach
TODAYBoys basketball: Batavia at
Streamwood, 7:15 p.m.; Elginat St. Charles East, 7:15 p.m.;St. Charles North at Geneva,7:15 p.m.; St. Francis at AuroraCentral Catholic, 7:30 p.m.;Richmond-Burton at Burling-ton Central, 7:15 p.m.; AuroraChristian at Marmion, 7:30p.m.; Morris at Kaneland, 7p.m.; Gage Park at Mooseh-eart, 6:30 p.m.Girls basketball: St. Charles
North at Geneva, 5:45 p.m.;Immaculate Conception atAurora Christian, 7:30 p.m.Wrestling: Batavia at
Larkin, 5:30 p.m.; St. CharlesNorth at East Aurora, 5:30p.m.
SATURDAYBoys basketball: St. Charles
North at East Aurora, 7:30p.m.; Northtown Academy atAurora Central Catholic, 2:30p.m.; Kaneland at BurlingtonCentral, 7:30 p.m.; St. Edwardat Marmion, 6 p.m.; Lisle atAurora Christian, 7:30 p.m.Girls basketball: Stream-
wood at Batavia, 6 p.m.; Elginat St. Charles East, 6 p.m.; Au-rora Central Catholic at Wal-ther Lutheran, TBD.; Kanelandat Burlington Central, 6 p.m.;Marian Central at St. Francis7 p.m.; Guerin Prep at Rosary,1:30 p.m.; Aurora Christian atSt. Edward, 7:30 p.m.Wrestling: Batavia, St.
Charles East at Batavia Quad,9 a.m.; St. Charles North atNiles North Quad, 9:30 a.m.;Geneva at Geneva Invite, 9a.m.; Burlington Central at Ro-chelle Quad, 9 a.m.; Kanelandat Sycamore, 9 a.m.Boys swimming: St.
Charles North (Diving) atNew Trier Invite, 9 a.m.; St.Charles North (Swimming) atEvanston Invite, 1 p.m.Boys bowling: St. Charles
East at Lake Zurich Invite, 9a.m.; St. Charles North at LakeZurich Invite, 8:45 a.m.Girls bowling: Geneva,
Kaneland at IMSA, 8 a.m.Girls gymnastics: Geneva
at Lincoln-Way East Invite, 1p.m.; St. Charles North at LakeForest Invite, 6 p.m.
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WRESTLING: ST. CHARLES EAST 62, STREAMWOOD 9
Saints shoot to notch record in conference victoryBy KEVIN DRULEY
ST. CHARLES – St. CharlesEast junior wrestler RamonLopez redirected his focusfrom his upcoming boutagainst Streamwood ever sobriefly Thursday night.
For 45 seconds, his sullenglance was broken by shoutsand smiles.
Forty-five seconds is howlong it took for teammate Ke-one Derain to pin the Sabres’Emilio Lopez in his 152-poundvictory. East’s school recordfor fastest fall is 12 seconds,and the Saints had it in theircrosshairs during a 62-9 Up-state Eight Conference RiverDivison romp.
“We had a few guys tryingto go for it. You kind of makeit a little bit of a competition,but yeah, it definitely makesit fun,” Ramon Lopez said. “Iwas definitely watching Ke-one. He almost had it.”
From where Saints coachJason Potter was sitting, De-
rain was “reeeeal close atabout eight seconds,” after aquick takedown set the tone.
East’s other falls – fromIsaiah Vela at138 and RayDavid Cuautleat 195 – felt like“Gone Withthe Wind” incomparison.The Saints (4-0U E C R i v e r )lost only oneof the night’se i g h t c o n -tested boutsa g a i n s t t h eSabres (1-4), adecision at 126pounds.
Six-minutematches might
have been the norm, but Eastkept control throughout, in-cluding major decisions fromRyan Valesh (132) and Lopez(160). All in all, the Saints leftfor home calling the night agood springboard for a week-end that includes tonight’s
home dual against NeuquaValley and Saturday’s Bata-via quadrangular. Strong matroom sessions have kept theteam energized.
“Potter and Chris, hisbrother [and assistant coach],we’ve got everyone turned upevery day. It’s a lot of fun,”Lopez said. “We always liketo think we’re the best-condi-tioned team around here, sowe’re always working hard.We’ve got a lot of guys in therepushing each other, so the in-tensity’s really high.”
Moments after his victory,Vela assumed his post-boutroutine by mixing shuttlejogs and intermediate sprintsalongside the basketball end-line.
He may well do the samelater today, with one majordifference: East boys basket-ball players will run the floorthereafter.
Jason Potter and boys bas-ketball counterpart Pat Woodscoordinated a “Brawlers andBallers” event in which East’s
4:30 p.m. wrestling dual – notsophomore hoops – will leadinto the varsity tip.
The hope is the crowd willprovide something bigger andwarmer than an undercardfeel. The ideal result is plant-ing a newfound wrestlingappreciation in Saints fansthat’s strong enough to lurethem back.
“Everybody understandsbasketball, and it’s easy forhigh school kids to connectto that and get behind it.But, you know, wrestling’s ahard sport – if you don’t un-derstand what’s going on – toreally support,” Potter said.“Most of the people that we
have come out are really closefriends with kids on the team,their girlfriends and thingslike that. So [this aims] to getthe average student body outto something, just so they cansee it.
“Not all of them are goingto like it, but maybe there area few of them that would. Wejust talked about is there anyway we can kind of use theircrowd, and we just joked thatit had never been done beforeunder the same venue. We’dnever seen it.”
That will change tonight.And, who knows, a Saintmight pin a Wildcat in lessthan 12 seconds in the process.
Keone Derain
Isaiah Vela
“We always like to think we’re the best-conditioned
team around hee, so we’re always working hard.
We’ve got a lot of guys in there pushing each other,
so the intensity’s really high.”
Ramon LopezSt. Charles East junior wrestler
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8SPORTS SHORTSMeeks eyes smooth transitionwith Batavia boys XCBATAVIA – New Batavia boys cross
country coach BroncoMeeks competedunder longtime predecessor Mike DiDo-menico.That, among other things, soothes any
anxiety about taking over for someonewho stepped down after steering theprogram for 34 seasons.Meeks, 30, a 2002 Batavia alumnus,
learned of his promotion this week andspoke optimistically of his new roleThursday. An industrial education facultymember at Batavia since 2007, he hadcoached Rotolo Middle School crosscountry and served as an assistant trackcoach for the Bulldogs.“It definitely makes it easier because I
know the traditions that Mike’s had overthe years,” Meeks said.“It’s a unique experience having grown
up in the community here.”The Batavia boys earned the program’s
first team berth to the IHSA Class 3A statemeet in 2013, and figure to benefit fromsome sound reinforcements. Rotolo’s boysplaced second in the IESA Class 3A statemeet last season.Growing the middle school cross coun-
try culture, which was an objective even
whenMeeks attended high school, hashelped fuel the Bulldogs’ surge.“It’s been a huge factor, I think, for the
high school program, and I think it’s reallyhelped lead to the success this year ingetting the team down to state,” Meekssaid.
Kaneland product Lekkasearns NAHL honorSPRINGFIELD – Springfield Blues rookie
goaltender Stefanos Lekkas, 17, helped histeam to a weekend split in Topeka, Kan.,and earned a North American HockeyLeague North Star of theWeek honorearlier this week.On Jan. 3, the Elburn native made 46
saves in a 2-0 loss to the RoadRunners. OnSaturday, the 5-foot-11, 165-pound Lekkasstopped all 45 shots that came his wayin regulation and it overtime, and then hestopped all three shooters in the shootoutfor the 1-0 shutout win. It was his firstcareer NAHL shutout.On the weekend, Lekkas, a former Kane-
land student, faced 93 shots and stopped91 of them. Lekkas is in the top 10 in NAHLgoaltending statistics including wins (10),goals-against average (2.17) and savepercentage (93.4 percent) this season.
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Kaneland girls hoops downs MorrisKANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
MAPLE PARK – The Kaneland
girls basketball team won for the
third time in its past four games
Thursday, defeating Northern Illi-
nois Big 12 East foe Morris, 57-45.
Kelly Wallner finished with a dou-
ble-double for Kaneland, contribut-
ing 13 points and 11 rebounds as the
Knights improved to 9-8 overall and
2-1 in conference play.
Teammates Ally Van Bogaert (13
points) and Caroline Heimerdinger
(10) joined Wallner in double figures.
Kaneland created havoc on de-
fense by collecting 12 steals, which
helped it build a 29-11 lead at half-
time.
The Knights attempted 40 free
throws in the game, converting 21.
Burlington Central 80, North Boone27: At Burlington, five Central play-
ers scored in double figures in the Big
Northern Conference East blowout.
Sam Pryor (12 points) and Shel-
by Holt (11) led the way, with Kayla
Ross, Aly DeTamble and Becca Gerke
chipping in 10 apiece.
Central (13-2, 3-0 BNC East) led,
56-13, at halftime and drilled eight
3-pointers in the game.
WRESTLINGKaneland 53, Rochelle 18: At Ro-
chelle, major decisions from Mat-
thew Redman (126 pounds) and Dane
Goodenough (138) helped Kaneland to
a road victory in the NI Big 12 East.
Geneva 66, Elgin 5: At Geneva, Ge-
neva won comfortably in an Upstate
Eight Conference River Division dual
behind five falls, including first-peri-
od pins from Mitch Bradberry (182
pounds) and Billy Douds (285).
GIRLS BOWLINGSycamore 2,917, Kaneland 2,494: At
4 Seasons Bowling Center, Sycamore
pulled away in the Northern Illinois
Big 12 dual after edging Kaneland,
841-825, in the opening game.
Kaneland’s Dominique Lee (490),
Rena Wojciechowski (479) and Chris-
tie Crews (476) rolled the Knights’ top
series.
North defeats Streamwood: At
Streamwood Lanes, North picked up
all five possible team points in the
dual.
Bobbi Jo Buhlman registered a
564 series for the North Stars, while
Brooke Paulsen contributed a 501 in
her varsity debut.
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St. Charles High grad thriving on Sooners’ staff
Bill Bedenbaugh spent hisformative football years in St.Charles, arriving as a sev-enth-grader in the mid-1980sbefore helping stabilize St.Charles High’s offensive line.
He figured he’d see more ofChicagoland after college grad-uation. Then came a fortunatephone call that has spurred aseries of others.
Last week, Bedenbaughhelped scheme Oklahoma pastSugar Bowl favorite Alabamaas OU’s first-year offensive linecoach. Almost 19 years ago,he began his college coachingcareer in the same position atOklahoma Panhandle Statewhen a coach departing hisalma mater, Iowa Wesleyan,offered a surprise position.
“It’s one of those thingswhere you do the best job youcan wherever you’re at,” Be-denbaugh said, “and then, forwhatever reason, people kindof take notice.”
If it lands you in BoomerSooner country, all the better.
The Sugar Bowl markedthe 13th bowl game in whichBedenbaugh has coached. Thefirst seven came at Texas Tech,where his Iowa Wesleyancoach, Mike Leach, cultivat-ed a pass-happy offensivepedigree that since has takenLeach to Washington State.
Before landing in Lubbock,Texas – and, subsequently,NCAA Division I campusesat Arizona, West Virginiaand Oklahoma – Bedenbaughbegan his ascent on the small-er-school circuit. He admit-tedly thought lining fields,mopping weight room floorsand driving buses at Panhan-dle State – “You know, all thosethings that you don’t do atOklahoma,” Bedenbaugh said– would be standard whereverhe went.
That’s helped him savorthe OU experience even moreafter first getting a taste fromTexas Tech’s Big 12 rivalrywith the Sooners. Bedenbaughfigures he and wife Maryde,an Oklahoma native, could bein Norman for awhile along-side daughter Lacy and sonWilliam.
“I mean, do you haveaspirations and things likethat, yeah? But you do thebest job wherever you are andyou work as hard as you canwherever you are and then ifopportunities arise, then youkind of evaluate them and seewhere you’re at with them,”Bedenbaugh said. “There’sbeen a lot of opportunities thathave come up and differentsituations I haven’t pursued,for whatever reason, so you’vejust got to find what the bestthing for you and your familyis.
“But the thing, you know,when you get to a place likeOklahoma, in reality, to meand to most people around thecountry ... there’s not muchbetter than this. So there’sreally, in my mind, nowhere togo from here.”
Much of Bedenbaugh’sfamily remains rooted in St.Charles, including his par-ents and brother, Ken, whoworks at the Norris Center asa facilities manager. Anotherbrother, Jake, lives in LakeGeneva, Wis. Bedenbaugh hasthree half-brothers in SouthCarolina.
The Palmetto State neverwas a stop on the Bedenbaughcoaching tour, but it is one ofthe hubs of the SoutheasternConference, a league that alsohouses Alabama and whatSooners coach Bob Stoops hasdeemed lots of unnecessaryhype.
The SEC produced the pastseven national championsentering the season – FloridaState’s last-minute heroicsagainst Auburn in Monday’sBCS championship game
prevented an eighth straightwin – but Stoops was vocal incontending the rest of majorcollege football could compete.
He and OU proved as muchwith a 45-31 victory againsttwo-time defending championAlabama.
“Obviously, doing that onthat stage and playing so wellon that stage obviously helpseverything,” Bedenbaugh said.“The excitement, the recruit-ing, the players here wantingto get back to work and doeven better next year.”
It’s also a pretty good con-
versation-starter for the nexttime Bedenbaugh gets homeor touches base with formercoaches. The 1990 St. CharlesHigh graduate played underBuck Drach. His offensiveline coach was Mark Gould,who was the lone coach in St.Charles North program histo-ry before retiring at the end ofthe 2012-13 school year.
Bedenbaugh recalls return-ing home from college and as-piring to start coaching locallyand see where it took him. Thephone rang, and he was off toGoodwell, Okla. Seven schools
later, he’s back in Oklahoma,presumably to stay.
It’s like he always tellsplayers: It’s all about being inthe right position.
“You don’t get these oppor-tunities very often, you know,”Bedenbaugh said, “and I wasvery fortunate to have it, andvery fortunate to be here.”
• Kevin Druley is a sports-writer for the Kane CountyChronicle. He can be reachedat 630-845-5347 or [email protected]. Follow himon Twitter at @kevindruley.
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Oklahoma offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh, a 1990 St. Charles High alumnus, was part of the Sooners’Sugar Bowl upset victory against Alabama last week.
Bill of flights
St. Charles High alumnus BillBedenbaugh helped Oklahoma to aSugar Bowl victory against Alabamain his first season as Sooners of-fensive line coach. Here’s a look atother stops in his coaching career:
1995 – Oklahoma Panhandle State1996 – Valdosta State (Ga.)1997-98 – Central Michigan1999 – Ferris State (Mich.)2000-06 – Texas Tech2007-10 – Arizona2011-12 – West Virginia2013 – Oklahoma
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Jeffery replacesLions’ Johnsonin Pro Bowl
By KEVIN [email protected]
Alshon Jeffery will replace Li-ons wide receiver Calvin Johnsonin the Pro Bowl, joining Bran-don Marshall and Matt Forte,the Bears announced Thursday.Johnson is having offseason kneesurgery.
“I’m extremely blessed andthankful for the opportunity toplay in the Pro Bowl. I want tothank [wide receivers] coach[Mike] Groh, [head] coach [Marc]Trestman and the rest of my team-mates for putting me in a positionto succeed this season,” Jefferysaid. “Thanks toall the fans for allof the support thisseason and I’mlooking forward toplaying with Bran-don and Matt inHawaii.”
Jeffery had abreakout secondseason, catching 89 passes for 1,421yards and seven touchdowns. Healso had 16 carries for 105 yards.
He was fourth in the NFC in re-ceptions and second in receivingyards. Jeffery’s seven catches of 40yards or more were second-mostin the NFC.
In December, Marshall madehis pitch to get Jeffery a Pro Bowlnod.
“Everybody out there, you needto go vote for Alshon Jeffery, ProBowl,” he said. “It’d be a shame ifhe was not in the Pro Bowl.”
Jeffery is ranked second inBears franchise history for mostreceiving yards in a single season.
“Just being from where I camefrom to where I am now, whatI’m doing … it’s just special to bepart of the success we’re havingas a team,” Jeffery said. “I want tothank my Mama and my family.I’m going to continue to make youall proud.”
Alshon Jeffery
ANALYSIS: BLACKHAWKS
Will Kruger be right fit for Kane?By MARK [email protected]
Sounds easy enough. Justhop over the boards, givePatrick Kane the puck, lethim do his thing, and watchyour point total skyrocket.
Easiest job in hockey,right?
“I don’t know if Kanerreally needs much help,”winger Kris Versteeg said.“I’ve played with some verygood players, but none astalented as him.”
But the fact is, it’s atricky thing to play on a linewith Kane.
His otherworldly talentand puck-handling abilities,combined with his uncannyvision and touch, requirea different mentality fromhis linemates. Kane needs acenter who is happy to deferto his right wing, to thinkdefense first while Kanefreelances all over the ice.
Yet he also needs a centerwho can read Kane’s mindwell enough to be in theright place at the right timefor a pass or a well-placedrebound.
“It’s a little bit different,because he wants the puckall the time,” Michal Hand-zus said. “So you want to tryto give him the puck all thetime.”
That’s been Handzus’ jobfor most of the season. ButHandzus – who filled thesecond-line center role admi-rably in the playoffs, albeitwhile Kane was on the topline – has been strugglinglately, and perhaps has beenbringing the once red-hotKane down with him.
Enter Marcus Kruger– a guy with the speed tokeep up with Kane, thedefense-first mind-set tobalance the line, and theselflessness to let Kane dowhat Kane does.
“He’s an unbelievableplayer,” said Kruger, whowas bumped up to the sec-ond line Wednesday againstthe Rangers and will getanother crack at it Saturdayin Montreal. “He wants thepuck, and he’s probably theguy we want to have thepuck the most, too.”
Quenneville said he waswary of Kruger’s lack ofa finishing touch (just 17career goals in 171 games,
although he’s largely beenused in a checking role).But Kruger always has saidthere’s an untapped offen-sive side to his game, andsaid Wednesday night, “Idefinitely want to play inthat role.”
His vastly improvedfaceoff percentage – a team-best 56.8 percent – works inhis favor, too.
“He’s got that will to finda way to contribute any wayhe can,” Quenneville said.“He’s really moved up theladder in a lot of people’seyes around this lockerroom.”
Kruger replaces Hand-zus, a reliable and savvydefensive presence whoselack of speed made for asometimes awkward fitwith Kane. For all the goodthings Handzus broughtto that line – the pass-firstmentality, the awareness,the size to clear room forKane – he sometimes simplycouldn’t keep up.
Still, Kane said the chem-istry between the two was“good.”
“He makes it easy, as faras playing defense and kindof just roaming out there,”Kane said.
But the fact is, most ofKane’s production duringhis torrid November and
December came withoutHandzus on the ice. Hand-zus hasn’t assisted on anyof Kane’s goals, and Kanehas only assisted on one ofHandzus’ goals. The line’sbeen particularly ineffectiveover the past two weeks.Kane has just one assist inthe five games since his 14-game point streak ended.
So now it’ll be Krugertrying to put the puck onKane’s stick, and tryingto put Kane in the bestposition possible to produce.It’s a highly coveted job.But as the Hawks continuetheir never-ending searchfor a long-term solutionat second-line center, it’sbecoming clear that it’s notas easy as it looks.
“Anytime you play withdifferent players, you’regoing to try to play to theirstrengths,” said Kane,who’ll be adapting to hisfifth center in fewer than 12months. “You’ve got to playto their strengths and try toimplement your strengths inthere, too, to be successful asa line. Sometimes you haveto switch it up as a player.”
• Mark Lazerus covers
the Blackhawks for theChicago Sun-Times. Hecan be reached via email [email protected]
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Blackhawksat Montreal,6 p.m. Sat-urday, WGN,AM-720
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Bulls still sad about losing Deng to CavsBy JOE COWLEYChicago Sun-Times
At last check, Luol Dengwas alive and well in Cleve-land.
He’s upright, walking andactually breathing.
That bit of news seemsto have eluded his formerteammates, despite it nowbeing four days since he wastraded to the Cavaliers for 12hours of Andrew Bynum’scontract, three draft picks,financial flexibility, and awhole lot of hope.
“It’s still strange not hav-ing him around,” veteranguard Kirk Hinrich said ofDeng after Thursday’s prac-
tice at the Berto Center.“Just coming in today, hislocker is next to me here. Ihad a lot more room todaybut it was a little just gettingnostalgic just looking at itseeing it empty for the firsttime here.
“Shoot, I have playedwith Lu for nine years so wekind of grew up as playersand young men together. Wemiss him as a team and misshim as a person. He’s a greatguy, but at the same timewe’re trying not to dwell onit.”
They are trying.It just might not be work-
ing for all of them.Joakim Noah was still
not talking to the media,with the latest excuse beingthe All-Star center was a bitunder the weather.
“Jo’s an emotional guy,’’coach Tom Thibodeau said.“He got himself ready toplay [in Tuesday’s win overPhoenix]. He’s playing at ahigh level. He played a greatgame. Now the challenge is
to come back after you havea good game to play anoth-er good game. You can’t feelgood about yourself. Youhave to be ready for the nextone.”
But there’s another focusthat could be creeping intothe locker room picture, andthat’s which player, if any,could be next to go?
First there’s Carlos Booz-er. The Bulls amnestyingBoozer’s contract this off-season looks like a forgoneconclusion. And then there’sHinrich, who is being lookedat by several teams as a vet-eran who can come in andoffer up back-up point guardplay.
Next for the Bulls
Bulls atMilwaukee,7:30 p.m.today, CSN,AM-1000
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ST. CHARLES – Total ClarityWealth Management Inc. of St.Charles marked the year’s endby celebrating the performanceof two of its professionals.
President Terry Murphy anddirector of operations JeanneTackett awarded the 2013 Ad-
visor of the Year title to BrentFields, certified financial plan-ner.
Fields has been helping cli-ents build solid financial footingin the Fox Valley and surround-ing area since 1998.
Denise Muska, a certified fi-nancial planner, was honored foroutstanding execution as direc-tor of planning operations.
Muska brings more than 25years of financial industry expe-rience to Total Clarity.
Total Clarity Wealth Man-agement is a full-service, inde-pendent, registered investmentadvisory firm with offices in St.Charles, Naperville, Oak Brookand Chicago.
For more information, visitwww.totalclaritywealth.com.
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Geneva teacher inducted intoMicrosoft’s ExpertEducator programKANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
GENEVA – Mill Creek ElementarySchool Teacher Donna Román is one of 20educators in the U.S. that was selected totake part in Microsoft’s Expert Educatorprogram, created to recognize pioneer ed-ucators and schools that are using tech-nology to transform education.
Román was selected by Microsoftfor her use of technology to drive stu-dent achievement based on a collabo-rative project in which she linked herfifth-grade students with fifth-gradestudents in Máire O’Keefe’s class lo-cated in the town of Kinvara in CountyGalway, Ireland.
Using a multitudeof online resources,Román’s students andtheir counterparts in Ire-land jointly researchedthe life of Capt. FrancisO’Neill, who lived in theeras of the Great PotatoFamine and the GreatChicago Fire, from his
life on a west Cork County farm in Ire-land to occupying the office of the chiefof police in Chicago. By studying thelife and music of Capt. O’Neill, studentslearned what life was like for a residentof Ireland during the Great Potato Fam-ine and for an immigrant to the U.S. inthe 1800s.
“Microsoft Expert Educators andMentor schools are inspiring examplesof how individuals and schools are usingtechnology to prepare their students forthe 21st century,” Anthony Salcito, vicepresident of Microsoft Corp. WorldwideEducation, said in a news release. “Notonly are they doing innovative work inthe classroom, but they are actively men-toring others and creating change withintheir own education systems.”
This year, the Expert Educator pro-gram selected 250 educators out of 23,000applicants to be part of an exclusiveglobal community of education leaderswho use technology to positively impactlearning and student outcomes.
“It’s not just a matter of having more
computers, it is an understanding of howtechnology can be harnessed to createdeeper and more engaged learning that isimportant,” said Román.
Expert Educators work with Micro-soft to lead innovation in education, ad-vocate and share their experiences witheffective uses of technology in educationwith their peers and policy makers.
They also receive a range of addition-al benefits, including an invitation to at-tend the Microsoft in Education GlobalForum in Barcelona, Spain, taking placein March; free surface devices for theirschools; insider access to Microsoft strat-egy and technologies; professional andcareer development opportunities; andcertifications, including peer coaching.
DonnaRomán
Library’s next New LyceumLecture to visit North Pole
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BATAVIA – The BataviaPublic Library will present“The North Pole ... The HardWay” by guest speaker JohnHuston as part of the New Ly-ceum Lecture series on Jan.29.
The event will take placeat 7 p.m. at the Batavia Pub-lic Library, 10 S. Batavia Ave.,Batavia.
In 2009, Huston and his ex-pedition partner became thefirst and only Americans toreach the North Pole unsup-ported, after a journey of 55days and 475 miles, states anews release.
After hauling, heaving,and slamming through icerubble, they slid and swamand finally sprinted in a dashfor the Pole. The presentationwill feature photographs andvideos from the journey and adisplay of expedition clothing.
Huston has completed ma-jor expeditions to the NorthPole, South Pole, Greenlandand, most recently, on Cana-da’s fabled Ellesmere Island,the release states. A residentof Evanston, Huston works as
a motivational speaker, au-thor, safety and logistics con-sultant and wilderness guide.
Huston’s book, “Forward:The First American Unsup-ported Expedition to theNorth Pole,” will be availablefor purchase and signing afterthe lecture.
The lecture is free; howev-er, registration is required.Register online at www.bat-aviapubliclibrary.org or call630-879-1393, ext. 200.
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John Huston will present “TheNorth Pole ... The Hard Way” onJan. 29 at the Batavia Public Li-brary in Batavia.
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Best-selling author Sara Paretsky to visit libraryKANE COUNTY [email protected]
ST. CHARLES – The St.Charles Public Library willpresent an evening with NewYork Times best-selling au-thor and Chicago residentSara Paretsky from 7 to 9 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 23.
In the presentation “Trail-ing After Dickens: Why IWrite the Books I Do,” Pa-retsky will discuss her ad-
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For more informationand to register, visit www.st-charleslibrary.org or call 630-584-0076.
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Students (from left) Lisa Dandre, Bryanna Schoenblatt, Brynn Beve-ridge, Michael Carbonell and Jeff Sommer of St. Charles East’s studentcouncil helped support The Salvation Army’s Angel Tree Drive by pur-chasing Christmas gifts for 100 children. The program supports chil-dren in the St. Charles area by providing themwith Christmas presentsthat otherwise would have been unaffordable.
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Art league to grantcollege scholarshipELGIN– TheArt For All art league
in Elgin is offering a $1,000 schol-arship in the digital art or digitalimaging field to be used tomeetcollege expenses.The scholarship is inmemory of
Shirley Simon and is funded by thefamily of Shirley Simon.All applicationsmust be post-
marked by June 1. The selectioncriterion, include having a “B”average or better in art-relatedclasses; living in the greater Elgin/Fox Valley area; the applicant isplanning to attend a collegewithina 50-mile radius of Elgin; and isdemonstrating financial need.Artists should submit samples
of their portfolio – aminimumof four pieces of their artwork.
The samplesmay be submittedas photographs, paper copies ordigital files.The scholarship recipient is
required to attend anArt For Allmeeting,with a presentation ofhis or her portfolio of artwork atwhich time the scholarshipwill beawarded.The recipientswill be granted a
student-affiliatemembership in ArtFor All, andwill be invited to attendArt For Allmeetings and activities.The checkwill bemade out to
the school that theywill attend –not the individual. The scholarshipmoney can be used for tuition,books, fees and art supplies.Formore information, contact
Vance at 630-485-9587. Appli-cations are available atwww.artforall-elgin.com.
Toyota continues to design in-roads into the light duty pickuptruck market with the Tundra.
The company’s latest designfor the full-sized pickup Tundrais the 1794 Edition. This cowboytruck is Toyota’s answer toFord’s King Ranch pickup truck.
The two competitors areTexas-based. Pricing for both ofthese competing upgrade pickupmodels starts around $45,000.
The leather hides from theoriginal (1853) 825,000-acre KingRanch in south Texas, whereFord has production facilities,provide the interior trim for thecompany’s King Ranch model.The King Ranch logo is stitchedinto front and rear seatbacks inthe two-row truck. The logo isimprinted, embossed, engravedor plated at various sites onthe interior and exterior of thevehicle so there is no mistakingthe name of this pickup.
Toyota borrowed a page fromthe Ford design book with the1794 Edition. The leather taninterior includes huge and wideseats with the 1794 Edition logoembossed, if not stitched, intothe front seatbacks. The logo isabsent in the split rear perfo-rated leather seats. Otherwise,like the King Ranch, the logois imprinted or plated insideand outside for identificationpurposes.
Both pickups have big en-gines and can do a lot of work.Ford may have the edge on avail-able options as it has more en-gines to choose from, includingan EcoBoost V6, and also offers along as well as a short box.
Toyota sticks with threepowerplants (4-liter V6, 5.4- and5.7-liter V8s) and one short box.A short box measures 5-feet and5-inches in length. A long box isa foot longer.
A 1794 Edition arrivedrecently for a week of testdriving and this Tundra, likeother 2014 variations, has all theattributes of a full-sized pickuptruck. It can load, tow, hauland carry with the best of them
from Nissan (Titan), GeneralMotors (GMC Sierra, ChevroletSilverado) or Ford (F-Series).Unlike competitors, Toyota doesnot have a heavy-duty Tundrapickup truck, such as a FordF-250 or 350, so towing capacityis limited. Even at that, though,the 2014 Tundra’s 5.7-liter,381-horsepower V8 can tow a10,000-pound trailer. This coversa lot of ground when it comesto horse, boat or equipmenttrailering. Payload capacity is1,505 pounds in the lined bed ofthe truck, which measures 50inches between wheel wells and66 inches elsewhere between thebed walls. The double-walledbed has stake holes, dividers,tiedown cleats and a night light.The lockable and removable
tailgate goes up and down by hy-draulics so few human musclesare necessary.
Since the tested Tundrawas a CrewMax model witha western “1794” trim flair toit, the price was $47,320. Thefour-door CrewMax can seat fiveadults comfortably, two in frontbuckets separated by a console,and three in the rear served by apulldown armrest and beverageholder. The split rear benchesfold back and lock against therear seatbacks for more storage.Leg room in the rear is virtual-ly the same as that in front. Inother words, there is a lot of legroom in both rows.
In front are numerous paddedareas for coins, screw drivers,maps and printed or related ma-terials. Besides cupholders thereare larger beverage holders(16-ouncers).
The six-speed automatictransmission can drive two orfour wheels. A knob on the dash-
board to the right of the powertilt and telescoping leather-cladsteering wheel can be turned tofour-wheel, two-wheel or two-wheel low drive. There is a tow-haul mode, once again similar toor the same as that on competinglight duty pickup trucks. Duringa spin in the snow in two-wheeldrive, the truck momentarilygot stuck. The dashboard knobwas turned to four-wheel-driveand instantly became unstuck.Ground clearance is 10.4 inchesand this allows the Tundra todrive over somewhat deep snow... theoretically, of course. Thewide snow tires are a big boostwhen the going gets tough.
As a CrewMax (SR5 and baseare the other two Tundra trimlevels, with prices starting at$25,920), the 20-inch alloy wheelshold P275 tires. The full-sizedspare is stored and locked underthe bed. Brakes are discs, 13.9inches in front and 13.6 inches inthe rear.
Suspension components in-clude coil spring mount doublewishbone in front with nitro-gren gas-filled shock absorbers.The live axle at the rear hastrapezoidal multileaf springswith staggered outboard mountlow pressure gas-filled shocks.
Comforts, besides any listed,include cruise control, defoggersand intermittent wipers, powerfront seats (memory for two),windows (one-touch up anddown for front seats), door locks,vertical sliding rear windowwith defogger and privacy glass,tilt and slide moonroof withsliding shade.
A Premium JBL 12-speakersound system is on board andincludes a navigation system,Bluetooth, 7-inch touchscreen,AM-FM-satellite high definitionradio and various apps andinputs. There are three 12-voltoutlets, two in front and one inthe rear.
Safety includes trailer swaycontrol, rear backup cameraand parking sonar, traction andstability controls, airbags infront, on sides, overhead and forthe knees, roll-sensing overheadcurtains, three-point seatbeltsand headrests for five seatingpositions and a tire-pressuremonitoring system.
Fuel economy is not a high-light. The 26.4-gallon fuel tankcan be filled with regular gaso-line. Economy during the testweek averaged 15.7 miles per gal-lon in suburban environments.The Environmental ProtectionAgency rates the average as 13mpg city and 17 mpg highway.
The $345 running boardswere an option on the testedTundra. It is a high reach gettinginto the truck and they, as wellas grab handles help the hoist ofbodies into the highly comfort-able truck.
Assembled in San Anto-nio, the Tundra is coveredby a three-year or 36,000-milewarranty with coverage of fiveyears or 60,000 miles on thepowertrain.
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David Lee Roth (1954), musician; BradleyWhitford (1959), actor;Daniel
Pearl (1963-2002), journalist; Brett Favre (1969), football player;Dale
Earnhardt Jr. (1974), race car driver;Aimee Teegarden (1989), actress.
– United Feature Syndicate
HOROSCOPE
‘The Past’ hasmany layers of life, loveBy MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN
The Washington Post
What’s gone before is never reallylost, but lingers in the air – or maybeonly in the mind – like perfume, orits memory. That, at any rate, is thepicture of personal history painted by“The Past,” the achingly melancholicfollow-up to “A Separation” by Iranianfilmmaker Asghar Farhadi.
True to its title, the past shows up,quite literally, in the film’s first fewminutes, as a French woman, Marie(Berenice Bejo), awaits the arrival ofher estranged Iranian husband, Ah-mad (Ali Mosaffa), in an airport. Whenthey first spot each other, it is throughsoundproof glass, a lovely and effectivemetaphor for the paradox of access andintangibility that characterizes manyacts of remembrance.
They’re not getting back together.It’s been years since Ahmad left Franceand his wife for his homeland, and theonly reason he’s there now is to sign offon the divorce that Marie has, at longlast, initiated. Marie, who has a littlegirl, Lea (Jeanne Jestin), and a teenagedaughter, Lucie (Pauline Burlet), froma relationship that predates Ahmad,has met a new man, Samir (Tahar Ra-
him), who’s ready to move in with her.Unfortunately Samir, as we discov-
er in a story that peels itself, slowly,like an onion – and with just as manytears – also has a wife in a coma.
That particular circumstance is thepoint around which “The Past” circles,uncovering its narrative clues like amystery thriller. Structurally, Far-hadi’s screenplay sets up the kind of se-crets, denials and shocking revelationsthat one would expect from a whodun-it. Tonally, however, it’s pure relation-ship drama. “The Past” may have agripping plot, but it’s more interestedin the crackling, complex dynamicsbetween Marie and her soon-to-be ex;between Ahmad and Samir; betweenLucie and her mother; and betweenSamir and his young son, Fouad (ElyesAguis), who’s consumed by a mysteri-ous, burning resentment.
There are arguments, to be sure, butgenerally speaking, Farhadi keeps thelevel of emotion from veering into his-trionics. A large part of that is due toMosaffa, who moves through the filmwith a wise, sad grace of a peacemakerwho has learned about war the hardway. More than anyone else, his is thecharacter who sets – and keeps – thefilm’s mood of methodical discovery as
he mediates between the film’s manymoving, volatile parts.
Bejo (“The Artist”) is also quitegood at evoking the pain of a characterpushed and pulled in several differentdirections – by two men she loves (andwho have – or who will – let her down);by an adolescent daughter who feelslike she’s losing her mother; and bya little boy who already has one, andwho doesn’t want another one forcedon him.
Many thematic ingredients cometogether in Farhadi’s rich stew of astory – jealousy, resentment, betrayal,forgiveness, healing. The filmmakerstirs them, with the touch of a master,into a dish that both stimulates andnourishes.
More than those themes, “The Past”has something important and pow-erful to say about the past. It doesn’tshape or haunt the present. In a sense,Farhadi suggests, they exist alongsideeach other.
• “The Past” received four out of
four stars. The film is rated PG-13 andcontains mature thematic materialand some crude language. It is inFrench and Persian with subtitles. Itruns 130 minutes.
Sony Pictures Classics photo
“The Past” stars Tahar Rahim (left) and Berenice Bejo, who won best actress at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Dr.Wallace: I’m part
of a very formal and “do
what is right” family.
My father teaches at Ar-
izona State University
and my mother is a high
school drama teacher.
When I was 5, my moth-
er taught me where to
put the silverware when
setting the table. When
I was 6, I knew elbows
were not allowed on the
dinner table – ever!
When I was 7, my
mother corrected my
grammatical mistakes
and made me say the
sentence correctly.
When I was 8, I knew
to wear a coordinated
outfit to church. When
I was 9, I knew how to
bow to the audience
after finishing my piano
recital. When I was 10,
I had been taught to
write thank-you notes to
those who gave me gifts.
I think, now, that you
understand my family
background.
I am now 16 and have
a steady boyfriend. Last
week was my “sweet
16.” My boyfriend gave
me a beautiful sterling
silver bracelet that had
belonged to his mother,
who died several years
ago. Jim now lives with
his father and an older
sister.
I asked Jim if he
was sure he wanted me
to have his mother’s
bracelet and he said,
“Definitely.” I then talk-
ed to both his sister and
his father, and they both
said they were happy for
me to have the bracelet.
Jim’s father gave it to
his wife on their fifth
wedding anniversary.
My mother isn’t
thrilled that I was given
a family heirloom that,
as she says, “belongs in
Jim’s family.” Mom and
I decided to allow you to
give your opinion and
we will abide by your
ruling. – Connie, Phoe-nix, Ariz.
Dear Connie: You ap-
pear to be a refined and
wonderful young lady. I
think I can understand
why Jim would give
you such a gift. I agree
that you should keep the
bracelet – “definitely”
means “definitely”! But,
if you and Jim should
ever break up, return
the bracelet. It would
definitely be the right
thing to do.
P.S.: I’m extremely
impressed with the
parenting skills of your
parents. You are, indeed,
a fortunate young lady!
Dr.Wallace: I worry
about getting pimples,
but so far my complex-
ion is clear. I wash my
face at least four times
a day. But my best
friend’s mother, who is
a hairdresser, thinks
I’m doing my skin more
harm than good.
She says I’m washing
my face so often that I’m
washing all the natural
oils away and my skin
will dry out and flake.
This has not happened
yet, but I’m wondering
if you have further
information about this.
– Nameless, MichiganCity, Ind.
Dear Nameless: Most
dermatologists recom-
mend washing one’s face
twice a day (morning
and evening) with a
mild soap and lukewarm
water.
Blackheads and
pimples are not caused
by specks of dirt that
become embedded in the
skin.
They are caused
by pores that become
clogged and turn black
when exposed to the air.
It’s the same chemical
reaction that causes the
white part of an apple
to turn brown when
exposed to air.
• Email Dr. RobertWallace at [email protected].
Dear Abby:My boyfriend of twoyears, “Clint,” recently broughta large framed picture of hisdeceased wife into our home. Heplaced it on his dresser in front offramed photos of us together.
His wife died three years ago.We are living together in a condoClint bought for me. He made itclear from the beginning that hedidn’t want to move me into “herhouse.”
Clint also still wears hiswedding ring. He carries guiltand doesn’t seem to have madeclosure. I told him I don’t feelcomfortable with her picture“looking at us.” He doesn’t thinkthere should be a problem. ShouldI move on? – In The Shadows
Dear In The Shadows:That Clintstill wears his wedding ring tellsme he may not have accepted hiswife’s death. How sad for him.
Ask him to move his wife’spicture to a room other than thebedroom because, while he doesn’tthink it’s creating a problem, it iscreating one for YOU. If he can’tbring himself to do that – and joina grief support group – then youshould consider moving on.
Dear Abby:Enough with theproblems! It’s time you printed a
positive letter.I’m an active, friendly senior
who lives alone, but I’m not lonely.I have many friends of all ages anda devoted family. Why? Becauseas I traveled through many statesduring my life, I reached out topeople along the way.
The saying, “If you want afriend, be a friend,” is true. If wewant friends, we can’t sit backand wait for people to come to us.Smile, speak up, pay a sincerecompliment – just communicate! Ifyou do, the majority of people willrespond positively.
I socialize with people my agein church circles, card clubs anddining-out groups who can’t un-derstand why I’m always so busy.They don’t reach out except to peo-ple they already know. As peopleget older, that group is constantlyshrinking. Join a religious group,community clubs and organiza-tions. Volunteer to read at schoolsand libraries. Visit a senior groupor center.
Many people of all ages fearthey won’t be accepted. But if theyshow up with a friendly attitude,they will be.
I served in the military, taughtSunday school, led Girl Scouts,garden clubs, church and neigh-borhood groups while followingmy husband through eight statesand raising three children. Myhusband was often away in hisbusiness, but we had a strong,supportive marriage.
I think many people haveforgotten we must give in order toget. – Not Lonely In Woodstock
Dear Not Lonely: It’s easy tosee why you have a wide circleof friends. Your positive energyleaps off the page.
There are two types of peoplein the world: those who come intoa room and their attitude says,“Here I am!” and those who comeinto a room and their attitudesays, “There you are!” You areone of the latter. If people want awarm welcome, they should keepin mind that the happier they areto see others, the happier otherswill be to see them.
• Write Dear Abby at www.dearabby.com.
Dear Doctor K: I have twoyoung children. I know not tobuy toys with small parts or keepcoins within their reach. Whatother choking hazards should Ibe aware of?
Dear Reader: Your question istimely, because a large study onthis topic was recently pub-lished. It provides answers thatsurprised me and may surpriseyou. I think this is informationthat every parent with youngchildren needs to know.
You’re absolutely right thattoys, coins and other small solidobjects are a threat. But whatthe new study pointed out isthat food may be an even biggerthreat.
The study included more than100,000 children coming to emer-gency rooms in U.S. hospitalsfrom 2001 to 2009. The kids in thestudy ranged from newborns toage 14. As you might expect, alot of the kids (nearly 40 percent)were less than 1 year old. The topfoods associated with chokingwere:
• Hard candy• Other candy• Meat• Bone
• Fruits and vegetables• Formula/breast milk• Seeds, nuts and shells• Chips, pretzels and popcorn• Biscuits, cookies and crack-
ers• “Multiple unspecified foods”A child’s age, of course,
makes a difference. There aren’tmany school-age children chok-ing on breast milk. And on theunusual occasions when babieschoke on milk or other liquids,it’s rarely serious.
To prevent choking, it’s im-portant to know what children ofeach age can handle.
Infants are just figuring outhow to coordinate their swal-lowing. By 4 to 6 months, infantswill reach for foods and show in-terest in what their parents andothers are eating. This doesn’tmean they are ready to eat thosefoods.
After 6 months, you canslowly work up to small piecesof soft solid foods. But make the
pieces very small and soft (easilybroken by a child’s mouth intosmaller pieces). While it’s OK togive toddlers harder foods, youstill need to be careful, especiallywith raw food, nuts and candy.
It’s best to stay vigilant nomatter how old your childrenare. The following tips can helpprevent choking:
• Encourage children to chewtheir food well.
• Sit down together for meals.• Insist that kids sit down
when they eat. (No snacks whileclimbing on the jungle gym orheading out to sports practice.)
• Don’t let children run, playor lie down with food in theirmouths.
It’s also a good idea to learnthe Heimlich maneuver. You canuse this emergency technique tohelp a child who is choking onfood or another object. Ask yourpediatrician how you can learnto do the Heimlich maneuverand other lifesaving skills.
• Dr. Komaroff is a physicianand professor at Harvard Medi-cal School. Visit www.AskDoc-torK.com to send questions andget additional information.
Portrait ofman’s late wife hurts new relationship
Some foods pose choking threat to infants and toddlers
Teen given boyfriend’sfamily heirloom as gift
RobertWallace
’TWEEN
12 & 20
JeannePhillips
DEAR ABBY
Anthony L.Komaroff
ASK
DOCTOR K
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26 Arlo & Janis
Big Nate
Crankshaft
Stone Soup
Dilbert
Garfield
Frank & Earnest
Soup to Nutz
Rose Is Rose
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PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURTFOR THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY –GENEVA, ILLINOIS
Bank of America, N.A.Plaintiff,
vs.Juan Hernandez; Juan CarlosReyes-Guerrero; Performance FoodGroup Company, LLC, a Delawarelimited liability company, d/b/aPerformance Foodservice-ThomasProestler; Unknown Owners andNon-Record Claimants
Defendants.
Case No. 13 CH 24761806 Endicott Circle,
Carpentersville, IL 60110
PUBLICATION NOTICEThe requisite affidavit(s) having
been duly filed herein, NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN TO ALL DEFEN-DANTS IN THE ABOVE ENTITLEDACTION, that said action has beencommenced in said Court by theplaintiff(s), naming you as defen-dant (s) therein and praying andfor other relief; that summons hasbeen issued out of this Courtagainst you as provided by law,
PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THESIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Sheriff's Sale No. 13 SCH 3501
STATE BANK OF ILLINOIS, an Illi-nois Bank Association
Plaintiff,vs.
JL CALLAHAN, PAM E. CALLAHAN,STATE BANK OF ILLINOIS, T/U/TNO. 1-1335, UNKNOWN OWNERSAND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS,
Defendants.
Gen. No. 12 CH 3859NOTICE OF SHERIFF'SFORECLOSURE SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thatpursuant to a Judgment for Fore-closure herein entered, the Sheriff ofKane County, Illinois, or his deputy,will on January 23, 2014, at thehour of 9:00 a.m. at the KaneCounty Judicial Center, Room JC100, 37W777 Rt. 38, St. Charles,Illinois 60175, sell at public auc-tion to the highest and best bidder,property legally described as fol-lows:
Lots 1, 2 and 3 of Fox RiverCrystal Springs except that part de-scribed as follows: Beginning at apoint in the Northerly line of saidLot 1, 79.00 feet East of the North-west Corner: thence Easterly alongsaid Northerly Line of 80.88 feet tothe Northeasterly corner of said Lot1; thence Southwesterly along theEasterly line of said Lots 1, 2 and3, 90.47 feet to the Southeasterlycorner of said Lot 3; thence Wester-ly along the Southerly line of saidLot 3, 45.70 feet; thence Northerly84.07 feet to the Place of Begin-ning, all in the Village of South El-gin, Kane County, Illinois.
PIN: 06-35-379-001
This property is commonlyknown as 725 Riverside Drive,South Elgin, IL 60177, and is im-proved with a residential structure.
Terms of Sale: This property is ineach case being sold in an "As Iscondition" for cash, 10% down bycertified funds, balance within 24hours by certified funds. No re-funds.
For information regarding thisreal estate, interested parties maycontact: Mr. Jeff Pedersen, VicePresident - Commercial Lending,State Bank of Illinois, 11100 FrontStreet, Mokena, IL 60448. 708-482-2929 or 708-479-2185.
Dated: December 24, 2013
By: Mark SchusterAttorney for State Bank of Illinois
Attorney for State Bank of Illinois:Mark Schuster, #2519089Bazos, Freeman, Kramer, Schuster& Braithwaite, LLC1250 Larkin Avenue #100Elgin, Illinois 60123(847) 742-8800
(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, December 27, 2013,January 3 & 10, 2014.)
PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THESIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Sheriff's Number 13 SCH 3503
STATE BANK OF ILLINOIS, an Illi-nois Bank Association
Plaintiff,vs.
JL CALLAHAN, PAM E. CALLAHAN,STATE BANK OF ILLINOIS, T/U/TNO. 1-1335, UNKNOWN OWN-ERS AND NON-RECORDCLAIMANTS,
Defendants.
Gen. No. 12 CH 3860NOTICE OF SHERIFF'SFORECLOSURE SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thatpursuant to a Judgment for Fore-closure herein entered, the Sheriff ofKane County, Illinois, or his deputy,will on January 23, 2014, at thehour of 9:00 a.m. at the KaneCounty Judicial Center, Room JC100, 37W777 Rt. 38, St. Charles,Illinois 60175, sell at public auc-tion to the highest and best bidder,property legally described as fol-lows:
Lot 10 in Parkside Woods Sub-division of part of the SoutheastQuarter of Section 35, Township41 North, Range 8 East of the ThirdPrincipal Meridian, according tothe Plat thereof recorded July 26,2004 as Document No.2004K099764, in Kane County,Illinois.
PIN: 06-35-480-005
This property is commonlyknown as 5 Hilltop Lane, South El-gin, IL 60177, and is a vacant lot.
And further, pursuant to saidJudgment of Foreclosure herein en-tered, the Sheriff of Kane County,Illinois, or his deputy, will on Jan-uary 23, 2014, at the hour of 9:00a.m. at the Kane County JudicialCenter, Room JC 100, 37W777
Rt. 38, St. Charles, Illinois 60175,sell at public auction to the highestand best bidder, property legallydescribed as follows:
Lots 1, 2 and 3 of Fox RiverCrystal Springs except that part de-scribed as follows: Beginning at apoint in the Northerly line of saidLot 1, 79.00 feet East of the North-west Corner: thence Easterly alongsaid Northerly Line of 80.88 feet tothe Northeasterly corner of said Lot1; thence Southwesterly along theEasterly line of said Lots 1, 2 and3, 90.47 feet to the Southeasterlycorner of said Lot 3; thence Wester-ly along the Southerly line of saidLot 3, 45.70 feet; thence Northerly84.07 feet to the Place of Begin-ning, all in the Village of South El-gin, Kane County, Illinois.
PIN: 06-35-379-001
This property is commonlyknown as 725 Riverside Drive,South Elgin, IL 60177, and is im-proved with a residential structure.
Terms of Sale: This property is ineach case being sold in an "As Iscondition" for cash, 10% down bycertified funds, balance within 24hours by certified funds. No re-funds.
For information regarding thisreal estate, interested parties maycontact: Mr. Jeff Pedersen, VicePresident - Commercial Lending,State Bank of Illinois, 11100 FrontStreet, Mokena, IL 60448. 708-482-2929 or 708-479-2185.
Dated: December 23, 2013
By: Mark SchusterAttorney for State Bank of Illinois
Attorney for State Bank of Illinois:Mark Schuster, #2519089Bazos, Freeman, Kramer, Schuster& Braithwaite, LLC1250 Larkin Avenue #100Elgin, Illinois 60123(847) 742-8800
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THESIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
KANE COUNTY, ILLINOISCITIMORTGAGE, INC.,
Plaintiff,-v.-
MICHAEL R. GRUVER, et alDefendant
10 CH 5859NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE PUB-
LIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thatpursuant to a Judgment of Foreclo-sure and Sale entered in the abovecause on April 26, 2012, the Sher-iff of Kane County will at 9:00 AMon February 6, 2014, at the KaneCounty Judicial Center, 37W777Route 38, Room JC 100, SaintCharles, IL, 60175, sell at publicauction to the highest bidder forcash, as set forth below, the follow-ing described real estate:
Commonly known as 7725WILBER DRIVE, Oreana, IL 62554Property Index No. 18-08-23-252-002 The real estate is improvedwith a single family residence. Thejudgment amount was$161,065.12. Sale terms: 10%down of the highest bid by certifiedfunds at the close of the auction;the balance, including the Judicialsale fee for Abandoned ResidentialProperty Municipality Relief Fund,which is calculated on residentialreal estate at the rate of $1 for each$1,000 or fraction thereof of theamount paid by the purchaser notto exceed $300, in certified funds,is due within twenty-four (24)hours. The subject property is sub-ject to general real estate taxes,special assessments, or special tax-es levied against said real estate
and is offered for sale without anyrepresentation as to quality orquantity of title and without re-course to Plaintiff and in "AS IS"condition. The sale is further subjectto confirmation by the court. Uponpayment in full of the amount bid,the purchaser will receive a Certifi-cate of Sale that will entitle the pur-chaser to a deed to the real estateafter confirmation of the sale Theproperty will NOT be open for in-spection and plaintiff makes norepresentation as to the condition ofthe property. Prospective biddersare admonished to check the courtfile to verify all information. If thisproperty is a condominium unit,the purchaser of the unit at the fore-closure sale, other than a mort-gagee shall pay the assessmentsand the legal fees required by TheCondominium Property Act, 765ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). Ifthis property is a condominium unitwhich is part of a common interestcommunity, the purchaser of theunit at the foreclosure sale otherthan a mortgagee shall pay the as-sessments required by The Condo-minium Property Act, 765 ILCS605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THEMORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER),YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAININ POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AF-TER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POS-SESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITHSECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLI-NOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURELAW. For information, contactPlaintiff's attorney: HAUSELMAN,RAPPIN & OLSWANG, LTD. , 39South LaSalle Street - Suite 1105,CHICAGO, IL 60603, (312) 372-2020. Please refer to file number10-2222-16494.I581864
(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, December 27, 2013,January 3 & 10, 2014.)
PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THESIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Sheriff's Sale No. 13 SCH 3501
STATE BANK OF ILLINOIS, an Illi-nois Bank Association
Plaintiff,vs.
JL CALLAHAN, PAM E. CALLAHAN,STATE BANK OF ILLINOIS, T/U/TNO. 1-1335, UNKNOWN OWNERSAND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS,
Defendants.
Gen. No. 12 CH 3859NOTICE OF SHERIFF'SFORECLOSURE SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thatpursuant to a Judgment for Fore-closure herein entered, the Sheriff ofKane County, Illinois, or his deputy,will on January 23, 2014, at thehour of 9:00 a.m. at the KaneCounty Judicial Center, Room JC100, 37W777 Rt. 38, St. Charles,Illinois 60175, sell at public auc-tion to the highest and best bidder,property legally described as fol-lows:
PIN: 06-35-379-001
This property is commonlyknown as 725 Riverside Drive,South Elgin, IL 60177, and is im-proved with a residential structure.
Terms of Sale: This property is ineach case being sold in an "As Iscondition" for cash, 10% down by
certified funds, balance within 24hours by certified funds. No re-funds.
For information regarding thisreal estate, interested parties maycontact: Mr. Jeff Pedersen, VicePresident - Commercial Lending,State Bank of Illinois, 11100 FrontStreet, Mokena, IL 60448. 708-482-2929 or 708-479-2185.
Dated: December 24, 2013
By: Mark SchusterAttorney for State Bank of Illinois
Attorney for State Bank of Illinois:Mark Schuster, #2519089Bazos, Freeman, Kramer, Schuster& Braithwaite, LLC1250 Larkin Avenue #100Elgin, Illinois 60123(847) 742-8800
(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, December 27, 2013,January 3 & 10, 2014.)
PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THESIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Sheriff's Number 13 SCH 3503
STATE BANK OF ILLINOIS, an Illi-nois Bank Association
Plaintiff,vs.
JL CALLAHAN, PAM E. CALLAHAN,STATE BANK OF ILLINOIS, T/U/TNO. 1-1335, UNKNOWN OWN-ERS AND NON-RECORDCLAIMANTS,
Defendants.
Gen. No. 12 CH 3860NOTICE OF SHERIFF'SFORECLOSURE SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thatpursuant to a Judgment for Fore-closure herein entered, the Sheriff ofKane County, Illinois, or his deputy,will on January 23, 2014, at thehour of 9:00 a.m. at the KaneCounty Judicial Center, Room JC100, 37W777 Rt. 38, St. Charles,Illinois 60175, sell at public auc-tion to the highest and best bidder,property legally described as fol-lows:
PIN: 06-35-480-005
This property is commonlyknown as 5 Hilltop Lane, South El-gin, IL 60177, and is a vacant lot.
And further, pursuant to saidJudgment of Foreclosure herein en-tered, the Sheriff of Kane County,Illinois, or his deputy, will on Jan-uary 23, 2014, at the hour of 9:00a.m. at the Kane County JudicialCenter, Room JC 100, 37W777Rt. 38, St. Charles, Illinois 60175,sell at public auction to the highestand best bidder, property legallydescribed as follows:
PIN: 06-35-379-001
This property is commonlyknown as 725 Riverside Drive,South Elgin, IL 60177, and is im-proved with a residential structure.
Terms of Sale: This property is ineach case being sold in an "As Iscondition" for cash, 10% down bycertified funds, balance within 24hours by certified funds. No re-funds.
For information regarding thisreal estate, interested parties maycontact: Mr. Jeff Pedersen, VicePresident - Commercial Lending,State Bank of Illinois, 11100 FrontStreet, Mokena, IL 60448. 708-482-2929 or 708-479-2185.
Dated: December 23, 2013
By: Mark SchusterAttorney for State Bank of Illinois
Attorney for State Bank of Illinois:Mark Schuster, #2519089Bazos, Freeman, Kramer, Schuster& Braithwaite, LLC1250 Larkin Avenue #100Elgin, Illinois 60123(847) 742-8800
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PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THESIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
KANE COUNTY, ILLINOISCITIMORTGAGE, INC.,
Plaintiff,-v.-
MICHAEL R. GRUVER, et alDefendant
10 CH 5859NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE PUB-
LIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thatpursuant to a Judgment of Foreclo-sure and Sale entered in the abovecause on April 26, 2012, the Sher-iff of Kane County will at 9:00 AMon February 6, 2014, at the KaneCounty Judicial Center, 37W777Route 38, Room JC 100, SaintCharles, IL, 60175, sell at publicauction to the highest bidder forcash, as set forth below, the follow-ing described real estate:
LOT 88 IN RIVERWOOD ES-TATES UNIT 3, IN THE VILLAGE OFALGONQUIN KANE COUNTY, ILLI-NOIS.
Commonly known as 7725WILBER DRIVE, Oreana, IL 62554Property Index No. 18-08-23-252-002 The real estate is improvedwith a single family residence. Thejudgment amount was$161,065.12. Sale terms: 10%down of the highest bid by certifiedfunds at the close of the auction;the balance, including the Judicialsale fee for Abandoned ResidentialProperty Municipality Relief Fund,which is calculated on residentialreal estate at the rate of $1 for each$1,000 or fraction thereof of theamount paid by the purchaser notto exceed $300, in certified funds,is due within twenty-four (24)hours. The subject property is sub-ject to general real estate taxes,special assessments, or special tax-es levied against said real estateand is offered for sale without anyrepresentation as to quality orquantity of title and without re-course to Plaintiff and in "AS IS"condition. The sale is further subjectto confirmation by the court. Uponpayment in full of the amount bid,the purchaser will receive a Certifi-cate of Sale that will entitle the pur-
chaser to a deed to the real estateafter confirmation of the sale Theproperty will NOT be open for in-spection and plaintiff makes norepresentation as to the condition ofthe property. Prospective biddersare admonished to check the courtfile to verify all information. If thisproperty is a condominium unit,the purchaser of the unit at the fore-closure sale, other than a mort-gagee shall pay the assessmentsand the legal fees required by TheCondominium Property Act, 765ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). Ifthis property is a condominium unitwhich is part of a common interestcommunity, the purchaser of theunit at the foreclosure sale otherthan a mortgagee shall pay the as-sessments required by The Condo-minium Property Act, 765 ILCS605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THEMORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER),YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAININ POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AF-TER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POS-SESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITHSECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLI-NOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURELAW. For information, contactPlaintiff's attorney: HAUSELMAN,RAPPIN & OLSWANG, LTD. , 39South LaSalle Street - Suite 1105,CHICAGO, IL 60603, (312) 372-2020. Please refer to file number10-2222-16494.I581864
(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, December 27, 2013,January 3 & 10, 2014.)
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PUBLIC NOTICE
ASSUMED NAMEPUBLICATION NOTICE
Public Notice is hereby giventhat on January 3, 2013 a certifi-cate was filed in the office of theCounty Clerk of Kane County, Illi-nois, setting forth the names andaddresses of all persons owning,conducting and transacting thebusiness known as INTEGRIN lo-cated at 35W655 Tollgate Road,
Dundee, IL 60118.
Dated: January 3, 2013.
/s/ John A. CunninghamKane County Clerk
(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, January 10, 17 & 24,2014.)
PUBLIC NOTICE
ASSUMED NAMEPUBLICATION NOTICE
Public Notice is hereby giventhat on January 8, 2013 a certifi-cate was filed in the office of theCounty Clerk of Kane County, Illi-nois, setting forth the names andaddresses of all persons owning,conducting and transacting thebusiness known as ST CHARLESLOGN ORDER located at 1019 S3rd St, St Charles, IL 60174.
Dated: January 8, 2013.
/s/ John A. CunninghamKane County Clerk
(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, January 10, 17 & 24,2014.)
PUBLIC NOTICE
SUPPLEMENTAL ASSUMED NAMEPUBLICATION NOTICE
Public Notice is hereby given thaton December 26, 2013 a certifi-cate was filed in the office of theCounty Clerk of Kane County, Illi-nois, concerning the businessknown as TeamWIN Racing lo-cated at 1944 Moore Ave, St.Charles, IL 60174 which certificatesets forth the following changes inthe operation thereof:
Ryan Upham has ceased doingbusiness under the above namedbusiness and has no further con-nection with or financial interest inthe above named business carriedon under such an assumed name.
Dated: December 26, 2013
/s/ John A. CunninghamKane County Clerk
(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, December 27, 2013,January 3 & 10, 2014.)
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PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THESIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFRICHARD P VITIELLO521 Michigan Ave., South Elgin, IL60177Date and Place of Death: Novem-ber 17, 2013, Elgin, Illinois
Case No. 13 P 714PUBLICATION NOTICE
INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATIONTO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS
1. Notice is hereby given of thedeath of Richard P Vitiello whodied on November 17, 2013,South Elgin, Kane County, Illinois.
2. The Representative for the es-tate is: Marsha Vitiello, 521 Michi-gan, Ave., South Elgin, IL 60177.
3. The Attorney for the estate is:Raymond R. Geimer, 96 NKennedy Dr, Carpentersville, IL60110.
4. Claims against the estate maybe filed on or before July 3, 2014.Claims against the estate may befiled with the Clerk of the CircuitCourt, P.O. Box 112, Geneva, IL60134-112, with the Representa-tive or both. Any claim not filedwithin that period is barred. Copiesof a claim filed with the Clerk mustbe mailed or delivered to the Repre-sentative and to the attorney within10 days after it has been filed.
5. The estate will be adminis-tered without Court supervision un-less an interested party terminatesindependent supervision adminis-tration by filing a petition to termi-nate under Article XXVIII 5/28-4 ofthe Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4).
/s/ Raymond R GeimerAttorney
(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, January 3, 10 & 17,2014.)
PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THESIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
In the Matter of the Estate of:EDWARD L. SLUZEWICZAddress: 1432 S. 12th St., St.Charles, IL 60174Date and Place of Death: Novem-ber 27, 2013; Maywood, IL
Case No. 2013 P 709PUBLICATION NOTICE
INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATIONTO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS
1. Notice is hereby given of thedeath of Edward L. Sluzewicz whodied on November 27, 2013, aresident of St. Charles, Illinois.
2. The Representative for the es-tate is: Robert T. Jank.
3. The Attorney for the estate is:Thomas C. Kaufmann/Querrey &Harrow, Ltd., 175 W. JacksonBlvd., Suite 1600, Chicago, IL60604.
4. Claims against the estate maybe filed on or before July 10,2014. Claims against the estatemay be filed with the Clerk of theCircuit Court, P.O. Box 112, Gene-va, IL 60134-112, with the Repre-sentative or both. Any claim notfiled within that period is barred.Copies of a claim filed with theClerk must be mailed or deliveredto the Representative and to the at-torney within 10 days after it hasbeen filed.
5. The estate will be administrat-ed without Court supervision unlessan interested party terminates inde-pendent supervision administrationby filing a petition to terminate un-der Article XXVIII 5/28-4 of the Pro-bate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4).
/s/ Robert T. Jank
Executor
(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, January 10, 17 & 24,2014.)
PUBLIC NOTICE
ASSUMED NAMEPUBLICATION NOTICE
Public Notice is hereby giventhat on December 31, 2013 a cer-tificate was filed in the office of theCounty Clerk of Kane County, Illi-nois, setting forth the names andaddresses of all persons owning,conducting and transacting thebusiness known as 4G ANTENNASHOP located at 549 Peebles Ct,Batavia, IL 60510.
Dated: December 31, 2013.
/s/ John A. CunninghamKane County Clerk
(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, January 3, 10 & 17,2014.)
PUBLIC NOTICE
ASSUMED NAMEPUBLICATION NOTICE
Public Notice is hereby giventhat on December 26, 2013 a cer-tificate was filed in the office of theCounty Clerk of Kane County, Illi-nois, setting forth the names andaddresses of all persons owning,conducting and transacting thebusiness known as APEX1MOTORSPORTS located at 405 PinOak Ct., St Charles, IL 60174.
Dated: December 26, 2013.
/s/ John A. CunninghamKane County Clerk
(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, December 27, 2013,January 3 & 10, 2014.)
PUBLIC NOTICE
ASSUMED NAMEPUBLICATION NOTICE
Public Notice is hereby giventhat on January 8, 2013 a certifi-cate was filed in the office of theCounty Clerk of Kane County, Illi-nois, setting forth the names andaddresses of all persons owning,conducting and transacting thebusiness known as CLASSY CANECOVERS located at 322 QuarryRidge Circle, Sugar Grove, IL60554.
Dated: January 8, 2013.
/s/ John A. CunninghamKane County Clerk
(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, January 10, 17 & 24,2014.)
and, that this action is still pendingand undetermined in said Court.
NOW, THEREFORE, unless youfile your answer or otherwise makeyour appearance in said action inthis Court, by filing the same in theoffice of the Clerk of the CircuitCourt on or before February 12,2014, AN ORDER OF DEFAULTMAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I havehereunto set my hand and affixedthe Seal of said Court on December20, 2013.
/s/ Thomas M. HartwellClerk of the Circuit Court
(SEAL)
/s/ Laura A. DuplantierOne of Plaintiff's Attorney's
Laura A. DuplantierMANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLCAttorneys for PlaintiffOne East Wacker, Suite 1250Chicago, IL 60601Telephone: 312-651-6700Fax: 614-220-5613Attorney. No.: 6297986
(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, January 10, 17 & 24,2014.)
PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURTFOR THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL
CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY –GENEVA, ILLINOIS
Nationstar Mortgage LLCPlaintiff,
vs.Joseph P. Eckley; Nanette S. Eck-ley; Tom Rice; Tammy Rice; Stone-bridge Homeowners Association;Unknown Owners and Non-RecordClaimants
Defendants.
Case No. 13 CH 2478530 Renee CourtGeneva, IL 60134
PUBLICATION NOTICEThe requisite affidavit(s) having
been duly filed herein, NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN TO ALL DEFEN-DANTS IN THE ABOVE ENTITLEDACTION, that said action has beencommenced in said Court by theplaintiff(s), naming you as defen-dant (s) therein and praying andfor other relief; that summons hasbeen issued out of this Courtagainst you as provided by law,and, that this action is still pendingand undetermined in said Court.
NOW, THEREFORE, unless youfile your answer or otherwise makeyour appearance in said action inthis Court, by filing the same in theoffice of the Clerk of the CircuitCourt on or before January 27,2014, AN ORDER OF DEFAULTMAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I havehereunto set my hand and affixedthe Seal of said Court on December13, 2013.
/s/ Thomas M. HartwellClerk of the Circuit Court
(SEAL)
/s/ Laura A. DuplantierOne of Plaintiff's Attorney's
Laura A. DuplantierMANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLCAttorneys for PlaintiffOne East Wacker, Suite 1250Chicago, IL 60601Telephone: 312-651-6700Fax: 614-220-5613
Attorney. No.: 6297986
(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, December 27, 2013,January 3 & 10, 2014.)
PUBLIC NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE16th JUDICIAL CIRCUITKANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
IN RE THE MATTER OF THE ESTATEOF DOUGLAS F. NOBLE, SR.
Decedent.
Gen. No. 13 P 625PUBLICATION NOTICE
INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATIONTO CREDITORS, CLAIMANTS,
UNKNOWN HEIRS & LEGATEES
1. Notice is hereby given of thedeath of Douglas F. Noble whodied on July 30, 2013, a residentof Aurora, Kane County, Illinois.
2. The Representative of the es-tate is: Beaty J. Zwart, 3601 Plain-field Road, Oswego, Illinois60543.
3. The Attorney for the estate is:Lisa A Coffey, Law Office of Lisa A.Coffey, P.C., 5 West MerchantsDrive, Oswego, Illinois 60543.
4. Claims against the estate maybe filed on or before July 14,2014. Claims against the estatemay be filed with the Clerk of theCircuit Court, P.O. Box 112, Gene-va, IL 60134-112, with the Repre-sentative or both. Any claim notfiled within that period is barred.Copies of a claim filed with theClerk must be mailed or deliveredto the Representative and to the at-torney within 10 days after it hasbeen filed.
5. On November 5, 2013, anOrder Admitting the Will to Probateand Appointing the Representativewas entered.
6. Within forty-two (42) days af-ter the effective date of the originalOrder Admitting the Will to Probate,you may file a petition with theCourt to require proof of the validityof the Will by testimony or witness-es to the Will in open Court, or oth-er evidence, as provided in ArticleVI 5/6-21 (755 ILCS 5/6/21).
7. Within six (6) months afterthe effective date of the original Or-der Admit-ting the Will to Probate,you may file a petition with theCourt to contest the validity of theWill as provided under Article VIII5/8-1 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS5/8-1).
8. The estate will be adminis-tered without Court supervision un-less an interested party terminatesindependent supervision adminis-tration by filing a petition to termi-nate under Article XXVIII 5/28-4 ofthe Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4).
By: /s/ Lisa A Coffey
(Published in the Kane CountyChronicle, January 10, 17 & 24,2014.)
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2011 JEEP PATRIOT LATITUDE
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2013 DODGE DURANGO CREW
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2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO X
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2012 DODGE JOURNEY SXT
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‘06 Nissan Maxima SEMoon roof, V6, Full PowerStk. #14537-1.........$9,850
‘12 Ram 1500 Crew Cab 4x4Hemi, 20” Fact. Chromes, Chrome Boards, WhiteStk. #R4641 ...........$28,950
‘07 Hummer H3 LuxuryOnly 24K, Blk, Moon Roof, Leather, Chrome BoardsStk. #14549-1.......$23,450
‘08 Ford Escape Limited4X4, V6, Full PowerStk. #14295-3........$10,450
‘09 Mercury Mariner PremiereV6, Blk/Blk, Leather, Moon, One Owner, TowStk. #14361-1.......$13,950
‘08 Hyundai Sonata GLSMoon Roof, Good MPG, WhiteStk. #13585-1.........$8,950
‘08 Chevy Malibu LSBlk, Full Power, Good MPGStk. #13620-2.........$9,450
‘09 Dodge Challenger SRT-8Hemi Orange, Nav, Full Power, Very FastStk. #12516-1.......$28,950
‘13 Jeep Grand Cherokee OverlandNav, Hemi, Tow, Panoramic MoonroofStk. #14518-1.......$40,950
‘08 Hyundai Veracruz GLSV6 Power, 3rd Row, Good Family HaulerStk. #14160-1.......$13,450
‘11 Jeep Grand Cherokee Ltd.Only 35K, Moon Roof, Nav, HemiStk. #14495-1........$31,850
‘10 Dodge Grand Caravan SXTLeather, Power Doors And Liftgate, Heated Seats, Only 39,000 MilesStk. #14442-1.......$15,950
‘11 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo4x4, Blackberry, 24K MilesStk. #R4590.........$25,950
‘09 Hyundai Genesis4.6, Moonroof, Lexicon Stereo, Full Power, Must SeeStk. #14056-1.......$18,950
‘12 Jeep Compass Spt24,000 Miles, Full PowerStk. #R4670..........$17,950
‘13 Buick Encore Premium AWDOnly 600 Miles, Nav, Bose, Moonroof, LeatherStk. #14538-1 ........$28,950
‘11 Jeep Patriot LatitudeGray, 27K Miles, Remote Start, Heated Seats, Full PowerStk. #R4617 ........$18,450
‘07 Infiniti M35XAWD, 64K Miles, Black, Loaded!Stk. #R4509-1.......$16,450
‘13 Chrysler Town & CountryLeather, DVD, Full PowerStk. #R4664..........$22,350
‘07 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer4WD, V6, 3rd Row, Leather, Tow, Running BoardsStk. #R4663-1........$12,950
‘04 Chrysler PacificaOnly 32K, 3rd Row, DVD, Full PowerStk. #14553-1.........$9,950
‘11 Jeep Liberty Ltd.Leather, Skyslider, Chromes, Remote Start, Silver, 31K MilesStk. #R4627 ..........$22,950
‘05 Jeep Liberty Sport4X4, Only 89K Miles, Full PowerStk. #R4673-1........$9,950
‘10 Ford Escape 4x457,000 Miles, Full PowerStk. #14463-1.......$14,450
‘12 Dodge Charger SEOne Owner, Full PowerStk. #13042-1,.......$17,950
‘13 Chrysler 200 SBlack W/Black leather, V6, 14K Miles, Remote StartStk. #R4671..........$18,950
‘11 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo4x4, Leather, Remote Start, Heated SeatsStk. #R4682............$23,450
‘13 Dart Dart RallyeOnly 4000 Miles, Nav., MoonStk. #R4642..........$18,950
‘12 Ram 1500 Quad CabBlack, Hemi, 4X4, 20” Factory Wheels, Only18KStk. #14172-1........$26,750
‘08 Mitsubishi Endeavor SELeather, V6, Heated Seats, Only 68K MilesStk. #14403-2.......$12,450
‘06 Jeep Liberty Limited4X4, Black, MoonroofStk. #R4568-2........$10,950
‘10 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon4X4, Hardtop, Red With Black Wheels, Only 33K Miles, Real LookerStk. #R4598..........$29,950
‘13 Dodge Durango CrewAWD, Leather, 3rd Row, Remote Start, Full PowerStk. #R4632........$29,950
‘12 Chrysler 200FWD, 4 Cyl, Great Mpg, Only 35KStk. #R4666..........$14,450